A Hunters Heart

The Estranged Backup Plan

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AL&AD

Sam had a plan.

Granted he didn't have that plan when he jumped into a ghost's tomb, but he currently had a plan and that was what mattered. Lexi needed to stay out of it.

In hindsight, Sam saw how what he said could have been misconstrued as mean, but he had to say it. He couldn't let her get hurt. Sure, she might be mad at him, but at least she was mad and safe. That's all that mattered.

Once he was in the basement, Sam quickly assessed the situation. He was screwed. There were three kids' life on the line. One of which needed immediate medical attention to her ankle. All of which needed immediate medical attention from a very good psychologist.

However, as previously stated, he had a plan.

The first thing Sam saw when he fell was the children. The second thing was the pile of backpacks in the corner to his left. Okay, he thought, get the perfume, hope it's flammable, dump it on the bitch's corpse, throw my lighter. But then there's a wall of fire in between me and the kids. How am I gonna get them out?

Sam finally settled on burning the corpse and running through the fire to get the kids. That's the plan. There is no possible way to get out of this Scott-Free. All he had to do was distract the ghost so he could make his way to the kids' bags.

After a few minutes of talking, Sam was struck with surprise. In the window placed directly above the kids, he could see Lexi. Sam didn't know how to feel. Relieved? With her here it would make their chances of saving the kids a whole lot better. Mad? He had told her not to get involved. Worried? This was her first time being this close to a ghost, as far as Sam was concerned, and she was risking her life just to do so. Turned on? Shit. He was actually falling for this girl.

Eventually, Sam settled on some combination of the first three, completely ignoring that last one, storing it away for a better time.

Once he saw that Lexi had gotten out the older of the two boys, the blonde one, and the girl, Sister Katherine finally noticed. It took her long enough. Sam had done so much talking and so loud that he was sure his throat was going to be sore in the morning. Sister Katherine was about to take out her revenge on the only child left in the basement, but saw pulled the iron bar he had been hiding and swung, effectively making the ghost dissipate. Sam saw the brunette boy's surprised look, but decided to let Lexi deal with it. She's the one that wanted to help. he thought. Sam snapped back into action. He quickly turned toward the backpacks and picked out the bottle of perfume. Sister Katherine chose this time to make her next appearance and scare the living shit out of the Winchester, forming behind him so that when he turned around he was so startled he dropped the bottle of perfume. The ghost smiled, but she had just helped her own death. The bottle shattered and its contents spread over the grave. As the witch was distracted by her laughing hysterically, Sam pulled out his lighter, clicked and threw.

The bitch was gone and the flames roared.

Sam got off with minor burns on his hands after digging to get a one of Sister Katherine's molars, but he still managed to lift himself up through the same tunnel through which he came, rushing out of the church before it had a chance to burn down on top of him. He got out just in time, narrowly avoiding the falling beams from the ceiling of the cathedral.

He made his way around the church, trying to find Lexi. He found her leaning against a tree, wrapping the young girl's ankle. The two boys seemed undamaged by the fire, they were sitting next to each other and helping Lexi in any way that they could.

Lexi's eyes lit up at the sight of Sam, happy to see the hunter got out safe.

"What the hell was that!?" Sam asked.

Lexi looked stunned, "Well, hello to you too, Sam. Glad you could join us. I was just finishing up wrapping Kylie's leg," one of the boys coughed, "with the help of Tyler and Cameron here."

The boys raised their hands as she said their names. The brown haired boy was Cameron. He and the girl were obviously a bit younger than the blonde boy, Tyler. Sam was about to speak when Lexi interrupted.

"I'll catch you up," She turned to the kids, "Tyler, you and your brother help Kylie get to the front of the church. Stay as far away from the fire as possible."

"Gotcha," Tyler responded, but Cameron was already helping Kylie to her feet.

Once the kids were out of earshot, Sam repeated himself, "What the hell was that?"

"That," Lexi stood and brushed off her jeans, "that was me saving the day without getting hurt. You're welcome.

"I told you to stay away! I could've handled it myself!" Sam yelled.

"Yeah, cuz that was working so well. Tell me, Sam, at what point between flirting with the ghost, and your probable death were you going to get the children out of that fire?"

Sam stared at her and attempted to stutter out an answer.

"That's what I thought."

"How did you even know the window was there?" Sam asked, having finally found his voice.

Lexi knit her eyebrows, "What do you mean? I saw it when we surveyed the area."

"What?"

"You circled the church before we went in..." Lexi said, trailing off, hoping to remind Sam.

Sam just frowned, "I was just looking for a place to park."

Lexi broke out in a laugh that roared almost as loudly as the fire. When she finally caught her breath, she looked up at Sam, "Well, I'm no Ms. Daisy! I handled it just fine, without my chauffeur."

Sam stormed toward the car with Lexi trailing him. He saw Cameron in the back seat with Kylie almost asleep next to him. Cameron held her tight and was whispering comforting words in her ear. Sam smiled. He grinned even wider when he saw Tyler gently stroking the car.

"Dude! Is this a '68?!" Tyler asked.

"'67. But that was pretty impressive." Sam responded, trying to calm down and not show his frustration with the other hunter.

"Alright!" Lexi skipped to the passenger side of the car. Speak of the Devil and she shall appear. Looking totally hot none the less. Sam thought. Lexi turned around to the kids, "Where are we dropping you off?"

An awkward glance was shared between Tyler and Cameron. Cameron then continued to comfort Kylie. Tyler looked at Lexi and smiled, "Back the way we came. We live in a neighborhood a few miles from here."

"Wait, are you guys all siblings?"

"Nah," Tyler responded, giving a sharp look to Cameron, "Cam over there is my little brother, and Kylie is his girlfriend." Cameron looked at his brother and hissed, trying to deny it, but also attempting to not bother Kylie, who seemed to be calming down in his lap.

"Yeah, yeah, deny it all you like, you're not fooling anybody." Tyler waved his hand in dismissal at his brother.

"Alright," Sam said. He turned around in the driver's seat to face the kids in the back, "any questions?"

Sam received nothing but blank looks. Lexi cleared her throat and tapped on his shoulder.

"I already explained everything." No way. There is no way that she could have had the talk with them in that short amount of time. They're all so calm!

Lexi seemed to be reading his thoughts, "They're alright," she said, "They know that ghosts exist. They also know that there's a large network of people who work to eliminate them." Oh.

"Are you guys seriously a branch of the FBI?" Tyler asked, wide eyed at the two.

Sam smiled at Lexi, Clever. Very clever, "Sorry, kid, that's confidential."

They rode towards a neighborhood with Lexi laughing at the hunter, suddenly all too pleased with how this hunt worked out.