A/N: MA - Sex Scene warning xxx
BUGS
Evie's POV
I was standing nearby watching carefully as Dean lined up the shot that'd win us the round, we were in a bar in the middle of nowhere to blow off some much needed steam with a friendly game of pool against each other but Dean and I ended up attracting two guys who thought they could beat us at pool.
As soon as they placed their bets Dean and I shared a sly look as we played two games throwing them and they tried to walk but I put my best innocent girl face and asked them for one more round like Dean and I had practiced on more than one occasion and scored big time, Dean looked up and he smirked hitting the white pool ball knocking it into the black and we watched it fall into the corner pocket, Dean stood up with a triumphant smirk.
"Time to pay up gentleman" I called strolling over to Dean and he smirked as the men glared at us especially when Dean wrapped his arm over my shoulders pulling me into his side then reluctantly they dropped a wad of cash down onto the pool table and strolled off angrily.
"Nice" Dean gloated picking up the money from the pool table and held it up. "We still got it Shortstack" I laughed shaking my head as I finished the rest of my beer then looked down at my watch, it was getting late and Sam was outside since he'd refused to come in.
"We should go"
"Oh come on, a few more hours" I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
"You do remember Sam's outside right?" he sighed loudly then sculled the rest of his beer.
"I miss the days it was just you and me, drinking and hustling all night" he replied putting his arm around my shoulders again as we headed for the exit, Dean was always openly affectionate in bars since I'd almost always be approached by guys during the night the same as he would get approached by women.
"Yeah me too" I admitted and he looked down raising an eye but we walked outside and over to the Impala where Sam was sitting on the hood casually reading the local newspaper but he looked up when Dean laughed holding up our winnings.
"You know we could get day jobs once in a while" Sam suggested and both Dean and I gave him looks.
"Hunting's our day job and the pay is crap"
"Yeah but hustling pool?" he asked as Dean counted the money. "Credit card scams, it's not the most honest thing in the world guys"
"Well let's see…honest…fun and easy" Dean replied pretending to weigh up our options. "It's no contest, besides we're good at it and it's what we were raised to do"
"Yeah well how we were all raised is jacked"
"Speak for yourself Sammy" I retorted then nodded at the newspaper in his hand. "We got a new gig or what?"
"Maybe" he replied sitting up and slipped off the hood. "Oasis Plains, Oklahoma, not far from here" I frowned as he walked towards us. "A gas company employee, Dustin Burwash supposedly died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob" my eyes widened since that was horrible but I didn't see the relevance for us.
"Huh?" Dean asked dumbfounded.
"Human Mad Cow disease" I filled in for the less educated.
"Mad Cow, wasn't that on Oprah?"
"You watch Oprah?" Sam asked him and I laughed nodding my head as Dean immediately realised he'd just discredited himself.
"So this guy eats a bad burger, why is it our kind of thing?" Dean asked changing the topic making me chuckle again.
"Mad Cow disease causes massive brain degeneration, it makes months even years for the damage to appear but this guy Dustin sounds like his brain disintegrated in about an hour, maybe less-"
"Okay that's weird" I muttered.
"Yeah now it could be a disease or it could be something much nastier" Sam replied and I shared a look with Dean before shrugging.
"Alright, Oklahoma" I rolled my eyes as we walked to get in the Impala. "Work, work, work, no time to spend my money"
"Hey it's our money, it's my ass that attracts our competition" I protested and he smirked winking at me.
We got in and started the drive to Oklahoma and as usual I was riding in the back thinking about the old days when it was just me and Dean, don't get me wrong I loved Sam and having him back made hunting feel complete most of the time but when it was just me, Dean and John it was sure easier and less…lonely if that made sense.
I knew Dean loved having Sam with us and I'd never dream of trying to get in between them, they were brothers and that'd always come before me but I missed the alone time with Dean where we could act like we were a couple for once but with Sam it was becoming less and less and I was afraid still that Dean was starting to grow tired of me because I can't imagine my life without him, I was nothing without Dean.
I looked up over the top of my journal to see that we were in Oklahoma and Dean was parking in the parking lot to the power and gas company where Dustin had worked so I closed my book and got out walking beside Dean who surprisingly grabbed my hand as we walked towards a man who was putting tools into his car.
"Travis Weaver?" Sam asked as we approached and he looked up.
"Yeah that's right" Travis replied nodding at us.
"Are you the Travis who worked with Uncle Dusty?" Dean asked.
"Dustin never mentioned Nephews or a Niece" I smiled.
"Actually I'm a niece-in-law" I clarified when I saw his eyes drop to Dean and my clasped hands.
"Really well he sure mentioned you" Dean added nodding. "He said you were the greatest"
"Oh, he did?" Travis asked us with a huge smile on his face before it fell.
"Listen we wanted to ask you what exactly happened out there?" Dean asked him to get what we came for.
"I'm not sure" he shrugged. "He fell in this sinkhole, I went to the truck to get some rope and uh…and by the time I got back…" he trailed off looking away.
"What'd you see?" I asked getting his attention back.
"Nothing, just Dustin"
"No wounds or anything?" Sam prompted him.
"Well he was bleeding from his eyes and his ears, his nose, that's it" Travis replied shrugging again.
"So you think it could be this whole Mad Cow thing?" Dean asked.
"I don't know, that's what the doctors are saying?"
"But if it was he would've acted strange beforehand like dementia, loss of motor control" Sam argued and I nodded.
"You ever notice anything like that?" I asked cutting in.
"No, no way" he replied shaking his head. "But then if it wasn't some disease, what the hell was it?"
"That's a good question" Dean replied.
"You know can you tell us where this happened?" Sam asked and Travis nodded then told us so we got back into the Impala.
We drove pulling up in the new development area and I looked up at all the new houses and workers buzzing about before Dean pulled over across the street from where a small area was tapped off with police tape so we got out.
"Huh what do you think?" Dean asked as we walked towards the sinkhole.
