Summary: The trio rescue the Prophet and find out she's an old friend of Sunny's. They take her to a motel and hide out but will it be enough to keep Damian from finding them again?
A/N: Sorry it took so long to update! I found myself suffering from laziness =[ Anyway, here's my update! Hope you like it and please review!3
Chapter 7 Part 1
"Love (or whatever this is) Hurts"
"It all happened so fast." Roxie Summers sighed. After blowing up the school she was held captive in, Sunny and the Winchesters brought her to a motel, located a state away, in hopes of keeping her safe from Damian. They weren't confident she'd be safe but promised to do everything they could to protect her and find the others the demon had kidnapped. "Just start at the beginning. What's the first thing you remember?" Sam asked, softly. She smiled at him, thoughtfully, making him blush. "Uhm, I was doing research at the library. There was an article in the paper about people that had gone missing years ago and were recently turning up dead in various locations." she remembered. "That's when he approached me. He claimed to be another hunter and he wanted to team up to solve the case."
She stood from the foot of the motel bed and walked towards the front window. She leaned against the window frame with her arms crossed and looked out into the parking area. Shadows from the mini-blinds lined her face horizontally. "That night, he called me with a lead and we met up. Then, out of nowhere, a group of demons ambushed us. Next thing I knew, he was smothering me with a towel drenched in chloroform." she sighed, looking back at the fellow hunters. "I blacked out then woke up tied to a chair, locked in an office." she finished.
It didn't surprise them that Damian had tricked Roxie, he was a demon. They were baffled, however, at his choice in captivity locations. Why a high school? Before they could ask, Castiel appeared before them and breathed a sigh of relief. "You succeeded." he nodded once. "Good work. My brothers are grateful to you, they wanted you to know that. They trust her with you." he informed. "What do you mean they trust us with her?" Dean asked, shaking his head in confusion. "They realize you aren't a threat. They believe you will protect her from any danger." Castiel replied. "Okay...but what if Damian finds her again? What if we can't protect her?" he countered. "I mean, their useless while demon-boy has the sword and they're freaken angels. We're human. Big difference, man." he added.
Castiel nodded solemnly. "You're right. That's why you must leave immediately." he said. "Maybe we should, but it's not like he has a tracking device on her. We need some time to think of a plan." Sunny protested. She met Roxie's eyes then looked back to Castiel. "And what about the other sacrifices?" she asked. "We have to find and save them too." Castiel sighed and bowed his head. "I'm sorry, we can't risk Damian capturing the prophet again. Without her he can't do the ritual, that's what has to matter right now." The angel's words angered Dean. "So, we're supposed to just leave them to die? He's not just gonna let them go!" he exclaimed, out-stretching his arms. "Dean, you need to understand. The prophet must be protected before all else. The others may die but it's a sacrifice my father is willing to make in order to save humanity." Castiel said, softly.
The room fell silent for a few moments before the angel spoke again. "You must go now. It won't be long until Damian finds you." he whispered, then vanished. "Ah, screw him! I'm already settled in and ready for bed. We can head out early tomorrow." Dean decided. "Dean, he told us to go now." Sam said. "We should listen to him." "I highly doubt he'll find us tonight. Don't let him scare you into running away." Dean argued. "Alright, but we leave first thing in the morning." his younger brother pointed a finger at him. "Great. I'm off to bed, then." Dean smiled, victorious.
Sunny paid for the not-so-extravagant motel room, complete with two rooms joined together. The girls slept in one room, the guys in the other. Sunny pulled out two sets of pajama pants and shirts from her duffel then proceeded to her and Roxie's room. Dean eyed her from under his blanket and she eyed back as she walked by his bed. What was that for? Did he expect her to crawl into his bed and sleep with him? He's the one who didn't want to tell Sam about their relationship. Come to think of it...what is their relationship status? They never established whether or not they were together but on the other hand they did confess their feelings of wanting to be together.
Sunny shook her head, in an attempt to empty her mind of the debate, and entered her room where Roxie sat, looking out the window. "You okay, Rox?" she asked. Her friend looked away from the window and into her eyes. "Yeah. I'm fine." Roxie replied in a whisper. Sunny closed the door leading to the men's bedroom and gave Roxie a confused look. "You don't look fine." she pressed. She walked over to her and sat next to her. "I'm scared, Sun. I don't want to die. I keep getting this horrible feeling in my gut." Roxie said, tearfully. "Don't worry, Rox. Me, Sam and Dean are here to help and protect you. We won't let him kill you. I promise." Sunny assured her. Roxie smiled, a single tear slid down her cheek. "So...you and Sammy, huh? I saw that look you gave him. What was that all about?" Sunny nudged her friend.
