Chapter 10: Ordinary People Can't Handle the Truth Part 2
Ben wants to give Dean and Lisa some time to rest without being disturbed. He leaves the house this time in his own car with Johnny and Mary. They head off to the mall.
Johnny barely speaks or looks at Ben on the ride there. They don't want Mary to worry or cry about what happened to their mom so all Ben tells her is that Lisa is home sleeping and that she will be fine.
Scene: The Arrowhead Mall in Dallas, Texas
Johnny holds his sister's hand as they stroll through the mall. She stops in front of a toy store. Mary points at it and Johnny nods letting her know its okay for her to go in and play with the toys for a while.
Mary smiles at him then she heads straight for the toys inside. Johnny stands by the entrance of the store then looks back at Ben who takes a sit on a nearby bench to relax. He can tell by the look on Ben's face that his brother is lost deep in thought.
Johnny feels in his gut that there is definitely more going on with his family than anyone is willing to admit. He badly wants to know truth, but he fears what he may find out could be really horrific at the same time.
His own secrets about his abilities and Mary's also weigh heavily on Johnny's mind. He isn't sure how to break the news to his family knowing it could potentially change their lives forever. Trying to tell his cousins didn't work because the phone cut out on them so he considers revealing the news to Ben first.
Johnny watches as Mary plays with a stuffed teddy bear in the store.
He doesn't want anything bad to happen to her so concealing the truth seems absolutely necessary for her sake, but Johnny is also tired of all the secrets and lies. He just wants to be honesty with everybody and hopes they will finally be honest with him.
Johnny turns towards his brother Ben once more trying to decide if he should just go tell him now.
Ben can't stop thinking about Paulo's dead bloody body lying on the floor. What scares him most is how glad he is that he killed the bastard after what he did to his mom. The thought of it makes his skin crawl.
Ben looks over at his little brother and sister in the toy shop and it pains him to think what this will do to their lives once the world finds out he's responsible.
"I don't want them to see me hauled off to prison," Ben thinks to himself. He considers it might be better just going on the lamb so his family can continue living a normal life even if it's without him there.
Castiel told him he'd take care of the body and dispose of Lisa's car too, but all Ben could think about then was getting his mom checked out. He drove her to the hospital and lied to the nurses and doctors. Now that she's safe at home sleeping it off Ben realizes just how bad things may get for him.
Ben thinks to himself, "I've seen CSI; all it takes is one scrap of my DNA for them to link me at the scene of the crime. I'm the one who pulled the fire alarm; damn they probably got me on tape in the lobby too. My life is done, I'm a fugitive now!"
Ben does all he can to keep from jumping up right now and running away. Being a murdering fugitive on the run can't be easy, but at least its better than watching my family suffering because of what I did Ben thinks to himself.
Despite, his anguish over what this will do to his family Ben is still glad the asshole that hurt his mom is dead. Disgusting, disturbing and painful thoughts of what Paulo did to Lisa enter his mind and its makes Ben's stomach ache.
He balls his fists up at his side, closes his eyes and bites the inside of his cheeks hoping the physical pain will make these sick horrifying thoughts go away. Instead it's his brother that snaps him out of it.
Johnny walks over and sits on the bench next to him. He frowns for a moment as he stares at Ben.
Johnny: "What's wrong Ben?"
Ben's eyes pop open when he hears his brother's voice. He looks at Johnny then quickly unclenches his hands trying to act as normal as possible.
Ben: "I'm fine. I thought you were over there watching Mary?"
Johnny sighs as he stares at the floor.
Johnny: "I know you think I'm just a dumb little kid. That I'm too young to handle grown up things and maybe I am, but we all have to grow up sometime right?
Ben sadly looks at his brother and pretends to not understand what his brother is referring to.
Ben: "What are you babbling about?
Johnny gets mad.
Johnny: "For once can you treat me like a person and not your little brother! I know that mom wasn't just in some car accident was she? What's really going on Ben?
Ben: "I swear nothing's going on. I told you mom's going to be fine. She was just in a car accident it happens to people all the time, but she's safe now so stop worrying about it."
Johnny: "Look I get that you must think that there is nothing I can do about it even if you do tell me what's really going on here, but you're wrong Ben! There is something I can do that no one else can! Something I'm not supposed to be able to do, but maybe it could help a lot of people just give me a chance please."
Ben warily stares at his brother now actually confused.
