Author's Note: The torture for Dean keeps on coming :]
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I looked around me to see that I was strapped into the seat. Cas was to my right, Sam to my left. "I'm going to murder you Cas."
"There's no possible way to do so. You cannot kill me," Cas muttered to me in his matter of fact voice.
"Trust me, I'll find a way." I swore as the ride lurched upwards. Like on the other rides, I grabbed the hand bars so tight, at one point Sam commented that he thought my knuckles were going to pop out my skin. "Well Francis, this is what you get for making me ride this freakin' ride!" I yelled out as we came to a stop.
"Hey Dean, don't look down," Sam said ignoring my comment. Like more people, when they tell you not to do something, they do it. I, unfortunately, am in the category of doing something when someone tells you not to. So, me being stupid, I look down and immediately regret it. I remember the ride worker saying that it was three hundred and fifteen feet high and it went about sixty five miles per hour. That was fast. As soon as I looked down, the ride dropped.
"AHHH!" I scream on the top of my lungs. I scream and cry like a little girl and I hear Sam and Bobby laughing at me. I don't like this. No not one bit.
The ride stops and I look around. I wait for the harness things to be unfastened and I jump out right away. I land on the ground on my hand and knees. I don't care if I'm in public; I lean my head down and kiss the ground. "Oh sweet ground, how I've missed you!" I get up and brush my hands and knees off. I look over at Sam. "What?"
"We're in the middle of public man and you kiss the ground," Sam stated astounded.
"Yeah, so?" I ask throwing my arms apart.
"You have a problem boy," Bobby said walking towards the exit. I shrug. I knew I had a problem with heights and flying but these three idiots wouldn't let me stay on the ground.
"If you think I have a problem, they why don't you just let me stay on the ground?"
"You like some of the rides Dean," Cas states clearly.
"Yes but not all of 'em. Next time you zap me onto a ride like this, I'll kill you Castiel. I swear to God I'll kill you," I muttered glaring at Cas.
"You shouldn't swear to my father that you'll kill one of his angels," Cas muttered under his breath. He knew I heard him but I ignored him.
"I vote we go back to the motel and sleep," I yawn which provokes a yawn from Sam. You've all seen the commercials were the lion cub yawns and then all the other animals start yawning and then you see yourself yawning. Yeah, happens to me all the time.
Cas didn't have to say anything and he zapped us back to our motel room.
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I opened my eyes to see light shining through the windows. I remember being zapped and then I laid down in sweatpants and nothing else on and I'm out. I must have changed my clothes but I don't remember anything after that. I look over at Sam and as per usual, he's already awake. Sam looked up from the laptop and waved at me. I moaned rolling over returning the wave. I sighed hefting myself out of my bed. I didn't want to but I knew we had things to do today. "What's on the agenda for today? More of trying to make me have a heart attack?" I asked stretching and grabbing a sweatshirt.
"There's a baseball game at 1:10 and then I was thinking we take Cas to this thing called Halloween Haunt," Sam said closing the laptop and stretching.
I nodded and walked over to kitchenette and poured myself some coffee. I never woke up until I had my coffee. I usually don't remember anything before my coffee too. "How long have you been up?"
"Since eight. I tried to wake you up at 9:30 but you wouldn't budge so I let you sleep," Sam said putting his coffee cup in the sink. I took a couple mouthfuls of mine and I felt the caffeine working through my system. It was waking me up and I could think straight again.
"Where's Cas?" I look around to find the angel nowhere.
"Dunno. Woke up and he wasn't here," Sam shrugged sitting back down in the chair.
"That's a typical Cas. If he wants to go the baseball game, he should get his ass down here then," I mutter silently praying for Cas to come back. When I finished the prayer, I heard a knock on the motel door. I shot Sam a look and went to the door and opened it in my sweatpants, sweatshirt, coffee in hand, and bare feet.
I opened the door to Bobby.
"Morning Sleeping Beauty," Bobby chuckled pushing his way into the room.
"Morning to you too Bobby," I shut the door behind me and turn one of the chairs at the table around so I'm straddling it. The balls of my feet are on the ground and my heels are up in the air. I start shaking my foot up and down before Sam shots me a look of annoyance. I mutter a sorry and go back to drinking my coffee.
"What's on the agenda for today?" Bobby asked sitting on Sam's neatly made bed. Mine was all disoriented. I was probably twisting and turning in the night but I don't remember having any nightmares.
"Baseball game at 1:10 and then Halloween Haunt tonight," Sam said filling in what he already told me but I didn't remember.
"Did you tell me that before I got my coffee?"
"Yep."
"Aw, that's why I don't remember," I down the rest of my coffee and go refill another cup. I sit back down the same way I was before.
I was about to open my mouth and say something when Cas appeared behind Bobby. "Baseball game and then Halloween Haunt later tonight," I say before Cas can ask what we are doing today.
"Okay sounds like fun," Cas said standing with his hands in his trench coat pockets.
I looked at the clock and it was flashing eleven o'clock at me. "We should get going." I grabbed jeans and a gray shirt and a button down. I also grabbed my shaving kit and hopped in the shower. When I was shaving, I looked at the cuts on my forehead. They were red and it didn't look like they were going to heal anytime soon. I was out in fifteen minutes and everyone was waiting for me.
