Chapter 2 Rewritten-
Kayla has spent the last few days catching up on sleep and reading the many books that littered the cabin. They were all about monsters such as Demons, Vampires, Werewolves and creatures like that. She is just cleaning up after dinner when she feels another presence in her head. She collapses as the presence, and the pain, grows stronger. Just as Kayla thinks that she is going to pass out from the pain it disappears. She gets up and tries to control her erratic breathing. When she can finally breathe normally again, she starts calling for Castiel. She gets no answer. Then she hears the tell-tale flutter and is about to turn around when her world goes black.
When she wakes up, she is laying on her bed. She doesn't know what to expect next so she picks up her bag and starts to sneak towards the door.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," someone says from behind her. She turns around slowly, behind her stands a man with graying hair and a friendly face. But Kayla can instantly tell that this man is anything but friendly.
"Who are you?" she asks quietly.
"How rude of me!" he exclaims. "My name is Zachariah." He tells her.
"Why are you here?" she asks cautiously.
Zachariah sighs, "We need you." Kayla is about to ask why, when a white light fills the room, making her feel nauseous and dizzy. When she mostly recovers, she looks around the room and sees that Zachariah is gone. She stumbles further into the room when she is grabbed from behind and spun around.
"Kayla are you alright?" Castiel asks her worriedly. "Did he do anything to you?"
Kayla throws her arms around him and replies, "I'm fine. But I was so worried about you. When you didn't come I thought something really bad had happened to you."
"Don't worry, I am fine, but we have to leave," he assures her. She nods and shows him her bag.
"I'm ready to go Castiel," she tells him, eager to get away in case Zachariah returns. He nods and goes to touch her forehead. He then looks at her closely and touches her chest instead. Kayla feels a deep burning pain on chest and gasps. She looks at him accusingly.
"I am sorry. But now you can't be found by any angel." She nods her head in acceptance, happy that Zachariah in particular can't find her. Castiel transports them elsewhere.
The pair land on the side of a deserted highway. Castiel gets a phone out of his pocket and stares at it in confusion. Kayla tugs on the sleeve of his trenchcoat. He looks down at her and she asks, "Do you need some help with that Castiel?" He nods and passes her the phone. She brings up the contact list and asks, "Who do you need to call?"
"Sam Winchester," he replies.
"Ok," she shrugs. "Hey Castiel, why did Zachariah say that he needs me? And why are you protecting me? And why did I feel this presence in my head?"
Castiel sighs and kneels down so he is face-to-face with Kayla. "Kayla, I believe that you are a fallen angel. One who the angels have been tracking for a long time. They think that they can use you in their war against Lucifer, who is the presence that you felt." Kayla just stares at him in shock. "Is the phone ready to call?" She nods slowly. He takes the phone out of her hand and presses the call button. Sam answers, "Hello?"
"Hello Sam."
"Castiel?"
"Where are you?"
"Uh- St. Martin's hospital, why?"
"I'm on my way."
"What're you-"
Castiel hangs up and transports himself and Kayla to the hospital. They land around the corner from Sam and Dean and walk towards them.
"Cellphone, Cas? Really?" the shorter guy says ignoring Kayla. "Since when do angels need to reach out and touch someone?"Kayla stands there mouthing 'Cas' and looking at Sam and Dean in confusion.
"You're hidden from angels now, all angels. I won't be able to simply..." Castiel begins.
"Enough foreplay," the middle-aged man, who is sitting in the hospital room, snaps suddenly. "Get over here and lay your damn hands on me. Get healing! Now." Kayla looks at him surprised that someone is speaking to Castiel, an angel, like that.
"I can't," Castiel hesitates.
The man turns round and glares, "Say it again?"
"I'm cut off from Heaven," Castiel explains, walking forward, dragging Kayla with him. "Much of Heaven's power. Certain things I can do, certain things I can't."
"You're telling me that you lost your mojo just in time to get me stuck in this trap for the rest of my life," he glares at Castiel.
"I'm sorry," he says regretfully.
