Thanks for the reviews, sorry I didn't get back to you but the alerts all came at once LOL Good that they're back though and nice to see you appreciate the Dept of Massive Vagina's...I loved that! I do take liberties but I am a Brit and also a non-driver (I have a chauffeur dahlings!) so thanx for cutting me some slack.

It was tough to see where the story was going to go as Dean is facing the triple threat...no, not Justin...I mean the demon/Shifter, the Triads and also Jo! LOL It's a lot of elements so I'm setting it up here. Sorry it's been a while but the heat here is debilitating and I find it hard to focus.

Anyway, here we go...I hope you like ;-)

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Brooke had edged the Impala closer sensing there was no danger and they all got out.

"Who is it?" Sam called out.

"It's Jo." Dean still sounded a little shocked as he crouched next to her in the car doorway. "She's burnin' up. Sam get some holy water."

"Who is she?" Brooke asked Dean.

"Family friend."

After a couple of minutes Sam handed him a flask from the trunk and Dean splashed a little on Jo's unconscious form. Nothing happened. "Ok, Brooke, open the door. Let's get her inside."

Dean picked Jo up and carried her into the house taking her into his room and putting her on the bed. Sitting on the edge he put a hand on her head. "Christ she's hot." Dean glanced over his shoulder and saw Brooke had followed him. "Call Han, get him here."

Bonnie took a seat on the other side of Jo and went to take her pulse.

"Don't touch her." Dean snapped then frowned at her face. "We don't know what this is...maybe you should wait outside, I don't want you catching something."

"Real sweet, but no chance."

He couldn't be bothered to argue. He took a hold of Jo's shoulders. "Jo! Wake up." He shook her but she was unresponsive. He slapped her around the face. "Jo!"

"Dean, be gentle."

"I shoulda kicked her ass a long time ago. She's got no business gettin' mixed up in stuff."

"She's a hunter?"

"She likes to think so. God only knows what she's been messing in."

"Who knows but I can tell you where she's been." Dean turned when he heard his brothers voice.

Sam came toward him and held up a receipt. "It's for gas, bought this morning in Salem."

Dean groaned. "Salem? Well that's just great!"

"Han's on his way." Brooke walked in "What's in Salem?"

"What else?" Dean said. "Freakin' witches."

"C'mon, that's just for the tourists, it's not real." Bonnie cut in.

"Believe me sweetheart they're real and they're a nightmare. What I wanna know, is how did she find us?"

"Maybe Bobby told her." Sam ventured.

"I doubt that, he would at least give us a heads up." Dean shook her again. "Jo! C'mon..."

Sam leaned forwards and grabbed Dean's arm. "God, you wanna give her concussion too?! Go call Bobby and I'll deal with Jo."

Dean gestured for Bonnie to follow him, "C'mon, you need your meds." They left the room.

A little while later they were sat on the couch. Bonnie was resting her head on his lap as he tried to ease the side effects of the medicine she was taking whilst trying to hold a conversation with Bobby.

"I dunno man, we just found her in the driveway. How'd she find us?"

"Not through me, I haven't heard from Jo in months, far as I know, neither has Ellen. She gonna be ok?"

"No idea, we're waiting on Han now. Could be a spell..."

"You find a hex bag?"

"Sam's stripped the car, didn't find anything."

"Ya think it could be a trick?"

Dean glanced down at Bonnie and stroked a hand over her hair. "It crossed my mind, she coulda led anyone to us."

"I'm comin' down there...and Dean?"

"Yeah."

"I gotta let Ellen know."

Dean sighed. "I know. I'll see ya soon." He hung up as Han walked in.

"You guys ever get a day off?" Han asked with a smile.

"Nope and now neither do you. Fun isn't it?"

Dean got up laying Bonnie back down. "Patient's through here."

When they got to the room they saw Sam had loosened Jo's clothes. She was covered in a film of sweat, he and Brooke were holding wet towels to her.

"Wow." Han said. "Who's that?"

"That's Jo." Dean replied simply.

"Man, you know some hot girls."

Dean looked at Jo and cocked his head. "Yeah, whatever. C'mon, do your thing Dr Kildare."

Han went to her and the first thing he did was take her temperature. After a couple of minutes he took a reading. "You got ice?" He said to everyone in general.

"Yeah, some." Brooke answered.

"Fill a bath with cold water. Whatever this is we have to bring her temperature down now or she won't make it."

Dean and Brooke went to do as he said. "What do you think is wrong with her?" Sam asked him.

"I don't know...we'd have to do blood tests but it looks like some kind of virus." He lifted her eyelids and shone a light into her eyes then checked her throat. "Oh God."

"What?"

"There's something in there."

"Huh?"

"Forceps...in my bag!"

Sam grabbed what he needed and handed them to Han who opened Jo's mouth wider and placed them into her throat as Dean returned to the room.

"What's going on?"

Han jumped back in surprise. "Shit!"

"What?!" Sam asked.

"It moved. There's something inside her. They all leaned closer as they saw something move in Jo's throat. Han grabbed at her shirt and tore it open following the the movement as it trailed under the skin of her chest.

"What the hell is that?" Dean almost shouted.

