Stephanie waited till she knew the others went to bed and was positive Dean was asleep this time. She grabbed her bag and double checked that everything she needed was in there and went downstairs, quietly. She walked into the study and grabbed the book and went out the back door. She quickly ran through the salvage yard but stopped when she heard her name being called.
"Steph?!"
She looked back to see a few of the lights were on in the house.
"Shit…"
She ran faster not looking back but she could still hear them yelling for her. Her phone started singing 'Ramble On' and she stopped and dropped her bag. She cursed as she looked through each pocket to figure out which one she put it in.
When she found it she saw it was Sam.
She grabbed her bag and opened her phone up.
"Hey Sam," she said quietly and out of breath.
"Where are you?" Sam and Dean were walking through the salvage yard looking for her.
"In South Dakota."
"Very funny, Steph…seriously we're looking for you!"
"I'm fine…no need to worry…" She cut between a few trees once she hit the forest area.
"You're close aren't you? That's why you're out of breath…" He stopped talking and Steph looked at her phone to see if he hung up but then heard another voice on the line.
"Valentine get your ass back here now!" It was Dean. Dean was furious and scared for her. He had a feeling she was going to do something stupid. The two of them continued walking.
"Winchester, I'm fine. No need to worry. You guys can go back to bed."
Stephanie stopped at the edge of the salvage yard where the taxi was waiting for her. She told him to wait and put the phone back up to her ear.
"You're going after it aren't you? You're going after one of them?"
She could sort of hear the fear in his voice. "Yes, I am."
"Shit, Steph...come back. We'll go together, there's no need for you to do this on your own…"
"Dean, I have to do this. I have to see if it works and I'm not going to endanger you, Sam's, Bobby's or even Castiels lives. I can't have that on my conscious…not another one." She said the last part quietly but Dean still heard her.
Dean and Sam were in the middle of the forest and could see headlights straight ahead. "Just come back Steph," he said in a soft tone. Steph didn't think that was even possible for Dean to have a soft tone like that. "Come back and we can talk about this."
Steph made a worried face and bit her lip as she looked down the dark road. "I'm sorry, Dean. I just can't." She hung up and got in the taxi.
"Presence." The cab driver nodded and drove off.
Dean and Sam reached the edge of the forest in time to see the taxi a few feet away.
"Damn it!" yelled Dean.
"What now?" asked Sam.
"Track her phone and find out where the hell she's headed."
Dean wanted to prevent this from happening he knew if she was there alone with that one demon she was going to end up in the hospital. He and Sam had to find her before she did it.
God I hope we find her in time.
Steph stood in the abandoned barn and looked around. She had the symbols painted correctly, now all she had to do was summon it and exorcise him. She swallowed and closed her eyes.
"It's now or never, babe," she said to herself and opened her eyes.
She started to speak the summoning written in the book.
Dean and Sam tracked her phone to Presence and that's where they were headed. "Dean, slow down if she has the book and stuff, she should be ok."
"No, she won't Sam. Don't you remember reading the last page of her life?"
Sam thought back to when he read it. The demons words to her: "So eager to play…have you forgotten what happened the last time you were alone with one of us. You spent a month in the hospital…"
"You really think that that's going to happen?" Sam looked at Dean. Dean didn't have to say anything Sam knew that's he was thinking. "But Chuck said that we changed it."
"We only changed a certain thing…how do we know we changed this one?" Dean glanced at Sam and Sam had a worried face. "I just need to make sure that we did."
Steph's voice ran through his mind. I have to see if it works and I'm not going to endanger you, Sam's, Bobby's or even Castiels lives. I can't have that on my conscious…not another one.
He knew she didn't want it on her conscious but she didn't understand that he couldn't have her dying on his. Another person that he had gotten close to and died…he couldn't and he won't. And if he had to, he would tell her that once they meet up with her so she can understand.
Steph stood there in the middle of the barn waiting. She didn't know how the demon was going to come up. The barn doors opened with a gust of wind and in came walking a tall man wearing all black except for a long brown leather coat that ended right at the tip of his shoe. He looked right at her and smirked.
"Stephanie Valentine, your father says hello."
She sneered and opened the book to the beginning of the exorcism. She began to read it and the demon twitched a little.
"No," he growled as he started to walk to her. "It can't be! The book is…Ahhh!" He screamed as he fell to his knees. He looked back at her, his eyes black but she paid no mind as she continued chanting.
The wind started to pick up around the barn, hay started to fly around them and some dirt followed.
Stephanie started to feel giddy inside that this was working it was actually working but her heart sunk when she noticed something and she stuttered on the last word she said. She stopped reading and her eyes widened and started to tear up. There were two pages stuck together that no one had noticed.
She swallowed hard and ripped the pages apart from each other to find that they were not translated at all.
