A/N:
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my profile... Huge thanks to Seer for betaing and keeping me
entertained the past few days. Without you I'd still be kicking this
around.
Guys this is the end of yet another fic. I'll start the
other in a day or so got to get all my notes together for it I jotted
things down ages ago but I PROMISE it will have include Grilled
Cheese at the end and we'll finally get the answer to Sammy's
question. What does Teenie really want? Okay well I'm rambling hope
you enjoy.
Chapter Seven
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"Will!" Athena rushed forward the moment the door was opened and threw her arms around the man. There wasn't any hesitation about the kiss that followed making Darcy blush and turn her head. When they broke free from the lip lock Athena slapped him. "You ever pull a stunt like this again I will kill you!"
"What the hell was that for?" Will asked pressing a hand to his cheek looking down at the love of his life.
"For worrying me to death. Do you have any idea what I had to go through to get here?" She slapped him again. "That was for Scarlet!" she moved to slap him a third time but Will caught her hand, she went with the other hand and he caught it now having control over her he smirked.
"You know why this bothers you so much?" he asked with a slight grin "I worry you, I'm worth whatever you went through, because you still love me." He leaned in and stole another kiss.
"I do NOT love you!" Athena growled yanking her arms free. "Come on the piggies will be here soon." she stalked out leaving Darcy to grin knowingly at Will.
"Well you're not bad but certainly not Sam either," she grinned. "I like my puppies squishy."
"You're a freaky midget, you know that?" Will asked brushing past her to follow Athena. Darcy only cackled like a cartoon witch before skipping past him down the hall. Teenie had managed to get the back door open and they slipped back to the Mustang waiting them.
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"It's his memory." Sam explained as he shouldered his shovel. Autumn had asked for a cardboard box so they could transfer the boy's body out to the grave yard to be buried next to his sister, instead Clint and Terry had built a small coffin. "He's forcing us to relive it so we'll be compelled to put him to rest." Autumn and Dean exchanged amused looks at the simplistic way Sam had chosen to explain things to the Browns.
"So couldn't you just bury him with his sister? Do you really need to burn the poor boy?" Brenda asked leaning over the edge of the hole as the three hunters attempted to dig. The sooner they got this done the sooner they could get back and the phone call from Athena last night gave them reason to want to rush home.
"Its all precaution. We want to make sure he's put to rest." Sam said climbing out of the hole and still managing his sympathetic look.
"I hate him," Autumn whisper to Dean as they lowered Geoffrey into the hole. Dean only ran a hand over her arm brushing against her as he reached around her to grab the lighter fluid.
"Wait you're just going to light the boy up?" Terry stopped them as Autumn sprinkled in the salt.
"That's the idea," Autumn nodded.
"You're not going to say a few words?" the hunters all looked at each other trading pained glances.
"Uh," Autumn's brow knitted together as she peered down at the small body below. They'd found him huddled amongst a small crop of trees not too far off from the cemetery. "Geoffrey was a brave child whose death was a true tragedy. May his soul finally rest peacefully with our Father." The Brown's seemed pleased with this and Dean dropped a lit match into the hole. They lingered watching the body burn for a little while before pushing the dirt over him and leaving. Dinner and bed awaited then a long days drive back home.
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"He called me a freaky midget," Darcy commented as she rolled John over on her bed and scratched his belly. Teenie looked up with a lopsided grin. She'd opted to sleep on the floor just to know that Will would be in the same spot. Soon as they'd found his car they'd beat it out of town and were now just over the border in a semi decent, though horribly decorated motel room.
"He could have called you worse," She pointed out her eyes flicking toward the bathroom door wherein showered one nice specimen.
"I don't think he could have. He doesn't seem to be so bright." Darcy teased only to be cut off by a pillow the head. "Seriously think about it, a blanket and a five foot tall Barbie have defeated him in a single year. Who gets into situations like that?"
"He does, now shut up before he hears you."
"Want to know what he's thinking?" Teenie looked like she might take her up on the offer before she bounced up into her bed.
"No, but I am stealing half your bed."
