1.

She caught whiff of a certain vampire in March of 2009. Cory Desmark, the creature that killed her parents, had reared its ugly head, probably because it thought both she and her uncle were dead.

Unlike a couple years ago when she would invalidate Jo's existence on a trip and refuse to let her go on a dangerous hunt, she invited her to come. For the most part ever since they had been reunited, they kept hunts and get-togethers separate, but every so often they'd do a hunt together. For the most part she hunted with her mother and Jin Ai hunted alone. It was just easier.

When she told her about the trail she'd found, Jo was gun hoe about going; but when her mom got involved she wasn't sure. Her mother had made it her business as of late to latch herself onto her daughter for hunts, and although Jo had become a much better hunter, she was still green. A mother will always worry over her child.

Under normal circumstances Jin Ai would be fine with bringing her mother along too- hell, she's actually a damn good hunter- but bringing too many hunters to one place would cause suspicion and scare him off. "It won't work with three of us, Ellen, I'm sorry. If it was just Jo I can manage, but three people will be too risky. I can't afford to have him go into hiding again."

"Well I'm not letting my daughter go gallabanting off to hunt a vampire with someone to, although I'm sure you're experienced, hasn't been able to kill him for ten years. Vampires are dangerous, and this one sounds smart." Ellen spoke in a hushed tone at the table, her daughter giving her an annoyed glare.

"Mom-"

"Jo, vampires are dangerous, not joking. They're insanely fast, strong, and you have to kill them by chopping off their heads. I can barely do that when I'm invisible." Jin Ai cut in. "In fact, I probably shouldn't go alone. If I can't take you I'll probably ask one of the Winchesters to help."

"Not a Winchester." Ellen said quickly, and the dreadlocked woman (yes, she got them back) quirked an eyebrow at her. "They've been getting a little too popular over the past couple years. You'd be safer bringing an entire circus."

"True, but they're good hunters and youngest I know. Best in shape for this specific vamp. I can always alter their looks if needed be." She said easily, and began sipping at her coffee again.

"What happened to us being partners?" Jo asked suddenly with a glare. "What the hell happened to equal input? Don't I have a say?"

"You already forgot our agreement over hunts?" Jin Ai asked as she quirked her brow again. "I'm in charge of the hunt. I listen to what you say but I make the final call, just like you do when it's your hunt." She explained, and the blond stuck her tongue out at her. Jin Ai in return threw a straw at her and caused her to squeak.

"What if you just let the Winchesters take care of it?" Ellen asked.

"Not enough info. Like you said, they're too popular, and if they tried to investigate they'd kill the trail. I, on the other hand, can gather information without being caught."

"You shouldn't fight it." Jo said, and leaned back to take a sip of her drink. "Gather information and then have the Winchesters do it. Your body has gotten weaker over the past couple years and invisible or not it would be able to smell you." The blond said staring her straight and in the eye. Jin Ai mentally cursed.

"I'm strong enough."

"No you're not. You'll get yourself killed."

"No I won't. I hunted vampires for years."

"I'm sorry," Ellen started from her seat. "But I agree with Jo. I know it's the one that killed your parents but it's not worth getting yourself killed. You even said yourself that you used to hunt with other hunters whenever you went after vampires."

The blonds were ganging up on her. With a disdained look on her face and eyes darting away from their faces, she leaned back in her chair, arms crossed, and silently contemplated.

"I already lost you once and I won't lose you again. Have Dean and Sam take the case." Jo concluded as she stared at her girlfriend and studied her expression. She watched her lip twitch up and down, and for once wished that she could read her mind. Suddenly Jin Ai turned back to them with a smile on her face.

"Alright." She said, a mischievous glint shining maliciously in her eye, and a stray swirl of gold began to swim in her eyes.

2.

Random Fact: Rap music is awesome.

The pair spent the night together that night. They were cuddled inside Jo's little apartment on the old and faded couch, covered in blankets and watching TV. They were watching the older hunter's favorite movie- Nightmare on Elm Street. Whenever Freddy Kruger appeared, or one of the girls screamed, she would smile and giggle maniacally. It was during one of the more calmer parts of the movie now, when the main female character was doing research on traps and self defense, that Jo looked over at the content woman with a curious glance.

"Jin?" She whispered, and the familiar brown eyes that sent her stomach into a flurry of tickled bird feathers looked at her.

"Hm?"

"You're not going to go after him, right? Just get the information and let the Winchesters handle it?" She asked with her lower lip pouting. The other female rolled her eyes and shifted to a slightly more comfortable position. The raggedy old blanket around them had holes in it, not much large than a quarter, so they didn't worry about it, but Jo's ankle was exposed to the cold and no matter what angle she tilted it at, it was always exposed to the cold air. She stared at her partner in hopes to distract herself from the cold.

