Chapter 6: Celine Kane

Jacob was getting restless in the car driving in the middle of nowhere route 66, listening to the same old Aerosmith for days now. "Sweet Emotion" was playing, he noticed that Stephanie was asleep and felt that this was his only opportunity to turn off the radio. He couldn't change the station because Adam was up and he could change the station in the backseat as well. So he made the move to turn off the radio, and luckily Stephanie was sound asleep. Adam received an interesting text from his brother Dean.

"Hey I just got a text from Dean."

"What does it say?"

"I have a case for you three in Albuquerque. He just sent me another one of all the details."

"No, no, no. We are already on a case, we have to go straight to New York if we want to try to gain on Lucifer. I've noticed a string of murders that look a lot like the one's from Santa Maria."

"Castiel just sent a text saying you would say that. They want us to do some trial runs before we actually go killing Lucifer, he isn't an ordinary demon." Stephanie moved, Jacob got ready to turn the radio back on in case she woke up.

"Dammit! Well I guess will just have to make a pit stop first." They were in the middle of Arizona, one state away from their case in New Mexico. Jacob stopped at a gas station, slamming the door waking Stephanie up. She had drool all over her face and was confused as to where they are right now.

"What happened, what I missed?"

"Nothing, we are just taking a pit stop. Dean and Castiel texted me saying they want us to do a few trial runs before actually killing Lucifer. They have a case for us in Albuquerque, New Mexico."

"Is it a bad idea to lose our lead on Lucifer? Because it seems like he moves fast."

"I know but for some reason Dean thinks this is really important and when Dean says it's really important, you usually can't say no."

"How long was I asleep for."

"You fell asleep once we hit LA so about 7 hours."

"Wow, well I need to make a potty break, do you want anything from the store?"

"Maybe a red bull." Stephanie got out of the car and she could tell Jacob was clearly upset.

"Hey I'm going inside the store to take a bathroom break, you want anything"

"Will you let me drink some whiskey?" She shook her head and crossed her arms. "Maybe just some snacks then." She went into the store to use the bathroom first. Then grabbed a red bull for Adam, two Dr. Pepper's, chips, popcorn, red rope, sour patch kids, and gummy bears all the essential road trip food items. She paid for the items and headed back to the car, Jacob was talking to Castiel on the phone but hung up just as she came out. He finished getting gas and they all sat back inside the car. Stephanie handed Adam his red bull, he opened it and started drinking right away. "Chips, popcorn, candy, soda? Did you get any real food?"

"It's a gas station, what were you expecting a salad?" Jacob was getting frustrated. "Did you guys use the bathroom, I'm not stopping again. I want to get this case over with and head straight to New York." Adam nodded his head yes, Jacob however did not go to the bathroom and got back out of the car.

Two and a half years ago…

Stephanie was at her brother's football game cheering Max and Jordan on, Jacob was standing a few bleachers above watching her. Everybody were all packed like sardines in the bleachers cheering for the Santa Maria Varsity Titans. They were playing their rivals and the game was tied. Castiel came up from behind him.

"Your getting way too close to her Jacob."

"I'm just trying to do my job Castiel!"

"Really because it looks like to me you are falling in love with her." Jacob got annoyed and took off, leaving the crazed drunken teenagers.

"I'm not falling in love with her, I'm just making sure she is safe!" They were standing in the middle of the walkway, the cheerleaders were cheering and Stephanie noticed the two strange men having an argument.

"You know if she finds out who you are, you will be stripped from your watching duties."

"I am not falling in love with her." With that Jacob left Castiel, he noticed somebody watching and turned around. Stephanie turned to face the game just in time so that he didn't notice.

Present…

"You ready to go?" Jacob got back in the car getting out of his daydreaming state. Stephanie was eating gummy bears and shook the bag of popcorn in Jacob's face. He grabbed the popcorn, smiling, and opened the bag up while turning the ignition on.

"Next stop, Albuquerque!" He exclaimed. They were now on the freeway again.

"Hey, why is the radio off?" Stephanie asked.

They drove up to a picturesque house in the middle of suburban Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was one of those houses that you would see in a catalogue for living in. Freshly mowed lawn with the sprinklers going, perfectly painted white house, with blue shingles, and a red door. It was very colonial but looked modern and crisp. Stephanie stepped outside and wondered how could there be a case at this well put together house.

