Deuce and Damien

By Montez

Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, though I had asked Santa nicely, and swore I had been good. (Okay not good, but not really bad either) but I still don't own any of them. Winchester's are Kirpke's, Brotherhood is Ridley's.

A/N: Here I go again, another adventure into the world of the Brotherhood. I've referenced a few stories throughout this one, of course some of Ridley's and Tidia's stories, because they created this wonderful world. Williamson Scott's story offers some of Caleb's background. At some point I know Sensue influence will be noticed. Tara's stories and videos help give me insight to the Brotherhood as well. I'm sure there will be others. There have been so many wonderful stories I have read over the years, if I've referenced one and not acknowledged, I am truly sorry and mean no disrespect, but I can't always remember exactly which story something may have come from. So to all Brotherhood authors, your influence has pushed me to try and keep my standard of writing high, Thank you all!-Montez

P.S. This is for Ridley, who had given me the okay to post my previous story, "A Death in the Family". She had commented she would like to see a Dean/Caleb story; this is my attempt to repay her generosity in allowing me to continue to play in her sandbox. Hope this is what you meant-I tried my best.-Montez

Chapter 1

Caleb was pissed. No he was beyond pissed. He was currently at the auto salvage yard of one Bobby Singer. He didn't care for Bobby, it was Bobby and Pastor Jim that had almost gotten his father killed in a hunt just over six months ago. The vision was one he would never forget, he had been in his martial arts class when it hit. He saw his father fall several feet when the spirit they were after came at him. Caleb later found out that it was attracted to individuals with psychic abilities and Mac had been asked to help as bait. It had landed the Scholar in the hospital for two-weeks and another month of recovery.

But what he was so upset about now was that his father, Pastor Jim, Bobby and a new comer, John Winchester, were currently holed up in the Mechanics den, arguing over where Caleb's psychic abilities originated. When Mac and Pastor Jim had first came into his life, Caleb was a scared twelve-year old who had just started to experience what he's come to learn were 'death visions' which inadvertently, through a supernatural twist of fate, landed the young boy in a psychiatric hospital. While in the hospital a man named Daniel Elkins tried to kill him because the man, who Caleb later learned was the Knight of the Brotherhood, a secret organization that hunts evil, believed that Caleb was either possessed by a demon and had caused the death of his own parents six years earlier and his then current foster parents, or that the boy was part demon.

The argument revolved around research that Mac had found that showed that Caleb's family had shown physic abilities on both his mother's side, her coming from New Orleans where his grandmother dabbled in Hoodoo. And from his father's side which could be researched back to his great-grandfather who was a preacher and mysteriously died with his congregation in what the Triad at the time deemed a supernatural fire.

Bobby was arguing that Daniel's research showed that the preacher had been possessed by a demon at the time he had gotten his wife pregnant and that Caleb was the descendent of that lineage, though there was no concrete proof other than Daniel's suspicion and the untimely deaths of most of the men in Caleb's family. Mac argued that there were no bases and that he didn't want to hear anymore about his son being anything demonic. Mac was a powerful psychic in his own right and he had not found any reason to believe his son was evil or could turn evil; Missouri Mosley had backed up that argument. Pastor Jim refused to outright deny Daniel's research but agreed with Mac and Missouri that there was nothing evil or inhuman about the teen.

The wild card right now was John Winchester. He was new to the organization and had just been appointed Knight, taking over from Daniel how had become too mentally unstable to continue in the role, but he had trained John and that worried both Mac and Caleb. However what seemed to bother John about the whole situation was his five-year old son, Dean, had taken to following the teenager around. Dean had been nearly mute since the night his mother died in a supernatural fire in their Kansas home. John had turned to Missouri for answers to what had killed his wife and she in turn put him in touch with Pastor Jim. Once meeting the grieving family that included eighteen month old Sammy, Jim called in Mac to help with Dean's withdrawal and to help in introducing John to the world of the Brotherhood.

John's first instinct was to keep his children close, never out of his sight, never with strangers. So when Dean started to wonder off, following Caleb around Jim's farm in Kentucky he became uneasy. It was only after Jim had talked with him several times, explaining that Dean was perfectly safe wondering on the farm and following Caleb that John backed down some. He had also noticed that even though Dean had yet to speak he was starting to interact more with others. There had been times John had become upset with Caleb because the teen, being a teenager, didn't always like having a five-year old following him around and would snap at the young child. John had talked with Dean, but the five-year old was determined to shadow Caleb, whether the young psychic liked it or not.

But now Caleb was wondering around the back section of Bobby's junk yard. The yard was large consisting of several acres of rusted out vehicles in various states of wreckage or disrepair. It was early December and the South Dakota winter was starting to really be felt. Caleb had grabbed his heavy coat on the way out the door, pissed that he had not been allowed in on a conversation that had to do with him.

