I knew I had to make a decision. We couldn't stand here forever.

I was sure I knew which one was the real Taylor…just…not sure enough to let Sam or Dean shoot the other.

If I got it wrong…

I stared closely at one, and then the other. I made my decision.

Making eye contact with the Taylor closest to me, the one on the right, I gave the slightest of nods. She blinked in answer.

That's when I threw the necklace to her.

She caught it easily. I knew then I'd made the right choice.

The shape shifter took a moment to catch up, but so did Dean…and that almost cost me.

As soon as the shifter realised the game was over it lunged at me with a scream of inhuman rage, and, despite knowing the danger, I was too slow to react. It still looked like my friend.

One step further and I hate to think what would have happened.

Fortunately for me, Sam and Dean did not suffer from the same hesitation. Now that they knew who to shoot both of them fired.

My ears were assaulted with the sound of multiple shots being fired within close range, but I barely noticed the sound when faced with the horror of seeing the bullets tear into the body of my best friend.

I knew it wasn't her…but it looked like her…it sounded like her…

I saw the body hit the ground, and for the second time today I saw a pool of blood spreading from the body of not only the monster in front of me, but also the demon from years ago.

I turned and ran from the cabin, falling to my knees in the dirt and retching. The pain in my shoulder barely registered against the pain in my head and my heart.

I flinched when Sam knelt down beside me and gently brushed my hair out of my face.

"Shh, shh, it's ok, it's ok. It's just me." He spoke quietly, gently, like he feared I'd go bolting off like a wild animal. "You're safe. Taylor's safe. Everything's going to be ok."

He carefully wrapped an arm around me and pulled me into his chest. I realised I was shaking.

"I've got you." He told me gently.

I finally let go, collapsing against him as I broke down sobbing.

He held me, rocking gently back and forth, not talking, just being there, strong and calm.

After a while I felt him shift slightly and heard the sound of footsteps emerging from the cabin and the voices of Dean and Taylor talking quietly.

Then Taylor crouched down in front of us. We looked at each other for a moment, and then she had her arms wrapped around me and I was hugging her as tight as I could with one arm.

"You're ok." I whispered, as much to myself as her.

She gave a teary sounding laugh, "Yeah Em, I'm ok, thanks to you." She moved back a little so she could look me in the eye. "You were so brave in there. You…you saved my life."

"Anytime." I told her quietly.

Dean cleared his throat dramatically, and we both laughed, glad for the break in tension.

"You too Dean, and Sam. You two both definitely helped." Emily told them cheekily.

They chuckled.

"You're welcome." Dean told her with a smile. "Now, let's get out of here. I believe you guys have a promise to keep…time for a trip to the hospital."

I nodded, "No arguments here." The adrenaline was wearing off way to fast, leaving more and more pain in its wake.

Even Sam didn't protest, just nodded quietly.

Dean and Emily helped to lift me to my feet. Dean kept an arm around me, no doubt waiting to see if I was going to fall back down again.

Now that we were both upright, I looked at Taylor more closely. "Did he…did it hurt you?"

She shrugged a little, "I'll have some bruises, but I'll be fine. Looks like I got off a whole lot lighter than you guys."

I smiled at her, "I'm glad to hear it."

Emily changed places with Dean, freeing him to help Sam, who was waiting patiently on the ground…a good sign that that hospital trip was definitely in order. It wasn't that I saw him as impatient, but nor was he someone to sit around and wait for someone else to help him do anything he could do himself.

Once we were all upright we started the slow limp out of the woods.

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