Salvation
We headed back to a place dad has been staying his research and papers were placed everywhere there were weather charts, hieroglyphics, written notes and a lot more
Dad was sitting at his desk, Dean was standing next to Sam who was leaning on the counter and I was pacing for no reason but sheer anxiety. Dean grabbed my arm and stopped me as I walked by for the hundredth time.
"You're gonna burn a hole in the ground" he whispered. I didn't know how in the hell he's so calm. This is THE demon were talking about, the one that ruined our lives
"So this is it. This is everything I know. Look, our whole lives we been searching for this demon right? Not a trace, just...nothing. Until about a year ago. For the first time I picked up a trail" Dad said
"And that's when you took off" I said
"Yeah. That's right. The demon must have come out of hiding, or hibernation" dad explained
"All right so what's this trail you found?" Dean asked
"It starts in Arizona, then New Jersey, California. Houses burned down to the ground. It's going after families, just like it went after us" he said
"Families with infants?" Sam asked looking at the papers
"Yeah. The night of the kid's six-month birthday" dad said
"I was six months old that night?" Sam asked
"Exactly six months the first time the demon came to visit" Dad said
"So basically, this demon is going after these kids for some reason. The same way it came for me? So Mom's death...Jessica. It's all because of me?" Sam said
"We don't know that Sam" Dean said
"Oh really? Cause I'd say we're pretty damn sure Dean" Sam said
"Really Sam because the only reason the demon came back six years later was to kill me, not for you!" I yelled
"It's no ones fault!" Dean yelled
"It might not be my fault but its my problem!" Sam yelled
"No Sam its OUR problem!"
Dad stood up "Okay. That's enough!" He yelled intervening
Everyone took a breath and tried to calm down
"So why's he doing it. What does he want?" Sam asked
"Look I wish I had more answers, I do. I've always been one step behind it. Look, I've never gotten there in time to save..." Dad said looking down at the floor
"All right so how do we find it..before it hits again" Dean asked
"There's signs. It took me a while to see the pattern but it's there in the days before these fires signs crop up in an area. Cattle deaths, temperature fluctations, electrical storms. And then I went back and checked...and..."
"These things happened in Lawrence" I concluded
"A week before your mother died. Before the first time he visited Sam And in Palo Alto...before Jessica. And these signs, they're starting again" Dad said
"Where?" Sam asked
"Salvation Iowa" Dad answered
We were heading to Salvation following closely behind Dad he pulled over and got out of the car. We did the same
"God damn it!" Dad yelled hitting his truck
"What is it?" I asked
"Son of a bitch" dad said
"What is it!" Dean yelled
"I just got a call from Caleb" dad said
"Is he okay?" Sam asked
"He's fine. Jim Murphy's dead" Dad said
"Pastor Jim? How?" I asked sadly
"His throat was slashed. He bled out. Caleb said they found traces of sulfur at Jim's place" Dad said
"A demon?" Dean asks dad nods
"The Demon?" I asked
"I don't know. Could be he just got careless, he slipped up. Maybe the demon knows we're getting close" he said
"What do we do?" Sam asked
"Now we act like every second counts. There's two hospitals and a health centre in this county. We split up, cover more ground. I want records. I want a list of every infant that's going to be six months old in the next week" dad said
"Dad that could be dozens of kids. How do we know which one's the right one?" Sam asked
"We check em all that's how. You got any better ideas?" He asked
"No sir" Sam answered
We all turned around to get back in our cars. Dad paused leaning on the back of his truck
"Dad?" I asked
"Yeah. It's Jim. You know, I can't..." He said his expression hardened "This ends, now. I'm ending it. I don't care what it takes" he said I nodded getting in the back of the impala
