Chapter 9: Ordinary People Can't Handle the Truth Part One

Scene: Pastor Jacob's house later that morning

Pastor Jacob finally wakes up. He quickly showers and gets dressed then goes into the kitchen to see if Castiel left breakfast for him like usual. He quickly notices that Castiel is not home, but he assumes Castiel just went out for his usual morning walk.

Pastor Jacob checks the stove and finds no food inside left for him so he goes to the refrigerator to grab a couple of eggs to cook.

The phone rings and Pastor Jacob puts down the eggs in his hand to answer it.

Pastor Jacob: "Hello?"

A male voice on the other end answers back.

"Jacob, we're on high alert! You need to get down to Texas right away."

Pastor Jacob knows the man on the phone is from the S.P.N association and he is extremely alarmed to hear from him.

Pastor Jacob: "Why? What happened?"

"Paulo's been murdered. He was shot early this morning by an unknown assailant. We need you to track down his killer and finish his assignment before things get any worse."

Pastor Jacob freezes in fear for a few moments when he hears Paulo's dead.

Pastor Jacob: "But, how. How can that be?"

"He was on a very special assignment in Dallas, Texas but went off-line; the details aren't all clear as to why yet. One of our psychics had a vision about the incident right after it occurred and just informed us. In the vision he was with his charge Lisa Winchester at a Super 8 motel in Fort Worth, that's all we know so far."

Pastor Jacob frowns with worry when he hears that Lisa is involved in this. He knows about their affair and has always been afraid something could happen to her because of Paulo.

Pastor Jacob: "Is Lisa alright?"

"We think so, but we need verification. Travel arrangements are already being put in motion; one of our other members will contact you on the ground once you arrive in Dallas. You know the Winchesters better than anyone you can get close to them and find out what's happening then report back immediately. This is an extremely sensitive situation even the smallest details we need to know as soon as possible."

Pastor Jacob pauses to process his new assignment. He knows this means leaving his church for awhile which he was very much hoping to avoid, but he can't disobey his orders at a time like this.

He anxiously sighs into the phone.

Pastor Jacob: "Yes I'll go, but what about Castiel? Will you be sending someone to watch over him? He shouldn't be left alone for too long."

"Yes, we are in the process of reactivating Daniel. He'll be assigned to Castiel and Iris until this mess is cleared up.

Pastor Jacob paces around the kitchen trying to think of all the things he needs to do before he leaves town.

Pastor Jacob: "How much time do I have?"

"You're rendezvous in Dallas is at 1800. You must be at the airport by 1100 so hurry up Jacob."

Pastor Jacob looks at the clock and realizes he doesn't have much time so he hangs up the phone then runs upstairs to begin packing up equipment.

Pastor Jacob only packs a few suits and one priest uniform to use while undercover, a toiletries bag, several bottles of his potions and some holy water from his cabinet. He packs a few concealed weapons that he knows will get through airport security including a gun, ammunition and his very own supernatural creature killing knife just in case. Finally, he grabs his ancient bible written in Hebrew and covered in his personal notes written in a special code only he can understand.

Pastor Jacob realizes after he's done packing that his car keys are missing and he becomes suspicious as to where Castiel has gone off to in his car. He worries Castiel may be going back to his old drinking and drugging ways, but Jacob has no time to look for him right now.

Pastor Jacob calls for a cab to take him to the airport.

Jacob reads over the notes in his bible during the cab ride as he begins to construct in his mind a possible list of culprits for Paulo's murder.

First, on his list Mr. Dean Winchester because Jacob knows that since Paulo's been sleeping with Lisa it seems only logical that Dean followed Lisa to the motel and shot Paulo if he caught them in bed together.

Pastor Jacob prepares himself for that possibility because if it's true he may just have to do the unthinkable and use his potions to wipe Dean's mind completely so he can not discover the truth about the association or about his children. If that fails he may have to exterminate his dear old friend.

Scene: Dean's and Lisa's House in Dallas, Texas

Dean is still in bed sleeping when Ben and Lisa creep quietly into the house.

They've finally arrived home after Ben took Lisa to the hospital to get checked out by a physician. Her broken fingers are now tightly wrapped and set back into place and though the nurses and doctors had many questions about what happened they didn't give any real answers.

