Dark Dreams

Author's Note: I do not own anything. All Characters belong Kripke. This takes place pre-series. Dean is 16, Sam is 12. When you see 'This' That is a characters inner thoughts. All that is "This" is the spirit. No the lore may not be correct but, this is my interpretation of it.

Chapter 2 : We got a case

Sam was asleep in the back seat of the impala. He had been up late studying for some stupid test on Monday. The best part of being out of school was no more studying for test. Mind you not that I never did actually study so, no loss there. Dad had said he wanted to get an early start and wanted to get to Bobby's to get all the facts for the case. We were going to meet Bobby, Ellen and Pastor Jim. The meeting place was Bobby's house and the best part was, was the case is in South Dakota. So they were going to stay at Bobby's place instead of a motel. Dean was looking forward to a real bed and a good nights sleep. The other motel had so many people yelling and weird noises that kept him up most of the night. How his dad could sleep through all that was a mystery. Bobby had called about several cases that were taking place in a town near Sioux Falls. From what dad had said it was about kids. Several kids had been killed over the past few weeks. Some had made the papers and some hadn't. So they had missed the articles until Sammy found some information on the internet. Then Bobby called and mentioned the case as well. So we decided we would meet and handle this together. Ellen was there after she had a case near to Bobby's place and was staying there for a quick stop. She agreed to help on the case. Then Pastor Jim was called to help watch over Sammy. Dad was finally going to let me be in the hunts more and thought this one would be a good start. Seeing as there were going to be three hunters and one was my Dad.

We finally reached the Salvage yard and I leaned over the back to wake Sammy while Dad went to get the bags out of the trunk. "Sammy, dude get up. We're here man, let's go". I said as I shook him awake. He opened his eyes and gave me one of his bitch faces. "I'm up okay, I'm coming". I got out of the car and went to help Dad with all the bags. We had overnight bags and our weapons bags. So he took his overnight bag and I grabbed the one Sammy and I shared. He grabbed the other weapons bag and headed to the house. John was already chatting with the others and catching up with them. Dean put his bags down and went back for Sammy. He was moving at the speed of a snail today. "Dude, hurry up and get you butt in here man!". Dean yelled from the porch. Sam finally made it to the steps. "Shut up, Jerk". Dean smiled and as Sam passed him to get into the house he whispered "Bitch". Sam turned around and smiled at him. No matter what he was feeling, he could always depend on Dean to make him feel better. He wouldn't say it to him but, Sam was really going to miss dean while he was away on this hunt.

They all managed to catch up with each other and finally sat down in the living room. They had a lot of information to catch up on and a lot of planning to do. "You sure you want Dean on this one John?". Dean looked up from the papers and stared at Bobby for a moment and then looked at his father. "Yeah, he needs more experience. He is going to be hunting with me full time now". The others looked at John as he said "full time". "Well the boy needs to graduate school first right?". Bobby asked. Hoping to remind John that Dean was still very young. "No I don't. I dropped out". Dean added as everyone seemed to be looking angrily at his father. All eyes looked at him and then back to John. "You let him drop out? He was almost finished". Ellen said. "I know but, a lot of hunters are occupied and I need help from someone that I can trust. Ain't no one I trust more than Dean". Dean smiled at hearing his father say he trusted him completely. Bobby just had to be sure. "So are you saying you asked him to drop out or made him?". John was looking over the information again and looked up once more. "Is this really the time to discuss this? We are on a hunt you know, kids are dying. Here we are wasting time talking about school". John went back to the information and didn't want to look up again. He knew there would be a lot of angry faces staring at him. One that had had an angry face for the longest was Sammy.

"Ok, so from what I could find on the internet and newspaper we have over 5 kids who have died in the last few weeks. Always outside and never in the same spot". Ellen stared at the coroner pictures and noticed another similarity. "It seems that all 5 had this black handprint over their heart. Like something burned it in. They couldn't find any other DNA on them and no prints". John looked up "finger or shoe prints?". Ellen looked at the report again. "Neither". Dean looked up at her answer. "All the siblings who were left behind were younger and described her as a woman who seemed to move at a fast speed, float and even vanished right before their eyes". Dean added. "Well I suggest we divide and conquer. Some take the parents, the younger siblings and the authorities". Pastor Jim suggested. The others nodded in agreement. "I'll take the authorities". John offered. Bobby nodded and decided "I'll go with you". John nodded in agreement to the partnership. "I'll take the parents". Ellen offered. "What will be your cover?". She thought for a moment and decided "I'll go as a grief counselor". the others nodded at her choice. It was best they could come up with to get the grieving parents to open up about their kids. "I could go with you and ask the kids. I could be a youth grief counselor". When the others looked at him with a look of surprise. "I could be in training if it makes it more believable". Ellen smiled as Dean added that in as quick as possible. "No sweetie a youth grief counselor works just fine". She put her hand on Deans leg as a sign of comfort. He was still new and learning the other side of hunting, the investigating side. Dean smiled and relaxed a little. He was nervous about doing this and having an experienced hunter as his partner. He knew all of his dad's usual plans and strategies. He was comfortable with him but knew he had to get out of that comfort zone. Ellen seemed like a good start for that.