Nebraska
As we were almost at the house, I remembered the last case the three of us were on, in Burkitsville, Indiana.
Sam, Dean, Emilyand I walk to the sacred tree with gasoline and a lighter, the tree is marked with Vince''s tattoo design,Sam goes to the tree and pours the gasoline on it. Dean picks up a long branch and lights it.
" Let me." Emily said as I looked at Dean.
" You know, the whole town's gonna die." Dean told the girl, she shakes her head.
" Good." She told us, she then lights the fucker, it burns, I see Dean is going for my hand and I take it, our hands intertwine with one another.
" Let's do this." I said as I got one of the tasers out.
" What do you got those amped up to?" Sam asked as I smirked at him.
" A hundred thousand volts." I informed them, Dean smirked at me and I slightly blushed.
" Damn." Sam said as I smiled.
" It's a job, Sam, you have to do what is right." I said as Dean nodded.
" Yeah, I want this rawhead extra frickin' crispy. And remember, you only get one shot with these things. So make it count." Dean said as I held up my taser, the three of us went inside, inhaling my surroundings, I head downstairs. A noise drove me to a cupboard.
" Guys." I whispered aloud to them, they come over to me.
" On three. One. Two. Three." Dean told us, I got my claws ready and yanked the door open, it revealed a young boy and girl.
" Is it still here?" I asked the two of them, they nod to me.
" Ok. Grab your sister's hand, come on, we gotta get you out of here. Let's go, let's go." Dean told them, I gave them to Sam.
" Alright, go!" Sam whispered to them as I saw something grab his leg, the children scream and run to the top of the stairs.
" Sam!" I screamed before shooting my taser, missing by an inch, my eyes glowing and my fangs out.
" Dean, Sam, get 'em outta here!" I growled, I see Dean is concerned, but I see Sam toss me something, grabbing it in mid air, I see it's his taser.
" GO!" I yelled at them, I jumped down the stairs and began taking in the scent of the area.
" Come on!" I growled as I felt something behind me, i growled as I got tossed, I ended up in water, but stared up at the creature, I see the taser and go for it.
" Get Ganked Bitch!" I screamed as I see the creature was in water, I pulled the button and it started to fry, but next thing I feel is electricity flooding through my body, I start shaking badly, I heard something fall, but my eyes close and everything went black.
Third Person POV
Dean and Sam come down the stairs, Dean quickly turns a corner and Sam stops shortly behind him, there in the corner was an unconscious Jace Lyuka.
" Jace?" Sam asked as Dean got to her and tilts her towards him, she's not moving.
" Jace, hey. Hey." Sam asked as she still wasn't moving, Dean push his young brother aside as he sees Jace was twitching abit.
" We gotta get her to a hospital." Dean said as he picked her up, they quickly got her to a hospital.
" Hey ! We need Help!" Sam yelled out, a few doctors got Jace upon the gurney, but Dean didn't want to leave her side.
" Sir, you need to let the doctors do what they need to!" A nurse said as Dean reluctantly let Jace's gurney go, the brother waited, hours had gone by, but as soon as Dean saw Jace's doctor, he walked up to him, the doc pointed Dean to Jace's room, that's when he bolted to her.
" Dean." Sam sighed, but went to the doctor to assess what was wrong with the Lyuka that traveled with them.
" Hey, Doc. Is she..." Sam asked, the doctor sighed and brought out his clip board.
" She's resting." He replied to the young Winchester, whom was feeling relief, but he felt as if not all was right.
" And?" Sam quirked to the professional, he looked up and gave a small remark of sadness.
" The electrocution triggered a heart attack. Pretty massive, I'm afraid. Her heart...it's damaged." The doctor broke the news to Sam, who was taken aback, Jace had a heart attack?
" How damaged?" Sam asked as he felt as if the doctor was holding something back.
" We've done all we can. We can try and keep hercomfortable at this point. But, I'd give hera couple weeks, at most, maybe a month." The doctor confessed to the young Winchester, Sam was angry.
" No, no. There's, there's...gotta be something you can do, some kind of treatment. She can't be like that. She's never been like that!" Sam exclaimed, Jace had to be able to heal from this, couldn't her abilities heal something like this.
" We can't work miracles. I really am sorry." The doctor confessed, he walked away, his hand in a fist, but goes to see his friend. As he goes inside, he sees Jace is watching TV, becoming aware of the dark circles under her eyes and the unusual pale complexion about her made this situation all the more real to Sam, but he sees Dean with his head in his hands, Dean can't help but feel this is his fault.
