Chapter 12

Lina squeezes her eyes shut and waits for the gunfire.

I love you mom

She hears Dean pull the trigger and a loud explosion vibrates the air. This is it, Lina thinks. She remains on the ground with her eyes closed waiting for the searing pain, but nothing happens. All of a sudden, an arm grabs her wrist and pulls her away from the lake. She opens her eyes and looks up to see Dean dragging her towards the forest.

"You know you could use your legs," Dean mumbles.

Lina wrenches her arm from Dean's grip and kicks at his ankles as hard as she can.

"Hey!" Dean screams as he falls face first.

Lina scrambles away on her knees and then rises to her feet.

"Wait!" Sam screams, but Lina is already running.

Lina sprints as fast as she can into the forest. Tree branches slap her face and the wind whips around her. Loud footsteps crash behind her. Dean must be trailing her. She hears gunfire and almost instantly feels something shatter on her back.

I'm shot

Lina falls to the ground. Her breathing is erratic and shaky, and she feels herself break out in a cold sweat. From her position on the ground she sees Dean run over to her. She watches as he takes out a small cloth and pours a liquid on it. She tries to crawl away, but her entire body is numb.

"Sorry about this… well not really," Dean says as he clamps the cloth over her mouth. Lina gags as she breaths in the toxic smell. She weakly tries to hit Dean, but he easily dodges her feeble attempts. The corners of her vision become fuzzy and in a matter of seconds everything goes black.