Author's Note: MERRY CHRISTMAS! This will be the last chapter till after the weekend is over. Mostly because I work on Christmas and the two days following. Love you guys so much! Thank you for the reviews! They are such a motivator to get things out to you guys faster! SHIT is fixing to HIT THE FAN! Love you all, please let me know what you think!
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"Wake up wake up wake up!" I yelled jumping up and down on the bed like I was a kid again. Dean barely moved, he grumbled and hit me with a pillow, throwing me off balance, I began to fall and leaned forward so that I'd land on Dean and not the ground. I landed with my knees into his gut.
"Ughh! Dammit!" He groaned, suddenly awake now. Oops.
"Sorry De." I giggled. I jumped up and ran to Sam's bed and pulled the same routine. Although Sam was kinder. He woke up almost instantly and started to laugh at me, then he grabbed my legs.
"Sammy! No!" I laughed as he pulled me down on top of him and moved to lay on top of me so that I was trapped.
"You think its funny to jump on people?" He teased. I giggled.
"Sammy.. Can't. Breathe!" I laughed. He eventually moved off of me and stand, before he could walk away I jumped on his back and wrapped my legs around his skinny waist. He laughed and used his arms to reposition me so he could walk forward, leading us into the kitchen to make coffee.
"Okay Em… what do you want." He finally said as he set the coffee pot down to be filled.
"WE are going to the FAIR!" I said with excitement as I hopped down and went to sit on top of Dean like a bean bag. He groaned as I wiggled.
"What time is it?" Dean finally asked.
"About 8 or so."
"Ughhh… Em we didn't even go to bed til 3."
"Hey, you're then one who always said a full hunter's sleep was only a few hours a night." I pointed out wiggling my hips again so that they dug into his ribs.
"ughhh.." He groaned again and pushed me off. He finally stood and went to the bathroom to shower. I smiled at Sam who rolled his eyes playfully.
I demanded Dean make me pancakes… he insisted he just take me out to breakfast to get pancakes seeing as how he would have to run out to the store to get stuff anyways. We argued it for a few minutes before I gave in on the condition that he would buy me fried Oreo's at the fair.
"Mmmmmm… its like an orgasm in my mouth." I said as I savored a large bite of chocolate chip pancakes lathered in syrup and butter.
"…If you don't stop moaning like that I'm seriously gonna lose my appetite." Dean warned. I rolled my eyes at him and continued to devour them in silence.
"So the fair is your big idea for a Winchester's day out?" Sam asked eyeing me.
"Yep. The fair, maybe a movie, delicious freaking food. Annnnd. If we're lucky there might be some bull riding while we're there."
"Yeah cause watching grown men tie themselves to an angry animal is totally my idea of a good time." Dean mocked while he ate his food.
"Hey! No bad attitudes today! We're having a damn good day." I said pointing my fork at him.
"Fine. I can't wait." He smiled back sweetly. I winked at him.
The ride to the fair was short, and spent with us belting out to the radio, well. More me and Dean then Sam, but we got him to join in on a few of them.
When we pulled up all I could see were lights, the ferris wheel, the swings being hoisted into the air. The smell of fresh grease… slightly gross, but whatever. I'm down with it. We parked and I literally skipped towards the fair. Dean and Sam laughing at me most of the way.
"Okay. What do we wanna do first?"
I gasped as my eyes read the sign in front of me. "DE! It's a petting zoo! WITH ZEBRAS AND BABY LIONS!" My excitement was quite literally through the roof. I fucking love lions!
"Okay, well come on then." He waved with his hand and I could have squealed. Dean handed the man a twenty and we were getting our pictures made while holding baby lions. OH MY GOODNESS they were SO freaking cute and fluffy. The sounds they made were precious. I honestly wanted to take one home.
"De…" I leaned over and whispered. He looked up at me. "How much effort would it take to knock that guy out and sneak this thing into the impala?"
"Ha. I don't think so sweetheart, I don't allow dogs in the car, what makes you think I'm allowing big cats? I mean have you seen the claws on this thing?!" He said with wide eyes holding up one's paw. I gave him the best puppy dog eyes I could muster.
"Not gonna happen Em, come on. Zebra's are calling your name, and NO. They also are not allowed in the impala." He said as he stood and helped me off the ground. Sam was waiting for us by the gate, he had our picture in his hand.
"Sammy… you're officially my favorite brother now." I told him with my arms crossed, showing Dean my distaste for his rules about Baby.
"Do I even want to know what that's supposed to mean?" Sam asked putting an arm around me and leading us over the zebras. Sam payed the man a few dollars and we began to feed them carrots from little baggies they had premade.
"These things are a lot smellier than I imagined they'd be." I mused, Sam laughed but shook his head to agree.
"Hey Em."
"Yeah?"
"Thanks. For this… you're right. We need it."
"Yeah. We do."
He kissed my cheek and I finished feeding the zebras before walking with the boys to a ticket booth, Dean had hustled some money the other night when he went out to the bar and surprised me when he forked over a 50 and handed me the roll of tickets. I grinned at him.
"So boys… bumper cars or fun house?"
