Chapter 7
"Well that's creepy," Dean mutters with a slightly disturbed look on his face.
"Yeah, you can say that again," Sam agrees.
Sam and Dean look down at the corpse of Denise in both awe and horror. There is no mistaking the uncanny resemblance. With Denise's long blonde hair and small features she could easily be mistaken as Lina's twin.
"Hm, better file that one away for the records," Dean says before putting on rubber gloves. Sam follows his suit and begins to investigate the body.
"Well there's no doubt that she drowned considering the amount of fluid they had to drain from her lungs when she got here," Sam infers.
"Mhm, and I'd say the ominous hand marks on her ankles also help support her case," Dean adds nonchalantly.
"Hand marks?" Sam stutters. He was so focused on the medical reports that he had not even noticed the bluish purple marks encircling both ankles.
"I think we can rule out suicide," Dean says sending a sideways glance to Sam.
"Yeah," Sam breathes, "Dean I know what you're thinking. I don't think Lina's responsible for this."
Dean sighs and fully turns towards Sam.
"We were sent to this campus to watch a mermaid and when we get here we find out that a girl drowned, and on closer inspection we find out that she was dragged under water by her ankles. Can you please tell me how any of those facts would conclude something other than a psycho-mermaid?"
"I know how it looks, but I just don't think it's her," Sam says hopelessly knowing that he has no evidence to back up his assumptions, "It's just a gut feeling."
Dean drops his stubborn façade momentarily and regards Sam with sympathy.
"Sam we have to look at the facts, and all the facts point towards the mermaid."
"What about the voice I heard," Sam almost pleads.
"Maybe you heard Denise's last thoughts before she was pulled under, I don't know," Dean's shoulders drop and he shakes his head, "Sam I'll listen to what you have to say, but you have to give me more than just a gut feeling."
Sam nods his head slowly, knowing that his brother is right. Dean stares warily at Sam.
"Okay, why don't we finish this autopsy?" Dean finally says.
Sam can only nod his head. His thoughts wander as he inspects the body. Something is off about this case. It's almost as if the facts point to Lina too easily.