The story takes place right after the season 10 finale, after Dean killed Death, the Mark of Cain was removed and Darkness was released into the world. I mentioned before, new characters will be added and thrown in the story and I will bring back several former characters from the show in the upcoming future.
Chapter 25 Saying Goodbye
Ten minutes passed since three demons were exorcised from the bodies of Rev. Humler, Jimmy the bartender, and Sophie their landlady at the Bed&Breakfast and everybody was still trying to get over their shock and confusion to what happened especially since the three former possessed folks had no memory to what happened to them. They were all back in the aisle and Sam and Dean had explained everything that happened to Rev. Humler and about their lives as hunters in their world.
"I still don't believe I was possessed by a demon" Rev. Humler told them still confused by the last events.
"I know it may seem frightening but you'll be okay and so will the others" said Sam.
"You two talk about it as if this was normal thing" he said.
"You have no idea Rev" said Dean.
"Yeah, this is just part of what our lives are like" Sam added.
"How heroic it must be, traveling around from place to place to protect your world from evil" said Rev. Humler who just looked at them with amazement and awe.
Both Sam and Dean felt awkward about these words and also rather touched by them too.
"Yes, that's what we do alright, saving people and the world better" said Sam with bit a sad look on his face.
"It must be a not so easy life to have with all that burdens, responsibilities and sacrifices I'm sure. I wonder how you two do it?" he asked them.
"Well Rev, we get by just remembering what our true goal is" said Dean who also had a bit a sad look on his face.
"You two seem almost unsure of that yourselves" said Rev. Humler as he noticed their looks.
"No, we just, well it's complicated" was all Sam could say not knowing how to answer that.
"Well, maybe you two just need to be reminded that you're doing a brave and noble act and pray to the Lord for guidance to get yourselves through the days" he told them.
"Well Rev, the truth be told, we are not so much into this praying to God thing" said Dean.
"Why, don't you believe in God?" asked the reverend.
"Well, we believe but that's complicated too" said Sam.
"Oh but it isn't, the Lord is always here, just reach out to Him, pray to him. Turn to Him for direction, guidance and strength and He will be there" said Rev. Humler with so much faith and wisdom.
Dean, however, felt uncomfortable with the reverends words and didn't feel like hearing a lecture on the Lord.
"Look, Rev, I just don't have too much faith in God and I don't mean to offend you or rag on your religion but that just how it is for so many reasons I can't explain now" he explained to the reverend a bit frustrated.
The reverend just looked at him with understanding and empathy and he walked up to Dean and just glared at him.
"I take it that you had some disappointment in your lives and that has affected your faith in God. I all can say is don't give up on Him even if you don't think He is listening, He is and even if He doesn't grant all your wishes and desires that you ask of him, he doesn't give up on you. He will be there through all the good and the bad and maybe you just need to be reminded of that have a little more faith" he told Dean.
"Well, we'll think about that" said Sam not wanting to debate on the matter in longer knowing how annoyed Dean was getting of all the God talk.
"Okay, anyway I like to thank the both of you for saving all of us" he said.
"That's okay Rev, that's the least we could have done, just glad we got neutralize those demons before they destroyed your little community here" said Dean.
"I wish we can do something for you" said Rev. Humler.
"You done enough for us already, making us feel welcomed in this place. Listening to us and choosing to believe us when nobody else would" said Dean.
"Well, I admit, I always sense something quite different about you guys the moment I say you all" he said with a friendly smile.
"I only wish we could find a way to get back into our own world, more than ever now as those demons could have been telling the truth that more demons could find there way into this world in order to come after me and Sam" Dean told him.
"Well, I wish I could get another more of my premonitions to see anything else will happen but so far I got nothing" said Gwen who came over as she was listening to their conversation.
"Me too, but the thing with our gifts are that they are unpredictable. Sometimes we can see visions of something real serious about to happened and sometimes we don't, wish I use my tarot cards right now" Madame Bess chimed in as she came over.
Then suddenly out of nowhere, right in the middle of the room, was very large glowing blue lights in circular shape. "What the heck?" cried Rev. Humler with a look of confusion and fear.
The other two also turned and stared at lights in confusion and frightened to what was happening. Sam and Dean got closer those glowing lights, until they saw a shape appear inside and it took shape in a form of a man's body like some kind of film. They also recognized the background as being the library of their bunker and the realized the shape of the body was in fact Castiel. This seemed like something out of science fiction show.
