Chapter 48: Tur Duck What?
I stood beside the car as the others were in Becky's apartment looking over the book I had taken from Becky. It was creepy to see that whoever this writer was knew so much about me but more importantly about the time Castiel and I spent together. Knowing all the sideways glances Castiel had given me when I wasn't paying attention hurt more reading it when he wasn't here to tell me.
I heard the door open putting the book away saying our farewell to Garth feeling him give me a long uncomfortable hug as he did the same to Dean. We watched him saunter off making me shake my head laughing.
"So Crowley has been giving you information about the Leviathans?" Sam asked while I nodded replying, "Yea why do you think I've been so busy?"
"Anything else he said?" Dean asked making me shrug replying, "Just that he hates dick but honestly who could hate that."
Dean and Sam made face at each other while I sighed replying, "Look for right now the smart thing to do is lie low until we can cut the head off the original snake, perhaps that way it will stop all of them."
"She has a point…" Sam said looking towards Dean seeing him make a face but begrudgingly agree not liking that I was right.
The next few days went by quietly, we were squatting in different houses but it seemed the Leviathans had been quiet causing me to worry. Crowley hadn't sent me any more information making me wonder if they knew we were lying low. Sam was busy trying to find any cases so we wouldn't all go stir crazy already watching Bobby and Dean butt heads about being cautious.
"I think I got something." Sam said making me sit up from lounging on the couch looking over at him intrigued.
"So get this, there have been recent sightings of a creature dubbed the Jersey Devil hiding out in the forests of this town." Sam said as I leaned over the laptop replying, "Jersey Devil… that's a laugh."
"Might be our thing, people going missing and all." Dean said hopefully feeling stir crazy looking towards Bobby hearing a defeated sigh escape his lips knowing he was right.
It was a quick drive to the location as we split up, Sam and Dean went to talk to the Park Ranger while Bobby and I left to the morgue. I looked around Bobby's truck since this was the first time I went with him and not the wonder boys but after being continuously stuck in a squatter house with them I needed a break.
"Alright kid don't touch anything and don't say anything stupid." Bobby warned making me laugh replying, "I'm not the boys you know, plus I'm much older than you old man."
He gave me the stink eye making me wink at him walking in the door first seeing the lady at the desk stare towards us blankly. She pointed us in the direction of the morgue as we walked down the quiet hallways seeing the doctor writing something down beside a dead body.
After the first few examinations it was clear this was our type of thing but according to Bobby none of these kills matched what he was used to. They weren't missing their hearts or specific organs it was just all animalistic behavior as if whatever this was had been starving. Making our way out of the morgue we walked to the truck as he called the boys telling them to meet us at a diner so we could go over what we found.
I sat between Bobby and Dean seeing the very unhappy waiter take our order as Dean happily ordered a Turducken which I thought was absolutely absurd. Sam told us what happened with the Chief Ranger as Bobby went over all the things it wasn't seeing the confusion on both of their faces.
"Maybe we should go into the woods and check it out ourselves." I said grabbing some fries from Dean's plate seeing him give me the stink eye making me wink.
I walked alongside the boys huffing as they all were armed for anything that may come out of the woods but I was left with just an angel knife so I had to hope whatever was killing people wasn't too fast. It didn't take long for Bobby to find the mangled body of the Ranger who went missing strung up in a tree.
"Wanna get the body down?" Bobby said looking towards me as I cocked my eyebrow saying, "Why me?"
"If it's diseased with anything you won't catch it… ain't scared are you?" he said giving a light smirk towards me as I glared playfully at him looking at the dead body saying, "No but looks like you are."
He went to protest but I already started climbing the tree poking the body down with the angel blade as it thudded to the ground beside them. I hoped down the tree as they began inspecting the body for a cause of death. Best we could tell it was partially eaten and shredded by a predator as Dean and Sam called the other ranger to bring him down to confirm it was his missing partner.
I was leaning against a tree bored when the ranger finally showed up after dark seeming to be completely relaxed by the whole situation. He identified the body not seeing him care either way making me watch him suspiciously. He went to call it in when suddenly something below grabbed him before any of us could move to stop it.
"Turn your flashlights off." Bobby said as we did so seeing him close his eyes concentrating on the sounds of movement turning as he shot in the air watching bodies fall with a thud.
"Damn nice shot." I said crouching by the body cringing at its appearance it was downright fugly.
"Let's head back before more men show up… and take ugly with us." Dean said as they hauled him into the trunk of the impala heading to our base camp.
My feet swung lazily as they began poking and prodding at our new dead friend, suddenly he got up watching the guys being shooting him over and over until he collapsed back on the table.
"I think you got him." I said snickering while they rolled their eyes seeing Dean sit beside me clearly seeing he didn't care about any of this.
Bobby and Sam began preforming an autopsy learning the man once was a much larger man but must have lost it when he turned. While fishing around his innards they were met with inflated glands as well as strange bluish grey goo emitting from his body.
"Can we wrap this up, I'm craving another of them Turducken burgers." Dean said impatiently standing up while Sam and Bobby nodded wearily deciding we should do some research anyway.
I watched Dean strangely as he made light moaning noises while eating his burger hearing Sam type away on his laptop finding any information about the creature we found in the woods. It seemed he had gone missing not long ago but not much information could be found. My eyes began drifting to other people in the restaurant seeing them intensely eating their burgers as well frowning.
"Hey Sammy…" I said seeing him look towards me as I tilted my head saying, "This is suspicious right?"
He and Bobby looked up seeing everyone acting the same as Dean watching him quickly grab Dean's burger causing him to glare saying, "Hey I'm not finished with that!"
"Easy tiger we should check this thing." I said seeing him hold the glare but begrudgingly agree as we went back to base camp.
"How are you feeling Dean?" I asked once we got back as he sat down in a sort of daze replying, "I feel fine, great even, for once I'm not upset about anything… Cas the Leviathans… nothing… I'd like my burger back though."
"Are you high right now?" Sam questioned him seeing Dean look up towards him bored saying, "Dude come on."
"Son you're acting just like those people at the restaurant and that Ranger before he was dragged off, you can't tell me that something isn't off." Bobby said seeing Dean shrug as we all heard a bubbling noise seeing the burger being to spew goo.
"Well that's a turn off." I said cringing while Dean replied, "If I wasn't so calm I'd vomit."
Sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks, work has been crazy but I hope you all enjoy the chapter :)