Chapter 10
A soft groan pulled Sky from her sleep as she looked around her trying to remember where she was. She heard the noise again and looked to the bed beside her. Dean was tossing his head and fighting with some unknown enemy. She slid out of bed and went to his side laying a hand on his arm.
"Hey, Dean." she said softly.
"Don't..." Cas started getting up from the couch to stop her.
Before Cas could reach her or her move away, Dean had woken, grabbed her arm and flipped her to the bed beside him, pinning her to the mattress with a knife to her throat. He vision was still slightly blurred and he blinked his eyes quickly trying to see who he had pinned to the bed. The body he was laying on was small and didn't seem a threat so he let up on his hold slightly.
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Before Sky could step back she felt herself being lifted from her feet and tossed on the bed. A strong, muscular body was pinning her to the mattress and she felt cold steel to her throat. Sky didn't move as she held her breathe, eyes wide looking up into Dean's stormy green ones. She saw a darkness pass over his face and quickly disappear as he focused on her face bringing himself back to reality.
"Dean!" Castiel called to him laying a hand on his shoulder. "It's ok, she's a friend."
Dean realized he was laying on top of the woman from the office building, her brother was missing to. He could feel her fast breathing and saw the look of fear in her eyes before removing the knife from her throat.
"Sorry." he mumbled as a light blush crept up his neck and onto his face. He slid to the side allowing her to push away from him and move up against the headboard. She finally let out the breath she was holding absently touching her neck where the knife was coming back with a trace of blood.
"Are you always this jumpy?" she questioned in a shaky voice clearing her throat to continue. "You were having a bad dream, I was trying to wake ya."
"Yeah, get them sometimes." he said getting up so he wouldn't have to look at her concerned face. Even with wild bed hair, slight imprint of the comforter across the side of her face and rumpled clothes, she was so sexy looking it scared him.
"Are you ok Dean?" Castiel asked eyeing him closely.
"I'm fine." he mumbled heading for the coffee pot to start a new pot. He measured out coffee and added water before turning it on. Dean glanced at his watch seeing it was only five, way to early for his taste but he knew he wasn't getting more sleep this morning.
Sky had moved to the kitchen table and took a seat waiting for the coffee too. She looked over at Castiel as she watched him watching Dean, Rule 35-Always watch the watcher. Her uncle had trained her well and she was pretty sure the skills would come in handy if she hung around with these people.
"What's goin' on in here?" Krissy yawned sticking her head into the room and looking around.
"Nothin', go back to sleep." Dean replied as he sat a couple of cups out for coffee.
"Alright." she shrugged returning to her room and her bed.
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"Here, looks like you could use a cup." Dean said sitting a cup of coffee in front of Sky, before sitting down opposite her with his own cup.
"Thanks." she whispered just loud enough for him to hear.
"I didn't hurt ya did I?" he asked watching her touch her neck again, biting at her lower lip.
"No, I'm ok, just surprised me is all." she tried to assure him. "I'm usually faster than that."
"You've had training?"
"You could say that, my uncle made sure I knew how to take care of myself."
"Good uncle to have."
"He is, after our father was killed, he helped my brother and me out, was like a second father to us." she said staring off into space with a far away look in her eyes.
"Yeah, we had someone like that too." Dean half smiled thinking about their adopted father, Bobby Singer.
"Had, sorry to hear." she replied staring down into her coffee with a look of sadness on her face.
"Thanks, did ya get some rest?"
"Little, what now?" she asked looking up at Castiel who had gone back to the couch to sit down.
"Have the girls research Prichard Holdings and their subsidiaries, see if they own any property in the area. Cas and I'll go check this Zachary Holliman out, see what he knows."
"I'm coming with you."
"Um-m that would be a no, you can stay here with the girls."
"Not likely, I'm sticking with you. I figure if you find your brother, I might find mine." she said sitting back and crossing her arms over her chest signaling there would be no discussion in the matter. "I need to run by my motel first before we go question this guy."
"What motel?"
"Sleep Inn."
"You're in luck, it's just down the street." Dean said getting up. "Come on, I'll take ya down there now."
"I can go by myself, get a quick shower and change of clothes."
"Why don't ya check out and stay here with us." he offered. "Looks like we're both after the same people. If ya gonna be part of this search, might as well be close."
Sky looked at Dean carefully seeing no hint of deceit or danger in his expression. She pursed her lips thinking about the offer, deciding it might be a good idea to stay with them in hopes them working together will lead her to her brother.
"Alright." she agreed getting up to put her shoes on so they could leave.
"Cas, if the girls get up have them start working on locating any property holdings in the area for Prichard Holdings. We'll be back in a few and we'll go question this Holliman person."
"As you wish." Castiel answered. "Should I wake them?"
"Naw, let them sleep a little longer."
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"This your's?" Sky asked as she followed Dean to the Impala. "'67 right?"
"Yeah." he smiled rubbing a handing lovingly over her frame.
"Nice, drive a '85 RX-7 Turbo myself, rebuild her a few years ago."
"Nice, a woman who knows her cars." he nodded sliding behind the wheel, waiting for her to settle into the passenger side before cranking her up.
