I hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter! I just kind of wanted to give the guys a break after the whole trickster thing. Ok so basically from here on out I will be following the show unless there is an episode I just don't want to write or I don't think it is important to the overall story of everything. I have got big plans for this story and I already have figured out what I am doing for the ends of Season 3 and Season 5. Too bad those are so far away and you guys can't share in my genius quite yet. Just stick with me and we will get there I promise. This chapter starts with the episode Roadkill.
After about a week of sleeping with one eye open because you never knew when someone was going to try to pull a prank on you, Sam, Dean, and Aubri finally called a truce. Aubri was still a little jumpy and flinched every time Sam reached for something near her, causing the guys to laugh at her. Aubri was alone in the backseat because they had dropped Folsom off at Bobby's a few days ago. The gruff old man's face lit up when the big dog leapt out of the car and bounded up the steps to meet him. They stayed there for a night while Aubri gave Bobby the recap of what happened the night she disappeared and he told her he would hit the books and try to figure out what was going on.
Sam and Dean knew of a hunt that sounded pretty interesting, apparently a stretch of road was haunted one night out of the year every year and they were going to go check it out and Aubri was tagging along. Aubri stretched out in the backseat, laughing quietly when she saw Dean wince at the sight of her feet on the seat. "Oh come on Dean, my feet aren't dirty, I'm not gonna hurt your precious baby." She reassured him, "Anyways, I'm sure much dirtier things have gone on in the backseat of this car, it's pretty spacey back here." She laughed even more when she saw his eyes grow wide in the rearview mirror.
Dean was shocked for a moment, only a second, he never expected the dirty comments that would come out of the innocent looking girl in the backseat. He recovered quickly, "Oh sweetheart, you can't even begin to imagine."
Sam rolled his eyes, sighing, "Come on you two, we are almost there. Some focus would be nice."
"Sorry Sam." Aubri apologized quietly, sitting up again and leaning forward so that her head was between the two of theirs. Dean looked over at her and shook his head as he slowly turned his eyes back to the road, but before he could notice what was in front of them Aubri let out an ear piercing yell, "DEAN LOOKOUT!"
That's when he saw the girl in the road in front of them. He slammed on the brakes, stopping just short of her. "Holy shit!" He said as the car skidded to a stop. Aubri had been thrown back onto her seat from the force of the stop. "You ok?" He asked her.
"Yeah." She said as she sat up slowly, her shoulder protesting slightly, it was still hurting from the fight with the trickster.
The girl in front of the car had her hands up, "You've gotta help me!" She pleaded as she crossed over to Sam's window. "Please, please!"
Sam rolled down his window as Aubri looked at Dean with a concerned look on her face, "You think this is why we came here?" She whispered quietly.
He nodded, an intense look on his face, before Sam spoke to the woman. "All right, all right. Calm down, tell us what happened." He said calmly.
They all climbed out of the car to hear the woman's story, Dean and Aubri were on his side of the car while Sam leaned against the hood of the Impala near the woman. "There was this man and we swerved and when I came to, the car was wrecked and my husband was missing." Sam looked over his shoulder at Dean who raised his eyebrows in response before returning his attention to the woman. They hadn't told her much about the case other than it was an annual haunting on a stretch of road. "I tried looking for him," she explained, "and that's when the man from the road he started… he started chasing me."
"Did he look like he lost a fight with a lawnmower?" Dean asked, cutting the lady off. Aubri elbowed him as Sam glared.
A look of relief mixed with suspicion crossed the lady's face, "How did you know that?"
Dean hesitated, "Lucky guess."
Sam shook his head before looking at the woman, "Ma'am, what's your name?"
"Molly, Molly MacNamara."
Dean's eyes opened wide as Sam continued to talk to her. "Molly, look I think maybe you should come with us. We'll take you back into town…" There seemed to be something going on here that Aubri hadn't been told about and it was starting to be a little frustrating being left out of the loop.
"I can't, I have to find David, he might have gone back to the car." Molly protested.
"Well we should get you somewhere safe first and then Dean and I'll come back here, we'll look for your husband, Aubri will stay with you and keep you company." Sam reassured her to no avail.
"No, I'm not leaving here without him." Molly protested. "Will you just take me back to my car please?"
Aubri watched as Sam and Dean had so weird silent brother to brother conversation and shook her head. She couldn't wait until she was in on whatever was going on because this was starting to get confusing. "Of course, come on." Sam said quietly, nodding towards the car.
They all piled in into the car, Molly and Aubri in the back, Sam and Dean in the front. "We'll find your husband Molly." Aubri reassured her, "Sam and Dean are good with this kind of stuff. Everything's going to be fine."
