2 months later…
Kane woke up to a buzzing noise next to his head. He groaned and rolled over to pick up Kaylee's phone, she had yet another missed called from Dean. He had been calling all week and leaving voice mails but Kaylee had yet to reply to him or even listen to the voice mails. Kane sat up and cracked his neck before hearing Kaylee swimming in the nearby river. She had mastered her newest ability weeks ago and had yet to return to Dean and Sam or even thought about returning to them. It was time for Kane to find out what was going on in her head. He walked over to the river's edge and waited for Kaylee to return from her morning swim.
"Hey" Kane said as she walked over to him wearing her bra and underwear, dripping wet.
"Hey, what's up?" Kaylee asked casually wringing her hair of excess water before noticing that Kane was nervous about something.
"Dean called again and left another voicemail, shouldn't you at least listen to the message?" Kane asked making Kaylee pause and bite her lip before turning away from Kane.
"What's going on Kaylee?" Kane asked grabbing Kaylee's hand and turning her around to face him. Kaylee avoided eye contact before sighing reluctantly.
"I can't talk to Dean and Sam…" Kaylee explained softly and Kane looked at her confused.
"Why not? You can control your ability easy now" Kane asked genuinely confused by Kaylee's behavior.
"Because they will ask why it's taken me so long to return and I'll be forced to tell him that… that I haven't returned because I don't know if I want too. These last few months with you; not hunting or moving from town to town, it's been some of the best months of my life since my father died" Kaylee explained softly and Kane looked at her shocked and surprised.
"Kaylee, you don't need to be ashamed of the fact that you have enjoyed not hunting. It's perfectly okay to enjoy living a normal life… or semi-normal life. You don't need to be ashamed to tell Dean and Sam that. I'm sure they both have thought of having normal lives. I mean, Sam did have a normal life for a while" Kane explained pulling Kaylee into his arms and kissing her head softly. Kaylee wrapped her arms around his waist and sighed into his chest. She stepped back and rubbed her face frustrated.
"I'm not worried about that… I'm more worried about what they are going to say when I tell them; I'm seriously considering retiring from the life" Kaylee confessed and Kane let out a deep breath.
"Kaylee, they are your family no matter what. You need to talk to them about what is going through your head. At least listen to what Dean has been saying in his voice mails" Kane said pulling out her phone and holding it out for her. Kaylee eyed the phone warily before swearing under her breath and snatching the phone from Kane's hand. She put it on speakerphone and played the voice mails.
"Kaylee, it's Dean. I woke up this morning and Sam was missing. He didn't leave a note, won't answer his phone. I'm really worried, please call me back"
Kaylee looked from the phone to Kane and played the next message.
"Hey Kaylee, Sam's still missing. I'm freaking out here babe. Please call me"
Kaylee played the next message.
"Kaylee, it's been a week now. Why the hell haven't you called me? I still haven't heard from Sam. I swear it's like looking for my fricking Dad again. I'm losing my mind here. I've called him a thousand times there's nothing but voicemail. I don't know where he went or why. Sam's just gone. Please Kaylee… I need you. I know Kane is your family but so… so are we. Please, just come help me"
Kaylee took a shaky breath and played the last message.
"I don't know where the hell you've been or why you haven't replied to my messages but Sam just called me. He is in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. He sounds scared. Please meet us there, Kaylee. We're family"
Kaylee blinked a few times before looking at the phone in her hands. She looked back up at Kane who was watching her worried.
"Kaylee?" Kane asked warily, Kaylee blinked slowly.
"I need to go" Kaylee said walking past Kane and grabbed her clothes that was hanging from a tree branch. She quickly got changed and looked back over at Kane reluctantly.
"Go, it's fine" Kane said quickly, kissing Kaylee on the cheek and handing her a pair of colored contacts for her eyes before Kaylee smiled weakly at him.
"So much for my fantasy about getting out of the life" Kaylee muttered before teleporting to Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. It was a small town and she quickly found Dean's scent and followed it to a hotel room. She picked the lock and walked into the room to find it empty. But Dean had definitely been there. Along with Sam but… something was off about Sam's scent. It smelt like sulfur.
"Fuck" Kaylee swore loudly as she realized what had happened to Sam and Dean had no idea. She pulled out her phone and called Dean but got no answer.
"I don't have time for this" Kaylee growled annoyed walking out of the room to find the young man behind the front counter watching her. She turned to him and smiled sweetly.
