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 60 Coming To an End
Jody and Dean finally managed to find the basement of the building after enough searching. They walked down the dark eerie stairs.
"Sam, Claire, Krissy are you down here!" shouted Jody as they kept walking down the stairs.
The three heard her voice and they felt a huge relief but at the same time fear that the demon will come back and come after her.
"Oh my god, it's Jody, they found us!" cried out Claire.
Then she yelled at the top of her lungs, "We're here!"
Then Sam yelled out, "Dean, Jody over here!"
Jody and Dean just followed the voices and finally found them and both parties couldn't more thrilled to see the other. Jody rushed over to the girls looking so relieved like a mother who was thrilled to find her lost children again.
"Oh, you girls don't know how much I was worried about you two. I'm so glad you're alright!" she cried out trying not to cry.
"We're glad to see you too Jody" said Claire.
"Yeah, we're glad to see you both" said Krissy.
Dean went over to Sam.
"We'll Sam, I have to say, we leave you to babysit and you get yourself all tied up" said Dean trying to be sarcastic.
Sam just rolled her eyes really not in the mood for wisecracks.
"Just get us out of here already" he told him.
After they managed to cut the duct tape with a knife Dean had, Sam explained to them everything that happened to them as Jody and Dean listened still trying to process the demon's dastardly plans. Sam finished his story with guilt-ridden look on his face.
"I'm afraid this was all my fault, I was responsible for the girls and basically led them into more danger" he said.
Dean just put a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey Sam, don't beat yourself over the head, there is no way you could have known that demon was involved in this case" Dean told him.
"Dean, is right, none of us knew that demon got involved in all of this and was planning to use this tragedy for his own means to rule humanity. I'm still shocked about all of this. Well at least we took care of that demon" Jody reassured him.
"Yeah, we performed a little exorcism and that demon won't be anymore trouble" said Dean.
"Unfortunately, Mr. Penney didn't make it" Jody pointed out.
"What about Alex, did you find her?" asked Claire.
"Alex is fine, she and her friend are safe at the police station and that's where we plan on taking all of you until of those people are stopped. Right now almost every police car is out roaming about the streets looking for those infected people and ordered to kill everyone one of them on sight. There doesn't seem to be any other way" said Jody.
Sam was still feeling bad.
"Sam are you good?" asked Dean.
"I understand what you guys are saying but I still feel like I let you down Jody in protecting the girls" Sam told her.
"Hey, Sam we don't blame you. Afterall, you got us out of there when those infected people broke into the house and got us to safety. There is no way you could have known that old dude was possessed by a demon. Like everybody else had said, we didn't know a demon was a part of all of this releasing all those people from the psych ward" Claire said trying to cheer him up.
"Yeah Sam, you did a lot for us even trusted with the guns to protect ourselves" Krissy added.
"You did what!" cried out Jody who looked stunned about this fact.
Claire and Krissy just looked a bit uncomfortable afraid not wanting to rock the boat with Jody.
"Oh uh I'll explain about that later lets just get out here" Sam added.
Soon all of them headed upstairs and were out of that company in no time jumping in the car to head back to the police station. While on their way they saw some police cars driving around the street and even ran into more of those infected people nearly running some over however, they were armed with guns ready to shoot if necessary. Luckily the police cars came up and cops got out and started firing their guns. They made it to the police station where Alex and Davina were and the three girls were so overjoyed to see each other they nearly embraced like sisters.
Jody was greeted by the chief who told her that a SWAT team had been sent to help take care of the problem. Sure enough the state SWAT team was sent and managed to assist the police and tracking down these infected people and killing them. It didn't matter who they were, men, women, children, young, old if they one of the infected they were shot and killed on sight. By this time, the press had found out about the incident and it was all on the TV news. Sometimes tear gas was used to lure some out then they were executed. Sam, Dean had decided to take part in the mission and since they were still supposed to be FBI agents and Jody vouched for them to the police chief they were included and rode along in the SWAT van, were given machine guns and assisted in the killings while Jody and the girls spent the night at the station as she didn't feel safe returning home until all of those people were wiped out. The killing lasted all night long and by the early morning it was all over and Sam and Dean had gone back to the motel to finally get some sleep as they were quite exhausted.
The chief woke Jody and the girls who slept in one of the empty holding cells as that was the only place to sleep and told her the good news. Jody was relieved their city was safe from those infected people but couldn't help feel about how many lives were lost because of that infected spring water and how many citizens have lost their loved ones and friends. Alex started thinking about Nolan the boy she had a crush on who was among those that were infected and now dead because it. Claire thought about that janitor she killed, Davina about her parents and Krissy just like Jody thought about all the lost lives now and knew that the city would never be the same.
After killing was completed, all the corpses of the infected were collected and burned. The spring in the woods was still closed off. The authorities found the corpse of Ron Penney the owner of the Sweet Paradise Spring Water Company when they arrived at the company, his neck being broken and could only conclude he had been attacked by one of those infected people as they couldn't think of any other explanation. The bottle spring waters were all collected and taken away, police entered homes of residents to collect any spring water that had as it was ordered by the mayor. The new was still swarming with this latest incident and it will be quite some time before it boils down.
Sam and Dean had slept through most of the morning and then by close to noon, they arrived at Jody's house to check on her and the girls. They girls were still a bit shaken up about what happened but seemed like they were doing okay and Alex's friend Davina was still staying with them and mingling in fine with the other girls.
"We're coming along better although we're still haven't gotten what happened yesterday out of our heads" said Jody as they were all sitting in the living room.
"Hey, well at least you're all alive and well and the city is safe now" said Dean.
Jody gave out a little sigh with unhappy look on her face.