Roxie wiped the tear and chuckled, appreciating Sunny for changing the subject. "Yeah, he's cute. I have a feeling he gets embarrassed easily. That should be fun." she replied, sniffling. Sunny smiled then wrapped her arm around her friend's shoulder and squeezed. "What about the other guy? Dean. Is he yours?" Roxie asked, laying her head on Sunny's shoulder. She sighed deeply and pouted her lip thoughtfully. "I'm not sure what's going on with us." she chuckled, then looked at Roxie seriously. "If I tell you something, you have to promise you won't tell Sam." she whispered. Roxie nodded while dragging her pinky finger in an X shape across her heart. "Promise." she confirmed.
The women weren't the only ones dishing secrets for the guys were also having a discussion in their room. "So, I saw that look Roxie gave you earlier. Is there somethin' you're not tellin' me, Sammy?" Dean teased, making his little brother blush and become defensive. "What're you talking about, Dean?" he scoffed. Dean sat up in his bed and squinted at his brother's flushing face. "I'm talking about Roxie having the hots for you. And now I'm asking if you're gonna do somethin' about it." he said with raised eyebrows. Sam chuckled nervously. "What? No way...you really think she likes me?" he asked. He couldn't deny that he had found Roxie to be incredibly gorgeous and despite his brother and Sunny thinking he was oblivious to their relationship, he had already considered Sunny more of a sister-figure anyway. He was attracted to Harley in a way but knew that would never happen.
Dean nodded and lied back down in his bed. "Dude, she totally wants you. You have to make a move or I swear I will hook you two up myself." he yawned. "Dude...don't even." Sam's eyes went wide with horror at the thought. It fell quiet as the brothers lay in their beds and tried to fall asleep but neither could. "Dean?" Sam whispered as he stared at the ceiling in the dark. "What?" the older brother answered, his words muffled by the pillow he buried his face into. "Do you think Sunny and Roxie will stick around after all this is over? I mean...if we survive." Sam asked. "I don't see why not." Dean replied, turning his head away from the pillow. Suddenly, a smile spread on his face. "Dude, you should totally hook up with Roxie. That way we'll both have girlfriends and we'll all be kick-ass hunter couples." he laughed.
Sam looked over at Dean with a confused look on his face. "What do you mean? Do you plan on asking Sunny out?" he asked. Ah, damn! Nice, Dean, you almost screwed yourself. Dean thought then quickly recovered. "Uh, yeah...I'm totally in there, man." he smiled, proudly. "She totally wants me." Sam laughed and shook his head. "And when did this happen? How did it happen?" he asked, skeptically. "What do you mean when did it happen?" Dean asked. "As soon as she laid her eyes on me, that's when! Do you really need to know how?" he raised an eyebrow.
Sam laughed and shook his head. "No, I don't, but good luck with that." he smiled. Dean looked over at his brother. He wanted to tell him about his and Sunny's little escapade in the air-vent. He wanted to come clean about their relationship but it had been a while since they had such a nice conversation without getting on each other's nerves or arguing. He didn't want to ruin the moment so he decided to confess during their next fight. "Would you feel weird if Sunny and I got together?" he asked. Sam burrowed his brows and looked at his brother. "No, why would I?" he asked. "Actually, I think it'd be great. She's a real good influence and I think she's good for you, bro." he added.
Dean smiled and nodded. "I think you're right, Sammy." he said. There was another silent moment as the brothers became a little awkward. Maybe the moment was becoming a little too mushy now. "Well, g'night, Sam." he rolled onto his side with his back facing Sam. Sam smiled, lightly. "Night, Dean." he said, softly. Within minutes they were fast asleep.
"Oh, my God! In the air vent?" Roxie squealed. "Shhh! Hello!" Sunny hushed, pointing at the door leading to the guy's room. Roxie covered her mouth to stifle her squeals of laughter. "Oh, my God!" she whispered. Sunny smiled and shook her head. "I don't know what happened." she shrugged. "I swore I would never fall for another hunter after Mike...then, one day, Dean and Sam appeared and now I'm falling in love." Roxie looked into her friend's eyes. She had seen the look of love in them before and could definitely see it now. "It's good you're letting yourself love again, Sunny. This isn't a curse like you make it out to be." she said. "Rox, you don't understand. Dean could get really hurt...or worse, he could die because of me." Sunny whispered.
