You may want to go back and read the other chapters, because I have edited them.
I have decided to do most episodes, but I'll miss some out where I feel that Ben and Alec's involvement would be minimal. That way when they are in an episode, they aren't always just in the background, they will actually have something to do with the episode.
I'm thinking:
-Miss out episode 2, Wendigo.
-Do episode 3, Dead in the Water.
-Most likely miss out episode 4, Phantom Traveller (Not sure how I'd write them in, unless anyone has any ideas?)
-Most likely miss out episode 5, Bloody Mary.
-Do episode 6, Skin.
-Miss out episode 7, Hook Man.
-Do episode 8, Bugs.
-Do episode 9, Home (Couldn't miss that one).
-Do episode 10, Asylum.
-Miss episode 11, Scarecrow.
-Do episode 12, Faith (Couldn't miss that one).
That's what I'm thinking so far, let me know what you think. Whether you think the episode's I have chosen to do are good, or if you think I should do one of the other ones, but I'm pretty happy with what I have chosen.
Like I said, in the ones I've missed out, are episode where I'm not sure how to put Ben and Alec in and give them a role in the episode, so unless you have any idea's, I will be missing them out.
Anyway, please enjoy :)
Chapter 7.
Episode 3 (Dead in the Water).
Dean and the twins are sitting in a diner. Dean is sat circling obituaries in a newspaper, while Ben and Alec are sitting, drinking large glasses of milk. A waitress walks up to the table.
"Can I get you anything else?"
Dean looks up and grins, as he chews on a pen, at the site of the waitress.
Sam walks over and sits down, "Just the check, please".
"Okay" the waitress walks away.
Dean turns to glare at Sam, "You know, Sam, we are allowed to have fun once in a while", he points to the waitress, "That's fun".
Alec scrunches up his face, "How is she fun?"
"Does she play games or something?" Ben asks.
Dean coughs, "Or something".
Ben and Alec shrug as they take another drink of their milks.
Dean sighs and hands the newspaper over to Sam, "Here, take a look at this, I think I got one. Lake Manitoc, Wisconsin. Last week Sophie Carlton, eighteen, walks into the lake, doesn't walk out. Authorities dragged the water; nothing. Sophie Carlton is the third Lake Manitoc drowning this year. None of the other bodies were found either. They had a funeral two days ago".
"A funeral?"
"Yeah, it's weird, they buried an empty coffin. For, uh, closure or whatever".
"Closure? What closure? People don't just disappear, Dean. Other people just stop looking for them".
Dean looks at Sam, "Something you want to say to me?"
Alec rolls his eyes and whispers to Ben, "Here we go".
Ben nods but doesn't say anything, instead he just keeps drinking his milk.
There was always this tense feeling surrounding Sam and Dean. All of them knew it, but it was basically an unwritten rule that it you don't talk about it. But Ben really didn't like the tenseness. He was praying to the Blue Lady to help sort things out, but so far nothings really changed.
Ever since Sam's girlfriend had died... well obviously he was pretty upset and had been having a lot of nightmares.
They had stayed for a while to try and find the demon, but it was long gone according to Dean. So, they had gone to the place John had sent them Colorado, Blackwater Ridge. Dean had forced him and Alec to stay at the motel, because he claimed that even though they hadn't been sure what it was at the time, it was still too dangerous for them... a couple of super soldiers.
Turned out it was a Wendigo, which Dean made Ben and Alec read up on when he got back as it was something they hadn't covered yet in there, as Alec calls it 'hunter learning'. For a few days after that Sam wasn't too bad, he was a little more himself... but now he was back being moody and pissed off that John wasn't around.
Which lead to things being tense between Sam and Dean, because Dean was finding hunts instead of John.
Ben wasn't sure which brothers side he was on. On one hand, he wanted to find John and make sure he was okay... he missed him. On the other hand, he could see that if there was a hunt, it was important to kill the monster before it could hurt anymore people.
Sam looks at Dean, "The trail for Dad. It's getting colder every day".
"Exactly. So, what are we supposed to do?"
"I don't know. Something. Anything".
"Sam's asking for it now" Alec says just loud enough for Ben's cat ears to pick up.
