A/N: Hello there! Here's the next chapter for you. Hope you enjoy it!
Sam, Dean and Katie walked down the hall of the hospital. Ever since Dean's little trip to the future they'd decided that they were stronger together. They watched each others backs and that's what they needed. They needed each other to stay grounded and focused. Dean didn't go into great detail, but they figured whatever it was, it was bad for his change of heart.
Katie's hand gripped around her cell phone. She'd been waiting for her test results for weeks now. She called a couple of times and apparently there had been a few mix ups and they had to do a lot of tests over and hers was at the end of the line. The waiting was killing her, not more than the hiding. It was getting hard and harder for her to explain why she didn't want a drink or why she seemed to take it easy when it came to hunting. Dean seemed to notice her changed behavior but he didn't ask her about it and she was thankful, because if he didn't ask, she wouldn't have to lie. Katie grimaced at the words written across the door. She hated morgues and if she really was pregnant, she was positive her weak stomach wouldn't last.
"I'll wait for you guys out here" Katie said and they looked over at her.
"We'll be in and out" Dean said before kissing her cheek. She watched as they walked through the doors and sighed before finding a nearby chair and taking a seat. She closes her eyes and sighes. Ever since she left the hospital that day with Abby, her mind raced with 'what ifs'. What if she was pregnant? What would that mean for her impending destiny? What if this kid became the new must have among the evil doers of the world? What if Dean doesn't want any kids? They hadn't really talked about having kids yet. It was never a good time, hell it still isn't a good time. What if they weren't ready for this?
Ever so often her mind wandered to how great this could be. She'd always wanted kids, and ever since she and Dean got together, she always wanted to have his children. She'd think about him teaching a son about girls and fixing on the impala. Or her teaching a daughter to bake some of Grandma Rose's famous pies.
Her thoughts always ended on her dream. The dream of her dream house, and her dream future being drowned in blood.
She didn't want to get ahead of herself. She still didn't have the test results so she would deal with those bridges when they came. The sound of her phone ringing snapped her out of her thoughts. Without checking the caller ID, she brought the phone to her ear.
"Hello?" Katie answered.
"Have they called?" Abby asked excited. "Am I going to be an Aunt?"
"Abby you've called me every single say since I left DC" Katie replied. "I told you when they call, I would let you know"
"I know but I'm just so excited" Abby squealed. "Have you told Dean yet?"
"No" Katie replied. "I'm not going to say anything until I'm one hundred percent sure"
"I still can't believe they haven't called you yet" Abby replied. "You know if Gibbs were to call, I bet he could put some fire under their butts"
"Abby No" Katie warned. "You tell no one, understand?"
"Yeah, yeah, my lips are sealed" Abby said. "I have to go, but you call me as soon as you get the results ok?"
"I will" Katie replied. "Talk to you later Bee"
"Talk to you tomorrow" Abby said quickly before hanging up.
Katie shook her head before bring the phone away from her ear. She loved Abby, she really did but this woman was driving her crazy. She stood to her feet when Sam and Dean came from behind the doors.
"So...?" Katie asked.
"Well she scratched her brains out" Dean said scratching his nose, but he quickly dropped his hand. "Literally" The thought caused Katie's stomach to churn.
"We should go talk to the family" Sam said.
"Right" Katie replied before they turned and headed out of the hospital. Dean glanced over at her as they walked out the doors of the hospital towards the car. He'd noticed Katie acting strange for a while and couldn't figure out why. He did notice her cell phone that seemed to be permanently glued to her hand for a while now.
"Expecting a call?" Dean asked and Katie looked over at him as they got to the car. Katie turned to him and smiled nervously.
"Uh, no" Katie said. "Why do you ask?"
"I don't know" Dean said. "It's just I haven't seen you without your phone in your hand in a while" Katie looked down at her phone and then back up to Dean.
"I hadn't noticed" Katie replied before turning and getting into backseat of the impala. Dean just watched as she got into the car before going to the driver's side.
Katie stood off to the side as Sam question the parents who the dead girl worked for. She was babysitting when they found her. She glanced over at Dean who was talking to the little boy the girl had been watching and she couldn't help but notice the fear in the boy's eyes when Dean grabbed his shoulder. Katie glanced over at the parents who hadn't been paying attention before making her way over to Dean and Jimmy.
"We gonna start talking truth, or are you and me gonna have to take a little trip downtown?" Katie heard Dean saying and she scoffed before reaching out and pinching him in his side.
"Ow" he said quietly not to get any attention. He looked over at Katie. "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing?" Katie asked looking down at the boy. She kneeled in front of him. "Please forgive my partner, he's well he's special, look we're not gonna take you to jail but we really need to know what happened"
"Ok" the boy sighed. "I'll be right back" the boy ran off and Katie stood to her feet and turned to Dean. "Why were you scaring the kid?" she whispered.
"It was working until you came over here" Dean replied and Katie just glared at him.
"Fear is not a way to deal with children Dean" Katie replied. "It's how you deal with unruly husbands" she smiled before turning to Sam and the parents.
"I'm not scared of you" Dean whispered to her and Katie smiled.
"Sure you aren't" Katie replied.
"I'm not" Dean said folding his arms.
As they were leaving Jimmy's house Dean pulled the bag of itching powder from his pocket.
"I still don't think itching powder would cause that girl to scratch her brains out" Katie said as the made their way to the car.
"I know it's nothing more than maple seeds" Sam added.
"If you two have any theories, I'm open to them" Dean said when Sam's phone rang.
"Yeah?" He answered. "Ok we'll be right there"
"What's up?" Dean asked.
