Whispers in the night {sami}

Charlie was hearing things in her head. Things that couldn't be there. Her phone was ringing. She was too afraid to answer it. She didn't want to hear the static again. The static meant it was close. She was afraid to look around the room. She was exhausted and awake at the same time. She couldn't close her eyes. She didn't want to sleep, if she went to sleep it would some how get in here. Her eyes were playing tricks on her. Logically Charlie knew that this was from lack of sleep but it still scared the shit out of her. It was like she was having an on going anxiety attack that she couldn't escape. Her mind was going to dark things.

There was yelling that she didn't really pay attention too, then a crash through her door. It was here, was the first thing she thought of. "Charlie! Are you okay? What happened?" Shakily Charlie looked at Dean with blurry eyes. Her face was sunken in, she looked paler then usual, her eyes were badly blood shot.

"Dean!" She said sitting up as if she didn't believe he was actually there. Then fearfully she looked out the doorway, which was now missing the door. Her eyes were twitching. "Dean... it's gonna get me." She grabbed his arms, trembling. "It's gonna find me now that the doors open. It's been following me for days. I can't. Its so horrible." She kept looking out the door. "It's not a human or creature that i've ever seen..." Charlie kept looking from Dean to the door as she spoke in an almost nonsense. Now her gaze was darting around the room, looking for something that wasn't there. She was seeing shadows moving that weren't actually there.

(I'm gonna have Jane pop in when she settles down)

Charlie felt so out of it and confused from the lack of sleep, it was hard to tell what was real and what wasn't. Dean and Sam were here, she was sure of that. She wished it was more comforting then she felt. She didn't relax even when Dean hugged her, she was still stiff and shaky. "It's okay Charlie, it's okay." Dean said. But it wasn't okay. It was gonna get her and she couldn't do anything about it. Dean let her go from the hug and held her at arms length, making her look at him. She felt so unsteady. And it felt weird to look in one place. She felt so on edge. The younger Winchester brought her water. Her head was killing her. She felt the cough in the back of her throat but it didn't come out. She drank some of the water and shivered. "Charlie, what's after you? What happened?"

Charlie seemed to calm down for a moment, still breathing heavy and still shaking. "I was working on a case, there's been a lot of disappearances around here. Kids and adults have been going missing with no rhyme or reason. I was interviewing some people, and a few of them sounded nuts. Talking about this tall "man" that was stalking them... until I saw it.. in the woods at the park, standing in the shadows. It's proportions were unreasonably tall... and its face... It didn't have a face." The red-head paused to cough a deep cough, like she was sick. "It's been following me. I've changed two motels and I keep seeing it. It's following me. It's gonna get me Dean." There was desperation in her voice.

Charlie started to relax ever so slightly. Because she found that the boys being here with her was comforting. She was still shaking, but not as violently. She wasn't alone anymore. She didn't have to worry, her friends were here. Though she couldn't help but worry. "Charlie, I promise, I am not going to let anything get you. Sam and I will stop this thing." Slowly she nodded, then looked toward Sam having a coughing fit. Had he seen it too? She had only developed the cough since she had seen the tall "thing". The tears stopped and she wiped them off her face with her sleeve. She was too afraid to look outside the door. She didn't want to see it again. For all she knew she could be going crazy. But with everything that she's been through with the Winchesters she doubted that was the case. She rubbed her face with her hands. She almost felt sick from how tired she was.

"This is happening to other people, not just me. I haven't been able to sleep. When the thing is around electronics go haywire. Lots of static. From what I've gathered from what I've experienced and heard from other people it starts like this, you see it, then you see it again, the paranoia starts and the coughing, and I can't tell whats a hallucination and whats not. It's taking people away. People just disappear never to be seen again." She shuttered fearfully.

~

Jane was getting frustrated looking at articles and lore about a creature like this. There was nothing on how long its been around, except for these German woodcutter paintings from a long time ago called Der Ritter. She needed a break. She stood up from her makeshift desk and opened the door walking into the cool evening air. A little too cool, for a spring day. She walked toward the main part of the motel and stopped when she saw the Impala. She looked confused at the car. Why hadn't she noticed that before? Had they just arrived for the case she had been working on for over a week? She stopped walking in front of the impala and looked around, they weren't in it. She saw splintered wood and a collapsed door a little further down from the impala.

Jane stood walked over to the doorway, seeing Dean with some girl, she couldn't see her face, and Sam who looked horribly sick. "Sam, Dean, everything okay? What are you doing here?"

"Charlie, Charlie, CHARLIE, calm down." She stopped. It was hard to get control over her own mind right now. She knew the paranoia was unreasonable, but there wasn't anything she could do about it. "Just breathe." He told her. She tried that. She took a few deep and long breaths. It helped a little bit. Her head hurt. Her chest hurt from coughing. Everything hurt right now, because her body was deprived of sleep. She jumped when she heard a voice that wasn't either of the boys. But she found it oddly familiar.

"Jane? What are YOU doing here?" Charlie looked around Dean to see a girl that she had met.. where? Oh yeah she met her at comic-con. That felt like a long time ago.

Jane was looking at Dean when he spoke, not really noticing the girl that he stood in front of. "I've been working on a case." She said in a calm tone. She looked from Dean to Sam, then at the figure that sat on the bed. Her mouth gaped open. "...Charlie?" Surprise was in her tone. "What's going on?" She asked the boys.

Charlie looked to see the girl standing in the doorway was someone she recognized who said her name. "Hey Jane." She said weakly just more calmly. "Ok, we need to get some place safe...that actually has a door. Then we'll figure this thing out." Charlie stood up with Dean's help. Her legs felt like jello. She didn't feel like she was gonna fall or anything she just felt really out of it and woozy. As they walked past Jane, she had concern in her eyes. She sat down in the car, looking fearfully around afraid what she would see, then rubbed her face as she pulled her seatbelt on.

Jane was worried, what the hell happened to the girl? Apparently she was a hunter too from what Dean had said. They were working on the same case. Geez this must be a big one. She watched Sam as he walked out of the room towards the car, he did not look remotely good. What was wrong with him? Were they having the same problem? God this was weird. "I'm coming with you. Let me just grab my notes." Jane jogged over to her room and grabbed her stack of papers and her laptop. It had only been a few moments before she was back climbing into the back seat next to Charlie. She never thought she'd see her again.

Charlie was looking down at her hands, resisting the urge to look out the windows, afraid of what she would see in the woods. Afraid of what she would see anywhere. She was glancing at Jane going through her papers, probably notes about her case. She could feel the girl watching her too. Everyone was looking at her. "Charlie talk to me. How are you doing?" She let out a shutter breath and glanced up into the review where she saw her reflection and Dean's eyes. "I'm okay. I just don't want to look around is all. I think it likes the woods." Charlie jumped slightly when Jane had put an arm around her.

"It's gonna be okay. We're gonna figure this out." Said Jane, rubbing her back gently. Never had she ever thought Charlie would've known the Winchesters. Small world. "We're going some place safe. You don't have to worry." She said glancing up at Dean for a moment then back to Charlie.