"You know what? I'm sick of this attitude. You don't think I wanna find Dad as much as you do?"
"Yeah, I know you do, it's just-".
"I'm the one that's been with him every single day for the past two years, while you've been off to college going to pep rallies. We will find Dad, but until then, we're gonna kill everything bad between here and there. Okay?"
Not knowing what to do, Ben and Alec just continue drink their milk, watching the brother's like a tennis match.
Sam rolls his eyes, "All right, Lake Manitoc" Sam looks at Dean, only to see his attention was back on the waitress, "Hey!"
"Huh?" Dean looks back at Sam.
"Sam was saying that we should go check out the case" Ben says, pushing his empty glass away.
"Right, off we go then" Dean grins.
"Wait in the car" Alec grumbles, "It's always 'wait in the car'".
Ben was resitting the urge to either punch his brother or start banging his head on the window... maybe both.
"Will you just shut up" he glares at him, "We can't exactly go in there and pretend to be FBI agents or whatever else. They may suspect that we're fakes because we're child size".
Alec huffs and crosses his arms.
The Impala doors open, and Sam and Dean both sit back in. Looking back Dean see's the sour looks on both boy's faces.
"What's happened in here? You two kitty's have a hissing match?"
"He's insufferable" Ben states.
"He's got a stick up his ass" Alec says.
"Oi Alec, watch the mouth-"
"I learned the word from you" he points out.
"Do as I say and not as I...do?" Dean scrunches his eyebrows, "Scratch that... Just don't... Just shush".
Alec glares but says nothing more. Dean turns back around and starts the Impala up.
"So, what happened to the girl?" Ben asks.
"She was a great swimmer, practically lived in the water, so the brother believes there was no way she just drowned. She had been a long way out but he didn't see or hear anything. She just went down".
Ben sighs, "What could have done it?"
"No sure at the minute, we're going down to the sheriff's office. See what they have".
"Let me guess, we'll have to wait in the car" Alec bites.
Ben reaches over and punches Alec in the arm. Alec retaliates and punches him back.
"Boys!" Dean yells, and both of them immediately stop, "Look, I get that your both board, but that doesn't mean, to waste time you start a punching match. Apologise, both of you".
"Sorry" they both mumble.
Sam smirks to himself. Dean was really becoming a father.
"You shut your face" Dean looks at Sam.
"What the hell did I say?!"
"It's what your face said".
Sam bites his tongue while bitch facing Dean.
"Finally" Alec exclaims as Dean returns to the Impala from talking to the sheriff.
"Where's Sam?" Ben asks.
"At the motel" Dean says, switching on the engine, "It's just a couple of blocks away".
"Did you get any new information from the sheriff?"
"Just that the lake, where the people are drowning, isn't going to be there much longer".
Ben nods and settles back into the seat, "So that could be causing whatever this is to start attacking more, because the water it's in won't be around much longer".
Dean nods, then pauses and looks at the boys, "You're kids".
"Well, considering you keep telling us that, you should already know that" Alec smirks.
"Then that's at least two kids I know! But no, apparently Sam say's you guys don't count".
Alec and Ben share a look of confusion. What the hell was he talking about. Shaking his head, Alec leans forward and pat's Dean on the shoulder.
"It's okay, Dean. It's okay".
Dean bitch faces him, "sit down".
"Sorry. Just trying to help you through your mid-life crisis".
"My... I'm 26! I'm not having a mid-life crisis".
"Whatever helps you sleep at night" Alec shrugs.
Dean parks the Impala at the motel and turns to face Alec, "No T.V. for you tonight, for that smartass comment".
"What!" Alec's eyes go wide as Dean gets out, "You really are becoming an old fuddy duddy".
Dean opens the boy's door, "I heard that. Wanna make it a week's worth of no telly?"
Alec bites his tongue and shakes his head, "No sir".
Dean wasn't a fan of making the boys unhappy, but he had learnt early on that they needed some rules and consequences for breaking the rules. Ben needs them to feel safe and to have control. Alec needs them to feel safe and so that he wasn't running wild. And they both need rules to stop their fighting from becoming homicidal. Dean had really learnt the hard way... ... ...
