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 80 An Unexpected Twist
The next morning, the first thing Sam did was phone up Dean on his iphone. By this time, Dean and Ava had both had their breakfast at a diner and were preparing to head back. Sam filled him in with the information he received last night and Dean was less than thrilled.
"Perfect, so now one of Rowena's old pals from the old coven is out on a rescue mission!" he said really annoyed.
"Basically, hey but don't worry Dean we can handle this, I'm going to make those witch-killing bullets as soon as possible and once you and Ava get back we can come up with a strategy" Sam said.
"Yeah, sounds like the plan but after everything me and Ava has been through with those damn dragons, I was hoping there wouldn't be any more threats to deal with" said Dean.
"Well, if you two can deal with those dragons we can handle one witch, anyway just wanted to give you the heads up" said Sam.
"Yeah thanks bro" said Dean.
The brothers talked some more for about a few minutes over how they both were doing and what they have dealt with, about calling Adam and how it would be another day when Dean and Ava would return to the house. They soon said their goodbyes agreeing to discuss more about the new threat of this witch once Dean and Ava get there. After hanging up, Sam quickly phoned Adam just to see how he was doing and to let them now things are fine, although he didn't give him any real details on what was going on. He just talked for him for about ten minutes telling him to hang in there before hanging up so Dean can call him. Soon Sam ate his breakfast with Madame Bess and Gwen and this time they were all having egg omelets and bacon. He then helped clear the table and went down to the basement to check on Rowena again who was eating some food Madame Bess had sent to her. He let her know they will stop this witch Isadora from interfering in their plans as she was being her usual snarky self. Sam managed to get Rowena to give him the ingredients for the spell to trap Lucifer before going back upstairs. Sam then helped Gwen with the dishes and when the two were finished, they both went out again to fetch some of the ingredients for the spell.
After that was done, the two decided to use the time to hang out together just like before, as Gwen didn't want to head back home just yet. She convinced him to drive to a nearby park and took a stroll as Gwen found it romantic and peaceful despite it being dark outside and the park being practically empty. Gwen led Sam to where a pond was where they saw some ducks swimming about in the pond or walking about near the water on land. If they had some bread or any food with them, Gwen would have had them feed the ducks for fun but as it was they just stared enjoying the scenery. Then Gwen led Sam to were some swings were and although it was childish, she managed to get Sam to swing on the swing while she got on the other swing. Sam was very reluctant at first and Gwen had to strong arm him into doing it, but in no time, they were both having fun swinging on the swings like two little kids. They were having so much fun together that they stayed a bit longer than they expected and when they were aware of this they headed back to the car and soon drove back to the house. Madame Bess greeted them again not too happy they took so long but she didn't make such a fuss about it this time, but even if she did neither Sam nor Gwen regretted their outing together. As the hours went by, it was the evening before they knew it and the three of them had their dinner and within more hours they all prepared for bed.
The next day was mostly the same as before and Sam and Gwen went again to just get out of the house out and this time Gwen decided to show Sam around the city, going to her favorite book store where they browsed through some books and then to a coffee shop for lunch and strolled around the city street going window shopping. Sam had to admit despite their situation, he was enjoying every time he spent with Gwen and was even looking forward to it. Madame Bess just kept her weariness to all of their time together to herself but she felt sad for both of them knowing the day will come for them to go their separate ways again after this business was all over and done with. The day passed again and finally the next evening Dean and Ava finally arrived back from their mission. Everyone was so overjoyed to see them and Madame Bess was particularly relieved not just because the spell will finally be performed but now with them back Sam and Gwen won't be too focused on spending time with just each other. She was a bit sad too because she knew that their time together as a group is ending and she knows how much it will hurt Gwen when she parts with Sam plus she will miss the Winchesters and Ava too as she has grown quite fond of them all. After greeting them, Dean couldn't wait to boast of his and Ava's adventures with the dragons and killing some.
"Yeah, I manage to slay that dragon and we both high tail it out of there" he said sounding so prideful.
"Hey, you didn't do it all alone as I recall" Ava reminded him.
"Yeah, of course Ava helped even killed one herself couldn't have managed without her, she makes one good partner next you Sammy" said with a grin.