"Looks like we have another one" Sam replied.
"Oh for pete's sake are we going back to the morgue?" Katie asked climbing into the impala.
Katie stood outside the room, with the latest victim, when she spotted and old man pacing nervously. She looked around a bit before going over to him.
"Hey" she said. "Are you ok?" the man stopped pacing and looked over to her.
"I didn't mean to do it" the man replied. "It was just a joke, I didn't think it would actually work"
"Think what would work?" Katie asked and the man opened his hand to reveal a joy buzzer. Katie looked down at it confused and then back up to the man. She heard footsteps and glanced over to see Sam and Dean walking over.
"Uh, Mr. Stanley" Sam said and Katie placed a hand on his shoulder. Sam looked over at her confused.
"I've already questioned him" Katie replied. "Just find something to get that, and whatever you do, don't use your hands" Sam and Dean looked at her before looking down at the joy buzzer.
Back at their motel Sam and Dean decide to test the buzzer. Katie sits on the bed away from them, watching in amusement at their rubber gloves and goggles.
"You two look ridiculous" Katie said smiling. Her smile fell when she caught a whiff of the ham that was sitting on the table.
"Yeah, but we won't get electrocuted" Dean said before looking back at her. He noticed her expression. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing" Katie said shaking her head. Dean just shrugged his shoulder before turning back to the ham.
"You ready?" Dean asks looking over at Sam. Sam brings his goggles to his eyes before nodding.
"Hit it, Mr. Wizard." Sam replied before Dean presses the buzzer to the ham. They watch as the ham is electrocuted. Katie walks over to get a better look just in time to see steam coming from the ham as its color darkens. Dean removes the buzzer and they listen to the sizzling of the cooked ham.
"That'll do, pig." Dean says before he and Sam remove their goggles.
"What the hell?" Sam asked in disbelief at the fully cooked ham. "That crap isn't supposed to work"
"This thing doesn't even have batteries." Dean says taking off his gloves.
"This is definitely weird" Katie says looking down at the ham.
"So...so, what?" Sam asked. "Are—are we looking at cursed objects?"
"Sounds good." Dean says before pulling out his knife and cutting a piece of ham. The smell got stronger and Katie became more nauseous. "Maybe we're dealing with a powerful witch in town" He takes a bite of the ham and Katie slowly steps back toward the bathroom.
"I'm just gonna-"Katie didn't finish her sentence because she was running into the bathroom.
"What was that about?" Dean asked before taking another bite of the ham.
Apparently the itching powder and the buzzer were bought at the same store. Sam and Dean were there while, Katie stayed behind. She was able to convince Dean that she was just sick. It wasn't a complete lie, vomiting did mean in a way she was sick. At least that was the logic Katie was using. So they decided that she'd stay in their room to get some rest, until she was feeling better. She had to admit a little rest would really help her right now. She lay in bed looking at the ceiling, her phone still clutched in her hand when she started drifting off asleep.
"Where are we going?" Katie asked as she walked with hands over her eyes.
"It's a surprise" Dean replied pulling Katie along with him.
"I hate surprises" Katie said and Dean just smiled down at her.
"I know" he replied and they stopped. "Ok we're here" Katie removed her hands from her eyes and couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"You finished it" She said stepping inside the room smiling.
"I told you I would" Dean replied wrapping an arm around her waist.
"I know, but I thought you and Sam were going be another couple of weeks" Katie said looking over the room.
"Well, I don't think that kid is gonna wait forever" Dean said bringing his hand to his wife's very pregnant belly. "And he's gonna need a place to sleep"
"Well she will be very pleased with this room" Katie said turning and bringing her arms around Dean's neck. He rested his hands on her back as she looked up at him.
"It's a boy" Dean said and Katie shook her head.
"Nope, it's a girl" Katie replied.
"We'll see" Dean replied leaning forward and kissing her gently on her neck.
"Yeah, we'll see" Katie replied closing her eyes but, they shot open when she heard the ding of the oven ring. She pulled away. "That's your pie, I better go before it burns"
"You better get to it" Dean said and Katie slapped him on the arm before going to check on the pie. Dean looked over the room and smiled at the hanging monkey's that were in the corner. He looked down at the crib and thought soon there would be a little person sleeping there. He turned and switched off the light and closed the door behind him. The smell of smoke startled him and he instantly ran down to the kitchen. "Katie!" he yelled but he didn't get an answer. He arrived in the kitchen to see a burnt pie sitting on the counter, smoke still coming from it. "Katie!" he yelled again but he still didn't get an answer.
"She's gone" a voice said from behind him and he turned to see Castiel standing in front of him.
"What do you mean she's gone?" Dean asked walking over to the angel. "Where is she?"
"It is time Dean" Castiel replied. "Time for her to go and for you to let her go"
"Where is she!" Dean yelled grabbing the angel by the collar. "Where is my wife!"
"You have to let her go" Castiel replied calmly.
"No" Dean replied letting the angel go. "I will never let you take her away from me" He left the angel to continue to search their home. "Katie!" he yelled.
Katie felt her phone vibrating in her hand and she jilted awake. She sat up from the bed and this time looked down at her phone. It was the hospital. She'd been waiting for this call for weeks, and now it was here.
"Hello" Katie answered.
"Hello, is the Mrs. Winchester?" a male voice asked.
"Yes, this is she" Katie replied.
"Hello, this is Dr. Joy from Georgetown University Hospital" the doctor said. "We have your test results back and once again sorry for the delay"
"No, it's ok" Katie replied. "So, what's the verdict?"
"Well after running your test, and retested for accuracy sake we found that you are not pregnant" Dr. Joy replied.