He and dad were coming back from a hunt. Opening the door to the motel room, Dean and John froze at the sight.
The table chairs were knocked over, the beds were a mess and all over the place, there was a lamp smashed on the floor and a hole in the wall.
Ben and Alec were in the middle of the mess, on the floor fighting... and it wasn't a brotherly boxing match. They both were hitting hard and fast, looking to make the other bleed.
After a moment of watching the sight, Dean and John sprung to action as Alec sat on top of Ben and started sending fist after fist to his brother's face. John grabbed Alec and pulled him away from Ben, while Dean grabbed Ben and pulled him off the floor.
Alec lunged for Ben, but John was just about able to hold him back.
"The hell is going on here!" Dean yells.
Ben started to cry as Alec struggled in Johns grip.
Dean looks at his John, completely lost and freaking out. Sighing John dragged the struggling Alec to the bathroom.
"Stay in here till you've calmed down" John barked as he shut the door.
Dean leads the crying Ben to one of the beds and sits him down.
"Hey Benny... Squirt what happened?" Dean says as he grabs a cloth and wets it under the kitchen tap.
Ben shakes his head as he cries. Dean crouches down in front of him and daps the cloth on Ben's lip.
"I-I-I...I.." Ben sobs, "I...I-I'm s-s-sorry. P-please don't g...get rid of us".
"Ben, I don't know what we have to say or do for you to understand that we aren't getting rid of either you or Alec" Dean sighs, "even if you kill someone or worse... destroy my Zeppelin tape. You're both stuck with us".
Ben sniffs and coughs some more sobs out.
"You need to tell us what happened" John says in his sergeant voice.
"We were doing what you had told us to do, going through the books and doing some research on different monsters and stuff... Alec started getting bored and started to mess around" Ben looks down at his feet, "I told him to stop misbehaving and get back to the research. He didn't, he kept being bad... I told him to stop being bad or else you might get rid of us".
Dean closes his eyes and sighed.
"Alec got really mad and started yelling, so I yelled back and told him he was bad and this was why he was the one that was always in Psy-Ops. Then he threw the lamp at me and then hit me, so I hit him back" Ben's mouth started wavering, "I'm sorry Dean!"
"Ben" Dean sighed.
These boys...
Manticore had emotionally damaged both boys. Ben had it drilled into his head that if he wasn't perfect, he gets taken away. While Alec, he was always told he was a bad soldier, that he was insubordinate, and while he pretended he didn't give a damn, he did... And both had major abandonment issues.
Dean was aware that while Alec was the one who through the first punch, it was really Ben who had started the fight, whether Ben was aware he started it or not. Alec should have not have hit his brother, no matter what, but he didn't start it. The words Ben had said to him had.
Dean knew that Alec put on a happy, witty bravado. He pretended, a lot like himself Dean had to admit, that he was brave and that nothing could faze him.
But Dean also knew that wasn't always the case. Alec would pretend that he didn't care that he was 'bad' but Dean knew, that each time Ben called him bad or incompetent, it hit Alec hard... It was only a matter of time till he snapped.
Why didn't Dean see this coming!
Sighing Dean looked at Ben, "Look Ben... Alec seems like he doesn't care about anything, right?"
Ben nods his head.
"But the thing is, it's all an act. Alec pretends he's big and brave and that he doesn't need anyone... But he's actually worries about being left, just as much as you. He just thinks that if he acts like he doesn't care, then if anything bad happens, it will hurt less" Dean explains, "And Ben... When you call him bad, Alec doesn't show it, but it hurts him".
John adds in, "Sometimes words hurt more than actions. The pain of a punch is over quicker than the pain of words".
Ben looks up at Dean and John with wide eyes, "I hurt Alec?"
Dean nods gently, "I know you didn't mean to, you were just saying it because of how Manticore raised you... but yeah Benny... those words hurt Alec. That's why he hit you. He wanted to hurt you, like he felt you were hurting him".
"I didn't mean to hurt him! I just wanted him to do as he was told" Ben cried.
"I know Ben, I know. But now you understand your words can hurt, so you need to be more careful in what you say. Okay".
Ben nods with tears falling down his face.
