A/N: Another chapter...actually two!
Dean had been watching her closely since they arrived at the cabin two weeks ago. He was waiting. Waiting for her to finally just let it all out. He knew she was sad and that she was hurting, but she was still keeping it buried inside. Pair that with Sam still being mad at him after finding out the truth about his friend Amy, and he was out on his own. He was alright, well that's what Adam said before going off to help Sam with some case with a town of psychics a couple of days ago. Bobby was gone, too, helping some friends out with a leviathan situation. Now that they knew how to kill the bastards, they had a leg up. So that left him, Katie and Hope at the cabin alone.
Hope sat in her infant seat chewing on the ear of her stuffed rabbit totally engrossed in the Spanish soap opera that was on. Dean's eyes were on his wife as she cleaned. It was the first thing she decided when she saw the place. If Hope was going to be here then this place was going to be dust free, and so she went to work. For the past two weeks she'd been scrubbing and mopping, disinfecting every inch of this cabin, which left her to clean only one room today and that was the kitchen. Dean hoped that once she was done hiding behind the cleaning, that it would force her to finally talk to him. So he waited and after a moment she stopped cleaning. This was it, he thought. He watched as she put everything away, back under the cabinets before washing her hands and walking into the living room where he and Hope sat.
"All done?" Dean asked and Katie turned to him.
"Yeah" she replied looking around as if searching for something she might have missed. But there wasn't. The place was spotless. She turned back to Dean, his eyes still on her.
"You, uh hungry?" Dean asked.
"No, thanks" she said turning. "I think I'm going to take a shower." Dean only sighed as he watched her almost run out of the room.
"Your mama is going to talk to me pumpkin" he said looking down to his daughter. "Before it bites us all in the ass" he looked back up to the television and watched the soap opera as well. "Don't tell your mom I said ass"
After Katie showed she got dressed in a pair of sweat pants, a t shirt with a pair of socks. She took a seat on the bed and began combing her wet hair. The brush stopped when she sees the image of a woman as a planchette rises and shoots into the neck of a woman, and then the vision is over. Katie sits still for a moment before continuing to brush her hair. She thinks the moment she set eyes on this place that she stopped caring about them. Her main focus from now on would be her family. She tied her hair into a bun on top of her head and stood to her feet. She walked to the door and held her hand on the doorknob before letting it go. She knew he wanted her to talk to him, to open up about what was going on inside of her head, but right now her head was a disaster zone. The headache she'd been trying to get rid of not subsiding, and focusing on the cleaning helped, but now she was brought back to reality, back to her life, and to be honest it was a bit depressing. Katie turned around and walked over to the bed and just laid down. With a wave of her hand she made the curtains close darkening room. She wanted to hide away in the darkness away from her life for just a moment.
Dean looked at the door. He was waiting for her to come back thinking of ways to start 'The' conversation. After about a half an hour, he began to wonder where she was. He glanced down to Hope who was still watching her soap opera before standing and walking to the bed room. He opened the door to the dark room and could see her form lying on the bed. It was the middle of the day, but he assumed that all the cleaning just tired her out. He sighed, because that conversation he'd been hoping to have would have to wait. He quietly closed the door and turned to go back to his daughter. He chuckled to himself because he, the king of avoiding the dreadful chick flick moments, was searching one out. But she was hurting and he could see it in her eyes. Dean stopped when he saw the face of someone who shouldn't be here.
"Before you say anything, I think you should know I was invited" Urim said glancing down to Hope. It didn't make him feel any better. Dean walked over and picked his daughter in his arms before placing a good distance between him in the angel. After all this time Dean realized that the lines between who was good and who was even was never simple, so there was no way he was taking any chances.
"What are you doing here?" Dean asked the hostility present in his voice. Urim only sighed before taking a step, but Dean step back his grasp firm on his daughter. "Look just stay where you are"
"I would've thought after all this time you would've forgiven me for my past misdeeds Dean" Urim said. "I mean I've been helping you, fighting with you, I just assumed we were… friends"
"If I've learned anything, it's that you can't be friends with an angel" Dean replied.
