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Gracilynn turns over in her bed and her eyes flicker open. She looks at the clock reading 10:30. Gracilynn looks over at her dad's bed, not seeing him there. She blinks her eyes a few times and sits up in her bed, yawning and stretching. She looks over at her dad's bed again, thinking she didn't see correctly. She still doesn't see him and looks around the room but doesn't see a sign of him anywhere.
"Huh," she says, throwing her covers off and climbing out of bed. Her feet patter on the rugged floor and she looks in the bathroom but doesn't see her dad. "Maybe he went out to get breakfast."
Gracilynn looks around on the nightstand and table but doesn't see a note from her dad anywhere. She walks over to the window and, pulling the curtains aside, peers outside, the bright sun making her blink a few times. When she gets used to the brightness, she scours the parking lot for the Impala. She doesn't have to look for long because she sees it right in front of their room. Gracilynn's eyebrows furrow and she drops the curtains back in place. She turns around and stares at the room in front of her.
"Dude, where the hell is he?" she asks herself. Gracilynn sighs in irritation and goes over to the nightstand and grabs her phone, fully intent on calling her dad and giving him a piece of her mind. She pushes his speed dial number and waits for her dad to pick up. The phone goes to voice mail and Gracilynn is starting to get angry now. "I swear…"
"Dude, dad, where the hell are you?" she says, starting the message, "I swear if you're off getting drunk or flirting with some chick, I'll kick your ass myself. Father or not."
Gracilynn hangs up the phone and looks around the hotel room one last time, looking for any clues as to where her dad might be. She lets out a big sigh and sits down at the foot of her bed and stares at the empty room. Awesome, now I get to wait…or I could go out and look for him…yeah, right up until he comes back and I get my ass chewed out for leaving without him. Gracilynn sighs again and then bites her lip. Making up her mind, she grabs the room key and exits the room, intent on seeing if she can find her father.
Gracilynn frustratingly opens the door and slams it shut. She had been everywhere looking for her dad; asking people if they've seen him. She even went so far as to going into the damn bar and asking, not only the bartender, but the patrons as well. And let's just say, if her dad knew some of the people she was talking to he'd rip her a new one. Gracilynn throws the room key onto the table and looks around the room, hoping that her dad had been here while she was gone. Not seeing anything, she decides to call her dad again. She had been calling him periodically throughout the day, the last one not being very nice.
"Hey dad. Listen, sorry about the last few messages. It's just that…dude, I'm frickin' worried here. You're nowhere to be found. No one's seen you. And…and you're not answering your damn phone. I'm gonna try to give Uncle Bobby a call. See if he's heard from you. But if you don't call me back within the next hour, I'm gonna call…I'm calling Uncle Sam," Gracilynn says. Then, before she hangs up, "Bye dad."
Gracilynn hangs up the phone and sits at the table. She dials Bobby's number and waits for him to answer it. When the gruff voice greets her on the other end of the phone, she smiles.
"Hey, Uncle Bobby," Gracilynn says.
"Hey, how's everything going?" Bobby asks cryptically.
"Um…well, besides dad not wanting Uncle Sam around and the fact he's missing, everything's going great," Gracilynn answers sarcastically.
"Yeah, well, can you blame the kid?" Bobby says, "Wait, did you say Sam was missing?"
"No, I said dad is missing," Gracilynn clarifies.
"What do you mean he's missing?" Bobby asks.
"I woke up this morning and he was gone. No note, nothing. He even left the Impala here," Gracilynn explains.
"Was there any sign…" Bobby begins.
"Of a struggle?" Gracilynn finishes, "No. Nothing. It's like he up and vanished. I even went around town looking for him. Zip. Nada. Zilch. Nothing."
"You guys on a hunt?" Bobby asks.
"No, that's the thing. We were just passing through. I was kinda hoping you would've heard from him. It's not like he's been answering my phone calls."
"That's not like your daddy," Bobby thinks out loud.
"I know. Tell me about it. He's never not answered my phone call or text," Gracilynn says.
"You need me to come out there?" Bobby asks.
"No. I'll give him another half hour. Then, I'll call Uncle Sam," Gracilynn says.
"All right. I'll let you know if I hear anything. Keep me in touch," Bobby says, "And Gracilynn?"
"Yeah," Gracilynn says.
"Be careful will ya?" Bobby says.
"Don't worry Uncle Bobby I will," Gracilynn says, hanging up the phone.
A half an hour later and still no sign from her father whatsoever, Gracilynn decides to make the phone call to her uncle. She didn't know what else to do. She looked for him everywhere, called him numerous times, and she just doesn't know what to do. Gracilynn pulls out her phone and hits her uncle's speed dial.
"Hey Gracie, what's going on?"
