Dean's eyes snapped open when he realised he had fallen asleep, his head turning to see Jessie still wrapped in his arms her eyes still forced closed with pain.
"Jessie I don't think we should do this anymore, you're in too much pain"
She shook her head "Getting better Dean"
Taking the time to look at her Dean noticed that she wasn't shaking as much and her body wasn't curled up but stretched out next to his. Breathing a sigh of relief he closed over his eyes again.
This time when he woke up Jessie was not in the bed next to him, he jerked up off the bed panicked until he saw her walk out of the bathroom, "Jessie?" he asked, silent question of are you ok hidden in there.
"Hay Hotstuff" she paced herself back on the bed gingerly.
"So, you're feeling better?"
"Finally yeah" she smiled relieved
Charley and Sam woke up then and she sprung of the bed relief pouring from her "Thanks be to Jasus your doing better, I was going mad"
"I feel fine now, no pain or pull in my chest" Jess shrugged "it just stopped, but I do want a shower" Jess plucked at her top "I feel icky"
"Are you hungry? Charley asked hopeful,
"God yes, I feel like my stomach is going to eat its self" the three sighed in relief
"Thank god, ok, I'll go get food, Sam will you drive me?" A little surprised about the question but Sam nodded anyway, Jessie threw Charley a sly smile and a wink causing Charley to blush.
"She wasn't very subtle was she?" teased Dean
"No, subtlety was never a strong point for Charley's" Jess smiled fondly, then looking at Dean her eyes softened and she sent him his smile, the little lift to her lips that she ends up nibbling on her bottom lip after, Dean's chest fluttered. "Thank you...for last night"
Dean shifted uncomfortably on his feet "No worries Jessie, you would have done the same for any of us" Don't blush, don't blush, don't blush, was the mantra Dean said in his head.
Jessie gingerly walked over to Dean and stepped up on her toes, kissing him on the cheek. "Even still...thank you"
Hearing the purr of the Impala outside the motel door, Jessie grabs some clean clothes and heads for the shower. Dean didn't take his eye off her, despite the fact that she was still getting over the pain and everything he still though she looked gorgeous, when did I turn into such a girl.
Sam and Charley came back into the room coffee cups and take away bags in their hands, "Where's Jess?"
"She just went into the shower"
There was suddenly a scream from the bathroom and a thump "For fuck sake!"
"Dean ran to the door finding it unlocked and went in shouting out to Jess, they walked in to see Jess sprawled haphazardly in the bath, tail curling up the wall.
"Aw..what?!" questioned Charley
Jess huffed out an angry sigh "I don't know! It just came back when I got wet, no pain no passing out just...there...ugh!"
"Ok we need to summon daddy dearest"
"We don't know for sure if it him Dean, we can't just go summon the god of the seas and accuse he son" Sam said
Jess was rubbing her forehead frustrated beyond reason, "They said I'd be trapped another way...in the dream, the other girls...that if I fought the pull he could still trap me another way. If this happens every time I get wet ..."
"So what another four days before you get your legs back" Charley said
"I hope not, seriously I miss them. I know you're all gonna hate this but I think you should take me to the lake, I'll swim near where Mandy was found...see if I can find anything"
"No...no...not happening Jessie" Dean said sternly Charley and Sam nodding in agreement "You don't know what will happen if you get in that lake, what if that pull comes back and it's not a gradual build like last time. No, it's a bad idea"
"We don't really have any other option here Dean. We can't summon anyone without a way to kill it or reason. I can't just let myself grow a tail every now and then. If I go look we might see something, and if the pull comes back then I swim back to you guys and go get me out of the water" Jess explained as she looked on at them, Sam sighed and scrubbed his hands threw his hair
"What if it hits you while you're too far way?"
Jess sighed "Look either you guys come with me or I'll fucken walk to the lake myself when I get my legs back. Either way that lake is where everything is happening and is the only clue we have"
"I don't like this babe, it just feels like another way to get you down there" Said Charley.
"I know but I have the tail back and I don't feel any pull. There's not really another option"
"I just can't take you down there Jessie, not without some sort of plan" Dean tried to reason
"Ok, what if we bring the summoning spell with us and if this Triton guys makes an appearance we nab his dad to tell him off, if's it's not we need to do more research, because I am not sprouting a tail for the rest of my life"
"Alright, but first let me get you in the other room" Charley started to help dry Jess off and when she was almost completely dry her tail twitched and swished starting to draw in.
"Oh, shit..."Jessie grabbed the towel out for Charley's hand and covered herself before the boys saw anything when they rushed back to the bathroom. "Ugh...little privacy guys" Charley closed the door in their face.
