DEVIL'S TRAP
Evie's POV
Dean hung up the phone snapping it shut then walked towards our bed with a determined look on his face telling us that the demons had John and Sam asked if it had been Meg on the phone and all Dean could do was nod with worry and fear while I stayed off to the side staring at a spot on the furthest wall in shock and worry myself.
"What'd she say?" Sam asked him making me look up towards them.
"I just told you Sammy!" Dean snapped probably not meaning too. "Okay" Dean breathed out rubbing his hand over his face. "Okay" he repeated and I knew he was thinking, he finally turned grabbing the Colt putting it the back of his jeans.
"What are you doing Dean?" I asked worried about him now since he had his determined look and that look always scared me especially now that I had a baby to think about which that thought made my hand instinctively move over my stomach.
"We gotta go" he replied throwing our stuff into our bags.
"Why?" Sam asked him.
"Because the demon knows where in Salvation, alright it knows we have the Colt it's got Dad, it's probably coming for us" Dean replied nearly yelling as he pulled on his jacket.
"Good, we've got three bullets left let it come" Sam argued.
"Listen tuff guy were not ready, we don't know how many of them are out there, now were no good to anybody dead!" Dean yelled still throwing our belongings together and this was the most I'd ever seen him worked up which told me how scared he was. "We're leaving, now!"
"He's right Sam, let's go" I quickly grabbed the stuff Dean had forgot stuffing them into my bag then followed Dean out with Sam following behind and we got the hell out of Salvation as quickly as we could with Sam seething and pouting in the back seat like a five year old.
"I'm telling you, we could've taken them" Sam protested through clenched teeth.
"What we need is a plan" Dean argued. "Now they're probably keeping Dad alive, we just gotta figure out where, they'll wanna trade him for the gun" Dean added and looked up seeing Sam shake his head. "What?"
"Dean if that were true why didn't Meg mention a trade?" Sam asked and I frowned feeling that could be true. "Dad, he might be-"
"Don't" Dean snapped cutting him off.
"Look I don't want to believe it anymore than you but if he is, all the more reason to kill this damn thing, we still have the Colt we can finish the job"
"Screw the job Sam!" I cut in glaring back at him because I wasn't going to lose Dean or anyone else for that matter and if John was really dead then that was all the more reason to stay the hell away from this demon.
"I'm just trying to do what he'd want, he would want us to keep going"
"Quit talking about him like he's dead already! Dean snapped tightening his hands around the steering wheel. "Listen to me, everything stops until we get him back, do you understand me everything!" Dean added and I frowned since there was one thing that couldn't stop he just didn't know about it and with all this happening I wasn't about to tell him I was pregnant.
"So how do we find him?" Sam asked.
"Maybe we go to Lincoln, start at the warehouse where he was taken" Dean replied but I shook my head knowing these demons weren't stupid enough to still be at the warehouse.
"Come on Dean, you really think these demons are gonna leave a trail?" I asked and he looked over at me.
"Your right" he replied and I smiled since if I had a penny for every time he said that I wouldn't be able to afford a chocolate bar.
"We need help" I said and he nodded knowing exactly what and who I was referring too.
I couldn't contain my happiness as Dean pulled the Impala off the main highway onto a back road and I stared up at the overhead sign that read 'Singer Auto Salvage' as Dean drove in before parking in front of a familiar ford tow truck with a Rottweiler sitting on top of the hood and my face lit up with even a bigger smile as I jumped out of the car without even waiting for the boys.
"Rumsfeld!" I yelled and his head shot up jumping off the hood coming as far as his chain allowed so I met him the rest of the way and he jumped up slobbering my face with licks. "Easy boy, I missed you too buddy" I patted his head pushing him to get back down since I was carrying precious cargo which neither Dean or Sam knew about and I wasn't prepared to tell them for as long as I could so I quickly looked back seeing Sam and Dean watching me with smiles. "What I missed my goofball"
"Alright lets go" Dean said so I nodded petting Rumsfeld's head one last time before we walked up to the front door and knocked waiting a few seconds before it opened and I was staring into the eyes of my father.
"Evelyn?"
"Hi Daddy" he looked down at my neck and saw the anti-possession necklace that never left my neck then smiled and pulled me into a tight hug.
"How you been sweetheart?" he asked but before I had a chance to answer he looked up and saw Sam and Dean. "Sam, Dean, what are you guys doing here?" I frowned hoping that this wasn't gonna end with them having a shot gun pulled on them too since that's how my father last left things with John.
"Long story Dad" I muttered and watching his face turn into a frown.
"Come on in then" he replied opening the door wider letting us walk in and I watched my Dad test Sam and Dean with holy water but I slipped out feeling even worse in the presence of my father as well as Dean since not only did he not know I was dating Dean but I was now an un-wedded pregnant woman with the man he'd warned me not to get emotionally involved with other than what we already were growing up.
My feet immediately took me to my special place and climbed the stack of cars sitting on the back leather back seat looking up at the sky with my hand instinctively falling to lay over my flat stomach still finding it hard to come to terms that I had a human being growing beneath my hands.
"Evie?" I jerked upright looking down seeing Dean at the bottom of the stacks. "Can I come up?"
"Sure" I shrugged and he climbed up settling beside me looking up to and I couldn't help the small smile of nostalgia since this is where it all started for us and now something new was starting all over again.
"So what's wrong Shortstack?" Dean suddenly asked so I looked over with furrowed brows.
"Nothing's wrong, why would something be wrong?" I spat out fast.