"Shove it up your ass," he says coldly, turning his back on them.
"Well at least he's talking now," the brother's whisper behind Kayla.
"I heard that!" the wheelchair bound man snaps.
Castiel turns back around to face Kayla and the brother's, "I don't have much time- we need to talk. Your plan- to kill Lucifer."
"Yeah, you wanna help?" the shorter one asks.
"No. It's foolish. It can't be done, Dean," Castiel immediately replies.
"Oh, thanks for the support," Dean snarks.
"But I believe that I have the solution," Castiel continues. "There are two people, besides Michael, who are strong enough to take on Lucifer. Strong enough to stop the Apocalypse."
"And who's that?" the one that Kayla deduces is Sam asks.
"One is unavailable, having been missing for several millennia. The one who I am going to find is the one who resurrected me and put you on that airplane," Castiel replies. "The one who began everything. God. I'm gonna find God."
Dean closes the door. "God?"
"Yes," Castiel replies.
"God," Dean repeats again.
"Yes! He isn't in Heaven, he has to be somewhere," Castiel tells them.
"Try New Mexico, I heard he's on a tortilla," Dean smirks.
"No, he's not on any flatbread," Castiel replies seriously. Dean shakes his head in despair.
"Listen chuckles, even if there is a God, he is either dead- and that's the generous theory- or..." Kayla glares at him for disrespecting Castiel and God.
"He is out there, Dean," Castiel interrupts.
"-or he is out here and he doesn't give a rats ass about any of us," Dean continues, ignoring Kayla and Castiel. "I mean look around you, man! The world is in the toilet! We are literally at end of days here and He's off somewhere drinking booze out of a coconut! Alright?"
"Enough," Castiel suddenly says. "This is not a theological issue. It's strategic with God's help we can win."
"It's a pipe dream, Cas," Dean insists.
"I killed two angels this week," Castiel interrupts, walking over to Dean. "My brothers. I'm hunted. I rebelled, and I did it- all of it- for you. And you failed. You and your brother destroyed the world. And I lost everything- for nothing. So keep you opinions to yourself." Kayla walks over to him and puts her hand on his arm and squeezes, trying to comfort him. He saved her life, it is least she could do. He looks down at her gratefully. Dean looks away.
"You didn't drop in to tear us a new hole," the stranger cuts in. "What is it you want?"
"You are right Bobby. I did come for something," Castiel admits. "The first is an amulet."
"An amulet?" Bobby repeats, looking confused. "What kind?"
"Very rare, very powerful," Castiel explains to them. "It burns hot in God's presence, it'll help me find him."
"Like a- God EMF?" Sam asks. Castiel nods.
"Well I dunno what you're talking about- I got nothing like that," Bobby says.
"I know you don't," Castiel replies, then he looks at Dean, who looks back, confused. Castiel looks down, and Dean looks down too- at the amulet around his neck. "What this?" he asks.
"May I borrow it?" Castiel asks.
"No!" Dean says immediately.
"Dean give it to me," Castiel says firmly.
Dean gapes at him, speechless. "Alright, I guess." He takes it off and holds it for a moment, then slowly hands it over to Castiel. "Don't lose it," he warns him, and Castiel takes it. "Great, now I feel naked," Dean complains.
"Hey Cas, what's the other thing?" Sam asks.
Castiel looks down at Kayla and then he looks at Dean and Sam. "I need you to protect Kayla while I am searching for God. The angels want her, Zachariah in particular has shown an interest in her. And I am positive that the demons want her as well. I know it is asking alot, as she is an untrained civilian, but would you be able to take her with you?"
Dean and Sam look at each other, before turning to Kayla, who promptly hid behind Castiel. "Does she know anything about hunting?" Dean asks Castiel. Castiel looks back at her.
"I know some of the theory, but I have never done anything with guns," she says looking at the floor nervously.
"Cas, I don't know," Dean starts.
"Dean, I don't ask for much from you, so please, for once, just help me," Castiel says.
"Ok Cas, we will," Sam assures him.
