A/N- Here's another chapter because the last one was short! Thank you so much for reading and I don't own Supernatural or Charmed.
Chapter Five
It was beginning to get dark as they pulled into the driveway in front of Zoe's cousins house. Zoe heard the Impala and ran out the door to greet Adora. She was wearing a black to green dress that was fitted on top and slightly poofy at the bottom, slightly see through black leggings and babydoll stiletto heels that she may have put on to impress Dean, but when they pulled up, she ran straight to Adora's side of the car.
"Oh my God, Addie!" Zoe rushed, hugging her best friend. "I can't believe it's been a year since I've seen you!" Adora smiled and hugged her back as Dean grabbed their duffels from the trunk of the Impala and joined them. Sam hung kinda back, not sure what to do in this situation, as it was obvious this girl was well liked by both Adora and Dean. Zoe then noticed Dean standing there and shot a smirk in his direction. "Hey Hot Stuff, how are you?" Dean smiled back.
"Hi, Zoe. It's been an interesting couple of weeks," Dean answered. "But it's good to see you again." Zoe smiled at Dean, then she noticed Sam and narrowed her eyes.
"Adora, who is this?" She asked lowly. Adora looked at Sam and back to Zoe, noticing tension coming from both of them.
"Zoe, this is Sam. Sam this is Zoe," she introduced. Zoe nodded slowly before walking up to Sam.
"This is Sam?" She asked as if she didn't quite believe this was the person partially responsible for Adora's depression. When she looked at Adora and got a nod she turned and looked back at him "So you're Bitch Boy, huh." Then she turned back to Dean and Adora ignoring him, "Come on, I'll show you into the house and introduce you to Haley and Ben, two of my cousins."
"Where's your other one?" Adora asked as they walked up to the house, Dean and Sam following.
"That's what I need to talk to you about." Zoe said, tensely. Adora nodded and followed her friend into the house. There was a boy who looked about sixteen sitting on a couch reading and a woman who looked to be about Adora's age standing at the window. "Haley, Ben these are my friends." The woman turned to look and smiled faintly.
"Hi," she said, "I'm Haley, this is my brother, Ben." Adora and Dean smiled at her, Sam just shifted his footing awkwardly.
"I'm Adora," Adora said, introducing herself. "This is my brother, Dean, and this is Sam." Sam looked at her, as if wondering why he wasn't introduced as her brother.
"It's good to meet you," Haley said. "I'm sorry I'm not more enthusiastic, it's been a rough couple of days." Adora nodded her understanding.
"Zoe says there's something we can help with," She said. "What's up?" Zoe looked at her friend and answered.
"It's my cousin, Tommy." Zoe said, "he went camping about a week ago, but hasn't called in a couple of days. He was checking in every night."
"And we can help why?" Dean asked her.
"It's hard to explain," Zoe said. Sam scoffed, earning himself a glare from both Adora and Zoe.
"Sam," Adora snapped, he looked at her. "Shush." He rolled his eyes but remained silent as she returned her attention to Zoe. "Is it one of those feelings?"
"Yeah," Zoe said, a catch in her throat. "It's indescribable, I know something is wrong, but I can't define it." Adora nodded, then turned to her brother.
"We should check it out." She said, Dean nodded and Sam rolled his eyes again. Zoe's eyes lit up and she grinned. Before she could say anything though, Haley interrupted.
"Well if you want to come with Ben and I, you can, we've hired a guide to take us to where Tommy was camping to see if he really is okay or not." She said, "I know something is wrong, but the authorities don't believe us and they won't let us file a missing persons report until his permit to camp runs out and he still has a week left." Dean nodded before turning to Zoe.
"Are you coming too?" He asked and she shook her head no.
"No, someone has to stay behind to help patch you people up when you come back," she said, smiling. "Plus, it's not like I would do you any good out there. I'd just wind up slowing you down."