Will stayed in the shower much longer than he usually would, but he was safe and had two women waiting on him in the next room neither of which planned on cuffing him to a bed, a fact he was glad for. He never thought he would be, but now he never wanted to be bound to anything again. Didn't matter who was doing the binding or why. He started to ask what the hunters wanted to watch as he came out but found them bother sound asleep, John-dog between them his head resting on Darcy's chest.
"How could you worry this?" he asked himself kissing the tip of his girl's nose before flopping into his own bed and shutting off the light. They were going to have to get out of here early anyway if he was going to fix Scarlet before Autumn returned.
Darcy was the first of the two women to wake the next morning, not that Will was shocked, Teenie always had slept in, it was hard to get her going most mornings without sugar. Darcy was off, he knew that much by looking at her. She wasn't just normal hunter off either she was off like Sam was off. After you hunt for so long you learn to read people to a degree, you can tell when they're hiding things and Darcy was definitely hiding something.
"Where you from?" he asked snagging a Pixi Stix from Athena's bag. The shorter brunette gave a little shrug digging around in her own bag for the things she would need for her shower.
"Here and there, ya know?"
"No, not really. I guess I was lucky always had roots." she nodded with a little smile that gave him the creeps.
"You want Teen to reroot herself for you?" he looked from the brunette to the sleeping blonde.
"She told you that?" Will asked leaning back on his bed watching her casually.
"Doesn't take a genius to see the way you feel about her," Darcy told him moving toward the bathroom. "Tell you something though, you hurt her the way you did last time, its not just Autumn you'll have to face." Will made an attempt to laugh off her comment. Like he didn't know that he'd screwed up and Athena even talking to him was more than most girls would have given him let alone coming after him when he was lost and here he wanted her to give him her heart again. The pipes in the wall shuddered and banged against the wall when Darcy turned on the shower and Athena shot up in bed the gun from her bedside stand finding its way into her hand before her eyes even opened.
"Easy, Corny you're fine." He soothed and she turned to him with a stupefied look on her face. "Morning," he chuckled having forgotten how much he missed the haystack of her hair tumbling in her eyes the way her lips seemed to pout so much more when she just woke up.
"Morning." she groaned setting the gun back down and stretching her arms over her head. "Dar?"
"Shower. Where'd you find her anyway?"
"Side of the road," a smile played across her face. "She was hitching few months back, we were going to check out a possible possession. Turned out to be a baby demon and the kids' father, kinda cool really. You should have seen Autty acting like she knew what was going on."
"Doesn't she always act like that?" he teased.
"Yeah, but this time she really had no clue. That was a first for us, we were lucky to have Darby with us."
"Darby? What is she a pet project?" Athena gave off and air laugh slipping out of bed. She made a quick job of making the bed and reached for her duffle.
"No, just a lone hunter. " The blonde withdrew a lollipop and stuck it in her mouth bopping it from cheek to cheek as she looked through her bag for clean clothes. "I've got to get home and get my laundry done. We saw Jazzy and Mack, she's now officially your sister in-law."
"Yeah?" This was another part of 'them' he missed. One of those almost normal things to do, guess who I saw at the store today, kinds of conversations.
"Yeah, robbed the cradle didn't he? I would think it totally gross but the older men always have been my cup of tea so I can't say much. Jasper and Dean got into it, they joined us on a hunt, they were just cleaning the town and ran into us, it was a bigger job that I expected. They totally ruined their phones, we're on the river bank, boys on one side Mack, Autty, and I on the other with John. Look up and Jasper and Dean are in a fist fight sliding down the bank and Sammy looks all helpless watching." Will snorted, of course the Winchester Giant would be helpless couldn't have done anything without squashing them. "After that I left to find you."
"What'd you mean you I don't know what you went through?" She launched in to telling him about running away and Phantom's nut job of a driver. How she'd likely have died had Darcy and Autumn not shown up and then how Autumn wasn't going to let her go alone but Darcy volunteered to stay with her and look out for her. He had no idea she would be willing to risk her life to find him, not that he wasn't grateful but a voice in his head demanded that he tell her she was being stupid that he would have been alright. "You shouldn't have done all of that. Next time just forget about me." She looked at him fear and worry mixed in her blue eyes.