Castiel nods his head and turns to Kayla, "Call me if you need me. I will try and find out more about your situation while I am gone. You will be safe with them" He turns back to the brother's and says, "I'll be in touch," before disappearing.
"When you find God, tell him to send legs!" Bobby yells.
An uncomfortable silence fills the room. "So Kayla, how did you get caught up in all this demon/ apocalypse mess?" Sam asks her.
Kayla continues to study the floor before shyly looking up, "My dad got possessed by a demon. It killed my mom and tried to kidnap me. My dad didn't survive."
"I'm sorry," Dean says softly.
Kayla shrugs uncomfortably, "Castiel saved me and took me somewhere. Some remote cabin. I've stayed there for the past few days. That's where I read about all those things you hunt. I would have stayed there for longer except some angel called Zachariah showed up. Said that the angels needed me. Castiel sent him away and here I am."
"Bloody hell."
Kayla smiles faintly, "Yeah, that's one way of saying it."
Sam thinks for a minute, "Why do the angels want you?"
"Dunno, Castiel thinks it's because I'm a fallen angel."
"What do ya mean you're a fallen angel?"
"That's what Castiel says?"
Bobby's phone rings, interrupting the conversation and taking all of the attention off of Kayla, much to her pleasure. "Hello?...I can't hear you... where are you?... Colorado? River Pass, Colorado?... Rufus? You there, Rufus?..."
Bobby closes the phone and looks up at Sam, Dean and Kayla. Dean nods.
"We'll go Bobby." He then looks down at Kayla, hesitant about taking a untrained kid along with him. But, after remembering his promise to Cas, he puts a hand on her shoulder and directs her out of the door. The trio climb into the impala and drive off to River Pass, Colorado.
They pull up to a bridge and start to cross, before having to stop due to half of the bridge being missing. They all get out and walk to the edge. "This is the only road in or out," Dean says. Sam pulls out his cellphone and holds it up. "No signal," he says. Kayla pulls her own phone out to check.
"Rufus was right – demons got this place locked down," Dean says.
"Looks like we're hiking in," Sam replies.
"And the hits just keep on coming," Dean comments grabbing hold of Kayla's arm and to help her.
They enter the town of River Pass and walk down the empty street, looking at empty buildings and abandoned cars. Dean and Sam keep Kayla in the middle of them, in the hope of keeping her safe. There's a car turned over on its hood. Dean glances around and notices a sporting goods store to his left, then looks back at the overturned car. There's no one inside. The boys exchange glances over Kayla's head and keep walking. They come to a car with its door open and radio on. Kayla reaches in and turns it off. They then carry on walking. Parked nearby is a red mustang, Dean looks at it and whistles admiringly. They come to another car with its door open. Just beyond the door is a big patch of blood. It leads away, as though someone had been dragged away. As they round the car they hear the sound of a gun being cocked. They whirl around, Dean pulling Kayla behind him.
"Ellen?" Sam gasps.
"Hello boys," she says coldly, not noticing Kayla. The brothers gape at each other, then look back at her.
"What the heck's going on here?" Dean asks before receiving a face full of holy water.
"We're us," he says irritably. She lowers her gun and walks past them, and they follow her. She leads them into a building with a salt line at the door before turning around to face them. "Real glad to see you boys," she says shakily and hugs Dean, before stepping back and slapping him in the face.
"Ow!"
"What, you can't pick up a phone?" she says angrily. "Are ou allergic to giving me piece of mind? What, I gotta find out that you're alive from Rufus?"
"Sorry, Ellen," Dean says looking properly ashamed. Kayla stares at Ellen, wondering what her relationship with the brother is.
"Yeah you better be," she snaps. "You better put me on speed dial, kid."
"Yes ma'am," Dean replies politely. Her face softens as she looks at him. She turns to walk away but then she notices Kayla for the first time.
"Hello, who are you?" she asks kindly, before looking at Dean sharply. "Tell me she's not your daughter!"
"No! God, No!" Dean quickly shouts. Kayla ducks her head down, her blonde hair hiding her blush.