"I know and I should be relieved but I can't help thinking about all those lost lives because of that tainted spring water. I mean even kids were killed and this will be all over the news for a while now causing a lot even more panic" Jody said.
"You can't change what happened but at least they're closing off the spring and getting rid of all those bottle spring water from Sweet Paradise" said Dean.
"Hey, I wonder what is going to happen to that company?" asked Sam.
"Well, with the owner dead and they can't make any more of that spring water, I'm sure the company will just shut down. I do feel bad for the employees who will be out of work but that is only necessary step to take" said Jody.
After a minute of their conversation, the girls decided to head in the kitchen to get something eat leaving the adults alone the room. Dean couldn't help notice how Alex's friend Davina blended in with the other girls as they talked among each other.
"How is your latest orphan coming up?" he asked Jody.
"Just as expected, still shaken up about what happened to her parents although she's trying to put on a brave front. The girls have gone out their way to make her feel welcomed" said Jody.
"Well, she seems to be fitting in perfectly" said Dean.
"Yeah, well she will be with us only until her grandparents get here. Trust me I have no intention of taking in another orphaned teenage girl, I'm not running some kind of home for wayward daughters you know" she told him.
"I don't know about that, I think you're doing a pretty good job with the other girls" Dean said.
"Yeah, besides my job, they are very important to me like a real family" said Jody.
Jody was getting tired of all of family talk and wanting to change the subject.
"Anyway, what about you guys, how are you two holding up?" she asked.
"We're good, we plan on leaving tomorrow if you don't mind putting up with us for another day" said Sam.
"Don't mind, I love two have you guys around, I will miss you when you two leave and so will the girls" said Jody.
"Same goes here, anyway we can have one last night of a family dinner" said Dean.
"I would love that. I'll see you at the same time as the last time" she told them.
After saying their goodbyes, Sam and Dean left and returned to the motel spending their time calling Adam to check on him letting him know they are heading back the next day. Then their flopped in front of the TV set watching the news about the incidents in the city. Jody was right, the news was all over the story of the infected spring water that was turning normal citizens into crazed homicidal bloodthirsty animalistic killers. They did leave the motel heading to then local bar to get a couple of beers and some snacks. By the evening, they went back to Jody's house for dinner just like before. They ate another good meal had a friendly conversation. They talked about school opening again soon now that the problem is gone. Sometime after dinner, Dean was chatting alone with Claire in the kitchen while the others were in the living room.
"Hey, how are you holding up?" Dean asked her.
"Alright I guess, I mean it is all hard to process. The infected folks are now all gone and everything is suppose to be back to normal just like that?" she told him.
"Well nothing is ever gonna be the same again, kiddo" said Dean.
"Jody expects us to just go on with our lives, I mean school will open up again and we just go and act like that many people we knew didn't die or that I killed someone" said Claire remembering about that janitor.
"Listen, you did what you had to do, there wasn't any other choice. As for everything, else you don't pretend nothing happened you just deal with it and move on" Dean said.
"I guess you are used to that huh being a hunter an all?" asked Claire.
"Well, that's the baggage that comes with the job" Dean told her.
"Well, I guess that's a history lesson I have t learn especially when I become a hunter too" Claire said with a grin on her face trying not to feel sad anymore.
Dean didn't discourage her from being a hunter as he decided that was Claire's choice to make and not his place to decide for her even if he didn't agree with it and to be honest Dean wasn't so sure it was a bad idea, for all he knew maybe hunting is what she's meant to do. Claire then gave him a serious look again.
"You know I decided I'm going to tell Jody what happened at school with that janitor tonight, I can't just keep this all to myself anymore" she told him.
"Well, that is a good idea, Jody will like it that you can confide and her" Dean told her.
"I know and thank you for not saying anything to her" she said.
"I just thought that it wasn't my place and knew you would eventually confide in her in your own time" Dean said.
"Yeah, Jody is pretty cool I mean she as already taken us all out for shooting lessons and self defense classes. I could learn quite a lot from her" said Claire.
"Yeah, Jody's the best and don't let yourself ever forget it" Dean said.
"I know when you first sent me to stay with her, I thought I would just crash for a while until I get myself on my feet again and take off. But now with Alex, Krissy and all it almost feels like a family. I will stick around as long as Jody wants me or until I'm ready to move on which may not be anytime soon" she said.
Dean put his hand lightly on her shoulder.
"Just remember you always got family with Jody no matter what the choices you make" he said.
Claire just smiled relieved that she can have Dean as someone else to turn to for this kind of conversation.
"Hey what are you guys doing in there already!" yelled Jody.
Dean and Claire just slightly laughed and went out back into the living room again. An hour later, Dean and Sam decided to head back to the motel and said their goodbyes. They had a goodnight sleep that night and the next morning after having breakfast at a diner, they went back to Jody's house to say their goodbyes before leaving. They both embraced Jody and Dean gave Claire a hug and bump fists with Krissy who also gave him a little kiss on the cheek.
"I never got to thank you for sending me down here, I thought I lost my family when those social services creeps split me, Aidan and Josephine up and dumped me on my bitch aunt but now it seems like I got a real family with Jody, Alex and Claire" Krissy told him.
Dean just smiled pleased that just Claire, Krissy finally found a family she needs. "Well, just hold on to them and never take them for granted okay" he said.
"Sure" said Krissy who just nodded.
Then Dean turned to Jody again.
"I'm gonna miss you guys" said Jody.
"Well, anytime you need our help just call us just like before" said Sam.
"I'll do that for sure" said Jody.
After saying their goodbyes, they walked away turned around one last time to wave at Jody and the girls who were still standing outside the front door and waved back and soon they jumped into their car and soon drove off back onto the road.