" Have you ever actually watched daytime TV? It's terrible." Jace said as she didn't look at Sam nor Dean, she didn't want to face this completely.
" I talked to your doctor." Sam sighed as Jace saw a teddy bear on TV.
" That fabric softener teddy bear. Oh, I'm gonna hunt that little bitch down." Jace said as she sounded void of emotion.
" Jace." Sam countered as Jace sighed and looked at the young Winchester, but avoided looking at Dean.
" Yeah. All right, well, looks like you're gonna leave town without me." Jace said as she smiled emotionless, but this made Sam become slightly taken aback.
" What are you talking about? I'm not gonna leave you here." Sam said as Jace closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
" Hey, you better take care of mycars. Or, I swear, I'll haunt your ass. Both of them." Jace said in a very serious tone, but she can't help but feel like she was useless, her healing abilities can't heal stuff this serious, but that didn't stop her wolven side from trying.
" I don't think that's funny." Sam said as he saw Dean's hands shaking.
" Oh, come on, it's a little funny." Jace said as she kept her eyes closed, she heard Dean get up, but kept her eyes shut.
" Look, Sammy Deano, what can I say, man, it's a dangerous gig. I drew the short straw. That's it, end of story." Jace said as she opened her eyes, but never looking at Dean.
" Don't talk like that, alright? We still have options." Sam insisted, but this didn't make Jace any better.
" What options? Yeah, burial or cremation. And I know it's not easy." Jace said with a heavy heart, but then looked at Sam straight, her eyes glowing.
" But I'm gonna die. And you can't stop it." Jace sternly told him, Sam didn't like how she was talking, he thought he could do better.
" Watch me." Sam said before he left, leaving Dean and Jace in that room, the elder Winchester sat back down and scooted the seat close to the Lyuka, who still remained unmoved by the presence, but she had to keep her composure, she didn't want to look weak in front of Dean.
" Jace, there has to be something I can do." Dean said in a calm voice, he didn't want to make Jace feel any worse than how she was feeling.
" There's nothing you can do, Dean." Jace said as she finally looked at him, she saw the tears building up in his eyes.
" Jace, don't talk like that. You can't just die on me." Dean said as he saw the weakened state of the one he care for deeply.
" I ended up this way, the hunter's code shouldn't have to deal with a freak half breed." Jace argued to the elder Winchester, Dean was more taken back about the way her tone was.
" Jace, please. I just." Dean tried to explain how he felt for her, but the damn sentence was stuck in his throat.
" Just what? Just what Dean." Jace countered him, Dean was slightly shaking.
" I just can't have you out of my life just like this." Dean said as he wanted to tell her how he really felt for her.
" You can't say that Deano. You can't change this." Jace said in a way that concerned Dean, but he gets up from the chair, Jace doesn't watch as he leaves, but Dean stops as he is at the threshold of the door.
" I'll find a way. Even if it kills me." Dean said as he was being serious, leaving Jace concerned by what he meant in those terms, but that thought was on her mind for a few hours, but she decided if she was going to die, she was gonna go out fighting, Jace began to remove the wiring to her body and the IV.
" Miss, you can't leave." A nurse said as she saw Jace up and out of bed.
" I'm not dying here." Jace countered her, but the nurse tried to place Jace back in the bed.
" Miss, please, we want to help you." She said as Jace felt her anger rising.
" You can't, I want to be with friends and make every moment count." Jace growled, the nurse saw that she wasn't going to get through to the Lyuka, so she let her go,. Back with Sam and Dean, the two were looking for a way to help Jace.
" Hey, Blake. It's Sam. Sam Winchester. Uh...you probably won't even get this, but, uh...it's Jace. She's dying, sick really, but she needs you right now. I'm just letting you know." Sam said as Dean was looking at his dad's journal, he didn't want to talk to John, not now.
" What are we gonna do?" Sam asked Dean, who looked up at his younger brother with tears in his eyes.
" I never to her how I felt. Damn it." Dean growled as he shook with rage and anger.
" Dean." Sam said calmly, but Dean looked at his brother with anger.
" She doesn't think she should live Sam, she told me, "I ended up this way, the hunter's code shouldn't have to deal with a freak half breed." " Dean growled as a tear went down his cheek.
" You deserve to be happy Dean." Sam countered, but Dean wipe the tear away.
" But what will she think?" Dean asked as he heard a knock at the door, Dean went up and opened it to reveal Jace, leaning against the jam.
