Chapter 37: How Magic Works
About 30 minutes later Cas and Rowena walked into the Five-O bullpen.
"What took you so long?" Dean asked.
"You're complaining about a trip that could have taken upwards of 13 hours from one coast to another and then across the pacific?" Castiel asked.
"I had to pack," Rowena stated.
"And we dropped off her things at the hotel. I'm leaving now for my tour," Cas finished angrily and disappeared.
"What have you boys gotten yourselves into?" Rowena asked as she scanned the office of the Five-O task force and her eyes stopped and lingered on the weapons case in the corner.
"It's a mess," Sam said and stepped forward. "But let me introduce you to everyone before we dive into it."
Once the introductions were made and Rowena hung off of Steve's arm while the basics of the case were discussed, they then showed her the video of the ghost attack.
"You don't by chance know her, do you?" Dean asked.
"I know of her. Her name is Melissandra Harper. She was inducted into the Grand Coven just before I was kicked out. But aw, looks like she's dead and I'm alive. Clearly she wasn't as good as she claimed to be. There are spells, you know, to save life. I've died several time but the backup power doesn't let me stay dead for long," she spoke directly to Steve and no one else.
"Rowena, a lot of these people are pretty sceptical about the supernatural," Sam spoke to pull her attention back to the job.
"Oh because an angel zapping a witch clean across the country isn't proof enough? Who do I have to curse around here to make believers out of you?" She asked and looked at the wide eyes all around her. "That one, I'll turn him into a toad," she threatened and pointed at Jerry.
"Please don't," Jerry said as he hid behind Sam.
"That won't be necessary but we could use your help with the witch," Steve said.
"That is why I came all this way, just to help you. But if she's a ghost you really don't need me. Burn the bones, isn't that the way you handle things?" She asked as she looked to Sam and Dean.
"Except we don't know where she's buried, if she wasn't cremated already. In that case we have no idea about the remains and, on top of all that, we have a demon to deal with," Dean listed off the multiple things on his ever growing list of bad news.
"I don't know if this will help but Chucky has a storage locker not far from the subdivision in the Valley. It's one of many locations in the file you brought back from the realtor. He's held it for a long time and it was first co-signed by Melissa Godfrey," Jerry spoke timidly.
"That's the witch," Toast jumped in as Jerry finished. "Or at least the name she went by when she died, well one of them. Melissa Mae Ray was another. I'm searching death records and what not but still nothing."
"You see Steven, unlike myself, these young witches try to hid who they are. I'm not ashamed to say my name is Rowena MacLeod and I'm a witch, and have been for centuries," Rowena spoke boastfully.
"Except when you're trying to swindle rich single men out of their hard earned money," Dean accused with a roll of his eyes.
"I always go by Rowena. I love my name and for your informations, much of a witch's power comes from the name. Also, I don't go after wealthy, hardworking, single men. They are not so easily fooled. I go after the fools who inherited wealth from their fathers and who never learned the value of hard work. They don't deserve that money and I work damn hard to get it away from them," she finished.
"Yeah we know," Dean said with aggravation.
"So why don't I go down to that house she's haunting and see if she'll talk to me, witch to witch? And you boys go check out the storage locker. I'm sure I'll be just fine and dandy with Steven here," she plotted.
"That's not a bad idea Rowena," Steve said and looked to his team.
"I'll go with Dean," Kono said. "And we'll check out the locker."
"I kinda think someone should hit up a hardware store before tonight. I have a feeling we might have to act on the fly with Igor," Sam said.
"I'll take you," Chin jumped in. "We'll borrow Steve's truck."
"Take it," Steve said and tossed the keys at Chin.
"What about me?" Danny asked.
"You and Lou can map out the other locations in the realtors file and see if Charles doesn't have more info about tonights party," Steve said.
"All right, and I have another informant I'd like to chat with," Kono said.
"Who?" Steve asked.
"Sang Min," she answered.
"Good call, he loves you," Steve winked.