Katie closed her eyes and sighed. This was supposed to be a good thing. She wasn't ready for kids and neither was Dean. She couldn't explain why she was sad though.
"But I've been having morning sickness, and well, all times a day sickness, I'm late, how do you explain that?"
"Well stress can cause you to be late" the doctor replied. "And well the symptoms could very well be mental. You had the idea that you were pregnant and that message was sent to your body giving you what you thought was symptoms of pregnancy" Katie sighed. At this moment she realized she wanted there to be a baby. "Mrs. Winchester, are you there?" the Dr. asked.
"Yes, I'm here" Katie replied. "Thank you for calling"
"Wait, that's not all I've called to tell you" Dr. Joy said. "We have the results of your exam as well"
"Ok" Katie replied not sure where this was going.
"After examining you, we found that there has been blunt trauma to your abdomen" the doctor said.
It wasn't surprising to believe that after years of hunting there'd be a couple of bumps and bruises.
"What does that mean?" Katie asked.
"It means that the likelihood of you ever becoming pregnant is very low" Dr. Joy replied. "I'm sorry"
A slew of emotions went through Katie's head. There was a high chance she would never have a baby. She'd never be able to give Dean a child. She'd never be a mother. How was this fair?
"Mrs. Winchester?" Dr. Joy asked.
"Thank you for calling Doctor" Katie said before hanging up the phone. She sat on the bed just staring at her cell phone. For weeks she'd been waiting for this call and now that it was over she wished she'd never gotten it. She looked up and wondered why she wasn't crying. This was a perfect and understandable time to cry but not a single tear fell.
She couldn't help but think of all the reasons why this was happening to her. She even went as far as believing that this somehow was something she deserved. Out of everything she'd been through, maybe bringing a life into this world wouldn't be the smartest. There was too much danger, and they didn't have a steady lifestyle. They were living out of random motel rooms and always on the road.
She was taken out of her thoughts when her phone once again vibrated. She looked at the ID to see Abby's name. She could only imagine her friend asking her once again if she was going to be an aunt. Katie grabbed the phone and stood to her feet. The phone vibrated once again and Katie looked over to the wall before throwing the phone and shattering it into the wall. She stood there just looking at the wall before grabbing her jacket and leaving the room. She walked down the road trying not to think about it, trying but failing until she ended up outside of a bar. She hadn't had a drink in weeks because she thought she was pregnant and now that all went to hell. She knew right now wasn't the best time to be turning to alcohol especially for her. Drinking to forget never worked, which is why she drank heavily in those times. They were still working, and she needed to keep her head in the game. She turned around; her head wasn't going to be in the game for this one. She needed to get away, go somewhere quiet. She closed her eyes and went to the only place she knew no one would be, or at least that's what she thought. She opened her eyes to see Gibbs looking over her.
"What are you doing here?" Katie asked her voice smaller than usual.
"I live here" Gibbs replied.
"Why aren't you at work?" Katie asked..
"I needed to pick something up" Gibbs replied. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing" Katie lied. "I just needed to go somewhere quiet and I thought I'd come here"
"Did something happen between you and Dean?" Gibbs asked trying to remain calm.
"No, nothing like that" Katie replied. "I just needed to go" She sat down on his couch and he looked down at her. "Do you mind if I just sit here for a while?"
"No, of course not" Gibbs replied. "Do you want me to stay?"
"No, that's ok" Katie said with a small smile. She had no idea where it came from. "Go to work, I'll be fine" Gibbs looked down to her for a while as if debating if he should leave. He finally decided to go. Katie kissed her on the top of her head.
"Whatever it is, it'll be alright" Gibbs said before turning and leaving her alone in his living room.
"It'll be alright" Katie said to herself. That was a load of crap. It wasn't going to be alright. Nothing ever was alright. This was her fault. Dean was going to hate her. She allowed herself to be hurt so many times to the point where she wouldn't be able to bare children. She wanted to scream and cry and hit something but she remained silent as she sat on the couch.
Dean and Sam returned to their room and to their surprise it was empty. Dean walked to the bathroom, but it too was empty.
"Maybe she went for a walk or something" Sam said. "You know to get some fresh air"
"Yeah" Dean said. "Maybe"
"I'm going to go grab a map" Sam said. "Maybe there's some kind of correlation in where the incidents are located"
"Ok" Dean replied. Sam just nodded before leaving. Dean walked over to the bed and turned to see the pieces of Katie's cell phone on the floor. He walks over and knells down and picks them up. "What the hell?" Something is definitely wrong. He stands up. He know she doesn't like when he call her. She told him that when he calls her, she hears him loud and clearer than anyone else. Right now he doesn't care. "Katie!" he shouts.
Katie closed her eyes when she heard him calling her name. She couldn't face him, not now. She brought her hands to her ears as he continued to call her.
Dean had been calling her for about an hour and she still hadn't shown. Sam came into the door, map in hand and stopped when he saw Dean's worried face.
"What's wrong?" Sam asked before noticing the pieces of Katie's phone lying on the table. "What happened?"
"I don't know" Dean said. "I'm calling her but she's not answering, and I know she can hear me, she's just not coming"
"So she's safe?" Sam asked and Dean looked over at him. "Look, I get you guys are going through something but people are dying here" Dean turned away from him. He knew Sam was right, he knew they needed to focus on the job, but something wasn't right with Katie.
"I'm sorry Sam, but my head isn't in this" Dean said.
"Fine" Sam said before dropping the map on the table. He looked up to the ceiling. "Katie, uh I don't know if you can hear me but Dean's not going to help work on this case, and we really need to get on this seeing as people are dying" Dean glared over at Sam, but really hoped it would work.
