Well, I have managed to steal my hubby's laptop so I could keep this going. Good thing he barely uses it. I still hope mine will be up and running tomorrow or friday. Here's a little something I decided needed to be added. For those of you that didn't like the whole Dean/Cassie thing from "Route 666" you may not ike the next 3 chapters. I hope you read it anyway though. Thanks to all for reading and reviewing.

Chapter 36

After the Wendigo thing, Dean and I started to fall back into the same routines we had in Kila. Same cover stories, same hustling routines, and same hunting styles. Everything just fell into place like we'd always been together instead of spending most of the last 4 years apart. Dad honestly didn't know what to do with himself most of the time. He was almost always out of the loop, which drove him nuts.

We didn't mean to do that to him, it just happened. I guess it was always just easier for us to deal with each other instead of dad. Dean was still upset with him over what had happened with Sam and I had my own issues to deal with when it came to the old man. Dad was constantly yelling at us, but it didn't really sink in. We still did our own thing no matter what he said.

It was a routine salt and burn job in Athens, Ohio that changed things again. Dean and I were hustling pool in a small college bar while dad was chatting up the bartender. A group of students had gone missing right after leaving the establishment. Dean and I were having a grand old time, then she came in. Cassie and her boyfriend, Brian, walked right up to the table we were running and asked for a game.

We jumped at the chance to win more money. We had to give the usual explanation that we were brother and sister, but we were used to that. Dean started hitting on Cassie almost immediately. Brian didn't seem to mind Dean's passes cause I was putting moves on him. We actually had to work to win that game. Cassie was really good, which of course just got Dean that much more interested in her.

I talked Brian into joining me at the bar so Dean could play one on one with Cassie. I sat down next to dad and started asking Brian about the missing students. He told me that they were all part of the same co-ed fraternity. He also said there was a campus legend that when the fraternity was first chartered a girl was killed in a hazing incident behind the bar. I actually got quite a bit of info from him before dad tapped me on the shoulder and said it was time to go.

I told dad that Dean and I were gonna hang out for a bit longer and we'd meet him back at the motel. I could tell by the look on his face that he didn't like the answer, but he nodded and left. I had to explain dad to Brian after he left. Brian thought it was kinda cool that we worked with our dad. I just nodded and went back to flirting with him.

A few minutes later, Brian asked if I wanted to go someplace more private. I asked him about Cassie and he pointed over to the pool table. Dean and Cassie were lip locked and had been that way for quite awhile. I turned back to Brian and gave him a description of my Jeep. I told him I'd be out in a few minutes, I just had to tell my brother I was leaving and where dad had gone.

It took me a few minutes to get Dean's attention. I could tell by the way he was looking at her that Cassie wasn't going to be one of Dean's usual one night stands. I told him that dad had gone back to the motel and that I was leaving with Brian. I asked if he and Cassie needed a ride anywhere and Cassie said that her car was outside. Dean said to call him in the morning and then turned back to Cassie. I nodded and left.

Dean and I actually broke up quite a few couples that way. We kinda enjoyed it and we both knew we shouldn't have. There were usually several fights involved, but this time there wasn't a single punch thrown. We both liked it when things went that simple. No black eyes or sore knuckles and more importantly no cops involved.

I snuck out of Brian's apartment early the next morning and went to the campus records office. I was looking for a copy of the co-ed fraternity charter so I had a time frame to the hazing death. It took me a few minutes to find it. I called dad and told him what I'd found out from Brian and a little chat I had with the secretary. He told me to call Dean and fill him in, then meet him at the library.

I called Dean's cell, but only got his voicemail. I left him a message and then met dad at the library to look for the article on the hazing death. Dad asked where Dean was and I just told him that Dean was busy and he'd meet up with us later. Dad immediately went outside to call Dean himself and I just shrugged and started the research. By the time dad got back a few minutes later, I had found the article and was waiting for it to print out.

I could tell by dad's face that he hadn't been able to get a hold of Dean either. He was pretty pissed and getting more so by the second. I just blew it off and told him I'd found the article. He asked if it mentioned where the girl was buried and I told him no. He said something about having more work to do and stormed out of the library.

I followed dad to the fraternity house. On the way there, I tried to call Dean again. After about the 4th call I was starting to get worried when he finally answered on the 5th. He asked if everything was ok and I told him dad and I were fine. I filled him in on everything dad and I had so far, told him we were headed for the frat house, and asked if he wanted me to come pick him up.

I heard him tell Cassie that he was needed at work. He told me the address and said to come get him. I smiled to myself and told him I'd be there in a few minutes. I also told him that he was gonna get it as soon as dad saw him. He said he knew that, but it was worth it. I called dad, told him I was going to pick up Dean and we'd meet him at the fraternity in a few minutes.