Chapter 4
"And you did what exactly besides annoy the hell out of me that is?" Rain asked the thing she was fighting as she got to her feet. The blast that just made love to her chest tossed her back a good five feet and yes it hurt. "You gonna answer or just stand there looking ugly?"
"Oh you'll find out little girl. The gift of youth is such a presious thing isn't it?"
"Um I guess and don't call me little girl." She didn't have time for this. In a couple minutes her brothers will be dead. Both stupidly walked into this trap and now they're both going to pay for it as they freeze to death. Yes, Sam and Dean Winchester. trained by one of the more powerful hunters around, are as we speak locked in a meat freezer.
"Soon the only thing you'll be called is little girl, well until it ends that is!" This thing laughed as it disappeared.
"Damn it! Oh well guess I have to let it go." Rain rubbed her chest in the spot the attack landed as she took off down the stairs to the basement to, hopefully, spare her brothers the feeling of a popcycle. She skidded to a stop right before hitting the freezer door. "That was a littl close. DEAN! SAM! YOU HEAR ME?"
"You sound like a caveman again."
"Shut it Sam. So your both alright?"
"Fine. Wanna let us out now? It's a little cold in here." Dean screamed from the freezer.
"Sorry." She pulled the door, but nothing happened. "Wanna lend me a hand here."
"What?"
"Push Dean."
"We are now pull!" She pulled and the door slowly opened.
"Took you long enough." Dean said as soon as he saw her.
She handed Sam one of the coats she had brought with her and looked at Dean, "And you don't get one."
Dean looked at her wide eyed, "Why not? I'm cold too."
"But Sammy's not being an ass."
"I'm sorry. Seriously do I get one?" Rain looked over at a much warmer Sam, he was quietly laughing.
"What do ya think?"
"He did say he was sorry."
"But how do I know that he ment that and didn't just want a coat?"
"I ment it! Now Rain please."
"Fine ya baby." She handed him the coat and helped him up.
"You shrinking or something?"
"I don't think so why?"
"You seem shorter than usual." Dean was right. Rain wasn't the tallest of the twin's and she knew it. Normally she came up to just under Dean's chin, but now. Now she barley reached his chest. Sam looked at her as well.
"Stand back to back." Dean and Rain did as they were told. "I think he may be right here Rain."
"Sooo you think I'm shrinking?" Rain asked a little dumbfounded.
"Who knows. With what we deal with everyday, shrinking would fit right in. Anyway we'll figure it out tomorrow. Right now I just want to sleep. By the was, how'd ya kill it?"
"I didn't Dean, it left."
"And you didn't chace it?"
"Geez I'm sorry if I value your lives over killing that thing." Rain said with a roll of the eyes.
"You know that's not what I ment."
"I know Dean." Rain got into the drivers seat of the Impala, "Uh guys."
"Yeah."
"I think you might be on to something with the whole shrinking thing."
"Why's that?" Dean asked leaning over the front seat.
"Because, I can't reach the gas petal anymore." She smiled as she looked at them.
"Ok. Just switch with me. I'll drive." Sam said as he slid over. Rain climbed over him to get to the passenger seat.
"Watch the leather will ya!" Dean yelled. After Dean little hissy fit about the leather ended, they were already back at the motel. "Ok. So what happened in there with you and that thing?"
"Well. I was fighting him and everything was going smooth, then boom, out of nowhere he hit me with this blast of white shit. Next thing I know he called me little girl and he left. That's when I went to find you. It's not much I know."
"So we'll all just get some sleep and look into the incredible shrinking Rain tomorrow."
"Oh Sam! I never knew you had it in ya to make a clever joke!" Rain said as she climbed into bed. "And for that clever joke, you get to sleep on the floor tonght."
"Your not really going to make me sleep on the floor are you?"
"It's good for your back Sammy." Rain said getting under the covers. She looked at him pouting on the floor and rolled her eyes. "Ok fine. I'll let it slide on account that pretty soon I'm going to shrink inot nothingness." Sam smiled at her and jumped onto the bed. They all fell asleep and slept through the night.
