Title: Calls Me Home

Summary: A journey through seven seasons of Supernatural through the eyes of two Winchesters and a Singer.

Characters: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Ruby Singer, Bobby Singer, John Winchester, and a whole ton of others.

Disclaimer: Everything you see here belongs to Eric Kripke & Co. The title belongs to the song "Calls Me Home" by Shannon LaBrie.

Chapter Two

The birds chirp as Sam walks through a cemetery with a bouquet of mixed flowers in his hand. He is dressed formerly in a suit and tie. The sun is shining brightly on this beautiful clear day as Sam sighs approaching a grave stone. Etched upon the stone are the words JESSICA LEE MOORE, Beloved Daughter, January 24th 1984- November 2nd, 2005. There's a small oval shaped picture of a grinning Jessica beside her name on the stone. As he looks down, he sees a black & white photo of her leaning against the headstone between a white teddy bear and a wooden box with a crucifix on it with a small American flag beside the box. Three candles are standing upon the stone. Sam looks at the stone then at the flowers before looking at the stone again.

"I, uh.." Sam laughs, "You always said roses were...were lame so I brought you, uh.."

He trails off as his green eyes glisten with unshed tears. His gaze is upon the picture set in the stone and he glances away choking back the tears that are still threatening to fall. After a moment, he takes a step closer to the grave stone.

"Jess, Oh god.." Sam kneels down setting the flowers before her grave stone, "I should have protected you. I should have told you the truth."

Sam leans the flowers in front of the crucifix and is caught off guard when an arm covered in dirt shoots out of the ground grasping his wrist tightly.

Sam jerks awake and glances around only to relax a bit when he realizes he is sitting in the passenger seat of the Impala. Dean is driving while Ruby is in the backseat. It's the tenth of November and Sam blinks before rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Concern is evident upon Dean's face as he glances over at his younger brother.

"You okay?" Dean asked clearly ignoring the fact that Ruby had just leaned forward.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Sam glanced over at him before looking away.

Ruby reached over smoothing the hair away from Sam's eyes. "Another nightmare?"

"You want to drive for a while?" He asked after the only response Ruby got from Sam was him clearing his throat.

"Dean, your whole life you never once asked me that." He remarked after laughing a bit.

"Just thought you might want to. Never mind."

"Look, man, you're worried about me. I get it, thank you, both of you really, but I'm perfectly okay."

"Mm-hm."

And with that, the blonde in the backseat chose to speak up again, "Dean, why don't you let me drive when I'm upset?"

"Because the one time you did drive, you ended up scratching her." Dean responded with a slight huff glaring at her lightly in the rear view mirror as Sam grabbed the map.

"Alright, where are we?"

"We're just outside of Grand Junction."

"You know what? Maybe we shouldn't of left Stanford so soon." Sam spoke as he folded down the map of Colorado that had a large red X labeled 35-111.

"Sam, we dug around there for a week. We came up with nothing. If you want to find the thing that killed Jessica.."

"We gotta find Dad first."

"Dad disappearing and this thing showing up after twenty years. It can't be a coincidence."

"It's weird. These coordinates he left us. This Blackwater Ridge."

The blonde leaned back in her seat glancing up at the guys, "What about it?"

"There's nothing there. It's just woods." Sam responded as he set the map down. "Why's he sending us out to the middle of nowhere?"

The trio end up at the Ranger Station just outside of the Lost Creek Trail which goes through the Lost Creek National Forest. Sam is looking at a 3D map of the forest pointing things out to Ruby while Dean is distracted by the decorations.

"It's cut off by these canyons here, rough terrain, dense forest, abandoned silver and gold mines all over the place." Sam explained gesturing to the canyons he was referring to.

"Dude, check out this bear!" Dean exclaimed staring at a picture of a man with a rather large bear in awe.

"And a dozen or more grizzlies in the area. It's no nature hike, that's for sure." He remarked only to whip around along with Dean slightly startled when they hear a man's voice.

"You boys aren't thinking of going out near Blackwater Ridge by any chance?" The ranger asked eyeing the guys curiously as Ruby stayed over by the map watching them.

"Oh, uh, no sir. We're environmental study majors from UC Boulder. Just working on a paper." Sam replied thinking quickly on his feet.

"Recycle, man." Dean grinned and raised his fist causing Ruby to shake her head in annoyance.

"Bull."

