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Chapter 9

I woke up and Bobby was dead, he left a set of numbers on Sam's hand before he died.

It's been three weeks, and I've barely spent 20 minutes at the cabin with Sam and Dean per day. Whatever that black goo was... it hurt me bad, and I don't know what to do, I go into fits of convulsions every few hours and I'm scared. My body was over being upright, so I've been at the lake, keeping to myself, staying underwater for a few hours. But nothing's working, and it's been three weeks! Three freaking weeks and I still feel like shit.

My phone rang, I swam up and jumped out of the water, drying my hand off. I answered,
Sam said" Hey, Dean's headed to find Frank, and a girl called Bobby's cell, and she sounded like she needed help. Who are you with?"
I said" Give me like 4 minutes." I pulled on my shirt, hanging up, I grabbed my bag then water-ported to him," You."
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Sam knocked on a door,
He said" Hello? Um, we... spoke on the phone earlier?" The door opened a bit, we saw a girl," Hi. Uh... I'm Sam, that's my brother, Keir. You sounded like you needed help, and I was in the area."
She said" How'd you find me?"
" Your dad is in Bobby's address book."
" So where is he?"
" Bobby? He, uh... he's passed away. Look, um..."
" Krissy."
" Krissy. I get it. You don't let strangers in. But if your dad said you could trust Bobby, then you can trust us, too." She unlocked the door, opening it,
" Just so you know, 911's on speed-dial. One button."
" Yeah, sure. Note taken." She let us in, closing the door,
" So... you're a salesman, too?"
" Yep. So your dad's on the road right now? Been gone a while?"
" He usually calls every night."
" How long has it been?"
" Five days."
I said" It's just you and him, huh?" She nodded,
Sam said" I know how that is. Look, um... sometimes on the road, crap happens. So I'll help you track him down."
She said" Really?"
" 'Course. Did he happen to say where he was going?"
" Said he had a couple leads near dodge city."
" And does he have a desk or something where he keeps his stuff?" She led us to a room," Do you mind making some coffee? Thanks." She walked out, we started going through the room, but found nothing in the desk. I opened the closet, Sam pulled back the clothes and we saw a board, jackpot.

Sam said" Krissy. Hey, listen, so I think I got an idea where to start. So I'm gonna go. Um... can I borrow this?"
Krissy said" Yeah."
" Thanks. Here. Here's a number, in case you don't hear from me in the next couple days. Don't worry. I promise I'll check in."
" Don't say that. That's what my dad said." We walked out, I looked at Sam, this kid doesn't even know what her dad does.
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Sam checked the bodies, he's looking through the journal, leaving Dean a voicemail.
He said" Hey, Dean. So I think this guy was hunting a vetala. Dad took one down back in the day. Silver knife to the heart, twist, they're done. He says they're maladjusted loner types- like to knock a guy out, drag him home, feed slow. So, if Krissy's dad got grabbed, there's a chance he might still be alive. It'd be nice to get this girl's dad back home to her, you know? All right, I could use your help. Call me." He put the phone down,
I said" So, the last place he was before he disappeared."
" Yep, you coming?"
" Duh, not letting you go alone, are you crazy?"

We got to the place, Sam was talking to a waitress, then he nodded to me, we walked out and to another girl.
He said" Hey! Can we talk to you for a second, uh... Sally?" He pulled out the picture," You ever see this man?" He showed her the picture,
She said" No."
" You sure?" She was nervous,
" It's not safe here. Somewhere private." She started walking, we followed behind her, we got to between trucks." Something's happening around here. I'm afraid I'll be next."
I said" Tell us what you saw."
" I don't know what I saw." Then I turned, siren'd, I hissed, then I was pinned to the truck. They attacked Sam, I hissed and tried to attack him, but the waitress held me down, I hissed and Sally bit into my neck. Everything got dizzy, I hissed then everything went black.
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I woke up, tied to a chair, I saw Sammy, he woke up too, then I saw Krissy's dad.
He said" That ringing in your ears- it's from the venom."
Sam said" Venom?"
" Yeah. They hit you with some kind of knockout juice. You seem to be handling this pretty well."
" Yeah, well, um... We were out there looking for you. Lee Chambers? We're friends of Bobby Singer's. Krissy called. She-She's fine. She is. She's just worried about you. So how do we get out of here?"
" I don't know, they'll be back pretty quick here."
" Just the two of them?"
" Yeah, they're a tag team. One of them knock you out. The other one dumps your rig or your ride or whatever miles down the road. It's a pretty nice system they got."
" They've been draining you."
" Yeah. They tap you three, four times, you're dead. And let me tell you you can't see... you can't walk. I thought they'd kill me right off, but they don't have to. They got nothing to worry about."
" How many times they fed on you?"
" Three."

One of them walked in,
She said" Hunter day at the all you can eat. How's everyone feeling? Good? Strong silent. Fine. I don't need much entertainment with my meal." She went to Lee,
Sam said" Hey, Sally, uh, did I tell you about the Vetalas I took down in Utah? Yeah. You remind me of them. Except they were so much... younger. I tied 'em up." She walked towards him," Not because I had to. More so... I could take my time."
" You're lying."
" No. I just want you to know how much I enjoyed cutting up your sisters."
" Shut up!" She bit into him, I struggled more, Sam passed out,
I screamed" Hey! Bitch, bet my blood tastes better than theirs, huh?" She detached from Sam," Yeah, I'm not human, my blood is way better than theirs. Come and get it, bitch!" I smirked, as she walked towards me, slowly," Come on, don't be a wimp, betcha have to wait for the other one to get the okay, huh? Such a freakin' follower!" She attacked me, I groaned in pain as she stuck her fangs into my neck. I hissed, my eyes glowed before everything went black...

I woke up to Krissy being held back by Sally, Dean with a knife a few feet away.
Lee said" What were you thinking, bringing her here?"
Sally said" Now drop the knife!"
Dean said" She's just a child. Let her go." He put the knife down,
" Yeah, I don't think we'll be letting anyone go."
Krissy said" Daddy."
Lee said" It's okay, baby. Everything's gonna be fine."
Waitress chick said" All right. Enough with the family bonding. It's time for you to shut up." She attacked him,
Krissy said" Daddy, no! Dean!"
Sally said" He can't help you. No one can." Krissy stabbed her,
" I guess I'll have to help myself, then." Krissy cut Sam free, then gave Sam the knife, Sam kill the other one, Krissy ran to her dad," Bad actress, huh?"
Dean said" Yeah, I take it back." I broke lose, standing up, my eyes glowing.
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I was laying across the backseat, they visited the hospital while I was in a power coma, Krissy's dad was gonna live.
Sam said" You know what? Good for them."
Dean said" Yeah. It's nice to walk away from someone and feel like they could be okay. How about you? How you doing? You all right?"
" No. I'm definitely not. But, you know... I mean, I think, maybe... I just want to work. Should I even ask?"
" I'm fine."
" Fine, meaning..."
" You're right. We should just... work, right? And figure out a way to kick Dick Roman's ass. Well, hey, we are the professionals." I closed my eyes, as Sam turned on some music, I fell asleep.