1Disclaimer: I don't own them. After all... Owning people is classified slavery, last time I checked, and that's not looked well upon in today's society. All though I don't think they'd complain about the work they'd have to do...
A/N: Sorry it's taken so long. Schools been a bitch, and I'm in the process of getting some stuff changed perhaps. I'll let you know how it turns out when I know. So with out further ado, the long awaited chapter...
yep just for you. Well you still have the house spirits... maybe they'll be enough?Adyn was getting worried. Montana never stayed gone this long. Normally he worked out his frustrations and came back. For him to be gone at all was evidence of how pissed he was. Normally he just stuck around blew up about whatever was bothering him and all was well again in the world.
"What's the matter Adie?" Dean asked waving his hand in front of her face.
"Hmm? Oh, nothing. I'm gonna go call Monti. I'll be right back." She got up and walked outside, her thoughts obviously not with the boys she left behind her.
"So Dean..." Sam began once she had left.
"Yes Sammy?"
"What's up with you and Adyn?"
Dean looked at Sammy gave him the look, pursed his lips, and with a shake of his head, replied, "Nuthin."
Sam just looked at him
"Sammy..." Dean said low in warning.
"Sam."
"Sam, nothing. Don't give me that look."
Sam just continued to look at him.
"What do you want me to say, Sam?"
"The truth." Sam said simply.
"Ok. Truth is I'm a guy. She's a girl. Sometimes guys and girls need to release certain frustrations together."
"I meant about how you feel about her. Jerk."
"Bitch. I don't do "feelings". Specially not on a 'share with other people' level." Dean deflected
"Ok. Then I'll tell you what I've deduced from the situation." Sam put on his best lawyer voice.
"Deduced? College boy thinks he's sooo smart. What are you? Sherlock's reincarnation?"
Sam ignored the jibe. "You, Dean, rarely do an actual relationship. The only evidence of one, that I can find, was Cassie, and that was short lived. You are more of a one night stand kinda guy."
"Just cause I haven't found a girl who can handle the truth, doesn't mean I shouldn't or can't have some fun." Dean grumbled, not liking where this was going. Sure he liked Adyn. But he liked lots of things. He liked driving in the rain, he liked taking a shower after a hunt, he liked Missouri... ok, maybe he just tolerated her... He liked getting real food and a good nights sleep on a real bed. But that didn't mean he could have everything he liked, or that it went beyond liking.
Sam continued. "You haven't slept with her yet, or we would have left town already."
"Cause we have a hunt, dude." Dean said with an air of offense.
"So either, your playing with her, hoping to get laid after the hunt is done and then leave, which isn't the greatest idea. Adyn seem like the kinda girl who would hunt you down just to kick your ass half way to heaven and back for that, and Montana would take care of anything that happened to be left over. OR! You actually like her but are thinking about when you leave."
Dean affected a bored look. "Done there Sherlock?"
"For now. So which is it?" Sam pressed.
Dean looked like he was thinking about his choices, but in reality he was wondering just how much of his mask he'd have to crack to get Sam to leave it alone. Uncertainty? Might work, 'cept then Sam would feel the need to help him be sure, and honestly it wasn't Sam's problem or business. There was no way Sam was getting the unabashed truth. So he just went with the 'shrug the shoulders and change the subject' tactic. "So this thing. What do you think it is?"
Sam sighed. Trust Dean to avoid anything resembling feelings and truth. " I dunno. We couldn't get much from the crime scenes, since they were so old."
"You don't think it'll go after Adie and Montana do you?" Dean asked.
"Probably. But we'll stop it. We always do." Sam smiled a little. The not answer Dean tried to give him spoke volumes to Sam.
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Adyn walked outside and dialed Montana's number. It rang until it went to voicemail. "Hi. You've reached Montana, I can't answer my phone. Leave me a message..." Adyn hung up and dialed again. And again... and again.
"What?!" Montana finally answered, irritably.
Adyn picked up the noise of a public place in the background, which made her less worried and more at the same time. The irritability with which he answered bothered her. Rarely was he like that. Rarely.
"Just checking in. You've been gone awhile, wanted to make sure you were ok." She said quietly.
"I'm fine. I don't need you acting like my mother." Montana snapped at her.
That stung but she brushed it behind her mask. "You out with someone?" She heard muffled whispering.
"No one special. I'll be home in a bit." And then the phone clicked signaling the end of the conversation. Adyn stared at the phone for a bit, startling when it rang.
"Adyn." She answered. "What? How long ago? Thanks. Don't worry, you won't even be able to tell."
Shutting her phone she turned and walked inside quickly.
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Montana shut the phone. "Why didn't I just tell Adyn... I always tell her things." He thought briefly, but thoughts were banished when he looked at Jessabelle, who leaned in and kissed him passionately.
"Thanks, Monti." Jess said as she pulled away from the kiss.
"For what?" He asked her.