I felt like going with dad but I figured he needs some alone time
He headed to Salvation hospital we got the larger one
I walked out of the hospital with Sam flipping through files when he grabbed his head
"Sammy" I said putting my hand on his shoulder oh crap it was a visionI saw the park with a lady pushing a stroller then I came out of it
"Did you see that?" Sam asked
"Yeah" I nodded
He took out the map and marked the park on the map. We headed there and saw the lady pushing a stroller, the same lady as before. Then is was the same house from the vision
"Hi. Here, let me hold that for you. You look like you don't need that anymore" Sam said holding the pram
"Oh. Thanks" she smiles
She closes her umbrella while Sam holds her pram. I looked inside
"Oh She's gorgeous. Is she yours?" I asked
"Yeah" she answered
" Oh wow, hi!" Sam says to the baby
"Oh sorry, we're rude. I'm Sam this is my sister Holland We just moved in up the block" Sam covered
"Hi. I'm Monica. This is Rosie" Monica said
"Rosie? Hi Rosie" Sam said
"So, welcome to the neighborhood" Monica said
"Thanks. She's such a good baby!" I said
"I know, I mean she...she never cries. She just stares at everybody. Sometimes she looks at you and I swear it's...it's like she's reading your mind" Monica laughed
"What about you Monica? Have you lived here long?" Sam asked
"My husband and I, we bought our place just before Rosie was born" she said motioning to the house
"And how old's little miss Rosie?" I asked
"She's six months today. She's big right? Growing like a weed" She said my stomach dropped
"Yeah. Monica..." Sam said
"Yeah?" She asked
"Just ahhh,just take care of yourself okay?" Sam said
"Yeah, you too Sam. We'll see you Holland" she says
Walking into her house
Sam got a vision again I grabbed his arm
The clock in the bedroom stops, the nursery rhyme playing stops, a wind sweeps through. A black figure approaches the bed. Monica pushes the door open from the hallway and see's the figure standing over her daughters bed.
"What are you..." Monica says
The fugure turns to her. She is pulled back to the wall and slides up it to the ceiling. Blood starts dripping from her stomach.
"Rosie!" She yells
The room bursts into flame.
After the vision was over I helped Sam stand again he was still holding his head in pain
"Sammy, c'mon lets go" I said we walked back to the motel room and met Dean and dad
Sam sat at the table while dad and dean sat on the beds
"A vision" I said
"Yes. I saw the demon burning a woman on the ceiling" Sam said
"And you think this is going to happen to this woman you met because..." Dad said
"Because it always comes true" I said
"Any Holly you saw it too because?... "
"I touched his arm it ties in to that mind reading stuff I can do" I said he nodded
"Look guys, visions or no visions, fact is, we know the demon is coming tonight. And this family's gonna go through the same hell we went through"
"No they're not. No one is, ever again" Dad said
Sam's phone rings.
I picked it up for him
"Hello?"
"Well well well Holly" a familiar voice said. I recognized it as Meg
"Meg." I said putting the phone on speaker
"Last time I saw you you fell out of a window" I stated
"That really hurt my feelings by the way" she said
"Just your feelings? That was a seven-story drop" I said
"Lemme speak to your Dad" she demanded
"You really are a dumb bitch" I said
"It's time for the grown ups to talk Holland let me speak to him now" she said
Dad grabbed the phone
"This is John" he said
"Howdy John. I'm Meg. I'm a friend of your kids. I'm also the one who watched Jim Murphy choke on his own blood...still there Johny-boy?" She asked
"I'm here" he said
"Well that was yesterday. Today I'm in Lincoln. Visiting another old friend of yours. He wants to say hi..." She said
"John, whatever you do don't give..." A voice I recognized as Caleb's said
"Caleb?" Dad said we all went on alert
"You listen to me. He's got nothing to do with anything. You let him go" dad said
"We know you have the colt John."