"But it wasn't easy like the time, we got caught by two of those things, and of course I managed to get a way but Dean here was captured and locked up for a while until I had to go and free him and everything" Ava pointed out while Dean just stood there and looked a bit embarrassed while Sam just smirked.
"Oh, really now, so you were captured Dean" he said with the same smirk look on his face.
"Hey, but the important his is we did what we set out to the do, killed a dragon and took out its heart" Dean said suddenly trying to change the subject.
"Oh, I still can't imagine you guys killing an actual dragon and taking its heart, it all sounds well I don't know gory" said Gwen.
"Well that's the story of our lives dear, we did what we had to do, now we can finally get Rowena to perform that spell" said Dean.
"Yeah, how is the wicked witch?" asked Ava.
"She is still chained up in the basement and we have all the ingredients for the spell to trap Lucifer" said Sam.
"That's perfect, but I still want to know more about this vision the ladies had about another witch?" asked Dean.
Soon they all went into the living room sit down and Madame Bess explained to Dean and Ava again about their visions of this witch showing up and attacking Sam. Then Sam gave his input on how he got Rowena to tell them who she was and her connection to Rowena and all. The two just sat down and listened to everything with more curiosity.
"Okay, have you two had any more visions of this witch?" asked Ava.
"No, we haven't, I'm sorry, but with us our visions are quite unpredictable, it could take a couple of days or a week to have another vision" explained Madame Bess.
"But I already have that taken care of, I made the witch-killing bullets" said Sam.
"That's a good start especially since from your visions she will show up once Rowena is performing that spell" said Ava.
"Well since the spell will be performed tonight, she will come the moment you start and I'm still not feeling good about any of this" said Gwen who was starting to worry again especially for Sam.
"Don't worry Gwen, like I said before, now that we know what the threat is we are now prepared" said Sam.
"Yeah, we'll gank this witch before she has a chance to harm anyone of you" said Dean to the women.
Wanting to take a moment to relax for a while, Dean and Ava headed to the kitchen to have their dinner since they hadn't eaten in a long while and were quite starved. The others had already had their meal and Madame Bess saved Dean and Ava's meal in the kitchen as she knew they were getting back this evening. She heated their dinner in the microwave and then the two sat down ate their food. Afterwards, Dean went downstairs in the basement to check on Rowena letting her know he was back.
"Oh, you're back, and it's so great you and I assume your little girlfriend came back in one piece. You can't imagine how overjoyed I feel" she said sarcastically grinning the whole time.
"Can the concern sweetheart, we got that dragon's heart just like I said we would and now we are finally ready for you to perform that spell hun and I know about your witch gal pal planning on crashing the party" he told her.
"Oh yes, I'm sure little brother filled you in already" she said trying to act all innocent.
"Yeah, well don't worry we have plan already how to take care of your old buddy when she pops up" he told her.
"Well you Winchesters always do" said Rowena.
"Yeah and don't forget that" said Dean.
"Oh, you don't have to tell me, I've learned long ago never to underestimate the Winchester boys" she said with a grin.
After their little chat, Dean went upstairs again and they all discuss their plans. Dean and Ava will be in the basement with Rowena while she performs the spell while Sam will remain upstairs standing near the front door with the gun now carrying witch-killing bullets waiting for that witch to arrive and he will shoot her upon sight. At first Dean and Sam argued that Madame Bess and Gwen should remain upstairs during the entire event for their own safety but Gwen protested that she felt safer remaining with the group and Madame Bess had to agree so they relented and it was agreed they can be in the basement with Dean and Ava for their safety. Finally, they all except for Sam, headed downstairs into the basement so Rowena can finally perform her spell. Using a large pot, Rowena used the ingredients, some sea water, dirt from the ground and using a small candle also placed in the pot she lit the fire. Next, she added the dragon's heart that was in the box in the duffle bag and Gwen looked like she was going to be sick at the sight of that heart. For the final ingredient, was Dean's blood and with a knife, he slit his hand a bit and drew some blood into the pot, while Rowena started chanting some words in Latin that nobody understood.
