"Look at this," Sam says, tossing Dean a news paper, "45 year old Debbie Goldman dies after being visited by a man for nine years who supposedly told her about her lost son."
"Sounds like its up our alley, lets go," Dean says, as they walk out of the diner and to the car. "Good thing it not that far out of our way. Lets check out this woman's house."
They walk up the small path to the woman's house, a black shadow rushes up the side of the house and into a room. Dean nods it off and knocks on the door. A old woman comes and opens it.
"We are from the sheriff's office hear to ask you some questions about Debbie Goldman," says Dean showing his fake sheriffs badge. The woman welcomes them in and quietly shuts the door. As they walk to the old fashioned living room a young girl with short hair quickly walks up the stairs. Hushed voices quickly follow.
"Thats my granddaughter, she hasn't been the same since her mother passed," the woman says sitting in a beet up lounge chair, "don't know what to do with her, she sneaks out every night." the woman kept babbling on.
"Could you call her down so we can ask her some questions," sam says, taking a seat next to Dean on the sofa. The woman nods.
"Honey could you come down please," she says. A few moments later the girl comes down the stairs and into the kitchen, "Honey we are in hear." the girl walks in, her short hair looks like it hasn't been brushed and her eyes are large and puffy. The girl sits on the shoulder of her grandmother's chair and looks at the boys. The woman kisses her head.
"What do you want to know?" she says.
"Well was there anything odd happening with your mom, did she say anything?" Sam asks, tapping his pen on a notepad.
"No, the man that came was her boy friend, he never knew about my brother. Mom had a heart attack and that's it, I've seen the hospital records," she says, slightly shy. Dean looks at Sam as if saying maybe we were wrong.
"What was with the voices coming from upstairs?" Dean says, thinking about the shadow they saw before.
"The radio, why?" the girl asks getting slightly annoyed.
"Have you noticed any cold spots or flickering lights," Dean asks, looking into her her eyes.
"No, look if you have any more questions that actually make sense please ask, if not please leave," She says quickly, her eyes are swelling with the talk of her mom.
"Deer would you get the tea of the stove and bring it in," the woman says, the girl nods clearly glad for an excuse to leave, "please don't disturb her she is very unstable, I'll be right back." she gets up and walks into the kitchen ware small sobs are escaping.
"Sam I think this is a dead lead, kid said the man was her boyfriend and I just checked the hospital records and they show that she had a history of possible heart failure so I think this is a false lead," Dean says, showing Sam a hospital page on his phone. The woman walks back into the room holding a tray with a tea kettle and three mugs. Behind them the girl walks up the stairs drying her eyes.
"Thank you mam but we should go, I don't want to upset you anymore, have a good day," Sam says standing, "thank you for your time." The woman gives them a slight smile as they leave.
"Bye," the woman says walking them out the door. They walk down to the car, the sun nearing the horizon.
"We were wrong," Dean says slamming the door, "so we had a false lead, let's stay at the motel down the street and get some sleep." Sam nods and they drive to the motel.
Dean sits on one of the two queen beds in a huff. Sam looks up from his computer.
"Dean, we've had false leads before. This isn't new," Sam says, as he returns to reading his email, looking for new jobs.
"I know but there is something off about the girl. I dont know, maybe it was her annoyance or the shadow but something seems off," he says, laying down with his bear. Across the street they see the girl walking blindly into the forest. "Hey didn't the woman say that her granddaughter was sneaking out?"
They walk outside to the car, grabbing there sawed off shotguns, holy water, matches and salt before following her into the night.
The girl maneuvers around the trees, rocks, and occasional fallen log. She walks to a clearing and lays out a series of candles in a pattern that the brothers know all too well. They continue watching from behind a moss covered log. She produces a leather bound book from under her sweatshirt, slowly she starts speaking an incantation and dragging a blade across her hand. She winces and continues on with the incantation. From behind a tree a woman walks out, she has long flowing black hair that frames her sharp features, her black leather pants, along with the black low cut crop top, and silver jewelry suit her nicely.
"Hello child, I assume that you have done your job as I requested," she says, threw her purple lips. The girl nods and looks at the woman.
"I fooled those hunters, they should be gone by morning," says the girl, slowly rising from the ground, clutching her hand, "Now tell me how to get my family back together." Dean and Sam look at each other, this girl don't know what she is getting into. This woman, who is probably a demon, is going to have the girl sell her soul. A single wish, ten years of living your wish, then you go to hell.
"No," says the demon lady, the girl looks at her, stunned.
"You said that you would tell me how to get my family back together, you swore on you soul," says the girl, who is starting to get riled up. Dean and Sam move around to the back of the demon, if they can get her off guard then they could attack her and end the battle quickly.
"My deer naive little girl," says the demon, stroking the girl's face, "I don't have a soul." With that Dean rushes out and grabs the demon while Sam dumps the holy water on her. She screeches and then goes limp. Dean lays her on the ground and looks at the girl.
"Come with us, we'll take you home," he says, extending his hand out. She shakes her head.
"No I'm never going back," with that she tares into the forest. Dean tries to follow her but soon gives up. When he returns to the clearing Sam has the exorcised demon over his shoulder. Dean grabs their weapons and they walk back to the car in silence.
The woman woke up some time while they were walking. She apologized for her behavior while she was possessed and went home. Sam looked at Dean's troubled face.
"Dean you can't save everyone," Sam says, as they lean against their car.
"I know but she felt important, like she had a purpose in her life," Dean says, before shaking his head, "I'm probably overthinking it, I'll call the local police when we get back to the motel and tell them that Mrs. Goldman's granddaughter was seen running into the woods." Sam nods and they go back to motel.
Thew out the night Dean can't shake the girl from his head. There's something familiar about her, she kinda reminds him of Adam, his half brother. No, he thought, I must be crazy.