Title: The Boys Went Down to Georgia

Author: Razorbackgal0225

Rating: PG-13--A little language, but that's all

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, cars or situations from Supernatural, but I sure wish I did. Anything you don't recognize is mine.

Author's Note: Just a couple more chapters left! I know this update is pretty low on action, especially compared to the last one, but I felt we needed some closure. Again, if you've stuck with me through all 17 chapters, please leave me a note. I'd like to know what you think. And let me know if you're interested in a sequel. Katie and Lilly just won't seem to go away!

Sam and Dean stood a few steps away from Katie as she gave her statement to the Sheriff. They were both curious as to how she planned to explain away the events of the past few days. Even though she had lied well to Myers during their ill-fated trip to the petting zoo, the brothers weren't sure she could do a repeat performance, especially with the police involved.

"Now, Katie," Sheriff Tines said calmly. "Tell me what happened." Katie had a choice to make. She could either tell the complete truth or she could tell as much of the truth as she thought would be believed. She took a deep breath and started her story.

"Sheriff, my friends and I," she gestured towards the Winchesters, "came out here earlier this morning to see about having Lilly's birthday party at the petting zoo. She was here last week for a class field trip and she had a great time. We stayed here for a little while and Mr. Myers showed up. He didn't act strange or say anything out of the ordinary; in fact, he seemed interested in helping out with the party. We left. My friends had to run some errands and Lilly was at Casey Carter's house, so I was doing some housework." Here, Katie's voice became a little shaky, the fear she had felt still evident. "I remember walking into the kitchen and someone grabbed me from behind. I tried to fight, but they put something over my mouth and nose and I guess I passed out."

The sheriff, who had been a friend of Katie's father, put a comforting hand on Katie's shoulder. "Take you time, hun, and tell me what you can remember. Was it Myers who abducted you from your house?"

Katie clenched her jaw, overcome with emotion for a moment, and her knees buckled slightly. Dean and Sam both took a step in her direction, ready to lend their support. Sam's legs being longer, he reached her first. He put his arm around her, pulling her to his chest. She leaned into him and smiled up at him, grateful for the assistance. This gave her the strength to continue.

"I really can't say for sure that is was him," she relayed to the older man. "I never saw whoever it was. The next thing I knew, I woke up tied a chair in that little barn over there. Myers came in a few minutes after I woke up and said something about I shouldn't have come here. He also said something about he had only went after children and not adults, so he didn't think anyone cared. I have no idea what he was talking about."

"Hmm," Sheriff Tines murmured. "I wonder if he's got anything to do with all the accidents that have been happening around town. Wasn't Lilly one of the kids that was almost hurt?" he asked Katie. She nodded in response. "I'll be sure to add that to the many questions I have for him once he's out of surgery. What happened next?"

"Well, sir," Sam interrupted. "Lilly called us because she couldn't find Katie. We had noticed Myers driving by Katie's house more than once in the last few days, so on a hunch, we drove out here. We told Lilly to go next door and call the police and ask them to come out here. We had distracted Myers enough to get Katie free and had knocked him out when you showed up."

This is where the story became tricky. Katie knew Sam and Dean probably wouldn't appreciate her sharing the details of how they knew who had taken her. And she doubted that Sheriff Tines would believe the explanation about a long-dead boy giving out warnings. The officer frowned and Dean began to worry. Their story was sketchy and it would be easy to poke a hole in it big enough for a police car to drive through. The sheriff glanced at both boys, then continued to write on his notepad. "That was some hunch," he commented, doubt in his voice.

Katie spoke again at this point. "I went to school with them," she said, anticipating the sheriff's next questions. "I was lucky they were visiting me when they were."

"You most certainly were," Tines agreed. "What did you say your names were again?"

"I'm Dean Bonham," Dean introduced himself, offering his hand to the older man. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Katie blink a couple of times at the last name he had given. He realized she probably didn't know their actual last name. The sheriff took his hand and shook it. Dean remembered what his dad had always taught him. If you wanted a man to believe you, give a firm handshake and look him in the eye. So he did.

