They were now making their way through the forest with Sam and Dean trailing at the back. Sam's eyes were locked solely on Alexander.
Sam approached Dean. "Dean, what are we going to do about him?"
Dean asked. "What do you mean, Sam?"
"Dean, you saw his eye. It was yellow." Sam pressed. "You know yellow, like the yellow-eyed demon dad has been hunting. Also don't forget dad was the one who sent us here."
Dean stopped and turned to Sam. "So, let me get this straight. You think that Dad sent us out here on our own to hunt the yellow-eyed demon?" Grabbing a firm hold of him on the shoulder. "The same demon that killed mom, and your girl? The same demon that Dad has been hunting for years? That same demon dad called dangerous? In fact so dangerous he wouldn't let us hunt it with him?"
"Now, all of a sudden, Dad decides we are ready and sends us directly to it with no warning?" Dean questioned, staring at Sam.
Sam was left speechless by the questions and Dean's aggression. Dean receiving no answer from his brother turned back around and continued onwards.
Sam paused for a thought then ran after his brother. "But Dean, what if it is him? What if it is the demon? Or..
or like his lackey or something? What if Dad sent us to watch him?"
"It isn't. He didn't." Dean huffed.
"You don't know that. How do you know? How are you so sure that dad didn't-"
Sam was quickly cut off by Dean as he whipped around angrily. "Listen, Sam, I know you're angry your fiance got killed and you need something to hit. And believe me, I'm cool with that. But that guy over there isn't our guy and he's not gonna be our guy no matter how much you want him to be." He paused. "You ask me how I know? I don't know, Sam. But I know Dad and I know me. And if I was him and I found the bastard that killed Mom, I wouldn't waste a second rushing to wherever that son of a bitch was and gutting them where they stood."
"And you damn well believe that Dad would do the same." Dean spat staring daggers into Sam.
"Is everything alright back there?" Hailey asked the brothers who had fallen behind.
"Yeah, be there in a sec," Dean shouted back. Giving Sam one last warning look, he turned around and walked to join the group.
During their trek, of course, Alexander had noticed Sam's hate-filled glares. He had a better awareness than your average man but he chose to ignore it, believing that it wasn't the time or place to address personal grievances. People's lives were on the line.
He was used to getting stares for his eye but this time it was attracting a lot of hate.
But that was to be expected, he had seen the series and definitely remembered that their mother was killed by the same yellow-eyed demon that likely killed his. And he happens to have a yellow eye, so it stood to reason that the brothers would be suspicious of him.
'They are not gonna try to attack me, are they?' Alexander worried.
Dean and Sam finally caught up with the group. Sam spent the trip keeping an eye on Alexander the whole way. Whiles Dean spent his time antagonising Roy because Roy was a normal hunter while he hunted the supernatural.
Suffice it to say, Alexander didn't have a good impression of the brothers. One brother who was supposed to be a hunter had all his emotions figuratively scribbled across his face. Seriously, Sam was so easy to read he might as well have the words "Watching Alex cause I don't trust him." tattooed on his forehead.
'With him like this, if I really were the yellow-eyed demon it would be so easy to turn him against the group. A group works best when they all have a singular agenda but he's clearly having other ideas.'
And then there was Dean. While it was normal to feel a sense of superiority when interacting with normal people as a hunter, belittling Roy's experience and knowledge. Threatening the dynamics of the group just because, was uncalled for and disrespectful. Just a while ago despite Dean's condescension, Roy alerted him of the presence of a bear trap which Dean was about to unknowingly step in. Had Roy been just a little spiteful, he could have easily said nothing and Dean would have lost a leg.
Alexander's impression of the two was falling by the second.
Although he had to admit unlike Sam, Dean managed to somewhat hide his distrust of Alexander. So that was one point in his favour.
Suddenly, a chilling sensation washed over Alexander, and all thoughts ceased, but he continued onwards as though nothing had happened.
But in that moment, he knew. The group was being watched.
Something or someone was watching the group.
It could have been the creature he was hunting or something else. Given that the level of intelligence of the creature was unknown, he believed that he had to alert the group without making it obvious.
"Roy," Alexander called out.
"Yeah, kid?" Roy asked.
"How do bears hunt? Do they make noise when they do?"
"Yeah, sometimes. Sometimes they are loud and aggressive when hunting, other times they are quiet and careful." Roy answered. "Why do you want to know?"
"Oh, it's nothing. Just that you spotted a bear trap a while back so we probably could be meeting a bear soon." Alexander's statement was heard by all present and caused a different reaction in each number of the group.
Sam and Dean became more concentrated and careful. Ready to take action at anytime.
Whereas Hailey pulled her brother closer and moved closer to Roy.
The team was moving in basically a single file line, with Roy as the lead. Followed by Hailey and Ben, then Alexander with Sam and Dean behind him.
Alexander, seeing that his question got everyone to raise their guard. He continued on with the group all while still paying attention to the unknown observer, who seemed content with just watching them, with his findings about the creature that it stalked its prey before attacking.
His investigation suggested that the monster might be intelligent but he was unsure of its level of intelligence. It was better not to act rashly and put himself or anyone else in danger prematurely.
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