There was silence in the room and I sighed softly. "So..." I said breaking the awkward silence that fell between the four of us.

"I need to talk to you," Sam said quietly to Dean. The pair had made their way to the kitchen, where I hadn't been yet. I sat down at the table.

"Does God actually exist?" I asked Cas, who seemed lost in his train of thought.

"Yes. But he isn't in heaven." Cas replied. He had a low and gruff voice that sounded like something from a horror movie.

"Does that mean hell is a thing too then?" I then asked.

"Yes." Cas replied. "You know Carter, you seem interested in hunting. Why is that?" He then asked. I felt almost pressured to answer.

"It's not necessarily I'm interested in it. I just think it would become useful since a freakin vampire killed my mother." I replied. "But, Dean said that if I do decide to learn about everything that I wouldn't live a normal life that a seventeen year old would live." I then added.

Cas had gone quiet. I sighed softly as I began thinking about my mom and my brother. My mom got re married after my dad died, and the man she married wasn't the best. He was an alcoholic and was always drinking. From the moment he woke up from the second he was asleep, he had been drinking the whole time in between.

Dean's POV

"We can't let someone else inside our lives." Sam said.

"Oh so now you don't care?" I raised a brow. Sam was always open most of the time to let someone in, but I don't think he understood me.

"I never said that," Sam sighed softly. "It's just it's another person to take care of and we can't afford it. Besides, I'm sure she can go somewhere."

"Since when did you get so careless, Sammy? What ever happened to saving people, hunting things? The family business?" I asked.

"Do you remember Christopher Cooper?" Sam then suddenly asked.

"Yeah." I said. "Him and dad were like best friends."

"Yeah, and that's her dad. That's why. That's why we can't let her in since Chris was a hunter as well and if she found out that he was, she would just want to follow in his footsteps. Then he died in the Army." Sam explained.

"But still. She can still learn. Or at least still stay here." I stayed. Sam thought for a moment.

"Fine. But Dean, if she gets hurt-"

"Then it's on me." I nodded. I knew that taking the responsibility of showing Carter the hunter world wouldn't be easy and would come with a lot of ups and downs. And then the fact she was almost an adult, it seemed pointless to go ahead and do this. By then, she wouldn't need a guardian anymore. Even though I don't like to consider myself that sort of thing, I could only hope that I wasn't going to ever have to grow close to her in order to know her. Carter could take care of herself as it seemed for the most part.

"Dean!" Cas had yelled from the large room. Sam and I both rushed out, only to spot that Carter was gone. "Carter disappeared."

"I see that. Where did she go?" I asked as I looked around, my gaze wandering. If that kid got hurt, it would be on me for not taking care of her and I knew that for a fact.

"I don't know. I thought she went back into her room." Cas had then disappeared himself. I turned and looked at Sam.

My fists clenched. She hadn't even been here for a whole day, and yet she still is missing anyways.

"Are you sure you killed that whole nest of vamps?" I turned and looked at Sam.

"Positive. Or at least what was there in that old storage place." Sam replied. I looked around for a moment as I ran my hands through my hair.

"They knew that we were coming somehow." I muttered to myself.

"What are you saying Dean?" Sam questioned.

"There was more that weren't there. They probably have her at a new location." I turned and faced Sam again.

The two of us grabbed the duffel bags and made our way to the Impala.

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Shorter chapter, sorry :p

Anyways, how are y'all enjoying it so far? I know it might seem like everything is moving kinda fast, but I did that on purpose. I will begin to pace things slower soon.

What I mean by that is that the events are more fast paced but the relations between the Winchester's and Carter aren't going to be right away. :)