What is the Distance Between a Bullet and a Gun

by sailorhathor

Sam, Dean, and Castiel step in to help Micah and Katie with their demon problem. Unfortunately for them, they don't know how Katie's past is linked to theirs, and that the demon they are fighting has some surprising friends.

3. Part III

What is the Distance Between a Bullet and a Gun
A Supernatural/Paranormal Activity/Surprise Fandom Crossover
by Laurel (Sailorhathor)

Chapters: Part III
Fandom: Supernatural/Paranormal Activity/Surprise Fandom X-over
Rating: Adult
Word Count: 20,434 total
Time Period: Happens after SPN "5.04 The End." The time period of PA had to be AU'ed to 2009 to accommodate this (I desperately wanted to include Castiel in the story, heh). The ending of PA was also changed to make a need for the SPN characters to swoop in.
Summary: Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat have been terrorized by a demon in their home for the last twenty days. In step Dean and Sam Winchester and the angel on their shoulder, Castiel, to solve the problem. But what they find is that Katie's past is linked to theirs in ways they never anticipated, and the demon they are dealing with has some very powerful friends.
Warnings: Bad language. Violence. Attempted non-con. Burning of an animal. Character death. Spoilers for SPN up to 5.04 "The End" and all of Paranormal Activity. Told in transcription/script style.
Beta: Beta'ed by moonlitxmelody. Thank you Sammie!
Author's Notes: Will be at the end of the story because they're numerous. Story title comes from the Bon Jovi song "Bullet."

(Micah picks up the camera and they rush into Sam's room to see what's happened.

Sam is asleep in bed. There is a splotch of the black substance between his eyes as well. The sheet over him is stained with his blood, especially a spot on the left side of his chest. That spot is a solid, rough circle of crimson. Katie shrieks when she sees him.

Dean is sitting on the edge of the bed. He takes Sam's face in his hands.)

DEAN
Sammy! Oh God, what...?

(Again, Micah puts the camera down on a dresser next to the door. Everyone can be seen in frame, although with parts of their bodies cut out.

Dean lifts the sheet off his brother's chest. It is obvious now that Katie was working on destroying the anti-possession tattoo. She has cut Sam at least a dozen times, many of them deep cuts, all focused on obliterating the pentacle.)

DEAN
Son of a bitch. Cas! Cas, get my first aid kit!

CASTIEL
I'm here.

(He comes in the door with the first aid kit already in hand. Dean opens it and uses a medicated gauze pad to begin to clean off the blood so he can see how bad the injuries are.)

KATIE
(Sobbing)
Oh Micah, did I do that? Did I hurt Sam? Oh my God, oh my God...

MICAH
I don't know, but we'll figure it out. Okay? Come on, let's get you in the shower. We can wash that blood off.

(Micah takes her, sobbing, from the room.

Dean winces at the sight of Sam's injuries.)

DEAN
Some of these are going to need stitches. Cas, can you heal him?

CASTIEL
No. You know I can't. I rebelled. I'm cut off from Heaven. And I... I couldn't smite the daeva.

DEAN
What?

CASTIEL
I tried, when I realized it was inside Katie, but nothing happened. I can't smite demons anymore.

DEAN
We'll find another way. (He cleans Sam's wounds a little more.) Sammy? This is spooking me, the way he won't wake up. Sam - (Dean notices the black smudge.) What the fuck is this shit? It knocked Sam out too? (He cleans off Sam's forehead.

Sam wakes up with a gasp, and then cringes and tries to move.)

SAM
Ohhh, it hurts. What happened? Ohhh, shit.

(When he moves his arm, the movement affects the wounded spot on his chest.)

God, what happened?

DEAN
Don't move. You've been stabbed pretty bad.

SAM
Stabbed?

DEAN
Katie was possessed. She took out Cas, and she took you out, then she carved up your tattoo.

SAM
Why?

DEAN
We don't know yet.

SAM
(Wincing and moaning in pain)
It hurts like hell.

DEAN
Maybe I should have left you asleep.

(Castiel comes more into frame. He has the paper towel with the black substance in his hand, retrieved from where Dean left it. Cautiously, Castiel sniffs it. The look on his face becomes quite serious.)

CASTIEL
Someone's been in here. Someone besides us has been in this house.

DEAN
What do you mean?

CASTIEL
The daeva's master. It had to be the daeva's master. (He looks around the room, thinking.) This black substance... it contains Paapam Muulaani. That's Sanskrit for Sin Root. It has many legendary properties; one is to make vessels be still and quiet. The root affects the energy within the chakra on which it is placed - in this case, it dulled the connection between the Ajna Chakra and the brain. Ajna is the Third Eye Chakra.

DEAN
(Pointing to the space between his eyes)
The one right here.

CASTIEL
Yes.

DEAN
So when this shit is placed there, it puts you to sleep.

CASTIEL
(Nods)
Whoever brought it in here, they either have frightening connections, or they came straight out of perdition.

DEAN
Why do you say that?

CASTIEL
Because Sin Root doesn't grow on the surface. It only grows in the dimensions of Hell.

DEAN
Shit.

CASTIEL
Are you familiar with it?

DEAN
Not by name. I don't know if it was ever used on me.

CASTIEL
We have to find out who else has been in this house recently. Either that, or... (He looks behind him, out into the hall.)

SAM
(Wincing in pain)
Dean...

DEAN
Look, I gotta stitch some of these up. Bring that lamp a little closer. (Notices the camera sitting on the dresser) Does that have to be on?

(After looking at the camera, Castiel turns it off.)

SCENE CHANGE

(The sun has come up. OCTOBER 10, 2009. Dean is examining the rug on which Castiel was standing when they found him within the ring of fire. It has been burned all the way through and is almost falling apart. A design drawn on the underside of the rug has been destroyed. It looks like one of the Devil's Traps from "The Key of Solomon." Dean looks disappointed, and sighs.)

DEAN
Now we'll have to get another one.

MICAH
(Operating the camera)
What's that design you drew on it?

