"Come on Rian" Azazel purred. He had been trying to get Rian to speak of what she knew since his first visit with her. This was his fifteenth visit since then.
Rian looked away, glaring at the wall, and Azazel grabbed her roughly by the jaw. Rian gasped and then immediately went limp, managing to surprise the demon enough so that she could scramble away from him. She didn't get far before Azazel grabbed her again, this time by the hair. Not that she expected to succeed but a girl can dream.
"Tell me what you know," Azazel demanded, his foul breath making Rian gag.
"Never," Rian spat. She could feel herself waking up even as Azazel reached to slap her, or to break her neck, she honestly didn't know which one.
As Rian woke up sweating she could hear thrashing on the floor by the bed Sam had been laying on. She rolled out of her bed to find that Sam had fallen off. The man was an erratic sleeper at best. And anyways, it was Rian's turn for the bed.
She saw that Sam was having a nightmare and started to shake him when Dean walked in with a six pack and some jerky. He saw Sam and the smile he had been wearing dropped from his face.
"Sam? Rian?" Dean asked as the younger man woke up.
"Sorry, nightmare," Sam explained as Rian helped him onto the bed.
"Rivergrove?" Rian whispered, Sam nods, "We need to leave. Now."
Dean and Sam look at Rian, shocked. The girl had never ordered them to do anything in the months she had been with them. Dean wasn't excited about it but at a look from Sam he agreed
Rian packed her things and headed out to the Impala, the boys followed after her. Rian put everything in the trunk before slipping into the backseat, determined to catch some uninterrupted sleep.
"There are only two towns in the U.S. named Rivergrove," Sam was saying when Rian woke up a few hours later.
"How can you be so sure it's the one in Oregon?" Dean asked glancing at his brother in the passenger seat
"There was a picture, Crater Lake." Sam said then he smirked and gestured to Rian who was behind him, "And Rian told me."
"Rian told you?" Dean asked glaring at Rian through the rearview mirror, "And not me?"
"You've kind of been ignoring me for the past week, Winchester," Rian reminded Dean as she shifted in her seat to get more comfortable, "which I still don't know the reason for but that's okay, I guess."
"Okay, what else?" Dean asked Sam, ignoring Rian who rolled her eyes at the man.
"I saw a dark room, some people, and a guy tied to a chair," Sam said glancing back at Rian who was now staring petulantly out the window.
"And I ventilated him?" Dean asked pursing his lips at the thought
"Yeah." Sam confirmed, "You thought there was something inside him."
"What?" Dean asked "A demon? Was he possessed?"
"I don't know," Sam said, and Rian groaned, rolling her eyes at the brothers.
"I told you before, it's a demon virus." Rian told them, rolling her eyes, "If you two would listen to me then everything would be so much easier."
"All your weirdo visions are always tied to the yellow-eyed demon somehow," Dean said, ignoring Rian. She smacked him, and when he turned to glare at her she was looking out the window, "Was there any black smoke?" Dean asked
"No," Rian said, "Because he wasn't possessed… Damnit Dean if you're gonna believe that I came from a parallel universe the least you can do is listen to the advice I give you."
"You know what, Rian," Dean growled, pulling the Impala to the side of the road. He turned to face Rian, glaring at the girl, "I don't actually believe you're from a parallel universe. Hell, I don't know what I think you are. I honestly think you're a freak and I don't trust you."
"Oh." Rian said, her face going blank, "Okay."
Rian grabbed her bag from the floor and got out of the car before she went to the trunk, banging on it just to spite Dean. She smirked when she heard a faint growl from the man.
"Pop the trunk, Dean," Rian called to the front of the car, her voice empty. She was half afraid that Dean would just drive off leaving her with nothing.
"Fin," Sam said, getting out of the car to talk to her.
"Pop the trunk." She demanded instead, ignoring Sam
The trunk opened, and Rian grabbed her duffle bag from the back. She slammed the trunk to piss Dean of even more. She started walking down the road when she heard footsteps behind her. She turned to see Sam, and he began to talk, but she interrupted him.
"Don't, Sam." Rian said, holding up a hand, "I'm trying to help and he won't accept it. I do nothing, and he won't take this. I can't keep doing this. I'm still going to help, but I can't deal with Dean right now."
"Fin I-"
"Just go back to the Impala, go deal with the Croatoan case." Rian sighed waving a hand, "And if you really want to help, tell Dean everything. He's your brother, and if you two were just honest with each other, you'd avoid a whole lot of shit." She put her hands in her pockets, "Look, I know you two are going through a lot but you're so distant from each other, and it's only going to get worse."
