Kat took the last bite out of her breakfast. The tension between the boys could have been cut with a knife and there were plenty of them handy especially in the boot of the impala. Sam had gone to pick up a copy of to-days news paper.

"Babe what's wrong, you've been ... quiet the past few days" Dean distracted Kat from staring into space.

"I'm fine, it's not me you should be worrying about" The truth be told she didn't want to get involved in the argument about John.

"Here, take a look at this, I think I got one. Lake Manitoc, Wisconsin. Last week Sophie Carlton, 18, walks into the lake, doesn't walk out. Authorities dragged the water—nothing. Sophie Carlton is the third Lake Manitoc drowning this year. None of the other bodies were found either. They had a funeral two days ago" Sam handed Kat the paper he had been out to get.

"A funeral?" Dean took it off of her.

"They buried an empty coffin. For uh, a closure or whatever" Kat yawned.

"A closure? What closure? People don't just disappear, Kat. Other people just stop looking for them" Sam sighed heavily.

"Something you want to say? Cause if you do, don't take it out on her!" Dean slammed his hand on the table. That was exactly what Kat had been trying to avoid.

"The trail for dad—It's getting colder every day" Sam sighed.

"Exactly, so what are we supposed to do?" Dean was getting increasingly angrier.

"I don't know. Something, anything"

"You know what? I'm sick of this attitude. You don't think I wanna find dad as much as you do?"

"Yeah, I know you do, it's just—"

"I'm the one that's been with him every single day for the past two years, while you've been off to college going to pep rallies. We will find dad, but until then, we're gonna kill everything bad between here and there. Okay?"

"I'm gonna wait in the car" Kat stood up and walked out leaving the boys exchanging surprised looks.

"Maybe it's her ..." Sam nodded.

"What?" Dean raised his eyebrow.

"You know her ... time of the month"

"Oh, ..." He stood up, threw down a few notes and walked out to the car. He saw her sitting on the hood of the car staring at the sky.

"Kat, (He never really called her by her name unless he was addressing a serious matter) what's wrong? You can tell me you know that right" He stood in front of her; he lifted her chin so that he could look into her eyes.

"It's this thing between you guys ... I know it's not my place because I'm not family it's just ..."

"Kat babe I-"

"He's right Dean we have no clue where John is and he's getting more and angrier by the day ... eventually one of you guys are gonna say something your both gonna regret"

"What am I supposed to say to him Kat?"

"I don't know, I've always been the one being comforted"

After a long journey with few if any exchanged words between the boys they arrived at their destination. They went to gather information from the father of the girl and with the help of a few fake ID's managed to convince him that they were from the U.S Wild life service. After leaving the house they reviewed the information they had just been told.

"Ok so she didn't just drowned; Varsity swimmers don't just drowned 100 yards from their home" Sam allowed Kat to take his usual seat in the front next to Dean (Formally Kat's seat until a few weeks ago)

"No tracks by the sure line, it could be anything" Kat smiled as Dean winked at her, she took that as a silent 'are you ok?' wink. She smiled in response, half heartedly but it was more than Sam had given him for the past few hours.

"Right well let's go see the police report what you say babe?" Dean grinned at her.

"Sounds good to me"

Sam stat at the plastic table of their "reasonably priced hotel" more like cheap Kat always told Dean when he attempted to sugar coat the state of some of the places they had stayed over the past few months. Kat lay on the bed staring at the ceiling as Sam began to search the internet for any information regarding the case. Dean paced the room, after a few minutes Kat snapped.

"Dean! Sit down your annoying me" He'd never seen her in a bad mood before but the situation between the two brothers was starting to get to her. She was done with walking on egg shells. "I'm gonna take a walk I'll see you guys later" She got up taking her coat of the back of Sam's chair and slammed the door before Dean could insist on accompanying her.

She soon remembered that the woman her and Dean had meet earlier along with her son was heading over to the park. She decided that she would head over and talk to her. She walked into the park, she saw the little boy she knew as Lucas sitting on his own at a little wooden bench and table.

