Winchester just goes ahead and starts dealing with the injured victim himself, which is a wildly bad idea since he's not a trained paramedic (as far as Spencer knows), but before he can raise any sort of protest, Tara has roused just enough to start speaking, and he doesn't dare interrupt. The bizarre thing is, Winchester's so gentle with her, and experienced, like he reassures victims all the time-- but that's the exact opposite of what his very long criminal record says.
Maybe this is how he lures his victims close. This could all be a ploy; a tactic to take easy victims from other predators, like a scavenger finishing off nearly-dead prey. With the Winchester's record, Spencer wouldn't put anything past them. So he's half expecting this soft-speaking and gentle handling to end up with Winchester using that machete to take Tara's life, and Spencer's too busy being frozen with overwhelmed indecision that he can't even make a preemptive move to stop it.
And that's when another vampire attacks.
Cai Liang. He recognizes her from the photo Garcia had found. Another missing person thought to be attached to this case. Her dainty features have been overtaken by bloodshot eyes and dried blood smeared around her mouth, and as he watches, her teeth elongate into needle-like fangs, and oh, god. It's real. Vampires are real. He's not just seeing things.
Cai lunges for Sam and Spencer can hear her draining his blood, and before he knows it, his training is kicking in. He holsters his gun, because that's not going to do anything and he'd just risk hitting Winchester or the other victim. Instead, he tackles Cai with a shoulder to the face where she's bent over, ripping her fangs from flesh, and shoves her back. She's strong enough that he gets the sense she only goes stumbling back because he managed to take her by surprise.
"Miss Liang, it's okay, you're okay," he says hurriedly, hands raised, desperately trying to get through to her. "He's-- helping, he's not a threat. You've been missing for weeks, and I'm so sorry it took this long to find you, but--"
"I'm so hungry," she moans, not hearing anything he's saying.
"We'll figure something out, just-- you can't kill anyone here, okay?" Spencer tries, pleading, trying to get through to her. "I don't know if... if you have to drink blood now, but you don't have to hurt people. Please. Just come with us, and I promise we'll help you, okay?"
And all of that is for nothing, because Cai lunges, then. Spencer only manages to dodge by sheer luck, and it's pure instinct that has him yanking the machete from Winchester's hand. Cai snarls and lunges again, nothing but death in her eyes, going for Winchester and Tara again. Spencer swings as hard as he can, a double-handed grip, and blood sprays in a wide arc as Cai's head separates from her neck and lands on the ground with a thump.
The machete drops from suddenly nerveless fingers a moment later.
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Maybe this is how he lures his victims close. This could all be a ploy; a tactic to take easy victims from other predators, like a scavenger finishing off nearly-dead prey. With the Winchester's record, Spencer wouldn't put anything past them. So he's half expecting this soft-speaking and gentle handling to end up with Winchester using that machete to take Tara's life, and Spencer's too busy being frozen with overwhelmed indecision that he can't even make a preemptive move to stop it.
And that's when another vampire attacks.
Cai Liang. He recognizes her from the photo Garcia had found. Another missing person thought to be attached to this case. Her dainty features have been overtaken by bloodshot eyes and dried blood smeared around her mouth, and as he watches, her teeth elongate into needle-like fangs, and oh, god. It's real. Vampires are real. He's not just seeing things.
Cai lunges for Sam and Spencer can hear her draining his blood, and before he knows it, his training is kicking in. He holsters his gun, because that's not going to do anything and he'd just risk hitting Winchester or the other victim. Instead, he tackles Cai with a shoulder to the face where she's bent over, ripping her fangs from flesh, and shoves her back. She's strong enough that he gets the sense she only goes stumbling back because he managed to take her by surprise.
"Miss Liang, it's okay, you're okay," he says hurriedly, hands raised, desperately trying to get through to her. "He's-- helping, he's not a threat. You've been missing for weeks, and I'm so sorry it took this long to find you, but--"
"I'm so hungry," she moans, not hearing anything he's saying.
"We'll figure something out, just-- you can't kill anyone here, okay?" Spencer tries, pleading, trying to get through to her. "I don't know if... if you have to drink blood now, but you don't have to hurt people. Please. Just come with us, and I promise we'll help you, okay?"
And all of that is for nothing, because Cai lunges, then. Spencer only manages to dodge by sheer luck, and it's pure instinct that has him yanking the machete from Winchester's hand. Cai snarls and lunges again, nothing but death in her eyes, going for Winchester and Tara again. Spencer swings as hard as he can, a double-handed grip, and blood sprays in a wide arc as Cai's head separates from her neck and lands on the ground with a thump.
The machete drops from suddenly nerveless fingers a moment later.