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 43 Face to Face
"Sam, are you okay?" asked Dean.
Sam was still lying on the floor and he was waking up after being knocked out cold by being thrown through air and crashing into the wall. His head, back and shoulders were sore from the experience and he after composing himself and saw Dean kneeling down over him looking down on him with concern.
"Hey, Sam" cried out Dean still sounding concerned.
"I'm alright Dean" Sam told Dean rubbing his head.
After clearing his mind, Sam sat up and Dean helped off the floor.
"Wow, when I got here, the door was unlocked, I found Crazy Rebecca gone and you on the floor out like a light. I mean what happened, don't tell me she managed to take you out while being duct taped?" Dean asked him.
Sam still feeling a bit sore just composed himself.
"No, it wasn't her, It was that Sylvester dude. He just showed up, the door opened by itself and everything and he used some magic causing me to fly into air straight into the wall" said Sam.
Dean eyes popped up.
"Sylvester was here? I wonder how did he know where to find us and that we had Becky, I assume that's' why he came here" Dean asked.
"I don't know, but if Becky is gone then he's taken her. Maybe he knew what we're planning and came here to get her in order to stop it" Sam told him.
Dean nodded his head.
"That makes sense, still wonder the bastard knew what we're planning, where we were staying and that Becky was here unless he's been tailing us this whole time" he said.
Sam just remembered something Dean told him.
"Hey, you said Sylvester lives in the same apartment complex as Becky, maybe they are there right now" Sam suggested.
Dean shook his head at the suggestion.
"I doubt it Sam, I mean if he knows we're on him, he probably wouldn't stick around his place and would want to hide somewhere" Dean told him.
"Yeah, I guess you're right but I still think we should go to his place and search for some clues" said Sam.
"Yeah, we're on it right now, but you're sure you're alright man?" Dean asked him again still looking concerned.
"I'm alright Dean, I mean besides having a bit of a headache, no biggie" Sam reassured him.
"Good, lets hit the road then" Dean said his concerned looked quickly faded away.
Dean then went to the bed and searched through their duffle bag and got out their guns handing one gun to Sam and soon they prepared to leave. Next, Sam and Dean were backed in their car driving towards the apartment complex. They soon arrived and headed up to the floor where Sylvester lived checking out the suite numbers. Then finally stumbled upon Sylvester's suite number and with their guns in their hands they soon kicked the door open like two cops and barged in flashing their guns around the room as they searched for sight of Sylvester.
However, the apartment seemed empty and soon Sam switched on the lights to get a better look at the place. The place even looked like something a witch would live, it was filled with creepy looking stuff that only either a witch or someone of a satanic occult would own. There also some candles, some bottles filled with what like potions, on the table. "Wow, this dude is either a witch or definitely has strange taste" said Dean with cringing look on his face. Dean and Sam continued looking around the apartment and were spooked by their surroundings.
They soon entered a bedroom and found some more creepy stuff around including a shelf of books. One book was laying on a desk and Sam picked it up and noticed it was a book of dark magic.
"Wow, this guy really is into witchcraft too, think he and the elderly lady are working together?" Sam asked.
"Or maybe there are one in the same" said Dean as light bulb came on over his head.
He had reached down and pulled out a bag he found under the bed that is filled with ruby rings.
"Look at what I found" he told Sam and showed him the bag. Sam face just lit up.
"You mean Sylvester is the old lady, but how, I mean is he a shapeshifter too?" asked Sam. surprised he hadn't of thought about that before.
"Not necessarily, you see he could have found a spell in the book of dark magic that can cause him to disguise himself and take the form of someone else, like say and old lady" said Dean.
"Where did you hear about that?" Sam wondered.
"I stumbled upon it while reading one of those books at the bunker about body spells where witches can disguise themselves by transforming to another person or being" Dean answered proudly.
Sam just gave him a look of as if to say "for real".
"Hey, I do read occasionally" said Dean knowing what Sam was thinking.
Sam just focused back on Sylvester.
"Well, he's obviously not here and probably hiding out, as he knew where we were staying and had Becky. He probably figured we would come here. We just got to figure out where he would go" he told Dean.
Then Dean went to through some drawers of a desk and rumpled through some papers then he found notebook and glossed through until he found something that interested him.
"Hey, he mentions here a location of an abandoned subway station where the spell-casting ritual is to take place, I assume he's referring to when he uses all the dark energies of the rings to cast his spell" said Dean.