"My name is Kayla. A mutual friend asked them to look after me," Kayla explains quietly, glancing up.
"How old are you honey?" Ellen asks softly while leading the trio downstairs.
"I'm 16." Sam and Dean pause, looking shocked. They hadn't realised how young she is.
Ellen shakes her head, "So young."
"So what's going on, Ellen?" Dean asks as they walk down the stairs.
"More than I can handle alone," she replies.
"How many demons are there?" Sam asks.
"Pretty much the whole town, minus the dead people and these guys," Ellen says, pausing and turning around. "So- this is it right? End of time? It's gotta be,"
"Seems like it," Sam says. She nods and goes to the door in front of them, she knocks. "It's me." Someone looks through the peep hole, and then the door is opened. Inside are a bunch of people, all sitting around nervously. There's a pregnant woman and a priest, and several others. "This is Sam, Dean and Kayla," Ellen introduces them. "They're hunters- here to help."
"You guys hip to this whole demon thing?" asks the young man who opened the door.
"Yeah are you?" Dean asks.
"My wife's eyes turned black," says a man in a suit. "She came at me with a brick. Kinda makes you embrace the paranormal."
"Alright, catch us up," Dean says, turning back to Ellen.
"I doubt I know much more than you," she replies. "Rufus called – said he was in town investigating omens. All of a sudden the whole town was possessed. Me and Jo were nearby, and..."
"You were hunting with Jo?" Dean asks, surprised.
"Who's Jo?" Kayla asks Sam quietly.
"She's Ellen's daughter and another hunter," Sam replies, Kayla smiles at him in thanks.
Ellen nods. "Yeah, for a while now. We got here and the place – well the place was like you see it. Couldn't find Rufus, then me and Jo got separated. I was out looking for her when I found you."
"Well don't worry, we'll find her," Dean promises.
"Either way, these people cannot just sit here," Sam cuts in. "We gotta get them out now."
"No, it's not that easy," Ellen says. "I've been trying. We already made a run for it once."
"What happened?" Kayla asks.
"There used to be twenty of us," Ellen says. The trio glance up, there can only be about ten people in the room. Kayla starts to look slightly ill at the thought of all that death. Seeing this, Dean places his hand on her shoulder and gently squeezes. She looks up and him and leans into him, craving reassurance.
"Well there's four of us now," Dean says. Kayla smiles slightly at being called a hunter along with Dean, Sam and Ellen.
"You don't know what it's like out there. Demons are everywhere," Ellen says. "We won't be able to cover everybody."
"What if we give everyone guns?" Sam asks.
"What, are you gonna arm up Baby Bump over here?" Dean asks sarcastically.
"More salt we can fire at once more demons we can keep away," Sam replies. Dean thinks for a second.
"There's a sporting goods store we passed on the way in, I bet they got guns."
"Alright – you stay, we'll go," Sam says to Ellen.
"What about..." Ellen begins.
"If Jo and Rufus are out there, we'll bring 'em back," Sam replies.
Dean turns to Kayla and says, "I want you to stay her with Ellen and learn how to use the gun, ok?"
Kayla nods and walks over to Ellen. "Hey, Dean told me ask you if you could teach me how to use a gun."
"Sure honey, let's start now."
Ellen leads Kayla over to the corner of the room. She takes the clip out of the gun. "Ok, the first thing you have to do is get used to holding the gun. It will be heavier when it has bullets in." She passes the gun to Kayla, who holds it gingerly. Ellen then spends the next half an hour showing Kayla how to use both the pistols and the shotguns.
"Why are you involved in all of this?" Ellen asks Kayla once they have finished.
Kayla sighs, "Demons killed my family. Someone saved me and took me to Sam and Dean." She took a deep breath, holding back tears. Ellen looked at her closely, "You haven't gotten over their deaths yet have you?" Kayla shook her head, tears now streaming down her face. Ellen pulls her into a hug and allows her to sob into her chest, releasing her pain at her parent's deaths.
