Chapter Eight -What do you want from me?


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AN: Hi all! I know it's been awhile since I posted last and I'm sorry. It's been really hectic lately and I'm trying to keep up on the story as much as I can. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and have a great day!


Dean's POV

"Hey Sammy, I'm going to let the girls know we're all done."

"Alright. I'll start packing these up and meet you in the car." I nodded to Sam and walked over to the room where Missouri and Ali had disappeared to. Without bothering to knock I walked in.

"Hey so we..uhh Ali? What's wrong?" I crouched down to where she was sitting and saw that she was crying. I really don't do well with chicks crying. She looked up, tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear and wiped the tears off her face.

"I'm okay Dean. I promise." She got up and walked out, leaving me and Missouri standing there.

"She's going through a lot right now. Try not to push her, she'll tell you boys when she's good and ready." What happened to make Ali break down? We may not be as close as her and Sam but I wouldn't ever want to see her like that. Walking out to the car I noticed that Sam and Missouri were waiting in the car and Ali was leaning against her mustang.

"Dean...Can I ask you something?" She said as she scuffed her brown boot against the curb.

"Sure thing." I leaned against the hood nudging her with my shoulder. "Are you sure you're okay? You were pretty upset back there."

"Do you mind if I ride with you guys from now on? I mean after this case is done." She said shakily, avoiding my question.

"Yeah, if you don't mind dealing with Sam's gas all the time." She cracked a small smile and said she'd meet us at the old house.

We got to Jenny's house and convinced her to take the kids out for a little bit while we worked over the house. Once Jenny left, Sam took the upstairs and I took the main floor leaving the basement for Missouri and Ali. I'm punching one of the walls in the kitchen with an axe, when I hear a noise. I barely had time to duck before a knife came flying and embedded itself in the cabinet where my head was. I grabbed the table and use it as a shield to hide behind and as more knives flew towards me. I heard a bang coming from upstairs and make a run for it.

"SAM!"

I ran over to him and tried to pull the cord away from his neck. It wasn't budging, so I kicked a hole in the wall and placed the bag of herbs inside. A blinding white light filled the room and I unraveled the cord from Sam's neck, pulling him into a hug.

"Do you think this thing is gone?" I asked Sam helping him up.

"I freaking hope so. We should see if the girls are okay." Sam started walking out of the room.

Alison's POV

Missouri and I were waiting in the kitchen for the boys. I'm pretty sure that my ribs are broken after having the desk slam me into the wall. Damn it hurts. We looked around at the mess in the kitchen, Jenny is going to be pissed. The food was spilling from the fridge, knives were embedded in cabinets and table. I was leaning against the counter when the boys walked in looking a little worse for wear.

"Are you sure this is all over?" Sam asked, looking around at the mess.

"I'm sure. Why? Why do you ask?" Missouri asked him. Dean had moved over and leaned against the counter beside me.

"Never mind. It's nothing, I guess." Sam ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. I looked at Dean then Sam, poor Sam looked devastated. The front door opened and we all looked towards the entrance.

"Hello, we're home." Jenny called just as she and the kids walked into the kitchen and stopped dead in their tracks.

"Um..We'll pay for this." Sam told her as she looked around the room in shock. Dean and I looked at him but didn't say anything.

"Don't worry. Dean and Alison will clean up this mess." Missouri said looking to us. We stood there with confused looks on our faces. "Well, what are you two waiting on? Get moving!" I rolled my eyes and went on a search for a mop and broom. Dean meanwhile was cussing under his breath, as he followed me out of the room.

We got back to the kitchen to start cleaning, while Missouri, Sam, Jenny and the kids headed upstairs to deal with that mess. Dean and I started on pulling the knives out of the cabinets when he stopped and looked at me.

"So, are you going to just stare at me while I clean this all up?" I winced and grabbed my ribs when I tried reaching for a knife that was a little far out of reach. Dean pulled it out of the cabinet for me and put it down.

"No but I am curious about what had you so upset at Missouri's." I froze. He already knew that I had nightmares but not to the extent that they affect me. Plus after Missouri told me that I'm special and something's protecting me, and then there's the other stuff.

"Umm nothing. Just some personal stuff." I spoke quietly, not looking him in the eye. He looked at me oddly and went back to work.

"Okay then." He bluntly replied. Great, now he's pissed at me.