"Sam, Dean!" cried Castiel sounding he was a distance way.
"Castiel?" cried out Dean.
"You guys, thank heavens, you're alright" said Castiel.
"We are all okay, Castiel" said Sam.
"I have to warn you, Hannah and I heard some demons found out about the parallel world that we sent you to and found a way to enter through a portal and are now where you guys are" Castiel explained
"Cas, we already know about those demons, don't worry we took care them and they won't be problem anymore" said Dean.
"I hope so, but since this happened, we believe its better you all come back now right away" said Castiel.
"Well, it's about time, I was beginning to think we be stock in this Pleasantville forever" said Dean relieved.
"Are you sure Castiel its safe now?" said Sam.
"I will explain all that later, but hurry, you don't have much time before the portal will close" he told them.
Sam and Dean turned to Rev. Humler to say their farewell who was still shocked about what he was seeing.
"Well, this is goodbye Rev, it's time for us to get back to our own world. We had a great time here and I'll even miss this place" said Dean.
"Yeah, me too reverend, thanks for everything" said Sam.
Madame Bess was saying her own goodbye to Sophie.
"I'm really going to miss you and ladies, tell them goodbye for me and that is was nice knowing you all" she said to her.
They quickly embraced as Sophie was still taken back to what was happening. Ava and Gwen also said their goodbyes to Sophie and then to Rev. Humler.
"Take care you all, I will pray for you and may the Lord be with you" he said as he shook both Sam and Dean's hand.
"Same to you rev" said Dean.
"Sam, Dean please hurry!" cried Castiel.
"Okay hold your horses Cas" cried Dean who then turned to see if everybody was there. "Okay you all lets go quick now!" he told them.
With that, they all ran into the portal of blue lights and within seconds the portal was gone. The gang then found themselves running into the library of the bunker and all felt a contradiction of being relieved and bit sad about finally being back into the own world again.
"Wow, it never felt so good to back in the bunker again" said Dean feeling great about being home again.
"Yeah, me too, home at last" cried out Sam also feeling good returning to the bunker after so much time.
"Hello guys, welcome back" said Castiel standing in the middle of library with a slight smile on his face so happy to see his friends again.
"Cas, I swear you're a sight for sore eyes, good to see you again" said Dean as we went up to greet his friend.
"Same here" said Sam who also went up to greet Castiel.
"It's nice to have you all back now" said Castiel thrilled to see his friends again.
"I hate to interrupt this reunion, but I have to ask what has been going on since we left, I mean how about this Darkness thing?" asked Ava.
"Yeah Cas, we have to ask, is it safe for us to be back here, I mean have you and Hannah figured out to prevent this Darkness from affecting us?" asked Sam.
"I been wondering that too Cas" said Dean.
"I can answer that" said a voice and they all turned around to see entering the room.
"Hannah, how long have you been there?" asked Sam.
"I was the one who opened up the portal to get you all back here, I just had to step out to take care of something. I believe I can answer all your questions concerning the Darkness" she told them.
"Well, please tell us, any changes while we were vacationing in Twilight Zone version of Pleasantville?" asked Dean. Hannah just stood there with not to happy look on her face making it clear what she has to tell them isn't good.
"Well, I'm afraid I have some not very good news. First, things has gotten worse since you all been gone" she told them.
"Worse, how?" asked Sam alarmed at this news. Hanna cleared her throat and continued.
"Humans it seems have been affected by the Darkness far worse than before with human, killing randomly, causing more riots leading to a huge paranoia in the cities to the point the military has been brought in to control the population. From what I've gathered there have been reports humans being affected by a virus causing murderous rage forcing police and military to dispose of them. Other reports were of humans coming back from the dead also committing killings. I had to send some members of my army to take care of them ourselves to protect humankind" she said.
"Oh this is great, we just got back to a post-apocalypse world of the crazies and zombies" said Dean annoyed.
"I will say that plenty of humans are not affected by the Darkness or not as severe, it seems to vary from humans" said Hannah.
"What about a way to stop Darkness from affecting us?" cried out Sam.
"About that, I'm afraid we couldn't find anything definite that will prevent you from being affected" she said.
"You mean we spent three freaking weeks in that bible- belt utopia you sent us for nothing!" yelled Dean who was really ticked off now.
Castiel stepped in trying to soothe the situation.
"We actually wanted to wait until we found a way to defeat Darkness to bring you back. I asked Hannah to bring you back sooner because, she found out about the demons going through the portal to track you down" he told them.
