When she was finished, they gathered their things and started to head back to the cabin, when suddenly a tall attractive younger man stepped from almost out of nowhere in front of them on the path. "Whoops, sorry, I was just heading to the john. But while you two are here, I've been told to remind the new counselors about the huge bonfire tonight to celebrate the beginning of camp. It's a little lame, I know, but there are going to be 'smores. Plus, I could really use the company.. A lot of the other workers seem like they've overdosed on happy pills, if you know what I mean," He said with a chuckle.
Oshea smiled at him and nodded, "I'm glad we're not the only ones who think so." She said with a chuckle. "We'll be there along with our…." She paused a moment, not sure what to call Sam and Dean. At one time she would have said their boyfriends, but things had been so strained lately… "Our friends." She said after a moment. "I'm Oshea, and this is my older sister Ella."
"Nathan," He smiled. "Well, I'll see you and your friends later," He waved goodbye to them as he walked off towards the bathroom.
"Well he seemed… nice. Not creepy nice either," Ella said as they continued walking.
Oshea waved goodbye to him and nodded, "Yeah. Let's hope he stays that way." She said, going back to the cabin with her older sibling. Once they were inside, she sat down her duffel bag by the door. "Okay, guys, there is apparently some kind of big welcome to the scary happy fun town bonfire planned for tonight. 'Smores are going to be provided. Oh, and we met a nice normal counselor named Nathan."
"We're thinking maybe whatever is going on around here hasn't gotten to him yet," Ella chimed in. "Hopefully he'll stay that way at least until the end of the night, so we can ask him some questions."
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The stars were just coming out as the Winchesters and the Blackwoods arrived at the site for the bonfire. There were kids of various ages circled around the large fire pit. They ranged from about 10-13 in age, and they were all socializing to each other quietly until the group of hunters stepped forward. All of the campers' eyes turned to them and small smiles turned up the corners of their lips. One of the counselors started the fire, and Oshea settled down on one of the logs.
Ella quickly followed her sister, sitting down next to her. She nudged her in the side lightly with her elbow. "Hey, is it just me, or are those kids staring at us like we're dinner?" She whispered.
Oshea looked around at the children, who were watching them hungrily. "I don't know… something is seriously wrong with them. I wonder where that Nathan guy went to…"
Ella shook her head. "I donno… wait, there he comes, along with Sam and Dean," She nodded over at them as they walked across the field to the log they were sitting at. "Hey Nathan, I take it you met Sam and Dean," Ella said with a smile.
Oshea smiled as Dean sat down beside of her then gave a little wave to Nathan. The kids around them grinned and a few licked their lips, glancing between each other and whispering to one another as they watched the hunters. Betty clapped her hands with a laugh. "Okey dokey everyone! Time for some super duper fun songs and roasting marshmallows for our 'smores! Nathan, our super duper fun new recruit is going to hand out the skewers! Remember to be careful! They are very sharp and pointy, we wouldn't want anyone to get hurt now would we?"
"Yes." Came a voice from among the kids, who then began to chuckle and giggle softly to themselves, their eyes seeming to flicker darkly in the light of the fire. Betty grinned in the voice's direction then went and sat down with the other wildly grinning counselors.
"I think we found our demons…" Ella whispered quietly to Sam, not taking her eyes off of the children. Nathan walked over to Betty, taking the skewers from her and walking over to where the children were, handing them out one by one. Sam's eyes widened, and he nodded.
"It looks like… it's all of them." he said quietly, his eyes traveling over the smirking kids. One of the boys took his skewer and made a slashing motion across his throat before blowing a kiss toward Ella. Oshea stiffened.
"There's so many… what are we going to do, Dean?"
"Well, they're definitely not going to line up and wait to be exorcised… I say we try to make it through the night. Nathan said the kids would be out all day doing crafts and other camp like activities… one of us can stay behind and put devil's traps in all the kids cabins… then when they get back, we'll all split up and do the exorcisms. There's four cabins, several kids in each one. It could work.." Dean said quietly.