Sam's eyes flicker to Dean who doesn't move. Ruby tenses and tries to figure out her next move when the ranger speaks again.

"You're friends with that Haley girl, aren't you?"

As the boys consider this, Ruby takes action and steps forward grabbing Dean's hand interlacing their fingers. "Yes, yes we are, Ranger...Wilkinson. I'm one of Haley's best friends. This here is my boyfriend and that's my brother."

"Well I will tell you exactly what we told her. Her brother filled out a backcountry permit saying he wouldn't be back from Blackwater until the twenty-fourth, so it's not exactly a missing persons now, is it?" The ranger explained looking at them, "So tell that girl to quit worrying. I'm sure her brother is just fine."

"We will, sir. Well, that Haley girl is quite a pistol, huh?" With that said, Dean earned an elbow to his side courtesy of Ruby.

"That's putting it mildly."

The blonde looked at the Ranger and smiled as sweetly as she could, "Actually you know what would help is if I could show her a copy of that backcountry permit. You know, so she could see her brother's return date."

After a moment of looking at them, the ranger went off to make that copy. The trio walked out of the ranger station with the copy in hand and headed straight for the impala. It was when they got there that Dean and Ruby realized they were still holding hands. He squeezed her hand lightly before letting it go.

"You did good in there, Ruby." He cracked a smile as they all piled into the Impala.

Ruby smiled and relaxed in the back, "Thanks."

Feeling that three people might seem like an overload, Ruby surprised the boys by volunteering to sit this interview out. So while they went off to talk to Haley Collins, the blonde huntress got them a room for the night and decided to do some research on Blackwater Ridge. She saved a few articles to show to the boys and then grabbed her phone. Scrolling through her contacts list, the blonde stopped when 'Daddy' was highlighted and pressed the call button placing the phone to her ear.

The phone rang three times before it was picked up and she heard the all too familiar gruff voice that made her smile brightly, "Hi Daddy."

Over in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a smile appeared on the face of the middle aged hunter. "Hey Darling. How is everything?"

Ruby visibly relaxed a bit as she spoke with her father. "Oh everything is fine, Dad. The boys and I are actually working a case right now. Blackwater Ridge in Colorado, actually. John left the coordinates for the boys. You haven't heard from him, have you?"

Bobby Singer sat up a little straighter and sighed. "No, I haven't, but if I do, I'm giving him a piece of my mind first. How's Sam holding up?"

The blonde bit her lip as she stretched out her legs along the bed. "He's doing as best as can be expected, I guess. Still having nightmares, but he insists that he's okay. We're taking care of him. Don't worry. I miss you, Daddy."

He chuckled softly and pinched the bridge of his nose, "I miss you too, sweetheart. Be careful out there."

After looking through the evidence they managed to get from Haley and the articles that Ruby found, the Winchesters had gone off to interview a possible witness to whatever was hurting people out in the forest. They returned to the motel afterward sharing their findings with Ruby. They all agreed that it was a creature. Possibly even a skinwalker or a black dog. It was Dean who ultimately decided that they'd go along with Haley into the forest knowing nothing would keep her from looking for her brother. Of course he tried to get Ruby to stay back, but she refused. So the next day the Impala pulled up to the outskirts of the forest where Haley was standing with her brother Ben along with a man named Roy who apparently was a hunter.

"Apparently this is all the park service could muster up for the search and rescue." Haley spoke up when Roy questioned as to who the Winchesters and Ruby were.

"You're rangers?"

"That's right."

"And you're hiking out in biker boots and jeans?" The brunette looked him up and down skeptically.

"Oh, sweetheart, I don't do shorts." Dean remarked with a slight smirk as he glanced down at himself before walking on ahead earning an eye roll from Ruby.

The blonde in a black beater and denim shorts narrowed her bright blue eyes when the hunter for hire started in on Dean, "Look, Roy, all we want to do is help this girl find her brother. Now shut your mouth and start walking."

It seemed to do the trick and the group of six hiked peacefully through the forest. At least until Dean opens his big mouth and starts questioning Roy in regards to his hunting. The blonde is half annoyed and half amused by the time Roy stops Dean from nearly stepping into a bear trap. The group keep walking as Haley catches up to Dean.

"You didn't pack provisions. You guys are carrying a duffel bag. You're not rangers." She grabs his arm turning him halfway around to face her. "Who the hell are you?"