"That right there tells me somethings up, so come on out with it" I sighed since I should have known he'd be suspicious since nobody knew me better than Dean, I looked down at my lap wringing my hands together anxiously until Dean grabbed them turning me to face him. "Eve your worrying me especially after last night, what is it?" I sighed looking up meeting his apple green eyes and knew I had no right to keep this from him, this was his baby too.
"I…I…" I frowned looking down knowing that know was not the time, he needed to focus on finding his father not the fact that I was knocked up with his kid especially when I didn't know how he was gonna react given we've never seriously had a talk about kids. "It's nothing" he frowned clearly unhappy with that answer. "I promise" I added squeezing his hands. "We should get back, we have to find your Dad" I went to climb down but he pulled on my hand and I was suddenly in his lap lips pressed against his.
"Evelyn Robin Singer!" I flinched hearing my name get called out and looked down seeing my father staring up at us in shock and anger. "Get down here right now, you to Dean!" I turned back to Dean with a panicked look in my eyes that matched his. "Don't make me come up there"
"I'd like to see the old man try" Dean muttered almost making me laugh as we climbed down following him to the front of the house before he spun to us.
"When the hell did this happen?" he asked diving in straight away.
"A little over a year ago" I replied nervously with my hands behind my back feeling like I was a child getting scolded again.
"And you didn't think to tell me about it sooner?"
"I wanted to Dad but would you have wanted to find out over email?" I asked finally looking up meeting his eyes since I wanted him to approve since I loved Dean and I wasn't going to leave him even if that is what my Dad ordered me to do.
"I told you not to get involved Evelyn, I didn't want to see you get your heart broken"
"Bobby I would never hurt her like that" Dean cut in but I looked up shaking my head telling him not to get involved.
"Oh yeah" Dad replied his head going red.
"I love her" Dean stated and my eyes widened since he'd said that in front of my Dad and he's never said it in the presence of anyone but me.
"But what life can you give her"
"Dad!" I exclaimed turning back angrily now.
"The only reason I let you go off with him and his old man was to hopefully show you that there was no life hunting, you were meant to have your adventure then come home, which is exactly what your gonna do, I'll help you boys find your old man but Evelyn is no longer involved"
"You can't do that Dad, I'm twenty five so you can't tell me what do and who I can love" his face lost some of its anger when I said love so I continued walking towards him. "I love Dean, so please Dad you have to let me go"
"Your my baby girl"
"I know and I always will be, nothing can ever change the fact that your my Dad and that I'll always need you but I need him now too, please daddy…please don't make me choose because I can't" he frowned and I knew that particular frown all too well. "Dean can you give us a minute?" he nodded walking into the house.
"Evelyn why him?"
"He makes me happy and in this line of work you need something to keep you going, he's my reason to keep going"
"I don't want to see you get hurt and I'll be damned if I let you get killed which is where your gonna end up especially if all this talk about you guys have been hunting a demon, I lost your mother to one I'm not going to lose you to one too"
"Dad that's not going to happen, what happened to my Mom isn't gonna happen to me because this time we know what we're up against and because you taught me almost everything I know so you have to trust me, trust that no matter what I'll always be careful and that Dean does everything to keep me safe as much as he can which we clearly argue about but we're family and that's what families do" he sighed then looked up.
"I always thought of those boys as my surrogate sons, who knew I'd get one as an actual son-in-law" I couldn't help the small laugh.
"I wouldn't go that far Dad, marriage isn't in the cards for us"
"I never wanted this life to be yours, I wanted you to get married and have kids away from all this mess"
"I know and someday it might but for right now, this is the way it has to be" I replied fighting off the feeling in my chest that wanted me to tell him that he's going to be a grandfather sooner than he thought but knew I had to tell Dean first before I told anyone else.
"Alright let's get inside before those boys mess with my collection" he replied and I smiled nodding as we went inside seeing Sam sitting at his desk flipping through one of our books while Dean paced but stopped when we walked in.
"We good?" he asked looking at my Dad.
"So long as you don't break her heart" Dad replied making me smile.
"Bobby thanks, thanks for everything" Dean replied and I rolled my eyes walking over to the love seat sitting down. "Tell you the truth I wasn't sure if we should come"
"Nonsense your daddy needs help" my Dad replied.
"Yeah but last time we saw you I mean you did threaten to blast him full of buckshot, you cocked the shotgun and everything" I rolled my eyes at Dean dredging up the past, give my father more of reason to hate him.
"Yeah well what can I say, John just has the effect on people" Dad replied and I laughed.
"Yeah I guess he has" Dean agreed and I came down from laughing.
"None of that matters now, all that matters is that you get him back"
"Bobby this book…" Sam spoke up and we turned towards him. "I've never seen anything like it" I stood up moving towards Sam to see what he was looking at and smiled recognizing the familiar book.
"Key of Solomon" I stated sitting on the edge of the desk as my Dad came over too.
"It's the real deal alright"
"And these protective circles, they really work?" he asked looking up at my Dad.
"Hell yeah you get a demon in one they're trapped, powerless it's like a satanic roach motel"
"Charming daddy" I replied rolling my eyes.
"Man knows his stuff" Dean added coming towards us.
"No shit, you didn't think you taught me everything I know about hunting did you" I replied and he rolled his eyes at me.
"I'll tell you something else too, this is some serious crap you kids stepped in" my Dad cut in making me turn back to him.
"Oh yeah?" Sam asked him. "How's that?"
"Normal year, I hear of…say three demonic possessions, maybe four tops"
"Yeah?" Dean pressed.
"This year I heard of 27 so far, you get what I'm saying?" Dad asked looking more at me and I nodded. "More and more demons are walking among us, a lot more"
"Do you know why?" Sam asked him.
