Hunting the Moon
By: Sandreline
Hello everyone! Welcome to the next installment of the Sp/SM crossover! Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed or messaged me! You are all so kind with your praise, thank you so much. I am so glad to see that you love how I am blending the two story lines and working the two couples. Thank you!
I'm sorry I've kept you waiting, so I shall not waste another moment. Enjoy!
Chapter 6: When she saw what she had done…
"Well this place is creepy," Sam said as they all stepped out of the Impala.
"I'll say," Mina added as she looked over the building. It was a gray-green color, with dark gray accents on the windows and beams. It was nothing fancy; the building itself was in a rectangle shape, with a slanted roof and only three cement steps leading to the front door. There was a single, small tree to the left of the house, and no yard to speak of what so ever.
"There is something here," Serenity stated, and Mina noticed the purple insignia of Saturn flash across the Lunarian's head for a moment. "I'm just not sure what."
"Let's gear up," Dean stated as he and Sam moved to the trunk of the car. Serenity and Mina followed.
"I don't think you can bring guns on the tour," Mina pointed out, remembering the shotguns of rock salt and other weapons she saw them use in California.
"For right now, we are only going to investigate." Sam told her while opening up a side panel in the trunk. Mina watched with wide eyes as they pulled out several different kinds of hand-held equipment.
"I'm dating Ghost Hunter 007…" Mina whispered as her eyes became a little dreamy.
Dean and Serenity laughed.
Sam blushed.
"This is an EMF detector," Sam told his girlfriend as he tried to cover his embarrassment.
"They use it to detect electro magnetic fields," Serenity piped in; proud of herself and the supernatural education she had received.
"What's that?"
"It's Serenity all over again…" Dean mumbled as he put his tools in his jacket pockets.
"Shut up!" Serenity whined at Dean.
"The detector tells us which areas have a spike in energy, which could be a ghost." Sam explained. "The K2 meter does the same, only it lights up instead of giving a digital reading. Hunters believe they can be used to communicate with spirits that can't manifest themselves."
"Ok…" Mina began, and then pointed at another tool. "What's that?" It looked like some sort of hand held camera, but despite her acting career she had not seen one like it.
"Thermal camera," Dean cut in. "We don't need it now, we can use it later. It shows hot spots and cold spots, and allows us to see the ghost or demons that are naked to the human eye."
"I don't think Luna and I will be able to sneak in there during the tour," Artemus said. "We'll wait out here."
"Be safe, you guys." Serenity added. "We don't know if this is legit or if something else is here."
"Come on, the tour is starting soon." Dean called out as he made his way across the street.
"What's the plan?" Serenity asked.
"Take the tour, try to split up and investigate where they won't let us go. Keep our eyes open, the usual." Dean stated as he took the cement steps to the door.
"Don't get killed by a psychopathic serial-killing ghost?" Mina asked sarcastically with a raised eyebrow.
"That's the usual!" Dean stated as he knocked on the door.
It opened a few moments later to reveal a blonde in her late thirties, wearing an official looking shirt. "Hello," She began. "Welcome to the Lizzie Borden house. Are you here for the two o clock tour?"
"Yes, ma'am." Sam answered.
The woman smiled. "Please come on it." She held the door open for the four of them before closing it. "My name is Lee-Ann Wilbur, and I'm the curator of the Lizzie Borden House. Welcome."
"I'm Doug," Sam began before pointing to Mina, Serenity, and then Dean. "This is Megan, Teri, and John."
"We're happy to have you here. Shall we begin?" Lee-Ann stated. At their nod, she began. The front entry was small- the whole house was only twenty feet wide- and immediately to the right was a wooden staircase that led up to the second level, and they learned there was another smaller staircase at the rear of the house. The kitchen and parlor and dinning room were on this floor, and well as the sitting room where the body of Mr. Borden was found.
"We'll begin at the attic rooms where the maid stayed and work our way down." Lee-Ann told them, leading them up the staircase. Once, there, she began. "Bridget Sullivan was the maid who was home at the time of the murders. In her testimony, she stated that she had not heard anything from the first of second floors when the murders took place, as she had been resting before the return of the family. Given the weight of Abby Borden, who was over 200 pounds, and the structure of the house, it has caused many to believe she was covering for Lizzie. Lizzie's older sister Emma was visiting friends about fifty miles away at the time, which leaves her clean of charges."
While being led by the curator, Sam and Dean were busy sneaking peeks at their equipment and keeping an eye out. Not a single EMF spike or K2 spike at all. Nothing. No weird sensations, no cold spots, nothing.
"The murder case was so famous that it is still often compared to the O.J. Simpson case of the nineties," Lee-Ann told them while leading them through the factoring room such as Lizzie's room, Mr. Borden's room, the guest room where Abby Borden was found dead, etc.
