"True, but what does she know about you all?" he asks as he disappears. I looked up at Dean. "That sounded like something on one of those cookies you get." I say as Sam laughed. "Fortune cookies?" he asks as I nod. "Yeah, those!" I say as I looked at Castiel. "So, you're an angel?" I ask. "Yes, I am an angel of the Lord." he states. "What's the Infraworld?" Bobby asks. Castiel sighed. "It is a place different from everywhere else. Souls are free to roam the earth as energy. Most are dark and evil, nor do they have names. Yet Ethan is different from them." Cas says as I look up at Ethan. "Could it be because of the bond between them?" Sam asks. "I am not for certain. It is a possibility, I suppose." he says.
I tried my best to fight back a yawn, but failed. Dean chuckled. "We'll figure that out as we go." Dean says as he picks me up. "She can stay in one of the spare bedrooms." Bobby says as we go up the stairs. "Here we are, Ria." he says as I climb into the bed. "Hey, Dean? I gotta tell you something." I say as Dean bends down to my level. "Those things Cas was talking about. Those are the monsters that come after me in the dark." I say quietly. Dean looked at me. "What are you talking about?" he asks as I hold my teddy close. "Sometimes, when I'm asleep, monsters come after me. They scratch me and try to pull me away. Ethan isn't scared of them anymore. He fights them." I say as Dean looks at me. "Ria, you're safe here. No monsters can get you." he says as I nod. I lay down and close my eyes. "Night, Dean. Night, Ethan." I say. "Night, Maria." they both say as Dean cracks the door.
Dean pov..
I walked back down the stairs to see Cas was gone. "Where'd he go?" I ask. They shook their heads and I sighed. "Apparently, something's been after Maria and Ethan." I say. "What?" Sam asks. "She told me about monsters that come after her in the dark. They attack her and try to take her away." I say. "What does Ethan do?" Bobby asks. "She says he isn't scared of them anymore and that he fights back." I state. "So, other entities are after them?" Sam asks. I shrug. "Seems that way." I say. "That's interesting." Bobby says. "You're telling me." I say. Sam opened his mouth when we heard a door slam and Maria screamed. We all looked at each other before bolting up the stairs. I tried to open the door, but it was jammed. We heard strange noises coming from inside. "Maria, stand back!" I yelled as I back up and kicked the door open. I was shocked at what I saw.
The room was a complete wreak. Books and paper everywhere, furniture turned over. I saw Maria huddled in the corner of the wall. Deep scratches on her arms. "Maria!" I say as we rush over to her. She looked at me and my heart broke. "Y-You said I was safe here! That they couldn't get me! You lied, Dean!" she says as she held her injured arm close to her.
Maria pov..
Dean reached out to me but I pulled away from him. "Leave me alone!" I shout as Ethan healed my arm up the best he could. "Did Ethan.." Sam trailed. I looked up at him and nodded. "Yeah. He can heal up wounds, but if it's a big wound he can't heal it all the way." I explain. "Ria-" Dean began. I put my hands over my ears and walked out of the room.
I was suddenly pushed down. "Ow! Ethan, what was that for?!" I ask. "Apologize!" he ordered. "But-" I began when the wall banged. "Fine, fine. Pushy." I say as I stand. "U-Um, guys?" I ask in the doorway. They looked at me. I became frozen in place until Ethan pushed me inside. "I'm sorry. I was just..scared. So, sorry." I say as I began to cry. "Ria, it's alright." Dean says as he picks me up. "You just gotta trust us, alright?" he says. I nod as I looked around. "I trust you guys." I say.
"Good. Do you think you can go to sleep again?" Sam asks. I shake my head. Bobby sighed. "You ain't gotta sleep in here, kid. You can sleep on the couch, if you want." he says as I nod. "I'd feel safer with you guys around." I say Dean put me walked down the stairs as Sam brought a pillow and blanket with him.
