Dean was at an all time high. He possibly had a hunter for a girlfriend, his family was back together, and they know possessed a weapon that could finally get the revenge they deserved for their mother and Jess. His life was coming full circle and nothing could stop thee high he was cruising.
Until they heard the news of Pastor Jim's death.
Bella, now confused because of her reaction to Dean's kiss was amused that his kiss brought more of a reaction in her body than Edward. Dean confirmed the fact she was completely over the Cullen's and ready to move on with her life. As a way to blow of some of the adrenaline she went on a witch hunt, which was relatively short and unsatisfying but left her with a bruise on her stomach.
She wanted to find Dean and get rid of the sexual tension rampaging in her body but understood that weapon they got was dangerous and was obviously connected to the reason their family had a long history of hunting so she decided to hunt and travel and post until she saw him again. However, that initial plan was blown to pieces when she was attacked by a demon.
Bella, was strolling through a small store restocking on supplies when she was rammed from the back on her way to her car and forcibly thrown into her vehicle. She began to fight back but when she finally viewed the figure, a boy with black eyes, the fight left her and she trembled with fear. Hunting vampires, witches, and other creatures was one thing because it was simple to find how to permanently kill them; however, demons were rare and every sighting of them ended in some kind of death. Encountering the Winchesters Bella realized she was ill prepared.
Lucky for her, the creature began to underestimate her because of the blatant fear she was practically leaking. On the other hand, Bella was only ruminating over the fact that if she died right now she would die a virgin. That thought upset her more than anything else, so she grabbed her knife and stabbed the demon through his temple. After her adrenaline filled action she saw a black billowing cloud begin to swirl in her car and begin to come near her and she began to feel fear again but the cloud seemingly hissed and disappeared through her car window. Bella realized that the tattoo that her mother recommended for her just saved her life.
She sat in the cab of her truck with the dead body of a boy that she realized looked like the teen at the register she passed and began to cry. His body sagged into her and the sobbing shook her truck. She didn't know what to do now. In her short hunting career she has never encountered a dead human and definitely never killed one. She realized she needed help so she left to the closest hunter she knew.
Meanwhile, Dean's high was gone and was replaced by a sense of urgency Pastor Jim was dead due to his connection the his family and John revealed that the people who had a connection to them were slowly dying off. He didn't know why but Bella flashed through his mind; he wanted her but he didn't want demons to justify that into trying to harm her similar to how they started with Jim and now Caleb. They valued hunting things because it saved people in the end but after hearing a family friend/ a hunting friend's death over John's phone because they possessed the colt made him wish he was someone else. But, like he always did he carried on and continued his duty. John goes off with the fake colt to confuse Meg while Sam and him were tasked with saving the civilian family who was endangered by the same events that dismantled their family. The waiting was killing them but when the action arrived and time fast-forward into the aftermath of realizing the legendary bullet met a black wisp burned more than anything else. They failed for the first time and Meg's phone call did nothing but turn the burn into a flaring fire.
Bella arrived at Singer Salvage Yard and sat with the dead sagging figure of the boy beside her with tear tracks streaking down her face, it was nighttime and she knew this would be strange especially since the man never met her face to face but he was the closest. She knocked on his door and when he opened it and realized this was the girl from the blog he started following he gave her his usual test: holy water, silver knife, and christo before he let her in his house. If she was in the right level of sanity she would gush at all the resources then fume at the messy place; however Bella was beyond consolation at this point and could only say demon as Bobby led her to his couch. He tried to get the story from her but after breaking down in tears as soon as she started he finally just went to her truck park haphazardly outside to see the dead body in the back seats. From her mumblings he realized she killed someone in retaliation to a demon attack and from what he knew of the girl from his blogs she was not mentally equipped to deal with a human death.
"Alright, Bella is it?" He tried to come off soft but the years away from women, besides the sheriff who regularly visited to gripe at him, he was unaccustomed to how to deal with the distraught girl.
"Mhmm…." She barely looked up at him just stared down at the floor.
