collision//DEAN&SAM&CROWLEY

It was obvious that Libby was confused and possibly a little bit irritated that Dean was not elaborating on what he was telling her. For all she knew, he could just be saying that in an attempt to get her to not kill the werewolf. Why did he care anyway? This whole conversation was setting Libby on edge. Dean was trying so hard to get her to allow the werewolf to live. Was this Dean? Could it possibly be a shapeshifter? She narrowed her eyes and gripped her gun again, ready to strike at any given moment.

Libby’s confusion only escalated when she heard the Winchesters’ reaction to Fergus stating that he was a hunter. Of course he was a hunter. Why else would he be giving her tips on how to hunt in the past? When she heard the Garretts begin to move again, she turned, pointing her gun at them. “Okay, that’s it, nobody move! Someone tell me what’s going on right now!” she demanded, pointing the gun between the Garretts and the Winchesters.

Libby’s harshness faltered slightly when she saw the hurt look on Fergus’ face. She lowered the gun slightly, but still had a paranoid look on her face. “Sorry…I got a lead and didn’t want to wait,” she said, beginning to feel a little guilty that she had gone on a hunt without him. After the “little girl” comment, Libby’s gaze flashed to Sam and Dean, feeling annoyed that they apparently still thought of her like that.

Zelda was far too terrified at the situation to be able to analyze it properly, but Alex was able to tell that something strange was going on with this new hunter. He narrowed his eyes and watched the four hunters in front of them. Alex greatly wanted to tell Zelda to just run for it, but the alley opening was completely cut off by the hunters. He could tell that she was getting offended by the little snips that this man named Fergus was calling her – he was surprised that Zelda wasn’t speaking up about them. It just showed how terrified she was. Fear struck Alex when he heard Dean agree that they could kill Zelda, but something told him not to speak up just yet.

Libby watched with a quirked eyebrow. “Well, go on, Fergus, take it! The sooner we kill her, the sooner we can get onto the next hunt!” she said, confused as to why the other hunter was hesitating to take the weapon.

Libby grew paranoid again when Fergus refused to take the poker. “Just take it!” she said, a little louder than she probably needed to. Dean’s next words really caught her attention and her grip on her gun tightened. She furrowed her brows and clenched her jaw as she watched the exchange between the other hunters. “Tell me what?” she asked, through clenched teeth. She nearly dropped her gun, though, when, with a flick of his hand, “Fergus” sent Dean flying against the wall, almost landing on the Garretts in the process.

She turned, looking at “Fergus” wide-eyed and appalled. “Oh my God…Oh my God, you’re a demon?” she asked, beginning to feel sick to her stomach. She hadn’t run into many demons, but she knew those blood-red eyes when she saw them. Libby slowly started to shake her head, doing her best to keep a grip on her gun, feeling herself beginning to shake. Whether it was from anger or just altogether stress, she didn’t know.

Alex, still standing protectively in front of his little sister, made a noise as if he was about to speak up. Libby had almost forgotten that the Garretts were there, so she lost control of herself, turned and shot her gun. “Alex, no!” said Zelda, clinging to him as he clutched his side, where the bullet had hit him, right below the ribs. Libby stared, horrified at what she had done. “Oh my God - I’m – I’m so sorry!” said Libby, forgetting herself and preparing to take a step forward.

Zelda flashed a glare in her direction. “You stay back!” she said, harshly, through a clenched jaw before looking down at Alex and beginning to pull his clothes away from the wound.

Libby was in shock. She may not have been aware of it, but she had been assisting a demon. Sam was able to snatch her gun away from her with ease because she was barely holding onto it at this point. And on top of everything else, she had shot an innocent man. Shaking her head, she backed up until she hit the wall and slid to the floor. Where had the bullet hit him? Was he going to die? She bit her lip as she watched the scene play out in front of her. She gripped at her hair and tried her best not to cry.

Before Zelda could respond to Sam’s question, Alex spoke up. “I’m fine, I’m fine,” said Alex, cringing, despite his own words,”It just scratched me.” He bit his eyes and scrunched his eyes shut as he held his hands up to the wound, getting in the way of Zelda removing the clothes.

“Shut up, Alex, of course you’re not fine,” said Zelda, doing her best to replace her usual harshness with the timidness that had snuck up because of the whole situation. Her eyes widened slightly when she noticed that Alex was beginning to cough up blood. “Dean, speed dial number two, right now. Tell her to come immediately!” she said, pulling her phone out of her pocket and tossing it to him, so that she could tend to Alex in the best way she could. She slapped Alex’s hand away from his wound so that she could get a good look.

By the time Sam knelt down next to Libby, she was practically in tears. She was hanging her head, so that her face was completely covered with her dark hair. It took her a moment to even react to Sam’s question. She felt so ashamed. She had just screwed everything up. “I’m – I’m fine,” she said, shaking her head, not even believing her own lie. Of course she wasn’t fine. She had been tricked by a demon and she had just shot an innocent man. “Is he okay?” she asked, looking over at the man on the ground.

