The Foundry Part 2
St. Paul, Minnesota
Mary and Angela were in the motel room. Mary looked confusedly at the cell phone in her hand.
"You okay, Mary?" Angela asked softly.
"Yeah…No," Mary admitted as she set the phone on the desk and picked up the cordless phone. "Something about this case isn't sitting right with me." She muttered as she dialed.
"Ramsey County. Register of Deeds." The operator answered.
"Hello," Mary started. "I'm looking for contact information for the last owner of 1781 Chamberlin Street, please."
"Uh…Okay," the person on the other line sighed, annoyed. "Can't you just use the website like everyone else?"
"I'm not everyone else," Mary replied, causing Angela to smirk. "Please? And… thank you."
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May was on the phone with the previous owner of the house, Cheryl, and Mary put the phone on speaker.
"Lucas… was so cold," Cheryl started. "I still don't understand what happened. I checked on him just a minute before I found him. How'd he get so cold so fast? Gosh, sorry for going on like this."
"Oh, don't apologize," Mary replied. "What did Lucas look like?"
"Well, he was so handsome," Cheryl noted. "Blonde hair and these crystal blue eyes."
"Anything else?" Angela inquired.
"He had a scar on his cheek. From the neighbor's dog."
"Thank you, Cheryl," Mary replied, recalling the boy who grabbed her. "I'm sorry for dredging all this up again."
"Oh, it's okay," Cheryl assured. "Actually, it's kinda nice. No one talks on the phone anymore, you know?"
"I've noticed. Thank you again." Mary replied before hanging up.
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The boys and Robert were at the graveyard digging up the graves of all the children and salting and burning their bones.
"Grim work," Sam muttered.
"Yeah," Dean replied as Robert dug up one of the graves a few feet away.
"You know, I'm worried about Mom," Sam whispered.
"Why?" Dean frowned in confusion.
"You're not?" Sam scoffed.
"She's back." Dean shrugged. "I mean, yeah, she's still working out the kinks. So is Robert. We're all still working out the kinks. But, I mean, can't we for once, just not turn everything into a problem? You know, can we, for once, just have one good thing?"
"Mom's not a thing." Sam retorted.
"Okay." Dean sighed heavily.
"Look, I'm happy too, Dean. I am." Sam stressed. "I'm overjoyed. But… there's something about her. I mean, something's going on with her."
"Yeah, she's adjusting. Just like Robert."
"No, she's struggling." Sam corrected. "And Robert is, too, to a degree. I mean, they're both burying themselves in hunting to avoid dealing."
Dean scoffed. "And how do you know that?"
"Years of personal experience," Sam replied. "I don't know man. Uh… like mother, like sons. And I've seen it in Angie, too."
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Robert, Sam, and Dean came back to the motel room, only to find that Mary and Angela were gone.
"Mom?" Dean frowned.
"Angie?" Robert called out.
"Weapons bag is missing," Sam noted as he looked around.
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Mary and Angela walked into the Chamberlin house and headed toward the back bedroom. Suddenly, Lucas appeared in front of them.
"Lucas," Angela started. "That's your name, isn't it? We talked to your mommy. She misses you so much."
Lucas turned and walked over to point at the basement door, then disappeared. Angela pried the door open and she and Mary headed down with a flashlight. Lucas appeared in front of them again.
"Lucas, why did you bring us here?" Mary asked, confused.
"Help… us."
Suddenly, Mary's phone rang.
"Hello?" Mary answered.
"Mom, where are you and Angie?" Sam demanded.
"We're at the Chamberlin house, on a hunch," Mary replied.
"Yeah, we salted and burned all the remains." Dean's voice rang through.
"Yeah. Didn't work!" Angela exclaimed.
"Okay, guys, get out of the house and wait for us," Dean instructed.
Suddenly, the reception started breaking up and Mary frowned.
"What? Hello?"
"Mom?" Dean asked. "Angie?"
"Hello?" Mary asked as the call completely cut out.
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"What's keeping you here?" Angela asked Lucas gently.
Lucas pointed to the corner of the basement. "Him."
The house started shaking and Mary and Angela ran back upstairs. They turned around and the ghost of a grown man was behind her.
"You're the father of that little girl." Mary realized. "You killed them all, all those ch—
The ghost used his powers to throw Angela into the wall, causing her to hit her head hard, and she fell unconscious. The ghost pulled Mary toward him and placed his hand on her chest and started to freeze her. The boys and Robert rushed into the room.
"Mom!" Dean yelled.
Robert's brows furrowed and he rushed over to his daughter. "Angie?"
"Angie?" Sam's brows furrowed in concern.
Suddenly, Mary collapsed to her knees and Dean rushed forward.
"Mom. Hey. Come on."
Mary threw her elbow at Dean, sending him into the wall and he grunted in pain.
"Dean?" Sam frowned. "She's possessed."
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Sam, Dean, and Robert looked unsure of what to do. Sam reached for an iron chain, but Mary sent him flying into a shelf in the wall. She rushed Dean and pushed him against the wall, choking and freezing him.