Katie sat on the couch. She did hear Sam and he was right. No matter what she was going through, there was something out there killing people and she knew Dean was too worried about her to be worried about the case. She sighed before standing to her feet. She closed her eyes and before she knew it she was standing back in there motel room. She opened her eyes and stared past both of them.
"Let's get this over with" she said. "What did you find?"
"Hey princess" Dean walked over to her but she avoided his eyes. She held up a hand to stopping him .
"Dean I'm fine, I don't want to talk about it" Katie replied. "I'm here now, let's just find out what's doing this"
"Ok" Sam said picking up the map. "Well, I found something." Sam points to a red x on the map for every incident. "Um, tooth fairy attack was here, Pop Rocks and Coke were here, then you've got itching powder, face freeze, and joy buzzer—all located within a two-mile radius."
"So, we got a blast zone of weird, and inside, fantasy becomes reality." Dean said glancing up at the map. He glanced back at Katie who moved to the other side of Sam to look at the map.
"Looks like." Sam replied.
"And what's the A-bomb at its center?" Dean asked.
"Four acres of farmland...and a house." Sam replied.
"Let's go" Katie said before turning and walking out of the room. Dean and Sam watched as she left before looking to each other.
"Something happened when we left" Dean said. "Something big"
"Yeah, let's just get this over with" Sam replied gathering up the map.
"Right" Dean said before the both switch to their agent suits and head out.
They arrive on the farm and everything seems quiet. They scan the area but still there isn't any sign of life. They make their way to the house and Dean checks Ruby's knife before tucking it back into his belt. Sam leaned forward to pick the lock but straightened when a small boy opened the door. Katie's eyes immediately fell on the boy, he was quite the handsome young man.
"Can I help you?" the boy asked a bit annoyed.
"Hi. Uh, what's your name?" Sam asked with a small smiled.
"Who wants to know?" the boy asked and Sam and Dean glance at each other and Katie just continued to look at him.
"The, uh... " Dean says reaching in his pocket and pulling out his badge, and Sam does the same. "FBI"
"Let me see that." The boy asks looking closer at the badge. " So, what, you guys don't knock?" He looked up to Dean and then over at Katie and for a moment just stared at her. "Who are you?" Katie smiled at him and moved past Sam and Dean and kneeled in front of the boy. Sam and Dean share a look before turning back to the boy. They wondered why his once rude demeanor changed when he spoke to Katie.
"My name is Katie" she said.
"Are you FBI too?" the boy asked and Katie shook her head.
"No, I'm a consultant working with them" Katie said. "Are your parents, home?"
"They work." The boy replied.
"Well do you mind if me, and, my friends ask you a couple of questions?" Katie asked and she could see the doubt in the boy's face.
"I don't know" he replied.
"Come on. You can trust us. We're the authorities. " Dean said and the boy glared up at him.
"Trust me" Katie said and the by met her eyes again. "Just a couple of questions" The boy stares at her for a short moment before letting them in.
They follow him to the kitchen and watch as he goes to the stove to a pot of soup and turns it off. Katie glanced up wondering why such a young boy is using the stove.
"What's that?" Sam asked.
"It's called soup." The boy replied taking the pot off the stove. "You heat it up and you eat it"
"Right. I, I know." Sam chuckles. "It's just, um...I used to make my own dinner, too, when I was a kid."
"Well, I'm not a kid." The boy says.
"Right, but being a kid means you don't have to do such hassling stuff like cook" Katie said walking over to him. "You let the grownups do it since they have nothing better to do" She smiled down at him and grabbed the pot from him and poured his soup in his bowl.
"Thanks" he said looking up at her. Katie felt a sadness looking down at the boy, though she kept the smile on her face.
"You're very welcome" Katie replied. "What's your name kid?" She held out her hand and the boy shook it.
"Jesse." He replied shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you Jesse" Katie said before looking up to Sam. "That's Robert" and then turning to Dean. "And that's Jacob"
"Jesse, nice to meet you." Sam responds. Dean takes a picture off the refrigerator of a bearded man with pink wings and a tutu from the wall.
"Did you draw this?" Dean asks holding the picture in front of Jesse who nods a yes.
"It's the tooth fairy." Jesse states.
"That's what you think the tooth fairy looks like, huh?" Dean asks with a crooked smile.
"Yeah. My dad told me about him." Jesse replied and Dean glances over at Sam. "What, didn't your dad tell you about the tooth fairy?"
"My dad?" Dean says with a chuckle. "My dad told me different stories"
"Well, the tooth fairy isn't a story." Jesse replies seriously.
"What do you know about itching powder, Jesse?" Dean asks.
"That stuff will make you scratch your brains out." The boy replies and they all look at him surprised.
"Pop Rocks and Coke?" Katie asked.
"You mix them, and you'll end up in the hospital. Everyone knows that." Jesse says matter of factly. Dean reaches in his pocket and pulls out the joy buzzer and Jesse grabs Katie hand. She feels something odd when he grabs her hand, but she can't distinguish it. She wasn't surprised her senses were off a bit, seeing as her head was all over the place. She looks down at him and then up at Dean.
"You shouldn't have that." Jesse says as he grips Katie's hand.
"Why not?" Dean asks.
"It can electrocute you." Jesse replies.
"No, sweetie" Katie says. "It's just a windup toy, it's harmless"
"So it can't shock you?" Jesse asked looking up at her.
"Nope." Dean replies. "Not at all. I swear."
"Oh. Okay." Jesse says releasing Katie's hand.