"I don't know but if Travis was right, it happened pretty damn fast" Sam replied and we ducked under the police tape.
"So what some kind of creature chewed on his brain?" Dean asked but I shook my head peering down into the hole.
"No there'd be any entry wound, sounds like this thing worked from the inside" I replied getting a better look as Dean shone his torch down the hole, we bent down and I frowned. "Looks like there's only enough room for one" I looked up at them and both their eyes widened when they understood.
"Evie we have no idea what's down there!" Dean protested as I looked over seeing a length of rope and picked it up.
"Aw thanks for worrying but I'll be fine and you two will have an easier time lifting me back up then one of you two, I'm going" I tied the rope around my waist then positioned myself near the hole to repel down as Dean sighed grabbing the other end. "Don't drop me" I warned with a glare.
"I won't" he replied with a small laugh making my glare towards him intensify as he lowered me down and what I found was enough to make my skin crawl and want to get the hell out of this hole.
"Pull me up" I called and they pulled me up as I carried the damn dead beetle in my hand then gave it to Sam as soon as I was top side shuddering since I hated creepy-crawlies. "So gross" I grumbled as we walked to the car and got in driving back through the development.
"So you found some beetles, in a hole in the ground?" Dean asked looking back at me in the rearview mirror as Sam inspected it in his hand. "That's shocking Evie" I rolled my eyes at him.
"There were no tunnels, no tracks, no evidence of any other kind of creature down there" I replied sitting back in my seat crossing my arms glaring at the back of his head.
"You know some beetles do eat meat, now it's usually dead meat but-"
"How many did you find down there?" Dean asked cutting Sam off but I smiled appreciatively since at least one of them believed me that it was odd.
"Ten" I answered shrugging my shoulders turning back to Dean.
"It'd take a whole lot more than that to eat out some dudes brain" Dean argued glancing back at me.
"Well maybe they're were more of 'em"
"I don't know sounds like a stretch to me"
"Well we need more information on the area, the neighborhood, whether something like this has ever happened before" Sam cut in coming to my defense before Dean and I could start arguing. "What?" Sam asked making me look up to see Dean's eyes were locked on something through the windscreen.
"I know a good place to start" I frowned turning and saw an open house sign decorated with balloons. "I'm kind of hungry for a little barbeque" he added slowing the car down and I sighed. "How 'bout you two?" Sam and I both turned to him. "What we can't talk to the locals?"
"The free food's got nothing to do with it?" I asked quirking an eyebrow up at him.
"Of course not, I'm a professional" he argued and I shared a look with Sam as we both chuckled.
"Right" we said together as Dean parked and we got out heading up to the open house.
"Growing up in a place like this would freak me out" Dean muttered quietly.
"Why?" Sam and I asked curious.
"The manicured lawns, 'How was your day honey?', I'd blow my brains out" Dean replied and I frowned falling back a step, I'd never thought of leaving the life for something like this but I wouldn't say the idea was 'blow my brains out' crazy, I'd had something like this from growing up in Sioux Falls but now that he'd said that I actually realised how different we had it growing up.
"There's nothing wrong with normal" Sam argued.
"I'd take our family over normal any day" Dean argued right back and I frowned stuffing my hands in my pockets trailing after them as we approached the door and knocked with me hidden behind them.
"Welcome" a man greeted but I could see him over their heights.
"Is this the barbeque?" Dean asked.
"Yeah, not the best weather but…I'm Larry Pike, the developer here and you are?"
"Dean, this is Sam" Dean replied then turned to me over his shoulder and went to introduce me but the guy went on.
"Sam, Dean good to meet you, so you're interested in Oasis Plains?"
"Yes sir" they replied and I frowned again feeling ignored that I almost turned to head back to the Impala but the guys next words made me laugh enough to be finally noticed.
"Let me just say, we accept homeowners of any race, religion, color or sexual orientation" I just couldn't hold it in as Sam and Dean stared almost shocked.
"Were brothers and actually this is my fiancé Evelyn" Dean spoke up grabbing my hand and pulled me beside him as I reined myself in and stopped laughing. "We're looking for a place to settle down, ain't that right sweetheart?" I nodded my head going with that.
"Well great, come on in" he replied and led us in through the house into the backyard.
"You said you were the developer?" Sam asked him.
"Eighteen months ago, I was walking this valley with my survey team, there was nothing here but scrub bush and squirrels and you know what, we built such a nice place to live that I actually bought into myself, this is our house" he pointed back at the house. "We're the first family in Oasis Plains, this is my wife Joanie"
"Hi there" she greeted us when he walked up wrapping his arm around her waist lovingly.
"Hi" Dean said shaking her hand.
"This is Sam, Dean and Dean's fiancé Evelyn" I smiled shaking her hand too. "Tell them how much you love the place honey and lie if you have to because I need to sell some houses" Larry said not being subtle at all and she nodded. "Will you excuse me?" he added leaving us with his wife.
"Don't let his salesman routine scare you, this really is a great place to live and it'll be nice to have some blossoming new families in the area" Dean and I both looked up shocked and when I turned to Dean he almost looked a few shades whiter but we were both luckily saved by another woman coming up behind her.
"Hi, I'm Lynda Bloome, head of sales" she introduced herself.
"Lynda was the second to move in, she's a very noisy neighbor though" Joanie said before walking away and I raised an eye, they had horrible sales pitches and weren't even funny.
"She's kidding of course" Lynda cut in smiling at us. "I take it you two are interested in becoming homeowners?" she asked gesturing at me and Dean.
"Well…" Dean said trying to find words.
"Yeah well…" I cut in trying to help but couldn't find words myself since I'd lost concentration and was actually thinking on what'd be like, to live here, with Dean…a couple of kids maybe, a normal life but of course it was just fantasy.
"Well let me just say that it would be wonderful to have some young families move into the area" she replied just making Dean and I worse as we stuttered again before he chuckled looking down at me as if to say 'what are you doing to me here', I shrugged since I wasn't asking for their thoughts either since it only served to remind me that this and children weren't in my future.