"They're going to be expecting us to be their counselors. We can't just disappear to draw the symbols. We could get Castiel to draw the symbols for us while we're distracting the kids." Sam said with a nod. "I'll write down copies of the exorcism for everyone. We'll be quicker if everyone splits up and takes a cabin or a group of kids."
The children began to violently stab their marsh mallows before holding them over the open flames. Two children broke away from the group. The boys started to sword fight with each other, striking the skewers against one another.
Ella's eyes widened as she looked up and over at the boys. "Uh.. Sam, I think we have a problem."
Sam glanced over to the kids and narrowed his eyes some. He stood up slowly while Betty started to sing some meaningless camp song with the other happy go lucky counselors. He moved over to the children just as one of the ran the end of the skewer through the other's wrist. The two boys laughed and blood poured down the metal rod and his skin. Sam rushed forward. "Hey! Hey stop!"
Nathan ran up to them as well, looking equally as worried. His eyes widened at the blood. "Dude, what's going on?" He said, glancing up at Sam and then back at the children.
The boy that had done the stabbing had wispy black hair and bright green eyes. He was wearing a dark green tank and a pair of blue jean shorts. His sandals were splattered with blood. He smirked as he yanked the skewer from the other boy's arm. The other boy, a blonde, merely laughed as blood poured from the deep hole in his arm. The dark haired child lurched forward with a guttural growl and jammed the skewer in the meaty part of Nathan's thigh. Sam jerked forward, leaving the blonde, bleeding boy as he moved to help Nathan.
Oshea rushed forward to the blonde boy, who had sat down on the ground, laughing so hard tears were easing down his face. She knelt down beside of him and started to reach for him when he pressed a hand to her shoulder and shoved her to the ground, crawling on top of her and pressing his bleeding wrist toward her face, smearing it around her lips and cheeks as she cried out. Oshea stiffened, trying to keep her lips tightly closed despite the immense temptation.
The blonde boy was suddenly thrown backwards by a swift kick to the face from Dean. "Sorry kid," he muttered with a shrug, and then helped Oshea off the ground.
Ella, who had ran over to help Sam and Nathan, was tripped by the black haired demon boy, and narrowly missed having the skewer stabbed through her throat. She rolled over on the ground just in time and jumped to her feet.
Oshea gasped and shivered as she stood up, wiping the blood from her face. The smell was intoxicating, and she found herself staring at the blonde boy's wound as he rose from the ground and grinned. "You know you want it, little hunter… take it!"
"Alright, settle down now!" Betty skipped over to the group and shook her head, clicking her tongue with a grin. "This has been super fun, but I think that's enough for tonight don't you all? Come on, Andrew, Brandon."
The blonde, Andrew, chuckled softly, his eyes flickering black as he nodded. "Sure thing." He turned and started to walk away, pausing to look back over his shoulder at Oshea and Dean. "If you ever need anything… you just come to me, sweetness." He said with a wolfish grin, looking her up and down before turning and walking off.
Ella sighed a little with relief as the black haired demon walked away as well. "I guess when Dean said we were going to just have to try to survive through the night, he meant it literally," She said to Sam quietly, kneeling down beside of Nathan. She pulled off the bandana that he had been wearing, and started to wrap it tightly around his leg to try to stop the bleeding.
Dean glared after the demon and then looked at Oshea. "Are you okay?"
Oshea shivered and nodded. "Yeah… I'm okay. I just… need to get back to the cabin. There's so much blood here…" She said, glancing to the red fluid on the ground.
Sam cursed a little. "Dean, Nathan's going to need a hospital, fast. I think that kid hit the artery."
Betty walked up and smiled down at them. "Oh dear, you boys were playing a little rough weren't you? Naughty. Don't worry your pretty little head, Winchester. We'll patch Nate-y right up." She said as the other counselors gathered around them.
