A/N: So this chapter got pretty long and I decided to split it into two, so lucky you!
"Ok guys" Katie whispered as she Dean, Sam, and Adam stood above Hope's crib watching as the baby slept. No one had said anything for a while and Katie thought it was time. "I think we're becoming a bit obsessive"
"No we're not" Dean said smiling down to his daughter. "There's nothing wrong with four full grown adults watching a kid sleep" they all looked over to him. "But c'mon especially when it's a kid that cute"
"That's it" Katie said tugging her husband's arm. "Let's go, all of you"
"Hey, what did we do?" Adam asked not moving from his spot.
"You guys can't watch her every second of every day" Katie sighed. "Even if she is the most adorable baby you've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of babies and ours is by far the most adorable, but there's still a world out there, with problems"
"The world can wait" Dean said walking back over to look at the sleeping child. "Right now we just need to just look at her" Katie turned to Sam who seemed to be somewhere else.
"Fine, but if either of you wake her up, I'm kicking someone's ass" Katie warned before turning back to Sam. "Sam, can you help me with something?" he turned to her and nodded. She glanced back to Dean and Adam once more before her and Sam left.
Sam followed Katie downstairs without any question, his mind not really focused at the moment. All he wanted was for this damn hallucination to just go away. They ended up in the panic room with Katie standing in front of him, just looking at him.
"Uh, what's up?" Sam asked.
"You're not ok" Katie replied and Sam sighed.
"Yes I am, I'm-" he shook his head. "I really am" Katie looked at him for a moment in silence, before reaching out her hand. "Take my hand" Sam looked at it for a moment before looking back up to Katie. "If you are really ok, then take my hand"
"No" Sam said his voice quiet, but she heard him. She dropped her hand to her side. "You said you can't see them anymore, and I 'm not gonna risk you seeing him again"
"Is that why you won't even hold your niece?" Katie asked and Sam turned away. "Sam you can't ignore this until it goes away, it just won't work"
"Then what do I do?" Sam snapped turning back to her. "Don't you think I want to feel like me again, that I want to be able hold Hope and play with her, I mean she's my niece, my first-"he looked down. Katie hadn't seen the hallucinations since leaving the hospital and whether Hope could see them was still a mystery. It's something he didn't want to risk. "I don't want to hurt her, and I don't want to hurt you, which is why I think its best if-"
"You're not moving out" Katie interrupted. He opened his mouth but she held up a hand. "No, this is your home and you're not moving out" they heard footsteps and turned to the door as Dean entered.
"Hey, everything alright?" Dean asked looking between his brother and wife.
"Yeah, we were just talking" Katie replied and Dean continued to look at them suspicious.
"Anything I should be worried about?" Dean asked and Katie and Sam shared a look.
"Not at the moment" Katie replied looking back to Dean. "What tore you away from your staring?"
"She started to stir, and we decided to leave before she woke up" Dean said looking over to Sam wouldn't look to his brother.
"I should go see if Bobby's found anything" Sam said before moving past his brother back up the stairs. Dean turned to Katie who only sighed.
"What was that about?" Dean asked walking over to her bringing his hands to her waist.
"I'm still investigating" she replied bringing her arms around his neck. "When I find something, I'll let you know" She could tell from his face that he wanted something more specific, but he chose to leave it there. His eyes soon lingered to something not her eyes. She followed his gaze which was on her chest and she rolled her eyes. "I would not get use to them" he lifted his head.
"What- you say something princess" Katie shook her head before slapping his arm. "You're such a perve husband"
"But you love me" Dean replied leaning forward, bringing his lips to hers.
"Yeah" Katie replied as Dean's lips moved to the nape of her neck. "I love you my perverted husband"
"I only perve for you princess" Dean replied and Katie couldn't help but laugh. Dean brought his lips back to her's and for a moment they thought they could actually have a moment without any interruption. But then they pulled apart at the sound of loud crying. Dean reached for the baby monitor that was clipped to his pants.
"You're ok, baby" they heard Adam whisper. "Crap, uh guys!"
