Supernatural: Time Is On My Side
A/N: Hey, so normally I would be posting this tomorrow, but I have work in the morning, and since I don't know what time it'll be when I get home, I'm posting this tonight instead. Read, review, and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Supernatural or Criminal Minds; I just own the characters that I happen to create.
CHAPTER FOUR: "GOODBYE, BELA"
"A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away."
Ecclesiastes 3:6
Later that same night at The Erie motel, Bela slowly walked down the hallway and picked the lock on a door. She removed a gun from her jacket and quietly entered the room, where she raised the gun and put two bullets each into the three bodies lying under the covers on each bed and then moved closer, turning on a bedside lamp, where a clock beside the lamp showed it was 11:56 pm.
Setting her gun down, Bela pulled back the covers on the nearest bed and found a sex doll slowly deflating. Confused, she turned checked the other bed, finding two more deflating sex dolls. 'What in the-?'
Just then, the phone rang and she quickly picked it up. "Hello?"
`"Hiya Bela,"` said Dean. `"Here's a fun fact you may not know. I felt your hand in my pocket, when you swiped that motel receipt, and so we decided to move to a different motel."`
"You don't understand-" Bela began, sitting down on the nearest bed.
`"Oh I'm pretty sure we understand perfectly,"` Liz cut in, revealing that they were on speaker. `"See Dean noticed something interesting in your hotel room. Something tucked above the door. An herb. Devil's shoestring? There's only one use for that. Holding hellhounds at bay. So you know what we did? We went back and took another look at your folk's obit. They died ten years ago today. You didn't kill them a demon did your dirty work. You made a deal, didn't you Bela. And it's come due."`
`"And we know why,"` said Rossi. `"When you were twelve years old, you reported to your teachers repeatedly that your father was sexually abusing you, but each time, your parents managed to convince the teachers that you were the one lying instead, and this went on for two years."`
`"And then when you were fourteen years old,"` Morgan joined in, `"you were probably home alone one day, wishing that your parents would stop hurting you when a small girl appears, most likely out of thin air, and seems perfectly normal."`
`"She talks about your parents, about what they're doing to you,"` said Reid, `"and she offers you a chance to be rid of them forever. At first you're unsure, until she mentions that you wouldn't have to pay for the deal for ten years, and at that time ten years seemed like a really long time."`
`"So you agree to the deal,"` Hotch said, `"and the girl's eyes most likely glowed red right before she kissed you on the lips, sealing the deal. your parents die and four years later, you get all of the family fortune, giving you a chance to start your life over."`
Bela swallowed, unable to say anything as the memories returned.
Abigail sat on the swing, slowly rocking and forth, and she wept; her parents were out to attend to some business, and the urge to run away was great, but she knew that it wouldn't do any good since she'd already tried once before and it hadn't ended well.
'They're my parents,' she thought sourly, 'they shouldn't be doing this to me.'
"They're horrible, aren't they?" a girl's voice asked, and Abby looked up, surprised to see a small, blonde-haired girl sit down in the swing next to her. "Your parents shouldn't be allowed to get away with something like this," she added thoughtfully.
Abby nodded and looked away. "They shouldn't, but they have been for two years, and they won't stop. Not ever."
"I bet you wish that they were dead," the little girl said slyly and Abby looked back at her, startled. "I can take care of them for you," she added. "And it won't even cost you anything…for ten whole years."
"You would do that for me?" Abby asked.
The little girl nodded. "Of course…once they're dead, you'll get the entire family fortune all to yourself, and you'll be freed of them forever."
Abby didn't know what to say, this was a dream come true, and so what if she didn't have to pay for ten years, it was worth it. "Okay," she answered. "Kill them, please."
"Ok," the little girl agreed and her eyes flashed red as she planted a kiss on Abby's mouth, surprising her. "See you in ten years, honey." And she disappeared.
Bela sniffed as the memory faded. "Yes, it's coming due."
`"Is that why you stole the Colt, huh?"` Dean asked. `"Try to wiggle out of your deal, our gun for you soul?"`
Bela nodded, weeping. "Yes."
`"But stealing the Colt wasn't quite enough I'm guessing,"` Liz said curtly.
"They changed the deal," Bela confirmed. "They wanted me to kill Sam."
`"Really! Wow, Demons untrustworthy. Shocker,"` Dean said sarcastically. `"That's kind of a tight deadline too, what time is it? Well, look at that, almost midnight."`
Bela glanced at the clock as it flipped to 11:58. "Dean listen, I need help," she pleaded, crying.
`"Sweetheart we are weeks past help."`
"I know I don't deserve it," Bela admitted.
`"You know what you're right you don't,"` Dean agreed angrily. `"But you know what the bitch of the bunch is? If you would have just come to us sooner and asked for help we probably could have taken the Colt and saved you."`
Bela nodded. "I know and saved both Elizabeth and yourself. I know about your deal, Dean."
`"What're you talkin' about?"` Liz asked. `"I'm the only one who made that deal, not Dean."`
"That's what the Demon that holds my deal told me," Bela explained. "S-she told me that before Azazel died that he made sure that Dean's name would be placed on your contract, to ensure that he also ended up in hell when the year was up."
`"You mean Lilith, don't you,"` Emily said.
"Yes," Bela confirmed. "She told me that she holds all of the important contracts, and that she's following some important orders that Azazel left behind to make sure that both Dean and Elizabeth end up in hell when the year is over."
`"This can't help you, Bela, not now,"` Hotch told her. `"Why you telling us this?"`
Bela swallowed again. "Because just maybe you all can kill the bitch."
`"I'll see you in hell,"` Dean snarled and then he hung up the phone.
Bela sat on the bed, listening to the dial tone. After a moment, she hung up and took a deep breath just as the clock clicked over to midnight. A deep howling started in the distance, and then closer vicious growls began.
'Oh God,' she thought, standing up and faced the window, spotting the hellhounds instantly as they ran toward the motel. 'Goodbye everyone.' And she closed her eyes, waiting for the end to come as the window shattered with the first hellhound bursting in.
Sam watched his siblings, who were sitting on one of the beds, stunned by what Bela had told them, and even though none of them wanted to believe it, they knew it was most likely true.
Both Dean and Liz were screwed.
"Would Azazel really put Dean's name on that contract?" Morgan asked, worried. He recalled the few times he'd crossed paths with the late yellow-eyed demon last year, and how determined he was to get what he wanted.
"Unfortunately, it's very likely," said Hotch, not thrilled either by the news. "Azazel made it clear that he wanted Dean's soul down in hell just like John's soul in order to start opening the Seals…whatever that means."
"So what do we do?" Liz asked, scared and upset that despite her best efforts to protect her brothers, that Dean was going to be attacked by the hellhounds in three weeks, too. "We don't have the Colt, and we're running out of time."
No one knew how to answer that question at all, and if they didn't find a solution soon, both Dean and Liz were going to take one-way tickets down to hell, and nothing was going to stop those hellhounds either.
A/N: And that wraps up this story, see you all for the next one next week. R&R everyone!
