Helloo!
Thank you for your lovely reviews, I'm glad you enjoy the story. This part 2 is a bit...mhm, I'm not very happy with the way I wrote it so I hope you will still like it.
Also, this is the last chapter before my hospital stay, so I'm sorry for a long pause. I'll try to work on the story in there, so I can post an update as soon as possible.
Stay safe, guys and have a great time. Channey's gone.
*drops mic*
„It's gone." Someone said, but I refused to believe that. After all, it wouldn't let us be just like that.
„It's not gone. It's just not in Alicia anymore." Sam with Max helped Alicia back on her feet. For some reason it looked like Sam has more experience with demons than the rest of us. I mean, we all knew what a demon was, but he was so sure in every move he did, his voice was stable. I only hoped his knowledge will help.
„Loraine, is there anyone else in the house?" I looked at Mrs. Fox, she was scared. I was scared, too. I could feel the tension, the fear slowly consuming my body from the inside, making my hands and knees uncontrollably tremble. But this wasn't time for being afraid. We had to fight.
„I don't know. People have been coming and going all day." Great, I thought. Perfect opportunity for a demon to come in.
„Okay, we're gonna pair off, we're gonna search the house for people, not for demons. You find a demon, yell. We'll find you. And if your partner gets possessed, run. Riley, come with us." Jody looked at me and I quickly moved to their side, obeying her order. We went through the back hall, to the library.
„Jody?" I whispered to her, standing right behind her.
„Yes?" She turned around, facing me. Bucky was on the other side of the room, checking windows.
I wanted to tell her, I wanted to tell someone the truth and she was after Sam the only human being in this house who I trusted for some reason. But my braveness betrayed me and after a second of thinking, I gave up. The anxiety didn't allow me to talk.
„I just... be careful." She hugged my shoulders with her left arm, smiled at me and then went back to checking things out. Then we heard a scream.
We all looked at each other and immediately rushed back to the living room, Bucky first, then me, then Jody.
„What's going on?" I said when we arrived, seeing the older Winchester holding Mrs. Fox. But again, my question was too silent and stayed unexplained.
„Dean, we thought you were outside." Oh right, the door was closed. How the hell did he get in?
„Yeah, I got back in."
„How?" I asked again in the same time with Sam.
„It was a one-time deal. Won't happen again. Is this everybody?" One-time deal? What?
„Except for Elvis." Jody said and we all looked around to make sure he really wasn't in there.
„Where is he?" I asked again, this time louder. I looked up at Dean, he down at me and then back at everybody.
„Yeah, demon got him." No way. Dean pointed his hand to the stairs, on a dead body on the floor.
„Oh no." I whispered and suddenly the lights were out. Everybody started to search their pockets for flashlights or phones and I did the same. I found a tiny flashlight in my inner pocket and a small silver like knife in my phone pocket.
„Well, at least we're all prepared."
„Yep."
„Mm. Impressive." It really was impressive, we were up to no good. Plus Dean took out an odd knife with weird symbols.
„What's that?" I asked.
„Demon Blade – kills 'em dead."
„Nice."
„We gotta light some candles.ׅ"
„Yeah. A Devil's Trap."
Everybody started working, knowing what to do. I was standing on one side of the room, watching them and felt like an idiot, so after a few seconds of doing nothing I decided to help to light those candles. Bucky game me some, Jody lent me her lighter.
„All right, uh, but how are we gonna lure it inside?" Good question. I looked up.
„We're not. We get in. Everybody's in, everybody's clean." Those two impressed me. Seriously, they knew exactly what they were doing and that was so awesome.
„If someone won't get in..."
„They're the demon." Mary finished the sentence and I went back to lighting candles, thinking and getting lost again. I was wondering how does the demon gets inside the body, if the same way as it's leaving the body, then they would notice, right? But what if not? What if it's invisible when it's getting in? What if it's already in someone?
„No I don't think, I know!" Jody's voice interrupted me and I turned around.
„What's going on?" It looked like I can't ask any other question than variations on "What happened". I came closer to those two, Sam with Jody, looking at her. She looked... different to me, even in that darkness. She felt different. She felt cold.
„I know she's a demon!" She exclaimed again, making me jump closer to her and more far from Mary, but Mary looked much more okay than Jody. Then it hit me.
„Kill her! Use the knife! Kill her now!"
„She's not a demon, Jody." I whispered to her, her eyes locking with mine.
„Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. Hold on a second. Jody, you... You don't sound like yourself." Sam finally realized too. And we weren't the only one.
„That's because she's not herself. Are you?" Dean looked from Mary to Jody, turning towards her.
I was still next to her, unable to make a move. I didn't want the demon to hurt her. Not Jody. She had a family, right? She was a cop and had her own life, this wasn't supposed to happen...
„Jody?" I tried, maybe if she could hear us, she would fight or something... was it even possible?
Then she started to laugh. Seriously man, what was so funny to them?
„Can't blame a girl for tryin'." Her eyes turned red, as to Alicia before, first looking at me with a smirk on her face.
