Wow! That last chap got a hell of a reaction…more hurt Sam you shouted from the rooftops!!! Be careful what you wish for…Gimme some protective Dean and NEVER LET COLE WEAR CLOTHES!!!
I have to apologize if the review responses seemed garbled, I was drunk but in my defence it was Saturday night and I had just permanently scarred a man for life by whipping out my panty hamster and almost snapping him in half as he nervously stared at pictures of Sam and Dean on my wall (yes, I do write from experience, I am Hope!).
Anyhoo, a few of you asked if I have been watching the new season and the answer is YES! Don't wanna spoil but I have noticed that they are stealing from me. I had Dean calling Brooke a wench way before Oktoberfest, I also had him singing Eye of the Tiger and climbing out of the Impala window ages ago. Don't even get me started on the fact that Sam and Dean were sat in a room full of unleashed pythons and that an upcoming ep has a character called Hope!
I don't know if the writers are reading this fic but I have an image in my head of Sera Gamble sitting at home in a silk kimono (LOL) with a glass of red wine and a big pink sex toy as she works out how to get Dean to strip to the strains of Steppenwolf! I very much doubt that Sam will start using the belt trick in the actual show (although that would have a major effect on ratings!) but if they take on a Sasquatch or have one of them playing football then I'll be consulting my lawyers!
You need a tune…I love Rock n Roll…but I have changed the lyrics! Hee hee
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"Goddamn beaurocrats…" Hope muttered out of the window. "I mean, I save someone's life, in a totally awesome way may I add and then some idiot tries to kick me out of school."
Cole glanced at her as he drove. "Well you did sexually harass a teacher and brought a knife to school, then there's the dildo."
"It was for emergencies." She growled.
"The knife or the dildo?"
"Both."
He laughed as he pulled his truck into the hospital lot. "Well, we have two hours before the game so we better try to make some headway with this case before anyone else gets hurt."
"I don't think Tyler will talk to me, I think you should go in alone."
"C'mon sis, you can't just talk to the victims you like."
"It's not like that…she'll just open up more to you, they always do."
"What?"
"Girls like telling you about their traumas."
"No they don't."
"Sure they do…it gets you all mean and protective and they live for that crap."
He rolled his eyes at her. "Ok, stay here. I'll be back soon, try not to get into any trouble while I'm gone ok?"
She made a face as he climbed out of the truck and slammed the door shut behind him. She managed to sit still for all of five minutes before she got restless and exited the truck. Hope hated hospitals with a passion as they had all spent time in one at some point but Bonnie more than the rest. The smell of disinfectant and death could linger in her nostrils for hours or even days after a visit and she couldn't face that right then. The thought of having to actually say goodbye to her mother in one was more than she could bear and she tried not to think about it as she looked up at the characterless block.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
She snapped to attention with a shock and spun around coming face to face with the sexy assistant coach. "Riggins…hi." She actually blushed and she hated it. The fact that after her performance earlier she had actually had the nerve to declare her love for Luc over the phone shamed her. She couldn't help what happened to her body when she came into contact with a hot guy but she knew she would have to fight it. Easier said than done she thought wistfully.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Thought I'd stop by and see how Tyler is." He leaned against the hood next to her and kicked a stone with his boot.
"That's nice of you."
He shrugged. "I used to go to school with her mom, I kinda felt I had to…"
"That was a pretty public way to try to kill herself."
"I don't know what happened but she didn't do that."
"Seems like par for the course in this town…gruesome suicides."
He looked up at her as she feigned disinterest. "They're just kids who did somethin' stupid."
"That got a girl killed."
His jaw tightened as he remembered. "We've all made mistakes."
"Has she said anything?"
"She can't talk." He rubbed a hand over his throat. "Why aren't you in there, you're friends right?"
She smiled and rolled her eyes. "My brother went to say hi…she's his rally girl dontcha know?"
"I remember." He huffed. "That was pretty unreal."
"What was?"
"Climbing into the roof like that, you could have been killed."
She smiled. "Thanks for the concern but I know my limits."
He paused for a long meaningful second. "Somehow I doubt that."
"Are you flirting with me?"
He stood up casually and looked at her with a soft smile. "Now that would just be wrong."
She raised her eyebrows and felt the heat in her belly spread downwards. "And that's what makes it feel so right, alas…I'm promised to another."
"You're a bit young to settle aren't you?" He said as he looked at his feet.
She stood close to him no longer afraid. "Eggs over easy."
"You talking about my lunch or yourself?" He answered.