"He's a dead man" Katie said looking to Dean before they both turned and headed for the stairs. Katie stopped at the foot of the stairs as she ran a hand over her wrist. "I think I dropped my bracelet, I'll be up in a minute" Dean nodded before turning and rushing up to check on Hope.
Katie turned and walked back into the panic room looking along the floor for her bracelet. She spotted it near the wall and bent over to pick it up. She fastened it around her wrist when she got the unmistakable feeling that someone behind her. She slowly turned only to face to face with… a car. She stepped back only running into the wall. The car's headlights came on and Katie lifted her arm to shield her eyes from the light. She heard the engine rev and before she knew it the car was coming toward her. She dropped to the floor, pressing her body against the wall awaiting her impending doom. When the doom didn't come Katie opened her eyes and turned to see nothing.
"Oh how I love these wonderful powers" Katie said sarcastically as she fell back against the wall. After getting her bearing Katie stood to her feet and walked upstairs. She walked into the living room where she found Dean rocking a fussy Hope. He looked over to her.
"She's not going back to sleep" Dean said looking back down to the baby. "And Adam is hiding from you" Katie didn't say anything and Dean looked back over to her and could tell that something was wrong.
Katie didn't want to tell knowing it would only put him back in to the reality they lived in. But she knew she had to. Adam and Sam walked in and looked between the two.
"What's up?" Adam asked and Katie sighed.
"We have a case" Katie said and they all looked over to her. "Well I guess I should say you have a case" she turned to Dean who looked at her for a moment before looking back down to Hope. "It's in Dearborn, Michigan" no one said anything and Katie only kept her eyes on Dean waiting for a response. "There something killing people" There was another beat of silence.
"No" Dean said before looking back over to Katie. "Two week, I've only had two weeks" he shook his head before walking past them, his daughter nestled in his arms as he went back upstairs. Katie turned and followed after him. She reached the nursery in time to see Dean lay the baby in her crib. "I'm not going"
"Ok" Katie said and Dean turned to her shocked at her response.
"What?" Dean asked. "Ok, that's it, just ok"
"I can't make you leave Dean" Katie replied folding her arms over her chest. "If you want to stay, then you stay, but you staying here, with her, with us doesn't make everything out there just stop"
"Doesn't mean we're the ones who have to fight it" Dean said turning back to look at his daughter. "I mean I've been at this my whole life, 24/7 I've lived this and now I just want to be her dad" he turned back to Katie. "I just want to be your husband, that's it"
"And you will, no matter where you are" Katie replied walking over and placing her arms around his neck. "You will be that little girl's father, and you will be my husband, but you are also one hell of a hunter who's heart will always lie with putting bad things back into the ground, so fine you want to stay here then fine, but only under the condition that when you're here you're here 100 percent, can you really promise that?" Dean didn't say anything. He knew she was right, that even if he did give it all up his head would always be on what's outside, that there are people out there being hurt and there's something he could do about it. "You have a big heart husband, and it's also the heart of a fighter" Dean looked over to Hope who seemed to be totally mesmerized by the mobile that hung above her crib.
"Two weeks" Dean repeated. They'd only been back home for two weeks and he felt as if he was just getting to know her. Now it felt like he was being torn away from her. He turned back to Katie. "Plus you always seem to get into trouble when I'm not around, how am I supposed to protect you if I'm gone?"
"What do you suggest?" Katie asked.
"I'll go, but you two have to come with me" Dean said and Katie looked at him as if he had grown a second head.
"You're serious?" Katie asked. "You want me and our two week old daughter to go hunting with you?" she dropped her hands to her side. "You're joking, it's a bad joke, but it's got to be joke"
"Look, I'm not asking you to crawl through sewers, just-"
"Wait for you in a seedy motel with Hope?" Katie asked folding her arms over her chest. "Dean, look I know you're trying to have it all, but you can't" she ran her hands through her hair. "You have to choose where you're going, but whatever you choose, someone needs to get to Dearborn quick before someone else dies" Dean nodded.