Olivia was just finishing up her most recent Christmas wreath when her phone rang. When she saw it was Zelda, she picked up immediately. She and Alex hadn’t been home for quite some time, so she was beginning to get concerned – especially since Zelda always stuck to her schedule. “Hello?” she asked, only to be momentarily shocked that there was a man on the other line. She dropped her wreath and leaped to her feet, heading for her car when she heard what the man said.

“Olivia Harris. She’s our cousin and she’s – well, at least I’m hoping – that she’ll be able to fix this,” she said, pulling a handkerchief out of her purse and putting it to Alex’s wound to try to stop the bleeding,”Thank you for calling.” She looked up at Dean with a sincere look on her face, so that he would know she meant her appreciation. Alex, being the selfless person that he was, glanced over to the young girl that had shot him. “Is she alright?”

It only took Olivia a few moments to arrive at the alley. She looked surprised around at the amount of people in the area, but she didn’t waste any time in running to Alex’s side. “Alex, what sort of trouble have you gotten in this time?” she said with a smile, in an attempt to calm everyone down. It seemed to work for the family, at least. Olivia tended to have a very calming presence. She carefully peeled away the blood-soaked handkerchief and blew on her hands before placing them on Alex’s wound. Olivia closed her eyes and focused her energy to the wound. There was a small glow coming from the area and it slowly healed itself, pushing the bullet out. She opened her eyes and smiled. “There’s nothing I can do about the blood loss, but at least the bullet’s out,” she said, gently brushing some of Alex’s hair out of his face. She turned to look at the rest of the people in the alley. “Hello!” she said, before assisting Zelda in pulling Alex to his feet,”What exactly happened here?”

“Thanks, Sam,” she said, pitifully as she wiped away some tears that were starting to fall from her eyes. She had a feeling that he wasn’t completely telling the truth. After all, no one could know – well, no one human, that is. “I can’t believe I was so stupid. How could I not tell that he was a demon?” she said, resting her head in her hands. Honestly, though, it was a ridiculous question. Demons were known for being masters of disguise and manipulation. It was no surprise that the demon had been able to get inside Libby’s head. That fact didn’t help her shame, though.

Zelda did a double take at Dean’s question – mostly because it had caused Alex to burst into laughter. “Alex, stop laughing, you’ll hurt yourself!” she said, despite how relieved she was to hear his laughter. He was alive and Olivia was on her way. She glanced up at Dean. “I’m assuming you’re not referring to our parents? Aside from them, we have one more cousin – Olivia’s sister,” she said, clasping Alex’s hand. She had conveniently forgotten to mention her own older sister, Marie. But they never really talked about her anyway. “Is there something wrong with having a big family?” she asked, unable to keep the smirk off her face.

It was evident that Alex was still rather concerned about the young girl off in the corner. She looked so distraught. “And you know her?” He was going to inquire further, but the blood loss was beginning to make him feel dizzy, so he closed his eyes.

Olivia thinned her lips, obviously not satisfied with the answer. Zelda glanced away, a little too ashamed that she was being hunted. Her cousin knew what she was, of course, but it didn’t mean that Zelda had to like it. “Well, is everyone alright?” she asked before turning to Alex,”We’ll get you some red meat – that’ll help replace the blood.”

Libby tried to smile and nod her head, but she didn’t completely believe Sam. She believed him on the part of the demon, whose named was apparently Crowley, was expertly manipulative. She wasn’t sure if she believed him on the part that it wasn’t her fault. Maybe this whole thing was a mistake. What sort of hunter was she if she ended up completely trusting someone that she barely knew?

“Good. That’s what I was hoping you’d say,” she said with a nod. It was obvious that Zelda’s fear had left her and her usual attitude had returned to her. She, by no means, wanted a large family of her own, though. She honestly doubted that a marriage would even ever happen – she never had time for such relationships anyway.

Alex frowned when he heard the news about the girl crying in the corner. “My goodness…that’s rather sad,” he said, thinning his lips. It saddened him to hear her story. He stopped talking after that, though, since the loss of blood was really starting to get to him.

After Alex was healed, Zelda watched him carefully, the concern still on her face, especially with the way he was wavering back and forth. “Alex…are you alright?” she asked, lightly tugging on his shirt as he began to button it up again. Alex smiled and turned to her. “I’m just fine, dear,” he said, pulling her into a hug,”Just a bit dizzy, that’s all.”

Olivia smiled. “Yes, he’ll be fine. Don’t worry,” she said, lightly elbowing Zelda in the arm. She turned to the rest of the group. “I’m Olivia, by the way. I really appreciate the call. Was it you who called me?” she asked, looking at Dean, whose voice she thought she recognized.