Chapter five
Dean walked into the hotel room but didn't see anyone in the living room area, he turned the corner to see Sam sitting on the edge of the bed looking totally defeated with his head hanging low.
"Hey Sammy, I got your burger." Dean said.
Sam didn't respond just sat there, sulky looking.
"Sam! What's going on?" Dean demanded.
"Dean, she got away. She snuck out when I fell asleep watching t.v." Sam lied.
"What? You let her out of your sight? What the hell?" Dean roared.
"I turned the t.v. on after you left because I was bored and it was some game show, and I fell asleep." Sam finished.
"Damnit Sam! How are we supposed to find her now?" Dean growled.
"I don't know Dean." Sam replied.
"Where's your cell phone, I'm calling Bobby to help us with this girl." Dean asked.
Sam reached into his jean pockets and came up empty, he then searched through his bag, still no cell phone.
"I think she might have taken it. If she still has it we can find her, Dean!" Sam said excitedly.
"Calm down, we still need to call Bobby."
"Where's your cell phone?"
"I left it in the car by accident."
Dean handed Sam his burger and the boys gathered their things and checked out of the hotel. Once in the car, Sam began to search for GPS tracking on his cell phone. It said his cell phone was at Brooke's Crossing, towards the edge of town. Sam ate his burger on the way to the street on the GPS.
Jayde walked up to her door and walked into the living room, welcomed home by Mercedes and Sierra meowing and purring for a meal. Mercedes jumped up on the counter in the kitchen and Sierra took her usual spot by the refrigerator.
"I'm sorry baby's, mommy was kidnapped and held captive for a couple days, I bet you felt like you were wasting away. Poor things, mommy really didn't mean to."
She got out two cans of wet food and put one can in each dish for the cats. Mercedes shoved his big head into his dish and looked up at Jayde for a split second. He had food in his whiskers and wasn't stopping to clean them until he was done, Jayde laughed.
"I missed you guys so much."
Sierra was purring as she inhaled her food. Then went over to the couch to take a bath like she usually did.
Jayde sat on the couch beside her and when Sierra was finished bathing herself Jayde dragged her over to her lap for some much deserved attention. Mercedes joined them and curled up beside Jayde. Soon, both cats were napping on the sofa while Jayde made some dinner for herself.
Sam and Dean arrived at Brooke's Crossing and noticed there were only a few scattered houses on the street. Most were newer and kept well. And one towards the woods was a little shabby, but definitely suitable to live in. Dean pulled into the driveway and Sam got out and went up to the door. Dean joined him and they knocked on the door. Jayde answered the door and looked at them with astonishment.
"How did you find me?" She asked, unable to even begin to comprehend.
"We're just that good, got a problem with that?" Dean answered.
"No, I think it's great." Jayde said, still baffled.
"Can we come in?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, I guess, but what are you doing here? I said I can handle this."
"Yeah, we know what you said, but we don't know you, so we don't trust you yet." Dean remarked.
"Gee, thanks for that." Jayde said, irritated.
Sam and Dean stepped inside and moved further into the living room to sit on the couch. Dean looked at the cats lounging on the middle cushion and sat beside them. The jostle sent his scent towards the cats, Mercedes hissed at Dean and ran for Jayde's bedroom. Sierra lay still not yet smelling their scent. Sam sat down on the other side of the couch and Sierra yawned and began purring and rolling for Sam or Dean to rub her belly. Dean began rubbing her belly.
"It's a wonder she likes you, she doesn't like too many people." Jayde informed Dean.
Sam keeps staring at the floor in front of the couch and won't look at Jayde. She notices and wonders why he's acting so weird but doesn't ask him in front of Dean.
"Jayde, we need to help you with this, what if you get the wrong person?" Dean asked
"I won't, I know exactly who it is, it's the last family I even know, my cousin, Landon." Jayde answered casually.
Dean looked at her with a confused look, "You mean to tell me, you can kill the only family you really know… just to save the world from the apocalypse?"
"Yes, Dean, I don't understand what you don't get. How close is your family?" Jayde asked.
"Me and Sam, we're probably the two closest brothers you'll meet, we spend plenty of quality time with each other on hunting trips and vacations." Dean said, semi-sarcastically.
"You can drop the sarcasm, Dean. I can do this. My family was never accepting of my hobby. My cousin Landon, well, never really understood why my mom didn't like when their family came over. We always played games like we were hunting ghosts or vampires and stuff. Mom really hated Landon's family to come over and always tried to get me to go over to a friends house." Jayde said with a glassy look in her eyes.
"Jayde we need to go find your cousin and get this done before something else does." Sam interjected.
"I know, I'm just thinking of how to get them to meet me, cause after the night Dean kidnapped me they probably got spooked and ran off… oh my god!! I need to get back to the nursing home! My car! I hope it's still there! Dean, you better hope my car is still there, I will tear your car to pieces if it's not!" Jayde snarled at Dean.
Dean pulled into the parking lot of the nursing home and parked beside a facility 2006 Impala. Dean huffed in the direction of the new school Impala and turned his head with a cocky smile toward Sam.
"Alright," Sam began, "get your car and we'll follow you to your cousins house."
"Okay, but let me do the talking when we get there, you don't know Landon and I bet 'e was pretty creped out the night I disappeared."
"We promise, don't we Dean?" Sam said for the both of them.
Jayde climbed out the car, walked past the newer Impala and unlocked a fire orange, 4-door, 1970 Plymouth Cricket. Dean and Sam stared at the strange looking little car, dazzled by it's charm. Jayde backed out and sipped through the parking lot for the exit to the main road. Dean and Sam in tow.
