The story takes place right after the season 10 finale, after Dean killed Death, the Mark of Cain was removed and Darkness was released into the world. I mentioned before, new characters will be added and thrown in the story and I will bring back several former characters from the show in the upcoming future.
Chapter 27 Brotherly Bonding
The next day, the guys got up as usual, showered, got dressed and headed downstairs. They ate some breakfast that Dean cooked nothing big, just eggs and sausages. Adam was still asleep as they had been up almost all night getting to know each again. Both Dean and Sam were still feeling the joy and relief to be back home having slept in their own rooms and now they had their long-lost half brother back alive and well with them and are now able to get the know him better something they weren't able to do the last time.
"Boy Sam, I can't tell on good it is to be back in our kitchen again, not that I didn't enjoy having breakfast made for us but you know" said Dean happily.
"Yeah, I know what you mean, Dean" said Sam.
"So where is our baby brother?" Dean asked.
"Still in bed, out like a light. I guess he's pretty worn out from last night. We were up quite late catching up for lost time" said Sam as he finished his meal.
"You know I still wonder what we are going to do about him?" asked Dean.
"What do you mean?" asked Sam as he turned to Dean.
"I mean, what is going to happen now. With this Darkness going on, I don't feel we should just stay coup up in here until the battle is all over. I feel we should be out and doing something to help stop this Darkness since we are the ones that brought it out in the world. How are we going to do that and watch after Adam, I mean do we just leave him here while we go up against this Darkness?" Dean wondered.
"Dean, first I don't even know how we can do anything to stop the Darkness, this thing is so big that even God couldn't stop and Hannah and Castiel don't know for sure if they can defeat this time no matter how many angels they round up for an army" said Sam. Dean didn't feel satisfied with that answer.
"Yeah, but look man, we can't just hide out here and do nothing, I feel it's our responsibility to try to do something and I'm worried about leaving the kid all alone here if we do and Castiel won't be around to babysit now that he's working with Hannah" Dean said.
"You know Dean, I like to point out that Adam isn't a kid anymore" Sam told him.
"I know, but he doesn't remember the past five years of his life in Lucifer's Cage with Michael possessing him, he's still the same since we last saw him and certainly hasn't seen all we have. He's still quite young and naïve and it's on us to look after him, I know that's what dad would want" said Dean.
"And we will look at after him but I still don't see what we can do about this Darkness?" asked Sam.
"Well, I happened to have a couple of ideas what we can do" said Dean. "What?" asked Sam.
"Hey guys" said a voice and they turned to see Adam walking in now dressed wearing another one of Dean's shirts.
"Hey it's that another one of my shirts you're wearing kiddo?" said Dean.
"Yeah, dude, I hope you don't mind as you know am quite short of clothes, didn't get to pack any the last time I was around" said Adam sarcastically.
"That's okay" was all Dean could say although he was a bit annoyed.
"Hey, we have some breakfast for you man, eggs and sausages if you don't mind?" said Sam trying to lighten to the mood.
"No, I'm quite a light eater myself" said Adam.
Adam sat down to eat breakfast and finished within five minutes. Afterwards, they all headed out into the library area and sat down. Adam picked up a book from the shelf to read a book on lore and mythology.
"Hey, what are you reading there?" asked Dean trying to start up some more conversation.
"Oh, this is interesting book on the lore on demigods. Some this stuff is rather cool, I tell you" he said looking impressed.
"Hey, if you had the time would you like to play a game of chess?" asked Sam.
"Not right, now" said Adam who couldn't take his eyes of the book he was reading.
"But I would like to know what you guys were discussing before I came in?" he asked them looking up from his book.
"Oh, nothing important" answered Dean not wanting to discuss the details with him at this moment.
"Come on, I heard some of it before I came in, you were talking about Darkness and I think you mentioned me in somewhere" he said.
"We were just wondering how you can handle of this that's all" Sam lied or sort of.
"Handle all this, what's to handle being trapped in sort of museum while outside there is an entire blackout of the planet as I've been told plus that people are turning into the crazies because of it. By the way, how long are we going to hold up here anyway?" he replied sounding sarcastic.
Both Sam and Dean paused before Dean spoke up.
"Look Adam, I think we need to level with you" said Dean all seriously.
"Dean, now is not the time to bring it up" said Sam cautiously.
"Bring what up?" asked Adam.
"Now is the perfect time to get this out" Dean told Sam. Then he turned to Adam.
"Me and Sam were talking trying to find a way to stop this Darkness since we are responsible for it being released into the world" said Dean.
"But I thought the angels are prepping an army for some kind of battle against good and evil with this Darkness" said Adam.
"Yeah, but I don't feel right just sitting in his bunker waiting it all out, I think me and Sam have to do something even it that means leaving the bunker and I kind of worried about where that would leave you. I not comfortable just leaving you alone here" Dean told him.
Adam looked a bit annoyed by all of this.