"Give me a minute" Dean replied and Katie nodded before turning and leaving her husband with their daughter. Dean turned leaning over the crib, placing his finger in his daughter's hand. He smiled as she squeezed his finger. "I'm not crazy am I pumpkin, huh" her eyes turned from the mobile to her father's. "Who wouldn't want to spend every waking moment with you" he rubbed a thumb over her tiny fingers. "What should I do, because I honestly have no idea what the right thing here" he sighed closing his eyes as his thumb slid across Hopes fingers. He opened his eyes and the girls big brown eyes were still looking at him. And that's when he realized how she saw him was suddenly important. "Daddy fights bad things, things that he doesn't want anywhere near you" Dean bends forward and places a kiss on her head. "And to do that he has to leave for a little while, even if I'll probably miss you and your mommy so much it hurts" Dean reached forward rubbing his palm over her head. "Promise me you will stay exactly the same until I get back, I don't want to miss anything"
Dean walked downstairs to find everyone in the library. He spotted Sam and Adam on the laptop, Bobby sitting at the desk reading another book, while Katie stood in the corner on her phone.
"Look, no it's ok, I'm sure I can find someone else" Katie said before hanging up phone and turned to Dean. "I'm calling around to see if there's anyone else who can go check it out"
"No" Dean replied. "We'll go"
"You sure?" Katie asked searching his eyes. "Dean I get it, I mean I'm not sure even I could leave this house right now without that little girl, if you're not ready for this we will find another way"
"Except it won't go away" Dean replied. "There will always be another monster and I can't just turn my back on every one of them" he turned to Sam and Adam. "We do this fast and then we get back" Sam nodded.
"So, am I staying or going?" Adam asked and they turned to him.
"Staying"
"Going"
Dean and Katie turned to each other.
"He's not ready" Dean said and Katie folded her arms over her chest.
"And he'll never be ready if he stays here" Katie replied looking over to Adam. "Plus from what I remember Adam saved the day at the hospital" she turned to Dean. "He needs to learn" Dean sighed looking over to Adam before turning back to his wife.
"Fine, he goes"
The guys began getting their things packed up and in the car. Katie watched them and for a moment wanted to tell them not to go. She liked having them all home, knowing that they were safe. She wanted to go with them, but she'd already made her decision. She stays with their daughter. She didn't know how fast they were moving until Dean walked into the nursery to tell her that they were leaving.
"That was fast" Katie sighed as Dean walks around bringing her into his arms. "Didn't know it would be that fast" she looked into his eyes. "So I know this is last minute, but don't go"
"You can't say that" Dean said placing his lips on hers . "Because right now I'm too tempted to just say screw 'em all" Katie wrapped her arms around Dean's middle, lying her head on his chest. "One day I will you know, just say screw all and just stay here" she lifted her head and looked at him. "One day I will only be that little girl's father, and your husband, and that's it"
"Me too" Katie whispered laying her head back on his chest and with every beam in her body she meant it. One day the world's troubles wouldn't be her troubles. One day she would just live as a mother and a wife without the hunter. Neither wanted to let go but knew they had to. They pulled from the hug, still holding each other's hands, just staring at each other in silence. "I have something for you" Katie said reaching into her back pocket and pulling out Dean's wallet. He looked at his wallet confused as he patted his pocket. "I nabbed it when you were in the shower" she handed it to him. "Open it" Dean took the wallet and opened his wallet to find new pictures of both Katie and Hope. "Just a little interior decorating" he smiled at the pictures before looking back up to his wife.
"I love you princess" Dean said and Katie smiled, that smile that only made leaving that much harder.
"I love you to Dean" Katie replied bringing her lips to his for one more kiss. They finally released each other's hands before Dean leaned over the crib to kiss the top of Hope's head.
"I love you too, pumpkin" Dean whispered before turning toward the door. He'd made it to the door, when the temptation to stay got stronger. He turned back to Katie who shook her head.
"You keep looking at me like that and I'm going to cry" she said taking a deep breath. "A couple of days, ok, call me every hour if you want, and then we'll Skype" Dean nodded. "We'll be waiting for you to come back home dad" she reached into the crib and scooped the girl into her arms.. "Isn't that right Hopei, say bye daddy" Katie looked over to Dean and waved. He smiled giving them a wave before turning and walking out the door.
