Spawn of Evil

Ashley had fallen asleep nestled under Sam's arm while Dean was still finishing up with the school girl, Sam didn't want to move her up stairs simply because she looked so damn happy and peace. Sam had also fallen asleep with time, his head resting on top of Ashley's.

"Good morning Sunshine" Dean called as he bounced downstairs. Both Winchesters snapped awake, stunned by Dean's sudden announcement.

"Well aren't you in a good mood this morning" Sam grumbled, feeling the effects of last night finally.

"Why wouldn't I be?" Dean proclaimed "Our little Killer here got arrested, and then save by a fireman!"

"Yeah, one hell of a night" Ashley said, getting the strength to sit up "thanks guys, really."

"Anytime, Little One" Sam responded giving her a quick pat on the leg before rushing to the bathroom.

Ashley hadn't thought of Max or the dreams for a day now, and it was showing; she was glowing and looked alive. Dean was happy to see his sister bounding around Bobby's place cooking and cleaning.

Dean knew they had stayed at Bobby's for long enough and it was time for them to go back to Texas. "Hey Ash" Dean called out from the study.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Come give me a hand with something?"

"Sure dude."

Dean had a surprise set up for Ashley and he knew it would be the best option to get her help on it.

"Wanna help me rebuild it?" Dean said lifting the sheet off the old Mustang.

"Dude, seriously" Ashley exclaimed "hell yeah I want to help!"

"Awesome."

Ashley was under the hood of the blue Mustang when she heard footsteps coming up behind her.

"Finally, can you hand me a wrench?" Ashley asked expecting to see Dean behind her, instead it was some little boy, holding the bloody hand of a younger girl.

"Oh, uh hey. Are you two lost?" Ashley asked squatting down to their level, but she got no response. "You two kids alright?" Ashley still got no answer. "Alright" she sighed, standing up and turning her back on two children to call Bobby, but before she could manage a word, she felt someone jump onto her back.

"Shit" she muttered collapsing under the weight.

"Dean! Sammy! He-" she screamed before the tumor on her back clamped a sweaty hand over her mouth.

"Shh, we're hungry" the little boy said into her ear. "Don't want anyone interrupting our snack" whined the little girl.

Ashley couldn't see either of the children, but the sound of teeth sliding down into place kicked Ashley into gear. Ashley threw the little brat off her back and made a grab for a wrench and wacked the little girl right across the jaw. "Gah, I fricken hate vampires" Ashley muttered as the little girl put her jaw back in place.

"Shit" Ashley said scrambled back to her bare feet. The little boy was walking back towards Ashley and she had nothing to use to cut their heads off. Ashley sprinted towards the garage, where she found one of Bobby's old hand saws. It was rusted, but she hoped it would do the trick.

Ashley walked back out of the garage to face the two devil spawn that attacked her. The children were nowhere in sight, but Ashley knew better than to assume they left. Ashley began to head back towards the house when a child jumped onto her back and sank a set of needle sharp teeth into the soft flesh at the base of her neck. Ashley screamed, but was unable to get the vampire off her back. Ashley collapsed, and felt the vampire start to suck harder to get everything they could from the depleting source, but thankfully she felt the teeth yank free of her neck like they had been torn out. She looked up and saw Dean standing over her covered in blood.

"De?" Ashley asked through heavy eyelids and hazy vision.

"Yeah, I got you Ash, you're ok" Dean said scooping up his bleeding sister and earning more blood on his clothes.

"Two" she muttered sleepily.

"Yeah, Sam got the boy" Dean assured his sister "let's get you inside and cleaned up."

Ashley tried to stay awake, but she lost the fight despite Dean pleading with her and slipped into unconsciousness. When she woke up, Ashley found herself lying on the floor on pillows. Above her, Dean was curled up on the couch with a tube running from his arm into hers. Dean was snoring above her, with a rag laid across his forehead trying to cool him down.

"Ash, you're up" Sam said rushing towards her.

"Sammy, what-"

"You're fine, so is Dean. He's only been hooked up for a couple minutes" Sam informed his worried sister. "Ya know, for being such a big 'tough guy' he really can't handle giving up his blood" Sam laughed as he shook Dean awake.

"What?" Dean said, not able to open his eyes.

"She's up, you're off the hook, my turn now" Sam said removing the tube from Dean's arm and stitched up the gash, before starting in on his own arm.

"Thank god" Dean said removing the cloth from his eyes, but kept his eyes shut. Sam moved to sit down next to Ashley, right as she struggled to sit up. "Whoa there Ash" Sam warned, moving Ashley so she could lean against the couch next to him.

"Gotta keep still" Dean said from his post on the couch. "You lost a lot of blood there" he said running a hand through her hair while the cloth remained over his eyes. She let it fade back to blond, which had made Dean happy; Ashley allowed herself to look like Mary again, this showed Dean she felt better about her place in this family.

"Here all of you, drink this" Bobby said delivering a glass full of orange juice to each Winchester. Ashley quickly drained hers and handed the glass back to Bobby before sliding back down to her nest of pillows, careful of the tube connecting her to Sam. "Okay if I sleep?" she asked no one in particular.

"Yeah Kiddo, rest up" Dean mumbled from the couch.

With Dean and Ashley recovered enough to hit the road, the Winchesters pack up their things and said goodbye to Bobby.

Sam was driving while his siblings were both squeezed into the back seat. Ashley wasn't out of the woods yet, so Dean shadowed every move she made.

"I swear, I hate kids" Dean grumbled around his sleepy sister, his words dripping with sarcasm.

"Yeah, except for Ben" Sam pointed out

"Hah, yeah alright" Dean agreed. "Where we at?"

"Uh, somewhere around Kansas, or Oklahoma" Sam yawned.

"Alright" Dean said getting comfortable "I'm going to crash. Wake me up if you need anything."

"Sure dude."

Dean tried to fall asleep, but Ashley's face was scrunched and her breathing had become labored. Dean gently shook Ashley awake next to him on the bench seat and looked into her currently blue eyes.

"What was it this time?" Dean whispered.

"The Hell one" she answered.

"Ruby's dead, it's not going to happen" Dean said a little louder.

"What about Ruby?" Sam asked once he heard the name.

Dean looked down at Ashley and gave her a nod, ensuring her Sam should know.

AN: One more this week until I gotta dive in to studying, and one next week. Tell me what you think!