"What happed with Castiel—"
"Don't" Dean said. That's one subject he didn't want to talk about. He'd thought Cas was his friend, hell he thought of him like a brother, and he'd stabbed him in the back.
"We're not all like him" Urim said. "Some of us are different, you know better than anyone that you can't judge someone based off of a title they hold"
"What are you talking about?" Dean asked.
"C'mon Dean, you willing married a witch" Urim said. "Had a baby with a witch, even after years of being taught that the only thing you do to a witch is kill it" Dean grimaced at the words glancing at his daughter before turning back to the angel. "You realized that what you thought you knew wasn't what was true"
"Look are you here to give me a lesson in acceptance, or is there another reason, because me and my daughter were in the middle of our soaps if you don't mind" Dean said and Urim smiled.
"I'm here to help you with her" Urim said. "She's falling"
"What do you mean she's falling?" Dean asked. He hated the vague angel language.
"From grace" Urim said and Dean looked back to her confused. "I'm not saying she's an angel but she had a certain grace, a compassion in her heart for everyone" she smiled. "Well you know it's the reason you married her"
"I'm still not getting what you're saying" Dean says.
"She's not letting herself feel for them anymore" Urim replied. "She sees their pain, and their troubles but she does nothing, she ignores them"
"You mean she's having visions and not doing anything about them?" Dean asks and Urim nods. He didn't know it had gotten that bad. He knew that when she saw something she absolutely had to do something, send someone to check it out. She always said that she saw what she saw for a reason. "Why, because of house?"
"The house was her dream Dean" Urim said. "The life she pictured that she'd one day have because of all of her good deeds, and all the sacrifices she's made, she thought it was like her reward, and then it was just taken away" Urim sighed. "She's losing faith in what she's fight for"
"We 're all on that same road" Dean said shaking his head. "But she—"
"Was always the one who kept fighting, who encourage you all to keep fighting" Urim said and Dean nodded. "Now she's lost her will to fight for them"
"What do I do?" Dean asked.
"Find her fight" Urim replied and Dean looked to her confused. There she was with the riddles, why couldn't she just speak plain English. "You have to find the reason why she fights and make her remember that"
"How do I do that?" Dean asked.
"You're going to have to take a little trip" Urim said and. She smiled nervously. "Back in time"
"Excuse me?" Dean asked.
"Look you're going to have to find the point when she started fighting and find out why" Urim said. "She's forgotten and if she completely falls then you won't be able to save her?"
"What are you talking about?" Dean asked.
"That grace that flows through her blood, that flows through her family's blood is what separates her from them, it's what makes her the anomaly" Urim said. "Without she's just like them"
"Are you telling me my wife is turning evil?" Dean asked not believing the words just came out of his mouth.
"I'm saying her heart his hardening to the world" Urim said. "I'm saying that a hard heart is followed by darkness, and inside your wife that darkness would be an astronomical pain in our ass" the angel glanced to Hope. "Don't tell your mommy I said ass" she looked back to Dean. "You think the leviathans are bad, your wife trading sides would tip the balance we have going here, and this fight you've been trained for since you were a child will be lost"
"I don't believe you" Dean said shaking his head. "I know my wife, I know Katie's heart, that won't happen, she's good, all of her, and nothing can change that"
"Not nothing" Urim replied. "Azazel did it remember?" she shook her head. "Found a way to bring evil out of her by throwing the crap she's gone through in her life at her"
"But it's gone, we were able to get through to her" Dean said.
"That evil was brought out of her forcefully, meaning there was a part of her that wanted you to get through to her" Urim said. "Dean if she willingly switches sides, that mean she wants to and there will be no chance to save her then, I know you don't want to believe this but there is a darkness in her just like there's a darkness in all humans, but her's could be a little more destructive"
Dean looked at the angel before looking back at his daughter in his arms.