"What do you think, I need a freaking babysitter or something? Besides why would I have to stay here if you are going to leave? Perhaps I would like to get out of this place too, I've been couped up here for weeks now and I could help" Adam replied
"No way in hell, kiddo, look this is way too dangerous and you have no experience with any of it" said Dean sternly.
"After everything I been through I think I got a little idea how it is" Adam told them now really annoyed.
"No you don't, you don't' have a clue. You think this is just about angels fighting some big bad, you have no idea, this is way bigger than you can ever comprehend. When or if me and Sam try to find a way to help stop this Darkness, you will not be a part of this and that is not up to any debate, you got it!" cried Dean in tone mirroring their father.
Adam was looked even more angry at Dean's words.
"Fine, you and Sam are all talk about us being family and all but when it boils down to it, you still want to keep me out of the loop, standing on the sidelines" said Adam angrily as he slammed the book he was reading close in frustration.
"Hey Adam man, we are only thinking about you, we don't want anything to happen. I mean we lost you before and we are content of just keeping you safe" said Sam trying to play peacemaker.
"Sam's right Adam, you are not experienced in this stuff like me and Sam are, this is basically our lives, we are just trying to protect you" Dean finished.
However, Adam felt their attitudes to be too patronizing.
"Well, maybe I don't need any protection. I'm a big boy you know not a helpless stray kitten left on your doorstep that needs to be taken care of" he said angrily as he got up and started to leave the room.
"Hey, where you going now?" asked Dean.
"I have to take a leak or do you think I can't do that on my own!" he fired back still steamed and stormed off.
Both Dean and Sam sat there a bit silent for a few seconds feeling a bit defeated until Sam spoke up.
"Boy, I tell you this is going to be a lot harder than we imagined" he told Dean.
"Tell me about it" said Dean annoyed at Adam's anger although he understood it a bit too.
"We're only trying to keep him safe, Sam, he doesn't understand the dangers that come with our lives let alone this Darkness" explained Dean.
"I know, but give him time, this all so new to him and now he thinks we're excluding him" said Sam.
"We're just shielding him for his own good. Besides, I'm kind of relieved his gone we can finish what we talking about before he came in" said Dean.
"Yeah, you saying something about have a couple of ideas about how to stop the Darkness" said Sam curiously.
"Yes, and you may not like them too much" reminded Dean.
"Well, I can be the judge of that, just spit it out already" said Sam although he felt Dean would be right.
"You see, my first idea was that we try to contact Lucifer ourselves" said Dean.
"What, are you serious?" asked Sam knowing Dean was right, he didn't like it.
"Yes, Sam I am. I think we should try to contact Lucifer and ask for his help" said Dean.
"Dean, if Hannah and the other angels can't even find him, what makes you think we can and besides why would he be wiling to help us?" asked Sam.
"I know, I thought about that and that's where you come in. You can try to get in touch him, remember you were his chosen vessel so I think figure or I hope he be willing to come to you" said Dean.
"Even if he did, how can he help us if God can't even stop this Darkness on his own?" asked Sam thinking Dean's idea was absurd.
"The thing is as I told you before Death told me that the Mark of Cain needs to be passed on to someone in order to lock a way Darkness and God originally gave Lucifer the Mark to Cain, so maybe we can convince him to take on the Mark again" Dean explained.
"You heard what Cas and Hannah said, Lucifer vanished once they released him from the cage so I doubt he will be willing to take on the Mark again and certainly not because we politely ask him" said Sam.
"You could at least try to persuade him, from what we been told, he just a scared of this Darkness as anyone which is why he took off. We just need to find a way to convince him, or maybe you do" said Dean.
"What if he wants something in return like my soul of something?" asked Sam.
"Well, you're not going to sell him your soul or anything, maybe we can trick him, make him believe he won't be sent back to his cage" said Dean.
"Dean, he'll never go for that, he's too smart" said Sam.
"Well, we can come up with something that would get him to consider it especially if he's just as afraid of Darkness as any of us" said Dean.
"What if he can't convince him at all, have you thought about that?" asked Sam.
"Of course I have, that's why I also have idea number two" said Dean.
"Well, what is this second idea?" asked Sam.
"That we try to find Rowena and get her to help" Dean said.
Sam eyes popped up as he couldn't believe what he was hearing right now.
"Rowena, you got angry at me for enlisting her help now you want to drag her into this" cried out Sam.
"Well, drastic times means drastic measures, Sam and she could be quite useful" Dean pointed out.
"How?" asked Sam.
"For one thing, you told me she has that Book of Dammed now and she was the one that found a spell in that book to get rid of the Mark, so I figure she could find a spell in that book to put the Mark back on somebody and if there is, than we could get her to put the Mark back on Lucifer" he said.
"Use that book, the same book you said was evil and gave me such a hard time for not getting rid of it in the first place!" cried Sam now bothered by Dean's flipping the switch.
