We made it out of the woods and Dean drove us to the hospital.

I'd like to say that Sam fell asleep on the way there, but sleep is a good thing, and Sam passing out in the front seat after a head injury was anything but.

Both he and Emily had been admitted on arrival. Then there had been the inevitable barrage of questions from doctors, nurses and then police. Exhausting hours of focusing on keeping my story straight, knowing that I had to protect not just myself but also Emily, Sam and Dean.

It had been a relief to finally get a few minutes to myself. I had to go check on Emily soon, but right now I was sitting on a bench out the front of the hospital in the cool night air. Just watching the calm normality of the cars going past on the street nearby. Taking a break from everything. I'd told our agreed on story more times than I could count, and soon I would have to tell the real story of how I'd come to be in that cabin in need of rescuing. I needed everything to stop for a while.

I felt, more than saw, Dean approach and sit down next to me. He didn't speak, just sat with me in quiet companionship until I was ready to talk.

"I needed some fresh air." I told him quietly.

He nodded. "I worked that out when you weren't in Emily's room."

I sighed. "I'll go and sit with her in a minute."

I felt guilty for not having been to see her yet, or asking Dean how he and Sam were coping, but there was just so much going on in my head right now. I just couldn't face their pain too.

"I'm sorry." Dean said quietly.

I finally looked over at him, confused. "For what?"

"I thought I was doing the right thing. That I was keeping you safe." He sighed heavily. "I was wrong…again. He got to you anyway."

I realised he was talking about asking me to stay at the dorms while he went looking for Sam and Emily.

I shrugged. "You didn't know. It was supposed to be a werewolf. You told me not to open the door to anyone but you or Sam or Emily…So I didn't." My voice broke a little at the memory and Dean took my hand, offering silent support.

I swallowed and continued talking. "It was you, but something was wrong. I knew something was wrong…but it was too late. I'd already opened the door and let…let it in, before I realised." I frowned, remembering. "It, looked like you, sounded like you, but it didn't…speak like you, or act like you. You know?"

He nodded. "Yeah. I know. I hate shifters."

We both fell quiet again.

"I fought back." I told him eventually. "I didn't want to go with him."

He chuckled a little, "I never doubted it."

I smiled for a moment, then sighed and decided I might as well tell the rest now that I'd started.

"I threw a silver clip at him, and as soon as he grabbed it I was sure. I don't think I could ever see such fury in your eyes…such madness." Dean made a sound that may have been disbelief or denial, but didn't say anything. "I ran. I was shouting, begging for help. I ran to the security guard…but, it was you." I sniffed and roughly wiped away a stray tear. Dean just held my hand firmly.

"He caught up to me just before I got there. Grabbed my arm and whispered in my ear. Told me to calm down and play nice or he'd…" My own voice dropped to a whisper, "He'd snap my neck and be gone before the guard even knew what had happened."

Dean took in a sharp breath, and his grip on my hand tightened reflexively, protectively. I held onto him.

"It was all just a misunderstanding, that's what he told the guard. I'd just overreacted to a stranger in the halls with everything that had been going on. He was FBI, at least as far as the guard as concerned, he accepted it without question." I gave up on holding back the tears.

"He walked me to the edge of the woods. I…I freaked out, tried again to fight back, but…I might as well have been a child for all he cared. I couldn't break away, couldn't even make him flinch. He just held onto my arm and dragged me along till I thought my arm would break if I fought anymore." My voice dropped to an ashamed whisper and I looked at the ground, "I stopped fighting. I went with him quietly after that."

Dean moved to kneel in front of me and lifted my chin so I was looking at him. "Hey, listen to me, you did nothing wrong, ok? Sam couldn't fight this thing off, you made the right call. You getting a broken arm wouldn't have helped anyone, ok?"

I sniffed and nodded a little, trying to accept what he was telling me. "Ok."

"Ok." He nodded, and moved to sit next to me again.

"I thought he was scary when he caught the silver…" I continued before I lost the nerve, "Then we got to the cabin…and Sam and Emily weren't there."

I couldn't even try to describe it. It was then I had realised just how…inhuman he was. That scream…It would haunt my dreams. That and the way he had thrown me across the room like I was a ragdoll…

Dean was shaking my shoulder gently and I realised I'd zoned out for a minute there. "Hey, you're safe now, remember?"

I wiped my eyes again and nodded.

"At least his shouting alerted us that we needed to get back to the cabin." Dean told me.

I thought about that for a moment nodded, and then shrugged. "Well, it worked that out too."

Dean nodded.

"Anyway…crazy as he was, he knew that none of you would hurt me. So, suddenly I was faced with…myself." I sighed, "You know, I had hoped that I would never have to see my face on another person again…"

Dean chuckled a little, "Yeah…"

"But, it also knew that it had to keep you from working out the real me. I was still on the floor where he'd tossed me…" Dean took another sharp breath, and I realised I hadn't explained that bit out loud, I shrugged a little, "He…it…reminded me again of how fast it could kill me. Told me if it was going to die it was taking me with it. If I so much as opened my mouth or moved…" I shuddered. "And…then you were there."

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