Chapter 14
A Three Patch Problem
"So, you finally got one, eh?" Crowley said as he appeared in Rylie's hideout.
"You bet I did," Rylie said with a cocky grin on his face. "This is almost better than when I killed that Angel and his prophet."
"Yes, but the God squad is still winning and there is only one more Tablet left. You better get a move on," Crowley ordered.
"Yeah, in a bit. I think I'm gonna have a little victory party. Want in?" Rylie tossed the Tablet up and down in his hands, happy about his trophy.
"We don't have to for parties you moron! They have two Tablets, we only have one! If we get the Fire Tablet now then we will be evenly matched," Crowley growled.
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Rylie muttered which only made Crowley madder.
"Are you an idiot?" Crowley asked, though it was more like stating the obvious.
"Hey, excuse me for wanting a little down time. I've been the one who's getting their ass kicked. Now I finally have a reason to celebrate something," Rylie said.
Crowley growled but there was no point in changing the other Demons mind. Rylie was stubborn.
"Fine. Not for long though, they still have one more Tablet than us," he said then disappeared.
Rylie smiled. Time for an epic party at a sleazy strip club.
-B-
When they got back to the safe house, Megan plopped herself down on the couch with a sigh. Exarp sat down next to her, quiet as he waited for the rest of The Powers to come back.
"I'm hungry," Dean announced and went straight for the kitchen, throwing his shotgun (luckily they were able to get their weapons back after they escaped the vault) on the recliner chair. Sam shrugged and followed his brother while Castiel stood awkwardly in the middle of the living room like he always did.
Megan glanced over at Exarp curiously. She had been thinking about when they were in the vault and he had started crying when he met Emma. She wanted to ask him why but she had a feeling that now wasn't the right time.
After a few more moments of awkward silence the Tablet Retrieving team appeared in the living room, minus Gabriel.
"Please tell me you have good news," Dean said as he walked back into the living room, mouth stuff and with a sandwich in his hands. Sam followed in with a bag of cheesy puffs.
"Sorry," Jinx said, stuffing her hands into her pockets. "Rylie was faster."
"No, we were slower," Oro said, fuming. Man, this Angels seriously needed a chill pill.
"It's fine. I'm sure you tried your best," Castiel said.
"So, what now?" Megan asked, propping her feet up on the glass coffee table. Defeat always made her tired.
"The last Tablet is the Fire Tablet. I think we should locate it fast then go and retrieve it," Luna suggested.
"I have an idea. Why don't we take a break? I mean, we've pretty much been going after these Tablets nonstop for, what, two or three days? I think we should just relax for a little bit to get our strength back," Megan said, stretching out her arms.
"No, Rylie could be after the Fire Tablet as we speak, we don't have time," Oro said. Seriously, did this guy ever smile?
"Well, Rylie is a giant douchebag. Which means he will probably be out doing a victory lap with some booze and a strip club or something. I don't think we'll have to worry," Megan said.
"Are you willing to take that chance?" Oro asked.
"We already have two Tablets, and if I played my Pokémon right, I know that Earth slash Grass triumphs over Water, so I say we have a bit of an advantage. Come on, you look like you need a soak in a hot tub or something Mister Grumpy pants," Megan countered.
"I agree, I think we need some down time," Dean said, Sam and Jinx nodding in agreement.
There was a moment of silence before Oro spat an anger soaked "Fine."
Victory for the Chosen One. Booyah.
"You guys can stay if you want," she offered to Oro and Luna. She thought maybe she could get them to loosen up for at least a little bit.
"N-," Oro started but was cut off by Luna.
"We'll stay," she said.
"Balthazar, can we go back to Niagara Falls? It was so beautiful there and I didn't even get much of a chance to look around!" Jinx said, batting her eyes and making a puppy dog face.
Balthazar rolled his eyes. "Fine, we'll go," he said then the two disappeared. Megan sensed a reoccurring theme with them.
"So, what do you human do to 'relax'," Oro asked though he didn't seem even remotely interested.
"Lesson number 1 in Relaxing 101," Dean started then headed opened up the cooler next to him. When did that get there? "Sit back with some beer," he said then tossed the red-headed Angel a beer. Oro eyed it suspiciously before opening it and taking a sip.
"This is repulsive," he stated.
"Wow, even Cas could take a beer," Dean said with a little huff of laugher. Oro glared at him then set the beer bottle down on the glass table
"Let's play a game, I could go for a good game," Megan said.
"Like what? Monopoly?" Sam asked, grabbing a chair and bringing it closer to the table.
"What about…Jenga?" Megan suggested.
"What's Jenga?" Exarp asked.
"It's a game where you have a tower made out of small wooden blocks and you have to try and take the blocks out of the tower without knocking it over," Megan explained.