"Okay, you probably don't want to hear this but you really need to get over it. Killings happen, especially in a demon hunt. As hunters we can get rid of them without killing…." He caught Bella's attention but she immediately burst into tears when he revealed there was a way to kill demons without hurting the human host. He realized he probably shouldn't have worded it in that manner.
"No, wait. I meant we can't really kill demons we can only send them back to hell, but even that is difficult because they can easily take off as soon as we start chanting. The only tried and true way I have found is setting up a demon trap, tying them up, then exorcise them with the script.
Bella completely distressed by the information revealed to her, looked up at Bobby and asked him if she was a monster for killing the teen that was probably unaware of the dangers of the world and was killed by her ignorance.
"Well I killed my wife for the same reason so if you are then I guess I'm worse." He said it wryly with a small grimace but Bella could see the far-reaching pain in the deepest depths of his eyes. She didn't know what to do with the information just revealed to her but she knew if he could live with killing his wife then she had to get over killing the virtual stranger.
She got up and hugged Bobby who looked at her awkwardly and smirked when she realized he was just like Charlie in his reactions to females, especially crying females.
"I don't mean to intrude, but I've always been curious about you and I really don't want to be alone so can I stay here for a few days." Bobby, still kind of confused by the emotional change in the girl just nodded and told her a bed is upstairs. She wanted to sleep but the gnawing hunger drove her into the kitchen, but then Bobby's selection drove her out. His kitchen pantry had nothing food worthy such as rice or flour all he had was bread and the fridge was worst consisting of mainly beer and sandwich items. Bella was sick of those, so in the middle of the night she left to a store and got some food to cook for the week she was planning to stay at Bobby's.
She got back and began to clean the kitchen slowly releasing her frustration and anger at the situation on the dirty floors and counters. Finally, when the sun began to reveal itself over the horizon Bobby was looking at a full course meal and shiny counters. Bella barely ate the full plate before she went off to bed. When she finally awoke Bobby was sitting reading and she went over to talk.
"So.." He didn't reply and she mentally slapped herself when she realized she was speaking to a Charlie 2.0. In order to talk to these emotionally stunted men you have to just get to the point.
"How do you kill or should I say get rid of a demon?" Bobby finally deigned her with a response, so got up and passed her a big book which had tabs sticking out, he turned close to the back and pointed out the long chant she saw was in latin and then showed her the symbols to draw to first trap a demon. She began to practice until she got bored, then as she was preparing sandwiches for both herself and Bobby she asked him to help her practice the chant, so he helped with enunciation and pronunciation. Luckily she took that latin class so she could memorize the chant easier, but honestly it barely helped with the pronunciation which was the important part.
The next day Bobby and her decided to tackle the victim in her car. His thoughts, just to salt and burn the body in the back, she initially wanted to bury him but that was the civilian in her speaking, his death would probably turn into a vengeful spirit so the best action was to burn the body. As the body burned she cleaned the small blood splatters off her car but the entire time she was contemplating just getting another vehicle but decided against that because she wanted the ache in her heart everytime she thought of the teen's death. The ache created a reinforcer for why hunting was more than just the adrenaline rush it created for her, it was a saving people thing.
Bobby whistled at her vehicle and went over the specs of Bella's blogs. Basically, after her first ten thousand viewers she began to charge a small fee for the people who decided to follow after and the blogging company paid her for having an increasing amount of followers. Therefore, the million that she currently had was turning her small savings into the bustling fortune she now owned. She was considering selling hunter tools but then the government would want to track that and she didn't want it getting sent to the wrong person to raise red flags. So she just lived off the blogging money and some magazines paid to use her posts.
Bobby watched as the young woman went over her car making sure there was no other damages when he realized she had no protection on the vehicle.
"Idgit!" Bella, shocked by his outburst left from under the truck and looked up at Bobby's face which was both amused and angry to create a half grimace on his bearded face.
"What did I do?" He initially wondered how the demon even had the ability to enter her car since he knew hunters always put protective methods to prevent events like hers from occurring and now that he realized she was without he wanted to curse the young girl.
"You have no protective measures on your vehicle, I thought you were getting smarter?" Bella feeling chastised and idiotic just looked up with misty eyes, but before tears could leak they hardened.
