Chapter 45
They locate Lilith in a quiet and isolated suburbia of New Harmony. In a one-story house in a dead end street, she is holding a whole family hostage, playing the role of the sweet little daughter having her birthday with her mom, dad, grand-pa and grand-ma.
From across, in a residence for sale, the whole group is spying the family.
"It's the little girl… Her face is... Waouw!... Damned awful…" Dean says with disgust.
"All right then, let's go… We're wasting time…" Sam rushes the others.
"Wait!..." Dean holding his brother's arm.
"For what? For her to kill all of them?"
"Yeah, and us too, if we're not careful… Look… See that real go-getter mailman over there?... And dear Mr Rogers on his front porch?..." Dean explains while Sam is looking through binoculars.
"Demons?" Eli asks.
"Yeah…"
"Okay, fine… We ninja past those guys, sneak in and…" Sam getting slightly nervous.
"Then give a Colombian necktie to a little girl?"
"I know it's awful…"
"You think?" Dean looking dagger at his brother.
"This isn't just about saving you, Dean… This is about saving everybody…"
"She's gotta be stopped, Son…" Bobby comes.
"Could you do something thing like this?..." Dean looks at Eli. She gently smiles at him, nodding slowly 'yes'.
"Damn it!..." He suddenly whispers when he has another flash of different ugly faces superimposing with Eli's one.
"What?... What is it?..." She asks.
"Nothing... Hum... You're right... We have to do this..." He stutters, going for the door.
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The brothers first attract the Demon mailman into a back alley, Dean playing as bait. Sam, coming from behind, stabs him with the knife, holding a hand over his mouth to avoid any noise.
Bobby, on his side, is busy to bless the neighborhood's water mains, dropping a rosary into it when he finishes reciting the consecrated Latin text.
Eli enters Mr. Rogers' house from the kitchen door. She silently threads her way through the hallway and to the front door. In a swift movement, she knocks the man's down and drags him inside before anyone could alert Lilith.
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Dean, going for the backyard of Lilith's temporary new home, is suddenly crashed against a wall. "I'd like to have my knife back, please... Or your neck will snap like a chicken bone…" Ruby menaces him.
"He doesn't have it… So, take it easy…" Sam grabbing her from behind and threatening her with the weapon she covets.
"How the Hell did you get out?..." Dean asks her.
"What you don't know about me could fill an entire book… The kind with too many pages and too many big words for a guy like you..." She utters.
"Ewww!…" Dean suddenly comes.
"What?..."
"Nothing… I just… I couldn't see it before, but you're one ugly broad!..."
"Sam, give me the knife before you hurt yourself…" Ruby not wanting to comment Dean's last remark.
"You'll get it back when this is all over…" The youngest replies.
"It's already over… I gave you a way to save Dean, you shot me down… Now, it's too late… He's dead… And I'm not gonna let you die too…"
"Try and stop me and I'll kill you… Bitch!..."
"Hit me with your best shot, Baby…"
"Don't you dare touching a hair of my brother..." Dean coming into it.
"Guys… Guys… Hey… Have your little cat-fight later…" Eli, just arriving, pointing out at all the people standing on their doorstep... "Dean... Demons?..." She asks him.
"Oh... Yes... So much for the element of surprise…" He answers, looking at them.
"Go… Run… Run…" Sam screaming to the little group.
They go for Lilith's house. Sam tries to pick the lock as fast as he can, the Demons approaching dangerously. "What is taking Bobby so long?" Dean asks just as all the sprinklers from the front yard starts to spread the now Holy Water around, making the Demons scream and backing off.
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When the front door finally opens, they discover the grand-mother's body in the entrance hallway. She's covered in blood. To set his mind at rest, Dean checks for a pulls. "She's dead... So, you think Lilith knows we're here?"
"Probably…" Ruby answers.
They go for the living room. There lays the grand-father, still sitting on his chair in front of the dinner table, his head in his plate and his eyes wide open. Suddenly a shadow sneaks behind Dean. He briskly turns around, grabbing it by the neck with one arm and putting his other hand on his mouth. He directly sees he is not a Demon but the father of the family. "Hush, we're here to help, okay?... I'm gonna move my hand and we're gonna talk nice and quiet… You got that?"
The man nods 'yes'.
"Sir? Where is your daughter?" Sam asks him.
"It's not… It's not her anymore…" He stutters, terrified.
"We know... But, where is she?" Eli gently comes, putting a calming hand on his shoulder.
"Upstairs… In her bedroom… With my wife..." He answers, seeming a little bit appeased.
"Okay… Okay… Listen to me… I want you to hide in your basement… Put a line of salt in front of the door… Do you understand?" Dean orders him.
"Not without my wife… No!..."
"Yes, without your wife…"
"NO!" Father raising his voice.
Dean is forced to knock him out and he drags him in a closed to put him out of harm's way.
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Sam, Eli and Ruby are climbing the stairs looking for the child's bedroom. Ruby checks the first room in the second floor hallway, Eli the second one, leaving the last to Sam. He discovers the mother and the little girl laying down on the bed, the child fast asleep. He carefully approaches, holding tight the knife's handle in his hand. The mother, her eyes wide open from terror, is mouthing several times 'do it' when she sees the weapon held by Sam.
After some hesitation, Sam finally raises his arm, ready to stab when Dean grabs him. "Stop!... It's not Lilith!"
Bobby on the other side of the street is checking his pocket watch. "Oh! Damn it!" He whispers when he sees how fast time is passing by.
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