"No but I know it's something big, storms coming and you kids and John you are smack in the middle of it" Dad replied with a worried look my way and it was justifiable since he'd lost my Mom to a demon so why wouldn't he be worried about me given we were up against one of the worse demons to rise out of hells pit but before either of us could say anything we heard Rumsfeld start barking outside and Dad and I both spun towards the window.
"Rumsfeld" I said walking over and peered out the curtains. "What is it?" I asked myself looking out to where he was but all I saw was a snapped chain swinging back and forth and when I looked up to where he usually laid on the hood I saw nothing. "Somethings wrong" I said looking back at them just as the front door was kicked open and Meg walked in.
"No more crap okay?" she said but I glared at her since if she hurt my dog I was going to kill her but Dean beat me to it moving towards her unscrewing the cap on the flask of holy water but with a swing of her hand she sent him flying into a bookshelf.
"Dean!" I yelled but he was out cold so I turned back to Meg. "You're gonna regret that bitch!" I went to move towards her but Sam was suddenly in front of me and my Dad blocking us from her. "Sam let me go!" I yelled trying to jump past him but he was holding his hand out keeping me behind him.
"I want the Colt Sam, the real Colt right now" she said and Sam moved us back towards the fireplace.
"We don't have it on us, we buried it" Sam replied.
"Didn't I say, 'no more crap'?" she argued stalking towards us. "I swear after everything I heard about the Winchesters and their bitch-" I jerked forward again ready to lay into this bitch but Sam was still keeping a tight arm on me. "I gotta tell you I'm a little underwhelmed, first Johnny tries to pawn off a fake gun and then he leaves the real gun with you three chuckleheads, lackluster man" Sam continued to back up and after seeing where he was going I knew what his plan was. "I mean did you really think I wouldn't find you?"
"Actually we were counting on it" Dean replied appearing behind her and she turned towards him then followed his gaze as he looked up at the ceiling and saw the painted devils trap on the roof that had been there since I was a kid. "Gotcha" we quickly moved getting a chair and tied her down before taking a step back to begin questioning while my Dad salted all the doors and windows.
"You know if you wanted to tie me up, all you had to do was ask" Meg said and I frowned moving towards her and slapped her across the face.
"That was for my dog bitch" I said then slapped her again. "And that was for hitting my boyfriend"
"I salted the doors and windows, if there are any demons out there they ain't getting in" I heard my Dad say and turned seeing he was talking to Dean and Sam, they nodded and Dean stood up coming over to stand beside me.
"Where's our father Meg?" he asked her.
"You didn't ask very nice" she replied.
"Where's our father bitch" he repeated and I smiled since there was a reason I loved him.
"Jeez you kiss your mother with that mouth?" she asked and my brief smile faltered and I returned to glaring at her. "Oh I forgot, you don't"
"Hey you think this is a freaking game!" Dean yelled moving towards her but I reached out grabbing his arm although he pushed my hand off him and leaned both hands on the arm of the chair leaning down towards her. "Where is he, what did you do to him?"
"He died screaming, I killed him myself" she replied and I saw Dean's lip twitching in anger and worry before he pulled his hand back slapping her across the face and we heard the loud smack as her head snapped to the side. "That's kind of a turn on, you hitting a girl wonder what you two get up to in bed" I frowned leaning down next to Dean.
"You're no girl"
"Dean, Evelyn" my Dad called and after a few seconds glaring at Meg we turned and followed him.
"You okay?" Sam asked Dean.
"She's lying, he's not dead" he argued glaring back at Meg.
"Dean you gotta be careful with her, don't hurt her" Dad cut in and I frowned knowing what he meant.
"Why?" Dean asked.
"Because she really is a girl, that's why" I said and he looked down at me confused.
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked.
"She's possessed" Dad replied looking at them like it was obvious. "That's a human girl possessed by a demon, can't you tell?"
"Your trying to tell me there's an innocent girl trapped somewhere in there?" Dean asked pointing back at Meg who was watching us and we nodded at him. "That's actually good news" he added making me frown confused on how that is good news but then I realised what he was talking about when he grabbed out John's journal and showed us the exorcism.
"You gonna read me a story?" she asked looking at Sam who would be reading out the exorcism.
"Something like that, hit it Sam" Dean replied.
"Egna terrae, cantate deo, psallite domino..."
"An exorcism, are you serious?" she asked looking at me and Dean while Sam continued reading out the exorcism.
"Oh we're going for it baby, head spinning, projectile vomiting, the whole nine yards.
"…tribuite virtutem deo" Meg flinched in pain and Sam stopped sharing a look with us before Meg turned to him over her shoulder.
"I'm gonna kill you, I'm gonna rip the bones from your body"
"No you're going to burn in hell" Dean spat back at her. "Unless you tell us where our Dad is" she stared up at him but didn't answer.
"Well at least you'll get a nice tan" I cut in looking back up at Sam to continue reading.
"Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incuriso infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, onmis congregatio et secta diabolica…" Meg cried out shaking.
"He begged for his life with tears in his eyes, he begged to see his sons one last time that's when I slit his throat" she said and the boys shared a look before Sam started reading again.
"For your sake, I hope your lying" Dean said leaning down towards her. "Because if it's true I swear to God I will march into hell myself and I will slaughter each and every one of you evil sons of bitches, so help me God"
"Perditionis venenum propinare, vade satana, inventor et magister omnis fallaciae…" she started shaking again and some of the books that were open in the room the pages started to blow around but Sam kept reading. "Hostis humanae salutis…humiliare sub potenti manu dei…contremisce et effuge…invocato a nobis sancto et terribile nomine…quem inferi tremunt…" Meg was still shaking and crying out as the exorcism was taking affect.