"Fine, if I do this, what happens to Hope?" Dean asked. "I mean I can't just leave her"
"I'll watch her" Urim suggested and Dean only gave her a look. He wasn't too happy that she'd watched his daughter before without his knowledge or permission. He didn't trust her, or any angels at the moment. "Dean that little girl's life is a top priority, I will protect it as such you don't have to worry"
"Except I do worry" Dean replied.
"You really shouldn't" Urim said. "There's a reason why the process it taking so long" Urim looked to Hope. "That little's girl grasp on her heart keeps the good there"
"Why isn't that enough?" Dean asks.
"Because she's sad and she's heartbroken" Urim said and Dean took a deep breath. If he didn't believe anything from the angel he believed that. "Because soon it will become too much for her to take, and Hope won't be able to hold her together anymore" Dean looked at his daughter for a long while trying to debate what he should do. He tried to think what would Katie do in this situation and he looked over to Urim who only smiled. He didn't trust her but he knew Katie did, and he hoped that meant something.
"Fine, but this little girl is my life Urim" Dean said and Urim could see the seriousness in his eyes. The love he had for the little girl. "Nothing harms her or I promise you that I will find you and I will kill you myself, got it"
"Got it" Urim gulped. She wasn't one to take threats serious. She'd been around for an awfully long time, but in that moment she believed the man staring back at her. "No harm will come near your daughter Dean" Dean nodded before placing a kiss on her soft head. He hugged her for a moment, inhaling that baby scent that always brought a smile to his face. He looked over his daughter's head to Urim before he began walking over to her. They stood there in silence for a moment no one moving. "Dean you have to hand her over"
"I know" Dean replied. The simple act of handing his daughter off, was proving not so simple at all. He kissed her once more. "Daddy will be back soon, pumpkin" he whispered before bringing her into the angel's arms.
"Dean I promise you your daughter will be safe with me" Urim said cradling the little girl in her arms.
"She better be" Dean said taking a step back. He grabbed his jacket with no idea where he was going, and put it on. "Let's do this" Urim nodded. The angel raised a hand. "Wait, how do I get back?"
"You come back when you find what you're looking for" Urim said.
"How do I know what I'm looking for?" Dean asked.
"Don't worry Dean, you'll know when you see it" Urim replied raising her hand again and with a wave of her hand he was gone. "Now let's just pray you daddy can save her before all hell breaks loose" Urim begins walking back to the couch. "Don't tell your mommy I said hell ok?"
Dean found himself smack dab in the middle of a college campus. Which college, he had no idea. Why, no idea either. He stood there hoping this was a trap, that Urim was only getting him out the way to take Hope away. He shook his head at the thought as he scanned the area. Dean had no idea what he was supposed to be looking for until he turned around and was nearly knocked down by someone moving too fast. He stumbled back a little before looking at the woman in front of him scurrying to pick her books off the ground.
"I'm so sorry" the woman said her head down gathering her books in her arms. Dean kneeled down to help her. "I have a class in five minutes on the other side of campus and I'm going to be late" she looked up to him and their eyes met. He knew exactly who she was. She was younger, her hair straight instead of the curls she usually wore. Her clothes were brighter, and she even wore a skirt. She grabbed the book from his hands and stood to her feet. "If I ever see you again I promise to make up all most killing you" and with that she was hurrying away. Dean watched her leave a smile coming to his lips.
"Princess?" He could still see her in the distance and decided to follow her. He watched as she ran into the sciences building and he was right behind her. She quickly climbed the stairs of the building, and Dean made sure he was a good distance behind her until she stopped at a door. She took a deep breath before raising a hand to open the door and entered. Dean walked over to the door peeking in to see her walk in and take a seat in the large lecture hall. He turned noticing the sign outside of the door. "Vampires, Miracles, Ghosts, and God(s): The Supernatural in American Popular Culture" He read before looking back into the class watching as Katie took out a note book and began taking notes. Dean reached for the doorknob and slipped in taking a seat in the back of the class.
"Tell me class, what do we know about Gods?" the professor asked.
"They really know how to party" a student called causing the others to burst out into a fit of laughter.