When Sam and Dean came back, they saw Kayla sitting down; evidence of her tears was still on her face. They looked over at Ellen, who indicated that she would tell them later. "We've got enough guns and rock salt to arm everyone." One by one everyone got up to get a gun.
"You know your way around a gun at all?" Dean asks the guy who was guarding the door. He picks up the shotgun and cocks it, then takes it apart and puts it on the table. Dean smiles, "Where'd you serve?"
"Fallujah," the man replies. "Two tours. Got back a little over a year ago. Takes one to know one- where'd you serve?"
Dean smirks humourlessly, "Hell."
"No seriously."
"Seriously. Hell," Dean repeats.
Sam and Kayla are sitting at the side of the room. Sam watching Dean and Kayla watching the pregnant woman, almost as though she is in a trance. Dean walks over and joins them. "Hey. What is wrong?"
Sam hesitates, "It's just... at the store. Those demons were possessing teenagers. I mean, I had to slit some kid's throat."
"Come on Sam, you had to," Dean replies.
"I know. It's just, it used to be like... I just wish I could save people. Like I used to," Sam finishes.
Dean glances at Kayla, making sure that she was still zoned out. "What, you mean when you were all hopped-up on demon blood?" Dean asks.
"I didn't say that," Sam says.
"I'll be back," Ellen says, walking up to them.
"Where're you going?" Dean asks.
"I can't sit here on my ass," Ellen says. "My daughter's out there somewhere. If I'm not back int half an hour, go. Get these people out of here."
"No wait, I'll go with you," Sam says as the boys stand up. Kayla remains sitting, still lost in her own little world.
"Whoa- hold on. Can I talk to you for a second?" Dean asks Sam. They walk off. Ellen bends down to look at Kayla.
"Are you alright?" she asks. Kayla jumps, obviously startled.
"Ye-yeah, I'm fine," she stutters. Ellen nods, not believing her, but before she can say anything, Sam slams Dean into a wall.
"If you actually think..." Sam begins, his tone menacing, before he stops and walks away. Dean walks back in.
"Go on Ellen. I'll look after this lot."
She nods and gets up to leave. As she passes Dean, she whispers, "Keep an eye on Kayla. Something is bothering her." Dean nods and walks over to Kayla, standing next to her and placing his hand on her shoulder. Slowly, Kayla leans her head against it.
"Where have Sam and Ellen gone?" she asks quietly.
"To find Jo," Dean replies. Kayla nods her head.
While Sam and Ellen are gone, Dean tries to ask Kayla what's wrong, but stops himself everytime, unsure as to how to ask, afterall, he has only known her for a few hours. Not long after Ellen and Sam leave, Kayla curls up in a ball and goes to sleep. She shivers slightly, so Dean puts his leather jacket over her to keep her warm. Dean starts to pace, occasionally glancing over at Kayla, making sure she was alright. The priest is praying with the group when there is a knock on the door. Dean walks over and lets Ellen in. "Where is Sam?" he immediately asks. She shakes her head sadly.
"They took him"? the pregnant girls asks. "Demons took him? Oh my God. What if they're in here? The demons?"
"Could they get in?" the priest asks.
"No," Dean says, picking up his gun. "Everybody sit tight! I gotta..." He stops, glancing at the sleeping Kayla and the door before sighing. "We need to get a plan together. Tell me everything."
"Dean, one of them is in Jo," Ellen says. "We gotta get it out without hurting her. It called me a bitch."
"Bruise a little easy, don't you think?" Dean asks.
"No, that's not what I meant," Ellen says. "It called me a black-eyed bitch. What kind of demons are these? Holy water and salt roll right off. My daughter may be an idiot, but she's not stupid. She wears an anti-possession charm. It's all kind of weird, right?"
"The whole thing's off," Dean agrees, walking over and waking up Kayla.
"What's your instinct?" Ellen asks, smiling at Kayla. Who smiles back sleepily, attempting to catch up with the conversation.
"My instinct? My instinct is to call Bobby and ask for help. Or Sam," Dean says.
"Well tough. All you got is me and all I got is you, so let's figure it out," Ellen snaps.
