Chapter 10: The Dead will Rise

The team was back at Bobby's looking into more research on potential omens around the country and they realized that there was one happening right now in Sioux Falls. The storm outside had a bunch of lightening and wind, but they could not put their finger on it; so they decided to find out when it passed, but kept researching what this particular omen meant going on right now.

Meanwhile; at the local cemetery; a local named Digger Wells was passing by there.

Digger looked and to his shock; he saw people climbing out of their graves; one of them in particular was a man named Clay Thompson. Digger had been a friend of Clay's and he knew that he died five years earlier, but yet he just saw him rise and walk away from his grave.

Digger decided to follow him and saw that he headed for the trailer of one Benny Sutton. Digger and everyone in town knew of the kind of man Benny Sutton was and they were all convinced that he killed Clay Thompson on a hunting trip, but nothing could be proved. He watched the door to Benny's trailer open from the wind and then Benny coming and closing it again. While this happened; he then saw Clay enter the trailer through a window. Digger ran to the trailer and heard a struggle going on inside. He went to the window and saw Clay strangle Benny to death. He was so scared that he ran all the way to the sheriff's office and reported what he saw.

The Next morning

After the storm passed the following morning; Sam and Dean told the team that they would check out the town and see what the storm omen meant for Sioux Falls.

They asked Huang to stay by Bobby's FBI phone because they might need him if someone checks on their credibility. They then asked Stabler and Benson to accompany them as well.

Sam and Dean got dressed in their FBI attire and made sure their fake badges were prepared. Once they were ready, they all entered town in the Impala.

At the sheriff's office; they showed their badges to the desk clerk.

Sam said and asked the clerk, "We are with the FBI and these two people are detectives with the NYPD and we are part of a special task force," "we are here investigating possible grave desecrations in five states."

Dean then asked, "Do you know of any such crimes being reported around here?"

The clerk told them that a local named Digger Wells was making claims that he saw zombies rising from the cemetery.

The clerk asked Sam, "Would you like to see his statement?"

Sam said, "Yes we would!"

They all read his statement claiming that several dead bodies rose from the cemetery and one went and killed a local man named Benny Sutton; who Digger Wells witnessed.

Dean then asked the clerk "Is there a contact number for Mr. Well's?"

The clerk said, "Yes; here it is!"

Dean took his cell phone and called him. Once he reached him he said that he was with the FBI and wanted to talk with him about what he witnessed the night before. Digger said that he would meet them at the local diner in twenty minutes and he would sit in the booth at the far back.

Everyone left the office and headed to the local diner.

At the diner; Sam, Dean, and Elliot sat in the booth; while Olivia took a stool and ordered a coffee.

Sam told Digger, "Mr. Well's; I'm agent Neigdermyer and this is my partner agent Dorfmann with FBI; this is detective Elliot Stabler and over there is detective Olivia Benson with the NYPD."

Digger said, "Call me Digger; and why may I ask are the FBI here with police from New York?"

Dean said, "We are part of a special task force that is looking into grave desecrations that started in New York."

Digger said, "Well what I saw last night was no grave desecration."

Sam said, "Can you tell us in your own words what happened last night?"

Digger said, "Yeah! I saw Clay Thompson climb out of his grave and go to Benny Sutton's trailer and strangle him to death."

Sam then showed a photocopied driver's license photo to Digger and he asked, "So this is the man you saw last night?"

Digger said, "He was covered in mud; but yeah that's him."

Stabler then asked him, "Do you know why Thompson would want to kill Sutton?

Digger said, "Yeah; because he killed Clay in the first place five years ago," "it was reported that they both went hunting and a supposed hunting accident happened and Clay died." He then said, "You can pretty much say that Clay rose for a little payback."

The sheriff then entered the diner and saw Digger talking with the others.

She came up to them and said, "Morning; I'm sheriff Jodie Mills and who are you?"

Sam, Dean, Elliot, and Olivia showed their badges and said who they were.

Jodi said, "I heard you guys came to my office today, why would New York police be helping the FBI on a case like this outside their jurisdiction?"

Elliot then said, "We are part of a special task force them seems to believe that a serious case of grave desecrations are happening around here; which started in New York and my partner and I were investigating them."

Jodi then said, "What jurisdiction are you FBI agents from?"

Dean said, "Our jurisdiction is wherever the United States government sends us."

Jodi then said, "So you do mind me talking with your supervisors?"

Sam and Elliot both got out the contact numbers for her to call. She first called Cragen's number.

Cragen heard his cell phone ring and he answered it.

He said, "Cragen; who is this?"