Rian turned and started walking away. She pulled her phone out of her pocket. Sending her coordinates to Ash who would tell Ellen and Ellen would find someone to pick her up. She'd had a plan for if she needed to leave the boys. If they were involved in one of the more dangerous cases she'd let Ellen know and Ellen would pull her out of the case.
"Fin," Sam said, making the woman stop and turn to face him with a glare.
"I can't Sam, I can't be around someone who won't trust me," She yelled, the first time she's raised her voice at Sam, "He thinks I'm a freak. And maybe I am. I don't know Sam, but I can't be here right now."
Sam nodded, pulling Rian in for a quick hug before walking back to the Impala. Rian watched the Impala drive away and frowned. She couldn't let them handle this case alone. There were so many loose ends, and she knew that the brothers would need her help, whether or not the brother would agree to let her help was another story.
Two hours later Rian was in the car of one Dr. Bad Ass. Rian was surprised that Ash even left the Roadhouse. She greeted the man with a hug and then settled down for the ride.
"Ash," Rian said, entering the car, "We need to get to Rivergrove Oregon. I'm two hours late."
"You could have just stayed with the Winchesters, kitten," Ash said, hitting the gas pedal. Rian grimaced at the nickname Ash had given her.
"I had a fight with Dean. I couldn't stay there." Rian muttered, glaring out the window
"That bad, huh," Ash asked. Rian nodded glad that Ash wasn't one to push for information.
She convinced Ash to drive through the night, determined to beat the brothers to Rivergrove. As soon as she was out of the car she told Ash to leave town, knowing that
"C'ya Kitten," Ash grinned as he peeled out from the motel he'd dropped off her at.
Rian shook her head at the man as he drove off before going to get herself a room. She had created an alias for these times so that Sam and Dean wouldn't be able to track her. Rian checked in under the name Hannah Jackson. The room was just like every other motel room she had stayed in since meeting the brothers.
After a quick shower Rian had got to work, she had an advantage that the brothers did not, seeing as she knew what was going to happen. Honestly, she was surprised at how much she remembered from this case, Rian had figured that the longer she was there, the less she would recall from the show.
Shaking her head Rian pulled up her document on her laptop and reread everything she had written. When she felt she was prepared enough Rian pulled on her FBI outfit, grabbed her U.S Marshal badge, and set out to get to work.
"He was there," Sam said pointing out an older man sitting in front of his house. He had cropped hair and the way he held himself screamed military. Sam and Dean walked up to the house, and Sam addressed the man. "Morning."
"Can I help you?" The man asked Sam and Dean, taking in their outfits and smiling a little.
"Yeah." Sam said, "Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard. U.S. Marshals" Sam and Dean hold out their badges to the man.
"Ah," The man said, recognition dawning on him, "Your partner was here earlier, she told me that you'd stop by. The boy you're looking for is Duane Tanner, he lives up Aspen way."
Sam and Dean share a look before Dean looked back at the man, "Thanks master sergeant" The man gave him a weird look, and Dean supplied: "My dad was in the Corps. He was a corporal."
"What company?" The man asked curiously, remembering the brunette from the earlier mention that a close family friend was in the corps as well.
"Echo-2-1," Dean said proudly not knowing what the man was thinking.
"Your partner said the same thing," The man told Dean, "said a close family friend of hers was in the corps."
"Yeah, well, our families have been close for a long time," Dean explained, silently cursing Rian for not backing off, "Thank you for your time,"
Rian crouched by the window and peeked up over the sill of the large whitewashed house. Inside an older male and his son were smiling grotesquely at the woman they had tied to a chair. Rian shuddered, suddenly wishing she had Sam and Dean there. She knew she shouldn't have come by herself, but she needed to keep the woman safe. She was tired of people dying when she could save them.
Rian's plan was simple. Distract the two men until Sam, and Dean arrived. Shoot only if they attacked her or the woman. If Sam and Dean weren't there within the hour, then she planned to take the woman and run. That was assuming she wasn't taken out herself by the two men.
Rian checked again to make sure nothing had happened to the woman before she picked up a decent sized rock by her foot. She tossed the rock once to get a feel for its weight then chucked it at the front door. The rock missed the door but it hits a pot, breaking it. Rian jumped off the porch and landed heavily on the other side, luckily not falling to the ground behind her.
The two men run out of the house, and Rian shook her head at them. Even she knew to never leave someone unguarded. She picked up a rock next to her and chucked it to the woods. Luckily for her to two of them were looking at the pot, so they don't see where the rock had come from. She pulled her gun out of her waistband and waited.
Both men run to the woods and Rian used this moment to sneak through the door that they had left open. Maybe it was the Demon virus that made people stupid. Rian looked around the house, it was decorated in a way that told Rian that the family had been living there for a long time. The furniture was nice but dated. There were pictures cluttered on the wall. The carpet was stained and in obvious need of replacement.
