Chapter 7

All the pairs had positioned themselves around the school, two at the two front exits and one at the back, waiting for the bell to ring to dismiss school. They didn't have long to wait for the shrill ringing of the bell and students began pouring out of the school. The first ones hurried off to buses, cars or walking and behind came the slower ones who might be possible victims.

Dean and Sky picked up a kid who seemed to be acting strange and started following him. Claire pointed out a girl from her first class and they took off after her. Krissy and Alex continued to watch the ones coming out and picked up a guy heading out toward the football field.

Trying to act unsuspicious, Dean and Sky strolled down the street keeping the guy in sight. He wandered around the streets like he was lost until finally heading down a side street toward a house at the end of the way. They watched him fumbling with a key trying to get the door unlocked so he could go inside. They walked on by the house and scoped the place out before noting the house address and heading back toward the school.

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The girl led Sam and Claire away from the school and toward a less populated area of the town. They kept their distance, but it seemed from her spaced out appearance she wouldn't have noticed them anyway. Sam held up a hand to stop Claire as he peeked around the corner of a building and saw her take a path into the woods.

"Come on, she's heading into the woods," Sam said quietly as he motioned her forward.

"Alright," she answered letting him take the lead.

"Come on, we don't want to lose her."

They ran toward the path and veered down it trying to catch sight of her again. Sam followed the path until it split, looking both ways but not sure which way she went. The ground was covered in leaves and pebbles not allowing for footprints to follow. He looked to the left and then the right trying to decide the path to take.

"Look, you go left and I'll go right, if we haven't found her in fifteen minutes we meet back her," Claire told him heading down the path before he could object.

"Damnit Claire wait!" he hissed. "Be careful," he called after her not liking them splitting up.

Claire worked her way down the winding path trying to spot the girl again. The deeper she went into the woods, the darker it got. No sunlight could filter down through the thick, leafy, branches of the trees. The path was disappearing and turning into what looked to be an animal trail. She listened for any noises out of place as she looked deeper into the shadows. She looked at her watch deciding to give herself five more minutes before heading back to the path split.

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Sam waited impatiently at the split looking for Claire and trying to decide if he should go looking for her. He paced and looked at his watch again when he heard footsteps coming his way down the trail. A few minutes later Claire walked up the trail red faced and panting.

"Anything?" he asked.

"No, if she went that way, she went off trail and hid somewhere. No luck your way?"

"No, come on, let's get back and see if anyone else had any luck," he huffed.

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Sam and Claire walked around the school toward the parking lot and the others who were waiting at the Impala. They saw the disgruntled look on their faces and knew they didn't have any luck either.

"Lost ours in the woods," Claire grunted madly.

"Ours went home, didn't come out," Alex told her.

"Guess we need to figure another way to track them," Dean suggested.

"How 'bout tracking cells?" Claire asked. "I could swipe their phones and turned on the GPS."

"Is that safe?" Sam asked.

"The way they're acting, I don't think they will even know what I'm doing. Look, tomorrow's Friday, I can do it then. Maybe one of them will lead us to the creature."

"Come on let's go home," Dean told them. "We'll work more on the plan after dinner. Who's turn to cook?"

"Me," Krissy said holding up her hand. "We'll go by the store and get a few things. Come on guys nothing else we can do here," she motioned to Alex and Claire.

"See ya back at the house," Sam called as he slid into the passenger seat of the Impala.

Dean opened the back for Sky so she could climb in and dropped behind the wheel, cranking his Baby. He smiled to himself as he listened to her growl and settle into a steady purr. He had recently tuned her up and liked to hear her sing to him.

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"You sure you're okay with this?" Sam asked as Claire got out of the Impala.

"No problem, I can handle it," she replied leaning down to look into the car at him. "I'll call you when it's done and you guys can check that the GPS's are working."

"Be careful."

"Always Sammy, don't worry," she smiled assuring him. "I'll call when it's done and you guys can pick me up."

"Got it."