Jodi said, "Yes; Captain Donald Cragen; I am sheriff Jodi Mills in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and I was wondering if your detectives Stabler and Benson are part of an FBI task force?"

Cragen confirmed the information and said that the case brought them to her town. She then called the number that Sam gave her.

The phone rang and Bobby answered the phone.

Bobby said, "Agent Willis!"

Jodi then said, "Hi, Agent Willis…"

She recognized the voice and said, "Is this Bobby Singer?"

Huang overheard the call and took the phone saying, "Is this the sheriff?"

Jodi said, "Yes it is; who is this now?"

Huang said, "I am special agent George Huang with the New York Field Office who was also assigned to the task force you were told about and forgive me; but I let Mr. Singer answer the phone in that manner as a thank you because besides the case my fellow agents are investigating; some of our communication lines have been crossing over the country for some reason."

He then went on to explain that one of the cross-connections was coming from Bobby's and they were working on it when she called. He then said that as a thank you for letting him and the phone company come into his place to fix the problem that he could answer some calls using whatever name he wished and then handing the phone over to him.

Jodi said, "How do I know you are legitimate?"

Huang said, "I will come down to the diner if you wish to show you my credentials and check if you like."

Jodi then said, "That will not be necessary because even if you are who you say you are; this whole case sounds like a bunch of bull crap," "but I will let you conduct your investigation none the less."

She left and the team thanked Digger for all his help and Sam left him a card and he told him to contact him if he could think of anything else.

They then drove to the cemetery and went to the grave of Clay Thompson and noticed the dirt around the grave looked new. Sam and Elliot dug up the grave and upon reaching the casket; they saw the lid had a hole with scratch marks on it, which indicated that someone had climbed out. Sam opened the lid and they saw the casket was empty.

Dean got a call on his cell.

Dean said, "This is Dean!"

Bobby said, "It's Bobby; you guys have to get back here immediately."

They all returned to Bobby's and walked into a great surprise. They found a whole bunch of pies being baked and a woman was doing it.

Bobby told them, "That's my late wife Karen."

Sam said, "Your wife rose from the dead too?"

Suddenly; Cragen came in with another woman who looked in the same condition as Karen.

Cragen said, "Guys; this is my wife Margie."

She excused herself and whet to help out Karen. Everyone sat at Bobby's table and he told them that the dead are rising.

Sam looked to both Bobby and Cragen and said, "I do not know what is happening here, but those women are not your wives."

Bobby said, "You guys better watch your tones; Cragen and I tested them with everything to make sure and it appears to be legit."

Benson then said, "Don; what is your dead wife doing here?" "Did you not have her body moved to New York from the plane wreckage for burial?"

Dean then said, "You guys! They both crawled out of their coffins and Cragen's late wife came all the way here from New York."

Cragen said, "No; her body was nearly cremated from the fires of the wreck and only her identification was present to identify her and as such I requested that her remains stay where they were."

Dean then said, 'Which was where?"

Cragen said, "The crash took place about 2 miles from here and they said the nearest place they could bury her ashes was here in Sioux Falls."

Bobby also said, "I had Karen cremated too."

Dean asked Bobby, "Did you also have her ashes buried in the cemetery?"

Bobby said, "Yeah! I did!" He then said, "All the dead rose from the cemetery and I made a list; about maybe twenty or fifty or more rose since last night; some of which are our wives, Clay Thompson and sheriff Mill's son rose as well."

Dean said, "I think that's what the lightening omens were," "what does it mean Bobby?"

Bobby went and got his bible and read a verse about Death and how he raises the dead during the apocalypse.

Bobby then said, "Maybe Death has decided to open shop with raising dead right here in town?" "I mean he has already started his major natural disasters down in Missouri when we had our encounter with him and Lucifer a few months ago."

Dean then said, "So we are once again dealing with Death; the fourth horsemen, oyy."

Elliot then said, "If Death is behind this; then it means that it is horrible."

Bobby then said, "Maybe the dead rising is not such a bad thing; it could be the only good thing that comes out of this whole mess." He then said, "Karen has no memory of what happened to her when she died."

Dean then said, "Well, I think I will go and check out Clay Thompson's story and see what is up with him."

Sam said, "I'll get started on this list and find out the stories from the other dead risers."

Dean headed to Clay's house. Once he got there he knocked on the door.

Clay said, "Hello!"

Dean showed his fake badge and said, "I am special agent Dorfmann with the FBI."

Clay said, "Is this about Benny Sutton?"

Dean said, "Yes it is!"

