Chapter 21
"What the hell do you mean I can't go?" Sam yelled as Bobby tried to hand Sam the keys to the car he'd driven to meet them a mile from the border of Telma.
"Addy wouldn't want you there," Bobby said," Why do you think she told you to get me?"
"I don't' care what she wants right now!"he yelled," It took us two days to get here, she could be dead for all I know."
"Why wouldn't she want him there, Bobby?" Dean asks, shooting Sam a look.
"From what she's told me about the people in Telma," he begins," they're really good about the whole use the ones you care about against you."
"She cares about you and Dean too," he argues," Why can you go?"
Bobby sighs," There's a lot more in Telma than a bunch of bitchy witches Sam. Have you ever thought that maybe she doesn't want you there?"
"Why not?" Sam asks throwing his hands up.
"She left Telma for very good reasons," Bobby explains.
"Yeah we already know Bobby, her Mom tried to kill her," Dean says," and we know she's still alive in some psyche ward."
"I said reasons ya idjit, more than one," he says," There are a lot of people there who knew Addy before she got it all together. Who she was before, it's not something she would want you know 'bout."
Sam sighed," It can't be any worse than my past. Bobby, I need to go. She left me and I won't lose her to whatever this Dark is a second time."
Bobby looks at him for a long time," Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you."'
SUPERNATURAL
The Impala passes the "Welcome to Telma!" sign.
"Where do we start, Bobby?" Sam asks Bobby in the backseat.
"Probably with her mother," Bobby says.
"Hey Sam you get to meet the parents," Dean says, attempting to lighten the mood.
"Heads up, woman brings a whole new meaning to monster-in-law."
SUPERNATURAL
"Bobby what did you mean about the reasons she left?" Dean asks, while Sam is in the motel bathroom changing," What's so bad that she wouldn't want Sam knowing."
Bobby ran his hands on his face," This boy named Peter. I don't know much, only what her daddy told me. They were together, but some bad things went down."
Sam came out of the bathroom in his fed suit.
Dean and Bobby were waiting for him. Both of them stopped talking when he walked out.
Sam rolled his eyes and decided not to pry about it. All he could care about right now was Addy, picking a fight wasn't important.
"Let's get going," Sam says.
SUPERNATURAL
They flash there FBI badges, giving some bogus story how Addy's mother was needed to identify a witness that she might know.
"I don't think you'll get much out of her," the head nurse had said," She's not very sociable. Tried to kill her own daughter, you know? The girl comes back to see her mother anyways. In fact, she was here a couple of days ago. Such a sweet girl. I don't care what anyone says about her, no girl like that is any devil worshiper."
Sam's heart hurt a little at that. Where was she?
The nurse showed them to the room and opened the door.
"Zayda," the nurse said," There are some nice men here to asks you some questions."
They enter the room and a woman with hair a lot like Addy's curly locks sits with her back to them at a small white desk.
"Just so you know they're not actually federal agents," she says.
They all tense as the nurse turns to them," Told you," she says and leaves them with her.
Addy's mother turns in her chair and Sam suddenly sees where Addy gets that smirk from and not just that. Her eyes, her nose, practically everything. The resemblance was so heavy, it hurt Sam to look at her.
"Hello Bobby," she says," How's my favorite old drunk doing?"
"Well now we know where Addy gets her sense of humor from," Dean says.
"Addy," she says in disgust," Is that what she goes by now? She always hated every name I gave her. Kitty, Kit Kat, Pretty Kitty."
"We're not here to remember the good old days, Zayda," Bobby says," Where is she?"
"Bobby," she pouts," I've been locked up for seven years. The least you can do is indulge me with a bit of information about my little girl."
She looks to Sam and Dean. She tilts her head, inspecting them both.
"Which one of you is Sam?" she asks.
"Me," Sam says.
She looks at him and smiles.
"What is it with her and tall men?" she mocks.
"Zayda," Bobby warns," We know that you know what happened to her. Now tell us where to find her. You know if she chooses the Dark, no one can stop her and it'll destroy everything she is."
"Why do you keep saying choose, Bobby?" she says," Like she has a choice. She is so close to the Dark she might as well have chosen already. No matter what she does, the Dark will always be inside her. It'll keep growing and building until finally she can't take it anymore. She'll either go to the Dark or do the right thing and kill herself. For your sake Samuel, I hope it's the latter."
