Chapter 11
It didn't take Oree long to find the information she needed from an ancient, obscure, tome in Crowley's library. She headed out to find Ellie and Jasper so they could leave and pay a Mr. Martin Kline a visit. There was one stop she needed to make along the way and she would be ready to face the witch who took her child. After picking up a couple of burner phones, she started her plan rolling. She punched in a number and listened to it ring.
"Hello."
"River, how's tricks?"
"Oree, where have you been girl, hadn't heard from you in a while."
"Yeah, sorry about that, I have a job for you. It's urgent."
"I'm game, shoot."
"There was a building destroyed around Corona, New Mexico in the past day or so. I need to know who owned it. I mean everything you can dig up and give me a write up on a Martin Kline. Any money you can find connected to the place and to Kline, take it and stash it away safe. And there can't be any tracks left behind to come back to you. If you need to call Jet or Trace in to help do it. I need this asap."
"Alright, love a mystery I do. Don't you worry, hasn't anyone traced me down yet and it's not about to happen today. I'll email the info to you as I get it. But you will have to give me the lowdown on what is happening."
"If you could send me an address for this Kline first and work on the other. After this is over, I'll fill you in on what's been going on with me."
"Not a problem honey child. I'm on it and I can't wait to get the full story."
"Thanks, your payment will be sent as usual."
"Much appreciated. I'm gone."
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The area was bleak and lifeless as Aurora made her way around the huge boulders followed by Ellie and Jasper. She found the spot to do the spell and quickly set about preparing everything. The stillness of the air weighted heavy on her as sweat trickled down her face. She wiped it away with the sleeve of her shirt before continuing to mix the herbs and ingredients needed for the spell. Taking a sharp knife, she cut her finger allowing the blood to drip into the bowl, then wrapped her finger and carefully finished mixed everything. After lighting the herbs, she sat back allowing the smoke to surround her, closing her eyes and breathing deeply.
Oree dug one hand deep into the earth and held the other to the Heavens as she began to chant.
"From the depths of Hell
To the expansive Heavens
Hear my plea.
Allow the powers to envelope me.
Give me the strength to overcome.
Give me the means to destroy.
Give me the sight that I might see.
Give me the courage to never back down.
Show me the way to the one I've lost.
Show me the way to my son."
The earth began to tremble under her hand and the clouds moved across the sky partly blocking the rays of the sun. The clouds rolled and darkened as lightening bounced across them seeking passage to the earth. Oree remained still pulling the power from below and above. The black smoke thickened as the fire burned the last of the herbs in the bowl. Oree's concentration grew as the energy crackled and filled the air with static around her as her breathing quickened with her heart beat. She could feel her body absorbing the power making her stronger than she had ever been. As the last of the fire died, Oree raised her head to the Heavens letting a few drops of rain splatter on it and gave a silent thank you.
Her cell phone chimed, drawing her back to reality and she read the text from River before packing her belongs.
"Come on guys, we have an address. We need to pay a visit to Mr. Kline." she told the wolf and hell hound. She laid a hand on each and the trio vanished from her remote location to appear on the outskirts of Phoenix. Checking the GPS on her phone, she located the address and determined the best route to get there.
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"Dean I can't sit here when Aurora is out there on her own. I need to go look for her." Castiel argued.
"And where are you going to start? We have no idea where she went or how she got there."
"Ha'lo boys, Bobby, Feathers." Crowley drawled as he appeared in the kitchen.
"'Bout time you got here."
"Have you seen Oree?"
"Mamma Chipmunk did pay me a visit."
"Why didn't you call us?" Dean demanded.
"She didn't want me to. To be honest boys, I'm more afraid of Mama Chipmunk than you, especially in her state of mind."
"What is wrong with her?" Castiel demanded.
"Not wrong Feathers; do you know why you don't mess with a mama bear?"
Castiel looked at him puzzled by his words. He turned to Dean hoping for an answer.