DEAN
It's called a Devil's Trap. If you get a demon to walk within it, they're trapped.

MICAH
Whoa, I wish I'd known about those things.

DEAN
Well, it's hard to get them to just waltz right in. Usually you have to trick them.

CASTIEL
Someone brought holy oil in here too.

MICAH
What?

DEAN
The ring of fire. It was done with a holy oil that can trap angels. So we're dealing with a heavy hitter?

(Castiel nods.)

MICAH
Is that why my house didn't burn down?

DEAN
It's fairly self-contained, yeah. But your floor...

MICAH
Yeah, I know. It's going to be an expensive bitch to refinish. (Pans down to a black ring burned into the hardwood flooring)

DEAN
Micah, we need to know who brought this stuff in here. The oil, the black ointment...

MICAH
I have no idea.

DEAN
I know, but we need Katie down here to ask her.

MICAH
Let me see what I can do.

SCENE CHANGE

(Katie is now standing in the little computer room off the kitchen. She looks very tired and upset, like she's been crying. Dean and Castiel are questioning her.)

CASTIEL
Do you remember anything from last night?

KATIE
Not my sleepwalking incident, no.

DEAN
Remember any nightmares?

KATIE
(Pause)
Yes.

CASTIEL
Can you tell us about them?

KATIE
(Sighs)
I dreamt that I had to complete some task. It meant trapping this really bright light inside a circle, and I smudged something black over the light to dull it, and... then I wanted to do something related to Satan, I don't know. So I destroyed a symbol, and there was blood... I really enjoyed all of it, in my dream anyway. It has to be symbolic of what I did to Sam, I mean... wouldn't you think?

DEAN
Yeah, sounds like it. It doesn't all make sense, though.

(Castiel looks at him for a meaningful amount of time.)

KATIE
It's just... I don't know what to do about that. I feel so bad. What do you say to someone after you've done something like that to them... (The last sentence comes out shaky. She puts a hand over her eyes.)

DEAN
Sam knows it wasn't you.

(Katie makes a sighing sound, obviously choking back tears.)

Do you know where the daeva went after it possessed you?

KATIE
I presume back into the attic. The door was open, so...

DEAN
Katie, do you remember where the ointment came from? Or the oil?

(She shakes her head.)

Cas?

CASTIEL
When I came down, I saw her take a bowl out of one of the kitchen cabinets. The ointment came from that bowl. As for the oil, I was already unconscious when she used it.

DEAN
Then we've got to search this kitchen.

SCENE CHANGE

(There are now in the kitchen, looking at a dark blue Tupperware bowl with the black ointment in it.)

DEAN
(To the camera)
So we found this bowl tucked away behind a bunch of plates. No one knows how it got there; Micah and Katie don't even recognize it. And this pitcher here could have been the one that held the oil, although it's empty now. (He indicates a clay pitcher sitting on the counter, which has not been seen previously in any recordings.) So that's that.

CASTIEL
Do you still want me to analyze the ointment?

DEAN
Yeah, hold on.

SCENE CHANGE

(Dean has taken over the camera and is filming Castiel as he points to the substance in the bowl and explains what's in it.)

CASTIEL
We talked about the Sin Root...

DEAN
Yeah.

CASTIEL
Once you powder it and add it to water, it takes on this oily consistency. The inside of the root is black; that's where the color comes from. (While talking about the ointment, he tilts the bowl and points to the substance, indicating certain observable properties.) Here, see these little seeds?

DEAN
Yeah?

CASTIEL
Those come from wolfsbane.

DEAN
One use being concealment.

CASTIEL
Yes.

DEAN
The question is, what are they trying to conceal?

CASTIEL
There are far too many possible answers to that question. Their identity, their intentions, their methods...

DEAN
What if this isn't a daeva? What if they've used wolfsbane to conceal their true identity?

CASTIEL
No, I'm quite sure there is a daeva here. For one thing, they leave those types of footprints.

DEAN
But what if it's all been an illusion?

CASTIEL
There is also what I can feel in this house. My sensitivity is still quite strong, even if I am cut off from Heaven. (While he's speaking, as he turns his head toward and away from the camera, the light seen previously coming out of his eyes blinds the camera for a split second. Dean groans.) What is it?

DEAN
That light is coming out of your eyes again.

CASTIEL
Is it really distracting?

DEAN
Nah, it's only done it once.

CASTIEL
Alright. Then, there also appears to be some tiny pieces of dried lizard skin in here. It heightens the power of the wolfsbane. (His eyes do it again.)

DEAN
Augh, God. That hurt my eyes.

(Castiel looks at him cluelessly.)

I've got an idea.

SCENE CHANGE

(When the camera comes back on, Castiel is wearing sunglasses.)

CASTIEL
There are a few other herbs in here used to heighten effectiveness... Asafoetida... and Stickwort, which encourages sleep. To give it the ointment consistency, they also added petroleum jelly. Otherwise, the Sin Root would make it too liquid.

DEAN
Someone who has petroleum jelly on hand. So they're a swinger as well.

(Even with the sunglasses on, the viewer can tell Castiel is bewildered. He tilts his head.)

Never mind. It was an attempt at a lousy joke.

CASTIEL
Would I have understood it if it had been funny?

DEAN
(Snorts)
You're getting good at this.

SCENE CHANGE

(Back in the living room, they are questioning Katie, who is sitting on one of the leather couches.)

DEAN
We need to know who's been in here besides you and Micah. Let's start with the most recent.

(Katie opens her mouth to reply, but Micah speaks first.)

MICAH
There's Amber...

KATIE
She's a friend of mine. But she wasn't the most recent. The woman from next door was in here yesterday.

(There's a beat of silence as everyone realizes they could have their primary suspect.)

MICAH
Who's that, babe? One of the Conners?

KATIE
No, she's a new neighbor. On the other side.

MICAH
I thought no one was living there.

KATIE
I guess her family bought the house.

DEAN
What's her name?

KATIE
Jenn. Jenn Chikane.

