The Winchester Three (S1): The Beginning

Ch 3 Section 2

The next morning...

"Alright." Dean glared as he sipped his coffee after getting out of the Impala, "What are we doing here at 5:30 in the morning?"

"I realized something." Sam explained, "The videotape shows the killer going in, but not coming out."

Dean leaned against the hood of his car, "So, he came out the back door?"

"Ah..." Angel nodded, "You're looking for a trail."

"A trail the police would never pursue."

"Right..." Angel nodded, "Cause, to them, the killer never left. They caught him inside."

Dean rolled his eyes, " still don't know what we're doin' here at 5:30 in the morning."

Sam ignored him as he looked around the outside of the building, and noticed blood smeared on a nearby telephone pole, "Blood. Somebody came this way."

"Yeah, but the trail ends." Dean pointed out, "I don't see anything over here."

An ambulance sped past them, and they exchanged looks before following it. Once at the house, they observed the scene quietly from a couple feet away. They watched as the police handcuffed a man and put him in the back of a squad car. Angel left them for a few seconds to talk to one of the neighbors at the scene.

Once she came back Dean regarded her, "What happened?"

"Neighbor said he tried to kill his wife. Tied her up and beat her." Her eyes cut to Sam, "Also said she thought he was a nice guy. Always waved hello and smiled at her in the morning."

Later on...

Sam stood outside of the house as he looked around. He looked inside two garbage cans but didn't find anything. He moved to the front of the house where Dean and Angel came up behind him.

"Okay..." Dean huffed and looked to Sam once he turned around, "Remember when I said this wasn't our kind of problem?"

"Yeah?"

"Definitely our kind of problem."

"What'd you guys find out?"

"We just talked to the patrolman who was first on the scene to hear this guys story." Angel crossed her arms, "This Alex guy was in the middle of driving home from a business trip when his wife was attacked."

"So, he was in two places at once."

"Exactly." Dean continued, "Then he sees himself in the house, police think he's a nutjob."

Sam's brows furrowed as he thought, "Two dark doubles attacking loved ones in exactly the same way..."

"No, i think it's the same thing doing it." Angel eyed them grimly, "I think we're dealing with a shifter."

"Shapeshifter?" Angel nodded and Dean shrugged, "Something that can make itself look like anyone?"

"Every culture in the world has a shapeshifter lore." Dean explained, "You know, legends of creatures who can transform themselves into animals or other men."

"Right, skinwalkers, werewolves..."

"And right now we've got two attacks within a few blocks of each other so..." Angel shrugged, "We probably got a shapeshifter prowling around here."

"Let me ask you guys something..." Sam looked between them, "In all this shapeshifter lore, can any of them fly?"

Dean and Angel frowned as they looked at eachother, "Uh, I don't think so..."