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A/N: I hoped you all enjoyed the interaction between Dean and Tiff. I know Dean was slightly OOC but I wanted to portray his sweet side for a brief moment. I also hope you enjoyed things from Sam's perspective for a change. He's a fun character to write for. This chapter is right back to doing what the Winchesters and the girls do best: hunting!
Dani
Dani pulled the Chevelle up to the hotel, anxious to talk to the boys and find out just what they knew. As they were walking up, the boys were walking out of the hotel room.
"Hey what did you guys find out?" Dani asked.
"Well we found out that the girl scratched her own brain out and that coincides with the itching powder. Even though itching powder is nothing more than ground up walnut seeds. Also the M.E. just called me and said there's been another death and that this time supposedly a hand buzzer was involved." Sam said.
"Wait, a hand buzzer? This sounds like either cursed objects or serious witchcraft." Tiffany said.
"Exactly. We saw a joke shop on the way into town, why don't we go check it out.
They all climbed inside the Impala and headed to the joke shop. While the boys were in the store, Dani decided she and Tiff should go talk to some of the locals. They stopped into a diner and Dani sat beside a gruff looking old man. The two of them started talking and soon he was telling her about all kinds of strange happenings that had taken place in the last few weeks, including a man who swore he was attacked by the tooth fairy.
"Thanks sir, it was nice talking to you. Let's go Tiff." Dani said, grabbing her jacket.
They made it back to the Impala just in time for the boys to walk out of the shop.
'I don't think its cursed objects. I just talked to this guy in the local diner and he said that some man was attacked earlier in the week by a big burly man claiming to be the tooth fairy." Dani said.
"Wow that's not weird at all. Well let's get back to the hotel, it looks like you and Sammy have some research to do." Dean replied.
Back at the hotel, Dani sat down in front of her computer while Sam went in to take a shower. She ticked around on the computer for several minutes and finally found out that all of the strange events centered around one particular house in the area.
"Jackpot!" she said, smiling. She got up and did a little dance. She had her back turned and heard the bathroom door open. She turned around on instinct and came face to face with Sam clad only in a towel. Her eyes lingered on his slightly tanned muscles and she blushed and tried to move away but bumped her leg on the side table.
Okay so I found out that the weird happenings are centered around this one house. You want to check it out with me tomorrow?" she asked, finally sitting on the table.
"Yeah, lets get some sleep. We'll check it out tomorrow." He said, smiling at her nervousness.
The next day she and Sam hopped into the Chevelle and drove over to the house. They knocked on the door but found that it was open. They started to open the door when a young boy answered.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"My name is Dani and this is Sam. We are FBI officers investigating some strange things that have been happening. Can we come in and ask you a few questions?" Dani asked with a smile.
The boy looked between Sam and Dani and opened the door, letting them in.
"Sure, my name is Jesse by the way." He said.
"So what can you tell me about itching powder and hand buzzers, Jesse?"
"Itching powder can cause you to scratch your brains out and hand buzzers can electrocute you. Everyone knows that." The boy said.
The three of them talked for awhile and Sam and Dani gathered all of the information they needed. They found out that everything the boy believed, came true. This meant that he had a strength that they had never seen before.
The next day Dean and Sam left to find the birth mother of the boy they had met the day before. While the boys were gone, Cas dropped by and looked extremely worried.
"What's wrong Cas?" Dani asked, rushing to him.
"You have to get out of here. Its not safe here, that boy has the potential for great evil and you must leave now." Cas answered. While he was speaking, Sam and Dean entered the room, worried looks on their faces as well. They saw Cas and knew it wasn't good.
"We found the birth mother, she was possessed while she was pregnant. What is the boy Cas? Is he human or demon?" Dean asked.
"He is both. He is what you humans refer to as the anti-Christ, half human and half demon. He is more powerful than both and he has the power to wipe out the host of heaven." Cas said.
"What are we going to do?" Dani asked.
"You are going to do nothing. I am going to kill him." Cas answered, disappearing.
The four of them piled into the Impala and raced to the house. The crept inside and a very frightened Jesse stood in front of them but no angel. A small figure was on the floor and Dani picked it up. Her heart sank when she saw it was Castiel. She remained calm however and decided to try to talk to Jesse.
Dani opened her mouth to speak but she was thrown up against the wall. In walked a woman and she could see its hideous demon face. The woman spoke to Jesse and threw Tiffany and the boys up against the opposite wall.
Dani struggled against the demon's hold. She felt herself growing stronger and the lights in the room began to flicker erratically. The woman told Jesse what he truly was and that the other people in the room had lied to him. Jesse looked frightened and Dani continued to struggle against what held her.
"Don't listen to her Jesse, you may be what she says, but you're not evil like her." Dani said, able to move her head and one of her arms.
"Well, well what do we have here? A filthy little half-breed angel. Don't you even speak to him." The demon said with an evil smirk.
Dani ignored the demon and continued to talk to Jesse.