"WHAT THE HELL! GUYS GET IN HERE QUICK!" Rain screamed from the bathroom. Sam and Dean were there in seconds. Rain looked at them as their jaws hit the floor.
"Uh...um Rain." Dean started.
"I know. What the hell is wrong with me?"
"HA! You look like your twelve!" Sam chuckled.
"Fifteen acually. But how the hell am I fifteen?"
"Your not fifteen. You just look...younger." Dean smiled. Deep down he was worried about what was happening.
"I'm fifteen Dean. I think I would know if I were fifteen or not." She said not taking her eyes off the mirror. "This is just wrong." Sam and Dean didn't know what to say, or do for that matter.
"Well I think now is a good idea to start looking up information about this demon and it's powers."
"Well Dean if you didn't run in there all guns ablazin, we would already know shit about it."
"Watch your mouth young lady." Sam said with a smile.
"Laugh it up Sammy."
"Ok." And both him and Dean laughed themselves to tears.
"IT'S NOT FUNNY! Remember what my life was like when I was fifteen!" Rain yelled as she stormed out of the bathroom. "This is insane! GUYS!"
"Oh what now? We remem..." Sam stopped when he saw his older...er um younger sister.
"We need to find info and fast!"
"So your how old?" Dean asked sitting on the bed next to her.
"Ten. How did I go from fifteen to ten so fast? It was like thirteen seconds!" She said falling back on the bed.
"I don't know, but if this keeps up you'll be five soon." Sam said as he powered up his lapyop. "Rain do you remember what this thing looks like?"
"What thing?" Rain looked lost as to what Sam was talking about.
"Uh the demon."
"What demon?" Dean looked from his brother to his sister.
"Hey Rain."
"What?"
"How old are you?"
"Ten why?
"No. I mean normally. Before all this." Dean looked back over at Sam and it seemed like he went back to looking for anything to tell them what's going on.
"Like I said, I'm ten! What's the big deal?"
"Oh crap!"
"Ok?"
"You." He pointed to Rain, "Stay there and don't move and you." He then pointed to Sam, "You, come with me."
"What is it?"
"She's ten."
"Yes Dean. We already know this."
"No Sam. I mean she's really ten. Like mind wise."
"Oh crap."
"My thoughts exactly."
"AAHHHAHHAHAH!" Both boys ran out of the bathroom where this conversation was taking place and right to where Rain was supposed to be.
"I told her to stay put! Why the hell can't she just..."
"Dean. Dean." Sam was shaking his brother to get his attation. "What's wrong?" Dean just pointed to where he told Rain to wait. Sam looked and sure enought there was Rain...a five year old Rain. "Oh...my...god."
"Where am I?"
"Rain?" She looked up at Dean and he noticed the fear in his sisters eyes. "It's ok Rain. It's me Dean." She backed up all the way to the wall, shaking her head.
"No. You a liar! Dean's my age."
"And what is your age Rain?" Sam asked as soft as he could so no to scare her any worse than she already was. She held up five fingers.
"Five." Sam looked over at Dean and Dean looked lost.
"Ok. Now we're not going to hurt you. I'm Sam. I'm your brother too, just like Dean." She shook her head more and sank to the floor.
"No! Sam's only a baby! Your a man. I want my daddy and mommy!" Rain was crying and neither Sam or Dean knew what to do.
"Ok Dean we have to call dad."
"What? No."
"Why not? Look at her man. I get that your worried, but she's never going to trust us. Plus how the hell are we going to tell her about mom?" Dean looked at his younger brother and then at the little girl crying in the corner.
"I'll take care of it." Dean walked over to little Rain and knelt down. "Rain. Can you look at me please."
"No. Your not Dean."
