Demons, Demigods and Hunters (Percy Jackson/Supernatural)

Chapter 21

Anna

"How does someone go from being a man, to one of these things?" Haley asks.

"It's always the same, during some harsh winter a guy finds himself starving, cut off from supplies or help." Anna starts as she digs through what remains of the group's supplies. The night before she had shared the few protein bars she had inside her bag, keeping the ambrosia hidden. She frowns at the punctured container of gas. Dean picked up where she left off.

"He becomes a cannibal, eating members of his own party to survive." He twists at the top of another can. Ben turns towards Sam.

"Like the Donner party." A statement of fact in an unpleasant situation. Dean nods at the kid as Anna stands up brushing dirt off her pants.

"Cultures all over the world believe that eating human flesh gives you certain abilities; speed strength, immortality." Sam continues the explanation of wendigos to the Collins siblings.

"If you eat enough of it, over the years you become this less than human, thing. Always hungry." Anna finished. Haley looked dejected.

"Well if that's true, how can Tommy still be alive?" She asked. The three hunters exchange glances.

"You're not going to like it." Anna said gently.

"Tell me." Haley insisted. The three of them exchange a nervous glance before Anna gestures to Dean to continue as she paced off the perimeter again, still listening to the conversation.

"More than anything a wendigo knows how to survive long winters without food. It hibernates for years at a time. When it's awake, it keeps its victims alive; it stores them. So it can feed whenever it wants." Haley and Ben look sickened. Anna finds a can with just a little gas left. She carefully pours the flammable liquid into the divot in Eleos. Anna wished she had brought the jar of greek fire with her, no matter how questionable the green flames would have been. She walks back toward the group.

"If your brother is still alive, it's keeping him somewhere dark, hidden and safe." He nods to Anna and Sam.

"We gotta track it back there."

"And how to we stop it?" Haley's jaw gets the same stubborn set Anna had seen to many times in battle. When young demigods get their first taste of what is out there, get a feel for the responsibility their lineage left them with.

'I'm definitely leaving her with a line to Hylla.' Anna thought.

"Well guns are useless, so are knives." Dean says, then holds up two unlit Molotov cocktails. 'Basically, we've got to torch the sucker."

They walk single file into the woods, following the claw marks in the trees. Dean and Sam both carry the Molotov's. When Dean tried to get her to carry his, she'd refused, unsheathing Eleos instead.

"That won't work Anna." Dean growled at her. Anna just smiled.

"I've been hunting since I could walk. Trust me when I say my baby can kill anything." She marched away, giving the oldest Winchester no choice but to follow.

"These claw marks so clear and distinct, there almost to easy to follow." Sam breathed, when they paused in a clearing. Anna got a strange sensation on the back of her neck. She reached for the lighter in her pocket. She flicked it open, ready to light the oil she'd poured into her blade. Dean glanced down at her hand when a loud snarl came from behind them. She brought the flame closer to Eleos. The bushes rustled with the speed of the wendigo's passing. They turned, trying desperately to find it.

Suddenly Haley screamed. Anna jumped and turned around. Roy's body came crashing to the ground. Sam and Anna hauled Haley to her feet. Dean examined Roy's body.

"His neck is broken. Everybody, go go go!" He herded the whole group back towards the safety of their protective circle. Anna lit her blade. The entire group sprinted through the trees. Anna circled them as best she could, but her stamina was sorely hindered by her year and a half of semi retirement. Flanking Dean and Haley she pulled up short when the wendigo showed itself. Haley screamed as Anna advanced on the tall monster. Mottled grey green skin stretched over a skeletal monster that was at least eight feet tall. Fingers that turned into wicked sharp talons slashes for her face. She leaned under the assault and slashed forward with Eleos, the flames burning brightly. Anna knew if she didn't kill it soon, she would lose, already the fire dying down as it ran out of fuel. If she used Eleos without flame, it would disintegrate from the godly metal, and bring questions she couldn't answer. Dean fumbled with the cocktail trying to light it as he and Haley dodged and ran. Anna sliced into its arm, removing two fingers just as the flames died completely. The bottle smashed against the ground as Haley knocked into Dean. Anna ducked and rolled away. The flames that had burned brightly for the last couple minutes were gone.

"Awww shit." Anna said dropping Eleos. The blade would always return to the sheath, and the sheath couldn't be removed against her will. Eleos was safe. Then she saw nothing but black.