Chapter 4: Seeking Questions & Answers
Tanya's Place...
After witnessing their first hunting job and receiving another unxplained warning, Tommy and Kimberly decided to notify their landlord that they were moving out of their apartment and after a long conversation with Tommy's parents, they decided to move into the Oliver House. It made their living situation suitable for them since Tommy's parents would be out of town travelling for the next year and second it was for conveience that they were close to their friends. Tanya took up residence at her family's house since her parents were out of town working another hunting job for awhile and getting updates from her brothers and sisters that they have took turns stopping by to check up on the place. She decided since this was her home it was best to return and stay put for once instead of living on the road over the last two years staying in motels and scraping by on money she either earned gambling or playing on the road. However, her homecoming came at a price that now that her secret was out in the open to her friends, they were now involved in her fight and she had to teach them everything there is to know about hunting, but first she needed a lot of answers so she made a call to the Roadhouse.
"Roadhouse, this is Ellen speaking," she heard Ellen on the other end, "Tanya, how are you doing?"
"It's great to hear from you Ellen. How are things on the eastern front holding up?"
"Pretty dry as a bone, I'm guessing you're calling to see if Bobby or the Winchester Boys stopped by. Bobby is here right now I'm kind of short staffed and Jo and I can't run this place alone so Bobby decided to stop by for a few days. Sam and Dean are working a job in Kentucky right now we haven't heard from them but they'll be fine. So Tanya have you checked your mail in the last few days?"
"Yeah I'm opening up Bobby's care package right now." Tanya opened up an envelope that she received in the mail from Bobby and it was a roadmap of the United States but with particular spots marked with devil's trap signs on them, "Wait a second...Ellen where's Bobby?" A moment later she began to hear Bobby's voice on the other end.
"Tanya, how's it going sweetie?" she heard Bobby on the other end, "I taking that this call my care package has already reached you. I mailed it out the minute you left Wynoming because if you managed to find your platoon then you guys got to start talking strategies. Whatever got out of the Devil's Gate is hitting the western front at full force taking a couple of places as hotspots for demonic activity. Angel Grove is the central core so my best bet is you see all those locations marked on the map with the devil's trap signs, if you can train your platoon on our line of work, take out those hotspots to lessen the enemy attack."
"These locations such San Deigo, Forks, Phoenix, Portland, Santa Fe, Lewiston, Yuma are all potential hotspots? Demonic activity is rising off the charts in these partiuclar places and we have to work jobs in these places? It's really nice that we got our work cut in and not to mention that the last few days hasn't been so great what so ever and this is not the homecoming I expected because I come home and I find myself on the job once again. My friends are now seeing the things I've seen all my life and trying to make sense of it and asking them to get involved they volunteered to put their lives on the line for what? We don't even know what this all out thing wants and why it's waging a war on our front here my friends have just systematically put their lives on the line here."
"Have you done your all out ranting girlie? You really want answers to all your questions use your skills and resources. Heck, have you checked your house and gosh after I helped you raid Bela's old loft in New York of the occult blowout sale, you haven't forgotten the spirit board c'mon have you. That's like the ham radio of the afterlife and the paranormal. I heard about the numerous spirit sightings in your town they've been talking have they?"
"Yeah encounter a pair of twin spirits that lived in an apartment building of two of my friends, one them is pregnant and this is not a time for her to worry about this crap. However, they moved out of their building after we burnt the bones and disposed of them, but they warned them about something, actually these two have been getting visits from our undead friends warning them about this war and what's going to happen. Bobby...I think out of all my friends here, Tommy and Kimberly somehow are going to play a major role in all of this, the only question is how and who is out trying to get the bounty. From what they told me the only they kept mentioning is about some so called God Fearing Child and the last of the yellow line."
"Oh for Christ's sakes it doesn't dawn to you that whatever the hell your friends encountered is telling them that the last of the yellow line is a freaking "special children" like our boy Sam," Bobby replied shocked, "Tanya...you know Sam's story about him and others like him with psychic abilities who were all visited by The Yellow Eyed Demon when they were six months old. You know the story how Yellow Eyes bled into them, gave them demon blood and their abilites and abducted them and took them to Cold Oak, North Dakota and pit them against one another to see which one will lead their army. Not one of them survived, except for Sam for disclosed reasons which will be another story, but Yellow Eyes is dead. Sam's psychic abilities have diminished since Yellow Eyes' demise, but whoever these spirits are calling the God Fearing Child it means that Hell wants them pretty badly either dead or alive. Yellow Eyes maybe dead, but that son of a bitch has covered his tracks damn well. You need to get yourself on the move asap and I suggest you start with the spirit board, the undead pretty much don't shut up twenty four seven."