The moment Katie heard the sound of the impala's engine rev she laid Hope back into her crib. She kissed the baby on the head before grabbing the baby monitor and switching off the light. She ended up sitting on the edge of her and Dean's bed staring at the door. She hated the quiet. She hated that she even got the vision in the first place. She wanted her family home, she wanted them safe, and she wanted them happy, none of which was happening at the moment. She didn't know how long she'd been sitting there when she was torn from her thoughts by the sound of the doorbell and stood to her feet. She grabbed the baby monitor and headed down the stairs just as Bobby arrived at the door and opened it.
"I should've known someone new would open the door" James said looking to Bobby.
"Excuse me?" Bobby says as James eyes land on Katie. Bobby turns to her and looks confused before shaking his head.
"It's ok Bobby" Katie says before the old hunter turns and heads back to the library. Katie walks over to the door. "What's up James?" he smiles nervously before reaching turning behind him and pulling out a pink bag. "What's that?"
"It's uh for the baby" James said handing Katie the bag. "I saw you guys bring her in a couple weeks ago and thought I should bring her something"
"You didn't have to do that" Katie said. "We can't take this"
"Please, it's a gift" James said and Katie reluctantly took the bag.
"Thanks" Katie said looking in and spotting a pick stuffed rabbit.
"Are you ok?" James asked and Katie looked over to him.
"Huh?" Katie answered. "Oh, I'm fine"
"It's just you look kind of sad" James said and Katie plastered on a smile.
"Not sad, I'm fine" Katie replied. "I should probably go, thanks for this"
"You're welcome" James said about to leave when he stopped. "You know if you ever want to talk, I'm just next door" Katie smiled and nodded before closing the door.
"That guy is so weird" Katie said shaking her head before placing the bag on the table before walking toward the library. She suddenly stopped when she heard something upstairs. Without hesitation she ran upstairs into Hope's nursery to find someone standing over her daughter. "Urim?" the angel looked over to her and smiled. "What are you doing here?"
"To see her" Urim said smiling down to the baby. "She's so beautiful" she looked back to Katie. "And Hope is a perfect name for her"
"Urim, how are you here?" Katie asked and Urim just looked down to Katie. "Hope let you in?" Katie walked over to the crib to see he daughter looking up to the mobile that hung above her. "How?"
"She has a lot of power for someone so small" Urim replied. "And maybe she thought her mother needed me" Katie looked over to Urim. "What's wrong, you look sad?"
"Dean, Sam and Adam are gone on a hunt" Katie replied. "I had a vision and now they're gone" Urim walked around the crib. "There is still much work out there that needs to be done, the world still needs them to fight, it still needs you to fight."
"But she needs me more" Katie replied looking down to her baby. "So she wins, every time she will win"
"But fighting for the world is fighting for her" Urim said and Katie turned back to Urim. Urim looked up to the ceiling. "I should get back"
"How are things up there?" Katie asked and Urim's expression saddened.
"Everyone is slowly but surely losing faith that our father will return" Urim said looking back to Katie. "I should go" Katie nodded before watching the angel leave.
Katie looking in Hope's crib to see the baby still away.
"You're supposed to be sleeping" Katie said running a finger across the girl's cheek, before reaching in and scooping the girl in her arms. "I know, I miss him too, let's go see what your uncle Bobby is doing" Katie headed down the stairs where she found Bobby, his head still in a book. He'd been working furiously to find something on the Leviathans. "You should take a break or something" Bobby looked over to Katie holding the baby and had to admit how natural she looked. "You want to I don't know eat something, take a nap, you've been at this for a while" Katie laid Hope in the bassinette that had been near the door. "I can take over here" Bobby sighed and stood to his feet.
"I think I'll take you up on that offer" Bobby replied walking over and rubbing a finger over the baby's belly before leaving the two. Katie took Bobby's seat behind the desk and looked over his notes. She looked over the desk and noticed the picture of the man from her visions.
"Who are you and why do I keep seeing you?" Katie asked holding up the picture. "Why does it seem like I've seen you before" she dropped the picture and turned to the laptop and began typing away. And so the research begins. "Something as big as this, there had to be someone to create an in case of emergency kit" Katie rubbed her eyes when her phone rang. She answers and brings the phone to her ear.
