Chapter 14
Asylum
Jenny woke up and found herself tied and gagged to a chair, "Hello dear," an old woman came into focus, "Sorry to have hit you over the head like that…I only need your heart," she said taking out a knife from the table.
Jenny began to scream for help. The witch kept on coming toward her. Her brother's didn't know where she was…or so she thought.
The boys came crashing into the hut, Dean took down the witch and Sam untied her. They watched as Dean killed the witch, "Are you okay?" Dean asked, standing up.
"Yeah, I'm fine, considering she was this close to cutting out my heart," she said, "What was that all about?"
"She did it to stay young for another decade," Sam explained, looking around the hut.
"Gross," she said, holding her heart, "Can we get out of here?"
"Sure, come on," Dean said, putting an arm around her, "You sure you're okay?"
"Yeah," she said walking to the impala, "I wasn't sure if you guys were coming."
"Hey, we will always come for you." Dean said, giving her a hug.
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"After all that happened back in Kansas, I mean...he should've been there Dean, you said so yourself, you tried to call him and...Nothing," Sam said to Dean in their hotel room.
"I know!" Dean said, looking at Jenny who was asleep on one of the beds, "Can you keep it down? She's had a rough few days," Dean's cell phone went off. He gets up to look for it, "Where the hell is my cell phone?"
Sam ignored his brother, "You know, he could be dead," Sam said.
"Don't say that! He's not dead! He's…" Dean said, raising his voice.
"He's what? He's hiding? He's busy?" Sam asked.
Dean found his phone and opened it, "Huh. I don't believe it." he said.
"What?" Sam asked.
"It's uh...It's a text message. It's coordinates." Dean answered.
"You think dad was texting us?" Sam asked.
"He's given us coordinates before." Dean said.
"The man can barely work a toaster, Dean," Sam said.
Jenny sighed, "You guys being quite could wake the dead," she complained, sitting up, "What's going on?"
"Dad texted us with coordinates. It's good news! That means he's okay, well, alive at least." Dean said.
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The Winchesters were now in Rockford, Illinois standing outside a rundown asylum, "This is where the coordinates lead us?" Sam asked, looking at Jenny.
"Don't look at me," she said, "It was your idea to send me in to talk to Gunderson to confirm the coordinates lead to an actual case."
"Well, you were more his type. He talked to you, didn't he?" Dean asked.
"He sang like a song bird," she said, looking back up at the building, "What's going on here?" she asked.
"We won't know until we go in." Sam said, opening up the trunk of the impala.
The three of them walked inside, Jenny had the EMF detector until Dean took it away from her, "I put all my hard work into this, and I don't want you to break it." Dean said.
"Whatever," she said, walking around looking at things, "You picking up anything with your piece of junk?"
"I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear you say that." Dean said.
"What if the kids that broke in here are getting possessed by a spirit?" Sam asked, "It might explain a lot of stuff."
"Let me know if you see any dead people Haley Joel." Dean said.
"Dude, enough." Sam said.
"That wasn't funny." Jenny agreed.
"I'm serious. You have to be careful, all right? Ghosts are attracted to that whole ESP thing you got going on." Dean said.
"And you make fun of him for it?" Jenny asked.
"I told you, it's not ESP! I just have strange vibes sometimes. Weird dreams." Sam said.
"Dreams that come true." Jenny said.
"Yeah, whatever. Don't ask, don't tell." Dean said.
"You get any reading on that thing or not?" Sam asked.
"Nope, of course it doesn't mean anyone is home." Dean said.
"Spirits can't appear during certain hours of the day." Sam claimed.
"Yeah, the freaks come out at night." Dean said.
"Why are you out of bed so early?" Jenny asked, walking behind her brothers.
Dean turned around to glare, "Hey Sam," Dean said, turning back around, "Who do you think is the hotter psychic, Patricia Arquette, Jennifer Love Hewitt or you?"
Sam pushed Dean as he laughed, "No question," Jenny spoke up, "Love Hewitt."
Later they found a larger room they started to look through. Dean was going on and on about 'my man Jack', "Will you stop with the 'my man' crap?" Jenny asked irritated.
"Someone is not a fan." Dean whispered to Sam.
