Family Remains part 2
Disclaimer: only own phoebe.
Sam had been gone for ten minutes. Everybody else we're sitting in the salt circle waiting.
The uncle looked at the salt line "Hey. Fonzie. Question for you. This indestructible force field made out of salt... Have to be kosher stuff, or what?"
The mom just looked at him "Knock it off, Ted."
They all heard a creaking sound.
The girl looked freaked out "What was that?"
They saw a door open and a girl slowly walked towards them. The family backed up and Dean and Phoebe stood closer to the line.
The girl grabbed her mom "Mom."
Dean looked back at the family "All right, everybody stay calm. She's a ghost. She can't come in the circle."
The ghost girl came closer to the salt and revealed her knife. Then she stepped over the salt.
The girl's eyes widened "I thought you said ghosts couldn't cross the circle."
Phoebe looked at the ghost girl "They can't. She's not a ghost."
The uncle looked at Dean "Shoot her! Shoot her!"
"Yeah, about that... Go, go, go! Move!"
The girl attacked Dean and Phoebe ran out with the family to protect them. They got outside, split up, and got to hiding spots. Phoebe, who was with the mom, dad, and daughter, bent over and grabbed a long silver knife from her boot.
The mom looked at her.
Phoebe shrugged "What? When my dad talked about always having protection, he meant weapons and not condoms."
They heard her brothers run outside and the dad ran over to them. He came back saying Dean wanted them over there. They went to Dean and Sam and started calling for the boy. The uncle ran over from the other side of the house. He looked at Dean.
"Told you it was some crazy bitch."
"Yes, you did."
Sam looked at the dad "Head to town. We'll take it from here, okay?"
The mom was still calling for her son. "Danny, come on, baby! We're leaving!"
The dad looked around "Danny, we got to go!"
The mom looked at him "Brian, where—Where is he?"
"Danny!"
The woman walked forward "Danny!"
The dad, Brian, walked in front of her and grabbed her arms "Suse, Suse, Suse. We will find Danny, I promise you."
"No."
"No. Take Kate and go now. Now, while you still have a chance."
"Not without Danny."
"We will find him."
The girl looked at her dad with wide eyes "I am not going out there with Mom alone."
Dean looked at them "She's right. Until we find your son, the safest place for you right now is in the shed."
The girl looked at him like he was crazy "I am not going in there either."
"Yes, you are. It is the best defense. The windows are boarded up. It's got one door. It's our best shot right now. Trust me."
Brian looked at his wife and daughter "Suse. Kate. Go. Go."
Dean looked at Phoebe "Go with them. Make sure they're safe."
Phoebe nodded and ran off behind them.
They got to the shed and Phoebe baracaded the door.
"That should keep her out at least."
The mom looked at her "You do this everyday?"
Phoebe shrugged "Pretty much. Though this is the first time in a couple of years that it turned out to be some cracked out human."
It was silent after that until they heard banging on the door. Phoebe gripped her knife tighter and walked to the door.
"Pheebs, it's Sam. Open up."
Phoebe moved her blockade and let her brother and Brian in. Sam put more to her blockade.
Phoebe looked over her brother "You OK?"
Sam shrugged her off "I'm fine Phoebe."
"Hey, I'm allowed to worry about my baby brother."
Sam moved to lean on the bench and Brian was pacing. He looked at Sam "Look, why are we just standing here? Let's go in. Let's check the house."
"We have to wait for those guys to get back, okay?"
They heard a knocking "Sam, it's me."
Sam looked at the blockade and back at Brian "Help me out."
They opened the door and Dean came inside. The mom looked at him
"Did you get Danny?"
"No."
"No? Well, where's Ted?"
"He's outside."
"Well, why doesn't he come inside?"
Dean looked at the ground "Because I had to carry him out. I'm sorry."
"You're...what does that mean? What does that mean, you're sorry?"
Brian looked hard at Dean "Are you saying that he's dead?"
The mom shook her head "No. No, he's not saying that he's dead. You're not saying that, are you?"
Dean kept his head down "We were in the walls and she attacked. And I couldn't get to him in time."
The girl looked at Dean "Uncle Ted is dead?"
"I shouldn't have left him alone. I'm very sorry."
Dean went outside. Phoebe sighed and sat down. Sam started reading the diary and Brian sat down with his wife to comfort her.
"We'll find him, Suse. We will."
"Where else is there to look? Danny's dead, isn't he?"
"No, Suse."
"He is. Why not? She killed my brother. Now she killed my son."
"No, Danny is alive."
"No, no, he isn't."
"Yes, he is. Do you remember what he said about the girl who lived in the walls? She said he could stay."
"No. No. I just don't understand why this happens to us. I mean, we're good people. We're a good family."
"What happened to Andy happened, okay? I cannot change that. But I will find Danny, I promise you. And when I do, we are gonna be fine. You and me, the kids, we're gonna be fine."
"Okay."