After her cursory glance, Rian ran into the kitchen and quickly spotted the woman. She shushed her as she untied the woman, glancing behind her every few seconds to make sure the men weren't creeping up on them.
"Sh. Sh." Rian pleaded quietly, "You have to be quiet, Mrs. Turner, I'm just trying to help," Rian removed the woman's bonds with her free hand, the other one still holding the gun, "have they hurt you?" Rian sighed her relief when the woman shook her head.
Rian got the woman to her feet before she heard the door slam. She cursed and spun around, keeping the woman firmly behind her. Waiting for the two men to enter with her gun raised. Praying to God that Dean and Sam would get their asses to the house sooner rather than later.
"Stop where you are, or I'll shoot," Rian threatened with a growl, "I've killed a man before."
Things moved quickly, and Rian didn't have time to think. Mr. Turner ran towards her, and Rian shot him in the chest, going for the largest target, he dropped to the ground mere feet in front of her. The boy ran towards his mother and Rian turned to shoot him before the Turner's son could touch the woman. The bullet grazes the kid's ear, and he turned on her with a glare.
The boy looked over his shoulder at a commotion outside. Someone was trying to break down the door. With a wild look, the boy ran to the window and crashes into it. Taking off towards the woods. Rian ran to the window to shoot him, but she misses the shot.
"Fin," Rian heard behind her, and she turned to see a worried Sam and a livid Dean.
"Don't touch the body," She warned before she fainted.
"Hello?" Sam called out when they get to the clinic. Rian had only passed out, but Dean insisted that they take her to get checked out. Not that he'd tell Rian that, and he'd already threatened Sammy not to tell the girl "We need a doctor here."
"What happened?" The doctor, an older blonde woman, asked when she saw Rian being carried by the moose of a man.
"She fainted, and we don't know if she hit her head," Sam explained, moving the hair away from Rian's face, "And here is going into shock," Sam added gesturing to the woman who was leaning against Dean, who was also carrying Mr. Turner.
"Dr. Lee?" A young blond nurse called, popping her head into the room from the office in the back.
"It's okay." Dr. Lee told her before turning back to Dean and Sam, "Bring her in."
"Okay." Sam breathed, following the woman into the back.
"Hey," Dean said to the nurse, following Sam, as Dr. Lee went over to help Mrs. Turner into the back.
"Is that Mr. Tanner?" The younger nurse started " Was he attacked, too?"
"Uh, no, actually, he did the attacking, and then he got himself shot," Dean said glancing at the still unconscious Rian with worry. Sure, he didn't trust the girl, but he didn't want her death to be in his hands.
"Shot?" The nurse asked, glancing at the covered body to Dean
"Yeah," Dean confirmed
"And who are you?" The nurse asked, crossing her arms
U. S marshal. I'd show you my badge, but uh" Dean said adjusting the body on his shoulder
"Oh, sorry." The nurse said, blushing, "Bring him back here."
The nurse lead Dean back to a mortuary and he set Mr. Tanner down on the table before going out to where the rest of the group was. Rian was still out cold laid out on an exam table, and Dr. Lee was checking over Mrs. Tanner. Sam sat next to Rian with a hand on the girl's knee, his brows furrowed in thought.
"Wait, you said Jake helped him? Your son Jake?" The nurse asked, and Mrs. Tanner started to shake.
"They beat me up," Mrs. Tanner said, she gestured to Rian,"This young woman saved my life."
"I don't believe it." The nurse paled, and Dr. Lee gave her a warning look.
"Pam." She admonished the nurse before turning back to Mrs. Tanner, "Beverly, do you have any idea why they would act this way? - Any history of chemical dependency?"
"No, of course not." Mrs. Tanner denied, "I don't know why. One minute, they were my husband and my son, and the next, they had the devil in them."
"We've got to talk," Dean said to Sam who followed him out of the room, seemingly reluctant to leave Rian.
"Those guys were whacked out of their gourds." Dean said when they're out of earshot, "What do you think? Multiple demons, mass possession?"
"If it is a possession, there could be more." Sam said with a frown, "God knows how many."
"It could be like a freaking 'shiner' convention," Dean told Sammy with a groan.
"Great." Sam sighed "Of course, that's one way to wipe out a town. You take it from the inside."
"I don't know, man." Dean said skeptically, "We didn't see any of the demon smoke with Tanner or any of the other usual signs."
"We didn't see Tanner get shot, though," Sam pointed out
"Whatever." Dean conceded, "Something turned him into a monster. You know, if Rian would have taken out the other one, there would be one less to worry about."
