Here is the next chapter! I have I few things to say, but I'll leave them at the end of the chapter so you guys can just get on with reading the story.
Any ideas on teddy bear names for Jondy? I have a couple ideas, but if you guys can think of one before I finish the next chapter, and it's an awesome one, I'll totally use it.
Plus...we have a flash back! Haven't had one of those in a while.
Please enjoy :)
Chapter 25.
Episode 13 (Route 666).
Sam lays out a map on the roof of the Impala, while Dean stands a little bit away answering his phone. Ben sits in the car writing in his note book, still thanking the Blue Lady for leading them to Jondy. Meanwhile, Alec and Jondy are stretching out their legs a little bit away from the Impala.
The little girl had been given 'the supernatural is real' talk a couple of day's ago. She was sceptical, of course, but figured that if Ben and Alec believe in it then she should be open minded for the time being until they could be proved right, or wrong.
In Dean's opinion, this talk had gone a lot better then the one for Ben and Alec… … …
The room had been quiet for almost five minutes. The twins were sat on the bed furthest away from the door, Dean was sat opposite them on the other bed, while John sat a little bit away from them at the table.
Alec's eyes are squinted and staring off at the wall. So, squinted that Dean wonders briefly if he can even see out of them. He could practically see the cogs turning in the boy's head, trying to understand what he and dad just told him.
Ben was staring at the same wall, however he kept opening and closing his mouth. Like he wanted to say something but had no clue as to what. Dean could see the cogs breaking in this boy's head trying to comprehend what he had been told.
Alec sucks in a breath and nods his head, "right…", he slips off the bed and puts his hand up in a mock salute, "cya!"
The boy starts walking towards the door, when John blocks him.
"Where do you think you're going?" John stares down at the boy.
"Leaving, so if you would kindly just…" Alec makes a shooing motion with his hands, "…dude, I asked nicely. Move".
Dean's eyebrows shot up at this child calling John 'dude'.
"Sit back down" John barks at the child.
"No" Alec stuck up his chin.
"Look Alec, I get that this all sounds-" Dean begins.
"What? Crazy?" the boys turns around and bitch faces, "it's more then crazy. You two are insane and need help", Alec turns to Ben, who had yet to move, "they can't help us, we have to go".
"Alec-" Dean tries again.
"You know that there are places that can help you with your crazy delusions, yeah?"
Dean can see the panic on the boy's face. He was scared. The boy wasn't even trying to cover it up.
Alec pulled on the sleeves of the shirt that he was wearing. It was clean and new…or as clean and new as a quick by at a charity shop can be. Not that Alec cared, it was already so much better than the filthy rags he and Ben had been wearing before Dean and John had got them some proper clothes that fit.
He picks at a bit of loose thread at the end of this right sleeve and mumbles to himself, "great…my DNA donors from a nut house".
"Look, we sound crazy, yes. But it's all real" Dean sighs.
Alec throws his hands up to his ears in a childish attempt to ignore the conversations.
John just looks at the boy unimpressed, knowing that he can still easily hear everything, "you told us you have enhanced senses, like hearing".
"Don't care not listening" Alec huffs.
"We believed you" Dean rubs his hands over his face, trying to cool his frustration, "you told us that you were my clones with enhancements and cat DNA, that just escaped from a secret government facility. If we can believe you, then you can try and at least hear us out".
"You only believed us after you had that DNA test done that gave you proof that we were telling the truth".
"So, you want proof?"
"No, I want a unicorn" Alec rolls his eyes, hands still on his ears, "Yes, I want proof".
"Don't talk back like that" John's gruff voice barks.
"What kind of proof would be good enough?" Dean asks.
"I want to see one of these 'supernatural monster' for myself. Up close so I know it's not fake" Alec states.
"Not happening" Dean says immediately, "you're a kid, I'm not letting you go on a hunt".
"I'm a genetically impowered super soldier. Not a kid".
"Al-".
"I won't accept anything other then a hunt as proof".