"He's right, we would have kept you there longer if those demons didn't find you and possibly send more demons to locate you" Hannah explained.
"What about God, now that he's back upstairs from wherever he was, doesn't he know a way to stop this Darkness from affecting people!" cried out Dean still angry.
"I'm afraid God doesn't have a definite answer, He wasn't able to destroy Darkness the first time around only lock him away. However, I do have somewhat an idea of a way to keep Darkness from affecting any of you" said Hannah.
"You do, then by all means tell us" said Sam who was getting angry himself.
"Well, I've noticed humans who worship to God in church or even a Synagogue or any religious or spiritual building are not affected at all by the Darkness. In fact, humans who are not already corrupted by sin including rage, hate or revenge are the least affected by the Darkness. More humans have been turning to the Lord for help since this Darkness has been unleashed and they are not getting affected or if they were, they are not any longer" she explained to them.
"So what are saying, simply going to church and turning to the man upstairs keeps us from turning to homicidal killers?" asked Dean who couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"I believe giving yourself entirely to the Lord or any spiritual healing, purifying your heart from the evil sins like hatred, revenge, rage, jealousy can refrain the Darkness from corrupting you" she said.
"This is the second time, I'm be told to have faith in the guy upstairs, but as I said before, I'm not to much of a believer especially after God abandoned Heaven, wasn't around when the apocalypse happened and we could have all really used his help and now after all this time, we haven't heard so much of a peep from him he's now back" cried Dean in annoyance.
"Wait a minute, God left heaven but how?" asked Madame Bess.
Dean turned to her and said, "Long story, ma'am and I don't have time to explain it all".
"Dean, Hannah is right. It seems that keeping your faith in God and freeing yourself from anything negative that is corrupting your minds could possibly help your chances of being affected by the Darkness" said Castiel.
"I still don't know about this" said Dean.
Sam finally chimed in. "Well I think we should give it a try, come on Dean do you have any other suggestions on what to do? This may be are only option" told his brother.
"Well, I for one will pray every night, meditate, free myself any negative thoughts if I have to, to keep that Darkness from turning me into a killer" Gwen added.
Madame Bess couldn't help but take this time to share her wisdom.
"Yes, it seems like the power to keep this Darkness from corrupting our souls comes from within. We alone have the power by simply purifying our minds from negativity and turning to the higher power for guidance to hold on to our positive energy. Keeping the lightness within is can shine out the Darkness from creeping in. I remember hearing that from a bible verse of some sorts. It may some so hippy dippy but I think there is truth to it" she told them.
"Well, I don't mind praying and keeping out negative thoughts and doing whatever to keep that Darkness from making me some kind of crazed killer or a zombie. I never was never religious but if that's what it takes than consider me believer" said Ava.
"Dean, it seems like the only way. I know you always had a lack a faith, but maybe it's time we started having it more than ever know" Sam tried to assure Dean.
"I don't know about this Sam, I just can't have so much trust in God after everything" said Dean still doubtful.
Castiel once again tried to convince him.
"Dean, you can to try, this could be the only way you could save yourself from being affected by the Darkness and ending up like many of the humans in the world now" said said to Dean.
"Alright, Cas, I'll try anything to keep that Darkness from turning me into someone I don't want to be, just like that damn Mark did" said Dean although in his mind he still didn't have so much faith in God, but he just wanted to end this argument already.
"Thank you Dean" said Castiel satisfied.
Castiel then turned to everyone else. "As for the rest of you all, Hannah will teleport you where ever you want to go" he told them.
"She can do that?" asked Ava.
"Yes, as angel of the Lord I have many gifts including transport you to your destination" said Hannah.
"Wow, well I would like to go home to Colorado and check on my folks already. They must be scared out of their minds having not heard from me in over three weeks" Ava told her.
"And it's time for me and Gwen to return to our home in Minnesota. There isn't much more for us to do here" said Madame Bess.
"Very well, I will transport you there right now if you like" said Hannah.
"But what about my van, I came in van to get to this place" said Ava.
"Yes, and me and Gwen came in a car too" said Madame Bess.
"That's alright. I will just teleport you to where you wish to go inside your vehicles" Hannah told them.
"Great, lets get going" said Ava eagerly, then she turned around and looked at everybody and it suddenly hit her that she was going to miss them all.