1st POV
" What the hell are you doing here?" Dean asked as I smirked.
" I checked myself out." I told him with a very cheeky grin.
" What, are you crazy?" Sam asked as I reached for something to keep my balance.
" Well, I'm not gonna die in a hospital where my hunters are out without my guidance." I told Sam as I smirked, Dean huffed as he shut the door.
" You know, this whole I-laugh-in-the-face-of-death thing? It's crap. I can see right through it." Sam said in a weird tone, but I chuckled at his claim.
" Dean?" I asked as I see he had been crying, the strong smell of salt hit me, I sat next to him.
" Hun, you haven't slept?" I asked as he shook his head.
" I've been scouring the Internet for the last three days. Calling every contact in Dad's, John'sjournal." Sam said as I quirked my eyebrows.
" For what?" I asked as Sam smirked.
" For a way to help you. One of Dad's friends, Joshua, he called me back. Told me about a guy in Nebraska. A specialist." Sam explained as I sighed.
" You're not gonna let me die in peace, are you?" I asked as Sam shook his head, but then I felt Dean's hand go to my back.
" We're not gonna let you die, period. We're going." Dean said as I sighed, then with Dean driving us, we got to Nebraska in a few hours. Reading the signThe Church of Roy LeGrange. Faith Healer. Witness The Miracle.I grimiced at it, damn faith healers, I got out of the car with Dean's help.
" Stop treating me like an injured pup." I growled as I made my eyes glow, but I groaned as my heart began to act up.
" Man, you are a lying bastard. Thought you said we were going to see a doctor." I growled at Sam.
" I believe I said a specialist. Look, Jace, this guy's supposed to be the real deal." Sam said as Dean kept me up.
" I can't believe you brought me here to see some guy who heals people out of a tent." I growled, an elderly woman passed me.
" Reverend LeGrange is a great man." She told me, I growled and made my eyes glow as she walked away.
" I have a right to protest. This man is a fraud. And he's milking all these people out of their hard-earned money." A man said as he talked to a cop.
" Sir, this is a place of worship. Let's go. Move it. " The cop explained further to him.
" I take it he's not part of the flock." I said as Dean chuckled at me then kissed my head, I took slight comfort in that.
" But when people see something they can't explain, there's controversy." Sam explained as I shook my head.
" Whatever Sam." I growled, we went inside and sat down.
" Yeah, peace, love, and trust all over." I growled as Sam moved us to the front.
" You take the aisle." Sam told me, I growled, but did anyways, this wasn't going to help, Dean sat next to me, I saw a blind man come on the stage with the help of a woman.
" Each morning, my wife, Sue Ann, reads me the news. Never seems good, does it?" The man said as he smiled.
" My name is Roy and it's seems like there's always someone committing some immoral, unspeakable act." Roy said as I growled lowly, this place smells of rot.
" But, I say to you, God is watching." Roy continued about the way of his teachings, I was getting cold, something I wasn't used to.
" God rewards the good, and He punishes the corrupt." He said as I wanted to shift, but it might kill me.
" It is the Lord who does the healing here friends. The Lord who guides me in choosing who to heal by helping me see into people's hearts." Roy continued, but I had enough.
" Yeah, and into their wallets and minds." I growled lowly to Dean.
" You think so, young lady?" Roy said as I was surprised.
" Sorry." I whispered.
" No, no. Don't be. Just watch what you say around a blind man, we've got real sharp ears." He told me, the crowd laugh.
" What's your name, miss?" Roy asked as I smirked.
" Jace." I said as I cleared my throat. Dean watched me and he took my hand in his.
" Jace." He said before nodding to himself.
" I want-I want you to come up here with me." He said as I see Sue Ann, the wife smiling at me.
" No, it's ok." I said as Dean watched me.
" You've come here to be healed, haven't cha?" Roy asked as I huffed.
" Well, yeah, but ahh..." I tried to speak, but the crowd kept cheering me on to.
" maybe you should just pick someone else." I called to him, my inner wolf was growling and seething in my mind.
" Oh, no. I didn't pick you, Jace, the Lord did." Roy countered my claim.
" Get up there!" Dean told me, I sighed and went up, Sue Ann touched me, I growled lowly and she got me to Roy.
" You ready?" Roy asked as I sighed.
" Look, no disrespect, but ahh, I'm not exactly a believer." I told him, Roy chuckled.