Dean wants to strangle this kid.
"Then we'll take them on a hunt" John says eventually.
"Dad?" Dean stares at his father in disbelief.
"The best kind of proof is seeing it first hand, and it'll help them to realise that as 'impowered and super' as they are, the supernatural is even more impowered and super" John returns to his seat, "we'll train them up first, then take them on a simple salt and burn. Not too hard, but enough".
Dean was unsure about this, but there weren't many options.
"Are they like the nomalies?" Ben's quiet voice is barely heard.
"The what?" Dean frowns.
"Nomalies. Back at Manticore…in the basements, there are nomalies. If you were a bad soldier…sometimes you got sent down there…and you never came back" Ben's eyes were becoming wet, "they're monsters…they were some of the first x-series…but they went wrong and now they are nomalies".
Alec walked back over to the bed and sat next to his brother.
"I guess that these…nomalies…are somewhat similar to what we deal with" Dean says.
"What we deal with…we know how to hunt them, how to kill them to save people" John adds.
Dean nods, "we won't let you near them, or them near you, until you are ready…okay? Cause, you're not soldiers at Manticore anymore", Dean eyes flicker over both boys, "when you're ready, we'll go on this hunt".
Ben sighs and sniffles feeling ashamed that he let himself cry over this.
Alec knowing how his brother was feeling decided to break the tension…or make it worse. It could go either way really when it came to Alec.
"Well, until I see a ghost…you're still crazy" Alec shrugs and John barely holds in a growl of annoyance… … …
Yeah, Jondy definitely took the talk better, Dean grimaces at the memory.
Alec and Ben have been filling her in on the different monsters that they've come across, even though for most of it Dean had apparently made them stay in either the car or the motel. Jondy didn't really understand this, because they are super soldiers, they could help with the hunting of monsters.
When she voiced this, Alec started waving his arms in the arm wildly yelling "See! This is what I keep saying! Suuuppppper soooooldiers! We can help kick ass. But no. Dad won't let us, cuz we're just kids". To which Dean just groaned and rubbed his hands over his face.
Currently Alec was filling her in on another hunt, giving her some information about the creature along the way to help with her 'hunter learning', as he still like to call it.
"-and because fire is the only thing that can kill it, and they lost the molotovs that they had made, dad shot the thing with a flare gun. He said the thing just burst into flames, which would have been awesome to have seen first-hand instead of being stuck in the motel" Alec grumbles the last bit with a pout, before shrugging it off and grinning again, "I'd love to have a fight against a Wendigo. It's big, fast and strong, and the only way to kill it is by setting it on fire. I wanna set one on fire, see it burst into flames".
Jondy scrunches up her face, "you're gross".
Alec just shrugs, "ghost get boring after a while… I mean, I do love hunting down a ghost…but just once I'd like to-".
"Set something on fire?" Jondy smirks.
"Or just have a really good fight with something…It's kinda hard to fight a ghost, you know…cuz you know, you kinda just go through them".
"Jondy, Alec. It's time to go" Dean calls from the Impala.
The children shuffle towards the Impala, aware of the confused look Sam was shooting at Dean and clamber into it.
Alec turns to Ben with a single eyebrow raised asking the unspoken question of 'what did I miss'?
"We aren't going to Pennsylvania anymore" Ben says as Sam and Dean enter the Impala, "dad got a call from on old friend, her dad's dead and she thinks it was our kind of thing".
"But what about Pennsylvania?" Alec asks. There looked to be a ghost hunt up there so that Jondy could see for herself that the supernatural is real.
"Another hunter will deal with that" Dean drives out of the gas station.
Both twins share a look between each other. They knew something was going on, because they knew their dad. They just aren't sure what. So, for now, Ben and Alec will just do what one of the things they were taught in Manticore, wait and observe quietly.
The ride goes by without much talking for the first twenty minutes or so. Dean's music playing through out the Impala while the three transgenics play quietly in the back. Ben doodling and colouring on some paper, Alec playing with a mixture of army men and Lego, and Jondy sat in the middle drawing little doodles of her own, with her teddy cuddled under her arm which she still had yet to name.