"So what's the story here? I can't imagine anything bad happening at this place."

"Well a family of three just moved in here, five weeks later the couples fifteen year old was killed. Dean says there has been a pattern, of everybody who moved here someone has died. Only problem is each victim is different, an old lady, single graduated student, etc, etc."

"How many people have died?"

"Six, so far… And counting." A lovely middle-aged couple came outside arm-in-arm waving their hands at us. The woman was a blonde haired blue-eyed thirty something year old; wearing kakis, a pink shirt and cardigan, with pearls around her neck. The male had light brown hair with streaks of silver, wearing kakis, and a blue sweater-vest. They were the perfect couple, the American dream, but how could they be so happy just losing their child, and how did they know them.

"Are we supposed to wave back?"

"Apparently Dean has worked with them before." They all waved back and finally were standing in front of one another.

"Hi, you must be Stephanie, Jacob, and Adam. I'm Carey and this is my husband John, Dean has told us a lot about you."

"Sorry if I may ask… How come you guys are so happy right now? I mean you did just lose your daughter right?"

"Oh Ali wasn't our daughter, she was my niece. And of course I feel sorry for the poor girl, she was so young and ripe. But I haven't really had time to grieve because I've been taking care of my sister, she got crazy after her daughter's death." Stephanie started to think that maybe Mrs. Erikson didn't care about her sister and niece, but maybe that was just how she stayed sane. Not thinking about someone you love who died made the days go by quicker and easier. They headed into the house and the inside just looked as lovely and well polished as the outside and the two people living in it right now. "Well this is our home, be careful of the floors we just waxed them so they might be slippery." The house was completely furnished with all the latest trends from IKEA, floors cedar covered with rugs from the best hand maid rugs in Russia, and a 3-D/blue-ray 45inch flat screen TV. The kitchen had an island with the pristine marbling and glistening table tops, all of Martha Stewarts up to date kitchen-ware, and beautiful state-of-the-art refrigerator and oven. Stephanie was impressed by this house, she wasn't used to all of this glamour from the house she was raised in. "So Stephanie would you like anything to drink or eat? We have cookies, brownies, or something healthier carrots and humus? And for drinks we have lemonade, iced tea, Arnold palmer, raspberry lemonade?" She never had this many options back home, she didn't know what to choose. "I think you'll like the raspberry lemonade, and my chocolate chip macadamia cookies are delicious!" She held out the freshly baked cookies which smelled of nutmeg and cinnamon.

"And boys I have some beer if you want any?"

"Well apparently the only thing my friend Jacob here drinks is whiskey." Stephanie took a bite of the cookie and it was honestly the best thing she ever tasted. It was warm and comforting, the chocolate just melted right on her tongue. "Wow Mrs. Erikson this cookie is great! And your house is beautiful!"

"Oh well thanks, we just got it remodeled and I'm glad you like the cookies. Here try some raspberry lemonade!"

"We recently remodeled because the house was left a mess after the murder, it was a horrible crime scene. I just don't understand who in their right mind would do that to a five year old."

"Dammit John, don't talk about Ali!" Stephanie could tell Carey was hurting, especially with having to take care of her crazed sister.

"So did you guys notice anything weird around the house before the murder? Flickering lights, leaky pipes… anything out of the ordinary?" Jacob went right to questioning, Stephanie was a bit annoyed and began looking around the house for any clues. She felt something eerie about the place, as if someone else was there, hiding.

"Not that I can recall, it was a normal Sunday night. We were watching the football game with my sister and brother-in-law, Ali was put to bed a few hours before we left. Then we got the call that they heard Ali scream and well…"

"Excuse me but the death is still fresh in our minds and hard for us to wrap around. We might not be able to answer all of your questions, because we simply just don't know the answers." John put her hand around her shoulder, Stephanie noticed a strange picture above the fireplace. It was of a cemetery in the middle of the woods with a hooded figure, holding a lamp, standing by a gazebo. Stephanie heard a creak behind her near the staircase, the person who was watching them stood back quietly hoping Stephanie didn't see her.

"Mr. Erikson, how long has this painting been here?"

"For as long as I can remember, it was a part of the house before we came here. I always thought it was creepy, but my brother-in-law thought it completed the house." Adam came up next to Stephanie looking at the picture as well.

"What are you thinking?" He whispered.