"Right um…I'm gonna go talk to Larry, okay honey" he finally spat out then walked away playfully slapping me on the ass as I turned back to Lynda.
"Yeah uh…don't mind Dean this is all…new to him" I stuttered nervously.
"Not the settling down type?" she asked.
"You have no idea" I replied then looked to Sam for help and he cut in getting her attention off me and she started going on about how great the houses were but my eyes fell to a new guest to the party, a big ass tarantula walking across the table behind her.
"Excuse me" Sam spoke up stopping her and she muttered an 'oh' before walking away and Sam went over picking up the spider in his hand before walking over to a boy who'd been smiling and laughing as the spider had crept towards Lynda. "Is this yours?"
"You gonna tell my Dad?" he asked us spitefully.
"I don't know, who's your Dad?" Sam asked as he took his creepy spider back.
"Uh yeah…Larry usually skips me in the family introductions"
"Ouch first name basis with the old man sounds pretty grim" Sam shot back and I smiled shaking my head then wandered off to find where Dean had gotten to and saw him and Larry just coming out of the house.
"Matthew" Larry said walking over to his son so I waited for Dean to come to me before we walked back to Sam.
"Remind you of somebody?" Sam asked making me frown since now was not the time for them to get into a fight about John, Dean looked over at Larry who was clearly reprimanding his son. "Dad?" he added when Dean turned back to him.
"Dad never treated us like that" he argued with Sam.
"Well, Dad never treated you like that, you we're perfect, he was all over my case" Sam replied and I sighed as Dean shook his head like he didn't remember. "You don't remember?"
"Maybe he had to raise his voice but sometimes you were out of line" Sam chuckled.
"Right…right like when I said I'd rather play soccer than learn bowhunting"
"Bowhunting's an important skill" Dean argued and I rolled my eyes.
"Okay enough, how was your tour?" I cut in looking at Dean telling him to change the bloody subject.
"Oh it's excellent I'm ready to buy so start popping out babies for all these women to gush over" I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah need to do the deed for that to happen don't ya think" I replied and Sam made a disgusted face but I was serious, Dean and I haven't had sex in so long and I think that was a root of our problems lately. "Now seriously Dean?" I asked and his face went serious meaning he was back on the case.
"So you's might be onto something, looks like Dustin Burwash wasn't the first strange death around here"
"What happened?" I asked him.
"About a year ago, before they broke ground one of Larry's surveyors dropped dead while on the job, get this severe allergic reaction to bee stings"
"More bugs" I replied with a shudder, it just had to be bugs.
"More bugs" Dean agreed reaching out to touch my arm since he knew I had a deep fear for creepy-crawlies ever since I was younger and it's never passed.
We said our goodbyes and got back into the Impala driving through the neighborhood as the sun set but this time Sam was in the driver's seat and Dean was riding shotgun and as usual I was in the back but it was okay since I was listening to messages on my phone from my Dad.
'Hey princess, got your message about the Hook Man case, sounds like a bad one but glad you're okay and call back soon okay, I miss ya darling' I smiled then decided to send him an email.
'Yeah it was a pretty bad but all is well with me and the boys and I promise to call real soon, working a case in Oklahoma and already it's turning out to be a nightmare for me given it all seems connected to bugs in some way but I'll keep you posted, love you – Evelyn' I put my phone away then leaned against the seats.
"So I've heard of killer bees but killer beetles?" Dean asked seeing he had my attention. "What is it that could make different bugs attack?" I shrugged my shoulders.
"Well hauntings sometimes include bug manifestations"
"Yeah but I didn't see any evidence of ghost activity" I argued looking at Sam.
"Yeah me neither" he replied and I sighed resting my arms on the seat and put my chin against them staring out the front windscreen.
"Maybe they're being controlled somehow, you know by something or someone" Dean spoke up.
"You mean like Willard?" Sam asked.
"Yeah bugs instead of rats" I shuddered since I didn't like either of those.
"There are cases of psychic connections between people and animals, elementals, telepaths" Sam replied.
"Yeah the whole Timmy-Lassie thing" Dean added and I scoffed with a small laugh. "Larry's kid, bugs for pets"
"Nutjob" I muttered because whoever kept bugs for pets was downright creepy.
"Matt?" Sam asked glancing at Dean and we nodded. "He did try and scare the realtor with a tarantula"
"Think he's our Willard?" Dean asked.
"I don't know" Sam sighed not sounding sure. "Anything's possible I guess"
"Oooh hey, pull over here" Dean suddenly spoke up so Sam did as he was told pulling into a driveway as Sam and I looked on with confusion.
"What are we doing here?" I asked curiously but Dean got out.
"It's too late to talk to anybody else" he replied leaning down to open the garage.
"We're gonna squat in an empty house?" Sam asked in disbelief.
"I wanna try the steam shower, come on" Dean replied lifting the door up and I sighed shrugging when Sam turned back to me. "Come on!" Sam sighed then drove into the garage but nutsacked Dean as we passed and I burst out laughing as Dean rolled the door back down.
"This is a new one for us" I muttered getting out with my bag thrown over my shoulder.
"I know" Dean smiled as we walked in.
xxxx
We walked around checking the house out before I found a room that was clean and pristine with a queen bed and floral picture hanging on the wall, I sighed and dropped my bag, I was ready to get changed and try to get some sleep but just as I pulled my shirt over my head I felt arms snake around my waist and a hearty chuckle in my ear.
"Wanna check out the shower together?" I leaned back into his arms as his lips dropped to my neck.
"If I said no" I smirked moving my hands up behind me to thread into his hair.
"Too bad" he replied and I squealed when he suddenly bent down picking me up and walked to where the bathroom was.
"Dean!"