"Thanks Bobby I'll get onto it," Tanya replied hanging up the phone as she went to retreive her spirit board. A few moments later she heard a knock on the door as it was Jason and Adam as she let them inside, "Hey guys...what brings you by?"
"We were running a few errands for Tommy and Kimberly by assisting them in moving their stuff back into the Olivers' house," Jason said, "They're still shaken up about what happened with the Trueman Twins and it's freaking Tommy out, especially now with Kimberly being pregnant. Adam and I told them we'll handle packing up the rest of their things in the apartment while they see Kat at the doctors. The two of them want answers really badly because I'm worried about the both of them and the threat this time their the ones in real danger."
"I know what you mean," Tanya said as she was laying the spirit board on her table, "That's why I'm going to consult my little ham radio to get some answers. I know how much you want to help them Jason, so do I and we don't know who is out to get them or anything for that matter. Spirits don't like to shut up and spend all enterity gossiping so maybe they can fetch us a little 411."
"So this spirit board thing is like a ouija board in a way?" Adam asked, "How accurate is this thing?"
"One hundred percent pure occult magic tuning in the works Adam. This is the real stuff and I've seen this in works many times. They may gave us an idea of what we need to know so both of sit and really focus. One of the first lessons of using pagan and occult objects is the power and how accurate it works. It channels anything that is beyond this plain of reality. They'll talk when we make them talk but it depends on who you contact." A few minutes later Tanya turned on her radio as she played traditional African music. "However there are a few oathodox ways to make contact mostly the spirits I tend to contact have a strong infatruation with African Music."
"I wanna help our friends as much as possible and I can't worry about Tommy and Kimberly's lives in danger because of this," Jason said as the three sat down, "We need to know what we're up against in order to get a better advantage of things. Those two are going to have a baby in a couple of months and if those forces find out about the baby, they'll be in even greater risk. It seems like this so called war coming has a purpose and it's to take out this God Fear Child and what the hell is the Twilight?"
"Tanya...it's moving," Adam replied as they saw the pointer on the board move, "Look...it's spelling something."
"Quick reaction time from them," Tanya ordered the guys, "You two keep your hands on the pointer while I start decoding what they're saying. Wait it's answering about the Twilight the Truemans mentioned. It says it's the birth of a new order that will put the world unbalanced because heaven and hell will fight over it. Wait...they know what I'm thinking and they're answering my questions without me saying it out loud."
"You want to know about who is this leader the demonic army in the west is waiting for and the God Fearing Child?" Jason asked, "Probably these spirits have the power of farsight to see into the future and tell us who it is."
"It's moving again," Adam said as him and Jason looked at the pointer, "How do you know what each symbol means or how to decode it?"
"The board is in anicent Latin," Tanya said, "I found a way to translate it a few years back and it made reading the spirit board easier to translate and decode. They say the leader of the demonic army that broke out of the Devil's Gate hides behind the face of innocence, meaning it's definitely a demon and it's in possession of a body. Oh crap...I heard of the name before of this leader who wants a war and believe me I heard stories about her. She is hell bent on getting rid of this God Fearing Child because they'll bring upon the Twilight and they're pretty much the greatest threat to her."
"Who is it?" Jason asked, "Did you manage to get a name of both?"
"They say...The God Fearing Child is close and that they'll going to face many trials along the way and awaken the dormant powers inside of them to save the lives of those close to them," Tanya added, "They're definitely a special children as what they like to call children with abilities, but once one of Yellow Eyes' special children but broke away. Wait...they're not giving us a name of the God Fearing Child they call because they say it's someone we know. However, if we know who they are they must beware of Lillith. Guys...we're fighting a real bitch of hell because Lillith is one of the big bad in the pit and the only way to stop this God Fearing Child she's after, she's waging war on the western front to stop them."
"We're fighting a demon named Lillith?" Adam asked, "So one of hell's big bad is posing as a little girl out there working the western front to wage war? How much do you know about her?"
"Not much but those who dealt with her heard of her name and it pretty much brings fear to those around," Tanya sighed, "Now we know the enemy the other question still remains on who does Lillith want dead so badly? Whoever they are Lillith pretty much sees them as a big threat if they bring upon this Twilight." As the spirit board stopped moving, the three of them felt confident enough and content with the answers they needed to find out Lillith's gameplan, but Jason felt deep inside in his thoughts he knew what Lillith was after as he made a call to Kat.