"It just gives me a creepy vibe, that's all." It was the next day, Jacob was headed to the station. Adam had been researching about the house and all of the other murders all day. Stephanie searched the house looking for any clues; searching for sulfur, EMF, anything that can help her figure out what killed these people. "Hey, Jacob. I couldn't find anything in the house, can I go with you to the police station?"

"Ha, you actually think I am going to take you to the station?" She shrugged her shoulders. "No, you are staying here. You need to cover every inch of this house until you find something."

"But I already did, and there is nothing out of the ordinary except for the painting!"

"Well research stuff about the painting, it may be our clue!" Jacob left and Stephanie was enraged, she didn't know why Jacob was being so distant with her. She tried everything to be close with him but he always shut her down.

Two and a half years ago…

Stephanie was at another after party, this time invited by Jordan. Jordan was talking Stephanie's ears off, but she wasn't listening and continued to drink her tequila. She wasn't feeling like herself, mainly because she was still getting over the fact that her father had died. Jordan was talking about the game and Stephanie didn't really care, she took one more gulp and was finished with her tequila.

"Hey Jordan all of this is great, but I think I need a refreshment!" She held out her cup and shook, making it known that it was empty.

"Maybe you should cool it with those! What is it you second cup of…" He smelled the red cup. "Tequila? You should probably slow down, plus I don't think your brother would be too happy that I gave more alcohol when you are clearly drunk."

"I think my brother would be more mad that you are trying to get with me then you feeding me alcohol." She held out the cup, he just turned around and gave up. "Fine I'll go get some myself!" She stumbled her way into the kitchen and began to get dizzy. She was grabbed by someone, but couldn't tell who it was and was brought to a bedroom. The boy started kissing and groping her, slowly taking her clothes off. She tried to back away, but it didn't help. Another figure came inside the room, he started to say something but Stephanie couldn't hear anything. All she saw were blurs and all she could hear were muffled sounds, but whoever it was got the guy to leave. The man picked her up and took her home without anyone noticing.

Present…

Jacob drove up to the local police station, he was wearing his best suit, and got out his fake FBI id tag out. The police man walked him into the cold case files wondering why the feds would be here.

"So why are they bringing the feds to this case? It's a simple murder case."

"Yes, I know. But the family of the latest victim really wants this guy found, we are just trying to do our best to stop him."

"Well I should warn you, these pictures are very graphic." He left the file room, Jacob started looking at the files and the pictures were extremely graphic. They were brutally murdered, blood splattered everywhere, bodies barely left found because of limbs cut off. Suddenly his phone rang.

Stephanie was staring at the picture for a good ten minutes trying to figure out why it would be put here. There was something very strange and dark about it, almost as if the man in the painting was real. She heard another creak behind her, the girl who was stuck in the house tried to make a run for it. However Stephanie was quick and shot her in the shoulder. The girl screamed, and fell to the ground, Stephanie grabbed her arms and sat on top of her so she wouldn't get away. She grabbed her phone and called Jacob.

"Dammit Stephanie! You know I'm at the police station, this better be important!"

"I think I just found our murderer!" The bleeding girl tried turning her head around to look at Stephanie. Suddenly Jacob came in the house and saw a girl with her arms tied together around a chair, her shoulder bleeding.

"Stephanie you shot her!"

"What did you expect me to do? Let her go, she was trying to get away!"

"I'm not the demon you are looking for god dammit!" The girl yelled trying to escape from the ropes which were tied tightly around her wrists. She was sweating, heart racing, and her shoulder was bleeding profusely. "Just ask your friend Adam!" Jacob and Stephanie looked at each other. It had been about five minutes, Jacob was pacing back and forth, Stephanie was watching the prisoner carefully.

"Sorry it took me a while, there was an accident at the intersection in downtown. What's going on?"

"Well you tell me, this demon who killed Ali seems to know you!" Stephanie replied angrily. Adam turned to look at the beautiful demon sitting in the chair becoming in a state of drowsiness from the blood she was losing. He knew exactly who she was, and knew she couldn't possibly be the demon who was killing all of these people. It was the girl he fell in love with in Hell, her name was Celine Kane.