"Can I use your computer sweetie?" She asked and the man nodded with his mouth hanging slightly open. She was quickly able to track Dean's phone to Duluth, Minnesota. She thanked the young man and walked out of the hotel and behind a building before teleporting herself to Duluth where she quickly picked up Dean's scent. She followed it to a bar called 'The Sandpiper' where she smelt not only Dean and the sulfur scent of 'Sam', but also Jo.
"Great" Kaylee muttered fantastic walking towards the building as she started to hear voicing from inside.
"I told you I can't fight it! My head feels like it's on fire, all right? Dean, kill me, or I'm gonna kill her. Please. You'd be doing me a favor. Shoot me. Shoot me!" 'Sam' shouted at Dean.
"No, Sammy. Come on" Dean said lowering his weapon.
"What the hell's wrong with you, Dean? Are you that scared of being alone that you'd rather let Jo die?" 'Sam' shouted at Dean before Kaylee kicked down the front the door and tossed a vial of holy water onto 'Sam'.
"Hey bitch, remember me?" Kaylee said sarcastically shocking Dean and Jo as Sam hissed in pain and his eyes went pure black. Before Kaylee could exorcise the demon from Sam's body, he took off out the window. Dean and Kaylee locked eyes before Dean chased 'Sam' out the window and Kaylee quickly untied Jo.
"So, who are you?" Dean asked as he played cat and mouse with Sam through the junkyard behind the bar.
"I got lots of names" 'Sam' called out from the shadows.
"You've been in Sam since he disappeared, haven't you?" Dean asked, gun drawn and searching for 'Sam'.
"Should have seen your face when you thought he murdered that guy. Pathetic" 'Sam' mocked him.
"Why didn't you kill me? You had a dozen chances" Dean asked trying to buy time before Kaylee could exorcise him. 'Sam' threw a rock causing a distraction allowing him to move to another hiding place.
"No, that would have been too easy. Where's the fun in that? See, this was a test. I wanted to see if I could push you far enough to waste Sam. I should have known you wouldn't have the sack. Anyway, fun's over now" 'Sam' explained simply, moving through the shadows and hiding all the while keeping an ear out for Kaylee because he knew that she could stop him.
"Well, I hope you got your kicks because you're gonna pay hell for this. I am going to make sure of that" Dean threatened making 'Sam' chuckle.
"How? You can't hurt me. Not without hurting your little brother. See, I think you're gonna die, Dean. You and every other hunter's I can find. Once look at Sam's dewy sensitive eyes, they will let me right in that door" 'Sam' said simply before hearing Kaylee tracking them so he disappeared out the back of the scrapyard to the dock next to a river. Dean followed confused until 'Sam' appeared behind him. Dean turned around just as 'Sam' shot him.
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Kaylee and Jo walking through the scrapyard after she cut the ropes from her wrists and explained that Sam was being possessed by a demon. Jo was trying to call Dean but was getting no answer.
"This way" Kaylee said smelling Dean and… blood. She picked up her pace making Jo hurry to catch up with her.
"How do you know?" Jo asked but Kaylee remained silent and kept walking. Jo chased after her until they found Dean with a bullet through his shoulder. Jo pushed past Kaylee and helped Dean stand up.
"Where is Sam?" Dean asked letting Jo wrap an arm around her shoulders but he looked directly at Kaylee when he asked.
"I don't know. We've been looking for you" Jo replied simply but Kaylee bit back a sarcastic retort.
"He's gone" Kaylee answered as she followed Dean and Jo back to the bar where Jo pulled out a first aid kit and went to start stitching Dean but paused and looked over at Kaylee.
"Do you want too?" Jo asked because she knew that Kaylee was his girlfriend last time she saw them. Kaylee looked at Dean and felt the anger in his eyes at being ignored this past week. Kaylee turned away to hide her roll of the eyes and scoff.
"No, go ahead" Kaylee muttered as she went and grabbed a bottle of scotch from the bar and handed it to Dean before grabbing another one and sitting on the bar, drinking it herself.
"Don't be a baby! God. Okay, almost. All right, got it, got it" Jo said as she pulled the bullet from Dean's shoulder and stitched him up.
"God, you're a butcher" Dean muttered looking at the stitches. Kaylee chuckled to herself earning a glare from Dean.
"You're welcome" Jo replied sarcastically.