"Come on, live a little since it's not like we'd ever be able to try one again" I rolled my eyes as he put my feet down on the tiles and kicked the door shut with his foot before his lips were on mine making me smile into the kiss as his hands went around my waist snaking up to my bra strap and I felt it give way with expect touch before dropping to the floor.
"Dean we…what if Sam walks by?"
"Trust me, he won't" his lips crashed back to mine so I sighed dropping my hands to undo his belt buckle and drew the fly down along with the button and he did the rest dropping his pants and pulled his shirt over his head then hooked his hands into the front of my jeans pulling my hips towards him so I was flush up against his growing erection. "See what you do to me, it's been way too long Shortstack since we've had alone time" I nodded my agreement then helped him get my jeans off before our underwear followed and he pushed me backwards into the shower and turned it on and immediately I tilted my head under the water letting it wash over me.
Steam started to fill the room and the water heated up nice and I already knew I loved this shower, Dean's lips fell back to my neck playfully sucking and nipping at the skin before he started to dip his head lower and I moaned running my finger through his hair just as he grabbed my hips pulling me back towards him so I could feel his erection pressing into my inner thighs and I moaned looking into his eyes before cupping his cheeks and kissed him.
He kissed back with fever and slowly moved his hand between our bodies and I felt him brush it against my center making me moan into his mouth and that allowed him to slip his tongue in as he pushed me back so my back was now pressed against the cool tiles.
"Legs around me" he warned before grabbing the back of my thighs and lifted me up so I quickly wrapped my legs around his waist and we went back to kissing and fighting for dominance with our tongue's as his hand slipped between us again and slowly started to play with my sensitive part.
"Oh god…Dean!" I cried out as he slipped a finger into me followed by a second and I arched my back pushing against his hand silently begging for more which he gladly obliged thrusting them in and out bringing me closer to my first orgasm. "Ah god Dean…yes right there" his lips dropped back to my neck as he continued fingering me and I felt the coil in my belly tightening before it snapped and I came with a loud moan dropping my head against his shoulder.
He gave me a few seconds to recover holding me against the wall before he started stroking himself and aligning his tip to my entrance and all it took was a nod for him to push it in bottoming himself out then stayed sheathed inside for a second stretching me out to accustom his sheer size before he finally started to move, pulling out…pushing back in, pulling out…back in and pretty soon the friction and loving touches had us both teetering on the edge.
"Oh god, Dean please…please" I begged not really sure what I was begging for but his thrusts got faster and again I felt the familiar pleasant sensation of my belly tightening and with a few more thrusts his arms tightened around me so I knew he was close.
"Oh shit Eve, I'm gonna…" I nodded gripping his forearms digging my nails in and with one final thrust on his part we both came with loud moans filled with each other's names and I sagged against him riding out my primal bliss as my walls clenched around him milking every last drop of his orgasm.
"I love you Dean, so much" I nuzzled against his neck as he held me against him.
"Me too Shortstack" he whispered against my skin.
xxxx
By the time we finally got out of the shower and moved to the bed it was late and even then it was well into the early hours of the morning that I finally passed out from the many and long passionate rounds of lovemaking that when I heard a knock on our door I groaned pulling the sheet up higher covering my naked body knowing only Sam would knock.
"Evie get up, we gotta go someone else has been killed" my eyes widened in shock.
"Alright" I rolled over expecting to come into contact with Dean's hard chest but he wasn't there so I quickly got dressed and walked out seeing Sam at the bathroom door knocking loudly and I laughed hearing the shower running again.
"You ever coming out of there?" Sam asked as I approached.
"What?" Dean called from inside.
"Dean, a police call came in on the scanner" Sam continued rolling his eyes at me but I shrugged since what could I do.
"Hold on" Dean called again.
"Someone was found dead three blocks from here, come on" the shower shut off then a couple seconds later Dean finally opened the door popping his head out and I saw he had towel around his waist and one on his head making me laugh.
"This shower is awesome" he said then turned to me with a huge smirk. "Wanna join me again Shortstack?"
"Come on!" Sam groaned walking away leaving me with Dean, I shook my head smiling as I pushed Dean aside so I could brush my teeth but Dean had other ideas.
"Dean seriously, we better go" he ignored me and continued kissing up and down my neck. "The sooner we figure out why someone else is dead the sooner this case is solved and we can relive last night over again" he sighed rolling his eyes at me in the mirror.
"We better because I don't think I can go without sex with you for that long again"
"Dean!" I scolded but he just laughed and kissed my cheek.
"You love it Shortstack!" I rolled my eyes as he left to get changed.
I finished brushing my teeth then threw my hair up into a high ponytail then met the boys in the garage after packing up our stuff and Sam and I made sure to tidy up so I didn't look like anyone squatted before we drove to where the Sam had heard the body was found.
Dean pulled up and we got out popping umbrella's up since it was raining and I huddled against Deans as he wrapped an arm around my waist pulling me underneath his surprising me a bit at the unwarranted show of affection, we walked towards Larry who was on the phone but he hung up as we approached.
"Hello, your back early" I smiled since we never left but of course he didn't need to know that.
"Yeah we just drove in, wanted to take another look at the neighborhood" Dean replied looking up towards the house the police were going into.
"What's going on?" Sam asked him.
"You's met Lynda Bloome at the barbeque?" he asked looking back at a body being loaded into a coroners car.
"The realtor" I nodded.
"Well she uh…passed away last night"
"What happened?" Dean asked as we stared in disbelief.
"I'm still trying to find out, I identified the body for police" he replied then looked up to the porch where a cop waved him over. "Look I'm sorry, this isn't a good time"
"It's okay" Sam replied and he nodded muttering an 'excuse me' before leaving.
"You know what we have to do, right?" Dean asked looking at me and Sam and I sighed nodding my head.
"Yeah get in that house"
"See if we got a bug problem" I frowned moving to the Impala which we got in and moved then waited for the police to finish up with the house before we moved in jumping the fence and used a vertical garden to get to an upstairs window and slipped in. "This looks like the place" Dean pointed out and we looked down seeing the outline of a body along with blood smears in the carpet.
