CHAPTER 8
NEXT MORNING!
Pulling up outside Kate's house, Dean and Sam start to head towards the front door.
"You sure there gonna be ok on their own?" Says Sam as he looks over to Dean.
"Billy's got our numbers, plus we salted every window and door in that room so nothing can get in."
"What about Kate?"
"Well that sedative we gave her last night would knock out a horse so I think it's safe to say that she'll be asleep for a little while longer."
Walking up the front steps, Dean pulls out his EMF reader as Sam unlocks the door and enters the house.
"Did the demon ever come back for me?" Says Sam as he flicks through some letters on the side table while Dean begins to scan the living room with the reader.
"What?"
"When I was younger, did the Demon ever come back for me?"
"Are you getting all pissy because some demon is coming back for Bailey but he didn't for you at that age?"
"No, are you kidding? I'm just trying to understand what's different between us."
Dean starts to head upstairs as Sam follows.
"I don't know, maybe the Demon changed his mind after he saw what a nerd you were growing up. Thought he would wait a while and see if you changed out of your geekyness."
"Very funny Dean."
"Or maybe it's because you never showed any demonic killing powers when you were that age."
"You can't blame Bailey for those murders. He doesn't understand what he's doing."
"I'm not blaming him Sammy, I'm blaming that yellow eyed son of a bitch for giving him that power to begin with."
Dean and Sam come across Bailey's room. Dean lowers his EMF reader as he and Sam look at the destruction that litters the room. Both bookcases are now in pieces and books and teddy bears scatter the floor. Mr Webb is nowhere in sight but a small pool of blood can be seen on the floor where Kate left him lying the night before
"Looks like the neighbour has gone?" Says Sam as he inspects the ground next to the blood.
"What's the betting he woke up with a nasty headache this morning?" Dean says walking around the room with his EMF reader.
"We've got sulphur here." Sam says as he moves some teddy bears off the floor.
"I'm picking up nothing out of the ordinary. Let's check out some of the other bedrooms."
Dean and Sam enter Megan's bedroom and begin to look around. Sam heads for the wardrobe as Dean walks past her table full of drawings but then stops and goes back to pick up the same drawing Kate did the night before.
"Sammy."
Sam looks over towards Dean and sees him looking at a piece of paper.
"Does this guy look familiar to you?"
Dean turns the paper around and shows it to Sam. On the paper is a man's face who is wearing a black hat. The man's entire face is black apart from his yellow eyes.
"The yellow eyed Demon."
"I bet that night of the fire Megan saw what happened." Dean turns the paper back around and has another look.
"She would have said something if she did."
"Or she would have been too scared. We need to talk to her, see if this jerk said anything to her."
Dean folds up the picture and places it in his jacket pocket.
"Let's get some clothes for them and then head back." Dean says as he starts to walk out of the room.
"Where are you going?"
"To Kate's room, she needs clothes as well."
"And I'm guessing that will involve going through her knicker draw?"
"Hey, a man's got to do what a man's got to do for a damsel in distress."
Sam throws a teddy bear towards Dean but just misses as he steps out of the way.
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BACK AT THE MOTEL
Dean and Sam enter Kate's motel room where she is playing with Bailey on the bed. Billy and Megan are sitting on the floor leaning against the other bed as they watch TV.
"Hey." Says Kate whose eyes look slightly red from all the crying.
"Kate, you're awake?" Says Dean in surprise.
"Yes, and I guess I should say thanks. I don't think I would have slept at all if it wasn't for…well whatever you gave me last night."
"Here are some clothes, just to tie you over for today." Sam hands her a duffel bag.
"You mean we can go back home?" Asks Billy.
"We checked the place out and it's clean."
Kate still looks worried.
"Just to make sure Sam and I will stay with you for the next couple of days. Until this whole thing is sorted ok." Dean says making Kate smile.
"Thank you and thanks again for the clothes, their great."
"Your neighbour wasn't there by the way." Dean says as he sits down at the table while Sam remains standing.
"His wife phoned this morning." Billy says as he continues to stare at the TV. "Apparently he can't remember anything since leaving the pub last night. As far as he and his wife are concerned he got drunk and just picked the wrong house. He also apologises for the mess he made and offered to pay for any damages. I told Mrs Webb that we weren't even home last night and not to worry."
"Well that's good, at least we don't have to worry now about what to say to the neighbours." Says Sam as he remains standing with his hands in his jacket pockets.
"Yer triffic, because that totally helps with us understanding this situation." Billy snaps back.
"Billy stop it." Kate says causing Billy to look back towards the TV and clicking the remote changing the channel every two seconds. "Megan go to the bathroom and put these clothes on." Megan stands up and takes the clothes from Kate. As she enters the bathroom and closes the door Dean and Sam walk over to Kate and begin to whisper.