"You're wrong," Sam says," She is better than any of us. You want to know why? Because even though she knows what she can do, she's never let it make her into what everyone says she is."
She snorts out a laugh," She's obviously never told you about Peter."
"That's enough Zayda," Bobby yells," Tell us what you know!"
She rolls her eyes," I'm giving you a hint here idjit," she mocks.
Dean raises an eyebrow," What do you mean?"
She looks to him," The Dark is obviously out for her. You want to know what they're up to, you go to one of them."
"Are you serious, woman," Bobby yells.
"As a heart attack," she replies," This has the Dark written all over it, but not Peter. He knows he doesn't have to keep her here to make sure she comes back. I know that boy."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Dean asks, trying to change the subject.
She ignores him," More importantly I know how he feels about my daughter. Part of the Dark or not, he knows her better than anyone and would never do something this drastic that would jeopardize how she feels about him."
Sam tenses. How did Addy feel about this Peter?
Zayda takes notice at his discomfort," What's the matter Samuel? You really didn't think you were the first man to need her to breathe, to function. Her charm, her beauty, it's all a part of what she is. You're no different from the other she's loved, but Peter is. He's just like her, meaning she needs him and as much as she hates it, she'll come back to him one day. It might not be now, it might not be later, but it'll be soon enough. And when she does, she'll leave your bed and jump right back into his."
Sam stands there, stunned. None of them say a word.
"What's the matter, Sasquatch?" she mocks.
"What is wrong with you, Zayda," Bobby almost yells," She fights what she is so hard, it almost killed her. You just make it worse by reminding her that it'll just keep on coming. Be a decent person for once, god damn it and tell us how to find her."
"I just told you," she says, dramatically rolling her eyes," Talk to Peter."
"How do we find him?" Dean asks.
"Oh he'll find you," she says and stares straight at Sam," He always knows when some ones looking for him. How do you think he finds Kitty?"
"When she does choose the Dark, Samuel, do us all a favor and end her," she says and Sam can't take his eyes off the woman," because when she does, the ones she loves will be the first ones to go."
SUPERNATURAL
"Sam," Bobby says from the backseat, on their way back to the motel," Talk to us boy."
Sam stares straight ahead at the road.
"How did she know Addy calls me Sasquatch?" he asks, his voice hollow.
"Woman's pretty powerful," Bobby replies," The witches with more juice can pick up on strong feelings or thoughts. Addy looks just like her Momma, Sam, she was probably all you thought about in there."
"Wait a second," Dean says from behind the wheel," Addy said she was pretty powerful Bobby. Are you telling me she can read minds?"
"Yeah," Bobby replies," and lots more, but she doesn't use it if she can help it"
Dean glances at Sam.
"You okay, Sam?" Dean asks," Addy told you the woman's off the deep end. You're not the first one not to have his girlfriend's mom not like him."
Sam doesn't reply.
"Sam," Dean says more forcefully," Come on talk to me."
"Last time I saw her," he begins, still not looking at him," I gave her a reason to doubt I loved her."
"She knows you do, Sam," Bobby says," she said she'd come back to you and if there's one thing I know about that girl is that she keeps her promises and anyone who stands in her way usually doesn't end up in one piece."
"Who's Peter, Bobby?" Sam blurts out and finally looks at him.
Dean exchanges a look with Bobby from the rearview mirror.
"I just know she was with him before her mother tried to kill her, but that's all I know and that's all her dad told me. He didn't know much about it either. You'll have to ask her that question."
Sam nods and continues to stare ahead.
SUPERNATURAL
She hid underneath some heavy foliage in a ditch.
"This way," she hears one of them yell and there foot falls get quieter with every step they take away from her hiding place.
She lets out a breath of relief, but quickly regrets it. She moves her hand to her abdomen where a deep gash one of the Dark's goons had made in an attempt to restrain her. It was still gushing blood. She focuses her energy and quickly the wound heals with her power.
She was strong right now. The forest was a stronger source of power for her family line more than the others.
It probably wouldn't matter if it came down to a fight though. She hadn't used magic this much in seven years. The men after her were trained to use their magic to kill, not defend and that was all she knew how to do.
Carefully, she rose up, looking around the forest. She couldn't go back to the river, but maybe she could get into town. From what she could tell, she was probably an hour away.
They couldn't attack her as openly in town, but they'd have people at the town exit. Hopefully, Dean and Bobby were here and she could hide in the trunk of the Impala or something.