"Sure, why not," Sam said. Megan smiled and snapped her fingers, making a tower of Jenga blocks appear on the table in front of them. She also made two chairs appear for the other two Angels. Dean moved his seat closer to the table as well.
"Cas, you wanna play?" she asked.
"No thank you, I'll just…watch," he said and took a seat next to Exarp on the couch.
The game went on for five minutes before Oro knocked over the tower of Jenga blocks.
"I hate this infernal human game!" he proclaimed before he disappeared, leaving some anger smoke behind. Megan had to suppress an urge to laugh.
"I guess I'll leave too…Exarp?" Luna said, looking over at the younger Angel.
"I'll stay," he said. Luna nodded and disappeared. Then they all burst out laughing, except for Cas of course.
"Oh God, is he always like that?" Dean asked Exarp between laughs.
Exarp nodded. "He's always been like this. Well, ever since I met him."
"Dude, I'm so sorry you have to work with that guy," Dean said, though he still had a smile on his face.
Eventually the four stopped laughing and were left with the predicament of contemplating what to do next. Playing another game of Jenga didn't seem that fun anymore so Megan snapped her fingers making the small blocks go up to her room. Who knows, they may want to play again sometime in the future.
"So, what else could we do?" Sam asked.
Megan took a second to think of what to do. What did she usually do when she was bored and was not a hunt? She quickly made a list in her head:
-Go on the computer
That's not really a group activity.
-Read Homestuck
Again, not a group activity. And if she even bothered to show them it they would be incredibly confused.
-Eat
Wow, that's on the list?
-Watch TV
Bingo.
But what show to watch? Oh, Megan knew the perfect show to watch.
After a few minutes of trying to hook up a Wii to the television and setting up Netflix, Megan sat herself back down on the couch next to Exarp and got ready to explain stuff because she knew they would ask questions.
"Wait, what's this show called again?" Sam asked as he caught a beer that Dean threw over to him.
"Sherlock. It's a modernized version of Sherlock Holmes. It's British," Megan said.
"And there are only three episodes?" Dean questioned.
"Well, there are six episodes, because Season two came out a few months ago but it's not on Netflix yet. Each episode is about eighty minutes long or so and it's really good," Megan said and clicked on the first episode A Study in Pink.
As the episode loaded Exarp said, "You know I was a huge fan of Conan Doyle back in the day. I read every Sherlock Holmes book and even waited in line to get his autograph. I'm still a fan, actually."
"Then I'm sure you'll like this show," Megan said and smiled at him.
The episode started, opening up with a war zone and gunfire.
"I'm liking this show already," Dean said. Megan rolled her eyes.
They were able to get to the opening credits before someone talked again. And guess what? It was Dean.
"Benedict Cumberbatch? What kind of name is that?"
"Shut up Dean, he's awesome," Megan said and the hunter fell silent.
As the episode went on no one really talked because if you did then you would miss something important. Sherlock did talk fast. By the time the episode was over it was dark outside and everyone was on the edge of their seats, except for Megan because she had already watched the episode at least ten times.
"That was…awesome," Sam said as it ended.
"I'll have to admit, that was pretty good," Dean said, leaning back in his chair. "I like John, he's pretty badass. And that Anthea chick, she's hot."
Megan rolled her eyes again. She then looked over at Exarp expectantly.
"Next episode?" he said with a grin. Megan smiled back and clicked the next episode.
They ended up watching all of season one, with Dean yelling at the end of the last episode, "WHAT? YOU CAN'T JUST END IT LIKE THAT!" And Megan promised that she would show them season two the next time they got some free time. But it was late and they all needed to get some shut eye. Sam and Dean went upstairs to do so and Cas went to Heaven to do a checkup or something. Jinx and Balthazar still weren't back yet. So it was Megan and Exarp alone again.
But what Megan hadn't noticed was that Exarp had placed his arm around her. She didn't mind.
And now seemed to be the right time to ask that question. "I was wondering," she started as she moved a little closer to him. "Why were you crying when you met Emma, the little girl at the bank?"
Exarp eyes went downcast and he shifted a little in his seat. You could tell he was a little uncomfortable about the question.
"I'm sorry, if you don't want to tell-,"
"No, it's fine," Exarp said. "Here's the story."
A/N: Cliffhanger! But don't worry, not for long because I already have the next chapter written up. I will upload it once I make some formatting changes but it will be up a few minutes after I upload this chapter. By the way, I highly recommend the show Sherlock! It's great and you can watch the first season on Netflix if you have it and you can watch season two (and season one if you don't have Netflix) online (it's not out yet in America). You can go to TV links dot com and you should be able to find it there. I hope you enjoyed this little upbeat chapter!