Sam eventually just can't take it anymore and turns off the music and looks over at Dean, "by 'old friend' you mean...?"
"A friend that's not new" Dean poorly avoids.
Sam rolls his eyes, "oh yeah, thanks. So, her name's Cassie huh? You never mentioned her…"
"Didn't I?"
"Nope" Alec answers the rhetorical question and Ben shoots him with a look telling him to shut up.
Dean can see Sam from the corner of his eye staring at him expectantly, sighing he says, "yeah, we went out".
"You mean you dated somebody? For more than one night" Sam looks at his brother with surprise written on his face.
The twins and Jondy start to play slowly and quietly so that they can concentrate on the men's conversation. Alec starts getting a horrified look on his face.
"Dated…as in you, like…kissed her?" Alec shudders.
Dean rolls his eyes.
"That's gross" Alec frowns.
"I'll remind you of that in about five years" Dean huffs before turning back to Sam, "am I speaking a language you're not getting here? Dad and I were working a job in Ohio, she was finishing up college. We went out for a couple of weeks".
"And…?" Sam waits, but all Dean does is shrug, "look, it's terrible about her dad, but it kinda sounds like a standard car accident. I'm not seeing how it fits with what we do".
"How does she know what we do? Is she a hunter too?" Ben asks.
Sam's expression slowly starts morphing in to his pissed off bitch face, when he sees Dean looking shifty, "you told her. You told her, the secret! Our big family rule number one. We do what we do, and we shut up about it. For a year and a half, I do nothing but lie to Jessica, and you go out with this chick in Ohio a couple of times and you tell her everything?"
Dean stays silent, staring straight ahead. The twins themselves were a little shocked. During all the time that they've know their dad, they've learnt that when it comes to hunting and the supernatural, he stuck to the rules.
"Dean!" Sam glares at his brother.
"Yeah. Looks like" is all Dean responds with as he stares ahead and put's his foot down, trying to ignore Sam's bitch face.
Jondy just quietly flickers her eyes from Ben, to Sam, to Dean, to Alec, and then back to Ben.
…Well this is now a little awkward and uncomfortable. Jondy tightens her hold on her bear. She didn't like awkward and uncomfortable. It made her chest feel tight.
"This happens a lot, by the way" Alec pouts, arm resting on the window with his chin lay on his arms, eyes locked on to the building that Sam and Dean just walked into. "Us getting left in the stupid car…no offence Baby".
Ben rolls his eyes at his brother, while Jondy lets a little smirk fall on her lips.
"It's not like they're even going to be in there long, nor are they solving the hunt in there. Dad and uncle Sam are just grabbing this 'Cassie' and then they'll be back" Ben shrugs, though both Alec and Jondy heard the slight hint of animosity in Ben's voice when he talked about Cassie.
Ben already wasn't this 'Cassie' woman's biggest fan. Sure, he didn't actually know her…but what he did know was that she had done something to upset his dad. Of course, he hasn't actually said anything…he hardly said anything on the drive here. But Ben could sense it, just like whenever Dean's scared or anxious. He could feel that, since Cassie's call, his dad's felt a little…off, and nervous too.
He knew Alec could sense it too.
Jondy isn't as in tune with the Winchesters as he and Alec are, so she probably couldn't sense anything thing, but the tension in the Impala on the drive here definitely gave away that something was going on.
Ben was just hoping that this hunt will be quick and easy, so they can move on soon.
…Did he just jinx himself?
"Sooooo" Alec sighs, trying to get rid of the awkwardness.
"So" Ben mumbles.
"So" Jondy presses her lips together.
"Have you thought of a name for him, or her, yet?" Alec turns from the window to Jondy.
Jondy shakes her head, "no…I don't know what you're supposed to call a stuffed toy bear".
"Like I said, Robert and Sally, great names. No pressure".