"Dean, don't be mad at me. I, I just need some time to process what she told me." I sighed. "Please...I'll let you and Sam know when I'm ready." He pulled me into a quick hug.

"You better keep that promise Singer. We're family, you can't avoid telling us forever." I smiled and got back to work.

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So a little while later, after we dropped Missouri back at home. We returned to Jenny's house and parked the car out front, watching the house. Sam felt like there was still something wrong and I couldn't argue with him on that. Something about this house was still bugging me, I could sense it.

"Alright, so, tell me again. Why the hell are we still here?" Dean asked and I was watching the house with a sinking feeling in my gut.

"I don't know...I just don't think it's all gone you know." Sam said quietly as he stared at the house too.

"Come on, Missouri worked her mojo and said that the house is clean. It's time to skip town." I smacked Dean's arm.

"Dean, it's not an exact science. You know that." Dean mumbled something under his breath when Sam and I noticed Jenny banging on her window screaming. We wasted no time running into the house to help.

"You two grab the kids, I'll get Jenny." Dean exclaimed as he ran up the stairs. I ran to the little girl's room and stopped dead in my tracks, when I saw a figure on fire standing in front of a very scared Sari. I bolted over to her and picked her up, running out of the room.

"Don't look, don't look. We're going to get you and your family out of here." I told her as I ran into Sam in the hallway with Richie and run out with him. Sam slowed down and passed me Richie, I looked up at him in confusion. "Sam, don't do it."

"AJ, get them out of here." I was about to plead with him to come with us, when he was dragged back into the house by an invisible force.

"SAM!" I yelled and was about to run after when I remembered I had the kids. I took them over to Jenny and Dean and ran back in the house, hearing Dean shouting my name behind me. I barely get inside the front door when it slammed shut behind me.

"ALI! Open the door." Dean's banging on the door and I'm trying to pull it open. Whatever is here has locked Sam and I in.

"I can't! The door won't budge!" I yelled back. "Dean, I need to find Sam!" I run into the kitchen just as Sam got thrown into the cabinets. I rushed over to help him up when we both get pinned against the wall. "Sam, are you okay?" I said as I struggled to move my limbs. Just then a figure engulfed in flames makes its way towards us. I can hear Dean's boots hitting the hardwood floors as he makes his way into the kitchen.

"Sam? Ali?" He walked into the kitchen and raised his gun at the figure.

"Dean, don't shoot!" Sam shouted.

"What? Why?" I couldn't believe my eyes, the flames started to fade away to reveal a woman.

"Dean, look! Look at her." Dean looks over at the woman and his expression softened, he lowered his gun.

"Mom?" Mary smiled and walked towards him and caressed his cheek.

"Dean. Sam. I'm so sorry." Then she turned towards me and whispered in my ear. "Take care of my boys." I nodded with tears in my eyes. I don't know why I'm even ready to cry, it's not like she's my mom. Mary walked away from us and turned her face up to the ceiling.

"You get out of my house and let go of my son!" Once again she burst into flame and the force that was holding Sam and I against the wall is released.

The Next Day

Dean's POV

"Thanks for these." I told Jenny as I finished going through some of the pictures she had found.

"Don't thank me, they're yours." I put the box of photos in the trunk and head over to where Sam and Missouri are. Ali rushed out the house and quickly whispered something in Missouri's ear.

"Sam, Ali are you two ready to go?" Sam nodded and headed towards the car, while Ali was fidgeting with her phone. "Earth to Singer...You coming or not?" I waved my hand in front of her face, snapping her out of her trance.

"Oh sorry... I'll be right behind you two. I just need to make a phone call." Ali gave a quick smile and hugged Missouri goodbye. I quickly said bye to Missouri and followed Ali down the steps to the cars.

"Ali! Wait up a second." I said as I grabbed her arm. "What's going on? I know I said I would give you time but you're completely out of it." Ali tries to avoid my gaze and starts to play with the brown leather bracelet on her left wrist. "Ali, I'll tickle it out of you like I used to do when we were kids if I have to."

"Fuck. Fine Dean, I'll tell you a bit." She looked up at me with her arms crossed and her hazel eyes filled with tears. "I just up and left someone back in Arizona. When you showed up at my door asking for help, I just up and left them without giving it a second thought. Missouri told me I need to get closure. If not for me, I need to do it for him." I pulled her into a hug and gave her a kiss on the top of her head. "He's going to be in Kansas City for the next few days. I should meet him but..."

