A/N: So I decided to do something different in place of episode eight. I figured, maybe I could give you guys a little bit of an insight as to what Natalie and Clara have been doing this past year-hunting down their demon. Now, this chapter is going to involve a small group of characters, including Jake and David, who you all met in the last story. Also, I wanted to explore more of Natalie's darker side, which had been building up for the entire year. It's been mentioned only briefly in the earlier chapters and I wanted to really show it now. I also wanted Sam and Dean to get a chance to see this as well. So, I hope you all enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Supernatural
"And where exactly are we?" Dean asked as he stepped out of the car and looked up at the abandoned house in front of him.
Natalie stepped out and stood next to him, her eyes scanning over the house as well. "Well...it's an abandoned house." She answered sarcastically.
Dean stared at her, giving a look of annoyance at her sarcasm. "I know that. But, why here?"
"Because Aunt Clara called me to come out here. Well actually, scratch that. She said that I didn't have to come out here...but, I wanted to." Natalie walked past him, towards the house, when she stopped and turned around, walking backwards towards the house. "And to answer your earlier question...this house belongs to Jake and his family."
Dean and Sam's brows raised at the name, causing Natalie to smirk. "Jake? You mean as in, Jake, right?" Dean asked.
Natalie gave a small tilt of her head, her smile growing. "Yeah. You remember Jake, right?" She asked, before turning around back towards the house.
Dean shrugged. "How could I forget?" Dean and Sam followed Natalie up to the porch and stood in front of the door. "So, why does Jake and his family own this...worn down place?" Dean asked.
"Well, it used to be their old family home...but, after David's parents died, he kind of walked away from this place...but, he kept it. Incase he needed to use it for anything." She explained as they finally reached the front door.
"So, why are you and Clara staying in this place? What do you guys use it for?" Sam was the next one to question.
Natalie reached for the doorknob and turned it, only to find that it was locked. She then raised a fist and pounded on the door a couple of times, before looking over at the boys. "We've been using it as sort of like a...meet up, per say. Ever since Aunt Clara and I have started hunting our demon, David and Jake, have been helping us. Thus, they offered this place to do our work."
The door opened to reveal Jake standing on the other side and it wasn't hard to tell by the look on his face that he was surprised to see Sam and Dean there with her. Natalie gave him a quick smile. "Hey. So, Aunt Clara called me. I'm guessing you guys got something?"
Jake gave her a huff. "We got more than just something. Here come on in. We'll explain everything."
Natalie nodded and walked past Jake into the house. Sam and Dean hesitated for a moment before Jake gave them a nod to come in. "It's good to see you both." Jake said.
Dean walked in and gave Jake a pat on the shoulder. "Nice to see you too Jake."
Sam and Dean walked down the hall, following Natalie into this huge study where David, Clara and Bobby were standing around a table. Natalie could feel herself stopping in her tracks, her eyes glued on him. She had not seen or spoken to him since that day she confronted them. And now, here he was. Bobby could feel the tension as well when he noticed her standing in the doorway.
"Hey, Nad." He finally said.
His voice seemed to have snapped her out of her trance and she gave him a small smile. "Hi, Bobby."
Bobby looked at Sam and Dean as they stood behind her. "I see you brought the boys with you."
"Yeah, thought maybe they could listen in on what's going on." Natalie answered as she walked over to the table.
Dean and Sam walked into the room, their eyes scanning around the area. Dean looked over at David and gave him a nod. "Hey, David."
"It's good to see you Dean. Sam." David answered as Sam gave his own nod of acknowledgement
"Bobby, when did you start coming here?" Natalie asked.
"You're aunt invested in my help a couple of weeks ago. Ever since then, I've been sucked into all of this." Bobby finished and looked over at Clara who was giving him a light look which caused him to roll his eyes. "But, I'm more than happy to help. Besides, it's about time that this gets finished once and for all."
Natalie saw the small interaction between her Aunt and Bobby and she smirked. Her attention was attracted only for a second over to Jake as he made his way into the room and stood next to his father. "So, what's going on here?" Natalie asked, hoping to get this conversation going.
"We managed to track down a demon who could give us some information on where to find our own." Natalie's brows raised. "Each of us have had some cracks at him. But, nothing to big."
"Who's the demon that you guys got this time?" Natalie asked.
"Well, he won't tell us his real name. But, he's been taking over people who have either died or were comatose. He travels from vessel to vessel. Fortunately, we were able to track him down in his current form." Clara explained.
Natalie nodded in approval. "Who's he possessing now?"
"A guy by the name of Mark Edwards. Was in a car accident a few months ago and was taken off life support when he slipped into a coma."
"Then he took over the body and practically walked away. Okay, so basically the real Mark is dead." Natalie said only to have Clara nod in confirmation. "Okay, what has he told you?"
"So, far we have managed to get a name. Finally. We know what our demon is known as." Clara responded. "Elais."
Natalie nodded, allowing the name to sink in. "What do we know about Elais? I mean, do we know where it is?"
Clara shook her head as she looked down at the various papers on the table. "Only thing we can gather is that he travels from several vessels. So...he could be possessing anyone now."
Natalie let out a sigh and rubbed her forehead. "Okay. The demon, Mark, you guys captured him...he's still here?"
"We got him locked down in the basement." Jake replied.
Natalie pursed her lips to the side and bit on her bottom lip. "We need to know where Elais is. You all have had your way with him...let me take a shot at it."
At this, Clara leaned away from the table, casting Natalie a hesitant and hard stare. This was something that Clara didn't want Natalie to do, which is why she regrets ever telling Natalie about any of this.
"Nad. I don't think that's a good idea." Clara began. "I mean we tried cracking him and...he's not giving in."