"It's yours, which means you can call it whatever you want" Ben shrugs.
He knew that she was still adjusting to everything, like he and Alec had to when they first met Dean and John. It took awhile before they actually started to believe that things they got given, like the army men and colouring pens, were theirs to keep.
"I still don't know what to call him…but he is not an it" Jondy says, staring down at the bear.
"Maybe later we can ask uncle Sam to search for popular bear names on his laptop. You might find one you like for…him" Ben suggests. (Any suggestions for a name?)
Jondy smiles, "yeah".
Alec sit's up in his seat and presses his face against the window, "dad and uncle Sam are coming. That must be Cassie".
Ben scrambles over Jondy, and nudges Alec over to give him some room at the window. The twins title their heads to the left just slightly as they observe Dean and Cassie.
They guess she looks pretty, but they're nine. Girls don't look overly pretty to them, they mostly just have cooties… Jondy doesn't though because she's their sister, and you can't get cooties from your sister, just other girls.
They could easily see that both their dad and Cassie seem to be unsure around each other, though their dad showing it a little more so… But, again, that could just be because they know him better then they knew her.
Listening into the conversation, all they hear is Cassie giving them her address and saying she'll meet them there.
Alec and Ben watch as Sam starts walking back towards them, while Dean and Cassie hesitate for a second, staring at each other, before Dean turns and follows after Sam.
Ben frowns as he moves back to his seat. His dad was definitely not quite his normal self. He was nervous… Not like he was back in Lawrence at their old house. This was a different kind of nervousness.
Sam and Dean slide back into the Impala, and Dean starts the engine up.
"So, we're going to her house" Jondy states, not even pretending that she wasn't eavesdropping, "Then she'll tell us about this ghost?"
"That's the plan" Sam nods, as Dean drives off after Cassie.
The Impala pulls up in front of a large country house, that kinds looks a little creepy in the dark, and they see Cassie getting out of her car. Sam gets out first, opening the backdoor for the boy's and Jondy to shimmy out. Dean climbs out after them, taking in a deep breath.
Cassie's eyes zero in on the children, in particular the two boys who look an awful lot like Dean.
"Huh…you weren't kidding when you said you now had kids" she says awkwardly.
"Yep" Dean nods, "Ben is in blue, Alec's in red, and this is Jondy".
"So, you have your hands full…are you going to be able to…help with…this problem?"
Alec rolls his eyes, "dad can help with whatever may have killed your dad and his friend".
"They know about everything" Dean waves his arm out as non-verbally to explain that 'everything' meant the supernatural.
"Well, you best come in".
The group follow Cassie inside and she shows them to the lounge.
"Make yourselves comfy, I'll grabs some drinks".
"Milks fine for the kids" Dean says as he sits down on the couch.
Cassie's walks off and in to the kitchen as Sam sits next to Dean.
Ben sits on the arm of the couch next to Dean, and Alec sits on the arm next to Sam. While Jondy is squashed into the middle of the couch, in-between Sam and Dean.
Silence falls between the group until Cassie returns carrying in a tray of tea and milk. Putting the try down on a side table she turns hand hands the milk to the boys and Jondy.
"My mothers in pretty bad shape. I've been staying with her. I wish she wouldn't go off by herself. She's been so nervous and frightened. She was worried about dad".
"Why?" Dean asks.
"He was scared. He was seeing things" Cassie says with her back to the group as she pours the tea into cups.
"Like what?"
"He swore he saw an awful-looking black truck following him".
"A truck. Who was the driver?" Sam inquires.
"He didn't talk about a driver. Just the truck. He said it would appear and disappear. And, in the accident, Dad's car was dented, like it had been slammed into by something big" she hands them their drinks.
"Thanks. Now you're sure this dent wasn't there before?" Sam continues as Dean looks at his cup of tea in almost disgusted confusion. He quickly puts the cup down on the side table, while Ben grins at him.
"Shhh" Dean whispers, winking at the boy.