DEAN
What does she look like?

KATIE
Uh, she's white, reddish-brown hair a little past her shoulders... black leather jacket... I think her eyes were brown.

DEAN
Any distinctive jewelry?

KATIE
Yeah. She had on this really pretty necklace. It was square but with one of the corners pointing up, and a red jewel in the middle.

DEAN
(Seems disturbed by the description)
I can't be sure, but she sounds familiar. When was she here?

KATIE
You guys went out to buy that rug... Micah was at work, and I came home to have lunch. That's when she came by.

DEAN
What did she do while she was here?

KATIE
Nothing, really. We just sat and talked for about twenty minutes. Stuff about the house and the neighborhood... what the old neighbors were like.

DEAN
Did she give you anything to eat or drink?

KATIE
Well... yeah. She brought me a muffin.

DEAN
Okay. We're not going to panic...

MICAH
Is there a reason we should be panicking?

DEAN
I'm going to go next door and check out the house. Hold tight until I get back.

MICAH
What's going on?

DEAN
I'll tell you when I get back.

(He gets up from the couch, and there's a SCENE CHANGE.

Now Dean is standing near the front door as he reports on what he found.)

DEAN
(Hands in his pockets, sheepish)
No one lives next door. The home is still for sale. I looked all over inside for the daeva altar, but it's not there. I don't think this woman has been staying there, but she's fully aware of what's been going on over here.

MICAH
Why do you think that?

DEAN
Just trust me. (To Katie) If she comes back, do not talk to her, okay? Slam the door in her face and call me or Sam.

KATIE
Who is she?

(When Katie begins to speak, Micah widens the angle so she can be seen too.)

DEAN
I think she was a demon. The master of your daeva.

MICAH
Someone bigger than this thing in our house?

DEAN
Yes, very much so. Very violent and skilled in black magick.

CASTIEL
You think she drugged the muffin.

DEAN
Yes. And planted all the stuff here. The ointment and the oil.

KATIE
Wait, you're saying you think this woman came in here and... (She puts her hand over her mouth and starts to cry.) Micah, I'm scared.

MICAH
Baby, we're going to be fine. I won't let this bitch -

KATIE
She could have done anything to me while she was in here! I don't even remember her doing any of these things!

(Micah puts the camera down on a piece of furniture without regard to what's in frame. The viewer can only see part of Katie's waist and legs as Micah goes to her and holds her.)

DEAN
Look... we're going to do all we can to keep you safe. The more we learn, the more prepared we can be. But we are dealing with some skilled sons a'bitches.

KATIE
Who knows what other boobytraps she left.

DEAN
We'll search the house.

MICAH
And then what? What are these people trying to accomplish?

CASTIEL
Most likely, with the destruction of Sam's tattoo... they want to get inside him.

DEAN
That's not gonna happen!

MICAH
So it was okay when it was Katie who was going to be possessed?

DEAN
(At a loss for words)
Sam's injured. It's not right to ask him to do this.

MICAH
That's a convenient answer.

DEAN
(Long pause)
I'm going to go check on Sam. His wounds can't get infected. Hospitals would ask questions about who did it.

(He can be heard going up the stairs.)

MICAH
It's easy when it's not someone you love, huh? These things get a lot harder when it's your brother who could be possessed!

(Castiel comes over to try and shush Micah's outburst. Dean stops on the stairs for a moment, assumably to get control of his anger, and then continues up the stairs.)

SCENE CHANGE

(Dean is in the room Sam is occupying, sitting on the edge of his bed. Sam is sitting up to eat his dinner off a tray. He looks a bit tired and shaky.

When Dean says this first sentence, his voice is so low that it can barely be made out. It doesn't seem like Micah really heard it; otherwise, he probably would have asked Dean what he meant.)

DEAN
...so I think that's what one of the symbols means, on the Ouija board. (Points to a pill sitting on the tray) Don't forget to take that.

SAM
I won't. (He taps the glass of chocolate milk on his tray with his fork.) Can I have something else to drink?

DEAN
(Notices the camera)
Why are you filming this?

MICAH
I want to talk about what we're going to do tonight.

DEAN
No one gets possessed tonight. We're putting up salt lines all around and Cas and I will patrol. Sam needs a couple days to heal before we can put him back to work. Okay?

MICAH
Okay.

DEAN
Will you get Sam something else to drink?

MICAH
Yeah.

(Before he leaves, Dean takes the glass, downs all of the milk, and hands the glass to Micah.)

DEAN
That wasn't half bad.

(Micah leaves. As he goes down the hall, a nervous Katie stands in their bedroom doorway.)

KATIE
What'd he say?

MICAH
We're putting up salt lines all around. Dean and Cas will patrol. Sam needs time to heal.

(She sighs with relief.)

SCENE CHANGE

(Micah and Katie go to bed around 11:00 PM. Just as he said, Dean puts salt lines in the doorways of the couple's room and Sam's room. He and Castiel patrol the hall for hours. About 2:15 AM, Dean starts to show signs of sleepiness. It becomes more and more intense until he sits down against the wall and falls asleep. Castiel shakes him awake.)

CASTIEL
You should go to bed.

DEAN
No, I gotta look after Sammy.

CASTIEL
I can handle things. We searched the house thoroughly for anymore magick supplies. Sam's behind a salt line.

DEAN
It's not foolproof with this thing. The daeva will find a way around it.

CASTIEL
I'll yell for you if I need your help.

DEAN
(Drifting off)
If I fall asleep, something will happen.

CASTIEL
(Shaking him lightly)
Come on. You're no good to Sam if you don't sleep.

(Reluctantly, Dean gets to his feet and heads into the bedroom he's occupying. Before going in, he peeks into Sam's room to check on him, then continues on.)

DEAN
If anything happens, you wake me up.

CASTIEL
First thing.

(Dean removes nothing but his shoes, lies down on the bed on top of the covers, and seems to fall asleep immediately.

Nothing happens for a while. Castiel stands quietly in the hall in silence.