Dean looked at Aubri briefly over his shoulder before turning to look back at the road and Aubri saw Sam's jaw clench briefly as he overheard what she was saying. Why are they being so weird about all of this? We are going to find him aren't we? Aubri thought as she looked at the guys curiously.
"Right here." Molly said, directing Dean to where her car had gone off of the road. They all climbed out and followed her as she walked into the woods. "It's right over there." When they got to where her car was supposed to be there was nothing. Aubri looked up at Dean, not liking where this was all going and hoping that someone would explain what was happening to her soon. "I don't understand," Molly said quietly, "I was sure this is where it happened. We hit that tree right there. This, this doesn't make any sense." She said as she walked towards the tree.
"Dean we gotta get out of here." Sam said quietly once Molly was out of earshot. "Greely could show up at any second."
"What are you going to tell her?" Dean asked.
"The truth."
"She's gonna take off running in the other direction."
Aubri stepped in front of them, hands on her hips as she glared at them defiantly. "How about you start with telling me the truth?" She set her jaw determinedly, "Obviously there is something I don't know and I need to know what the hell is going on here."
Dean put his hand on her shoulder, "We'll explain later, we don't have time right now."
Aubri opened her mouth to protest, but was cut off when Molly shouted back to them. "I know it sounds crazy, but I crashed into that tree. I don't know who could have taken it, it was totaled." She watched them as Sam and Dean shined their flashlights around, looking for any clues. "Please, you have to believe me."
"Molly listen, we do believe you, all right? That's why we want to get you out of here." Sam explained.
Molly looked back at the tree then back at them, "But what about David? Something must have happened. I have to get to the cops."
"Cops, you know what, that's a great idea, we'll take you down to the station ourselves. Why don't you just come with us? It's the best way we can help you and your husband." Dean tried to reason.
Aubri's brow furrowed as she tried to figure out why they were so desperate to get Molly out of here, but they didn't really seem all that concerned with finding her husband. What if he was killed in the time it took them to get Molly somewhere else then come back? Something weird was going on and Aubri needed to know what.
Molly finally agreed to come with them, "Ok." She said quietly with one last look at where her car should have been before heading up the slope to where they were standing. They all got back in the Impala and were driving in silence until Molly spoke up. "We were supposed to be in Lake Tahoe." She said quietly.
"You and your husband?" Aubri asked.
"It's our five year anniversary." Molly explained.
"That's a hell of an anniversary." Dean commented, earning himself a slap to the side of the head from Aubri. "Damnit Aubs, don't hit the driver. You don't want us crashing too."
Molly continued telling them what happened, "Right before we were having the dumbest fight. It's the only time we really argue, when we're stuck in the car."
Sam laughed at that, "Yeah, I know how that goes."
"These two bicker like little girls if we are in here too long." Aubri explained, earning a brief smile from Molly.
"You know the last thing I said to him? I called him a jerk. Oh God, what if that's the last thing I said to him?"
"Molly we are going to figure out what happened to your husband, I promise." Sam said as he turned around in his seat to look at her.
Just then the radio started making strange sounds and Aubri looked from Molly to the front with concern in her eyes. House of the Rising Sun started playing and Dean looked at Sam, "Did you?"
"No."
"Oh great, I was afraid you'd say that."
"What's happening Dean?" Aubri asked worriedly as she leaned forward in her seat.
Before he could answer Molly sat up slowly, "This song, it was playing when we crashed."
Aubri's heart started racing as the dial on the radio moved some more and a garbled voice spoke, "She's mine," it said, "she's mine."
"What is that?" Molly asked her voice breaking slightly.
Aubri's eyes were fixed on something in the road just ahead, "Dean? Dean slow down. Dean!"
When Dean saw the man in the road ahead of him he slammed his foot on the gas pedal, "Hold on." He said determinedly.
"What are you doing?" Molly yelled as they sped towards the man and the car passed through him.
Aubri relaxed immediately once the man disappeared. "So that's what's going on." She sighed.
"What just happened?" Molly asked, breathing heavily.
"Don't worry Molly, everything is going to be fine." Sam reassured her.
Just as he spoke the engine started to sputter and the car slowed down. Aubri tensed and sat up in her seat, "Oh please no." She whispered.
"I think you spoke a little too soon Sammy." Dean said as he pulled off to the side of the road and tried restarting the Impala. After a few failed attempts Dean pulled the keys out of the ignition and looked at Sam, "I don't think it's gonna let her leave."
Aubri reached over the seat and grabbed Dean's arm, "Out of the car, now." When he tried to argue with her she squeezed his arm harder, she couldn't help but notice the hard muscles beneath her hand and a blush started to creep across her cheeks, "I need to talk to you, in private." She said raising her eyebrows.
Dean sighed and rolled his eyes before jerking his arm out of her grip and getting out of the car. Once they both shut the doors behind them he turned to face her, "What is it now Aubri?"