"Like I said before, drastic times, we don't seem to have any other options do we now" said Dean.
"But Dean, how would we convince her to work with us if we go down that route? I mean the last time I had to chain her in a building plus" Sam suddenly stopped and paused with a hesitant look on his face obviously holding something back.
"Plus what Sam?" asked Dean who had a funny feeling about Sam's tone.
Sam glanced at Dean with that usual looking he gives when he got caught doing something wrong.
" I kind of had to agree to kill Crowley for her to get her to help" Sam finally told him prepared for Dean's reaction.
Dean eyes popped not believing what he just heard.
"You what!" cried out Dean in his usual angry tone.
Sam continued to look guilty realizing he hadn't told Dean that little information before.
"Yeah, I kind of agreed to kill Crowley for her if she found a spell to remove the Mark" Sam said.
"Sam…" Dean was about to protest before Sam interrupted him.
"Don't worry, Dean I didn't kill Crowley not from trying though although I thought he was going to kill me there for a minute" said Sam hoping this would calm Dean down a bit.
Dean however was still fuming at this recent news especially since it's the first time he's hearing it after all this time.
"Sam, you are so damn lucky Crowley didn't kill you himself, that was stupid. I was just thinking we could enlist him in helping us track down Rowena, now after what you did I doubt he will ever help us again!" yelled Dean.
"Not really Dean, he hates Rowena more than wanting to spite us, if we got him to help find her and promise him he could kill her afterwards I'm sure he'll cooperate" said Sam.
"I hope so Sammy" said Dean still angry.
"Hey, Dean I was just trying to save you and I would done anything including offing Crowley" said Sam.
"I know I understand, I know I'd be wiling to so the same if I was in your shoes" said Dean a bit calmed down now.
They paused a bit for moment as Dean was thinking about something else now.
"Still worried about Adam though, Castiel can't help look at him if we go away and I'm still a little uncomfortable leaving him up alone in here and there's no chance he's coming with us no matter what he says" Dean said.
"Maybe we should just explain to him everything and let him know how important that he remains here and how to continue to protect himself from the affects of the Darkness. If we want him to trust us we may need to trust him too" said Sam.
During most of their conversation, neither brother were aware that Adam was standing a little distance away listening to what they were saying and taking it all in. Later that day, Adam patched his disagreement with the brothers and they didn't bring up Darkness or leaving the bunker again in fact, they didn't talk about anything involving the supernatural. Adam played chess with Sam and even beat him which shocked Sam. He later played pool with the guys at the pool table in another part of the bunker. They listened to some music on the CD player, and debated over who's musical taste is better with Adam siding with Dean over Sam.
"Face it, classic hard rock is the coolest, Zeb Leppelin is a thousand times better than Coldplay, Maroon 5 or Green Day at any time" Adam told him gleefully.
"Now you're talking" said Dean as they both bumped fists together.
"Oh, you two are gaining up on me now" said Sam laughing.
"Hey, we can't help if we have better taste in music Sammy" said Dean teasingly and they all started laughing.
"You know, I really have gotten used to this place, it's pretty awesome" said Adam.
"The most awesome place to live" Dean reminded him.
"I really dig your garage, I've never seen so many cars in all my life. By the way, I hope it isn't too soon mention I how much I would love to have my own car, or maybe a motorcycle, I always wanted have a motorcycle but my mom wouldn't let me, she said it was too dangerous, but how about it?" he asked.
"We'll see Adam" said Dean kind of skeptical at the idea.
"Cool man" said Adam.
They spent the rest of that day hanging out and just enjoying themselves with no worries and Adam really began to open himself up to the guys in ways he wasn't before. They enjoyed their dinner TV food heated in the microwave, then hanged some more and before they knew it, it was time to bed.
"Well, I'm hitting the hay now, night guys" said Adam.
"Yeah, we'll be up a little later, so night kiddo" said Dean.
"Night Adam" said Sam.
Before Adam left to head for bed, he turned to the guys and said,"You know, guys, I know I was giving you a hard time earlier this morning but I want to say thanks for making we feel welcome, you guys are not so bad afterall" he told them.
"Any time, besides neither are you little brother" said Sam who felt a bit awkward saying that.
Adam left and Sam and Dean were once again alone.
"Wow, didn't think I would ever hear myself say that phrase, little brother" said Sam.
"Well, get use to it this means you're not the only kid brother anymore, can you handle that?" Dean replied.
"Hey, I think I kind of like the idea being the big brother for a change" Sam told him.
"Just remember being the big brother comes with a lot of baggage one real baggage is that little brothers can be total pain in the asses" said Dean teasingly.
"Oh really" Sam cried out jokingly.
"Yeah, really that's a total common fact, so welcome to the club" Dean told him.
"Well it's also a common fact that big brothers can be real bossy, so I guess Adam doesn't know what's he's in for from me" Sam told him.
"Alright, anything you say, little brother" said Dean and they both kind of giggled.