"It was a kid." Sam argued, "And Rian did try, she wasn't raised into this like we were." Sam glared at Dean, "And you were the one who sent her packing."
"She chose to leave," Dean grumbled crossing his arms over his chest
"And you drove her to it!" Sam yelled before continuing quieter, "Dean, she lost her entire life. She was forced into a place that to her shouldn't even exist. She's trying to protect us and help us."
"She let Dad sell his soul," Dean growled out
"She tried to stop it. She can't do everything. And you telling her that you don't trust her broke her Dean." Sam said earnestly, "She literally had no emotion on her face, Dean. It was terrifying."
Dean nodded slowly before turning to walk back to the office where Rian, Mrs. Tanner, Pam and Dr. Lee were.
"How's the patient?" Sam asked going to sit by Rian but referring to Mrs. Tanner. Rian still wasn't awake.
"Terrible." Dr. Lee said before demanding: "What the hell happened out there?"
"We don't know," Dean replied honestly sitting down on a chair across the room from Rian and Sam. He worried about Rian that he really did hurt her too much. He'd been frustrated, and Rian was just playing into it. It really wasn't the girl's fault that she was the target of Dean's frustrations.
"Yeah? Well, you just killed my next-door neighbor." Dr. Lee said, storming over to Dean, placing her hands on her hips. Dean noticed the woman fully for the first time. She was gorgeous with brown eyes blonde hair and a slender figure.
"We didn't have a choice." Dean replied, "besides it was Rian who did that."
"Maybe so, but we need the county sheriff," Dr. Lee told him, "I need the coroner."
"The phones are down" Dean pointed out, having tried to call Bobby earlier for help.
"I know" Dr. Lee groaned, "I tried. Tell me you've got a police radio in your car."
"Yeah, we do, but it crapped out just like everything else," Sam explained, Dean looked at him and noticed that his hand was on Rian's knee again.
"I don't understand what is happening." Dr. Lee said, and Dean found that he agreed.
"How far is it to the next town?" Dean asked, standing up and brushing off his legs.
"It's about 40 miles down to Sidewinder." Dr. Lee explained.
"I'm gonna go down there and see if I can find some help." Dean told them, walking to the door of the office, "My partner will stick around and keep you guys safe."
"Safe from what?" Dr. Lee asked
"We'll get back to you on that," Dean replied with a frown, walking out of the room.
Rian opened her eyes to find that she was in a white room. She looked around expecting to see Dean and Sam, but there is no one in the room with her. She groaned and sat up trying to figure out where she was when she saw a table in the middle of the room with two chairs. A man was sitting at one of the chairs. She stood up and walked over, seated in the other chair before looking at the man.
Rian didn't recognize this person. He had dark brown hair and light green eyes. His face was well shaven and looked clean. He was nicely built with tanned skin. Rian realized that this man reminded her of Dean in not only looks but the way he held himself too.
Rian felt a small stab of pain as she recalled Dean's words from the other day. She had thought that Dean trusted her, as much as the man could trust anyone that wasn't Sam. But she had apparently thought wrong. She was an idiot, believing that the brother's abnormally quick acceptance of her meant that they would actually trust her.
"Who are you?" She finally asked, leaning forward with her chin resting on her interlocked fingers.
The man tilted his head in a motion that screams 'Castiel' at Rian, and she smiled a little, "Castiel?" She asked the man nodded, his eyebrows coming together.
"You know of me?" Castiel asked Rian, and she nodded.
"I happen to know everything that's going to happen for the next while." Rian shrugged, and Castiel nodded.
"We are aware." He told Rian who rolled her eyes at his cryptic speech.
"Then are you aware of how I got here?" Rian asked hopefully. She loved being with the Winchesters, but she did want to go home, back to where it was safe and Dean had no way to break her heart like he already had.
Castiel shook his head, "We have no idea, and all we know is that you can't be with the Winchesters anymore."
Rian started and frowned at Castiel, "And why not?"
"You aren't right for them," Castiel told her, and Rian's frown turned into a glare.
"I don't give a shit what heaven thinks, Castiel" Rian growled, "They're the closest thing I have to a family here and unless you can send me back I'm staying with them. Wrath of Heaven be damned."
"You'll ruin everything." Castiel tried again. At this comment, Rian turned furious.
"Shut up," Rian growled, and Castiel looked at her appalled, "Just shut the hell up. I will not ruin everything. I know how important they are, more so than you know. Castiel, if anyone is going to ruin everything, it's going to be you. And so help me, I swear that if you or heaven try to take me from the Winchesters, I'll tell Azazel everything I know. I really will ruin everything.
