There were bodies being found left and right and all signs pointed to it being a demon.

Bobby pressed a pin into the map and stepped back, looking it over and shaking his head.

"Ten bodies." he said, taking his cap off to run his fingers through his thinning hair. "Ten bodies. That we know of."

"What makes you think that it's a demon?" Sam asked, turning the book that Bobby had given him to the chapters about demons. He also took his own notebook and poised at the ready to take notes.

"Mutilations usually not the mos of other monsters, organs are all there so it's not for eating." Bobby told him. "Not to mention the police have noted a heavy scent of sulfur."

"Sulfur is the number one indication of demons." John told him, his voice tense as he stared at the map.

Sam swallowed but wrote that down, underlining the word sulfur. "And demons...the point of killing is just...because?"

"Demons get off on the murder, blood, and pain. It's all they know and it's all they care about." Ellen said as Jo rolled her eyes. The teenager was sitting on the end of the couch, knees to her chest and as of now hasn't said anything.

John tensed up but no one in the room said anything. Sam glanced at him a bit worriedly but didn't say anything.

"Sometimes demons have a pattern, most of the time they don't." Bobby continued. "So figuring this out is gonna be hard."

"Have any of the bodies been identified yet?" Ellen asked, eyes narrowing when she saw Bobby hesitate. "Bobby?"

In an answer Bobby went to his computer and took something from the printer, handing it to her. "Most of the bodies were too destroyed to really be identified, even the teeth were ruined so dental records are out, but...one of them had this on the ground a few feet away from the warehouse."

Ellen took the picture and froze, eyes widening. Jo immediately got up and looked at the picture, a choked sound escaping her.

Sam looked like he wanted to join but at the same time he knew that it wasn't his place. Instead he looked at Bobby and whispered, "What is it?"

"It's one of Bill Harvelles knives, those were present and were engraved." Bobby told him lowly. "Meaning that...one of the bodies is actually him."

"Might not be." Ellen said, her voice tight. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to steady herself. She reached out to wrap her arm around Jos shoulders and hold her close, something that the girl didn't try to move away from. In fact Jo turned to bury her face into Ellen's side. "Could mean something else."

"We won't know until we find the demon responsible for it." John said tensely, he hadn't moved his gaze away from the map the entire time, his body shaking slightly.

Sam toyed with the pen in his hands, unsure of what to say. He took a deep breath and looked at the map once more. "It...it kinda looks like maybe...they're moving north?" he suggested.

"Kids right." John said. "Its slow but the movement is there. Its moving up."

"Moving up where?" Bobby asked. "Somewhere specific or just up in general?"

"Don't try to understand demons, there is no understanding them." Ellen said, throwing the picture onto the desk and taking a deep breath. She held onto Jo for a moment before she gently guided her back to the couch. "I want to find this demon and get some answers."

"Me too." Jo injected, sitting up straight, eyes narrowed. "I'm there too."

"No you are not." Ellen immediately shot at her. "You're not getting anywhere near this."

"This is about my dad too!" Jo shouted at her. "My dads missing and I deserve to be a part of this!"

Ellen's face darkened over and she grabbed at Jos arm, pulling her into the kitchen and out of the room, waiting for privacy before they could start fighting one another.

Sam had been picking at his cuticles, glancing up with reddened over cheeks. "Are...should we do something?"

"You interrupt Ellen, you get her wrath, stick to just staying on the sidelines." Bobby told him. "Sam, I agree with Ellen, Jos a kid and she has no business being anywhere near a demon."

Sam hesitantly nodded slowly, chewing on the inside of his cheek. "Okay?"

"What I'm getting at is that you're in the same field." Bobby said. "You're new to hunting, Jo might've been training for a while but she ain't ready yet either. We don't want either of you getting anywhere near this."

If anything Sam looked a bit relieved at that, shoulders falling slightly as the tension left his body. "Yes." he quickly agreed. "I don't think I can face a demon right now. Or at all."

"Good, one fight taken care of." Bobby glanced towards the kitchen where both Ellens and Jos voice were rising. "One to go."

"How...what do you do to fight a demon though?" Sam couldn't help but ask, grabbing his notebook again to take notes.

"You don't, you just try your best to trap it and try to exercise it." Bobby told him. He nodded towards the book. "There's devil traps in there that you can use to trap a demon, it can't move if it's caught in one."

Sam glanced up at the ceiling, taking note of the etchings and markings, as he wrote everything down.

"Then, once you have it trapped you exercise it, sends it right back to hell." Bobby continued. "Course the demon can always try to escape hell again but hopefully that takes a while."

"There's rumors of a weapon that could kill a demon." John injected. "Rumor says there's a gun by Samuel Colt that fires bullets that could kill a demon. There's also apparently a knife out there, made of metal that can't be found on earth, that can also kill a demon. Haven't ever seen either one of them."

"Me either, both are lost to time and space." Bobby said shaking his head. "What a damn waste."

John let out a deep breath, hands curled into tight fists that were shaking.

"Lets focus on finding this demon." he said curtly, whirling around to all but stalk back to the desk. "Lets figure out their path."

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