"I miss you" Katie says instantly. "Come home"
"Thanks for waiting until I was hours away" Dean replied. "How are things going?"
"Everything is fine, I gave Bobby a break and took over the research" she peaked into Hope's crib. "Our daughter was supposed to be helping, but she's asleep, can you believe that?"
"Well she take after her dad on that one I guess" Dean replied with a chuckle.
"When do you guys get to Dearborn?" Katie asked.
"Maybe another hour" Dean replied. "We're filling up before we get back on the road, I just wanted to call, hear your voice"
"Hmm, what could I say with this alluring voice of mine" Katie said and Dean chuckled. "We've already had two visitors since you've been gone"
"Who?" Dean asked.
"Well first it was James" Katie said and she heard Dean grumble something.
"The weird neighbor who looks at you longer than he should" Dean said. "What did he want?"
"To drop off a gift for Hope, a stuffed rabbit" Katie said looking down the baby. "I just put on the hallway table"
"Good, I don't want my daughter playing with anything from that guy" Dean said and Katie just rolled her eyes. "Who was the other?"
"Oh, Urim" Katie replied. "And guess what, I didn't let her in"
"If you didn't, then who-" Dean said. "Wait, did Hope?"
"I think so" Katie said. "Our little girl is only two weeks old and is already showing more power than I could've ever imagined" she heard Dean sigh. "We will handle it Dean"
"Yeah" he replied. "Look I have to go, I'll call to check on you guys later"
"Ok" Katie said before the line clicked.
Katie looked over into Hope's bassinette and ran a finger over the girl's cheek. She was just now thinking about how Dean was feeling about the whole magical child thing.
"Hey you ok?" Sam asked looking over to his brother.
"Yeah" Dean replied before they all got back into the car.
That night Katie lay in her and Dean's bed alone. She turned on her side and ran a hand along his empty side of the bed. She missed him. She closed her eyes and tried to will herself to sleep. It took a while but it soon worked.
She soon found herself sitting in a familiar dark room. She knew what was going to happen before it even did.
Suddenly she saw a light appear on the wall as if someone was projecting a movie. Soon her face appeared.
"Did you know?" he asked turning her completely to face him. "Yesterday, when you said you didn't think we should go, did you know exactly what was going to happen?" Katie tore her arm from Dean's grasp.
"Dean now is not the time for this" Sam said as he and the others watched. "Placing fault will not help anything"
"Stay out of this Sam" Dean said his eyes still on his wife. "Answer the damn question!"
Katie closed her eyes to the scene. She didn't want to see this, she didn't want to remember this. Suddenly the room fell silent. She opened her eyes at the sound of a ringing phone.
"Hello"
"Oh thank God you answered"
It was Richie's voice. A voice she hadn't heard in a very long time.
"Richie? Why the hell are you calling me?"
"Look I know I'm the last person you want to talk to but I need your help?"
"My help really, after what you did, I'm gonna have say no to that one"
She remembers what this was. He was calling her for help, help she refused to give after what he did.
"Please, look you have to believe that I thought what I was doing was God's will"
"Yeah kidnapping seems like god's will"
"I just-"
"I don't want to hear it, you barked up the wrong tree for help. Don't call me again!"
"Stop it!" Katie screamed.
"Son of a - pop get out of here now" Katie yelled.
Katie looked up and could feel the tears. This was one memory she tried her best to bury deep, and now it was being thrown right back into her face.
"Why what's wrong, what the" Ned said finally noticing the man's unnaturally black eyes. " Get away from my granddaughter" Ned said shoving the demon as hard as he could.
"You should've listened pop" the demon said laughing before sending the old man into the wall.
"Grandpa!" Katie yelled. She turned back to the demon and kick him as hard as she could. With a flick of her wrist she sent the demon flying to the ground. She ran over and punched him over and over again. Her knuckle were bloodied with both his blood and her own. The demon looked up at her laughing when Katie finally released him.
"It's been fun" the demon said before a cloud of black smog came rushing out of his mouth.