"So I guess it goes away when she dry's off" Sam said
"Ye...let's get that summoning spell ready there's only a symbol and incantation to be said an it has to be done by water"
Jessie and Charley came out of the bathroom a few minuet's later, Jessie dressed and her hair up.
"Ok, so when are we going?"
Dean sighed "Near sundown, less chance of people seeing you with a tail, you still hungry?"
"Ye, I'm starved" Jessie seemed really at easy, finally feeling like she was doing something.
Later that day they headed to the lake when the sun was starting to set, the lakes water was calm and quiet, no noise what so ever.
"Do you guy's here that?" Jess asked
"No what is it?" Charley said
"That's just it...there's nothing, no insect's, no wind, the lake its self in making no noise the water like"
"Huh, was that like that the first night we were here?"
"Don't know Sammy, but it's not really normal right"
Sucking in a deep breath Jess started for the pier, "Right let's get this over with" Charley started to walk with Jess
"No, Charley you stay here, I'm only using the pier so I can dive in"
"Jessie you are not..."
"I'm not gonna run off, beside you'll have to run up and grab my clothes anyway just let me get in the water first ye?"
Dean froze where he was drawing the summoning symbols on the ground "Uh...your clothes?"
"Well ye, I'm gonna have to take them off"
"Oh, ye right, course. Sorry just ...ye"
"Smooth dude" whispered Sam
"Bitch"
"Jerk"
Dean had finished the symbols and Sam had the incantation ready and pre-learned, Jessie waited at the end of the short pier for the thumps up. When they were all set they waited for Jessie to get into the water, "What wrong?" Charley shouted
"Eh...turn around guys" Jessie said with any unvoiced duh.
"Oh right, sorry"
All three of them turned around, they could hear the soft thump of Jessie's clothes hit the wood then a splash, Charley peeked around first then told the boys it was all clear. Walking up the pier Charley grabbed her clothes and stopped to look down at Jess.
"Ok, now I agree with Dean, you look hot"
"Charley!"
"Well you do. I mean look at her" She gestured to the boys, not that she had to they were already staring. Dean seriously had a hard time not noticing how good she looked wet full stop. Her hair had waved from the water already, her top was shimmering and the water was so clear in the last light of the day that you could see her tail swish lazily under the water. Dean crouched on the pier
"Ok Mandy was found on a road that follows that side of the lake you think you can go look real quick then come back and cheek-in with us?"
"You got it Hotstuff, it feels really easy to swim actually" and holding her breath she ducked under the surface of the water swimming just below the surface, gliding easily through the water.
"I know she's pissed at having that tail pop up every time she gets wet but man that is so cool looken. I'd say swimming feel amazing" Charley said, Sam gave her a pointed look "What, she's like living out every little girls dream" she shrugged
"Ye, it is pretty cool" Sam said
After a few minutes Jessie was back "Oh I found something alright, some of the same symbols of that summoning spell are carved into some rocks under the water, and I'll bet there's more than one place like that"
"Great so we are dealing with a Greek god" Dean murmured
"There's something else but I think I should show you guys, any way you can walk down the lake that way few minutes down I'll be there before you so just look for me"
"Wait..." Shouted Charley "Can I go with you? Pleeasses?"
"Charley, I don't think that's..."
"Oh come on please?" she begged shamelessly
"You've no change of clothes with you baby girl"
"I don't think that's a good idea, I mean it was young women going missing and the two of you's in the water seems like a bad idea" Said Sam
"I'll swim in my underwear, it covers more than most bathing suit do any way, come on when I am I going to be able to swim with a Mermaid again?"
Jessie looked at Dean and Sam for their input
"Well it would be better than Jess being on her own..."
"I'll take it..." Charley whipped her tops over her head, no word of warning to the two boys, who gasped and flung there head in the opposite direction. "Charley a bit of warning?" said Dean.
"Oh please, you two love it" a splash was heard and the two boy turned back around again. Sam had to recite the summoning spell in his head over and over again looking at Charley all wet in her frecken underwear. Dean arched an appreciative brow, "Red?" he smirked.
"What...I think the colour suits me"
"No arguments here, Sammy?" Dean shot him a sly smirk, receiving a deadly glare back. A flush crept up his face as he nodded his agreement with Dean "Uh...ye suits you..."
"Alright, water baby come here..." Jess gestured, "hold on to me ok and hold your breath, you ready?" Charley beamed and took a deep breath, both girls dipping under the water and gliding away.
"Smooth Sammy, smooth"
"Shut up" he grumped following after the girls
When they reached them Jess was perched on the side of the lake sitting on a rock Charley still in the water in front of her.