"I mean, all it does is just shakes in your hand. It's kind of lame. See?" Dean says before pressing the buzzer to Sam's chest. Sam turns and gives Dean a death glare. Katie rolls her eyes at the two . "What did you say your name was, again?" Dean asked.
"We should get going" Sam says. "It was uh nice meeting you Jesse" Sam turns and walks to the door.
"Yeah see ya little man" Dean replies about to leave as well when he sees Katie looking down at the boy not moving. He walks over at touches her arm and she jumps a bit turning to him. "You ok?" he whispers.
"Yeah" she replies before turning back to Jesse. She walks over to him and kneels in front of him. "You are a very special boy Jesse, and it was a pleasure to meet you"
"It was nice to meet you too" Jesse replied with a small smile. Katie felt that pain of sadness again staring at this child. She stood up straight before turning and walking out of the door, Dean right behind her. She was walking toward the impala when she felt Dean grab her arm. She turned around to face him, not meeting his eyes. She just looked over his shoulder to see Jesse standing in the doorway watching them.
"What's wrong princess?" Dean asked and Katie looked down at her feet.
"Someone should stay here" Katie said and Dean looked at her confused. She looked back up at Jesse who was still looking back at her. "Something's off and I don't know but I just feel I should stay here just to keep an eye out, at least until his parents get home"
"No" Dean said Katie closed her eyes and looked up to sky.
"I wasn't asking for your permission Dean" Katie said before turning around and walking away from him. She partly believed what she'd said. Something inside of her did want to stay here and keep an eye out on Jesse, but the other part just wanted to be away from Dean right now. She watched as Dean moves past her to the impala. Sam glanced between the two, before turning to Dean who angrily got into the car. "I'm going to keep watch here" Sam just nodded before getting into the car as well. Dean looked up at her for a moment before pulling off and leaving. She closed her eyes and mentally kicked herself. She didn't mean to treat him this way, she just could be around him. She was acting like a crazy person, and she knew it. He was only worried about her, but that was only because he didn't know the truth.
Katie looked up to the house to see that Jesse had closed the door. She turned and looked around a bit before walking a good distance from the house. She found herself at a small shack that gave her a good visual of the house. She sat on the ground and leaned against the shack as she watched the house. She wondered why she still hadn't cried yet. She was sad, and heartbroken but there were still no tears. She felt the walls in her mind shaking and she tried her best to keep them up. As she sat there, ever so often a flash of someone screaming out in pain, or someone watching their home being destroyed, came to her mind. The sun set and the moon hung above her and she looked up amazed at how clear the stars were above her.
"Where are you?" Katie asked. "While all of this happening, how can you just sit there and watch" Katie stood to her feet. "Why are you making me watch this" Katie closed her eyes and sighed. "It's not fair, I do everything right, I fight the good fight, and in the end I'm the one who gets screwed." Katie opens her eyes and looks up at the stars. "I just wanted a baby" She hears the sound of an engine and sees a truck pulling up to the house. She could see a man and woman get out and head to the house. Katie watches them enter the house before she decides to head back. She debates going back to Gibbs or to the motel. She decides to head back to the motel to see what Sam and Dean have found out. She finds herself standing in the motel room and Sam and Dean's eyes turn to her along with Castiel's.
"So, what did you find out?" Katie asked looking between the three men.
"Jesse, is half human, half demon" Dean replied.
"He's an antichrist?" Katie asked looking over to Castiel who nods a yes.
"His mother was possessed by a demon when he was conceived" Sam added.
"With Lucifer risen, this child grows strong. Soon, he will do more than just make a few toys come to life—something that will draw the demons to him." Castiel says. " The demons will find this child. Lucifer will twist this boy to his purpose. And then, with a word, this child will destroy the Host of Heaven."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. You're saying that—that Jesse's gonna nuke the angels?" Dean asked.
"We cannot allow that to happen." Castiel says and Katie takes a step toward him.
"You shouldn't have said that" Dean sighs.
"What do you mean you cannot let that happen?" Katie asked. "Just what do you plan on doing?"
"The boy must die" Castiel says and Katie could explain the anger that erupted in her.
"The hell he is" Katie growled taking another step toward the angel. "He is just a child, and we do not kill children"
"She's right" Sam says. "We're the good guys. We-we don't just- kill children" Castiel turns to him.
"A year ago, you would have done whatever it took to win this war." Castiel says and Sam looks down before looking back up.
"Things change." Sam says and Dean steps forward placing himself between Sam and Castiel.
"Okay. Hey, look, we are not going to kill him. All right?" Dean says. " But we can't leave Jesse here either. We know that. So...we take him to Bobby's. He'll know what to do."
"You'll kidnap him? What is going on in this town, it's what happens when this thing is happy." Castiel says. "You cannot imagine what it will do if it's angry. Besides, how will you hold him? With a thought, he could be halfway around the world."
"He's just a child" Katie says. "Looking for someone to trust, I can get him to come with us"
" You say Jesse's destined to go dark side—fine. But he hasn't yet." Sam says. " So if we lay it all out for him—what he is, the apocalypse, everything—he might make the right choice. "
"You didn't." Castiel says. "And I can't take that chance." Sam glares at Castiel who then vanishes.
"Princess-" Dean says but Katie is gone in an instant.
Katie appears in the kitchen to see Jesse standing in a puddle of water with Castiel standing in front of him holding what looks like some sort of knife. Jesse sees her and runs to hide behind her and she places a hand on his back.