Jayde got out of her car and walked up to the front door of a tidy looking trailer. Snap dragons lined the stone pathway to the front steps, and a rose bush on either side of thee beginning of the driveway welcomed all. Jayde knocked three times on the door and twice on the frame, a code they'd decided years ago. Landon came to the door in a peach tank top nearly the color of her skin, short cut off jeans, and lime green flip-flops. Her hair was dyed red with blonde chunky streaks, and the top was pulled back. Her face was fair with a beauty mark close to her left eye with tiny freckles on her cheek bones. Dean and Sam's mouths dropped; Landon's a girl?! She is fine!!-Dean thought, I thought Landon was a boys name! Gees, she's hot!-Sam thought. Jayde and Landon hugged as Landon guided Jayde inside. Dean opened his door to go up to the door; Sam grabbed his arm and said, "She told us to wait, Dean, and we promised."
"You promised for both of us, I didn't promise anything, Sammy." Dean shook Sam's hand off his arm and headed for the door. Sam was out in no time trying to get Dean to stop. Jayde came out to them and began, "Hey, guys, I've told her you two are old family friends of my mom's. Try to act like civil human beings, please? I told her I need to talk to her with you both there too, I think that she thinks it's good news…" Jayde said with a little sadness in her tone.
"You're not softening up on us here, are you? You can't back out now, Jayde. This has to be…" Dean started but was cut off by Jayde.
"I know, Dean! I have to or a demon will in a horrible form of torture." Jayde finished.
"We know you know what you have to do, but we need to make sure it's done, Lucifer could return. If a demon gets her before we do, it's done, the gate will open, and there will be one less to worry about. I'm sorry we have to be tough, Jayde; I'm sorry this all has to happen." Sam explained. Jayde hugged Sam as a couple tears streamed down her face. Sam was rigid at first then returned the hug and pat her back. Dean looked a little jealous standing off to the side of them. Landon burst out the front door, "Oh my god! Are you two engaged? Are you going to need a room for a little while?" Landon giggled. Jayde quickly swiped away the few tears that escaped and plastered a smile to her face. She answered, "Lan, this is Sam," she gestured towards Sam, "and this is Dean." she jabbed her thumb toward Dean.
Landon jumped up and down on the front steps and clapped. "I miss having company that isn't family!"
Sam and Dean exchanged slightly worried looks, unnoticed by either girl. They all went inside ready for the world to begin it's end.
"So," Landon began slowly, "you're telling me, you have to bleed me out, then salt and burn my blood?" and stopped, clearly not horrified by what they had said.
"Yeah, Castiel, the angel we told you about, told us this was a direct order from God." Dean explained.
"Okay. So when do we do this? Is there some sort of, like, ceremony ritual we have to go through?" Landon asked about her fate.
"No, just what we said, we need to do it soon. If we don't, a demon could torture you until it was done." Sam said a little frightened by how calm she seemed.
"Lan, you know I love you, and I do this out of an act of love, right?" Jayde asked.
"Yeah, Jayde, I totally get it. I get to save the world from Satan, something most hunters would do in a heartbeat, you would, wouldn't you?" Landon asked Jayde.
"Yeah, in heart beat, Lan. But I just wanted you to know, that I love you." Jayde's voice wavered a little at the end of her sentence.
"Well, now that we have our 'Goodbye's' out, lets get this thing started." Landon said.
Sam and Dean stood to leave the trailer and Jayde and Landon followed. The boys got into their car and Jayde and Landon got into Jayde's car. Dean followed Jayde back to her apartment to park the cars and head deep into the woods so no nosy neighbors heard what was happening.
In the forest in a small clearing of the trees, they began their set up and Landon laid on the ground in the middle of the clearing. Jayde had a bottle of pain pills, hoping it would make it a little more bearable for Landon.
"Here, Lan, take these, I hope they help with the pain." Jayde said genuinely.
"Thanks, babe. I bet they help. Don't worry, I'll be fine in the afterlife. I learn quick, you know that." Landon smiled reassuringly.
"We're ready when you are." Dean said.
Landon adjusted one last time then help perfectly still, Jayde had her take the whole bottle, she felt like she swimming in pills. The tarp underneath her was sticking to her skin and she was getting itchy. Dean had one side and Sam had the other, they sliced her arms from elbow to wrist on the inside of her arms, deep, so it would be quick. Then they moved to her legs and sliced a line from the back of her knees to the back of her ankles. Landon held the building scream inside her lungs. She was determined to be strong for Jayde, she wouldn't let her know that pain she was in. Landon's last thought was of Jayde when they were little girls playing their favorite game, werewolf. Dean made sure she was gone then salted her body and blood and lit it on fire. The smell of burning flesh and hair was strong as they stood around the edges of the clearing. Jayde held onto Dean this time. She needed something strong to lean against. She felt weak, her mind went fuzzy, and she was gone.
Jayde snapped awake hoping it was all a dream quickly realizing it wasn't and she had fainted. She felt something cool on her forehead and looked to her left. She was moving and she saw Dean, driving. Her mind was still fuzzy, what was he driving? The seat felt familiar, was he driving her car? Dean looked over at her, "Hey, it's over," he cooed, "you should go back to sleep, we'll be at the hotel in a little, don't worry about getting up the stairs, I got you." Dean smiled that rock star smile that lit his face. She was safe, Landon was dead, and one gate to Lucifer was sealed again. How did she get to this point? It was supposed to be a normal hunt and now, nothing would be "normal" again. The word "normal" was over-rated anyway, things always change. She reminded herself not to get too comfortable with the brothers, nothing stays, especially not with her.