"Funny, but not the answer I was looking for" the professor said looking out into the crowd of students. "Ms. Carlson you seem to have an answer for everything, why don't you take a whack at it" Dean smiled looking down to his wife. Of course in a room filled with about a hundred students, the professor knew her by name.
"They're a race of immortal beings, and each is a prime authority in the religion or pantheon that they established or belonged to but one could also say they're attention whores" Katie said. "They're only happy when someone's on their knees giving them all the glory and when you're not you're dead"
"Sounds like half the guys in this room" a student called and the students laughed again.
"They're also very powerful, no one you should ever mess with them" Katie continued.
"Fat chance of that happening since they're not real Casey" a guy called and Katie glared over to him. Dean mirroring her glare at the jackass.
"It's Katie you idiot, and how do you know it's not real?" Katie asked turning her body to face him. "How do you know everything we're taught in this class isn't real?"
"Because I have half a brain Casey" the guy replied. Katie just rolled her eyes and turned back to the professor.
"Mr. Anthony what's the number one rule in this class?" the professor asked.
"Don't entertain the crazies or they'll key your car" the guy replied getting another laugh from the students.
"No, it's we do not make fun of the beliefs of students in this class" the professor snapped. "You do it one more time and I will drop you from this class, and if I'm right you need the credits" Mr. Anthony only shook his head. "That's what I thought" the professor turned back to Katie. "Good work Ms. Carlson" he looked over to the class. "I hope you were taking notes because what she said is an answer I'll be looking for when I read your exams"
Dean smiled, he knew she was smart, but she was the class nerd. This was something he would bring up later. He sat back in the class, and he actually liked it. If he knew there were classes like these, ones he would actually use then maybe he would've gone to college.
"Remember class exams are next week and they're fifty percent of your final grade so at least try to attempt to study, find someone who's doing decent in this class and have them help you out" and with that the class began filing out. Dean watch Katie, but instead of standing and leaving with the rest of the class, she stayed in her seat. "Was there something I could help you with Ms. Carlson?"
"Do you believe in it Professor?" Katie asked and the professor laughed.
"I kind of have to don't I?" he asked placing papers in his brief case. "But I'm also a man of science, and some of the things I've read don't match up with science"
"Why would it?" Katie asked and he looked over to her. "Why would something that doesn't make any kind of sense whatsoever, match up with something that does?"
"Good question" the professor replied. "Seems kind of odd coming from someone who's going to be graduating in two weeks and then going pre-med"
"Well I'm an odd person professor" Katie said standing to her feet. Dean quietly moved out of the class room.
"That I am well aware Ms. Carlson" Katie only smiled before turning and leaving the class room. That's when she saw him. The guy she nearly ran over trying to make it to class. He was reading some flyer on the wall.
"Hey" Katie said walking over to him and he turned to her. "You"
"Me?" Dean replied and Katie smiled. "I'm Dean" Dean held out his hand and Katie shook it and there was that spark. Katie looked down to their hands, but Dean kept his eyes on her.
"Uh, I'm Katie. Look I'm sorry for before, I really wanted to get to this class" Katie said.
"Those are some weird books" Dean replied casually glancing down at one of the titles that were in her arms. Katie laughed.
"Yeah, but if you knew me you wouldn't be surprised" Katie replied and Dean had to agree with her on that one.
"I think I know a way for you to make up almost killing me" Dean said and Katie looked back to him confused. "Coffee?"
"I don't think so" Katie replied. "And if you're smart you'd run from me as fast as you can" she smiled again before walking past him. He watched her walk away from him, glancing over her shoulder to give him one last glance before leaving.
"Like that would ever happen" Dean said before walking to follow after her. He should've known she'd end up at a library sooner or later. He walked in, watching as she seemed to move knowing exactly where she was going. She gave a wave to the librarian, yet another person who knew out of thousands of students. She ended up in the far end of the mass library away from the other students, dumping her books on a table. Dean felt like a stalker watching her from behind one of the book cases. He quickly picked up a book and pretended to read it when someone walked by.
"I thought I would find you here" a voice said and Dean lifted his head. He clenched his fist when he saw the man near her.