" You will be, miss. You will be." Roy explained, I was confused, I looked at Dean as Roy asked for people to pray with him, the crowd lifts their arms up and joins hands with each other. I felt Roy's hand on my shoulder then on my head.
" Alright now. Alright now." Roy kept saying, I felt weak in my knees, my eyes fall back in my head and fell on the floor. I heard my name being called, Dean appeared in front of me, I looked up at Roy, but behind him I saw a tall man in a black suit with white hair, very white skin and extremely wrinkled skin comes into focus. He stares at me then turns away and vanishes.
" What the?" I asked as Dean helped me up, looking into my eyes and then embraced me, Dean and Sam took me to the doctors, I sat on the table, Dean placed a hand on mine, I looked up at him.
" So, you really feel okay?" Sam asked as I growled lowly.
" I feel fine, Sam." I told him, feeling my heart race.
"Jace." Dean said as he watched me, I shook my head at him, he stared me straight in the eyes, I saw concern in them, I sigh as the doctor came in, I stopped, but Dean kept his hand on mine.
" Well, according to all your tests there's nothing wrong with your heart. No sign there ever was. Not that a woman your age should be having heart trouble, but, still it's strange it does happen." The doctor said as she watched me, wait what?
" What do you mean, strange?" I asked as she nodded.
" Well, just yesterday, a young woman like you, twenty-seven, athletic. Out of nowhere, heart attack." The doctor replied as I was concerned about it.
" Thanks, Doc." I replied, she leaves as I felt concerned, I left with Dean and Sam, but Sam decided to go back to the motel.
" I'll be right here." Dean told me, I nodded and he kept me by him, slightly confused.
" Dean." I said as he smiled, he let me go and I went inside the LeGrange's place and sat down.
" I feel great. Just trying to, you know, make sense of what happened." I said as Sue Ann smiled at me, the way she watched me unnerved me in some way.
" A miracle is what happened. Well, miracles come so often around Roy." She explained as I kept a straight face.
" When did they start? The miracles." I asked as Roy smiled.
" Woke up one morning, stone blind. Doctors figured out I had cancer. Told me I had maybe a month. So, uh, we prayed for a miracle. I was weak, but I told Sue Ann, 'You just keep right on praying.' I went into a coma. Doctors said I wouldn't wake up, but I did. And the cancer was gone." Roy told his story, surprised me, that's not how it works, this guy should be dead, but Roy ended up taking his glasses off, his eyes white as pearls.
" If it wasn't for these eyes, no one would believe I'd ever had it." Roy says with a smile.
" So you're basically Wolverine with the ability to heal others and not yourself?" I asked as he smiled at me.
" I discovered it afterward, yes. God's blessed me in many ways." Roy said with a smile.
" And his flock just swelled overnight. And this is just the beginning." Sue Ann said as I stayed stern.
" Can I ask you one last question?" I asked as Roy smiled.
" Of course you can." Roy said as I sighed, placing a hand on my forehead.
" Why? Why me? Out of all the sick people, why save me? I am nothing but something unseen by most people." I said as I felt the rage building up.
" Well, like I said before, the Lord guides me. I looked into your heart, and you just stood out from all the rest." He said as I quirked up a bit.
" What did you see in my heart?" I asked, did he really?
"A very interesting soul, with an important purpose. A job to do. And it isn't finished." He told me, I nodded, got up and walked to the porch steps to see Dean, who took me into his arms, but I see Layla.
" Dean, Jace hey." Layla said with a smile on her face.
" Hey." I said with a smile.
" How you feeling?" Layla asked as I smirked.
"I feel good. Better, I guess. What are you doing here? What is going on?" I asked as Layla smiled at me.
" You know, my mom, she wanted to talk to the reverend." Layla told me, Dean held me close, I see Sue Ann coming onto the porch.
" Layla?" Sue asked as Layla smiled.
" Yes, I'm here again." Layla said in a soft tone.
" Well, I'm sorry, but Roy is resting. He won't be seeing anyone else right now." Sue replied, but Layla's mom butted in.
" Sue Ann, please. This is our sixth time, he's got to see us." Layla's mom countered.
" Roy is well aware of Layla's situation. And he very much wants to help just as soon as the Lord allows. Have faith, Mrs. Rourke." Sue said before she went inside, then Layla's mom turned to me with a sneer.
" Why are you still even here? You got what you wanted." She practically snarled.
" Mom. Stop." Layla countered her mother.
" No, Layla, this is too much. We've been to every single service. If Roy would stop choosing these strangers over you. Strangers who don't even believe. I just can't pray any harder." Layla's mom cried to her.
