Chapter 28

After Luther giving her his consent to hand over the Colt to the Winchesters, Eli takes her cell phone and calls Dean.

"Dean… It's Eli…"

"WTF, Eli!…Why did you get yourself into this?…" Dean immediately yells at her.

"Would you please stop barking for once and listen to me…"

"Why would I listen to you?… You might be already one of them!"

"Well, I'm not… Listen… Luther is willing to give you the Colt at the strict condition you do not kill or hunt any of the vamps in his nest…"

"Sorry, I can't make you that promise, Hun!"

"Well, pass me to someone who can…" She orders him.

John comes on the phone. "Angel… How are you?… You manage?..." He softly says.

"I'm fine… Did you hear the offer?" She gives a quick look at Luther that is listening to everything she's saying.

"Did he touch you?"

"No… On the main road at two miles down here…" Still staying as vague as possible in her answers, afraid that the vampire would grab away the phone.

"We'll figure something out… Give us an hour…" He calmly answers.

"In an hour… Perfect!" She cuts the conversation short. "Done… I told you they would listen to me… Those are good guys and trustworthy." She smiles to Luther. He goes near his vampires and whispers orders at them.

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It's nearly time for the meeting; Luther and Eli are leaving the barn, escorted by two vampires.

Bo receives the assignment to mount guard during their absence and kill all the humans if something goes south. Suddenly, he hears some noise coming from the entrance door and goes checking. He stays in front of it for a few seconds. Since he picks no other sound, he turns around.

"Bouh!" Dean just says before swinging his blade, beheading him.

Going for the prisoner's cage, he falls face to face with another woman vampire. Doing as if he was running away, he raises his machete, hitting her in the arm. Another step and the head rolls on the floor. "That makes two!…" He grins and goes for the cage to release the humans. "Told you I was coming back…" He says, forcing the lock.

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On the road, John is waiting alone in front of his pickup. The two vampires, Luther and Eli are coming out of the sports car that just stopped. Luther has the Colt in his hand. He lays it down at the equal distance between the two vehicles.

"Eli… Could you please bring me this gun?" John says.

"She stays here… She was not part of the bargain…" Luther comes, not willing to lose her again.

"There was never question of giving you something in exchange either…" Just with a movement of his hand, Luther sends John flying against his truck, making Sam and Dean running out of the woods, their machete in their hands.

Eli manages to grab the Colt, but Luther obliges her to go back to him. She has more and more trouble to fight against his power. With another gesture, he orders his two vampires to overcome the brothers. They wrap each an arm around their neck, making them drop their weapon.

"Eli… Eli… Listen to my voice… You can fight this…" Dean struggles to say.

"Is this him?" Luther asks her. She gently nods a 'yes'.

"Eli… Please… Look at me… Look at me…" Dean's still talking to her. She slowly turns her gaze, locking her eyes in his. He can feel the trouble she's dealing with.

She slowly breaks away from Luther, pointing the Colt at Dean. Luther starts to smile and lets her do. She does another two steps to get right in the middle of everybody. In a sort of slow-motion, she aims Sam, then Dean again. "Eli… It's me… Dean… I know you're strong…" He now begs her. She pulls the trigger, tears rolling on her face.

Unexpectedly, she turns her arm and shoots a bullet right between Luther's eyes. His face shows surprise first, his eyes wide open and then his entire body starts to glow to finally drops into pieces on the ground. Still in a sort of trance, she is now aiming the two vampires still holding Sam and Dean. "Let them go and I'll show you mercy!" She says in a toneless voice. They evaluate the odds, looking at what's left from their leader. She pulls the trigger again. They let go, quickly jump into their car and speed away.

Sam goes checking on John, while Dean comes to Eli. Delicately, he takes the Colt from her hand; her whole body starts to shake. He takes her in an embrace, holding her tight. "It's all right, Eli… I've got you… He's gone…" He softly murmurs her.

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Back at the motel, Dean pours two glasses of Whisky and gives one to Eli. John enters the room and sits beside her.

"You ignored a direct order, young lady…" He comes softly.

"John, I'm sorry… But, I knew it was a better way to get what we wanted…"

"Trowing yourself into the lion's mouth?... Knowing you might not be strong enough to resist his call… And not to mention disappearing like you did, without leaving a thing for us to know where you were up to?..."

"Dad, she made the right move… Luther, with his 'love' thing, had a weak spot… And she took advantage of it…" Dean cautiously steps in.

"She puts us all in danger by not telling us!..." John comes a little bit more roughly.

"I tried to talk to you about it… But, you cut me out… You always thing I'm too weak to handle… I'm stronger than you think…You made me stronger, John… And I needed… I had to kill him myself…"

"What made you think that we would let Luther go alive?"

"Chances were you would not have the occasion…" She whispers…

"Dad, could we please leave this behind us… We made it alive, right?..."

John stands up. "Yes, Dean… We made it alive, this time… But what next?…"

"The Yellow-eyed Demon?… Think we proved ourselves to you that we are good hunters… That all together as a team, we can deal with any of those bastards!…" Dean firmly says.

"It's scares the hell out of me!... You boys, and even you Eli, are all I've got left in this life…" John takes a moment to think. "But, I guess, you're right… We are stronger as a team… So, we'll go after this damn thing… Together!" He concludes.

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Later that night, Eli is outside, sitting on a picnic table. She is looking at the starts, tears rolling on her cheeks.

Dean rejoins her, handing her a bottle of beer. "Don't tell me you're crying for that bloodsucker?"

"No… It's just… The aftershock, I guess… You know, when I was with Luther in the nest, at a certain moment I felt I would not have enough strength to fight him… It was harder and harder… And I was about to let go…"

"What made you hold?"

"You…" She whispers, instantly regretting what she just said.

"Me?"

"I mean…" Eli starts to blush, hoping the dark won't make him notice it.

"Oh! Us…" Dean pointing at the motel door.

"Yeah!..." She sighs in relief.

"Well, glad it worked… You killed that son of a bitch!" Dean says, clinking his bottle against hers.

"Yep… My sixth sense gave that Demon a third eye…" She laughs.

"That is actually funny!"

"Really?"

"Yeah!" They both burst into laughter.