"Dean," Sam spoke up, "When are we going to talk about it?" he asked.
"Talk about what?" Dean asked, getting Jenny's attention as well.
"About the fact dad's not here." Sam answered.
"Oh. I see. How bout...never." Dean said.
"I'm being serious man, he sent us here…" Sam started.
"I don't think this is the place to talk about dad." Jenny offered.
"It's okay Jen. So am I Sam. Look, he sent us here, he obviously wants us here. We'll pick up the search later." Dean said, packing up to leave.
"It doesn't matter what he wants." Sam said.
"See, that attitude right? That's why I always got the extra cookie." Dean said.
Jenny tried to ignore them fighting. She couldn't say anything to get them to stop. She walked around the room and stepped on something. She looked down and picked up a sign that read 'Sandford Ellicott', "Ah, guys?" she tried to get their attention.
"So what, we have to always follow dad's orders?" Sam asked.
"Of course we do." Dean said, looking mad.
"Guys!" she shouted, getting their attention, "I think I found something." showing them the sign. She handed Sam the sign.
"You know what we have to do. We have to find out more about the south wing. See if something happened here." Dean said before leaving the room.
Jenny looked at Sam sadly before following Dean out.
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Dean and Jenny waited outside for Sam to get done talking to James Ellicott.
"What's taking him so long?" Dean asked, getting up to pace again.
"Will you sit before I make an appointment for you too," Jenny said, "You both should be up there talking about your problems."
"We don't have problems." Dean said.
"Okay, you're right," she said, "You have one problem that goes by dad."
"We should have sent you." Dean complained.
She faked laugh, "I don't need a doc poking around in my head." she said.
"At least you wouldn't be here making me want to poke my brains out," Dean said. Sam chooses that moment to come out of the building, "Dude! You were in there forever. What the hell were you talking about?" he asked Sam.
"Just the hospital…you know." Sam said.
"And?" Dean and Jenny asked at the same time.
"And the south wing? It's where they housed the really hard cases. The psychotics and the criminally insane." Sam explained.
"Sounds cozy." Dean said.
"My kind of party." Jenny said.
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It was night time now when the Winchesters went back to the asylum. They started to look around and realized the place was more alive at night than during the day. They had all kinds of readings but still couldn't find what they were looking for.
"Jen, you're with me." Dean said, splitting them up to cover more ground.
"I don't know how this is going to be successful…we don't even know what we're looking for," Jenny said, "It could be anything," picking up an old metal lid.
"Calm down, I'm sure Sam will solve it." Dean said.
"Do you leave everything up to him?" she asked.
"No…" he started to say.
"Dean! Dean!" they heard Sam call.
Dean and Jenny ran into the room Sam was calling for help from, "Sam, get down!" Dean shouted before shooting at the ghost of an old woman.
The ghost disappeared.
"That was weird." Sam commented.
"What?" Jenny asked.
"Yeah, you're telling me." Dean said before leaving the room causing Sam and Jenny to follow him.
"No, Dean, I mean it was weird that she didn't attack me," Sam said.
"What do you mean she didn't attack you?" Jenny asked confused.
"Looked pretty agro from where I was standing." Dean said.
"She didn't hurt me. She didn't even try! So if she didn't want to hurt me, then what did she want?" Sam asked, looking at Dean.
"Don't look at him," Jenny said, "He expects you to figure it all out."
Dean looked guilty, "I do not." he said.
Before they could continue their conversation, they all heard a noise further down the hallway. They went to investigate the noise. Before they could enter the room the noise came from, a ghostly man appeared in front of her, cutting her off from her brothers. The ghost tried to touch her, "Ah, guys," she said. Sam and Dean turned around. Before Dean could raise his shotgun the ghost disappeared, "That was weird." she commented.
"Did it try to do something?" Sam asked, walking toward her.
"I don't know…it was reaching out for me, which I didn't really appreciate." she complained.
Sam turned back toward Dean, "I think the ghosts are trying to tell us something." he said.
"Like what Sam?" Dean asked, "Give us some lifelong advice…I don't think so. Let's go before we loose whatever made that noise."