"He means Oree will do whatever it takes to get her son back. You never get between cubs and a mama bear, she'll kill ya in a heartbeat, no questions asked."
"Are you saying Aurora is going to kill someone?"
"No, no. She's going to get her son back, there may be a few injuries along the way, but I don't think she would intentionally kill someone."
"You sure about that? Maybe you don't know her as well as you think." Crowley commented as Dean eyed him closely.
"What do you know?"
"Boss at that place is a Martin Kline, lives in Phoenix, but there's someone over him, neither of the guards had any idea who it is, only that it's a female. And I'd say she's a witch. From the spell cast over that place to hide all that was there, she has to be really powerful to do that. I'd say our Chipmunk may be in over her head."
"How did she find you?"
"Jasper and Ellie have a link."
"But how did she get there?"
"I think our little girl has learned a few new tricks, she transported herself there."
"Did you know about this Cas?"
"No."
"I say we need to head for Phoenix right now."
Sam's computer chimed loudly and everyone turned to look at him. He typed quickly on the laptop bringing up a map.
"What you got?"
"I programmed my laptop to alert me of any unusual disturbances or deaths and I got a hit. There was a strange lightening storm and minor earthquake in the desert of southern Colorado. Came from nowhere and disappeared the same way. No damage or anything, but it has the weather people puzzled."
"So that was what she was doing." Crowley mused to himself.
"What does that mean?"
"She wanted to use my library before she left."
"And you let her?"
"I had no idea what she was up to, besides who am I to stop her from finding her son. Later boys." he said vanishing, leaving a small cloud of sulfur.
Dean and Sam coughed, waving their hands to dispel the odor. Bobby opened the door allowing fresh air in before turning to the boys.
"So what's your plan?"
"Cas can you take us to this disturbance in Colorado? Maybe she's still there."
"Let me grab our weapon's bag."
"Why would you need it? Aurora will not hurt us."
"Cas we don't know what we'll be walking into, we should be prepared."
"As you wish." he replied laying a hand on each brothers shoulder.
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Aurora stood across the street from the gate and guard shack leading to the house of Martin Kline. She eyed it closely before approaching the shack, clicking her tongue for Jasper and Ellie to follow.
"Can I help you?" a guard asked as she paused at the locked gate.
"No." she replied snapping her fingers and rendering him unconscious. Aurora leaned into the shack and pressed the button to unlock the gate. She gave a sweep with her hand and shut down all the cameras.
The three waited patiently as the gate slid open allowing them entrance. With the confidence of a warrior, Aurora made her way up the driveway toward an extremely large house.
"Guys, take care of the guards, don't kill unless you have to, just make sure they won't interfere."
Jasper and Ellie woofed to her and headed around the house to stop any guards from hurting Aurora.
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A guard stepped out of the front door with gun drawn, aiming at Aurora. She continued up the steps twitching her hand to disarm him and throw him back into the wall knocking him out. Aurora paused in the entryway searching for Kline. She sensed him outside in the back and made her way down a hall, through the kitchen, and out the back door, stopping anyone who tried to stop her.
Kline was lying in the sun enjoying a mimosa by the pool, when a body threw a shadow over his face, blocking the sun. He squinted behind his glasses trying to see who was there.
"Who the hell are you and how did you get in here?" he growled in anger.
"Mr. Kline, I'm going to ask you some questions and if I get honest answers, I might let you live." Aurora explained to him in no uncertain terms.
"I'm calling the cops, Danny!" he yelled grabbing his cell from the stand.
Aurora snapped her fingers and unseen fangs clamped down on his wrist stopping him from using the phone. Kline cried out in shock and pain as blood began to seep from his wrist as the bones of his wrist were ground together. He jerked and whined trying to figure out what was chewing on his arm.
"Easy Jasper, don't want him to bleed out until he answers my questions."
"Stop it!"
