CHAPTER 11
IN AN ABANDONED FACTORY
Dean and Sam look down at the black candle which now begins to smoke as Dean throws down the last ingredient written in their father's journal.
"What now?" Says Dean as he looks around the empty warehouse he and Sam found.
"We just wait I guess."
"But not for long." Dean and Sam pull out their guns and spin around to face the voice that just spoke to them. Standing before them is a woman dressed in rags. Her teeth are black with dirt and she looks like she hasn't had a bath for a long time.
"You son of a bitch, I should kill your sorry ass right now." Dean spits as he aims his gun towards her head, but the woman just stands before them laughing.
"Oh I heard you were a comedian Dean, but we both now that you wouldn't kill an innocent person in cold blood, possessed or not. So then what do you think to the new body? It's not the strongest of bodies I'll give you that but seeing as you two pick the only abandoned warehouse in town I'll take what's on offer."
The woman begins to circle Dean and Sam who follow her around with their guns still raised.
"You think we're gonna take it easy on you just because you've took over some homeless woman's body. Right now it doesn't matter whose body you're in we will still kick your ass."
"You were playing a completely different tune Dean when Sam was possessed. Maybe I should go into his body and see how things turn out there? I heard the last Demon who did it had a right blast"
"You touch him and I swear to god….."
"Oh I swear to god I'll kill you. Please like I haven't heard that a thousand times before. So then, what have you brought me here for?"
"You know why you're here? Bailey?" Sam's hands start to shake a little as he tightens his grip around his gun.
"Ahh of course Bailey. Such a strong little child. But of course you already know that after seeing what he can do."
"What do you want from him? He's too young to join your side, you must have other intentions for him?"
"That's right Dean and for that you get 10 extra points." The woman starts to laugh again as she now begins to circle the boys in the opposite direction.
"We won't let you destroy another family." Says Sam.
"We will take back whatever belongs to us. Bailey was chosen long before you two killed off our master."
"Your master? You're here finishing off his work aren't you? Collecting a new army of children?"
"Now Dean look at what you've made me do? You've made me already say too much."
"What's your name?" Spits Sam.
"My name's not important."
"Yer, well maybe this will refresh your mind." Dean says as he fires two shots at the woman's stomach which forces her back a couple of steps leaving her bent over clutching her stomach.
"Is that it?" The woman says laughing as she stands up straight. "Rock Salt? Can't you do any better than that?"
"Actually, we can." Dean says as he and Sam lower their guns. The woman continues to laugh but she soon stops when she realises that she cannot walk any further forward. Looking down at the floor and then above her she now realises that she is in the middle of a Devils Trap.
"Did it refresh it for ya?"
"Now tell us who you are?" Sam yells again.
"I already told you my name is not important."
"Are you Meg?"
"No, to carry on that blood line would have been a great honour. I am one of our master's most lawful followers. Completing his work is why I escaped from hell. Once his army is complete no one will be able to stop us. Not even your colt."
"There's just one thing you're forgetting, we killed that sorry son of a bitch and he int coming back. So you can take your army, and you can lead it straight back to hell because we sure aint gonna let it happen." Says Dean.
"You gonna do all of this in the last eight months you have left Dean? Oh yes we all know about your little deal. I must tell you that there are a lot of people very excited about seeing you when you get to hell. I think your welcoming party is gonna be a huge."
The woman is hit two more times as Sam fires his gun at her chest.
"SAM." Dean says as he places his hand on Sam's gun and then forces it down.
"Did I touch a soft spot their Sam?" The woman struggles to say as she is winded by the rock salt.
Opening up his father's journal, Dean hands it to Sam who begins to quote the verse before him. The woman stands strong for a second and then falls to her knees screaming out in agony.
"When I get to hell you can guarantee that I'll still be able to kick your ass." Dean whispers to the woman as he bows down to her level. "You can kiss goodbye to getting your hands on Bailey as well."
Dean stands up as the woman fights back the pain and begins to laugh again.
"You really think that I'm the one who's after Bailey….you're already too late."
"Sam stop." Sam continues to read as the woman screams out in more pain. "SAM, stop for a second." Sam stops reading. "What did you just say?"
"Your already too late, Bailey is probably already at the dock awaiting his initiation."
"The dock? What the hell are you talking about?"
"You see Dean you did it again, got me saying stuff I should not say."
Dean quickly pulls out his cell phone and begins to dial a number.
"You're too late." The woman yells as she continues to knell on the floor looking too weak to stand.
"YOU SHUT UP!! Come on come on." Dean says as he hears the phone begin to ring.
"Sammy? You should have joined us you know." Sam tries to ignore the woman as he watches Dean pace up and down the room. "You could be at peace with us, no feelings of guilt, no emotions. We could be the loving family you never had."
Sam walks towards the woman stopping just outside the devils trap.
"You know you want to. Don't forget Sam, we're in your veins."
Just then Sam throws down some Holy Water from a hip flask he had hidden in his jeans pocket. The woman screams out as the water begins to burn her face and arms.
"I'm with my family, and I will never, NEVER be one of you."
"Hello." Kate says as she picks up the phone in her kitchen.
"Kate, listen it's me Dean."
"Dean, what's happening, are you ok?"
"Check over the house, make sure all windows and doors are salted. We think another Demon is after you. Kate do you hear me?"
"Dean….Dean your breaking up what did you say?" Billy stands in the kitchen doorway watching Kate as the phone eventually goes dead.
"Everything ok with Dean?" Billy says as Kate tries to re-dial Dean but then hangs up when it doesn't connect.
"I couldn't hear what he said."
"If it was important he'll find another way of ringing back."
"Yer I guess. I'm just gonna go and check on Bailey. Can you double check all the doors and windows for salt?" Kate walks past Billy and makes her way upstairs not noticing the phone wire behind him which now is nothing more than a melted pile of goo.
"KATE…KATE! Dam it." Dean hangs up and then tries to call Kate again but it rings out.
"What happened?" Says Sam as Dean walks back over.
"Who's after them?" Dean demands as he grabs the hip flask off Sam and throws down another lashing of Holy Water.
"I'll never tell, you will have to kill me first." The woman spits back.
"Fine, finish the job Sam."
Dean watches as Sam continues to read from where he left off. The woman thrashes around on her back as the pain intensifies.
"Your…too…late. You can't stop us all."
"Right now, all we care about is stopping you." Dean says as the woman lets out one final scream releasing black smoke in to the air which then quickly falls to the floor and disappears.
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As Bailey sleeps in his crib, Kate begins to tidy up the nursery and picks up some toys off the floor. As Kate positions the toys by the window she notices that something isn't right and then walks over to the next window.
"Billy." Kate says as Billy enters the room. "I thought you salted all of the windows. None of these have been done?" Billy begins to walk closer to Kate. "Why haven't you done them?"
Just as Kate turns around she sees the glare of darkness in Billy's eyes as he hits her over the head with a baseball bat.