"Both?" Sam asked.
"I'm gonna run you morons down." I said sweetly walking over to the bumper cars and selecting the hot pink one. I laughed watching the boys and their long legs try and fit in the cars, especially Sam. I'm pretty sure he's not even actually sitting in the seat. The bell rang and I gunned straight for the side of Dean's car.
"Ha!" I yelled as I slammed into him and he was jolted to the left. He gave me an evil grin and not even a moment later someone slammed into my backside. I turned to look and saw Sam laughing maniacally, I turned to the side and ran from them as they both chased me, slamming me against the wall, I was able to turn and pin Sam, but Dean was right on my ass. The bell rang again and the cars died. I slipped out and stood with ease, but laughed as I watched Dean and Sam struggle, Sam had to basically crawl out of it sideways. I could have pissed myself I laughed so hard.
"Yeah yeah yeah… laugh it up shorty." He joked pushing me towards the exit.
"Oh. Trust me. I am." I breathed feeling my sides hurt from laughing so hard. Dean walked us over to the fun house and we made our way through the majority of it fairly easy. The ending how ever was a rolling tunnel, you had to walk through it to get out.
"Umm.. I don't know if we can do this." I paused and said.
"Oh please, the trick to these things its just not stopping." Dean said as he effortlessly walked through it. Sam shrugged and followed. They both turned and looked at me expectantly. I sighed and took a step forward, then another, but I wasn't fast enough and the twisting tunnel was quickly overtaking my balance, my arms flailed in the air and I tried repeatedly to catch myself before finally landing on my ass. The boys burst into laughter and finally extended a hand to pull me out of the spinning tunnel.
"You guys are assholes." I mumbled dusting my ass off. "Come on, you can make up for it by winning me a prize." I grinned. I grabbed Sam's hand and drug them over to a row of carnie games. Sam offered to do the one with the basketball, even though they're all rigged and rip offs, Sam put down some cash and played until he won me a stuffed animal. He leaned over to the man running the stand and pointed up in the air. The man climbed a ladder and came down with a stuffed Zebra.
"Here ya go Em, now you can take one with you." Sam said with a smile. I grinned back and hugged him tightly.
"I love you Sammy."
"Oh please… that's nothing." Dean huffed, he walked over to the shooting game. Sam and I giggled at Deans competitive nature and we watched as Dean missed every shot on the first round. But he wasn't bothered. He was just using that round to figure out how off the aim on the gun was- because again. All of these are rigged. So he handed the man more money and nailed every shot on the second go round. When he finished he stood tall and winked at me. Then he pointed up at a lion with a big fuzzy mane. He looked at me and I nodded with a large grin. Dean walked over and handed me the lion.
"Thanks De. I love you too." I said placing a smooch on his cheek.
The next game we went to was one of those water races, we played 4 times. I kicked the boys ass each and every time. With my winnings I selected a zippo lighter and a pocket knife, handing one of them to either brother.
"Thanks.." Dean said slightly bitter over the fact that he'd lost to his baby sister multiple times. Sam just bit his lip fighting back a laugh and graciously accepted the pocket knife.
"De, lets go do some rides before we eat." I said with bright eyes.
"Fine. But nothing that spins or goes upside down."
"Dean… that's almost EVERY ride."
"Well then I guess you better ask your favorite brother." He teased.
"Fine… Sammy come on." I said pulling Sam and handing my prizes to Dean to hold. First Sam and I got on the ferris wheel.
"Its so pretty up here." I said when we reached the top.
"Yeah, you can see everything for miles. Perks of being in a flat state right?" He pondered.
"Yep. Hey Sam."
"Yeah kiddo?"
"We're gonna be okay."
"Yeah we are Em." He said with a smile.
We enjoyed the rest of our ride and on to the next… and the next… and the next. Sam was a good sport and rode several of the rides. Dean watched from below, laughing at us when I would scream.
"Okay Em, I'm starving… can we please hit the smorgasbord now?"
"YES!" I said excitedly. "Okay are we splitting up?"
"Yeah. Em, you get the desserts. Fried only. Sammy, you're on turkey legs. I'm going to grab the footlong cornodgs and other meats on a stick. Sound good?"
"I'm down!" I said sprinting off to a stand with a variety of friend candies and desserts. I damn near got one of everything… it was expensive.
I walked back to the designated picnic table we agreed to meet back at and laid out our goodies, Sam was next with two jumbo turkey legs, and then came Dean. Corndogs, gator on a stick, and fried rattlesnake bites. Yeah. That's a thing.
We laid all of the food out on the table, there was barely room left to set our drinks.
"…This may be the first time I've ever said this. But I think our eyes are bigger than our stomachs." I mumbled outloud looking at the buffet in front of us.
"Nonsense. We're Winchesters. This is the way to live life!" Dean said with bright eyes as he looked over the table himself. Sam laughed and looked hesitant.
"Dig in." I finally said reaching for a corndog. Then fried oreos. Then a fried reeses, then I tried gator on a stick and rattle snake. Not as bad as you'd imagine. The turkey leg was AMAZING. I shared mine with Sam and Dean ate his on his own. By the time we were done the table was damn near cleared… we all sat in misery. I leaned my head down on my arms.