Dean nodded, understanding her choice before looking at his sister. "Addie, if you want to stay behind-"
"I'm coming, Dean." Adora said with finality in her voice. He nodded and looked at Haley.
"We're gonna go and find a hotel to sleep in tonight," He said. Before he could continue, Zoe interrupted him.
"Not a chance, Hot Stuff." She said, "Adora and I will sleep in my room and you and Bitch Boy can share the guest room." Haley nodded in agreement. Sam rolled his eyes for a third time at being refered to as Bitch Boy again, but didn't say anything to her. He knew her dislike of him probably had something to do with Adora, but he didn't know what as Adora refused to talk to him. Zoe led them up to the guest room, which was down the hall from where Zoe and Adora would be sleeping, before showing Adora her room. Adora smiled when she saw the huge bed.
"Are you tired?" Zoe asked her.
"A little, I don't really sleep well when we're on the road." Adora answered. Zoe nodded her understanding.
"Okay then, you get some sleep, I'm gonna go get things set up for breakfast and then I'll be back." She said, Adora nodded and was already pulling out her sleep stuff when Zoe left the room.
Zoe walked down to the kitchen and began pulling out the ingredients to make pancakes. She knew her cousins kept a mix for them in the house, but preferred to make them from scratch. As she measured the flour and other ingredients into a bowl, Sam came into the kitchen. Zoe looked up and rolled her eyes.
"Do you need something?" She asked him.
"Just looking for water," he answered. She grabbed a glass, filled it and handed it to him. "Thanks." She shrugged and went back to her task as he drank, watching her.
Finally she got irritated and snapped. "What?"
"Do you have a problem with me?" He asked, she snorted.
"What gave you that idea?" She asked him, sarcastically.
"You've been seriously hostile and rude to me since we got here." He countered. She fought the urge to roll her eyes and looked at him for a minute.
"Yeah, I do have a problem with you." She answered him. He looked momentarily stunned and she continued. "I don't suppose you even thought about what you left behind, did you? Or how badly you hurt certain people. Believe you me, if it wouldn't hurt Addie so badly to cause you bodily harm, I would." Sam looked taken aback, but didn't say anything further before leaving the room. Zoe watched him leave and finished mixing the batter. When it was done, she put it in the refrigerator to mature and went upstairs to get some sleep.
The next morning, Adora and Zoe got up around the same time. Both girls smiled at each other and went through a familiar morning routine. Zoe let Adora shower first and quickly followed her. The girls then made their way to the kitchen to make breakfast.
"I mixed pancake batter last night," Zoe said. "But you'll have to cook them while I make everything else, especially if you don't want burnt pancakes."
"Okay then," Adora smiled. Zoe pulled out the griddle and put it on the stove. Adora heated it up and started pouring batter to make them. Zoe set about making bacon.
"Will scrambled eggs be okay for everyone?" Zoe asked.
"It should be." Adora answered, "Dean and I will be happy to have a home cooked meal. Sam just likes pancakes."
"I don't really care about Bitch Boy, but you and Hot Stuff, I do." Zoe said. Adora looked at her friend.
"I still love him, you know." She said sadly.
"Yeah I know, Addie." Zoe said, "that's why I haven't punched him in the face yet." Adora smiled at her friend. They continued cooking breakfast in silence until Dean and Sam came into the kitchen.
"Something smells good," Dean said, reaching for a piece of bacon. Zoe slapped his hand.
"Wait until breakfast," she said to him. Adora smirked at Dean as he grinned back. Sam watched their antics with a silence that worried Adora a little.
"How are you this morning?" She asked him. He looked at her, his hazel eyes haunted.
"I didn't sleep so well, Dora." He said, sadly. Zoe looked at him, wondering what was going on with him. Sam didn't elaborate about why he didn't sleep, but the reason he didn't sleep was his dreams were about Adora. He couldn't explain, but he felt that something was going to happen to her. Mentally shaking off the foreboding feeling, he looked at Zoe, "Is there anything I can do to help?" Zoe looked at him for a moment before nodding.
