Alright the reason this chapter is so late because I rewrote it like three times. I'm not sure if I like it yet but it will do. There's a big surprise in this chapter. Thanks to my amazing beta whereinthewrld for getting it done so fast and keeping me from rewriting it another five times.
"I never wanted to have to say this, but I think I'll take the make-up."
Adam said stubbornly.
"Adam, Dean's gonna figure out what happened eventually, so it might as
well be now. I don't know about you, but I have no clue what to do about
her." Sam gave him a sympathetic smile.
Dean kept switching his stare from Sam to Adam.
Adam didn't answer; he just started pacing around the small room biting his
lip.
Nobody spoke for ten long minutes. Finally the silence was broken by Adam
punching Dean.
Dean shook off the blow and felt the split lip his brother had given him.
"Damn it runt! Have you gone nuts?"
Adam only got angrier after seeing that his punch hadn't hurt Dean, or that
Dean hadn't hit him back.
"It's not fair Dean! How come Gabriel chose me? I don't want to have to
find her! I don't want to have a tiger to protect me from hellhounds! I
don't want to have to go into hell and get my ass kicked in by Yellow
Eyes!" Adam felt angry tears slip from his eyes. "I love being with you
guys and I want to be a hunter, I want to be a normal hunter." Adam
couldn't take it any more.
He started yelling. "You want to know what happened so bad? Well, a
damn dick gave me visions of Jo. Then sent me on a little trip to hell where I
got my face slashed open by Azazel. Then your mother helps me out. When Gabe
decides to bring me back to Earth, I have Jo with me. But two seconds later,
she's turned freakin' invisible. Then today I try helping you out, and
guess what happens? I get my ass beat in again! This time by a drunk
construction worker."
"Adam calm down," Dean soothed grabbing his brothers arm as Adam once
again tried to hit the wall.
Adam searched Dean's hazel eyes expecting to see anger and hatred. But all
he saw was love, concern, and little bit of betrayal.
"Adam I already knew about Jo, okay? Zachariah showed up when me and Sam
were out. That's why we came back so fast."
"So, you're not mad at me?"
Dean snorted "Of course I mad at you Runt. But you were right not to tell
me. I guess I failed at my big brother duties." Dean smirked. "If you're
worried about getting your ass kicked in, don't worry. Sam was a punching
bag to pretty much every monster we faced until he turned seventeen, So
I'll cut you some slack."
"Was not!" Sam protested
"Keep telling yourself that Sammy."
"Oh yeah! I found one of your friends, the cop Ballard." Adam started
calming down
"Was she the drunk construction worker who beat you up?" Eli asked
"Go to hell leach." Ruby commented.
"Ruby just shut up and go stand in the corner or I'll use you for target
practice." Dean threatened
"What are you gonna do? Shoot me with you lost the magic gun?"
"Oh yeah. Hey Adam, did that damn angel of yours say where he put the
colt?"
"Don't you think I would've mentioned it if he had?"
All thoughts of The Colt disappeared as Cas spoke, fear in his voice. "We
have a visitor."
"Is it the angel again? I didn't like him." Ben muttered.
"No Ben, it is not. Stay close to your father. It's a ghost." Cas closed
his eyes and focused on the soul that was making its way through the motel
parking lot.
Every soul had has its own feel and presence. Cas knew he'd never met the
ghost, but something about him was oddly familiar. The angel tensed when he
sensed not only the presence of an unfamiliar angel, but the taint of
some long dead demon and the dead broken touch of hell. Close beside the ghost
was the angel. Unlike most angels, this one didn't have a pure presence. Cas
wasn't sure he wanted to know what had tainted the demon.
"Dean, the ghost has an angel with him." Cas warned preparing for a fight.
"Which Angel?" Lenora asked.
"I don't know."
Dean knew it was bad if Cas didn't know who the opponent was. "Sam, get
the salt lines ready. I'm gonna cut my hand open. Will you guys be okay? "
Dean saw the vampires nod. "Good. Ben I want you to stay close to Cas unless
it turns into a fight, then run for the Impala. Ruby, get the damn make-up off
of the Runt before somebody thinks he's a girl."
Dean winched as he sliced open the palm of his hand for what seemed like the
millionth time.
