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Gracilynn stumbles over the threshold of the new hotel they were staying at. She would've face planted into the floor but Dean grabs her arm, holding her up. Gracilynn mumbles a thanks and, dropping her bag on the floor, goes to one of the beds and climbs on top of it. Dean snorts and picks up her bag in the middle of the walk way and sets it off to the side. He looks over and sees she's already fast asleep. Sam walks in to the room, shutting the door behind him.
"Where's Gracilynn?" Sam asks tiredly, not seeing her. Dean points to the bed and Sam looks over to see her passed out on top of the blankets.
They had retrieved Pestilence's ring, but things had gone South quickly. Once they ganked him and got the ring, Dean all but threw Sam and Gracilynn into the Impala and took off, trying to put as much space between them and that town. Neither one of them had gotten much sleep, what with Dean driving and Sam and Gracilynn still being high on adrenaline. Even after the adrenaline wore off and Dean tried to get them to take a nap, they still stayed awake. Needless to say, they were all exhausted.
"Hey," Dean says, lightly smacking Sam in the arm. Sam looks over at him, being pulled from his thoughts. "Set up the salt lines and then we can hit the sack."
Sam nods his head, setting his bag at the foot of his bed. He grabs the salt container out of the weapons bag and begins pouring it across the windows and door. He looks over to see Dean take of Gracilynn's shoes and coat. Dean tosses the coat onto one of the chairs and drops the shoes at the foot of the bed. As careful as he can, without waking her up, Dean pulls the covers out from under Gracilynn and lays them over top of her. He looks over at Sam and sees him putting the salt container away and begins taking his own shoes and coat off. Dean follows suit and the two of them crawl into bed, letting out identical sighs of comfort, instantly falling asleep.
Gracilynn blinks her eyes open relieved the sun isn't shining in her face. She sits up in bed and yawns, stretching her arms in to the air. She looks around the pitch black room, trying to make out her surroundings. She sees two beds, each with a large lump lying in them. She looks outside, noticing it is still dark out.
"That's weird," Gracilynn says, trying to figure out why she feels so refreshed if it's still dark out. She looks at the clock and it reads 11:23. "Huh."
Gracilynn climbs out of bed and heads to the bathroom. Washing her hands, she comes to the conclusion she must have slept the whole day away. She realizes she's still in her clothes and reaches into her pants pocket pulling out her phone and looking at the date. She does a double take when she sees the time.
"11:24. AM," Gracilynn says, surprised. She walks back out in to the dark room and over to the window. She peers outside and can't see anything except blackness. "'The hell?"
There is movement behind her and Gracilynn turns around and sees one of the lumps on the bed closest to the door move. Gracilynn carefully walks over to one of the lamps and turns it on. Dean squints as the light hits his eyes. He sees Gracilynn up and looks at the clock next to his bed. He then looks over at the window where he saw her standing, seeing it pitch black outside.
"Did we sleep all day?" Dean asks, sitting up in bed. Gracilynn and Dean look over when they hear Sam groan, sitting up in his own bed.
"Dad, it's…" Gracilynn begins, looking at the clock before continuing, "11:31."
"Okay, so we did sleep all day," Dean says, running a hand through his hair.
"No, dad. It's 11:31 AM," Gracilynn says. Dean and Sam look at her like she's gone nuts. Sam glances outside.
"Right," Dean says, pointing towards the window.
"I see Dad. Look at your phone," Gracilynn says. Dean makes a face but looks at his phone, Sam looking at his own phone as well.
"Huh. Something must be wrong with our phones," Dean says, glancing back outside.
"All three of them? At the same time?" Gracilynn asks disbelievingly. "Something's going on here."
"There must be a glitch or something with the phone carrier," Sam offers.
"Okay Einsteins, then how do you explain this?" Gracilynn asks, walking over to the window and pulling the curtains back.
"Explain what? The dark? I thought we already did," Dean says. Gracilynn rolls her eyes, letting out a frustrated sigh.
"No, the fact that there's nothing in the sky. If it is 11:30 at night, wouldn't there be a moon? Stars?" Gracilynn asks.
"What?" Dean and Sam ask in unison, climbing out of bed and meeting Gracilynn at the window. They peer outside and realize there is, in fact, no moon or stars out in the sky. It's just complete blackness.
"'The hell?" Dean says. Sam walks over to the table and picks up the remote, turning the television on.
"It is 11:42 in the morning and as you can see out your window, there is no sun. Astrologists aren't sure why this phenomenon is happening but are working around the clock to figure it out. Schools and stores alike are being closed for the day for safety reasons until further information can be provided. Law enforcement is encouraging people to please take extreme caution and only go out when you need to…"
Dean and Sam meet each others' gaze, knowing this isn't good.