Lisa decided to tell them she'd been in a car accident. She knows its best for Ben's sake not to reveal the truth in fear they would call the local police. If they were to find Paulo's body, the police will come looking for Ben and that thought of her son going to prison pains her more than what Paulo did to her body.

Lisa and Ben both asked Castiel to come home with them, but he chose to stay at the motel to dispose of Paulo's body before the cops showed up.

Ben feels extremely protective over her now. He gently holds his mother's shoulder as they walk into the kitchen together.

Lisa sits down at the kitchen table and stares sadly down at her bandaged hand.

Ben: "Mom, do you want something to eat? I can make you some breakfast."

Lisa: "No. I can't eat anything right now."

Ben frowns very worried about her not wanting to eat.

Ben: "Well do you want me to wake dad so you can talk?"

Lisa shakes her head at him.

Lisa: "Let him sleep its going to take me a while to think about what to say. I just really don't know what to do anymore Ben."

Lisa starts crying again.

Ben walks over and kneels down in front of her. He puts his hands on her knees softly and tries to hold back his own tears.

Ben: "I'm so sorry this happened to you mom. I'm sorry about all the mean things I said. I didn't mean it. Please forgive me."

Lisa looks into her son's eyes and smiles a bit.

Lisa: "I know sweetie, it's not your fault."

Lisa runs her good hand against Ben's cheek. Tears start to fall down his face.

He leans in and wraps his arms around her. Unfortunately He can't help feeling responsible for letting this happen to her even though he didn't know it would happen.

Johnny quietly walks into the kitchen and stops at the doorway when he sees them hugging each other.

Johnny waits until they see him to speak.

Johnny: "Mom?"

Lisa looks at Johnny and tries to put on a brave front. She quickly smiles at him.

Lisa: "Hey baby. How are you doing? Did you sleep well?"

Johnny frowns sadly then shakes his head.

Lisa: "Well come over hear and give mama a hug then sweetie."

Johnny slowly moves closer looking shocked at the sight of all the bruises on her face and body.

Ben stands up goes to take off his jacket then places on the back of a chair.

Johnny walks over to Lisa and she reaches her arms out to embrace him.

Johnny softly hugs her, but doesn't smile. He's too afraid.

Lisa remembers what Paulo said about her children having abilities, but she doesn't want to even ask Johnny about that yet. She just holds her son hoping to God that he was lying to her. How can my babies be monsters it's just not possible.

She tries hard to convince herself that what Paulo told her was all lies, but deep down she knows something isn't right with her family. Lisa wants to protect them so she decides not to say anything to Johnny about it until she can figure it all out in her own head.

Johnny studies her sad eyes looking for answers.

Johnny: "What happened to you mom?"

Lisa: "I'll be fine sweetie. I was in a minor car accident, but I'm going to be okay. I've already been to see the doctor. He says I'll be good as new very soon I just need to rest up a bit."

Johnny frowns then looks at Ben. He doesn't believe her one bit.

Ben knows Johnny is going to start asking a bunch of questions about the accident to find out the truth so he tries to distract his little brother before he does.

Ben: "Hey Johnny, why don't you do mom a favor and help Mary get washed up and ready then I'll take ya'll out to the movies so mom can rest awhile."

Johnny looks at him and for a moment he wants to say no way am I going to the movies with mom hurt like this, but he can tell by their fearful expressions that they really want him to just say yes.

Johnny sighs.

Johnny: "Okay, I'll go get Mary ready."

Ben smiles at him.

Ben: "Thanks, kid."

Johnny looks at Lisa again and reaches his hand out to move her hair. He has so many questions he wants to ask, but the sight of her so banged up makes him too sad to even speak.

Lisa: "Its going be alright I promise. I'm a lot tougher than I look."

Johnny nods at her still very concerned.

He leaves the kitchen and heads back upstairs to help Mary.

Ben waits until Johnny is out of earshot then he whispers to Lisa.

Ben: "Are you going to tell dad it was only a car accident too?"

Lisa woefully shakes her head at Ben.

Lisa: "I can't do that. He knows when I'm lying. I'm afraid I'll have to tell him the truth."

Ben begins to worry that Johnny can tell they're both lying too, but he prays to God that his little brother will believe them or at least won't ask any question until Lisa is ready to talk about what really happened.