Ben: "What do you mean?"
Johnny: "I can talk to animals and they talk back to me. I hear them as if they were people speaking. Its sounds crazy, but its true Ben I wouldn't lie about this."
Ben: "So what are you telling me that you've turned into Harry Potter now?" Come on!
Ben shakes his head at his brother in confusion and total disbelief.
Johnny: "I can show you then. Let's go down to the pet store and you'll see what I mean."
Johnny stands up ready to go.
Ben: "You've got to be kidding me kid."
Johnny: "If I'm lying than you can have my allowance for a whole week."
Johnny knows his brother always wants more money so he hopes this will persuade Ben to come.
Ben laughs still not ready to get up yet.
Ben: "Now I know you must be messing with me, you'd never really give up your allowance!"
Johnny: "I swear Ben! Once you see what I can really do then you'll know the truth and all I want from you is the truth about mom okay? No more lies!"
Ben: "Johnny, sit down this needs to stop you're being ridiculous."
Johnny: "Let me prove it to you!" Come see!
Johnny pulls on Ben's arm trying to get him to follow him to the pet store.
Ben points at the toy store instead.
Ben: "We can't just leave Mary alone."
Johnny: "She's playing with the tea set it won't take more than five minutes and we'll be right back. Please!"
Johnny continues pulling on Ben's sleeve.
Ben: "Fine alright, but this better be good kid."
Johnny smirks already knowing it will be. The two of them quickly head towards the pet store. Mary continues to play in the toy store totally oblivious that they've left her behind.
Scene: Inside a pet store called Pets for Life
Johnny walks inside the store and immediately begins searching for just the right animal to strike up a conversation with.
Johnny can already hear in his head the puppies at the window yelling at people passing by to please come take them home.
Then he sees to the right of the store two older cats in different cages licking their fur and chatting with one another about the kittens needing more milk and complaining about the noisy puppies waking up the kittens.
Johnny looks to the left and there is a big brown rabbit whispering to itself about a sick twisted witch.
Johnny: "Hey, what's up. Can you hear me?'
Rabbit jumps a bit in fear and hides its face.
Johnny frowns and moves closer.
Johnny: "Don't be scared. I'm not going hurt ya its okay."
The Rabbit: "Please don't eat me!"
Johnny smiles at the Rabbit glad he can hear it talking to him.
Johnny: "Don't worry I don't eat rabbits."
The Rabbit isn't convinced so she hides behind her water bowl.
The Rabbit: "Are you a witch?'
Johnny: "No, are you?"
Johnny laughs thinking its funny, but the Rabbit just continues to nervously twitch.
The Rabbit: "No! A witch killed my mommy and my daddy and my eighteen brothers and sisters. I'm the only one left."
The Rabbit whimpers sadly trying not to cry about losing her family.
Johnny: "That's awful! How'd you end up in here then?"
The Rabbit: "It's a very scary story are you sure you want to know kid?"
Johnny nods yes so the Rabbit continues telling him her life story.
The Rabbit: "I escaped the witch's house through a hole in the basement. I ran as fast as I could away from her and her hunting dog. I ran into an alley and hid for a few days then when I finally ventured out some big old ugly human snatched me up off the street. He called himself Herman the magician and told me he was going to make me be a part of his magic act. I didn't know anything about magic, but he didn't care he just locked me in all these weird contraptions so people would think I disappeared it was the scariest thing ever let me tell ya. Herman named me Max which was a totally stupid name because I'm a female, but the dummy didn't bother to look."
The Rabbit rolls her eyes.
The Rabbit: "Then the bastard locked me in a smelly cage for days while he met up with his whores. One day one of the whores accidently left my cage open so I escaped through the window."
Johnny: "Okay."
The Rabbit: "After that I was all alone just wandering the side of the highway looking for food when two big bright lights came speeding directly at me. The lights came from a big metal monster that knocked me down and everything went dark again."
Johnny: "Oh no you got hit by a car!"
The Rabbit just shrugs.
The Rabbit: "I fainted! But, when I woke up much later I was being petted by a little girl human with big brown eyes, curly red hair and freckles. She wanted to keep me, but her parents said no that I might have fleas. The nerve of them to say such a thing about me I've never had fleas in my life. Then they just dropped me off here a week later and I've been here ever since."
Johnny: "When was that?"
The Rabbit: "A few months back why?"
