Chapter 32: Mother Dearest

Dean and I wasted little time getting Sam, Bobby, and Castiel out of danger quickly learning everyone in the police station was turned into a Jefferson Starfish. They were surprisingly easy to take down with the angel blade as well as a machete to cut their heads off. I saw the boys in a cell as I walked over to it pushing over one of the guards grabbing the keys letting them out. I watched Bobby take the sheriff in another room to interrogate him while I looked towards Castiel seeing he was deep in thought looking around at all the dead monsters.

"This is all a bit crazy." I said leaning towards him while he kept his eyes down and searched around the room replying, "It beats being in Heaven fighting other angels, at least I'm with you guys."

I gave him a little smile but heard banging coming from outside the building seeing Bobby come out saying, "We got company."

I began walking to the door seeing it was locked taking a few steps back hearing the noise slowly die down followed by Sam's voice calling me over. Walking back I saw two little boys locked in a cell making me frown using my keys I stole to open it.

"What are your names?" I asked kneeling down while the older one said, "I'm Joe and this is my little brother Ryan… he hasn't talked since we were taken."

"They are the kids from the picture." Sam said quietly while Dean came over to them saying, "Don't worry you guys are safe now."

"Deano… I don't mean to be a Debbie downer but we should make sure they are you know human still." I said whispering to him while he nodded bringing both of the boys to the sheriff's office to test them out.

I decided to look for some food and water for them raiding the break room of the station seeing some water bottles and granola bars bringing them to the room handing them each one.

"They're all good." Dean said while Sam said, "So why did they lock you guys up?"

"They said something about holding us as food…" Joe said seeing the fear in his eyes while I put my hand on his shoulder saying, "You're safe now… do you have any family?"

"We have an uncle that lives out of town." Joe said while Ryan remained silent at his side as Dean said, "Alright, I'm going to take you boys to safety."

"Dean we don't have time for this." Castiel insisted pulling him to the side while I sat with the boys not wanting to get between their arguing.

In the end, Dean and Sam left to bring the boys to their uncle while Bobby, myself and Castiel stayed behind to try and get anything out of the sheriff.

"We shouldn't have let them leave." Castiel said turning to Bobby and I making me laugh saying, "Those stubborn boys are going to do what they wish, no point in trying to make them see reason in your logic."

"Then you agree they shouldn't have taken them?" he asked while I shrugged replying, "I'm not disagreeing but they are just kids who got caught up in stuff that wasn't their fault."

"She's right you know, they would have just gotten in the way, now let's make this sheriff talk." Bobby said holding a silver knife up.

The sheriff hissed as Bobby stabbed the knife through his leg fighting against his restraints hearing him say angrily, "You know she can see through me, she knows you're here."

"Good." Bobby said stabbing him again while he laughed said, "You can do whatever you want to me, I won't tell you anything."

"Give me five minutes alone with him." Castiel said suddenly walking forward as I averted my eyes to him saying, "You sure Cassy?"

"Yes." He said not looking at me while I turned to Bobby shrugging as we both reluctantly walked out together.

Screaming began erupting from the room as the sheriff must have been suffering greatly causing my arms to cross saying, "None of this is good…"

"You're telling me, what's been up with him lately?" Bobby asked making me frown saying, "I wish I knew…"

Castiel walked back out seeing no emotion in his face saying, "She's held up in a diner."

Not long after Dean and Sam arrived back as we were getting the shotguns ready and weren't super excited learning that Castiel ended up decapitating the sheriff once he was done question him. Making our way to the diner Sam and Dean would go inside to lure her out while Bobby, Castiel and I waited outside. After a little while I watched the blinds to the diner close frowning slightly, this wasn't good.

We suddenly felt men behind us grabbing us all seeing that Castiel couldn't fight them off unable to tap into his angel mojo while I also couldn't tap into mine. They pulled us along towards the diner leading us inside seeing a waitress standing beside the counter smirking towards us.

"Glad you guys could join us." She said looking towards Castiel saying, "I'm far older than an angel it's not hard to turn off your heavenly power. Now, boys, I'm going to give you once more chance to accept my offer, I'll even sweeten the pot and not kill your meddling friends here."

"What offer?" I said struggling against my captor as her eyes turned up saying, "Your fellow demon Crowley, I want him brought to me."

I felt my body tense, so Crowley was still going after monsters to find Purgatory which meant now they all knew he was alive too.

"No thanks." Dean said making me frown seeing Sam look towards him upset as Dean said, "After these last months working for that demon I'm not about to go and help a bunch of monsters, I dare you to kill me."

"Maybe I won't kill you, no I'll turn you into these monsters you hate so much." Eve said seeing the anger begin to rise in her voice as she circled Dean like prey.

"You can threaten me all you like I won't do it, so you may as well just bite me lady." He said getting in her face watching her grip his shirt biting down hard on his shoulder causing me to struggle angrily.

Her eyes widened suddenly watching her cough up black goo while Dean leaned down towards her saying, "You like that… put a little something extra in my whiskey before coming here, hope you like it."

She started choking remembering when he put the ashes in his drink making me smile as she dropped down dead seeing the room become consumed in a light covering my eyes. Once I opened them again all the Jefferson Starfishes were dead as Castiel went to heal Dean's wound before looking down at Eve's dead body.

"We need to get to Joe and Ryan before they infect anyone." Dean said seeing Castiel look towards him annoyed saying, "I told you we shouldn't have taken them."

"No use arguing guys let's go." I said before they could both speak anymore teleporting us to the boy's uncle's house.

We found not only the uncle but both the boys dead with traces of sulfur around the home believing this was the work of Crowley, but how did he even know about this. Castiel assured us he would look into Crowley being alive but I could see in his eyes he already knew it was true before disappearing.

"Something is really fishy about all this." Bobby said as Sam agreed but Dean said, "Guys come on its Cas we should trust him, right Evelyn?"

I frowned looking down at the dead boys saying softly, "Yea… I have to believe we can."

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