Chapter 14
Addy met the guys at the Chinese Restaurant after dropping Aubrey off. She entered and saw the place completely empty, except for the owner and Sam and Dean near the now drained fountain.
"We're closed," the owner said in a heavy Chinese accent.
"It's okay," Sam said, waving her over," She's one of our associates."
She nodded at the man and went over to them," What are we posing as?"
"Health department," he replied and she nodded and looked at the hammer and chisel Dean held in his hand.
"What the hell are you doing?" she asked.
"See that coin," Sam said pointing to a coin in the fountain. She went to pick it up, but it didn't budge.
"Is it welded on there?" she asked, pulling at it.
"We're about to find out," Dean replied and put the crowbar against the coin and bangs that hammer against. The hammer breaks and flies off in the opposite direction.
"You are gonna break my fountain!" the manager yelled.
"Sir, I don't want to slap you with a forty-four slash sixteen, but I will," Sam said authoritatively and Addy raised a brow at him. He shrugged as the manager backed off.
"That things not coming off," Addy said to the brothers. She took a piece of paper from her back pocket and grabbed a pencil. She rubbed out an image of the coin.
"I'm gonna go check on this," she said and noticed a look of revelation on Sam's face," What's with the look?"
"Something just occurred to me," Sam said.
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Addy came out of the library, her mood considerably darkened at what she'd found. The motel was walking distance from where she was so she began walking in that direction.
She wasn't watching where she was going and she bumped into another woman. They both fell to the ground.
"Oh my goodness I'm so sorry," she said. Addy took her in. Pretty face who was probably a bit of a ditz.
"It's okay," Addy said, getting up with her and offering a smile.
"Hi my name's Hope," she said, offering her hand to her," I've just been so clumsy lately. It's because I'm in love and I'm always in a hurry to get back to him."
"Right," Addy said, taking her hand and shaking it quickly," Well I've got to go."
"Are you in love too?" she asked, with a huge smile.
"Um, yeah, sure, uh are you okay?" Addy asked, searching her pupils.
She nodded fervently," Well I have to get home. Bye."
Addy watched Hope skip off and rolled her eyes.
SUPERNATURAL
Addy walked into the motel room and heard Dean throwing up in the bathroom. She frowned and looked to Sam who was sitting on the bed.
"He wished for a sandwich back at the well and it went bad," Sam explained and she shook her head," You find anything?"
"Nothing good," she replied and sat down next to him," The coin was Babylonian. It's cursed. The serpent is Tiamat, which is the Babylonian god of primordial chaos. Their priests were working serious black magic to sow the seeds of chaos. Whoever tosses a coin in the wishing well, makes a wish, it turns on the well. Then it starts granting wishes to all comers, but the wishes get twisted. You ask for a live teddy bear and-"
"You get a bipolar nut job," Sam finished and she smiled.
"And Dean gets E. coli," she yelled to him and he came out of the bathroom.
"Go to hell," he replied and both her and Sam laughed," Any way to stop it? "
"We have to find the first wisher," she replied," Whoever dropped the coin in and made the first wish, they're the only ones who can pull it back out and reverse the wishes. So for now, we've got a couple of weird dreams come true, but once the word gets out about the well, things are just gonna get worse."
"I'm gonna take a nap while you two get on that," he said and then fell face down into the pillows.
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Addy watches Dean toss and turn in his fitful sleep.
"Addy," Sam said, getting her attention and she turned to him.
"Yeah," she said and then notices the solemn look on his face," What's wrong?"
"Would you be able to look into his head?" he asked carefully and she stared at him," To see if he's dreaming about hell."
"I'm not doing that, Sam," she said quietly so she wouldn't wake him," I can't."
"I'm sorry," he replied," It's just that I'm worried about him. I'm worried about you."
She gave him a small smile," Well don't be."
"You'd tell me if you weren't okay, wouldn't you?"Sam asked, his eyes hopeful yet sad," because all I want is to be able to protect you, Addy."
You can barely protect yourself.
"I'm fine," she said, her heart hammering yet her voice steady," I love you."
"And I love you," he replied. The look in his eyes made her heart ache and she had to escape it. She leaned forward and pressed a light kiss to his lips.
Dean whimpered in his sleep.
"I'll wake him up," she said, pulling away from him. She got up and went over to Dean. Slowly, she put her hand to his shoulder and shook it gently," Dean."
He woke up and grabbed her by the wrist. She winced and she stared him in the eye. He slowly relaxed and gave her a slight nod. Sam watched the exchange in confusion.
"Sleep well?" Sam asked Addy sat back next to him.
"Yeah," he said and then took a swig of whiskey from a bottle by the bed," Tan, rested, and ready. "
You could help him.
"How? "Addy thought to herself, but she knew she wasn't the only one in her head.