Sam held out the hand that wasn't holding Katie. "And I'm Sam Jones."

Tines gave the boys a long look, then rested his hand on Katie's arm. "Why don't we get you looked at?" he stated, moving her to the ambulance still sitting in the parking lot of the zoo. "Just to be on the safe side." Katie nodded, moving away from Sam and walking slowly to the EMT. The brothers exchanged nervous glances, afraid without Katie there, the sheriff would ask the questions they couldn't answer honestly.

"I'm not going to beat around the bush with ya'll," the officer began. "I don't buy your bullshit story about your hunch. And I'm guessing that if I ran those names you gave me I'll find they're fake. Especially considering those last names are the same as a couple of the members of Led Zeppelin." When Dean failed to hide his reaction to this comment, the sheriff added, "Yeah, I may be a hick, but I still know my rock music." He scratched his head for a moment before saying, "But, Katie trusts you, and for right now, that's good enough for me. I've known her all her life, she's a good, smart girl." He closed his notebook and tucked it in his pocket. "Thanks for looking after her. And for bringing down Myers. I'm guessing we'll find out there's more to him than meets the eye. But if I were you, I wouldn't try selling that story again." He tipped his hat to the boys and left.

The boys stood silently for a second, taking in what just occurred. Finally Dean turned to Sam and punched him on the arm. "Dude, you never use Zeppelin!"

Sam returned the hit, "I didn't use any band, Dean, I used Jones. A pretty common name, if you'll recall."

"Whatever," Dean muttered. "Just don't do it again."

Katie had been given a clean bill of health from the EMT and had started walking back to them, when another cop car pulled into the zoo. As soon as it stopped, the back door flew open and a brown-haired blur shot out. Katie's eyes filled with tears as Lilly ran to her. She had been so terrified when she had first regained consciousness that Lilly had been hurt or taken as well. She bent down and opened her arms.

"Aunt Katie, you're alright!" Lilly's joyful shout could have been heard for miles. It was music to Katie's ears. Lilly wrapped her arms around her aunt's neck and Katie stood up, holding the little girl close to her. "Did Mr. Sam and Mr. Dean save you?" she asked.

Katie ran a hand over Lilly's hair, relaxing for the first time in hours as she comforted her niece. She looked over Lilly's head at Sam and Dean and smiled. "Yes, sweetie, they saved me. And I hear you helped them out."

Lilly pulled away to look Katie in the eye. "Yes ma'am, Mr. Dean told me to call the police and tell them Mr. Myers had taken you away. And I did just what he said to do."

"You sure did, munchkin," Dean said as he came and stood next to the two girls. "You were great." Upon hearing his voice, Lilly launched herself out of Katie's arms into Dean's. Dean hugged her, tickling her slightly as he did. Lilly giggled happily and rested her head on his shoulder.

Katie felt a strange tug at her heart, seeing Lilly in his arms. She shook off the feeling, telling herself it was only the after-effects of everything that had happened. It had nothing to do with being slightly envious of where her niece was being held. "What do you say we go home now?" Katie asked. Lilly and Sam both nodded in agreement, and the four of them headed to the Impala.

Ten minutes later, they arrived back at Katie's house. It was almost 8:00, but Katie felt like it had been four days since Myers had taken her. Lilly had been so exhausted by the day's events that she had fallen asleep propped up against Katie's side on the short drive back. Katie had concentrated on breathing evenly and not having a nervous breakdown. She knew as soon as things calmed down and Lilly was in bed that she would probably fall apart. Deservedly so, of course, but she didn't want to do it in front of anyone. She wanted to get off by herself before she crashed.

When she saw the car sitting in her driveway, she knew her emotional collapse would have to wait. "Oh dear," she said quietly. Dean heard her and turned to face her.

"What's wrong, Kate? Please don't tell me you see a ghost."

She blinked a couple of times before pointing to the Lexus sedan parked at her house. "No, nothing like that. It's worse. Amanda's home."