Sam watched her blend in with the other students as they headed into the school from lunch break before pulling away from the school. He didn't like Claire doing this on her own, but knew she was able to take care of herself. Dean and him tried to protect the girls as much as they could from the more dangerous situations, but knew they couldn't baby them forever, they wouldn't stand for it. They tried to treat them like the young adults they were even though it was hard.

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The first class dragged by as Claire quickly filled out the pop test and waited impatiently for the others to finish. To her the test was a joke just like the class was, but she needed the credits. Claire watched Rachel trying to answer the questions as she drifted away before coming back. Seeing a cell sticking up from a pocket of her backpack, she snagged it and quickly got into it to set the GPS before slipping it back in place.

Pops from the hall made Claire frown and turn toward the door. She had heard enough gun shots to know what they sounded like and that was definitely what she heard and they did not belong in the school. Before she could get completely out of her seat, the door burst open and a young guy walked in holding a handgun out in front of him. He swung it around the room aiming it at everyone. Claire slipped her phone out and typed a quick text, "Shooter school help" before sending it to Dean.

Claire's focus was on the gun trying to determine what it was and how many bullets it held. One thing she had become good with during her training was hand guns and their inner workings. She could break down any handgun in seconds and reassemble it just as fast. She had heard two shots in the hall so that meant he had probably a dozen more, if he had one in the chamber to begin with. She needed to get the gun away from him before he opened fire on the class.

"Don't anyone move!" he yelled as the teacher got up from his desk.

"Take it easy..." he started only to be shot by the guy and crumpled to the ground.

Students screamed in terror of being next on the guy's hit list and scrambled from their seats trying to get away from him. Claire tried to position herself so she could attack when an opening presented itself.

"Everyone up against the wall!" he screamed at them as he waved his gun around threatening them all.

"Come on," Claire told some of her classmates pushing them toward the back of the class while she watched the shooter carefully looking for an opening to take him down.

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"Dean your phone's buzzing," Sky called to him from the other room.

"Answer it."

Sky picked up his cell and tapped the icon to read the text. She sucked in a deep breath and jumped from the couch yelling to Dean and Sam.

"Claire's in trouble, shooter at her school!"

"What?" Dean asked hurrying back into the room.

"Shooter, we need to go now!" she exclaimed tossing him his phone as she grabbed her gun and headed for the door.

"Sammy come on trouble," Dean called down the hall to him.

"Coming!" he answered pulling a shirt over his tee shirt as he rushed from his bedroom. He pushed his damp hair from his face and grabbed a jacket before following after the others. Dean was already behind the wheel and moving before he could even get his door closed. He burned rubber out of the driveway and onto the street heading for the school.

"Call Jody, she needs to get to the school."

"Got it," Sam said pulling out his cell and dialing her.

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"You don't have to do this," Claire said trying to reason with the guy. She glanced at her teacher and saw he was bleeding heavily, but was still alive.

"Shut your damn mouth bitch. You don't know anything about this," he yelled waving the gun her way.

"About what? Why are you doing this? What did any of these people do to you?" she asked noticing how dilated his eyes were and figured he was on something. "Come on we can talk about this," she said sliding away from the other students in hopes to get him focused on her.

"They think they're better, they don't care what they say or how hurtful words can be. Stop moving!" he spat at Claire before singling out one of the football players. "Just because everyone can't be athletic or wear the right clothes or have money to waste..." he ranted before shooting into the group several times hitting two more students and making the others dive for the floor in a panic. "Shut up! All of you stop screaming!" he yelled clenching a fist to his head as if in pain. "Be quiet! The voices..." he groaned letting the gun drop slightly in front of him.

Claire didn't wait any longer; she threw herself at him knocking him off balance enough to crash them to the floor. She wrestled with him trying to get the gun from his hand. He struggled trying to throw her off and hold onto the gun. Claire butted him with her head making him grunt in pain, but not loosening his grip on the gun. Claire was strong, but the guy seemed to have super human strength. With a hard push, he pulled the gun up between their bodies and pulled the trigger.