"Where is he?" Dean asked her again.
"You just won't take 'dead' for an answer"
"Where is he?" Dean asked barely containing his anger.
"Dead!" Meg yelled out.
"No he's not!" Dean cried out getting into her face. "He's not dead, he can't be!" he added then looked up at Sam who'd stopped reading looking down at his brother. "What are you looking at, keep reading"
"Ab insidis diaboli, libera nos, domine…ut ecclesiam tuam secura tibi facias, libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos…" the chair suddenly slid in the circle and I jumped back in surprise and to get further away just in case given I had to protect myself more than ever now especially as she continued to slide around.
"He will be!" she suddenly yelled.
"Wait!" Dean called out holding his hand out for Sam to stop. "What?!" he asked looking down at Meg.
"He's not dead" Meg replied looking up at Sam. "But he will be after what we do to him"
"How do we know you're telling the truth?" I asked her knowing better than to believe a demon.
"You don't" she replied.
"Sam!" Dean called for him to read.
"A building okay!" she yelled before Sam had a chance to start reading again. "A building in Jefferson City"
"Missouri, where?!" Dean yelled since we were finally getting something out of her. "Where, an address?"
"I don't know" she replied.
"And the demon the one were looking for, where is it?" Sam asked her.
"I don't know, I swear that's everything, that's all I know" Meg replied and Sam and shared a look before looking over at Dean who was glaring down at her.
"Finish it" Dean said before walking away.
"What!?" Meg shouted. "I told you the truth!"
"I don't care" Dean replied.
"You son of a bitch, you promised"
"I lied!" Dean yelled. "Sam" he said telling Sam to read but Sam didn't so he looked up at him. "Sam!" Sam's head turned to him as he stood upright and walked over to him. "Read"
"Maybe we can still use her, find out where the demon is"
"She doesn't know!" Dean argued.
"She lied!" Sam argued right back.
"Sam there's an innocent girl trapped in there and we've gotta help her"
"You're gonna kill her" Dad said coming up behind us.
"What?" Dean asked confused.
"You said she fell from a building" Dad said then turned to Meg. "That girl's body is broken, the only thing keeping her alive is that demon inside, you exorcise it the girl is gonna die"
"Listen to me both of you, were not gonna leave her like that" Dean argued glaring at Sam and my Dad.
"She is a human being!" Dad yelled at him.
"We're gonna put her out of her misery" Dean protested then turned to me as if asking me to intervene but when I didn't say anything he turned back to Sam. "Sam finish it" Sam hesitated still looking at Meg. "Finish it" Dean said again and Sam took a deep breath.
"Dominicos sanctae ecclesiae, terogamus audi nos, terribilis deus do sanctuario suo deus israhel, ipse tribuite virtutem et fortitudinem plebi suae, benedictus deus, gloria patri…" Meg eye turn completely black during the rest of the exorcism before she throws her head back and screams as the demon leaves through her mouth in a black cloud and spreads out in the protective circle in the ceiling before disappearing.
Everything is dead quiet as we stared down at Meg as he body is slumped forward and blood starts to drip from her mouth before we all share looks not really sure it's over but then Meg slowly lifts her head.
"She's still alive" Dean stated then turned to my Dad. "Call 911, get some water and blankets" he moved towards her as my Dad moved to do as he said and started untying her so I moved in and helped untie her other hand.
"Thankyou" she whispered.
"Shh, shh just take it easy, alright" I told her moving to untie her leg.
"Come on lets…lets get her down" Dean told me and I nodded moving aside when Sam moved forward and they carefully as they could lifted her off the chair and laid her down on the ground as he winched and struggled for air.
"A year" she whispered confusing us.
"What?" Sam asked her as I knelt down beside Dean.
"It's been a year" she replied.
"Just take it easy" I told her.
"I've been awake for some of it, I couldn't move my own body and things looked…it…it's a nightmare"
"Was it telling the truth about our Dad?" Dean asked her and I turned back since although I knew he wanted to believe it now wasn't the time to question this girl.
"Dean" I warned.
"We need to know" he shot back at me.
"Yes" she replied looking at him. "But it wants you to know, it…" she trailed off struggling for her breath choking a little. "They want you to come for him"
"If Dad's still alive, none of that matters" Dean commented and I frowned but watched as my Dad come back with a glass of water and a blanket, he handed Dean the glass and he helped Meg lift her head to drink while I helped Dad lay the blanket over her body.
"Where is the demon were looking for?" Sam asked putting a smaller blanket underneath her head.
"Not there" she replied shaking her head. "Other ones, awful ones"
"Where are they keeping our Dad?" Dean asked her.
"By the ri…river…sunrise" she replied.
"Sunrise, what does that mean?" Dean asked her but I knew she was gone. "What does that mean?" I reached up and put my hand on his shoulder as we looked around at each other before we got up and headed to the door.
"You better hurry up and beat it before the paramedics get here"
"What are you gonna tell them?" I asked my Dad.
"You think you guys invented lying to the cops?" he replied and I smiled a little. "I'll figure something out" I nodded looking back at the lifeless girl thinking about my mother who'd been in the same situation, I knew she'd been possessed by a demon and that the demon had injured her beyond repair so when my Dad and one of his friends exorcised the demon out of her she couldn't survive either. "Here take this" I turned back seeing Dad handing Sam the book of Solomon. "You might need it"
"Thanks" Sam said taking it.
"Thanks for everything" Dean added. "Be careful, alright" I smiled at Dean.