4:46 AM. OCTOBER 11, 2009. In the background, the camera catches Sam coming to his door. He holds onto the doorjamb as if he's having trouble standing up.)

SAM
Cas...

(Castiel rushes to him. Sam suddenly grabs the lapels of Castiel's coat and yanks him into the bedroom; his feet break the salt line.)

CASTIEL
Dean!

(Sam's hand comes up and his fingers swipe across Castiel's forehead. Castiel instantly stands still to one side of the doorway; his head slowly lowers and he's quiet. It all happens very fast.

Dean stirs in bed, but does not wake up. It seems Micah heard the call as well; he also stirs in bed, but does not wake.

The salt line broken, Sam swaggers from the room. He crouches down as he creeps along the hall, moving hand over hand along the railing toward Micah and Katie's room. The look on his face is far worse than simple mischief. He is stalking prey.

The entire time, Sam is growling very low in his throat, but it isn't a normal growl. It sounds as if Sam and another voice are growling at the same time, like some sort of creature is making a secondary sound from his throat. The sound is inhuman, animal.

When he gets to the room, Sam kneels down near the floor and slides an object through the salt line; it is a hairbrush. Now with this salt line broken as well, he is able to get up, then resume his crouched at the waist position, and creep over to the side of the bed.

Sam brings his face as close to Katie's as he can; she is sleeping on her side with her face toward him. She feels him breathing on her and wakes up with a gasp.)

KATIE
Sam?

(He simply grins at her. It is a dangerous grin.

Katie reaches behind her and touches Micah's leg.)

KATIE
Micah...

(Sam, lunging forward, grabs Katie's sleeveless shirt by the straps and yanks her out of bed. She screams. He holds her up so her feet do not touch the floor. Katie kicks and continues to scream.)

KATIE
MICAH! MICAH!

(Micah wakes up, sees what's happening, and jumps up out of bed. He pushes at Sam.)

MICAH
What are you doing? Let her go!

(They grapple over Katie for a few moments. There is movement down the hall, in Dean's room; he is beginning to stir. Sam shoves Micah and he flies over the end of the bed, hitting his head on the table near the window. This jostles the camera a few inches to the left. Micah has trouble recovering. He can be seen trying to get up as Sam carries Katie down the hall toward the closet that holds the door into the attic. When they get close, he holds her higher, snickering and growling, so her stomach is even with his mouth. The way that he is holding her shirt has caused it to ride up. Sam begins to suck and nibble at her bare stomach. Katie is now crying. She continues to kick her feet.)

DEAN
Sammy, what the hell!

(He can be seen behind Sam, coming out of his room. Dean seems out of it. Ignoring him, Sam now sinks his teeth into Katie's stomach. She wails and struggles.

Rushing him, Dean slams into Sam with his arms around his waist, trying to tackle him. The three silhouettes can be seen fighting in the dark. Dean slams him against the wall three times; Katie's body hangs and swings helplessly with the motion of Sam's body. Pictures fall to the floor.)

KATIE
MICAH! MICAH!

(Micah comes out of the bedroom and attempts to wrench Katie out of Sam's grasp. With a howl of intense effort, Sam brings Katie up and swings her violently at Micah; her body careens with his, knocking him back into the wall. Glass breaks; it is the full-length mirror on the wall beside the bedroom. Sam swings her the other way at Dean and knocks him back with such force that he leaves a dent in the wall behind his head. Dean collapses to the floor, stunned.)

MICAH
Holy fuck!

(Panting, Sam carries Katie toward the closet.)

MICAH
No!

(He tries again to rescue Katie. She is kicking Sam as hard as she can, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. When Micah approaches, Sam just glares at him and he goes flying over the railing to the top tier of stairs below. It can be assumed that the daeva used psychokinetic powers to accomplish this. Both Micah and Dean try to recover from their blows, but they're obviously hurt.

Sam just stands over Dean, looking down at him, and snickers. He licks Katie's stomach from bottom to top. She sobs harder.)

SAM/DAEVA
Mine. My girl.

DEAN
Shit, we never even considered it. The daeva's been in there the whole time. You've been possessed ever since it carved up your tattoo.

SAM/DAEVA
My girls. Watching. Waiting.

(He snickers and it turns into a sound not unlike the demonic howl heard in the original recordings on Night #13.)

DEAN
Yeah, isn't your boss going to be mad when he finds out you're trying to get some of his tail?

SAM/DAEVA
Azazel is dead! (Howls again, turns, and heads into the closet.)

(Getting up, Dean follows him. A violent scuffle can be heard, with objects falling off shelves and the sound of bodies hitting the walls; Katie screams and cries out in pain. Dean comes flying out of the closet and rebounds off the opposite wall, falling limply to the floor.)

DEAN
Holy crap, you're a strong little bastard.

(The sounds coming from the closet indicate that Sam is climbing up into the attic through the little door, taking Katie with him. She screams and struggles, but her voice fades as the walls between her and the camera multiply. It sounds like she's in pain - one can only imagine how Sam, even possessed, managed to jump, grab onto the edges of the opening, and climb up into the attic while still holding onto her. Perhaps the psychokinesis was employed here too.

The sound of Sam running across the attic comes from the ceiling. Micah crawls up the stairs and Dean gets to his feet as well.)

MICAH
Oh God... oh fuck... Katie!

DEAN
Are you okay? (Goes to check on him)

MICAH
Just in unimaginable pain, but nothing's broken. Where did he take Katie?

DEAN
Up in the attic. Cas! (Dean goes to where Castiel is standing in the doorway of Sam's room and takes him by the shoulders.) Shit, we missed some of that ointment. There's another bowl around here somewhere. (He retrieves a tissue from a box in his room with which to wipe off the ointment. Castiel immediately raises his head.)

CASTIEL
Dean -

DEAN
I know. The daeva is in the attic with Sam and Katie.

CASTIEL
It took Katie?

DEAN
Yeah.

(Micah is getting a ladder.)

