𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐑 | 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥

FIVE | hurt

        Henry was the first out of the car, slamming the passenger door of the Impala and accepting the duffel bag that Sam had just taken out of the trunk. He watched Dean begin to approach Haley and Ben Collins, who were with their guide, preparing for the hike up to their brother's campsite. He had never really enjoyed hiking himself, not that he ever did it much, but he knew they hadn't exactly dressed for the part, unlike the three in front of them. He and his brothers hadn't changed out of their jeans and had more weapons in their luggage than anything else, Dean carrying a bag of sugared treats in the pocket of his coat. Dean gives Haley a charming grin as he neared them.

"You guys got room for three more?"

"Wait, you want to come with us?" Haley questioned in disbelief, shocked at their appearance.

The guide scoffed. "Who are these guys?"

"Apparently this is all the park service could muster up for the search and rescue."

"I'm Henry, this is Dean and Sam." The middle brother introduced, giving the man a nod, although he seemed too irritated at the sight of them to care about their names.

"This is Roy-" Ben began, before he was interrupted by the man in question.

"You're rangers?"

Dean grinned. "That's right."

"And you're hiking out in biker boots and jeans?" She looked him up and down, raising an eyebrow.

His smile turned to a smirk. "Well, sweetheart, I don't do shorts."

"What, you think this is funny? It's dangerous back country out there. Her brother might be hurt."

"Believe me, I know how dangerous this could get. We just wanna help her find her brother, that's all." Dean said seriously.

The first two hours were reasonably quiet, the sound of their boots against the ground as they crunched on the leaves being the only thing they heard until Dean decided to head to the front of the group, to speak to Roy. Camping was never something Henry did, because it was never something their dad did with them. He remembered being eleven, and Dean finally giving in and taking them out for the night in the nearby park. It wasn't exactly camping, but the three of them did spend the night in a tent, having to pee in the bushes and starting a small illegal fire that would eventually cause them to flee very early the next morning to avoid getting caught. It had been the closest thing to camping Henry had ever gotten; it had been a lot more fun than hiking into the woods to kill a monster.

Henry found himself at the back of the group after taking a piss without telling anyone, but within a few minutes, Ben was beside him, the younger brother of Haley being the quietest out of them all. "You okay, kid?" He asked after a few minutes of the two walking side by side, hearing Dean asking Roy about hunting at the front of the group.

"I'm not a kid. I'm seventeen."

"I know it must be scary," he began. "To not know what's happening with your brother. But we're gonna do everything we can to find him, alright? I promise."

"Find him alive?" Ben whispered, clutching the straps of his rucksack.

Henry hesitated, and Ben noticed. "We'll try, but I don't want to make a promise on that, in case it's inevitable that it'll get broken."

"Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

"Two brothers." He nodded.

Ben swallowed, looking ahead at his sister for a moment before looking to Henry beside him. "Haley and Tommy have always been there to look out for me. We're a lot luckier than most, I know that, and Haley never forgets to remind me that we have to take care of each other. She's always there for us. You know last year, I had gone on a school trip that was meant to last three days, but midway through it, I got hit by a car and had to go to the hospital. I was fine, but Haley was there, before they even called her. She said she felt like something was wrong, that when I didn't answer the phone all morning that she knew she had to come look for me. She just knew I needed her."