Clay said, "The man shot me in the back five years ago; am I supposed to let him get away with that?" He then said, "I will come quietly if I must."

Dean then said, "Well, I would have to say it was just deserts; but I would not skip town because different circumstances may require me to bring you in."

Clay said, "I understand!"

Dean left and headed back to Bobby's place.

Once he got back; Karen asked to see Dean in the kitchen. She informed Dean that she knows that they are all hunters and that everyone except Bobby and Don are skeptical about what has happened. She then indicates that she does remember what happened and why Bobby did what he did; but she does not want to bring it up because it brings too much pain for him. Karen then indicates that Margie is also not doing the same with Don because it brings up too many bad memories for him as well.

Sam had shown up to the residence of the first person on the list that Bobby made up of those who rose from the cemetery to find out her story of how she rose from her grave, a Mrs. Ezra Jones. He knocked on the door and found no answer; but the door unlocked. Upon entering, Sam was calling out the women's name and then entered the living room. There, he found her and another person in the room dead and his stomach was gone. The dead woman was signaling for Sam to come closer and when he did; she grabbed him and then jumped him.

Sam was struggling with Ezra Jones and he saw that she was trying to eat his stomach. He managed to reach his gun and he then managed to get it in her mouth and he pulled the trigger. The shot went through her head and she fell to the floor dead. Sam realized what was happening now with the dead and rushed back to Bobby's.

Back at Bobby's; he and Cragen told everyone that Karen and Margie were sleeping upstairs and they had to speak quietly. Sam informed everyone that the dead were starting to turn and kill everyone by eating their stomachs. He indicated that the first to raise, Ezra Jones, was also the first to go bad.

Bobby then said, "Alright; everyone, except Cragen; head back to town and inform Jodi about the situation and see if she can get help to take care of this."

Dean then said, "Bobby; it sounds as though you want to get rid of us."

Bobby said, "That is exactly right!"

Cragen also said, "Bobby and I will handle our own wives when the time comes; the rest of you get going."

They both got their firearms prepared and they reminded the others to stay focused. Cragen then told Munch and Fin to remain.

Sam, Dean, Elliot, Olivia, and Huang headed back to town to inform the sheriff of the situation. Dean drove him to the sheriff's house and Sam, Elliot, and Olivia got out. Dean said that they were going to head back to Bobby's immediately. They left and Sam was about to knock on the sheriff's door; when he heard a noise coming from there. He entered and saw that Jodi's son had just turned and killed her husband by eating his stomach.

Once outside; Jodi told Sam, "That was not my son!"

Sam said, "I know! But right now your whole town is in danger unless we stop it."

Jodi said, "How do we put them down?"

Sam said, "Head shot!"

Jodi said, "What do we do?"

Sam said, "The other members of my team will take you somewhere safe and we round up everyone we can and arm them to take them out."

Jodi then said, "There are plenty of weapons at my office; we can start there."

Sam then said, "Good! Give a minute."

Sam then cocked him handgun and went inside and took care of the sheriff's zombie son with a head shot.

Back at Bobby's; both Karen and Marcie were starting to turn and both Bobby and Cragen were dealing with it. Karen told Bobby that she remembered how she died and why he did what he did. He then let her know why he could not do it again. They both told them that they had a message for them.

Dean returned with Huang and met Munch and Fin outside. He asked them what they were doing outside and they said that Bobby and Cragen kicked them out for a bit. Dean then told them they had to get back inside immediately. They got back inside and heard two shots coming from upstairs.

Dean yelled, "Bobby!"

They all got upstairs and saw that both Bobby and Cragen shot their zombie wives in the head.

Back at the sheriff's office; Jodi and Sam were handing out rifles to the townspeople.

Sam told them, "If you are given a gun and you see a dead person; it does not matter if it is your friend, neighbour, or wife; you shoot for the head; it's the only way we survive."

One of the townspeople asked him, "Who are you?"

Sam said, "A friend of Bobby Singer's."

The man said, "Oh! The town drunk!"

Sam then told everyone, "Stay sharp!"

While the townspeople were locking and loading; Sam told Jodi he would watch the front door.

Sam saw about fifteen zombies heading down the street.

Sam told everyone, "We got ten heading our way!"

Everyone cocked their shotguns and left the station. Five of the townspeople got five of them while Sam got three and Jodi got the last two. Elliot got three and Olivia got the last two zombies. Sam and Jodi saw the streets were clear, but that a whole bunch of them were heading towards Bobby's. Jodi told everyone to leave their guns and head home and lock their doors.