DEAN
Micah, let us take care of this.

MICAH
He's got Katie up there!

DEAN
It's dangerous!

MICAH
I don't give a shit.

DEAN
Cas, get us up there.

(Castiel takes Dean's arm and they simply disappear.

Desperate, Micah rushes with the ladder into the closet. After he sets it up, he comes to get the camera and climbs up the ladder with it. At this point, the camera seems to be more of a psychological crutch for him than a necessity.

When he points the camera up into the attic, Dean is inching toward one corner while Castiel stands quietly, looking for his chance. Micah zooms in on Sam and Katie in the corner. Sam is hunched over her; she is trying to escape, but he keeps a good hold on her as she squirms underneath him. Sam is laughing impishly and chewing at her stomach again. It's obvious the daeva wants to go further, but they're not alone and Katie is unwilling. Sometimes he just licks and sucks, other times he chews at her skin and even bites her. She struggles so much that she gets her body turned over, and he simply switches to biting at her side and the small of her back.)

KATIE
Ow, ow! Micah!

(Dean glances over his shoulder.)

DEAN
Micah, stay back!

(Sam is more growling than breathing; every exhale is a raspy expression of the daeva's frustration. He keeps his eyes on the approaching men.)

SAM/DAEVA
My girl. Back! Mine! I watch. I stalk. (While indicating himself, he hits himself in the chest.) She is mine.

DEAN
You know you can't keep her. Your new boss has you watching her for a reason.

SAM/DAEVA
She will give to me! I watch... many years. The girl belongs to me!

MICAH
The hell she does!

DEAN
Your boss isn't going to reward you for your service. Not the way you want.

SAM/DAEVA
Then I take.

DEAN
She's going to be mad when she finds out.

SAM/DAEVA
Only one... or two... it will be permitted.

DEAN
We can't let you do that.

(Dean and Castiel move closer. Sam jumps, bobbing and weaving, but he knows he's cornered. When he tries to break away toward the opposite side of the attic, Katie squirms free and runs to Micah, crying. He puts the camera down so he can hold her. [They are both sitting on the floor of the attic at this point.] The camera catches Sam as he dodges back into his corner and pants like a frightened animal. He tries to ignore Dean and Castiel, looking through a few precious photographs he had stashed in the attic. Dean lunges at him and they fight; viewing this is very tense, as the viewer knows if they fall, they could go through the floor. Sam bites into Dean's shoulder and he yells. This is when Castiel takes his chance and places the tips of his first two fingers against the space between Sam's eyes, the area that has been indicated previously to be the Third Eye. Sam instantly falls unconscious.

He's pitched forward over Dean's arm; Dean cradles him to keep him from hitting the floor.)

DEAN
Castiel, get us out of here.

(Castiel is interested in the photographs. He picks them up and thumbs through them.)

DEAN
Cas!

(Realizing that Dean is talking to him, Castiel takes Dean and Sam's arms in each hand and they all disappear.)

SCENE CHANGE

(The group is now downstairs, in the den. Sam is tied to a chair that has been placed in the middle of another Oriental rug in front of the fireplace. A Devil's Trap has been painted onto the rug. They aren't trying to hide it now; there is no reason to. There is a large stain of blood on Sam's shirt; he popped a few stitches in the fight.

Katie is looking through the small amount of photographs the daeva had in the attic.)

KATIE
These are childhood pictures of myself and Brittany. And this one is us together, from only a couple years ago. The one of us as adults disappeared off the side of the fridge the day before you came here. (Shakes her head) All of these pictures of me as a kid should have been burned up in the house fire. It's just like the photo Micah found in the attic.

DEAN
This thing has been watching you since you were a child, Katie. It's obsessed with you. That's why it took you up into the attic.

SAM/DAEVA
(Raises his head)
They are mine.

DEAN
No, nothing here belongs to you. And now we're going to send you back to Hell.

(Castiel hands him a book.)

KATIE
(Her voice shakes, but she bravely questions the daeva)
Why have you been stalking me for so long? Are you stalking my sisters too?

SAM/DAEVA
You and Brittany. Another follows Christy. She is not mine, but you are.

KATIE
Why?

SAM/DAEVA
You are vessels. You are exquisite.

KATIE
Vessels? Vessels for what?

SAM/DAEVA
You are only one I have revealed myself to.

KATIE
Vessels for angels?

SAM/DAEVA
I enjoyed being inside you.

(Katie breaks down into tears and goes back to Micah on the couch.)

DEAN
Shut the hell up. If you make this hard, I'll stuff your mouth full of Angelica root.

SAM/DAEVA
Wanted to take a ride in the skin of Lucifer's vessel. It was worth it.

KATIE
(Horrified)
...Lucifer?

DEAN
(Reading from the book; it is part of the exorcism ritual from the Roman Catholic "Rituale Romanum")
Exorcizo te, immundissime spiritus, omnis incursio adversarii, omne phantasma, omnis legio...

(Sam [the daeva] begins to thrash in the chair, crying out in agitation.)

DEAN
...in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi eradicare, et effugare ab hoc plasmate Dei.

(Frightened, Katie hides her face in Micah's chest.)

KATIE
This is crazy. This is crazy.

(The sound coming from Sam's mouth takes on a particularly loud and demonic quality. The camera quakes in reaction. Part of Dean's exorcism is drowned out.)

DEAN
- qui te de supernis caelorum in inferiora terrae demergi praecepit!

(One of the black leather couches in the living room rises off the floor and flies into the den, striking Dean and knocking him over. Castiel runs over to lift the couch off of him. Micah and Katie both scream and clutch each other. Micah starts to get up to help, but the second couch also flies from one room to the other and careens right into Castiel. The couch actually bounces off of him as if he's made of steel.

Micah, with a yelp, recoils from the flying couch and falls back next to Katie, where he was sitting before.)

MICAH
Fuck... fuck... I can't believe this is happening!

CASTIEL
Dean!

