The Truth
"Goodnight, guys." Genna said as she walked through her motel room. Adonia was already sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at the ground.
"You okay?" Genna said as she kicked off her boots. Adonia stood up.
"Yeah. Fine. I'm going to go next door for a little bit. You're welcome to come, but I don't know how long I'll be." Genna looked at the clock, 2:13.
"That's okay. I could easily fall asleep. I'm going to call my mom and dad to say hi. I'm pretty sure it's only 9pm there." Adonia nodded and left.
"Hey mom." Genna said happily.
"Honey! It's Genavieve! Pick up the phone! Sweetheart, how are you?" Genna was laughing at her mom's enthusiasm. Her slight Scottish accent made it even better.
"Genna? How are you, sweetheart?" Her father's thicker Scottish accent made her feel safe.
"I'm fine, really. I just thought I'd call to say hello and check in." She was tearing up. Adonia's situation scared her terribly. She feared that the same would happen to her family and that she would lose the only other family she had.
"Aw, don't cry. We're alright, dear. We only worry about you and Adonia. How is she doing?" Her mother said tenderly. She loved the sound of their voices. They were the sweetest people you could ever meet. So sincere and kind.
"I-I don't know. She hasn't slept in two days. We can't find John. No one knows where he is. Not even Dean or Sam. We're traveling with them now; also searching desperately." Her father groaned.
"Where are they now? You're not in the same room, are you?" Genna laughed at her father's concern.
"No, dad. They're in the next room. Not even a door connecting to ours. Don't worry. Addie has Mike and I have a lot on my shoulders."
"Oh, leave her alone. Listen, sweetie. We trust you. Just promise us you'll come back home safely." Her mother said taking over. Her father tried to interrupt.
"I promise. I love you." Her father sighed.
"I love you too." They both said out of sync.
After a couple of knocks, Sam answered the door.
"Adonia? Hey." Looking restless and unwell, Adonia just stood there.
"Can I talk to you for a minute?" She managed to say. Sam looked back at Dean who returned a sly wink. Sam rolled his eyes.
"Yeah. Sure." After giving gestures to make Dean stop, Sam closed the door behind him. In the middle of the parking lot, there was a good bit of closed off grass with a bench in the middle, facing the road. Across the street were some closed businesses for the night and a street light. The sat down on the bench with a little bit of space between them.
"So what's up?" Sam said looking at her. She was staring off in front of her. She had a habit of doing that a lot recently. She looked down and sighed.
"I'm sorry about Jessica. I can't imagine what you're going through. I mean, I've seen many terrible things my whole life, but I've yet to lose anyone like that." Adonia laughed slightly to herself.
"Yet." She added. Sam had a feeling as to where this was going.
"We're going to find your parents. I promise." She finally looked at him with a smirk.
"Don't make promises you can't keep. I appreciate it, but I know that this can end either way. The longer it takes, the more the chance gets lower." Sam knew she was right, but he wanted her to stay positive.
"When was the last time you slept?" He asked with concern.
"What day is it?"
"Technically, it's Saturday, but we'll go with Friday." Adonia widened her eyes for a second.
"Wow. Wednesday night." She said without a spark of shock in her voice. Sam got up and extended his hand.
"Come on . You should get some rest." Adonia just looked up at him.
"You haven't been getting much rest either." Sam stopped as Adonia stood up.
"These are thin walls, Sam. When I'm awake in the middle of the night, I can hear you talking in your sleep when you're having nightmares. Then, you wake up grasping for air. I worry about you. I mean, I worry about all of you, but with you, it's different." Sam didn't know what to say. He wasn't sure what she meant. It pained Adonia to keep her powers a secret from him. She could help him control his powers, talk him through his nightmares, but she didn't want to scare them away. She needed their help. She sighed and turned around to walk away.
"Well, thanks for the talk. I better get back inside. Goodnight." Sam stood there speechless. What just happened? He thought. Adonia heard and felt guilty.
Sam's phone rang.
"Dean." He mumbled half asleep, but Dean was sound asleep. He picked up the vibrating phone and answered it.
"Sam, is that you?" Sam sat up quickly.
"Dad. Are you hurt?" Sam was suddenly wide awake.
"I'm fine." His voice sounded sincere.
"We've been looking for you everywhere. We didn't know where you were, if you were okay." Sam spoke quickly, obvious from excitement.
"Sammy, I'm alright. What about you and Dean?"
"We're fine. Dad, where are you?"
"Sorry kiddo. I can't tell you that."
"What? Why not?" Dean was now awake and leaned up in his bed, listening attentively.
"Is that dad?" Dean asked in shock.
"Look, I know this is hard for you to understand. You're going to have to trust me on this." Sam thought quickly and tried to ask as many questions as he could.
"Dad, Adonia and Genavieve are with us. They're looking for you. They need your help." John sighed and took the phone away from his ear for a moment.
"I was hoping they wouldn't. Knowing them, I should have known better and realized that they would." He finally said.
"Do you know what happened to her parents? She hasn't slept in days." Just then, several loud bangs sprang at the door.
"Open the door!" Adonia yelled from the other side. Dean was only wearing pajama pants, but got up quickly to open it. She ran past him and extended her hand to Sam.
"Give me the phone." She said, clearly upset. Sam then thought of Adonia's sleepless nights and the thin walls. He gave her the phone.
"Where are they, John? What did they say to you?" Adonia's heart was racing so fast, it felt like it was going to burst. Genna stood close by and Dean put on a shirt in respect.
"Addie, they're gone. I'm sorry." Adonia's face went blank. Her free hand was practically shaking.
