The sun was barely peeking over the horizon as Sam neared the bunker. He had decided to go for an early morning jog before anyone else woke up, knowing that Dean would likely be asleep until ten. Syd usually stayed in her room until Dean woke up, and Sean only really interacted with Sam and Dean when he was in the library or Syd was talking to them. Sam finished jogging into the bunker, wiping the sweat from his forehead. As he walked into the kitchen, he noticed Syd staring bleakly at the coffee maker.
"Do I need to make a coffee run?" Sam asked and grabbed a water bottle out of the fridge. Syd had jumped at the sound of his voice; she seemed really deep in thought.
"No! Um… no. We're good… on coffee," Syd said tensely and noticed Sam's questioning look. "Okay. Yeah, I'm acting weird. I know. I'll tell you what happened. I just need time… to mentally sort through everything."
Lucifer must have messed with her pretty badly. She seemed really out of sorts, so Sam agreed without further questions. Remembering all of the laundry he still hadn't done, Sam excused himself and went back to his room to get started. Checking his pockets to make sure that he didn't wash anything important, he found a business card with an address written on the back of it. He flipped it to the other side to see a name, Nadir Toma, from a computer company.
That was one of the college kids from about a week ago. Sam stared at the card wondering if he should give Nadir a call. It was probably too early now, but he was curious about what had happened to May and her stepfather. May had stabbed Sean with a piece of broken mirror, and they had been forced to leave quickly. Curiosity won out in the end, and Sam decided to text Nadir. He at least wanted to know about the others. There had been two others in the group besides May that hadn't given up their pendants, and Sam wanted to make sure that they weren't about to cause more havoc.
"This is the hunter from last week. Please give this number a call when you can talk," Sam texted Nadir and hoped that he really would call back.
The bear and alligator pendants had disappeared by the time Sam and Dean had gotten back to the bunker, but Sam checked the pockets again. The pendants had probably disappeared when the mirror was broken and their source of power was destroyed. Sam sighed and got back to sorting his clothes. Not long after Sam started his second load of laundry, his phone started to vibrate. He quickly fished his phone out of his pocket and checked the number. It was Nadir.
"Hey, Nadir?" Sam asked.
"Uh, is there something wrong?" Nadir asked nervously. "I swear I told you everything that I knew."
"Nothing's wrong. We just had to leave before we could check up on everything. May ran away before we even had a chance to talk to her."
"I actually don't know what happened to May. Her stepfather's now in a mental hospital. He said that a he heard a couple of guys trying to save him, but he also said a bunch of other crazy stuff. Like that May was attacking him through the mirrors… She did… something to him using that mirror, didn't she?"
"Yeah," Sam admitted. "But the mirror's been destroyed. It can't hurt anyone else." Or help them, Sam thought bitterly. Sean had told them that the mirror could be used to separate Syd's soul from Lucifer's grace, but to save May's soul Sean had shattered the mirror. In fact, that surprised Sam more than anything. The fairies seemed to think poorly of humans and even angels, and to break one of their sacred objects to save a human life didn't seem like something one would do. Although, it was more evidence to Sam's theory that Sean liked Syd.
"Good," Nadir replied, but he sounded uncertain. "Um, so did my pendant disappear? Aubrey was freaking out because she and Ben couldn't find theirs."
Sam felt relieved. All he had to worry about now was May. "Yeah, it did. The mirror must have been its power source. So the others haven't heard from May either?"
"Well, we're not really talking right now. There's a bit of tension. I think the only ones talking to each other are Aubrey and Ben, but they've been friends since kindergarten. I doubt that they do, but I'll ask next time I see them."
"Thanks. That'd be a great help," Sam replied. "So nothing odd happening since we left?"
"You mean after they found May's stepfather with his eyes gouged out? No, not really," Nadir answered but stopped as though he thought of something. "Wait. There was a guy named Daniel Lottsfield… Lottsford maybe. Something like that. He was asking about you guys a few days ago."
Sam perked up. That was the name of the ranger from the cabin. Daniel's younger brother Liam had been using a dark book of magic to summon a creature called the Goatman. Daniel had disappeared with the book after his brother was killed by the creature. Sam and Dean had tried to find him, but he seemed to be really good at living off of the grid.
"What did he say?" Sam asked excitedly.
"Not much. Just that you guys have a 'mutual enemy,' and he did give me a number after I admitted to giving you guys mine. He asked me to forward it if you gave me a call."
Nadir quickly gave Sam the number, and Sam wrote it down. Sam thanked him before ending the call. Was Daniel referring to Lucifer as their 'mutual enemy'? Crowley had told Dean that Lucifer was also hunting Daniel down, so maybe Daniel had gotten tired of fleeing and wanted to fight. Sam certainly hoped so. If they were going to help Syd and destroy Lucifer, they were going to need all of the help they could get.
