Chapter 7 A New Job
The people in the bar looked like they hadn't slept in
ages, or showered in that long either. The air was thick with
smoke, and everything was so covered in dirt that it was hard to tell
what the building had originally looked like.
Jo seemed completely
at ease though, and I again questioned her sanity. "What are
we doing? Shouldn't we be trying to find Edward?" I asked,
careful to stay close behind her.
She sighed. "I thought
you had started to understand this, Bella. We can't find him
until we find the demon that is after him. So unless you have
any better ideas…?" She asked.
"Can't we just try a phone
book?" I mumbled.
She turned around and smacked me lightly on
the shoulder. "Is it possible for you to be any more
negative?" She asked.
"I don't know, I could try." I
responded.
"Oh, just come on, and keep your mouth shut until I
say so, okay?"
She led me over to a man sitting on a bar stool
with his head buried in his arms. The smell of alcohol was
suffocating.
Jo tapped him on the shoulder- he almost jumped out
of his skin. "Jo, long time no-see. Whatcha doin'
here?... Does your mother know?" He asked in a raspy voice,
when he had settled down enough to speak clearly, well, almost
clearly.
"Ash, I'd like you to meet Bella Swan, my cousin- I'm
teaching her how to hunt." She smiled.
Ash gasped. "I
know that look… I'm gonna end up getting my ass kicked aren't
I?" He asked.
Jo just laughed.
Jo just laughed.
"Actually, we're on a mission right now. You haven't
gotten any further on tracing that demon for the Winchesters, have
you? We are in a little bit of a hurry."
Groaning, the man
shook his head. "No way Jo, count me out of this one.
Besides, I haven't got any more information for you anyway. I
can tell ya, that is one tricky son of a bitch to find."
She
sighed. "Well, where was the last place it attacked?
We'll have to start from there and see what we find."
"I
know I'm gonna regret telling you this- it's last attack was in
Cheyenne Wyoming. About three months ago." He said
anxiously.
"Thanks Ash! You're the best!" She
said, looking like she was about to hug him, but thought better of
it, "Oh, and it'd be great if you didn't tell Ellen we
were here. Bye!"
She grabbed my hand and dragged me back
out to the truck.
I looked curiously at my cousin as she shoved me
in the passenger seat and crawled over me to the driver's side.
She sped out of the gravel parking lot so fast that I felt the wheels
spin uselessly for a few seconds before we lurched forward.
"What?
Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked, a few minutes
later.
"Like what? Like I think you're insane? Uh,
yeah, that's 'cause I do. Weren't we supposed to talk to
some more hunters? We were in there for less than five
minutes. What are we gonna do now?" I asked, close to tears,
from anger.
"Wow Bell, you gotta chill a little, I just got a
better idea, that's all. You know, Dean and Sam may be our
only hope. If the demon's latest hit was in Wyoming, then you
can bet that the Winchesters will be there too. " She said
coolly.
I was furious. "Wait, so you want me to
'chill out', even though you have no idea what you are doing, my
boyfriend is getting ever closer to being turned evil, and now you
wanna track down some freaks that you were bashing less than
twenty-four hours ago because you think it MIGHT be helpful? I
think under the circumstances, I am totally entitled to a minor freak
out- okay?" I practically yelled.
Jo just rolled her eyes.
"Well, you either can trust me on this, or we can turn around and
go home. You can't do this by yourself Bella, so unless you
want to just give up, you better start playing nice, got it?" She
snapped.
I didn't answer her; I just stared out the window at
the wretched landscape while tears of rage rolled down my cheeks, I
couldn't bring myself to say it, but I knew she was right.