„I had so hoped you'd kill your mom! Wouldn't that be a riot? " So it was their mom? Really? But she looked... too young to be their mom.
„„Yeah, super fun."
„You must be really dumb, he wouldn't kill her just like that." I told her or him or it or whatever the demon was. But then, invisible force hit me and I found myself in the air, hitting the wall with my back. I yelped before falling back on the ground. That was pretty hard landing. My sight was blurry, but I tried to see what was going on. Well, I only heard a loud bang and another body falling on furniture. And then one more, probably Dean this time.
„Anybody else?" She asked, looking around. In the mean time I finally managed to seriously stand up and watch the scene again. I wasn't going to give up after this. No.
„Nope? Fine." I wanted to jump at her, but Mary was first. She hurt her with the weird Asa's blade.
„Don't hurt Jody!" I yelled at her, forcing myself to help Sam to get her from Jody's body.
„No! Mom! What are you doing?!"
„She's a demon. We kill demons."
„But she's Jody!"
„BORING!" Jody yelled, raising her hands to clap with them. Then we all hit the ground, feeling like if a closet was holding us down.
„Oh, I have heard so many stories about you Winchesters. And... I desperately want the Lucifer thing to be true. The idea that he left a meat suit alive is just so deliciously weak." I'm sorry, what? Lucifer? Meat suit? What?
„As for the rest of you, I have been inside your heads. I know all about you!" All? No... no...did she...no...
„For example, the twins – too frightened to tell anyone that they actually came to say goodbye to their daddy. Or the grieving mother who hated the fact that her son was a Hunter so much, she'd hide his gear, she'd sabotage his Jeep, anything to keep him from hunting. Not that it worked. Could've tried harder, huh?"
„Shut up!" I yelled, fighting with the force.
„ Or this child. So weird to me, too. Do you know she doesn't even know you? Because she can't remember! She didn't even know her name this morning. And she's slicing her arm every day. Just because she wants to. That's funny, right?" I felt tears burning in my eyes, anger filling my insides. It knew more than I did and it was just simply pissing me off.
„ And this...meat suit you all seem to care so much about, she actually fantasized about a life with Asa. Can you believe that? Like that worthless man –"
„ Shut your filthy mouth –"
„Bucky, no!" She grabbed his throat, holding him so tight I was afraid she's going to snap his neck. But I could move again, she was concentrating just on Bucky or something, because the rest of us could stand up, move again. And I did.
„ And you... Bucky. Brave, brave Bucky. I was there that night. Tell these nice, stupid people what you did. Tell them what you took from me. Asa was mine. "
„ Exorcizamus Te, omnis immundus spiritus omnis satanica Po—" My eyes shot to mumbling Sam right in that second he was flying through the air again.
„ Omnis incursio infernalis adversarii. Omn—" Dean continued, but soon hit the wall from glass which was between the back hall and the living room. It immediately made me worry about his health, about everybody's health.
„Tell them!"
„What is he supposed to tell, let him go, you fucker!" I yelled, rushing to those two. I was almost there when Jody looked up from choking the strong man, her red eyes showed up.
„Don't you think you're a little bit annoying? I'm doing something right now, honey." And with those words she lifted one hand and with a swift move she sent me on the other side of the room. My back hit something very, very hard and then collapsed on the ground. I groaned, taking a shaky breath in, when Sam appeared on my left side, helping me to get my sore body up.
„Omnis legio. Omnis congregation et secta diabolica—"
„Aah! I killed him! I killed him. I killed Asa." Bucky screamed. Didn't… didn't the demon kill Asa?
„Omnis legio diabolica, adiuramus Te." Mary finished, the demon forcing himself through Jody's throat and disappearing into the wooden floor.
„ Jody, you okay?" Sam let my arm go, he was holding it to help me stand because I was still trying to stop my knees from shaking and hurried to the short haired woman.
„ That...sucked."
Sure I was happy Jody's alright and didn't end up like Elvis, but I was more curious about Bucky. I needed him alive, I needed him to tell me what happened to my dad and where is he now and everything he knew about the Watsons. I just needed him, no matter what he did.
„Bucky, what did you do?" Loraine asked and everybody, including me, turned to him. I was sitting by his side, watching him closely.
„Bucky?" I whispered.
„ Asa, he was just al—" He started, „ He was just always so stubborn. Look...we were in the woods. Jael, he – he was taunting him. Asa wanted to chase him, but he didn't have the Angel Blade. I said, "Let's go back." He called me a coward and he shoved me, so I shoved him back, and he fell…and he hit his head. I didn't mean to do it. But it was a mistake. An accident. I'm sorry. I didn't know what to do. Asa hated that damn demon so much that I just..." I didn't know what to think. Sure, it was bad to lie but… it still was an accident. I… don't know what I would do if that happened to me. And honestly, I don't think I would tell the truth either…
„ Oh, you thought that people would buy that Jael killed him? So you hung your best friend to cover your own ass. " Dean said sharply.