She leaned in close, brown eyes meeting brown, and a golden glint danced across the alp's eyes again. The blond stared in amazement as she watched the glint dance across her eyes like a fish in a pond. Jin Ai pressed her lips against the blond's for a brief second, pulled away, and then pulled a purple tulip from under the covers. Confused, the blond took it from her and looked at the delicate flower. "You said you like tulips a while back."

"Where did you get this?"

"Flower shop."

"No I mean, where the hell did you hide it? Did you pull it out of your ass?"

"It's a secret." The alp said with a wide impish grin, and let out a short girly scream when she was attacked. Her back made contact with the cushions of the couch, her body bounced up and down as she settled and a beautiful woman hovered over her.

"Promise me you'll stay safe?"

"I promise, my little koi fish."

3.

Author's Note: Little tip to my little readers out there- don't get too caught up in the timing of things.

She never called the Winchesters, and she sure as hell didn't tell Jo about it. She loved her, but there were some things she had to do on her own.

In fact, she's had to do a lot of things alone over the years. That was the point, wasn't it? She spent the past ten or so years without her parents and only her uncle for support, without any real help, so shouldn't she end the era of having no help by killing the thing that started it by herself? She would start the new era of having help and doing things with her new family after this creature was dead.

Once she killed it, everything would be fine. Everything would be dandy. Her life would be complete.

Kill it, kill it. Revenge, revenge. A voice in her head chanted over and over as she cruised down the road. Her fingers tapped in time with it. Kill the demon. Kill the beast. Kill the creature that killed your parents. Kill it. "I'm going to." She said out loud at some point. "I'm going to kill the vampire. I'm going to end it all."

She looked to the radio again, her hand hovering over the dial. Over the years she'd trained herself not to turn the radio on, since it was a rule when Jo was in the car- but when she realized she was alone, she reached for it and blasted the tunes.

"And I'm wanted… dead or alive!" A song from Bon Jovi played, blasting from her speakers and making the car vibrate as she drove down the road, fingers tapping against the wheel.

4.

It didn't take her long to steal wisps of people's thoughts and string together where the vampire was and what he looked like. Goose bumps gathered along her skin and she couldn't help but smile. Now she wait sitting, in her car, outside of the dark abandoned building, anticipating her moves. The blade that would kill the vampire was in the passenger seat. Her hand stroked it from time to time as she sat there, staring at the building, letting her mind wander and find exactly where the creature was.

She took her time. The little voice in her head chanted as she waited and got louder as she got closer, but she never let her guard down in the process or forget her goals.

There were several vampires hiding out in the building and only one of them needed to be killed. If she had time, maybe, she'd get to the rest. She wasn't going to be reckless like Jo thought she was, she wasn't going to prove her right. Jin Ai is the goddamn knight in shining armor in this story.

She looked at her phone one last time.

Not too late to call for back up… another voice told her, perhaps the more reasonable one. She would have none of that.

Her hand reached for the door before she made a conscious effort of it and she exited the vehicle, blade in hand, body becoming invisible to the world as the door came to a close. Her red scarf was the last thing to be seen on her. The street reeked of stale Chinese food and weird hobos lingering around the sides of the street. Her brown eyes, a golden fish still swimming in the depths of them, gazed at the building and located the entrance.

She started walking.

4.5

Ellen looked at her daughter again for the umpteenth time, her brown eyes staring at the young woman with uncertainty and amazement. She watched the young blond ready the shotgun in her hands and expertly load it, cock it, aim, and then put it back on safety and put it back on her back. She asked her, again, if she knew what she was doing. "How do you know that she won't call the Winchesters after all? Are you sure that you don't want Jin Ai to come along?"

"She won't call them. She never listens to me." Jo said curtly, and paused to face her mother. "I want her to be here, but she wants that vampire dead. Revenge is more important than me."

"Is going with the Winchesters more important than her?" Ellen asked her, and the blond looked away for a moment.

"She's not human. They are." She said after a moment, locked eyes with her mother one last time, and went back to talk with Dean about the plan.

Her mother watched her, wondering whether her daughter was making a good decision or not.

She reached for her phone and dialed a familiar number.

5.

It was easy enough to get past the slumbering vampires and bloodied bodies without being detected. Being an alp really had its perks. She adjusted her weight so that she was incredibly light, her mind reading illusion abilities took her scent away, and if anyone opened their eyes they saw nothing.