Make him forget. You can do that. Just reach into his head and erase all the memories. It'd be easy for you.
"I can't," she thought," I'm not skilled enough. I could break his mind."
Than do it. It's better than sitting here and watching him suffer. Is that what you want? To watch him suffer.
"No," she said out loud and both the brothers turned to look at her," I think I'm gonna be sick."
She got up and ran to the bathroom, shutting the door behind her.
"Addy are you gonna be okay?" Sam asked from outside.
"I'm fine!" she called back," Just give me a sec."
She heard the brothers talking outside the door and she stared at herself in the mirror. She half expected her eyes to be pure white, but they were there usual brown and she sighed in relief.
Don't get too comfortable.
"I'm not letting you do this to me," she whispered to her reflection," I'm not letting you drive me off the edge."
I'm not driving. I'm in the passenger seat. You're the one with your hands on the wheel. The question is, how long before you press the accelerator and dive off that edge?
"Well the answer is never, bitch," she whispered harshly," You're right. I am behind the wheel, but don't get too comfy in that passenger seat."
Oh I have big plans for you, Adriana. The witch who's supposed to end the world. Big expectations.
"What do you know about that?"
I have a plan. Do you think I left a little piece of me in you by accident? You threw my plan a little off course when you kicked me out of your body, but I thought fast. I attached a little piece of me onto the darkest part of your true form and every day I feed it just a little more.
"I've been fighting the Dark inside me for years, Lilith," she said," Don't underestimate me."
Don't underestimate me. I'm going to destroy you.
Suddenly, her eyes flashed white in the mirror and she jumped back. Pressed against the wall, she didn't believe what she'd seen.
Still think you're gonna win this game.
"Addy you okay?" Sam asked, knocking on the door. She jumped and looked to the mirror one last time before opening the door.
"Yeah," she replied, walking past him and taking a seat at the table next to Dean who was staring at her," What was that lead you were telling about?"
Sam sits down at the table and looks between Dean and Addy, neither of them able to look him in the eye but he let it go for now.
"Sam," she said, getting his attention," The lead?"
"Uh yeah," he replied, picking up the paper and handing it to her," Wesley Mondale and Ms. Hope Lynn Casey have announced their surprise engagement."
Addy stared at the paper in disbelief," I ran into this girl on the way back here."
"How'd she seem?" Sam asked.
"I thought she was drunk or high or maybe both," she replied and the brothers stared at her in confusion," She had this out of it look on her face and all she could think about was getting home to this guy."
"So something was off about her?" Dean asked.
"Way off," she replied," Guess we have to offer the happy couple our congratulations."
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Addy rang the doorbell and impatiently waited at the door with the two brothers.
The door opened and Hope stood there with a huge smile on her face. She pulled Addy in for a hug and held her tightly.
"OMG Hi!" she yelled in her ear,"I didn't know you were a 's so good to see you again. We're gonna be best friends. I'm so-"
Addy pushed away from her," Yeah, um, can we speak to Wesley?"
"Of course," she said with a huge smile, taking Addy by the hand and pulling her into the house," I can't wait for you to meet him."
As she pulled her along, she turned back to Sam and Dean and mouthed "Help me." Sam and Dean chuckled and followed after her.
She led them into a living room where Wesley was sitting in a chair looking exhausted.
"I'm gonna go get my wedding folders," Hope said and disappeared.
"Wesley, how's it going? " Dean ask in a mocking tone.
"It's Wes," he corrected," Aren't you the guys from the health department?"
"As far as you know," Addy said," but right now we're florist. Other times we're FBI. Couple of hours ago we were teddy bear doctors to a suicidal life size stuffed animal and frankly it scared me for life so let's cut the bull shit and get down to business. We know about the coin that grants wishes in the Chinese place so spill it."
"Addy tone it down a bit," Sam says, but she ignores him.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Wesley lied horribly with wide eyes.
What a little piece of crap. Maybe you should torture him and get answers.
"Look Wesley-" she says, losing her patience.
"It's Wes," he corrects and she snaps.
She grabs him by the collar and hauls him up," I don't care what your name is. You and I both know that a guy like you doesn't get a girl like that without a lot of help. We need you to reverse all the wishes so either do that or we're going to have one serious problem that ends with your blood on the floor."
"Please don't kill me," he begs as Sam pulls her away from him.
"Don't tempt me," she says and Sam shoots her look," What? He's obviously not going to give us any answers."
Well that was fun.
"Addy can I talk to you for a sec," Sam says gesturing towards the door.
Uh oh. Someone's in trouble.
"I'll handle it," Dean says as Sam leads her to the door and outside.
"Addy what was that?" Sam asked and she rolled her eyes," Look I know you say you're okay but obviously you're not."
"I'm perfectly okay, Sam," she says," Just because I'm not gentle on a creep of a guy doesn't mean there's anything wrong with me."
