Recap:

"So, you were saying something about the reports?"

Dean cast him a knowing smirk, before fixing his eyes on the road again.

"Well, from the looks of it, it seems like a giant monster took the hikers and dragged them off before devouring their bodies and leaving their bodies in a cave. Left a trail of humongous footprints. Looks like our kind of thing, huh Sammy?"

"Huh, wonder what big foot's thinking, coming all to way to Arizona at this time of the year."

They continued the rest of the drive in complete silence, each of them casting furtive glances at the other when they weren't looking, both thinking different thoughts. A sudden bump caused both of them to jerk out of their thoughts and look quizzically at each other. They got out of the car and found back tyre punctuated with odd marks.

As Dean circled around the car to assess the damage done to his precious car, Sam made his way to the forest at the side of the road and gasped in shock at the scene he saw. Dean whipped his head around immediately.

"What's up Sammy?"

Sam pointed mutely at a track of gigantic footsteps leading into the forest trail. Claw marks decorated the barren trees and some had traces of blood on them. Coming closer to look at it, Dean blanched at the sight.

"Guess Bigfoot here isn't keen on making friends huh Sammy?"

There was an awkward silence before Dean quirked his brow, wondering if Sam was too freaked out to say anything.

"Hey, what's up Samantha? Cat got your tongue?"

Dean turned around to tease him but stopped short and froze. His blood instantly ran cold when in the sudden realization of something... Or rather, the lack of it. In the short span of time Dean had spent looking at the forest, Sam had mysteriously disappeared without a sound.

Oh shit.

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"Shit! Sam? Sam?! Don't do this to me man, answer me!"

Dean scrambled around in panic, looking for any sign of his brother. He stopped short when he heard a beastly roar echo from the other end of the forest, accompanied by an all too familiar yell. Dean hastily grabbed a gun and ran towards the forest with only one thought in mind.

Be safe, I'm coming Sam.

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Sam blinked, twice, thrice, ten times to clear his foggy white vision before realizing he was moving. He shook his head, in attempt to sort out his thoughts, but it only made the throbbing in his head worse. Funny, the last thing he remembered was being knocked out while they were searching for... Big... Foot... Sam froze as he looked down to the furry mass of white that held him captive. His eyes widened in alarm as he tried to squirm out of the monster's death grip. His hands reached for his pocket, where he usually carried Dean's knife, but stopped short, his face paling in the realization that Dean had taken it that morning. Great. Now he was being carried off by a giant monster to be eaten with no weapon whatsoever on hand.

Crap. Dean!

Sam took a deep breath, and yelled as loudly as he could, hoping he had caught Dean's attention. The monster's head whipped around and it snarled, revealing rotten black fangs and releasing a pungent breath that made Sam dizzy. It clamped a giant hand in an attempt to silence Sam, but its hand smacked unceremoniously onto Sam's face, rendering him unconscious. The monster screeched and continued trudging in the mud, making its way to the cave up ahead.

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Scenes from reports engulfed Dean's mind as he recalled images of hikers' decapitated bodies. He ran even faster, swearing that if anything had happened to Sam, the monster would pay for it. He stopped short as he heard an inhumane screech coming from the other direction.

Shit.

Now it was either the fact that bigfoot had enhanced speed, or that he had a twin, because Dean could've sworn the massive bulk of white in front of him that was staring straight at him had feet the size of his Impala. Dean had only a split second to think before it charged at him straight on, knocking the gun off his hands and flinging him into a tree. He swore under his breath as he felt the bone in his arm crack, but quickly pushed it to the back of his mind and looked around frantically. Big Foot was nowhere to be found.

"You sonuvabitch! What have you done with Sammy!"

Dean yelled into the empty forest as he threw a stone into the darkness with his good arm. He sat down under the tree and looked up at the now pitch black sky, before he noticed the bright red eyes that were staring intently back at him. And for the third time that day now, he thought.

Shit.

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A/N : ARGH, I apologize for the long hiatus and the short chapters TT-TT Really couldn't get the plot bunnies out from under the bed... Well, hope to update more often since term break is here.. Once again, I apologize...