"You are going to tell me what the hell is going on, do you hear me Winchester?" She said, pointing a finger at him as she advanced. She poked him in the chest before she continued, "I have had it up to here with you guys not filling me in on what is going on. I am part of the team now ok? I've helped you guys; I have earned the right to know what might kill me." Her voice went up in pitch as she spoke, the only sign of how scared she was.
Dean softened up a little when he saw the glimmer of fear in her eyes as she spoke to him. He grabbed the hand that belonged to the finger that poked his chest and gently placed her hand by her side again. "You're right, you've earned it." He said nodding slowly; still holding on to her hand as he explained what was going on.
In the car Molly was fighting back tears as she looked at Sam, "What did he mean when he said he isn't going to let me leave?"
Sam took a deep breath, "This guy who is after you, he is going to do everything he can to make sure you don't get away." Sam heard her breath catch as she held back a sob. "But we aren't going to let him hurt you Molly. We'll keep you safe." Sam promised before turning back to face the front, clenching his jaw as he did so.
Dean knocked on the window to get Sam's attention and once Sam looked at him he motioned for them to get out of the car. As Molly climbed out of the car she spoke, "This can't be happening."
"Well, trust me, it's happening." Dean replied as he opened up the trunk of the Impala. Aubri did her best to act normal, but it was hard to after what Dean explained to her. She was on Molly's side of things, this can't be happening, she thought as she looked at everyone, her arms crossed in front of her chest as if to protect herself. She was the one who wanted to know, she was the one who asked questions, and she was the one who was going to have to live with what she now knew.
Molly walked around the car to see what Dean was doing and when she saw all of the weapons in the back of the truck she started to slowly back away. "Uh, thanks for your help, I think I can take it from here."
Sam started to go after her, "Molly wait, it wasn't a coincidence that we found you alright?"
That got Molly's attention and she turned around slowly to look at him, "What are you talking about?"
"We weren't just cruisin' for chicks when we ran into you sister, we were already out here, hunting." Dean explained.
"Hunting for what?"
"Ghosts." Aubri said bluntly as she walked over towards Molly and Dean headed back to the trunk.
"Really Aubri?" Sam asked, all he got in response was a glare, "Don't sugar coat it for her."
"She needs to know Sam."
"Yeah but she doesn't need to know know Aubri."
"You're nuts." Molly accused.
Dean popped his head out of the trunk again, "Really? About as nuts as nuts as a vanishing guy with his guts spilling out. You know what you saw." He turned back to the trunk.
Aubri watched as Molly crossed her arms in front of her chest, not wanting to believe the facts that were being placed before her. Sam walked towards Molly slowly, "We think his name is Jonah Greely, he was a local farmer that died 15 years ago on this highway."
"Just stop." Molly said quietly, shaking her head slightly.
"One night a year, on the anniversary of his death, he haunts this road. That's why we're here Molly, to try to stop him." Sam explained.
"And I suppose this ghost made my car disappear too."
"Crazier things have happened, isn't that right Aubri?" Dean said, smiling as he nudged Aubri's shoulder and she rolled her eyes at him.
Molly still didn't believe them and started to walk away again, "You know what, I'm all filled up on crazy. I'm going to get the cops myself."
"I don't mean to be harsh, but I don't think you're gonna get too far." Dean said looking up and then back at Molly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked as she turned around again.
"It means that Plan A was trying to get you out of here. Obviously that didn't go over too well with, uh, Farmer Roadkill."
Aubri could tell that Molly still didn't believe them and she started to walk towards her cautiously. "Molly, they're telling the truth. Greely isn't going to let you leave. We can help you, you just have to trust us, we can keep you safe."
Molly walked towards Aubri slowly, "You… you're serious about this aren't you?"
"Deadly." Dean said bluntly.
Sam had a pained look on his face as he looked from Dean to Aubri and Molly, "Every year Greely finds someone to punish for what happened to him. Tonight that person is you."
"Why me, I didn't do anything?" Molly asked as tears threatened to spill over.
"It doesn't matter." Sam explained, "Some spirits only see what they want."
Molly stared at them for a moment before something dawned on her, "So you're saying this Greely took my husband? Oh god." She looked down at the ground and looked like she was going to be sick.
"Hey, Molly, we're going to help ok? We are going to help you find David." Aubri said comfortingly.
"Yeah, but first you have to help us." Sam added.
"Help you?" Molly questioned, "How?"
"You have to take us to where you saw Greely." Dean answered.
Ok so I had the whole episode in one chapter and then I realized it was over 6,000 words long so I split it into two chapters. Part two of Roadkill will be up a little later this week. I hope you like what's up so far. As always, review at will, but remember, I'm a lot quicker at updating when I get reviews!