Episode 7, Chpt 5

Alley, Night

ALLEYWAY - NIGHT]

Frankie Spitz was waiting on the man(demon) whom he'd sent after Phillips. Elizabeth and Reese were standing across the alley behind a car, waiting. As Frankie paces back and forth the demon appeared.

Elizabeth sighed heavily and Reese looked at her.

"What?" he whispered.

"Nothing, just so damn tired of demons."

Reese just nodded. He wondered how she dealt with all the wierd stuff on a daily basis. It's not every night he did, and he didn't mind the nights where he just had regular bank robberies.

"I don't like interruptions when I'm working." said the demon.

"Uh ... yeah. Listen, I think I made a mistake. I want to call off the hit on Phillips. I'm not cut out for being a leader. Your boss is better off with Phillips after all."

"Sorry, I don't do that. A deal's a deal." The demon turned, ready to walk away.

Frankie decided to be brave and grabbed his arm. "Look, it's cool, all right? I don't need you anymore. Just call off the deal, and your boss can have Phillips back. He may be old but I'm sure he's just as good."

The demon looked at him, as if he was getting inside his head.

"You've been coerced or you're indecisive. I have no tolerance for either." he replied, before snapping Spitz neck. His boss would have to find another human to use, Spitz really was dumb. It was best just to take out him and Phillips both.

As the demon was about to disappear, Elizabeth came out from hiding. The colt was still in her back pocket. Reese followed Elizabeth out, staying a few feet behind her with his gun raised, not that it would help with a demon, but it might slow it down.

"You. I know who you are." the demon said to her.

"How about we skip the introductions." she replied. The demon came for her, and she kicked him in the stomach. They exchanged several blows before Reese had a clear shot to take without hitting Elizabeth. The demon looked up at him, and was about to throw him across the alley, but Elizabeth grabbed the Colt and aimed it at him. He saw this, and immediately left the body he was riding.

"Damn it." she yelled. "You okay?" she asked Reese.

"Yeah, fine. Not used to seeing that though."

"Welcome to my world."

Reese gave her a strained smile. Before she could say anything else, she heard her comm link go off. She pressed the button.

"Hey, it's me." said Sam.

"What is it? The demon just got away and Spitz is dead, so make it quick." she said.

"Um, Jaimie left...without her phone or comm set on. I have a really bad feeling about where she went."

"Great. I'll go find her." said Elizabeth. She turned off her comm link. Reese looked at her.

"It's my partner, she ran off, maybe to your father's hotel. I'm going there now."

Reese nodded, and headed for his own car that was a little further than Elizabeth's.

Hotel

For several minutes Jaimie and Al were at a standoff. She finally pulled out the gun she brought with her, and pointed it at him.

"Don't think you're doing this for her, because she wouldn't want it." he said.

"Don't you dare tell me what she'd want."

"Go ahead. Kill me. You'll stop hating me and start hating yourself."

"I don't care."

Elizabeth finally managed to get there, and ran into the room.

"Jaimie!"

"Stay out of this."

"Jaime just stop it. He'll pay for what he did to your mom, but this isn't the way to do it."

Jaimie turned to look at Elizabeth, and Phillips took the time to run out of the room. Jaimie tried to follow him but Elizabeth grabbed her.

"Let go of me! You're letting him get away!" she cried out.

"I am more worried about you. He's human Jaimie, I know you want to do it but you can, okay."

Jaimie ignored her, trying to release herself from Elizabeth's grasp.

"I'm going after him."

"Then you're going to have to go through me." Elizabeth stated.

"Please don't make me hurt you." said Jaimie.

"Jaimie, you don't need to do this."

"Don't say that. If this was your mom tell me you wouldn't...if he was the animal that killed your mom tell me this isn't exactly what you would do."

"I understand Jaimie. I promise I do, but my mom was killed by a demon, not a person. Phillips will pay by going to prison for the rest of his life. It's not our choice to decide people's fate."

"I want him dead." said Jaimie.

"I know." Elizabeth whispered, never letting go over Jaimie's arm.

Finally Jaimie backed off, sitting on the bed, gun still in hand but now pointed to the ground. Elizabeth walked to her, and pulled it away from her. Reese finally came running in.

"Hey, where is he?" Reese asked.

"Gone." said Elizabeth, not turning around to look at him, her eyes still focused on Jaimie.

"What?"

"We'll find him." Elizabeth finally turned towards him.

"What happened in here?" He asked, noticing Jaimie and the gun in Elizabeth's hand.