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The Impala pulled to a halt in front of the school and everyone jumped out heading for the doors that were being flooded by students trying to get out. They pushed their way inside as sirens could be heard coming toward the school.

"Sky help get these kids out of here," Dean told her while he pushed into the front entrance with Sam close behind.

"Come on, move it, quick now," Sky was telling the kids pointing them toward the parking lot and away from the school. "Don't push, help others," she yelled pulling a smaller student to the side before she fell into the rushing students.

The kids looked around in fright not sure what to do until they heard Sky instructing them to get away from the school. The flow began to move faster as teachers helped usher students quickly out of harm's way. Sky made sure the halls were clear and all the students were out before heading back outside to wait for Jody.

Police cars pulled up and parked around the school and Jody, Cole and several other deputies got out and headed for Sky. She told them what she knew as deputies took over being sure all the students were out. Jody and Cole headed inside to search for the shooter and Sky followed close behind them. Jody didn't bother telling her not to come since she knew it wouldn't of done any good. She was actually glad to have her along knowing she knew how to handle herself and welcomed the help.

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Dean and Sam headed down the main hall checking down each side hall to try and find where the shooter was. They saw a body lying toward the end of a hall and headed for it.

"No! Sasha!" Sam cried out when he got a good look at her face. He knelt down beside her searching quickly to see where the blood was coming from that was pooling around her.

"You got her?" Dean asked as he zeroed in on yelling and screaming further down the hall.

"Yeah go help Claire," Sam said jerking off his jacket and outer shirt so he could press it tightly to the wound on Sasha's chest. She moaned in pain and tried to move but he stopped her speaking softly to her. "Hey, don't move, you've been shot Sasha. It's Sam, we met in the library, I'm Claire's brother."

"Hurts," she gasped finding it hard to breathe as pain coursed through her body.

"I know, but I gotta keep pressure on your wound. Help's on the way just hang on," he told her trying to keep her conscious. Sasha groaned with the pain clutching at Sam's arms before her eyes rolled back in her head and she passed out. "Helps coming, don't you die on me! I haven't even got to ask you out yet," he mumbled to her.

Several gunshots echoed up the hall and Sam looked up wide eyed and frightened as chills ran down his back knowing this was not good. He wanted to go after Dean but couldn't leave Sasha alone when she was injured.

"Come on, come on," he hissed looking for Jody and the EMTs. "Cas man got your ears on we need help," he prayed desperately. A few seconds later he felt the displacement of air and the ruffle of wings as Castiel appeared beside him.

"Sam, what's happening?" Castiel asked him when he saw the woman and the blood.

"Shooter, can you like partly heal her until I can get her help? Not good to have doctors wondering how she healed so quickly from bullet wounds."

"Where's Claire?" Cas asked looking around.

"Dean's gone to find her," Sam said as Castiel touched Sasha's forehead letting his grace flow into her body fixing some of the damage done by the bullets.

"Sam, Castiel?" Jody asked as they ran down the hall toward the two.

"She's been shot, are the EMTs on the way? Sky can you take over so I can go help Dean?"

"Yes, where's Dean?"

"He went down that way, the shooters in a classroom toward the end of the hall," he said getting up when Sky took his place beside Sasha putting pressure back on the wound. "There's been more gunshots."

"Stay here with her we'll handle this," Jody told him.

"No way, I'm going to help Dean," Sam argued heading the way Dean had gone not waiting to see if Jody or Cole followed.

"Claire, no!" Castiel said in distress before vanishing. Luckily no one else saw this happen that wasn't already in the loop.

Jody huffed madly but knew there was no arguing with either brother when one was in danger or a family member was in trouble.

"Come on, let's go find this crazy person and stop them," she instructed Cole as she headed after the younger Winchester. "What has got into people these days? Shooting up schools, killing people and I thought monsters were bad," Jody hissed madly.

A/N: Thank you for reading, I know this was a sad chapter. I do like reviews. NC