Part Ten: All Going To Plan

"So you ready?" Sam asked, as Dean slotted his gun into the top of his trousers.

"Is there any other way to be?" Dean replied, a smirk on his lips.

The brothers then looked across at the 'The Blue Orchid,' and wondered what things lay in store for them.

"We'd better get over there, it's 8:15 now," Sam said quickly.

Dean nodded and hurried over to the familiar alleyway that had been their entrance to the club for the past couple of days.


"Welcome girls," Belle said loudly, the brightest smile on her face.

The 6 girls in the room all turned around and gazed at their Madam, she had never looked more beautiful dressed in a gorgeous black trouser suit, they each thought in their heads.

"I just wanted to thank all of you for coming. It means so much to me," Belle continued, walking into the middle of the girls.

"We wouldn't have missed it for the world," a girl piped up.

Belle beamed at the sentiment of the words, "but before the celebrations and the free bar opens, let's have a picture and a toast," and she indicated to 7 glasses on the bar.

The girls all dutifully went over and picked up the drinks, ready to say goodbye to Belle and 'The Blue Orchid.'

Madam looked over at Carlos who was holding a camera, before holding up her glass, "to all of us. To a bright future and to… 'The Blue Orchid'!"

The girls all repeated her words and smiled, as the flash went off.

A perfect moment captured forever.

"To us!" Belle shouted again, bringing the drink to her lips.

The girls laughed and downed their sweet liquid.

And as the drug hit them, Belle watched as their happy faces started to fall and their eyes close before their fragile bodies all crashed onto the floor, unconscious.

"Quickly Carlos, get them downstairs," Madam commanded.

The gorilla nodded and picked up two girls nearby, taking them down into the depths of the club.


"You're late," Robin said, as the two brothers approached.

"No, you're just early," Dean replied, looking for the open window to the basement they'd gone through before.

Sam rolled his eyes, he was glad that this partnership was going to come to an end soon. He didn't think he could referee forever.

"Gotcha," Dean said, as he spotted the open window.

"Ok, here," Robin said, handing him a long piece of rope out of the canvas bag she had with her.

"What is this for?"

"So we can climb down, genius."

"It's not really that far down," Sam said.

"Yeah, I guessed that. But if Belle's already there, I think it would be better if we climbed down quietly rather than thumping down. You know element of surprise and all that?" Robin replied.

"Ok. Have it your way," Dean said angrily, he hated being told how to do his job.

"Wait, shouldn't we go over the plan one last time?" Robin asked.

Dean gritted his teeth, "find the heart, destroy it. Got it? Good," and he tied the end of the rope to a nearby drain pipe.

"Yeah, I know but how do we know what the heart looks like? I mean, she's not going to have the heart just lying around?" Robin retorted.

"Dean, didn't you say, you saw a vase on the alter?" Sam said, wondering if he annoyed his brother as much with his questions.

"Yeah, that's probably the heart. Go for the vase. Happy now?" Dean said quickly, lowering the rope into the window.

"Ecstatic," Robin replied.

"Ladies first," Dean said, throwing the girl a challenging look.

As Robin peered into the dark of the basement, she could her resolve buckling underneath her. But she was never one to give up and with a last look at the brothers, she started to climb down into the basement, not knowing what was in store for them.

When all three had reached the bottom, they looked and found the room already alight.

Was Belle here?

"I'll go check it out," Dean whispered, going ahead of the other two.

He carefully hid behind a pillar and looked out, there was a group of girls on the Venus symbol, all them seemed to be passed out. The alter was alit with loads of candles like before and there in the centre was the black vase, the succubus' heart.

Dean waved at the other two for them to come forward.

As Robin looked around the room, she glanced at the girls on the floor and looked at the familiar faces of each girl but none of them were Sarah Todd. Where was she?

"Quickly! We probably don't much time," Sam said, rushing forward and grabbing the vase.

"Actually you don't have any time at all…"

The trio all looked up to the stairs and found Belle staring at them. Carlos at her side, his face filled with silent rage and his fists at the ready.

"You know, you're quite funny for a demon from hell," Dean said, smiling sarcastically.

"And you're quite clever for a man. But Robin…I seriously misjudged you," Belle replied, a tinge of disappointment in her voice.

Robin stared up at the woman and slid out her gun, ready to get what she wanted.

"Love this woman…" Dean carried on, taking out his gun and aiming it at the vase in Sam's hands.

And a wave of fear suddenly came over Belle's face, "wait…you don't want to do that."

"And why not?" Dean asked.

"Cause otherwise, I'll shoot Sam," Robin said suddenly, prodding a gun into the boy's back.

Everyone in the room including Belle seemed surprised by this new turn of events. What was the girl up to?

"What are you doing!" Dean yelled, glaring at the girl.

He should never have trusted her, actually, he hadn't…

"Shut up! I'm doing what I need to do. Sam, put the vase back onto the table," Robin said louder.