"She just got a little upset." Elizabeth said.

"A little? He's out there with a demonic killer on the loose. What were you thinking?" Reese asked Jaimie. His stress making him forget about Jaimie's situation with her mom.

"Reese..." started Elizabeth.

"I was thinking about my mom. I was thinking of the last time I saw her, the day he..." she trailed off at the end, and ran out the room.

All of a sudden Reese felt like the world's biggest jerk.

"I'm sorry." he said to Elizabeth, she just nodded. She then walked out the door, telling Reese she'd catch back up with him in a bit.

Motel, Night.

Elizabeth walked in the room, seeing Sam seated at the desk. She'd talked to him on comms on her way over, and knew Jaimie had came back here.

"Is she all right?" Elizabeth asked, nodding towards the bathroom.

"She will be. Sometimes it's worse when the demons you're fighting are on the inside. Lord knows we've all been there."

"Yeah. Should I go talk to her?"

"Not right now, let her cool down, we need to find Phillips."

"Okay, I've got to meet back up with Reese. Let me know if you track him down before we do."

"Alright. Be careful."

Elizabeth paused by the door. "I wish Jaimie wasn't out of commision though, we could use an extra pair of eyes...guess we don't want her doing the demon's job for him though."

Sam just nodded. Elizabeth closed the door behind her. Sam then saw Jaimie standing outside the bathroom door, looking guilty.

"Sorry about that." Sam said, referring to Elizabeth's last comment.

"No, she's right. I just felt so out of control, I've never been like that before."

"It's pretty scary." Sam said, he'd been there before, what hunter hadn't.

"Yeah. Maybe I need to stay away from everyone all together..."

"What, you don't trust yourself?" Sam asked.

"I dunno, do you trust me?" she asked quietly.

"Jaimie...I think if you really really wanted someone dead ... they'd be dead. You're new, but you're good at this. You need to trust yourself, but you need to trust us too. I've been doing this as long as I can remember. I know it gets scary...but you can do this job. You just need to calm down and think about what you want...and what she'd want."

Street, close to the police station.

Reese was hanging up his phone, still no luck getting through to his father. Elizabeth walked up behind him.

"Hey, you find anything?" she asked. Reese jumped slightly, he hadn't heard her come up, as usual.

"Wow, wasn't even tried to startle you this time." She said, laughing.

"It's fine...I was in my own world."

"Any luck?"

"Nope, checked a few of his old safe houses...nothing."

"We'll find him." she reassured him, hoping for his sake she was right.

"You know, I've been wondering why the hell we're even doing this.

"State's evidence, stopping organized crime, stopping a demon...he's your father..." she was going to go on, but paused.

"That look on your friend's face, it isn't the first time I've seen it. My father wasn't a good man. All of a sudden he says he's going to change, I don't think so...people don't just change because they say they will."

"I don't know about that. Look, I know it doesn't even compare to what your father was like...but my mom was a pretty notorious thief in her time, well atleast in the supernatural world. From what I heard, she decided to give all that up before I was ever born. She had a hell of a lifestyle going. Money, danger, style... I doubt it was easy for her, but she kept that promise to herself. I didn't even know what she had been."

Reese looked at Elizabeth, but didn't say anything. It was rare she ever shared anything with him, so he was just taking it all in. He was curious..wondering how she got into this life.

Reese phone suddenly rang, he answered right away.

"Yeah? Dad. Where are you? Okay... No, no, don't move. I'll be right there." he said, hanging up the phone.

"He's across town, at 26th and Paley." he said to Elizabeth.

"I'll see you there." she said, and he got into his car. "Sam, we've got him." Elizabeth said into her comm link.

Street, Night

Al was standing behind an iron fence close to an empty restaurant. He heard a noise, and slowly walked forward to see what it was. He then saw Jaimie standing in front of him.

"How...I called Jesse...how'd you know."

"Word got around." she answered.

"I can't take back what I did. We're both going to have to live with my mistake, I'm sorry." he said.

Jaimie didn't answer him. Suddenly she felt that someone was behind her. She turned her head to see the demon.

"You either move, or you die." he said to her. Jaimie was fighting with herself on what to do, before she finally made her decision.

She grabbed the bottle of holy water from her purse, and threw it in his face, as he was distracted she grabed a metal post that was broken off the fence and was on the ground. She hit him across the face with it, and the demon was momentarily knocked on the ground. She motioned for Phillips to run, and then followed him.

As they were running, she turned on her comm set to speak to Sam and Elizabeth.

