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 30 Back To Business

The days since returning to the bunker passed by for Sam and Dean, as neither of them discussed the nightmares they both had the night they returned even though they both continued to be disturbed by them. Basically they spent the days getting acquainted with their little half-brother Adam, playing chess with him as he would beat them both since he was real chess pro.

They learned Adam had Dean's sarcastic wit and humor and shared his love for hot chicks and Dean often shared his porn magazines and dvds with Adam to Sam's annoyance. Yet, Adam also shared Sam's book smarts, as he was a pre-med student before he was first killed by those ghouls. He loved to read and was fan of mysteries and horror his favorite author being Stephen King. He is also skilled in kickboxing(he had pleaded with his mother to let him take lessons as a teenager) and he played baseball as a youth and he can even cook some as his mom taught him how.

Near the end of the first week, Adam finally expressed his frustration of being cooped up in the bunker for so long.

"You guys, I have to get out of here, do you know I haven't left his place since I was first brought here by your angel pals. We can't stay here forever just playing cards because the entire world is night time all the time" he cried out to them while sitting at the table in the library.

Dean and Sam just stared at each other not knowing what to say.

"We understand how you feel Adam, but you got to understand it's not safe out there now" Sam told him.

"Safe, when hasn't ever been safe, I was killed by a ghoul, then brought back to life only to be thrown in hell while an angel was inside me. You two kill monsters for a living for a heaven's sake. From what you told me the world is never safe, now we just hide out here until what? All angels do their battle of good vs. evil with this thing called Darkness whatever that is? We just stopped living our lives and hiding out like scared little girls, I mean that doesn't seem your style anyway!" lashed out Adam.

Then Adam got up and walked off in a huff while Dean and Sam just sat there silent again. After a while they Sam turned to Dean and spoke up.

"Dean, he is right, we can't just hide out here not even because of this Darkness until the angels defeat it which we don't know who long that could be" he told him.

"So what do think we should do, I mean haven't you heard what is going out there in news. This isn't a necessary a right time to go out on a picnic" said Dean.

"Like Adam said, we going around killing monsters, I know this Darkness is much huger than that but we can't let that hold us back and I not talking about just going out I mean do what we discussed and try to locate Rowena" said Sam.

"I'm been trying get in contact with Crowley for help but he is not responding" said Dean.

"We can't wait around for Crowley, we have to find her on our own, we just got to figure out where to look" Sam.

Dean just look at him all flustered as he really wasn't in the mood of having this conversation although he knew Sam was right.

"Well great, good luck with that, but in the meantime what do you suggest we do?" asked Dean impatiently.

Adam came back in the room having hearing some of the conversation they were discussing.

"Hey, I suggest you guys to teach me how to fire a gun, it beats just playing chess or cards all the time" he told them.

Dean just looked hesitant but Sam did not and seemed all for it.

"We have a shooting range right here but, if you rather get out of the bunker we can take you out back and teach you I mean I don't think Darkness can get in way of that?" said Sam told him.

"Okay fine, I'm getting tired being cooped up here too" said Dean who decided to relent.

Later that day, both Sam and Dean left the bunker which they haven't done since they returned to head to the store to get some food and buy some flashlights and batteries which they would need to go out. All the businesses were still opened although the store owners now seemed to be packed with rifles for protection against thieves and looters or whatever. They also learned it wasn't that bad outside as it felt like night time all day and some people were walking around carrying flashlights.

The next day, they did what they said they would and took Adam out of the bunker in the back using flashlights to see better while carrying a small table and a bag of empty cans and placing cans on the table in a row, they taught Adam how to use a gun with Dean let him use his. Adam missed a few times but later got the hang of it even getting most the cans in a row. They were out there for about an hour and then they went back inside all glad how much they enjoyed themselves.

"Boy, that was the most fun, did you see how well I did, we should do that again soon" said Adam still feeling so proud of himself.

"Yeah, kiddo not bad for a beginner, just keep it up and in no time you'll be almost as good as us" said Dean who was also impressed by Adam's efforts.

"Does that mean I can then go hunting with you guys?" asked Adam.

"No!" said Sam and Dean at the same time with worried looks on their faces.

"Adam, you weren't brought up into it like us, we just don't want" said Sam.

