Mary couldn't help but stare at her son for a moment before asking, "Brian? What's wrong Dean, why are you asking about Brian?"

Dean could tell his Mom was upset, but it didn't matter at the moment, he needed to find out what was going on. "He has someone watching Sammy and giving him information, I want to know who it is and why he's sneaking around."

Shaking her head Mary couldn't believe what she was hearing, "Dean, Brian's my brother and the last time we talked was by phone after Sam was shot. He wouldn't give me answers and I told him to either help or consider me out of his life. He chose the latter of the two choices. I have no idea why he'd have someone at the hospital."

Staring at his Mom, Dean wasn't sure what to think. He had a vague recollection of hearing something mentioned about an Uncle somewhere but he couldn't remember ever meeting him, now the guy is snooping around out of the blue; something didn't sound right. "Mom, no offense but, what does he want with Sammy?"

"I don't know Dean, he said that…" Mary hesitated and then stopped, not knowing what she should say.

"Mary," Caleb began, seeing that it was going to take some encouragement to get her going again. "what did he say? What happened between you two?"

Looking at everyone she sighed, "Dean, your father knows most of this, he wondered the same things I did at the time but neither of us knew what to do about it. Brian and I were close when I was growing up. Our parents died when I was small so our Uncle took us in but it was mainly Brian who raised me, sheltered me. It wasn't until I was a teenager that things started to change. Our Uncle and Brian would argue and I could tell it was about me but I didn't know what it was about. One day I was looking in one of the closets for something and I found a book, it looked like a family tree of some sorts but when Brian found me with it he was angry and threatened to beat me within an inch of my life if he found me with it again. After that he spent more time with our Uncle and his friends, leaving me to do my own thing. Finally I started college and Brian and I still stayed in touch, but not so much. It wasn't until after I met your father that Brian started to stay away even more, I didn't think much about it until our wedding; he didn't show up. Afterwards he'd call on special occasions and drop in only after I practically begged him, but then one day he just stopped." Pausing, she took a deep breath and continued. "You were so excited when we told you about Sammy, so we thought everyone would be. Your Uncle Brian stopped contacting our family the day we told him about your little brother."

"WHAT, why?" Dean demanded. Any slight on his brother was a slight against him and he'd make anyone pay for hurting his family.

"He only said it would be best if he wasn't around. The last time I spoke to him though he said that 'they knew Sammy was special.' I don't know who 'we' is, but I have a feeling it has to do with whatever it was he wanted to keep secret from me. I'm sorry Dean, I don't know what else to tell you." She said sadly, not liking the silence in the room, but wishing for it back as soon as she heard Bobby's question.

"Mary, what do you know about Druids?"

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Holly had no idea why she felt this way, she knew that Jason was only looking for someone to show her around, but she couldn't help but feel special driving around in the convertible that he'd rented for his stay. They had seen several office buildings, and even a few warehouses he said he could turn into office space, but nothing really stood out for his needs. Feeling a little disappointed that their time was being cut short because she had to go back to work, she tried to find something positive about the day; besides the fact she spent the afternoon with an attractive rich man, that was a given.

"Holly, I was hoping we could get together tomorrow. Maybe you could show me around the town some more and help me get a feel for which neighborhoods would be better suited for my diverse clientele." Jason said as he pulled into the hotel parking lot. "I understand if you're unable to, it's a lot to ask on such short notice."

Surprised, Holly shook her head. "Oh, it's not that, it's just that I have tomorrow off and I'd need to schedule a caregiver for my mother. Ummm…"

Seeing his opportunity flying by Jason smiled, "How about I pay you to be my tour guide for the day, and I'll even throw in lunch."

Pausing only for a moment, Holly nodded and smiled. They hadn't discussed how much she'd get paid, but for the opportunity to spend more time with him she was more than willing to put off her studying, classes, and even her mother for the day. "Alright, here's my number, call me when you're ready to head out."

Pulling out a hundred dollar bill, he handed it to her. "This is for today, I really appreciate the help." He watched as she took the money as if it was actually gold and then disappeared into the hotel lobby where he knew she'd barely make it for her shift. Pulling back out of the lot he pointed the car in the nearest direction out of town; after all it wouldn't do if she knew that he had already found a place that suited his needs. The warehouse was actually in an older part of Lawrence that had suburbs popping up around it, and it was perfect. No one really saw what was going on in front of them, so he could come and go as he pleased; and today it pleased him to no end.

Walking inside he quickly jogged up the steps to the upper level where all the information he'd accumulated was already laid out. The pictures of Johnny's 'family' was tacked to the wall along with the schedule that the freak was supposed to have started already at the University. A map of Lawrence was taped to the wall with the fastest routes around town marked in blue and emergency escape routes marked in red. His father had taught him not to fly by the seat of his pants while hunting, it would only get him killed; so instead he liked to plan in great detail every possible scenario ahead of time.

Mulling over the new information that Holly had volunteered, he located the places that her mother and Mary Winchester frequented; apparently before her strokes, Holly's mother was into charitable functions and was good friends with the other woman. This was good news for him; it narrowed down the playing field considerably. If all else failed, he'd go after the mother, and Johnny will of course follow. He knew the plan would work, his only real concern was the other two Winchester men, and he was pretty certain he could bring at least one of them to his way of thinking; of course if he was wrong then he'd just have to take care of them too.

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Mary looked at the hunter puzzled, "Druids? What does that have to do with anything?"

Sighing, Bobby looked at Caleb and understood that this was going to be a little more difficult than they thought. "Mary, your family comes from a sect of Druids and from what we've been able to tell, they weren't the nice peace loving group that we see around sporadically now. This particular group liked to deal in serious dark arts, and our guess is that's what your brother was trying to keep you from finding out."

"Dark arts? What the… you have got to be kidding me?" Dean asked the hunters "Seriously, what does that have to do with my brother?"

Caleb really didn't want to start this conversation, but he knew that it was needed, he just hoped they didn't screw everything up before they could figure it all out. "We're not exactly sure what it means to Johnny, what we do know is that your Uncle Brian is now the head of a small regional group, and he's been trying to keep his distance from everyone he used to know."

Listening closely, Mary couldn't help but wonder what her brother had gotten himself into, but then realized that it probably was something that he knew about from the beginning. She wasn't certain what it meant for her boys, but she was determined to find out. "So basically you have no idea why Brian's suddenly interested in Johnny."

Looking increasingly uncomfortable, both Bobby and Caleb looked at each other, and then back at her. "That's not exactly true; we think he wants to use Johnny's psychic gifts."

Stunned, the kitchen stayed quiet for several minutes, not even Ellie dared to make a sound. Finally, Dean had enough and echoed everyone's sentiment. "Well Hell!"