Jess just looked the epitome of sexual fantasy, seriously, perched on a rock all wet and glowing, her tail flicking through the water, damn, that's not even something I've had a kink about before, thought Dean
"You guys have no idea what you missed...that was cool"
Sam smiled at Charley's childlike enthusiasm and moved closer to the girls, Jessie held her hand up for them to stop "Look" she pointed.
Sam and Dean glanced at where she was pointing and frowned, there were deep track marks by the bank and up until they turned to foot prints.
"I think we should call daddy now" Said Sam
"We'll meet you two back at the pier" Jess said
Everyone agreed and made their way back to the pier, the boys jogging back to try make up time. When they reached the pier there was no Jess or Charley, bolting up the pier Dean and Sam called for them. Minutes passed and still nothing "Shit" said Dean, there was a load gasp to the right of the pier, the girls where there, just as Dean was about to give them a piece of his mind Jess shot him a panicked look.
"Get her out of the water, now!" Charley looked shocked and shook slightly, Sam and Dean reaching down to hall her out of the water, "Get Jessie" Charley gasped for breath, the boys dived back to the edge of the pier, but Jessie was gone.
"Shit...Jessie?!" Dean called again and again.
Sam was covering Charley with his coat, "What happened?" he asked abruptly
Charley showed the boys her arm, there was a huge hand print forming a bruise "Something tried to pull me out of Jessie's reach, she fought it off and brought me back here. It didn't want me ...it reached past me to Jess. Where is she?!" Charley explained through harsh breaths.
"Shit ..." Dean swore again, throwing off his coat he went to dive into the lake but Charley threw herself at him, stopping him "No, do the summoning spell, now!"
Sam hoisted Charley into his arms and swearing Dean ran back to the summoning circle, Sam began the ritual, while Dean added the last ingredients to the bowl, readying his lighter to set it up.
Jessie had Charley by an arm around her waist while she did the same, she found it was the easiest way to swim with her. "We'll meet you two back at the pier"
"Ready Charley girl, hold your breath..." Jess dove under the water, swimming quickly but fluidly being mindful of the speed because she had Charley. She suddenly got a horrible feeling in her chest like the pull was back accept it made her sick. She broke the surface of the water to scan the lake, feeling more and more vulnerable. "What's wrong Jess?..."
"Charley, hold your breath and hang on, something's here with us"
Jess quickly pulled her and Charley through the water, until something snagged Charley causing her to lose her breath. Jessie spun fiercely on the shape holding Charley and lashed out with her tail as hard as she could, pushing Charley up for air when it let go. Quickly she grabbed Charley again and raced back to the pier, the boys calling for them there already, "Quick get her out of the water, now!" As soon as Charley was out of the water Jessie was dragged down under the surface and away from the pier.
She could see him now, he was huge, well muscled chest and shoulders, handsome face even but the glaze of his eye's was wrong. After struggling to free herself, she realised he was too strong, instead of the brutal attack she was expecting he reached out to her face tenderly stroking her cheek. Jessie dodged away and his expression hardened, a voice fluttered across her mind.
No need to struggle now my love. You passed the test, you are everything and more of what I saw in my vision
Jess gaped at him for all of a second before she cracked him in the nose with a right hook, shocking him enough to loosen his hold on her, she swam to the surface. Breathing massive lungs full of air Jess saw Dean by the water edge and swan, the same horrible feeling getting worse which she assumed meant he was getting closer. She heard the surface of the water brake behind her and a series of slash's before he grabbed her again.
"Stop, don't you understand. You are my chosen, you are the strongest. While else would I be drawn to you"
"Get your fucken hands off me!" Jessie thrashed in the water to get away, swinging her fists out to catch him when she could.
"Sam what's taking so long?!" Dean was facing Sam trying to keep his head together, Charley shouted and pointed to the lake. Jessie had broke the surface and was swimming at brake neck speed back to them but Dean saw this huge guy grab her.
"It's done" Sam shouted, Dean light up the ingredients in the bowl and waited.
Charley sprang up from the ground ready to dive back into the lake but Sam grabbed her, "No, Charley"
"Let me go, she can't get away from him"
Dean could see Charley was right, Jess was lashing out at the huge form holding her and he was either dodging or quick enough to grab her wrist, water was splashing up in large waves making it harder and harder to see Jessie. Dean ran up the pier and dived into the water swimming the distance to Jessie. He lashed out at the man holding Jessie catching him off guard and pulling Jessie out of his grip. Jess tightened her grip around Dean's waist and started to swim. But before they could get away, Triton got Dean, a large hand wrapped around his neck cutting off his air way.