"Ali, I didn't know. I'm sorry. Do you want Sam and I with you?" I asked and she stepped back taking a deep breath.

"He knows Sam so it might help having you guys there. You better get me plastered after." Ali took a shaky breath and pulled keys out of her pocket.

"Now that I can do, Tiny!" I laughed. "We'll meet you in Kansas City. Keep your chin up." I walked over to the Impala and got in. "Ready to go Sammy?"

"Yeah. What's got AJ all upset?" Sam asked as I put the car in drive and headed down the road, waving bye to Missouri.

"I guess Ali had someone back in Arizona." Sam nodded and turned the music down. "She said when I showed up she just up and left." I looked over to Sam. Did I ruin my friend's chance at the apple pie life?

"Yeah Dean. AJ is...was dating this guy Ryan. She seemed happy, but I don't know what all happened." He rubbed his face before continuing. "AJ hasn't really talked about it. I saw that she was getting a bunch of texts and calls from him, but she refused to talk about it."

"Well she is stubborn. She's supposed to meet him in Kansas City and asked if we could go with. You know for support or whatever." Sam rolled his eyes. "What?"

"More like she probably told you to get her plastered and needs me as a buffer between her and Ryan."

"Dude, you and the whole psychic twin thing is getting weird... Well weirder than usual." I said and cranked the tunes back up.

Sam's POV

I pulled my phone out of my jacket pocket and started scrolling through the contacts. AJ is probably not going to be happy about me doing this but she'll get over it eventually. I swear she doesn't realize that if we just show up when she's trying to talk to Ryan, that it's going to be weird. I decided to send Ryan a text to let him know that we'll be in town over the next few days.

'Hey bud. My brother and I are passing through KC on our trip. Meet up for a drink?' While I wait for a response I started looking up potential cases in the surrounding area. Might as well get a hunt in if things go south between those two. My phone starts ringing and Ryan's number pops up.

"Hey bud. How's it going?" Dean looked over and asked who was calling. I mouthed back to him that it was Ryan. He rolled his eyes and kept driving, I noticed a sign saying we were a few miles out of Kansas City.

'Not too shabby there Sam. How did you know I was in KC?'

"AJ told me. Figured since that my brother and I are passing through, might as well catch up." It went quiet on the other end, I could barely hear him breathing. "Ryan? You still there?"

'Yeah. Sorry. I'm actually meeting up with AJ in a bit and could probably use a drink or two after.'

"Oh really? Didn't realize she was in town, I thought she was still helping out her dad." I lied. "We're a few miles out. Where are you going to be?"

'We're going to be at the pub off of Main. See you soon bud.' I hang up and put my phone away.

"So, what did the dude have to say?" Dean asked.

"Not much. Just him and AJ are meeting up at the pub on Main to talk." I said as Dean snorted. I gave him a look. "What Dean?"

"You know that this guy is going to get his heart ripped out right?" I sighed and nodded. We finished the drive in silence. Pulling up to the pub I see AJ's car already in the parking lot.

"You think she's already drinking?" I asked Dean as we walked up to the pub.

"More than fucking likely. You better get her food there Sammy."

Alison's POV

I'm sitting at a booth in what used to be my favourite pub in Kansas City. This place had some pretty awesome stories attached to it and now it's going to suck monkey balls. Taking a shot of tequila, I see Sam and Dean walk through the doors and I wave them over.

"Easy there, Tiny. I thought I was supposed to get you drunk after it was all said and done." Dean smirked. God, I love that smirk. It makes him more attractive than he'll ever know. Whoa.. Okay maybe I should lay off the tequila on an empty stomach.

"Oh hush. I needed some liquid courage." I said as I took off my leather jacket, revealing my bright blue lace shirt that fit nice and snug. Might as well look good when you're going to break a guy's heart, right?

"Let's get some food in you before Ryan shows up." Sam said as he waved down the waitress. "By the way, he knows we're going to be here." I glared at him.

"Are you kidding me? Why would you do that Sam?" Sam held up his hands.

"AJ, it was either let him know that we were in town. Or have him be ambushed and him not want to talk to you." Damn it, he's right about this as usual.

Dean's flirting with the waitress and ordering for us. So I take the chance to talk to Sam while Dean's distracted.