"You can set the table," she said, handing him enough plates and cutlery for everyone. Zoe then turned her attention to Dean, who was trying to snag a piece of bacon again. Rolling her eyes she spoke to him too. "If you really want a piece of bacon, you're gonna have to earn it, Dean." He looked at her, eyes filled with mischief.
"What do you need me to do?" He asked. She grinned and started handing him glasses.
"Make sure every place has a glass of orange juice," She commanded. Dean grinned, popping the bacon into his mouth and started carrying glasses out. Zoe watched him leave, her eyes going slightly unfocused as she watched him go. Adora looked over at her friend and chuckled.
"Zoe and Dean sitting in a tree," she said in a sing-song voice. Zoe snapped her attention back to the task at hand.
"Really mature, Addie," she said, sarcastically, as Sam came back into the kitchen and got some water unnoticed. "Although, I do have to say when God decided to create the perfect ass on a guy, he created Dean's." Sam choked on his water, bringing attention to himself from both girls. Adora grinned at him.
"Hear something you didn't want to, Sammy?" She asked. He just looked at her, trying to catch his breath. Adora grinned at him and set a plate of pancakes on the counter, next to the bacon. "You shouldn't eavesdrop."
"I wasn't," he protested. "I just happened to hear-"
"Girl-talk," Zoe interrupted. "Although I guess it's no secret to either Addie or Dean that I'm really into him." Sam just shook his head and walked out of the kitchen. Zoe and Adora exchanged a glance before carrying breakfast to the table. Haley and Ben joined them. After breakfast, they got ready to go look for Tommy. Zoe hugged Adora and told her to be careful before she went back in the house to clean up.
The Winchesters followed Haley and her brother to where they were meeting their guide. His name was Roy, and he wasn't happy about three extra people coming along. When he said something to Haley, however she told him they were coming and he shut up. He did roll his eyes when he asked Dean if he had thought to bring any provisions with him and Dean pulled out a bag of M&Ms.
As Roy led the way into the woods, Sam found himself getting edgier. He just couldn't shake the feeling that something bad might happen to Adora. He would steal a glance at her from time to time, but she seemed fine. He tried to calm his nerves, telling himself they were just nerves.
After hiking for about four hours, they found the obvious remains of a campsite. Haley recognized Tommy's tent and started screaming for him. No one was expecting to hear him yell back, and when they did everyone ran in that direction except Adora, who decided to stay behind with the packs. She was getting everything organized when she heard a rustling sound behind her and she turned, thinking it was Sam or Dean. unfortunately for her, it wasn't. She and the creature stared each other down. It was tall, with long arms and fingers that had even longer talons at the end. She opened her mouth to call for Sam or Dean when the creature moved fast, knocking her out and carrying her away with the packs.
After realizing that Tommy wasn't in the nearby woods, Dean, Haley and Ben returned to the campsite to notice that the creature had taken their supplies. Dean wasn't too worried until Sam and Roy returned, without Adora.
"Where's Addie?" He asked his brother.
"I thought she went with you," Sam said. Roy rolled his eyes.
"That's what you get for bringing someone obviously delicate into the woods. She probably ran off." He said snidely, earning a glare from both Dean and Sam.
"She isn't like that," Dean snapped at him. Ben walked up, looking worried.
"Dora stayed behind with the packs." He said.
"So that means she's probably been hauled off by whatever this creature is." Sam said, worry evident on his face.
"It's what happens when you bring a woman into the woods on an important mission like this." Roy said, "the creature will probably go after Haley next." Sam glared at the man, gritting his teeth, but he and Dean ignored him for the rest of the day as they began to puzzle out what kind of creature they were dealing with.