She laughed as she saw Cole approach with a frown. "You should watch your cholesterol."
"Right." He smiled again as he took a step away from her and turned to her brother.
"Hey." Cole said as he eyed his sister suspiciously.
"I better go, see you in the locker room."
"Ok." They both answered. Cole gave her a scowl as Riggins walked away with his sister watching attentively.
He opened her door. "Get in."
She gave him a smile full of innocence. "I didn't do anything."
"Then why do you look like the cat that got the cream?"
"It's nice to know I'm wanted, is that so wrong?"
"Where do I start?" He slammed the door and walked around the hood to slide in.
"Any news?" She changed the subject as he started the engine.
"She couldn't talk but I got her to write it down." He passed her the papers covered in scrawled writing.
"So it is a ghost?" She said reading quickly.
He pulled out of the lot and looked across at her. "Whilst you were busy trying to mount Riggins I was working." He reached for the glove compartment and pulled out some more sheets of paper. "Pete Kennedy, Amber's older brother."
"I thought she was an only child?"
"She was. Pete was her father's kid from a previous marriage. He killed himself when she was five, post traumatic stress from the war."
"Crap."
"Tyler said she saw a guy in uniform, the way I see it he might have wanted to be dead but he didn't think it was his sister's time."
"How did he kill himself?"
"He hung himself. Apparently he couldn't get over the fact that he saw his best buddy having his guts spilled in front of him in Iraq."
"Lovely. So was he at least buried?"
"Uh-huh, in Arlington Cemetary."
"Damn. What do we do?"
He pulled his phone out of his pocket and passed it to her. "I figure Grandpa's closest, we give him a call and get him on it and make sure the rest of the pranksters live through the game tonight."
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The sun had set a long time ago and Dean's eyelids had grown heavy. He was determined to get to Anchorage but he didn't want to flip the car on the icy roads either. He knew he needed a break so he slowed the Impala down and pulled over a little needlessly on the still deserted road.
"Sam?" He turned in the seat as the sudden lack of noise and movement woke Nitro who blinked at him yawning as he stood up and shook himself.
"Huh?" Came the groan. "Are we there yet?"
Dean smiled. "You wish, we're only halfway but I need a break."
"You want me to drive?"
"Nah, look at this though." He nodded out of the windscreen.
Sam frowned and pulled himself up stopping suddenly. "Holy cow." He said looking outside. "Aurora Borealis."
"What?"
"It's the Northern Lights."
"Pretty cool, I didn't think you'd wanna miss it."
"Thanks, they're amazing."
"How do you feel?"
"Good."
"Now look me in the eyes and say it." He sighed and shook his head. "Yeah, that's what I thought."
"Where are you going?"
Dean opened the door. "Gotta go drain the main vein." He said gruffly as Nitro barked in agreement and they got out leaving Sam on his own.
Sam sat back, Dean wasn't fooled and he doubted his wife was either and before long Dylan would be in the loop that he was fucked yet again. He was in so much pain that he could hardly bear it. He had thought it was the cold weather at first but now he really thought that the encounter with the Sasquatch had dislodged something. There was nothing he could do to get comfortable and had to fight the nausea with every movement of the car.
Dean came back with a satisfied roar a minute later and got out the whiskey handing it back to Sam over his shoulder.
"It's colder than a witch's crotch out there, I almost froze my dick off!" He shivered and adjusted the rear view mirror looking at his bearded face as Sam drank.
"You have such a way with words, I ever tell you that?" He watched him in amusement. "What are you doing?" Sam asked as his mouth curved slowly into a smile.
"Ya think a beard makes me look like Bobby? I think maybe I need a shave." He said vaguely.
"And I need a new spine, life sucks sometimes doesn't it?"
Dean made a face and looked at him. "Do you ever wish you could just snap your fingers and be anywhere in the world?"
"And miss all these scintillating conversations that we have in the car? Never." He replied sarcastically.
"I wonder how many hours I've clocked up behind this wheel over the years." Dean muttered as he rubbed his hands over it. "If I could have any power I think it might be that."
"Scary thought, you need to get some sleep man." He groaned as he nursed the whiskey.
"It'd be cool though…teleporting…"
"Dean, you're delirious."
Dean leaned against the door and hunched down crossing his legs at the ankle on the passenger side. He folded his arms trying to keep some warmth in as Nitro nestled in the footwell. His eyelids drooped as he relaxed. "I'll get you home tomorrow Sam, don't worry." He whispered as his breathing turned shallow and he fell into an exhausted sleep.
Sam grabbed one of his blankets and draped it over Dean before he shifted painfully onto his side and settled down with the rest of the liquor for a long and sleepless night.
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Johnny hugged Hope excitedly. "I feel sorry for that poor girl but…you solved your first case and made head cheerleader. I'm so happy!" He pulled away and she laughed again at his blue and white painted face, he was rapidly turning into an avid Panther fan.
"Thanks, but Cole solved the case really."
He shrugged. "I already congratulated him."
"It's not over yet."
"You're going to kick ass out there, in every sense of the word."
She smiled and inhaled nervously through her teeth. "I already came up with a new cheer."
"My babies grew up so fast." He hugged her again. "I just wish your parents were here to see this."
"Me too."
"Knock 'em dead."
He left her to head for the bleachers as she walked over to her squad. "Ok guys, are we ready?!"
"Hell yeah!"
Cole and Hope had sworn not to take their eyes off their teams, they figured Tyler would be ok but Burton and Jackson were sitting ducks. Hope had everything they needed from salt rounds to iron pipes to fend off whatever hit until Bobby worked his magic in Washington.
They ran out onto a field of driving rain but they didn't care as they began to get the cold and wet crowd going. The band were marching and squelching through the ankle deep mud as they came to the end of their set.
The Arnett Mead team came out to boo's and a smattering of cheers from their inferior squad as Hope marched in front of the shivering and drenched cheer squad like an angry drill instructor.
"Suck it up guys it's just water dammit!!" She lifted her face to the sky and let it wash over her face as proof. "God I love this! C'mon, we have a show to put on!"
They all smiled at her and the band started to play the music for 'I Love Rock n Roll' as the Panthers entered the stadium.
Hope and the others faced the crowd and got them to follow them as they clapped twice and stomped their feet once. Soon the whole place was reverberating with the mass rhythm.
I saw him standing there looking mean
I knew he musta been about seventeen
The team was goin strong
An a Panther's never wrong
An I could tell it wouldnt be long
Till you were with me, yeah me,
And I could tell it wouldn't be long
Til you were with me, yeah me, singin'
I love our Q.B Cole
So slot another ball in my end zone baby
I love our Q.B Cole
So come an take your time an sing with me!
Johnny frowned and gulped as parents covered their offspring's ears and the teens went wild for the new anthem. Cole stopped midfield and glared at his sister as his new theme tune took off. She winked at him as she led the cheer squad in supporting the players.
He rocked up and Coach asked for his name
That don't matter, he said
Cos I'll win the game
Said can I be alone,
So I can drive my balls home
Next he's movin on
Arnett Mead, yeah Mead
Next he's movin' on
Arnett Mead, yeah Mead
The crowd joined in for the final chorus of the cheer as the Arnett Mead team started to look nervous like they were Christians being thrown to the lions.
Sing it!
I love our Q.B Cole
So slot another ball in my end zone baby
I love our Q.B Cole
So come and take your time and sing with me!
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Now that the boys were coming back and Bonnies' dialysis was over for the day both wives could finally relax as they sat side by side in the hospital bed.
"Where are the kids?"
Brooke smiled. "With your mom."
"Christ, haven't they suffered enough? I mean, I love the woman but she is to motherhood what Hitler was to race relations."
"She's not that bad." Brooke answered diplomatically with a giggle.
"Have you seen her new boobs? Dean's gonna freak…"
"Does he spend a lot of time looking at them?"
Bonnie gave her a look. "They're boobs and this is Dean we're talking about."
"Right. Well she's good with the kids and Dylan knows how to look after Lily anyway."
"He's turning into quite the little man."
"It kind of worries me sometimes. He used to be so innocent and now…"
"It's hard to let go right? I was like that with my kids too, I think Winchesters just grow up quicker than anyone else but they turn out fine in the end. He'll be ok he's a mini Sam so at least he'll have a great role model."
"Yeah, I know." She didn't want to get too maudlin and depress her friend so made a conscious effort to be upbeat. "They'll be back tomorrow at some point, bet you can't wait."
Goosebumps rose on Bonnie's arms at the mere thought of seeing Dean again as she looked at the gold bangle on her wrist. "Yeah, I really missed him this time."
"We've been through it all you and me."
"And then some. It's the final stretch for me…" She shrugged. "...but I hope it gets easier for you."
"No it won't, nothing will ever be the same again."
Bonnie nudged her. "Stop it, you'll set me off…I don't feel like being sad right now."
"Yeah, you're right." Brooke sniffed and wiped quickly at her eyes as she brushed the hair from her friends' shoulder. "Is your mom going to beautify you?"
Bonnie nodded. "I'd rather you did it though, I don't really want to look like an invalided hooker when he gets here."
"Don't worry, I may be useless with myself but I couldn't possibly mess you up."
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'So we're in the fourth quarter here in Dillon and I've never seen anything like this, it's history in the makin' folks'. The announcer said to the people watching at home or listening on the radios. 'This game has been a one man show from the start. If Osbourne doesn't make it to the NFL then I'll eat my hat. The kid's on fire as he leads the Panther's to victory against their fiercest opponents. Nothin' short of a miracle can beat the Panthers now.'
Coach Taylor waited on the sidelines as Cole jogged up to him. He grabbed the front of his helmet in his fist and stared at him. "Now's not the time to get cocky son. We got seconds on the clock and I want another six points you got that?!"
"Yes sir." He nodded. He knew the plays by now and the other players were ready as he ran back on the field. Some of them were flagging but he could keep going all night and he found to his surprise that he was loving it. In order to score a touch down from this distance they were going to play the Quarterback Sneak, it was something rarely used as there weren't many QB's as fast as him but he knew he could do it.
He called the play and the ball was passed back to him, he threw it again immediately to Nelson as Arnett's defence expected. Nelson was an awesome running back but he wasn't going to evade the entire line. Before being hurled to the ground he passed the ball back to Cole who had been left wide open having run up the field faster than most professional sprinters. He jumped and caught the ball as the crowd stood in unison.
'Oh my Lord, I cannot believe this kid is human, in the final seconds of the game Cole Osbourne's going to score a touchdown from midfield!!! Un-freakin'-believable!' The announcer screamed into the microphone.
Hope was screaming from the sidelines as her brother whipped past her with the ball. He only had two seconds to make it the final thirty meters and even she didn't know if he would make it.
The coach was running behind him screaming with the rest of the town as Hope saw something in the corner of her eye. The players left on the field were all just stood staring in shock as they focused all their attention on Cole. Burton was at the back and blissfully unaware of the ghost stood behind him.
"No!" She yelled as the rest of the town disagreed with her. She was ready though and ran to the bleachers. Her iron bar was there, she got her sneaker under it, rolled it onto her toe and flicked it up quickly catching it in her hand as she ran onto the field.
She heard a huge roar as Cole made the touchdown and the crowd went wild. No one was watching as she sprinted almost as fast as her brother into the centre of the field as the ghost of Pete Kennedy thrust his hand into Burton's body causing him to fall to his knees in agony. She swung the bar just in time and he evaporated as she fell into the mud. She was slightly breathless as she looked up at the rain falling onto her body. Rolling over she went to check Burton was ok.
"What happened?" He asked.
He was an asshole of the highest order but right now he just looked like a scared kid. "I guess you got over-excited." She said with a smile. "How do you feel?"
"Like my chest is going to explode."
She looked up and saw half the crowd were now on the field surrounding her heroic brother. No one was looking their way until Cole muscled his way through the heaving throng ripping off his helmet and running back to her.
"You ok sis?" He panted as he leaned over them.
"Fine, it was Pete. Burton needs help."
Like he was the Pied Piper everyone was following Cole. He turned and shouted to the coach. "He's hurt!"
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Sam couldn't sleep, even worse, he had finished the whiskey and needed to piss. Dean was snoring in the front seat so he tried to be quiet as he opened the rear door which was easier said than done as snow piled against it and his back went into spasm. He realized they would have to dig themselves out when Dean finally awoke and it would cost them time. He looked back at his hirsute brother and wondered if he should wake him now but decided he needed a little more sleep. He struggled to his feet and closed the door again.
Leaning heavily on the trunk with one hand he unzipped himself with the other and knew immediately what Dean meant before. If he ever wanted to pleasure his wife again he had to make this quick or he'd get the most unwelcome case of frostbite known to man. He whistled slightly to hurry things along and vowed to stop more regularly to avoid such a lengthy display in future. At least he had a short name he thought stupidly as he carved it into the snow at his feet.
Finally he was done and put little Sam back to bed with a relieved sigh.
When he tried to open the door again it was jammed. "Shit!" He had no choice now. "Dean?" He could hear him snoring even over the howl of the wind as he pulled his jacket around him.
Sam flinched as he banged a frozen fist on the window that was misted over by frost. He knew Dean couldn't hear him so he pushed on the roof and rocked the car. The snow pulled at it so it moved only a fraction. "Dean!" He was getting angry now as his teeth chattered and his legs collapsed under him making him fall into the snow in a heap.
Suddenly he could make out the beautiful sound of barking and heard movement in the car.
Dean sat up with a start in the cold interior, looked into the backseat and turned around quickly. "Sam?!"
"I'm out here!"
"What the hell are you doin'?" He shouted angrily as he tried to open the door.
"Freezing my nuts off Dean!"
"Stand back." He heard Sam shout something but it was lost in the wind.
Dean kicked at the door with both feet pushing it against the drift and opening it enough for him to slide his body through. He found Sam sat on the ground and crouched down next to him. "Dude!" He said grabbing his brother. "Are you crazy?"
He shrugged. "I needed to piss."
"So use a damn bottle don't go turnin' your dick into an ice pop! Here." He kicked at the snow around the rear door and pulled at the handle with his cold fingers. Sam was already shivering badly so he grabbed him under the arms and pushed him as gently as he could into the rear seat as Sam shouted in pain. Dean climbed into the cramped space behind him and closed the door against the driving wind. "It's a full on blizzard out there. Why didn't you wake me up?"
Sam couldn't speak for the chattering of his teeth but managed a scowl.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I just slipped on the ice."
Dean was wide awake now as he shook the hip flask finding it empty. He tossed it and grabbed the blankets heaping them all on his brother. "It's ok…I can dig us out of here, I just pray the car'll start." He sat back with a frown. "Nitro, here." He commanded and the dog obeyed.
Sam was winded slightly as Dean grabbed the dog and pulled him over the back of the seat. "Hold onto him. He smells like Bobby after a dirty weekend in Hanoi but he'll keep you warm, it's a trick I learned from the Sasquatch." He smiled briefly as he climbed back into the front to see if the engine would turn over. When it wouldn't he felt his heart jump into his throat, without it they were all screwed.
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As Hope and Cole watched Burton being carted off on a stretcher they looked at one another.
"We only have one option bro. I'll go to the hospital and cover the injured and you watch Jackson."
"We shouldn't split up."
"Ok, we'll both hit the boys locker room then and hope that Grandpa breaks into the largest military burial site in the world, locates the bones and burns them in time."
"You hate hospitals."
"And I love naked football players, see how dedicated I am to this job? Where are your keys?"
"You're not taking my truck."
She raised her eyebrows. "I'll hotwire it if I have to."
He stared at his uniform. "Well I don't have my keys so you're gonna have to." Came the despondent response.
She grinned smugly at him as he scowled.
Johnny suddenly appeared from nowhere looking like a breathless Japanese tourist on crack with his camera slung around his neck. "OH MY GOD! I don't know where to start!"
They stared at him in shock as he looked between them with a face streaked with wet blue paint. "Cole…that was the coolest freakin' thing ever!!! Hope? Cheer porn to Joan Jett and public ghostbusting?! I think I'm going to die of excitement! I FREAKIN' LOVE FOOTBALL!"
"That's great." Cole replied impassively. "We appreciate your enthusiasm but we still have work to do."
"You're calling the shots, tell Ninj what you need." He clapped his hands together in anticipation.
"You can be our central command." Cole said. "Call Bobby and find out where he's at with the bones and let us know, we're gonna hold off the spirit 'til you give us the all clear."
He raised his thumbs. "Consider it done. You guys ROCK!"
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"We're screwed." Sam said quietly from where he lay in the back.
"No. We're not." Dean sat back and stared out at the driving snow as his mind worked on overtime. "I just have to get the car started and keep the bitch moving."
"How?"
He looked back at him. "You let me worry about that, I'm the one man A-Team right?"
"Don't go out there Dean, when we don't get to Anchorage someone will come looking for us."
"That's tomorrow but tonight we're both still alive and I'll be damned if I'm gonna sit in this car and watch you freeze to death."
"Dean you'll die out there for God's sake!"
He smirked. "Nah you'll bite it first, but don't worry Sammy, I promise not to eat you."
"You're crazy."
"More than likely, but I made a promise to Bonnie that I would be there tomorrow and I don't make promises I can't keep."
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GRRRRRRRR I love Badass Dean. Ok so I was going to conclude the hunt and roadtrip in this chap but in all fairness I have been busy and rather sore from my various antics. You know you're getting a pre - ep update tomorrow though right?
OK so you know I love you but you have no idea how much...major sibling moments coming up...