The doorbell rings.

Ben: "I'll answer it. Why don't you go lie down in my room mom?"

Lisa nods and he helps her to stand up.

Ben watches as Lisa quietly climbs the stairs then he finally opens the door.

Charlotte: "Hey babe ready to go bike riding!"

Charlotte's bright smile beams at him and seeing it normally feels him with so much happiness, but now after what's just happened Ben feels the deepest regret. He knows his relationship is dead now.

The anguished look on Ben's face makes Charlotte frown.

Charlotte: "What's the matter Ben?"

Ben: "We uh I mean I can't go with you."

Charlotte can tell something is seriously wrong with him so she puts her bike down on the porch and steps inside the house closer to him. She softly puts her hand on his arm.

Charlotte: "Why not?"

Ben looks down at the ground not sure what to say to her.

She frowns at him.

Charlotte: "Tell me what's wrong?"

Ben: "I can't. I mean nothing's wrong really its just I need to hang out with my brother and sister today is all. It's a family thing."

Charlotte: "Well I can understand that, but why can't I hang with your family too?"

Ben: "Its complicated look I can't really talk about it right now. I'll call you later okay."

Ben softly starts to push Charlotte towards the door, but Charlotte digs her feet into the floor and refuses to budge.

She folds her arms and her frown deepens as she stares into his eyes..

Charlotte: "So is this you're way of breaking up with me?"

Ben mouth falls open in shock to hear her say that.

Ben: "No! I mean well honestly I don't know yet. I'm just."

Charlotte angrily interrupts him.

Charlotte: "You know what forget it! I can't believe after all this time you don't trust me enough to tell me what's going on with you? I know you've been having a hard time with your folks lately, but that's no reason to shut me out!"

Ben's face falls, his eyes water and he can feel a breakdown coming.

Ben: "I don't want to, but I don't have choice anymore Char! Things are really screwed up right now and I can't tell you why they are! They just are! It's not because I don't trust you it's for your own protection okay!"

Charlotte pauses and unfolds her arms now even more concerned after what he's just told her. She can tell he's really hurting. Her voice grows quiet.

Charlotte: "Okay, Ben well I trust you so I'll go if you really want me too, but will you promise to at least call me as soon as you're ready to talk about it?"

Ben nods and leans in to kiss her cheek.

Charlotte can feel Ben shaking as he kisses her and when she looks down at their feet she notices the red blood like stains on his sneakers.

Charlotte looks back up into his eyes then she grabs his face and kisses him on the lips passionately wanting him to know just how much he means to her.

Ben gives into the kiss and holds her for several moments as they make out in the doorway.

Charlotte out of breath finally she let's go of his face.

Charlotte: "I love you Ben Braden. I always will."

She picks up her bike and takes one more look at him before walking off their front porch then riding away.

Ben feels his heart painfully throbbing as he watches her leave. He has no idea if he'll be able to stay in her relationship with her once Charlotte finds out what he's done. He knows once Lisa tells Dean about him killing Paulo that more than likely Dean will want to move away immediately to protect the family from the police. The overwhelming fear of leaving behind Charlotte makes Ben want to scream, but then he feels the ominous presence of someone watching him off to the side.

Ben turns to look around the side of the house, but he isn't able to see or hear anyone so he goes back into the house locking the door behind him.

Castiel comes from around a tree in their neighbor's yard as he watches Ben go back inside.

Castiel sighs as he stares at the house.

He badly wants to tell them he's here and finally face the Winchester family again, but the fear of facing Dean still grips him. How will Dean react? How will little Mary react? Will they really believe he has nothing to do with Lisa's attack? These questions swirl in his head for several minutes until he finally decides its best to wait until he hears from Lisa.

He's already promised to call Sasha just to let her know Lisa's okay so Castiel gets back in his rental car and drives around town until he finds to a working pay phone.

Castiel doesn't realize that Charlotte sees him watching the house. She decides to follow him on her bike to find out what's going on. She waits silently around the corner while he gets out of the car to use the pay phone.

Scene: The Moon River Motel, in Forth Worth, Texas.

Pastor Jacob meets up with another member of the association at motel not far from the Super 8. He is pleasantly surprised to see a familiar face when he enters their room.

