Chapter 29
Dogs
You got to be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes and when you're on the street
You got to be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking
And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know, it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder
As you get older
Yeah, and in the end you'll pack up and fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer
And when you lose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down all alone
Dragged down by the stone
Gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze
Deaf, dumb and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable, and no one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
Everything's done under the sun
But you believe at heart everyone's a killer
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone
Who was dragged down by the stone
Dogs by Pink Floyd
They were at a diner, still reeling from what happened at the Campbell Compound. Sam was sitting at a table with Jack and Ellen across him looking at him. He's there but not really there, mentally.
"So you think what Alpha said about us? Us having a some sort of bond?" Ellen asked,
"Maybe, but one thing is for sure, he wasn't lying. By the way, Bobby just called me right after we left the compound. Apparently we are soulmates."
"Soulmates?"
"Yeah,back in old days when Hellbreaker still lived in Heaven, he created a neutral would bond Hellbreakers and humans alike, including all of the angels."
"So you're say that since technically you're a Hellbreaker who is a decadent from the Archangels, we share a soul?"
"That's what Bobby said, but he also said it's just a rumor. However there is an other way to find out."
"Where do I get the feeling I'm not going to like this idea?" Ellen asked with a suspicious look.
"You don't, we can have Cas to look on your souls." Jack grimaced, having an angel looking to your
"Normally I'll say no but since we're fresh out of ideas, ok." Ellen sighed
"You're sure?" Jack asked, Ellen's look he got was a yes.
"Ok then." Jack settled as he continued to eat his lunch, meanwhile Dean was talking to Bobby on the phone.
"I know, Bobby, but there's got to be another way. I don't know. Keep digging. I mean, if Crowley thinks we're just gonna…."
"Crowley thinks you're just gonna what, Dean?" Crowley said as he appeared next Dean. Jack sighed, on any given day that started with a visit from the new King of Hell was not going to be good.
"That Bobby Singer? Give him a kiss from me." Crowley grinned,
"I'll call you back." Dean said as he hung up.
"Good news boys, ma'am." Crowley took a seat next to Sam. "I've got a job for you, "
Dean put his plate down at the table and sat next to Jack and Ellen. "I'm gonna say this once. You can take your job and shove it up your ass."
"Is that any way to talk to your boss?"
"You're not my boss, dickbag."
"Dean, Dean. Been through this. Quit clutching your pearls. You've been working for me for some time now. Sam here, longer."
"We didn't know." Sam, Jack and Ellen said at the same time.
"Like that makes a difference to you. You'd sell your brother for a dollar right now if you really needed a soda." Crowley stated to Sam, Jack growled as he closed his eyes trying to keep his emotions in check knowing that he hated Crowley for being right.
"Look, I'm sending you…."
"No." Jack interrupted
"Beg pardon?" Crowley said a bit taken back but he expected that in a way
"Listen, Dean and I have done some bad things in our time, but we are not doing this. No."
"Ten quid says you will." Crowley said, he pressed a finger to Sam's hand, Sam yells as his hand sizzled of a bright red burn beginning to spread.
"You like pain, Sam? You like Hell? You need to stop thinking of this as some kind of deal. This is a hostage situation, your arrogant little thugs. I own Sam, do you understand me?" He snapped his fingers and Sam's hand was healed from that burn.
"Come on, Dean, Jack smile. It's not that bad. Here's incentive – you bag me a live alpha, and I'll give you little Sammy's soul back, with a cherry on top."
Jack slammed his fist to the table in frustration, as much as he'll love to get payback on Crowley, killing him won't bring Sam's soul back. Ellen put her hand on his leg in a way of comfort for him looking sympathetic at him
"What, alpha vamp not good enough for you?" Sam asked
"Best mind where you poke your nose, if you want to keep it. Your merry little hike up the food chain starts here." Crowley put a newspaper on the table showing their task.
"Businessman found dead in his car – chest ripped open..." Sam picked up the newspaper and read the headline "Businessman Falls Victim to Animal Attack."
"heart missing. Sounds like?"
"Werewolf."