"Ohhh…. This was such a bad idea."
"Yeah. A little too much fun Em." Sam agreed sitting back against me.
"…Anyone gonna finish that funnel cake?" Dean asked. Sam and I looked up and stared at him in shock.
"De you ate double of what me and Sam did. How do you have room?"
"Hey. Look… Rodeo starts in 30 minutes."
"Yeah okay, then we gotta get outta here before I eat anything else." Dean said standing with us. We walked over to the outdoor arena and took our seats at the top of the stands, leaning against the wall. Dean bought him and Sam a beer and me a root beer to sip on. The arena began to fill with people and the bulls were brought into their small pens to be held in until time was ready.
"Check that one out. Those horns are massive!"
"Yeah, and some idiot is fixing to attach himself to that." Dean mocked.
I watched as several men began to fill the arena. Cowboys… mmmm.
One walked past the stands and looked up to me, he tipped his hat and smiled. I smiled back and blushed, biting my lip slightly.
"Mm. I wish he'd attach himself to my body." I accidentally mumbled out loud. Both of the boys turned to look at me with wide eyes.
"Okay, if you're gonna make goo goo eyes all damn day then we're leaving RIGHT now." Dean threatened.
"Okay.. Okay I'm sorry. I'll stop." I said with my hands raised in surrender.
We watched as man after man attempted to ride the bulls for at least 8 seconds, and then escape the arena without injury. It was exciting… sad to say most exciting when something goes wrong and people get hurt. But hey… its bullriding. Its not a matter of if you get hurt, it when.
In the middle of the show they took a break and called several small children into the arena for what they called "mutton busting," let me tell you. There is nothing more adorable than watching children ride on sheep.
"Oh my gosh De! Look at how cute he is in his cowboy boots!" I squealed watching a little blonde haired boy mount the sheep and hold on for dear life. The sheep was halfway across the arena when the boy finally slipped off landing face first in the dirt. I worried he would stand up and cry, but instead he stood and lifted two thumbs in the air. I laughed out loud and so did the boys.
"Sammy lets take him home." I squealed. Sam laughed at me and I leaned against him.
We finished the rest of the rodeo and slowly made our way to the impala, prizes in hand. The sun was beginning to set and all of the lights shined even brighter than they did in the sun when we first arrived. I sighed contently as I slid in the front seat to sit between the boys. We grabbed a pizza on the way home for dinner, not that Sam or I were even close to being hungry. But Dean will be Dean after all. Then we grabbed a movie and bundled down for the night.
"We had a good day boys." I said sitting between them on the bed as the movie finished. Dean smiled and Sam nodded.
"Yeah we did kiddo." Dean said "C'mon. Time for bed." He said standing and reaching out a hand to lift me up. I stretched and went to the bathroom to shower and change. Sam went in after me and finally Dean. Sam was laying in his bed snoring, and Dean turned out the lights and locked the door before jumping on the bed. I giggled at his childlike behavior.
"Hey Em?"
"Hm?"
"Have I told you lately how proud I am of you?"
I smiled. "Yeah De, you have."
"Well I'm gonna say it again… I know how hard it was to take yourself out of that dream. I know how badly you wanted it… yet you put the lives of others ahead of your happiness. Em, that takes strength I'm not even sure I have. I love you and I'm so proud of you."
"You woulda done it too… you do it all the time Dean. You don't give yourself enough credit. You save the world everyday, and yet you're so hard on yourself. Why?"
"I don't know Em. Sometimes it just feels like I'm not doing enough. For you and Sammy. That I'm dropping the ball."
"Dean. You've never once in your life dropped the ball when it comes to me and Sam."
"Emily you and I both know that's not true." He said to me with pain in his eyes.
"Dean. That wasn't your fault. She was going to take me one way or another. God forbid you hadn't left me there… she would've taken you too."
"Or I could have stopped her."
"Dean stop… I don't wanna go there. Please. I don't blame you, and I know Daddy did. But I never did. Please tell me you know that."
He looked away from me.
"Dean I'm serious! I never have and never will blame you for what happened. It wasn't your fault."
"Emily. Even if you never see it. I will always blame myself, I'm your big brother. I'm supposed to protect you. I didn't. I left you there."
I sighed… he was just never gonna let himself live this down.
"I love you De. I wish you would stop blaming yourself. Cause no one else does. Even Dad knew better when he calmed down. Night De." I kissed his cheek and turned over. He drifted to sleep and subconsciously wrapped an arm around me.
(Dean's POV)
The light coming through the window was bright. It was right in my eyes and I turned to move it from my face. I groaned and stretched. Reaching over to see if Em was still asleep. The bed was empty next to me.
"Em?" I asked sitting up. Sam's bed was empty as well.
"Sammy? Em?"
No reply… the car is here, they keys are here. Sam's phone… Em's phone.
"Sam! Emily!" I stood and began to dig through their bags… nothings missing. Everything is here… except for my siblings.
I panicked and spun, looking around the room for any sign… then I saw it. Sulfur. By the door and the windows.