"Alex" Katie whispered. "What are you doing here?"
"We need to talk" Alex said and Katie shook her head. "You just walked away"
"Alex you cheated on me with my sister" Katie snapped her voice still a whisper. "Did you expect me to sit with you and drink tea"
"No, but I thought you would hear me out" Alex replied stepping closer. It took everything Dean had not to go over there and beat the crap out of this guy, but he stay in place. He was on supposed to watch for the moment everything changed for her.
"I don't need to hear you out Alex" Katie said stepping away from him. "I don't care why you did it or how it happened, it did and that's all that matters, you and me are over and you need to leave me alone"
"But Kat-" Dean had enough. He grabbed the book and opened it as if reading it and began walking to the other side. "Hey, do you mind, kind of a private conversation here" Dean lifted his head to see them both looking at him.
"You?" Katie said. "Dean" Alex looked over to her, then back to Dean.
"You know this guy?" Alex asked turning back to Katie.
"Yeah, he's here because we're going to get coffee" Katie replied picking up her books.
"Coffee?" Alex replied. "Like a date?" he glared over to Dean. "You are not going on a date with this guy, he's old enough to be your dad!" Dean glared over to him. He wasn't that old. Well compared to them, yeah maybe but- damn he was kind of right.
"Watch me" Katie said before walking past the man and over to Dean. "You ready?"
"Yeah" Dean replied before glancing over to Alex and smiling. Of course she would choose him instead of that douche bag. He turned and followed her out of the library. They'd been walking for a moment in silence on the campus before they ended up inside of a building that was closed off. Dean confused followed her inside. Before he knew it she'd dropped her books and grabbed his arm and pinned it behind his back, slamming his face into the wall.
"So I've been thinking" Katie said. "I see some one time, it's nothing, two times it's weird, a third time and red flags start going up, so I am going to ask you this question once and once only or I start breaking things that hurt" Dean nodded. "Who are you and why are you following me?"
"My name is Dean and I'm not following you" he replied and she pushed his arm into his back, causing him to hiss in pain.
"You're lying" Katie replied when her phone rang. She released his arm and he turned to see her take her phone from her pocket. "Don't move, I'm not done" she brought her phone to her ear. "Hello?...Everything's good, just dealing with a possible stalker" she looked over to Dean. "I don't think so, I haven't checked… well you inter-" she shook her head and looked back to Dean. "Christo!" she watched him closely and she could've sworn he smiled. "Nothing… yep I will" she hung up the phone.
"Did I pass your test?" Dean asked and Katie rolled her eyes.
"One of them" Katie replied sliding her phone back into her pocket. "I don't know what you're doing but I'm not the one you're looking for, you're cute and there are a campus full of girls who would appreciate being stalked by you, but I'm not one of them"
"So you think I'm cute?" Dean asked. He knew he was getting under her skin and he like it. He hadn't talked to his Katie like this since she came to the cabin. He missed her quips and the way she smiled even though he knew he was getting on her nerves.
"Dean is it?" Katie said taking a step toward him. "Stop following me" she turned around and began picking up her books. "And don't look at my ass!" she called but he looked anyway. With one final look she moved past him out of the building. Dean only chuckled before turning to catch up with her.
"So who was that guy from the library?" Dean asked and she looked over to him. He knew exactly who the bastard was, but he needed her to trust him, to let him in. "This isn't following" she shook her head.
"His name is Alex and he's my…" she hadn't really said it out loud. "Ex- boyfriend" she sighed. "That's still weird to say"
"Well he's a moron" Dean said and Katie turned to him. "To let someone like you get away"
"Does that line work on all the girls you try to pick up?" Katie asked and Dean laughed.
"Why do you think I'm that type of guy?" Dean asked and this time it was Katie who laughed. "What?"
"C'mon pretty boy" Katie replied. "You're sex on a stick, there's only one thing on that brain of yours"
"So you think you have me figured out?" Dean asked and Katie only shook her head. She moved away from him, but he followed after her to an information board set up in the middle of the campus. The board was filled with flyers, and all information about things happening on campus. Dean watched as she seemed to look the board over, her eyes settling on a missing person's flyer. He followed her eyes to the flyer to see the picture of a girl who looked about the same age as Katie, now. "Do you know her?"