"You just go find your Dad and when you do you bring him around, would you?" I raised an eye at him since I never expected that from my Dad. "I won't even try and shoot him this time" Dean scoffed with a small laugh as we walked towards the door. "Evelyn" I turned and knew he wanted to talk to me so I turned back to Dean and Sam.
"I'll be out in a sec" they nodded and walked out.
"I want you to be careful, your not to get yourself killed over their fight"
"Dad" I whined rolling my eyes. "I'll be careful I promise" I went up to him and hugged him. "Nothing will happen to me but I will protect Sam and Dean because they are our family too" he sighed but nodded hugging me back. "I gotta go" he nodded again letting me go and I looked back at him one last time before I left and hopped into the back of the Impala.
It was hard to leave my father again since I really had missed him more than anything but wouldn't give up my life with Dean especially now but the only thing I was hating was one, this baby seemed to hate me since I always seemed to be carsick which was a pain in the ass given we spent 90% and two Dean was strangely quiet and that was saying something for him.
After around 7 hours we were finally in Missouri and it was a long drive with me fighting back my nausea the whole time by focusing on anything else before Dean finally pulled off and stopped so we could prepare and come up with a game plan of rescuing John.
"You've been quiet" Sam commented as he looked through the book of Solomon that he'd put on the hood and he was looking at Dean who was at the trunk filling the guns getting the weapons ready.
"Just getting ready" Dean replied making me look up.
"He's gonna be fine Dean" Sam said and I looked up sharing a look with him both knowing Dean was fearing the worst and he had a reason too since we had no real idea on what we were walking into and Dean didn't answer so I turned back to my journal writing down my thoughts just in case this did go wrong for me but I looked up when Sam suddenly walked towards the trunk hood and wiped away the dirt before he started drawing something on it and Dean instantly looked up.
"Dude what are you drawing on my car?" Dean asked walking towards him making me smile since that was the Dean I knew and loved.
"It's called a devils trap, demons can't get through it or inside it" Sam replied.
"So?" Dean asked still annoyed that his precious baby was being drawn on.
"Basically turns the trunk into a lock box" I cut in and Sam looked up surprised I knew. "Bobby Singer's daughter remember, I've read that book" I nodded at the book of Solomon in his hands.
"So?" Dean asked again and I rolled my eyes.
"So we have a place to hide the Colt while we go get Dad" Sam replied.
"What are you talking about, were bringing the Colt with us"
"Can't Dean, we only got three bullets left we can't just use them on any demon" Sam argued drawing another one of the symbols on the other side of the trunk hood. "We gotta use them on the demon"
"No we have to save Dad, Sam" I closed my journal and stepped forward knowing an argument was about to start. "Okay we need all the help we can get"
"Dean you know how pissed Dad would be if we used all the bullets?" Sam protested. "Dean he wouldn't want us to bring the gun"
"I don't care Sam, I don't care what Dad wants and since when do care what Dad wants?"
"We wanna kill this demon, you used to want that too" Sam argued raising his voice. "Hell you're the one who came and got me at school, you're the one who dragged me back into this Dean, I'm just trying to finish it"
"Well you and Dad are more alike than I thought, you know that?" Dean spat back and I rolled my eyes since they were all alike, stubborn as mules. "You both can't wait to sacrifice yourself for this thing but you know what, I'm gonna be the one to bury you"
"Okay that's enough" I called getting in between them with my back facing Dean.
"It's selfish, you know that" Dean added persisting on continuing. "You don't care about anything but revenge"
"That's not true Dean, I want Dad back but they are expecting us to bring this gun, they get the gun they will kill us all that Colt is our only leverage and you know it Dean, we cannot bring that gun" I sighed turning back to Dean.
"He's right we can't" he looked at me.
"Fine"
"We're serious Dean" Sam snapped.
"I said fine, Sam" Dean snapped back getting the Colt out of his jacket pocket and held it up so Sam could see before he dropped it into the trunk, Sam walked away and I turned back picking up my journal off the hood of the Impala and threw it into the trunk before we left heading along the river with Dean carrying the weapons bag but he stopped calling us back. "I think I know what Meg meant by 'sunrise'" he nodded up so we followed his gaze and saw a building literally named sunrise along with normal everyday people happily hanging around the front. "Son of a bitch, it's pretty smart" Dean commented seeing the kids skipping out the front.
"These demons can possess people, they can possess almost anybody inside" I added staring at the kids and their parents across the street.
"Yeah and make anybody attack us" Sam replied.
"Yeah so we can't kill them, a building full of human shields" Dean said and I nodded my head.
"They probably know what we look like too and they could look like anybody" I said looking back at them.
"Man this sucks out loud" Dean said and I scoffed.
"Yeah tell me about it" I replied back.
"Alright, so how the hell are we gonna get in?" Sam asked and Dean looked back at the building for a second before turning back to us.
"Pull the fire alarm, get out all the civilians"
"Okay but then the city responds in what, seven minutes?" Sam replied and I nodded my agreement.
"Seven minutes exactly" Dean nodded and it was the plan we were going with.
Sam went inside and pulled the fire alarm while Dean and I were to wait until the firefighters arrived and I watched as Dean went up to one of them playing a concerned tenant while I snuck around one of the fire trucks and lock picked one grabbing three complete fire suits out sneaking away meeting up with them and we got into them heading into the building now with a disguise finding the room they were holding John.
"I always wanted to be a fireman when I grew up" Dean commented using his EMF.
"You never told me that" Sam replied just as Dean looked like he was getting a reading and looked at us before knocking loudly.
