Chapter 3: Jericho Part Two

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Alison's POV

As Sam grabs his sweater and pushes us out the door, I'm bracing myself to hear the fight that's about to break out. Sam was practically running after Dean, I know how pissed he is that we showed up. Well not at me, he's mostly pissed at Dean and I can't blame him. How would you feel if your brother and your best friend broke into your house?

"Dean! You two can't break into my house and expect me to just pack up and leave with you." Sam started it and now here comes the start of world war three.

"You're not hearing me Sammy. Dad is missing and I need both of you to help me find him." Dean was slowing down.

"Do you remember the poltergeist? The devil's gates?" Sam was recalling other times John had left on a binge. "He's always missing and he always turns up fine!" Dean stopped abruptly, causing me to run into him and almost fall down. He looked down at me and raised his eyebrow.

"Never for this long! Now are you coming with us, or not?"

"Dean, he left hunting for a reason. Just let him stay, he's made a life here." I try to reason with Dean but I should know better. Sam gives me a glance, as Dean looks like I slapped him.

"Don't you team up against me. Come on it was hard but it wasn't that bad!" Dean scoffed.

"Really?" Sam argued. "When I told Dad that there was something in the closet, he gave me a .45."

"Well what was he supposed to do?"

"I was nine... He was supposed to tell me not to be afraid of the dark Dean!"

"Are you kidding me?! Of course you should be afraid of the dark! You know what's out there!" I stepped in between them before it could escalate any more than it has. Sam notices the lock and bolt cutters. I shrug and mouthed 'Ask Dean', Sam just shakes his head.

"Guys! We grew up hunting and for the most part it sucked, let's be honest." I hold my hand up to shush the boys. "But John is family. Even if I hate how he treated Sam and I for going to college, it doesn't mean that we can let Dean chase after him on his own." I give Sam a sympathetic look and sigh.

"Alright...I'll come with you guys to Jericho, but I need to be back for Monday." Sam sighed and looked down at his feet. Dean has this annoying smirk on his face, I wish I could wipe it off his face.

Dean's POV

Sammy actually agreed to come. I thought that I was going to have to beat him into submission. Ali gets into the back seat of the Impala, while Sam runs back to the house to let Jess know that he's taking off for a few days. "Ali" I look at her in the rear view mirror. "Thanks for getting through to Sammy. He's stubborn like dad and well you know." She just shakes her head, and looks at me in the mirror.

"Dean... I meant what I said. John is family, it doesn't mean that I like him. We weren't running away, we were going to college. John is the one that told Sam and I if we left to never come back." I never realized how much she didn't like dad for that. Or how much it affected her and Sam. Sam comes back and throws his bag in the back with Ali.

"So, what was dad hunting when he disappeared?" Sam asked and Ali started filling him in, I start driving.

"John was checking out the Centennial Highway disappearances. All men and all on the same five mile stretch of road."

"Dad went to check it out when the disappearances started happening more often. This was three weeks ago and I haven't heard from him since." I pass Sam my phone. "Then I got this voicemail. You can't tell me he's not in trouble after listening to it."

Alison's POV

Ugh I forgot how boring car rides were in the back seat. This is why dad fixed me up the mustang. I dig through my bag grabbing my iPod, this is going to be a long trip especially since Sam and Dean aren't talking to each other. After a few hours, Dean pulls into a gas station.

"Alright, just need to fill up real quick and then we'll hit the road again." Dean's out and pumping gas so I lean over the front seat to bug Sam.

"Hey Moose...Want to come for a snack raid?" I flash him my best puppy dog face. Sam has been pretty quiet for the first stretch of the trip, he didn't even ask a ton of questions about the case. "Come on Sam, you know you want to indulge my need for copious amounts of candy!" I tease.

"I'm good, just going to stay in the car." Sam ran his hand over his face, as he was reading over the file for the millionth time.

"Sam..Look at me." Sam turns his head to look me in the eyes. He looks so tired and worried."I promise it's going to be okay. We'll find him, then you can go back to Jess and be free of hunting." I give him a quick peck on the cheek and get out of the car. I grab my jacket and some cash and head towards the store.