"There isn't going to be a next time if I have to sew you to me." she threatened brandishing her sucker.
"I could live with that." She rolled her eyes at him going to knock on the bathroom door, she had to shower still and they needed to hit the road.
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"Are you sure you kids have to be off so soon?" Brenda asked watching the trio load their things back into the Impala.
"Yeah, my sister was out while we were here to get Will, I need to get back to kick his ass for needing a rescue team."
"Be sure to give Jenny and William hugs for us," Terry bid wrapping an arm around his wife's shoulder retraining her from telling Autumn off.
"Will do," Autumn agreed though it was obvious there would be no hugging amongst said hunters.
"If you have any more trouble, call and we'll come back." Sam promised.
"You two have everything from your rooms?" Dean asked coming out Clint following behind him.
"Yes, Dad." Sam and Autumn answered.
"Then we're off," he slammed the trunk shut .
"It was nice meeting you," Autumn smiled before sliding into the backseat. "Dean what do you say we stop off instead of pulling an all nighter home?" she asked for Brenda's benefit alone.
"You read my mind," Dean replied with a wicked grin to the elder woman. Sam gave a martyred sigh and dropped into the passenger's seat, this was going to be a long ride.
"So our girl will be back at the Resort tonight?" Dean asked as they cruised onto the highway.
"Yeah, that's what she said. Will is leading the way and the boy is hell on wheels, I swear he causes them to wreck he'd better die. I've had to repair too much damage to Scarlet cause of his fender benders."
It was running on four in the morning when Autumn pulled the Impala into its place in front of her cabin. She nudged Dean a wake reaching into the back seat to shake Sam. They took their bags in all three hunters taking notice of the Mustang that wasn't in its usual parking place. Darcy was asleep on the couch John laying on the floor next to her and Sam came out of his and Athena's room to report her bag was there. The trio left Darcy to sleep, there was no point in waking her, Athena was probably with Will in the Big House. So they made there way to the bar to find Jen with the wireless phone cradled between her shoulder and ear and a mug of coffee in clasped in her hands.
"Garage," the wheelchair bound hunter instructed then without them having to ask any questions.
"They've got Scarlet in there," Gus told them coming out from behind the bar to hug Autumn. "You guys did good, Brenda called yesterday afternoon."
"Do I look like some half assed chump to you?" Autumn teased the man who only ruffled her hair.
"You better go check your car, Autty, she didn't look so hot when they wheeled her in." Autumn was gone then Dean on her heels. Sam muttered something about cars dragging after the older pair, yawning.
"What the hell happened to her?" Autumn demanded as she shoved open the garage doors. Two or three hunters who were working on their own cars stared at her and Duck popped his head out the door from the closed off room that was used to paint the cars.
"Autty! My girl!" he greeted his arms wide obviously ignoring her current mood.
"Ducky, darling, where is my car?" she demanded folding her arms over her chest, in a voice far too sweet for the daggers that were being thrown from her eyes.
"In there," he jerked a thumb over his shoulder. "But she's in really good hands. Will and Teenie will have her good as new in no time. She just needed a little bit of paint its really no big deal. We even changed the oil while we were checking her out and topped off your wiper fluid." He took her by the shoulders when she tried to move past him to the room to see her car for herself. "She's fine, aren't you more worried about your sister or Will?"
"No, because I'm going to kill them and Valover for whatever happened to my baby. How they are now doesn't really matter." the red head growled at her mentor.
"Dean why don't you take her for a walk, and Sam you look like you could use some sleep go back to your cabin." Sam nodded dutifully before taking off back to the cabin for a few hours sleep. Autumn though refused to leave the garage and paced back and forth outside the door like an impatient father while his child is being born. Dean couldn't do anything to calm her and knew he wouldn't be any better so he leaned into the wall and waited. Duck though returned inside the room and was gone a while.