"I wonder if that's where's he's hiding?" asked Sam.
"Probably, we have to check it out but first we have some things to do before we confront Sylvester" Dean told him.
After leaving Sylvester's place, they spent some time coming up with the ingredients for a witch-killing spell. They had to different stores and shops and managed to find the chicken feet as well of the other materials that were needed for the spell then went back to their motel where they made the potion. Afterwards, they filled it into the extra hollow-tip bullets they had. With their tasks complete, Sam and Dean headed toward the abandoned subway station writing down the location that Sylvester mentioned in his notebook. When they got there, they wasted no time in searching the place with their guns in one hand and flashlights in another as they walked down the dirty and old looking stairs.
The station was definitely old and worn out looking like it hadn't been used in decades. There was some graffiti on the worn out looking walls and some cobwebs hanging about. It would definitely appear to be a spooky looking place for an average person but Sam and Dean who are hunters were barely phased as they were quite used to such things.
"Well, I can see why Sylvester would want to use this place as hideout and a spell-casting ritual, as nobody else would have the balls to go near this place" Dean said still looking around.
"Yeah, still there doesn't seem any sight of him, wonder if he's here afterall" said Sam.
As they continued walking about the dark empty subway station, they soon stumbled upon what appeared to a homeless man sitting up against a wall with his eyes closed and a couple of empty wine bottles near him as the guy was sound asleep. Neither Sam nor Dean bothered to wake him up and just kept on walking about searching any sight of Sylvester, Becky, Howard, the old lady or whoever. Just then they felt a force knock their guns and flashlights out of their hands and before they knew it they felt their bodies move beyond their control like someone or something was pushing them and soon their bodies slammed against a wall and neither of them could move no matter how much they tried.
"Woah, son-of-a-bitch, I think we found old Sylvester or he found us!" said Dean in his usual sarcastic tone.
"You got that right!" cried out a voice and soon Sylvester appeared in sight with a sinister look on his face.
"Hello guys, nice seeing you two again, I was actually expecting you two" Sylvester said smugly.
"Well, we're here, glad we didn't disappoint" said Dean still trying to be sarcastic.
Sylvester just glared at both of them and spoke up again.
"You guys are a problem indeed, I knew when you guys chased me down the sidewalk the other day. Of course I was in my other form at the time so you didn't know it was me" said Sylvester.
"Yeah, of course you were disguised as old Grandma Moses" said Dean.
"Yeah, well that was necessary for part of my plan" Sylvester told him.
"You mean go around selling your cursed rings to unsuspecting folks so you can twist their souls" Sam cried out.
Sylvester expression suddenly looked serious.
"Well, I wouldn't expect you guys to understand" he replied staring at Dean.
"Well how about you enlighten us anyway" said Dean.
Sylvester cleared his throat and then explained.
"You, see you guys don't know what it is like to be a loser all your life, to be weak a wimp, to be bullied by the bigger and tougher kids simply because they could or looked down upon because you are not as tough and strong as the others and made to feel inferior all your life and you just feel like some kind of freak" Sylvester said sullenly.
Dean wasn't moved by Sylvester's whining.
"Oh play me violins, you mean you're doing all this hocus pocus because you were the unpopular wimpy kid on the block who got picked on. Plenty of folks have gone through that and they get over it and move on when they grow up" Dean told him.
Sylvester continued to look sullen now.
"Like I said, I would expect such a remark coming from someone like yourself. I bet you had it far more easier, didn't have worry about anybody pushing you around because you're so tough, cool and strong, nobody looked down on you, you look like the sort that would have things come easy for you" Sylvester fired back looking at Dean.
"Trust me there, dude, neither of us had it easy growing up you can believe that" said Dean.
Sylvester just ignored Dean's remark and continued his explanation.
"Anyway, I got so freaking tired of being walk over by everyone, my peers growing up, my co-workers my boss, the women who ignored me, so one day I found a book about demons and witches dark magic. I was always fascinated with that stuff as a kid and after reading the book I just decided to try to summon a crossroad demon and to my surprise she actually appeared, I was so shocked of what I managed to do" he told them.
This time Sam spoke up.
"Let me guess, she offered you the powers of a witch in exchange for your soul?" he asked him.
Then Sylvester just gave that evil smile again.