Johnny: "Well how would you like to come home with me?"
The Rabbit twitches her ears and cocks her head to the side.
The Rabbit: "Depends, do you know any witches or magicians?"
Johnny shakes his head no.
The Rabbit: "Will you feed me?"
Johnny: "Every day scouts honor."
The Rabbit considers it as his ears twitch back and forth.
Johnny: "I just need you to help me out a little here."
Johnny smiles at the Rabbit.
The Rabbit: "Aha! I knew there just had to be a catch."
The Rabbit frowns not trusting Johnny at all.
Johnny: "Look, my brother doesn't believe I can talk to animals, so I need you're help to prove him wrong. If you help me I promise to spend the last of my allowance money to take you home and I'll give you a whole bowl full of carrots."
The Rabbit: "Ah, that little girl I told you about gave me some of those. They were delicious! The pet food here sucks balls."
Johnny: "So will you help me?"
The Rabbit: "Okay, but no tricks boy and I want to pick out my own name. Call me Jenny."
Johnny nods then motions for Ben to come over. His brother is already getting impatient wondering around the store looking at the animals so Ben quickly walks over to them.
Ben: "So now what are you going to make the bunny talk?"
Johnny: "She already talks you just can't hear it."
Ben rolls his eyes. Johnny takes the rabbit out of the cage and places her gently on the ground.
Johnny looks at the rabbit and starts giving him directions. He points at the aquarium.
Johnny: "Okay, Jenny please can you hop over to that aquarium over there."
Jenny the Rabbit looks around for a moment then bounces over to the large aquarium full of fish in the store.
Ben becomes a little bit more curious, but still isn't convinced.
Johnny: "Now would you please go to Ben, Jenny show him you can hear me."
Jenny the rabbit does as she told and hops over to Ben's feet.
Ben backs up a little, but the rabbit follows him.
Ben: "Neat trick kid, but nothing special. She must be a trained rabbit or something."
Johnny frowns at his brother like he's being stupid.
Johnny: "Yeah and when would I have had time to train her, we just got here remember?"
Ben starts to wonder if Johnny may be telling him the truth.
Ben: "I don't know this is just weird okay I'll give you that, but it doesn't mean you can communicate with all animals."
Johnny: "Oh yeah? Watch me!"
Johnny: "Okay listen up everybody. Jenny lets get them to all quiet down."
Ben looks around the store at the different animals waiting to see what will happen.
Jenny talks to the other animals and tells them to be quiet and pay attention to the boy.
The puppies stop barking. The birds stop chirping and even the fishing stop swimming for a moment as they all stare out at the boy talking to the rabbit.
Johnny: "Now on the count of three puppies bark. One! Two!"
Jenny asks the puppies to start barking when he says three.
Johnny smiles in anticipation.
Johnny: "Three!"
The puppies begin to bark again.
Johnny looks at a parrot.
Johnny: "Hey, you want a cracker? My brother has some. Go get them!"
The parrot immediately flies off his perch and lands right on Ben's shoulder. The parrot starts pecking at Ben's jacket looking for the crackers.
Ben freaks out in fear and knocks over several bags of dog food.
Johnny laughs as the bird flies off back to his perch.
Jenny the Rabbit: "You're brother is really weird."
Johnny: "Yeah, I know. Why don't you go jump on him?"
Jenny the Rabbit laughs then jumps at Ben.
Ben: "Okay, Okay enough! I believe you. I believe alright! Just get her off me."
Johnny grins in triumphant trying hard not to laugh. He whistles at Jenny and she finally leaves Ben alone.
Johnny: Good, now there is one more thing Mary can also do things to.
Ben looks nervously at him afraid to hear more about this.
Johnny: "She doesn't talk to animals like I can, but she can move things with her mind."
Ben: "Son of a …!"
Johnny interrupts him
Johnny: "I know right!"
He slaps his brother on the arm with excitement.
Ben frowns still shocked by his brother's abilities.
Ben: "Are you serious? Mary's a freaking spoon bender?"
Johnny nods at him.
Ben: "Damn it Johnny why didn't you tell me this earlier! Let's go back to the toy store right now! We shouldn't have left her alone."
Ben runs out of the pet store headed for the toy store.
Johnny: "Wait! Ben!"
Johnny chases after Ben.
Jenny the Rabbit: "Hey what about me? You promised to take me with you!"