"It's not full moon, not this time of month." Ellen said,
He's right. Samuel and I ganked one about six months back on the half-moon. Things have been out of whack for a while now, I guess" Sam stated,
"Yeah, I guess."
"So, it's settled then. You bag the howler, bring it home to papa. See you soon, boys."
Crowley said as he disappeared, the place of the murder was Buffalo, New York.
They were at the dock where the crime scene was at. Jack, Ellen, Sam and Dean were in their FBI suits, walked past the coroner's vehicle towards a detective, he was standing next to the body with two men.
"Okay."
"I got it." the two men lifted the body up and carried to the vehicle.
"How you doing? Agents Holt, Irvine, Jett and Wilson." Ellen, Jack, Dean and Sam showed their id's to the detective.
"What are the Feds doing here?" Detective asked,
"Oh, we're specialists," Sam answered
"They call us in to answer the questions of mouth breathing dick monkeys." Dean, Jack, Ellen and the detective looked at Sam surprised of what he just said. "So are you gonna walk us through this or..."
"Dockworker. Guy on the morning shift found him. Chest ripped wide open." Detective informed them
"Same as the body in the car?" Dean asked
"Yeah, second one in two days."
"Internal organs missing on both victims? Like their hearts?" Ellen asked,
"Uh... looks like it, yeah. How'd you know?"
"So, this guy, did he have any enemies?" Jack asked,
"Yeah, plenty, but, uh, I don't think it was a wolf or possibly a cougar that had a beef with the guy. You do realize these were animal attacks?"
"An animal out here. What, you think it came for the sailing?"
Jack woke up in the next morning with Ellen resting on his chest. He smiled of how beautiful she is when she's asleep. They were in regular clothes, he got up slowly and put her head on the pillow. Jack went to Sam and Dean's room for debrief.
"Morning."
"Morning." Dean repeated the greeting.
"All right , as I was saying to Dean, we know that werewolves are basically id gone wild, right? I mean, whoever they hate, they kill when they wolf out. So I've been playing connect the victims."
"And?"
"And I think I found a common denominator. So come on. Get the lead out, huh?"
Sam tossed Dean and Jack some id who caught it
"Alright., I'll better wake sleeping Beauty." Jack said as he left the room and returned to his room to wake her up.
"Ellen, wake up." Jack shook her, but she didn't move. He tired to do that again, but she didn't wake up.
"I just know that I'm going to get in trouble for doing this." Jack sighed when he decided to do something that he might get hi ass kicked for. Jack slapped her ass, she reacted as she got up from bed in a hurry and went to face Jack with her own bitch face.
"Did you really have to do that?" Ellen asked,
"Didn't have any other choices" Jack smiled sheepishly; Ellen slapped his face for slapping her ass. She sighed as she went to the bathroom.
"Note to self: never slap her ass again. Not even when she's asleep." Jack said while rubbing his cheek, she packed quite a slap.
The Mustang and the Impala pulled up and parked outside of a house. There was a connection between the two victims and the connection was a man named
They got out of their cars and went to the front door. Sam knocked on the door and a woman who held a kid opened the door.
"Yes, can I help you?" they showed their badges
"Is Cal Garrigan at home? We've got a few questions we'd like to ask him."
"Yeah. Um, come in." she smiled as she let them in to the house and let them to the kitchen. She put the boy down and handed him a toy.
"Honey, um, why don't you go play in your room for a little while, okay?" she cleared out from the kitchen table
"Excuse the mess. Please sit." Jack, Ellen, Sam and Dean sat at the table.
"Can I get you anything?
"No thanks ma'am. So is Cal your boyfriend?" Ellen asked
"That's right."
"And do you know where he is?"
"Uh, sleeping, I think."
"You mind telling him up and at 'em? He's got some guests." Dean said
"Yeah. Yeah, of course." Just then a throat was cleared as Cal walked into the room, a bit hung over. "Cal." A German Shepherd who lied on a dog bed started to growl and bark all in once
"Lucky, shh!" Cal ordered, the dog growled again.
"These are Agents..."
"Holt, Wilson, Irvine and Jett. Morning... ish."