"Kat...it's me Jason," Jason said leaving a message on Kat's phone, "I'm just calling to see if you're okay and checking up on you. Tommy and Kimberly are probably in to see you today to get a sonogram of the baby. Just promise me babe...you'll take care of yourself and our friends...they really need it more than ever."
Stone Canyon Medical Clinic...
Meanwhile, Tommy and Kimberly spent the day driving down to Stone Canyon for their appointment with Katherine at the Stone Canyon Medical Clinic. Since it was about an hour drive from Angel Grove they were glad to have gotten help from Jason and Adam who volunteered to pack up the rest of their stuff to move into Tommy's old house. Since the whole Trueman Twin crisis, Tommy decided it was best that him and Kimberly didn't live in the apartment anymore after two different encounters with strange spirits who were giving them strange warnings. Luckily, Tommy's parents let him and Kimberly move back home while they were travelling for the next year as the two of them were discussing about living arrangements once the baby was born. As they were sitting in the clinic to get the sonogram of their baby with Kat, the three friends talked about what's been happening.
"I'm glad the two of you have made it in time for your appointment," Kat replied as she was setting up the ultrasound machine, "With all the moving happening I'm surprise that you two are now finally taking time getting into parenting mode. In a couple of months, you two will have a little mini Hart-Oliver baby running around and Jason and I will be full-time godparents."
"We're probably guessing you two have already picked out what our baby is getting once they're born," Kim smiled, "We're the parents and you're not the one that will blow up like a melon in the next couple of months I say that you and Jason have the easier job when it comes to this kid."
"And what about me? I already got enough to deal with besides the bone crushing visions, the weird spirits and not to mention that we're moving back into my parents' place since our building was too haunted to live in," Tommy said, "I don't if dealing with your mood swings and sudden cravings would be more than I can handle."
"Oh c'mon you have an easier job than I do...I'm going to balloon in the next couple of months but I know you're not going to bail out on me right Handsome? Despite what's been happening the last few days I haven't had time to think about this baby and where we stand on things. There are a lot of things I see in my future with you and this baby is one of them although it happened unexpectedly. I want a life free of all the danger and fighting and I don't want our baby to be raised into a life where they would have to risk themselves everyday and have us worry if our kid is dead or alive. Tommy...what if these things try to come after us and the baby?"
"I'm not going to let that happen, not on my life Beautiful. If we're entering a battle against demonic and supernatural forces I'm not going to let them harm you or this baby because my first priority is always going to be you and the saftey of our child. I promise you once this whole thing is over you and I were going to have a normal life where I see myself married to you, raising our child together, growing old and living happily ever after. We'll leave it all behind if we promise each other that this is what we'll fight for together to ensure that this is the future we see together."
"Of course this is what I'll fight for...to be with you forever," Kim smiled as they kissed, "You're my life now Tommy and nothing will change that."
"Alright Kimberly we're ready to begin," Kat smiled as she placed the gel on Kim's belly as she moved the marker to record the sonogram, "So...here's a shot of your uterus and it's all in tack here. If I zoom in a couple more centimetres in there is the little miracle right there...is your baby. It looks to me that's you're about two and a half months pregnant and looking strong as ever. I'll just stop this projection and I'll leave you two alone for a moment while I update you on your test results."
"Thanks Kat," Tommy and Kimberly smiled as Kat left the room, "Wow...that's our baby there. Can you believe it?"
"Yeah...and we're the ones that created that little special life through our love for each other," Tommy smiled, "I love you so much and our baby."
"What's the matter? The silent treatment tells me something is on your mind unless you're worry about something. I know you too well and these days I'm very transparent when reading you Tommy you're worried about what would happen if our baby maybe born with some sort of psychic type abilities like you have. We don't know what the future would hold and we can't predict what will happen in the next couple of months, right now let's think about right now. We're seeing a glimpse of our baby for the first time since we found out about them. What do you think our baby will be a boy or girl?"
"It wouldn't matter to me...though I would like either one, I'll still spoil the kid and I may not have the stomach to say no to my kid. I just...want our kid to have a normal life and not worry about being different. I just don't want our child to not know about their life and be rattled by many mysteries because I just don't want them to end up like me not knowing anything about their life. There were some things other people hid about themselves that we didn't expect."
"If you're referring to Tanya and her secret life as a demonic hunter yeah that one took us by surprise. I'm not going to lie to you but I think she did the right thing telling us and being courageous enough to share something that big with us and keep that part of her life a secret for years. How does one live fighting demonic and supernatural forces everyday and seeing the things we're skeptical to believe in. However, she's our friend and she needs help and as Rangers we stand by our friends and not let them face danger alone. Tommy...are you still bothered by that first hunt and what happened that night with the Trueman Twins?"