Serenity and Mina were a little queasy at the description of the murder scenes, and more so at the photos of the bodies that were on display in the living room, which was set up like a presentation for the law scene. The skull of Abby Borden was so destroyed that nothing was left of the right half, and Mr. Borden's left half was greatly damaged, and his eye socket gone.
Yet still there were no hits on the EMF detector or the K2, even when Dean went over and waved them across the couch Mr. Borden was killed on while Lee-Ann was distracted.
"Dude, we had better get some serious EVP's, otherwise this is the most boring investigation we have done in a long time." Dean whispered to his brother.
"Some what?" Mina whispered to Serenity from behind them.
"It stands for electronic voice phenomena, which is a sound we do not hear, but it is recorded on an digital device." Sere whispered back. "I've heard some really spooky ones, too!"
"Well that's creepy!" Mina shivered.
"It could just be that people claim paranormal activity because this is such a famous murder." Sam whispered. "It would explain why we are not getting anything."
"But something is here!" Serenity whispered back as Saturn's insignia flashed faintly on her forehead once more.
"Then we'll just have to sneak in tonight." Dean replied as the tour finished.
"I hope you all enjoyed the tour!" Lee-Ann stated. "Would any of you be interested in staying the night?"
"We can do that?" Sam asked.
"Of course!" Lee-Ann smiled. "We're also a bed and breakfast."
The four exchanged glances, before they all shrugged. This was much easier than breaking in later that night. "We'll take two rooms." Dean replied.
"Wonderful, let's get you set up." Lee-Ann motioned to the office potion of the home. "The fare includes breakfast, which is a replica of the same breakfast that was served the morning of the Borden murders."
"Oh yay…." Dean mumbled under his breath as he followed her.
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"Pst, Arty! Luna!" Mina called down from the window. "Where are you guys?"
"Here!" Artemus called out. "Is it clear to come in?"
"Yup!" Serenity added while leaning around Mina. "I'll open a portal now!"
Once the two felines had joined them in the four in the house, they decided to start their plan. "So this is spooky," Arty commented.
"That's because this is the same room that Abby Borden was murdered in." Sam pointed out as he waved an EMF detector around the room again. Still nothing.
"Why are we meeting in here again?" Mina asked.
"Dean," Serenity suddenly stated. "Do an EVP."
Dean sent his girlfriend a strange look before he picked up the recorder from the night table. "Alright…" Dean muttered. "Hello, ghosty! Are you here?" He paused. "What's your name? Are you the chubby Abby Borden? Her killer?" He paused again as he looked around the room. "Can you move something? Let us know you're here?"
"Rewind it." Serenity stated suddenly, her forehead flashing purple once more.
Mina walked over to stand beside her cousin, rather curious and excited about her first Hunt. Dean rolled his eye but obeyed.
"Are you here?" Dean's voice played back.
"Who are you?" A feminine voice replied.
"What's your name?" Dean's voice continued.
"Bridget."
"… Her killer?"
Silence.
"…Let us know you're here?"
"Get out."
"I want to get out!" Mina squeaked, having gripped onto Sam's arm the moment the unknown recording began. "I'm seriously creeped out!"
"Wasn't Bridget the name of the maid?" Dean asked his brother. Sam nodded. "Oh, good. Let's lure her out."
"What did you have in mind?" Sam wondered.
"Let's bring the party to her room on the third floor." The older Winchester replied. "On the tour, Lee-Ann told us that all the furniture is the original furniture that was here. So obviously Bridget will have an attachment to her belongings. She wants us out? She'll need to do better than that!"
The group moved to the stairs to head up to the third floor rooms. Mina pointed inside the room as they approached. "I just saw something move in there!"
"Oh good," Dean smirked as he and Sam pulled out their rock salt shotguns.
Two flashes of light came from behind the Winchesters, announcing the arrival of Sailor Venus and Sailor Cosmos. Due to the lack of room, Luna and Artemus decided to hold back and wait to see if they were needed.
"I'm getting strong feelings of despair," Venus piped up.
"I don't think it's going to attack us," Sailor Cosmos added as they entered the room.
"Well then what does it want?" Sam asked.
"To repent." A slight British accent whispered.
"AH!" Dean and Sam cried out as a figure in Victorian clothing appeared right in front of them. Out of instinct, both shot.
"No!" Cosmos cried out, before placing a hand on her hip as she whirled on the two men. "What was that for? She only wanted to talk!"
"Tell that to her! I almost shit my pants!" Dean shouted back.
Venus giggled at the embarrassed blush in Sam's face. "It was reflex." The younger Winchester defended.
"Give a boy a gun…." The Venusian warrior shook her head.