"Told you," Gracilynn says and Dean and Sam look over at her. Sam turns the TV off and walks back over to where his brother and niece are standing.
"So…?" Sam asks, not sure what to make of this.
"I…I…" Dean stutters, trying to think of something. "I have no clue."
"This has to be Apocalypse related right?" Sam asks.
"Has to be," Dean agrees.
"So what? Demon?" Gracilynn asks.
"Don't know. Can a demon do something like this?" Dean says. Sam just gives Dean a lost expression.
"God maybe?" Sam offers. "We've just dealt with that whole god thing back at that hotel."
"Maybe," Dean says. "All right. Sam you call Bobby. I'll call Cas."
"Bobby's got nothing," Sam says, "But said he'd look into it and call back when he finds something."
Dean nods his head, hanging up his own phone and tossing it on the bed.
"Cas doesn't know either. Said he'd look into it as well," Dean replies.
"So now what do we do?" Gracilynn asks, sitting on the arm of the armchair.
"Now, I guess, we do some research ourselves," Sam says. Gracilynn lets out a groan.
"I was hoping you weren't gonna say that," she says.
"Yeah, well three extra brains could break the case," Dean says.
"You say that like you have a brain," Gracilynn replies, sliding off the chair and heading over to the bed. Sam snorts, pulling out some books from one of their bags.
"You say that like you have a brain," Dean says mockingly, giving her a playful shove towards her bed. He grabs a book from Sam and tosses it onto Gracilynn's bed in front of her. "Just sit down and look through that will ya?"
Gracilynn smirks and grabs the book on her bed. She sprawls out, making herself comfortable and opens it up, beginning to read. Sam takes a seat at the table with his laptop and begins typing stuff into the search engine, while Dean takes a couple of books and lies down on his bed, his back resting against the wall.
"I've got nothing," Dean says frustrated, tossing the book to the foot of the bed. Sam looks up from the computer. He rubs a hand across his face and sighs.
"Yeah, me neither," Sam says. Dean looks over to his daughters' bed where she fell asleep about a half hour ago.
"You find anything Gracie?" Dean yells at her. Gracilynn startles awake, catching the book on her lap before it falls.
"Huh? What? Uh…yeah I'm still looking," she says, looking down at the book in front of her, blinking her eyes into focus. Dean snorts, getting up from his bed and walking over. He grabs the book from her and flips it right side up.
"How 'bout now?" he asks with a smirk.
"Oh," Gracilynn says, wiping her eyes and tossing the book on the bed. "I can't find anything."
Sam's phone starts ringing and he looks at the caller ID. He gives Dean a look before answering it and putting it on speaker.
"Hey, Bobby," Sam says, "You're on speaker."
"I think I've found somethin'," Bobby says.
"So, what is it? A demon? A god?" Dean asks.
"Boy will you let me finish," Bobby says.
"Sorry," Dean mumbles earning a smirk from his daughter.
"It's more like a creature. Well, two of them. They're wolves from Norse mythology and they come around…" Bobby says.
"Let me guess, during the Apocalypse," Dean says.
"Yeah. They're called Skoll and Hati and during the end of days they come around. Says here Skoll swallows the sun while Hati swallows the moon," Bobby explains.
"What? They swallow the sun and moon?" Gracilynn asks.
"That's what it says," Bobby replies.
"Do we know how to kill it?" Dean asks.
"Not sure yet. I'll keep looking and let you know when I find something," Bobby answers.
"All right, thanks Bobby," Sam says, hanging up the phone. He sets it on the table next to him and starts typing on his computer.
"There's not much here," Sam says, "Just the same stuff Bobby was telling us."
"Awesome," Dean says.
"What about the colt?" Gracilynn asks. Dean and Sam look over at her. "I mean it can kill any Supernatural being right?"
"Yeah. Oh, except for the devil," Dean answers sardonically.
"But it could kill them right?" Gracilynn asks.
"Yeah, we just have to find out who they are," Sam says, pointing out.
"What if they're actual wolves?" Dean asks.
"Maybe," Sam says, "But you would think if there were a couple of wolves roaming around there would be something in the papers. Someone would've said something, right?"
"Yeah," Dean says, thinking.
"Well, what if it can turn into a wolf?" Gracilynn says.
"What? Like a werewolf?" Dean asks.
"No, more like a shapeshifter?" Gracilynn says, not really sure herself. "I mean if they're human, then no one would think anything of it if two people came strolling into town."
"She's got a point Dean," Sam says, sharing a look with his brother.
"All right. Well, I guess we ask around. See if any new people besides us has come into town," Dean says, standing up and grabbing his coat. Sam shuts down his computer and follows Dean's lead. Gracilynn throws her coat on and walks after her dad, Sam shutting the door behind them.
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