"Hey Uncle Sam," Gracilynn says, hesitating for a second. "You hear from dad today at all?"
There is a long pause on the other end of the line. Gracilynn bites her lip, knowing her uncle is thinking about the conversation he and her dad had last night.
"Uh…no," Sam says, "Why? Everything okay?"
"Um…well, he's kinda not here," Gracilynn says.
"What do you mean he's not there?" Sam asks, confused.
"He's gone. I don't know where he is," Gracilynn says.
"Did you try calling him?"
"Yes, I tried calling him," Gracilynn says exasperatedly, "So many times I've lost count. I even went looking for him."
"How long has he been gone?" Sam asks, surprised by his niece's answer.
"Since, at least this morning. He wasn't here when I woke up," Gracilynn answers.
"All right," Sam says, already getting his things together, worry for his niece and brother sinking in, "I'm on my way. Where are you?"
"Uh… I'm not sure," Gracilynn says.
"What do you mean you're not sure?" Sam asks.
"Well, I fell asleep and when I woke up late last night to use the bathroom I was in the hotel bed," Gracilynn explains.
"Do me a favor. Go to the front desk and ask okay?" Sam says.
"Okay," Gracilynn says, grabbing the key and exiting the room, heading to the front desk. Rounding the corner, Gracilynn sees housekeeping and decides to ask the lady. "Hi, can you help me?"
"Yes, of course," the lady, Alissa by her tag, says in a Puerto Rican accent.
"Um…could you tell me what city we're in?" Gracilynn asks.
"Kansas City," Alissa answers with a smile.
"Thank You," Gracilynn says, turning around and going back to the room. "Uncle Sam?"
"Yeah, still here," he answers.
"Kansas City. Century Hotel, room 113," Gracilynn says.
"I'm about four and a half hours out. I'll be there soon," Sam says.
"Okay, sounds…" Gracilynn says only to feel someone behind her. She turns around and yelps, not expecting to see Cas standing right there. "Cas, what the hell are you doing here?"
"Fulfilling a promise," Cas says, touching Gracilynn's forehead and the two of them disappear.
"I'm about four and a half hours out. I'll be there soon," Sam says into the phone.
"Okay, sounds…" Gracilynn says on the other end of the line, but then goes silent. There is a yelp and then, "Cas, what the hell are you doing here?"
"Gracie?" Sam asks into the phone.
"Fulfilling a promise," Sam hears Cas say in the background.
"'The hell? Gracie?!" Sam yells into the phone. Sam hears a noise behind him and turns around, stumbling back when Gracilynn and Cas appear practically on top of him. Just as soon as he has appeared, Cas disappears without a word. "Gracie?"
"Uncle Sammy?" Gracilynn asks, confused at being with her uncle. She gives her uncle a big hug and Sam wraps his arms around her, squeezing her tight. Gracilynn pulls back and looks at Sam. "What the hell just happened?"
"That's a good question," Sam says, "Cas didn't say anything?"
"Just that he was fulfilling a promise," Gracilynn answers, "Whatever the hell that means."
"My guess? It has to do with Dean," Sam says.
"Yeah, well the least Cas could've done was let us know where the hell dad is," Gracilynn grumbles.
"You have no clue where he is?" Sam asks. Gracilynn gives her uncle a look.
"If I did, don't ya think I would've found him already?" she says sarcastically. Sam sighs.
"All right," he says, then looks over at his niece, "You hungry?"
"No, I'm fine," Gracilynn says, followed by her stomach growling.
"Sounds like your stomach isn't," Sam says, looking at her knowingly.
"We have to get back; try to find dad," Gracilynn says.
"We will. But first, you need to eat," Sam counters, grabbing his stuff and walking towards the motel room door. It's Gracilynn's turn to sigh, but she follows her uncle anyways.
Sam and Gracilynn enter the hotel room to see someone standing in the middle of the room. Sam quickly shoves Gracilynn behind him, pulling his gun out and pointing it at the person in one fluid motion.
"Who are you?" Sam asks loudly. The person turns around and looks at them.
"Sam," the person says. Sam furrows his eyebrows, dropping his gun slightly.
"Gracilynn," he says to his niece. Gracilynn turns on the lights and the two of them look at Cas. "Cas, you almost got yourself shot."
"I am an angel of the Lord Sam. It wouldn't have done anything," Cas says, looking at the two of them.
"Did you find dad?" Gracilynn asks.
"Yes and no," Cas answers.
"What does that mean?" Sam asks.
"It means," Cas begins, "I know what happened to him, I just don't know where he is."
"So, what happened to him?" Gracilynn asks.
"Zachariah," Cas says, "He has put your father in a different time."
"What?!" Gracilynn asks.