"Oh God… No… not again."
(Emily's POV)
"Deee… you took all the covers." I groaned as I shivered awake. It was cold, and hard, and where the hell is my pillow. I opened my eyes and immediately closed them again.
"It's a dream… just a dream…" I whispered to myself. But when I opened my eyes again I sat up and gasped. Oh no. Where am I?!
"Dean! Sam!" I stood up and screamed. I looked around, it was like one of those old western towns. All the roads were dirt and the buildings made of wood. I couldn't see anyone. I was alone.
"Dean! Sammy!" I yelled again. No answer. I felt the panic in me begin to rise. I felt for a weapon, but I didn't have any on me. I had no phone. I was in a tshirt and shorts from last night, no shoes. What the hell is happening!
My breath came shorter and faster. I spun in circles looking for someone, something, anything. I can't be here alone! I don't know where here even is!
Oh no… no no no no no.
I crumpled to the ground and wrapped myself into a ball. Rocking back and forth trying to remember how to breathe.
It felt like this went on for several minutes.
"Emily!"
My head flew up and I stopped breathing all together.
"Emily!"
"Sammy! Sam!" I stood up and ran to where I heard the sound. It wasn't long before I caught sight of Sam coming around the corner of the building.
"Em!" He said running over to me. "Emily are you okay?!"
"Sa-a-a-a" I tried taking shallow short breaths.
"Shhh.. its okay kiddo. Its okay. I'm here. You're okay. We're okay." He said as he wrapped me against him.
"I-I-I can-ca-ca-can't."
"I know kiddo, I know… close your eyes and focus on me. I'm here. Just close your eyes and breathe in through your nose."
I did as Sam said and clamped my eyes shut. Focusing only on him. On his scent. The feeling of his arms around me. The solid ground beneath me. Sam's voice whispering in my ear. Slowly but surely… it was working. For the first time. Sam was able to calm me down.
"See. We're okay Em… we're okay." He said once he realized my breathing had begun to slow down.
"Sammy where are we?" I asked not ready to release him yet.
"I don't know kiddo. Are you cold?"
"I'm fine." I said, but Sam felt me shiver against him and pulled off his jacket, leaving him in the long sleeve underneath. He slipped it over me and I wrapped it around me, crossing my arms. Sam pushed a bit of hair behind my ear and examined me closely.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm okay… where's Dean?"
"I don't think he's here Em."
"Well where do you think he is?! Do you think he's okay?"
"Yeah. I think… I think he's still at the motel. Em. I think something took us."
"Well then why are you dressed and I'm not?" I said looking him up and down.
"I was having a hard time sleeping last night, I woke up, got dressed. I was just gonna go for a walk. But when I opened the door. Someone knocked me out. Then I woke up on the ground… here."
"Sam what are we doing here?" I asked looking around.
"I don't know kiddo. But I don't think someone's giving us a free vacation."
"Well, we need to see what or who else is here. C'mon." I said taking Sam's hand and walking forward. We wandered around quietly, looking for signs, clues, anything that tells us something. We heard a noise on the other side of the building we were in front of. Sam pulled me against the wall behind him and motioned for me to be quiet. He bent down and lifted a wooden plank, preparing to use it as a weapon. I was readying myself mentally for a fight.
Sam and I stood ready and waiting, footsteps were growing closer. A man turned the corner and jumped back at the sight of Sam.
"Andy?!" Sam asked shocked, I leaned up to see a terrified and shocked Andy.
"Sam?! Emily?! What are yall doing here?" Andy replied, Sam dropped the plank.
"I don't know." Sam answered.
"What am I doing here?! "
"We don't know." I answered.
"Where are we?!" Andy said panicked. Oh no… no more panic. I can't handle it.
"Andy, look, calm down." Sam said with hands raised.
"I can't calm down! I just woke up in freaking Frontierland!" Andy said raising his hands and dragging them down his face.
"What's the last thing you remember?" I asked him.
"Honestly? My fourth bong load. It was weird. All of a sudden, there was this really intense smell. Like, uh…"
"Like sulfur?" Sam guessed. Andy looked surprised.
"How did you know that?"
"Dean." I said out loud… wondering if was still even alive if demons took us. Dean wouldn't let us go without a fight.
"Your, your brother – is he here?"
"I don't know where he is. I don't know if he's…" Sam stopped when he saw the panic on my face. "He's fine I'm sure… he's okay." Sam said to me. Suddenly there was a woman screaming in the distance.
We took off running towards it, we came to a small locked shed. The woman banged on the door.
"Hello?" Sam called.
"Help me! Help me, please!" The woman cried.
"Okay, I'm here. We're gonna get you out, all right? Just hold on a second."
"Please!"
"All right, one second."
Sam reaches up with a large piece of metal and pries the lock off, the door swings open and the woman went wide eyed at the sight of Sam.
"Ava?" Sam asked shocked.
"Oh my God! Sam!" The girl sobbed and threw herself at my brother.
"Wait… Ava?" I asked. Sam looked at me and nodded.
"So, I guess you guys know each other." Andy mused.
"Yeah. Sorta." I said.