"She's back." Luna pointed with her paw at the figure that, this time, had manifested further away.
"You're the Borden maid," Venus spoke.
"Yes," the spirit replied.
"Why show yourself to us?" Sam wanted to know.
The specter looked at both men, and then at the two women. "To repent. I grow fearful of what comes."
"And what exactly is coming?" Dean asked.
"Evil." Bridget replied. "My sins are too heavy for me to remain hidden from it anymore."
"What sins?" Sam asked slowly.
"The murder of Mr. and Mrs. Borden." Came the reply.
"You murdered them?" Venus asked with wide eyes. "Why?"
The ghost of Bridget looked down. "In anger. For revenge. Mrs. Borden wanted me fired. You see, I had grown an attachment to Mr. Borden, and she wished me away from the home. But Miss Lizzie was a dear friend, as was Miss Emma. She threatened all sorts of things on me."
"Then why kill Mr. Borden?" Sam asked.
"I don't recall killing him, honest." She answered. "I was just so hurt that he wouldn't leave her for me. Miss Lizzie even enjoyed the idea of the match…" The ghost's eyes flashed. "But then I became so angry, and I am not sure what happened. I can't remember everything, just flashes of images, and the blood… so much blood…"
"Why should we believe you?" Dean asked with a raised eyebrow. "It sounds like you were just a jealous mistress who screwed up."
"I know I did wrong," The black dressed woman answered. "Poor Miss Lizzie took the terrible reputation that still haunts her to this day. But I swear I am telling you the truth now. I am willing to accept the fires of purgatory to avoid what comes now."
"Yeah, about that," Dean added before he was cut off by his brother.
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked in a more polite tone. "What is coming?"
"Chaos." Both Bridget and Cosmos spoke at the same time. Bridget looked to the white-clad warrior and nodded, and the feeling of a silent conversation filled the air.
"If you help me," Bridget began, "I will tell you what I know. I will tell you the whispers of the Other side."
"Can we trust her?" Venus whispered.
Cosmos nodded.
"Whoa, wait. Back up." Dean commented. "This is a little strange, don't you think?"
"I have to agree with him there," Sam added.
"When you travel with two Goddesses, there is less of a mess." Venus winked.
"Dude, are they stealing the man factor out of Hunting?" Dean asked his brother.
"Where are you buried?" Sam asked. "We will need to burn your ashes."
"I am not bound by my body," the spirit began, "but by the item that I performed my sins."
"The murder weapon," Cosmos began. "They never found it."
"Miss Lizzie buried it behind the barn." The specter informed them.
"The barn isn't there anymore." Sam commented.
"There is a tree less then thirty paces from the rear entrance." Bridget explained. "It is buried there."
"Right…" Dean began. Turning to the two felines, he spoke. "I don't want to leave the two goody goddesses here with a potential poltergeist; will the two of you go get it?"
Luna nodded as Artemus replied, "On it."
"They act like we can't handle ourselves," Venus muttered.
"He's just jealous because we have the outfits and the magical powers." Cosmos told her cousin.
"You're right." Venus added.
"Stop acting like we don't have a murdering spirit in front of us!" Dean remarked. "One that apparently is so freaking out about what is coming our way, that she is willing to burn in hell for it! And I, for one, don't like the thought that hell is the better of what it is! That's not good!"
"What do you know?" Sam asked with a serious tone as his eye lowered and he took a couple steps closer to the spirit.
"I know that you weave a dangerous web, Sam Winchester." The ghost spoke. "And your Black Widow is one demon known as Ruby."
"What?" Dean snapped.
"As in your ex, Ruby?" Venus turned to glare at Sam, stomping one of her feet down. "You never told me your ex was a demon!"
Suddenly Dean smirked and crossed his arms, looking rather smug. "I think I'll let her handle it. It looks like it might be more entertaining than me just telling him 'I told you so'."
"Yeah, about Ruby," Sam began while beginning to break into a nervous sweat.
"Found it!" Artemus smiled as he and Luna returned with the murder weapon.
"What did we miss?" Luna asked with a confused glance around the room.
"Lovers spat." Cosmos said while accepting the weapon, where she could still see the old blood on the metal.
Venus was occupied with making Sam stutter out explanations, so Dean and Cosmos turned to the true murderer of the Borden couple. Cosmos turned her dark blue eyes to the specter. "What do you know?"
"That Chaos had begun the first wave of attack." Bridget began. "In Clintonville, Wisconsin. You can hear the booms in the Underworld as Chaos tries to rip apart the Earth from the inside. Recently, even the mortals have heard it. They know something evil is coming."
"Why would Chaos want to do that?" Dean asked.
"Because by hurting the planet, it will draw out the owner of the planet's star seed," Sailor Cosmos said with narrowed eyes. Mamoru knew about this – that was no accidental meeting earlier today!