"Yeah, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I studied my new abilities as a witch, read every book on dark magic so I could become a great witch and lay low not using my new found gift at least not yet. Of course, I lost my job but I had planned on finding a spell that could change my luck then a miracle happened when the sky went all dark and people feared the worst but it was the best luck I had" Sylvester continued.
"You're talking about those cursed rings you sell to poor unsuspecting folks?" asked Dean.
Sylvester nodded and went on.
"Exactly, although I admit I was scared too at first until I summoned another crossroad demon, who told me about the Darkness, this evil entity that is so powerful even God couldn't destroy it and the demons feared it. Then I remember reading in one of my books on dark magic about legend on a spell on how to have ruby rings to contain a source of dark energy that can corrupt the souls of the wearer which in turn can increase the power of the dark energy and by using these powers in the rings of the three wearers after eight days by performing a ritual, you can contain these dark energies to make you the most invincible force that ever existed. You could not only become immortal, but you could never be killed, or harmed no matter what, you could control other dark forces like demons and witches, drain them of their powers and collect them for yourselves. I mean if I could pull this off, I would be no longer a loser but indestructible being that ever lived, no one could touch me not even demons, and I could be able to get out of my deal with that demon and not worry going to hell when my time is up" said Sylvester taking a breath.
He face was now so full of satisfaction on what he had accomplished.
"Hate to break it to you buddy, you are going to hell all right, after what is said in done" said Dean.
Sylvester just shook his head at him.
"Not likely, if this works the way I want, I could destroy any demon that threatens me even Lucifer himself" he said still looking half crazed.
"So, you cursed the rings, using the Darkness as a dark energy performing some kind of spell?" Sam replied.
"That's right, and then I had to find my wearers and that's were Howard, Becky and that Harper dude came in" he said.
"Yeah, we know all about your connection to them" Sam told him.
Sylvester smirked again.
"Well, what can I say? Howard was nice fellow at the furniture store, the only one of the co-workers that was willing to speak to me. I once overheard him tell another co-worker about going to this Spiritual center to find an inner peace with himself so one day after Darkness came into the world, I "accidentally" ran into him in the grocery store and mentioned the time I overheard him talking about that center and he told me going there helped keep him sane especially since the world starting getting even more chaotic and destructive. So, I said I would like attend a meeting there myself. Of course, I didn't have any intention of joining the place, just wanted to see what made him tick. I figured he'd make the best person to wear the rings since he's the nicest guy at the store maybe too nice, taking a lot crap from our supervisor, nothing seemed to phase him too much and he clearly wasn't affected by the Darkness. That would make him the perfect candidate" said Sylvester now with so much excitement in his voice.
"I guess Becky also made the perfect candidate too" said Sam.
Sylvester nodded again.
"Well, I often noticed Becky as we lived on the same floor, she was like me, a loner in the world who had no real life, I really felt I could relate to Becky and I admit I even had kind of a crush on her" Sylvester smirked as Dean just rolled his eyes.
Sylvester just continued. "Well, I would say hello to her but never really had enough nerve to ask her out but alas, I would sometimes follow her at the coffee shop where she would hang out with a fat chick and some gay dude talking about her yoga classes and her self-help books she would read or bitch about her mean boss always giving her hard time, yada yada" he finished.
He stopped for a second or two. Then when went again. "Oh, then there's Mr. Harper, that guy was just a real wuss, I would overhear him at the diner where I usually go going on and on about his wife leaving him for another dude, about his mean neighbor, but he didn't hate his wife but felt sorry her that she couldn't appreciate a good man and preferred some macho jerk or felt sorry for his neighbor because he was such a bitter and lonely man. He just didn't have a hateful bone in his body no matter how much people wronged him and I felt this guy is such a pushover, a sap, he be too much of a wimp to affected a by the Darkness which what also made him the perfect candidate" he paused again then continued.
"You see to select the wearers of the rings, I didn't just need anybody, but people who were not affected too much by the Darkness, people who had history of being too nice, passive, docile whatever since this would make the dark energies become even stronger and more powerful as they drain the souls right out of them. Then when the time came, I would come and get them for my spell-casting ritual and so I used some of my magic that I learned some body-changing magic and transformed myself into nice old lady who was selling rings to folks, after all nice folks wouldn't turn away a poor little old lady who is probably just trying to make a buck in this chaotic times" Sylvester explained.
"Yeah, well your plan worked out too well since Harper got killed and you lost one of your wearers" Dean retorted.
Sylvester just sighed and slightly shook his head.