"Hey. What's this?"
"Rough night, Cal?" Jack asked,
"Just, uh, you know, a couple beers with friends." Cal answered
"And how many is a couple?" Dean asked,
"I don't know. Three, four tops." Cal replied
"If all you had was beer, then how come you're sweating vodka? Sam asked
"And looks to me like you slept in those clothes. Am I right?"
"I don't know. I – I guess."
"So what you're saying is, you got blind drunk, you blacked out. Something tells me this isn't the first time." Dean stated,
"So, Cal, truthfully, who knows what you've really been up to at night?"
Cal exchanged a look with his girlfriend who shrugged "Look, what's this about?"
"We're investigating the death of Ronald Garrigan." Sam said
"My brother?"
"Sorry for your loss." Dean said
"Yeah, I thought that was some kind of animal attack."
"No love lost between the two of you, I take it?" Ellen asked
"Look, we had our differences, I guess. You love your brother, of course, but... Ron had a lot of problems. He was, uh, volatile."
"Last time he was here, you called the cops?" Sam asked
"Yeah, look, he came in here all messed up, and he was yelling. He shoved Mandy. So, yeah, I called the cops. I don't see how that has to do with –"
"Your landlord was found dead this week. Were you aware of that?" Sam interrupted,
"Saw it in the papers. Why?"
"Well, you two were pretty far behind on your rent, right? He had sent eviction papers?
"I – I'm sorry. That was an animal attack."
"Funny enough, yeah – both of 'em were."
"So, great, great. Yeah, guys. What in the hell do you think I had to do with 'em?"
"Calm down, Cal. We just follow procedure here. We had to ask. You two have a good day" Jack said as they got up and walked back to their cars.
"What do you think, Jack?" Ellen asked,
"Well, he didn't remember much last night so he could be our wolf-boy."
"But?" Ellen asked,
"We have to make sure that we got the right guy before we hand him to a life time of misery and agony from you-know-who." Jack said as they got in to the Mustang and drove off.
The group followed Cal to several places that night. They parked near a garage turned to a bar where Cal is partying with his friends.
"I gotta admit, Cal doesn't even know the word quit." Jack commented
"Three scuzzy bars, one scuzzy strip club, a chili-dog joint, seven or eight nightcaps, and now... scotches in the library." Dean told them "I'm getting cirrhosis just watching this. Other than that, we got squat."
"Wait and see, Dean. Wait and see." Ellen replied
The night turned to dawn and the group was still watching Cal who was still partying.
"Ellen, wake up. Sun's up." Jack said back in the Mustang
Ellen woke up a bit dazed, rubbing her eyes as she sat up in the Mustang. "Has he turned to wolf?"
"Nope, he's still on two legs. He didn't turn, at least not tonight. Let's head back to the motel. " Jack started the engine and drove off.
"I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that it's not Cal."
"Huh didn't' thought of that before, Sherlock." Jack said sarcastically
"I mean, a werewolf attack in daylight? This whole thing is just weird."
"Dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria. So, you know this means that we're down to one suspect, right?"
"I know." Dean nodded,
"I mean, Mandy is right at the deep end of the vic pool. Can you do it?"
"Do what Sam?" Jack scowled
"Shove her in the trunk, serve her up to Crowley."
"Yeah, whatever." Jack said; he leaned in to Ellen's ear as Sam walked away.
"The new Sam is a real dick." Jack whispered,
Ellen sighed in agreement.
The Impala and Mustang parked across the street in front of Garrigan house. They stepped out of their respective cars and walked over to his girlfriend to break the news.
"Ma'am." Dean greeted,
"Agents. What are you doing here?"
"Nobody called you?"
"Called me about what?"
"Come, let's take it inside." Jack said
"I'm sorry. I just can't believe it." Mandy said in shock as they were seated at the table. They just told Mandy the bad news of Cal's death.
"I'm really very sorry." Dean expressed his sympathies
"Ma'am, I know this isn't the best time, but we'd like you to come with us."
"Why? You think I have something to do with this? With Cal?"
