"Is that a volume of Supernatural?"
River turned as Dean asked this. Missouri was preparing the ritual again and Vera had been pulling things out of a bag that had 'Belonged to Rachel'. A worn out paperback when two crudely drawn men had been put on the table. If the Impala hadn't been on it River wouldn't have believed it was the same
series she'd read.
"Heart." Vera stated as she pulled a binder out. "It was her favorite and the last to come out before she got sick. So she read it a lot while she was be bound, even though it always made her cry."
"What's the binder?" Dean asked.
"You must remember even though Rachel and Sam never met their souls were interconnected." Vera replied.
"That doesn't answer-"
"Smut fanfiction." Crowley interjected. "Not Wincest, thank your choice of deity. Mostly her own self insert who happened to be an Angel."
"Smut?" River and Castiel both asked. Vera face palmed as Dean started laughing.
"She was a Sam-Girl!"
"None the less, this binder and paperback are the closest things Rachel had!" Vera snapped. "If we want River to know what happened, these are the artifacts to use for sending her back!"
"Okay, okay!" Dean held up his hands. "How do you have these anyway?"
"I was posing as her roommate to try to protect her." Vera stated.
"You weren't reborn as a human." Castiel commented.
"My special bloodline's heir went into a vegetive state. I've been in her ever since."
"Who lost her eye?" Dean asked.
"Me, but..." Vera sighed. "Not because I was on the hunt."
"Eh?"
"River will find out soon enough."
Missouri entered now.
"River, it's the same procedure as before."
"I lay back, you send me back to the scene." River nodded as she laid back on the sofa. Missouri exhaled and held her hands up as River shut her eyes.
"You're typing at a computer. The smell of cookies fills the air. Despite this, something about the apartment leaves you on edge. On the other hand, sometimes it feels familiar..."