"Jesse, I did lie to you about being a FBI agent earlier but I'm telling you the truth now. I understand how confused you might be. I just want to talk to you Jesse. Can I do that?" she said, finally able to get down from the wall.
"I will end you!" the demon screamed but was hurled across the room.
"Let Dani speak!" Jesse shouted, setting down Tiffany and the boys.
Tiffany
Tiffany was relieved to be down off the wall. She rubbed her neck where the demon had held her. She watched in awed silence as Dani stepped toward the half-demon boy and got down to his eye level.
"Jesse, I know what its like to go your entire life thinking you are one thing and finding out you are something else. I am different too. I am half angel and half human and I just found out about it a month or so ago. But I am still me. You don't have to be what that crazy lady or anyone else wants you to be. You can be whatever you want to be. You do have powers but that doesn't make you evil. Its what you do with those powers that matters. Don't ever let anyone convince you otherwise, okay? Now you'll have to come with us or else it won't be safe for your family. More demons like that lady will come after your family if you stay here. But I promise that if you come with us, I will personally protect you Jesse, you have my word." Dani explained.
"My family can't come?" Jesse asked, looking frightened.
"I'm so sorry but she's right Jesse, they wont be safe if they come with us. The best thing you can do for them is come with us." Sam said.
Tiff watched as Jesse stood there and looked at everyone else in the room before giving Dani a big hug. Dani lifted him off the ground for a moment and set him back down. Tiffany was in awe of how natural Dani acted with the boy.
"Okay now can you do me a favor? Can you put my friend Castiel back to normal? I promise he won't bother you again." Dani asked. A few seconds later, a very frazzled Cas stood up behind them.
"Can I at least go see my parents one last time and get my stuff?" Jesse asked.
"Yeah buddy, we'll give you a few minutes." Tiffany answered him.
Twenty minutes later, the guys had gotten restless and decided to go up and see what was taking Jesse so long. They all made their way up the stairs, except for Cas, who ported there. They all walked into the empty room.
"The boy is not here." Cas said, stating the obvious.
Dani picked up the note off the bed, it was addressed to her and she read it aloud to the group. It thanked her for being so nice and that he was proud to be a hybrid like her. He promised that if she were ever in trouble, that he would be there. He said he just needed to find out for himself what he wanted to be, that he wanted to learn to be strong like her.
Dani read the last part with tears in her eyes. Tiffany stepped forward and wrapped an arm around her cousin.
"Come on, everybody. Let's get out of here and find some fun." Tiffany suggested, gently pulling her cousin to the door.
They all rode to a decent looking bar across town. Tiffany tried to keep an eye on Dani as she and Sam did shots at the bar. Tiffany looked over and noticed Cas in a dark corner, sipping a beer and watching Sam and Dani closely. Dean was in the restroom so she decided to go try to talk to Cas.
She sauntered over and he looked surprised when she sat with him.
"What's wrong, Angel Boy?" she asked.
"Besides the apocalypse? I don't know why, but I don't like the way that Sam looks at Danielle." He said, looking down into his beer. She could tell the angel was sad.
"I can tell you this, Cas. I do not see Dani look at Sam the way she looks at you. She does not miss him the way she misses you. She would kill me if she knew I told you all this but I think she likes you a lot." Tiffany said.
Cas looked up at her and his features seemed to soften a bit. He decided to get up and join Sam and Dani and left Tiffany at the table. Tiffany smiled to herself, of course of all the men on the planet, her cousin would fall for a supernatural being.
She had just taken a sip of her rum and coke when she felt arms wrap around her.
"Hey there, wait til we get back to our room, not in the middle of the bar." She said.
"Aww I'm flattered you want me to come back to your room but I don't swing that way." Said a tipsy Dani before sitting down.
"Oh I thought you were Dean." Tiffany said, laughing.
"Nope, your lover boy is over at the bar with Sam and Cas. I think they need their boy time." Dani said, downing her shot.
Tiffany looked over at the guys and saw that the two brothers were laughing at something Cas had said and the angel was smiling. Tiffany smiled at the sight, she was glad that she had them. She turned back around toward Dani.
"Listen, Dan, what you did today with Jesse was awesome. I had no idea you were so good with kids." Tiffany said.
"I didn't really do anything special. Just made a confused kid feel a little more comfortable, that's it." Dani said, fiddling with her shot glass.
Tiffany rolled her eyes, she knew her cousin was lying.
"Listen, you can try to lie to yourself all you want, but you can't lie to me. I know you cared for that boy, and that you related to him. Why can't you just admit it? Further more, why can't you tell Cas you like him?" she asked.
"Contrary to what you may think, I don't owe you or anyone else any explanations. That was a really cute kid and I felt sorry for him, having to leave his family like that. And as for Cas, he's very attractive in an awkward way but there is no way that we could ever be together." Dani said.
Tiffany smiled, pretty pleased with herself.
"So, you admit it. You have though about it." She teased Dani and Dani wadded up a napkin and threw it at her, smiling