"How did you—I mean, how did you—" Ava tried to form a sentence.
"Ava, have you been here this whole time?" Sam asked her.
"What whole time? I just woke up in there, like, a half an hour ago."
"Well, you've been gone for five months. My brothers and I have been looking for you everywhere." I answered.
"Okay, that's impossible, because I saw you two days ago." She said turning back to Sam.
"You didn't. I'm sorry."
"But… that makes no sense. That's not—oh my God! My fiancée, Brady! If I've been missing for that long, he must be freaking out!"
"Well…" I said with a grimace.
"Oh!" Ava cried with her hands covering her mouth. She looks around and pauses on Andy.
"Hey. Andy. Also freaking out." Andy introduced himself with a small wave.
"Okay. What's happening?" Ava asked turning to Sam.
"I, uh, uh, I don't really know yet. But I know one thing: I know what the four of us have in common." Sam looked between all of us.
"Hello? Is anyone there?" A man's voice called out over the silence.
"Maybe more than three." I said before we all moved towards the voice.
"Hello? Hey! Hey, you guys all right?" Sam asked as we approached a young dark skinned man in a military uniform and a very freaked out blonde woman.
"I think so." The man replied.
"I'm Sam. This is my sister Emily." I slightly waved.
"I'm Jake."
"Lily." The blonde added quietly.
"Are there any more of you?" Sam asked.
"Naw."
"How did we even get here? A minute ago, I was in San Diego." The blonde asked scared and slightly angry.
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I went to sleep last night in Afghanistan." Jake retorted.
"Let me take a wild guess: you two are both twenty-three? We all are. And we all have abilities." Sam answered.
"Well… almost all of us." I said out loud reminding him I don't quite fit the same bill.
"What?" Jake asked skeptically.
"It started a little over a year ago? You found you could do things? Things you didn't think were possible?" They both nodded. "I have visions. I see things before they happen."
"Yeah. Me, too." Ava said.
"Yeah, and I can put thoughts into people's heads. Like, make them do stuff. But don't worry, it, I don't think it works on you guys. Oh, but get this –- I've been practicing. Training my brain, like meditation. So now, it's not just thoughts I can beam out, but images, too. Like, anything I want. Bam! People, they see it. This one guy I know – total dick, right? I used it on him: gay porn. All hours of the day." Andy laughed. "It was just like … you should have seen the look on his face." I grinned at him slightly but everyone else seemed extremely unamused.
"Uh…okay." Andy finally said stepping back. I patted him on the shoulder. Poor Andy.
"So, you go, "Simon says give me your wallet", and they do?" Lily said angrily to Andy. "You have visions? That's great! I'd kill for something like that."
"Lily, listen, it's okay—" Sam tried.
"No. It's not. I touch people? Their hearts stop. I can barely leave my house. My life's not exactly improved. So, screw you. I just wanna go home."
"And what, we don't?" I asked with an attitude.
"You know what, don't talk to me like that, what are you twelve?! What's your ability?"
"Hey, guys, please. Look, whether we like it or not, we're all here, and so we all have to deal with this." Sam said breaking up to soon to be fight.
"No she's right… what's her ability?" Jake added.
Sam looked at me and then back to Jake defensively.
"I don't have one." I finally answered.
"Then why are you here?"
"I don't know… somehow I'm tied in to all this."
"Or maybe you're part of the problem. The odd man out." Lily spat.
"How bout you shut the fuck up!"
"Emily! Stop!" Sam demanded pushing me back from her and Jake. I went and stood by Andy who put his arm around me. I leaned into him. At least I have Sam and Andy… if only I knew Dean was okay.
"Who brought us here?" Andy asked getting us back on the subject.
"It's less of a who. It's ... more of a what." Sam answered slowly.
"What does that mean?"
"It's a ..."
"It's a demon." I finished for Sam. Lily huffed out a breath of disgust and I shot her the best bitch face I could manage.
"Keep that shit up and I'm gonna let it kill your ass."
"How bout you come up here and let me hold your hand." She taunted.
"HEY!" Sam screamed. "That's enough! Both of you!"
Sam went into detail to explain the information we've recently discovered, the things we've been hunting. About the demon and his plans for all the children he visited.
"So, we're soldiers in a demon war to bring on the Apocalypse?" Jake asked.
"When you put it like that—" I started.
"And, and we've been picked?"
"Yes."
"Why us?
"I'm not sure, okay? But look, I just know-" Sam started again but was interrupted.
"Sam, I'm sorry. Psychics and spoon-bending is one thing, but demons?" Ava said.
"Look, I know it sounds crazy, but—"
"It doesn't just sound it."
"Could yall stop fucking interrupting us for five seconds so we can tell you what the hell is going on?!" I demanded. Everyone was silent.
"Look. I don't really care what you think, okay? If we're all gathered here together, then that means it's starting and that we've gotta—" Sam tried but was interrupted AGAIN.
"The only thing I've gotta do is stay away from wackjobs, okay? I've heard enough. I'm better off on my own. FYI, so are you." Jake argued before walking off.
"Jake, hold on. Jake!" Sam tried… but Jake ignored him.