"Sam, am I doing the right thing?" I started fidgeting with the ring on my finger. Sam draped his arm over my shoulders and gave me a side hug.

"AJ, he deserves to know where things stand. Hell, I don't even know where things stand with you two."

"Sam, you know where things stand. I up and left him in the dust when duty called. The apple pie life wasn't meant for me." That's right, I'm totally lying to myself right now. I want to have the apple pie life, just not with Ryan.

"Well you never really said anything about it. And I didn't want to push my one best friend to tell me." I was about to respond when I saw Ryan walk through the pub's doors. God, I forgot how good looking he was. Ryan is what girls dream of at night, he's 6'3" and looks like a Greek God. Seriously, he has that whole blond hair and stormy blue eye thing going for him, and the muscles. I take a deep breath and get out of the booth as he walks up.

"Hi Ryan." I whispered and gestured to the boys. "You know Sam and this is his brother Dean."

"Hi Dean, nice to meet you. Sam, it's good to see you again." Ryan shook hands with them and I started to fidget more. "AJ, how about we go talk outside?" I find the courage to look him in the eye and agree.

"Guys, I'll be right back" They nodded as I followed Ryan out.

"So, are you going to tell me where the hell you've been for the past couple months?" Ryan turned and asked angrily as soon as we were out the doors.

"Ryan, I'm sorry. I had to deal with things...Things that I couldn't deal with you around." I said.

"Oh bullshit that you're sorry, AJ. You just left and said that you were helping out a friend. Next thing I know a week later I swing by your place and it's completely empty." Ryan started pacing and getting tensed.

"Ryan...Please hear me out." He stopped dead in his tracks.

"Damn it AJ. Why should I? The woman I love, takes off without a trace and I'm left wondering if she's alive." I start tearing up, Ryan doesn't deserve this. He didn't deserve to be left in the dark.

"Because, if you actually love me you'll let me explain." I paused looking at those blue eyes that are so filled with hurt and anger. "Ryan, I can't say I'm sorry enough. But I couldn't stay in Arizona anymore. I had to go back into the family business and I can't be around you. I can't let you get hurt because of me."

"What do you mean family business and me getting hurt? You're not talking about the salvage yard are you?" I took a shaky breath, taking his dog tags out of my pocket and placed them in his hand.

"No I'm not. I hunt things and save people. That's all you need to know, all I can say. I can't risk putting you in danger." Ryan clenched his fist that had his dog tags in it. He pulled me in close, staring me in the eyes as if he was trying to read my thoughts. I couldn't hold it in anymore and I started crying.

"AJ please don't do this. Just tell me...I'm a soldier, I can handle my own." He leaned down and kissed me. I pulled back and pushed him away lightly.

"Ryan, I can't be with you. You deserve someone who can be completely themselves with you. No secrets, no lies, no running off into the wind. Be safe, you are more than I ever deserved." Ryan clenched his jaw and his face showed no emotion. He just turned and walked away. I stood there watching him go and wiped the tears from my face. I hear the pub doors open and I turned to see Sam standing there.

"Come here AJ." I walked over to him and he pulled me into a tight hug. "You going to be okay?"

"I just broke his heart, Sam. I need a drink." I said as we walked back to the table. I gave a small smile when I saw a burger, tequila and a beer waiting for me.

"Hey Ali. I promised to get you drunk , now eat up." Dean moved over to let me sit down.

"Thanks guys. What would I do without you?" Dean laughed.

"You would have one very boring life." I rolled my eyes, shot my tequila and ate my burger.

"You're right about that Deano. So, what adventure awaits us now?"

"Well after we drop your car off, there's a potential case in Illinois. Cop shot his wife, then killed himself after he and his partner responded to a call to the Rockford Asylum." Sam said as he swiped some of my fries.

"Great. So we're probably going to deal with some dead nutcases?" Dean said placing another shot in front of me.

"Well nothing better than a creepy old asylum to get the blood pumping." I said as I took the shot and hear Dean mutter, "Well there's other ways to get the blood pumping." I blushed pretending that I didn't hear that. I looked up to Sam and saw him shake his head, smiling.

"So, it's settled then. We'll head to Illinois in the morning."


AN: So what did you all think? Again I apologize for it being such a long time since I've put out a new chapter. I hope that you enjoyed and that you all have a great day. Cheers! -Vickie