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 54 Getting Things Done
The next day, Sam and Dean had gotten up and arrived at the sheriff's office where Jody was already present to get info on the addresses on some of the folks who had been infected. She already called the police chief whom she's on friendly terms to let him know her suspicions of the new Sweet Paradise spring water that is infected the citizens the previous day.
She had feared he wouldn't believe her although she was hoping due to to the unbelievable events recently and her predictions was right, he didn't believe her at first until she had to remind him of those recent events and he was willing to be give what she said some consideration. Then the chief had suggested if her theories might be true that he should contact the mayor and let him in on it since the mayor had been calling him when he heard about what's been happening and they had both agreed to keep the press out of it for now to avoid a panic. However, Jody believed that they should at least warn the people not to drink anymore of the spring water until they get to the bottom of this and the police chief had agreed suggesting contacting the local news station but not revealing all the details.
Also, they were planning on going over to the Sweet Paradise Spring Water company to tell the owner to stop it's manufacturing of spring water at least until they can solve this case. Then she had to go to the stores that have been selling these drinks and force the owners to stop the sales. After she finished talking to the police chief, Jody decided to go with one of her deputies to the company to talk with the owner while Sam and Dean decided to visit the homes of some of the people infected after getting their names addresses from Jody. They then said their goodbyes and got into the Impala and headed over to the residence of Declan Matthews, the teenage boy that attacked Jody and Sam was forced to knock out. He had since been sent to the sanitarium along with the other surviving infected folks put in cells with straitjackets.
They rang the doorbell of the house and the boy's mother answered the door and let them in once they showed her their fake FBI badges. She was alone with only a little girl in the house assumed to be Declan's sister.
"Mrs. Matthews, we know this is a tough time for your family and we are sorry about your situation but we need to ask you important questions about your son to understand what happened" Sam told her.
The woman just looked at them curiously with a sad sullen look on her face as you could tell she had been crying and the little girl stood near looking quite scared.
"What do you possible need to know?" she asked quite upset.
"You see ma'am, this may sound strange but we need to know if your son drank any spring water before the incident at school?" asked Dean.
Mrs. Matthews still looked confused not knowing what to make of such a strange question but after what happened to her son she didn't question it too much.
"As a matter of fact, yes he did. We were out of orange juice which he usually drinks with his breakfast and there was no milk so he got one of the bottles of spring water that we had and drank that instead since spring water is suppose to be healthy and Declan and his father were insistent that we eat or drink healthy foods" she said.
"And that was the only time he drank it?" Dean asked.
"Yes, you see I had just bought it the day before at the grocery store" she replied.
"Did anybody else in your home drink any that spring water?" asked Sam.
Mrs. Matthews eyes suddenly lit up.
"My husband drank some too, that morning before going off to work. In fact, I got a call from his work saying he went crazy and just starting attacking people just like my son!" she cried out and looked like she was going to burst in tears any moment.
Dean and Sam looked sympathetic but still needed to continue with their questioning.
"What about you and your daughter?" asked Sam.
"No, neither of us has drank any, as I don't really care for it" she said.
"Well, we urge you not to drink any of the spring water. In fact, you should pour all of it out" said Sam.
Mrs. Matthews suddenly looked scared.
"Why, does this spring water has something to do to what is happening to people, what happened to my husband and my son!" she asked.
"Ma'am we can't tell you too much but we urge you to pour out any bottles of that spring water and if you know anybody who has them tell them to do the same" Dean said sternly.
After they finished their questioning of the lady they went to the other homes of some of the folks that were infected where they questioned family members and who told them the same thing regarding the spring water. They warned them too to pour out any bottles of spring water and to urge others they know who has any to do the same or warn them against buying any period. Sometimes a house would be empty and they had learned from neighbor that the entire household had been affected by the spring water and were carted away or even shot and killed.
After they were done, they called Jody who had told them she had and one of her deputies had spoken to one owner of the Sweet Paradise Spring Water company Ron Penney and had told them to stop manufacturing the bottled water and no more selling them to stores. Mr. Penney was difficult at first until she had to explain to him that that the spring water from his company maybe infected causing harm to people in the city in which he was scared that it would lead to lawsuits against him and ruin his business.