"Yeah, that was a dent in my plans, I only meant to use my magic to break them out of jail but of course some of the other prisoners their escaped and Harper had to get himself shot but no biggie, I always had a back up candidate" said Sylvester.
"Back up?" asked Sam.
Sylvester grinned again.
"Yeah, I always had a back up candidates just in case, well anyway there was Penny, you remember you saw me, well more like the old peddler lady about to sell her one of my rings when you chased me down and I had to use quick thinking and change myself back into my true form" he told them.
Sam and Dean just glanced at each other real quick while Sylvester continued with is explanation.
"Yeah, well Penny was another member at the Spiritual center who greeted me when I attended some of their meetings. She made a speech in front the meeting talking about her ex-husband who abandoned her with two kids and how she has now healed from the pain of the loss, forgiven all his misdeeds and moved on to focusing on positive energy in the face of the mysteries darkness around the world and I knew she could be potential wearer of my rings so I followed her to where she lived in my car then" he stopped for second to take a breath then went on.
"When Harper got killed I remembered her so I drove where she lived and followed her in her car as she drove to the city where I transformed myself into the sweet old lady and was about to sell her my rings until you guys showed up ruining my plans" Sylvester said.
"Well, that was least we could do there" said Dean trying to be sarcastic again.
Sylvester just ignored him and went on again.
'Well anyway, I was curious about you two, so I did some digging using my magic powers and I now know you guys are hunters who globe around the world and hunt supernatural beings like me. I even managed to track you down at the motel and watch you bring Becky back there and I decided that was my time to make my move and get Becky out of there as I figured you would try to find me, but it looks like I am the one who has you trapped" Sylvester finished looking so prideful on what he accomplished.
After taking in everything Sylvester was saying Dean spoke up.
"So what are you going to do now, kill us?" he asked trying not to show fear.
Sylvester just sighed and grinned at him.
"Well, yeah can't have you interfere in what I have stored but first I want to have a little fun" he told him.
Dean eyes lit up.
"Fun, well I don't think this right time for a poker night fellow" Dean said sarcastically.
Sylvester laughed in amusement.
"That's not the fun I'm talking about. You know all my life I've put up a lot of crap from guys like you" he said now angrily looking at Dean.
"Who me?" Dean asked looking at bit confused.
Sylvester continued to glare at him real serious.
"You know, you tough cool macho beer-drinking guys who had it all so easy while looking down your noses at guys like me because I'm not like you, always making me feel so damn inferior! Well this time it's I have the upper hand and you will be the ones who are powerless!" he lashed out.
Then Sylvester raised up his hands and make a gesture and suddenly Sam and Dean could move again. They quickly stepped away from the wall feeling relieved that they were no longer glued to that wall but still dared not make a move in fear that Sylvester would use his powers again instead hoping catch him off guard. Then Sylvester turned his head to the right.
"Hey, Howard, Becky it's time!" he yelled.
Within moments both Becky and Howard Dobbins showed up, Becky holding a baseball bat in her hand. Both Sam and Dean just looked on surprised.
"Hey Sylvester what is all of this?" asked Sam.
Sylvester just smirked with a sly crazy look on his face.
"Well, there's going to be a battle of wills of some sorts. You two against Howard and Becky here, that is if you can stomach it. I will have to warn that Howard and Becky are tougher than they look now since I kind of revamped their fighting skills" he said with a slight laughter.
Sam and Dean just had looks on their faces as if to say "wtf"
'There is no way in hell are we fighting them!" yelled back Sam in anger.
Sylvester just grinned at him.
"Oh but you will alright, unless you want me to kill you right now" he told him.
Sam and Dean just looked at each other awkwardly not liking the predicament they're in right now whileSylvester just glared both of them.
"Either way you two are dead after it's all over but just let's see how much you have what it takes to deal with these two" he said pointing at Howard and Becky.
Both Becky and Howard just stood there silent with the same serious looks on their faces making it clear they were ready for battle. The brothers just stood both thinking the same thing neither looking forward to what is in store for them right at this minute.
Sorry this was a bit late. I took the time to change the format of my dialogue on all my 42 of my previous chapters and this one to make it easier to read. You can know feel free to read all of them from the beginning if you like. I will also be taking a small break from posting stories as I'm going on vocation tomorrow plus I will be spending time focusing on writing more chapters. I will start posting again either by April on before. I urge you all to keep reading my stories and please leave reviews. Thank you all.