Sky smiled as the engine roar to life and she listened to it begin to purr under Deans gentle hand while classic rock music floated from the speakers. Dean reached for the knob and clicked it down a couple of notches so they could hear each other talk. She did like a man that knew his cars and she could tell this one had definitely been taken care of over the years.
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"I'm in the back bottom floor, room 17." she told him as he turned onto the road heading for her motel.
"Got it. Where was your brother taken from?"
"Sioux City, we were visiting for a wedding of one of his Marine buddies. Cole did two tours before getting out."
"Our father was in the Marines."
"Did he train you?"
"Yeah, me and my brother, he was one tough sob."
"Sounds like my uncle, he was a Marine and now he works at NCIS as an agent."
"And that is?"
"Navel Criminal Investigative Services for the Navy."
"That's a mouth full, the motel is just ahead." Dean told her as he slowed the Impala and signaled to turn into the parking lot of the motel. He turned the corner and looked for Room 17 and pulled up beside a mint pearl blue RX-7 that he figured was hers.
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Dean got out of the Impala and followed her to the door waiting for her to unlock it. He stepped in before her and glanced around to be sure everything was ok. Sky didn't comment on this but wondered what the deal was about that.
Sky grabbed her pack and pulled some clean clothes out before heading for the bathroom to get a quick shower.
"I won't be long, make yourself at home." she said before closing the door.
Dean glanced around the room noticing she didn't have much scattered about. He eased up to her pack and flipped the flap back to glance in. He saw clothes, book of some type, and something dark in the corner. Being sure the shower was running, Dean looked closer pulling out a Sig Sauer semi automatic 9mm. He arched an eyebrow at her fire power and tucked it back in the pack when he heard the shower shut off. He tried to act nonchalant as he waited for her to come out.
Sky opened the bathroom door while still towel drying her long hair to find Dean sitting at the table waiting on her. She had changed out of her black clothes into jeans that fit her perfectly and a button up shirt. She tossed the towel back into the bathroom and picked up her dirty clothes off the floor.
"I'll only be a moment." she said stuffing her clothes and a few other items into her pack.
Dean watched her with interest as she removed the handgun from her pack, expertly check the clip and slip the gun into the waist of her jeans settling it in the small of her back. She searched in a side pocket and pulled out two knives strapping one to her leg under her jeans and putting one in the pockets of her jacket that she then put on. She looked up and caught him staring at her.
"Something wrong?"
"Think you got enough fire power?"
"Better to be prepared." she shrugged. " And you don't go anywhere without a knife, Rule 9."
Dean frowned remembering she had mentioned something about rules before and wondered just what she was referring to. After they found their brothers, maybe he would ask her.
After giving the room a quick once over, Sky grabbed her pack ready to leave.
"Got everything?"
"Yep, I'll follow ya back to the motel." she said heading out the door to her car.
"By the way, nice car." he smiled following her outside and nodding to the car.
"Thanks." she said flashing him an award winning smile,.
Dean's heart skipped a beat as he took in her smile, gorgeous blue eyes and curly, blonde hair. With her hair down, framing her face, she looked younger than he thought she was. Sky tossed her bag in the back and slipped behind the wheel of her car, while Dean headed for his Baby and got behind the wheel. He listened to the smooth sound of her car when she cranked it and cranked his own. He backed out and checked the mirror to be sure she was following before pulling back onto the road and heading back to his motel. Sky followed behind him matching her speed to keep a safe distance between them.
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Dean pulled into the motel parking lot and circled back around the main building to the his room. Sky pulled in beside him and parked. She got out and grabbed her bag from the back before locking the car and setting the alarm. Dean allowed her to go first into the room and followed finding Castiel waiting for them.
"Cas, we need to talk to this Holliman alone. I think you need to pay him a visit and bring him to a quiet place so we can question him."
"Do you have a place in mind?"
"I think there are some abandoned buildings on the outskirts of town that will work nicely."
"Is she going to join us?"
"Guess so, she refuses to stay here. Are the girls up?"
"No, I was waiting for your return. I'll get them up."
"Let me." Dean said walking to the door that separated their rooms. "Rise and shine!" he yelled into the room to hear groans and whining coming from the beds. "Get yer asses up, we got things that need to be done."
"Yeah, we're coming." Krissy complained as she drug herself out of bed. "What's going on?"
"I need you girls to checkout any properties that Prichard Holdings or a subsidiary of the company owns in the area. Look for something isolated that could be used as a holding area and let us know if you find anything." Dean instructed. "Oh and see if you can figure a way to move that money somewhere else, be sure it can't be traced."
"What are you going to be doing while we do that?"
"We're going to have a sit down with a certain CEO, find out what he knows."
"What about back up?"
"I've got Cas and Sky here."
"But we should be going too."
"Look you'll do more good doing this if we strike out, besides, all of us can't fit in the Impala."
"Alright I guess." Krissy pouted poking her lower lip out.
"Here is the name and number of a friend of mine if you run into any trouble, he's the best at hacking I know." Sky told her scribbling on a scrap of paper and handing it to her.
"Thanks, we'll see what we can find."
"Grab you guys some food too." Dean added tossing some money on the table before heading for the door. "Stay out of trouble, please."
Krissy smirked at him and stuck her tongue out at him when he turned his back to her.
"I saw that." he quipped at her before pulling the door shut.
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