"Sam. Let him go. He wants to get his ass killed, let him." I said. But Sam shook his head at me.
"Stay here with them. No fighting!" He said pointing at me. "Emily's in charge until I get back. Don't move, watch your backs. Run if she tells you to." He told everyone else before chasing after Jake.
"Well… How's life been Emily?" Andy asked me to ease the tension.
I turned and smiled briefly at him. He's the only one here I even like. Lily is a bitch and… I don't know. Something with Ava is… off.
"Boring without you Andy." I said giving him a smile.
"Aww, come on now." Andy teased waving his hand at me.
"Seriously though. I've missed you Andy."
"How do you all know each other?" Lily asked.
"Um, Emily and her brothers came to save my life." Andy explained.
"And then Andy saved mine." I added with another smile at Andy. I can't lie. I'm a little fond of him. He's got one of the kindest most genuine hearts I've ever seen. He's pure good. There isn't a bad bone in his body.
"Sam found me when my visions started. He helped me." Ava added.
"Well… isn't that nice." Lily added. I huffed and resisted the urge to reply. Instead I leaned against the wall and tilted my head on Andy's shoulder.
Sam and Jake made their way back to us minutes later. Jake looked spooked. When Ava asked him what happened he explained being attacked.
"Now, that thing – I'm not sure, but I think it was an Acheri. A demon that disguises itself as a little girl. That still doesn't tell us where we are. Andy, are you with me or what?" Sam explained, looking at Andy's blank stare.
"Give me a minute. I'm still working through, "Demons are real"."
Poor Andy. I linked arms with him and followed closely behind Sam as we all walked forward.
"I've seen that bell before. I think I know where we are now: Cold Oak, South Dakota. A town so haunted, every single resident fled." Sam said as we stood in front of a large monument in the front of the town.
"I remember Dad talking about this place." I added looking around.
"Swell. Good to know we're somewhere so historical." Ava added sarcastically. She's slightly getting on my nerves.
"Why in the world would that demon or whatever put us here?" Lily asked.
"I'm wondering the same thing." Sam said.
"You know what? It doesn't matter. Clearly, the only sane thing to do here is get the hell out of Dodge." Lily said before walking off.
"Wait, hold on. Lily, the only way out is through miles of woods."
"Beats hanging out with demons."
"Lily, look, we don't know what's going on yet. I mean, we don't even know how many of them are out there right now."
"Yeah, he's right. We should—" Jake tried.
"Don't say "we"! I'm not part of "we". I have nothing in common with any of you." Lily screamed.
"Let her leave." I said quietly. Sam shot me a warning look and turned back to Lily.
"Okay, look, I know—" Sam tried.
"You don't know anything!... I accidentally touched my girlfriend." Lily said with a tear falling.
"I'm sorry."
"Whatever. I feel like I'm in a nightmare, and it just keeps getting worse and worse."
"I've lost people, too. We have a brother out there right now that could be dead, for all we know. We're all in bad shape. But I'm telling you, the best way out of this is to stick together."
My eyes shot to Sam… how could he say that. Andy noticed my posture change and wrapped an arm around me comfortingly. My eyes never left Sam's face though.
"Fine." Lily said crossing her arms. The group began to walk forward, but I stood there. Sam started to walk away but noticed I wasn't moving and turned back towards me.
"Em I'm sorry."
"…You said he was fine." I whispered biting back more tears and panic.
"Emily… I'm sure he is. But truth is I don't know. All I know is I'm here. You're here. And I'll be damned if I let anything happen to you. God forbid Dean is alive he'd roast my ass. Now please… come with me." He said reaching out his hand.
"Sam… I'm scared." I said starting to cry. Sam moved forward.
"I know Em… I am too. But we gotta keep it together right now okay? I promise. I will get us back. I will. We'll find Dean and we'll be okay."
"Okay…" I whispered taking his hand and walking back with him to the group.
"We're looking for iron, silver, salt –- any kind of weapon." Sam announce.
"Salt is a weapon?" Jake asked.
"It's a brave new world." I answered.
"Well, hopefully there's food in your world, because I'm frickin' starving." Andy added.
Sam and I went into a house with Ava, Andy and Jake split the other way. Lily not far behind them.
We dug through drawers, boxes, hiding spaces in the floors, finally Sam found a knife. He handed it to me with a nod, telling me to hide it so no one else knows I have it. We continued searching till he found one for himself. We turned and Ava was holding her head, massaging her temples.
"Hey, you all right?" Sam asked her.
"Yeah, I'm just…I don't know, a little dizzy."
"Are you sure it's not some kind of—"
"What? Some kind of freaky vision thing? No, more like I'd kill for a sandwich. I haven't eaten since…well, who knows? No, don't worry. I'm fine. Except for every single thing that's happening."
"You guys! I found something!" Andy's voice called over to us from another building. We walked out and joined Andy in the building beside us. He held up two bags.
"Salt! "
"That's great, Andy. Now, we all can…where's Lily?" I asked realizing she wasn't with them.
"Lily?" Ava called.
"Lily!" Sam called out looking around.