"No" Katie replied still looking at the flyer before turning and walking away.
"Kind of weird those girls going missing like that huh?" Dean asked and Katie turned to him.
"Definitely weird" she replied with a nod. Dean looked forward to see a couple of girls waving. "Look I have to go, uh it's been.. confusing meeting my stalker"
"A good confusing?" Dean asked and Katie smiled back at him, that same smile he couldn't get enough of.
"How about I let you know" Katie replied before walking over to her friends.
"I will hold you to that!" Dean called over to her and she looked at him over her shoulder. She walked over to her friends who looked at him before huddling around Katie. Dean smiled. He never thought he'd see this part of her life. She was just a girl, going to school, no big destinies to worry about. He turned and walked back over to the board. He couldn't help but think that the missing girl may be what he was looking for. He needed to find out if her disappearance was supernatural. This maybe the first time she decided to go out there and help someone. He snagged the flyer from the board and looked down to the contact number. He looked over across the campus to a security guard and walked over to get some info.
"So you're saying this is the fifth missing girl in the past month?" Dean asked and the guy nodded. "Aren't people looking for them?"
"The police yeah, but none of the girls really had any family" the guard said. "No one who would care if they were gone or not"
"And no one thought that was odd?" Dean asked.
"Well it's all odd if you ask me" the guard replied. "But that's not even the strangest thing about these disappearances"
"What do you mean?" Dean asked.
"You won't believe me, no one believes me" the guard replies. "Everyone just thinks I'm crazy"
"Hey, you'd be surprise the things I've seen" Dean said. "I'm pretty much a believer in anything at this point"
"I sometimes take a shift at the sciences building, so I'm pretty much use the smells, but when we went looking for these girls and we found their bags or a discarded shoe I could've sworn I recognize the smell that was in the air"
"Sulfur?" Dean asked and the guard's eyes went wide as he nodded. "Hey anyone else ask you about these girls"
"No" the guard replied looking up at the students that walked by. "These girls were loners, they didn't have friends or family, no one misses them" Dean nodded "Uh thanks"
"No problem, I figure the more people who know, the better" the guard replied. "I just hope the cops catch this bastard before another girl gets taken"
"I hear you man" Dean says giving the man another nod before walking away. Dean can't remember Katie ever talking about any case with missing girls. Truth was Katie never really said much about her years before them meeting. He had no idea if this was the case that changed who she was.
He'd been walking around campus trying to find Katie when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned and there stood someone he wouldn't mind punching in the face.
"Stay away from Katie got it" Alex said. "I don't know who you are or where you came from, but she's my girl so stay the hell away from her"
"From what I could tell, she's not yours anymore" Dean replied. "At least that's what she said" he saw the anger in the man's eyes and he couldn't help the smirk on his face. "She said you two were broken up"
"I don't care what she said!" Alex snapped. "You stay the hell away my girl" the man stormed away and Dean watched amused.
"She's my woman Alex" Dean said. "And I'm not going anywhere" And so he turned and went searching for her again. It wasn't until later that night he spotted her sitting on the stairs of one of the doors alone.
"You know you shouldn't be out here alone" Dean said walking over to her.
"I know there are creepers all over this place" Katie replied. "I mean one just walked over to me"
"Ha ha" Dean replied. "Very funny princess" the name flew out of his mouth and the moment it did he regretted it. He looked to her for a reaction.
"Princess?" Katie asked. "No thank you, Katie is fine creeper"
"So I talked to one of the security guards about the missing girl" Dean said and Katie looked over to him and just shrugged.
"Ok" she replied. Why wasn't she more interested in this? His Katie would've already been on the case after three girls went missing.
