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 73 Planning the Dragon Hunt
The group continued to discuss the matter of the information they received from Rowena over. Dean and Sam also used this time to inform the others the details about real life dragons that do exist and their encounter with dragons in the past and debunking the myth of the dragons appearance as a giant fire-breathing, lizard-like creatures that has appeared in stories, TV and movies but in reality they can take the form of humans and instead of breathing out fire, they can generate heat with their hands that can melt objects. The three women just listened to their descriptions with both shock and awe since being with the Winchester Brothers, they have began to learn a lot of supernatural and mythical things in the world that actually exist even Ava a fellow hunter who has had her share of supernatural beings was a bit taken back by the thought of real-life dragons existing. After they finished their explanation, there was silence for about a few seconds and finally Gwen broke the silence.
"Wow, you guys really encountered and fought off dragons, and they actually can take human form, and don't breathe out fire but can melt things with their hands?" she said still in shock.
"Yea, that's basically it" said Sam who just nodded understanding their disbelief.
"Oh boy, I admit we learn something new from you guys, I mean dragons, next thing you're going to tell me is that fairies do exist" replied Madame Bess.
Both Dean and Sam coughed a bit looking quite uncomfortable and Sam was about to speak up, "Well" he replied about Madame Bess interrupted him.
"Oh my, I see" she said shaking her head a bit.
"The important thing is we need to get those ingredients and the sooner the better" said Dean.
"Finding fire, earth and sea water won't be hard at all, but finding a dragon's heart?" replied Madame Bess.
"Don't worry, like I said before, we have encountered dragons before we can do it again" Sam added.
"Yeah, you said you found them in a sewer in Oregon" replied Ava.
"Yes, something like that" Dean replied.
"Wow, I'm still getting over the fact that dragons are real and actually exist and right in Oregon of all places, I mean I would have imagined if dragons were real, they would exist in a far away mythical place" said Gwen.
"Hey, like I we said before, you can't always believe what you hear in the storybooks" reminded Dean.
"I guess not, so when are we gonna go and find these dragons so we can cut out one's heart?" asked Ava as if it was no big deal that Dean was kind of taken back.
Dean just turned to her with a look as his eyes popped out.
"Hey, you know we got to sooner or later so that Rowena witch can work the spell" she reminded him.
"Slow down just a bit, we haven't told you yet how to slay dragons first" said Dean.
"You mean you can't kill them with those angel blades you have?" asked Ava.
"No, as a matter of fact, one way to slay a dragon is to use certain types of swords" said Dean.
"And do you know where you can get your hands on such a sword assuming you used one before?" asked Ava.
"Yes, there is the Sword of Bruncvik" said Dean.
"The Sword of what?" asked Ava.
"Sword of Bruncvik" answered Sam.
"Yes, it's one of the legendary swords that can kill a dragon, look it's a long story we can explain to you later but we need to get that sword" said Dean.
"Where can you find it, I mean if you used it before you would know where it its" said Ava.
"Yes, it's back at our bunker" said Dean.
"Oh, that's great, so we have to go back to your bunker to retrieve this dragon-killing sword?" Ava cried out.
"No, that may not be necessary, I can phone up Castiel for a favor" answered Dean.
"But Dean, Cas is busy with Hannah and the army, I don't think he's going to take the time to walk out of their mission and head to our bunker and then head out here" said Sam.
"Army?" asked Gwen with a confused look on her face. Sam quickly turned to her.
"I'll explain it to you later" he said and quickly turned back to Dean while Gwen still had that puzzled look on her face.
"Well, we don't have to actually ask Cas to go to the bunker maybe he can ask Hannah to you know teleport at the bunker to get the sword then teleport here to give to us" said Dean.
"Yeah, I remember when that angel sent me back to my hometown right in front of my parents house. It was quite a ride. I was at outside your bunker in my van and the next thing, I'm I was sitting in my van in front of the house on the side of the road. It's a good think the neighbors didn't see it, that would have been a hard thing to explain" said Ava.
"But do you think Hannah will do it, I mean she's in charge of this army and all? asked Sam.
"Well, I hope so, I mean she wants to stop Darkness as much as we do and this plan of ours works it would save her and her army having this supreme battle heard around the world. I mean if we Cas can persuade her I think she would be willing, at least I hope so" said Dean although he looked kind of unsure himself but he didn't' want to show it.
"The battle of what?" asked Gwen not understanding what Dean was talking about.
Sam tried to answer but Gwen cut him off.
"Oh, I never mind, I know, you explain it to me later and I will definitely hold you to it" she replied.
"Yeah and then you can explain it all to me" added Ava.
Dean wanted to stick to the topic at hand now just went on.
"Anyway, once Hannah brings us that sword, we can use it against the dragons" he added.
"Okay, so when do we do this?" asked Sam.
"Well, I'll give Cas a call right away" Dean answered.
"Perfect, once we get that sword in our hands, I suppose we can head out to Portland tomorrow" said Sam.
However, Dean had an awkward look on his face like there was something else he wasn't telling that they may not like.
"The thing is I'm not to comfortable of leaving the Madame Bess and Gwen here alone with the Rowena" he replied.
"But she's chained in the basement and from what I recall she is in no position to escape" said Ava.
"Yes, I think we can handle ourselves with a chained witch in our basement who according you guys, she is powerless or is she?" asked Madame Bess.
"Don't worry ma'am, as long as that iron is on her she is no threat, but still I am wouldn't feel right leaving you two alone with her while we go on this trip to Portland that could take us a couple of days to arrive and a couple more to return" he told them.
"Why not?" asked Madame Bess.
"Well, it's just neither of you two know what she is capable of, you don't have any experience with her and we do. I mean Sam when you had Rowena chained before to have her use that book to cast a spell to remove the Mark and she managed to escape and put a spell on Cas and all and neither of us were there. I just feel it would be better if someone stayed behind to keep in eye on things especially where Rowena's concerned" said Dean now turning to Sam.
Sam just had a look on his face as he was thinking this all over.
"You're saying she escaped before while captured?" asked Gwen who was now looking a bit worried.
"Yes, but don't you worry, I mean if one of us remains behind we can make sure nothing goes wrong this time, we can control her and I said before she is powerless with those iron chains but she is quite cunning and not to be under estimated even if she's chained up" Dean finished.
Sam just nodded his head and turned to the two women.
"Dean's right, Rowena did escape under my watch when I wasn't there and I'm not saying that will happen again, but I think it would be better to be on the safe side concerning her especially with you two in the middle, we couldn't forgive ourselves in anything happened" he replied.
Both grandmother and granddaughter looked touched by Sam's remark.
"That is sweet of you Sam, come to think of it I might feel better if one of you guys stayed with us, just to keep an eye on things" said Gwen even though she blushed a bit while glaring at Sam.
Ava nodded her head too.
"I suppose it should be me that stays behind and even though I don't like having to miss out on all the fun, I'll do it for them" she said looking at the Madame Bess and Gwen.
Dean had that same awkward look again and Sam could tell there was something else he's not saying that will they make not like. After pausing a couple of seconds, Dean turned to Sam and spoke up.
"Actually, I was gonna suggest that you Sam should remain behind with the ladies" said Dean.
Both Sam and Ava looked quite surprised at this suggestion especially Sam who really couldn't believe what he just heard coming out of Dean's mouth as he just stared at Dean with a look of disbelief.
"What!" Sam cried out.
"You heard me right Sam, I want you to remain here for this mission" Dean answered as he knew Sam would be shocked by what he just said but he did have his reasons which was about to explain.