Katie looked at the man that lay lifeless on the ground for a moment before she went over to check on her grandfather. She lifted his head into her lap.
"Grandpa ,wake up… please wake up" Katie said crying, but there was no point, he was gone.
"You want me to feel guilty, well then congratulations!" she dropped her head.
"That's not what this is about"
Katie opened her eyes to see Lux standing in front of her. Katie almost rolled her eyes, this girl was becoming annoying.
"Your dreams have always been a way for you to see what you can't see when you're awake" Lux said. "You're supposed to get something from seeing this"
"What, a guilt trip, because that's all I'm getting!" Katie snapped.
Her eyes snapped opened at the sound of Hope's crying. She quickly got out of bed to check on the little girl.
Katie's morning was spent trying to understand what was the point of the guilt trip in her dream. She was sitting at the kitchen table eating a bowl of cereal looking at her daughter who was in her infant seat on the table, when her phone rang.
"Hey" she answered hoping she didn't sound as terrible as she felt.
"What's up?" Dean asked. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, just a bad dream, didn't get much sleep last night" Katie replied. "Pair that with our daughter who likes to wake up with the sun, I'm just a little tired" she ran a hand over her face. "You guys check out the crime scene?"
"Yeah, just left, looks like the guy was hit by a car" Dean said.
"What's the weird part?" Katie asked.
"He was on the tenth floor of his apartment" Dean replied and Katie sighed.
"Ghost car" Katie said. "That's just groovy, what's the next move?"
"Adam and I are checking out some place called Jane's, while Sam talks with the guy's AA counselor" Dean replied.
"Well do you guys need me to do anything?" Katie asked. "Bobby's pretty much held up in the office, Hope has finally quieted down, and I'm eating coco puffs, so I could help"
"Get some sleep" Dean replied. "And give Hope a kiss for me, ok?"
"Ok, talk to you later" Katie said before hanging up her phone.
Katie leaned forward and placed a kiss on the little girl's head.
"That's from daddy" Katie says before taking her seat again. "So, what are we going to do today"
This was unfamiliar territory for Katie. Not doing anything. She could always go back to help Bobby with the research thing, but she didn't want her or Hope to distract him.
"We could go for a walk" Katie said. "But daddy would throw a fit about us leaving the house without him" she sighed. "You see mommy's a hunter, and when she's not hunting she has no idea what she should be doing" she sat in silence for a moment. "So ghost car, any thoughts?"
Katie spent the rest of the morning trying to keep her mind off of the fact that her family was out there, fighting, and she was here at home. She tried entertaining herself by playing with Hope, but she soon found that a two week old was a very boring age. Soon the baby had fallen asleep and Katie was left alone again. She sat in the living room and grabbed the remote and flicked on the television. There was some old movie playing and she decided to watch it. She'd nearly fallen asleep when the program switch off.
"Coming up, Tycoon Richard Roman, "Dick" as he likes to be called seems to be the center of a lot of rumors lately"
Katie sat up in her seat when a picture of the man flashed on the television screen. It was him, the man from her sketch, the man she'd seen in her visions.
"Find out, what's true and what's not on the next episode of 'In The Know'"
"Dick Roman" Katie said before turning off the television. She stood to her feet and headed to the library. Bobby looked over to her as she entered the room. "I think I've found something on the Leviathan front" Katie told the hunter of the man she'd just seen on television, but the truth still remained that she still had no idea his connection to all of this. Now all she had was a picture and a name. And for the rest of the day that's what Katie used. Only problem was the guy was clean, just a billionaire tycoon who knew money. But she knew there was more to it than that.
When she gave up on conventional research Katie turned to cleaning. Katie was in the kitchen cleaning, something that for the moment she could use to get her mind off everything. She stopped when she heard the sound of growling. Katie turned to see a black German shepherd standing there, it's teeth showing as it growls at Katie.
"Nice puppy" Katie whispers dropping the sponge that was in her hand. The dog suddenly flashes and Katie stares in shock. "Nice ghost puppy?" the dog suddenly runs toward Katie, but disappears before attacking. "What the hell was that?"