"What about me?" Kayla asks, sounding hurt.
"Well. Honey, you don't really know much so you can't be called a Hunter," Ellen tells her. Kayla nods her head, accepting it, if not particularly liking it.
"Alright," Dean says, still surprised at Ellen's tone.
Ellen smiles at him. "Do you know why Rufus came to town? Was there a specific omen?" Dean asks.
"He said something about water," Ellen remembers. "That's all I know."
"Water?" Kayla asks skeptically.
"Padre – you know what she's talking about?" Dean asks. "Water?"
"The river," the priest says. "It ran polluted all of a sudden."
"When?" Kayla asks, trying to be helpful. Dean shoots her a smile.
"Last Wednesday," says the young man who used to be in the army. "The demon thing started up the next day."
"Anything else? Anything," Dean asks. The men exchange glances.
"Maybe, but it's pretty random," the younger man says.
"Good, random's good," Dean replies.
"Shooting star? Does that count?" the man asks. "Real big. Same night, Wednesday."
"Oh that definitely counts," Dean replies, smiling at Kayla's confused look. He gets up and goes to a bookshelf, taking down a book and flipping to a certain page.
"So uh – you think all this comes from outer space?" the man asks.
"This isn't X-Files, pal," Dean responds, going back to the book and finally finding the page he wants. "'And there fell a great star from Heaven'," he reads, "'Burning like a torch. And it fell upon the river, and the name of the star was Wormwood, and many men died'."
"Revelation 8:10," the priest says. "Are you saying that this is about the apocalypse?"
"You could say," Dean answers. "Now these specific omens – they're prelude to what?"
"The four horsemen," the priest replies.
"And which one rides the red horse?" Kayla asks, remembering the shiny red car parked outside.
"War," the priest says. Dean looks at Ellen.
"The cherry mustang parked on Main?" Kayla says, speaking Dean's thoughts.
"You can't think that a car is..." the priest begins.
"It's the way I'd roll," Dean interrupts. "I mean think about it. It all makes sense. If War's a dude, and he's here, maybe he's messing with our heads."
"Turning us on each other," Kayla breaths, Ellen nodding in agreement.
"You said Jo called you a black-eyed bitch?" Dean says.
"They think we're demons, we think they're demons. What if there's no demons at all, and we're all just killing each other?" Kayla says. "It would be the easiest way to kill everyone."
"Wait – just back up," the priest says. "It's the apocalypse?"
"Sorry padre," Dean says.
"So now you're saying that there are no demons, and that War is a guy," the young man is saying to Dean.
"You believed crazy before," Kayla says, walking over. Suddenly, there's pounding on the door. "Open up! Open up Ellen, it's Roger!" They open the door, and Roger runs in. "I saw them! I saw the demons. They know we're trying to leave. They said they're gonna pick us off, one by one."
"When did he leave?" Kayla wonders out loud.
"Wait wait wait. What?" Dean says.
"I thought you said there were no demons," the young man says.
"There's not!" Dean says. "Where did you go?"
"I thought someone should go out and see what's going on," Roger says.
"Where did you see the demons, and what did they say exactly?" Dean asks.
"If we just sit here, we're gonna be dead," the young man says.
"No we're not," Dean snaps.
"They're gonna kill us," Roger insists. "Unless we kill them first."
"Okay, hold on, hold on," Dean says, thinking.
"No man, we got people to protect," the young man says, turning away. "Let the able-bodied go, hunt some demons." He picks up a gun.
"Whoa whoa whoa," Dean says. "Slow your roll, this is not a demon thing." He looks at Roger, who winks at him and twists the ring.
"Look at their eyes!" he says suddenly. "They're demons!" The people see that Ellen, Dean and Kayla have black eyes.
"Go go go!" Dean pushes Ellen and Kayla out the door and they just get out before the shooting starts causing Kayla to shriek.