"This is the fire department, we need you to evacuate" Dean called out in a deeper voice and we heard the chain being removed and the door opened a tiny bit before Dean kicked the door open sending the demon opening it and as soon as we quickly sprayed them with holy water in our tanks burning them before we fought them and shoved them into the closet and Dean and I held the door shut while Sam sprinkled salt to keep them inside then pulled off all the stifling gear.
"Come on" I said leading the way into the apartment swinging a door open and saw John tied down on a bed.
"Dad" Dean said going towards the bed and started to check to make sure he was alive. "He's still breathing" he told us. "Dad wake up, Dad!" he shook John but wasn't getting a response so he pulled out his switch blade and went to cut the tape.
"Wait, wait" Sam called out stopping him.
"What?" Dean asked looking up.
"He could be possessed for all we know" Sam replied and I looked back at John knowing it could be true.
"What are you nuts?" Dean said going back to cut the tape.
"Dean" I called stopping him this time. "We gotta be sure" he stopped and Sam nodded pulling out the flask of holy water and spilled it over John but nothing happened except that he finally woke up looking up.
"Sam?" he asked grunting. "Why are you splashing water on me?" we all chuckled quietly.
"Dad, you're okay?" Dean asked leaning down.
"They've been drugging me" John replied as Dean and I cut away his bindings. "Where's the Colt?"
"Don't worry Dad, it's safe" Sam replied.
"Good job" we nodded and helped him up before the boys carried one of his arms over their shoulders as we headed for the door but it was kicked open and two more demons kicked the door open.
"Go, go come on, back, back go" Dean said turning around back into the room and closed the door locking it moving aside juts in time before an axe came through the wood and kept coming so we moved to the fire escape while Sam sprinkled salt.
"Sam let's go" I called out to him and he threw me the bag before jumping out sprinkling a line of salt on the windowsill too before we ran down the fire escape and jumped off the last ladder moving on but Sam was suddenly tackled by another demon. "Sam!" I ran forward knocking into the demon trying to push him off of Sam but he threw me aside and I landed against the ground curling into a ball clutching my stomach in pain before I heard glass breaking and saw Dean had landed against a parked car windscreen through blurry vision. "Dean!" I yelled but turned back seeing the demon punching Sam repeatedly in the face before I flinched hearing a gunshot and the demon fell off Sam before I turned seeing Dean holding up the Colt.
"Sam, Sam com on" Dean helped Sam stand even though he was dazed. "Come on" I staggered to my feet moving over to them with my hand still wrapped protectively around my stomach as I looked down at the dead demon. "Come on, come on we gotta get out of here"
We moved back towards John and this time I helped Dean support John's weight as we got back to the Impala getting the hell out of Missouri finding an old abandoned house where we could rest and heal.
"Eve hey" I heard Dean call but I didn't look up too trapped in my own thoughts since everything that just happened made this all the more real for me, I was pregnant and that meant fragile as much as I hated to say that but it wasn't just about me anymore and I didn't know how Dean was going to take it. "You okay?" he asked and I nodded my head. "Eve" he called finally making me look up seeing he was kneeling in front of me. "Talk to me, you've been quiet and it's not like you"
"I promise, I'm okay but after all this is over we have to talk"
"That doesn't sound like I'm gonna like it, why can't you tell me now"
"Because you need to focus on your Dad, it can wait" I replied grabbing his hand which was on my knee and I squeezed it smiling up at him.
"Okay but as soon as everything's back to normal, were gonna talk Shortstack" I chuckled and nodded my head. "Now come on, lets see how Sam's getting on with the demon proofing" I nodded and stood up taking his hand as we walked out to where Sam was pouring salt on all the windowsills and doorways.
"How is he?" Sam asked hearing us.
"He just needed a little rest that's all" Dean replied looking back at the room in which their father was resting. "How are you?"
"I'll survive" Sam replied but I was worried about him especially since his face was more purple and yellow than it was meant to be. "Hey you don't think we were followed here, do you?" Sam asked making me anxious enough to look around like I was expecting to see a demon.
"I don't know, I don't this so" Dean replied putting his arm around my waist as we both leaned against a table. "I mean we couldn't have found a more out-of-the-way place to hole up" he added and I smiled nodding my head.
"Hey uh…Dean you…um you saved my life back there" Sam spoke up and Dean and I both turned to him.
"So I guess your glad I brought the gun, huh?" Dean replied and I rolled my eyes.
"Man I'm trying to thank you here" I laughed at their awkwardness in a what should have been a simple thank you but then that was my boys, clueless when it comes to actual emotions other than anger.
"You're welcome" Dean finally replied but I could tell he wanted to say more so I nudged my elbow against him and he turned to me so I raised my eyes silently asking him what was on his mind. "You know that guy I shot?" he asked and I nodded looking up sharing a small look with Sam. "There was a person in there" I frowned reaching up placing my hand on his shoulder.
"You didn't have a choice Dean"
"Yeah I know, that's not what bothers me" he replied confusing me.
"Then what does?" Sam asked him.
"Killing that guy, killing Meg…I didn't hesitate, I didn't even flinch" Dean replied and I frowned sharing another look with Sam before I turned back to Dean as he continued. "I mean for you's or Dad the things I'm willing to do or kill, it's just uh…it scares me sometimes"
"It shouldn't" we suddenly heard John say and all looked up seeing her was upright standing in front of us. "You did good"
"You're not mad?" Dean asked him.
"For what?" John asked back.
"Using a bullet" Dean replied like it should've been obvious.
"Mad?" John asked looking at Sam briefly. "I'm proud of you" he said turning back to Dean and I sensed Dean's surprise that matched my own since from everything I knew and heard from Dean about his relationship with John growing up, he'd never said he was proud especially for something like this. "You know Sam and I we can get pretty obsessed but you…you watch out for this family, you always have" John added and Dean shared a look down at me before looking back up at his Dad and nodded.
