It took a few more days, and another four bodies appearing on the news, before the trio had the beginning of a plan and a pattern to find the demon.

"There's plenty of food in the house, if you need something else feel free to take one of the cars and go into town." Bobby told Sam as the younger man watched the hunters pack their trucks up with weaponry. "And keeping reading, I want you to continue doing research."

Sam nodded, his arms wrapped around himself, shivering slightly despite the oversized hoodie he was wearing. "Yes sir."

"No sir, just Bobby." Bobby told him, a small fond smile appearing on his face which Sam shyly returned. "Alright?"

Sam nodded. "Yes Bobby." he said with another smile. He looked at the truck where John was and on the other side was Ellen talking to Jo in low tones. "And...I'm going to have to make sure that Jo doesn't go anywhere?"

"Easier said than done but try your best." Bobby said shaking his head. "I see both of their points but Ellen needs to know that her kid is safe more than the kid needs to go."

Sam swallowed hard but nodded, looking once more towards her. "I'll try my best." he said softly.

"Good, that's all I can ask." Bobby said clasping his shoulder for a moment. "Other than that feel at home, just stay out of my room, and we'll call you to let you know when we have the demon."

"Are you going to exorcise it?" Sam asked, fidgeting in place, scuffed sneakers scraping over the gravel.

"The point is trying to get answers from it so most likely not." Bobby said. "We're planning on bringing it back here and putting it downstairs."

Sam looked confused for a moment. "Downstairs?"

He could hear John give a low laugh and Sam looked at him. "Go downstairs and see what this old guy did in a weekend." he said gesturing to Bobby with his chin. "Its horrifying down there."

"I had a weekend off and I had most of the pieces lying around." Bobby said with a shrug. "But it gets the job done and holds a demon in place."

Sam looked a bit sick to his stomach but nodded, tightening his grip around himself. "I guess I'll take a look." he said with a weak smile.

Bobby nodded, looking everything over again. "Alright, we'll call you later to let you know to get things ready." he said. "See you soon kids."

Sam stepped back and awkwardly waved as the hunters got onto the road, watching them drive away and trying to ignore how Jo was half stomping her foot against the ground and half angrily wiping at her eyes. He waited until the cars were out of sight and sound before he finally turned to Jo.

"Um...Jo?" Sam said, flinching when Jo glared at him. "What do you want to do now?"

Jo narrowed her eyes, moving her jaw from side to side before she straightened up, standing taller. "I'm going to figure out how to follow them." she decided. "And if you're going to try to stop me I'll handcuff you inside the house."

Sam's eyes widened at that. "They said that we can't do that." he said, urgently and a bit panicked. "We're supposed to listen to them!"

"I know you don't have parents so you don't get it." Jo spat at him. "But I'm possibly losing my dad and I won't lose my mom too."

Sam flinched back, hard, body shaking at that and blinking back a hint of tears. "You didn't have to say that." he tried to keep his voice steady. "I might be an orphan but I get it."

"No you don't!" Jo shouted at him. "You don't get it Wesson! You don't know me so don't try to get to know me, you're just a dead weight that'll drag me down so-"

Sam had had enough, his patience had been thinning and once she started on the parents thing, he lost whatever remained of his patience. His face blanked over and he brought his hand up, letting her slam against the wall hard enough to finally get her to shut up.

"You really are just a little brat, aren't you." he stated, slowly walking closer to her, smiling at the suddenly terrified look on her face. "I wanted to play a bit longer but god, you're just so annoying."

He froze her vocal cords when she tried to yell or scream out, not wanting to hear anything else from her. He just stared at her for a few moments before he smiled, letting his eyes blackened over and just...savoring the fear in her eyes. He reached out and stroked his fingers over her cheek.

"I think it's time we finally had some fun Jo."

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