"It's just the guy says he noticed some weird things" Dean said watching her. "Like the smell of sulfur left behind where their things were found"
"Once again I say ok" Katie said standing to her feet. "Look creeper there is some sick bastard out there kidnapping girls, that's it"
"What if that's not all it is" Dean replied and Katie looked back to him confused before turning about to head back into the dorm. "What if I told you there were things out there that no one would believe were true if they didn't see it?" Katie stopped and turned back to him. "Demons, ghosts…witches" she took a couple steps toward him keeping her eyes on his. "What if I told you they were all real?" It was weird saying this to her, but he needed her to trust him. She looked at him for a moment before bursting out into a fit of laughter. He looked at her confused not expecting the reaction. "What's so funny?"
"You are a creeper" she replied. "You're a stalker and you're insane"
"You're saying you don't believe me?" Dean asked.
"I'm saying you shouldn't smoke pot because it ruins your brain" Katie replied.
"I'm not high" Dean said and Katie just nodded. "And I can prove it"
"How?" Katie asked folding her arms over her chest. "Gonna show me some magic tricks"
"No" Dean replied. "Look this thing, whatever it is takes these girls at night, well then let's go find him?"
"You want me to go with you to look for monsters?" Katie asked and Dean nodded. She looked at him for a moment. "Ok, I'll go with you, but just to prove my point"
"What's that?" Dean asked.
"That you only want one thing" Katie replied walking over to him.
"Look I won't hit on you at all" Dean said raising his right hand.
"Yeah, we'll see how long that lasts" Katie replies walking past him. "Let's go find a yeti, creeper" Dean shook his head before catching up to her. "So tell me creeper-"
"Is Dean so hard to say?" Dean asked and Katie smiled.
"I think creeper fits you, I mean you've been stalking me all day" Katie said.
"I haven't been stalking you" Dean lied. Of course he's been stalking her. She was the reason he was here in not in his own time. "Maybe it was just fate that we kept meeting"
"Fate huh?" Katie asked and Dean nodded. "Or just the sick demented mind of the creeper" she laughed. "As I was saying, tell me how do you know that there are ghost, demons, and witches' out there?" she looked over to him and he knew what she was doing. She was trying to figure out if he was a hunter.
"It's what I do" Dean said. "I look for them and then I put them back in the ground" he turned to her. "Well the evil ones"
"Aren't they all evil?" Katie asked and Dean smiled.
"Not all of them" Dean said. "Some are good, some are really good" his head snapped when he heard a rustling behind them. He placed a hand around her waist instinctively as he scanned the area. With his free hand he went for his gun, but he remembered where he was. Silently they searched for anything to pop out at them. They both watched as a squirrel zoomed past them.
"Is that the monster we were looking for?" Katie asked and Dean glared at her. She only laughed pulling from his grasp walking a head of him. "This is crazy, there is nothing-" a loud high pitch scream interrupted her and both their heads turned. "Or maybe there's something"
"C'mon" Dean said moving but Katie didn't move.
"What do you mean c'mon" Katie said taking out her cell phone. "I'm calling the cops"
"And what are they going to do?" Dean asked. "We're the one here, we have to help" Katie looked at him for a moment before nodding. "Ok, c'mon" they both turned and headed in the direction of the scream. They found themselves surrounded by trees not knowing where to go next.
"Hey look" Katie said noticing a blood stained scarf. She looked over to Dean who continued looked around the trees. "I think we should call the police now" he nodded and watched as she took out her cell phone and dialed 911. This is not what she should be doing. She should be running searching for the bastard before they got away, but instead she was calling in the cops, the few people who wouldn't be able to do a damn thing.
"So you're saying you were walking by when you heard a woman scream?" the officer asked looking at Dean.
"Yes" Dean snapped. The guy was asking the same questions over and over again. Dean looked over to where Katie was talking with another officer, looking as frustrated as he was. For a moment they looked at each other before she turned to look back to the officer.
"And you didn't see anyone?" the officer asked and Dean shook his head. "Look give us a call if you remember anything that might help us find out who's taking these girls" the officer handed Dean a card before looking over to Katie. "And keep an eye on her, all the girls seem to fit the same description, brunette, out late, and top of their classes" he nodded to the officer. Soon they cleared out and he was walking Katie back to her dorm, which still felt a little weird.