"Stephanie that isn't our demon. Sure she is a demon, but it's not the one we are after. Her name is Celine Kane." Stephanie paced back and forth as Adam told the story of Celine Kane, she was so confused at who this demon was. Celine was not your normal demon; she was a halfling, half demon, half human. Her father was a brutal demon who fell in love with a mortal, and one night without using a condom Celine was conceived. Everybody in hell found out, including Crowley, and suddenly they were after that family. But just like all demons Celine's father only cared about himself and gave up his love for his life. Handing off Celine on a strange family's doorstep, growing up Celine was always a rebel, getting that trait from her dad. She would shoplift, drink, do drugs, have sex with strangers, and her entire life she thought it was because of her personality. She was too young to remember who her dad was and what he did, but one day she ran into a demon and found out everything. Not only is Celine a halfling, but she is also a demon who can't control when she is a demon. One minute she can be a killing, evil, brutal bitch, and another minute she is the purest of all human beings, she is the girl Adam fell in love with.

"So what are you saying she is a demon, but she is also human? I'm a freaking angel and I have dealt with a lot of weird beings. But I have never heard of a demon and human."

"That's because it is extremely rare! It is against the law for demons to have affairs with humans. But my father couldn't resist my mother's charm. I'm the only one of my kind that I know of, I have heard rumors of their being very few of us out there but I haven't found anyone else like me." She could barely talk, she was extremely pale, lips dried, circles under her eyes and her white shirt and arm covered in blood.

"I know Celine better than anyone. She isn't a bad person."

"But you just said she couldn't control her humanity, how do we know she is good right now? I'm going to call Castiel!" Jacob went into the other room and called Castiel. Stephanie was in such disbelief that all she did was stare at Celine. "Hey Cas…"

"You are wondering if Celine is legit and Adam is telling the truth?"

"Yes, how did you…"

"How did I know, well I have an angel keeping tabs on you guys, making sure you are doing your job. Trust me you can trust Celine, what Adam is saying is true. Adam did know her in hell, and demons like her are very rare. But right now you can trust her, all you have to be careful about is when her humanity is switched off. She is very coy and secretive about it, you wouldn't tell if she is the ruthless demon that she can be." Castiel paused giving Jacob time to think about this. "Now I'm sorry Jacob, but I have to go. Sam, Dean and I are working very hard on another case." With that he hung up, leaving Jacob in the dust.

"Cas? Dammit!" He shut his phone off with rage.

"So what did he say?" Adam asked out of nowhere.

"He says we can trust right now…"

"Great can you heal her? I think she can help us with the case." Celine was passed out in the chair, Adam untied her wrists and put pressure on her wound. Jacob put his hand on the gash and healed it, she slowly woke up and looked straight into Adam's eyes.

"Hey." Adam smiled.

"Hey."

"Ok enough with the rekindling. I'm still not sure if I believe this half demon, half human, humanity shit. However, we have people to save and you said you might know who the murder is!" Stephanie went straight to the point, Adam brought Celine water.

"Thanks." She blushed. "I know exactly what we are up against. It's Kali, he's an upper class demon who hides in pictures and comes out of them at night to sneak up on his victims. He chooses pictures were people would think he would belong. For instance a creepy cemetery."

"No wonder I got a creepy feeling from that picture! So how do we kill him."

"He only comes out at night, I have a plan but I think we should talk about it outside. I can never really tell if he can hear us or not." So with that they all headed outside and Celine told them of her plan. She told them how she met Kali once, when she was a demon and they had a fling. She can pretend to be her demon self and lure him into a trap, but they would need one of the Erikson's to be bait.

"You want to use them as bait!? No I don't think so!" Stephanie was getting frustrated at how much faith they were putting in her.

"Look I know it is hard to put faith in me. Trust me I hate myself as a demon when I'm a human. People say the only reason why we are so rare besides the law, is because we never make it past the age of 20. My kind apparently has a high suicide rate, because their human side hates the demon side of them. But trust me, I know Kali even more than I know Adam. This plan is going to work." The rest of the day was spent planning out the trap, Mrs. Erikson would be the bait by staying at home by herself cooking for her husband and waiting for him to come home. Then Celine would capture Mrs. Erikson pretending she is helping Kali, they know one of them is the next victim no matter what. So after she is captured Celine would lure him into her trap, trapping him in a demon circle so that he can't use his powers. Then Jacob would use his powers to kill Kali. Just as they were finishing up the trap Mr. Erikson began to worry.