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Sam was greeted by John-dog the moment he opened the door and the dog's persistence on not being ignored caused the tallest Winchester to trip and fall into the couch shoving it forward and succeeding in waking up its passenger. Darcy jolted up and was greeted by a warm wet tongue across the face. She groaned wiping dog slobber off and pushing him away. "Guess you need out then?" she asked flinging her legs over the side of the couch to make her way to the door. "Look, there's a Sam throw rug!" she smiled offering him a hand up.
"Morning?" he greeted awkwardly looking her over. "What happened to your eye?" She was shocked at how cold his hands were when they took hold of her face. He probed around her cut and it promptly started bleeding, she was having hell of a time not to hiss from the pain he caused her. "Sit down, that needs to be stitched up." He shook his head turning to let the dog out and to find the first aid kit. When he returned from the bathroom with the kit he settled in on the couch next to her. "Why didn't Teenie or Will take care of this?"
"Because its fine," she told him uncomfortable having anyone so close let alone Sam Winchester.
"Fine other than its bleeding and hurts like a son of a bitch?" he pressed. Darcy winced when he ran the alcohol wipe over the cut. "Sorry," he muttered threading his needle. "How'd things go?"
"Good, I guess." She gave him a grin, "I got to beat some one with a skillet."
"Autumn and Dean got beat with a wooden spoon, sounds like kitchenware is becoming the weaponry of choice."
"A wooden spoon?" she asked preferring conversation to having to pay attention to the stinging and tugging under her eye.
"The woman we were hunting for would thump you on the head every time you broke her rules. Those two go at it like animals on National Geographic, so they got the spoon a lot. How's Teenie?" Darcy didn't have to feel his thoughts to know how concerned he was it was clear in his voice.
"She's fine. Giving Will a hard time of it. He wanted her to ride with him today but she refused." She told him knowing he didn't want to hear the truth anyway. He didn't want to know how thrilled Teenie was to have Will back. Sam blinked back his surprise having forgot she could talk in his head.
"He hurt her pretty good last time." He pulled the needle through her skin one last time tying it off. "There good as new," he said examining his needlework. "How's it feel?"
"Much better, thanks." She watched him sag back in the couch. "Go to bed Sam, I'll see you when you wake up." she said with a laugh and a shove off the couch.
"Night, Dar," he waved through a yawn going off to his room.
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"Darcy!" Will called jogging up to the hunter who had just stepped out of the Daemon cabin. She looked shocked to see him. "Can I walk you to the library?"
"How'd you know I'd be going there." She asked obviously suspicious of his motives.
"Athena said you're a Valover, you're family isn't allowed at most of the hunter havens so it makes sense when you're welcome at one whenever free of charge you'd exploit their library." Will beamed his toothpaste commercial smile at her.
"Your sister is going to kick me out of here soon as the Daemons leave." she told him coming down the porch and letting him walk with her toward the Big House.
"Jen has a nasty bite that's for sure, and you cross her no matter what I say I won't be able to change her mind. But baby brothers have some pull," he withdrew a key from his pocket and pressed it into her hand. "It's the room next to Marc Lyming's in the Big House, for one person I couldn't exactly swing a whole cabin, and I doubted you'd want to be stuck in with the Daemons and Winchesters, from what I'm told Autty and Dean are pretty good at keeping people up at all hours."
"I have a room here?" She asked not believing any of this.
"Look," Will drew a deep breath. "Teenie…You've helped out my girls when you didn't have to and that means a lot. I know you're family isn't supposed to be the kind of people we want here at the Resort, but Autumn and Athena are supposed to be trackers and nothing more, and the Winchesters are infallible hunters, and blankets aren't supposed to be able to defeat Raining Cloud men. But Autumn and Athena are hunters, the Winchesters do fail, and three Raining Cloud men fell to the leithfold, one only making it out alive because of a couple of supposed trackers. If all of that can happen I guess a Valover can be an okay person too. So whatever you need is yours, room is free, you'll have to pay for everything else just like everyone else. We have to make money somewhere." He cracked.
"Thanks," Darcy said running a hand through her hair staring at the silver key in her hand.
"Yeah you too." Will returned before going in the bar and setting down in front of the bartender immediately being swallowed up by conversation a man wearing a tinfoil hat at his side.