Johnny hears her voice and quickly turns back around to pick her up.
The store clerk already made about the spilled dog food sees him and yells
The store clerk: "Hey that's store property you little brat!"
Johnny: "Uh sorry got to go! I'll come back and pay later I promise!"
Johnny runs out of the store carrying Jenny.
The store clerk: "Stop thief!"
When he arrives back in front of the toy store there's already a crowd forming and Ben face is pale white with fear.
Johnny steps on the bench to look through the crowd and he sees toys flying through the air in a big circle.
Johnny notices a few of them are toy planes which isn't so unusual, but some are stuffed animals that he realizes shouldn't be flying.
Ben: "Mary! Mary where are you!"
Mary comes from inside a big Playskool Toy house built for kids her size.
Mary smiles at them and happily waves.
Ben frowns at her then rushes over and scoops Mary up in his arms.
Mary starts to pull away in protest, but he doesn't put her down or let her escape his arms.
He runs with her out of the store and Johnny runs after them.
Mary starts to cry and scream causing the lights to flicker in the mall and store windows to crack and shatter.
Johnny: "Put her down! Put her down Ben! You're scaring her!"
Ben finally lets Mary down, but she continues crying and throwing a fit.
Johnny tries to calm her knowing she can cause major damage to the mall in this state.
A trashcan goes whizzing through the air and almost knocks Ben in the head.
Ben: "What the hell? Make her stop Johnny!"
Johnny: "I'm trying!"
Johnny rubs Mary's back slowly to calm her down, but she keeps knocking over trashcans with her mind as she throws a huge hissy fit on the floor.
Ben is about to just pick her up again just to get her out of the mall when someone taps his shoulder from behind.
Genevieve smiles at him.
Genevieve: "Hey, there Benny?"
Ben doesn't recognize her because he's never met her before.
Ben: "Uh do I know you lady?"
Genevieve pulls out a gun points it at them.
Ben stares in horror thinking she must want money or something.
Genevieve: "No, but you will. Its time to go, kids."
Genevieve flashes her black eyes at them.
Ben: "Holy Hell!"
Genevieve: "Well you got that half right kid, the hell part anyway."
Genevieve cruelly smirks at him then grabs his arm ready to drag Ben out of the mall.
Mary suddenly stops crying as she stares up at the demon sensing her brother is in danger. She's ready to start kicking demon ass!
Mary finally speaks for the first time ever.
Mary looks at Genevieve and holds out her hand then says
Mary: "Go to hell!"
Genevieve's vessel screams out as black smoke billows out of her mouth and seeps into the floor headed straight for the pit!
Ben and Johnny look at Genevieve's dead body lying on the floor then they both look at Mary with stunned faces.
Mary doesn't say another word, she just smiles at them sweetly then heads back into the toy store to go play again.
Scene: Pay Phone Booth
Castiel nervously calls Sasha, but her brother Sean answers the phone instead.
Sean: "Yeah, hello who is it?"
Castiel: "May I speak to Sasha Winchester please?"
Sean: "Depends who's asking?"
Castiel frowns and starts speaking in his serious deep tone of voice.
Castiel: "This is of real import. She's expecting my call."
Sean realizes whose calling and gets excited.
Sean: "Castiel is that you?"
Castiel: "Uh yes I am Castiel. Are you Sasha's brother?"
Sean: "Yep, I'm Sean. Wow, this is cool I've read a lot about you dude. My sister's she's practically obsessed with you though. Hey, are you still wearing that old coat?"
Sean laughs into the phone.
Castiel frowns as he stares down at his new coat and realizes he actually misses the tan one he use to wear all the time.
Sean: "Well my sister has been waiting for you to call all day even had me manning the phone too just so mom and dad wouldn't answer first."
Castiel: "Well that's all well in good, but this is about Lisa so…."
Sean interrupts Castiel when he finally remembers why they've been waiting for the call.
Sean: "Aunt Lisa! Did you find her?"
Castiel: "Yes, but I really think I should talk too."
Sean interrupts him again.
Sean: "Hold on!"
Sean yells out for his sister.
Sean: "Sasha! Sasha!"
Sasha comes into the kitchen from the downstairs bathroom.
Sasha: "Yeah?"
Sean: "It's him! The angel dude!"
A huge grin spreads over her face as she bounces up and down!
Sean tosses her the phone and she yells into.
