The Hunters and The Hunted

Chapter Seven: Why Me?

Today's the day, my eyes open, my soft blanket is wrapped around me. Today's the day Rainy dies. And we might fail at saving him.

I shake the thoughts from my head. We'll save him. The Doctor will save him.

I get up and tie my hair into a messy bun. I don't even worry with my makeup because I know tears might be shed. I slide my feet into my flip flops and quietly walk down the hall.

"Everything around you dies" a voice echoes in my mind. "Everyone you meet, dies. Even your Father." My hand lands on the dusty door at the end of the hall. The room that no one ever goes in. The room of my dead bestfriend. Before I can stop it, my hand twists the knob, the hinges squeak. The room is filled with dust, the air is brittle, the room still smells like him. The walls are divided by color, one half blue, one half green. Tom used to live in this room. His outdated computer sits on the desk next to his brothers. Ben, Tom's twin brother, was killed by The Union.

Everything in the room has a grey tinge to it, almost like the room misses being lived in. Ben was changed into one of them, a vampire, and not one that sparkles. These vamps have rows of sharp teeth the come out of their gums, and happen to have a taste for their family. Ben, after he was changed, become a different person. He attacked Tom, leaving him with bite mark scars lining his arms. We decapitated Ben, right outside this house. Tom had to watch his brother, and best friend, get beheaded right in front of him.

Today, is the anniversary of Ben's death. And will soon be Rainy's....

Light footsteps enter the room and I turn to see Tom staring at me.

"I um..." I stutter, biting back tears.

He says nothing and instead wraps me into a hug, resting his chin on top of my head.

We stand like this for a while before a question slips out of my mouth.

"Does it hurt?" I whisper

"Everyday. I don't go a day without thinking about him. I keep saying, 'maybe if I wish hard enough, he'll walk out of that room and be his same old joking self.' But I know it will never happen..." His voice breaks, and he let's go of me. When I open my eyes, Tom has already left. I hear his door shut.

I wipe my hand across the door to reveal the painting behind it. Ben had drawn Tom and him standing next to each other, both of them smirking. In tight cursive at the top of the door written in gold paint are the words. "Forever Brothers, Even If we're Apart." I close the door and hear Rainy moving around inside his room. Anxiety hits me like a punch to the gut.

"Everything you touch, dies." I recognize the voice now. It belongs to vamp Ben.

I run into my room and slam the door. My body sinks down the the floor. My best friend tried to kill me. He tried to kill me. No, it wasn't him. It was a vamp. The vamp tried to kill me, not Ben. Never Ben.

~~~~3 hours later~~~~

I stand in the cave, Union headquarters, Ortho hangs from the ceiling.

"I told you, little Shiner, Rainys death is inevitable." His smile is unusually bright in the dark cave.

V stands behind me, well not really standing... She's pinned against the wall behind me. Rainy lays on the floor gasping, stuck under a vamps crushing foot.

"Why kill him though." V's voice says from behind me.

"Well you see V, if I kill little Krystal's boyfriend, I destroy her life."

I scoff. " honestly? You think all if care about is Rainy?"

"Well....no but I figure he's your weakest point."

"Why don't you-" dean says before an elbow slams into this throat.

"Dean!" Sam yells and then he is also hit in the throat.

I can practically feel V rolling her eyes behind me.

"Don't hurt them. They have nothing to do with this." I say

"But they're hunters, are they not?" Ortho's silky voice says from above.

"They don't even know Rainy. They only agreed to help because I asked them too."

Ortho drops down in front of me. His blonde hair catches a bit of light and seems to turn clear.

"Krystal Shiner, the girl who is a half God, needed help? Ooo," his laugh sounds too high pitched " we might get to have some fun, boys." He smiles at the other vamps as they start cheering. Ortho snaps his fingers and the room quietest instantly.

They didn't notice the TARDIS appear in the far corner.

"It didn't happen like this in the dream." I say, keeping my voice strong.

"Ah, but 'twas a dream, Krystal. And of course we all know that nothing ever happens like it's supposed to when you're around." He winks at me and grins.

"Of course not." I smile, then as he turns around, shove a knife through his spinal cord. He screams and falls on the ground, paralyzed. The doctor opens the doors on the blue box as I run to save rainy.

I'm not fast enough.

The vampire holding him down, snaps his neck.

The wretched sound pierces the air.

I stop in my tracks, as Rainys dead eyes stare at me.

"NO!!" I scream. Sam and Dean are holding my arms, pulling me to the TARDIS.

"LET ME GO!!" I thrash in their arms but their hold is too strong.

I sit on the floor of the huge room inside the police box. My head in my hands, knees pulled to my chest.

Why, echoes a voice in my head. You did everything right this time. Planed everything perfectly. And yet, you still failed.

I sit there for a long time. Nobody tries to comfort me. They know it's no use. They know I tried and failed. They know that if they try to talk to me....I might go crazy.

So they leave me.

Sitting on the cool metal platform, my hands grip my hair, tears burn my cheeks. I punch the ground.

"WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN!!" I scream into the room. "WHY ME" my voice breaks and I feel a hand on my back.

I look up and see The Doctor crouching next to me.

He knows how I feel. The pain I feel. The pain of trying so hard and getting so close to saving someone you love, then watching them die in front of you.

"Doctor..." I whisper through tears. He pulls me into his arms and cradles me against his chest.

We sit like this until I fall asleep.

I become comforted by my mothers singing and my fathers soothing arms.

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Hey guys....um sorry about the sadness but it had to happen.

Don't hate me. Please? Okay.....

~K.Winchester~