"Acting like it doesn't concern me." He mumbled as he kicked a nearby hubcap, "It's my fucking life; I'm the freak, why don't they just come out as say it." Caleb hated being different, even though Mac was also psychic his abilities were limited to telekinesis and psychometry. The teen had recently discovered that along with his death visions, he had the ability to read other's thoughts and emotions and during a fight at school unintentionally found out he had the ability to stop another person from breathing. That incident had scared him so much he attempted to runaway, but even with Mac training him, Caleb was terrified he would hurt those around him.

The snow had started to fall as he walked around the back of the property where Bobby had several lean-tos with car parts stacked in them. Caleb had started to calm a little as the snow seemed to bring a quiet to the yard he had never noticed before. Stopping the teen watched as the small and large flakes floated effortlessly to the ground. As time passed Caleb realized that the snow was coming down harder and the wind was starting to pick up. Flipping the collar up on his jacket and sticking his hands deep into his pockets he started to make his way through the maze of stacked vehicles, back toward the house.

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"I think this discussion needs to come to an end." Jim's voice silenced the continued argument between Bobby and Mac. "We have no proof of Daniel's concerns so I would prefer if this topic was dropped. Caleb has been through more in his young life than most of us will ever encounter, he needs our help and support, not the constant worry that we could turn on him."

"But Jim…" Bobby started, he had been with Daniel when news of Caleb's foster parents death reached the Knight, but he agreed with Jim and Mac that Caleb couldn't possible have been responsible for the deaths, however he was also loyal to Daniel and hated dismissing him.

"Bobby, I understand you worked closely with Daniel, but this has to end now. Unless some solid evidence comes to light it's over. Now I know there will be some in the Brotherhood who will not let the issue drop, we will deal with that as it arises, but I will be sending word out that it's a closed topic." Jim glanced at Mac then at John who had remained quiet throughout.

"Griffin and Sawyer won't drop it." Bobby mumbled.

"I'll take care of Griffin and Harland, our job is to help train Caleb and protect him the best we can." Jim reached for his cup of coffee as he stood, making his way toward Bobby's kitchen.

Bobby looked over at Mac, "I'll do whatever needs to be done to protect your son. You're the Scholar that offers him a great deal of protection just by your status, wherever that may lack I will do what is needed to keep him safe. I don't want you to get the wrong impression of me, my duty is to follow the Guardians lead and that is what I will do."

Mac rubbed his hands over his face; it had been a hard enough struggle since he had taken Caleb in, dealing with his rebellious behavior, as well as, his emerging abilities. But Mac had learned that night in the hospital when he had saved the boy from Daniel, that he could not live without the boy in his life and he would give his life to protect the teen and fight anyone who threatened his son. "I know, I just worry what all this talk is doing to Caleb. He has become withdrawn the last month. We had finally been making some headway in his training, but now he's been closing himself off from me, I can't lose him because of this."

"You won't." John's deep voice was finally heard as all eye's turned to him, Jim watching from the doorway. Moving forward in the chair, John put his elbows on his knees and looked at Mac. "Jim's made me the Knight, now I'm still learning what that means, but I know my main job is to protect him and you and that extends to your son. Whether by fate or chance, since meeting you and Caleb, Dean has slowly started to come out of his shell, though he isn't talking yet, he is interacting more and for that I'm grateful. I will train Caleb, I will teach him everything that I know and I will protect him as I would my own children. I will not lose another person that I care about."

Mac watched John, though he was still unsure of the younger, gruff looking man, the Scholar had picked up an intense loyalty that seemed to radiate from the man. Mac could tell, once you earned the respect of the former Marine the bond forged was nearly unbreakable and he would fight to protect those around him and for that Mac was grateful. "Thank you John, you have no idea what that means." a quiet nod was the only response the new Knight gave.

The sound of Sammy fussing upstairs drew John's attention as he left the room, his heavy footfalls sounding loud on the stairs. Jim walked over to the window his hands wrapped around his coffee cup, "Snows coming down harder."

Bobby stepped up behind him, "The news mentioned the possibility of a blizzard blowing in, I guess they were right. You fellas could be stuck here a few days."

John's hurried movement back down the stairs had all the men turning. With Sammy held close to his shoulder the Knight's face looked panicked, "Caleb and Dean aren't upstairs." Just then a strong wind rattled a loose shutter bring the men's attention back to the storm brewing outside.

Mac quickly moved to the window, "You don't think they went out in this?"

"It wasn't that bad a little while ago; storms blow in fast this time of year." Bobby added as the wind howled again.