Castiel nodded once before disappearing. Rian tried to wake herself up but found that she can't. She sighed and sat there for ten minutes before Castiel appeared again.
"They have said that they'll let you stay with Dean and Sam Winchester, but the first time you ruin something they'll make sure the Winchester's never see you again," Castiel admitted gruffly. His voice wasn't nearly as deep right now as it is when he was in Jimmy Milton's body.
"I'd love to see them try," Rian said and then suddenly Castiel was gone, and she found herself surrounded by darkness.
Rian started when she realizes that she was not alone. She looked over to see a young girl standing a few feet from her, watching her. The girl has red locks falling past her shoulder, she's about five six and has a smattering of freckles across her face. The girl blinks and her eyes are yellow.
Rian groaned, couldn't these people just leave her alone? Dean and Sam were in danger, and here she was, having tea parties with both Heaven and Hell.
"Fin," Azazel greeted, and Rian groaned again, even louder.
"Azazel," She acknowledged, crossing her arms over her chest, "Who's your new meat suit?" She asked crudely, not even caring.
"Her name's Devin, she's a beaut, ain't she," Azazel said with a sneer that seemed misplaced on the girl's face
Rian nodded absently, "You know I'm not gonna tell you anything."
Azazel shook his head, "I know, but I can torture it out of you."
Rian froze for a moment then she grinned, "Go ahead, I have the angels on my side."
Azazel paled, Rian smiled, knowing she had managed to scare the demon. Azazel suddenly disappeared, and Rian could feel herself waking up.
"Fin," Sam said when Rian opened her eyes. She blinked at the man before grinning.
"I'm back." She sighed, relieved to not be with the demon or even the angel anymore.
"Welcome back," Sam said with an answering grin, pulling the girl into a relieved hug.
"Where's Dean?" Rian asked with a frown when she was released.
"He's going to find a way out of here and get help," Sam told Rian
"Okay, so he should be back soon." Rian said, before turning to Sam with trepidation "Sam. Don't be alone with Pam, please."
"Fin?" Sam asked with a tilt of his head.
"I don't know how, or when even. But Pam gets the virus, and she attacks you." Rian explained, "And I can't let that happen."
"Okay, Fin," Sam said, but Rian can tell that he doesn't plan on following up on their promise if he has to.
Rian nodded anyways. "Mrs. Tanner?" Rian asked, worried that she hadn't actually made it on time, even though she knew that she had shot and killed Mr. Tanner.
"She's fine, she's helping Dr. Lee with some research," Sam told her with a smile, watching as the girl relaxed
"Shit" Rian groaned, remembering that Dr. Lee had managed to get the virus.
"What?" Sam asked as Rian stood up, "Fin, what is it?"
"Dr. Lee, she cuts herself on one of the test tubes, gets the virus." Rian said quickly, walking out of the room and heading down the hall, "She doesn't try anything, though. Honestly I don't know how she does it, but I respect the fuck outta that woman."
Rian walked in and walked right up to Mrs. Tanner, her expression was fierce, surprising everyone in the room, especially Sam, "Did they hurt you? Did their blood come into contact with yours?"
Mrs. Tanner nodded, and Rian smiled slightly satisfied. She turned quickly to Pam, "You," She said pointing the finger at the woman, "You need to leave this room. Go to a check-up room and stay in there for a little bit… But first give Dr. Lee a sample of your blood."
"Who are you?" Dr. Lee asked, shocked at the woman suddenly giving commands.
Rian turned to her, expression still fierce. Rian didn't know how much had happened and honestly, she didn't know when certain things happened in the timeline anymore, so she was just taking precautions. "I'll explain when Pam is safely locked up. I don't know what's happened so far, so I'm being cautious, get her sample, Dr. Lee."
Dr. Lee nodded numbly and got to work. Rian watched and then lead Pam to a room with Sam following, an expression of concern plastered to his face, Rian ignored him. She locked Pam in the room without explanation then walked back to talk to Dr. Lee.
"I'm sorry about my harsh treatment earlier," Rian said with a small smile, "But I don't know if she's been affected yet."
"What do you mean yet?" Dr. Lee asked, turning from her microscope to examine the girl.
"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant," Rian grinned, "It's a long story one I don't have time for."
Rian walked up to Dr. Lee and grabbed the woman's hands off her lap. She looked it over for a cut and sighs, relieved.
"I know what the virus is, I know how to find it. Dr. Lee, if you're okay can I start doing to research?" Rian said, looking into her eyes earnestly, "you drop the test tube and get infected, and I want to prevent that."