"Wait are ya waitin for? Let's get going," I slipped into my shoes and grabbed the keys to the Impala. The other three men filled out behind me. We reached the Impala when we heard police sirens.
"What's that for?" Sam muttered as an ambulance and a couple police cars speed past us into the parking lot of Kings Island. I opened the trunk and took out three false ID's. I handed one to Sam. Bobby and Cas didn't get one because I didn't have one for them. Plus if four 'State Marshals' showed up, they would get suspicious.
"Well, looks like we aren't going to that ball game." I looked at Cas who looked disappointed and then over at Sam. He had an upset look on his face but when he saw me looking at him, he dropped it. I knew he wanted to go the ball game and so did I but our jobs came first. "I wanted to go too but, we have a job to do if it's anything at all. Cas, can ya zap us?" Cas nodded and he touched all three of our foreheads at once.
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We landed in the woods and walked out to find cops and EMS people around. Guests in the park were gathering around the area where everything was going on. I pulled out my ID when I walked up to a cop. "May I ask what's going on?" I pocketed my ID and looked around waiting for the cop to answer.
"A woman died on a ride," The cop answered. I looked at his uniform. Oh, sergeant. So he was high up there in the ranks. Too bad I was 'higher' then him.
"What ride? Do you know how?" Sam asked flashing his ID. Bobby and Cas stayed back and pretended to be innocent bystanders who were confused. The confusion part was going great for those two because they didn't know what was going on.
"The Viking Ship and I'm not sure but she's being sent to the morgue for her autopsy," The cop said turning back. "If you two don't mind, I need to get to work." That was it. He left us.
"We'll come back later and look at stuff." I rubbed my eyes and sighed. "Looks like the vacation is over for now."
"We don't know if she died of a supernatural death," Sam pointed out.
"True but hundreds of thousands of people come here every day. What's the chances of someone dying when we are here?" I counter back.
Sam shrugged. "Aren't there a bunch of stories about ghosts and what not about this park?"
"Dude, probably. I mean, it's an amusement park. There's gotta be some." I mutter as we met up with Bobby and Cas.
"What'd the cop say?" Bobby asked as we walked to some place where no one was.
"Nothin besides a women died on a ride."
"Do you know the ride?"
"Uh The Viking Ship I think. Does that sound right Sammy?"
"Yeah that's what the cop said," Sam said.
I looked at Cas and was about to ask him to zap us back when he did it on his own. We were back in the motel room. "I'm sorry 'bout this Cas."
"'Bout what," Cas asked confused.
"That was possibly have to work another case," I said sitting down on the bed as Sam was opening his laptop to research something. Not sure what though. Probably ghost stories of Kings Island.
"I'll go the morgue later tonight," Bobby volunteered. I nodded not wanting to go.
"I'll help Sam with research," I said walking over to the table. I sat down now really sure what kind of help I was going to do but hey, I could be some help.
"Hey Dean," Sam looked up from the laptop. "Why don't you take Cas to the game? Bobby and I can take care of things."
I looked confused at my brother. Did he really just say I have fun while he researches? Yes I hated the research part but still, I wanted to help. "Are you sure?" I looked at Bobby then back to Sam.
"Yeah I know you want to go to a game."
"But you want to go to one too. I'm not the only one Sammy," I point out. Sam shrugs in agreement.
"Go to the game son. I'll stay here with your brother and help him out," Bobby said trying to persuade me to go.
"Alright but if anything happens, you call me right away." I grabbed the keys and my wallet. I patted Cas on the shoulder smiling. "Come one angel boy. We're going to a ball game."
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"I freakin' hate traffic," I mutter as the person in front of me slams on the breaks causing me to have to follow suit.
"Then why do you drive everywhere?" Cas asked.
"Because I hate flying. You know that," I mutter angrily.
"I fly all the time back in Heaven."
"Yeah well you're an angel. I'm not. I'm mortal," I point out to the angel sitting to my right. It was strange. I never thought I'd take an angel to a baseball game. I never thought I'd go to a baseball game. I've been to Sammy's soccer games when he was younger. Before Dad forced us into the whole hunting thing. I was excited. Cas didn't seem that excited about this.
"Is there a reason you wanted to go to an amusement park?" I ask looking over at Cas who was staring out the side window watching the tall buildings go by.
"No."
"There was no reason that you wanted to go? Besides being bored?"
"No."
"Do you want to go to the baseball game? You don't look very excited right now." I say taking the exit that pointed us to Great American Ball Park. The home of the Cincinnati Reds. The game was staring in the next twenty minutes and we were going to miss the first bit but that was alright.
"Someone is dead and we are going to a game to watch people hit balls with sticks." Cas said unaware of the second meaning of his statement.
"Cas people die every day."
"Yes but they don't die the way this women did."
I stopped at the stop light and looked at Cas. "What do you mean?"
"That women. She died of a supernatural cause."
I gawked at Cas. Why the hell didn't he say something before! "Son of a bitch, why didn't you say anything before?" It took every ounce of self control to not deck Cas right now.