"Please Raindrop. Look at me." She picked up her head and looked into his eyes. She blinked a couple times and then grabbed onto his waist. Sam looked on in shock as Dean picked her up and held her tight against him as she cried. "It's ok Rain. We'll figure this out I promise. We'll get you back to normal." Dean glanced over at Sam. Sam could see how scared his brother was that he might loose Rain again. No way either of them were letting that happen. Dean held onto her until she fell asleep. He placed her in his bed and covered her up and went to sit with Sam.
"You alright man?"
"I don't know. How are we going to deal with this one?"
"What I'm still trying to figure out is how she trusted you so fast? I mean terrified to trusting in three seconds."
"She's still my twin Sam, five or twenty five we still have a connection. So what did ya find?"
"Nothing much. We have nothing to go on. Rain's the only one that saw it and she's um not in the talking mood."
"Maybe we should call dad Sam. We can't do this one alone. What happens if tomorrow we wake up and she's an infant? This one is just too much."
"Xaphan!" Both brothers turned their attation to the little voice.
"What?" Dean got up and sat next to Rain. "What did you say?"
"It's name. It was Xaphan. He is a second order demon, also a former fallen angel. He fans the furnace flames of hell." Dean looked over at a very freaked out Sam. He couldn't blame him, Dean was freaking out as well.
"How do you know that?"
Rain climbed onto Dean's lap and layed on his chest, "I don't want to be like this. It's all wrong. He made me wrong."
Dean was softly playing with her hair. All the while looking at Sam.
"You checking this out?"
"Way ahead of you. Well...she's right. A former fallen angel, fans the flames of hell, everything she knew. But how?" Dean shook his head and looked at his sister. She was looking at him too. Both set's of green eyes meeting. "Yes?"
"I'm sorry." Sam came and sat next to them.
"For what?"
"Making you worried and scared. I'm sorry that I'm not stronger. I'm just scared."
"It's not your fault Raindrop. Like I promised, we'll make this right again and, look at me.." He picked up head up gently by her chin, "Have I ever broken a promise to you?"
She shook her head fast and mumbled, "Nope."
"So then why would I start now? Plus we have Sam here too. So it's double the people to keep you safe."
"Um Dean."
"Yeah."
"Where's mommy and daddy?" Dean looked over at Sam for a hint of what to say now. He shrugged his shoulders. Sam didn't know what to say no more than Dean did and Dean didn't know how to tell his now five year old sister that their mother was dead and their father was missing. "Dean?"
"Um..well their gone right now."
"Like on a trip?"
"Something like that. Why don't you get some sleep. You must be pretty tired." She rubbed her eyes, yawned, and nodded. "You can sleep in my bed ok." She nodded again.
"When will they be back?"
"What?" Dean asked as he tucked her in.
"Be back. When?"
"I don't know. A little while yet. Now get some sleep." She curled up and fell asleep. Dean noticed that is was just like the first time she was five. She acted, slept, and spoke the same as she did then. All he was hopeing for was that the demon didn't come this time around. "I'm gonna go for a drive."
"You sure you ok Dean?"
"Yes Sam, I'm fine. I'll be back in a couple of hours. Make sure you keep on eye on her." Dean said as he pointed to a soundly sleeping Rain.
"I will, don.t worry." Dean nodded and walked out the door. Sam knew he was just going for a ride to think about what the hell was happening to Rain. He didn't blame him, Sam wished he could just up and leave too. This whole thing was scareing himas much as Dean. He went and sat on the bed with his sister and just watched her sleep. He's never seen her this young before and at the Sam wished she could stay this age. She never had a normal childhood. Hell neither did he and Dean, but her's was way worse than their's could ever be. At the same time, he knew they had to fix this. He was so deep in thought he didn't notice Rain tugging on his shirt.
"Sam. Sam. You feel ok?" Sam shook his head to wash his thoughts away and looked down at her.
"I'm feeling fine."
"You just looked sick." Sam smiled at Rain and she smiled back. "What?"
"Nothing. Your just cute that's all." That comment made her giggle and Sam smile more.
"So you really Sammy?"
"Yup."
"Your not bald anymore."