"Thanks" he muttered just as the lights started to flicker and we all looked around before John moved towards the window and we followed.
"It found us, it's here" he said looking back at us.
"The demon" Sam said and I frowned since something just didn't seem right about this.
"Sam lines of salt in front of every window, every door" he ordered.
"I already did it" Sam replied.
"Well check it, okay?" he ordered again.
"Okay" Sam replied going to do what he was told.
"Dean you got the gun?" John asked.
"Yeah" Dean nodded.
"Give it to me"
"Sam tried to shoot the demon in salvation and it vanished" Dean argued.
"This is me, I won't miss" John replied glaring at Dean. "Now the gun hurry" Dean pulled the Colt out of his jeans and stared down at it but I bumped my leg into his and slyly shook my head since something was off and when he looked at me I knew he could sense it too and looked back up towards John. "Son please" now we knew this wasn't John since he'd have just demanded the gun instead of saying please and Dean backed up pushing me back with him. "Give me the gun, what are you doing Dean?"
"He'd be furious" Dean replied still backing up with me behind him.
"What?" John…or whoever/whatever this was wearing his father asked.
"That I wasted a bullet, he wouldn't be proud of me he'd tear me a new one" Dean replied then raised the Colt pointing it at him and cocked it. "You're not my Dad"
"Dean it's me" it replied.
"I know my Dad better than anyone, you ain't him"
"What's gotten into you?" it asked staring at Dean like it was shocked.
"I could ask you the same thing, stay back"
"Dean, what the hell is going on?" Sam suddenly asked having walked back in and saw Dean pointing the Colt at their Dad.
"Your brothers lost his mind"
"He's not Dad" Dean said talking to Sam but never moved his eyes from the thing wearing their Dad.
"What?" Sam asked looking back and forth between them.
"I think he's possessed, I think he's been possessed since we rescued him"
"Don't listen to him Sammy" it replied and I glared since only we got to call him Sammy.
"Dean how do you know?" Sam asked.
"He's…he's different" Dean stuttered.
"You know we don't have time for this" John cut in. "Sam you wanna kill this demon you gotta trust me" it said and Sam looked at Dean and they shared a look before Sam turned back to their father who was currently a meat suit. "Sam" it said when he continued to look between Dean and I and the demon.
"No" Sam suddenly said. "No" he moved towards us and I smiled a little as it looked shocked for a second before it smiled and nodded his head moving eyes between us.
"Fine" it replied smugly. "You're all so sure, go ahead kill me" it said and I saw the hesitation slipping into Dean's posture at the man in front of us broke down with tears in his eyes looking down.
"Dean" I warned knowing this was a trap, demons played on your insecurities but Dean was slowly lowering the gun.
"I thought so" I replied looking up with a smirk and my eyes widened seeing yellow eyes staring at us before Sam was thrown against a wall by an unseen force with me right behind him against a future wall slamming my head against it only able to watch as Dean sailed back dropping the Colt as he hit the wall and the demon picked it up. "What a pain in the ass this things been" it said as I tried fighting against the invisible grip holding me up against the wall.
"It's you, isn't it?" Sam asked it when it looked at him. "We've been looking for you a long time"
"Well you found me" it replied.
"But the holy water?" Sam asked.
"You think something like that works on something like me?" it said and Sam grunted trying to move but the force kept him bound against the wall.
"I'm gonna kill you" Sam threatened.
"Oh that would be a neat trick, in fact here" it put the Colt down on the table. "Make the gun float to you there psychic boy" I turned facing Dean and we shared a panicked look, me more than his because of the baby but my attention turned back to Sam as it looked like he was trying to move the gun but of course nothing happened. "You know this is fun" it commented picking the gun back up seeing Sam failing and moved towards Dean making me glare and fight against his power more. "I could've killed you a hundred times today but this…this is worth the wait" he turned his head towards Dean. "Your Dad he's in here with me trapped inside his own meat suit, he says hi by the way"
"Shut up" I growled out angrily and he turned to smile at me.
"He's gonna tear you apart" it continued turning back to Dean. "He's gonna taste the iron in your blood"
"Let him go or I swear to God-"
"What?" it replied smirking knowing we were powerless. "What are you and God gonna do, you see as far as I'm concerned this is justice"
"For what?" I asked but it didn't even spare a look at me this time and walked closer to Dean.
"You know that little exorcism of yours?" it asked staring Dean down. "That was my daughter"
"Who Meg?" Dean asked him.
"The one in the alley…that was my boy, you understand?"
"You gotta be kidding me" Dean spat at him.
"What you're the only one that can have a family?" it asked and I jumped at those words and swear his eyes moved over at me like he knew something and I really hoped I was wrong. "You destroyed my children, how would you feel if I killed your family?" it asked and all our jaws clenched since he did kill their family and for all I knew this bastard could've been responsible for my Mom too. "Oh that's right I forgot I did" it smirked and I saw Dean's anger more than ever. "Still two wrongs don't make a right"
"You son of a bitch" Dean cursed glaring at it.
"I wanna know why?" Sam suddenly asked. "Why'd you do it?"
"You mean, why did I kill mommy…?" it asked turning to Sam. "…and pretty little Jess"
"Yeah" Sam spat.
"You know I never told you this but Sam was gonna ask her to marry him, been shopping for rings and everything" it said backing up towards Sam as I tried my best to hide my surprise because Sam never told us that, especially me for that matter. "You wanna know why, because they got in the way"
"In the way of what?" Sam asked it.
