"If it keeps its victims alive, why would it kill Roy?" Ben asked Sam.
"Honestly?" Sam sighed "I think because Roy shot at it, pissed it off,"
"Sam?" A voice asked.
Sam raised his gun at the redhead in front of him, but he hesitated from pulling the trigger as he recognized her from his recent dream. "Who are you?!"
"My name is Rae," Rae's image began to flicker and she grunted as if in pain.
"You're..."
"Yes, I am. And it's taking a lot of concentration for me to stay in place at the moment. So perhaps we can do 20 questions later?"
"How can I know I can trust you?"
Rae rolled her eyes "You sound just like Dean when he first met me, I blame your father for that," she scoffed.
"You know my dad? Where is he?!" Sam interrogated as he raised his gun once again.
"One problem at a time, Samuel. Who's more important...your dad or Dean?"
***
Rae leads the men into the mine.
Sam shined the flashlight ahead of them, before noticing that Rae had stopped.
"This is as far as I can go," Rae admitted, as Sam noted that her figure was flickering a bit more. "Your brothers and sister are in there,"
Sam looked forward and turned back towards Rae "How do I know this isn't..." he stopped as he realized Rae's spirit had disappeared.
Looking forward again, Sam heard growling and immediately turned off the flashlight and pulled Ben against the wall.
The Wendigo came towards them.
Sam covered Ben's mouth before he could scream.
The Wendigo took a different tunnel at the crossing.
Sam and Ben kept moving until they fell through the floor, landing in a pile of bones.
Ben spotted another pile of skulls and leaped backward.
"Hey, it's okay," Sam assured "it's okay, it's okay,"
The duo looked up and saw Dean and Haley hanging by their wrists from the ceiling.
Sam ran to Dean, Ben ran to Haley. "Dean!"
"Haley, wake up!" Ben exclaimed frantically.
Sam grabbed Dean and shook him "Dean!"
Dean opened his eyes.
"Hey, you okay?"
Dean winced "Yeah,"
"Haley, Haley, wake up, wake up!" Ben cried.
Sam cut Dean down and Ben took care of Haley.
They helped them over to an empty patch of floor and got them to sit down.
"You sure you're all right?" Sam asked as Dean continued making pained noises.
"Yeah." Dean grimaced "Yep. Where is he?"
"He's gone for now,"
Haley divested herself of rope. She stood up and spotted Tom still hanging and started crying "Tommy..." Haley touched Tom's cheek, causing Tom's head to jerk up. She jumped back and shrieked "Cut him down!"
Sam cut Tom down.
"We're gonna get you home," Haley told Tom.
Dean picked up flare guns from the pile of stolen supplies in the corner "Check it out,"
"Flare guns," Sam nodded "Those'll work,"
Dean laughed and twirled the guns.
The group headed down a tunnel, Dean and Sam were in the lead with the flare guns while Haley and Ben supported Tom, who was limping. They heard growling.
"Looks like someone's home for supper," Dean noted.
"We'll never outrun it," Haley claimed.
Dean looked back at the others "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yeah, I think so," Sam admitted.
"All right, listen to me. Stay with Sam. He's gonna get you out of here,"
"What are you gonna do?" Haley asked.
Dean winked and started walking and yelling. "Chow time, you freaky bastard! Yeah, that's right, bring it on, baby, I taste good,"
Sam waited until Dean was a safe distance away "All right, come on! Hurry!"
The Collinses followed Sam down the tunnel.
"Hey, you want some white meat, bitch!" Dean called out "I'm right here!"
Sam, Haley, Ben, and Tom hurried down a tunnel until they heard growling.
Sam pointed the gun at the Wendigo, then lowered the gun and turned to the Collinses. "Get him outta here,"
"Sam, no," Haley said.
"Go! Go! Go!"
"Come on, Haley!" Ben pleaded.
Haley and Ben helped Tom along the mine tunnel.
Sam held the flare gun ready to shoot, looking down the tunnel "Come on. Come on," he turned when he heard growling, the Wendigo was right in his face.
Dean shot and missed, then grabbed Sam and they ran after the Collinses.
"Sam!" Haley cried.
Sam and Dean caught up.
"Come on, hurry, hurry, hurry," Sam rushed.
They ran to the end of the tunnel, the Wendigo right behind.
"Get behind me,"
Sam and Dean were large enough to hide all three Collinses.
The Wendigo approached, taking its time.
"Hey!"
The group and the Wendigo turned to see a familiar redhead.
"Erif fo llab," Rae chanted, a flame appeared in her hand.
Like a pitcher during a ball game, Rae threw the flame at the Wendigo causing it to go up in flames. When the flames died out, everyone had left the mines, all except one.
Dean Winchester stood on the other side of the ashed remains of the Wendigo, staring up into emerald green eyes "Rae?"
Rae merely smiled as her image once again flickered leaving Dean alone in the mines.
***
An ambulance loaded up Tom.
Two police officers were interviewing Ben as Sam stood behind him. "And the bear came back again after you yelled at it?"
"That's when it circled the campsite." Ben claimed "i mean, this grizzly must have weighed eight hundred, nine hundred pounds,"
Sam nodded.
"All right, we'll go after it first thing," The Officer said.
"So I don't know how to thank you," Haley told Dean after the two were done being patched up.
Dean smirked lasciviously.
"Must you cheapen the moment?" Haley asked, despite her own smile.
"Yeah," Dean nodded.
A Paramedic came up to Haley "You riding with your brother?"
"Yeah," Haley replied.
The Paramedic headed back to the ambulance.
Haley turned to Ben who was done speaking with the officers "Let's go,"
Sam and Ben nodded at each other.
Haley kissed Dean on the cheek "I hope you find your father," she looked over at Sam "Thanks, sam,"
Haley and ben headed climbed in the ambulance with Tom, who was shirtless and bandaged.
Sam sat on the Impala's hood with Dean.
"Man, I hate camping," Dean muttered.
"Me, too," Sam said. He cleared his throat, wanting to ask Dean more about Rae and who she was but with one look at Dean he could easily see that seeing Rae again caused Dean a little more hurt.
"You know we're gonna find Dad, right?" Dean said, filling in the awkward silence.
Sam nodded "yeah, I know. But in the meantime? I'm driving,"