'For not telling your sister about me. That could have ruined everything. Thanks for being mad and giving me an opening.' "For Lunch. I've got to get to work in a few. But maybe we could do something later tonight?" She leaned down giving him an ample shot down her shirt.
Montana thought about it. He really should help research the hunt some more... but one look into her gorgeous dark eyes, and he found himself struggling to tell her no. "I'd love to, Jess, really.. But I can't, I've got some research to do for a project I'm working on."
Jess pouted, and Montana felt the need to kiss it away but he didn't, after all he barely knew her. "Anything interesting?" She asked him.
Montana shook his head "Not particularly. Just some history and stuff. For school." The lies flew easily from his lips. After all the only real lie was the school part.
Jess frowned. "That doesn't sound fun."
"Nope, but it's gotta be done. Maybe tomorrow though. I think I could take a break then." Montana offered in consolation.
Jess's face lit up. "I'd like that."
"Ok. I'll call you." He stood up and kissed her on the head. "Till tomorrow. Bye."
"Bye Montana." As soon as he left she scowled and made her way to 'work'.
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"Dean! Sam! We gotta go. There's been another one" Adyn rushed in exclaiming loudly as she ran past to change out of her pjs.
"Where?" "When?" The boys asked at the same time.
"Cordova. They think early this morning." She hollered back.
"Who's they, and how did you find out?" Dean asked suspiciously.
"Friend in the force called me." She said amidst drawers slamming.
"As in police? Why would they call you?" Sam asked
"Helped him out with a ghost problem. Decided that hunter's lives are hard enough, if he can help he would. So he does. It's real handy. Gotten us out of some tight spots before. Luckily we've been able to help a couple of officers out, and the rest, well who could say no to little innocent me?"
Dean laughed. Sam could only be amazed. Adyn walked back out.
"What?" She asked. "Sometimes being a girl comes with perks. One of them gave us the heads up before the police show up. They just got the call, and the closest unit is at least thirty minutes. Give us time."
"Ok lets go. You gonna call Montana?" Dean asked.
"He won't be joining us." She stated. " So Dean looks like you get to show off your driving skills to me first hand. Let's get a move on. Don't have much time to waste."
They quickly headed to the Impala, Sam offered Adyn the front seat, but she refused saying she didn't really feel like messing up the Karma of the car. Dean laughed at that. It turned out the house wasn't more than five minutes away, parking a few streets up they made their way back to the house. Adyn pulled out three pairs of surgical gloves and tossed the boys a pair.
"What are these for?" Dean asked confused.
"Well, typically with gloves, you put them on your hands." Sam shot at him.
Adyn laughed. "Put 'em on. We can't leave evidence we were here. Part of my understanding with my Cop friends. They know I come, but they also know that I don't take anything, unless it's a cursed object, or tamper with the evidence unless necessary. No fingerprints."
"That's really a good Idea. We should probably think about that Dean. Don't need anymore on our rap sheets. Well yours anyways."
"Funny." Dean said with a cock of his head
The body was lying in the all outside the bedroom. He was early thirties, stabbed in the back, but they couldn't find the weapon. Dean whipped out his EMF meter and scanned the house, he got some residual readings.
"Huh. Definitely our kinda job." Dean confirmed
"Hey guys, look at this." Adyn called. Bending down next to her the boys examined what she was pointing at.
"Sulphur. " Sam said.
"So, it's definitely a demon." Dean said.
"Mmm. Perhaps." Adyn said.
"Perhaps? Demons are the only thing that give of sulphuric residue." Sam said.
"No. Not the only thing. It's rare, but it's be known to happen. Certain evil spirits that were real people, and were evil in life, if they die and are sent to hell, and for some reason come back, either as reincarnations or through supernatural means often leave behind sulphur."
"How do you know that?" Dean asked.
"Grandfather's journal" Adyn said, as she continued to study the scene before her.
"Well what about the EMF?" Dean asked trying to stump her.
"A reincarnation that is following the path of the original releases EMF. Typically because, it's more like she isn't a reincarnation, but the original. Of course it could be a demon" Adyn replied thoughtfully.
Sam stood up and went back to the body. "Guys look at the way he's dressed."
"Just shorts Sammy, most guys do sleep in them. And it was early."
"Yeah but look at the bedroom." Sam pointed out.
Adyn looked in. "Looks like he had company..." She checked her watch. "Sammy hurry up with those pictures, we need to leave."
"Almost done Adyn." Sam said.
They finished up just as the caught the sound of sirens heading their way. Making a quick and clean exit from the house, the calmly drove past the police officers headed to the house. The officer in the lead car merely nodded at them, to which Adyn nodded and slyly winked back.
"Friend?" Sam asked witnessing the exchange.
"Scott. The original guy with the ghost."
"And I thought we had good contacts..." Dean muttered teasingly.
"Oh you do babe, you do. You've got me Monti now. Mi contacts es su contacts. Or something like that."
Sam just rolled his eyes.
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Jessabelle walked straight into the Baha Inc. Building and headed straight to the elevators. Walking straight up to Abe, she sat down on a couch and tapped her foot, waiting impatiently for him to get off the phone.