"Where?" Sam asks, "Or…when?"
"I don't know. I haven't been able to track him down yet," Cas says. "But I need you two to stay here. You won't be able to do anything there and I promised Dean."
"Promised him what?" Sam and Gracilynn ask in unison.
"That if anything happened to him and I couldn't get to him, I was to bring Gracilynn to you Sam," Cas explains, "So she was safe. She will not be safe if she is there."
"Why not?" Gracilynn asks.
"Zachariah is watching," Cas says. "I will continue to look for Dean."
"Yeah, but Cas…" Sam begins only to be cut off by Cas disappearing. "Awesome."
"So, now what do we do?" Gracilynn asks exasperatedly.
"I guess we wait," says Sam, "And get a good nights sleep."
"Seriously?" Gracilynn asks, "This blows!"
"Tell me about it," Sam returns.
Gracilynn rolls over in her bed, a noise blaring into her dream. Her eyes flutter open and she recognizes it as her uncles' phone. She hears her uncle feeling around the table for it. He must have found it because the blaring noise stopped.
"H'lo," he mumbles into the phone. Gracilynn squints, looking around the room. It was still dark. Looking at the clock she sees it's only one-thirty. Awesome. We've only been asleep for an hour and a half. "Dean?"
Gracilynn's head whips around to look at her uncle who has sat up and is rubbing his eyes. Gracilynn sits up herself, holding herself up with one hand. She watches her uncle for any clue as to how her dad is.
"Are you okay? Where were you? Did Cas find you?" Sam rapidly begins asking, reaching over and turning on the bedside lamp, listening to Dean on the other end of the line. "Yeah, she's here. She's fine. Worried…Yeah, hold on."
Sam looks over at his niece and holds the phone out for her to take. Gracilynn reaches over and grabs it from Sam and puts it to her ear.
"Dad?" she asks in to the phone.
"Hey, Gracie," Dean says, "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine Dad," Gracilynn says, "Are you?"
"Fine. So, I see Cas did what he promised," Dean says.
"Yeah. Been here since about dinner time," Gracilynn says, "Was looking for you the rest of the day."
"Yeah, sorry about that," Dean says.
"Where are you?" Gracilynn asks.
"A couple states over from where we were," Dean says.
"You coming?" Gracilynn asks. There is a slight pause.
"Yeah…yeah, I'm coming," Dean says, "Listen, put your uncle on."
"Kay," Gracilynn says, handing the phone back over to Sam. Sam takes it and puts it to his ear.
"Dean?"
"Sam. You were right. We need to fight this. Together," Dean says.
"You serious?" Sam asks, not wanting to get his hopes up. Gracilynn watches her uncle, hoping for the best.
"Yeah. Where are you? We can meet up at the half way point," Dean says.
"Uh…Garber, Oklahoma," Sam says.
"All right, I'm about six hours away," Dean says, "Let's meet off of the I-40. We'll call when we get closer."
"Okay," Sam says, "Bye."
Sam hangs up his phone and climbs out of bed. Gracilynn follows his lead and picks up her bag that Cas so kindly dropped off and throws it on her bed.
"We meeting dad?" she asks.
"Uh…yeah," Sam says, still trying to wrap his brain around the sudden change in mind. "Hurry up and pack. We're going to leave in fifteen."
Sam throws the last of his clothes in the bag and walks in to the bathroom. Gracilynn watches him, smiling, relieved that her family is getting back together again. She begins grabbing things around the room and throwing them in to her uncles' bag, wanting to leave as soon as possible.
Gracilynn looks out the windshield as her uncle pulls up to the Impala. She had tried to fall asleep, but the excitement of seeing her dad and making sure he truly was okay, wasn't letting her. Dean was waiting by the Impala, watching them as they pull up. As soon as Sam puts the car in park, Gracilynn finds herself flinging the door open and jumping out of the car. She bounds over to her dad, jumping in her arms, a big grin on her face. Dean wraps his arms around her, a matching grin present.
"Hey Gracie," Dean says as he squeezes her tight.
"Hey dad," Gracilynn says. Reluctantly, Gracilynn pulls away, checking her dad over to make sure that he is, in fact, okay. Sam watches this, a smirk pulling at his lips, as he sees Dean doing the exact same thing. Satisfied Gracilynn is okay, Dean looks up at his brother.
"Gracie, wait inside the car for me," Dean says. Gracilynn nods her head and walks over to the back door. Opening it, she looks back and sees her dad and uncle approach each other. Gracilynn climbs in to the back seat and shuts the door, watching her family in front of her. Dean pulls out the demon-killing knife and hands it to Sam, who takes it from him. Gracilynn grins, knowing everything is going to be okay. Maybe not perfect, or even great or good, but okay.
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