Dean moved into the bathroom and lifted up a hand towel and about five dead spiders fell out making me shudder since spiders was on the top of my most hated insect list and my mind instantly flashed back to Matt.
"From spider-boy?" I asked turning to look back at Sam.
"Matt" he asked making it sound angry that I was even suggesting it but then sighed. "Maybe"
We slipped out of the house again thankfully un-noticed and drove to the edge of the settlement seeing a bus dropping off school kids and Matt got out but headed in the opposite direction to his house and I shared a look with Dean.
"Isn't his house that way?" I nodded.
"Yep" Sam replied as we watched Matt walk towards the woods.
"So where's he going?" I shrugged and we got out quietly following him seeing him playing with yet another insect so I stayed back as the boys walked up to him.
"Hey Matt" Sam spoke up making him turn and see us. "Remember me?"
"What are you doing out here?" he asked us and I raised an eyebrow towards him.
"Well we wanna talk to you" Dean replied.
"You're not here to buy a house, are you?" I shook my head no. "Wait, you're not serial killers?" I chuckled a bit.
"No, no, no I think your safe" Sam chuckled as well.
"So Matt, you sure know a lot about insects" Dean cut in getting down to what we really wanted to know from the kid.
"So?" he shrugged still with the damn stick insect sitting on his hand.
"Did you hear about what happened to Lynda, the realtor?" I asked taking a cautious step forward but stayed behind Dean just in case.
"I heard she died this morning" he shrugged like it was no big deal.
"Mm that's right, spider bites" Dean replied and Sam looked back with a frown.
"Matt, you tried to scare her with a spider" Sam added and Matt looked at us surprised as he caught on to what we thought.
"Wait, you think I had something to do with that?"
"You tell us?" Dean asked him.
"That tarantula was a joke" he argued then looked at me. "And I was actually trying to scare you" I frowned and I saw Dean glare at the kid so I reached out touching his arm to placate him since Sammy had handled it. "Anyway that wouldn't explain the bee attack or the gas company guy" he added and I raised another eye towards him.
"You know about those?" I asked curiously.
"There is something going on here, I don't know what but somethings happening with the insects, let me show you something" he replied picking up his backpack from the ground then started walking so we followed him curious to what the hell he was on about.
"So if you know about all this bug stuff, why not tell your Dad?" Sam asked Matt. "Maybe he could clear everybody out?"
"Believe me, I've tried but Larry doesn't listen to me"
"Why not?" Sam asked again.
"Mostly, he's too disappointed in his freak son" Matt replied and Dean and I looked up at Sam as he scoffed nodding his head.
"I hear you"
"You do?" Dean asked and I looked up shaking my head at him when he turned towards me.
"Matt how old are you?" Sam asked after a glance back at Dean.
"Sixteen"
"Well don't sweat it because in two years something greats going to happen" Sam replied and I frowned feeling Dean tense beside me.
"What?" Matt asked scoffing.
"College" Sam replied with an honest smile. "You'll be able to get out of that house and away from your Dad"
"What kind of advice is that?" Dean asked so I squeezed his hand tighter signaling him to let it go and not bite. "Kid should stick with his family" he added ignoring my warning and Sam turned back with an exasperated sigh.
"How much further Matt?" I asked before they could start arguing.
"We're close" he replied walking ahead as Sam and Dean shared another angry look before Sam started following.
"Dean you can't keep getting angry every time Sam says something like that"
"It ain't my fault" he protested then started walking so I sighed loudly before I trailed after them and honestly don't even know why I try.
We walked into a small clearing and the only thing that could be heard was the buzzing sounds of insects and I huddled closer to Dean shuddering again since just being near this many bugs was making me feel sick to my stomach.
"I've been keeping track of insect populations, it's part of an AP science class" Matt spoke up stopping just shy of entering the clearing.
"You two are like two peas in a pod" Dean muttered and I rolled my eyes since he really need to get over this anger towards Sam for going to college.
"What's been happening?" Sam asked looking at Matt choosing to bite on Dean's pokes.
"A lot" Matt replied looking back at us. "I mean from bees to earthworms uh…beetles, you name it, it's like they're congregating here"
"Why?" Dean and I asked at the same time looking at Matt.
"I don't know" he replied and I frowned.
"What's that?" Sam suddenly asked nodding out into the clearing at a big mound of dirt but Matt didn't answer so Dean shrugged then moved towards it with us following, me with a little reluctance especially when I saw all the worms and jumped back with a small squeal.
"Urgh so gross" I spoke when they all turned back to me, Sam and Dean with a smirk knowing how much I despised bugs and Matt was looking at me with a frown since I must have insulted his fondness for the disgusting things.
Dean turned back to the worms then used his foot to push down and the ground underneath gave way a bit so he crouched down and grabbed a stick then started poking around in the small hole he'd created before hitting something.
"There's something down there" he stated turning back to Sam and me before he turned back and started digging around with his hand making me feel even sicker and held my hand over my mouth as he felt around then finally pulled something up and my eyes widened seeing it was a human skull.
Matt now a tad freaked left with Sam as Dean dug up the rest of the bones wrapping them up in some cloth before standing up turning to me with a smirk and I shook my head glaring at him knowing exactly what he was about to do.
"You do it Dean Winchester and I swear to god I'll have you castrated painfully" I backed up as he ignored my warning and held up a few worms in his hands. "I mean it Dean!" he threw them towards me and I jumped away with a squeal but not fast enough and I quickly brushed them off me. "You asshole!" I screamed just as Sam came back staring at us in confusion.
"Whoa, what did I miss?"
"Your idiot and ass of a brother just threw frigging worms at me like the immature child that he is!" I snapped then walked off with Sam and Dean laughing.
"Oh Shortstack don't be like that!" Dean called after me but I kept walking.