"He sold cars. Always drove a new one. There wasn't a scratch on that thing. It had rained hard that night. There was mud everywhere. There was a distinct set of muddy tracks leading from dad's car...leading right to the edge, where he went over", Cassie bows her head, getting her emotions under control, "one set of tracks. His".
"The first was a friend of your fathers?" Dean asks.
"Best friend. Clayton Soames. They owned the car dealership together. Same thing. Dent. No Tracks. And the cops said exactly what they said about dad. He 'lost control of his car".
"So…a ghost truck?... Cool" Alec states, and Sam pokes him in his side, indicating to the boy to keep quiet.
"Can you think of any reason why your father and his partner might be targets?" Dean ignores Alec.
"No" Cassie shakes her head.
"And you think this vanishing truck ran them off the road?" Sam questions.
"When you say it aloud like that…listen, I'm a little sceptical about this…ghost stuff…or whatever it is you guys are into".
Dean scoffs, "sceptical... If I remember, I think you said I was nuts".
"That was then".
Cassie and Dean stare at each other, while Sam and the twin look at the pair uncomfortably.
"This is now an awkward atmosphere and conversation" Jondy just blurts out in the usual way kids do, not realising that it was one of those things that you think but don't say.
Cassie coughs as though to clear the awkwardness away, "I just know that I can't explain what happened up there. So, I called you".
The sound of the front door opening stops the conversation from going further, and a middle-aged woman walks into the room.
Sam and Dean rise to their feet to be polite, quickly followed by the twins. Jondy frowns in confusion, not understanding why they had to stand, by slowly following their lead.
"Mom. Where have you been, I was so-" Cassie stands by her mother's side.
Mrs Robinson cuts off her daughter, "I had no idea you'd invited friends over".
"Mom, this is Dean, a…friend of mine from…college. And his brother Sam, and his kids".
"Well I won't interrupt you".
"Mrs Robinson. We're sorry for your loss. We'd like to talk to you for a minute if you don't mind?" Dean asks.
"I'm really not up for that right now" Mrs Robinson leaves the room, while everyone else left in the room share a look.
The next day, the Impala is driving down the road when Dean slows up as they approach the scene of a car accident, and they can see Cassie talking to the Mayor.
"What's going on?" Dean keeps his eyes on Cassie and the Mayor, but shifts in his seat towards the twins slightly.
"Some guy called Jimmy… that's his car. He's dead" Alec says.
"From what Cassie is saying, it seems like it's the same thing that happed to her dad and his friend" Ben adds.
"She does not sound very pleased" Jondy frowns.
"Right, wait here. Me and Sam are going to go help her out" Dean gives the boys, mostly Alec, a quick look, before climbing out of the car with Sam on his heels.
The three transgenic's watch Sam and Dean walk over towards Cassie and the Mayor, and listen to the conversation.
"What is it exactly you want me to do?" the Mayor asks Cassie.
"How bout closing this section of road for starters?"
"Close the main road. The only road in and out of town? Accidents do happen Cassie, and that's what they are. Accidents".
They may only be nine-year-old boys, new to the outside world…but they knew what not to say to a woman who was already pissed off a certain subject.
Clearly, the Mayor did not.
The twins thought it was lucky for the Mayor that their dad and uncle Sam approach when they did.
"Did the cops check for additional dinting on Jimmy's car, see if it was pushed?" Dean asks as he stands behind Cassie.
"Who's this?" the Mayor raises an eyebrow at the two Winchesters.
"Dean and Sam Winchester. Family friends" Cassie introduces them, "this is Mayor Harold Todd".
"There's one set of tire tracks. One…doesn't point to foul play" Mayor Todd concludes.
"Mayor, the police and town officials take their cues from you. If you're indifferent about…"
"Indifferent!"
"Would you close the road if the victims were white".
Wow…Ben and Alec share a look. This chick didn't need their dad or uncle Sam's help, she was scary and determined. They kinda felt a little worried for the Mayor's safety.
…If she had lasers for eyes, that poor bastard would be gone.