"Because Sam and Bobby were going to research it anyway."
"Yes but if could have helped them with the research." I hit the gas as the light turned green and I drove into a parking garage. I rolled the window down and paid the parking garage attendant the ten dollars it costs to park in the garage.
"No it wouldn't have." Cas said getting out of the car after I parked.
"And why wouldn't it have?" I slammed the door shut and put my gun in the waist band of my jeans.
"Because all I know is she died of a supernatural cause," Cas said getting annoyed with me.
I was already annoyed with him so we were even. "Cas, next time you know something, I want you to tell me or anyone. It could save us time which would mean it could save a life."
Cas nodded. "I'll remember that."
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We bought tickets high up in the stadium because they were the cheapest. We sat down in our seats with a beer in both of our hands right as the Reds went out to the field to bat. The Reds were playing the Kansas City Royals. It was ironic that the Reds were playing the Royals the one game I go to.
The second inning ended with no score when I looked over at Cas who had a very confused look on his face. "Have you never watched a baseball game before?"
"No we don't have these games in Heaven."
"Do you know what's going on?"
"No."
"Would you like me to explain?"
"Yes please."
"Alright, there are nine innings in a baseball game. Each team bats for half an inning. There are three outs in an inning and once you have three outs, you're down batting. Once the team as a whole, gets three outs, you go play in the outfield. The home team always bats in the bottom of the inning. Bottom of the inning is the second half, the later half, of the inning." I explained the rest of the rules and the game to Cas. To an outsider, it would look like an older brother explaining the game to his younger brother. To an outsider, they would have thought this is was a special moment. To an outsider, they would have no idea that a man, who was a killer of demons and other supernatural beings, was explaining the rules of the ball game to an angel of the Lord.
If the outsider knew them, they would think it was pretty ironic and strange.
The game went on with the Reds Bruce scoring with another man on base. The score was at 2 to 1 at the seventh inning stretch. Cas was really confused when everyone started to stand up and sign Take Me Out to the Ball Game. I was signing and motioned for Cas to sign along. Cas pretended to know what was going on and sang along with me.
I was having an awesome time. I had only watch baseball on the TV and it was so different then watching it in person. In person, you had the vibe of the crowd and the teams. It was fun. A lot more fun.
It was the bottom of the eighth inning when things began to change.
"Cas do you see that?"
"See what?" Cas asked. He had been very intent in watching the game and wasn't paying attention to a lot going on around us.
I pointed up the jumbo-tron. "That." The images on the jumbo-tron were flickering and it went blank. Everyone in the audience was confused. The players didn't notice and the game went right along. The screen came back to life. Three seconds after the screen came back to life, a piercing scream could be heard from across the stadium. Cas and I looked at each other and sprinted off to the scream.
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Running through a stadium was a bitch. People wouldn't move and security was beginning to chase after me. Actually, I wasn't sure if it was after me or if it was to the screaming because we were both going to the same place. It was probably a combination of both. I looked over my shoulder to find Cas but of course, because he had to be a hard ass angel, he probably zapped himself whereas I had to run. He coulda at least zapped me with him.
I was about to look back over my shoulder when I ran into some person at full speed. "Sonvabitch," I muttered angrily looking at the person. It was a middle aged man who was balding. I was about to take off again when his eyes turned black. "Sonvabitch!" I shouted angrily. I took out my holy water and splashed it on the demon. I started to recite the Latin incantation Dad had made Sam and I learn at a very young age.
I was about to say the last couple of words when the man smiled. I looked confused at the man and the demon decided it was the best time to find a new meat suit. The man feel backward hitting his head on the ground causing blood to pull around his head. I cursed and pulled out my phone dialing Sam's number.
"C'mon," I muttered taking off again to where all the police officers were headed.
"Yeah?" Sam sounded tired.
"Dude, we gotta problem. Demons in Great American Ball Park."
"What?" Sam sounded more awake now. "What happened?"
"Cas and I were watching the game when the jumbo-tron flickered and went out. Literally, right after that, there was a scream from underneath the jumbo-tron." I explained breathless. I skidded around a corner and jumped the steps three at a time.
"Alright, find out what you can. I'm still looking at stuff for the rollercoaster killing."
"Sam, Cas knew."
"Cas knew what?"
"Cas knew that the lady died of a supernatural death. He failed to mention it."
"Alright, I'll still look into it."
"Good, I gotta go." I hung up the phone and pocketed it. I skidded to a stop when I was where the chaos was happening. "Cas?" I said looking around for my angel buddy.
"I'm over here Dean," Cas had his arm extended looking at the person who had cops and EMS surrounding them. He had a look of conertaration on his face. "She is dead." Cas lowered his arm and whipped the perspiration off his face.
"How?"
"The demon possessing her was too powerful. She couldn't handle all that power inside of her."
"Why was the demon possessing her?" I asked moving forward in the crowd so I could get a closer look at the women.
"I don't know."
"There was another demon. I was exorcising him when he split the scene. There are probably more." I moved closer. I was at a point where I could get a look at the women who had been possessed.
I leaned forward and dread washed through me. I knew the women who had just died.