Pastor Jacob: "Jason, it's good to see you. How's Iris doing?"

Jason: "Well's she's pregnant so you know how that all goes."

Pastor Jacob laughs and nods a bit relieve a bit of the tension.

Pastor Jacob: "Why do they have you on the Winchester case?"

Jason smugly replies: "They know I can get the job done. Iris and the baby are just one part of this big dog pile. We've got a whole lot more crap to deal with so lets get started."

Jason pulls out a pack of cigarettes and lights one. He offers one to Jacob, but Jacob declines.

Pastor Jacob: "So what have you found out so far?"

Jason: "I arrived at the motel and of course the police were already there. Paulo's body is missing, but there was a lot of his blood and brain matter all over the room. I stole the hallway surveillance tape and you're not going to believe who is on it."

Jason walks over and pops the tape into the VCR and Jacobs sits down on the edge of one of the beds to watch.

Jason fast forwards the tape until it shows Castiel in the hallway with the maid then gunshots are fired and Castiel disappears into the motel room.

Moments later Ben arrives as guests run through the hallway after the fire alarm goes off. Ben also goes inside Paulo's room then they watch as, Ben leaves with Lisa and Castiel drags out Paulo's corpse.

Jacob stares in horror at Castiel's face. He begins to believe Castiel killed Paulo.

Jason finally pauses the tape and looks at Pastor Jacob.

Jason: "So do you mind telling me why the hell that angel is back here? I thought you were keeping an eye on him?"

Pastor Jacob frowns.

Pastor Jacob: "I have been! He must have left last night. I knew something seemed strange this morning. I would have called him, but he doesn't have a cell phone anymore."

Jason: "Does he know about Paulo?"

Pastor Jacob: "I don't think so."

Jason: "So you're not sure?"

Pastor Jacob: "I mean I did introduce them once, but they barely spoke to each other. Paulo was supposed to come back and drug Cas so he'd forget all about the Winchesters, but Paulo must have got caught up with Lisa first."

Jason takes another puff of his Marlboro cigarette.

Jason: "Must have. So now you know what this means don't ya?"

Pastor Jacob's face starts to turn pale with sadness of what must be done now.

Pastor Jacob: "If Castiel's in town he must be planning to meet up with the Winchesters. We don't know what Paulo told Lisa, so we can't assume anything else. We must know the facts so catching Castiel should be our top priority."

Jason: "I can take care of him that won't be a problem."

Pastor Jacob reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small red pill. He holds it up for Jason to see.

Pastor Jacob: "Okay, I'll visit Lisa at home try and talk to her so I can find out what she knows. Then I'll give her this it will erase her memory that will buy us some more time."

Jason looks back at the TV screen.

Jason: "What about the boy? He'll need one too."

Pastor Jacob: "Yes, I'm afraid the whole family will have to be wiped clean."

Jason: 'Will it also bind the children's powers?"

Pastor Jacob: "No, but it will at least keep them from remembering to use them until the counsel gives us further orders."

Jason: "I talked to them right after I went by the motel. They want those children's powers stopped no matter what it takes Jacob."

Pastor Jacob: "How? There isn't another supernatural power left in the world to do such a thing."

Jason frowns

Jason: "You don't really believe that do you?"

Pastor Jacob: "What do you mean?"

Jason: "Don't be naïve there are too many signs, too many strange omens. Paulo was a crazy son of a bitch, but he knew something was up. He knew more about supernatural things than you or I ever could. I found this map in his car and look he circled this clearing here."

Pastor Jacob gets up and goes over to the table to look at the map.

Pastor Jacob: "That's in South Dakota?"

Jason nods at him.

Pastor Jacob: "What do you think he found a way to stop it?"

Jason: "I think maybe he did. He was in deep with Lisa that much I know. He had her right where he wanted her, but he must have hesitated for some stupid reason. Got caught up in the moment because there is no way Castiel should have had enough time to break in and kill him. Paulo always had a plan of escape. We need to figure this all out and stop this before its too late."

Pastor Jacob frowns as he tries to contemplate what Paulo was up too before he died.

Pastor Jacob: "I don't want to harm the children. Paulo didn't care about doing that. Whatever his plan was I'm not doing it if those kids are going to die from it."