She took one last look around and begins to run in the opposite direction of her hunters, but arms drag her down and a hand over her mouth prevents her from screaming out.
She watches as the men run right past where she just was. They would have seen her if it weren't for…
"I leave you alone for five minutes, Kit," a very familiar voice said.
She breaks from his grasps around her waist and neck.
She turns to him, still crouching down in case they came back.
"Don't pretend like you're not the one who told them I was here," she whispered harshly.
"The Dark has eyes all over Telma," Peter replies," I actually did you a favor the other day. Thought if I pissed you off enough you'd leave town sooner than later."
She frowns," You expect me to believe you're here to save me. These idiots are after me to force me to choose. You always wanted me for the Dark, now's your chance to turn me in and make it happen."
He smiles," Kit when you choose the Dark, I want it to be because you want to, not because you have to."
"That'll never happen," she says, challenging him.
He rolls his eyes," Now's not the time for your defiance," he mocks," Now let's get you out of here."
He raises her by the arm and finally noticed her blood stained shirt. His eyes darken as he lets his true side show.
"Which one of them hurt you?" he growls and the wind picks up menacingly.
"Pete," she says, shaking him by the shoulder, "I'm fine. I healed myself. The last thing I need right now is a fight."
His eyes change back to their usual piercing blue and he smiles.
"What can I say? I'm very protective of you."
"I can protect myself, now get me out of here," she says.
He smirks," I know you can. Let's get you home."
Instead of telling him that her home should currently be frantically looking for her all through Telma, she just lets him lead her away from this place.
SUPERNATURAL
"Why can't we just go look for in the forest?" Sam asked, pacing back and forth. Bobby had left to get some info on Peter and Sam and Dean sat in the motel, waiting for him to come back.
"Bobby says that place is twenty miles of magic mojo that you don't want to mess with," Dean said," Just stay put until he gets back with something."
"Dean, the longer we wait the more danger she's in," Sam yells," and we're just sitting here doing nothing."
"If there's anything I've learned from her, Sammy," Dean begins," is that she can take care of herself just fine and people underestimate her way too much."
Sam sighs and collapses on his bed, head in hands. Suddenly, his phone rings. Frantically he pulls it from his front pocket. He doesn't recognize the caller ID, but answers it anyway.
"Bobby?" he answers.
"Sam," a much missed voice says.
"Addy," Sam yells out into the receiver," You're alive!"
She laughs on the other end," Of course I am you idiot."
"Addy, where are you? What happened? I need to see you!" he yells ad Dean is mouthing for him to tell him what's going on.
"Hold up, Sasquatch," she says," I can't talk for long. Meet me at 250 Miklen Street. Knock three times and then ring the doorbell. I'll see you soon okay."
"Addy, wait," he yells before she can hang up.
"Sam I gotta go," she says.
"I love you," he whispers.
"I know," she says and then the line goes dead.
SUPERNATURAL
A town house sits anonymously right where Addy said to meet. Sam and Dean had called Bobby, but he hadn't answered and they'd left a message telling them where to meet.
Dean knocks on the door three times and Sam rings the doorbell. They exchange a look before the door swings open. A man, around Addy's age with pale skin, jet black hair, and blue eyes stands there with one eyebrow raised.
"You must be Sam," he says in a mocking tone and steps aside a hand out stretched into the house," Come on in."
They enter and as soon as the door closes, Addy rounds a corner from the kitchen. Sam lets himself get pulled into her and before he knows it, he has her wrapped in his arms.
"Addy,"he breathes out her name, just to make sure this is real.
"Hi," she says and Sam holds her tighter," I can't breathe Sasquatch."
He lets her go sheepishly and she gives him a small smile that strains not to convey that she still hasn't forgiven him.
"Jesus Sammy," Dean says," I think your girl might be more trouble than she's worth."
She turns to Dean with a smile," Missed you too."
She frowns, "Where's Bobby?"
"Probably still looking for you. He'll be here as soon as he checks his phone."
She looks skeptical for a second, but lets it go.
"Addy what happened?" Sam asks," How did you escape?"
Addy sighs and looks at Pete, leaning against the door with an amused smile on his face.
"He found me," she says, somewhat strained.
Dean and Sam turn to look at him at the same time.
"He has a name you know," he says, addressing Addy," Names Pete."
Sam clenches his jaw, afraid of just what he'd said.