"You know, I really am going to miss that place we were at in that alternate world" said Gwen.
"Yeah, I think we all are going to miss that place. It wasn't so bad and in fact it seemed almost perfect" said Ava.
"I know what you mean, I'm also going to kind of miss that bible-belt utopia or whatever. It was good not having to worry about hunting ghosts, vampires, demons and other monsters. That wholesome apple pie feel was kind of nice for a vacation, but let's face it, after a while me and Sam would get bored living like that forever, missing all the action as our lives as hunters" said Dean.
"I don't know, a part of me wishes we could have stayed longer and I think it would be pleasant place to live" said Gwen sadly.
"I know what you mean" Sam told her.
"Sam?" said Dean looking at Sam with a "what the hell" look.
Sam just gave the "what did I say" look.
"What? I mean, it made me think of what it would be like to have normal life sometimes, but I know our lives will never be normal" Sam told him.
"Well, the only thing I will truly miss is you guys" said Madame Bess.
"Yes, me too, but I think I will miss you the most Sam" said Gwen as she walked up to Sam and gazed into his eyes.
"Me too" said Sam who gazed right back.
"Uh um" murmured Madame Bess.
"It's okay grandma, we are just saying goodbye" Gwen told her and then looked back at Sam.
"I really had nice time with you back in that place" said Gwen.
"So did I, you are a wonderful person Gwen and I really enjoyed getting to know you and under these circumstances" Sam told her looking at her longingly as be was becoming aware he may not see her again.
"Hey, please give me your cell phone number, just in case I might need your help someday and I give you my number and if you need a couple of psychics in the near future, just give us a call" she said.
Sam was hesitant at first but just gave in as he told himself that she just might need a couple of hunters in the future or he and Dean could use a psychic for assistance as they have done in the past.
"You, know I'm going to miss you the most as well" Ava told Dean.
Dean felt awkward like a lovesick teenager with a schoolboy crush.
"I'll miss you too. You were a great help to us back there. I think you are damn good hunter and a hot one as well" said Dean with a grin.
"Well, so are you" she said in flirting tone.
"You know I would like give you my number too just in case you need an extra hunter for assistance working a case in the future and you can give me yours as well in case I need your assistance" she told him.
"Cool" was all Dean could say.
After getting some paper and pen hanging around, Sam and Gwen and Dean and Ava exchanged cell phone numbers. They all went outside where they could see that daylight was still gone and sky was dark like night.
"Well that's one thing I didn't miss about our world, that is still nighttime" said Dean annoyed at the sight.
Gwen turned to Sam one last time and said, "Goodbye Sam" and went up and kissed him lightly on the lips which slightly annoyed her grandmother then gave him a hug.
"Goodbye Gwen" was all Sam could say.
Madame Bess turned to Dean and said in a motherly tone,"Take care young man, and remember forgive yourself, let go of all that pain inside" and then she gave him a little hug.
Dean felt a little uncomfortable as he knew what she was referring to and she touched him and so his past and his wrongdoings under the Mark's influence but he didn't say anything just gave her a little hug back.
"Take care young lady" she told Ava and gave her a little hug too.
"And you too Mr. Angel" she turned to Castiel who just stood there looking awkward.
Gwen also said her goodbyes to Dean and Ava who she gave a little hug then too Castiel and soon the two of them headed down the hill heading to where there car was with Hannah following them.
After telling Hannah their home address, they entered their car and Gwen looked up at the bunker one last time as Hannah standing outside the car touched it with both her hands and within seconds they all disappeared to which, Ava was the only person surprised.
"Wow!" she cried out not believing what she just saw.
Some seconds later, Hannah was back and she then came back for Ava. "
Well, I guess it's my turn now. So, so long you guys" she told the guys.
Ava then shook Sam's hand but with Dean she hauled off and kissed him hard on the lips as Sam just stood there looking awkward. After she stopped it was Dean seemed kind of speechless.
She then gave him a little hug and then Dean cleared his throat and said, "So long".
Then turning to Hannah, she said, "Well Come on lady angel, let's get me outta here".
Then Ava walked towards her van with Hannah following behind and gave Hannah her parents address before getting inside her van. Once inside, she too looked back at the bunker smiling just before Hannah put her hands on the van and vanished only to return some seconds later and walked up back towards the bunker. Sam, Dean just stood there with Castiel feeling suddenly alone now that their new fellow comrades have all gone and neither of them even knew when or if they would ever see them again.