"Of course not. We just got a few questions – i's and t's, mostly."
"I, uh... Could we do it later?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Oh. Uh – uh, my kid has the flu, um, and he was up all night, so..."
"Well, is there a neighbor or a friend who can watch him while you're gone?"
"Wait. You said your son was up all night?" Jack asked,
"Uh, yeah." Mandy answered
"Were you with him all night?"
"Um – uh – well, I had, um, half an hour of sleep, maybe."
"Can I talk to your son?"
"Why?"
"Yeah, what difference does that make, Agent Holt?" Sam frowned a bit
"Trust us, Holt. It's important". Ellen said, then turned to Mandy
"Please?"
"One thing is sure, She is not the werewolf." Jack stated as they walked back to their cars after they've talked to Mandy's son.
"You don't know that."
"She's got an alibi."
"She's lying."
"You heard her son, Sam. She's not lying." Ellen stated,
"Fine. She still had time to wolf out, Ellen. The last werewolf was in bed, with me, and she wolfed out."
"Madison? Oh I remember." Jack said
"How the hell do you about Madison?" Sam asked surprised,
"I read the books by Carver Edlund. Have to say, it's a good thing that I didn't meet Ruby though cause she was a real bitch."
"Sam, don't make this personal. Look, all I'm saying is that between this and the daylight attacks, something's not adding up." They got in to their cars, Sam and Dean was arguing while Jack and Ellen drove off back to their motel room.
Jack and Ellen were at their room while Dean came back after he visited the crime scene of Cal's murder. Sam was on a stakeout on Mandy and Cal house.
Later that day,When they were researching Jack's cellphone buzzed from the kitchen table, Ellen gave him the phone and he went to answer the call.
"Hey."
"Hey, man, it's me." That was Sam, so Jack put the phone on the table and put it on speaker for Ellen to listen.
"Hope you got some good news Sam because we got nothing." Jack said
"Luckily for you, I have. It's not a werewolf for a one."
"Ok, so what is it?"
"Skinwalker."
"Wait, a skinwalker? As in…"
"As in, the family dog seriously needs a neuter."
"That's just sick. I mean, a skinwalker imposing as a family dog? Disturbing." Jack grimaced, then sighed, "Alright, so what we know about them?"
"Well, they're like werewolfs, except that they can change anywhere, anytime. They'll infect you with a single bite. So the only way to kill them is to use sliver bullets to their heart, right?" Ellen said,
"Right. that's what Bobby said."
"So what happened? Did you get him?"
"Not exactly. But I have some idea where he might be."
Sam found lucky in a local animal shelter not far from the motel.
Once they retrieved Lucky they took him back to the motel and bind him in ropes and sliver chain tied to a chair.
"Well, I got to tell you, Lucky, you got us stumped. I mean, why shack up with the family? Is it a kinky thing? Do you like to play with your food? Roll over, Lucky. Speak."
Jack chuckled and Ellen hit him in the arm lightly for that.
"Go to hell." Lucky spat
"Already been. Didn't agree with me. So, look." Sam got up and picked Jack's blade from the desk
"How about I take this silver knife, and start carving some dog until you behave?"
"You do what you got to do." Sam approached Lucky to do some damage but Dean held up his hand in order to stop him.
"Hang on, Sam." Dean ordered, "Listen, you don't have to tell me why you're with the family. I get it."
"Oh, you do, do you?"
"We do. You've killed everyone who posed as a threat to them. You care a lot about them, in a way that might be considered morally wrong. It's obvious." Ellen said, "Now what we want to know is who was the guy you were with? Is he also a skinwalker?"
"Look, I can't say anything."
"But if you don't, then you're gonna put the girl and the little boy in danger. And sooner or later, all this crap is gonna come for them. Now, look…" Dean said as he stood up "We don't give a rat's ass about you. We want to help them. That's our angle. That's it."
"Yeah, that guy, he's a... whatever it is I am. And he's not the only one." Lucky said after a few moments of pause.
"How many of you are there?" Jack asked with arms crossed
"About 30. We were all, we were kind of recruited." Lucky replied,
"Recruited?"