Castiel kept his mouth shut. He knew the sigil would send him to certain death
at the hands of heaven, but he also knew it could save the live of his
friends.
Jade was the only one else who realized what the sigil would do.
"Don't do that! It will send Cas back to heaven too." She tried wiping
the blood away with her big paws.
Adam had the sense to repeat Jade's words.
"Damnit Cas! You need to tell us if you're going to do anything like that,
especially if you're gonna leave Simba here too!" Dean cursed as he
started bandaging his hand.
"Um, Simba was a lion."
"Sam, stop being gay."
Cas checked on the ghost. It had stopped. The angel seemed to have left.
Sighing , the Winchester brothers' angel walked to the window and pulled
aside the curtain.
It was dark but Cas saw where the ghost was. It was stopped beside the Impala.
His hand was on her hood and he seemed to be saying something to the old car.
Castiel now knew who it was and he relaxed. Cas knew of only one man ,other
than the ones in the room, who would treat the Impala like that.
"Don't shoot." Cas ordered "I know who it is now."
Jade raised her head and scented the air. The tigress looked confused. Padding
over to Dean, she sniffed his arm then the air again, as if she were comparing
the two smells.
"This sucks, I wanted a fight." With a yawn the tiger jumped onto Adam's
bed.
"Adam, wake me up if something interesting is happening or if somebody has
chicken."
Adam yelped as the sound of wing beats filled the room.
Gabriel stood close to the door. He was slightly out of breath and held a
video camera in his hands.
"Good I'm not late. I want to remember this moment." Gabe panted and
turned expectantly towards the door.
The group heard footsteps outside. Dean stood closest towards the door his gun
raised. Sam and Adam where on either side, shotguns in hand. Ben stared with
interest from behind Cas. The vampires where directly behind Dean. Ruby seemed
to have disappeared for the moment.
It was only Cas's relaxed posture the kept the three Winchester brothers
from shooting as the door opened.
Gabriel held up the camera as John Winchester walked in.
"Dad!" Adam dropped his gun and tried running towards his father, only to
be shoved out of the way by Eli. The vampire could only smell death on the
ghost. Eli could only think that the ghost meant harm to his mate and
friends.
His fangs appeared beneath his snarling lip.
"Boys watch out!" John yelled and his form flickered and appeared between
his eldest son and the lunging vampire.
Eli skidded to a stop. Uncertain of John's attentions he watched the hunters
movement warily.
"Eli enough." Sam ordered.
Adam used the opening between Sam and Eli to run to his dad.
"Dad I missed you." Adam managed to whisper as he started crying. Despite
the fact that John was a ghost, Adam found himself in a tight hug from his
father.
As John released his youngest he looked over at Sam and Dean. Sam stared in
shock at his father.
Tears poured from Dean's eyes as relief washed over him. His dad could deal
with anything. John would know how to send Lucifer back to hell; he would be
able to keep the other hunters from killing the Winchester brothers. John
would know how to find Jo. His dad would be able to help him train Adam and
protect Sam.
The only noise in the motel room was the constant deep snarling coming from
Eli. Eli had backed down at Sam's command but he stayed ready to attack.
"Cas, is it really him?' Sam whispered
The angel nodded.
In seconds John was being hugged by his eldest sons.
John felt his own eyes grow wet. His boys were safe. They had stayed together,
even better they had found Adam.
Worry filled John as he stepped back and looked into his son's faces.
The wounds he saw on Adam barley bothered him compared to the fear he felt
upon seeing the pain and hopelessness in Dean's eyes.
"Boys, I've missed you." John glanced at the others in the room. John
knew that demanding to know what had happened to give Dean would be no good.
But knowing Adam's constant talking, he'd find out soon enough. Instead,
he focused his attention on the people who stood so protectively around the
brothers.
"So, may I ask why my sons' are hanging out with vampires?"
"Oh, yeah, about that. Eli and Lenora don't eat people. They've known
Dean and me for a while. They got into some trouble and asked if we could help
them out." Sam answered. He didn't want to fight with John over the
vampires. But, knowing his father, the vamps would have to go.
John wasn't too happy but he had seen Eli's reaction when it came to
protecting the brothers. So, the old hunter decided to let it slide. "The
other two?' John couldn't see Ben who was hidden behind Lenora and Cas.