"No I don't and I don't want that mistake to happen again. What should I do?" After he saw the determination in her the respect he lost form the knowledge of her lack of protection was reinstalled. He got the same book he showed the demon chant and trap and turned the pages to wards and other features until Bella's car; especially, the weapon booth was covered in symbols.
The next day, as Bella was making dinner there was the sound of an engine, heavy boots, and a solid knock with Bobby answering the door and the voice on the other end aroused her. Dean was here. She didn't want to, but she immediately looked down to look at her pale cardigan and tank top with skinny jeans ensemble and knew she didn't have time to change.
Dean enters with Sam and Bobby trailing behind him and the his grim look changed and before she knew it her lips were claimed by his and they were on their way to a full on makeout session right on Bobby's couch. Bobby's smack to the back of Dean's head jarred them out of the lusty haze and into the wry looks mirroring their shy faces.
"I see you've met Bella before?" They both grinned but nodded, Bella looking sheepishly around not meeting anyone's eyes and Dean looking proud at his hasty actions. Sam rolled his eyes and described their problem with John. The entire time Sam and Bobby spoke Dean was sneaking looks down Bella's tank and Bella was ogling Dean.
They were enraptured with each other so when Bobby's door was forcefully slammed open they visibly jumped. Meg barged in and before they knew it they were on the ground groaning in pain as she demanded the colt. However, Bobby's expert protection saved them when they realized Meg was entrapped by a devils trap. Bobby tells Bella this is what an exorcism looked like and she almost teared up from the memories of the dead teen. As the brothers violently interrogate and was stopped by Billy, Sam completes the exorcism and the demon leaves but the broken girl left behind brought up the memories of the teen and Bella silently cries as the dying girl reveals Megs plans.
She wanted to follow them to Jefferson City but was too distressed at that moment. As she helped Bobby clean up she decided to find the Winchester's but used one of Bobby's untraced vehicle.
When she arrived it was just in time to kick a demon teen off of Sam. Dean's heart pumped rapidly when he saw Bella but it wasn't joyous. Bella ignored his look and followed them into the car with John coming back to consciousness. The drove to a hideout and Bella called Bobby updating him on the events as the Winchester's had their reunion.
She walked back in the room to hear John telling Dean to shoot him. She was baffled by the events but watched as it all played out into John revealing he is Azazel. The next thing she knew she was viewing Dean and Sam as she dangled on the ceiling.
"Looking familiar boys?" Dean and Sam stared shocked as Bella began to bleed from her stomach and fire started to come from the edge of the roof. Then as Bella screamed Azazel taunted Sam and began to torture Dean, but before everything got worse the fire stopped and Sam and Dean watched as Bella fell onto the floor unconscious and bleeding as John battled Azazel internally. Sam shoots John in the leg and Azazel disappears in a black billowing cloud.
Sam gets up to check on John who is breathing but in pain from his leg while Dean goes to Bella who has a weak pulse and blood leaving her stomach steadily. He immediately takes off his shirt to stem the bleeding and lifts Bella up to bring her to his impala.
Sam drives, John sits in the passenger seat and Dean sits in the back with Bella laying over him. Sam tried to reaffirm faith in their goals but they all felt defeated. Dean, the most upset, was holding unto Bella as more blood began to leak from the wound and he could feel her heartbeat getting weaker. He thought about each time he saw her and the future he thought he could have with her and as more blood left the wound his thoughts broke him.
John and Sam both stopped talking as they could see the blood leaving the girl and Dean's silence deepening into agony. John looked in the rearview mirror and thought of his reaction when he saw Mary burning to death and the aftermath of realizing he was without a wife and had two kids to support. Sam just viewed Dean sympathetically as he recalled Bella's screams and realized both his Mom and Jessica went through the same pain. However they knew Dean had it worst because he watched her pain from beginning to her possible end. They all knew if Bella never recovered Dean would be out for blood to the point of losing his sanity.
While they contemplated the events they were rammed by a semi-truck onto the side of the road and as the black eyed demon possessed man glared into their car and opened his mouth to release the man, they could only look back at Dean's outraged face as Bella's blood began to leave her body faster as the semi-trucks' hit reopened parts of the gash.