An: Thanks for sticking with me, I have had some challenges in this story, writer's block has been haunting me. So hopefully it has been salted and burned.

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Chapter 25 Burn Whitch Burn

Hidden under the pitch dark night, the enterage' of two hunters, two psychics and one seemingly catatonic hunter in training were led to another one of Dean's nightmare's, the apartment that he had shared with Chris.

"Are you sure, that he should be here?" John asked Missouri in a whisper.

"John, I know that you have your doubts, but I wouldn't let that poor boy come here unless, I thought he could take it." Missouri whispered back.

"Okay. John nodded his understanding. Sammy, you take your brother and Missouri to the other side of the house and stand look out there." John added looking at Missouri to confirm that she would watch out for his boys.

"Come on Dean, this is probably pretty scary for you, isn't it big brother? But we are all going to protect you okay." Sam whispered reassuring words for his own sake as much as his brother's.

Not long after the boys and Missouri were under cover of darkness, Missouri and Sam could see the threads leading from Dean to Maria start to glow. Sam found himself wishing that they had established some kind of signal to give. But suddenly not needing when his brother gasped loudly.

"What's going on?" Sam asked Missouri.

"She's tightening the ties, Sam." Missouri answered quietly as the room began to glow so bright that you no longer needed to be psychic to see the threads.

"What do we do?" Sam asked patience was never his strong suit.

"Nothing yet, it's too soon, we have to wait." Missouri answered as she put a conforting hand on Sam's shoulder.

"But she's hurting him, we have to do something." Sam bit out angrily.

"She's been hurting him Sam, and if we don't play our cards right, she'll get away and continue hurting him." Missouri explained to the anxious brother.

That's when Maria Townes stepped into view. And everything started to go to hell in a hand basket. The next thing they knew John had jumped out of the darkness, and the jig was up.

Seeing John out in the open like that forced Maria to open her senses up and she knew that there were four others besides her and Dean. As quick as she sensed them she sent them all flying through the air in opposite directions.

They all watched helplessly she strolled closer to her prize.

"John, you really should have known better than to jump out the moment you seen me."" Maria Tisked as she placed one hand on each side of Dean's face and he screamed so loudly that they feared for his throat.

"Move away from him Maria." John growled in disgust.

This is your fault you know that right. you could have ended this tonight, but now all that gets ended will be him." She purred with a smile. As he moved her hands to Dean's chest and he seemingly began to choke on his own breath.

"Come on Dean, honey you can break this!" Missouri yelled within Dean's head.

"I-I c-can't." Dean sobbed his answer within Missouri's head.

Dean knew he couldn't, Maria had stolen his words away.

Well, on second thought, maybe I could just sweeten everything, by taking poor little Sammy away too. She threatened with an evil laugh.

"Did you hear her Dean? If you don't do this she isn't just taking you she's gonna take Sammy too." Missouri knew that this was low blow, but she also knew that he was the only one who could do the first part of the spell.

"I can't let that happen, Missouri, what do I do?" Dean asked urgently in her mind.

"First you have to let her think that you are still stuck there...then just repeat after me baby." Missouri's sweet voice rang in his head.

Missouri looked over in the young man's direction, and for a second she thought that she might have imagined the interaction with him, as she looked at his blank eyes. Until he managed a wink in her direction.

Dean lay there stuck in his spot until the witch started to make her way toward his brother.

"Th-this wh-itch's spell has g-gone on be-fore."

"Th-this w-hitch's spell sh-all be no more."

"Th-is whi-tch's might was s-strong."

"Th-is whitch's spell fe-lt wrong."

"Until to-night it's the wh-itch's t-turn."

"Burn whitch burn!" Dean said with all the conviction that he felt within himself.

As the others were free, Dean's body began to fall to the floor.