IDENTITY CRISIS CH.9

Dean walked outside and saw a couple of footprints leading up to where the body must have been. He started scanning the area, but found nothing with the EMF reader. He put it in his pocket then something caught his eye. There was an icicle that was partially sticking out of the ground. At first he figured that it had fallen off of the building, but when he looked up there was nothing that there. The icicle was out of place, which meant one thing to Dean. He knelt down and pulled the icicle out with his glove covered hands, and revealed that the icicle was covered in blood. The hole that it came from also had blood in it.

After Dean was done scanning the other sites where people had died, he went back to Sam's room and told him what he found.

"So there was no EMF anywhere?" Sam asked.

"No. The place is clean." Dean sighed as he tossed his EMF reader in his bag.

"So that rules out spirit and demon."

"I'm not so sure about demon, but there's definitely no spirit here." Dean said while sitting down on Sam's bed.

"So we have to be ready for anything tonight." Sam said while checking up on Hana, who was asleep in her crib.
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Later that night Sam and Dean put Hana back into Alex's room for the night. They had tried to let her sleep with them the first night, but Hana cried for her mother. At least that was Sam and Dean's excuse.

After they left Alex's room, they both got their rifles from their room and decided to split up. Dean took the first three floors, while Sam took the top three floors.

The halls were so dark that the only light that was lighting up the hall, was coming from their flashlights. Dean didn't see anything on the first floor, so he headed towards the stairwell. Once he was in, he let the door go which made an echo in the entire stairwell.

"So much for the element of surprise." Dean mumbled to himself.

He walked up to the second floor and saw a flashlight. It wasn't his and he knew Sam was on the top three floors, so he quickly shut off his light and carefully opened the door. He peeked around the corner and saw the cop.

The young officer was talking to Karen, trying to assure her that he would find her husband's killer and that her children would be safe.

"Thank you so much officer." Karen said with her eyes red and watery.

"Just doing my job." He told her, then he turned around and walked towards the other end of the hall.

"No, you're doing my job, you moron." Dean grumbled as he held his rifle up and slowly started to look down the hallway. Again, there was no odd noises, but he still kept a look out.
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Meanwhile; Sam wasn't making any more progress then Dean was. He had checked the sixth floor and didn't find anything, so he was currently walking down the hallway of the fifth floor. As Sam was walking down the hall, he heard a noise behind him. He quickly turned around and shinned his flashlight towards the stairwell door.

There was nothing there, so he turned back around cautiously. His light suddenly reflected off of two eyes of young woman. Sam quickly held up his rifle and aimed it at the girl.

"Whoa! What's going on?" The woman said while holding up her hands in surrender.

As Sam got a better look at her, he realized it was the girl from the tape. He remembered what Dean had said about her contacts, so he lowered his gun.

"Are you looking for that killer?"

"Uh, yeah." Sam said while still looking around. "You should go back into your room and lock the door."

"Ok." The woman nervously as she went back into her room.
Sam could hear the door being locked, then continued his search down the long, dark and empty hallway.
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In a few towns over the wind was blowing snow into Kyle's eyes. He quickly got out his room key and unlocked the door to his motel room. The door stuck a little, so he had to push it open with his shoulder. After a few slams, the door finally opened and some snow came into his room. He then shut the door and started to take off his jacket.

Kyle had just come home from work and was all dirty, so automatically headed for the bathroom. He took a nice long and hot shower to warm up his body again. Now he could finally wash off the long hard day of work and relax. Soon he would be able to go see Alex and see how she was doing, not knowing that their baby was born.

After Kyle got out of the shower and dressed, he walked over to his bed. He checked his watch, which read 11:30pm. Kyle decided to call it a night, so he turned off his lamp. He expected the room to be completely dark, but there was a light coming from his dresser. The light was coming from his phone and flashing.

"Oh no. How long has that thing been flashing?" Kyle asked myself, knowing that the flashing meant he had a missed call.

Kyle dragged himself out of bed and over to his phone. He suddenly remembered that he didn't bring his phone to work with him for the past two days. When he picked up the phone, he saw that he had not one, but eleven missed calls.