"Addy what you just did in there was not you," Sam said, getting frustrated.
Maybe it is.
"Maybe it is," she yelled at him and they stared each other down.
"Lilith is changing you," Sam said," Don't let her do that. Don't let her take you away from me, Addy."
He whines a lot.
"Stop worrying about me," she replied simply.
"I haven't forgotten," he said and she frowned.
"Forgotten what?"
"How can you expect me not to worry about you every second if I know that you think you're going to leave me one day?"
She stared at him with sad eyes," I didn't mean it."
"Yeah, you did," he replied," I love you. I always will. So please. Why won't you let me help you? Why won't you talk to me?"
And cue the lying.
"Because I'm fine," she repeated," You don't have to help me because I don't need it."
"Addy," Sam said gently, grabbing her face in his hands," Please. Don't lie to me."
"I'm not," she replied," I'm fine. I'm handling it."
Liar. Liar. Someone's gonna end up in the deep fryer.
Suddenly, the door burst open and Dean came out, hauling Wesley behind him.
The two of them let go of each other.
"Just keep me away from her," Wes said, pointing to Addy.
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Addy sat shotgun while Dean drove and Sam sat with Wes in the backseat because he refused to be next to her. He'd been whining the whole way and it was driving all of them insane.
"I don't get it. So, my wish came true. Why does that have to be a bad thing?" he complained.
"Because the wishes go south, Wes. Your town is going insane," Sam explained again.
"Come on. You're gonna sit there and tell me that your relationship with Hope is functional, that it's what you wished for? " Dean added.
"I wished she would love me more than anything," Wes said and Addy rolled her eyes.
"And how's that working for you?" Addy asked, turning to him in the backseat," What she's feeling isn't love. It's obsession."
"Well, it's a hell of a lot better than when she didn't know I was alive," Wes argued.
"You cannot be serious," Addy groaned.
"You're not supposed to get what you want, man, not like this. Nobody is. That's what the coin does. It takes your heart's desires and it twists it back on you. You hear of the whole, uh, "be careful what you wish for"?" Dean said and the car jerked.
"Did we hit something?" Addy asked, looking back.
"I didn't see anything," Dean said as they kept driving.
"Careful what you wish for," Wes said, mocking Dean," You know who says that? Good-looking people like you guys, the ones who've got it so easy because you happen to be attractive."
"Easy," all three of them repeated in disbelief.
"Yeah. People look at you, right? They notice you," Wes said.
"Believe us, we do not have it easy," Sam said as they entered the town.
"We are miserable. We never get what we want. In fact, we have to fight tooth and nail just to keep whatever it is we got," Dean admitted.
You people have such a sob story.
"But you know what? Maybe that's the whole point, Wes," Addy said," People are people because they never get what they want."
"What do you know?" he asked her," You're pretty. All you have to do is smile and you get whatever you want."
"How do you know that?" she asked," How do you know anything? All you see is my face but do you know what I go through? What I do? How I feel? You don't. For all you know I'm miserable too. Just because I'm pretty doesn't mean I'm happy and I get what I want. Hope doesn't deserve to be a slave to you for the rest of her life. She doesn't love you, Wes. Whether you're attractive or not, she does not love you. Not for real."
The car was silent as they stopped at an intersection. Addy frowned as the three boys who had been bullying the other kid ran into a car and locked it. The little boy from earlier ran and lifted up the car. All of them looked on in shock.
"See why you have to undo this now?" Dean asked.
"Kneel before Todd!" the boy screamed.
"Uh, Dean maybe we should-" Sam began.
"I got it," Dean said, getting out of the car," You take care of the wishing well."
Addy slid into the driver's seat and drove off. They stopped in front of the Chinese restaurant and got out.
"That-that-that kid turned over that car like-like it was nothing," Wes babbled.
"I wish you'd met the teddy bear," Addy snarked," Now come on. Go get that coin."
"Well, why can't we just get what we want!" Wes yells.
Sam sighs and looks at Wes with sympathy," Because that's life, Wes."
Out of nowhere lightning flashes and strikes Sam dead. Addy screams and kneels down beside him. She tries to touch him but his clothes are singed and scorching hot.
"Sam," she screams, grabbing his face in her hands," Come on. Sam wake up."
Tears start to stream down her face," No. No. Please no. No."
Didn't see that one coming?
"Sam," she sobbed," Wake up. You're not gone. Please, Sam. Come back."
She closed her eyes and willed her power to help her. All it did was stop the sizzling.
You're powerful, Addy, but even you can't bring people back from the dead.
"He's not dead!" she screamed, sobbing uncontrollably," Not like this, Sam. You can't leave me. I need you, Sam please."
What are you going to do now? You have nothing. No one left but me.
She sobbed loudly over his body," I love you, Sam and I'm sorry. I love you."