"Hey, calm down guys, I get it, I don't think I want to be a hunter anyway, I don't really know what I'm going to do now, I know I can't just go back to college anytime soon" Adam told them.

"Hey we'll figure out later, no need to worry about all that now anyway" said Dean.

"Hey, anyway, since we went outside and nothing happened, could we possibly eat out this evening? It been such a long time since I went out to eat, me and mom used to eat out once and while when she didn't have to work the late shifts at the hospital" said Adam.

"We'll see" was all Dean said even though both sympathized with him and wanted to make things more pleasant for him.

That evening, the brothers all decided to leave the bunker and drive out of town to eat out at a diner and afterwards went to a bar where Dean got to drink his favorite drinks and they all played a game of pool. Luckily there was no incident even though now and then both Dean and Sam looked up to assume the worst would happen, some punks starting attacking each other or some psycho barges in the bar with guns blazing. But nothing out of the ordinary happened accept some guys nearly got into a fight but the owner took care of that with his rifle pointed at them and ordered the guys out of his bar.

Sam, Dean and Adam then headed home laughing and joking enjoying their first real family night out. The days continued to go by as the brothers bonded and mingled while occasionally listening to the news on TV or reading about it in the newspaper. Other than the craziness of the citizens running amok since the Darkness, they haven't heard or read anything else out of the ordinary at least night yet. There hasn't been any Lucifer or Rowena sighting for that matter.

To keep them from being affected by the Darkness, Sam would pray to God every night even reading a bible, and sometimes while alone his room, he talk to God or mediate. Even though Dean thought it was corny, he would still give it a try and it seemed to help keep his mind at peace and ease his guilt a little each day. Dean decided to try some praying too although he was a bit skeptical as his cynical views about God were still there but he was willing to try anything especially after that dream he had.

Dean even started eating healthier, getting enough rest and praying in his room when he thinks no one else is listening, as he didn't want Sam to know what he was doing, maybe a little embarrassed. Although both Sam and Dean were getting used to being back in the bunker, they both couldn't help but still miss their time in that other dimension in that bible-belt district.

Both Sam and Dean still missed the women and Dean especially missed Ava. He found himself occasionally thinking about her once in while, remembering their times together at the pub, them dancing together, their making out in the woods. He thought about her smile and laugh and what is was like to be near her. The day after they returned to the bunker from that place, Dean phoned Ava up with his cell phone and luckily she answered. He just wanted to make sure she back okay and ask how she's doing.

Ava told him she was fine as well as her parents. She was going to stay with them for a while before heading out again during this crisis. They didn't talk long and Dean didn't phone her again as he saw no point since he had no intention of involving her in any of their future cases despite her offering her assistance and it wasn't like they were going to hang out again. Dean didn't do relationships and she wasn't going to settle being a no-strings attach fling which he respected.

Sam also missed Gwen and thought about her once and a while and he too phoned her to see if she and her grandmother were okay. Gwen told them they were both alright and still offered to help with anything else they needed but Sam said no thanks and wished both of them well. He too knew there was nothing going to happen between the two of them and remembering Madame Bess's words he didn't want to lead her on but felt it would be better she just moved on with her life. He briefly considered enlisting Madame Bess's help in tracking down Rowena in order to get the book back, but after everything he simply didn't want to involve her anymore, they are not a part of this and don't need to be dragged in anymore then they were. The days turned into two weeks and then Sam decided to talk with Dean while sitting in front of his laptop.

"You know Dean, it's been two weeks now since we been back and I think there is still no luck in trying to find a way to locate Rowena. So I figured rather than just wait around until we can find a way to trace her, we should just go back to what we normally do and that is hunting" he said.

"I agree" said Dean as he was standing over him. "I been feeling that way for a while now even though, I mean I'm glad to just relax and getting to know our little brother better, but I've been relaxing long enough first at that utopia now here, besides you're right, we can't let this Darkness keep us cooped out her forever, that's for sure" he continued said.

"Then perfect, we start hunting again" said Sam.

However, Dean still had a frown on his face.

"The problem with that is other than this Darkness corrupting people, there isn't anything else out of the ordinary, nothing about demons, werewolves, vampires or ghosts" said Dean.