There was a sudden loud sound of a little girl giggling close by, we all ran outside, there hanging from the top of the water tower was Lily. Dead.
"Oh, my God! Okay, that's officially—Sam, she's dead! She's dead! You said we were chosen for a reason. That is not chosen! That's killed! Okay, we have to get out of here." Ava cried and fell against Sam… okay. Now she's really on my nerves.
"Stop." Sam told her, grabbing her arm and pulling her back as she tried to leave.
"Yeah, I second that emotion."
"Andy I'm not sure that's an option." I told him calmly.
"What?" Ava asked.
"Lily was trying to leave. The demon's not gonna let us get away that easy. We've gotta gear up for the next attack." Sam explained.
"Oh, gear up?" Ava asked incredulously.
"Yeah." I answered annoyed again.
"Okay, well, I'm not a soldier. I can't do that!"
"Well, if you wanna stay alive, you're gonna have to." I replied.
"Let's go." Sam said leading us back inside.
"I'll get her down." Jake offered.
Sam and I walked with Andy and stood by the doorway of the building.
"Sammy… we could really use De right now. He'd know what to do next."
"I know it Em. I would saw my arm off for a phone right about now."
"You know, you may not need one. I've never tried it long-distance before, but do you have anything of Dean's on you? Like, something he touched?" Andy asked. I got excited and Sam and I began digging through pockets. I pulled something out of Sam's shirt pocket.
"Uh…I've got a receipt. Would that work?" I said pulling it out and handing it to Andy.
"Yeah… D. Hasselhoff?" Andy questioned.
"Yeah, that's Dean's signature- It's hard to explain." Sam said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"All right." Andy said and walked forward, closing his eyes and focusing.
Andy did his best but couldn't guarantee that it worked. For now we're just crossing our fingers. Sam split us up, everyone went on another weapons search. Andy and I began to salt the doors and windows to the main building that we were all gonna bunker down in. Sam and Jake went out to gather iron, hoping to arm everyone. We could use all the help we could get honestly. Everyone gathered back in and began to bunker down for the night. I cuddled up against Sam who was leaned against the bar.
"Sammy." I whispered. He looked down at me. "I think one of us should always stay awake, watch each other's back."
"Okay, you wanna sleep first?"
"No. You go ahead. I slept last night. You didn't. I'm just gonna stay here and keep an eye open."
"You sure Em?"
"Yeah. Get some sleep Sammy."
An hour later Sam was wincing and turning his head side to side… nightmares no doubt. Poor kid. I looked around. Andy was asleep next to me. Jake was keeping watch by the door. But I suddenly noticed there was no Ava in the room.
"Jake." I said quietly. He turned to look at me. "Where's Ava?"
"I don't know… Ava!" He called out. No reply. Shit…
"Dammit. I'll wake up Sam." I turned to shake him gently. "Sammy… Sam. Sam wake up!"
He jolted upright.
"Hey. Ava's missing."
"What?! How."
"I don't know… she must have snuck out. Sam. I think something's off with her."
"Well she's freaked out, if that's what you mean."
"No. I mean… she's hiding something. Her story doesn't match up. You seriously believe she's been asleep for 5 months?"
"I don't know Em. Lets just go find her."
"Hey. Wait… did you have a nightmare?"
"Sorta. Yellow Eyes came to me… He. Em… he showed me things."
"Sammy what is it."
"I'll tell you later… but. Its big."
We all split and began looking for Ava. I stayed with Sam and went to search houses. Jake went to check the hotel, and Andy stayed in the main building incase she came back. Sam and I were walking around, no sign of Ava anywhere. When suddenly we heard her scream.
"Sam! That's back at the main building. Andy was in there!"
"Yeah I know come on!"
Sam and I took off running, Sam burst through the door first. He froze at the sight in front of him. I stepped around him to see for myself.
"Oh God… Sam…" I cried. He pulled me against him and hid my face. Andy was torn wide open, his blood spattered around the windows and the walls.
"Sam its Andy… he. He didn't deserve this."
"I know Em… I know."
Ava stood on the other side of the room. Crying as well. Staring at Andy's body.
"Sam! I just found him like this!"
"What happened?" I turned and demanded. I know Ava has something to do with this.
"I don't know!" She cried.
"How'd that thing get in? Where were you?" I questioned. My anger growing. Andy didn't deserve to go out like that… we should have protected him. He should have been safe in here.
"I just went to get some water from the well. I was only gone maybe, like, two minutes!"
"You shouldn't have gone outside. Ava, we have to stay in here—" Sam told her. While he spoke I looked to the window and noticed the broken salt line.
"Who did that?" I asked cutting Sam off.
"I don't know, maybe Andy—"
"Andy wouldn't do that. Ava, that line wasn't broken when I left. Ava." I said walking forward towards her. Sam staying close behind.
"What? You don't think that I— Sam… tell her it wasn't me! You know me!"
"I'll tell you what I think: five months. You're the only one with all that time you can't account for. And that headache you got? Right when the demon got Lily." Sam said, pulling me to stand behind him. Taking control of the situation.
"What are you trying to say?" Ava asked.
"What happened to you?"
"Nothing!"
