Memories of You

Chapter 4

With Dean in the lead, Haley and Ben following closely behind, and you and Sam bringing up the rear, the five of you went in search for the Wendigo. But you weren't concerned about it.

The only reason you were here was to find your father. You could feel his presence. He was here. It was just a matter of finding him alive. Sam called Dean over to examine a bunch of bloody claw prints in the trees high above them, and then you heard the growling of the Wendigo, followed by Haley's screams as Roy's mutilated body fell from the trees.

Dean came over to examine him and discovered his neck was broken.

"Run!" you cried out to everyone, and nobody bothered ignoring you.

Each one of you broke out into a fast sprint away from the sounds of growling. Ben tripped along the way and you and Sam stopped to help him up. But as Dean and Haley made their way ahead of you, they came face to face with something, causing Haley to scream again.

By the time you, Sam and Ben caught up to the sounds, the only traces of Haley and Dean were the broken Molotov cocktail on the ground. Sam called out to Dean, but nobody answered back.

That left you, Sam and Ben to find them yourselves.

"If it keeps its victims alive," Ben began, "why would it kill Roy?"

"Probably because he's a douchebag," you snarked. Sam looked at you in surprise. "And because Roy shot at it."

"Probably pissed it off," Sam added. You came up from behind Sam and pulled him aside. "What's wrong?"

"I feel like I'm just getting in the way, maybe I should just go on ahead and find my dad by myself," you said shyly.

"No," Sam assured you, placing a hand on your shoulder. You felt so small in his grasp. "No, I told you we would find him together and that's exactly what we're gonna do. You're not alone in this."

You nodded your head but weren't entirely convinced.

"I mean," Sam sighed, "technically we're in the same boat."

You looked up at him, your eyebrows closing in together.

"My father's missing too," Sam said, a sad expression on his face. "It's why Dean and I are out here. Well, that's what we thought. But now he's passed on the hunting traditions to us. So..." Sam looked down at his shoes, then looked back at you, a deep breath escaping from his lungs. "Let's find our dads together."

You tried to smile, but you were too much into your own despair to even pretend you were okay. "Yeah but now Dean and Haley are missing. God knows where they've been dragged off to."

"They went this way!" Ben called out, and you and Sam jogged over to where he was crouched down. Ben handed Sam a blue peanut M&M, and Sam smiled.

"Better than breadcrumbs," he said with a chuckle. He smiled at you, and you felt your insides melt. A man should not be this pretty, you thought.

The three of you followed the trail of treats towards what looked like an abandoned silver mine, bearing all the warning and no trespassing sign a place like this should have. There was a small entryway beside the barred door and, after Sam shrugged at you, he climbed through, you and Ben following suit.

Flashlight in hand, Sam led the way down a cold, dripping wet mine shaft complete with long forgotten train tracks. The sound of a growl caused Sam to push you up against the wall, and you did the same to Ben. Then you saw it. The 8-foot-tall hulking resemblance of what used to be a man, now a cannibalized monster. Ben was about to freak out, but Sam shoved his hand over his mouth, shushing him quiet.