That's The Hunter's Life

Chapter 19

The next night they check into a motel then Dean says he's going to go on a beer run so Nova decided to go with him so she could get a few things that she wanted.

"Look, Nova about us. I promise I won't try anything again. I meant what I said about you and Sam getting out and growing old."

"Then why did you get mad when we did live a normal life?"

"Because I wasn't dead that's why."

"But we thought you were, and that's why we chose to get out. We've had this conversation before and I don't know why we're having it again." She grumbled and went into the store.

When they got back to the motel Sam rushed outside to stop them from coming in.

"Okay, okay. Before you two get pissed off, look, I-I just want you to know this isn't my fault. She just showed up at the door okay? Didn't track in any mud. Just wanted her belly scratched. I-I figured maybe she could stay the night? And we'd try and find her a home tomorrow." Sam opens the door and a woman was sitting up in the bed.

Both Dean and Nova looked in and seen her.

"She can stay the night." Dean nodded.

"Seriously Sam?! I leave to go to the store with your brother and you allow a woman in?!"

Sam looked in than looked at them, "Two seconds so she was a dog." He grabs his knife and walks in, "All right, who the hell are you?"

Dean and Nova followed him in as she told them she wasn't a shapeshifter that she was a familiar. Dean didn't know what that was until Nova pointed out it was a campion for witches and that they split their time between human and animal forms. She told them her name was Portia and that she belonged to James Frampton.

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The next day Dean left to go get what they needed for the potion. When he came back Sam and Nova was sitting closely together on the bed together looking at Sam's laptop.

"I got what we needed." Dean held up the bag, "What going on here? Do I need to leave again?" He motioned his head towards them and Nova rolled her eyes with a smile.

"We've been looking at the crime scene reports, and they are exactly the same as James told us. Vics, dates locations. The most recent one was a blind man, just like he said."

"That's not good."

After talking about everything more Dean mentioned how he was concerned.

"Concerned about the witch killing spell or that I'm going to mess up these trials?

Dean sighed, "Look, we get too far down the road with this, we can't go back. It'll be too late for me to jump in."

"Who says you're gonna have to? You know maybe I'll actually pull this one off."

"I'm just saying."

"I know what you're saying Dean. You've said it. You know, I've been going over this and over this, asking myself why doesn't he trust me? And it occurred to me finally. It's not that you don't trust me. It's that you can only trust you."

"That's not true Sam. He trusts you, he just doesn't trust what these trials might do to you given your history with everything else."

"Yeah? And how do you know?"

Nova groans as she got up, "Because we've talked about it already Sam! I've went over the same thing with him cause I thought the same thing as you."

"Wow." Sam breaths out as he shook his head some.

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Later Dean, Nova and Portia went to a lounge and met up with a guy, Phillipe Lechat. Portia told him that Nova and Dean was wiccans from Detroit.

"Well more Nova here than me. She got me into it." Dean smiled at Nova.

But as soon as they sat down Nova started sneezing and sniffling.

"I'm.. I'm sorry. That usually only happens around cats." She grabbed her bandana and used it to rub her nose.

Another man, Spencer, showed up and as Dean was asking him about a spell to control a witch Nova sneezed again. This time she kept the bandana to get face. Right before Phillipe started to turn into a cat Nova's allergic reaction started getting worse. When she noticed, she quickly got up and backed away keeping the bandana to her face because it started swelling.

"Nova you okay?" Dean asked as his phone rang.

Nova nodded slowly, "I, I got to get some fresh air. I'm allergic to cats. Like highly allergic and if I don't get out of here I'll end up in the hospital."

"I'm sorry Nova if I'd known I would have said something." Portia frowned some.

Nova just nodded slowly as her breathing was heavy and she rushed out as she started scratching her neck.

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Later they found out who was actually doing the crimes, James, they were able to use the potion and spell to banish him to where he belonged.

After everything was said and done and they were leaving town Dean finally told Sam himself that he trusts him and they have to stick together through this because with everything else they've been through they've always stuck together.

Sam promised he was good but then started coughing but when he brought his hand back there was a little bit of blood on it. Nova noticed it and wanted to ask about it but didn't because if Dean knew about the blood, he would make Sam stop the trials no matter what Sam says.