Thanks for the awesome reviews. Here's a little brother sister bonding for ya. Hope you like it. Just 2 more chapters to go after this one and I've already started the 3rd and 4th ones. And we can't forget the extra special THANK YOU to SciFiNutTX and laceym for putting up with me. They are my favorite people in the whole world.
Chapter 17
They found the boys about 20 miles from town. Katie pulled over to the side of the road and jumped out of the Impala. Heaven followed her from the Jeep.
"Are you two alright?" Katie asked.
"I'm fine." Sam replied. "Dean's pouting cause he got sidelined by a pregnant thirteen year old girl."
"Dude, I am not pouting," Dean protested, "and Katie if you hot wired my car, I'm so gonna kill you.."
"Well, that explains why he was so cranky on the phone." Katie said to Sam.
"Hello, I'm standing right here you know." Dean said.
"You were right, cuz," Heaven said as she walked over to the Winchesters, "He is cranky."
"Who the hell are you?" Dean snapped at Heaven.
"Name's Heaven Johnson. I'm Caleb's daughter."
"No way." Dean said, "Caleb's daughter is only ten years old."
"Dean," Katie interjected, "Last time you saw her she was ten. That was about nine years ago."
"Man, now I do feel old." Dean said dejectedly.
Everyone laughed at that comment, including Dean after a minute.
"Come on." Sam said, "We need to get someplace dry and one of us needs to patch up Dean."
Heaven got back into the Jeep with Katie and the boys got into the Impala. Katie followed her brother's lead. They drove for a total of four and a half hours, crossed the border into Canada, and stopped in a little town called Sprauge in Manitoba. Katie called John while she was on the road and told him that everyone was safe and she'd be meeting back up with him in a couple days. They got adjoining rooms at the first motel they found.
"Ok, off with the shirts big brother so I can check that burn." Katie said.
"It's fine." Dean said.
"Yeah, right. You gonna do it yourself or are the three of us gonna have to hog tie you."
As Katie said that, Heaven and Sam moved to stand on either side of him.
"Alright, alright, just call off your pets." Dean laughed.
Dean sat down on the bed and did as Katie asked. While she was checking him out, Sam turned on his laptop and Heaven made herself comfortable on the other bed to watch some TV.
"Now," Katie said, "you wanna tell me what grabbed Sam?"
"Just a bunch of redneck freaks that thought it was fun to hunt down and kill people." Dean answered.
"Dude," Katie said to Sam, "You got grabbed by actual people. Four years at Stanford must have really dulled your skills little brother."
Sam looked up at Katie and rolled his eyes, then went back to staring at his computer.
"See," Dean said, "that's what I said."
"This coming from the guy who, as Sam put it, was sidelined by a pregnant thirteen year old girl." Katie teased.
"I didn't wanna hurt the kid." Dean said defensively.
"Sure," Heaven chimed in, "and elephants grow on trees."
"Hey, not everyone can get the kind of training from multiple hunters that you girls did." Dean sniped.
"Ok, ok, enough picking on Dean. Poor big brother has had a very long couple of days." Katie said.
After that, the room got very quiet. Katie finished patching up Dean and then went to sit at the table with Sam. There was something obviously bugging the kid because he'd barely said two words to anyone since they got into the room. After a few minutes, Katie decided to give Dean and Heaven a distraction so she could talk to Sam alone.
"Hey Dean, why don't you and Heaven go get us something to eat.?" Katie said.
"Trying to get rid of us are you?" Dean asked.
"Yes, now go." Katie replied with a smile.
"Come on Heaven, I'll show you what it's like to ride in a real car instead of that thing my sister drives." Dean said with a smirk.
Katie watched them walk out of the room and waited until she heard the engine of the Impala running, then she said something to Sam.
"Sam, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Sam said without looking up from his computer.
"Sam, that's the first word you've said since we walked into this room. I can see it written all over your face that something's bothering you. What is it?"
Sam looked up at Katie then and took a deep breath before he spoke.
"Have you heard from dad at all?"
"No. I almost caught up with him a couple times, but he disappeared." Katie lied.
"I've been trying not to think about it, but I'm afraid he's lying dead in a ditch somewhere." Sam said sadly.
"Have you said anything to Dean about that?"
"No, the few times I've tried to bring it up, Dean just brushes me off."
"That's Dean for you. He's got some twisted idea in his head that John is invincible. I'm sure the old man is fine Sam. You just gotta give him time to stop being so damn stupid and realize he needs our help."
"Yeah, I guess." Sam said glumly as he went back to his laptop.
"Sam, what's really bothering you?" Katie asked, trying to get his attention again.
Sam looked up at her with a rather sad expression on his face. She thought maybe that her being there was reminding him of Jessica, until he spoke.
"You're gonna leave again."
"What?" Katie asked with a confused look on her face.
"When we wake up in the morning you're gonna be gone." Sam said, anger rising in his voice, "Why did you even bother to come?"
"Because Dean said you were missing. Sam, I don't understand. Why are you mad at me?"
Sam practically jumped out of his chair and started pacing the room.
"Cause I'm tired of our family being scattered all over the damn country!" Sam screamed, "I just found out you're my sister and except for the two years we were at school together, I don't know a damn thing about you! What if something happens to you? I already lost one sister I know nothing about, I don't want to lose the other!"
When he had finished yelling, Sam slumped down onto one of the beds. Katie walked over and knelt down in front of her little brother.
"Sam," Katie said as she placed a hand on his arm, "nothing is going to happen to me or to John. I haven't been around because I thought you and Dean needed some time to yourselves. It tore him up when you told him to stay away from you the night you graduated from high school."
"I didn't think of that."
"You were too busy being mad at him. Plus, you and John have always taken Dean for granted."
"How'd this conversation go from being about you to Dean?"
"Cause he's the reason I've stayed away. Not because he asked me to, but because he needed me to. I can also move faster on my own. I've gotten close to John a couple of times. I probably would've had him this time if Dean hadn't called and said you were in trouble."
Dean and Heaven chose that moment to walk back into the room with dinner. Sam seemed to relax after his little chat with Katie. The guys seemed to be very interested in getting to know Heaven. Katie thought that was because they wanted to know a few things about their sister. Embarrassing moments seemed to be their favorite topic and they seemed to get a little frustrated with the nineteen year old because she wasn't very forthcoming with information.
It was nearly dawn by the time the four hunters went to bed. Four hours later, Katie woke up Heaven and left her sleeping brothers to join back up with her dad. She almost couldn't do it, but she knew John would never make it on his own for long.