"Don't do this" Castiel says. "This must be done"
"No" Katie says shaking her head. "You want him, you're gonna have to go through me first" Castiel takes a step toward them when suddenly he is surrounded by lights. Katie holds her arm to her eyes to block the light, when it stops she lowers her arm. "Cas?"
"There he is" Jesse says pointing to the floor. Katie looks down to see a small Castiel like figurine on the floor. She looks over at Jesse before turning back to Castiel. Katie walks over and picks him up and looks at him closer before turning to Jesse.
"Jesse I need to talk to you" Katie holds out her hand and the boy takes it. She leads him to the living room and sits him on the sofa. She sits on the coffee table in front of him, sitting the figurine next to her.
"Was he your friend?" Jesse asks and Katie looks over at him.
"Him?" Katie looks down at the toy. "Uh, no" She shakes her head. She doesn't want to feel bad. She turns back to the boy.
"I did that" Jesse's eyes on Castiel. "But how did I do that?"
"Remember what I told you" Katie says and he turned to her. "You're special Jesse, like a like a superhero"
"I am?" Jesse asks.
"Yeah, you're sort of like me" Katie replies. "I can do stuff too" She turns to the mantle to see a picture of Jesse. She raises her hand and levitates the picture bringing it to her hands. She looked back to Jesse and smiled before sitting the picture on the table. "It's sort of like a gift" Katie scoffed in her head.
"A gift?" Jesse asked and Katie nodded.
"Yeah, a gift we have to use responsibly" Katie said. She leans forward and places a hand on top of his. "Special people like us must use out gifts wisely to help people, not hurt them"
"I don't want this" Jesse says shaking his head. "I just want to be normal" Katie looked at him and her heart bled for the kid. She understood, she felt the way he did sometimes.
"What's so good about normal?" Katie asked and Jesse looked up to her. "Normal is boring. You've been given the chance to do a lot of good Jesse and do what's right, and I will help you"
"You will?" Jesse asked and Katie smiled at him.
"Absolutely" Katie replied before she heard the door opening. She stood to her feet grabbing Jesse and placing him behind her. She was relieved to see Sam and Dean walking in.
"Where's Cas?" Dean asked and Katie turned to pick up the Castiel figurine and showed them.
"Jesse got scared" Katie said and they looked at the toy and then to the small child standing behind Katie. "But I talked to him, and explained-" She stopped when she felt something odd.
"What's wrong?" Dean asked and Katie grabbed Jesse's hand. Suddenly Dean was flung to the wall.
"You really cramp making a dramatic entrance" the blonde demon says appearing. Sam steps forward but the demon sends him flying into the wall as well. She looked over at Katie and takes another step forward.
"Take another step and you're gonna be a nice shade of red on these walls" Katie says keeping her hands on Jesse.
"Jesse." The demon says and the boy peeks from behind Katie. " You're beautiful. You have your father's eyes."
"Do not talk to him!" Katie says.
"Who are you?" Jesse asks grasping tighter to Katie.
"I'm your mother." The demon replies.
"No, you're not." Jesse snaps.
"Mm-hm. You're half human...half one of us." She says.
"She means demons, Jesse!" Dean yells and the demon looks over to him and holds up a hand clenched into a fist. Katie turns when she hears Dean groan in pain. She turns back to the demon and holds up a hand, sending her flying across the room. She stands to her feet a smug smile on her face.
"That wasn't nice" the demon says taking a step toward them. "Those people you call your parents—they lied to you, too. You're not theirs—not really."
"My mom and dad love me." Jesse yells.
"Don't listen to her Jesse" Katie says turning around to face him. She leans down to pick him up but before she can touch him, she feels a sharp pain go through her back.
"Katie!" Dean yells and Katie stands up straight. It's strange she feels the pain and can feel the warm blood dripping from her back. She turns to see the demon standing in front of her, wearing a satisfied smile. Katie falls to her knees.
"Jesse" Katie says reaching behind her and pulling a long shard of glass from her back. "Run!" She collapses to the ground face forward.
"They lied to you Jesse" the demon says. "You parents don't love you, why do they leave you alone all day?" the demon asked looking down to Jesse who glanced between her and Katie. "These people- these imposters- they told you that the tooth fairy was real and that your toys could hurt you and a hundred other things that aren't true" the demon kneels in front of him, blocking his view of Katie. "They love you so much, they made your whole life a lie. Look into your heart, Jesse. You've always known you weren't theirs. You've always known you were different. Everyone has lied to you. They're not FBI agents. She's not their consultant, and you're not a superhero.
"Then what am I?" Jesse asks.
"You're powerful. You can have anything you want. You can do anything you want." The demon says.
"Don't listen to her, Jesse!" Dean yells and the demon holds a hand toward Dean and he groans in pain again.
"They treated you like a child. Nobody trusted you." The demon says. "Everybody's lied to you. Doesn't that make you angry?" she watches as Jesse clenches his feet and turns as the sees the flame in the fire place flares up and the lights flicker. "See? It does make you angry. But I'm telling you the truth, Jesse." Things in the room begin to shatter. "Wouldn't it be better if there were no lies? Come with me and you can wash it all clean. Start over. Imagine that—a world without lies."
"She's right. We lied to you." Sam says and the demon's eyes turn black. "But I'll tell you the truth."
Katie lies on the ground trying her best to get back to her feet, but it seems everything inside of her. The walls in her mind seemed to be shaking before they just collapse and she is flooded with the horrible images, of destruction from around the world. She clenched her eyes closed as one horrible vision after the other flashes in front of her eyes. Soon the image of Jesse flashes and she remembers he's with the demon. She opens her eyes and fights to make her way to her feet. The images continue to cut through her mind, but she manages to focus on Jesse. She turns to see Sam standing talking to Jesse, while the demon is now sitting in chair.
