Chapter 53
Dean, Jo, Scorch, Ember and Lava stood outside the back service entrance to The Natural History Museum.
"Dean, I really don't have a good feeling about this. Can't we babysit Kevin while Garth retrieves this tablet?" Jo asked, her stomach roiling.
Dean caressed her check and slid his hand into her hair. He pulled her towards him and kissed her forehead.
"Honey, even if Balthazar zaps Garth here, Crowley is after it too. He might get to it before Garth does. It kind of has to be us."
He kissed her one more time, this time softly on her lips, then pulled on his gloves. Jo sighed and put on hers. Dean pulled out his gun and waited for Jo to pull out her angel blade before he typed in the first code on Balthazar's list. Scorch went in first followed by Dean, Jo, and the other hounds. They quickly and carefully made their way to the Egyptian section. Methodically they searched each exhibit. They found the exhibit it was in when Scorch and Lava both began growling low in warning. Before Jo and Dean had turned all the way around, each of the hounds were tearing apart a demon. Dean was fighting off a fourth one as a fifth one lunged at him, Jo threw her angel blade. It stuck right between the demon's eyes.
'Are there any more?' Jo asked Ember.
Before Ember could answer, Scorch jumped in front of Jo as Lava pulled down the demon that was heading straight at Jo. Scorch then ran to Dean and pulled the demon off of Dean as Dean stabbed it with Ruby's knife. Scorch stayed with Jo and Dean as Ember and Lava quickly checked the floor for any more demons.
Once they had the Hellhounds OK, Dean typed in the code to the display case and Jo reached in to the case, grabbing the tablet. As she was lifting it out, a corner of the tablet brushed an exposed part of her wrist. Jo did not even feel it. Dean held out the backpack and Jo placed the tablet inside. One of Dean's gloves had ripped during his fight. The tablet contacted a small part sliver of skin on his thumb as Jo put the tablet in the backpack. Jo smiled at Dean and leaned up to kiss him. He looked down at her in disgust and stepped away from her.
"What the Hell are you doing? I thought I made it clear that I am done with you," Dean said venomously as he walked away.
Jo felt her heart almost stop and she sank to the ground in tears.