They approached the room the noise came from earlier. With his gun, Sam approached the metal bed in the room. He saw someone's head hidden beneath. He gets Dean and Jenny's attention and tips the bed over to reveal the girl. They all put their guns down once they realize the girl was alive.
"It's alright; we're not going to hurt you. It's okay. What's your name?" Dean asked, putting his gun away.
"My name is Katherine…Kat," the girl said.
"Okay, I'm Dean, this is Sam and Jenny." Dean introduced everyone.
"What are you doing here?" Sam asked.
"Um, my boyfriend Gavin." Kat answered.
"Is he here?" Dean asked, hoping this would be easy.
"Does he look here, Dean?" Jenny asked looking around the room for where someone else could have hidden.
"He's somewhere," Kat said, "He thought it would be fun, try and see some ghosts. I thought it was all just...you know. Pretend. I've seen things. I heard Gavin scream and..." she started to panic.
"Alright, Kat? Come on. Sam's going to get you out of here and then we're going to find your boyfriend." Dean said, helping her up.
"No! No. I'm not going to leave without Gavin. I'm coming with you." Kat said.
"Bad idea." Jenny commented.
"It's no joke around here okay, it's dangerous." Dean said, trying to convince the girl.
"That's why I have to find him." Kat said.
Dean and Sam share a look, "Alright, I guess we have to split up then. You're with me." he said to the girl, "And Jen, you're with Sam. Let's go."
Jenny looked at Sam, "Awesome. Remember what happened last time we split up?" she asked.
"You got kidnapped by a witch," Sam answered, "But this time you're with me."
Dean and the girl go one way and Sam and Jenny go the other to look for Gavin. After a while, "I don't understand why going to a haunted asylum is fun for teenagers," Jenny said, "Was it supposed to be a turn on?"
"I don't know. Teens do crazy stuff all the time." Sam said.
"Yeah but I wasn't this bad," she said. Sam gave her a look, "Like you were any different."
Sam laughed.
After a while, they did find Gavin hiding from a ghost that kissed him. They reassured Gavin that there wasn't a ghost that would try to kiss him again. They set off to find Dean and Kat.
They heard screaming and Dean shouting, Sam and Jenny left Gavin behind to see what the problem was. They ran until Dean was found, banging on a metal door, "What's going on?" Sam asked.
"She's inside with one of them." Dean said, panicked.
Kat screamed again, "Help me!"
"Kat!" Gavin shouted once he caught up to them.
"You can't get the door open?" Jenny asked.
"No, something is keeping me from opening it." Dean explained.
"Get me out of here!" they heard Kat complain.
"Kat, it's not going to hurt you. Listen to me. You've got to face it; you've got to calm down." Sam said, calmly.
"She has to what?!" Dean asked, astonished.
"These spirits, they're not trying to hurt us, they're trying to communicate. You have to face it. You've got to listen to it." Sam continued.
"You face it!" Kat shouted.
"I think Sam is right, Kat. It might be the only way you are getting out of there." Jenny agreed.
"I like to see you do this!" Kat shouted.
"Well, it's not me; it's you!" Jenny shouted back.
"Look at it, you can do it." Sam said.
It was silent on the other side of the door, "Kat?" Gavin asked, quietly.
After a while, the metal door clicks and opens slowly as a shocked Kat joins them in the hallway, "One thirty-seven." she said.
"What?" Jenny asked.
"One thirty-seven. It whispered that number in my ear." Kat exclaimed.
"All of that for a number?" Jenny asked.
Sam and Dean shared a look, "Room number," the brothers said at the same time. They both look at Gavin and Kat and then look at Jenny, "Watch them." Dean said before walking away with Sam down the hall.
"Why do I have to baby-sit?" Jenny called after them.
"Because of all the times we had to baby-sit you." Dean called back.
"We aren't children," Kat said, "We can look after ourselves."
"Could have fooled me," Jenny said, "Didn't we save you guys not five minutes ago?"
After a few minutes, her brothers came back, "Okay, you two are with Sam. He's going to get you out of here. Jen, you're with me." Dean said.
Jenny walked beside her brother, looking for room 137. She shined her light on every door on her side of the hallway.
"Hey," Dean said, getting her attention.