He tried to get up only to have a huge beast he could see, place a huge clawed paw on his chest and digging in with her claws. Ellie snarled in his face showing her long white fangs letting slobber drip from her mouth onto his bare chest. Kline saw hatred in her eyes as they seemed to glow a hellish red. Oree raised her hand and squeezed her hand into a fist staring intently at the man. Kline cried out in pain as blood seeped out of his mouth and ran down his face. He panted hard as the pain eased up allowing him to breathe again.
"What do you want?" he choked as he shook in fright and coughed more blood up.
"Who's your boss?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Please! Just 'cause I'm blonde doesn't mean I'm dumb. Try again or do you need more convincing?" she asked raising her hand to make a fist.
"I don't know please." he begged. "She never told me her name; I contacted her by phone or email."
"Wow, so where's your computer?"
"Office...make it stop."
"And your safe?"
"I...I don't..." he started until the crunch on his wrist tightened and Ellie racked her paw a little ways down his chest opening four gashes. "The office...behind painting of sea...don't kill me."
"Combination?"
"16-9-12-6." he groaned trying to stop the blood flow from his chest.
"Keep him here." she instructed the wolf and hell hound. Aurora picked up his phone and headed back inside to find his office.
The third room she looked in was his office and on his desk was his laptop. She settled into his chair and plugged a device into the USB port. Once in place, she took out her cell and speed dialed a number.
"River."
"Hey girl, what's happening?"
"I have a laptop I need you to get into and copy the hard drive and a cell you need to clone for me."
"I'm on it girl, just give me a sec."
"No problem." she said checking the walls for the painting as River hacked the laptop.
Aurora removed the painting and studied the safe before entering the numbers waiting for it to click open. She was rewarded with a soft click and opened the door to reveal money, papers and several books. She took her pack and removed everything from the safe stashing it in the pack.
"Oree, you there?"
"Yes."
"Can you attach the phone to the laptop?"
"Hold on, I need to get a cord." she said looking in the desk drawers until she found a cord and attached it.
"I'm almost done, need ten more minutes and I'll be finished."
"Thanks."
"Anything for you love."
Aurora waited patiently for River to finish. She started to look through one of the books and realized it was a list of pregnant women that must have been abducted. From the dates, it looked like this had been going on for several years. They even had pictures of the women along with details about each one. Oree began to quickly snap shots of each page in the book with her cell. When she came across her picture and information, she tore the page out and left the book by the laptop for the cops to find. She knew it would be enough to have him arrested and hopefully close some missing person cases.
"Done, girl. What am I looking for?"
"Any off shore accounts, drain them; information on adoptions and related items. Anything you think is strange or off. And the phone I need a trace on the numbers called."
"Alright, I'll email you. Jet will help me since he's not busy right now."
"Good, I'll be looking for it.'Bye."
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Aurora headed back outside to find Kline still whining and complaining. She walked back over to him looking at him closely.
"Well, Mr. Kline, since you took something of mine, I'm taking something of yours and believe me, it will be painful. Ellie hold his arm."
She stepped closer as Ellie grabbed his arm tightly in her mouth biting down hard. Once he was pinned down, she put her hand on his chest concentrating her powers as she began to push in causing him to cry in agony the further she pressed. Once she touched his soul, she began to absorb his energy into her body. She stopped just before draining him and removed her hand as he collapsed in the lounge chair.
"Now, you need to not remember any of this so I'm going to erase part of your memory." she said laying a hand on his head and probing his mind to destroy his most recent memories along with a few others. "Let's go guys; I have some research to do."
Kline lay unmoving in the chair as she dialed the police on his phone letting it ring and screamed into it leaving the line open so they could trace it. With a hand on each animal, they disappeared from the yard leaving no trace of them but for a small pile of sulfur.
A/N: One bad guy down and the Queen B is in her sights now. Thank you to all who are following, favoring and have left me a review. I do enjoy hearing from you and your thoughts on the story. It give me more motive to write and post. Please review.
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