Bridget's ghost nodded. "With control over this seed, it can begin to take over the planet with few interferences."
"Except for me." Sailor Cosmos stated.
"Us!" Venus corrected, having joined Cosmos while now pointedly ignoring Sam.
The ghost once again nodded. "Please," she began, "I know that I have done a wrong and terrible thing. I have spend so many decades in regret, and now I fear I just wish to repent."
Cosmos held out her staff, now having taking on the large form of Saturn's Glaive. "For your aid and your sincerity, I wish you good luck in your next life."
Bridget's ghost gave a nod, and bowed her head as she waited for the blow.
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Sam and Dean watched from the steps leading up to the Borden house and their girlfriend's paced on the sidewalk. A cat was perched in each of their laps, their tails lazily thumping up and down.
"This can't be good," Sam said softly, worried that he might set off Mina again if he spoke too loudly.
"Dude, I'm just glad that it's not me in the dog house for once." Dean replied.
Suddenly both women stopped. They really did look eerily alike when Serenity illusioned her hair blonde when they were in public. Mina pointed a finger at Sam. "You! You are in so much trouble!" She gave a pause, before her hand returned to her side and she took a deep breath. "However, I am willing to let this slide on one condition."
"Anything!" Sam replied.
Mina smiled. "Well, I haven't been able to think of anything yet, so when I do I'll let you know." The actress suddenly gave a bright smile and hopped over to Sam before leaning down to kiss his cheek.
Serenity crossed her arms over her chest. "We're going to need to give Mamoru a protection detail.
"What?" Dean snapped.
"Why not just ask Haruka and the others to do it?" Mina asked.
"Because that defeats the purpose of a protection detail, Mina." Serenity said.
"So?" Mina asked with a wicked glint in her eye.
"You're back on my good side." Dean told her. Mina smiled brightly in reply.
"Look, this is the last thing I want either!" Serenity cried out as she placed her hands on her head and pulled her hair slightly. "But Chaos first needs to kill Mamoru and take his star seed before anything can really happen."
"So Lilith did find it." Sam said, his voice full of remorse.
"On the bright side, it means that Chaos is now stuck in a little girl's body…" Mina muttered.
"What?" Sam asked.
Mina shrugged. "Chaos lives in everyone and everything, but what Lilith didn't know was that you cannot use it like a weapon, Chaos uses you. She would have had her body taken over."
"Well, that's a change." Dean muttered. "Usually it's the demons that do the taking over."
"In any case," Serenity said, " we need to get to go to Clintonville and stop Chaos, and we're going to need to protect Mamoru."
"Let him fend for himself, if he's the fuckin' Prince of the damn planet." Dean snapped.
Serenity smiled sweetly as she moved to sit herself in front of Dean. "He no longer has my heart," She whispered to him. "He, of all people, can tell you that when I give my heart to someone, it is unmovable."
Dean was silent for a moment as his gaze met hers. Then, with a sigh, he nodded. "Fine, but he's not going in my car!"
"He has his own. I would never dream of him staining your Impala." Serenity winked.
"Oh, boy." Mina sighed.
"Just when I thought things couldn't get more interesting…" Sam stated.
"So does this mean we get to give him a call?" Mina asked.
"Yup." Serenity answered.
"One question."
"Yes, Mina?"
"Can I do it?"
Serenity couldn't deny her when she saw the evil sparkle in the Venusian's eye.
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"A fucking corvette?" Dean glared into his rearview mirror. "Mr. Prince of the fucking Earth, Doctor. Douchebag, has a fucking corvette?"
"It's a piece of crap, if that helps," Serenity tried to console her boyfriend while she and Mina sat in the backseat of the Impala.
"I don't think that will help," Sam told the Lunarian.
"What do you mean?" Mina asked. "I don't recall it ever having problems."
"That's because I was being the good girlfriend and never told you. But the real reason that he drove his bike around so much was because the car was always in the shop." Serenity smiled in slight victory.
Dean relaxed, and slowly he smiled. "Nothing can beat my baby or her track record." Looking in the rearview mirror one last time, he gave the black-haired man behind him a small wave. "Let's see if his shitty corvette can keep up."
"Hold on!" Sam tried to warn the others as Dean put the gas pedal to the floor.
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Whew!
Twelve pages! Hopefully that helps to soothe you all for my incredibly long absence! In my defense, I have been in and out of the hospital but guess what – I'M ALL BETTER and back to writing! ^_~
I hope that you all enjoyed this, and the twists that I'm putting in! I love getting your comments and reviews, so please keep them coming! They inspire me to write. Thank you all so very, very much for everything!
Love you all, and see you soon in the new chapter!
~Sandreline