"She's gonna kill you man" I heard Sam's reply before I was out of earshot and climbed into the backseat of the Impala.
They finally came out a few minutes later and climbed into the front seat and I glared at the back of them as Sam turned putting the box of skulls and bones beside me before he started the car since he was driving and I shook my head when he looked at me.
"Oh lighten up Evie it was a joke" Dean mocked still with a smile of his face so I turned my head ignoring him as Sam pulled away and that was how it stayed the entire drive to the nearest college so we could figure out just who these bones were.
We pulled up and I got out shutting the door harder than necessary as they got out as well and Sam took off his jacket putting it over the top of the box to cover them up as we started walking towards the Anthropology building.
"So a bunch of skeletons in an unmarked grave" Sam spoke up as we walked.
"Yeah well maybe this is a haunting, pissed of spirits, some unfinished business?" Dean replied.
"Yeah maybe, the question is why bugs?" Sam asked and I saw his eyes go over towards me since usually it was me and him speculating the why's but I was staying silent. "And why now?" he added seeing I wasn't going to offer up my two cents.
"That's two questions" Dean quipped back sounding just as much in a mood as I was. "Hey so with that kid back there how could you tell him to just ditch his family like that?" I sighed shaking my head because I hated when he insisted on bringing this up.
"Just uh…I know what the kids going through" Sam replied.
"How about telling him to respect his old man, how's that for advice?" Dean argued.
"Dean come on" Sam said stopping with a smile but I could tell he was sick of the same argument as well. "This isn't about his old man, you think I didn't respect Dad that's what this is about"
"Guys is really now the time for this" I argued glaring at them.
"She's right let's forget it, sorry I brought it up" Dean added and went to walk away.
"I respected him" Sam said stopping him and I sighed throwing my hands up giving up. "But no matter what I did it was never good enough"
"So what are you saying, Dad was disappointed in you?" Dean asked turning back to Sam.
"Was?" Sam scoffed shaking his head. "Is, always has been"
"Why would you think that?" I asked since even I knew that Sam was, always has been John's favorite since Dean was raised like a warrior from the age of four and Sam had gotten away with not knowing until he got too inquisitive for his own good.
"Because I didn't want to bow hunt or hustle pool because I wanted to go to school and live my life which in our wacked up family made me the freak" Sam argued looking at Dean.
"Yeah you always were kind of like the blond chick in The Munster's" Dean joked not being serious as usual in situations like this.
"Dean, you know what most Dads are when their kids score a full ride?" Sam asked. "Proud" I sighed shaking my head since this was a tedious conversation. "Most Dads don't toss their kids out of the house"
I remember the fight between John and Sam since they were at the salvage yard visiting and is the reason our Dads don't talk anymore and my Dad had even pulled a gun on John threatening him to never darken our doorstep again and that was when John and Dean left.
Sam had stayed with us for a few days before he left for college leaving me alone and it was the start of my depression since I knew I'd never see either brothers or the man I'd always seen as an Uncle again but about a week later my Dad told me to go and catch up with Dean so I did and it's what started this long ass adventure with Dean.
"I remember that fight, in fact I seem to recall a few choice phrases coming out of your mouth" Dean shot back and Sam scoffed shaking his head again.
"You know truth is, when we finally do find Dad I don't know if he's even going to wanna to see me" Sam admitted and I frowned looking up at him because I doubted that.
"Sam, Dad was never disappointed in you, never" Dean replied and I looked back at him. "He was scared" I sighed since we agreed never to tell Sam this since that's what John wanted.
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked.
"He was afraid of what could've happened to you if he wasn't around but even when you two weren't talking he used to swing by Stanford whenever he could, keep an eye on you make sure you were safe" it was the only time Dean and I had alone on do our own thing especially after we got together.
"What?" Sam asked again this time more disbelieving.
"Yeah" Dean and I replied nodding our heads.
"Why didn't he tell me any of that?"
"It's a two-way street Sam, you could've picked up the phone" I cut in looking at him since he'd cut us all off. "Now let's go were gonna be late for our appointment" I added seeing he was stuck on what to say.
We showed the bones to the professor pretending to be students and he took them somewhere to study them while we waited in the classroom for him to return and I sat wondering what it've been like to actually go to college like Sam, I never even applied to one since after I started hunting I just barely graduated high school.
"So you three are students?" the professor asked walking back into the room making me sit up straighter then stood walking towards him.
"Yeah, yeah" Sam said as the professor put the box on his desk. "Were in your class, Anthro 101?"
"Oh yeah"
"So what about the bones, professor?" Dean asked getting straight to the point.
"This is quite an interesting find you've made, I'd say they're 170 years old, give or take" my eyes widened since that was insane. "The time frame and the geography heavily suggest Native American"
"We're there any tribes or reservations on that land?" I asked him.
"Not according to the historical record but the relocation of native peoples was quite common at that time"
"Right, well are there any local legends, oral histories about the area?" Sam asked him.
"Well…you know there's a Euchee tribe in Sapulpa, it's about 60 miles from here, someone out there might know the truth" we nodded since at least it was a lead.
"All right" Dean replied before we left following it.
We drove to the place the professor told us about and we asked a local man for directions and he directed us up to talk to a man in a diner, so here we were walking in and I spotted a Native American man sitting by himself playing with a stack of cards as soon as we walked in so I nudged the boys and we walked towards him.
"Joe White Tree?" Sam asked and he looked up nodding his head. "We'd like to ask you a few questions, if that's all right"
"We're students from the university-"
"Not you're not" Joe cut Dean off. "Your lying" he added and Dean looked taken aback since it was rare for someone to call him out on a story.
"Um well truth is-"
"You know who starts sentence with 'truth is'?" Joe asked cutting Dean off again. "Liars" I smiled a bit at Dean's dumbfounded expression then turned back to Joe.
"Have you ever heard of Oasis Plains?" I asked going with the truth.
"It's a housing development near the Atoka Valley" Sam added clarifying and Joe looked up at us.