"How should I know? What do I do?"

"Can you cut it out?"

"You serious?"

"Sam? You have any idea?" Dean looked at his brother who shrugged dumbfounded.

"Whatever it is, we don't have long...Make a decision." Han looked between them.

"Do it." Dean told him.

Han didn't need to be told twice. "Sam, put your hands here, trap it. We're gonna need something to contain it in." He looked at Dean who disappeared. Han snapped on some gloves and took a scalpel.

"Got it." Sam told him. He'd caught whatever it was just under Jo's skin over the left side of her ribcage. "Hurry. Oh this is so gross."

Dean came back with an empty cookie jar and leaned over her as Han made a quick incision. A black and thoroughly disgusting parasite slithered out of the wound and Dean caught it quickly in the jar screwing it shut with a grimace. "What in hell's name is that?!"

Sam looked at it as it bounced against the glass walls. "Dude..." Sam was speechless.

"You guys stay here and stare at that thing." Han told them as he picked Jo up. "I'll just get busy savin' her life shall I?"

Han took her for a dunk in the bath as Dean sat heavily on the bed. "When did he start answering back?"

"He's learned from the best Dean. Wait look..." Sam gestured at the jar. The creature was slowing down to a stop. "Is it dying?"

Dean inspected the jar holding it up to his face and shaking it. "Check it out. See the trail?" Dean unscrewed the lid tentatively and sniffed. "Sulphur." He fastened it again and looked at his brother.

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"Guy's! She's coming round." Han called through to them after several minutes.

Dean got up and went to the bathroom rushing as he heard screams. When he got there Jo was fighting Han and water was going everywhere. "Who the hell are you?" She yelled.

"I'm trying to help you." Han was explaining gently. She clocked him on the jaw and scrambled out of the bath.

"Whoah! GI Jane." Dean caught her as she slid on the water. "It's ok. You're at my place."

Jo looked at Dean in confusion, then all around her. "Where am I?"

"Take it easy, c'mon." He grabbed a towel and led her through to the lounge.

He wrapped the towel over her and sat her down. Bonnie stood up a little shakily "I'll go make some tea."

Jo stared at her as she left the room. She put a hand to her ribcage and looked at the blood on it. "What happened?"

"Do you remember anything?" Dean asked.

"No...I was hunting witches...next thing I know I wake up in a bath of ice and someone's trying to drown me. Is this one of those organ theft things?"

Dean laughed. "No...and if you give our guy half a chance he'll patch you up ok?"

Han came in and knelt in front of her. "You just need a couple of stitches and some meds and I reckon you'll be good as new."

"This is Han." Dean told her. "He's cool, just trust him."

"Where am I?" She asked again. Watching Han with a face full of suspicion.

"Like I said, my place."

"You have a place?!"

Dean shrugged. "Things have changed since I last saw you."

At that moment Sam wheeled in. "You feeling better?" He asked her.

Jo's eyes widened. "Sam? What happened to you?"

"Long story." He smiled at her.

Brooke perched on the arm of the couch. "Once you get cleaned up, you can borrow some of Bonnie's old clothes."

"Who's Bonnie?"

Dean smirked as she walked in with the tea. "I'm Bonnie. Nice to meet you, I put extra sugar in it."

Jo frowned at her and caught the unconscious and tender way she touched Dean's shoulder as she passed him. "I get it." Jo stated putting the mug of tea down. "I got sucked into some wormhole and now I'm in a parallel universe right?"

Dean laughed. "I know how this looks, but this is our life now."

"You're...? With..."

He raised his hands. "Yep I'm gonna be a dad. Believe me shocks the hell out of me too sometimes."

"Ouch." She jumped as Han stuck the needle in her flesh.

Sam could tell from the look in her eyes that it wasn't just the needle that had hurt and felt a little sorry for her.

"So you don't remember anything?" Dean said. "And you have no idea what this is?" He took the jar from Sam and showed it to her.

"No, what the hell is it?"

"It's what Han just cut out of you."

Her eyes widened and she looked from him to the jar. "No."

"Pretty gross huh? Not only that but demonic."

"That was in me?"

"You said you were in Salem? Who did you speak to? What's the last thing you remember?"

Jo exhaled. "I don't know!"

"Ok calm down." Sam said soothingly. "Dean, a word?"

Dean got up and followed Sam to the kitchen. Sam spun to face him as he jumped onto the counter. "Ok, what do we do?"

"Man, I have no idea. Bobby's on his way but I don't think we can stick around. Whatever it is knew how to find us. Why use Jo?"

"Because she was close?"

"But that thing was inside her for a reason. If it knew to find us then it could've come direct."

"We have the tats though now and the house is all bound up. Maybe it needed a way in with someone we would trust."

"But why?" Dean was asking himself as much as Sam. "It's dead, Jo seems ok...what's it got to gain?"

"I'm gonna check some books. You get salting the doors, we're as safe here as anywhere until we know what we're dealing with."

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"So who are you?" Jo looked at Han without a smile.

He didn't seem bothered she was so aloof and gave her a radiant smile back. "Kinda like a protege."

"A what?"