She moved her flashlight to flash on the room he pointed out, "Someone was trying to keep something in." she commented, pointing at the furniture in front of the room.
"This is a good sign," Dean said before pushing the furniture out of the way. He opened the door and revealed the room was a mess, "Someone did a number on this place."
"What are we looking for exactly?" she asked.
"Just look until you find something interesting." he said.
Jenny looked for five minutes, "I can't find anything. None of this makes sense." she complained.
"I should have sent you with Sam," Dean said before finding a loose panel. He pulled it off and revealed papers, "This is why I get paid the big bucks."
"You found something?" she asked.
"Don't sound so surprised," he said, "Sam doesn't do all the work." Jenny joined Dean and read over his shoulder, "Well all work and no play makes Dr. Ellicott a very dull boy."
"What is that?" Jenny asked before pointing at drawings mixed in with the papers.
"I don't…" Dean started before he heard a noise, "Did you hear that?" he asked.
"Yeah," she said before pulling out her gun. Dean did the same thing, "I think we should take this stuff and come back tomorrow."
"Good idea." Dean agreed before stuffing the papers in his jacket.
"There's something not right here." she commented.
"You think?" Dean asked before coming around the corner with Jenny by his side. He saw Kat just as she was pulling the trigger. With one arm, Dean grabbed Jenny to push her back before either of them got hit. The blast hit the wall, "You alright?!" he asked her.
"Yeah, I'm great. Who the hell left them with a gun?" she asked.
"Damn it damn it, don't shoot! It's us!" Dean shouted before rounding the corner more carefully.
"Sorry." Kat said.
"What are you still going here?" Dean asked as he looked at the marks left on the wall, "Where's Sam?"
"He went to the basement. You called him." Gavin said, looking at him like he was dumb.
"I didn't call anybody." Dean said.
"His cell phone rang. He said it was you." Kat said.
"Basement, huh?" Dean asked, "Stay with them until we get back." he said to Jenny.
"What? No, what if Sam is in trouble?" Jenny asked.
"I'll handle it," Dean said, grabbing some extra weapons, "Alright, watch out for yourselves and watch out for me," he said, "Actually, Kat, give Jenny the shotgun."
Dean left them to find Sam.
"So, which one is your boyfriend?" Kat asked.
Jenny spun on her heel, "Gross! They're my brothers." Jenny said.
"Oh, sorry," Kat said, "And you all do this for a living?"
"It's a family business." Jenny replied.
Later Sam and Dean came back, "What the hell happened to you two?" Jenny asked, looking them up and down.
"It's a long story." Dean said.
"Let's get out of here." Sam said, trying for the door.
It opened and they all filed out of the space as fast as they could.
"Thanks guys." Kat said.
"Yeah, thanks." Gavin said.
"No more haunted asylums." Dean told them.
"Find another hobby." Jenny said before the couple walked back to their car.
"Hey Dean?" Sam asked while walking to the impala, "I'm sorry man. I said some awful things back there."
"You remember all that?" Dean asked.
"Yeah. It's like I couldn't control it. But I didn't mean it, any of it." Sam said.
"Now you have to tell me what happened in the basement." Jenny said.
"You didn't huh?" Dean asked.
"No, of course not! Do we need to talk about this?" Sam asked.
"No. I'm not really in the sharing and caring kind of mood. I just want to get some sleep." Dean said before climbing into the impala.
"Now you have to tell me what happened in the basement." Jenny said.
"Sam tried to kill me." Dean said.
"What?" Jenny asked, looking at Sam.
"It wasn't him," Dean said, "Please get in the car before I make you guys walk back to the hotel."
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When they got back to the hotel, "My bed," Jenny exclaimed by jumping on one of the beds in the room, "And I'm not sharing."
Dean and Sam share a sigh, "Well, that's not happening," Dean said, looking over at a couch in the room, "Look, they gave us one with a couch." he said, looking at Sam.
"I get the couch," Sam said, not happy. As a second thought, "I'm first in the shower."
Jenny got up and ran to the bathroom with her bag, "Nope." she said before closing the bathroom behind her.
"Rachel must have taught her great manners." Dean commented before switching on the TV.