"My house. My children. Forever." The ghost sneered through Mary.
"Mom?" Dean choked out. "You can fight this."
"Mom?" Sam grunted.
"Mary, you have to fight this!" Robert yelled.
"Aah!" Mary exclaimed as she dropped Dean and collapsed to her knees.
"Mom." Sam raised his brows.
"The basement. Go!" she yelled.
Sam and Robert ran out of the room down to the basement. The ghost regained control of Mary and threw Dean against the wall.
"Mom?" Dean pleaded.
"Mommy's gone." The ghost smirked darkly.
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Sam and Robert looked around the basement frantically. Lucas appeared in front of them and pointed to where they needed to go.
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Dean was still fighting the ghost possessing Mary. He rolled away and grabbed the shotgun, pointing it at her.
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Sam and Robert found some tools and started breaking down the door.
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"Don't," Dean warned the ghost. "Don't make me."
The ghost just looked amused and used its power to toss the shotgun out of Dean's hands.
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Sam and Robert were both knocking down the bricked-up section of the basement.
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Mary started looking around at the noise Sam and Robert were making in the basement. She looked pissed and started to turn to go to the basement.
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As they tore down the wall, Sam and Robert discovered the skeletal remains of Moriarty in the wall.
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Dean quickly grabbed the chain off the floor and wrapped it around Mary, holding her in the room.
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Sam salted the remains while Robert poured the lighter fluid.
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Mary struggled against the chain, growling slightly.
"I got you, Mom," Dean promised.
Suddenly, the ghost was thrown out of Mary with a shout and started screaming as he burned up. As he burned, he was surrounded by the children that he killed, who watched him disappear. Dean and Mary looked on, shocked. The ghost disappeared just as Sam and Robert came rushing back into the room. Sam picked Angela up bridal style and they all watched in awe as the children left in bursts of white light. Lucas turned for one last look at Mary before disappearing.
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Lebanon, Kansas
Mary, Robert, Dean, and Angela walked up the bunker stairs. Angela held an icepack to her head.
"You feeling all right, kiddo?" Dean asked Angela.
"Yeah, my head hurts a bit, but I'm fine," Angela replied.
Dean nodded and turned to his mother. "Well, you gonna take a shower? Take a nap? You really went through it today."
"No, I'm okay," Mary assured.
"And, um… apologies if, uh, me, Sam, and Angie hijacked or sidelined you in any way. Both of you guys." Dean told the older hunters. "I mean, this was your case, you know? And… well, you kicked ass."
"I kicked ass?" Mary scoffed. "You saved me. I—
"Yeah, but you were right." Dean interrupted. "You know, those children were innocent. I mean, hell, we didn't even know what Moriarty's deal was."
"I do," Mary whispered, earning shocked looks from Dean, Angela, and Robert. "When he possessed me, I saw… I felt it. All of it. When Hugo lost his child, he went mad. Buried himself alive in his basement and walled himself in and starved to death."
"Damn." Dean and Angela muttered.
"But when new families moved in," Mary continued. "Families with children, he coveted those children. So, he took them. Killed them. And somehow that bound their spirits to his. That's where he got his power. He was so… greedy. Twisted."
"Mon, it's okay." Dean comforted. "All right? You're home now."
Mary paused and looked saddened. "No. I'm not. I miss John. I miss my boys."
Sam walked in carrying Grace. "We're right here, Mom."
"I know." She nodded. "In my head. But I'm still mourning them as I knew them. My baby Sam. My little boy Dean. Just feels like yesterday, we were together in Heaven, and now… I'm here, and John is gone, and they're gone. And every moment I spend with you reminds me every moment I lost with them."
"Mary's right," Robert looked at his daughter. "Angie, when I died, you were 18-years-old… just starting your journey into adulthood. Now you're in your 30's and you have a family. It's… a lot."
Angela frowned in confusion. "W-what are you guys trying to say?"
"We have to go," Mary whispered.
The three younger hunters looked heart-broken by the sudden news.
"I'm sorry," she apologized. "I'm so… so sorry."
"We just need a little time," Robert added.
Mary stepped toward Dean, but he backed away from her and continued looking down. Mary stopped and looked at him for a moment before she turned and picked up John's journal. She stepped up to Sam.
"I love you." She hugged Sam tightly, then turned to look once more at Dean. "I love you both."
Robert hugged Angela, who didn't hug back. "I love you, Pumpkin."
With that, Mary and Robert started up the stairs to the exit. Sam watched them leave and Angela wiped away the oncoming tears. Dean, however, refused to look up. Sam flinched as the sound of the door opening echoed throughout the bunker, and he held Grace a bit tighter.
A/N: Hey, guys, I hope you liked this chapter! I felt so bad when Mary left the boys in this episode :( Don't forget to leave a review to let me know what you think and what I can improve on! Feedback is so, so important to me. Love y'all, xoxo :)
~Emily