"All right, are we done?" Kaylee asked jumping down from the bar.
'Would you give me two minutes to patch Dean up? He can't help Sam if he's bleeding to death" Jo snapped confused at Kaylee's non-existent care for Dean considering how they were supposed to feel about each other.
"So, how did you know that he was possessed?" Jo asked Kaylee trying to break the tension that was building between Dean and Kaylee. Dean looked over at Kaylee silently begging her not to tell Jo the truth. A wicked grin spread across Kaylee's face as she considered telling Jo the truth but she stopped when Dean's eyes finally softened for the first time since she arrived and begged her.
"I didn't. I just knew that It couldn't have been him" Kaylee lied through gritted teeth making Dean sigh in relief but it just hurt Kaylee to know that he cared so much about what Jo thought of her.
"Hey, guys. I know demons lie, but do they ever tell the truth, too?" Jo asked breaking the silent conversation that Dean and Kaylee were having. They looked at Jo worried.
"Yep, sometimes, I guess" Dean said honestly.
"Especially if they know it'll mess with your head. Why do you ask?" Kaylee added trying to be helpful.
'Nothing. It doesn't matter. So, do you have any idea where he's headed to next?" Jo asked dismissively.
"So far, he's been going after the nearest hunter. So... the closest one I know is in South Dakota" Dean said as Jo finished patching him up.
"Okay, good, I'm done. Let's go" Jo said standing up as Dean looked over at Kaylee.
"You're not coming" Dean said simply.
"The hell I'm not. I'm a part of this now" Jo argued as Kaylee groaned impatiently as she smelt the attraction between the two of them again.
"I can't say more plain than this. You try to follow me, I'll tie you right back to that post. This is my fight. I'm not getting your blood on my hands. That's just how it's gonna be" Dean said before Jo glared at him and huffed.
"What about Kaylee?" Jo asked looking at Kaylee who was looking at Dean silently asking the same question. Dean looked at Kaylee and she knew that even though he was angry at her, he couldn't do this without her. Didn't want to do this without her.
"Wait. Here. Take these. They'll help with the pain" Jo said tossing him some painkillers when neither of them had replied.
"Thanks. I'll call you later, okay?" Dean said as Kaylee and Dean left the bar and jumped in the Impala.
"No, you won't" Jo muttered in the bar hurt. Kaylee heard her and sighed looking at Dean as he tried to called Bobby but he didn't pick up, unknown to them because 'Sam' had cut the phonelines.
"Why didn't you return my calls?" Dean asked angrily as they started to drive towards Bobby's house. Kaylee bit her lip nervously before sighing.
"First, you need to understand that I did miss you and Sam. So much" Kaylee said preparing herself for this conversation. Dean looked over at Kaylee and his face softened slightly as he reached over and grabbed her hand, bring it to his lips and kissing it softly.
"I know… we missed you too" Dean said softly and Kaylee relaxed slightly.
"Being with Kane these last few months, not hunting, not travelling from city to city, just relaxing and having a semi-normal life. I felt ashamed because a part of me… didn't want to return to this life" Kaylee admitted as Dean was silently for a moment but what stopped Kaylee from freaking out was his rubbing her hand with his thumb.
"I get that babe. I do. I sometimes think about a life after hunting… a life with you in a normal house, with a semi-normal family. It's nothing to be ashamed off Kaylee. Nothing at all. When you didn't reply, I thought… I thought that you had forgotten about us, forgotten about me. Sam told me that you were… upset about Jo. I'm sorry, I do find Jo attractive. I won't try and hide that from a werewolf but you are the woman I love. I will always choose you over anyone else" Dean said emotionally bringing tears of happiness to Kaylee's eyes. She took a deep breath to calm herself and wiped her eyes before turning to Dean.
"Okay, next hard topic to talk about. When we get to Bobby's… if Sam is there do you want me to be Kaylee the Hunter or Kaylee the Werewolf with demon blood running through her veins?" Kaylee asked genuinely asking Dean for his choice, not being sarcastic even in the slightest. Dean looked over at her considering her words carefully. She was prepared to either reveal herself to Bobby or hide herself and she was letting him choose.
"I love you, all of you. The hunter, the werewolf and the demon blood. And it's that person that is going to be able to help Sam the best. So… screw what Bobby is going to think" Dean said telling Kaylee that he is happy for her to reveal herself to Bobby if that is what it takes to save Sam from this demon.
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