All the while, Sam was upstairs standing in front of the front door with the gun in his hand as he was prepared for at anyone who comes bursting in. As he was glued to the door, he didn't notice that a small rat had climbed down into the chimney and was now making its way out of the chimney place in the living room and onto the floor and wandered into the hall. Sam still just kept eyeing that door with anticipation as he held that gun tightly in his hand when he heard a slight sound and quickly turned around to see the rat on the floor several feet behind him. Sam didn't have time to deal with a rat although it made him a bit curious since Madame Bess didn't seem to have any rodent problems in her house but then again you could never know. Since he wasn't going to waste any time getting rid of a rat, the only thing Sam did was try to shoo it away but the rat wouldn't budge, it just stood there.
Sam didn't want to let this rat distract him from his mission and not willing to let his guard down in case Rowena's witch buddy Isadora showed up he just said, "Okay suit yourself, I don't have time for this" and turned back around facing the front door.
Any moment the witch will arrive and he wasn't going let a rodent keep him from being prepared. Then suddenly, Sam heard a noise behind him and felt a gust of wind and he quickly turned around again only this time the rat was no longer there but instead was a tall black woman. She had a coffee complexion, long black curly hair and was wearing a long brown long-sleeve dress with yellowy decorations and some exotic jewelry all over. She appeared to be Rowena's age and was quite attractive and was now just staring at Sam with a sinister look on her face. Sam wasted no time and took aim with his gun preparing to shoot when the witch lifted her left hand swayed it to the left and within seconds the gun was knocked out of Sam's hand and flew off landing against a wall.
"Oh, guess you were expecting me then?" said the witch with a Caribbean accent.
Sam tried to reach for the gun again and she lifted her hand again and swayed it forward and Sam was quickly lifted into the air and flew very into the front door more like crashing into it causing him to hit his head against the door with so much force he was knocked out cold before landing on the floor with a thud. The others heard some sound upstairs although the door was closed and wondered if Sam was dealing with that witch all the while Rowena was chanting the spell. Suddenly, the basement door floor open and they heard footsteps that weren't Sam's. Ava goes to check it out and standing in front of the stairs, she sees that it was not Sam but the witch and she was making her way downstairs. Ava reached for her gun as they had made more witch-killing bullets for her gun just in case but before she knew it the witch sways her hand to the right and the gun flies out of her hand sliding somewhere on the floor. She then runs back to the others to warn them.
"It's the witch she's heading down here now!" she yelled.
Madame Bess and Gwen back away as Dean just stands back a little preparing to reach for his gun but as the witch comes a bit closer she lifts both her hands and suddenly both Dean and Ava are frozen in which neither of them can move a muscle.
"I can't move!" cried Ava.
"Neither can I" said Dean.
The witch just ignores them and looks over at Rowena.
"Rowena darling, it's good to have finally found you" she says in a friendly tone with a smile.
"Yes, nice to see you too Isadora, I was getting quite worried wondering when you will finally get here" said Rowena so casually like this was nothing out of the ordinary.
"Well you know it was quite a pain and all but here to rescue you honey, the others will be thrilled" said Isadora.
"What the hell did you do to Sam!" cried out Dean who was getting annoyed by all of this.
"Never you mind hun, you just worry about yourselves now dear" she said with a stern look.
"If you have hurt him I swear I don't care what it takes but I kill you!" yelled Dean who was still struggling to move his body but couldn't.
"Such empty threats" replied Isadora unphased.
"Those aren't empty threats that's a promise Hagatha!" cried out Dean scared of the thought that this witch somehow managed to subdue Sam maybe killing him.
"Don't pay him any mind dear, he is like a yapping dog all talk and no bite when he is subdued that is" said Rowena.
"I'm not worried, these mortals amuse me" said Isadora smirking.
Madame Bess and Gwen who were quite silent for a while just standing behind the others pretty much scared out of their minds now when Gwen finally spoke up.
"How did you get passed Sam I mean we knew you were coming!" she cried out while Madame Bess reached out and grabbed a hold of her fearing for her safety now.
Isadora just turned to glare at her. "Oh, you two must be the two psychic ladies with the abilities to see things. Well I have psychic abilities of my own" she replied.
