"Dean, you can't just go barging down there." Sam started to say but as per usual, Dean was already halfway down the stone stairway. Sam grabbed the supplies and lit a candle muttering as he brushed cobwebs out of the way. "Wait up." he called out as Dean turned and stopped, hissing, "We're probably not alone here. Selena said.."

"Yeah, well we're gonna have to kick their ass anyway, so it really doesn't matter how quiet we are now does it, Dean?" Sam asked sarcastically as he held the candle up so they could see.

Dean glared then said "But Jo is down here, man and I'm getting her back alive."

"Have you ever thought she might be a.." Sam started but he quickly went quiet when Dean whirled around and said quietly, " I'll deal with anything that comes up because of tonight once she's back with me and safe. Until then, shut your pie hole and hold that candle so we don't fall down these damn stairs and break our necks. Got it?"

Sam rolled his eyes but fell in behind his brother quietly, holding the candle as he was told to do. At the bottom of the stairs there was a doorway and on the other side, they heard the distinct sounds of a female crying, whimpering almost.

Dean knocked, and then tried turning the knob. When that didn't work, he put down the duffle bag of weapons and ran at the door, lunging into it with his shoulder. It still didn't budge.

"God damn it." he muttered as he tried again then followed the contact his arm made with the door, with his leg, when he kicked it. This time the door flew open and he poked his head into the room.

The light caught on her bright blonde hair as she huddled in the corner, obviously asleep or in and out of conciousness, and obviously having a very bad nightmare.

"Jo?" Dean asked, running over, sliding down beside her, poking her awake.

Jo sat up and looked around, then jumped into Dean's arms as she said "Hurry.. Whoever it is that has me is coming back and I have a feeling that he knows I'm going to be gone. We .. We don't have much time, Dean."

Dean picked her up and then said "Let's get the hell out of here."

Luck for once seemed to be on their side and Dean rushed up the stairs carrying Jo, putting her into the backseat of the Impala.

Sam was on the phone and he was going pale.

"That was Georgia. All I heard was a scream then the phone sounded like it was being smashed."

Dean growled and then said "Damn it." as he tossed Sam the keys and said "Don't bitch, just drive. Unless you want her dead or gone when we get there."

Sam jumped into the driver seat as Dean held Jo in his lap, touching her cheek gingerly as he looked her over.

"Y-you can test me.. I'm not gonna be mad.. Dean, I'd expect you to test me." Jo stated as she put her arms around his neck.

Dean shook his head and muttered in her ear, "Wait until we're somewhere safe, babe. Then we'll worry about how you survived and who the hell had you. For now, let's just get you somewhere safe, okay?"

Jo nodded and Dean leaned in, kissing her. "I am so sorry I never told you.." he said quietly, as Jo shrugged and managing a smile said "Its okay, Winchester. You like to play tough, but you're kinda emotionally transparent. I knew. You didn't have to say it."

Sam spun into the driveway and Georgia ran out, with Selena on her tail as she hugged Sam then said " Just now.. This man.. Door.. Gonna go be sick now."

Sam walked into the house and smelt the sulfur before he ever reached the broken back door. He turned to Selena and then said "Did he say anything?"

Selena shook her head and said "I was more worried about kicking his ass and keeping Georgia safe. He just kept mumbling under his breath. I couldn't understand it, really."

Sam looked at Dean who said "We need to be the hell out of town at least five minutes ago. We got the girls, they're safe, let's just go, worry about what's going on and figuring it all out when we're at Bobby's."

Sam nodded and Selena grabbed some things of hers and Georgias, and several thick books before running to the car and getting in the backseat with Jo.

Jo smiled at Selena and then said quietly, "Normally, I'm more of a talker. But I'm still kind of in shock. Name's Jo. What's yours?"

"Selena."

The two girls smiled knowingly at one another and fell silent for the remainder of the drive to Bobby's abandoned house.

Jo's eyes fluttered open and she found herself stretched across the front seat, her head on Dean's shoulder as he turned off the car in front of Bobby's house.

Sam looked down at Selena, who'd fallen asleep with Georgia in his lap much the same way, and after a slight smile, because all things considered, he still hadn't been able to refrain from watching her sleep, he poked her awake.

The group got out and walked into Bobby's darkened house as Jo sat down with a bottle of Jack Daniels and said "Forgive me. I'm going to get a little shitfaced right now. Because what I'm about to tell you, Dean, you won't even believe it. I don't and I lived through it."

Dean listened to her, telling him about Hell and it brought back a lot of memories he'd rather not think about. "Noone ever told me why I was there, but I know that someone is trying to trap you two. As far as Sam goes, he's going to use Sam's obvious feelings for Selena here, and Dean, he figured out I was the chink in your armor before I did, actually. And if this person gets loose then we're all fucked. I mean we thought the Apocalypse was bad.."

Dean groaned and hugged Jo as he took the bottle and gulped half of it down.

Sam blushed quietly, as he kept his eyes away from Selena. Leave it to Dean or Jo to blurt out something he'd have rather kept personal. He still felt like he was a huge threat to Selena and Georgia's safety somehow, but the pull and magnetism, now that it was out in the open was surging stronger than it had been since he'd met her, and he could not hide it.

Selena found his hand beneath the table and traced her finger over his palm as she leaned against him lightly, completely and totally afraid, at her wits end with whatever was going to happen to all of them.

And of course, even after all of them talked about their combined knowledge of their current situation, they all came away with the knowledge that none of them had a single clue about what was going on, who was after them now, and why exactly?