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 33 Sam and Dean To Investigate
New York City, New York
Sam and Dean drove for hours and hours until they reached their destination which was New York City. It was good being in the car again driving for their latest case since returning from the parallel world. They were still quite shocked to learn that of all people Becky Rosen was involved and neither of them were looking too forward to seeing her again after what went down the last time.
After all, Becky was the one who drugged Sam with a love potion, tricked him into marrying her in Las Vegas, hog-tied him to a bed in her parent's cabin but Sam was kind of over that now. Besides, Becky did come through for them in the end helping them stop that crossroad demon who was granting people's wishes in exchange for their souls and then killing them off and she even saved Sam's life in the process.
As Sam said, Becky wasn't malicious, over-the-top, obsessive, a bit crazy, misguided and annoying yes but not evil or wicked and although Sam was quite upset at what she did to him he did feel a bit sorry for her and now neither of them wish any harm upon her.
After arriving in New York City, they drove to a nearby local motel called Motel 6 and check themselves in. The room was quite nice as it contained two king-sized beds one TV, a small table, it was quite an improvement from the smaller motels that are used to staying at. Afterwards, they changed into their black suits to pose as FBI agents and soon they were back into their car and drove up to the police department where the two men are being held.
"Well this is it, let's get to it" said Dean.
They got out of the car and headed to the police station looking so professional and approached the officer at the desk and they displayed their badges.
"Hello, we're FBI agents, I'm agent John Van Halen and this is my partner agent Len Roth" said Dean as he and Sam held up their fake IDs.
"We would like to see your lieutenant please" said Dean.
Soon the cop left to fetch the lieutenant and after waiting what seemed forever, a short middle-aged,robust bearded man appeared.
"Hello, I'm Lt. Tony Blanco, I hear you two are FBI agents, what can I do you guys?" he asked them.
Dean still looking so serious and a true professional step forward and explained.
"My partner and I are here regarding the cases of two men you arrested Howard Dobbins and Winston Harper" he told the cop.
Lt. Blanco looked up quite confused.
"Why would the FBI be involved in those two cases?" he asked them.
"Please, just answer our question regarding these men" Dean answered.
Lt. Blanco then walked over to the front desk sergaent.
"Hey Mike could you give me the arrest reports on Howard Dobbins and Winston Harper?" he asked him.
"Sure thing" said the desk sergeant
After waiting for a short while, Lt. Blanco was handed the arrest reports and looked them over and then showed them a file and picture of Howard Dobbins. There was a photo of a bald nerdy looking man with glasses who doesn't look at all like a criminal.
"Howard Dobbins age 48, never married was employed at the furniture store, six days ago, he just entered the building where he normally works holding a rifle and shot up the place, hitting his supervisor, a Mr. Phil Bowler and then just casually left" he told them.
Both Sam and Dean continued to look over the file then Dean asked him, "Did this Dobbins guy have any problems with his supervisor?"
Lt. Blanco just gave them the lowdown.
"Well according to his co-workers, this Bowler guy was real SOB, who treated the employees like garbage, and this Dobbins fellow was the only one willing to stand up to him even going over his head and talking to the owner of the store and that caused a Bowler to have a grudge against Dobbins and often took it out on him at the place, but the thing is Dobbins had never expressed anger or any hostility towards Bowler, according to his co-workers, in fact he supposedly was member of this spiritual center right here in the city. My officers already talked to people there that knew him well and they all said he was a pacifist of some sorts, a very peaceful type who even meditated twice a day. Anyway, afterwards, he also shot and killed two other people. A man in a car who cursed at him after nearly hitting him on the road, a thug who tried to mug him for with a gun than he just went home and we found him there relaxing and listening to some new agey type of music without a care in the world" Lt. Blanco continued.
After carefully listening this, this time Sam spoke up.
"What about this Winston Harper?" he asked him.
Officer Blanco showed them the other report which had the mug shot of a skinny average looking man. He then gave them a report on him.