"Hunter in training. Dean and Sam are training me and my cousins."

"Figures. He never wanted to train me. Didn't think I was cut out for it, women aren't apparently."

Bonnie frowned at Brooke and mouthed who is this chick?

"I'm sure he was just looking out for you." Brooke chipped in.

"Yeah or maybe he was just being sexist?" She answered sarcastically.

Bonnie narrowed her eyes at her from across the room. Dean walked in "Don't suppose you're talkin' about me by any chance are ya?" He said with a smile on his face.

"Why are your ears burning Dean?" She smiled snarkily back.

"Yeah, carry on laughin' blondie, we'll see what your mom has to say about it when she gets here tomorrow." Dean looked at Brooke. "Can you give Sam a hand in the kitchen with research...Han, get the other boys here. I think we should be prepared."

"Sure." Han finished dressing Jo's side and pulled off his gloves.

"You called my Mom?!" Jo stood up to face him pulling her shirt closed.

"No, Bobby did."

"I'm leavin'!"

Dean blocked her exit. "No, you're stayin' here until we know it's safe."

"Uh-uh. I'm goin'."

Dean folded his arms and gave her a tight smile. "You wanna act like a sulking teenager, be my guest but you ain't leavin'."

Jo was fuming. "You can't keep me here."

"You brought this to our home whether you meant to or not I'm just doin' what's best. So bitch all you want but you're stuck with us."

"What's gotten into you Dean? We should be out huntin' for what did this not sitting here waiting for Bobby and my mom to come to the rescue." She mirrored his closed off body language. "You lose your nerve?"

Han whistled under his breath and rolled his eyes as he passed them.

"He's just trying to protect us." Bonnie said.

"Stay out of this." Jo told her.

Dean pointed at her. "Hey! Don't speak to her like that." He took a deep breath. "Like it or not, I have responsibilities now and I'm adding you to my list."

"I'm not a child Dean."

"Then stop acting like one."

"You're a jerk."

"Well at least I'm making progress cos I used to be a dick."

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"Nice girl." Bonnie said as she watched Dean cleaning his gun collection.

"Yeah, bundle of laughs...sorry about that."

"It's ok. I used to be the same at school, antagonizing the boys I liked."

"What?"

"She likes you. She's just winding you up to get a reaction."

"You're crazy."

"And you my love are blind."

"Nah I just only have eyes for you." He winked.

"Smooth Winchester. Nice response."

"I'm a natural." He said with a smile.

"Ya think this is it?"

"What d'ya mean?" He was suddenly serious.

"The demon's coming for the baby." It was more a statement.

"Can't be sure. I don't want you to worry though ok? There's a house full of hunters and more on the way so you're good."

Bonnie laughed. "All we need is for the Triads to come knockin' on the door and we got ourselves a party."

"Christ, don't even joke about that."

"I'm gonna go lie down." She said.

Dean shot up and pulled her off the couch. "You ok?"

"Tired, sore...the size of a house but yeah, ok." She smiled. "Don't worry, do your thing...I trust you."

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Dean wandered into the kitchen a while later. Han, Sam and Brooke were poring over books.

"Where's Jo?" Dean asked.

"Our room." Brooke answered. "Wiped out I guess."

"You got anything on the demon tadpole?" He asked grabbing a mug and filling it with coffee.

"Not much here, we know it's not affected by holy water." Sam looked up briefly. "Wait a sec, there's this... it's a vague prophecy I found."

"Prophecy?"

"It's pretty old Latin but I got a rough translation. Talks about a demon plague."

"That's cheerful." Dean sipped his coffee, he'd been listening to this stuff most of his life and wasn't rattled.

"A plague spread by the child of a hunter."

Dean rolled his eyes. "So now you're comparing my kid to a rat?"

"No, this child would be in their twenties now."

Dean lowered the mug slowly and looked at Sam. "Jo?"

"Or it could be me...or you, we can't know for sure."

"No, neither of us was found on the doorstep with the devil's spawn inside us." Dean jumped up jogging out the door.

He checked Sam's room and found it empty. His heart sank and then jumped back into his throat like it was on a bungee."Oh God." He darted to his room and crashed through the door. Everything seemed normal, he could see the vague outline of Bonnie in bed. He could hear her shallow breathing and relaxed slightly with a sigh.

Out of nowhere he felt someone behind him and before he could react he was struck on the back of the head and crashed to the ground seeing stars.

Bonnie stirred in bed when she heard the sound and looked at Jo stood over Dean in the doorway holding the baseball bat. She sat up and started to scream as the bedroom door slammed shut trapping them both inside.

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LOL. I guess you figured I'm not the biggest Jo fan out there huh?

So the demon's working its mojo trying to infect Bonnie with its virus which shouldn't really help her health issues too much...Dean's gonna be pissed when he comes to but we know how hot he looks breaking down doors right? (sigh!)

So Ellen's on her way and the rest of the boys...Jo's sooooo grounded.

Stay tuned gals cos it's only gonna get more exciting as we find out if Jo succeeds, if everyone gets out in one piece and if Bonnie was right about the Triads knockin on the door. Oh and Bonnie's about to go into labour.

Yay!!