It was working so well, in fact, that she got to the vampire she was after with no trouble at all. In fact, she was there now. Unsheathing the blade, the metal glinting in the light and causing the sadistic grin to spread across her face. She took aim, got ready to cut off the vampire's head, when she froze and realized something.

Her phone wasn't on vibrate. Kesha sang into the darkness and although she frantically tried to turn off the electrical device, it was too late. When the vampires realized there was someone there, that it wasn't just a fleeting scent from outside or a rat skittering around, they started to look for her. The vampire in front of her was about to open his eyes and see her standing there, when she tried to quickly rid him of his head and slice his pretty little neck.

Didn't quite work out that way.

Another vampire came along and punched her side, sending her flying down the hallway and skidding across the tile floor. She groaned as she gripped the area he'd punched, and looked up to see three vampires towering over her. Blood stains covered their clothing.

She took a deep breath and calmed down. A deep knot formed in the pit of her stomach, but she ignored it. A cold, numb feeling crept up her limbs and it felt like the cold hand of death was gripping her heart. As one of the deadly creatures reached forward to take a bite out of her, her body dispersed into a cloudy mist and surrounded them.

They smelled her everywhere, and even as they swiped at her, their confused little brains couldn't understand or figure out how to defeat her- all the while she started chopping off their heads.

"Look, Jin, Jo wanted to get you away so that you wouldn't come with us. We're helping the Winchesters with something that is dangerous and could get us all killed."

The mist woman floated down the halls as more vampires came to inspect what had entered the building. As more and more discovered the bodies, the more sounds erupted through the halls, and the more vampires woke up.

"I think you should forget about the vampire and come help us. Jo says… well, I think she doesn't want you here because she doesn't want you to get hurt. Like you always want to keep her away to keep her safe. I don't like you that much, but you have kept my daughter safe all this time and I know that you care about each other."

She looked up and down the halls, her mind spread so thinly throughout the large building that she could barely comprehend where her body actually was. When all of the vampires, a total of about thirty, were dead, she finally tried to bring her body back to one form again.

The tired and severely wounded alp stumbled out of the old building, coughing up blood and only taking a few steps before collapsing to the ground.

"I think you should help us. It could be dangerous and we need all the help we can get."

Jin Ai laid there a moment unmoving, afraid to breathe or move and unleash the unbearable pain she knew would come.

When she drew in a sharp intake of breath, she felt the jabs of pain start stinging her body. The cold grip of death, the bones enlacing around the small organ and squeezing tightly, tried to yank her vital organ out. Pieces of skin were now missing from when she tried to piece her body back together. It had been a myth, a legend in her kind; that they could physically make their bodies turn into a mist and come back to their original form. It had happened in the olden days, and no matter how hard she or other alps of her time had tried, they couldn't do it.

Not successfully, anyway. Alps in the olden days were seen disappearing into a mist by their victims all the time, and they'd reappear as a whole on the other side of a door they'd slid under.

She coughed and curled up into a ball, holding her midsection and starting to cry from the pain. She got her phone out and realized she had missed two calls. She dialed her voice mail box and, shakily, pressed the plastic device to her ear. The cold air nipped at her skin like freezing mosquitoes, and the tips of her fingers and toes were becoming numb.

After listening to Ellen's message, she went to the next one. Her mind started to wander, a little, but she forced it to focus on the voice in the phone.

"I… I love you." Jo spoke into the phone, blood continuing to pour from her injury. She coughed into the phone as the blood filled her lungs, and her mother by her side tried to keep the phone to her ear. Her hand was shaking. "I… I'm sorry you couldn't be the knight you wanted to be. I wanted you… I… I'm sorry… I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough… but I hope…" She coughed again. "It's not the age you die, it's how you die when you're… already dying..."

The alp thought back to when she had said something along those lines to Jo, back when she had 'died'. Jin Ai looked at the ground she lay against, surprised at how much blood was pooling around her. In the reflection she could see the building she had been watching for an hour, and it suddenly occurred to her that she could have climbed the fire escape to the third story instead of walking down the halls and consequently wasting time.

"You've saved me… so many times… I thought… I thought you were just a monster… you're not… I'm sorry I… I should have told you. I should have…"

"Honey, save your energy."

"No, I have to tell her!" She went into another fit of coughing, but brought her mouth to the phone again. "I shouldn't have lied to you! I should… I'm not as strong as you. But… I'll be dying for a cause… When I die you have to promise that you won't die… that you… you won't lose your soul, like The Scarecrow… or…" She went into another fit of coughing, and after a few seconds and a gargled 'I love you', the line went dead.

Silence.

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