The three young men sat in the garage area and talked.
"You get the carburator adjusted?" The older man asked the young blond.
"Yeah, I did. Running like a dream."
"That's good. Only took you 38 years." The older man started to laugh so hard he almost fell off of his chair. The dark haired man shook his head, as he had a small smile on his face.
"What's so funny?"
"You fixing the General." A shop rag hit the dark haired man on his shoulder as he laughed. The older man looked towards the ladder when he heard footsteps. Castiel approached the men.
"Hello. We weren't formally introduced. I am Castiel, I'm an angel of the Lord. The other two are Sam and Dean Winchester."
"What brings you here?" The older man asked before he introduced himself.
"The boys wanted to find a small town to retire to, before they..." Castiel stopped short of finishing.
"Before they what?" The dark haired man asked. Castiel looked at the dark haired man and continued.
"Died. They killed a powerful god and before he died he placed a curse on them. I tried to help but could only give them maybe 3 months." The blond lite up a cigarette and introduced themselves.
"I'm Bo Duke, this is my cousin Lukas and he's Cooter Davenport. This is his garage." The blond told Castiel. "We are the caretakers here. We make sure everyone has food and necessary items."
As they were talking a car pulled up to the gas pumps. Luke looked over and walked into the office.
"I got them, Bo." Bo nodded and glanced towards the office. Several minutes later, Cooter re-joined them.
"Lukas, they're gone. You can come out, now." Luke made his way over to Bo and sat on the chair next to him. Bo noticed the curious look on Castiel's face and told him.
"Luke got hurt bad before he was changed. He was dead for several minutes, thus his brain was deprived of oxygen. As a cruel joke, Alexandros brought him back to life. He wanted Luke to be my first kill but when Alexandros found out our relationship, he made me change him. Mirtha tried to heal Luke's brain injury but he's not the same as he was before." Bo looked away from Castiel.
"He's your lover?"
"Yeah, he's also in my charge." Seeing Castiel's confused look, Luke added. "I sometimes get distracted. He's worried when I wonder off, I'll get hurt. So I have to do what he tells me."
"You have control over him?"
"Yes and no. I only have control over him to protect him. I don't have control over everything he does." Bo told Castiel.
"Why did you go into the office when the car pulled up?" When Luke didn't answer him, Bo spoke up.
"He doesn't trust new people, so when strangers pass through he tends to stay inside." Bo answered for Luke.
"Can't blame him, tho." Added Cooter. "The last stranger we tried to help, got us killed."
"Who was that?" Castiel asked.
"Some guy by the name of Bobby. Said he was being chased by something bad. We helped him escape. Bobby thought that the creature would follow but he grabbed Cooter instead. Changed him first, used him as bait to get us out on the road. Got madder than hell when Cooter escaped too. He forced us off the road and grabbed me when I tried to help Luke. Changed me, then made me change Luke. Killed everyone in Hazzad when we slept that morning. Mirtha ended up killing him then changed everyone that she could save." Bo replied.
"So, all of you that live here are vamps?"
"No, just us three are half vamp, half human. The others that were left for dead, they would not have survived without becoming immortal." Bo answered.
"Half vamp?" Castiel asked.
"Our souls were restored, so we wouldn't be damned to hell. She also made us immortal."
"Well, sort of." Added Cooter.
"I don't understand."
"We can die but we come back. Where as, if you are fully immortal you don't die at all." Answered Cooter.
"How old were you when you were changed?"
"We were both 23. Luke is about 3 months older than me. Cooter was 33. The age we were changed at, is the age we will be forever."
"Are there any children?"
"Yes, 5 young children. All under the age of 6."
"Can you leave here?"
"No one has the desire to leave. We are the only ones that go to the other counties. We sell our seed and animal feed to mills in Chickasaw County and share the money equally. We all work together, share food and help each other. Things like clothes or toys, and non essential items we buy for Mr Rhuebottom and he sells them." Bo replied.
"Thing is, the others who are immortal are different then when they were alive. Greed or hate, lust, things like that they don't feel anymore. They all get along. It is like Heaven." Cooter added.
"I've been to Heaven and I can tell you, it's nothing like it. When god left, the angels got greedy for power. There was no order, only chaos until Jack was put in charge." Castiel looked around and added. "This is better than Heaven."
"Since us three are half human, we still have human emotions. We need companionship; you know love but we are content living here."
"If these two are together, do you have someone?" Castiel asked Cooter.
"Yes and no. I'm with Mirtha."
"I see."
"Do you require sleep?" Cooter asked.
"No. Nor do I require food or drink."
"When the boys wake up, we'll show you guys around town and introduce you to the town people." Bo told Castiel.