Dean answered this time. "That guy's Castiel. He brought me back to life
after I died and has saved are lives more times then I can count. He's an
angel."
"It's an honor to meet you John. I've heard a lot about you from your
sons" Cas smiled at John.
"Funny. Dean what is he really? A demon?" John gave Dean a stern look.
"Dean's not lying Cas is cool but my angel's cooler. Dad this is the
angel that brought me back to life, Gabriel. And for the record, he gave me a
tiger and can kick Cas's ass." Adam stuck his tongue out at Dean.
"Both of you have died?" John's temper flared. He wanted information
now! It looked like he owed these two angel's and had a few monsters to
kill.
"Let see… I've died five times. Dean's died a 108. Adam's behind in
the count. He's only died once." Sam answered.
Before John could demand answers, Ben stepped into John's line of sight.
John froze as the boy looked at him. His brilliant hazel eyes… Then Ben
smiled the same confident smirk that John himself often wore, the same smirk
his oldest son was famous for.
"Daddy, I want to meet Grandpa." Ben whinnied.
"Um Dad, this is my son Ben." Dean ducked his head expecting at least a
punch.
He got none. John embraced his grandson and looked at his boys. "You three
have a lot of explaining to do."
Dean told John everything that had happened since John had sold his soul. Sam
and Adam stayed quiet at side.
When he had finished John was pissed. "Sam, Dean, I don't blame you.
It's not your fault. I should have told you about Lucifer being able to use
you. But I thought it was just a myth. It looks like we have a lot of cleaning
up to do. Where's that demon Ruby?"
"She doesn't like hunters other than Adam and me." Sam replied.
John sat down on one of the beds, only to jump up again as he heard a snarl.
Adam started laughing. "Jade, if you're gonna hide under a blanket don't
complain when someone sits on you."
The tiger emerged from a mound of blankets. She flicked her tail and jumped
onto Sam's bed.
A knock on the door startled the group.
Cas opened the door for Ballard.
The women rushed in. Her face was pale and she carried a duffle.
"There's something at my house. I can't see it. But it sounds like a
dog. You two are getting me out of here." She directed her last words at Sam
and Dean.
"Shhh ,calm down." Sam soothed. "We figured that would happen. It's a
hellhound, there going after all are friends."
"I'm the boys' father, John. We'll be leaving this town as soon as the
boys are pack. We don't know much. But what we do know that these the
vampires will tell you more than we can. Lenora ,can you drive that demon's
car? Then the lady here can drive her own car with Eli and Gabriel for
protection."
Lenora nodded.
Eli and Gabriel led Ballard to her car while the Winchesters grabbed the
duffle bags.
Dean was a little annoyed at how easily John took over. "Cas, you go with
Ben and Lenora in the Mustang. Everyone else, the Impala."
As the walked to the Impala Dean tossed her keys to John "I think she missed
you after the wreck. You deserve to drive her, she was your car."
John started the engine.
"Is it me, or does she sound different?" Sam asked from the backseat.
"Told you she missed Dad." Dean smiled.
"Hey Dad, where we going?" Adam shoved Jade over as he tried talking to
his dad over the blasting music.
"Bobby's. I guess you three are wondering why you can touch me and why
I'm not giving off EVP?"
"Yeah" The brothers answered in synch.
John couldn't help but smile. He never thought he'd see all his son's
together. It surprised him to see how well Adam fit in. John had always
thought if they met Adam, he would be left out of the close bond Sam and Dean
shared.
"The first thing I remember after I came back was being in a field. A girl
around Adam's age was kneeling over me. She said her was Jasmine and that
she was an angel. She told me that she had brought me back but couldn't make
me human on her own. So, until I did some task for her I would be like a
ghost. I'm not able to die, I can do the whole 'ghost teleportation thing,
but I also have a weakness for iron. But other than that, I'm pretty much
human. And yes, Adam, I can cross salt."
"So what's this task?" Sam asked
"To find a girl that had been captured and return her heart to its rightful
place. I can't make head's or tails of it."
Further conversation was impossible as John turned up the AC/DC that was
blaring through the speakers and gunned the Impala.
So what do you think? Jo may not be the focal point on this chapter but she still has a big part. See if you can figure it out.