The Mortal Angel

Chapter 19 - Not As They Seem

"How much longer is this lady gonna work?" Kate murmered. The Winchesters were parked in the Impala outside Laurel's office. Kate was getting antsy in the backseat; stakeouts were never her forte. "She's still hasn't left," She complained.

"I've heard of working late but this is ridiculous," Dean rubbed his eyes. It was about 1:00 in the morning and the Winchesters were still there.

Kate looked up at Laurel's window. She was still at her desk, still working. Kate moaned and fell back in her seat. Dean gave her a sideways glance from his seat in the front. He didn't think that he ever remembered his big sister being this impacient. Then again, he didn't have that many chances to go on jobs with her when she was alive. Now that he thought about it, this was probably only his second or third job with Kate and it was definetely Sam's first job with her.

"She's moving," Sam pointed out. Dean and Kate both looked up at the window. Laurel was standing at her desk, she stretched her arms and walked out of view.

"Kate,"

"On it," Kate's eyes began to glow with golden swirls as she used her seer power to look inside. Inside, Laurel was slipping off her shoes and taking down her hair. Kate made a hissing noise and she turned her vision away as Laurel began to undress.

"What? What's she doing?" Dean prodded.

"She's getting undressed," Kate answered. Dean and Sam shifted uncomfortably. Kate moved her vision back on Laurel who was now wearing a pink shirt and sweatpants. Laurel yawned and opened a hidden closet in one of the walls. She pulled out a small bag and made her way to the bathroom.

"Okay, she's going to the bathroom. It looks like she's getting ready for bed," Kate explained.

"At work?"

"Maybe she sleeps in her office,"

A few minutes later, Laurel came back to her office with no makeup on and a tooth brush in her mouth. She walked over to a plant that had big leaves and a large flower bud that could bloom any day now. She smiled and began to pet the leaves tenderly.

"So what's she doing?" Dean interrupted.

"Shush, I'm trying to concentrate," Kate snapped. "She's petting one of her plants,"

Kate watched intently as Laurel fingered the bud. She waved her fingers over the plant and the bud magically bloomed into a beautiful pink flower.

"Oh boy," Kate muttered.

"What,"

Kate swallowed hard. "She's not human,"

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"A draiad?" Dean questioned.

"I guess so," Kate offered. They were back at the motel, trying to gather their thoughts.

"It explains why your mind trick wouldn't work on her," Sam pointed out. "You said it only works on humans," Kate nodded. "What I don't understand is why she's attacking the forest if she knows that other nymphs live there,"

"Don't know, don't really care," Dean said. He was sitting on the bed and cleaning his gun. "I say we just kill the bitch and get the job done already,"

Dean had a point, it felt like they had been working on this job for months. It had barely even been a week since they first arrived in this little town, despite how it felt.

"At least we know how to kill her," Kate offered. "Just gotta destroy the plant her life force is tied to,"

"Yeah but which plant?" Sam asked. "There were plants all over the building, she could be tied to any of them,"