She demanded to know all the stores he sold the bottled water to and he gave her list swearing he hadn't sold any outside the city yet has his business was still quite new and he hadn't been running it for very long. Then she and the deputy headed to all the places the bottled water was sold and insist the stores no longer sell them and take them off the their selves. When they explained their reasons for this, the store owners were quickly willing to comply also fearing lawsuits in retaliation or trouble with the law as Jody was forced to threaten some of them with jail time for endangering customers.
Later that day, someone in law enforcement tipped off the city's local news station about the possibility of the contaminated spring water that could be harmful to folks and by the afternoon an anchor woman announced this information on the news warning residents in the city against the Sweet Paradise spring water. Jody even had her deputies to drive around the city announcing on the loudspeakers warning them about the spring water.
"Wow, this is all getting crazy it feels like something out of the epidemic flick already" Jody told Dean and Sam back at her sheriff's office.
"Well, it seems that basically what it is Jody" Sam said.
"So what is the next plan regarding the spring water since it is seem more clear that is the reason for all the crazies?" wondered Dean.
"Well, we have some cops closing off the spring in the woods as Mr. Penney told me that spring is what they use for their water" said Jody.
"Still I wonder what is infecting that spring causing folks to go become zombie like killers?" Dean asked.
Sam had been thinking about this himself.
"I wonder if the Darkness has something to do with this" he told Sam.
"The Darkness, why would you think that has anything to do with the water?" Dean wondered turning to Sam.
Sam paused again but then spoke up.
"Well, it seems like the only explanation as the Darkness had been affecting people more in more. You remember the stories we hear on the news, things are becoming more crazy since the Darkness arrived with people doing violent and destructive things so I figure if Darkness can affect people why not the things like food and even water" Sam explained.
Jody listened to this theory with curiosity and was in thought for a moment before she turned to Sam again.
"Still this Darkness has been around for some time now, this thing with the spring water happened just days ago, if the Darkness is responsible for all of this why now?" she asked.
"I don't know for sure, but as I recall some from the news reports in some places there hadn't been any report of anything chaotic happening, then all of the sudden these incidents. It's like Darkness is taking is time infecting certain areas or people. I mean there are still some parts of the country that there hasn't been any reports of chaotic incidents, I know as I searched everyday on the internet for something. Maybe with this spring, the Darkness just got around infecting it, I really don't know" Sam explained a bit unsure himself if his theory is correct.
"Well, I don't think it matters anymore, if what Sam's says is true, this Darkness is infected the water now and it's making people crazy and we have to stop it, before it grows any bigger. Me and my deputies have done all that we can but I still feel like we should do more" said Jody now sounding a bit frantic.
"Don't worry Jody, we will stop this one way or another, me and Sam aren't going anywhere until this thing is stopped for good" Dean reassured her.
By that evening Sam and Dean had another nice family dinner at Jody's house. Then they retired to their motel still worrying about the contaminated spring water now relieved that they know what is causing people to go crazy and do whatever it takes to make the threat gone. The had also phoned Adam to check up on him, letting him know they will be in Sioux Falls a little longer. Adam was kind of upset as expected but understood and just wished them good luck to stay safe and to come back home soon.
Afterwards, they were sitting on their beds watching the local news drinking beers and talking. Then they finally turned off the TV and retired for bed. Sometime late that night, Dean's cell phone which head laid on the dresser nearby started ringing waking Dean and Sam up. Dean sat up from his bed and reached for his cell phone and answered it. It was Jody who sounded quite distressed.
"Jody what is it, what's the matter, did something happened?" Dean said quite concerned.
"Yes, Dean, it's gotten worse. I don't know how it happened but those people infected somehow escaped from the sanitarium and are now loose on the streets and worse of all Alex is gone!" Jody cried out.
"Don't worry Jody, we will be there in a moment" said Dean and then hung up and laid his cell phone back down.
Sam was yawning also sat up.
"Hey what's happening Dean?" he asked. Dean turned to Sam.
"Oh Sammy, just when I didn't think this thing could grow any worse it has, you need to brace yourself" he told him as he prepared to tell him what happened.