Sam stared at his brother, unsure of what to do.

"I said put it onto the table!" the girl screamed, pushing the gun into Sam's back even more.

This time Sam complied, feeling the gun pressing on his spine, knowing one shot at such close range would be the end of him.

"Now put your gun on the table, Dean," Robin said, pushing Sam forward, so she could watch Dean more closely, "and don't even think about tackling me."

Dean muttered something under his breath but did what she wanted. Even if he could get at her, she'd still be able to pull the trigger and Sam or someone else would still get hurt.

"So Robin…I assume now, you'll want me to do something," Belle said, walking towards the trio.

"Tie these two up," the girl replied, her heart pounding with adrenaline.

Belle indicated to Carlos to bring the two men over. The gorilla walked surprisingly quickly to the three people and with one movement had grabbed the brothers into a head lock, one under each of his tree-trunk like arms.

He dragged them back over to Belle who from her suit pocket produced two pairs of hand-cuffs and like a pro placed them swiftly onto the Winchesters.

"You always carry hand-cuffs around?" Dean quipped, as the cuffs locked around his hands.

"Yes, just for situations like these actually," Belle replied, as she grabbed the now bound boys and threw them into the middle with the girls.

Hmm…being hand-cuffed and surrounded by beautiful women, not exactly how I pictured it, Dean thought as he got up onto his knees to watch the action.

Robin in the meantime, had grabbed the vase off the table and slipped Dean's gun into her jacket pocket. This hadn't been her exact plan but then things never always go the way you want them to.

"Why are you doing this?" Sam suddenly asked, his face full of confusion. He still couldn't believe that Robin was capable of this. He just couldn't see it in her face.

"Sarah. Sarah Todd, I want her," the girl replied, looking as calm as anything.

"Is that all?" Belle said, her mind thinking over her options.

"That's it. Give me Sarah and I'll go. Leave your heart, leave 'The Blue Orchid,' leave these two, leave you alone forever."

"Why do you want her?"

"Does it matter?"

"It's for Lucas, isn't it?" Sam said, his voice harder than usual.

Robin's face fell for a second, how did they know about Lucas?

"This is for a man?" Belle spat.

"Yes…look, do we have a deal or what?" Robin said, staring at Sam's face. Was that sympathy in his eyes?

Sam could see the girl's desperation and recognised his own obsessive madness in her. He knew if Jess had been involved, he would have done anything to get her back, even risking other people's lives. When you loved someone that much, all you needed was the hope that you'd find them, that was all that mattered.

"I don't know…" Belle said sweetly, titling her head to the side.

She's playing with her, Dean thought to himself.

"I'll shoot otherwise!" Robin said, her voice cracking from frustration.

Belle smiled, she could see already see the chink in Robin's armour.

"Shoot then. Go on, do it, kill me. But I'm telling you now, if I'm gone so is Sarah and your precious Lucas."

Robin knew it was the right thing to do, to kill this thing and she could even see herself pulling the trigger and ending it. But she just couldn't...

"Do it! Kill the bitch!" Dean yelled from the floor.

But it did no good, Belle already knew Robin would never pull that trigger…She loved that boy too much.

"Do it!" Dean shouted again, his eyes filled with rage.

"I can't…" Robin whispered, dropping her head.

She couldn't risk losing Lucas, she just couldn't…

"I can't believe this…I knew we shouldn't have trusted you…this is just…" Dean muttered under his breath, trying to figure a way out.

"Awww…Robin. So young, so naïve…" Belle said, her voice soft and mother-like, "I actually feel quite sorry for you, so…I accept your offer."

The girl looked up and saw Madam's smiling face, hearing the alarm bells ringing as she did, but she ignored them. She'd deal with whatever Belle was planning when she had to. Right now, she just had to get out alive with Sarah.

"Ok. Give me the girl and then we'll be on our way," Robin replied, digging for her last ounce of confidence.

"Hmm…you know what? I still don't quite believe this isn't a trick, so I want you to do one more thing for me…" Belle said, a wicked glint in her eye.

"What?"

"Shoot one of them," Belle said, placing a hand on each of the brother's shoulders.

Robin stood still for a moment, staring at the task in front of her. Could she shoot an innocent person?

"That's my condition, take it or leave it," Belle said lightly, enjoying the predicament she had put the girl in. Now she would see if this was just an elaborate plan or if this girl was for real. Either way, she got an entertaining show and to be fair, in the end, they were all going to die anyway because nobody screwed around with Madam.

Dean and Sam stared at Robin both searching her face to see what she would do but the girl was a blank canvas, lost in her own thoughts.

"Well?" Belle asked impatiently.

Robin looked at the faces in the room and with a final deep breath, pointed the gun and took her shot.


Writer's Note: Ok, this is the penultimate part, one left before it's all over. And as always a review would be nice.