"Evening, Jackie." Ezariel said, grinning at Jackie.

Jackie sighed and said, "E."

"So… want to get this over with?" Ezariel said, pointing at Layla.

"Jack, what's going on? That can't be yellow-eyes!" Dean asked.

"Who is that?" Sam asked.

"Get it done, Beckett." Ezariel urged.

"Woe, what? Why kill me? What did I do?" Layla said, terrified.

"Everyone shut up." Jackie ordered. Everyone fell silent. She turned to Sam and Dean and said, "I'll explain later." She turned to Ezariel and glared, and finally she turned to Layla and shot her in the leg.

Sam and Dean cried out, and Ezariel took on a look of satisfaction.

Jack walked over to Layla and checked her pulse. She was still alive, which meant either the demon was still alive or her body was. However, she wasn't talking or coming out of her unconsciousness.

Jackie looked at Sam and Dean and said, "She's dead."

"How do you know?"

"That shot wouldn't have killed Layla Roark. It would have hurt a heck of a lot, and she would not be unconscious right now. She'd be screaming. Layla is dead."

Jack got to her feet and shot off another round from the Colt into Layla's heart.

Then she turned to face Sam, Dean and Ezariel.

"Good job." Ezariel commented.

"Your turn." Jack looked at Ezariel.

"Yeah." He reached into his pocket and unfolded a piece of paper.

"You keep demon deals on slips of paper?" Jackie asked, a little amused. Sam and Dean stood beside her, confused as ever.

"It's the only logical way we can keep track of them. Here it is."

Jackie took the slip of paper and looked at it. On it was simple handwriting. It read 'Dean Winchester. One year.'

Jackie walked over to a table in the ballroom where a candle was lit. She lit the contract on fire and dropped it on the ground. It burnt to ashes. As soon as the paper was lit Dean dropped to the floor.

"Dean? Are you okay?" Sam asked, kneeling beside him.

Dean opened his eyes and Sam noticed amazingly that his wounds from fighting had been healed.

Ezariel grinned at Jack and said, "Now he has two years."

Jack whipped around to face him and said, "What?"

"You didn't think I was going to give you the entire contract all at once did you?"

"You son of a bitch. What did you do?"

"I gave him an extra year. You want the whole thing? I'll be in touch."

Ezariel disappeared.

"OH YOU ARE SO DEAD, YOU DEMONIC SON OF A BITCH!" Jackie called out to the air.

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Sam, Dean and Jackie walked into their motel room. It was getting late now, close to one o'clock in the morning.

"Are you going to tell us?" Dean accused Jack as they walked in.

Jackie sighed and said, "I don't really want to."

"I think you owe us quite the explanation. Making deals with that demon doesn't seem to be such a smart move." Dean replied.

"A bit rich coming from you, isn't it?"

"Spill."

"It's a horribly long story."

"We have time." Sam pointed out.

Jackie sighed and said, "It goes all the way back to your fire."

"What do you mean?"

"A lot of it has to do with John."

Sam and Dean waited for her to begin her story. She sighed and said, "Fine."

"The day that your house fire happened my dad was outside taking out the trash. Azazel was leaving your house when my dad saw him. Azazel noticed he was being watched and couldn't risk someone letting slip what he looked like. He killed my dad.

'I lived with my mom for about a year until she died too. John had always cared for me. I must have been about a year and a half at that time. John hid me with Jim Murphy, Missouri Mosely, Bobby, Caleb, pretty much everyone and anyone he knew. I grew up in all of those homes, taking turns from one place to another. But every month John would always visit me for two or three days at a time, to train mostly. He taught me probably eighty percent of what I know about the supernatural.

'When I was old enough John started taking me on hunts. He told you boys he was hunting and left to get me. He found I had a natural talent for the job. I was a sharp shooter and had stamina. John made me hone my skills and made me better and better.

'And then you left, Sam. And then things started to get really complicated. John knew he couldn't take me hunting anymore, so he allowed me to hunt on my own. When Dean worked his own jobs he came to find me, and we hunted together. And then he went missing.

'I nearly went crazy trying to find him in those months. And finally when I caught wind of where he was, he was already in that hospital bed. I went to talk to him when you weren't in the room, Sam. He told me he had a plan, and that he wanted me to come with him. I did and he summoned Azazel. I was terrified of him. John knew that Azazel was looking for a human to lead his army. He also knew that Azazel was considering getting me. He made a deal with Azazel to wake up Dean and protect me. Azazel couldn't use me anymore. But he wanted more than the Colt, and so, to save me and Dean, John gave up his life. I was wrecked, but John had made me promise not to tell you boys that he'd made a deal for Dean.

'I went back to the estate my parents had left me. Our family was always very well-off and I was left a sizeable fortune. My parents had owned a second house in Nebraska. I went back there and for a year I devoted myself to training, experimenting, making myself better and better until I was almost invincible. I developed a few toys for myself, the largest of which was my car. I experimented with holy wood, holy water, salt, pure iron and everything else that repels demons and spirits.

'And then I resumed my hunting, better, faster, and stronger than ever. The 660 demons thing happened in my first month of hunting after I got back to my job. It's been hunting ever since, and then one day while I was looking for another job, you boys showed up. I've been with you ever since." Jackie finished.

Sam and Dean exchanged looks.

"So what happened with that demon then? The one with the yellow eyes?"

"His name is Ezariel. He's Azazel's brother. He is extremely dangerous, controlling, and power-hungry. Since you killed his brother, he was probably your most threatening enemy. He came to me wanting to refresh our deal, but he wanted me to do him a few favors, killing a few demons that got in his way. In return I made him promise he wouldn't hurt you boys. I tricked him into sealing the deal. He can't break it. If he tries to hurt you boys, he dies. He can still kill me, and I can still kill him.

'I got all of the information for this hunt from him. The demon possessing Layla was some kind of threat to Ezariel. However before I found out about this job you guys told me about Dean's demon-deal. All of those crossroad demons – well, most of them anyway- are all under Ezariel's command. He holds the souls of who knows how many people. Dean is one of them. I made a deal with him for Dean's contract. But I was stupid. I didn't ask for his entire contract. I just said "contract". So tonight, Ezariel gave Dean one more year, and one more year only. He wants me to keep hunting for him. I'm forced to. There's no other way to get Dean out of his deal. At least, not that I know of."

They sat in silence for another five minutes until Dean finally broke it.

"Hey, Jack?"

"Yeah?"

"What does your car look like?"

Jackie grinned.

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