"My plans for you Sammy, you and all of the children like you" I frowned confused on how many children he was talking about, we'd already met one Max but I always thought it was one in a million but now I wasn't so sure.
"Listen you mind just getting this over with, huh cause I really can't stand the monologuing" Dean cut in glaring over at the demon being that close to Sam.
"Funny!" the demon said turning back to him. "But that's all part of your M.O isn't it, masks all that nasty pain, masks the truth"
"Oh yeah, what's that?" Dean asked.
"You know you fight, you fight for this family and pretty little Evelyn over there but the truth is they don't need you, not like you need them" it replied and I glared over at him since this thing had no idea Dean and I's connection. "Sam he's clearly John's favorite even when they fight it's more concern that he's ever shown you" I tried fighting against his power needing to do something other than just sit here. "And Evelyn, she's better off without you she just hasn't figured that out but she will"
"I'll bet your real proud of your kids too, huh?" Dean spat at him not saying anything about what he said which kind of made me fear the worse that he was actually believing this son of a bitch. "Oh wait I forgot, I wasted them" Dean smirked and I found myself smirking but it fell when Dean suddenly yelled out in pain.
"Dean!" Sam and I both yelled as he continued to groan in pain.
"No please…please!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. "Kill me, kill me not him!"
"No Eve" Dean said through the pain but blood was running down his chest as cuts appeared.
"Dean" I pleaded feeling tears cascading down my face. "John please" I begged hopping somehow he could fight like my mother couldn't.
"Dad…Dad…Dad don't you let it kill me" Dean added silently hoping the same thing but yelled out again as the demon intensified whatever it was doing to him.
"Dean!" Sam and I yelled out at the same time again and I tried forcing my body to cooperate with me but it was no use, this demon was stronger than anything we'd ever faced.
"Please I'll do anything just don't…don't kill him please" I begged with the demon ready to throw down my life and that of my unborn child if it meant Dean lived. "Please!" I screamed and saw it smirk out of the corner of its eyes as Dean continued to thrash and blood was dripping from his mouth. "Dean look at me…look at me!" he turned his head towards me. "I love you…I love you more than anything"
"I…love you" he got out pass the blood gurgling up his throat before he turned back to the demon eyes pleading. "Dad please" he added barely above a whisper before his head lulled forward while his body was still propped against the wall.
"No!" I screamed while Sam called Dean's name again.
"Stop" we heard from John. "Stop it" I frowned through the tears confused right before the power holding Sam and I to the wall was gone and Sam wasted no time grabbing the Colt pointing it at the demon. "You kill me, you kill daddy" it said focusing on Sam so I was able to go up to Dean and lifted his face in my hands.
"Dean…Dean look at me please…please open your eyes" I begged barely able to see through the tears pouring down my face.
"I know" I heard Sam reply before a gunshot went off and I flinched turning back shocked thinking Sam had actually shot their Dad but only in the leg and John fell and so did Dean but I quickly caught him in my arms and lowered him down carefully cradling his head in my lap as I held his face as he sucked in a deep breath.
"Hey…hey stay with me baby please" I begged then looked back up at Sam as he moved towards us.
"Dean…Dean hey" he kneeled down beside us. "Oh god, you lost a lot of blood"
"Where's Dad?" Dean asked straight away.
"He's right here, he's right here Dean" Sam replied turning to where their Dad was.
"Go check on him" Dean said and Sam looked hesitant.
"I've got him Sam, go" I added and Sam nodded then went over to their Dad as I looked back down at Dean, our eyes meeting. "You hang on okay, we're gonna get you help but you stay awake" he nodded his head weakly.
"Dad…Dad" Sam asked standing over their Dad making me look up.
"Sammy!" John suddenly yelled making me jump and jerk Dean hearing his wince. "It's still alive, it's inside me I can feel it…just shoot me, you shoot me…you shoot me in the heart son" I looked up shocked as Sam raised the gun straight at John's heart. "Do it now!"
"Sam don't you do it, don't you do it!" Dean protested but I frowned looking back down soothing him by brushing his hair away from his forehead.
"You gotta hurry, I can't hold onto it much longer" John yelled. "Just shoot me son, shoot me!"
"Sam don't" I cut in since this wasn't right, we've all lost too much already and neither of them would cope well losing both their parents.
"Son I'm begging you, we can end this here and now…Sammy!" John continued to yell through his teeth.
"Sam no" Dean begged.
"You do this!" John yelled and it looked like Sam was gonna do it. "Sammy!" he yelled again but Sam started lowering the gun. "Sam" he said right before yelling as the black smoke poured out of his mouth going towards the ceiling before disappearing into the floor.
"Sam we gotta get them to a hospital!" I yelled and Sam nodded quickly helping me get Dean up and leaning against me before he grabbed his Dad and we ran out to the Impala putting John in the front seat with Sam driving and me and Dean in the back with his head resting against my shoulder while I held my jacket against Dean's chest to slow the bleeding. "Stay with me Dean, we still have to talk remember" he nodded with a small smile.
"Look just hold on alright, the hospitals only ten minutes away" Sam said and I looked up meeting his worried eyes in the rearview mirror that matched my own.
"I'm surprised at you Sammy, why didn't you kill it?" John asked turning to face him. "I thought we saw eye to eye on this, killing this demon comes first…before me, before everything"
"No sir" Sam replied looking up into the rearview mirror at Dean and I again. "Not before everything" he added and I smiled at him nodding my head since finally he was seeing it. "Look we still got the Colt we still have the one bullet left, we should start over alright I mean we already found the demon once-" Sam was cut off when something slammed into the side of the Impala and it was the last thing I remembered.