" Layla, what's wrong?" I asked, she turned to me
" I have this thing..." Layla said, but once again her mother butts in.
" It's a brain tumor. It's inoperable. In six months, the doctors say..." Layla's mom boasted about it, but Layla puts a hand on her mother's shoulder, stopping her.
" I'm sorry. Really I am." I told her, but she shook her head.
" It's okay." Layla said as I nodded.
" No. It isn't." Layla's mom told her, then she turned to me.
" Why do you deserve to live more than my daughter?" Mrs. Rourke asked, but I went back to the motel.
" Fuck." I growled beforeI sat on the bed with my head in my hands.
" What'd you find out?" I growled as Sam came in, Dean sat down next to me and placed a hand on my back.
"I'm sorry." Sam quietly spoke, I got up.
" Sorry about what?" I asked as Sam shook his head.
" Nacy Tracen died at 4:17." Sam told me, I growled lowly.
" The exact time shewas healed." Dean exclaimed as I sat down.
" Yeah. So, I put together a list of everyone Roy's healed, six people over the past year, and I cross-checked them with the local obits. Every time someone was healed, someone else died. And each time, the victim died of the same symptom LeGrange was healing at the time." Sam explained as I got up again.
" Wait, wait, wait. So, Nacy Tracen died to save me?" I asked as I felt more rage building up.
" Jace, the girl probably would've died anyway. And someone else would've been healed." Sam explained to me, but that didn't help.
" This should have never happened." I growled as I paced.
" Jace, please calm down." Dean told me, but I turned to him.
" No, I won't calm down, Dean. Seriously, that girl is dead because of me." I growled at him.
" Jace." Sam grunted at me, I turned to him.
" I didn't know." Sam said as I felt my rage growing.
" Sam, you have to be kidding." I growled as I felt enraged.
" Jace." Dean said as I sat down.
" Oh, he's not doing it." I growled, my inner wolf was writhing in anger.
" Something else is doing it for him." I said as I growled lowly, so Roy wasn't able to heal, something else was.
" What do you mean?" Dean asked as I growled lowly.
" The old man I saw on stage." I said as I made my eyes glow, fury boiling in my blood.
" I didn't wanna believe it, but deep down I knew." I growled as I felt my fangs growing in.
" You knew what? What are you talking about?" Sam asked, but then I got up and felt my fists shaking, someone got up and I felt a hand on my shoulder.
" There's only one thing that can give and take life like that. " I growled low and hard.
" We're dealing with a reaper." I said as I let my anger go, the night went by, my phone was dead,I was heading for the tent when some lights were going out, I got my claws out, but I freeze as I see the reaper coming for me, I turned tail and began to run.
" This isn't how I wanted my weak to go." I growled, I began to turn around, but the reaper was right here.
" You have got to be kidding me." I growled, but the reaper placed a hand on the side of my head.
" Fuck." I growled, I felt myeyes glaze over as the reaper was sucking the life out of my body.
" Please don't. Stop." I choked but but then stopped, then it stopped, I got up and made my eyes glow, it left, Dean rushed over to me, and checked me over.
" I'm ok Dean." I told him.
" Jace, I have to tell you something." Dean told me as I turned around to see him watching me.
" Dean, I can't right now, please." I said as he was confused.
" What do you mean?" He asked as I walked up to him.
" I have to think about this." I said as he nodded.
" Honest Jace, there is nothing I can't do without you by my side." Dean confessed, this took me back slightly, he was looking down, it reminded me of the way he spoke to me at the hospital.
" Dean, what did you mean at the hospital?" I asked as he looked up at me.
" What?" He asked as I took his hands into mine.
" You said, "I just can't have you out of my life just like this", what did you mean?" I asked as he stared me in the eyes.
" You want the truth?" He asked as I stared him in the eyes.
" This is what I meant." Dean huffed, then he leaned in quick and kissed me, I felt something snap between us, and I gripped his hair in my hands as he held me close to him, we pulled apart, but our foreheads remained touching.
" That was something." I grinned as he smirked at me.
" I want it to be us." Dean told me, I smirked then kissed him again.
" Let's get going." I grinned, he smirked and kiss my forehead before we left toget Sam, we got to the Impala as Sam approached., Dean and I hand in hand.
" You Ok?" Sam asked as I chuckled.
" Hell of a week." I replied, he chuckled at this.
" Yeah...All right, come on. We should get going." Sam said as I smirked at his request, we all got in the Impala and drove off.