"And how do you know this?" Dr. Lee asked
"I just do!" Rian snapped, unable to control her emotions, "I know that when you run Mr. Tanner's blood, you'll find that is lymphocyte percentage is high. Why? Because he's fighting a virus. What kind of virus you ask? Well, I don't remember the technical name for it if it even had one, but it's incurable, and it makes its victims aggressive. And I don't want you to get it."
Rian found herself breathing heavily at the end of her tirade. She could see the fear in Dr. Lee's eyes as the woman nodded and left the room. Rian shrugged quickly and walked over to Mrs. Tanner who also looked afraid of her.
Rian looked around at Sam who looked wary of her. Rian then realized that she had messed up. She had let her emotions run wild, and now everyone was wary. She desperately wished she could go home. Be anywhere but there. She no longer saw her time with the Winchesters as the magic she had seen it as before.
Azazel was visiting her in her dreams and truth be told that scared Rian more than anything she had been through so far. And oh how she wanted to tell Sammy and Dean. To let them tell her that everything was going to be alright.
But it wasn't going to be alright, and Rian knew that. She needed to stop this. To prove to herself that she was not useless. Maybe even prove to Dean that she could be trusted. Rian knew she wasn't going about this the right way, but she didn't know how else to do this, there was no Parallel Universe Travel for Dummies that she could get on Amazon, hell, Amazon wasn't even big yet.
Rian sighed and glanced back at Sam before walking into the lobby. She sat in one of the chairs and breathed deeply to calm herself down. She knew that Dean was going to be there soon and so she quickly stood and went back to talk to Pam, her face an expressionless mask.
"I don't understand." Pam repeater and Rian groaned, this was the third time she had explained to the woman what was happening, why she had been quarantined, "What if we all have it? What if we all go crazy?"
"You've got to stay calm," Sam said to the woman while eyeing Rian, he was worried about the girl. She had been… Off… since the case with Pete
"All we can do is wait," Rian said with a shrug,
"The marshal is bringing help." Sam reminded them calmly
"I can't," Pam said after a moment and Rian rolled her eyes, she was afraid they'd get stuck in the back of her head with the amount of eye rolling she'd been doing recently.
"You're boyfriend's gone," Rian said, no outward emotion betraying the inner turmoil she felt, the disgust at herself. She felt like she couldn't control anything she said or did. This wasn't how Rian acted. "It's better if you stay here." She was still emotionless even as Sam cut her off
"Look, I know you're upset, alright." Sam said with a glance at Rian who was watching the ground, "But it's safer if you stay here for now. Help is coming." A knock sounded on the door, and Sammy looked up, surprised by the perfect timing, "There they are."
Rian had zoned out of the following conversation, not noticing the looks that Dean and Sam shot her way as the conversation turned to them discussing her recent behavior. Behavior that both Dean and Sam think Dean caused with his little fit the previous day.
"They've got one! In here!" Sarge called, and that was what broke Rian from her thoughts.
"What do you mean?" Rian asked turning sharply to look at Sarge, "Who is it?"
"The nurse - She's infected," Sarge explained, and Rian let out a breath she didn't realize she had been holding.
"How?" Rian asked, following Sarge as he leads her to the room she had locked Pam in, "She hasn't left the room."
"She handled Mr. Tanner's body," Dr. Lee said cautiously, and Rian frowned. She hadn't known exactly how Pam had gotten infected in the show, but it made sense to her now.
She covered her face with both hands and takes a few deep breaths before turning to face Sam and Dean, "No one goes in there. You hear me, if anyone goes in that room, I will personally fillet them alive." she turned sharply to Sarge, "She's infected, do what you have to do quickly, don't let her infect ya, Sarge, I like you."
Rian walked away then, leaving the others to gape at her. She walked back to the lobby and sat on one of the chairs, staring at a wall. She refused to look at Dean when he sat next to her or even when he began speaking to her.
"Fin," Dean murmured, and Rian started bawling like a baby, much to the discomfort of Dean.
"I- I'm sorry Dean," Rian gasped, "I'm such an idiot. Every time I try to do something I fuck it up. I'm useless and arrogant, and I wouldn't be surprised if I died before season three."
"Fin" Dean repeated firmly, grabbing Rian's chin and forcing the girl to look at him, "I should be the one apologizing. I said some pretty dickish things yesterday, and I didn't mean any of it. I'm stressing about Sam, and it's getting to me. I'm sorry Fin. I really am."
Before Fin got the chance to reply there was a knock on the door to the doctor's office. Rian cursed and was up in a second, giving orders to Dean, "Dean. Bring him to the room you had me in, please. I need to do something quickly so stall him for a time, and Dean." Dean looked at her, and Rian gave him a small smile, "You were a dick. But we're good now,"
With that, Rian ran down the hall to where Sam and Sarge were moving Pam's Body. "Leave her there." Rian said walking up to them, she gave each man a pat on the arm, "Sam I need your help, Sarge go help Dean please."