"Because I have to believe someone can make the right choice, even if I couldn't." Sam says.
"Jesse" Katie says and he turns to see her standing behind the demon. "Listen to your gut?"
"My gut?" Jesse asked and Katie gives him a small smile.
"Yeah, that little voice inside that you know is right" Katie says. "Your gut. In the end you have follow what you know is right, and not let anything or anyone tell you otherwise" Jesse looks up at her thinking before his head falls to the demon.
"Get out of her." Jesse says and Katie moves out of the way when the chair flies back against the wall. Black smoke pours from the demon's mouth and vanishes up the chimney. They turn to see Dean drop from the wall with a thud.
"How did you do that?" Dean asked standing to his feet.
"I just did." Jesse replies.
"Kid...you're awesome." Dean says. Jesse turns to Katie. He spots blood falling from her to the floor. She looks down and back to him.
"I'm fine" Katie says and the boy walks over to her and hugs her. She wraps arm around him tightly. Sam and Dean share a look before looking back at the two. Jesse turns around and Katie places a hand on his shoulder.
"Is she gonna be all right?" Jesse asks.
"Yeah" Katie replies. "Eventually" Dean walks over and picks up the Castiel figurine off the floor.
"Look, uh, truth is, he's kind of a buddy of mine" Dean says. "Is there any way you could turn him back?"
"He tried to kill me." Jesse says. Katie looks down at him then back up at Dean.
"Right. Uh. But he's a—he's a good guy." Dean says. " He was just confused." Jesse doesn't say anything.
"Why don't we just talk about this later" Katie says. "It's been a long night"
"What now?" Jesse says looking up to Katie. She looks down at him, then over to Dean and Sam. She looks back down to the boy.
"Now we take you some place safe" Katie says.
"Yeah" Dean says. "We can get you trained up. You'd be handy in a fight kid" Katie looks over and glared at him.
"What if I don't want to fight?" Jesse asked.
"Jesse." Sam says coming to stand in front of the boy. "You're powerful. More powerful than...pretty much anything we've ever seen. That makes you— "
"A freak." Jesse says.
"To some people maybe." Sam replies. "But not to us. See, we're kind of freaks ourselves"
"I can't stay here, can I?" Jesse asked and Katie gave him a gentle squeeze.
"No, sweetheart" Katie said and the boy looked up to her. "There are more demons out there who're gonna want to get their hands on you"
"I won't go without my mom and dad." Jesse replied and Katie's heart nearly broke. He was just a kid and they were telling him to run away and leave his family and the only life he's ever known"
"It's not fair" Katie said turning Jesse around and kneeling in front of him. "None of this is. Look if you want to bring them with you then we'll make that happen, but it will be dangerous for them"
"What do you mean?" Jesse asked.
"Our dad" Dean said and Jesse turned his head to him. "He would take us with him wherever he went."
"Where is he now?" Jesse asked.
"Dead. A demon killed him." Sam replied.
"Jesse, look at me" Katie said and the boy turned to face her. "This fight we're in, it's an all-in or nothing kind of thing" She took his hand. "You fight in it until the end, win or lose"
"What do I do?" Jesse asked and Katie looked down and then back up at him.
"I can't tell you that kid" Katie replies. "This is your choice. I know it's not a fair one, and I know it's a choice no one your age should be making, but you have to"
"Can I go see my parents?" Jesse asked. "I, I need to...say goodbye." Katie felt a lump in her throat and she nodded.
"Sure" Katie replied. She stands up and, watches as Jesse climbs up the stairs. This was sad, she should cry, at least shed a tear but still nothing. Katie feels a hand touch her back and turns to see Dean looking at her and for the first time since getting the news from her doctor, she looks him in the eyes.
"Are you ok?" Dean asked and Katie looks at him for a long moment. She places a hand on his chest and sighs.
"No" she replies. "I don't believe so" she turns and looks at the stairs. She gets a bad feeling. She goes over and begins climbing the stairs Sam and Dean right behind her. She walks down the hall to Jesse's room and pushes open to door to reveal an empty room.
"He's gone." A voice says from behind him. Sam and Dean turn to see Castiel standing behind him. Katie's eyes stay forward. She couldn't believe he was just gone.
"Where?" Sam asks.
"I don't know. Jesse put everyone in town back to normal—the ones still alive. Then he vanished." Castiel replies. Katie notices a note on Jesse's bed and goes over to pick it up.
"What does it say?" Dean asks.
"That he had to leave to keep his parents safe, that he loves them, and he's sorry." Katie reads before dropping the paper back on the bed.
"How do we find him?" Dean asks.
"With the boy's powers, we can't." Castiel replies. "Not unless he wants to be found."
Katie closes her eyes and swallows hard. The images are continuing to play in her mind, the wall she tried so desperately to keep up completely down now. She brings her hands to the sides of her head and feels a hand on her shoulder. She drops her hands and turns to see all three pairs of eyes on her.
"You know that moment everything seems to be crashing around you?" Katie asked and all three men remain silent. "I lied to him. I told him to follow his gut because it could never steer you in the wrong direction" she closed her eyes and sighed. "I've done everything I thought was right, everything and in the end…" She opens her eyes and looks back at them. "I have to go"
"What, where?" Dean asks.
"I don't know" Katie replied grabbing her head. "It's just so loud and I just need quiet"
"You're seeing it?" Dean asked and Katie removed her hand to see blood staining her fingers. Dean looked down at her hands and then went over to her and moved her hair to see blood coming from her ears. "What the hell?" Dean looked over at Katie, who seemed more and more out of it. "We need to get her out of here" He reached down and picked her up bridal style and carried her out of the room.