"Good" Dean said as he pulled Ben into a hug.
"Ben, why don't you watch some telly for a bit. Me and Dean need to talk to Alec" John said.
"Y...your not going to get rid of him... right?"
"Nah, course not" Dean ruffled his hair.
Ben nodded and sat down on the sofa, flicking to some random channel.
John grabs Dean's arm before he could go to Alec.
"What?"
In a hushed voice John says, "You did a good job talking with Ben, but I think that this situation calls for more than just words".
"What do you mean?"
"As we agreed. These boys are your responsibility... but Dean, it's been a few months now, and sure you've told them the ground rules but you haven't enforced them. You haven't told them what the punishment would be if they broke a rule... These boys need rules, because having rules gives children a sense of stability and safeness, which these two need... Ben craves rules so much he makes up his own and sets up his own punishments, which obviously doesn't sit well with Alec. But he also needs them, so that he understands that there are boundaries and consequences for his actions".
Dean sighs... right of course. He knew Ben like to have control and he knew that Alec need to learn to have some control.
He was seriously failing at this parent thing. Ben likes rules, so when Dean didn't give him any, he made his own. Ben would force his rules on Alec who hates rules and would then act out. Which then would cause Ben to 'punish' him, which leads to Alec acting out more.
Of course, one of them was going to blow eventually... he should have seen it...
"I'm going to talk to Alec first... then the boys can have an early night while I think of all the rules they need and what the consequence will be if they break them. In the morning, we'll have a family meeting and talk through the new rules and consequences" Dean sighs.
"Just as long as you remember to enforce the rules. If one of them breaks a rule, you have to go through with the punishment, or else they won't bother following the rules, and in a few months time we'll be doing this again".
Dean nods before entering the bathroom where Alec was cooling down.
Closing the door behind him, Dean looked at Alec, who was sat on the floor with his back against the bath, looking at his lap. Dean slowly sat down next to Alec in the tiny bathroom. He could see dark patches on Alec's lap from where his tears had hit his jeans.
"Go on then" Alec hissed, "Say it. You're kicking me out and keeping the good clone".
"Alec... You're not bad" Dean said, "I know that Ben's words hurt you and that's why you lashed out-".
"No..." Alec sniffled, "I wasn't hurt by some stupid words".
"Buddy. You don't have to pretend with me" Dean puts his hand on Alec's head, "Sure, I hate chick-flick moments like this... but if you need to talk, then I am willing to suffer though a girly talk for you. I know Ben's words hurt you... but you need to know, that you're not bad. You're just a kid, who has never had freedom before and is just getting a bit carried away. You're not bad Alec, and we're not kicking you out".
"But I'm not perfect like Ben" Alec's voice cracked.
Dean pulled Alec into his side, "I don't won't you to be perfect, I want you to be Alec... he's much more fun".
"I am pretty awesome" Alec mumbled.
"You're my clone, damn right your awesome" Dean grinned, "...And Ben's not perfect either. Encase you hadn't noticed... he's a bit of a control freak".
"You don't say" Alec's voice dripped with sarcasm.
Dean turned Alec's face to him, so he could look him in his eyes, "You're not perfect and neither is Ben. You both have faults, but everyone does, even me and dad. It's normal to have faults".
"We're meant to be the perfect soldiers-".
"I don't want you to be perfect. Either of you" Dean says, "If you or Ben were perfect, then that would mean that you'd boring... and that would suck".
Alec shrugged, "I guess so".
"I like you and Ben the way you guys are... You just have to work on some things is all. Not just you, Ben too".
"So... so you're not going to... I get to stay?" Alec said with his eye's filled with worry and hope.
"Buddy, you're stuck with me. Your so stuck with me, you're going to be sick of me".
"I don't think that I ever will be sick of you" Alec said quietly, "...Tell anyone I said something so girly, I'll deny everything!"
Dean chuckled before getting serious again, "I'm not going to get rid of you, but we are going to have to work on somethings. First, while I like that you cause mischief because it's part of your charm... you need to respect and follow the rules. They are set to keep you and Ben safe. I don't mind you having fun, I want you to have fun, but you need to know when your idea of fun crosses a line, and when it crosses the line you need to learn to stop. Tomorrow I going to be setting down some new rules and you will have to follow them or else you'll face the consequences. Both you and Ben need these rules and will benefit from them".