"Sweetheart I don't think you should be the bait. Let it be me, please!"

"John, no! I need to do this for my sister, for my niece. And I have plenty of protection!" She looked back at the four young hunters.

"These kids can't protect you, that is all they are! They are just kids!"

"Mr. Erikson I can assure you your wife is in good hands! This plan is going to work, we need you to be strong for your wife." Celine told them, with her deep brown eyes looking straight into his. With that John kissed his wife as if it was the last time he was going to see her. "Adam I'm going to need you to watch John. He is worried and he might be irrational and try to be the hero."
"Ok! I can't do that."

"Hey, you're going to be alright, right?"

"Yeah!" Stephanie was strapping a knife on her leg underneath her jeans, Jacob popped up behind her.

"You ready for this!" She unstrapped her knife, almost stabbing him.

"Dammit Jacob! You can't sneak up on me like that, especially when I am working with serious weaponry here."

"Sorry, I was just wondering if you are alright."

"Yeah I'm fine. I'm ready to gank this sucker! It's Celine I don't trust."

"I know it's hard to trust Celine, but we can trust Adam and Adam trusts her."

Two and a half years ago…

Jacob carried young Stephanie all the way to her room which was across town from where the party was at. He laid her on her bed, taking her boots off and putting some water on her bed side table. He moved a small piece of her hair out of her face and stared at her. This was the first moment he fell in love with her. She was so innocent looking and pure he wished that her life would end up differently somehow, that it would end in a way she deserves.

Present…

Mrs. Erikson was cooking dinner, Celine was watching her making subtle noises so that it would be believable enough for Mrs. Erikson to be scared. Adam was watching over Mr. Erikson in the mustang, Jacob was hiding in the bushes discretely. Mrs. Erikson pretended to fear for her life and suddenly she was attacked from behind by Celine. After an hour of waiting Kali finally came out of his picture and noticed the beautiful Celine standing above captured Mrs. Erikson. He was shocked at seeing the gorgeous girl because the last time he saw her was in hell. She was wearing sleek leather shorts, showing off her legs, a white skull tank top, and a leather vest. She looked very persuasive in her sexy outfit.

"Celine Kane." The dark man stated slyly to the half demon half human, he had a dark ancient British accent. "How are you my dear? Last time I saw you, your were in Hell and apparently your humanity overpowered you."

"Well you were wrong. I was never a human in hell and I am full grade-A demon at this moment. I thought I would help you with your next victim." Mrs. Erikson looked scared out of her wits.

"The only way to truly see if you are no longer human, is to do this." He stepped in closer to her and kissed her on the lips, very roughly. He smiled now having smeared lipstick on his lips. Adam looked down as he could see through the front window what was going on, he was a little bit jealous. "You could never resist me when you're a demon. Now shall we start with the killing!" He tried to use his powers to kill Mrs. Erikson, but nothing was working. He was confused as to why nothing was working and looked up, he was standing right underneath a demon trap. "You little bitch!"

"Jacob now!" Jacob came running into the house and used his ball of light to kill the demon. After Kali went up in flames everybody else came running in, Mr. Erikson embraced his wife pleased that this was all over.

"You alright?" Adam asked Celine.

"Yeah I'm fine."

"You were very persuasive, don't you think the kiss was a bit much?"

"Are you jealous Adam?" Celine left making sure Mrs. Erikson was alright and sane.

It was the next morning; Jacob, Adam, and Stephanie were getting ready to leave for the next city. Stephanie was still skeptical about bringing Celine with them just because they never would really know when she would turn into a demon. It was still hard to trust her even though everybody else seems to.

"Stephanie!" Carey went up to Stephanie and gave her a big hug, John was right behind and shook her hand. "Thank you so much for all of your help! We really appreciate you taking your time and getting revenge for my sister and niece. Even though you are looking for some revenge yourself." She looked behind her noticing Celine was packing some food for the road trip.

"I wasn't sure how much I actually helped with, Celine and Jacob did most of the work."

"I know you are finding it difficult to trust Celine because of what she is. But you should really put a little faith in her, you two have a lot more in common than you think. And you never know she could be a very powerful weapon when killing Lucifer." Stephanie turned her head, she never told Carey about Lucifer. "Adam told me about what you three are up to. All I'm saying is that you should try talking to Celine. You never know what you may find out."