"And by the looks on your faces I haven't been given the greatest of introductions," he says with a smirk that reminds him a little of Addy's.
"Not like you've earned it," Addy says under her breath.
"What was that, Kit?" he says.
She doesn't answer and clenches her mouth shut before she says something she shouldn't. The last thing she wanted was for Pete to say something that she didn't want Sam knowing.
Instead, she stares him down. Daring him to say something and of course he doesn't get the warning.
"What's the matter, Kit?" he mocks," Afraid the ex boyfriend will say something he shouldn't."
"No," she says, taking a menacing step to him," You helped me get away and I'm trying my damned hardest to act grateful and you're not making it very easy."
She knew she was lying right through her teeth, but so did he.
" Liar," he mouths.
Her jaw twitches in anger.
" Okay so Addy let's get you out of here," Dean says and everyone in the room turns to him.
"That's the problem," she sighs," I don't think we can get out of here."
"Why not?" Sam asks.
"These people are relentless," she says," They've got people at every exit outta town."
They all exchange a look.
"By they you mean the Dark right?" Dean asks and Addy nods," What the hell are these people not willing to do?"
"Why don't we just take them head on?" Sam asks.
"No," Addy says loudly, her eyes widened in fear.
"She's right," Pete speaks up," Neither of you could take them in a fight." Just fine,"
"We can fight just fine," Sam says.
"Where'd you pick this one up?" he says to Addy and she gives him a cold look.
"What he means is these people don't fight fair," she says.
"I resent that," Pete says," Every time we fight ,I fight fair, you just never fight back."
"Wait a second," Sam says," You're one of them. One of the Dark."
"Yup," Pete says," Took you long enough."
"Wait," Dean says and turns to Addy," You trust him?"
She sighs and struggles for words.
"She does," Pete speaks up, staring right at Sam," She won't admit it though. Of course at one point it was more than trust."
" That was a long time ago," she says to him," Believe me when I say that's all gone."
"You know just as well as I do that it'll never be gone Kit," he replies, moving so their face to face," I don't care who you're with, you'll always love me just as much as I love you."
"I don't love you anymore, Pete," she said," I stopped loving you the second you became a part of the Dark. What we had after that was nothing."
"Oh it was something alright ," he said, "Your boyfriend know what really happened between us? Why you and I were so good together? It was because you are just like me. Especially after I chose the Dark. If he were out of the way, you'd be coming right back to me."
She throws out her hand and he goes flying into the wall. She clenches her hand around his neck.
" I am nothing like you," she growls.
He manages to laugh," Do you even see yourself right now? You are worse than me."
She squeezes his neck and he gives a very satisfying wince and then she lets him go and he slides to the ground.
"Don't push me Pete," she says," crouching down to his level and putting her finger to his chin to raise his face to hers," and if you ever threaten Sam again. I will end you."
She gets up and walks past Sam and Dean into the living room.
"Man I love that woman," Pete says, standing up on shaking legs.
Sam follows after her and he sees her standing in the middle of the room, her arms crossed.
"Addy," he says.
"We have to get out of here," she says, just as the phone rings.
Pete picks it up," Hello?" he says from the kitchen and she can't hear anything from the other end.
Slowly, Pete hands her his cell phone," It's for you. It's on speaker."
"Hello," Addy says timidly.
"Adriana," an unfamiliar male voice says," So nice to hear from you."
"Who is this?" she asks, looking at Peter.
"I'm Peter's boss, Reth, " he says and Addy feels her heart drop. They knew where she was," Don't blame poor Peter though. He wouldn't tell me where you were. Quite an influence you have on him."
"What do you want?" she asks quietly.
"You know the answer," he says," You're too powerful for what you have to go to waste. If you won't join on your own then I've had to take drastic measure. I have a friend of yours here who is just dying to say hello."
"Addy, don't you come here!"Bobby's voice yells out," Don't listen to him. Sam, Dean, get her out of here. Leave me."
His voice becomes muffled.
"How's that for reassurance," the man says and Addy looks around the room at Sam and Dean.
"What do you want?" Addy says, defeated.
"Peter knows where to take you," he says and then the line clicks.
"No," Sam, Dean, and Pete all say at the same time.
"Listen to me all of you," she says," I don't care if you come, if you leave, if you hold me down and super glue my ass to the ground. I'm going and I dare one of you to try and stop me."
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