"Will he sell?" Abe asked after hanging up the phone.
"Good grief Abey-poo. I just met the kid today. Give it some time. I'm going out with him tomorrow evening. I don't like this kid at all."
"You don't have to. Just pretend like you do and get me what I want."
"I always do Abe baby. But it might take more time. If I kill him, I have to kill the sister. And he is resisting more than the others."
"Well you'll just have to turn up the charm then won't you love?"
"Only for you." She stood and lead him to the bedroom in the suite.
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Montana returned to an empty house. And oddly it only fueled his anger. It didn't matter that he had pretty much made it clear he wasn't in the mood to talk to them. The fact that they left him, with out telling him where they were going, and probably at Dean's insistence really pissed him off more. Taking a deep breath he tried to shake off the feeling. The Impala pulling up helped alleviate the frustrations he was feeling, while increasing it at the same time.
"Where have you been?" He demanded as Adyn stepped through the door.
"Whoa. Were's the fire? We got a call, the spirit struck again. So we went to check it out before the police." She said holding up her hands in mock defense.
"Why didn't you call me?" Montana demanded.
"You made it pretty clear you didn't want to talk. So I figured I'd leave to your friend." Shrugged Adyn.
Montana made a clicking noise in the back of his throat. "She isn't as important as what we are doing." He snapped.
"Dude. Chill" Dean said standing next to Adyn. "It isn't like she abandoned you or anything. Besides by the time you got back we would have lost our chance."
Montana knew he was overreacting but he really couldn't stop him self. "I'm going out, tonight. You obviously don't need my help, since you have the two fantastically wonderfully Winchester's."
"Who you going out with?" Adyn asked him looking at him curiously.
"This girl I met."
At the vague answers Adyn switched to interrogation mode, "Name?"
"Not that it's any of your business, but her name is Jess." He figured that was safe. It wasn't her full name, but enough to keep Adyn off his back.
"Really? A girl? Like that?" Adyn was a little shocked her brother normally didn't do that, now she was really worried.
"Yes like that. I do know how to pick up a girl, Mother!" With that he stormed out. Once outside he rang up Jessabelle, told her that he just found out he didn't have to turn in the paper for and arranged to meet her later. He then climbed into his jeep and drove off.
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Adyn stood there stunned for minute, shaking herself "Ok let's get started."
Sam picked up his laptop. "I'll start here. Let you know when I find anything."
Adyn shook her head, walked over to a bookcase pulled on a copy of The Silmarillion, and walked into the hidden room and began rummaging through some books.
Dean followed since only one could use the computer at a time. They spent several hours like this. Finally Adyn spoke up.
"Guys, I think I found something..."
"Really? I haven't found jack on the net." Sam said.
"Whatcha got?" Dean asked coming to stand over her shoulder.
"Well we know it's a seducer, and it stabs people in the back. I think it's a Jezebel spirt." Adyn said calmly.
"A what spirit?" Dean asked. "Never heard of it."
"Jezebel? Like biblical Jezebel?" Sam inquired.
Adyn nodded.
"How do you know this shit?" Dean asked Sam. Sam shrugged his shoulders
"It would make sense that she was a demon, or of Demonic descent..." Adyn muttered to herself. "So it's quite possible it's actually the same person..."
"Adie, I love that you figured it out... But you care to share?"
"Oh sorry. In the Bible Jezebel was the pagan queen who married King Ahab. She brought with her, her religion, Baal worship. She was his high priest. The story goes that Ahab wanted this one vineyard and whined to his wife about it till she had the guy killed, thus ensuring Ahab got the vineyard."
"Why wouldn't the guy sell the vineyard?" Sam inquired
"Against Jewish Law. It was the land that was granted to his family ages ago. It was to stay in his family line. And only in his family line." Adyn explained
"So how do we kill her? Exorcism?" Dean asked impatiently
"No." She flipped the book around so they could see. "Seems she's shown up a couple of times before in history, always under a variation of Jezebel, she's deathly afraid of dogs. Since 'dogs of Jezrel ate her in the end, or so the story goes. I'm thinking that's her weakness."
"Dogs? Ok so we go to the pound pick up some mutts..." Dean suggested.
Sam shook his head, catching on. "No. I think it's gonna have to be Dogs of Jezrel right?" He asked Adyn.
"I think so, or something similar." Adyn confirmed
Sam exited the room and brought in his laptop searching for anything related. "Hey Adyn, I think I found someone we can talk to. There's a Jewish art and culture exhibit going on downtown..."
"I forgot all about that... They bring in things like that every now and then. Ok, let's go."
"Adie, should we call Montana?" Dean asked gently.
"I'll call him on the way. He's out on a date. I don't really want to bother him. After all he doesn't need me to be his mother. Come on we are wasting time." She said waving him off
Dean looked at Sam, who just shook his head, then followed her out. One step closer to figuring out this spirit.
