It had been two whole days since Thana had checked up on her own little band of miscreants, she had been busy with a dengue fever outbreak in Africa, that and she had to deal with yet another soul escaping their death due to the idiots who couldn't die when they were supposed to.
Now she didn't usually have to spend much time with dying people, that was the Ferryman's job, but when there's an outbreak of something Thana likes to be there just to make sure everything runs smoothly, it was about balance. For the greater good.
No matter how much her Angel brother likes to say she's 'evil,' she was natures balance, and if killing off a few hundred people balanced out the world, then it had to be done.
However, she had to get back to her stragglers; she knew that these few days without her, or any of them dying had given Alex paranoid, especially now that the FBI thought he had killed the high school teacher, it had been perfect.
That wasn't part of the plan, but it did make things interesting.
With Castiel nowhere to be seen, Thana could once again resume her work without being interrupted by an Angel with a daddy issue complex.
That's why Thana was now currently stalking the soul next on her list, Carter Horton but low and behold when she found him little miss 'I 'm-in-your-business' had rounded up the remainders, that's how Thana found herself sitting in between her and Alex in Carter's car.
"The fire caramelized her blood. Your shoe prints were in it, your fingerprints on the knives" Billy spluttered seemingly terrified as Alex sighed "I told you they were not... It wasn't me it was...".
Carter cut Alex off, but not before Clear could give the blond a confused look through Thana's invisible form as the redhead raised an eyebrow at the thought of Alex trying to tell his friends about her.
"I'm not talking about if you did it. Or even if you knew she was dead. Did you know she was going to be next before she was?" The car went silent as Alex visibly bit his cheek before nodding "Yeah, I did. I knew."
Carter's eyes meet Alex's, and you could tell he was nervous. "All right, out of us... who's next to see it?" Billy turns to the blond with a pleading look, and Thana though he was about to say something worth listening to, she was wrong. "Please... tell me I'm going to see the Jets win a Super Bowl."
"It's me, right. That's why you're not saying" Carter asked again as Clear and Alex exchanged a look "I should have felt up Tammy in the pool that time" Billy whimpered gazing out of the window, Thana couldn't wait to be in charge of his death.
"What are you whining about? He said I'm next!" Carter yelled at Billy, who just glanced at him, ready to argue back "He didn't say anything. Just drive" Clear hissed, but the dark-haired boy wasn't having any of it "You have a responsibility to tell me."
Alex finally spoke up as Thana watched on thoroughly entertained that he was struggling. "Think it's easier to know?" The car was silent once again before Alex spoke up once more, "It's not. It's fucking harder."
"You get off having control over me?" Carter growls at the blond boy. "You let me decide how to deal with it" Alex leans forward and yells, "It doesn't matter who's next 'cause we're all on the same list. All of us.".
Thana giggles to herself, "You really are, there is no escaping" she sings songs giddily, these kids are much more fun than the last group.
"Oh, Fuck. Really?" Carter almost whimpers, losing all of his tough-guy act. "Then why bother? What's the fucking point?" He asks after slamming his hand against the wheel "Me and Terry'll be back together on the other side. So why wait any longer?".
The car revs loudly as it speeds up rapidly "now this is more like it" The redhead cheers as Carter begins to spiral emotionally. "What are you doing? Carter, slow down. Slow down, Carter!" Alex shouts as Clear and Billy watch horrified.
"Fuck you!" Carter swore as he swerved cars and dodged traffic, "Knock it off!" Clear cried out, holding on to the back of the chair, Thana just sits and watches the whole thing unfold, knowing nothing will happen to the group of teenagers because this was part of her plan.
"May as well go out on my own free will!" The dark-haired teenager yells, speeding up even faster, "Not with us in the fucking car!" Billy began to hyperventilate as the car spun around a corner, just missing another vehicle, "Jesus, Carter!"
"Carter, stop the car!" Alex shouted, pulling the wheel from behind, "What's the fucking worry if it ain't your time?" Carter weaved in and out of the traffic, impressively, "I can get nailed running this next red light."
Alex suddenly looked down and noticed his broken seat belt, as did Thana. "You all wouldn't get shit right, only me." Thana's grin widens as Carter's psyche seems to get worse.
"It doesn't work that way, Carter!" Alex shouts at him, glancing back down to his seat belt that was now miraculously back to normal.
Thana clicked her tongue.
Good move, brother" she laughed humorlessly at the sign for Alex, but that wouldn't stop her from getting Carter back on the plan, Castiel could play his little games from afar, but she'd win in the end.
Thana nods at Alex's previous words as the blond stares at his seat belt deep in thought, he knew what she knew and somehow he was trying to figure out the clue "He's right, you should listen to him. All you're doing right now is scaring them-".
"-on second thought keep going," the redhead cackled thoroughly enjoying all their fear, and she didn't even need to lift a fingernail to do it "I fucking hated French class!" Billy called out as Thana rolled her eyes. "Je ne peux pas attendre que tu meures."
"Get control of yourself" Clear orders as Carter barely acknowledges her "That's what I'm doing!" The teenager shakes her head at his words, "I know what you're doing, and it's all right to be scared."
The dark-haired boy laughs, "I'm not afraid. I decide when it's time. I control my life. I control my death" he tries to explain fruitlessly, he wanted to show them that there was no design and that people could control their own fates.
"You don't have to prove how big your balls are, not now!" Billy called out as he grabbed onto the wheel as the car starts shaking from the speed it was doing, Carter hits Billy in the mouth knocking him away and into the door.