"Winston Harper age 35, is a bank clerk, his wife Andrea Harper had just left him for another fella. Apparently, the day after Dobbins plucked his supervisor, Harper barged into the home of his wife's lover Mike Garber and physically attacked them both with a baseball bat, nearly beating the hell out of them and putting his wife in a coma and Mr. Garber, fared a bit better but he is now in intensive care at the hospital with a cracked skull, fractured ribs, broken arm and nose etc. He then left and later used his bat again on his neighbor Gus Warner and beat him nearly to death on his front lawn until someone pulled him off" he finished.
Then he stopped and took a breathe for a moment and continued. "According to people that knew him, he too was known to be quite peaceful guy, very docile and passive, kind of a wuss, if you know what mean" he added.
Sam and Dean just gave awkward looks and looked over the report. Lt. Blanco just shook his head.
"This is real spooky, ever since the world became black out of some sci-fi movie, things have gotten so much worse, crimes have increased three times the rate, people with no prior records are now going out killing, robbing, vandalizing and you name it. Our jail is practically overcrowded as it is. If you thought New York City was a scary place to live before" he told them.
Then Sam decided to use this time to bring up Becky.
"We also heard there is arrest out for a woman named Becky Rosen, can we please see a report on that" he asked the cop.
"Why, how is that connected to the two cases?" asked the officer.
"We have reason to believe all three cases are connected somehow but we can't go unto any further details, just let us see a report on Ms. Rosen arrest warrant" Dean explained.
Lt. Blanco just looked confused not understanding why the FBI could possibly care about these cases that would seem unimportant to them but who was he to question the FBI. So he looked over to the desk sergeant again.
"Hey Mike, get the file on the arrest warrant on a Becky Rosen!" he called out.
"Sure thing" said the desk sergeant.
They waited for a while than then the desk sergeant handed Lt. Blanco the report and he looked that over as well.
"Okay, there is a warrant out for a Becky Rosen age 32 for vandalism of the company where she worked and where she trashed her boss's, a Elaine Van der Voort's office and is suspected in the destruction and arson of Ms. Van der Voort's home residence which happened five days ago and her whereabouts are now unknown" he said.
"And what motive was behind these attacks?" asked Sam.
"Well, Ms. Rosen worked as a personal assistant for her boss, a CEO of the company and from what we gathered, this Ms. Van der Voort was a very difficult woman to get along with employees and co-workers alike didn't like her as she was well to put it bluntly a real first class bitch" said Lt. Blanco.
Sam and Dean looked over the report as Lt. Blanco just shook his head and continued.
"Interesting enough, this Rosen chick just like the two fellas didn't have mean bone in her body. In fact, she was known be a mousy, socially awkward, real nerdish type of girl with no history of violence according to her co-workers and anyone else who knew her" he said
Before any of them could ask more questions Lt. Blanco continued on, "But the irony of it all is that we arrested her boss Ms. Van der Voort for attempted murder".
Both Sam and Dean just looked up shocked.
"Murder!" they said at the same time.
"Yeah, apparently she went over to Ms. Rosen's residence with a gun in an attempt to shoot her when the police were called ,she was shooting at the door and even broke the lock barging in looking for Ms. Rosen and the officers had to call for back up when trying to subdue her as she was so out of control" Lt. Blanco said.
"Where is she now?" asked Dean.
"She was let out on bail provided that she stay away from Ms. Rosen's residence and but she then she returned to the residence branding a knife this time, and cops had to arrest her again and now she's in a holding cell until her hearing" he told them.
This was all too much for Sam and Dean to sink and they just asked to see the two men and Lt. Blanco led them first to Howard Dobbins's holding cell and after the officer let them inside the cell he left them alone with him. Howard Dobbin, dressed in jail garb, just sat there with a crazy look on his face.
Both Sam and Dean introduced themselves like they always do and started to question him.
"Mr. Dobbins, exactly what made you shoot your supervisor where you worked?" asked Dean.
Howard turned them with that same expression and with no remorse at all in his face explained.
"Because he deserved to die, he was a freaking bastard who made my life a living hell at that place" he said with a smirk.
Dean and Sam just looked at him like trying to look a calm and collected.
Howard continued on with his rant.
"He treated us employees like dirt beneath his feet and loved to lord it over all us how much powerful he was and he hated me because I dared challenged him on how he treated us and went over his head to talk to the owner over our salaries and how to improve certain things when he wouldn't listen and the owner agreed to my suggestions. That Bowler thought he could push me around all he liked and that I couldn't push back but I guess I showed him" he said with a satisfying look on his face.