"Oh no!" Kyle said more worried this time.

His phone was muted, so even when he was home, he couldn't hear it. He flipped open his phone and saw that he had three messages on his voicemail. The first one was from Dean. "Hey, Kyle, it's Dean. Just wanted to let you know that Alex is sick and I think you should get here as soon as you can. Everything is fine, she's just worried about you, man. And to be honest here." Dean's voice lowered into a whisper. "She's scaring me. Please come A.S.A.P. I'm not sure how much longer I can take it."

Kyle laughed remembering how much Alex had bugged him to get her food in the middle of the night. He felt Dean's pain and sympathized with him.

"Sorry, but I don't think I can help you Dean." Kyle said as he looked out the window, to the blizzarding night.

The roads were barely visible. The weather station advised people to stay indoors and off the roads. As much as he wanted to comfort his sick fiance, Kyle knew that he couldn't risk it.

Kyle listened to the next call from Alex.

"Hey Kyle, I know you're at work and really busy, but I had to call you. I really miss you. I have this uneasy feeling, but I think it might just be a cold that's coming on. Call me when you get this. Love you."

The message brought a smile to Kyle's face. He was about to go back to bed, but remembered that there was one more message. This message made Kyle's heart sink, when he heard Alex talking with a nasally voice.

"Kyle, I was going to wait until you got here, but I think you deserve to know. It could be a while before you get here, and I can't keep lying to you." Kyle got more worried, because there was a short pause. "I had the baby." Kyle let out a sigh of relief and joy. "We have a baby girl." Alex said crying.

"I don't believe it." Kyle laughed overwhelmed with what he heard and ran his hand through his wet hair. "Little Hana Spencer." He said to himself.

"She's beautiful. She has your nose." Alex said with a laugh, which made Kyle laugh as well. "I really wish were here with us." This time Alex sounded sad. "We love you, be safe."

Kyle closed his phone and looked outside and made a quick decision. He was going to drive to Alex's hotel and meet his baby daughter. After he was all packed, he left and got into his car and drove off as careful as he could.
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Alex was watching Hana sleep. The child looked so peaceful, while she was resting. It took all her strength for Alex not to pick her up and snuggle with Hana. She knew Sam and Dean were right about Hana getting sick, so she let her be.

After picking up her cell phone, Alex walked out on the balcony. She was bundled up in her hooded sweatshirt and flannel pants, along with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. Alex flipped open her cell phone and saw that she had no signal.

"Great." Alex sighed to herself. "Where are you Kyle? I hope you're ok." Alex was getting worried that something had happened to Kyle.

She let out a few coughs, which caused her to drop her cell phone over the edge of the balcony. "Oh no."

Alex looked over the edge, but didn't see it anywhere. There was too much snow the ground and falling. Alex quickly turns around and runs towards her door. The blanket fell off her shoulders as she ran past Hana's crib. When she got to the door, she turned around and grabbed one of her room keys. She gave Hana one quick glance, to make sure she would be ok, then walked out of the room. She closed the door behind her and ran down the stairs. Unknown to Alex, she was being followed by a dark figure.

As Alex leaves the hotel door, she starts coughing some more. She ran over to where she had dropped her phone, and fell onto her hands and knees. During her frantic search, she didn't notice that the dark figure was getting closer. The snow was reflecting the moonlight, which helped her somewhat in her search for her cell phone. Alex turned her head towards the door and gasped. Two feet were standing in front of her, so she looked up.

"Looking for this?" A woman wearing a long dark cloak asked, holding Alex's cell phone.

"You scared me!" Alex laughs as she relaxes. Her smile fades as she sees a fist coming at her face. Without warning, the once white view she had, goes black. Alex's limp and unconscious body falls to the ground. The person kneels down over her body and the snow begins to come down harder and thicker. They placed the cell phone in her hand and got up. After she stood up, she swung her leg back and started kicking Alex's body hard with her boots. Once the woman was satisfied with the beating, she casually walked back inside the hotel, leaving Alex's body to slowly get buried in the falling snow.