Jason takes another puff of his cigarette then douses it out in an ashtray.

Jason: "Hey, we're here to do a job man! We haven't gotten orders yet to kill the kids, but if we do you and I will have to be the ones to pull that trigger. Don't be a pussy!"

Pastor Jacob: "No! There must be another way!"

Jason: "Well then you better get going and figure out what's what then if you want to save them so bad."

Pastor Jacob quickly grabs his suitcase and heads for his rental car.

Scene: Sam and Sarah's Garage.

In a small room built over the garage, Daniel Baker Jr. prepares to leave. Daniel is wearing painter's overalls over a light grey long sleeved t-shirt. He grabs a baseball cap and throws it on over his dark wavy locks. His big brown eyes search the room frantically for his car keys.

April's brother has changed his body and face many times over the years trying to keep the police and hunters off his back. Their father was a mean selfish SOB who beat Daniel as a boy mercilessly when he found out about his son's shape shifting abilities. Daniel didn't understand why he was born a shape shifter and he didn't really care all he wanted to do was to escape the man who terrorized him.

Daniel stuck around only to keep an eye on his little sister worried that if he left her alone then their dad would start hurting her too. One day April showed him a piece of her skin that was falling off her back. She had no idea what was happening to her.

Daniel knew he had to do whatever he could to protect her before their dad found out. They tried running away, but Daniel Baker Sr. tracked them down in the woods. Daniel Baker Sr. was a hunter and he couldn't bare the idea that his children were supernatural freaks. Daniel hid in the dirt than finally attacked. He killed his father at the age of thirteen and never looked back.

He knows his new mission is to look out for the ex angel Castiel and his pregnant ex girlfriend. Daniel only interest now is to keep the association off his back. As a shape shifter many other associations members don't like or trust him much, but they know he's good at being undercover, very good so they routinely call on him to keep the new world order in place. Daniel doesn't want them to put a hit out on him or his family, so he does as he's told which has led to some very dire consequences.

Daniel feels a lot of regret for tricking his sister and brother in law into using a fellow member as their doctor just so they could stop her from having more children. Sarah trusted him completely and thought the babies' deaths were her fault. Daniel knows Sam still hasn't figured anything out yet and he hopes to keep it that way. He has no idea that Sarah finally decided to come clean with Sam telling him about Dr. Addams and Daniel's part in the cover up.

He finds his keys hidden under a stack of drawings. The only thing that Daniel truly enjoys is painting and drawing, which keeps him calm and helps him to forget the pain of his own terrible past. Daniel quietly slips into his car in the garage.

Sam: "Hey! Where are you going?"

Daniel stops in his tracks when he hears Sam's angry voice.

Daniel turns to look at him.

Sam: "We need to talk!"

Daniel: "Can this wait? I have somewhere to be."

Sam: "No it can't!"

Sam stands behind Daniel's car and Daniel sighs. He's tried for years to get along with his brother in law, but they never really saw eye to eye on a lot of things so Daniel usually tries his best to stay out of Sam's way. And now Sam is blocking his exit which is starting to piss Daniel off.

Daniel gets out of the car and stands next to it with the door open.

Daniel: "What the hell is it Sam? I really don't have much time to chat."

Sam: "Why? What are you up to now? Off to kill some more babies!"

Sam glares at Daniel and his fists are balled up in anger.

Daniel's face grows cold and pale. He realizes Sam must know about what happened to his unborn children.

Sarah promised me she'd never tell him why would she decide to change her mind all of sudden Daniel wonders.

Sam: "How could you do that to her, to us? She's your sister!"

Daniel: "You think I don't know that! I love my sister! I loved her and have been protecting her for longer than you've even known her. I never wanted to hurt her Sam really I just."

Sam interrupts him and pounds his fist on the trunk of Daniel's car.

Sam: "But, you did Dan! You sent her to some psycho so he could poison my wife! I've killed creatures for a lot less than that."

Daniel frowns and finally he slams the car door shut.

Daniel: "Creature? So I'm a creature to you now all of sudden? What about April is she a creature too? Well she must be since you like fucking her so much!"

Sam has had an enough he lunges across the car and grabs Daniel by the throat.