Sam and Dean listened to his explanation not phased at all as with their experience in this hunting life they seen and heard it all.
"Okay but then why shoot those other people then?" asked Dean.
"Because they were all deserved it too, that jerk dared cursed at me after nearly running me down, then some thug tries to mug me, I always tried to do the right thing and turn the other cheek and be good and kind but I'm so fed up with that it gave me no respect but now I just don't give a damn and any one messes with me pays" said Dobbins with an intense crazed look on his face.
Finally, noticing his red ruby ring the question him about that.
"Hey do you mind telling us where you got that ring?" asked Sam.
"Why do you want to know?" asked Dobbins.
"Hey, buddy we're asking the questions here just answer our question" Dean replied quite firmly.
Dobbins just told them what they wanted to know without so much of a hesitation.
"Oh, some old lady on the sidewalk was selling them and at first I was going to say no but she kept pleading. I kind of felt bad for her because I figured she was desperate and needed the money so I bought one" he said.
"Could you describe her for us?" asked Sam.
"Well she was a short elderly lady with white long hair, kind of strange looking wearing black dress with a shawl and she had all these merchandise on display" he continued.
During their questioning, Sam couldn't help notice the man's ring was starting to glow a bit. After their questioning of Dobbins, they then headed over to the holding cell of Winston Harper also had this crazy mean look on his face, a look that showed no remorse or a care in the world. They questioned him about his actions.
"That bitch treated me like a doormat for six years during our marriage, never showed me respect called me weak and I just took it, then she up and tells me she's leaving me for another dude she'd been banging for months. Despite all that, I still wanted her back but no more I wasn't gong to let her and her macho lover get away with it!" he said angrily.
"What about your neighbor Gus Warner?" asked Sam.
"That SOB? He was the neighbor from hell always making trouble for me, he singled me out because he thought I was such a wimp but I had enough of taking his crap and showed him who's boss!" said Winston with the same crazed look as Howard.
Then the brothers noticed his ring, the same type of ring Howard was wearing, from the silver band and the big ruby gemstone.
"Hey, that's a nice ring, where did you get it by the way?" asked Sam.
"It's nothing, just some old broad sold to me on the sidewalk one day, said it would bring me luck, It was about to turn her way but she pleaded for me to buy one so I assumed she was just down on her luck and needed the money, especially during these times with what is happening around the world with daylight being totally wiped out by some miracle, you know?" he said.
Sam and Dean just gave awkward expressions on their faces as they listened to his explanation. Finally, the brothers went to speak to Ms. Van der Voort who was also now in jail for and they saw a middle-aged woman with short wavy dark hair with whitish streaks in the front, well-dressed and makeup on and for some reason reminded the guys of Meryl Streep from the "Devil Wears Prada" flick.
"Hello, Ms. Van der Voort, we're FBI agents" said Dean as he and Sam flashed their fake IDs at her. "We would like to ask you a few questions regarding your employee a Ms. Becky Rosen" he continued.
Ms. Van der Voort just looked up and her faced turned red in fury.
"That ungrateful wench, what about her!" she yelled her tone is such rage.
"We heard there has been some animosity between the two of you" Sam said.
"You can say that mister and it all that twit's fault. I took her on as my personal assistant despite her lack of experience and utter incompetence. Many people out there would have killed to be in her shoes but she didn't really appreciate that. Becky had it all, a great job and with me as mentor she could have gone far in her whole useless and pathetic life and how does she repay me? She breaks into my office one night and totally trashes my office room, almost everything was destroyed and she leaves a note telling me 'I'm not your slave bitch', really!" she said.
Before Dean or Sam could answer she continued on with her rant.
"My life has been a mess since the sky went all black, I was detained and nearly arrested over a misunderstanding at a department store, then the board of directors decided that I should take some time off from work for a while because of my stress despite the fact the work is my life, I was almost arrested again over argument with another driver and now my assistant trashes my office and to top it off I suspect that she was one that broke into my home and nearly burned it down. I lost most of my things including my beloved fur coats and now I'm the one in jail, this is unbelievable!" she yelled almost shouting by now.