"What do you mean?" asked Ava also struggling to move her body but couldn't and now feeling totally powerless.
"Well the thing about being a witch is we have plenty of powers including seeing in the future ourselves" she said. "I was able to use my powers to locate Rowena and I did my research and learned about this medium, Madame Bess and her granddaughter also a psychic I presume. Well, being extra cautious that you could use your gifts against me I created spell to see into the future so I could be better prepared when I come here to free my girl here Rowena" Isadora went on.
"Yes, you were always one step of ahead of everyone Isadora that's what I always love about you" said Rowena with a smirk.
"So now what, you not going to do finish the spell even though getting rid of Darkness can benefit you too?" asked Dean still struggling to move.
"Of course, I would get rid of this Darkness if I could Dean, but you see I forget to mention one thing, although there are spells to bring back a curse there just isn't one in that damned book to bring back the Mark of Cain, so sorry there, Dean, you won't be getting your Mark back, I guess once you get it off it remains off" Rowena said with a grin.
"So, you were lying to us this whole time sending us on a wild goose chase, there was no spell then what was this!" cried Dean.
"Oh, there is a spell alright but not the spell you think it is. I just needed to buy some time until my savior here arrived" she said looking at Isadora who just smirked back.
"What spell is this?" cried out Ava also quite furious that after everything they've been through they did for nothing.
"Oh, you will see" said Rowena and then she nodded to Isadora and said, "Isadora do you mind" looking at her chains.
"Of course" said Isadora and with that she raised her arms and soon the chains around Rowena's wrists unlocked and she was finally free and no longer powerless.
As she gleaned in her new freedom, she looked at Dean and Ava.
"Now to take care of the two of you" she said.
Dean glanced at Madame Bess and Gwen and quickly yelled at them. "Ladies run, quickly!" he cried.
With that the women both ran heading to the stairs and Isadora turned and was prepared to raise her arms but Rowena stopped her.
"No don't worry about those two we can deal with them later. I just want to finish what I started" said Rowena.
"Which is what?" cried Dean.
"Well, before Isadora here arrived, the words I was chanting were just nonsense since I was stalling for time hoping Isadora would finally show up especially after Sam told me about the psychic grandmother and granddaughter duo's visions, I trusted she would find a way to outsmart you despite your plans to neutralize her, she's cleaver that way" said Rowena with a grin glaring at Isadora again.
"This spell doesn't just require Dean's blood but your little girlfriend's here as well" she explained.
Then she took the knife that Dean used and went over to Ava and but her hand as the blood begin to spill into one of the containers that was used for the ingredients.
"Oh, you bitch!" cried out Ava.
"Leave her alone Rowena!" Dean also cried out in protest looking really steamed.
"Relax you two lovebirds, I just need a bit of her blood, don't be such crybabies" said Rowena.
Then she poured the blood from the container into the pot and turned to them again.
"You see I plan on sending you two somewhere far, far away where you won't able to hunt me down and be a problem for me anymore.
"Where is this far, far away too" cried out Dean.
"Well, wouldn't like to know but I will say it's somewhere below" she said with a grin and with that both Dean and Ava looked quite afraid fearing the worst.
Then Rowena started chanting in Latin again as both Dean and Ava struggled to move their bodies but were unable too.
Then suddenly orange waves of light suddenly appeared from out of the pot and it shined on Dean and Ava.
"Dean what's happening!" cried out Ava now terrified.
"Don't worry Ava it will be alright I promise!" cried out Dean.
Then within a few more seconds the orange waves of light suddenly sprung back into the pot and vanished along with Dean and Ava and Rowena stopped chanting as the spell was complete. Back upstairs, Madame Bess and Gwen and had found Sam on the floor near the front door unconscious and tried to revive him with no luck. They both argued whether to leave the house but Gwen didn't want to leave Sam behind. Just then they heard footsteps coming from the basement and Gwen grabbed the gun near the wall and was prepared to use it herself. When Rowena and Isadora appeared both now standing side by side looking quite victorious and all powerful, Gwen aimed the gun and was about to pull the trigger even though she never used a gun in her life and was scared out of her mind and the thought of killing someone scared her more but right here and now she was willing to do what she had to do to save herself her grandmother and Sam. However, before she had to chance to do the deed, Isadora quickly lifted up her left arm and suddenly Gwen couldn't move her fingers or her body for that matter and neither could Madame Bess.