"Actually we need to talk to you about something."
"What?"
Dean pulls out the picture from his pocket and shows it to Kate. Sam looks at Billy who looks like he isn't listening but Sam can tell that he is trying. Bailey remains on the bed now pulling out the rest of the clothes from the duffel bag.
"It's one of Megan's drawings, so what?"
"Has she drawn this kind of thing before?" Sam says as Dean puts the drawing back in his pocket.
"She draws that picture all the time, has done ever since the night of the fire. Her shrink says that it's her way of dealing with what happened."
"Dealing with it?"
"Yes, it's some sort of imaginary friend or something." Kate goes back to unloading the duffel bag although Bailey is now covered himself in most of the clothes.
"The person in the picture isn't imaginary, this is the demon I was telling you about last night. The one that started the fire which killed your parents." Kate stops pulling the clothes off Bailey as Dean's words hit her.
"What?"
"The yellow eyes, an all black complexion. Bit hard to forget once you've met him." Says Sam.
"So what are you saying?"
"We need to speak to Megan. We reckon that she might have seen what happened that night." Says Dean.
"What about that night?" Billy says as he now stands besides Kate.
"Billy err."
Before Kate can say anything else Megan walks out of the bathroom in her new set of clothes. Dean looks towards Kate who then calls Megan over.
"Megan honey, come and sit down at the table." Kate picks up Bailey and places him on the floor in front of the TV and then joins Dean, Sam and Billy who stand around the table facing Megan.
"Megan, Dean and Sam here are gonna ask you some questions ok?
"Hey Megan." Dean sits in the chair next to Megan and pulls out her drawing placing it on the table. "I want to talk to you about the man in this picture. Do you know him?"
Megan looks at Billy who looks more confused than anyone else, and then at Kate.
"It's ok Megan, you can say."
Megan nods her head.
"Did you see him the night of the fire?"
Megan looks at Kate and then nods again.
"Was he in your brother's bedroom just before the fire started?"
Megan nods.
"He was standing by Baileys crib. He told me not to tell anyone he was there."
"Did he say anything else?"
"Only that one day he would be seeing me again. Then Mummy came into the room and…..and….." Megan looks up at Kate and then tears begin to roll down her cheeks.
"It's ok Megan." Dean says as he wipes the tears of her cheeks. "You don't have to say anything else."
Megan wraps her arms around Kate's waist who then bends down and kisses her on her head. Billy stands still dumb founded.
"What are you lot talking about? Are you saying that someone was in our house the day our parents died?" Everyone remains quiet. "Kate?"
"We think so Billy."
Billy walks over and grabs Megan by the shoulders pulling her off Kate.
"Is this true Megan? Did you see this guy in our house before the fire started?" Billy scrunches up the drawing as he holds it up to Megan's face.
"Billy let go of her."
"Was this man in our house the night mum and dad died? Answer me dam it."
Megan remains silent as more tears roll down her cheeks.
"Hey man, ease off yer." Says Sam as he pulls Billy back.
"Don't tell me what to do." Billy screams as he looks at everyone. "Screw this I'm out of here." Billy crunches up the drawing and throws it on the floor as he storms out of the motel room.
"BILLY." Kate runs out after Billy and catches up with him in the car park.
"Billy will you stop." Kate says as she pulls on Billy's arm forcing him stand still.
"Get off me Kate. You should have told me, the minute you knew you should have told me."
"I only just found out myself. I didn't tell you anything else because I was trying to protect you all."
"Stop protecting me Kate, I'm old enough to look after myself."
"Ok, then I was doing it for Megan and Bailey."
"Oh what a surprise. Bailey, Bailey, Bailey. That's all I hear about these days. Ah poor Bailey, how's he gonna cope growing up never knowing his parents? How's Bailey doing these days? I'm sick off him."
"Billy stop that, you don't mean it."
"Maybe I do Kate. It's about time people started to remember that I lost my parents too in that fire."
"So did Megan and me."
"All this time I thought Mum and Dad's death was some freak accident and now I find out that they might have died because of him."
"Billy please stop what you're saying, you don't understand."
"Then tell me Kate, tell me what I need to now."
"I will but please not right now, we need to be there for Bailey, he's in….."
"You see, everything is about him." Billy starts to walk away.
"Where are you going? Billy…Billy."
Kate remains still as she watches Billy run out of the car park and disappear down the road. Dean and Sam stand watching from the motel window.
"What now?" Says Sam as he holds the curtain open.
"We do a summoning spell. Figure out who's after Bailey and why."
"And what about Bailey." Dean and Sam look over at Bailey who is now joined by Megan on the floor and watching cartoons.
"We keep an eye on him."