"Yeah. Me, I was living on the streets. They found me. They told me one small bite, I'd be strong, I'd be fast."
"Sniffing people's butts? Yeah, that's a real step up." Dean stated,
"Well, it was for me."
"Where is this little Scooby gang of yours?"
"Everywhere. We're out there finding families, and once they take us in, we lay low."
"What do you mean with lay low?" Ellen asked
"Well, we're waiting for the word."
"What word?"
"Once we're settled, we get the signal... and we all turn on our families. We change them, all in one night. 30 becomes 150."
"God, you're a sleeper cell." Dean said
"Yeah, well, that's one way to say it." Lucky agreed,
"So you're waiting for word from who? Who organized you?" Sam asked,
"There's a pack leader."
"An Alpha?" Ellen asked,
"What's an Alpha?"
"The first Skinwalker. The strongest." Jack said
"Well, he's plenty strong, but, no, I – I don't think so. I'm pretty sure there's guys like him in other towns. We're not the only pack out there."
"Fantastic. Then you can help us stop him." Dean stated,
"Oh, no, I can't. No."
"Yes, you can."
"No, you guys don't get it. No one can. These guys who turned me – they're ruthless."
"They haven't met us. Trust us, we'll help you." Jack assured,
Sam whistled as he held up a ball then he threw it across the room.
"Not helping, Sam." Ellen shook her head.
"Fetch this, dick." Lucky snapped
"Listen." Dean crouched in front of Lucky "What are you gonna do to that family, really? You gonna put your jaws around that little boy's throat? Clamp down, listen to him cry for his mom? 'Cause I'm gonna guess that these are the only people who in your pathetic life have ever showed you any kindness. So it's either that... or you can help us stop it."
"So... How are we supposed to get near something that can smell us a hundred yards off?" Sam asked as they were under a bridge setting up a plan to take out their pack leader.
"We don't." Dean said as he opened a case of a long range rifle.
"So are we taking down the pack leader?" Jack asked as he picked up a bag from the trunk of the Mustang.
"The pack leader. We're taking him down? Jack asked
"Yeah. Got a better idea?" Jack shook his head.
"No, I... Crowley's not gonna be too happy about that." Sam stated,
"Who gives a rat's ass? We let that thing live one second, and it sends out that psychic dog whistle and…" Dean made a exploding noise.
"On the other hand, it could lead us to an Alpha. Then Crowley would give me my soul back." Sam wondered out loud
"Are you kidding? 150 people turned into monsters. That's what you want?"
"No. Of course not. I... I'm just asking."
"All right, you know what? That's it." Dean snapped, he just had it.
"What?"
"You say you're "just folks," yeah? That – that you like baseball and apple pie or whatever. But truth is, I don't know what you are 'cause you're not Sam."
"Dean, come on."
I mean, it's your gigantor body and – and maybe your brain, but it's not you. So just... stop pretending. Do all of us a favor."
Jack and Ellen exchanged a look before they followed Sam and Dean carrying bags.
They made their way to a rooftop, Lucky was waiting for his pack to show up.
Dean was watching through the sights of a sniper rifle. Jack, Ellen and Sam fiddled with sliver bullets.
"He looks nervous, right?"
"Wouldn't you be?"
"I'd double-cross us. I mean, he's got to realize that's his best bet, if he wants to keep breathing."
"He'll pull it through" Jack said
" You mean 'cause he loves that family?" Sam asked
"Yup." Jack answered
"I'd double-cross us."
"Thanks, Dexter. That's reassuring." Dean said ironically.
"Just making conversation."
"Hey, Jack. May I see it?" Sam asked,
"See what?"
"Your new tattoo on your arm."
"Really? in times like this?" Jack replied
"Yeah."
Jack sighed as he took off his leather jacket and showed his tattoo. The tattoo was a skull that had a star placed on the forehead, behind it was a cross made by bones and it had a metal ring with wings spread out.
"Happy?" Jack frowned as he put his jacket back on. Ellen shook her head once again.