Sam laughed and ran his hand through his hair, "Nope. Guess I'm not. You hungry?" She nodded. "Come on. Let's find you something to wear." The siblings got up and Sam couldn't help, but break into laughter.
"What's funny?"
"This." He looked STRAIGHT down at her and she couldn't bend her head back far enough to look at him. She almost feel on the floor.
"Not funny Sam. That makes my neck hurt. And when I put my head down it's make me a wobbley and stuff."
"Sorry. Let's go." They found something that she could wear, which was one of Rain's shirts with one of her belts to make it look like a dress, and they walked to the diner next to the motel. The got to the diner and found a booth. Rain sat on the inside and yes, she had a booster seat.
"Oh what a beautiful little girl!" The waitress said when she gave them their menues. "Is she yours?" Rain just smiled at her and it almost made the women melt.
"No. She's my sister."
"Oh. She's going to be a real beauty when she grows up." Sam gave her their order and they waited.
"She said I was beautiful!" Rain squealed. Sam couldn't help smiling at how happy she was. It was true, she was a beautiful child. "So you think I'm beautiful Sam?" Sam looked at her and she stopped coloring on the paper the waitress brought.
"Of course Raindrop." She laughed and the waitress came with their food. They ate and were about to leave. Sam had to use the men's room and asked Rain if she would wait in the booth. She nodded and Sam asked the waitress if she would wait with her. She talked to little Rain untill Sam got back. He thanked her and they left.
"Dean's gonna be all grumpy."
"Why?"
"Just a feelin." They got back to the room and sure enought, there waiting for them, was a grumpy Dean.
"Where the hell were you? Dean yelled so loud that it made Rain jump and hide behind Sam's leg. :I came back and you both were gone! Where the hell were you Sam?" Sam could feel Rain holding onto his pant leg and he knew she was scared of the way Dean was yelling.
"Calm down Dean. We went to get something to eat. Now can you stop yelling?" Dean looked down to where Rain was hiding and he felt horrible.
"Sorry." He said in a much quieter voice. "I just came back and you were gone so I got worried. I'm sorry if I scared you Rain." She didn't budge from where she was. Sam turned around and picked her up. She wouldn't even look in Dean direction. "Rain."
"You didn't have to yell so loud." She turned to look at him.
"I'm sorry. I just forgot that your..um five. Forgive me?"
She looked at him again and then at Sam, "Only if you tell Sam your sorry too." Dean looked at Sam and he was smiling.
"Dean. Say your sorry."
"I'm sorry for yelling Sam." Sam was laughing at how his brother took orders from a five year old.
"It's ok man. Your right, I should have left a note or called."
"I forgive you too then." She smiled as Sam put her down. She ran to the little girls room.
"I called dad." Dean said out of the blue. Sam looked at him in shock. It was Dean's idea NOT to call their father yet.
"Why?"
"We can't do this on our own Sam."
"Well, what did he say?"
"Nothing. I got his stupid voice mail. On the bright side, it doesn't seem like she's getting any younger so we night have more time to figure this out." Sam was about to continue this conversation when his phone rang. He went outside to talk just as Rain came out of the bathroom. She walked up to Dean and tugged on his shirt. He looked down at her, "And what do you want?" He asked with a smile.
"Up." She said with open arms. Dean picked her up and sat her on his lap. He remembered that at this age she always wanted to be held. Most of the time by their mom or dad. Since their not her, Dean and Sam are the next best things. "What are you looking at?"
"Well. Stuff to find out how to get you back to normal."
"Where's Sam?"
"He got a phone call. He's outside talking."
"You called dad?" Dean looked at her. She was focused on the pictures on the computer screen.
"How did you know?"
"I heard you telling Sam. Is he and mom comming back?" She turned to look at him. What could he tell her? Well now was a good as time as any to tell her about mom.
"Um Rain."
"Yes."
"I have to tell you something." Sam walked into the room and noticed the look in Dean's eyes.
"Your going to tell her?" He asked as he sat on the bed. Dean nodded and looked back at Rain.
"What?"
