The Witch and The Hunters

CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE

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When Sam returned to the motel an hour later, both Hermione and Dean were dressed, though hadn't he already known what they'd been up to before he left, it wouldn't be difficult for him to figure it out by their rumpled clothing and messy hair, not to mention Hermione had some mouth shaped bruises forming on her neck.

He shivered and shook the thought away, and thankfully, Hermione was no longer wearing the cheerleading uniform, he would never be able to look at her again whilst she was wearing it.

She was right, he should've never agreed with Dean, he should've agreed with Hermione and convinced Dean to allow another Hunter to take the case. If he had, he wouldn't be scarred for life.

He put all thoughts about Hermione and Dean's sex life to the back of his mind and took a seat at the table, going back to his laptop and feeling Hermione's and Dean's eyes on him.

"What is it?" He asked, his eyes glued to the screen in front of him.

"Nothing," they both replied innocently.

He lifted his eyes, seeing them eyeing each other before he shook his head.

"Has Dean filled you in?" He questioned.

"I filled her with something," Dean muttered, but it wasn't quiet enough and both he and Hermione heard.

He grimaced and felt his stomach twist and turn and he saw Hermione's glare before a pillow was sent flying across the room and it smacked Dean in the face. Hermione had remarkably good aim.

"No, he hasn't. What have you discovered?" She asked him, sending a warning look to Dean, as he eyed Hermione's wand on the night stand, seeing that it was very close and within reach should she wish to hex him. Sam knew Dean would behave now.

"So we have three deaths, different appearances, different ages, different classes, but they all attended the same school and they were all cheerleaders, as you know," Sam spoke and Hermione nodded. "Karen Myers was sixteen and died nine months ago. Zoe Winters was eighteen and died four months ago, and Jess Hughes was seventeen and died three months ago. Causes of deaths were different but they all occurred on or near school grounds and there were no witnesses. Myers drowned in the school's pool; she hit her head and fell in. Winters committed suicide by hanging herself in the janitor's store cupboard, and Hughes died in a car collision just outside the school."

Hermione bit her lip in thought. "Despite how recent these deaths are, I didn't hear of anyone speaking about them. And it was never explained why the cheerleading team needed members, and no one's mentioned it to me either. I haven't gotten any new information for you, but what I do know is that there's going to be a football game in three days time. They said something about bad weather preventing opposing schools from travelling, so the season carried over," she shrugged. "The school will be open to visitors so you can have a look around without having to break in, and if you're caught you have an excuse for being there."

"That'll work," Sam agreed, looking to Dean.

He shrugged. "I don't mind waiting a few days."

"I didn't think you would," Sam snorted. "In the mean time, whilst you work on getting information from the cheerleaders, I'll see if I can find why these girls were targeted."

"How do we know this is even supernatural?" Hermione asked. "It sounds more like a bad coincidence."

"It does," Sam agreed. "But until we're sure we need to treat this case as though it is supernatural and more often than not, they are."

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Two days later.....

"Hermione, you're coming tonight, right?"