They ended up back in their motel room. The light from the sun illuminating their room, even though the curtains were drawn. Katie sat on the edge of the bed and Dean sat in the chair in front of her. Sam had made himself scarce to give the two some privacy. They hadn't said a word for almost an hour. Katie looked down at her hands and Dean's eyes never moved from her. She finally looked up and over at the table where the pieces of her phone still lay.
"I'm going to need a new phone" Katie said and Dean glanced behind him before turning back to her.
"Yeah" Dean replies. "Talk to me princess" Katie turns and eyes meet his. "What's happening"
"I think I maybe self-destructing" Katie replied. She reaches up to her left ear and feels the warm blood still present. "But you want to know what's strange?" Dean looks over at her. "I can barely feel a damn thing"
"What happened?" Dean asked grabbing Katie' hand. She looked down at their hands before looking up at him.
"A couple of weeks ago…" She looked down and cleared her throat before looking back to him. "A couple of weeks ago I went to see a doctor" Dean's eyes looked back at her with a mixture of emotions. He tried to stay calm on the outside, but on the inside hundreds of thoughts ran through his mind. "It was when I went to pick up Abby, I figured it would be a good cover" She sighed. "I thought I was- I thought I was pregnant" and that's when she felt the warm tear fall from her eyes. She closed her eyes not wanting to look into Dean's. She felt him give her hand a squeeze. "So I had them take the test. It took them forever to call me back" Katie chuckled. "You have no idea how hard it was not to say anything" She opened her eyes and she felt more tears fall. "But I wanted to be one hundred percent sure, before I said anything. There was some sort of malfunction at the hospital and it took them a little longer to get the results back" She sighed. "It seemed like it was taking forever and then he called me yesterday" She shook her head slowly. "Dr. Joy. His name totally sucks ass" She met Dean's eyes who hadn't moved from his wife's. "He told me that I'm not going to have a baby, that all my symptoms could be explained by stress and my mind just playing tricks on my body"
"Oh princess" Dean said about to bring her into a hug, but Katie stood to her feet and walked away from him. He stood to his feet and turned to her.
"That's not all he told me" she said her back to him. "Apparently, I'm physically healthy, but the results from some tests he did found that, how did he put it?" she asked herself. "There had been blunt trauma to my abdomen" She turned to face Dean. "Meaning that the chance of me ever conceiving a child is slim to none" Dean stood there, saying nothing. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Dean, this is all my fault" she closed her eyes and shook her head. "I wasn't careful, I didn't listen to you, always going the dangerous route and now look at me!" she yelled before she knew it Dean was pulling her into a tight hug. "Now I can't give you a baby" She cried. "I can't be a mother" she wrapped her arms around Dean and buried her head into his shoulder. "I'm sorry"
"Listen to me" Dean said as Katie cried in arms. "This isn't your fault, it's nobody's fault" He felt a tear stream from his eye. "Sometimes things happen" Katie sobbed and couldn't stand it anymore, and found herself collapsing to the ground. The images still playing rapidly through her mind. Dean tried catching her, but ended up falling to the floor with her. He kept his arms tightly around her. "Katie, look at me" the lights in the room began flashing but he never took his eyes from her. "Look at me" he shakes her a bit and her eyes look up to meet him. "We're going to get through this, just like we get through everything else, we keep fighting"
"I don't know if I can" Katie replied. "I don't know if I want to" She brought her head to lie on Dean's shoulder.
"I know how you feel princess" Dean says. "Trust me I do, but we have to, all in or nothing remember?" Katie doesn't say anything. "You're strong princess, and you have the biggest heart of anyone I've ever met" He kisses her on top of her head. "Which is one of the reasons I love you, you've been knocked down so many times but you've gotten right back up ready to kick some ass" he pulls away to meet her eyes again. "This is one of those times princess, I know it's hard and I know it's not fair, but you have to fight"
"Why?" Katie asked and Dean placed his hands on the sides of Katie's face.
"Because you're my inspiration princess" Dean replies. "I see you shrug off the crap and get right back in the game. I've seen them throw everything at you and you continue to fight. You can't give up yet princess, because I won't survive this thing without you" Dean leans his forehead against hers. "You're the reason I keep fighting, I need you with me right here, don't give up" Katie looks up into Dean's eyes before pressing her lips to his. She pulled herself up wrapping her legs around his waist. One of Dean's hands slid to Katie's back while the other moved to tangle itself in her hair. And that's when it happened. Total and complete silence. The visions just stopped. She pulled back away from Dean and stared down into his eyes.
"What?" Dean asked bringing his other hand to Katie's back. She brings her hand to the side of his face.
"I think you just saved my life" Katie said and Dean smiled back up her.
"Well you save mines everyday princess" Dean replied. "So I guess I owed you the favor"
A/N: Well there you have it. What do you think? I found myself near tears to be honest, but I am the author and I believe anything is possible for these two.
A/N 2: Hey I wanted to add this. I'm not sure if everyone is aware or not of another of my stories called the In Between. They're one shots or little chapters that have happened in between my previous chapters that I have written about. My latest chapter is up with a crossover with another one of my favorite shows. Hope you guys check it out.
A/N 3: I would also like to hear from you guys. With a new series it get's tough trying to come up with brand new ideas and adding the epis from the story and making them a bit original. I would like to hear how you guys think I'm doing. I'll admit I've been reading stories with lots of reviews and I've gotten a bit jealous, but hey maybe my readers are the cool silent types.