Alive

Chapter 5: Oregan Sucks Part 2

[["If I Had A Heart" by Fever Ray]]

I walk after Dean, trying to keep up. "Slow down." I say as I jog to catch up next to him.

Once we reach the front of the woods, Dean stops in front of it. I stand right behind him. He shines the flashlight around the trees, looking over the area where the footsteps end.

"The shapeshifter definitely came through this way." He says, checking it out. I watch as his jaw clenched slightly.  He sighs.  We both concentrate on the location. 

Suddenly, we both hear a branch or a twig break throughout the trees. 

*Creak!*  

Dean's head quickly looks forward instead of down at the ground and so do I, the both of us jumping a little at the sound.  Dean shines the flashlight in front of us.  We both stay there a moment, just listening. 

*Creak-Snap!*  

More noises come from the woods.  Dean immediately pulls out a spare gun from his jacket and hands it to me.  My eyes widen as I take it into my hands. I've never held a gun before.  Or even shot one.  So yeah, that's great.

"Stay behind me, okay?" Dean says looking back at me. I nod. We slowly make our way into the damp trees, the night becoming a little eerie. More eerie than it already was.  I stay close behind him as we both slowly walk by each and every tree. 

We keep our guns out in front of us, cautiously keeping ourselves aware.  With each step small twigs and leaves crush under our feet. I start to get a whiff of something, something terrible.

"Oh God.." I say in disgust as I cover my nose with my wrist.  "What is that?"  I ask as we continue to walk. 

"It smells like-".  Dean gets cut off by my gasp, I look over not too far away from us to see a body. 

Suddenly, a man comes out from behind a tree near the body and grabs onto the arms.  Dean quickly grabs ahold of me and we hide behind a large tree. He places his hand over my mouth, trying to keep me quiet.  We both just barely peek out from behind the tree, Dean's hand still covering my mouth.  We watch as the man drags the body into a small ditch. Dean whispers into my ear as quiet as he can, "You ready?" He slowly takes his hand off of my mouth.  I look up at him and quickly nod.

We both pull our guns out, myself more reluctantly than Dean. When we come out from the tree, Dean goes before me, practically running. "Hold it right there, nasty ass." Dean yells while aiming the gun at the shapeshifter.

He stops quickly and freezes in his tracks. I quickly jump out from behind Dean and aim my gun at the shapeshifter also. He looks at Dean, and then at me. He drops the body and slowly puts his hands up. I look over at Dean, watching him. I give him a look, practically asking what now.

Dean keeps his eyes glued to the man. Who I guess really isn't a man. "Why'd you do this you disgusting piece of vomit." Dean asks. "Why kill innocent people?"

A smile begins to stretch across the shapeshifter's face. It's the creepiest smile I think I've ever seen.

Dean narrows his brows in confusion and he looks over at me questionably to see that I have the same look. 

Before we can say or do anything else, I hear a laugh from behind me.  Oh no.  Great.

As soon as I turn around to look, a woman grabs onto the collar of my jacket, picks me up, and pins me up against a tree. 

I scream, dropping the gun almost immediately.  I grab onto her hands to try and get myself loose from her grip, but I can't.  "Elena!"  Dean yells.  He goes to shoot the woman who is also a shapeshifter, but before he can the man punches Dean square in the face.  "D-Dean!"  I hardly choke out in a scream.