Story Name: Tales from Pivot Point

Pen Name: ElenaRoan

Disclaimer: Don't own any of them, written purely for enjoyment.

Warnings:

Summary: Various people the boys have come across in their lives

Timeline: Begins season 4 of Supernatural

Note: This is also a crossover, though it is only dependent on Pivot Point. Credit to MOG for the AU being used for the crossover.

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Chapter 2: Strategy

Josiah watched the FBI agent disappear into the lift on his way home, or at least his temporary home for as long as that agency decided to leave him with them. After a moment he headed into Chris' office, Vin and Ezra following him close behind.

"Well?" Chris asked once the door was shut.

"Flashed Hunter sign at him and he didn't react. He's not a Hunter, not yet at least assuming he did have an encounter." Vin stated.

"Pretty safe bet he did. If that explosion didn't give a pretty good argument for something supernatural occurring there are multiple reports of a mass hallucination or sleepwalking incident a few hours before the explosion. The various statements from the victims only mention the 4 survivors being present at the police station plus two more men who do not correlate to any of the staff of either the police station or the FBI personnel that were present." Josiah put in.

"Hallucination or sleepwalking?" Chris asked with surprise, "demonic possessions and mass exorcism? How many?"

"Somewhere in the vicinity of 30. Apparently, there were no casualties, and I doubt I have to tell you the chances of that." Josiah answered.

"And the two unknown men?"

"Probably a couple of Hunters. There's only one reason they took that many people, the building had been fortified, or the demons would have just blown through there and possessed everyone without a charm. And the only way they managed to exorcise that many demons without casualties is they picked their battleground." Vin replied, "and I don't know about anyone else, but I wouldn't want to even think about trying to take on that many demons let alone managing to keep many or all of the victims alive."

"Me either." Chris agreed, "any idea who?"

"Probably the two 'felons' that Henriksen makes a point of saying were still in the cells when the place went up, Sam and Dean Winchester." Vin answered.

"The Winchesters?" Chris asked in surprise again.

Josiah nodded, "they're not always the quietest, not without trying though, but they've taken on some real big situations. Remember the demon gate opening about a year and a half ago? They were part of the group who went in to try and stop it. They didn't manage to completely, but the gate was closed a lot sooner than it would have been otherwise. They also took on many of the more powerful demons that escaped."

"Should we try to check on them? Do we have a connection to them?"

"Bobby Singer was also part of the group that went in against the gate opening." Josiah supplied, "so yes, we do have a connection to them just not a direct one."

"So should we check on them?"

"We can at least contact Bobby and find out exactly what happened." Josiah replied.

"Good idea. He's your friend, Josiah, you call him." Chris ordered.

"Will do." Josiah replied.

"Any read on Henriksen himself?"

"He's wary, understandably so." Vin answered.

"He's given no indication of his opinion of the rumours within the FBI, but he's also given no indication that he gives any credence to it either." Ezra stated, "aside from that, I agree that he's quite wary and reluctant to speak. If he's been through a full-on demonic assault that is more than understandable, and we're not likely to get any information out of him in this setting. Without knowing that we're not going to label him crazy or have him committed he's not going to risk speaking to us about what he's been through."

"JD sounded him out on his opinion of the FBI rumour mill when he was setting up his computer." Chris commented, "he replied that what the rumours were saying about him didn't bear mentioning and weren't even close to being true."

"Guess that's similar to the supernatural, easier to believe when it's happened to you." Vin stated.

"I'd suggest letting him get used to us and relax around us. Once he trusts us, then we can take him somewhere other than the office and sound him out on the supernatural, camping at your cabin maybe." Ezra noted.

"Good idea." Chris agreed, "Josiah, what's your read on our current case?"

"I'm almost certain it was a pair of witches, though the jury is still out on what type of witch. There's every chance that they obtained the more obscure ingredients by living during the period they were actually available."

"And their targets?"

"Not completely sure actually. My first instinct was to say a pair of Hunters. However, there are very very few Hunters who'd be able to take on witches let alone actually withstand a blast from one."

"Might they be another pair of witches?" Ezra asked.

Josiah shook his head, "if they were they'd have responded in kind not used guns."

"So we're back to Hunters being the most likely candidates. Any idea how they protected themselves?" Chris asked.

"I believe there are some warding symbols that might work, but taking the time to research them wouldn't typically be a priority for most Hunters. The only one I can think of who might know is Bobby, and I'm pretty sure he'd need to haul a book out to read."

"Well then, I guess you've got two things to ask him."

Josiah nodded.

"Good. Ezra, see if you can come up with an explanation that'll explain that blast and the lack of something to generate it. Preferably something that isn't going to get the two probable Hunters in trouble."

"On it."

"Good. Dismissed, go home and get some actual sleep."