(The scream coming out of Sam begins to sound more and more human. It is a scream of intense effort. He finally breaks through the bonds on his left wrist and pulls that side of his shirt aside, as well as the bandages, exposing the slashed tattoo. Sam lowers his head as far as he can and licks fresh blood from his wounds. He then appears to swallow it. A few seconds later, panting with his head thrown back, Sam lets out a scream and black misty smoke pours from his mouth. Micah and Katie clutch each other and just stare at it, amazed. The smoke sinks into the floor and disappears.

Everything grows quiet except for the sound of Sam panting. Then Castiel lifts the couch off of Dean, who crawls out, cringing and panting himself.)

CASTIEL
Are you alright?

DEAN
Don't think anything's broken. Just bruised. (He limps to the couch Castiel just lifted off of him and collapses onto it.) You okay, Sammy?

SAM
Yeah.

MICAH
What happened?

CASTIEL
Sam exorcized the daeva from his body.

KATIE
He can do that?

DEAN
Don't ask.

SAM
Dean, you know I had to do it. It threw a couch at you. The daeva was in my body, so my blood -

DEAN
Let's not talk about it right now. (To Katie) I don't think your demon is going to bother you anymore. He's been sent back to Hell.

(Castiel walks over to Sam and starts to untie his other wrist. As an afterthought, he waves a hand at the camera and it stops recording.)

SCENE CHANGE

(Castiel is in the kitchen. He holds up the bottle of chocolate milk for the camera.)

MICAH
Please repeat what you just told me.

CASTIEL
You should throw out what's left of this milk. It's been tainted with a sleeping potion. It would also be a good idea to do a thorough search of your house for any more bowls of the ointment. The one Sam used last night was hidden inside his mattress. The sheet covered the slit cut in its side.

MICAH
More of the work of this mystery neighbor.

CASTIEL
Yes.

(Micah turns the camera toward the bar, where Dean and Sam are sitting. They are both visibly bruised and seem tired, but are still hanging in there.)

MICAH
Do you guys know what this whole vessel thing is about? Katie and her sisters are vessels?

DEAN
We don't know anymore about it than you do.

MICAH
But... why did it mention Lucifer? I mean, that's just nuts... Lucifer -

DEAN
(Shaking his head)
Don't worry about it. The daeva wasn't talking about Katie.

MICAH
Then why did it -

DEAN
Just leave it alone.

(Sam looks away, a troubled expression on his face.)

MICAH
(Pausing for a long time)
You're sure?

DEAN
I'm sure. But, I would like to talk to you about Katie. In private.

SCENE CHANGE

(Dean has Micah stand in frame with him as they talk in the living room.)

DEAN
I did it this way because it's easy to miss something when you're behind a camera.

MICAH
Okay...

DEAN
Yeah, Mr. Engaged to be Engaged... you've got a decision to make here.

MICAH
What?

DEAN
If you're in this for the long haul.

MICAH
You mean...?

DEAN
If the Yellow-Eyed Demon was interested in your girlfriend, it means there could be more trouble. The daeva will probably not be the last demon you encounter. Others could be much worse than what you dealt with this time. And that mystery woman is still out there. Do you love Katie enough to stick it out with her?

MICAH
Yeah. Yeah! Of course.

DEAN
Things could get much weirder.

MICAH
I love her.

DEAN
Okay. Because you have no idea the things Sam and I have dealt with... and it isn't going to get better. In fact, things will probably get stranger than you ever could imagine over the next year.

MICAH
I don't know what you mean.

DEAN
You will.

(Micah sighs and shifts uncomfortably.)

But I can teach you a few things that may help.

(Micah walks over and turns off the camera.)

SCENE CHANGE

(The timestamp on this recording says it takes place OCTOBER 12, 2009. The sun is going down outside the windows. Dean and Sam come down the stairs with their packs slung over their shoulders. Castiel follows them.)

MICAH
Here, the great heroes descend the stairs as they prepare to set out on another ghost-busting adventure.

(Sam laughs while Dean shakes his head and smiles.)

Do you have any final words of advice for your hosts? Hm?

SAM
Don't stand up in a canoe.

DEAN
Never fry bacon naked.

(Micah laughs; Katie also laughs off camera. She comes into frame.)

KATIE
I made a care package for your trip. (She hands Dean a foil-wrapped package.) It's food.

DEAN
Oh, thank you.

KATIE
I'm the one who should be thanking you. What you did for us... (Katie leans up to hug him around the neck, and kisses his cheek.)

DEAN
It was nothing, sweetheart.

(She goes to Sam next. His face is ridden with guilt.)

SAM
I'm so sorry for what I did to -

KATIE
It's okay, it wasn't you.

SAM
But I hurt you.

KATIE
And I hurt you. (She points to his chest.) So we're even.

(They both laugh a bit awkwardly, and she also hugs him and kisses his cheek. Then Katie goes to Castiel.)

You're a funny little guy, you know that?

CASTIEL
I am not trying to be comical.

(Everyone chuckles. Katie gives him a hug and kiss on the cheek. He smiles and furrows his brow.)

Thank you for that expression of affection.

MICAH
Take it easy, you guys.

(He shakes hands with each of them. Dean pulls him in and gives him a one-armed hug, clapping him on the back.)

DEAN
Remember what I taught you, okay?

MICAH
I'll do my best.

(He opens the front door and films them as they leave the house. Everyone says goodbye and Dean and Sam wave on their way out the door. Katie stands in the doorway with her hand to her mouth, a look of trepidation on her face.)

CASTIEL
(On his way down the steps)
Shouldn't I harvest my crops now?

SCENE CHANGE

(The timestamp on this recording says that it takes place on OCTOBER 16, 2009. Micah, dressed in a tuxedo, has a round table set up in the living room. It has been decorated with a fancy tablecloth, roses, two candles, and set with two place settings.

He smiles for the camera and shows off a diamond ring in a velvet box.

When Katie comes home a few minutes later, she stops in the doorway, door still open, and looks at Micah, stunned. A delighted smile breaks across her face.)

KATIE
You look handsome.