"Here we go." Dean said as a black SUV pulled up to the warehouse. Sam, Jack and Ellen stood on either side of Dean with binoculars. A group of men stepped out of SUV and others came from inside of the warehouse surrounding Lucky.
"The big guy, the driver. That's the guy Lucky met in the park," Sam told them.
"And there's el jefe," Dean said, looking through the scope.
"Take him out."
"It's not clean. We got one shot at this, literally." They watched as the pack leader were talking with Lucky.
"Change of plans, boys." Ellen said as she watched Mandy and her son stepped out of the SUV
"Damnit. Dean, take the shot." Jack ordered,
"I'm trying! She's in the way."
"Take it anyway!" Sam said, Jack, Ellen and Dean glanced at Sam who looked back.
Dean was trying to get clean shot but to no avail as the leader grabbed Lucky by the shoulder and lead them back to the warehouse.
Dean lowered the rifle, unsatisfied that he couldn't get the kill.
"So, plan B?"
"We've got one?"
"Yeah, we do." Jack replied,
They broke in to the ware house, Jack and Sam went through the front door while Ellen and Dean stayed behind hiding in the rafters.
The leader ordered Lucky to turn Mandy and her son when he sniffed the air.
"What is that?"
"That would be me." The leader turned to Jack who gave him a thrust kick he fell to one knee , he punched him in face with a fierce one. A bald man tried to attack him but Sam shot him straight to the heart. Mandy took cover with her son as all hell had broken loose.
"It's okay." She reassured her son.
"Mandy, follow us. Now!" Jack said as he crouched down in front of her.
"Agent Irvine?"
"Yeah, that's me but not in the way you think. Come on." Jack said as he and Lucky lead mother and son away while Sam chased one of the men shooting repeatedly. They lead them to a small room, Lucky opened the door to let Mandy and her son in.
"Get in!"
"But I don't…"
"No time to argue! Lock the door now!" Jack said as Lucky closed the door, Mandy locked the door quickly.
"So what now, Jack?"
"I have a idea." Jack replied as his eyes glowed amber black. The Hellbreaker was awakened.
In the meantime, Ellen and Dean were behind a cage firing at the skinwalkers when they heard a growl behind them. They turned around to see a werewolf running at them. Dean struggled to get the rifle off the cage because it was stuck but Ellen managed to shoot the wolf in the heart with her handgun.
The wolf transformed to a naked man with a gunshot wound to the chest lying face down on the concrete.
"Thanks." Dean said gratefully
"Don't mention it." Ellen said as they turned back to see Lucky standing in front of their leader obviously protecting Mandy and her son with Jack nowhere in sight.
"You're protecting them? After what I did for you? I gave you your life back!" the leader said as Mandy watched the whole thing taking place through the window. "Them? You're nothing to them. You're a dog." That upset Lucky so he punched the pack leader in the face.
"I-I was gonna turn them. But now I'm gonna kill 'em." He chuckled, then delivered a punch of his own sending Lucky flying into the door, shattering glass.
Lucky got up on his feet and looked at Mandy before turning to the family dog.
Mandy watched the transformation and was horrified at the sight
"Lucky?!" Mandy said shocked as Lucky barked at the leader
"So you think this is gonna be a dogfight?" the leader pulled out a gun and aimed at Lucky
"I got a better idea." He shot Lucky who yelped as he fall down. As in on a cue, someone tapped on his shoulder, the pack leader turned to see Jack who pressed the palm of his hand to his forehead. The leader screamed as a bright light emerged from his eyes and his mouth. The pack leader crumpled to the ground with his eyes burned, dead as Jack approached Lucky who was whimpering in pain. He crouched down.
"This is going to hurt a little." Jack said, he removed the sliver bullet from Lucky who yelped bit. He pressed his finger to the gunshot wound and instantly it was healed. He patted lucky as he go went to the door gesturing Mandy to come out now. Mandy opened the door with her son and closed it behind it carefully.
"What are you?" Mandy asked Jack
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Come on, let's get you guys out of here." Jack said as he leaded Mandy, her son and Lucky to safety.