"Hey sweetie, how you doing?" Kat knew she would get no response as he had not spoken since he witnessed his father drowning. "You like to draw? Me too I studied it in school, do you mind if I sit with you for a while?" she looked at the pile of drawings on the table; a huge black swirl and a red bike seemed to be what most of them depicted. "Can I borrow a crayon?" She picked it up and began to draw on a piece of paper. "Sweetie I know what happened to your dad, see the same thing happened to my family , my mom and dad ... I know how you feel see I think that you might think that no one will believe you but trust me I will. See the things that killed my parents was ... well it was really, really bad. So I want you to know that if you want to tell me or draw me a picture about what you saw or ... here this is for you" She handed him a picture of her, Sam and Dean standing next to the Impala. "This is my new family, sort of (she laughed to herself) that's me and Dean (she drew him in his leather jacket with his arm around her and Sam) and that's his brother Sam" They all had smiles on their face so she was clearly using artistic license. Lucas just continued to draw and avoid eye contact with her just as he had been doing since she sat down. She sighed and stood up. "I'll see you around sweetie" She noticed that Sam and Dean were standing by his mother Andrea and began to make her way over to them. Dean smiled at her (he was testing the water to see if she was still mad) She smiled back and stood next to him and listened to the end of the conversation.

"They say it's a kind of post-traumatic stress" Lucas was the topic.

"That can't be easy, for either of you" Sam frowned.

"We moved in with my dad. He helps out a lot. It's just…when I think about what Lucas went through, what he saw…"

"Kids are strong. You'd be surprised what they can deal with" Dean placed his hand on Kats back; he knew what she had been through.

"You know, he used to have such life. He was hard to keep up with, to tell you the truth. Now he just sits there. Drawing those pictures, playing with those army men. I just wish…" Lucas walked up behind Kat and pulled at her sleeve.

"Hey sweetie" She knelt down in front of him. He held out a picture. "Thanks sweetie" Lucas walked back over to his table. She unfolded the paper to revel a little church with a red bike outside the gates.

Kat was asleep on Dean as they lay on the hotel bed. He stroked her hair as she nuzzled into his chest. Sam had gone out to the library to do more research on the "lake monster". Her eyes flickered open as she wrapped her arms firmly around his waist.

"What did you say to Lucas?" Dean kissed the top of her head and placed his hand on her back.

"I told him about my parents ... obviously I left the vampire bit out"

"Kitkat I - ..." Sam came in the door.

"Oh sorry am I ... interrupting someth-"

"What is it Sammy?" Dean cut him off.

"I think it's safe to say we can rule out Nessie, I just drove past the Carlton house. There was an ambulance there. Will Carlton is dead"

"An I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say he drowned?" Kat snuggled back into Dean's chest.

"Yep, in the sink"

"Ok that's strange even for us" Kat closed her eyes.

"This isn't a creature; we're dealing with something else, Babe any ideas?"

"A water wraith maybe? Some kind of demon? I mean, something that controls water…water that comes from the same source" Sleepiness filled her voice.

"The lake" Sam smiled at her as she clung onto Dean.

"Which would explain why it's upping the body count. The lake is draining. It'll be dry in a few months. Whatever this thing is, whatever it wants, it's running out of time" She yawned.

"And if it can get through the pipes, it can get to anyone, almost anywhere. This is gonna happen again soon" Dean put his arms around her again pulling the blanket over her.

"And we do know one other thing for sure. We know this has got something to do with Bill Carlton. It took both his kids" Dean relaxed and closed his eyes.

"And I've been asking around. Lucas' dad, Chris—Bill Carlton's godson"

"We better go pay Mr. Carlton a visit. You coming babe?" He ruffled her hair.

"No" They left her alone to catch up on her sleep. After a few hours of peaceful sleep the nightmares returned.

"No good night kiss Kate?" A tall, dark haired boy with the most amazing deep brown eyes stood at the end of the road that the house Kat grew up in was situated. Kat stood with her arms around his neck. She stood on her tip toes to reach his soft lips. They shared a passionate kiss as his arms wrapped around her waist protectively.

"Jack I gotta go my dad's gonna flip" She pulled away reluctantly. He kissed the top of her forehead.