"You suggesting I'm racist Cassie? I'm the last person you should talk to like that" the Mayor looked and sounded affronted.
"And why is that".
"Why don't you ask your mother" the Mayor says before walking off, leaving Cassie, Dean and Sam standing with confused looks on their faces.
Alec groans, falling back in his seat, "why can't people ever just say whatever it is, instead of peeking our interests and then saying, 'go ask someone else'. I mean, really? Has that dude never watched a horror film? Because people who do that always die next!"
The group of five are back at the motel. Jondy is sat next to Ben on the floor with her bear, occasionally joining in with him and Alec as they build with the Lego, but mostly watching Sam and Dean as they adjust the suits they are wearing.
They explained that as part of their job they sometimes had to lie and pretend to be cops or something, to help solve the hunt and kill the monster.
This time around they are pretending to be from some insurance company so that they can talk to one of Jimmy's friends. Hopefully finding out something that can help with the hunt, as at the moment they don't have much to go on.
…other than Alec insisting that it's a ghost truck.
Sam picks up his jacket, "I'll say this for her, she's fearless".
Dean just hums as he fixes up his tie in the mirror.
"Bet she kicked your ass a couple of times", Sam grins as Dean glances at him, "what's interesting is you guys never really look at each other at the same time. You look at her when she's not looking, she checks you out when you look away. It's just a…just an interesting observation in a…you know…observationally interesting way".
"Its gross is what it is" Alec mumbles, to bothering to look up from the Lego.
Dean rolls his eyes at Alec before replying to Sam, "you think we might have more pressing issues here?"
"Hey, if I'm hitting a nerve" Sam tries to hide his smile.
"Let's go" Dean glares at his brother, who just laughs. Turning to the children, Dean crouches down, "right, you boys know the rules-".
"Keep the door locked at all times, don't leave the room, salt the door once you go-" Alec begins to list off.
"And if something breaks in shoot first" Ben finishes.
Dean nods and ruffles both boys hair, "good. Watch each other's backs and look out for Jondy".
"I'm a genetically enhanced super soldier" Jondy blinks.
"I know, it's just for my peace of mind, especially because you're newer to this world then the boys are", Dean smiles and ruffles her hair also before standing, "We should be back in a few hours, you have our numbers if you need us. There's food in the fridge as well as milk".
Ben and Alec jump up. Alec wrapping his arms around Sam and Ben hugging Dean. There are a couple of mumbled 'love you's', before the boys switch over and hug the other brother.
Sam straightens Ben's hair out, from when Dean had ruffled it up, as the boy pulls away, "We'll be back soon".
"Bye" Ben nods as he follows them to the door so that he can lock and salt it.
"If you want to bring back some pie on your way back, that's totally fine" Alec shrugs as he sits back down next to his Lego.
"He is definitely your clone" Sam shakes his head as he walks out the door.
Dean grins as he steps out the door before pausing and looking back at Jondy before he leaves, "by the way, an awesome name for a bear is Dean the Second".
I decided to go with this episode of supernatural because the next to after it are 'Nightmare' and 'The Benders'. To me, I think it will be a little difficult to include the twins in those two episodes, especially 'The Benders' episode, so I came up with an idea.
Like I wanted, Jondy is staying with the boys so that she can get comfortable and see the supernatural, and be with Ben and Alec. After this episode Sam and Dean will take her to Bobby's and they plan on staying a while to get her settled in, but then Sam will have the vision of Max killing his dad like in 'Nightmare'. So, Dean decides that Ben and Alec will stay with Jondy at Bobby's while he and Sam deal with his vision. On their way back from that hunt, they Sam will get taken by the crazy people, so it leads right into 'The Benders' episode.
After that they get back to Bobby's and Ben and Alec re-join them on the road, with Jondy staying with Bobby.
I figured that this was the best way around those two episodes, because I can't see a way to fit the twins in. Plus, it means you guys get a chapter or so on the twins chilling with 'Grampa Bobby'.
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