"It's about mom and dad."
"Ok?" Dean swollowed hard.
"Well Rain, mom...um well mom's gone."
"I know. You said she was on a trip." Dean looked back over at Sam.
"No Rain. That's not what I ment."
"Then where is she Dean?" She was crying. She knew something was wrong. "Where is she? Sam where is she?" Rain looked at Sam and she saw the tears in his eyes. "Sam?"
"She's dead!" Rain turned back to Dean, tears running down his face as well.
"What?"
"She died Rain. In a fire a long time ago." Sam finished for Dean. Rain didn't know what to say. She just stared off into nothing for a good ten minutes. Dean and Sam figured it was the shock of learning her mother was dead.
"So then where's daddy?"
"He is really on a trip. I tried calling him, but didn't get an answer."
"Oh. I'm tired." Rain yawned as Dean put her into bed. He kissed the top of her head and was about to go sit with Sam, but she grabbed his arm. "Can you lay with me?" He looked over at Sam and he took over looking for anything that can help them.
"Sure Raindrop. Move over." She moved over so that he could fit. She snuggled against him and he wrapped his arm around her. "Now get some sleep ok." He felt her nod against his side. He layed there listening to her breathing untill sleep took him too. Sam lifted his head to look at the two sleeping forms.
"That's so cute." He said to himself before going back to work. 'Hurry dad. This is such a bitch doing on my own.' Yes, the phone call he got before was his father. He was on his way to the motel they were staying at and he should be there tomorrow. Sam just hoped that he weold know how to fix this mess. Sam's phone rang again and he hurried to answer so not to wake Dean or Rain. "Hello."
"Sam?"
"Yeah dad."
"Where's Dean and Rain?"
"Sleeping. Where are you?"
"At the 'Hungy Drop' motel. Meet me here."
"Ok. Dad?"
"Yea?"
"Fighure this out yet?"
"No Sam. Not yet. I wanna see Rain first and then see what can be done. Meet me as soon as you can. Bye." Sam didn't even have a chance to say bye. He went over and woke Dean. "Time to get up."
"What? Why?" Dean asked looking at Rain, who was still asleep.
"Dad called. He's going to meet us. Now come on and get her up."
"When did he call?" He asked as he packed, "And we'll let her sleep as long possible."
"Five minutes ago. We have to meet him at a motel in the next town."
"Meet who?" Rain asked as she sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Where are you going?"
"We're going to meet dad and your comming."
"We get to see daddy?" She asked happily. Dean nodded.
"Come on. Let's go." All three of them left the hotel and were prepaired to drive through the night to see their father. They all sat in the front seat of the Impala, with Rain in the middle. As soon as they got in the car, Dean put in Metellica. Rain, after an hour of this crap, was attempting to turn it off. Her little arms were not making that easy.
"What are you doing?" Dean asked looking down at her.
"Turning off your poop." She looked at Sam when she heard him laugh. "What?"
"Nothing. I was thinking the same thing."
"This isn't 'poop'! This is classic music!" Dean said defending it.
"No. It's poop." Rain said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Can we listen to something else, something's that's not poop." Dean smiled at Sam.
"Fine. Then waht do you want to listen to?"
"Anything, but that." She looked up at Sam, "Let Sam pick."
"HA! So now I have to listen to his crap! I think not." Dean laughed. Both Sam and Rain looked at him.
"Why do you have to be a meanie?"
"I'm not being mean!" Dean was getting all defensive. "Did you ever hear what he listen's to?"
"Nope. You never let him listen to it so how can I." Now Rain was getting defensive. "Why do we always have to listen to what you want? It's not fair Dean." Dean looked at Sam and he looked just as shocked.
"Ok Rain calm down. Sam can listen to whatever he wants." Rain looked at Dean and smiled. Once again Dean melted.
"Thank you." She looked up at Sam, "Well..." Sam put in one of his tapes and after twenty minutes Rain was regreting fighting so that Sam could listen to it.
"Ok. Can we listen to what I want now? His poop is worst that yours."
