Worlds Colliding (Supernatural, Book Three)

Chapter 8 - A Very Supernatural Christmas

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Ypsilanti, Michigan

Day One

Morning - House - Outside

A girl was looking outside through the glass door.

A woman stood outside, being interviewed. "Um, my daughter and I were in our beds. Mike was downstairs decorating the tree. I heard a thump on the roof, and then I--I heard Mike scream, and now I'm talking to a detective."

Catty and Scarlett were the ones she was speaking to, posing as detectives, or detective in training in Scarlett's case.

"And you didn't see any of it?" Scarlett asked.

"No," the woman answered. "He was... he was just gone."

"The doors were locked?" Catty asked. "There was no forced entry?"

"That's right," the woman answered.

"Does anybody else have a key?" Scarlett asked.

"My parents," the woman answered.

"Where do they live?" Catty asked.

"Florida," the woman answered.

Sam and Dean walked onto the porch.

"Thanks for letting us have a look around, Mrs. Walsh," Sam told her. "I think we, uh, got just about everything we need. We're all set."

"We'll be in touch," Dean told her.

The woman nodded sadly.

Catty, Scarlett, Sam, and Dean walked off the porch.

"Detectives..." Mrs. Walsh trailed off. Dean, Sam, Scarlett and Catty turned to face her. "The police said my husband might have been kidnapped."

"Could be," Dean told her.

"Then why haven't the kidnappers called or--or demanded a ransom?" Mrs. Walsh asked. "It's three days till Christmas. What am I supposed to tell our daughter?"

"We're very sorry," Catty told her. Mrs. Walsh turned around, walking inside. Dean, Sam, Scarlett and Catty walked off of the property. Catty looked Dean and Sam. "Find anything?"

"Stockings, mistletoe..." Dean trailed off.

Sam handed Catty and Scarlett a tooth. "This."

"A tooth?" Scarlett asked. "Where was this?"

"In the chimney," Sam answered.

"A chimney?" Catty repeated. "No way a man fits up a chimney. It's too narrow."

"No way he fits up in one piece," Dean agreed.

"All right, so, if Dad went up the chimney..." Scarlett trailed off.

"We need to find out what dragged him up there," Sam finished.

They walked toward the Impala.

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Motel Room

Pictures of Demons were pinned up on the wall.

Sam and Dean were researching for information about Demons.

Sam was reading.

Dean was on the laptop.

Catty and Scarlett walked inside.