It wasn't until the next morning that Katie found out about the man who was attacked by the ghost dog was the next victim of their case.
"We're going to check out the body now" Dean said.
Katie sat in the kitchen her laptop open reading about the latest victim.
"They're definitely connected, I doubt the ghost dog that appeared in our kitchen was a coincidence" Katie replied.
"Yeah" Dean sighed.
"What's up?" Katie asked. There was something in his voice. She knew something was wrong.
"Nothing, look we're pulling up, I'll call you later" Dean said before hanging up the phone.
Katie looked down to her phone before sitting it on the table.
"Ok, guy who killed little girl in a drunk driving accident hit by a ghost car" she stood to her feet and began walking toward the stairs. "Guy accused of dog fighting, killed by a ghost dog" she stopped at the bottom of the stairs for a moment. "Is someone being a vigilante?" Katie shook her head before heading up the stairs. "And what's with the red dirt?" Katie walked over to the nursery. "This would be so much easier if I were there" she pushed opened the door and walked over to Hope's crib to see the little girl amusing herself with the mobile. "But mommy stays with you so nothing bad tries to take you away from us" she sighed. "If there is someone throwing peoples' past at them in the form of ghosts, I'm afraid what this will do to your daddy and uncles"
Katie spent the rest of the day waiting for the phone to ring. She hated waiting, she hating feeling so useless. She laid on her bed, he legs dangling off the edge, the baby monitor in one hand and her cell phone in the other, knowing sooner or later on of them was going to make a sound. Closing her eyes she decided to try for a nap before Hope awakens from her own. She was almost there until her phone rang.
"Hello?"
No one said anything.
"Hello?" Katie looked to her phone and realized it wasn't the phone but the baby monitor. She shook her head and flicked open her phone and brought it to her ear. "Hello?"
"Hey, it's me"
"What's up Adam, how's the hunting going?"
"It sucks" Adam replied. "While their out doing the actual hunting I'm stuck babysitting"
"Who are you babysitting?" Katie asked.
"We found where the red dirt was from, an apple farm" Adam said. "We were on our way up there when this guy just ran in front of the car"
"Who was he running from?" Katie asked.
"Apparently, some weird courtroom in a barn" Adam replied and Katie sat up from the bed.
"Let me guess, this farm has the red dirt?" Katie asked.
"Yep" Adam replied. "This guy said he was on trial for killing these people years ago, weird thing is he's already gone to jail and everything for it"
"So guy's kept in a barn where he's forced into some twisted trial" Katie said standing to her feet and began pacing. "Is there any connections between our other vics?"
"They all were at this bar before they're killed" Adam said.
"That must be where they're taken" Katie replied.
"Which is why Dean is on his way there to ask some questions" Adam said and Katie stopped dead in her tracks.
"Wait, what?" Katie asked. "Is he alone or is Sam with him?"
"Sam's gone too, I think he sent Bobby something" Adam replied.
"I'll call you back" Katie snapped the phone closed.
Katie grabbed the baby monitor from the bed and headed down the stairs. She headed into the library to see Bobby looking at something on the laptop.
"You could've told me they sent something" Katie said walking over to look over the hunter's shoulder. "What is it?"
"Egyptian, looks like" Bobby replied and looked over to Katie who had that look that meant something just clicked. "What?"
"Osiris" Katie said looking over to Bobby. "Damnit!" She shook her head before looking down to the baby monitor.
"When you say Osiris, you mean-"
"Egyptian god, likes to appear every few years to live out his courtroom fantasies and then disappears" Katie runs a hand over her face. "Call Sam, Dean's going to this bar where Osiris chooses his victims" Katie stops when she hears crying from the baby monitor.
"Go, I'll fill in Sam" Bobby replies. Katie nods before heading up to the nursery to check on Hope.
"It's ok" Katie says walking in the nursery and scooping the baby in her arms. "Mommy's here" she rocks the baby in her arms but Hope continues to cry. "What's wrong-" Katie looks down into Hope's eyes when suddenly she finds herself standing on the sidewalk on the side of a bar. She hears something and turns to see Dean walking toward her when suddenly someone grabs him from behind. "Dean, no!" Katie takes a step but finds herself back in the nursery. She looks back down to Hope, he crying quieting, until it stops. "Don't worry, mommy will find daddy" she lifts her head to the ceiling. She was going to have to do something she didn't want to do. "Urim, I need you" soon the angel appeared.