"Nope. You wanted to listen to what Sam wanted to. Now your stuck with it." Dean smiled at his younger sister.
"What about if you throw me out of the car?" Both brother's looked at her. "What? Anything to get away from this stuff." She said as she pointed to the radio.
"What if we turn it off all together?" Sam suggested.
"Whatever." Dean agreed, Rain just nodded.
"I love you guys!" Rain said out of no where. Dean and Sam looked at her.
"Ok. And that came from where?"
"Me."
"I know that you said it. Why did you say it all of a sudden?"
"I don't know. Just felt like it." Sam smiled at her.
"We love you too Raindrop." Dean replyed.
"Sorry to break this up, but we're here." Dean looked up. Rain couldn't see over the dashboard. They saw John's truck and figured that the room that had the curtins drawn was his. They walked up to the door and before they knocked, placed Rain behind them both. Sure enough their dad opened the door.
"Hey dad." Dean said.
"So your all alright?"
"We're fine. How are you?" Sam asked as they walked into the room.
"Good. Where's Rain?"
"Daddy?" Rain came out from behind Sam and looked at her father.
"Raindrop?" She nodded as he picked her up and held her.
"Daddy I can't breath!"
"Sorry!" John said as he put her down. "So how'd this happen?"
"A demon. We can't find anything on it." Sam answered.
"We were hopeing you would know something that could help." Dean said as Rain climbed on his lap. He looked down at her, "Why hello." She smiled at him and then looked at her father.
"Honestly boys, I have no clue how to fix this. Since I got your message Dean, I've looked and called a few contacts I have, but came up with nothing."
"So what now? We can't leave her like that." Sam said as he, once again, turned on his computer. Dean and John looked at each other and Sam noticed. "NO! We are not leaving her like this! It's not happening!"
"Why not Sam? I mean do you remember what her life was like? Raised by.."
"DEAN!" John yelled before Dean could finish. Rain jumped when John yelled and almost fell off Dean's lap. Luckly he caught her in time.
"You alright?"
"Fine."
"Come on. We'll go for a walk and let dad and Sam talk ok?"
"Ok."
"We'll be back in a little while. Figure this out ok." And he and Rain left. Leaving John and Sam to talk about their little problem.
Dean's POV
We left the motel room so that Rain wouldn't hear what was going on.
"Hey Dean."
"Yeah?"
"Why did daddy yell at you? Did you do something wrong?" She looked up at him with her big green eyes.
"No. I just almost said something I shouldn't, that's all."
"Daddy scared me." Dean looked down at his younger sister. He felt bad that he wanted to keep her this age, but who would blame him? She did have a shitty childhood. I mean demon and all. "Where are we going?"
"Just for a walk. No where really." They were walking for about ten minutes when Rain stopped. "What is it?"
"We have to go back."
"Why?"
"There." She pointed to a man leaning against the wall. "He's not good." Dean looked up at the man she pointed to and then back at her. He couldn't deny that she looked afraid, but what was it about THIS man. They passed alot of different people on this walk and she never said anything. So what made him so special.
"What makes you think that Rain?"
"He made me wrong!"
"What?"
"It was him! He did it!" Dean looked at the man that now stood infront of him. "DEAN!" Rain screamed as Dean was thrown into the motel wall.
"RAIN RUN!" He yelled as he got back to his feet. "GO NOW! GET SAM AND DAD!" She was about to turn heel and run, but the man grabbed hold of her shirt and lifted her off the ground. "PUT HER DOWN!"
"Put me down!" She was kicking her feet in a sad attempt to get him to drop her.
"I see my spell worked. Your a cute kid." He smiled.
"LET HER GO NOW!" Dean yelled as he pointed his gun at him. The man turned and faced the older twin, holding Rain infront of him.
"Go ahead and shoot then." Dean froze. The fear in his sister's eyes almost made him sick. He wanted to tear this guy apart just for looking at his sister. He knew he couldn't shoot, but now the question is, what can he do?