„ May- maybe if you'd call the ambulance, he'd be okay…" Was I naive? Was I childish?
„ What are you gonna do to me?" God, I was so afraid of the answer… he was the only one who could help me and this… my mind was confused and scared and sad and everything at once.
„ Tell everyone, every Hunter we meet. They're gonna know your name, Bucky, know what you did."
„ You like stories? This is the story everyone's gonna tell about you. Forever."
People didn't talk to each other much since then. Everyone was building a big wooden hill to burn the bodies on, while Bucky was sitting in his car, preparing to leave and never look back. He was alone and I decided to join him. I didn't really care what happened, I had no idea where my morals were, but not there. For some reason I didn't feel like he disserved this. He was just scared…
I opened the car door, taking the shotgun seat.
„Bucky I…"
„Don't worry about it, kid." He brushed me off quickly without even looking at me.
„I wanted to ask you something." I said quietly, playing with sleeves of my shirt.
„Oh right, your dad, huh?" He took a deep breath in and looked at me, „I didn't really knew him that much, Riley. I mean, he was a good hunter and a great man. We hunted that vamp together; he helped us track its nest. But you were just… twelve or thirteen years old or so back then, it's really a long time and your dad didn't want to take risks, so he helped and left the town to make sure you were safe. He really loved you. Ah. You should also know that… he died six years ago, while going after a demon. And then Bob Singer took care of you for a while, I think he even signed you up for a good school but you left and started hunting. But that's about it, Rey. I don't know anything else. I'm sorry." So my dad was dead, I left school for hunting and some guy named Bob Singer raised me? Well, I finally knew where to go. To look for the Singer man.
„Thank you, Bucky. It…it helped me a lot." And then he, instead of words, just hugged me, his strong arms holding carefully my tiny body.
„Stay strong, kid. Now go, I should leave." He let me go, turning the key and starting the car.
„Stay safe, Bucky. And…I hope to see you again." I sadly smiled at him, hopped out of his car and waved to him when he drove out the driveway. Poor guy.
Soon the sun came up. I was leaning back against my pretty Galaxie watching the fire. We all were grieving and we all knew secrets about each other. Secrets we were hiding. Mine was out too. And even though I don't really understand what happened in that big house behind us, it made me…sad. Sam came to join me, but for some reason I was sure he wanted to talk to me. There was this awkward silence between us again.
„Riley, I've been thinking." He said, making me to look up at him. Man, he was really tall. Probably just a little bit too tall.
„Hm?"
„I was thinking about what Jael said and…well, I wanted to ask if you'd like to join me and Dean." He looked down at me, but I shook my head.
„Thanks but no. I need to look for this guy named Bob Singer, he was-"
„Wait, you mean Bobby Singer?" He knew him? Great! Then he could tell me where to find him, since I forgot to ask Bucky.
„Yeah. You know that guy?"
„Yeah, he was like our… second dad." Oh, so he's taking care of kids of hunters who are too busy? Wait…
„Wait, was?"
„He died… five years ago." Oh shit. No way. Goddamn it.
„Oh…" My eyes froze on his face for some reason. „…I'm sorry."
„No, it's a long time ago. And, he's on a better place now anyway." He smiled down at me, which of course made me smile too.
„We have some stuff that belonged to him if you want to go through it? Maybe it would help to remember…" So he was still waiting for the 'yes' answer. And I couldn't help myself but I seriously considered that answer. I wanted to but also didn't want to. I didn't really know how to reply.
„And…you don't have to be alone in this. We can help you to get through it."
I bit my lip. There was this block inside my throat again that was holding me back from words. I wanted to say yes, to agree with his offer, I wanted to say how grateful I am for him to being so nice at me but I just wasn't able to do that.
„Of course you don't have to." He said suddenly, standing up straight. I didn't want him to leave, so I just grabbed his hand, more like his sleeve, pulling him back slightly.
„Okay." I said. He smiled, took my hand and slightly squeezed it, then walked to Dean. He probably needed to tell him.
I was standing in there for a while, watching Jody and Mrs. Fox, watching those two and their mother too. I still had no idea how the hell is possible that Mary looked the way she looked. Was she under some kind of spell? This had to be supernatural, other way it wasn't possible. Or was?
I noticed those three Winchesters and someone else, someone who wasn't there before. I didn't know the lady, but she had awesome hair. Dark, curly and with huge volume. I was watching them closely but I didn't hear what they were talking about. Then the lady looked at me and a flash of cold shot through my body. When I looked back at Winchesters, the woman disappeared and it was just them again. What the hell? Where did she go? I frowned, biting my lip again but this time because my mind went to the black depressing mode. One of those suicidal thoughts appeared in my head, following me like an annoying stalker. I sighed. Why did I felt this way? I didn't want to feel this way. I just didn't want to feel like this all the time.
„Riley?" I looked at Dean at his Impala, waving at me to get my attention.
„Yeah?"
„Follow us, okay? We're going for some bacon." I giggled, he smiled and we both got into our cars. Bacon and coffee. Pancakes and coffee. Coffee.