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Since that day Bella slept poorly, always afraid to dream and somehow longed for the dreams to come. Those dreams were all she had of John now – the dreams and the boys. Since that night in Spokane when Bella had her firs dream John has been incredebly cold to her, distant. He rarely talked to her, days could pass without him saying a word.

It was killing Bella, John has ignored her now for almost a month and a half.

So when he asked her to stay with him and talk one evening after the boys were in bed Bella was so suprised she couldn't answer him, she just stood there stunned.

»Bella.« John started. Bellas heart leaped hearing her name coming out of his mouth after so long. »I have a new case.«

Bella felt all the exitment leave her. She hoped this was somehow connected to them, to the dreams that were plueging her. How wrong she was. Of course this was about a case, it always was.

»This one is serious.«

»Okay?« Bella didn't know what he wanted from her. They had a deal, Bella will not go breaking it. It was time he got more dificult cases, she knew.

»Do you know how to handle a weapon?«

»Yeah. Dad was a cop and he loved to hunt.«

»Good, I'll leave you a gun and a knife so you can deffed yourself and the boys.«

»Okay.« Bella wished she had something smarter to say but she didn't. John was slowly breaking her heart and he didn't even know it.

»This thing I'm going after it's a Shtriga.«

»A what now?« That was a word Bella hasn't heard before.

»A Shtriga, it's a creature. It looks human unles it's feeding.«

»Feeding?« Bella asked wide eyed.

»Yes. It feeds mostly on children, on their life essence.« He smiled gently at Bella's look of horror. It was so hard for him to stay away from her but he needed to do it. He couldn't lose her. He would rather have her near him, arms lenght but alive than let her closer and watch her die. »It can only be killed when it's feeding and when shot with consecrated iron rounds, otherwise it's immortal.«

»Are the boys in danger?«

»Given who their father is, the boys are always in danger…«

»I meant from this thing, John.« Bella couldn't believe John could joke about this. It wasn't until she looked in his eyes did she notice that he was serious. Even though John was smiling his eyes told another story – the boys were in danger.

»I can't tell for sure, Bella. It's in town so every child is in danger. I just want to make sure you guys are safe.«

Bella nodded. »Do you know who it is?«

»What do you mean?«

»Well, you said it looks human so I'm guessing it's acting human too. And what do humas do to survive?« She hastily added. »Well, most humans.«

John shook his head, he didn't see where Bella was going with this.

»They get jobs, John.« Bella pointed the obvious.

John paled, he didn't think of that. Not many monsters John hunted went to work.

»Ah, now you get it.« Bella smiled. »And if it is true what you said, that it's going after children it has to work somewhere where there's alot of children. Like a school, nursery, hospital someting like that.«

»You could be right.«

»Yeah, I could be.« Bella nodded. »And if you think small places like this check on their imploes, you'd be wrong.«

John looked at her puzzled.

»You remember the vampire coven I told you about?«

»Yes.« That was a stupid question, John will never forget that. He could never forget that Bella was so stupid to put herself in danger by dating a vampire, no matter how young she was.

»Yeah, the coven leader. Carlisle, he worked in the hospital. He was a doctor, a surgeon, I think.«

John was paler than the wall. He never imagined there could be a vampire working in a hospital. It send chills down his spine.

» I know, right.« Bella never put much thought in Carlisle working in a hospital. She even admired him for it. Now that she was taking care for Dean and Sam who were slowly becoming like her own children she shruddered at the thought.

To think all it was needed was a second of losing self control and someone could die. And then he would have to cover up that death if someone saw him draining anyone. Soon enough the whole hospital could be dead.

»This one is gonna be hard.« John sighed.

He had no idea how right he was when he said those words. The Shtriga went through children like wildfire. One after another the kids ended up in the hospital pneumonia. It was driving John insane but somehow he never could get the thing.

And after a week of searching and he still had nothing he brought his wery bones to the apartment they were renting.

Bella was having a wonderful evening. She and the boys played pictonary after dinner and then they fell asleep watching Spongebob. Now the boys were in bed and Bella was enjoying a glass of red wine with one of her favorite movies – Pretty Woman.

She would never admit it but she was getting a bit tipsy. She didn't drink in some time and now this big glass was almost too much. She stumbled to the bathroom to wash her face.

When she came back something felt strange. Nothing actually changed in the room as Bella looked around it. The wine and the glass were still on the coffee table, the movie still running. Everything seemed okay but Bella felt something was wrong.

She was just about to attribute the weirdnes to the wine she drank when she noticed the door to the boys room was closed. And Bella always, always left the door ajar.

Grabing the gun John gave her Bella creeped to the room. Opening the door she saw the most horrific sight she ever imagined.

There above Sam was a creature hanging. If John didn't tell her what it was named Bella would say it was a Dementor. It looked just like those things from the Harry Potter movie.

Bella gasped and the creature looked up. The face was even more ugly that Bella thought possible. She shot it before it could run away and the Shtriga fell to the floor.

Running to check on a now crying Sammy Bella saw that Dean was also crying. Probably of fear that something happened to his baby brother and not the shock of the gun being fired. Maybe it was both, Bella didn't know.

»Sammy!« She gasped in relief when she had him in her arms. »Are you okay, sweetie?«

Sammy nodded in Bella's chest. The poor thing must have been so scared. Bella couldn't even imagine being four years old and seeing a monster.

Sudenly Bella was pulled from Sam and pushed to the floor. Looking up there was that same ugly face that was hovering over Sam just minutes ago.

Bella could hear Dean and Sam screaming in fear, crying her name but the all the strenght she had was leaving her. She felt herself slipping away.

Just then John walked in the room and Bella saw him with the corner of her eye. Whatever the connection Bella and John shared was it gave her new power. She raised the gun with her new found strenght and pressed it to the Shtriga's forehead.

The gun fired and the creature collapsed on top of Bella. The incredible heat seeping through her clothes was the last thing Bella remembered.

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