Phoebe looked at Sam and noticed he was eavesdropping. She kicked his foot and gave him a look. He went back to actually reading the diary. Brian got up and walked outside. Sam looked at the diary like he had an epiphany. He turned to Phoebe and showed her what he just read.
Phoebe looked up at him "We have to show this to Dean."
She stood up and they walked outside to Dean.
Sam called his name and held up the Diary "We've got to talk."
Dean nodded and the walked in the house.
Dean looked at Sam "What is that?"
"Rebecca's diary. I just finished reading it."
"And?"
"That girl back there? Pretty sure she was Rebecca's daughter."
"Rebecca had a kid?"
"It's all she talks about. Being pregnant, being ashamed of being pregnant."
"Jeez, rent Juno and get over it. Wait, why kill herself after the baby?"
Phoebe shrugged "Maybe because her dad called her a dirty little whore and said he was gonna lock the baby up."
"Why would he say that?"
Phoebe and Sam gave him a look.
Dean got a disgusted look on his face "Oh, gross."
Phoebe nodded "Yeah."
"So the daddy was the babydaddy too?"
"Dude was a monster, Dean."
"Wow, a story ripped from an Austrian headline. Humans, man. So she's been locked up her whole life?"
"You saw her eyes. Has she ever seen light? She's barely human."
"Okay, so, what, then, she's been caged up like an animal and she busts out and ganks dear old Dad? Slash Granddad?"
"I guess."
"Well, can't say I blame her."
Sam looked at him "I'm sure her life was hell, Dean. It doesn't mean she gets a free pass for murder."
"Like you know what hell's like."
"I didn't..."
"Forget it."
"So where do we find her?"
"Kid's gotta eat, right?"
Phoebe looked at him confused "What?"
"He kept her hidden, locked up, but he had to feed her, didn't he?"
"I guess."
"I think I know where."
He turned and walked to the front door. He got Brian and they walked into the kitchen. Dean and Sam started busting down the wall from earlier.
Phoebe looked at Brian "Could've kept her hidden here for years. Kept her fed, nobody would ever know."
They bust open the shaft and Brian looks down "Danny! Danny!"
Dean shines his flash light down. He looked at Phoebe "You going down?"
Phoebe looked at him "Forget that. Last time I went down a shaft I ended up in box with Jo."
Dean sighed and looked at Brian "Watch out, I'm going down."
"No. That's my son."
"I know it is, but I said that I would get him. I will. Let me."
Dean examined the shaft before going in. Sam looked at Brian.
"Hey, you got curtains? We need rope."
Brian ran off to get the curtains and Sam stuck his head down the shaft. Brian came back with the curtains and the shoved them down the shaft. Danny ties himself to the end and yelled OK. Sam pulled him out and his dad grabbed him.
"Come on. You okay? It's okay."
Sam looked at them "Get him out of here. You gotta go."
Phoebe went with them to make sure they got out fine. They saw the girl climbing through a hole in the shed. Brian grabbed her by the feet and pulled her out. Phoebe stabbed her and killed her. They went to the door and knocked. Brian called out that it was him. They opened the door and backed away. Brian hugged hi wife and Phoebe lead Danny in there. His sister hugged him and his mother followed suit.
Phoebe looked at them "C'mon let's go wait for my brothers by the front door."
They moved to the front door and sat on the steps. Danny was being comforted by his mother and Phoebe was comforting Katie. Sam and Dean walked out and down the steps.
It was the next day and the Winchesters had all their weapons back and Dean was just finished changing the tires. Brian and his wife walked up to them and Phoebe smiled at them.
"Thanks for the head start."
Brian smiled "Why doesn't it surprise me you guys don't like the police?"
Sam smiled back "It's sort of a mutual-appreciation thing, really."
Brian reaches out and shakes Dean's hand.
"Well, thank you."
Susan shook their hands too "Thank you."
Dean looked at her "You OK?"
She took a breathe before answering "No, we're the opposite of okay, but we're together. Thanks."
Dean nods and they stop and get burgers and Dean pulls over under an over pass and they get out of the car. Sam handed Dean his burger and Dean just looked at it. He set it aside and Sam raised his eyebrows.
"You OK?"
"You know, I felt for those sons of bitches back there. Lifelong torture turns you into something like that."
"You were in hell, Dean. Look, maybe you did what you did there, but you're not them. They were barely human."
"Yeah, you're right. I wasn't like them. I was worse. They were animals, Sam, defending territory. Me? I did it for the sheer pleasure."
Sam looked at him confused "What?"
"I enjoyed it, Sam. They took me off the rack, and I tortured souls, and I liked it. All those years, all that pain. Finally getting to deal some out yourself. I didn't care who they put in front of me. Because that pain I felt, it just slipped away. No matter how many people I save, I can't change that. I can't fill this hole. Not ever."
Phoebe sighed after hearing this and put her head an her brother's shoulder and rubbed his back to comfort him.