"You really didn't think we weren't prepared for that now did you?" said Isadora.
"Yes, we didn't survive for centuries without being prepared" said Rowena.
Then Isadora waved her arm again and the gun flew out of Gwen's hand. Then Isadora turned to Rowena.
"So, what should we do with these two kill them?" asked Isadora.
Rowena just shook her head.
"No, I have another idea for, I happened to know just how attached this one is to the young fellow there" she said glaring at Gwen then at Sam lying on the floor.
"What did you do to Dean and Ava!" cried out Gwen looking real bold to hide her fear.
Rowena just grinned at her.
"Let's just say that those two lovebirds are somewhere stuck together for eternity" she remarked as both Gwen and Madame Bess just stared with sad looks on their face fearing the worse.
Rowena just shook her head at them.
"Now, now no need to fret now dearies, at least they have each other afterall" she said.
"So, what are you going to do with us anyway?" Gwen asked.
"I think I'll just surprise you" said Rowena slyly.
With that, they heard Sam groan as he was finally waking up and when he opened his eyes and looked up he could see the back of Madame Bess and Gwen and in front of them were Rowena and Isadora who were both facing them. Sam sat up and rubbed the back of his head which was throbbing in pain, plus he shoulders and back were sore but that was something he was used to. As he looked up again he was able to process what was going on he stopped rubbing his head and started to get up.
"Sam, are you okay?" cried out Gwen who still couldn't move and wasn't able to turn around to check on him.
Sam just got up quickly and tried to look around for the gun but he realized Isadora now had it.
"I'm okay" said Sam although his head still hurt.
"Oh, glad to see you up and about their Samuel just in time to join the party" said Rowena real sarcastically.
"Oh dear, Sam, Rowena tricked us and now I don't know what they did to Dean and Ava" cried out Madame Bess.
Just then Isadora raised her arms again and this time Sam couldn't move his body at all.
"What the hell did you do to Dean and Ava!" cried out Sam.
"Don't worry about them luv, worry about yourself" said Rowena with a grin.
"You can do whatever you want with me but just let them go" said Sam as he struggled to move.
"That's every gallant of you trying to protect your little girlfriend and her nana here but sorry luv, can't take any more risks not with the two psychic ladies after all they did aid and abetted in kidnapping me and locking me in that prison down in the basement there" said Rowena.
"But they are no threat to you" cried out Sam.
"Well not now but you will be a problem that's for sure so I have plans for all of you" said Rowena with a devilish look.
"Oh dear" cried out Madame Bess who was also terrified for them all.
"Don't worry I don't plan on killing any of you I have something else in mind" cried out Rowena.
"Please Rowena leave them out of this, it's me you have a beef with let them please, you can do whatever you want to me as long as you don't hurt them" cried out Sam.
"Like I said before we can't take the chance to let any of you go but no need to worry instead I just send you and your little girlfriend somewhere where you two lovebirds can also be together for a very long time" she said again.
"No, you will not touch my granddaughter!" cried out Madame Bess.
"Oh yes!" Rowena fired back.
Just then she waved her arms and started chanting words they didn't understand and soon waves of blue light appeared and shined on Gwen and Sam who were both terrified of what to expect and Gwen even closed her eyes. Then then they both disappeared into the waves of the light and within seconds the waves of light flew into the air straight into the living room and flew into one of the paintings hung on the wall like a stream of water before it finally vanished. Then it was all over. The two witches just smirked at Rowena's triumph. Then they turned back around to look at Madame Bess who still couldn't move and just looked at them with shock and horror as he was still trying to process just what happened to her granddaughter.
"What the hell have you done, what did you do to my granddaughter tell me, tell me!" she cried out.
"What do you want to do about her?" asked Isadora.
"I spared her because I got plans of using her and her gifts to our advantage" said Rowena as both she and Isadora smirked while Madame Bess just stared back with fear and terror on her face as she felt that they were now all doomed, every last one of them.