Dean stopped the Impala in front of the large, ostentatious cathedral. He turns off the engine and then steps out of the car with keys in hand. Sam climbs out of the back seat and closes the door. The boys look at each other for a minute when the girls do not get out. Dean cocks an eyebrow and Sam shrugs. Dean bends down and looks at both of the girls who are sitting rigidly up right. "You ladies coming?" Dean asks.
"We'll wait in the car," Harley said looking over at Dean. Dean looks at her and then looks back at Shelby who looks straight ahead.
"Alright we will be back in a minute," Dean says waiting a moment before walking away with Sam following. Hmmm…do they have some freakish fear of churches too?
Sam and Dean walk into the cathedral and found Father McClain in his office. "Excuse me father, I'm Sam Winchester and this is my brother Dean. Bobby Singer sent us," Sam spoke to Father McClain kindly.
"Yes, of course. I talked to him about a family in our parish," Father McClain stated as he sat in the chair behind his desk. "Have a seat boys."
"What about this family?" Dean asked.
"This family is fairly new to our parish. They have only been here about four months. A couple of days ago, James Garner came and spoke with me. He believes that something is hurting his wife. He says that when she wakes up in the morning she has horrible bruises. She is the only one that has been harmed," Father McClain explains with deep concern in his voice.
"Why do you think that this is something we can help with?" Sam asked.
"I just have this feeling. I haven't known James and Eve for very long but the way that man was acting when he came to me…It was as if he were desperate to keep his wife safe and to make whatever is happening to stop."
"Ok, well we need to talk with them. How do we get in touch with them?" Dean asked.
"They are expecting you. Bobby called and said that you had two girls with you too. Eve has made arrangements for all of you to stay at their house."
"It is getting late. We will drive on over there. We'll be in contact. Thanks for your time," Sam said.
A few minutes later Sam and Dean returned to the Impala with directions to the Nelson's house. Harley and Shelby looked as though they had not moved since the boys had left them. "Well ladies there will be no cheap motel this time. We are staying at the sight of the haunting," Dean said as he started the engine. "Sorry Harley no five star hotel either but, we will probably be staying in two rooms Shelby. You know fifty-fifty ain't bad right?" He sped off in the direction of the Nelson's with no smart comments from either of the girls.
In no time at all, the four hunters were standing at the Nelson's front door with duffels in hand. Dean knocked on the door and they waited for someone to come and answer. It didn't take long for James and Eve to come to the door.
"You must be the ones that Father McClain was sending over," James said with a relieved smile.
"Yes sir, I am Dean Winchester and this is my brother Sam," Dean introduced Sam as he nodded his head towards him. "These are our ummm… uhhhh…friends Shelby and Harley," Dean studdered. Smooth Dean real smooth. That wasn't awkward at all.
"Come in. Come in. I know you must be tired from your drive. I have your rooms ready. The girls will stay in the last room at the end of the upstairs hall. You guys will stay across from them," Eve ushered the group into the foyer area and pointed to the general direction of their rooms.
"Thank you, Mrs. Nelson…" Sam began before Eve interrupted him.
"Please call me Eve," Eve said with a smile.
"Thank you, Eve. Before we settle for the night do you think that we could talk with you and your husband?" Sam asked.
"Sure. Let's go into the living room," Eve said as she led the group into the living room.
Once there, Sam and Dean sat across from James and Eve. Dean looked around for a moment when Harley and Shelby didn't follow but, went up the stairs. He nudged Sam and motioned to the stairs and shrugged. What is up with them? Ever since that last stop we made they have been way too quiet.
"So what exactly has been going on?" Dean asked looking to both Eve and James.
James started, "We moved into this house about three months ago. After about two weeks, Eve started to feel strange in the house."
"What do you mean strange?" Sam asked Eve.
"Like I was being followed... I felt very uneasy and tense. Then, I started to wake up with bruises. Since then it has gotten worse," Eve explained as she showed Sam and Dean bruises on her arms. They were dark purple and covered most of her arm. "They are on my back and chest now as well," Eve said dejectedly, "I just don't know what to do anymore."
"Have you seen anything?" Dean asked Eve.
"No, I just wake up with the bruises."
"James what about you? Have you been hurt or have you seen anything?" Sam asked.
"Nothing has happened to me just to Eve," James answered as he wrapped an arm around Eve and pulled her close.
"Do you have any children?" Dean asked.
"No. We can't have children, but we're in the process of becoming foster parents. This house is big enough for the family that we want," Eve answered as she leaned into her husband's embrace.
"So it is just you two and you are the only one that is being affected," Sam said to recap the information that they have obtained.
"I think that is enough for tonight," Dean said as he stood up. "If you don't mind, we need to look around and see if we get any readings, it'll help us get a better idea of what we're actually dealing with," Dean says as he gets up from the couch and moves towards the stairs.
"That will be fine; let me know if you need anything. Thank you for coming to help. Oh, I forgot to tell you the bathroom is right beside the girl's room. Will you tell them on your way up?" Eve asked.
"Sure, thanks for letting us stay. We will do our best to help you," Sam said as he turned on the E.M.F. indicator when they reached the staircase.
"Dude, do you see the banister? These roses are carved every where," Dean pointed out.
"Yeah, and do you smell that?" Sam asked.
"What?" Dean asked back.
"Smells like fresh roses but, I didn't see any flowers any where, and the E.M.F. is going crazy it's like this whole place is hot." Sam stated.
"Interesting. Well whatever it is its powerful. We'll figure it out in the morning. Let's go see what has the girls' panties in a twist," Dean remarked as they walked to the girls' room and knocked.
Harley came to the door. "Hey, are you girls ok?" Dean asked annoyed.
"Yeah," Harley answered. Sam and Dean left their duffels outside the door as they walked in.
"We haven't found out much so far except that Eve is the only one that is being affected by whatever we are dealing with, and the entire house is charged with E.M.F.," Sam said as he went over to the bed that Shelby was sitting on.
"We need to find out information about the house. The occupants of the house will be important. The history will be important too," Dean said as flopped on Harley's bed leaving room for Harley to lay beside him. Harley came and sat tightly upright beside him. Dean wrapped an arm around her waist. "What you think Shelby?"
Shelby simply shook her head, "Yeah sounds good."
"Alright! Approval from your royal anal highness," Dean said with a smirk at Shelby.
"Tomorrow you and Harley can go to see whoever the Nelson's are renting the house from. Me and Shelby can go to the library and research the house," Sam said as he rubbed Shelby's back.
"Sounds like a plan. How about we switch roommates?" Dean asks with a cocked eyebrow as he asks Shelby.
Harley walks to the door and motions her head toward the hall. Dean huffs and stands in front of her. "You're just being a goody goody," Dean smirked as he kissed Harley. She didn't kiss him back but he could have sworn he saw something flash behind her eyes. Something's not right I just wish I knew what it was.
Sam spoke low to Shelby, "Good night. See you in the morning." Shelby didn't even look at Sam as he stood and followed Dean out of the room.
The boys left the room without another word and went to their room. Each feeling completely shot down by the girls.