Back at Bobby's; Bobby, Dean, Cragen, Huang, Munch, and Fin prepared for the zombies that would be coming to their location. They got their rifles, shotguns, and handguns ready to take them on.

Dean told Bobby, "I will understand if you want to sit this one out."

Bobby told Dean, "Let's just get going!"

They all heard banging noises off in the distance. Munch, Cragen, and Fin went right to check that part of the yard; while Dean went left and Huang stayed with Bobby.

Bobby yelled, "Dean, Dean"

Dean got attacked by a few zombies and he shot them easily. Cragen, Munch and Fin came across five and they blew them away easily as well. Both Bobby and Huang saw four coming towards them. Bobby got two; while Huang got the other two. Dean managed to get one more while heading back to Bobby's location; but Bobby managed to get thrown out of his wheel chair by a zombie and Dean showed up in time to get it while Huang snagged another. Munch and Fin snagged two more before everyone re-grouped and preceded to fallback into the house. Once inside; They all found out that they were getting low on ammo with all their firearms and they did not have anymore because it was all back in the van past the zombies. The zombies broke through the windows and Bobby got one, while Dean got one. They were both out; Huang had two more shots and both Munch and Fin only had one shot in their shotguns and three shots each in their handguns; and Cragen was out with his shotgun and only had three rounds in his handgun. They did the best they could and they all took care of ten more zombies before they were completely out. They found they were near the closet and they all managed to squeeze into it for safety and they locked the door. The zombies were banging on the door to get into the closet.

Bobby told Dean, "A bit of a tight squeeze don't you think?"

Dean said, "They're idiots; they can't pick a lock."

They suddenly saw that the zombies were picking the lock.

Bobby told Dean, "Aren't you just tired of being wrong all the time?"

Dean said, "I'm making this up as I go along," "sue me"

The zombies picked the lock and opened the door and they all fought them back with the bunts of their rifles and shotguns.

Suddenly; Sam, Elliot, Olivia, and the sheriff arrived.

Sam yelled, "Get Down!"

They all shot the remaining zombies with their shotguns. Sam got three, Olivia, got two, Elliot got four, and Jodi got three. Everyone was relieved that the zombies were dead.

The next day; the team gathered every zombie body in town and took them to the cemetery for a special cremation pyre.

Dean returned with Jodi and told the team, "Well, if there's any zombies left out there; we can't find them."

Sam asked the sheriff, "How are the townspeople?"

Jodi said, "Pretty freaked out, Hell, traumatized; a few of them are calling the papers and as far as I can tell nobody's believed them yet."

Sam then asked her, "how about you? How are you holding up?"

She looked at Sam with a stunned look; but she did not have an answer for him.

Elliot told Sam, "I do not think we have seen the last of Death; he is still out there."

They continued to watch the pyre and Dean asked, "Is that everyone?"

Sam said, "All but two!"

Back at Bobby's; he and Cragen made a cremation pyre of their own for the zombie bodies of Karen and Margie. They watched the flames burn as the team joined them.

Bobby told them, "So; I think maybe I should apologize for not being as objective through this."

Cragen said the same thing to the team.

Sam then said, "You don't owe us anything!"

Dean said, "Look! I don't know squat from shinola about love, but, at least you got to spend five days with her, right."

Bobby said, "Right! Which makes things about a thousand times worse," "she was the love of my life; how many times have I got to kill her?"

Cragen then said, "This just feels like Margie dying all over again!"

Elliot said, "We can only take what we can get out of life and be ready for the little things."

Fin said, "We will understand if you want to take a breather for a while captain."

Sam asked Bobby, "Are you going to by okay Bobby?"

Bobby and Cragen explained why Death raised the dead in Sioux Falls. They told them that since Famine had failed to defeat him and Cragen back in New York where he got started and they had defeated him; that the dead would be able to take care of both Bobby and Cragen and the whole secret council. Bobby then said that the goal was to get both him and Cragen out of the way because they were being seen as a hindrance to Sam saying 'yes' to Lucifer. With them both out of the way; it would make it very easy for Sam to say 'yes' and stop any resistance from the apocalypse being stopped.

Dean then asked Bobby, "So this was like a hit on your life?"

Bobby then said, "I do not know if they wanted to take my life or my spirit; either way, they wanted me out of the way."

Cragen then said, "That's the same reason they want me out of the way."

Sam then asked Bobby, "But you're going to be alright; right Bobby?"

Olivia asked the same question to Cragen and both Bobby and Cragen looked at Sam and Olivia for a few moments and gave no response. The team continued to watch the pyre for a while.