Dean stood there with his mouth hanging open after letting out a string of curses. The island wasn't deserted. The freaking island wasn't deserted!!
All this time, there had been actual people here, and he could have come for help, they could have been home by now.
"Is-is this real?" Cas asked and when Dean glanced his way, he saw the angel's wide eyes, taking it all in. It hadn't even occurred to him that this could have been an illusion, concocted by his twisted mind. But if Cas was seeing it too, then it had to be real, right?
"I think so. C'mon, let's–"
"Oh, thank god!! Hannah, I found them! They popped up on the west side." Dean was cut off by a scrawny kid who stepped into their path. He had a clipboard in his hand and headphones with a mic on them and was almost hyperventilating. Not to mention he looked a little like Kevin.
"Yes, I'll bring them right over." The kid said, and then yanked Dean by the sleeve. "Come, come, Hannah needs to see you right away. Thank god we found you, we thought you drowned!"
"Whatthe–"
"Come on, come." The kid was ranting and pulling Dean, who was so confused, he let the guy drag him around. Cas followed and both of them listened to the kid yap on and on about how they didn't know if Dean and Cas decided to back out and that's why they were a no show, but they couldn't get in touch with mainland, so they didn't really know…
Honestly, Dean had trouble following what the kid was saying.
"Who--who are you?" Cas managed to ask, breathless as he chased after Dean and the kid.
"Oh, shit, sorry, I forgot… My name's Jin, I'm Hannah's PA and the guy you come to when you need something. Think of me as your guide through our Dreams Come True resort."
"The what now?" Dean asked, but before he could get an answer, the kid dragged them to a cabin with a big sign that said DCT Main office and pushed them both inside.
"Dixon! Cassidy! You made it!!!" The woman behind the large desk shouted as she stood up, scattering a bunch of papers everywhere. "Gosh, we really need to find another way to get people on this island, so many back out when they learn they have to parachute their way on it."
She seemed a little embarrassed by that fact, looking away and nervously scratching her neck, but she recovered quickly, plastering a huge smile on her face. "My name is Hannah Loughlin and as the main trainer, I'd like to welcome you to the Dreams Come True resort."
"Listen, lady–"
"As you know we have an abundance of activities set up for couples such as yourselves–"
"Couples!?"
"--but we feel that dropping out of a plane was enough for one day. So Jin here will show you guys to your cabin, so that you can rest for the rest of the day. There is food in the fridge and snacks, and dinner will be served at 7pm in the mess hall. Jin will point it out to you on the way there. First activity starts after breakfast tomorrow morning, so I hope you're ready." It all sounded a little off, like she was reading it all from the cards or something. Next to that fake smile on her face, Dean just got a feeling that something was really wrong here.
"Who is incharge here?" He asked, interrupting Hannah before she could keep talking about whatever schedule she thought she could impose on them. See, Dean figured there had to be something off here, like they were struck in some elaborate hallucination or something. Hannah called them Dixon and Cassidy and, aside from the fact that the names seemed totally made up, this whole thing where they are supposed to be a couple on some sort of a resort was just ludicrous.
It could be a spell from the witch, or a Djin dream, or even an illusion made by an angel…
"G-Gabby, of course. You–you spoke to her when you arranged for the spot at our resort…" She trailed off, suddenly looking a little pale. "Listen, I know the trip here wasn't ideal, I have been trying to tell Gabby we need a runway for the planes to land, or at least have the couples arrive here via boats, not… So much could go wrong with dropping out and parachuting your way down, and I… I really feared the worst." Her breath hitched and if Dean didn't know better, he would have thought the emotions on her face were real.
"But you're here, now, and that's what's most important, right? You are safe here, I can promise you that, there are no sharks in the water and no predators on the island. Please don't press charges."
"Press charges?"
"I'm sure I can talk Gabby into giving you a full refund and you can even stay for the couples activities for the next two weeks, just like you planned. I… Please." She was shaking and biting her lower lip and Dean had to say he felt a little confused, not knowing how to react to that. This was getting ridiculous.
"How about I take you to your cabin so that you can relax a little, we are all tense here and it wouldn't be any good to make any decisions right now, right? Come on, I'll show you the way." Jin said, pulling on Dean's arm. The hunter wanted to yank it away so badly, but he decided to play along and nodded for Cas to do the same.
They needed to talk and Dean needed to think.
By all accounts it seems like they were mistaken for these two guys named Dixon and Cassidy who were supposed to parachute their way onto this island as part of their paid vacation. So in this scenario, the real Dixon and Cassidy either dropped out or, most likely, they were dead at the bottom of the ocean somewhere. None of that mattered, because Dean and Cas had bigger problems right now. They were being dragged into this spell, illusion or a dream, whatever the heck it was, depending of course on who was behind it all.
Though Dean had a gnawing suspicion the mastermind behind it all was none other than "Gaby."