"Sam and I are brothers. We're just looking for our father. Ruby is a family friend who is helping us. Our father might be here. He might not. I just figured that you and me, we're in the same boat." Dean responded honestly after giving Sam a look as if to say it was alright to keep walking.

"Why didn't you just tell me that from the start?" She asked raising her eyebrow slightly in curiosity.

"I'm telling you now. Besides, it's probably the most honest I've ever been with a woman...ever. So we okay?" He admitted looking at the brunette before him as both were oblivious to the glare that Ruby was shooting in their direction.

"Yeah. We're okay."

"And what do you mean I didn't pack provisions?" Dean smirked pulling out a bag of peanut M&M's as he continued walking.

The group reach Blackwater Ridge and the silence around them is deafening. Not even the crickets were chirping. They continue on with Roy off ahead of them and stop to look around a large rock. It's Roy's voice calling for Haley that catches their attention and they all run off in his direction only to suddenly skid to a halt when they reach him. Roy had found Haley's missing brother's campsite. The tents were torn open and bloody. Supplies were scattered around the site. Haley grew even more upset and began calling out her brother's name. It was Sam that went over and got her to quiet down insisting there might still be something out there. Noticing the tracks left behind, Dean calls out for Sam while Ruby reluctantly takes up the job of trying to keep Haley calm. The boys return to the campsite after a few minutes and Dean walks over to Haley crouching beside her reassuring the brunette that her brother could still be alive. Then they all heard it. The sound of someone calling out for help. They all head out in the direction of the voice, but find no one. Sam ushers everyone back to the camp where they discover that their supplies are missing. Sam pulls Dean aside and gets him to pull out their father's journal where they find a page on the Wendigo. After finally agreeing that it was what they were hunting, they return to the rest of the group and Dean pulls Ruby aside.

"So after talking to Sam and checking out the journal, it looks like we're dealing with a Wendigo." Dean informed the blonde in a hushed whisper.

The blonde looked at him in surprise. "This far west? Well, It all does match up if you think about it."

Before Dean can say anything else, the sounds of Sam and Roy arguing caught their attention. Dean walked over breaking the argument up. By then, it had gotten dark and the group had started a campfire. Dean then drew symbols in the dirt around the campsite explaining to Haley and her brother Ben that they were Anasazi symbols. They were for protection as the wendigo couldn't cross over them. Roy laughs earning an eye roll from both Dean and Ruby. She sits down and tries to explain things as simply as she can to the Collins siblings while Dean went over to check on Sam who was in deep thought. After a few minutes, Ruby glanced over at the Winchesters only to see Sam smile which made her smile a bit as well. Then a twig snapped. Someone could be heard calling for help. It was the wendigo trying to draw them out. Then a growl was heard. Haley assured her brother that everything will be fine and then something rushes past eliciting a shriek from the brunette. Roy shot at the rustling numerous times and then exclaimed that he hit something. In his excitement, he ran off to see what he hit despite Dean telling him not to.

"Don't move." Dean instructs Haley and Ben before giving Ruby a knowing look.

She nods and grabs a stick shoving one end into the fire. Seeing that end light up, she handed it to Haley to use as a weapon before grabbing another stick doing the same though this time she kept it for herself. It goes quiet after a few minutes and Ruby briefly wondered if she'd ever see her father again. If the Winchesters would ever see theirs again. Then she hears the movement in the forest. She steadies herself ready to attack if necessary only to sigh in relief when she sees that it is just the Winchesters. They don't even have to say anything for the trio to realize that Roy was dead. The group of now five get as much sleep as they can before the morning comes. Sam shows the page about the wendigo in the journal to Haley and Ben as he along with Dean try to explain everything about the situation to them.

"And then how do we stop it?" Haley asked hoping they had figured out a way.

"We gotta torch the sucker." Dean remarked holding up the can of lighter fluid, the beer bottle, and the white cloth he had found which he planned on turning into a Molotov cocktail.