Kayla, Dean and Ellen run down the street towards the house where Ellen saw Jo. They sneak over to a window, where Dean sees a pipe bomb. "Right," he whispers. "I want you two to stand over there. Once I've got Rufus, Ellen, you're gonna get Jo and Kayla, you're gonna stand watch. Ok?" Kayla and Ellen both nod. They move further away from the window while Dean attempts to set off the bomb. They both hear an explosion and go running over. Dean has already got Rufus, while Ellen disappears. "Now you listen up, Joanna Beth Harvelle." Kayla hears her say.
Dean is struggling with Rufus. "Listen to me!" he says desperately. "I'm not a demon! Think, Rufus, all those omens!"
"You go to Hell!" Rufus says, kneeing Dean and knocking him against the wall. Kayla runs forward while Rufus goes for his gun, but Dean shoves him against the wall again, shooting her a look that tells her to stay back. "Rufus – the polluted water, the shooting star, the red mustang – it's War. I'm telling you, it's War!"
"Damn right it is!" Rufus growls, punching Dean in the face. He goes for the gun again, and Dean jumps on him, finally pinning him down. "The horsemen!" he says.
"Horsemen?" Rufus repeats.
"He's turning against each other! You're hallucinating!" Dean says desperately. Rufus thinks, then looks at Dean again. Dean's eyes fade back to green.
"Four horsemen – War," Rufus says.
"Yes," Dean growls.
"You figure this out all by yourself, genius?" Rufus asks. Dean lets him up.
"No, he had help," Kayla interrupts, walking forward. She holds out a hand to help him up.
"Who are you?" he asks her, confused.
"I'm a friend of the Winchester's," she tells him, walking inside behind Dean. As soon as they get in Ellen aims a gun at them.
"Whoa, whoa!" Dean says.
"We all on the same page?" Ellen asks. Jo is standing behind her. They nod.
"Good. Hi Jo," Dean says.
"Hey," Jo says looking at Kayla.
"Hey, I'm Kayla and I'm a friend," she says.
"I'm Jo."
"Pleased to meet you Jo."
"Okay, we gotta find War before everybody in this town kills..." Dean's cut off by sudden gunfire, barely missing them. Dean pulls Kayla to the floor, with the others copying. "Dammit! Where's Sam?" Dean asks.
"Upstairs," Rufus tells him.
"Stay here," Dean tells Kayla before running upstairs and finding Sam.
"Dean! It's not demons. It's..."
"War," Dean says at the exact same time as Sam. "I just can't figure out how he's doing it!"
"The ring," Sam says as Dean unties him.
"The ring? That's right, he turned it, right before he made everyone hallucinate," Dean remembers. "We gotta move, come on." They run downstairs and see Kayla waiting for them.
"It's a massacre out there," she says.
"We've got to find War," Dean tells her and the trio run out of the house. They run towards the red mustang and see War walking towards it. Sam and Dean run forward and grab him. Kayla hangs back, too scared to get involved. War laughs, but Sam pulls out the demon killing knife.
"Whoa, okay," War says. "That's a sweet little knife. But come on. You can't kill War, kiddos!"
"Oh we know," Dean says, and Sam grabs War's hand and cuts off his ring finger, sending the ring flying. Kayla turns her head away, feeling queasy. She notices the ring and bends down to pick it up. When she stands up, War and the mustang are gone.
Dean, Sam and Kayla are sitting at the side of the road at a picnic table. Dean holds up the ring. "So – pit stop at Mount Doom?" Sam smirks, then gets serious.
"Dean..."
"Sam, let's not," Dean says immediately.
"No, listen. This is important," Sam insists.
Kayla stands up. "I'll give you two a minute," she says before walking over to the impala. She sighs and looks up into the sky.
"When did everything get so complicated?" she says out loud. She runs a hand though her blonde hair and closes her eyes. She opens her eyes in time to see Sam get into a pickup truck and drive away. She frowns and walks back over to Dean.
"Hey, are you alright?" she asks softly. He nods his head slowly before sighing and turning to face her.
"C'mon kid, let's get going."
He puts his arm around her shoulder and the pair walk over to the impala. Together, they get in and drive off.