Natalie stared at Clara and let out a laugh. "That's because he hasn't gone through me yet."
The tone of Natalie's words caught Sam, Dean and Bobby by surprise. They knew that Natalie had been hunting this thing down for the past year, but, what they were talking about was interrogation, which in most cases would turn into torture. Natalie wasn't the kind of person who would jump at the chance to torture something, regardless if it was a demon. That wasn't who she was.
Dean looked at the group when no one was saying anything. No one was objecting at the notion of Natalie doing this, which all the more confused him. "Whoah, wait a minute." Dean began. "You're talking about...torture, right?"
Natalie nodded her head and looked over at Dean. "If he doesn't want to talk. Then, yes, that's what I'll resort to."
"Wait. Is that what all of you have been doing with this demon? Torturing the damn thing?" Dean questioned to the rest of the group.
Clara shook her head. "We never tortured him and we never did that to any other demon we caught. That was usually up to..." Clara paused and sucked in a breath as she looked over at Natalie.
Dean's eyes stared back at Natalie, not seeing any sign of hesitation on her face which made him feel almost a small sense of dread wash over him. "Nad. You're torturing now?"
Natalie looked up and saw Bobby's face. "Yeah." She slowly looked over at Dean.
The tense silence that followed was thick, causing everyone to grow uncomfortable. Clara looked over at David and Jake. "Let's give these four some time. Natalie's got some things to explain to them." Clara ushered David and Jake over to the door and walked out, closing the door behind her.
Natalie leaned away from the table and crossed her arms over her chest. "Alright. Let me hear it."
"What the hell, Nad?" Dean wasn't going to waste anytime, he wanted to know why she felt the need to resort to torturing. He looked over at Bobby. "Did you know about this?"
Bobby gave Dean a look. "Yeah right. If I knew Nad was torturing don't you think I would have done everything to stop her. They both kept me out the entire year Dean. Clara never told me Nad was hunting with her."
"None of you were supposed to know." Natalie interjected, causing the three hunters to look at her incredulously. "Why are you all looking at me like that?"
"Because this is something that we didn't expect." Sam answered, catching Natalie off guard since she didn't think he would be talking against this.
"Well, I told you three that I had been hunting the entire year-"
"Yeah, but, you didn't tell us this part." Dean said, walking closer to her. "Why the hell would you start torturing Nad? I mean, you? Torturing? I'm sorry that just doesn't sound right to me."
Natalie sighed, annoyed by their attempt to talk her out of doing this. "Listen. I've only done the torturing part a few times. All the other times Aunt Clara just exorcised them."
"A couple of times is to much, Nad!" Dean called out.
"Dean, is right Nad." Bobby began. "I mean just doing that kind of thing just one time can mess with your head. And not to mention the fact that this past year wasn't kind to you."
"That's the whole reason why I'm here in the first place!" Natalie barked at them. "This past year was hell. All of the anger that I had needed to be let out and Aunt Clara decided to bring me on her hunts for the demon. And when we would catch one...she would let me do the work."
Bobby shook his head. "I don't believe Clara would just let you torture something."
"She didn't. She was against it the whole time. But, the more we argued about it...the more pissed I got. So, she knew that the only thing she could do was leave me be."
"But, the past hunts we've been on. You seemed like your usual self." Sam added.
"That's because this part of me, the side that enjoys the torturing. I've learned to keep it hidden until it's time for it to come out." Natalie explained. She looked at the faces of the three hunters, seeing the skepticism in their eyes. "Listen! It's not like I'm going around looking for any creature to get my hands on so I can torture it! I'm not craving the urge to torture! I have it under control."
Dean slowly shook his head and stared at Natalie. "Nad. This isn't you." Natalie rolled her eyes and scoffed. "No, I'm serious. This isn't you. The Nad I know would never do something like this. She would never be this violent. She would try to avoid from doing something like this."
Natalie snapped her gaze over at Dean, her glare was hard and blank. "Well, I'm sorry that I'm not the same precious innocent little Nad anymore. I've changed. That's what people do. All of you should know about that."
Dean, Bobby and Sam continued to stare at her and this time, she didn't back down from her reasoning. She wasn't feeling uncomfortable under the scrutiny of their gazes. Though, she could feel a small amount of guilt in her for upsetting Dean and Bobby. She didn't care what Sam thought about all of this, after all, he was soulless.
Natalie cleared her throat and closed her eyes and hung her head back. "Look. I know you guys don't like this. But, you three have no idea what I've been through. Hunting down Elais became so...frustrating, that torturing the demons we caught was the only way to get information out of them, even though it wasn't much."
Opening her eyes she could still see the unsatisfied looks on their faces. "It was quick. Torture, get what you need then perform the exorcism. I'm sorry if you are disappointed...but, it's not gonna stop me." Natalie saw Dean's expression tense. "So if you guys don't want to be around for this...then leave."
Dean slowly shook his head. "Oh, no. We're staying right here."
Natalie thought for a moment maybe it was to support her, but, she knew that wasn't the truth. They would stay here so they could keep a eye on her. And in some way that just annoyed her even more, but, she wasn't in the mood to argue with them anymore. She needed to have a clear mind before she went down in this basement. And even though she didn't care what they thought, she didn't want them to be there to see it.
Natalie looked at each of them, seeing the agreement in their eyes and then sighed. "Fine."
So what did you all think? Just to clear it up, Elais is a fictional demon, not based on any real figure. But, how do you feel about the thought of Nad torturing?!
The actual torturing won't happen until the next chapter and I am hoping to get that posted by the end of the weekend so look out for that! Don't forget to leave me a review! Xx