"Who put you in charge, pumpkin?" Sarge scowled at Rian, not liking her tone, or orders, at all.
"I did," Rian growled, "Now get your ass out there before I cut off your precious jewels. I ain't messing around here, you don't know what the fuck we're dealing with, but I do."
Sarge merely shrugged after glancing at Sam, dropping Pam where she was before walking out to help Dean. Sam looked at Rian, and she shrugged.
"I hate people who call girls names like that," Rian explained with a grin before leading Sam to the room she had been in earlier. She tossed a can of spray paint and pointed to the ceiling, "Up there, devils trap, quickly I'll explain when I get back."
With that, Rian turned and ran back to Dean and Sarge who were tying up Duane. She walked over to them and give Duane a once over before moving on to Sarge and Dean, "Take him to the room I was in earlier, I need to speak with the doc for a moment."
"Ok, Fin," Dean said with a lazy smile before leading Duane to the room Sam was in. He was following her demands half to make up for his behavior and the other half to humor the woman.
Rian followed but stopped off at the room that Dr. Lee was in. She stood in the doorway making sure that Dr. Lee wasn't holding anything before clearing her throat. The doctor spun around and looked at Rian like a deer caught in headlights.
"I'm sorry," Rian whispered with a gentle smile and a shrug, "I was a bitch. I've had a lotta shit happen recently, but that's not an excuse. I like ya, Dr. Lee. I'm just trying to protect the people that I like… and it's not going the way I want."
"It's okay, Rian." Dr. Lee said with a smile.
Rian smiled back then lead Dr. Lee to the room that Sam, Dean, Sarge and Duane were in. Duane was just inside the door and was about to look up when Rian walked in, not giving him the opportunity
"Get him in the chair now." Rian said quickly, and Duane turned to look at her, "Move it."
They quickly move Duane and Rian smirked, "I know what you are."
"What?" Duane asked, glancing around quickly at everyone, looking every bit the scared boy.
Rian shrugged and stood up, exiting the room, motioning for the boys to follow her, "Don't touch him, he's safe just don't touch him, I need to talk to Sam and Dean quickly."
"This is Sam's vision," Rian said quickly when they're out of earshot of the others, "He's not infected… Not with the virus at least."
"What do you mean? Didn't you see that cut?" Dean said incredulously, feeling the urge to shake Rian.
"I'm saying that Duane Tanner is possessed," Rian hissed, glancing back at the room.
Sam and Dean exchange a look before shrugging.
"So that's what the devil's trap was," Sam commented
"No shit Sherlock," Rian said, punching his arm, "what did you think it was?"
Rian moved past them and walked back into the room and straight to Duane, who was blubbering like a baby. She glanced up, and Duane followed her line of sight before looking back to Rian.
"I know what you are." Rian reiterated again as Dean and Sam ushered Sarge and Dr. Lee out of the room, "And I must say, Daddy ain't gonna be pleased with you."
"He's told me about you, the Winchester's Bitch he calls you." The demon sneered, eyes going black to reveal that Rian was right.
"He could be more original, " Rian said nonchalantly. Her heart was racing at a hundred miles an hou, but Rian refused to let it show, "Bitch is such an old term and used so often that it's losing its meaning, he should come up with something better."
"He's told me about his little visits," The demon said with a smirk, smiling at Rian's wince
Sam and Dean glance at Rian who only shrugs, "I've also had visits from the tooth fairy." Rian said in reply to Duane, "Now, we're gonna exorcise you, and you're gonna run back to your Daddy, Bitch." Rian nodded to the brother who had pulled out John's journal, not quite having the exorcism memorized, "And you're gonna tell him that I will always be one step ahead of him and he better fucking run because I'm the kind of storm that no one wants to be in the middle of. I know more about him than he knows about himself."
With that, Rian turned to Sam and Dean and nodded. They exorcise the demon and Rian watched grimly before walking over to Duane.
"You okay, Duane?" She asked as Duane wakes up.
"Sure," Duane replied, and Rian smiles reassuringly
"I'm sorry about this, but we need to keep you tied up for a little longer," Rian told the boy, "We don't know if you're infected but we have to be safe. Are you okay with this?"
"Sure," Duane said again, and Rian stood up, grinning at the boy.
"Get him some food and water, I'll be right back. Don't untie him for the next four hours."
Rian left the room to go talk to Dr. Lee a bit more when she's called back by a yell from Dean. She entered the room at a run to see Duane with a bullet hole in the head and Sam with a cut.
"Fucking hell, I leave for two minutes," Rian muttered as she walked over to Sam, "Did he bleed on you?"