MICAH
I put it all together for you. Close the door, babe.

(She does. He gets down on one knee and shows her the ring.)

Katie, since the first minute I saw you, I knew there was something very special about you. I never thought when Amber set us up on that blind date that you would turn out to be so beautiful, and fun, and would complete my life so perfectly.

(Katie starts to cry out of the emotion of the event.)

I should have done this a long time ago. I don't want to live without you, Katherine Featherston. Will you marry me?

KATIE
Yes.

(Micah puts the ring on her finger, and they hug and kiss extensively. Just after Micah serves the dinner he has cooked for them, he turns the camera off.

There follows almost two hours of footage of their engagement party, thrown OCTOBER 24, 2009.

The last recording was taken on NOVEMBER 21, 2009. Micah comes to the door, filming the arrival of a woman with reddish-brown hair and wearing a black leather jacket.)

"JENN CHIKANE"
(She is carrying a basket of muffins)
You got the camera like I asked.

MICAH
Yeah... why did I do that?

"JENN CHIKANE"
We're just having a pleasant conversation. No reason to be alarmed. Don't these muffins smell incredible?

MICAH
They do... do smell good.

"JENN CHIKANE"
Are there wards under the welcome mat? (She kicks the mat.)

MICAH
Yes.

"JENN CHIKANE"
Get rid of them.

(Micah lifts the mat and disturbs two lines of powder, one of salt, and one of a substance that looks like red brick dust. When he brings the camera back up, the woman is grinning, satisfied.)

Is Katie home yet?

MICAH
She'll be home any minute.

"JENN CHIKANE"
I'll come in and wait, then.

SCENE CHANGE

(The camera comes back on when Katie walks in the front door.)

KATIE
What's that smell? (She notices the woman sitting on the couch.) You're Jenn Chikane.

"JENN CHIKANE"
You have a good memory.

KATIE
We should call Sam and Dean.

"JENN CHIKANE"
No, no. No reason to disturb them. I'll let them know about our visit.

KATIE
But... they said... (She seems to be just as disoriented as Micah.)

"JENN CHIKANE"
Don't worry about them. Come over here and have a seat.

(Katie tentatively takes a seat on the couch next to her.)

Isn't this nice?

KATIE
What do you want from us?

"JENN CHIKANE"
Now, that's not very nice. I just wanted to talk with you.

KATIE
Why can't I control my own body? They said you were dangerous.

"JENN CHIKANE"
Now why do you think that is?

KATIE
I don't know, Jenn.

"JENN CHIKANE"
I never said my name was Jenn.

KATIE
You didn't?

"JENN CHIKANE"
No.

KATIE
Then what did you say?

"JENN CHIKANE"
I said Gem.

KATIE
Gem.

"JENN CHIKANE"
Yes. G-E-M. (She pauses for a long time, looking at them both and grinning, wrapping her hair around her finger.) Do you know what Gem spelled backwards is?

SCENE CHANGE

(In the next scene, the camera is on the floor, leaning to one side. All that can be seen of Micah is his blood-streaked hand, moving aimlessly in frame. He's making choked sounds of pain. Katie can be heard screaming and crying in the kitchen while "Gem" yells at her. Neither woman is in frame.)

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
Did you really think this would work? Did you think I wouldn't find it?

(Katie screams in pain.)

KATIE
Please, no, stop! Please stop!

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
But I'm not finished yet. An anti-possession tattoo. (Scoffs) Really.

(Micah fights to pull himself toward his cell phone, which is sitting open on the floor nearby. He gets his hand on it and tries to concentrate on dialing a number. He gets it wrong two times and has to start over.)

Ugh, don't you move, or I'll cut his head off and throw it in the pool. And it'll bob there, just staring at you, all dead.

KATIE
No! Leave Micah alone!

(The viewer can see the woman's boots as she walks over to Micah and stomps on his phone, then kicks it across the room. Micah groans. The woman leans down and grabs the front of his shirt; when she attempts to yank him up, he manages to bring out a small bottle of clear liquid and splash it in her eyes. The woman rears back, screaming with her hands to her face. Her face appears to be smoking. It can be assumed that the liquid is Holy Water, and the woman is either a demon in disguise or demonically possessed. Micah desperately tries to drag himself toward the front door, but "Gem" picks up the camera and goes after him. She begins to bash him in the head with it. Both of them are screaming now, her in anger and effort, and him in pain. The screen goes staticy on the first blow; by the third, it has shut off.)

SCENE CHANGE

(The location has changed to Micah and Katie's bedroom. What is in frame is Katie, sitting in a chair, crying hysterically. Part of the window and the table on the wall opposite the bed can be seen behind her. Only a corner of the bed is visible.

The woman, "Gem," walks into frame. There is a two-pronged barbecue fork in her hand. Before she speaks, she stares into the lens and her eyes turn black from iris to pupil, then back again. This is another possible indicator of demonic possession.)

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
Tell him.

KATIE
No!

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
Tell him or I'll kill Micah right here and right now. (She pokes at the bed with the barbecue fork. Micah's muffled scream comes from that direction. The bed moves as if he is struggling on top of it; he is tied to the headboard.)

KATIE
No! Please!

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
Tell Sam what you told me.

KATIE
I... I did it.

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
You did what?

KATIE
The Yellow-Eyed Man told me that I burned Baba Looey on the ceiling. He said some vessels have the power of... of...

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
(Annoyed)
Sacred Fire. Say it.

KATIE
Sacred Fire. Sacred Fire! That he had triggered it with his blood, but I did it. I created that fire, and I burned up our dog and destroyed our house! It was me, it was me... (Sobs)

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
Hmm. Isn't that interesting, Sam? That my father can fill a child's mouth with his blood and that child can burn things with just the power of their mind. Even a dog.

Or a person.

And wouldn't you know it, demon blood can be added to food, and you don't really taste it unless you're expecting the flavor. Years ago, you wouldn't have known what it tasted like, would you, if someone had snuck into your home and added it to something you ate. Like her special chocolate chip cookies.