Meanwhile, Adora was hanging from an old mine rafter and regaining her consciousness quickly. The last thing she remembered was staring at the creature before it knocked her out. She looked around the room where she was and saw another person tied up not too far from where she was, but she didn't have time to say anything to him, as the creature returned. It leaned in close to her and took a deep breath, almost shuddering as it exhaled. It reached up and ran a claw tip down her face to the hem of her shirt, where he stomach was showing slightly. She bit in a hiss of pain as it gashed her stomach shallowly, but drawing blood. She felt herself begin to freak as it ran it's tongue across the cut it had just made. Her whimpering must have woken the other person up, as he started to yell at the creature.
"Hey, Freak Show!" He shouted, kicking a rock at it and getting it's attention. "Get the fuck away from her!" While it was distracted, Adora used her arms to pull herself up and kick it firmly in the head. It howled and ran out of where they were strung up. She turned to look at the guy.
"Are you Tommy?" She asked him.
"Yeah," he answered. "Who are you."
"Adora Winchester, I'm here to rescue you." She said. He chuckled looking up at his still tied hands.
"Good job," he said. She looked at him in disbelief before laughing. He couldn't help but stare, she had one of the most beautiful laughs he had ever heard.
"What's so funny?" He asked.
"We just totally had a Star Wars moment." She said still chuckling. He joined in her laughter as he realized she was right. After a minute, their laughter died down and she began to examine the rope tying her up. Pushing really hard with her mind, she felt the rope begin to fray. "I think I found a weakness in the rope holding me up, hang on."
The rope came free and she landed on the ground with an audible sound. Looking quickly to see the creature hadn't run in, she looked through the packs on the ground and found a knife. Walking over to where Tommy was hanging, she cut him down. He was visibly shaking from being tied up so long. She eased him to the ground and then searched the packs for a blanket and wrapped it around him, to warm him up. She then found another blanket for them to sit on, a flashlight and a first aid kit so she could treat his wounds. He hissed as she dabbed disinfectant into them.
"Sorry," she said wincing a little in sympathy.
"It's ok," he said back. "I don't mind the pain, at least I haven't gotten eaten yet."
"And you won't," she answered. "Help is coming." He nodded and she finished treating his wounds before turning her attention to the cut on her stomach.
"It looks kinda nasty," Tommy observed looking at it with her.
"We need to clean it, I can't believe that thing was drinking my blood." A visible shudder ran through her body as Tommy took the first aid stuff out of her hands.
"I'll do it for you," he located the disinfectant stuff and motioned for her to lay back on the blanket. She did and he cleaned her cut, gently but thoroughly. She laid as still as she could, trying not to wince as the alcohol burned and cleaned her cut. After it was clean, he bandaged it and covered her with the blanket that she had wrapped around him. They used a pack for a pillow and shared their body heat to get what little sleep they could.
They were soon woken up by the creatures return. By the sound, it had one or two more people with it. Adora and Tommy grabbed the blankets and hid behind a large rock as it came into the room. It hung the bodies up, tying them together and left without bothering to look around too much. Adora sighed with relief as she crept over to the two people hanging. She recognised them as Dean and Haley.
"It's my brother and your sister," She told Tommy, using the knife to cut them down. Tommy caught his sister before she could fall all the way down, and Adora supported Dean's dead weight. They carried/drug them over to the blankets to check their wounds and wake them up. Dean opened his eyes first focusing on his little sister.
"Addie," he said his voice full of relief, hugging her tightly. She winced at the pain in her stomach causing him to look at her with concern. "What did it do to you."
"It cut my stomach, and drank my blood." She answered, showing him the covered wound. He growled slightly.
"This thing is so dead," he muttered. Adora smirked at him, knowing his overprotective nature was coming out.
"Do you know what we're dealing with?" She asked him.
"Sam thinks it's a Wendigo," Dean answered. She frowned.
"Aren't we a little far west for that?" She asked, confused.
"That's what I thought, but it fits the pattern." Dean answered, then he patted her shoulder. "Sam will find us so we can get out of here, I left a trail of M&M's." She snorted.