"What can I do for you?" Urim asked.
"Look I know you must be super busy and I know I have no right to even ask something like this to you"
"Katie, what is it?"
"I need you to watch Hope for me, for just a little while" Katie said. "Dean is in trouble and I need to help him"
"Ok" Urim said simply and Katie was a bit surprised.
"Really?" Katie asked. "Because you don't have to"
"But I want to" Urim said. "It's just so dreary up there now, so sad, I think a little time away will be good for me" she looked down to the baby cradled in Katie's hands. "And I know spending time with Hope here will lift my spirits" Urim opened her arms. "May I?" Katie looked to the angel before looking back down to her daughter. She didn't want to leave, she didn't want to trust the life of her daughter to anyone but herself.
"I don't think I can do this" Katie whispered looking down to her daughter. "How do I do this?" she looked up to Urim. "How do I let her go?" Urim looked at her for a moment.
"You don't" the angel replied. "You go save her daddy and then you come back, that's all" Katie gave the angel a smile before looking back down to Hope. She took a deep breath before placing a kiss on the little girl's head and bringing the child into Urim's arms. "Don't worry she's safe with me, I'll protect her with my life" Katie ran a hand over Hope's head.
"Don't worry I'll be back before you know it" Katie said looking at the baby. It was now that she realized how attached she was to the child, how the simple act of leaving was like torture. She looks over to Urim. "You call me if anything happens, ok?" Urim nodded. Katie looked back down to Hope before turning and heading for the door. She walked back downstairs to find Bobby standing at the book case. She walked over and grabbed a book over his shoulder. "There should be something in here to help us, find it and call me"
"Where are you going?" Bobby asked.
"Dean's in trouble, I'm going to find him" Katie replied and she could see the fear creep in the man's eyes at the thought of being alone with the baby. "Urim is here to watch Hope, they're upstairs" she could see the man release a sigh of relief. "Call me as soon as you find something ok?" Bobby nodded. Katie closed her eyes and focused all of her energy on Dean. It was at this moment that she realized she was a bit out of practice when she found herself falling on her but on cement. "Son of a-" she looks up to see a bar. It was the same bar from her vision. Katie stands to her feet and looks around when she see Sam with some woman.
"Sam!" Katie calls and he turns to her.
"Katie?" Sam asks. "What are you doing here?" Katie walks over to him.
"Dean" Katie replies and Sam nods in understanding. Katie turns to the woman. "Uh, hi who are you?"
"I'm Mia" the woman replies. "I found Dean's phone outside the bar" Katie quirked and eyebrow before turning back to Sam.
"He was questioning her about the victims" Sam said and Katie nodded in understanding.
"Dean's not here?" Katie asked and Sam shakes his head. "Damnit"
"What's wrong?" Sam asks and Katie glances to Mia.
"Thanks for your help Mia" Katie said before turning back to Sam. "Let's go" Sam nods to the woman for catching up with Katie.
"What's going on?" Sam asks.
"I focused on Dean, meaning my powers should've taken me straight to him" Katie replies. "I think my powers are on the fritz again"
"Well I think I know where he is" Sam said and Katie looked over to him. "There was red dirt next to his phone"
"Apple farm?" Katie asked and Sam nods. "Well then let's go" She holds out her hand and Sam looks down to it hesitantly. "I can get us there faster Sam, you know this"
"But-"
"No, buts Sam, I'm fine, and I will be fine" Katie said stopping and stepping in front of her brother in law. "Sam, you need to get over this, you don't have to protect me from him, I can do that for myself" She looks up to his face to see his eyes glaze over a bit and know that the hallucination must be talking to him, so on a whim she grabs his hand. "This is real Sam, I am real, whatever that bastard is saying is not, just focus on me ok?" Sam nods and before he knows it, they're standing outside the barn.
A/N: Well keep going...