Meg said
"I don't know what you're talking about" dad said
"Oh, okay. Well listen to this" meg said
We heard a slicing sound then caleb gasping and choking
"No!" I yelled
"Caleb. Caleb!" Dad yelled
"You hear that? That's the sound of your friend dying. Now let's try this again. We know you have the gun John, word travels fast. So as far as we're concerned you just declared war. And this is what war looks like. It has casualties" she said
"I'm gonna kill you, you know that?" He said
"Oh John please, mind your blood pressure. So this is the thing. We're going to keep doing what we're doing. And your friends, anyone who has ever helped you, gave you shelter, anyone you ever loved. They'll all die unless you give us that gun" she said
Dad went silent "Dad no" I whispered and shook my head
"I'm waiting Johnny, better answer before the buzzer" she said
"Okay" dad said
"Sorry? I didn't quiet get that" she said
"I said okay, I'll bring you the colt" Dad said
"There's a warehouse in Lincoln, on the corner of Wabash and Lake. You're gonna meet me there" she said
"It's gonna take me about a days drive to get there" he said
"Meet me there at midnight tonight" she said
"That's impossible. I can't get there in time and I can't just carry a gun on the plane" he said
"Oh. Well I guess your friends die don't they. If you do decide to make it, come alone" she said hanging up
"So you think Meg is a demon?" Sam asked
"Oh shes more than that" I said dad was unamused by my little side comment
"Either that, or she's possessed by one. It doesn't really matter" dad said
"What do we do?" Dean asked
"I'm going to Lincoln." Dad said
"What?" Dean asked
"It doesn't look lilke we have a choice. If I don't go, a lot of people die, our friends die" dad said
"Dad, the demon is coming tonight. For Monica and her family. That gun is all we got, you can't just hand it over" Sam said
"Who said anything about handing it over. Look, besides us and a coupla of vampires no ones really seen the gun, no one knows what it looks like" Dad said
"So what, you're just going to pick up a ringer at a pawn shop?" I asked
"Antique store." Dad answered
"You're going to hand Meg a fake gun and hope she doesn't notice?" Dean said
"This is crazy and one of the stupidest things any of you have done!" I yelled
"Look, as long as it's close, she shouldn't be able to tell the difference" he said
"Yeah but for how long? What happens when she figures it out?" Dean said
"I just...I just need to buy a few hours, that's all" dad said
"You mean for us, You want us to stay here, and kill this demon by ourselves?" Sam asked
"No Sam. I want to stop losing people we love. I want you to go to school, I want Dean to have a home. I want...I want Holly to have a damn normal life I want Mary alive. It's just...I just want this to be over" Dad admitted
We packed up everything and started a weapons check outside while dean was out getting the gun
He pulled up
"You get it?" Dad asked
Dean pulled an old antique gun and handed it to dad
"You know this is a trap don't you. That's why Meg wants you to come alone?" I said
"I can handle her. I got a whole arsenal loaded. Holy water, Mandaic, amulets..." He listed
"Dad..." Dean said
"What?"
"Promise me something" Dean said
"What's that"
"This thing goes south just...get the hell out. Don't get yourself killed all right, you're no good to us dead" Dean said
"Same goes for you" he said a long silence passed
"All right listen to me. They made the bullets special for this colt. There's only four of them left. Without them this gun is useless. You make every shot count." Dad said
"Yes sir" Sam said
"Been waiting a long time for this fight. Now it's here I'm not gonna be in it. It's up to you three now. It's your fight, you finish this. You finish what I started. Understand?" He asked
"Yes sir" I answered. Dad handed Dean the colt
"We'll see you soon Dad" Sam said
"I'll see you later" Dad said he patted my shoulder then walked off and got in his truck
"Later" Dean repeated as we got in the impala and left heading towards Monica's
We all sat in the front seat of the impala in front of Monica's house Dean had the colt
"Maybe we could tell em it was a gas leak. Might get em out of the house for a few hours" Sam suggested
"Yeah and how many times has that actually worked for us?" I said matter of fact
"Yeah. We could always tell em the truth" Sam suggested me and Dean both looked at him for a moment
"Nah!" All three of us said in unison
"I know I know. I just...with what's coming for these folks..." Sam said
"Sam we only got one move and you know it, all right? We gotta wait for that demon to show itself and then we get it before it gets them" Dean said
"Yeah you're right" I said
"I wonder how Dad's doing" Sam said
"I'd feel a lot better if we were there backing him up" I said
"I'd feel a lot better if he were here backing us up" Sam said
We looked to the house again
"This is weird" Sam said
"Yeah watching people is creepy" I said
"No Holls not that after all of these years we're finally here. It doesn't seem real" Sam said
"Yeah" I agreed
"We just gotta keep our heads and do our job, like always" Dean said
"Yeah but this isn't like always" sam said
"I guess not" I said
"Dean, Holly...ah...I wanna thank you" Sam started
"For what Sammy?" I asked raising my eyebrow
"For everything. You two have always had my back you know? Even when I couldn't count on anyone I could always count on you two And ah...I don't know I just wanted to let you guys know, Just in case" Sam said
"Whoa whoa whoa, are you kidding me?" I asked
"What?" Sam asked
"Don't say just in case something happens you're jinxing the hell outa us" I chuckled
"We don't wanna hear that freaking speech man. Nobody's dying tonight. Not us, not that family, nobody. Except that demon. That evil son of a bitch ain't getting any older than tonight, you understand me?" Dean said Sam nodded
"Dad's not answering" Dean said
"Maybe Meg was late. Maybe cell reception's bad" Sam said
"Thats a lot of maybes Sam" I said worried
"Yeah well" Dean said
The radio starts chattering with static.