Sam slightly coughed before continuing speaking to the woman.
"Well ma'am, from what we heard you did go over to her place with a gun and shot the door open and had to be restrained" he told her.
"Well yeah, after what that ingrate did to me, I was going to make her pay since the cops are so damn incompetent, I was going to just wait for her to come home and shoot the bitch but it was just my luck to get arrested!" Ms. Van der Voort cried out.
"Then you were released on bail and went back to her place again?" Sam asked.
"Damn straight! I wasn't going to let jail or anything stop me from what I had to do, so this time I was going to slice her good but I got put in jail again but no worries, I will get out and when I catch up to that little wench, I'm going to straight up kill her, I'll promise you all that!" she yelled a the top of her lungs.
The brothers just gave the same expression as it to say "This woman is crazy" but then they questioned her some more.
"Do you have any idea where Ms. Rosen could be?" asked Sam.
"I don't know, if I did I would have found her by now wouldn't I dearie!" she said with an exasperated tone.
Sam gave another look to Dean indicating her couldn't wait to get out of there and not have to deal with this crazy lady anymore.
"Okay do you know anyone else we could talk to who can give us a clue where she is?" asked Dean.
"Well, I don't know a lot about her friends or if she had any outside of work but I do know there are two employees at the company that she always talked to. A secretary Rosie Engelmann and a gay guy Simon Cortese" she explained.
"Is there anyway we can reach them?" asked Dean.
"I have no idea where they live or their number is that what you mean. But I will tell you one thing, when I get out of here, I'm gonna find Becky and I swear I will roast that little hoodlum for what she did to me, I promise you all that!" she yelled.
Sam and Dean just looked uncomfortable and were done with their questioning of her and soon they left the station heading back to their car.
"Woah, that was interesting. So what we gather both those guys bought a ring from some old lady, and then they suddenly changed and become homicidal like that boss lady, although it doesn't surprise me that she didn't need a some ring to make her become wacko" said Dean as they were walking in the parking lot.
"Yeah, and each of those guys had a reputation of being nice and passive people with no history of violence even after Darkness affected the world. That Dobbins guy went to the spiritual center, meditated and the other Harper dude was a all around pushover and both were done wrong by the people they attacked, a bullying boss and an unfaithful wife who mistreated and then abandoned the husband, a neighbor from hell" said Sam.
"Yeah and some old broad sells them the same kind of type of ring, that is no coincidence" Dean replied.
"No it isn't and possibly a witch is behind this or something" said Sam.
"Perhaps Rowena? I mean I know that they said the woman was older and had white hair but being a witch Rowena could change her appearance" Dean speculated.
"I don't know, what motive does Rowena have for doing all of this?" wondered Sam.
"Well, if not Rowena than who?" asked Dean.
"We'll just have to get to the bottom of this. Becky also fits into this, I mean a nasty boss just like Dobbins, she obviously bought the ring from the same lady who sold to those dudes. Those rings are some of magic affecting innocent and harmless folks making them become dangerous" said Sam.
"Well, Becky was hardly so innocent or harmless" Dean teased.
"Oh, not that again Dean" said Sam
"Well, as I said before the chick was always kind of out there, maybe it didn't take much to make her go bonkers on her boss" said Dean.
"Becky was never this crazy or dangerous and she was never trying to hurt anybody despite what she did that last time and like I said before she made up for all that if you remember" Sam told him.
Dean just nodded. "Alrighty then, so I say we find out where her pals live and head on over there to question them" he said.
They found their parked car and entered it and soon they drove out of their parking lot make to the motel. Dean didn't press it about Becky anymore as he could see Sam was serious. Sam really was concerned about Becky after hearing what the police and Ms. Van der Voort said about her. As he told Dean before, it didn't matter one bit what Becky had done in the past, it only mattered is something made those two dudes and Becky become violent and dangerous criminals and it certainly has something to do with those rings they're wearing and an old lady who sold them to them. Plus, Becky has the law out on her and her crazy boss wants her head on a platter and they both know they have to find her first and hopefully save her from whatever is influencing her before more damage is done.