"I like them, they're not liars" I smiled looking at Dean as he ran a hand over his face. "I know the area" he added looking at Sam and me.
"What can you tell us about the history there?" I asked him.
"Why do you wanna know?" he asked right back and I turned to Sam since that was odd.
"Something…" Sam spoke up then sighed. "Something bad is happening in Oasis Plains, we think it might have something to do with some old bones we found down there, Native American bones" Joe looked down with a deep sigh then nodded and looked back up at us.
"I'll tell you what my grandfather told me, what his grandfather told him" my eyes raised a bit since that was a lot of history. "Two hundred years ago, a band of my ancestors lived in that valley, one day the American Calvary came to relocate them" Dean, Sam and I shared a quick look. "They were resistant, the cavalry impatient, as my grandfather put it on a night the moon and sun share the sky as equals the cavalry first raided our village, they murdered, raped, the next day the cavalry came again and the next and the next and on the sixth night the cavalry came one last time and by the time the sun rose every man, woman and child still in the village was dead" I shared another look with Dean and Sam. "They say on the sixth night as the chief of the village lay dying he whispered to the heavens that no white man would ever tarnish this land again, nature would rise up and protect the valley and it would end in as many days of misery and death to the white man as the cavalry had brought upon his people"
"Insects" Dean muttered towards Sam and me. "Sounds like nature to me"
"Six days?" I asked Joe.
"And on the night of the sixth day none would survive" he replied then looked back down at his cards as we shared one last look.
"Thank you" I said towards Joe before we walked out leaving.
"When did the gas company guy die?" Sam asked as we walked back towards the Impala.
"Uh let's see, we got here Tuesday so Friday the 20th" Dean replied and something suddenly dawned on me.
"March 20th, that's the spring equinox"
"The night the sun and the moon share the sky as equals" Dean added and I nodded as Sam scoffed.
"So every year about this time anybody in Oasis Plains is in danger, Larry built his neighborhood on cursed land" I nodded.
"And on the sixth night, that's tonight" I replied.
"If we don't do something, Larry's family will be dead by sunrise" Sam added frantically. "So how do we break a curse?"
"You don't break a curse, you get out of its way" Dean replied and I nodded.
"We gotta get those people out now" I said as we got in and Dean sped off back towards Oasis Plains but it was already dark by the time we were even close so Dean called ahead to try and coax Larry's family out.
"Yes Mr Pike, there's a mainline gas leak in your neighborhood"
"God really and how big?" I heard Larry ask since Dean had the phone on loudspeaker.
"Well it's fairly extensive, I don't want to alarm you but we need your family out of the vicinity for at least 12 hours or so, just to be safe"
"Who is this again?" Larry asked and I looked up with a frown since it was sounding less and less that he was going to leave.
"Travis Weaver, I work for Oklahoma Gas and Power"
"Uh-huh, the problem is I know Travis he's worked with us for over a year, so who is this?" Larry replied and I sighed grabbing the phone from Dean and snapped it shut.
"Uh give me the phone" Sam snapped grabbing it off me and dialed in a new number before putting it to his ear. "Matt it's Sam" this time neither Dean nor I could hear. "Matt just listen, you have to get your family out of that house right now, okay" Sam looked over at us. "Because somethings coming…yeah a lot more…you gotta make him listen okay"
"Give me the phone" Dean argued grabbing it from Sam. "Matt under no circumstances are you to tell the truth, he'll just think your nuts, tell him you have a sharp pain in your right side and you gotta go to the hospital okay" he snapped the phone shut ending the call then glared over at Sam. "'Make him listen, what are you thinking?"
"Dean not the time okay!" I snapped shaking my head at him as he continued to speed towards Oasis Plains and we pulled up outside the Pike's house but they were still here meaning Matt had ignored Dean's advice and probably went with Sam's instead.
"Damn it they're still here, come on" Dean cursed getting out so we followed him getting out as well and we walked towards the door just as Larry opened the door coming out.
"Get off my property before I call the cops!" he yelled.
"Mr Pike listen-"
"Dad, they're just trying to help" Matt cut Sam off.
"Get in the house!" Larry yelled at his son and it filled me with anger since it did remind me of John when we disobeyed him.
"Sorry I told the truth" Matt said towards us confirming my earlier explanation.
"We had a plan Matt, what happened to the plan?" Dean asked him.
"Look it's 12am, they are coming any minute now" Sam spoke up towards Matt and Larry.
"You need to get your family and go before it's too late" I added glaring at Larry.
"You mean before the biblical swarm?" Larry asked and I glared at him.
"Larry what do you think really happened to that relator?" Dean spat at him equally angry. "And the gas company guy, you don't think something weirds going on around here?"
"Look I don't know who you are but you're crazy, you come near my boy or my family again, were gonna have a problem"
"Well I hate to be a downer but we got a problem right now" Dean spat back at Larry.
"Dad they're right, were in danger" Matt tried again but Larry turned to him.
"Matt, get inside now!"
"No!" Matt yelled defiantly. "Why won't you listen to me?"
"Because this is crazy, it doesn't make any sense!" Larry screamed at him.
"Look this land is cursed, people have died here, now are you really going to take that risk with your family?" Sam asked loudly but my ears caught the loud sound of buzzing and I grabbed Dean's arm alerting him.
"Wait" Dean spoke up stopping all the yelling. "You hear it?" he asked looking up at Larry.
"What the hell?" he asked looking around just as the bug sapper behind him started going crazy as bugs flew into it.
"Alright it's time to go, Larry go get your wife" Dean said quickly and Larry nodded running towards the house.
"Guys?" Matt suddenly said looking in the distance so we followed his gaze and saw a huge swarm heading straight towards us.
"Oh my god" Larry muttered.
"We'll never make it" I spoke up watching the swarm continue to grow larger and larger by the second.
"Everybody in the house, everybody in the house go!" Dean yelled grabbing my hand and we ran into the house shutting the door behind us.