"I'll never look at a dog the same." Dean said as a woman with a dog jogging past Jack, Ellen and the Winchesters in a park. They sat down at a picnic table with take outs.
"Me either." Jack grimaced in agreement.
"Makes you wonder, though, huh?"
"Makes you wonder what, Dean?" Ellen asked,
"How many packs are out there. What if they're all just waiting for the signal, you know?"
"So...I was thinking. You were right."
"About?"
"I'm not your brother. I'm not Sam."
"Okay."
"Um, all that "Blah, blah, blah," about being the old me? Crap. Like Lisa and Ben, right? I've been acting like I care about them. But I don't. I couldn't care less." Sam explained
"Is this supposed to make us feel better, Sam?" Jack asked,
"You wanted the real me. This is it. I don't care about them. I don't even really care about you. Except that... I need your help. And you're clearly not gonna stick around for much longer unless I give it to you straight, so... I've done a lot worse than you know. I've killed innocent people in the line of duty. But I'm pretty sure it's not something the old me could've done. And maybe I should feel guilty. But I don't." Sam continuted
"Sam, get to the punch line." Dean said impatient
"I don't know if how I am is better or worse. It's different. You get the job done, and nothing really hurts. That's not the worst thing. But I've been thinking. And it was... it was kinda harder. But there are also things about it I remember that I... Let's just say I think I should probably go back to being him."
"That's very interesting. It's a step."
"So?"
"We do what we got to do. And we get my brother back."
Are you sure about this?" Bobby asked at his house in Sioux Falls, Jack and Ellen were on each side of a bed in the panic room. They called Cas to come and told him about the situation and they might be soulmates. So they gave him permission to look in to their souls. Cas was a bit skeptic about it first but bobby told him it's just to make sure if it was true or not.
"Yeah. Cas, do it now before we change our minds." Ellen said as she closed her eyes embracing for the incredible pain that is about to come.
"This may be painful." Cas said, he hesitated for a second before sink both of his hands to Jack and Ellen's chests. They both gasped as a white light engulfed both of them. Ellen feels like she is floating in the sky bathed in light as she opened her eyes. She never felt this euphoric feeling as her body seemed to get drawn with jack's who was floating above her as she opened her. Jack feels like he's in his own personal heaven until they feel a strange sensation as their bodies seemed to merge together.
"What the hell was that?" Dean asked as the light died down when Cas pulled out his hands with a look of shock as he was in deep thought. This can't be possible, he had heard rumors of course but he never thought that his father created one united soul.
Jack woke up dazed a bit to everyone's surprise. Dean helped him for balance. Ellen was still out
"I guess the rumors were true, Bobby. Ellen and I are soulmates."
"Soulmate? You're joking?" Dean said as he laughed a little and to think that after everything he's been through, you would think that he would believe of soulmates lore.
"And I also remember some few missing pieces." Jack said as he sat down on bed with some help.
"What do you mean?"
"She was helping me to endure the torture, spiritually."
"Wait, what did you say?" Sam asked confused of what he just heard
"She was with me mentally when I was in hell." Jack sighed,
"It makes sense now." Jo said in realization, "Mom used to have those nightmares not long ago, said that she dreamt being in hell watching a man being tortured."
"When did the nightmares started?" Dean asked
"15 september 2005." Jack's eyes widen as he connected the dots
"That was the day I got in to Hell, Jo."
"Well, looks like things had gotten interested, don't you think?" Sam said, everyone didn't say it but they seemed to agree on that.
The sea's evaporated, though it comes as no surprise
These clouds we're seeing, they're explosions in the sky
It seems it's written, but we can't read between the line
Hush, it's okay, dry your eye
dry your eye
Soulmate dry your eye
dry your eye
Soulmate dry your eye, 'cause soulmates never die
This one world vision turns us into compromise
What good's religion when it's each other we despise?
Damn the government
Damn their killing, damn their lies
hush, it's okay
Dry your eyes
Soulmate dry your eyes
Dry your eyes
Soulmate dry your eyes, 'cause soulmates never die
Soulmates never die(x4)
never die
Soulmates never die
Soulmates never die
Soulmates by Placebo
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