"I'm with Phillips, the demon isn't far behind, he'll catch up any second."

"Okay, go to the nearest building you can get into." Sam said.

"Right, okay." she said, they finally made their way to one of the abandoned stores. She yelled for Al to stop, and she then quickly picked the lock. They went into the building, and locked the door. She took the bag of salt and lined the windows and doors.

"Okay what now, he'll figure out a way in soon."

"Elizabeth's on her way, just stay put as long as you can. She'll get there faster than I can."

"Alright."

Elizabeth pulled as close to the building as she could, got out of her car and ran the rest of the way. Reese wasn't far behind. She noticed the demon trying to get into the empty store, and he turned around to face her.

"You again."

"Yep, me again." she answered, smirking.

She tried to land a few hits, but he managed to dodge them, finally free enough to push her agaisnt the nearest wall. She was pinned, and couldn't move.

"You're not beating me this time." he said.

"Yeah, we'll see."

Reese had came up without the demon noticing at first, and saw the Colt lying on the ground. He made a grab for it as the demon turned to see him. As the demon was about to put Reese up to the wall next to Elizabeth, Reese didn't hesitate to shoot him in the chest. He shook several times before falling to the ground. Elizabeth, released from the hold, slid down the wall.

"Nice shot." She commented. He just nodded. Elizabeth turned to the door of the store and knocked.

"Jaimie, it's over. You can open up now."

Jaimie opened the door, and Phillips walked out first. He headed for Reese, and Elizabeth walked with Jaimie several feet away. They watched as Phillips talked to Reese, but they weren't really in hearing range. Elizabeth knew she wasn't going to be able to question Phillips about the demon he was working for right now. She really wished she'd gotten him alone before Reese showed up.

"So I gave the Feds a heads-up. Witsec is already prepping a new location for you. So I'm going to give mom a call. I'll tell her to pack some
things and have her meet us at the precinct.

"You think it's necessary to uproot her like that?" Phillips asked.

"Dad."

"Yeah, I know... I just think your mother would be happier staying put."

"What are you saying?"

"I'm tired. I need some time to think."

"Okay, so you think, ... And then you're going to go to turn yourself in, right?" Reese trying to stay hopeful.

"How about we see what happens?"

Jaime and Elizabeth watched on.

"You're not going to do it, are you?" Reese continued.

"Witness protection, ratting out my friends...I just don't know if I can do it. That's not my nature." he answered. "Look Jesse, I'm out of crime, I promise, and if you want I'm out of your life. I'll disappear, you won't have to worry about me."

Elizabeth had heard the last part as her and Jaimie walked a little closer. Was Reese going to let him go? Phillips wasn't getting away, but if he tried she was going to question him herself.

Phillips held out his hand to Reese, hoping he'd shake it. Reese's face was expressionless. Finally, he reached his hand out to his dad, but right before shaking it, he brought the other hand up slapping the handcuffs on his father's wrists, then preceded to put it on the other hand.

"Jesse, I'm your father, you can trust me."

"Sorry dad, it's just not in my nature."

Elizabeth turned to look at Jaime. She wasn't really surprised, Reese was a good cop. So Phillips wasn't going to testify...but atleast he was going to jail now.

"So...you think they'll be able to keep him behind bars?" Jaimie asked. Elizabeth nodded. They began to walk away, leaving Reese to deal with Phillips. She'd talk to Reese later.

"I have a feeling Reese will see to it personally this time." said Elizabeth. "You were right you know."

"Right about what?" asked Jaime.

"I probably would've done the same thing as you at first, had he been the one to kill my mom. But I don't know if I could've done what you just did...turning around and saving him. It was impressive."

Elizabeth and Jaimie got to the car, and they both hopped in.

"Thanks." she replied after the got situated in the car. "Does this mean Sam won't take away my comm set?"

"I think your safe. Just don't forget to turn it off when you sleep...or I'll have to get used to the snoring..."

"I do not snore." she said as Elizabeth turned the car on and pulled away from the parking space.

"Yeah...I recorded it." Elizabeth said smugly.

"Whatever, you're just jelous cuz they look better on me." (Their comm sets look like earings, except Sam's that looks like a normal bluetooth piece).

"Yea right." said Elizabeth.

"I bet everyone thinks so...except maybe your boyfriend."

"He is not my boyfriend."

"Uh huh." said Jaime, laughing. Elizabeth couldn't help it, she laughed too. They than finished the rest of the drive back to the motel in silence.

End of Episode.