and I'm back. I'm just now realizing how Dean-heavy this episode was. And with the storyline, I couldn't just take Sam and put him in Dean's place like I did with HOTG. Hope I'm still doing ok with it.
"So, where is this demon that we want?" Sam asked.
"I'll take your little brother here to get him." Crowley said, approaching Adam.
"No way in hell, Crowley." Sam responded, attempting to place himself between the demon and his brother. "We're both going."
"Seeing as I'm pretty sure you're the only one who can set up a half way decent devil's trap, you need to stay here. Also, I don't trust you and you keep trying to kill me." Crowley said, side stepping Sam and calmly taking hold of Adam's arm. Before Sam could protest again, the two were gone.
"Damn it!" Sam shouted to the now empty house, kicking a decaying chair. He heard noise behind him and saw Crowley holding two bags from the trunk of the Impala.
"You might need these." The demon said, dropping them on the floor and disappearing again before Sam could get to him.
Sam was still fuming over the situation he was in, but set about preparing the house for holding a demon.
Crowley and Adam had appeared in front of an upscale office building. Adam wavered on his feet a bit, still not used to being moved about at will by supernatural beings.
"What are we doing here?" Adam asked, looking at the building. He saw people in the lobby. "Are those demons too?"
"No, those are human shields. The demons are upstairs, management." Crowley responded before suddenly appearing inside the building. Adam watched with horror as the demon slit the neck of the security guard. He ran for the building, finding the door unlocked and Crowley standing in the now empty lobby.
"What did you do that for? You said he was human!" Adam said, starting to freak out a bit and wishing Sam was there with him.
"What?" the demon responded, calmly cleaning his knife. "We're on a tight schedule, c'mon."
Adam gaped at the body on the floor, the large pool of blood.
"Don't get squeamish on me now, kid." Crowley said, dragging Adam to the elevator and hitting the button to call it to the lobby. Once it arrived, Adam was shoved into the elevator and Crowley hit the button for the top floor.
"Be safe up there." Crowley said flippantly. Adam stuck his leg out to keep the elevator door open.
"Why aren't you coming?" He asked.
"It's not safe up there, there's demons. Just go up there and tell him you can get him the other two horsemen's rings. Be convincing." Crowley responded, waving as the door closed forcing Adam to pull his foot back. He knew that there would be trouble once he reached the top floor. Adam nervously adjusted his jacket and felt something in the coat pocket that hadn't been there before. It was the knife that Sam had used to attack Crowley in the car and he guessed that it must be able to kill, or at least hurt demons. He was new at this, but if this got them the last two rings, Adam guessed he would just have to suck it up and fight.
Luckily, the demon on the top floor hadn't been expecting him and Adam was able kill him quickly. He jumped slightly as the double doors opened suddenly and he saw a man not much older than himself sitting at a desk.
"Adam, right?" The man said. "Please, come in. Let's chat."
Adam walked into the office, knife still in hand. He approached the desk cautiously.
"Have a seat." The demon said, waving a hand causing a chair to swivel towards him. "How are your brothers? Well, the one that isn't being used as angel skin anyway."
Adam didn't answer, unsure of what to say. He didn't really want to be here and didn't feel up to making conversation with a demon that was highly likely to kill him.
"Down to business then? Ok, what can I do for you, Adam?" The demon asked.
"It's, uh, it's more about what I can do for you." Adam replied nervously. "I've heard that you've been looking for the two horsemen rings my brothers have."
"Really? And, what? You'll just hand them over?" The demon said, leaning back in his chair and looking at Adam.
"For a price, yeah." Adam replied, reminding himself that he had to sell this or Crowley's plan, whatever is was, would fall through. "I just want to go back to my old life; no angels, no demons. I want this to be over."
"Who says I want them?" The demon asked smugly.
"Uh…" Adam stuttered.
"See, War and Famine are dead, dry husks and even if I could shove the rings back on their fingers, it wouldn't change anything." The demon said, standing and walking around the desk so he was sitting on its edge right in front of Adam. "That's all thanks to your brothers. So, no, I don't want the rings. What I want is retribution. And since I can't have your brothers, I guess I'll just have to rip it right out of your ass."
The demon stood and punched Adam so hard he flew back through the doors to the office. As Adam tried to stand to escape, the demon kicked him and knocked him down again.
"I really owe you one, kid." The demon said, continuing to beat Adam. "This is therapeutic. I feel so much better."
Adam used all his strength to make a run for the elevators and luckily the one he rode up was still waiting on this floor. He made his way inside it and frantically pushed the button for it to take him back down to the lobby. Once it got there, he didn't see Crowley. Only the body of the security guard was there. He cautiously stepped off the elevator and looked around. The demon suddenly appeared behind him and knocked Adam to the ground again. He placed his arms up to defend himself but another blow never came. He glanced up and saw Crowley had placed a bag with the symbols Sam had shown him painted onto it.
"Great work, kid" Crowley said before he started pounding on the other demons head with a pipe until he collapsed.
"Is he dead?" Adam asked.
"No, takes much more than this to kill a demon of this caliber." Crowley said, turning the pipe in his hand.
"What that hell was that? You said he wanted the rings, but he wanted Sam or Dean or me." Adam shouted.
"Yes, and imagine the surprise on your face." Crowley said dismissively. "You can't fake that. This whole plan went like clockwork."
"Not for me!" Adam said, motioning to his now bleeding scalp.
"That's what you get for working with a demon." Crowley said jabbing the pipe at Adam. He knelt next to the fallen demon and sliced the man's shirt open before carving some more symbols into his chest. "This'll hold him down til we can get him back to the cabin."
"What does that do?" Adam asked, still seething from the demons taunting words.
"It locks him in his meat suit, no smoking out. It's an important part of our bargaining strategy." Crowley said. "Now, I don't want to take him back to your brother but we don't really have a choice. I can't crack him on my own and you are hardly Dean Winchester."
"Why don't you want him near Sam?" Adam said, ignoring the insult.
"Well, they have … history." The demon replied.
I do plan to include Sam's conversation with Bobby n the next chapter. with a little twist.