Sam nodded, and Rian sighed. She helped Sam up and lead the Winchesters to the room Dr. Lee and Sarge are in, forcing Sam to keep in front of her so that he didn't try to run off.
"He's been bled on, Duane was infected," Rian explained pointing a chair out to Sam and gesturing for him to sit down.
"Did his blood actually enter your wound?" Dr. Lee asked after disinfecting the wound at Rian's request
"Come on, of course, it did!" Sarge said from his position at the door.
"We don't know that for sure!" Dean yelled at the man, and Rian shakes her head at him, placing a hand on his arm and giving it a squeeze.
"We can't take a chance," Sarge said pointing the gun he had cradled to his chest at Sam.
"Dean, they're right." Sam said, "I'm infected. Just give me the gun, and I'll do it myself."
"Forget it," Dean said with a glare at everyone in the room
"Dean, I'm not gonna become one of those things." Sam said, and Rian sighed
"Can I say something?" Rian asked slowly raising her hand as if she was in school. Dean nodded at her, so Rian continued, "Sam isn't infected. Now, you may not trust me," She gestured to Sarge and Dr. Lee, "but he isn't. You two can wait in another room, we'll stay in here when daylight hits it'll be clear outside, and we can all get the hell outta here."
"But-" Sarge started, Rian glares at him.
"No and, ors, or buts. I know things that you could never dream of knowing, Sarge. If I weren't here, you would be dying tomorrow. I've fucking risked my ass to save yours. Now get out of the room before I change my mind and throw you out."
Sarge glanced between the four others who all shrug before he leaves. Rian smiled, proud of herself, and turns to Dr. Lee "Don't do any experiments. Stay away from the blood, I don't want you getting infected." She nodded at Rian and left the room quietly.
"What do you mean I'm not infected?" Sam asked when the three of them were alone in the room.
"I meant you're immune, but I didn't want to explain that to them," Rian said with a shrug.
"What?" Dean said, making a decent impression of a goldfish.
Rian sat on the bed in the room and hummed for a moment before responding, "It's the Demon blood," She said finally, "Azazel fed Sam demon blood when he killed your mom."
"Oh, and what did he mean about your little talks?" Dean asked Rian groaned, she'd been foolishly hoping he would forget that.
"He means that Azazel has been visiting in my dreams. It's why I've been on edge lately," Rian held up a hand when Sam tried to interrupt, "I didn't say anything because there's nothing we can do until Azazel is dead. So you guys should concentrate on that while I focus on being this 'storm' thing or whatever the hell I said to that demon asshat."
"How do we kill Azazel?" Dean asked.
Rian shrugged "I haven't been able to recall that, sadly. I wish I could so we could get it over with. It's like something is purposely blocking this little bit of information."
"Oh," Dean replied.
"Yeah, 'Oh' is right," Rian groaned, flopping back on the bed, "I mean, I've managed to scare him, so I'm hoping he leaves me alone for awhile, but who knows what the bastard is gonna do next."
"Uh, if you're to be believed then you do," Dean said, and Rian glanced at him.
"I know nothing where I am involved, Dean," Rian groaned as she sat up, "it's why I'm so worried about the time lines. Cause if I don't know what's coming up next I'm not gonna be able to help."
Sam thinks this over for a few minutes before going back to the whole Azazel debacle, "what's he want from you anyways?"
"My vast knowledge of the next ten-ish years of your collective lives," Rian admitted as she rolled over to her side and hid a yawn, "Oh and I'm sure he wants my soul as well."
"Great," Dean groaned, "one more thing to worry about."
"No," Rian argued, "I'll worry about this, you guys worry about ganking the bastard. Don't argue with me, Winchesters, sometimes I know what I'm doing."
"How reassuring," Dean said sarcastically before the three lapsed into silence.
The next morning Rian woke to find that Sarge and Dr. Lee had already gone. She double checked to make sure that they had everything before following Sam and Dean to the Impala.
"Can we just have a normal hunt for once?" Dean asked as he throws his things in the trunk.
"I'm from an alternate universe where your entire life is a TV show, and you're asking for normal?" Rian asked with a grin. She found that she felt twenty times better after telling Sam and Dean about Azazel.
"True" Dean agreed, getting into the Impala.
"Oh, yeah, my shit is still at the motel, think we can go pick it up?" Rian had asked before Dean started up the car.
"Yeah, sure thing, princess."
"I'm gonna maim you if you call me that again, asshole," Rian promised even as she smiled at the older Winchester.
A/N: A little gift becuase you all waited patiently for my last post. I'll be posting more regularly now but as a warning I am participatin gin Nanowrimo, which November will be busy for me so not as many posts.