The group hiked through the forest passing by trees with claw marks and blood. After a while, Sam caught up to Dean and questioned if the wendigo's trail was a bit too easy to follow. A growl was heard at that moment and the boys whip around glancing everywhere. Haley takes a step back ending up standing under a tree. Blood dripped down onto her shirt and doesn't take her long to notice. She glances up only to leap out of the way. Roy's corpse lands where she once stood. Sam goes over to make sure she's okay while Dean examines Roy. He announces that Roy had a broken neck. Sam helps Haley up and then they hear another growl. Dean tells everyone to run and they all take off running. Ben falls so Sam turns around and goes back to help him up. At the same time, the wendigo appears in front of Dean and Haley. Dean tells Haley to run while trying to figure out how to free Ruby from the wendigo. As Ben and Sam run, a scream could be heard. It was Haley. Sam stops running finding the Molotov cocktail that Dean had been carrying. The bottle was broken.

"Dean!"

It was only a few feet ahead that Ben spotted a peanut M&M. Then another and another. He and Sam realized it was a trail left by Dean. They followed the trail to a mine entrance that had a warning sign urging people to stay out. Sam looked at Ben and shrugged before going inside with Ben following. The younger Winchester shined his flashlight around until he heard growling and promptly turned the flashlight off pulling Ben against a wall. The wendigo moves past them going down a different path. The guys keep going only to fall through the floorboards. They land in a pile of bones. Ben spots a pile of skulls nearby and leaps back only to be calmed by Sam. They looked up only to spot Dean, Haley, and Ruby hanging from the ceiling by their wrists. Ben gets Haley down while Sam gets Dean down.

"Hey, you okay?" Sam asked obviously concerned for his big brother.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Go help Ruby." Dean winced as he sat down making pained noses.

Sam went over and cut Ruby down setting her beside Dean before going over to help Haley with her now found brother Tommy. The stolen supplies are piled up in the corn and Dean finds flare guns. He handed one to Sam and kept the other for himself. With Haley and Ben supporting their limping brother Tom, the Winchesters take the lead as the group heads down the tunnel only to stop when they realize that a limping Ruby is falling behind. Sam kneels down letting her climb onto his back carefully. With her legs locked around his waist tightly and her arms around his neck, Sam carried Ruby as the group made their way through the tunnels. Growling was heard just then. They knew that they'd never out run it.

"All right, listen to me. Stay with Sam. He's gonna get you out of here."

"What are you going to do?" Haley asked looking over at him.

Dean simply winked at her before giving Ruby a reassuring look and then walked away yelling at the wendigo.

"Chow time, you freaky bastard! Yeah, that's right, bring it on, baby, I'm feeling good."

The farther he got away the harder it was to make out what he was yelling. Once Dean was a safe distance from them, Sam led the Collins siblings through the tunnels again. The group continued through the tunnels until growling was heard again. Sam told Haley and Ben to get their injured brother out of there. Haley was hesitant, but Ben got her to move. Ruby glanced around at the same time as Sam in search of the wendigo only to nearly scream when they came face to face with the creature. Sam shoots at it only to miss and takes off running. Haley spotted him and called out for the tall hunter as he caught up with them. The group keep running until they reach the end of the tunnel with the wendigo right behind them. Sam turns around blocking the Collins siblings from view although Ruby was still literally on his back. The wendigo approached them slowly obviously taking its time stalking its prey.

"Hey!"

The wendigo turned around only to see Dean standing a few feet away from it. He shoots at it embedding the flare within the creature and the flare goes off resulting in the wendigo going up in flames. The Winchesters ensure the thing is gone for good and then proceed to get the group out of the mine.

By the time they reached the ranger's station, it was nightfall. The ambulance loaded up Tom and Sam was helping Ruby over to the Impala after she had her ankle wrapped. Luckily for her it was only a twisted ankle. Ben had finished his interview with the officers by then insisting it was a bear that attacked them. He was now in the ambulance with Tom waiting for Haley to join them. She was over by the Impala talking to Dean both having already been patched up.

"So I don't know how to thank you." Haley admitted as she looked at him only to laugh at Dean's lascivious smirk, "Must you cheapen the moment?"

"Yeah." He smiled before a paramedic stopped by to ask Haley if she were riding with her brothers.

Sam nodded at Ben who nodded in return. Ruby gave them a nod and a wave. Haley smiled and kissed Dean's cheek.

"I hope you find your father." She said and nodded at Ruby before heading for the ambulance, "Thanks Sam."

They watch the ambulance drive off sirens blaring. After a moment, Dean breaks the somewhat silence.

"Sam, you know we're going to find Dad, right?"

"Yeah, I know, but in the meantime? I'm driving." He said earning a chuckle from Dean who tossed him the keys.

They got into the Impala and drove off into the night.