"Better than breadcrumbs?" She asked, he nodded. "Are there any left?" He handed her the bag and she munched happily for a few moments until they heard some rock shifting. The entire group tensed up until they heard Sam's voice.
"Dean? Dora?" He called, looking for them.
"Sammy!" Adora called, "we're in here." A few seconds later, Sam and Ben came into the room.
"Dora!" Sam said, hugging her, causing her to again wince in pain. "Are you hurt?"
"It's just flesh wound," she said. Dean and Tommy both laughed. "We need fire to kill this thing, right?" Sam nodded. "Well I found two flare guns, those should work." She handed a gun to Sam, as he was uninjured and kept the other for herself. Dean of course had to fuss about it.
"Give me the gun, Addie." He said.
"No, Dean," Adora argued. "The Wendigo injured your arm, and you know your aim will be off. Plus, I'm the better shot anyways." Dean glared mutinously but didn't argue any further. Sam glanced between the two before speaking.
"I'm going to try and draw it away," He said. "Dora you should stay with the group and lead them out of here."
"Yeah, cuz I totally know the way." She said, sarcastically. "We need to stick together, if it comes after us, we can wing it." Sam didn't like that idea, as it put her in more potential danger, but he didn't say anything as Dean nodded his head, agreeing with her.
"Fine," he said, leading the way out of the mine. As they were nearing the exit, they heard the Wendigo howl.
"It's coming," Dean said. "Move faster." They hurried along faster, but Adora saw that with both Dean and Tommy injured, it would catch up. So she stopped and turned around. Sam stopped to look at her.
"Dora.." He said, his voice trailing off.
"Don't worry, Sam." She said, "I'll catch up." Dean grabbed Sam and pulled him away from her and the group huddled in a nearby hole in the wall. Adora swallowed her fear and looked this thing in the face. It growled at her but saw the others and started to go for them. "No!" She yelled at it, "You want me, you know I taste good, so come and get me!" She started running back the way they came, ignoring Dean and Sam's yells for her. Rocks moving behind her told her it was on her tail. She suddenly stopped and ducked into another hole and it ran past her, focused on the chase. Adora stepped out of the hole and aimed at the creature who had just noticed that it lost her. As it let out another howl, she fired the flare gun, causing it to go up in flames. Smirking slightly to herself, Adora returned to the group where she was hugged by Sam, who'd been freaking out. She pulled out of his embrace to turn to Dean who was glaring at her.
"That was stupid." He said. She looked at him with her eyes widened. "What the hell were you thinking?"
"That it had already had a taste of me and would probably want more." Adora retorted, "I did what had to be done to take this thing out." Dean shook his head in disbelief.
"That's ridiculous, Addie." He said, "it could have killed you."
"It could have killed me when it hauled me off too, Dean." She said, "but it didn't. I shot the damn thing and it burned." She looked at him with challenge in her eyes. Sam had frozen when she said that it had tasted her, but she was ignoring him now. He also noticed Tommy looking at her with appreciation and felt his teeth set on edge. Dean regarded his little sister for a moment before pulling her into a hug.
"If you had gotten seriously hurt, Zoe would have killed me." He said, still grumbling.
"Wait a minute," Tommy said, interrupting them. "You know Zoe? You're that Adora?"
"How many Adoras do you think there are?" She asked him. He blushed lightly and Haley spoke up.
"We should get back to our cars and get home, Tommy and Dean look like they need to be rebandaged, and your cut should probably be looked at too, Dora." She said. Everyone agreed and they started to hike back to the car. The group soon got ahead of Tommy who was severely dehydrated and weak. Adora walked back to him to help him he leaned on her a little as she helped him catch up to the group. Sam saw the two of them and felt his heart clench as jealousy washed over him.
"You're kinda like Xena," Tommy said looking at her. She blushed slightly at the compliment.