Sasha: "Oh my god finally! Castiel!"
Castiel sighs
Castiel: "Yes, it's me."
Sasha: "How are you? Oh my God, Are you okay?"
Castiel: "I'm fine, but."
Sean: "He found Aunt Lisa!"
Sasha grins excited.
Sasha: "Seriously! Is she okay?"
Castiel: "Well, she's alive."
Sasha sighs in relief.
Sean: "So what is he saying?"
Sasha: "That she's alive."
Sean: "Good, what else?"
Sean eagerly pulls on Sasha's sleeve.
Sasha yanks her arm away from him.
Sasha: "Shhhh! Let me talk to him."
Sasha: "What about the man that was with her?
Castiel: "He's no longer an issue, but there is definitely more going on here. I just haven't figured it all out yet."
Sasha can tell by change in his voice that something bad has happened.
Sasha: "Is he dead? Did you kill him?'
Castiel: "He is dead, yes."
Sasha looks at Sean.
Sasha: "Castiel killed the guy that was hurting Aunt Lisa."
Sean's eyes open wide in surprise and excitement.
Sean: "Wicked! I hope he made that guy suffer!"
Castiel frowns when he hears Sasha say this, but decides it's better to let them think he killed the guy than to tell them what really happened to Paulo.
Sasha nods at her brother.
Sasha: "So can you get tickets to Dallas?"
Castiel: "For what?"
Sasha: "I want to come see Aunt Lisa and my cousins."
Sean: "Me too! Me too!"
Sasha: "Yeah, Sean wants to come too we need two tickets."
Castiel: "I don't think that's such a good idea Sasha, things could get dangerous out here."
Sasha: "I know that's why they need us there."
Castiel: "Well I don't have much money so."
Sasha cuts him off.
Sasha: "That's okay I'll give you mom's credit card number and you can book the tickets for us."
Castiel: "No, you need to tell your parents what is going on Sasha."
Sasha: "I can't! They'll never let us come."
Castiel hesitates he's not sure what to do. He doesn't want to disappoint her, but he doesn't like the idea of stealing or lying anymore especially to Sam and Sarah.
Castiel: "Look, why don't you contact my friend Iris, she may be able to help. But, I don't want you guys coming out here until I make sure things are safe. Write this number down."
Sasha: "Sean, get me a pen please."
Sean grabs a pen off the counter and hands it to Sasha.
Sasha pulls a sticky note off the refrigerator door.
Sasha: "What's the number?"
Castiel: "(707) 555-4321"
Sasha writes it down.
Sasha: "I'll call her. You tell Aunt Lisa I'm going to make her a get well card. Make sure to say hi to Mary, Ben and Johnny for us okay."
Castiel: "I will try."
Sasha can sense Castiel's fear.
Sasha: "It's okay ya know Uncle Dean may seem scary sometimes, but you can tell him what happened. I never believed you meant to hurt Mary. I trust you so we will figure this out together."
Castiel is shocked at how much faith she has in him.
Castiel: "I have to go now."
Sasha: "Well call back soon and let us know when the coast is clear. Oh and one more thing."
Castiel: "Yes, Sasha?"
Sasha: "Remember angels are watching over you too."
Castiel smiles a bit when he hears that. Then he looks up towards the sky for a moment.
Castiel: "Goodbye sweetie."
Castiel hangs up.
Sasha puts down the phone.
Sean: "So what else did he say?"
Sasha: "He called me sweetie!"
Sasha bounces up and down again.
Sean laughs.
Sean: "Well what's that number for?"
Sasha: "Cas, told me to call his friend said maybe she can help."
Sean: "Do you want me to talk to her?"
Sasha: "Maybe, but lets wait until later on tonight when mom and dad are asleep to call."
Sean nods.
Sasha: "I'm going to email Johnny though let him know Castiel contacted us and see what he can find out. Castiel wouldn't tell me everything, he's protective like all grown ups so us kids got to stick together if we want to find out the truth."
Sean: "Yeah, but what if it's really bad?"
Sasha: "Then at least we can learn how to defend ourselves."
Sean: "From what?"
Sasha: "I don't know."
Sean: "Hey I'm not some psychic like you. I don't have any powers."
Sasha: "Girls just mature faster than boys."
Sean: "Yeah whatever!"
Sasha smirks then heads off to her dad's office to use the computer.