Sam and I stared at her. She finally let out a humorless laugh and wiped away her crocodile tears.
"Had you going though, didn't I? Yeah. I've been here a long time. And not alone, either. People just keep showing up. Children, like us. Batches of three or four at a time."
"You sick bitch." I muttered. "You killed them? All of them?"
"I'm the undefeated heavyweight champ." She said with a smile.
"Oh, my God." Sam said shocked by her confident attitude.
"Don't think God has much to do with this, Sam."
"How could you do that… to all those people. To Andy?!" I said feeling my anger grow again.
"I had no choice. It's me or them. After a while, it was easy. It was even kind of fun. I just stopped fighting it. And… well. You're off limits. But big brother here isn't."
"What do you mean off limits?" Sam asked.
"It's the rules… Emily can't be touched. Not until you're dead Sam."
"Why?" I asked stepping forward. Sam tried to pull me back but I pulled against him.
"Because its not a fair fight until you've got abilities of your own. And that doesn't happen till Sammy here bites the dust. So I'll have to kill him first, but once I do… you're all mine bitch."
"I don't think so." I said reaching back behind me for a knife. Ava holds her head and black smoke starts to seep into the window, but before it could get inside. Jake stepped in behind Ava and snapped her neck. Killing her instantly. The smoke at the window dissipated immediately.
"Sam I bet we can make a run for it now." I said turning back to him. He looked at me and smiled.
"Yeah I bet you're right. Lets go." He said waving to Jake.
"But the Acheri demon…" Jake asked stopping us.
"No, no, no. Ava was summoning it, controlling it. It shouldn't come back now that she's dead. We gotta go."
"Not "we", Sam. Only one of us is getting out of here. I, I'm sorry." Jake said looking between us.
"What?" I asked shocked by the turn of events.
"I had a vision. That Yellow-Eyed Demon or whatever it was, he talked to me. He told me how it was."
"No, Jake, listen. You can't listen to him." Sam pleaded.
"S-Sam, he's not letting us go. Only one. Now, if we don't play along, he'll kill us all. Now, I-I like you, man. I do. Emily too. But do the math here. What good's it do for all of us to die? Now, I can get out of here. I get close to the demon, I can kill the bastard." Jake tried to convince us.
"You come with us, we can kill him together."
"How do I know you two won't turn on me?"
"We won't. Jake. We'd have no reason to do so."
"I don't know that."
"Okay, look." Sam said pulling his knife out and placing it on the ground. He squeezed my hand. Signaling me to keep mine hidden.
"Just come with us, Jake. Don't do this. Don't play into what it wants."
After a long pause. Jake placed his weapon on the ground as well. Sam smiled relieved. But I wasn't yet convinced.
"Okay." Sam said relieved taking a step towards Jake. Out of no where Jake reared back and punched Sam with super strength. Sam went flying across the field and crashed through a fence.
"Sam!" I screamed. I lunged at Jake but he knocked me back several feet with little effort and I slammed against the well in the center of town.
I turned over and laid, scrambling to catch my breath and get on my knees. Sam was winded, laying on his back. Jake approached him and picked him up, punching him repeatedly. The sound of bone's crunching echoed in the town.
"Sam!" I screamed again. "Leave him alone!"
I scrambled to my feet and ran towards them, knife in hand ready. Jake was distracted and didn't see me. I jumped on his back and jabbed the knife into his ribs. Jake stood and screamed, ripping me off of him and slamming me into the ground. The breath was knocked out of me. Sam tackled Jake to the ground. He climbed on top and raised the knife, preparing to kill Jake. But instead he lowers his hand and throws the knife. Just as he stood there was a voice in the distance.
"Sam! Emily!"
I froze.
"Dean!" I yelled. I stood to my feet and Sam smiled. I took off running towards Dean.
"Em!" He and Bobby began to job towards us as it started to rain. But I watched Dean's face go from relief to panic.
"Sam! Look out!" He yelled. I stopped and turned to see Jake come up behind Sam with a knife in hand.
"No! Saaam!" I screamed turning and running back towards them. Sam fell to his knees, his eyes going wide. Jake took off running. I ran after Jake, knowing Dean would get Sam. Bobby followed me. I ran as fast as my short legs allowed and pumped my body to push its limits, but as I began to enter the woods that Jake fled through my entire body was set on fire. I fell to the ground and writhed in the worst pain I've ever felt in my entire life. It was like a lightning strike and someone setting fire to gasoline running through my veins all at one time. I tried to scream but no sound came out. My vision began to black as Bobby came into view above me. The feeling faded as quickly as it hit me.
"Emily! Emily talk to me!" Bobby said crouching above me.
"Bobby… Sam. Sammy." I breathed fearing the worst. I stood and ran back to him and Dean.
Dean was screaming Sam's name, holding his limp body as he kneeled against the ground. No.. no no no!
"Sam!" I cried leaning down against him and Dean. "No Sam! Please wake up! Sam!" I shook his body but it was limp and just fell against Dean's.
"Noo.. No Sam. Sam!" Dean screamed. I collapsed against him as my body gave way to a completely different kind of pain.
"Saaaam!"