Warnings: Some language and violence
The Impala and the Pinto pulled up in front of the Padalecki's gas station. While there were two old pumps out front, Mr. Padalecki sold more than just your typical convenience store things. There were also a lot of sporting goods there, and even shotguns and ammo. Caleb's dad, Rick, was standing outside of the station, watching everything happening in the distance. They hadn't made it this far out, so he was safe for now.
"Dad!" Caleb said, jumping out of the Impala. Dean turned back to look at the Pinto. Rufus, Bobby, and Lisa climbed out of it. Dean raised an eyebrow. Lisa raised her hands up in defense.
"Hey, wrong place, wrong time." She said. "These boys saved my life." Dean nodded and made his way over to Rick and Caleb. They were all standing around them, all looking like scared kids. Dean put a hand on Sam's shoulder, noticing the way his brother looked. The way he stared at the ground.
"They were shooting everybody." Caleb said, a little panicked. "Dad, what is going on?!"
"We have to get to the mountains." Dean told Rick. "It'll be safe there. There's all those caves we can hide in." Rick nodded.
"Did you guys catch anything?" Rick asked. "Like you could figure out who they were or something." Sam looked up then.
"They were speaking Korean." He said softly. Everyone turned to look at him. "I think they're North Koreans." Everyone had heard about the threats that the country had been throwing at them, the hate that they were spewing. But none of the members of the small group thought that it would go far past hacking Sony and leaking The Interview and Annie out for all to see.
"You guys get inside and grab anything you need." Rick said. "Food, water, guns." They all nodded and headed inside. Sleeping bags, guns, ammo, lanterns, boxes of food, cans of Coke, Capri Suns, candy, tampons for Lisa, and other things were loaded into bags and boxes. Dean ran out and unlocked the trunk of the Impala. He always joked that it could hold a couple bodies. Now it was loaded to the gills with supplies they would need. What couldn't fit in there went into Rufus's car. Somewhere in the mess, Misha managed to grab a football and Caleb got his dad's guitar. Once they got to their camp, they could better sort things out and get it organized. But right now was just surviving.
"Is that one of ours?" Bobby asked as a helicopter flew past them.
"I couldn't see the markings." Dean commented. "We need to get out of here though before we find out." Caleb turned to ask his dad to come with them, to hide out and be safe, but Rick shook his head no before Caleb could even get the words out.
"Take care of my son." Rick told Dean, who was climbing behind the wheel of the Impala.
"I will sir." Dean said, nodding. Rick offered a small smile before he pulled Caleb into a hug.
"I love you Caleb. Be safe okay." He said. Caleb nodded.
"Love you too dad. Tell mom the same." Rick nodded and opened the backdoor for his son. Crowley and Jimmy had climbed into the backseat, Cas taking up his seat beside Sam in the front again. Rufus, Bobby, and Lisa headed back to the Pinto. The Impala started to pull away.
"Whatever you hear, don't come back here!" Rick called out after them. "I'll come for you when it's safe!" Caleb watched out the back glass as his dad started to disappear from view, finally, he turned and settled in his seat, Jimmy offering him a sad smile.
"Open the glove compartment." Dean instructed Sam a bit later. "I have a pistol in there. Get it out and check if it's loaded." While Sam did that, Dean thought of something else. "Is anyone's cell phone working?" There was rustling as the boys checked their pockets for their phones, if they even had them. There was a chorus of no from everyone in the car. "That's what I thought."
"What are we going to do?" Sam asked, the pistol laying loaded in his lap. Dena glanced over at him. Everyone in the car was quiet. Dean was their savior and they needed him to know what was going on.
"We're going to hide out in the mountains." Dean explained. "Set up a camp and fight like our lives depend on it." Because, as far as any of them knew, it did. Driving as fast as he could, Dean dodged vehicles that were definitely not civilian ones. Dean remembered a path that he used to use to sneak the Impala up into the mountains to hide out when he just needed away from the world. He found it easily, like he had never left Calumet.
No one uttered a word as they made the drive up into the woods. Dean knew the right cave to hide the Impala in. He wasn't sure if Rufus's car would be able to fit in there too, but he knew there were more caves up here and plenty of trees to hide the car in. His mind started to drift a little as he drove along the path. Of all people that Bobby and Rufus had to save, it was Lisa. They couldn't have gotten to Jessica? They couldn't have found John? No. It had to be Lisa and now, Dean was stuck with her for who knew how long.
"Okay boys, I'm going to stow the Impala. We'll get everything out and see what we have. Did anyone grab a radio and batteries?" Dean asked.
"Yeah I did." Jimmy said. Dean nodded.
"Good, good." He said. He found the cave he wanted and pulled the car into it. It was dark and gloomy, but it was safe. Rufus followed behind, the Pinto fitting in behind the Impala. Everyone got out of the cars and just stood there. Dean leaned against his car and ran a hand down his face. He had stared death in the face time and time again in the Middle East, but this time was different. This time, his little brother was right in the middle of it with him, and he didn't have body armor to protect him.
"What now?" Lisa asked after a moment. Everyone just sort of stood there.
"Uh…what about checking our supplies and rationing?" Sam suggested. Dean nodded.
"Good idea." Dean said. He opened the trunk to the Impala and pulled boxes out of it while Rufus got things out of his car. This was one of the few times that Rufus had been glad to have his dad's old car, even if it was an ugly color and was horrible on gas. It was his and it had saved his life. If he hadn't have had it, he didn't know where he would be right now. Probably in the same place Jo and Jessica were being sent to.
"You doin' okay Rufus?" Bobby asked, sitting the boxes out by the ones from the Impala.
"Fan-fucking-tastic." He said. Bobby sighed and looked over at the others. Dean and Lisa, being the oldest two in the ground, were cataloging and organizing the supplies. Sam was sitting off by himself while Jimmy, Cas, Crowley, and Caleb chatted amongst themselves about what they had just witnessed.
"We're fucked, aren't we?" Bobby asked, looking over at Rufus. Rufus sighed.
"I think so Bobby." He said. He went to the cave entrance and looked out over the forest. The town wasn't visible from where they were, but the sounds of bombs in the distance was clear. Just when the sound stopped, it started again.
"Okay guys, we're going to camp out with the cars tonight. I think that's our best bet. And we'll set up watch shifts for tonight." Dean said, standing from the supplies. "Tomorrow, we'll set up an actual camp farther up the mountain. And sent up warning systems and such."
"I'll take first shift." Sam volunteered. Dean was about to protest, that he didn't want his brother doing shift duty at all, but he didn't want to start a riot already. He was just glad these boys were willing to listen to him. He knew that they were all pretty hard headed after watching Sam hang out with them all these years. Sam took one of the shotguns and set just outside the cave to keep watch.
Dean wanted to go out there and talk to him, but he wasn't sure what to say. He couldn't just say "hey, sucks your girlfriend was kidnapped and we left dad behind". He sighed and went back to his car to get the radio that Jimmy had gotten. He wanted to see if there was signal out there somewhere.
"Dean…" Lisa said. Dean looked at her. "Never mind. We'll just talk later." Dean just nodded and turned his attention back to the task at hand. After a moment of static and crackles, a voice could be heard.
"Guys! We got a signal!" Dean called out. "Come here!"