"Well, I think I found something that may interest you" said Sam.

Dean's eyes lit up now quite interested in hearing about a possible potential case.

"Oh really, well spit it out, I don't care what it is so long it's something" said Dean.

Sam just looked back at his laptop and explained.

"Well these events happened in New York City, first there is news report of a man named Howard Dobbins, an employee at a furniture store. Well it seems five days ago, he just charged into his place of work took out a rifle and shot his boss close ranged in the chest, then just walked out" he told Dean.

"That's nothing new with this Darkness affecting everybody" said Dean not so sure about this case.

"But here's the thing, according to what I read, this Dobbins guy was real pacifist who had no history of violence even after Darkness was unleashed. In fact, he was an active member of the New York City Community Spiritual Center who occasionally meditated and people who knew him said he was known as very nice and respected man who didn't do anything strange at all until that day he just offed his boss. It seems the Darkness hadn't affected him at all before that" said Sam.

"So he was into that new age hippy-dippy spiritual thing?" asked Dean.

"Well, if you put it that way yes and it was probably what kept him from being affected before. Also even stranger later that day, witnesses said he also shot and killed a guy when the dude nearly hit him while crossing the street, then he killed another guy who was trying get into a fight with him" Sam continued.

"Wow, if he was such a Kumbaya-type what changed?" wondered Dean who was getting more curious about this news.

"I don't know but there is a second similar case. Apparently the next day, another man named Winston Harper, a bank clerk just barged into the home of a Mike Garber whom his wife Andrea Harper had left him for and attacked them both violently with a baseball bat nearly killing them. In fact, his wife is now in a coma. Then he went to the home of his neighbor, a Gus Walden and beat him nearly to death with the bat until others had to pull him off" said Sam.

"Well, your wife boinking some other dude would drive a some guys to go nuts even without the Darkness. Let me guess, the Darkness didn't affect him either until this time?" Dean replied.

"Yes, in fact folks who knew him said he was real passive and docile guy, a real pushover even after the Darkness" said Sam. "

In other words, a real wuss" Dean replied.

"Dean!" cried out Sam who just looked up at him.

Dean just changed the subject not wanting to hear Sam's lectures.

"So you think these two instances are connected somehow?" he asked.

"Well, I didn't pick up on it at first, then I notice two things these guys have in common" said Sam.

Sam showed him the CTV footage of Howard Dobbins entering the store with his rifle in hand and paused it. Then he enhanced the picture on his laptop as the image of Dobbins magnified.

"You notice that on his finger he appears to be wearing what look likes a big gemstone ring" said Sam.

Dean bent down to get a closer look and noticed a ring on his finger.

"Yeah, so?" he asked.

"Well, here is a photo of Harper. I googled the story of Winston Harper and it showed a photo of him being arrested with him being handcuffed from the front" said Sam googled Winston Harper's name and an image appeared of him exactly how Sam described. Dean tried to get a closer look as Sam went on.

"If you notice here, it appears Harper is wearing the same type of ring on his finger as Dobbins. It's a ruby stone" said Sam.

Dean continued to stare at the image and nodded.

"Oh right, so you think the rings have something to do with their actions?" asked Dean.

"It's possible which brings up the third thing" said Sam.

Dean noticed a look on Sam's face and he could tell that this third thing was something even bigger. Something he probably won't like the way Sam kept staring at him. Dean then stoop up straight again and looked down at him.

"What it is Sam, I know that look" said Dean.

Sam paused a bit with a hesitant look on his face then spoke up again.

"Well, there is another person who is involved" he told him.

"So another dude wearing the same ring went out on rampage too?" Dean asked.

"Actually it is a woman, it apparently happened four days ago, the same day that Harper guy attacked his wife and her lover and you won't believe who it is" said Sam.

Sam still had that look on his face that was now making Dean real nervous as he had a feeling there was more to this than Sam was saying.

"Well, who is it, what is this chick someone we know?" asked Dean curiously.

"As a matter a fact Dean, she is and you need to brace yourself" said Sam.

Then Sam googled a name and showed Dean the report while waiting for Dean's reaction which he already knew what it was going to be. Dean just looked on the screen and suddenly he gasped in shock.

"Oh you got to be freaking kidding me!" was all he could say.