"Hey Tiny! Get me some pie!" Dean shouts across the parking lot.

"Dean I doubt this place has pie. Seriously you're obsessed." I shake my head and open the door. Well this is probably the dingiest little store I've ever come across hunting. The old greasy guy at the till gives me the creeps, and he's eyeing me like a piece of meat. I quickly grab a bunch of snacks, Dean's pie and grab coffee and water for the three of us. As I walk up to the counter, Dean walks in to pay for the gas.

"Hey doll face" Creepy old man looks me up and down "How you doing?" I shudder, plaster a smile to my face and turn towards Dean.

Dean's POV

I'm watching as the dirt bag is trying to make a move on Ali and it's pissing me off. Next thing I know she's facing me with a smile on her face with her head tilted up to look me in the eye.

"Hey sweetie" Ali kissed me on the cheek "Are you done filling up?" I smirk at her and brush hair out of her face, while wrapping my arm around her waist.

"Sure thing babe." I glare at the cashier and pay for the gas and snacks. The dude is still drooling over Ali. "Hey buddy, how about you stop staring at my girl." I usher Ali out of the store and back to the car.

"That dude was fucking gross! Thanks for playing along bud." Sam is looking out the window of the car at us.

"What happened? AJ did you buy out the entire store again?" Ali tosses the bags of food into the backseat and passes him and I a coffee.

"No she just got a creeper and made me play house." I laugh and see Ali shooting me daggers in the mirror.

"Hey not my fault he doesn't go for boys there Dean-o." Oh she did not just go there. Sam starts laughing and goes through my tape collection.

"Dude, you need to update your collection."

"Why what's wrong with it?" I ask as I turn back onto the highway.

"Well first of all its cassette tapes, secondly it's all from the era of mullet rock." I grab a tape, throw it in and blast it. "Driver has control, and shotgun shuts his cakehole!" Ali starts laughing and shakes her head.

"Now this is why I missed hunting with you boys!"

"AJ you missed hunting? I thought you were happy to get out of the life?" Sam turned to face her. I just looked ahead, I know she only left because she needed a break.

"Umm.. Yeah Sam I miss hunting. I didn't think I would honestly." She looked down and sighed. "College is great don't get me wrong, but I want to find out why Mom attacked me..." Shit, this is something that we never talk about. Ali showed us the scar on her stomach once, after that we all decided that we wouldn't talk about that or our mom.

"AJ... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to drag that up." Sam looked at her with that puppy dog face he does.

"It's fine. I'm just going to try and rest. Wake me when we get to the motel." She lies down and turns her back to us.

"Dude way to kill the happy vibe." I whisper to Sam.

"What..I'm shocked that she said she missed hunting. Whenever we talk, she always sounds so happy to be out of the life Dean. How was I supposed to know?" I take a swig of my coffee and pass Sam my jacket and nod to the back. He covers her with my jacket and turns around. I just shake my head, he may be the closest to her but I know her better. I stare ahead and Sam knows that we're done talking.

Sam's POV

I look over and Dean is staring straight ahead and has the pedal to the floor. AJ has never told me that she missed hunting. When we told Dad, Dean and Bobby that we wanted to go to college almost three years ago, she was itching to leave the life behind for good. Dad and Dean well they lost their minds when we told them. Bobby on the other hand told us to take the chance to have an apple pie life. Sure I miss seeing Dean and AJ every day, but I moved on I'm happy.

I have an interview on Monday for law school, there's Jess who I'm pretty sure I'm going to marry someday and I actually have a home to come back to at the end of the day, not a shitty motel room. I look to the back seat and see AJ curled up sleeping. I should probably try to get some shut eye too, there's still a few more hours before we hit a motel for the night.

A/N: So what do you guys think? In the next chapter I'll cover the hunt in Jericho and we'll see how Alison deals with flashbacks from when her mom attacked her. I'll try to have the next chapter up sometime next week. Please read and review, as it's greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading!