CHAPTER 7
Dean quickly passes his gun to Sam who hides them in the draw next to his bed. Opening up the door Dean is greeted by Kate who is holding Bailey and Billy who is holding Megan. All four of them stand in the doorway shivering as they only have coats on over their pyjamas. Dean quickly escorts them in to the room and then scans the car park making sure it is clear before shutting and locking the door.
"Something happened tonight….our neighbour……our neighbour Mr Webb……he tried to hurt Bailey." Kate struggles to form a sentence as she tries to hold back the tears that are desperate to escape her eyes.
Billy stands next to the dining table holding on to Megan as he looks at up and down at Sam and Dean. Sam gives him a friendly smile but Billy ignores it and looks towards his sister who begins to pace up and down the room still holding on to Bailey.
"Woh, hold on slow down. Look give me Bailey." Dean holds out his hands.
Kate stops walking and holds on to Bailey even tighter.
"It's ok, you're safe now."
Kate pauses for a moment as Dean steps forwards and takes Bailey off her. Passing Bailey to Sam, Dean escorts Kate to the table and sits her down along with Billy who sits a sleeping Megan on his lap. Dean joins Sam who has sat Bailey down on his bed.
"No black eyes." Sam says as Bailey looks up at the brothers and then begins to yawn.
"Is he hurt anywhere?" Dean whispers.
"No, not a scratch on him."
"Will he be ok?" Kate asks.
Dean gives Kate a nod and then looks back at Sam.
"Do it, better to be safe." Dean says as he looks down at Bailey.
"Cristo." Sam says almost whispering.
Dean looks back at Kate and Billy who are now looking at him very strangely. Bailey seems to be unnerved by the word and he continues to yawn.
"CRISTO!" Dean shouts.
"Well once again it's proven that he's not possessed."
"Thank god." Dean says as he rubs his chin with his right hand.
"What are you doing?" Kate says as she walks over to Dean. "I thought you were going to help us?"
"We have, we are. Your brother is going to be just fine."
Now that Kate stands in a better light, Dean can see for the first time the extent of her injuries. Gently, Dean holds on to Kate's chin and scans the bruises, cut lip and the cut on her forehead.
"We need to clean you up. Sam, you check over Billy and Megan and here (He picks up Bailey and hands him over) give him some juice that is in the fridge."
Sam takes Bailey over towards Billy who remains seated with Megan still fast asleep on his lap. Billy looks awkward as Sam begins to ask him some questions while Dean takes Kate over to his bed and sits her down.
"I couldn't do anything he just was there and then…."
"Sssshhh it's ok." Says Dean as he puts his hands on her shoulders.
"Their all ok." Sam says as he comes back over still holding on to Bailey.
Dean looks up at Sam as the room goes quiet. Without saying a word, Sam nods as if understanding what Dean is thinking.
"I'm gonna go to the reception and see if we can get you guys the room next door. Why don't you come with me?"
Sam walks back over to Billy who stands up and positions Megan better on his hip still not waking her.
"No way, I'm not leaving my sister."
"Billy please its ok." Kate says as she holds on to her forehead as if trying to push a headache away.
"No Kate. Do you even know who these people are? And can anyone please tell me what the hell happened tonight."
"Billy please, it's complicated."
Billy's voice begins to get louder.
"Oh really Kate, because I never would have guessed. I'm not leaving here until someone tells me why our neighbour was in our house tonight trying to strangle my sister,"
Dean quickly looks at Kate's neck but she bows down her head as if ashamed. Megan still remains sleeping on Billy's shoulder although his voice is almost shouting.
"And why are we in some motel room, putting our lives in the hands of two men, who for all I now could be serial killers?"
"NOT NOW! Not in front of Megan and Bailey anyway. Please just get them sorted and into bed I'll explain it all soon." Kate looks at Billy almost pleading with him with her eyes.
"Hey, I'm gonna be with you. Nothing will happen ok?" Says Sam as he places his hand on Billy's shoulder.
"Fine." Billy shrugs away Sam's hand
Casting his sister one last look, he throws Dean a 'watching you' stare and then walks out of the room followed by Sam who is now carrying a sleeping Bailey. Dean reaches for a first aid kit out of the motel wardrobe.
"I'm sorry about Billy. He's just protective over all of us since the fire."
Dean begins to wipe the blood away from the cut on Kate's forehead and then apologises as she flinches with the pain.
"Everything you said earlier about the fire, it was true. Billy and I weren't at home that night. I was at college and Billy was round a friend's house. By the time the neighbours noticed anything Megan was already outside holding Bailey, Mum and Dad never made it out. How did you know where the fire started?"
"Because the same thing happened to me and my brother Sam." Dean says as he continues to wipe her forehead.
"What?"
"When Sam was six months old a fire broke out in his nursery. Our mum died in it."
"I'm sorry."
"Me too."
Dean chucks away the now dirty cloth and sits on the bed next to Kate.
"Kate did anything else happen tonight that you need to tell me?"
Kate wipes away the tears from her eyes.
"Err….yer….Mr Webb, my neighbour, was attacking me on the floor when all of a sudden he just flew in the air and crashed against the wall."
"Flew in the air?"
"Yes, almost as if some invisible person had picked him up and thrown him. Then this black smoke it…..it came out of his mouth."
"Smoke?"
"It went in the air and then just disappeared into the floorboards. What the hell was that?"
Dean stands up almost punching the air with rage.
"GOD DAM IT."
"What, what is it?"
"I'm not gonna sugar coat this for you, but it looks like a Demon is after your brother."
"A Demon? What?"
"The fire that killed your parents was started by a demon, a demon that choose Bailey to part of some army he's got set for the future. It doesn't make any sense because we killed him."
"A demon started the fire?"
"What colour was his eyes, your neighbour eyes?"
"They were err…….they were black."
"Black? Are you sure?"
"Yes positive." Dean gives a slight smile. "What? Is that a good thing?"
"It proves that it's not the Demon I thought it was."
Dean again rubs his chin as he takes another seat next to Kate.
"Then who is it?"
"I don't know. Another demon must be carrying on his work, but we've never known them to take children so young before."
"This army, what made him choose Bailey?"
"I don't know why he choose Bailey but there is something else you should now. You now I asked you if you had noticed anything weird happen when Bailey had been around? I think Bailey is tapping into something he has causing him to hurt people around him."
"Hurt people? Like who?"
"Judge Matthews, the boy in the park, the kid up the tree, I think these were all done by Bailey."
"What? Don't be silly he's just a child. How could he possibly do any of those things?"
"The demon that came into Bailey's nursery that night….well every other person we've come across who was chosen by the Demon has grown up differently."
"Different? How?"
"It appears that some have visions, others can move things with their mind, an increase of physical strength."
"So what are you saying?"
"I think that Bailey can make things happen by just thinking them."
"Wait, didn't you say your brother was involved in a fire that was started by the demon?"
"Yes."
"Soooo he has…?"
"Visions, Sam has visions. They started just over a year ago."
Picking up the first aid kit again Dean crouches down in front of Kate and begins to clean her lip while she looks at him completely dumb founded.
"This is not possible. You said that you've never known him to come after children before. Why is he after Bailey now?" Says Kate as she places her hand on Deans stopping him from cleaning her lip.
"I don't know. If Bailey is already tapping into this thing that he has then the Demon must be able to use that in some way. Don't worry, Sam and I will figure this out before anything happens to him." Kate lets go of Dean's hand and he begins to clean up her lip again.
"Did the demon kill my parents on purpose?" Kate says not making eye contact with Dean.
"I don't know, but the fire was."
Kate bits her bottom lip and then covers her face with her hands as she begins to cry. Dean looks at Kate for a second and then sits next to her and pulls her in tightly as he wraps his arms around her. Kate continues to sob as she rests her head on Dean's shoulder.