Alec grumbled slightly but said nothing.
"Secondly... While I understand that Ben's words hurt you... You should not have hit him. He is your brother and you don't hurt your brother. I have already talked to Ben and he now understands that words can hurt, but like I said, you should not have thrown a fist into his face. Brothers look out for each other".
"I just got so angry" Alec said.
"I know... but it wasn't anger you were feeling... well if was a bit of anger, but mostly it was hurt. You were hurt by Ben's words so you lashed out. You wanted to hurt him like he hurt you".
"I feel bad about it now".
"Yeah, I know you do Bud" Dean sighs, "But like I was saying, you lashed out at him in the moment, with no thoughts to your actions. You can't do that. I know that when your angry and hurt it's hard to think before you act, but you need to try. Okay. You and I have similar personalities. Sometimes I act before I think, and that gets me in trouble like you. But we're going to work on it together okay. Whenever you're feeling angry or hurt by anything, walk away before the situation gets worse. Go somewhere else to think and calm down, count to 10 in your head, or hell just tell me or dad. Do anything but hit Ben".
"Cuz, he's my brother and brother look out for each other" Alec says.
Dean smiled, "Exactly".
"Even when he may really deserve it?"
"That's a difficult one... but sometimes the situation may call for you to actually knock sense into your brother. Just once though, you don't beat sense into him. But it's about thinking and judging the situation, which you can't do if your mad".
"So... go away and calm down. Think about why I'm angry and if Ben deserve to get hit?" Alec checks.
"You got it Al".
Alec nods, feeling happier and slightly relieved.
Dean slowly gets up from his cramped position on the floor, "Come on then, Bud. You and Ben need to have a chat".
Alec sighs as he stands, "John's not going to yell, is he?"
"Nah. It's in the past now. Tomorrow we start fresh, new rules and consequences and happy, safe clones".
Dean grabs the bathroom door handle, but stops when Alec's arms wrap around him. Smiling to himself, Dean hugs the tiny transgenic back.
Alec pulls away after a moment, cuz he's done with the girly crap now, "Hey Dean? You said that even you and John had faults. What's your fault?"
"My fault is being too damn handsome" Dean grins as Alec groans, "Hey you are my clone, that means eventually you'll be as good looking as me".
Alec shakes his head but can't stop his mouth from turning up in to a smile as Dean opens the door.
Dean knew that even when the new rules were set, there would still be problems and fights... he just hoped that it wouldn't be as bad and any fights between the boys, would lead to blood being spilled... ... ...
To be fair to the boys, since that day, they have been a lot better. Sure, they still fought, but at least now they weren't trying to actually kill each other. Ben loved the rules and Alec hated them, but after a while he started to respect them and follow them. Every now and then he broke a rule, Ben too, but that was to be expected, and Dean wouldn't have it any other way.
"Right, grab your bags. We're in that room there" Dean pointed to the motel room Sam was in.
Dean watched as the boys walked over and into the room, as he grabbed his and Sam's duffels.
Ben still called Alec bad every now and then and Alec still caused quite a bit of trouble, but at least now it wasn't constant and neither had started a fight for blood since. Dean was happy.
Now though he had to deal with Sam and his bitchy-ness. But, you can't win all battles, and Sam with his girly/bitchy-ness was not a battle Dean thought he could ever win.
Though, as long as he had his brother and his boys, Dean didn't really care.
Hey Guys! Sorry this chapter took so long. I have been working a lot more recently and I had a small bout of writer's block... But I am back now and I hope you like this chapter.
This chapter was mostly about the flashback. I tried to make Dean seem as much like himself as possible, while he was talking with Ben and Alec. I hope I pulled it off.
The reason for the long flashback is because for the first half of this episode, I didn't really know how to put Ben and Alec in, without them sitting in the car for most of it. So, to juice it up a little, I did the flashback.
In the next chapter Ben and Alec should have more of a role in the hunt, much to Dean's dismay ;) Promise!
Thanks for reading :)