"Carter stop driving like such an asshole" The three teens all start shouting at once when they see Carter take his hands off the steering wheel and put them in the air cheering to himself "Look Ma no hands" Thana clapped as she laughed "I like you kid, too bad about the whole having to die thing".
"Put your hands back on the wheel!" Alex pleaded as they all saw a semi-truck turning towards them. "Oh, Shit," Carter breathed as he put his hands back on the wheel after passing the truck.
"That wasn't me," the dark-haired boy mumbled confused, it was like the car guided itself around the truck.
"I am so close to puking right now," Billy complained as Carter went quiet, seeing the wheel turning itself "what the fuck?" he said to himself, not realizing the redhead in the back had been controlling their destination since he first started speeding up.
Alex seeing Carter's change in attitude, realized what was happening and quickly glanced out of the window to see an image of a train reflecting back towards him.
"We're afraid, too, but we're not quitting. Stop it and stop this fucking car!" Clear shouted at the boy driving before he finally lost his cool "It's not me!".
Alex felt a chill run through him as he figured out who might be in the car with him. "Thana?" he whispered, but nothing happened. "Oh, Alex, it doesn't work like that," the demon girl mocked as the boy moved his eyes around searching for her.
Thana knew that Carter had also figured out that he was no longer or at all controlling the car "Damn it, I want you to stop this car right now!" Thana quickly clicked her fingers after Clear's words, and the car stopped dead.
A bell started ringing as crossing guards lowered, and Alex realized where they were, where Thana had taken them. The four teenagers breathed heavily just before they heard a loud horn. "Ooh, I wonder what that could be," Thana said as she calmly sat in her seat.
"Open the door, Billy," Alex ordered as Clear hit the back of Carter's seat as he sat looking frozen "Move the fucking car!" she screamed at him, but he said nothing only nudged her back as the train sounded it's horn again.
Billy fumbled with the door but was so scared he missed the handle a few times as Clear and Alex screamed in his ear, "Billy, open the door!" Finally, the door swung open, and Billy tumbled out to the ground.
Clear climbed out next as did Alex, but he turned back to face the dark-haired boy, "Carter, listen to me. Don't do this" Carter met Alex his face void of any emotion when Thana flicked her hand, and Alex was thrown back.
The door slammed shut after that "God damn it!" Clear shouted as she and Billy stood safety off the tracks. "Get out of the fucking car!" Carter just placed his hand on the passenger seat and sat calmly.
Alex knew that it had been Thana who pushed him away from the car and was now desperately begging with Carter, who didn't know anything about the girl and how his death was imminent if he stayed in the car. "Carter, listen to me! This isn't the way! It's not the way! Get out of the car!".
"It ain't my time," Carter called out as the train could clearly be seen in the distance, he reached for his keys and turn them, but the car refused to start "Aw having car trouble sweetheart" Thana mocked as she now sat in the passenger seat.
"Shit" Carter mumbled as he once again failed to start the car, not listening to his classmates pleading with him, he began to panic when he finally realized the car was going nowhere. Glancing up into the mirror, he noticed a shadow in the chair next to him and gulped.
Moving to open the door, the locks suddenly went down. "Nuh-uh, you wanted this," Thana explained as she watched him frantically try to open the door before calling out to Alex. "I can't get out!".
He moved to undo his belt, but it wouldn't budge at all, Alex ran onto the track to help his tormentor as they both began to pull and struggle against the seat belt. The train was so close now that Alex could see the writing on the front '747.'
Feeling a hand underneath theirs, Alex and Carter looked across as Thana made herself seen "what's up good looking" Thana smirks at a now terrified Carter who noticed the redhead's grip was the reason the seat belt wouldn't unlock, she was keeping him in the car.
Feeling the belt rip, Alex pulled Carter out of the car, and they both dove back onto the other side of the track as the train smashed into Carter's pride and joy as it speeds by engulfing it in flames.
"Who the fuck was that?!" Carter question Alex as Clear threw herself into the blond's arms. "Who was who?" she questioned, but Carter was focused on Alex, who looked guilty "who was the chick in the car!" Carter yelled again.
"That was Thana,-" Carter began to open his mouth before Alex continued "-that was death" Carter stared at Alex in terror as Clear glanced between the two "I didn't see anyone else in the car."
Alex turned to her with a shrug "Maybe because it wasn't your time-" the blond looked at the train still passing by "-or maybe she's toying with us" Billy had been pacing as they spoke, but now he turned to stare at Carter "That's right!".
The three look at Billy, who was now hyperventilating, "You're next, Carter! I'm staying the fuck away from you!" He began to back away from the group as Carter shouted at him, still in shock, "Shut up, Billy!".
Clear glanced up from her position in Alex's lap to glare at Billy "Billy we don't need this shit now," but Billy wouldn't have it as he continued to hysterically shout "I don't need it ever! Get away from him! He's next!".
"Fuck you, Billy! I'm not dead!" Carter growled as he lay on the ground, "You will be. You're dead...and you ain't taking me with you!" just as Billy turned to run, Thana appeared in front of him making him stop frozen.
"Hello, Billy-" Thana started as her eyes turned white with a vicious grin "-Goodbye Billy" with great force, the train wheel runs over pieces of debris, cutting it in half.
It catches in the wheel and is spun around until shot out with the power of a missile and rips Billy's head from his shoulders.
"Thana, no!" Alex called out, knowing that was her doing but shocked at how she had moved on from Carter. "Ouch, that looked like it hurt," Thana pouted as she appeared in front of the two boys winking at the terrified Carter. "4 down, 3 to go".