Roxie shook her head slowly at her depressing friend. "Don't freaking shake your head! It's true! First, my father was killed because I couldn't just stay home and trust him when he told me not to follow him. Then, I had to kill my boyfriend because he became possessed after I dragged him into a haunted house without doing any research on it first." Sunny listed with her fingers. "You have to stop blaming yourself for their deaths. Your father saved your life so you could go on with it and instead your wasting it by punishing yourself and forbidding yourself to be happy." Roxie explained. "Both your dad and Mike would want you to be happy and what makes you happy is Dean, apparently." she added with a small chuckle.
Sunny thought about her friend's words and smiled. She was right. Her father wouldn't have wanted her to be miserable her whole life because of his death and neither would Mike. He, too, would have wanted her to move on and find love and happiness with someone new. She wrapped her arms around Roxie and squeezed her. "Thanks, Rox. You don't know how much that means to me." she whispered. Roxie squeezed back and kissed Sunny on the lips. "Anytime, Sunshine." she whispered back. "We should get some sleep. We gotta get up early."
Sunny slid under the covers, next to Roxie. She missed the days where they'd sleep in the same bed after a rough hunt. Roxie wrapped her arm around Sunny's waist and nuzzled her face into the crook of her neck while Sunny placed her hand on hers. Together they drifted to sleep.
Suddenly, Sunny found herself standing on a rocky cliff over-looking the ocean. It was near sunset and the sky turned a glowing orange as the sun lowered. She realized she was dreaming but somehow it felt real. She could feel the warm breeze run through her hair and the cool mist of salt water as the waves crashed against the rocks below. "Beautiful isn't it?" that voice creeped from behind her. She didn't have to turn around to know it was Damian behind her. "Though, it won't be for long. Not to you humans anyway." he added. "I'm dreaming." she said, not taking her eyes off the ocean. It stretched out as far as the eye can see.
Damian stepped beside her and crossed his arms. "You know, I will find you." he warned, joining her gaze at the water before them. "And when I do, I'm going to take back what you stole from me and take you as my bride." Sunny looked down at the jagged rocks below. The demon looked at her face for a reaction but she didn't falter. He tried again. "You really shouldn't have involved the Winchesters. Especially you're little boyfriend, Dean. You love him don't you?" he taunted. She didn't answer, instead she looked to the ocean again. "Do you really want to go through the pain of killing another boyfriend, Sunny? How do you even know he loves you back?" he pressed.
Sunny crossed her arms and looked into his eyes. "Save it, Damian, I'm not listening." she sighed. "I know where you are, Sunny. I'm coming to get your little friend and then I'm gonna bleed her and the other sacrifices dry and when Hell is brought to Earth, I'm going to torture your little boyfriend." he seethed into her ear. She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to wake herself but he continued. "And right before I kill him, I'm gonna make him watch as I have my way with you." he whispered, gripping a chunk of her hair and pulling her closer. "You will be mine, Sunshine." he promised. She shuddered under his poisonous breath and tried to jerk away but held on too tight. Finally, he let go and shoved her off the cliff, sending her falling fast towards the sharp rocks below.
Sunny's eyes popped open before she hit the rocks and she sat up in bed. "Rox! Roxie wake up!" she shook her friend, frantically. "Wha? What's going on?" Roxie croaked. "We gotta get out of here. Damian knows where we are and he's coming." Sunny said. She quickly got dressed and packed her duffel. Roxie hopped off the bed and quickly got ready. "How do you know he's coming?" she asked. "He came to me in my dreams..." Sunny began while entering the guy's room. "Wake up, dumbasses, we gotta go!" she yelled, flicking the light on.
The men groaned in protest while the girls packed their duffels for them. "Damian knows where we are- he's on his way to get Roxie! Get the fuck up!" Sunny ordered. They immediately sprang out of their beds. "What? How?" they said in unison. "I don't know. He appeared in my dream and told me he was coming." she explained. "Let's just go, please!" The brothers nodded and quickly got dressed. They picked up their duffel bags and started for the front door.
Before reaching for the knob, the door swung open and Damian stood in front of them. He had a group of demon-possessed lackeys behind him. "Told you so." he sneered as an invisible force pushed Sam, Dean and Sunny backward and onto the floor. Roxie stood, frozen with fear, as Damian stepped closer. His henchman creeped over to the others as they scrambled to their feet. Sunny caught one's arm, as he whipped it forward to grab her, and twisted it behind his back. Two more approached Dean and one grabbed Sam.