She heard the demon laughing as he stood up.
"What's the matter? Too much for you girly?"
He started to approach her and she reached for her gun but he waved his hand in the air and tossed it aside. She ran to her bag and grabbed another gun. She shot at him knowing it was just going to piss him off.
"I don't have time for these games!"
He waved his hand at her causing her to fly into the wall and fall down it dropping the book. She shook her head as she got up and crawled over to it but was kicked in the stomach by the demon. He laughed and continued to kick her in the stomach until she stopped moving.
The demon grabbed the book and put it inside his jacket. He smiled down at her seeing her in pain.
She was going to die; she knew some of her ribs were broken. She couldn't get up to move and the others didn't know where she was. She was going to die in this barn and join her father in Hell.
"By the way, sweetheart, the names Belial and I'll be seeing you in Hell right next to your father and I'm going to enjoy ripping you to pieces." He kicked her one more time and Steph rolled over holding her stomach and letting out a few tears.
"Damn it," she whispered to herself.
Dean and Sam parked in front of the barn and got out.
"You sure this is it?" asked Dean looking at Sam as he closed the door.
"Yes, the tracker doesn't lie," said Sam annoyed. He knew Dean just wanted to protect Steph but he was getting ridiculous about it now.
The two of them opened the barn door and looked around.
"She's not here," said Dean about to walk out but Sam grabbed him by the arm. Dean looked at him and saw where Sam was staring. Her bag was on one of the tables.
"Steph!" yelled Dean as they ran in.
Steph opened her eyes a little hearing Dean's voice. She tried to make a noise but it hurt too much.
"Steph!" yelled Sam and Dean as they continued through the barn.
Dean turned the corner and found her lying on the hay. "Steph!" He ran over to her. "Sam! Over here!"
He turned her over and she screamed in pain. "Shit Steph! Why didn't you listen?!"
"That's not what she needs right now, Dean," said Sam as he kneeled down to look at her.
Steph was just lying there limp she could barely move. Her ribs were aching her too much and then that's when she started to feel like she couldn't breathe.
She grabbed onto Dean's arm tightly and he looked at her face. She tried to speak and he leaned down.
"What is it?" He put his ear to her mouth.
"Can't…breathe…"
He lifted his head quickly and looked at Sam. "She can't breathe!"
"Her lungs must be filling up with liquid!" Sam looked around and found a door that led to the back of the barn and he hoped there was something in there that could help. "Stay with her!"
"Where you going…Sam!" Dean watched as Sam ran to the back door and opened it.
Steph still had a firm grip on Dean and she started to panic. He looked back down at her and she had sorry written all over her face.
Dean wanted to tell her it was going to be alright…but he knew from his experiences that nothing was going to be alright. With the Winchester's luck, she was going to die. He should be the one that was sorry for dragging her with them.
Sam came back with a knife, straw looking thing and a cup of water.
"What are you going to do?" Dean eyed the blade in his brother's hand.
"Hopefully stop her lungs from filling up then we can take her to the hospital. I need you to get any alcohol you have in the car and hurry!"
Dean ran out of the barn as quick as he could. Sam put the tools next to Steph and watched as she closed her eyes.
"No, no, Steph, listen you can't close your eyes ok? Are you listening?!"
Steph opened her eyes and looked at Sam. He smiled weakly at her. "Good girl, now what I'm going to do is going to hurt a lot but it's going to help you to breathe again. Do you trust me?"
She nodded as best as she could and coughed and there was blood.
Dean came back and Sam grabbed the Whiskey out of his hand. "Dean I need you to hold her on her side."
Dean jumped to the other side of her and looked at her. "I'm sorry if this hurt, Steph." He gently put his hands on her and rolled her over making her scream. Dean swallowed hearing her scream and seeing the pain in her face.
Sam ripped the side of her shirt and poured the Whiskey on her skin. He pulled the blade and grimaced seeing a little rust on it.
Last thing she needs to worry about is tetanus.
Dean looked at his brother as Sam dug the knife into Steph. She whimpered and yelped and Dean offered her his hand. She grabbed hold of it and he looked down at her.
"I know it hurts, Steph," he said and glanced at Sam hoping he knew what he was doing. He looked back at Steph as she continued to squeeze his hand. He thought how brave she was going through this.
Sam entered the straw like thing into her and put it in the cup of water. Blood started to pour out of the straw and her breathing became semi normal.
"You did it Sam," said Dean.
"It's not going to hold, Dean. We have to get her to the hospital." Dean nodded in agreement and looked back down at Steph.
She had the look of defeat and anger in her vision. He knew that look all too well and all he could think about right now was wanting to hold her in his arms and tell her she was going to be ok, to comfort her and tell her that they'll get the demon that did this and the other five.
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