Daniel kicks at Sam, but Sam dodges the kick then Sam punches him in the face knocking Daniel to the ground.

Daniel's eyes turn bright yellow and he glares back at Sam. Sam yells at Daniel's face as he holds Daniel's overalls up close.

Sam: "How could you! You're a monster!"

Daniel: "Yes I am Sam! But, how quickly you forget what you are Sam! I still remember what I am. Do you? Have you already forgotten yourself Sam? What part you've played in all this. This new world isn't better than the old one it's just full of less creatures like me. I didn't want any of this to happen and I didn't make it happen. Don't act like I'm the only one to blame here. I'd die for Sarah in a second if I had to so rather you want to believe me or not the truth is I did what I did to protect my sister! That's all you need to know!"

Sam: "I know what I've done. I know I've hurt people. But, I never did anything like this to my own family. How was killing Sophia and Samantha helping Sarah? Why would you do this after all we've done for you! We let you live in our home, play with our children. Tell me how you can even live with yourself."

Sam's eyes fill with tears as he stands up.

Daniel sighs and looks away as he wipes away blood dripping from his lips.

Sam stares at him awaiting an answer, but Daniel says nothing. He just adverts his eyes.

Sam: "Fine! I want you out of my house now! Pack up your stuff and leave."

Daniel slowly nods then stands back up.

He gets back into his car and slams the door shut.

Daniel turns the car on and backs out of the driveway while Sam watches him from the sideline shaking his head still angry and hurt.

Daniel takes one last look at the house from the driveway. He sees his sister standing in an upstairs window looking down at the car. Daniel knows this may be the last time he sees her for a very long time, but the bond of siblings is strong.

If she wants to find him, she knows how too so Daniel drives off and doesn't look back again. Salt the dog breaks loose from his chain sensing danger and chases the car down the block barking loudly before finally returning to the house.

Sam crumples onto the floor of the garage out of breath. His other dog Sadie comes into the garage from the backyard.

Sadie can tell right away that her master is upset, so she softly nudges his shoulder with her nose then lies face down in Sam's lap.

Sam begins to stroke her long tan fur. A few teardrops finally fall down his redden face. He feels all the pain of losing his children hit him at once as if he just heard the news for the first time.

Yet, he knows that he can do nothing about it. The worst part of it that he still hasn't been able to share with anyone not even Sarah, is that he had a nightmare about it before it happened. He thought it made no sense at the time, but now he realizes what a big mistake he made to ignore it.

He sits there for a long time petting Salt and Sadie before finally taking the dogs for a walk to clear his head.

Scene: On the highway.

Several miles away Daniel finally pulls the car over on a back road near the highway.

Daniel stares out at the open fields around him. He gets out of the car, pounds on the hood in frustration then begins ripping at his own meat suit. Tearing off the flesh revealing slime layers of mucus because he can't bear to look at this face anymore. Shedding all of his clothes and throwing them in the dirt.

The face of a man that destroyed his relationship with the only people he's ever loved. Daniel doesn't cry he knows it won't make him feel any better to do so. All he can think to make the pain stop is to hurt himself, destroy his own body and find a new one.

A thirty two year old man with black hair and piercing green eyes drives by in a pick up.

Daniel crouches down behind his car when the man pulls over assuming he's having a fit because something is wrong with the car.

The man gets out of his truck and grabs a toolbox from the back. He walks over to Daniel's car.

The man: "Hey, what's matter sir? Having car trouble?"

Daniel lifts the top of his head up and nods slowly.

The man comes around the car and is appalled by the hideous sight of Daniel's bloody slime body, but the poor man doesn't have time to speak or even scream out.

Daniel lunges at him knocking the tool box out of his hand. Daniel quickly jumps on top of the guy and bludgeons him unconscious with the metal tool box.

Several minutes later Daniel reemerges from behind the car wearing the man's meat suit and clothes as his own. Daniel drags the leftovers of the carcass back into the guy's truck then puts the truck in neutral and lets it roll into a ditch beside the road.

Daniel grabs a gas can from his trunk lights it on fire with a match and tosses the gasoline filled can into the bed of the truck along with his old dirty clothes.

He watches the truck burn for a few silent minutes. Then Daniel gets into his car and continues his journey to Iris's place ready to start his new mission.