Dean kicked one demon in the gut, sending it stumbling backwards, despite the other demon restraining him from behind, pinning his arms behind his back. He used all of his strength to jerk sideways and threw the demon off of him. Sam swung at his demon and socked it in the jaw, causing it to lose its balance but quickly regained it and swung back. Sam dodged the attack, grabbed the demon's arm and snapped it in half before kneeing it in the face. Sunny looked over at Damian, who had Roxie pinned to the wall by her throat. She decapitated the demon with her hunting knife and rushed over to help her friend but Damian stopped her in her tracks.
The demon across the room had shoved Dean against the wall, face first, and the second demon helped hold him still. Sam, with his swiftness, was able to obtain his shotgun and he used it to kill the demon attacking him before pointing it at the two holding Dean. He blew each of their heads off then aimed it at Damian. The last standing demon snickered, tauntingly, at him. "Go ahead, shoot." he hissed. Sam put his finger on the trigger, glaring angrily at the grinning monster but realized if he pulled it, something would go wrong. He lowered the weapon, his breathing hard and fast. "Let her go, you son of a bitch!" Dean yelled from where he was standing against the wall, now facing forward.
Damian squinted his eyes and laughed. "Oh, right away!" he teased. "What're you an idiot?" he asked then looked at Sunny. "What in the world do you see in this guy?" Sunny didn't answer, she was too terrified. Damian had found Roxie and now he was going to take her and there was nothing she could do. She promised she'd protect her and keep her away from this monster. She cursed at herself. Why didn't they listen to Castiel? Why didn't they leave when they should have! She noticed, then, that Damian was making his way to Dean. He was using his telepathy to keep everyone paralyzed. She couldn't run to her friend. She couldn't move at all.
Damian stood with his arms crossed in front of Dean. "So, you and Sunny are a thing now, I assume? I mean, after the sexy-party in the school air vents?" he asked. Dean's eyes widened. "How-?" he started but stopped. He refused to play any demonic mind games. "You know, I'm taking her back, right? I'm making her my queen and I really don't like sharing my toys." he seethed. He grabbed Dean by his throat and lifted him off his feet. "Let him go!" Sunny cried. The demon squeezed harder, making it impossible for Dean to breathe and his bones began to crack. "Stop! You fuck!" Sam screamed. He felt so useless, watching his brother being strangled and not being able to move. Tears welled in Sunny's eyes as she cried for him to him leave Dean alone.
Damian looked at Sunny and smiled. Dean's face turned blue and his eyes watered as his legs thrashed about. His knuckles turned white from trying his hardest to pry Damian's fingers loose. Tears streamed down her face as she begged. "Please, let him go." she whimpered. Damian's smiled faded as he finally released Dean. The hunter fell to the floor and gasped loudly, inhaling gulp-fulls of air as the color in his face began restoring itself. He coughed painfully, gently holding his neck as he fixed his heart's rhythm. Damian walked over to Sunny and stared her down. "Don't get your panties in a bunch, Sunshine. I told you my plans for him, so he won't be dying just yet." he muttered, loud enough for Dean to hear.
Sunny swallowed hard as tears slid down her cheeks and lifted her head up, disguising her sickening fear of him. He chuckled, softly, at her. He knew just how afraid she was for he could smell it. He could practically taste how frightened she was and he craved more. He couldn't wait until she was finally his to torture. He proceeded towards Roxie and picked her up, throwing her over his shoulder. The trio stood and watched helplessly as he carried her away and vanished.
When they were finally able to move again, Sunny and Sam rushed to Dean. "Are you alright, Dean?" Sam asked, placing a hand on his brother's shoulder. Dean nodded and looked at Sunny. "I'm so sorry." he said, hoarsely. She shook her head, vigorously, tears welling in her eyes. "You have nothing to be sorry for." she whispered. "No, we should have left when Cas told us to. It's my fault he got her..." he trailed off and bowed his head. "No, if this is anyone's fault, it's mine." Sunny argued. "I'm the one who dragged you guys into this mess. None of this would've happened if-" "Enough of the blame game, guys. We gotta go." Sam cut in. "Damian has Roxie now, that means he has everything he needs to complete the summoning. We have to get to Death Valley before he can start it." he added.
The sniffling, secret lovers nodded and grabbed their duffels. "We're not gonna let him kill those people." Sam insisted as they left the motel and made their way to the Impala.
A/N: Wow, this took forever finish and upload, haha, and this is just the first part! I plan on making this chapter very dramatic and sad. Lots of tears is to be expected from this part. Points will be made, priorities may possibly change, promises may break and more revelations will surface. I really hope you've enjoyed this story so far. I never imagined it'd make it this far and I'm really proud of how it turned out. I also hope you enjoy the follow up! I haven't decided what story I'm sticking with yet but either way it'll be good.
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