(She smiles and snickers.)

I know this is a hard thing to accept, Sam. But it is true. You taint everyone you touch.

There's only one being who really understands you and your nature, and so will you when you say yes.

KATIE
Let us go!

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
I was TALKING! (Backhands her across the face.)

(Micah yells something through his gag.)

Wait your turn. (To Katie) I've brought your old friend with me. Took me years of searching through Hell to find him, but he's returned to you.

KATIE
No! No! (Looks all around her)

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
But he missed you, Katie.

(A black shadow passes across the window.)

KATIE
No, help me, somebody help - !

(She suddenly stops and relaxes. Katie sits in the chair much like she did on the backyard swing the first night she was possessed, almost unresponsive.)

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
That's alright. You just need a little time to adjust. (She strokes Katie's hair.)

KATIE/DAEVA
I want to keep her.

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
You know you can't.

KATIE/DAEVA
She's mine.

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
I'm sorry. You know what we found out about her while we were in Hell. Her type of vessel will be of no use to us.

KATIE/DAEVA
Killing her is such a waste.

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
Be good, and I'll find you another toy to play with.

(Micah yells again, his tone angry.)

I've had about all I can take of you.

("Gem" pounces on him, moving out of frame. Her shadow can be seen on the opposite wall, bringing the barbecue fork up and arcing it down repeatedly, stabbing Micah. He starts to scream. She laughs.

After a few seconds, Katie responds, or rather, the daeva responds. She slowly gets up and crosses to the other side of the bed. With a demonic howl, she too pounces on Micah.)

Ooh, using your teeth, very creative. But it might be easier with this butcher knife.

(The two demons proceed to stab Micah Sloat to death.)

SCENE CHANGE

(When the camera comes back on, both women are covered with blood. Katie sits in the chair, unresponsive, holding the butcher knife. "Gem" is sighing contentedly and putting her hair back in a ponytail.)

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM"
I love a good kill. Don't you love a good kill?

(Katie does not respond.)

Oh, just so you boys know, Diane Mercer was a red herring. The daeva did not spell out "Goodbye Diane" on the Ouija board. Did you?

(Katie shakes her head.)

He spelled out what we're going to say when we figure out how to kill you for good.

(Katie looks up and smiles impishly.)

"JENN CHIKANE/GEM" AND KATIE/DAEVA
(In unison)
Goodbye Dean!

(While "Gem" laughs, the daeva raises the butcher knife and makes Katie slit her own throat. They both snicker as blood pours down Katie's shirt.)

END OF ALL RECORDINGS

Micah Sloat and Katie Featherston's bodies were found on NOVEMBER 25, 2009, when they didn't show up at her parents' house for a Thanksgiving visit; they were due there on the 24th. Micah was tied down to the bed with Satanic symbols carved into his skin and 127 stab wounds in his body. Katie was on the floor at the end of the bed with her throat slashed; a tattoo on her lower back had been completely obliterated by multiple cuts.

The police report shows that investigators heard someone walking around in the attic, but a search of the room turned up no one. They did, however, find a partially burned photograph of Katie at eight years old tucked under one of the rafters; in this photo, she is holding a brown terrier.

POSSIBLE CONCLUSIONS:

Scenario #1
Dean and Sam Winchester and James Novak's Castiel persona engineered the entire operation with the suspect "Gem." This would explain how much of it was accomplished and is in line with the profile compiled of them by the FBI.

However, it seems that if Sam and Dean wanted to kill Micah Sloat and Katie Featherston, they would have simply done it when they had ample opportunity, unless they wanted to use "Gem" as a scapegoat.

Scenario #2
Sam and Dean Winchester and James Novak's Castiel persona had nothing to do with the deaths of Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat, and were honestly trying to help. In some ways, this scenario is more frightening, because it could mean that they are locked in a holy war with the forces of evil that could eventually involve countless numbers of people. Many clues leading to this conclusion were dropped during the time the Winchesters spent in Micah Sloat's home.

In my recommendation, the best course of action we can take is to prepare for this scenario. If there is a holy war brewing, the Post-Initiative should assuredly be there to meet our adversary, whomever he may be.

Transcribed by SPECIAL AGENT RILEY FINN, FBI, Occult Crimes Division

My beta, Sammie, wanted an alternate happy ending, so if you'd like to read that, I've included it too.

LONGASS AUTHOR'S NOTES: The future I've implied for Riley here contradicts the Buffy comics. The reason that I included the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" crossover is because I wanted someone who knew a little something about the paranormal to be the one to transcribe the recordings. I had a dream while writing the story that it was Riley, so what the hell. :D
The character death ending of this story is partially based on the alternate ending of PA (Katie slitting her throat).
I just made up a name for Meg's new meatsuit, but I'm not even really considering it the character's real name. It was just, on her part, a joke on the name Meg. And "Chikane" means 'Replacement' in Japanese. ;)
When I thought of crossing over SPN and PA, it seemed natural that the fire that burned down Katie's childhood home would be a great connection to make between the two fandoms. I mean, it's perfect, right? I would, however, like to write a non-show-mythology-heavy version of this story one day. There are many possibilities.
I just made up Micah and Katie's address for story purposes. Same goes for Brittany, Katie's sister - never existed in the movie.
Taco Pagoda is a joke restaurant I made up years ago; I needed the name of a Mexican restaurant in Japan. Harhar.
I also made up Sin Root.
"Farmville" was created by Zynga Games. I cheated a bit with having the guys feed Cas's chickens - you couldn't really do that in the game until early 2010.
Title of the story comes from the Bon Jovi song "Bullet." It plays off the theme of guilt and responsibility, something both Katie and Sam are dealing with here.
Thanks to Sammie for the great beta and for being into my work enough to pornable me into writing a porn version of this story sometime in the future. I started craving Sam/Katie in some form after writing this, and she really likes Sam, so we both decided it would be awesome to get him laid repeatedly, even if it probably will cause mega-angst.