"You want me to walk you to your door?" He still didn't let go of her hands.

"I think I can look after myself J" She smirked.

"Yeah well no matter how much martial arts you master there's things out there that are stronger than you" His voice held a tone of experience. Kat looked puzzled at his remark, she took it as him being an over protective boyfriend.

"Whatever, I'll call you tomorrow" She gave him a quick kiss and began to walk up to her house. She knew there was something wrong as soon as she got to the gate. The front door was open and the lights were off. She walked in slowly the scene before her unfolded; the creamy walls of her hall way were smeared in blood. The living room door was hanging from its hinges and there they were; her parents lay on the floor, blood pouring from their necks. A man sat in the arm chair by the fire blood dripping of off his chin. He had shoulder length thick black hair and dark eyes.

"I've been waiting for you honey"

"No! No!" Kat began to stumble backwards crashing into what was left of the door. He stood up wiping the blood from his mouth with his sleeve, revealing a deadly smirk. A sudden burst of adrenalin kicked in as she realised what this man was. She ran out of her front door the sounds of glass began crushed under her feet filled the otherwise silent street.

"Kate!" Jack came running towards her, he ran straight into the house but before Kat could follow him a strong hand grabbed her shoulder. Daniel Elkins Kat's estranged uncle pulled her into his car and speed off down the road.

"No! Uncle Danny Jacks still in there!" Kat turned to face her uncle.

"Oh baby he's dead already ... we need to get you out of here"

"What's going on ... that guy he, he had ..." The hysteria was kicking in.

"Vampire, a strong one to, Luther he's been around since the early 1800's" He speed around the corners with ease.

"What. No. No. This is crazy ... he can't, vampires don't exist ..." The tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Oh babe I didn't ever want to tell you this ever but all those things that go bump in the night, their all real" He genuinely never planned on telling her that all the monsters he used to tell her about in her bed time stories were real.

"Everything?" She had started to calm down as the shock kicked in.

"Everything and more, why do you think I insisted on you having all those martial arts lessons"

"How, how long have you been, known about this?" Kat wiped her tears on the black hoodie that Jack had lent her just a few hours before.

"A while, my speciality is vampires but I know a thing or two about all the other things"

"Other things? You hunt these things? Kat put her head in her hands.

"Yeah"

"How many people are we talking?" She sighed.

"There a good few of us, we do what we can to insure that we help everyone we can"

"So you help people by hunting these ... things?"

"Yeah ... and I know what's coming next and If it's what you really want then I'm not gonna stand in your way but revenge is no reason to throw your life away"

"Personal experience?"

"I know a guy who's wife was murdered by ... something, he's never stopped hunting it ever since. Even trained his children to help him in his crusade. I don't want that life for you"

"That guy said he was waiting for me, you just told me that all those creatures are real, one just killed my parents and my boyfriend and you expect me not to want in?" Anger was kicking in.

"Oh I knew you'd want in but make sure it's for the right reasons"

"Kat baby, hello earth to Kat" Dean gently cupped her face in his hands. She sat up instantly grabbing Dean's arms, slightly out of breath. "Babe what's wrong? ... the nightmares again?" She nodded as a tear slid down her face. "KitKat come here" He pulled her into his arms and kissed the top of her head. "It's alright I'm here"

"So do I want to know or?" Kat sat in the back of the car in Dean's arms; Sam got the privilege of driving.

"Jake and ill drowned a kid called Peter when they were kids so Peter -" Before Sam could finish his sentence Kat cut him off.

"Wanted revenge" Kat pulled Dean's arm tighter around her shoulders.

"Yeah" Sam sighed.

"And where did we get the sandwiches?" Kat used the hand that wasn't on top of Deans to look for a cheese one.

"Lucas made them for us, oh and he said to tell you that he has put the picture you drew for him on his wall" Kat smiled at what Sam had told her as she unwrapped the cellophane off of her sandwich.

"Oh and he drew you a picture of his family" Dean pulled a folded up piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her. She unfolded it and smiled. Knowing that she had helped that little boys family made her sure that she chose this life for the right reasons.