"Yeah...it happened for a reason Kim and I'm still rattled by it," Tommy sighed as he placed his hand on top of Kim's, "It seems like a warning and I don't know what to make of all of this. Those spirits have been coming to us, the both of us for a reason and warning us about this upcoming war. Tanya's here for a reason and something big is going to happen and my visions...it's like their omens of some sort."
A few moments later Tommy suddenly felt the same sensation again before he had his visions as he began clutching his head and then he was seeing images inside of his head. He was in pain again as he was describing what he was seeing and this time...he saw an image of the clinic in his visions which indicated to Kimberly something was wrong.
"Tommy? It's a vision again isn't it?" Kim said as she got up and helped Tommy, "Kat! Katherine where are you? It's Tommy something's wrong!"
"Kimberly are you alright?" Kat asked as she saw Tommy crotching on the ground in pain, "Tommy, what is it?"
"We...have to leave now...is there anyone left in the clinic?" Tommy asked in pain, "I saw...the clinic in my vision and someone is coming right now...we have to leave! Please Kim, Kat just go!"
"There's no one left for today...besides I have to lock up," Kat added in concern, "What...did you see?"
"Kat help me with him!" Kim and Kat helped Tommy up as they supported him up making their way out of the building and into the parking lot. Suddenly they were spotted by one of Kat's patients she recognized but Tommy was feeling a bit of pain again as he was picking up a negative vibe from the guy.
"Dr. Hillard is everything alright?" the patient asked as Tommy saw that the patient's eyes were suddenly black, "How can I be of assistance?"
"Katherine it's a demon! Run for it!" Katherine ran towards her car but the demon crushed the front of her car making it impossible for her to getaway. However, seeing that the demon was attacking Kat, Tommy went into his car to retrieve an iron crowbar from his trunk as he beat down the demon to distract him from hurting Kat until he attacked Tommy.
"TOMMY!" Kim yelled in fear as she went to retrieve Kat.
"I always thought you would be a little bit taller or even powerful...but you're nothing but a dirty little human," the demon sneered, "Listen bucko our leader is in town and she doesn't like you very much. She waited more than twenty years to finish the job with you Tommy...no wonder why she deemed you as the God Fearing Child and she'll make sure your reign of terror on us will stop! Personally Lillith has it in for you for years and believe me, that ticking time bomb inside your babe she'll imprint it once the time will come."
"I'm...God Fearing Child...who's Lillith?" Tommy asked confused, "Why does she want me dead?"
"The only thing that stands in the way of her war is you, Yellow Eyes' insurance policy," the demon sneered as Tommy hit him in the head, "Have you ever wondered how your birth parents died all those years ago? We all knew about Yellow Eyes' plans for all the other "Special Children" but you...were the one he kept the biggest secret from us all. The God Fearing Child who will bring birth to the new Twilight and ultimately overthrow the hellspawn monachary of the pit! Lillith is gunning for you Tommy...and you know you can't protect your girl forever! You'll soon find out...once that little Pandora's Box of yours will be unleashed in this world, the real fun will begin and it's open season from here on out."
"Not if I can't help it," Tommy snapped as he bashed the demon over the head with the iron crowbar, "Kimberly...the book that Tanya gave us on exorcising demons. Read the incantation and send him back to the pit!"
"Tommy...what's going on?" Kim asked, "Kat, are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine Tommy and thanks," Kat said as she got the book from Kim, "Listen sweetie I'll take it from here. I'll read the incantation."
"It's me...the ones the spirits called The God Fearing Child," Tommy said looking at Kim as they watched Kat exorcise the demon out of the patient, "He mentioned something about someone named Lillith...she wants me dead. It told me she killed my birth parents over twenty years ago and now is coming back for me. I'm suppose to be some sort of special kid with psychic abilities? No wonder why all of this is happening because of me, because of us and us being the greatest threat for everyone down in the pit, we're the ones that believe you and I are going to bring them down. Kimberly...whoever Lillith is she's moving in and bringing this war upon us and were right in the centre of all of this. I'm not going to let them take you or this baby because I'm going to fight with everything I got to make sure we get out of this together."
"What are you saying? What's going to happen to us Tommy?"
"I'm saying that our lives are in more danger than ever and we need to get back to Angel Grove and start fighting," Tommy sighed, "Because whoever Lillith is wants me dead and worse...she's going to lay claim on your life and our baby's."