"wait. Listen" Sam says
I got a feeling. The demon was here
The static on the radio picked up the wind blew and lights started to flicker
"It's coming" Sam said
"No it's already here!" I said as we jumped out of the car and ran towards the house
I picked the lock. Dean entered first and caught a bat coming at his face from Monica's husband
"Get out of my house!" He yelled
"Please please. Mr Holden please" I pleaded
Dean pinned him to the wall
"Be quiet and listen to me. Be quiet and listen. We are trying to help you" Dean said
"Charlie? Is everything okay?" Monica asks from upstairs
"Monica get the baby!" He yelled
" Don't go in the nursery!" I yelled
Me and Sam ran upstairs
"You stay away from her!" Holden yelled
"What are you..." I heard Monica say as I ran in the door with Sam
The demon turned to us he had yellow eyes
"Rosie!" Monica screamed
Sam raised the colt and pulled the trigger but as soon as he does the demon disappears and Monica drops to the floor
"Where the hell did it go!" Sam yelled
"My baby!" Monica screamed I ran over and grabbed Rosie as soon as I got her from the crib it erupted in flames we all ran outside
The nursery window explodes outwards, flames shooting out.
"You get away from my family" Holden yelled as we went outside
"No Charlie don't. They saved us" Monica said taking Rosie from me
" I mean they saved us" Monica cried
" Thank you" Monica says
We looked to the house to see the silhouette of the demon in the burning nursery
"It's still in there!" Sam yelled
"Sam. Sam, no" Dean grabbed him
Sam was fighting against him "Dean let me go, it's still in there" he said I started to help Dean
"No. It's burning to the ground, it's suicide!" I yelled
"I don't care!" Sam yelled I slapped him in the face
"We do!" Dean yelled we left and headed back to the motel room
"Dean was pacing calling dad I could feel something was wrong
"Somethings wrong" Dean said tossing his phone on the bed
"I can feel it Dean its not good" I said
Sam was staring at the wall
"You hear me? Somethings wrong!" Dean yelled
"If you had just let me go in there, I coulda ended all this" Sam said
"Sam, the only thing you would have ended was your life!" I said
"You don't know that" Sam said
"So what, you're just willing to sacrifice yourself, is that it?" Dean yelled
Sam stood up "Yeah. Yeah you're damn right I am" he said angrily
"Well that's not going to happen, not as long as I'm around" Dean yelled
"What the hell are you talking about Dean, you me and Holly have been searching for this demon our whole lives. It's the only thing we've ever cared about" Sam yelled
"Yeah well we care about your damn life too!" I yelled
"Sam I wanna waste it. I do. Okay? But it's not worth dying over" Dean said
"What?" Sam said
" I mean it. If hunting this demon means getting yourself killed then I hope we never find the damn thing" Dean said
"That thing killed Jess. That thing killed Mom" Sam said
"You said yourself once, that no matter what we do, they're gone, and they're never coming back" Dean said
Sam grabbed him and shoved him against the wall
"Don't you say that, not you! Not after all this don't you say that" Sam yelled upset
I got between them Sam walked away
"Sam look. The four of us...that's all we have...and it's all I have. Sometimes I feel like I'm barely holding it together man...and without you or Dad or Holly..." Dean said calmly
"Dad" Sam said
"He should have called by now. Try him again" Sam said wiping the tears from his eyes
I picked up the phone dialing dad
"You three really screwed up this time" Meg said
"Where the hell is he!" I asked the boys instantly looked to me
"You're never going to see your father again" Meg said hanging up
