Chapter Nine:
Whimpering quietly, Jamie began to come around, lifting her pounding head from her shoulder. It was dark now as she squinted into the room, her vision blurred around the edges, the sound of rain pelting on the corrugated iron overhead so loud it was almost deafening. She coughed on a sob as she let her head fall backwards again despairingly.
She was sat alone in the dark for a long time, head mind drifting in and out of consciousness until a loud bang disturbed her drowsy state, a pair of familiar eyes floating into view,
"Dun…can…?" Jamie murmured, tars rolling down her cheeks as she realised that what she was seeing wasn't the result of her fever, it was in fact her older brother, in the flesh, desperately sawing at her ropes with a dagger,
"Hey there kiddo…" He beamed, gently touching her chin with his thumb, "I'll have you out of here soon…" He soothed, finishing sawing away the ropes around her arms. He moved to her legs but she slipped out of her seat, all the strength drained from her body. Luckily Adam appeared, diving in at the nick of time to catch his cousin, smoothing the hair back off of her face. As soon as the ropes round her legs were away, Dean was at their side, hoisting his daughter up into his arms,
"There's nobody here…" He told Duncan, "Let's get out of here. Quick!"
The group made a mad dash for the exit, bursting into the cool evening air, rain falling lightly, causing a misty grey haze to fall over the landscape. Dean ran towards the car, Jamie draped in his arms,
"How you doing…?" He asked gently, looking down into her face, bruised and bloodied,
"I'm okay…" She mumbled,
"Good to hear kiddo…thought I'd lost you for a while there…"
"You can't get rid of me…" She joked as he placed her in the back of the Impala. Dean whirled on Duncan and Adam,
"Both of you, get in the car, stay in the car!" He instructed sternly. Both boys nodded, doing as they were told,
"SAM!"
Dean whirled around at Maggie's cry to see his brother being held tightly against the front of the demon, a thin blade held to his neck,
"It's good to see you again, Dean…"
"Tristan." Dean sneered, "So it was you all along."
"It's always been me, Dean." He drawled, "I was there the day you cut a deal to bring Lola back and I've been watching you and your family ever since…I've seen everything Dean…and I do mean everything and I know everything about you, too…"
"You son of a bitch…" Dean growled, "You let my brother go…this isn't about him."
"On the contrary…it's ALWAYS been about Sam…from that very first night fifty-seven years ago…Dean…it's because you're Sam's brother that this has happened…think about it…" He continued, "It's all Sam's fault…Lola would be alive if it wasn't for Sam and his perfect family."
"There's nothing you can say that'll make me turn on him." Dean said, pulling out the Colt, aiming it at Tristan, "Let him go."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you…"
Tristan's eyes flicked quickly to the Impala and back again. Suddenly, the engine revved by itself. Duncan's hands flew off of the steering wheel as the car screeched off down the stretch of road that led down to the warehouses,
"NO!" Maggie cried, rushing forwards slightly but to no avail, the car was speeding off at top speed. All of a sudden it skidded, turning to the side before rolling over. It rolled and rolled seemingly forever before finally coming to a halt on its roof. Dean looked back to Tristan, closing one eyes as he took aim,
"It's never going to end Dean…not for you…the pain is just going to keep on going…"
Dean squeezed the trigger, the bullet shooting into the centre of his forehead, knocking him to the floor, quivering with a blue static. Dropping the gun to the floor, Dean turned and ran towards the over-turned Impala, running as fast as he could until he skidded to a halt beside the car, dropping to the dusty floor,
"Duncan! Jamie!" He called, "You guys hear me? Adam?"
"Dad…" Jamie murmured, reaching a hand out from beneath the car, "Dad help…" She whispered.
Duncan growled loudly as he fought to free himself,
"I NEED HELP!" Dean yelled to Sam and Maggie. The pair darted over, helping Dean pull the children from the wreckage. As Sam extended his toned arm through the shattered window to Duncan, he noticed a quiet dripping beside his ear. He turned and looked on in horror at the leaking fuel tank,
"Dean!" He exclaimed, "Dean…this car's gonna blow!"
Dean looked round and cursed, pulling harder on Jamie who whimpered and sobbed as she tried to free her legs,
"It hurts…" She muttered through gritted teeth,
"I know…but you need to help me get you out of here…"
With one last push, Jamie pushed herself out from beneath the mangled car. Dean wrapped his arms around her and lifted her off and away down the road where Sam and Maggie stood with the boys. As he placed Jamie down onto the ground a cold and sickening sense of realisation hit him. His hand flew up to his neck, feeling for Lola's pendant,
"Crap…" He muttered, moving his hands around his neck in a panic. He looked back over his shoulder to the car, "I'll be right back!" He exclaimed, running back off towards the car,
"Dean!" Maggie cried, chasing after him, grabbing his arm, "What do you think you're doing?" She asked, holding him back. Dean looked back at her with glassy eyes,
"Lola's wings." He said plainly, "I must've dropped them at the car…Maggie…I have to go back for them."
"Are you crazy?!"
"IT'S ALL I HAVE LEFT!" He yelled, pulling free from her grip,
"DEAN! NO!" She screamed, running after him,
"MAGGIE!..DEAN!" Sam yelled after his brother and sister, holding back Adam who was fighting against him to go after his mum. Watching helplessly as Dean scrambled around the muddy floor, Maggie pulling at his jacket trying desperately to pull him away. Out of nowhere an eerie roaring sound echoed in the air, whistling in the onlookers' ears, Suddenly in a blaze of fire, the Impala shot into the air in a deafening explosion, throwing Sam and Adam onto their backs. Duncan and Jamie shielded their faces from the intense heat, watching in horror as the frame of the Impala came crashing down to the ground. A billow of black smoke lined with a bright orange flame rose from the wreckage.
Duncan sat up with a start as the sick, terrifying realization of what had just happened set in.
"No." Jamie whispered, scrambling forward on her hands and knees, tears falling down her bloodied cheeks, "NO!" Her screamed rang out through the night air as she tried to run towards the flaming heap but was stopped by Sam who pulled her back, pulling her into his arms, her face buried in his shirt, "No." She sobbed, her uncle stroking her hair soothingly as he watched on in disbelief warm tears glistening in the light of the fierce flames. Adam stared ahead in horrified silence, his whole body becoming numb with shock. Duncan slowly rose to his feet walking towards his family who sat a few feet in front of him, "Dad." He whimpered quietly, his eyes desperately scanning the terrifying scene for any sign of his father, until finally reality hit him, falling to his knees, balling his fists as he watched the flames licking menacingly at what was left of his father's car,
"DAD!"