"What do you mean?" She said with a softer voice.
"They made a deal with a Crossroad Demon when they didn't think you were going to make it after the car accident." When Adonia was 15, she got into a car with a friend, but she drove recklessly and drove straight into a tree. Her friend made it out with a few scratches, but the doctors didn't think Adonia was going to pull through with a few crushed ribs, head trauma, and the loss of so much blood.
"They never said when the Hell Hounds were going to come for them, but the demon promised to let them spend some time with her beforehand," he paused, "they were dragged to Hell. I am so sorry, Addie. I would have done anything to help them, but there's nothing that can be done." Adonia dropped the phone on the bed.
"Addie? What happened?" Without saying a word, she stormed out of the room and slammed her motel door behind her.
Sam picked up the phone and tried to figure out where he was. He found out that John knows about Jessica and may be closing in on the demon that killed her and Mary. He ordered Sam to write down some names, but he refused. Dean took the phone and asked where his father was with great concern. He simply said, "yes sir", and wrote down the names.
Genna ran after Adonia. The door was still unlocked and Adonia was digging through their chest.
"Addie, what's wrong? Talk to me!" As Genna stood there, Sam and Dean came into the room.
"Get out! You don't want to see this." It was then that Genna saw Adonia bring out their Book of Shadows. The book that held every spell and every supernatural creature that was ever known by all of their generations. Sam and Dean were confused. Genna turned around and tried to push the guys out.
"You guys better go." When Adonia started speaking words out loud, a sudden wind hit the room and the lights flickered. Genna slowly released her arms from them and turned around. Suddenly, someone appeared in the middle of the room. He appeared as a handsome man. Crossroad Demon's have a tendency to appear as someone attractive to lure people and manipulate their feelings.
"Show your true form. I'm not here to make a deal." Her voice was stern. The demon cocked his head and slowly turned into a terribly ugly man with dark red eyes.
"Bring them back." She demanded.
"I don't know what you're talking about." His voice was raspy and deep.
"Like Hell you don't! Does Lapidus ring a bell? There's no deal, no manipulating. You will bring them back." Angry grew within him.
"Maybe you shouldn't get in car accidents. Maybe your parents would still be alive." Adonia was hit by all adrenaline.
"You bastard!" She pushed the demon with all force, but a bright yellow light pierced out of her hands and he flew across the room and fell to the ground. Everyone was scared and speechless. Adonia was shaking and looked down at her hands with shock. The demon looked at her and got back up. With great speed, he ran to her and grabbed her throat, lifting her in the air. Everyone moved at once to help her, but a force pushed the against the wall and kept them there.
"Do not test me. Do you know that I can easily kill you right now?" A tear escaped her eyes.
"Go ahead. You already killed my parents. They meant everything to me. What's the point?" The demon scoffed and released her. She fell to her knees, coughing.
"You're not worth it. Don't call for me again or else I will kill you." The demon disappeared and everyone was released. Genna ran over to Adonia and put her hand on her shoulder. Adonia shrugged it off.
"Don't." She said as she stood up. She looked over at the guys who were still in shock.
"So now you know. We're witches. We have powers. We're not evil. We hunt the evil. Don't believe me? I honestly don't care anymore. About any of it. Just do me the favor of dropping us off at a nearby train station instead of leaving us stranded." She then grabbed her bag and slammed the door behind her.
"That makes so much more sense now!" Sam said breaking the silence.
"What are you talking about?" Dean said barely breaking his shock.
"When she came to talk to me last night, it seemed like she was trying to tell me something, but she hesitated. I thought it was something else, but she just wanted to tell me about her powers." Sam felt like an idiot.
"There's a better time for this. I can't believe what just happened. Her parents are dead. Don't you get it? And I can't go to her. I know her too well. She'll push me away. Oh my God. They're dead." Genna sat on the bed and cried. Dean went to her and put his arm around her shoulder. She leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Maybe I can go talk to her?" Sam said standing near the door. Genna wiped her eyes and shoved Dean away.
"I appreciate the thought, but don't touch me." Dean glared at her and got up.
"Bitch." They had this little rivalry building up out of nowhere. Without any form of permission, Sam walked out of the door to find her across the street, walking away. He ran after her.
"Adonia, wait!" She ignored him and kept walking. When he finally caught up to her, he stepped in front of her; her eyes empty.
"We're not mad. I understand why you kept it from us. Right now, our main concern is you. I've never seen anything like that." Adonia walked past him with crossed arms.
"Yeah, well, welcome to our world." Sam stepped in front of her again and hugged her. She just stood there, not doing anything.
"I know what it's like to lose someone, especially to something evil." He whispered the word "evil" since people were walking by.
"If I lost Dean and dad too, I don't know what I'd do. But I wouldn't want to go through it alone. You can always talk to me. You don't...have to go." He pulled away from her.
"Might as well. We've only been in the way. I have to go back home and come up with an excuse as to why my parents are-" She started tearing up.
"We'll get you back home." Adonia felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. Mike. She turned it off and shoved it back in her pocket.
"What's the point? My life is practically a lie. I barely enjoy my job, I'm planning on marrying a guy who doesn't know the slightest thing about my life, and my family is gone. There's nothing for me back home." She looked away and sighed.
"I'll stay and help you get your father back, then take me home to say goodbye." Sam nodded.
"Okay. No problem." He hugged her again, but this time, she returned it. They walked back to the room. Genna and Dean were on opposite sides of the room, waiting impatiently. They were practically the same. When Sam and Adonia entered the room, they both stood up.
"We're staying."