Chapter 25
At the house in Sioux Falls, the phone starts to ring. Eli runs down the stairs to pick it up. "Hello?..." She answers out of breath.
"Hi?... Bobby Singer, please…" An unknown man's voice says.
"I'm Eli Singer, his daughter… He's busy in the yard… Can I help you or take a message?"
"It's kinda personal and urgent…"
"Okay… Hold on a minute…" She goes outside and rings out the bell hanging at the roof of the porch.
"What?" Bobby yells, coming out from behind a pile of wrecked cars.
"Phone call… Urgent…"
He scrubs his hands on a dirty cloth and walk to the house. "Who is it?"
"Dunno… Didn't say…" Just before following her father back inside, her gaze is attracted by some light flashes coming from the left of the yard. She slowly approaches when she sees Ruby making signs to rejoin her.
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"What do you want?" Eli briskly says.
"Always a pleasure to see you too, Hun…" Ruby answers, smiling. "I got a case… And I want you to come with me to handle it…"
"Oh, you want to team up with me now?..."
"Will you please stop that aggressive attitude towards me?... What's your problem?..."
"You know my problem…"
"You're still not over it… Yeah… I'm a Demon… Deal with it!"
"That's not it… I still don't know exactly what you want me to become…"
"What you are supposed to become!…"
"I already told you… I don't wanna be that…"
"I think you're stick with the idea 'being who you are is only meant to be going on a bad way'… You can use it for making good too, you know… But just ignoring what's inside of you, is an open door for higher in the food chain Demons to use your abilities... And that will be no blessing… They are already plotting to find you and get rid of you… They fear you, Eli… They know who you are… At least, you need to learn how to control this power… And use it properly to protect yourself… Getting prepared to fight those big bad-asses out there…"
"What's your case about?" Eli sighs.
"You will have to follow me to find out…" Ruby purrs.
"Give me at least the headlines… I need to tell my father if I'm leaving for a few days."
"It's better you don't say anything, Dear…"
"They are gonna find very quickly that I'm missing…"
"Then, don't waste any time… Let's go… We will be already far away… It's important, Eli… Really important…" Ruby insists, putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"Okay… Let me pack some stuff… Wait for me at the gate…"
"Your car is already waiting for you, Princess…" She smirks
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Eli slowly comes out of her little nap. "Where are we?" She asks Ruby, stretching out.
"Entering Indiana… We're almost there…"
"You let me sleep the whole trip?... Why?"
"You need your strengths and it's not like I need the sleep of a normal human being." She smiles.
"Yeah, but you eat…"
"Occasionally… My meat-suit needs it, not me…"
"Are you finally gonna tell me what is your case about? And what we'll have to deal with?"
"Well, it is only a low graded Demon and I could have easily overcome it myself… But, I wanted you with me to start your training…"
"My training?... What?…" Eli is cut by the ring-tone of her phone. "Hello?"
"Where are you?..." A man's voice briskly says.
"Hi Sam… I'm on my way to Indiana… I…"
"Indiana?... You go on a case on your own? Without telling anybody?"
"Don't be mad, please… It's kinda special…"
"Tell me where you are exactly… I'm coming…"
"Sam, no… I assure you I won't be in any danger… It's even not Demon related…" She clumsily explains
"Eli!… Don't lie to me!..." His tone becoming more and more bossy.
"You'll have to trust me on this one…"
"Are you with her?" Sam lowering his voice.
"Yes… I promise I will call twice a day…" She adds to divert the conversation.
"What town in Indiana?..."
"Hum… Not sure yet…"
"NOT SURE YET? What's that's supposed to mean?... Eli, I don't like this!..."
"Sam, please stop… I'm fine… I'm an adult and you're not my father… Talk to you later!..." She suddenly claps the cover of her phone.
"He's kind of overprotective with you… You told him about me didn't you?"
"No… It's just… He's a bit on edge with Dean; his last year passing by so fast and we're still not having a clue how to get out of that deal and all…"
"Huhum…" Ruby nods, not really believing in what Eli said. "Well, I'm happy that you two getting closer…" She finally smiles.
"He just wants to play big brother, I guess..."
"Yeah... Big brother..." The blond demon giggles.
"You were saying that you wanna me to start training… Training on what?"
"It's time for you to realize the power you have in you… And what good things can be done with it…"
"Ruby… I'm not sure I'm ready for this…"
"Please, try it… Just try it and if you still don't like it, I promise we'll stop…"
"What is lesson one about?" Eli ironically asks.
"I'll explain everything went we get there…"
"Could you at least tell me the town we're heading?"
"Muncie, Indiana…"
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