"No!" Jessie shouted "Stop...let him go"
"I will release him...if you come with me?" Triton said softly
Dean's face had already started to turn red, but he was shaking his head as much as the grip on his neck would allow, choking out the word "No"
Jessie looked at Dean as if he was stupid, the 'ye right' written all over her face, "Let me take him back to the lake side, you stay here, above water where we can see you" Jess stated firmly
"You do know with a flick of my wrist I could snap their necks?" Triton arched a brow haughtily, Jessie's expression turned dark
"You harm them anymore and I'll kill you myself, you want me they stay safe, alive and unharmed end of story"
"I can see why you were meant to be mine..." Jess sneered, "Very well take him"
Dean struggled for breath when Jess grabbed him and slowly brought him back to where Sam and Charley were waiting.
"I'm...not letting...you...go with him...you know that...right?" Deans gasped.
"Shhhh..." Jess soothed
Sam and Charley had been holding their breath back at the lake side and not noticed the man now standing in the summoning circle, until he whispered shocked, "Triton?..." Sam snapped around and went to the circle, rubbing away one of the lines so the god was not trapped.
When Dean reached the lake edge he pushed Jessie to swim closer to the shore until he could hoist her in his arms and run from the water with her, she gasped surprised. Triton's form exploded through the water not willing to harm the man holding Jessie in fear of hurting her.
"Give me her"
Turning to face the lake, Triton had lifted himself out of the water as much as he could with the use of his tail.
"Give her to me"
Silence.
"She is mine!"
Silence again, Triton locked his eye to Jess and softened his face, reaching a hand out and pleading her to come to him.
"Come with me now my love"
"No" she spoke out determinedly
His face darkened and the waters of the lake began to churn
"But you must, I waited for you here. I gave you a gift so you could be with me"
"Take your gift back" Jess forced out between clenched teeth "I don't want it"
Triton's temper spiked, the waters splashing and flicking up towards the four hunters. Dean went to pull Jessie back but froze seeing the figure now standing in the summoning circle. It was a well muscled, grey haired man who was dripping water and watching the scene in front of him in confusion.
Then everything stopped, this new guy flicking his eye between the four in front of him and to the lake. Suddenly his eyes darkened and clarity showed on his face.
"Triton, what is the meaning of this?!"
"I have found her father, she is my soul mate" he pointed to Jess
"She rejected your gift and if my eyes lie these are loved one surrounding her. You should not have given her this in the first place!" Poseidon fumed
"He took seven other women..." Jess said squaring her shoulders and facing the sea god "six of them are still missing" she said.
"You stole seven other?...Triton this is not what this magic was made for" Poseidon said in shock
"I saw her! In a vision, why else would I see her and look at her you can feel it. Not all that magic is mine. No other would have fought the pull and give themselves free will"
Poseidon looked at Jessie frowning
"Be that as it may she is not your soul mate, she is a rare human I will admit but not yours Triton. What you have done here is inexcusable"
"But she has free will, she can decide for herself, allow me that at least. The others were for her, so she had female complain. I did it for her..." Triton had a desperate expression on his face, as if he actually believed that he had done nothing wrong.
Poseidon looked to Jess.
"He does have a point, you fought through unbearable pain in order to receive free will with the magic he used to give you your ability. It is yours if you want it?...Though I doubt you will decide to go with my son?" he asked, Triton snort so sure that this girl was his mate, there was no chance she would turn away an opportunity like this. He knew he had gone about it the wrong way but he would make it up to her.
"I don't want it, the tail or him...I want my legs back and him gone" Jess fumed
With that Triton screamed as at the wave of his father's hand he was gone.
The four hunters crouched uncertainly and looked at the sea god, his face softened and he waved his hand at the lake. Suddenly it made noise, insects flourished and the water in the lake dulled.
"I have removed the magic around the lake, the six other are free and will be able to make their way home. Now I assume you do not want to keep that tail, although you can if you wish?" Poseidon looked on patiently at Jessie.
"No thank you, I just want my legs back and for it to stay that way" Jess said gratefully.
"Very well" he took a step forward and reaches to lift Jess
"Whoa...where are you taking her?" Dean said placing himself in between them
"I must reverse the magic on her in water, she is not like the others, she won against the pain. Fear not, I will not take her, she has made her choice. And I cannot express my apologies enough,...what he has done is forbidden and I will deal with him accordingly"
Poseidon walked with Jess in his arms until he could place her in the water deep enough for her to swim in, he whispered something to her and with a touch of his hand she could feel the tail receding. With that Poseidon vanished, with one more pointed look towards Jess.
"Jess?" Charley called
"I'm ok, I got my legs" she smiled relieved
"No offence but get the fuck out of that lake then" Stated Dean
"I'm naked Dean, wanna turn around for me?" Jess giggled high off the adrenaline.
So what ye think did I finish the supernatural bit to quick ?
Next chapter will be up soon Review ? :-D