That's not enough. You're mine now Adriana.
She held his body in her arms. He woke up with a gasp and she looked at him with wet eyes.
He just won't die.
"Addy," he said in confusion," What happened?"
"You were dead," she sobbed out," You were gone."
"It's okay," he soothed," I'm back. I'm alive."
He held her in her arms as she sobbed into his chest," I'm so sorry, Sam. I love you and I'm sorry for everything. Please don't ever do that to me again."
"I won't," he said into her hair as they got up together," I promise. I love you too."
Hope came out of the restaurant, gave them a funny look then walked off. Wes followed after her, a sad look on his face. He handed Sam the coin and then walked off without a word.
They looked from the coin and back to each other. They embraced in a kiss as Sam caressed her face.
"I'll never leave you," he whispered into her hair.
But you'll leave him.
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Addy and Dean wait for Sam at the pier. They looked over the edge together in silence after what she'd told him.
"So he died and Lilith was going to make her move?" Dean said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah," Addy replied," I guess she's waiting for me to stop fighting her so she can take me over completely. She said she had a plan. I mean the prophecy, her inside my head, it's all coming together. Lilith's got me as a pawn and I have no idea how to get out of her game."
"So Sam was dead and you were ready to stop fighting?" Dean asked.
"I was," she replied with a shrug," That's all its gonna take. For him to be gone from my life and I'll just be done. I thought I was stronger than that."
"Sammy better not shit this up than, "Dean joked and she laughed," Oh look she does smile."
She bumped him playfully," What about you? Sam knows you remember hell, Dean."
"What do I do about it?" he asked," I mean what do I say to him to drop it."
"I can't tell you what to do, Dean," she replied," but maybe you should just tell him the truth."
"Which truth?" he asked," If I start telling him about hell. I start telling him about you and me."
"There's nothing to tell," she said, looking him in the eye.
"So me kissing you is nothing to tell," he said and she sighed," I'm sorry but I haven't forgotten and I know you haven't either."
"It meant nothing," she replied," I mean you weren't even really there and I was a mess. You didn't mean to kiss me. It was just the heat of the moment. You thought you were never going to see me again. I mean in all fairness it's-"
"I still want to kiss you, Addy," he interrupted her and she recoiled back from him," I mean I know you love my brother and he loves you, but I feel something for you. I know it's wrong, but I do. Having you in hell, with me made it bearable and it made me feel something for you and I can't shake it but it's there. It's there and it's driving me nuts."
She stared at him, trying to find the words to come out of her mouth.
"Say something," Dean begged.
"What the hell can I say when my boyfriend's brother tells me something like that?" she said defensively.
"Tell me you hate me," he demanded.
"I hate you," she said in an unconvincing tone," But I don't. I care about you and I love Sam. I can't be the girl who comes between you two because that's not okay. It's not okay for me to have feelings for you."
But you do.
"But I do," the words came out of her mouth. And she quickly covered her lips with her hand.
"What did you just say?" he asked. She shook her head as she stared at him, her mouth agape.
I've still got a little control here, but don't think I made you do anything. All I do is give you a push. All those naughty thoughts you never think of doing. I give you a little kick and you do it. Keep on fighting me, Adriana. I'll keep on making your life hell.
"Well, uh, coin's melted down. It shouldn't cause any more problems," Sam said, coming up to them. Addy quickly composed herself and turned to him.
"That's great," she replied, " We should probably get going."
"Hold on," Dean blurted and she looked at him with wide eyes.
"What?" Sam asked, clueless as to what his brother was about to tell him. Addy's heart beat out of her chest, unsure as to what he was about to say.
"You were right," he said and they both looked at him in confusion," I shouldn't have lied to you. I do remember everything that happened to me in the Pit. Everything."
"So tell me about it," Sam said.
"No," Dean said simply, looking between the two," I won't lie anymore. But I'm not gonna talk about it."
"Dean, look, you can't just shoulder this thing alone. You got to let me help," Sam begged," Why won't either of you let me help you?"
"How? Do you really think that a little heart-to-heart, some sharing and caring, is gonna change anything? Hmm? Somehow heal me? I'm not talking about a bad day here," Dean said, his tone dark.
"I know that," Sam said," but-"
"But what? The things that I saw there aren't words. There is no forgetting. There's no making it better. Because it is right here," he tapped his head," forever. You wouldn't understand. And I could never make you understand. So I am sorry."
I tortured him once down there. You remember, don't you? How I ripped into his flesh with my bare hands and he wailed like a little baby. That was so much fun. We're gonna have fun too, Adriana. Well, I'll have more fun than you. Piece by piece I'm going to ruin you.
Before either of the brothers could see the tear that slipped down her cheek, she turned and walked off quickly.
Lots and lots of fun, ending the world. Together.