"Anyone else in the neighborhood?" Sam asked them.
"No it's just us" Larry replied just as his wife came up behind him.
"Honey what's happening, what's that noise?" she asked.
"Call 911" Larry said looking at her. "Joanie!"
"Okay" she replied running off.
"I need towels" Dean suddenly spoke up walking towards Larry.
"The closet" he said then led Dean towards the closet.
"Alright we gotta lock this place up, doors, windows, the fireplace, everything okay" I added towards Sam and he nodded grabbing Matt and we went upstairs shutting up every possible entry point an insect could use to get inside then went back downstairs.
"No signal!" Larry called out as I made it to the bottom of the stairs.
"You won't get one, they're blanketing the house" Dean replied and I grabbed his hand to calm myself down since this was literally my worst nightmares.
"So what do we do now?" Larry asked us.
"We try to outlast it" Sam replied as Dean suddenly let go of my hand and disappeared. "Hopefully the curse will end at sunrise"
"Hopefully?" Larry asked skeptically just as Dean came back closing the door and showed us a can of bug spray.
"Bug spray?" Joanie asked.
"Trust me" Dean replied just as there was a creaking noise coming from the fireplace.
"What is that?" Matt asked speaking up as Dean, Sam and I walked towards the fireplace.
"The flue" Sam replied and Dean grabbed my hand again.
"Alright I think everybody needs to get upstairs" Dean said just as the bugs broke through and thousands of them swarmed into the living room getting into our hair, clothes and mouths but I heard a lighter being flicked and fire suddenly lit up the room and I looked up seeing Dean using the bug spray to create a stream of fire. "Everybody upstairs, now!" he screamed grabbing my hand and we ran upstairs and Larry led us to the attic as Dean continued spraying warding off the bugs.
Just as we thought we were out of the woods though a new sound came from above us and we looked up seeing holes being eaten away from the roof as dust rained down.
"Oh god what's that?" Mrs Pike asked as we walked over to get a better view of what it was.
"Something's eating through the wood" Dean pointed out.
"Termites" Matt said and I frowned since this was the worst hunt ever.
"Alright everybody get back, get back!" Dean said and the Pike's moved to a far corner of the attic just as the roof gave way and bees swarmed inside attacking us again so Dean lit the bug spray again waving the flame around but it wasn't enough.
Sam suddenly grabbed a metal cover that went over the power box so I quickly grabbed a piece of wood and together we covered the hole but the termites were just eating a new hole and broke through.
Dean lit the bug spray again but it wasn't going to be enough and we were soon choking on the bugs as we tried to brush them off me as we moved over to the Pike's trying to fight off the swarm as Dean continued using the spray but it finally ran out and he ran over huddling in the corner with us.
"Look" Matt suddenly said and we looked up seeing sunlight streaming through the holes in the roof and the bugs finally started to disappear.
We stood up looking around then walked over to one of the bigger holes and looked up seeing the swarm disappearing in the horizon so we all sighed in relief because we out lasted the bloody curse, I laughed leaning my head against Dean's shoulder as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder.
After leaving the Pike residence we found a motel room and I spent at least half an hour in the shower washing and picking dead bugs out of my hair, Dean eventually joined me and helped before we snuck in a quickie before we returned to the Pike place seeing a moving truck parked out the front.
"What, no goodbye?" Dean asked seeing Larry loading more boxes into the back.
"Good timing, another hour and we'd have been gone" he replied turning to us and shook hands with the boys.
"For good?" Sam asked curiously.
"Yeah the developments been put on hold while the government investigates those bones you found but I'm gonna make damn sure no one lives here again" I smiled and nodded my head.
"You don't seem too upset about it" Sam replied noting that as well.
"Well this has been the biggest financial disaster of my career but…" he trailed off looking back as we saw Matt walking by with a few boxes. "But somehow I really don't care" we smiled nodding our heads before Sam walked over to Matt.
Dean and I said goodbye to Larry then walked back to the Impala and leaned against the side waiting for Sam but I sighed looking up at Dean and he looked down at me, I wrapped my arm around his waist and laid my head against his chest.
"This was the worst hunt of our careers" he chuckled nodding his head before laying it on top of mine.
"This definitely makes up for the plane you forced me to go on" I laughed shaking my head but nodded looking up at him. "But after this one I agree with your phobia"
"You hate flying, I hate bugs now let's stop talking" I leaned up pressing my lips to his and his arms wrapped around my waist pulling me flush up against him.
"Ew guys do you have to do that right here?" Sam asked making us break apart and see him walking towards us.
"Yes" Dean and I replied at the same then chuckled as Sam shook his head at us but then we looked back towards the Pike house and saw Larry talking with Matt.
"I wanna find Dad" Sam admitted moving to Dean's other side and leant against the Impala too.
"Yeah me too" Dean admitted back and I rubbed his arm.
"Yeah but I just…" Sam replied trailing off then sighed. "I wanna apologize to him" I looked over at Sam since I didn't understand why he needed to apologize since he was adamant he'd done nothing wrong.
"For what?" Dean asked before I could.
"All the things I said to him, he was just doing the best he could" I nodded.
"Well don't worry, we'll find him" I encouraged them and Dean smiled down at me before pressing a kiss to the top of my head.
"And you'll apologize and then within five minutes you guys will be at each other's throats" Dean added and Sam laughed as I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah probably" Sam agreed and I couldn't help smile. "Let's hit the road"
"Let's" Dean agreed.
"I call shotgun, you're in the back sasquatch" I called jumping into the front seat sliding into the passenger seat before Sam could even argue but he didn't even try and got into the back.
"You deserve it Pipsqueak" he said then ruffled the top of my head but I swatted his hand away glaring at him.
"I'm not a Pipsqueak, your just freakishly tall" I shot back and Dean laughed at our banter as he started the Impala and we were on our way again.
A/N: Please review and let me know what you think so far.