"They're not going to find her" Katie said breaking the silence and Dean turned to her. "The cops they're not going to find the missing girls"
"How do you know?" Dean asked.
"The sulfur" Katie replied. "I smelled it" he smelled it too, but didn't say anything. This was all about her figuring this out and finally deciding to do something about it.
"So what do we do?" Dean asked and Katie looked to him confused.
"We?" Katie asked. "Isn't this what you do, find the things and then put them back in the ground" she shook her head before turning and walking up the stairs of her dorm.
"But I need help" Dean said and Katie turned to him. "I need your help"
"I can't help you Dean" Katie said. "And I definitely can't help those missing girls" she turned around and ran up the stairs into the building. Dean was confused. He didn't understand why she didn't jump at the chance to help, it what she does. He always assumed that compassionate person was always there, always in her heart. Maybe he was wrong.
"Why did you start fighting princess?" Dean thought to himself. That's when he remembered her phone conversation. "Gus" Dean turned in search for the nearest pay phone. Digging out some change from his pocket he dialed a familiar number.
"Yeah"
"Bobby, hey it's me" Dean said.
"Me who?" Bobby replied and dean soon realized that at this time they weren't as close as they were in his time.
"Dean, Dean Winchester, John's son" Dean said.
"Dean?" Bobby replied. "It's been a while… you sound so grown up" Dean cleared his throat. He must have sounded different.
"Uh I have a cold" Dean said. "Look I'm calling because I need some information"
"What are you hunting?" Bobby asked.
"I don't know yet" Dean replied. "But I think I could use some help on this one"
"Ain't your daddy with you?" Bobby asked. "Last time I talked to him, I thought you all were headed south to check on a lead"
"I uh went to do my own thing" Dean said. "You know a guy named Gus"
"Yeah" Bobby replied. "what about him?"
"I think he might be able to help me" Dean said. "You have a number where I can reach him?"
"I do, but I don't think it'll do you any good" Bobby replied. "Gus works alone, has been for as long as I know him"
"well I think I might be about to change his mind" Dean replied.
"If you say so" Bobby said before reading off the number to Dean.
"Thanks Bobby" Dean said.
"Hey, how's that brother of yours doing in school?" Bobby asked.
"Good" Dean replied leaning his head against the payphone. Sam would've been at Stanford just starting his freshman year. "He's doing good, I think he's got a girlfriend an everything"
"That's good" Bobby replied. "I know that daddy of your was pretty upset with him, but I'm proud of him, for seeing something more with his life"
"Me too Bobby" Dean said. "Look I gotta go, I'll talk to you later" Dean hung up the phone and inserted some more change before dialing Gus' number.
"Gus" the man grunted into the phone.
"Yeah, my name's Dean Winchester and I need your help" Dean replied.
"Did you just say Winchester?" Gus asked.
"Yeah" Dean replied.
"Your old man wouldn't be John Winchester now would he?" Gus asked.
"Yeah" Dean said again.
"No dice kid" Gus replied. "There ain't no way in hell I'm getting mixed up with another Winchester, lose my number"
"Wait!' Dean yelled before the man could hang up the phone. "Look you don't want to help me then fine, do it for Katie."
The line went silent for a moment.
"If you hurt her-"
"It's not like that" Dean said. "It's just that there are girls on her campus going missing, and I'm trying to figure out what, but she won't help me"
"why would she?" Gus asked. "she's not a hunter"
"It's just I thought you were the one-" Dean whispered. "It's just I heard you were teaching her how to be a hunter"
"Who the hell told you that?" Gus asked. "All I did was give the girl some books, that's it" Dean heard an engine sound on the other end of the phone. "Look you're looking into something fine, but you leave her out of it, she's not a hunter" the line went dead. Dean slammed the phone back on the receiver and turned around. No wonder she wasn't begging to help him, she was just learning about all of this. Why the hell would Urim send him here? This had to be the right time.
A/N: Keep going...
