I was tempted for a moment to tell Sam to piss off, we were busy, but I didn't. To be honest, part of me was glad for the interruption.

After that little moment there was no denying that there were feelings between us…on both sides. I knew that if I let things go much further there would be no turning back.

Our life was not one that allowed successful long term relationships…except in very rare circumstances. And I had too much respect for Taylor for this to be a one night thing.

And so I answered the phone… after rolling my eyes at Taylor's dramatic sigh of frustration and smirking at look she was directing towards my crotch. Like I said…hard to deny there was an attraction.

"Hey Sam, what's up?" I was hoping they'd found a decent clue…especially as Taylor and I had achieved, so far, nothing.

The only sound on the other end of the phone was the sound of heavy breathing. For a moment I thought that Sam had butt dialled me while he was running.

I wish…I knew Sammy well enough to know that that was not the sound of a relaxed run. It was the sound of him breathing heavily with fear.

I plummeted from the high I'd been on just moments before. "Sam! Sammy! Talk to me!"

Taylor sat upright, looking instantly scared at the tone of my voice.

"Dean!" I could breathe again when Sammy finally replied, at least he was still able to talk to me.

"Sammy, what happened?" I asked, forcing myself to be calm.

"It…it got her Dean!" There was a scuffling sound, as though Sam was shoving his way through trees.

The ovals.

I was already heading for the door before he could continue speaking.

"It got Emily! It was just too fast, Dean." His voice breaking was like a physical blow.

"I'm on my way." I told him. "Just tell me where you are."

Taylor was now standing, staring at me anxiously, wanting answers. I took a step towards her and gave her hand a comforting squeeze. She held on tight.

"The woods! We were in the woods near the ovals! We…" The phone dropped out.

"Sammy!" I swore. There was no way that was good.

"Dean….Dean, what happened? What's going on?" Taylor's voice wavered, and I could see tears threatening to spill.

"It…it got Emily." I told her quietly, I wasn't going to lie to her.

Her free hand flew up to her face, "No…" The tears fell.

"We'll get her back." I assured her, wrapping her in a tight hug.

She nodded against my chest as she held onto me tight.

After a moment she pulled back and wiped her eyes. "Let's go."

I frowned at her. "Taylor…"

"Please Dean." She begged me, "Emily's my best friend!"

"I know." I told her gently, putting a hand on her shoulder. "But I need you to stay here."

She started to protest, but I interrupted, "I need you to stay here…because I can't give my whole focus to helping Sam and finding Emily…if I'm worried about you."

She opened and closed her mouth a couple of times at that admission, then gave me another tight hug. "Ok." She whispered. "Be careful."

I gave her a final squeeze, "Always." I let her go. "Lock the door, and don't open it for anyone but Sam, Emily or me." She nodded.

And then I was out the door and heading for the front hall as fast as I could go without people thinking I was up to something…Last thing I needed was to be held up by some well-meaning security guard.

Once I was outside the building, however, I took off at a full sprint towards Baby. I wasn't going in unprepared. I wish Sam had been able to give me more details. I knew that he would have had at least one gun and a knife on him when they were attacked, neither of us went anywhere without those. But clearly it had not been enough.

Knowing that it would be faster to drive I jumped in the car and took off. Driving through the busy campus at a safe speed just about made me want to scream in frustration, but I still got to the ovals faster than I could have run from the dorms.

I pulled into a park and rushed around to the trunk. There, I grabbed a bag and threw in knives, guns, stakes, salt and silver bullets, making sure to put a few into the gun tucked into my belt.

There was no sign of Sammy, and I couldn't go shouting out for him, as there was a group of students practicing soccer on the ovals next to me.

I decided to work with what little I knew, which was that he was planning on checking out the sites where the bodies were found.

That was easy to find, thanks to the police tape still up, but other than the bloodied patch where the body had been there was nothing there. Certainly no sign of either Sam or Emily.

I sighed in frustration and started to walk around the outskirt of the ovals. If the area wasn't so busy I might have been able to see where they'd entered the woods. As it was I had no way of knowing if a disturbed area was them, animals or one of the soccer players fetching a stray ball.

I tried Sammy's phone again…and got a message telling me that his number was currently unavailable. I felt another stab of fear.

"C'mon Sammy…" I muttered, "Talk to me…"

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