"Thanks," she answered, smiling at him. He smiled back at her, not showing not nervousness he felt.
"How did your parents come up with Adora?" He asked.
"They didn't," she answered, he looked confused. "Dean named me. He was really into He-Man and She-Ra and wanted to name after the most powerful woman he knew of." Tommy nodded.
"So he named you after She-Ra." He concluded.
"Yep," Adora confirmed. Tommy then stopped, because he had to breathe and they noticed the group was way ahead of them by now. He looked at her.
"You saved my life," he said. "How can I thank you?" She smiled at him.
"You don't have to thank me, Tommy." She answered, "Zoe's my best friend. I would help her with anything." Tommy nodded in understanding.
"I think you're amazing and really special." He said, "I'm sure your boyfriend is a lucky guy." Adora blushed as she looked at him.
"I don't have a boyfriend," she said. He grinned and leaned in to kiss her. She gently pushed him back. "You're a great guy and I don't want to hurt you, even though I don't have a boyfriend, I am interested in someone else and I can't give you anything more than friendship." Tommy paused then nodded his head.
"He must be a special guy if you're so dedicated to him." Tommy said, as they continued walking. She agreed.
"I just don't know if he feels the same way," she responded. "I guess I never will, but it wouldn't be fair to try and be with someone when they could never fully have my heart."
"I get that," Tommy agreed. They continued walking at a pace that was meant for Tommy until they came to where they'd parked the cars. Everyone was waiting for them. Dean was smirking in Adora's direction while Sam looked like he wanted to punch something. Tommy leaned over and kissed Adora on the cheek. "See you back at my house," he whispered and she smiled at him before going to join Sam and Dean. She glanced at them and immediately knew something was up.
"What?" She asked climbing in the back seat and stretching out so that her stomach could breathe. It had begun to really hurt while she was supporting some of Tommy's weight.
"Took you long enough," Dean said, noticing her position and looking at her worriedly. "Are you okay?"
"Stomach's a little sore from where that thing cut me." She said, "I'll be fine after it gets recleaned and bandaged. Dean nodded and got into the shotgun seat of the Impala. Sam got into the driver's seat and they followed Haley back to her house. Meanwhile, Dean wasn't done teasing Adora, and by extension, Sam.
"So Addie," Dean began.
"So Dean," Adora returned.
"What took you two so long?" He asked, "were you guys kissing or something?" Sam's hands tightened their grip on the steering wheel and Dean smirked slightly, knowing Adora wouldn't notice, and he continued, "actually, I was wondering what you two did in the mine all alone last night." Adora looked at her older brother, noticing the mischief in his eyes, she then glanced over at Sam, who seemed to be struggling not to break the steering wheel.
"Well, last night he cleaned the wound on my stomach and then we snuggled to conserve body heat." She said, swearing she could hear Sam's teeth grinding causing her own smirk to develop as she finished Dean's question. "And today, we walked a little slower because he was sore and couldn't keep up. We talked and he asked if I had a boyfriend."
"What did you say?" Sam asked, not able to keep himself out of the conversation. Adora looked in his direction, smirk firmly in place.
"I told him the truth. I don't have a boyfriend," she said, mischievously, "and then he tried to kiss me." Sam jerked slightly, as if he'd been punched. Dean however noticed Adora's wording.
"You mean he didn't actually kiss you?" He asked.
"On the cheek," she said. "He's a sweet guy." Dean smiled at her while Sam glared out the window.
"What did you guys talk about?" Dean asked.
"My name," she answered. "He wanted to know where my parents came up with Adora. I told him you named me. He said I reminded him of Xena." Dean chuckled and Adora spent the rest of the drive talking about her night in the mine and the walk back to the cars. Dean smiled, Adora didn't mean to do it, but she was coming across like she was infatuated with Tommy, which worked well for what he was thinking. He just had to get Zoe on board to convince Adora to do it.