Echo on the wind chapter 6
Edge of the blade
Nathalia pov
"Kevin inside that mansion, it's heavily guarded, at least two hundred demons and that's just the outside. We sent Thomas in there, he didn't come back out. We assume he's either dead or under possession." Jerry explains just as I'm scaling to the top of an outcropping of rocks, I peer down into the mansion below, there's no doubt there are a lot of demons down there.
But that's only a small portion of the problem, there's also a good hundred hell hounds down there as well, thankfully I was able to raid those soldiers for weapons. I've got twenty hand grenades at this point, five flash bangs, as well as two smoke grenades.
We also found a ton of Ammo and machine guns on the guys and back behind the counter where they initially took cover from other Croats I found a Grenade launcher with a few rounds right there next to it.
"Nathalia, what are you thinking?" Dean asks looking up at me, but I'm still scanning the grounds around the mansion looking for a way in that is the least troublesome.
"What do we have for Ammo and explosives?" I ask, Sam just gapes at me. "You have twenty grenades what more do you need?" He asks, I ignore the comment for now as Dean is looking over what we have for explosives.
"We have the grenades that are strapped to you, Samuel put together some fog grenades using Holy water and salt, We've got three flash bangs over here plus the two you have. The Grenade launcher with three rounds, two crates of M-16 Ammo, two crates of AR- fifteen and twelve, then the basics. And the brick of Desert eagle Ammo, forty rounds." Dean replies.
"Gwen, I don't suppose your phone has a full charge?" I ask her, she gives me a strange look but still answers. "Yeah it's half charged, why?" She asks, but I don't answer, instead I leap up onto a higher portion of rocks to get a better view of the swimming pool and the back gate that is trampled down….that's a trap. The hounds are sleeping over there, so that would mean it'd be best to storm the opposite side of the house, but then the demons are over there as well, so if we lure everything over to the trap we can storm the west wing, that window there would be a good way to get inside as well.
But in order to pull of my primary distraction I'd have to get inside first….hmmm.
"Samuel, can you see any kind of Sewer grate down there?" I ask, the senior is quiet for the longest time, his binoculars at his eyes as he looks down into the area.
"Yeah, down at the end of the street there's one." He replies pointing to the bottom of the well concealed bottom of the driveway.
"Okay, that's my in. Here's the plan." I say leaping back down to join the group. "Wait, how come she gets to do this plan? How can we trust her?" Mark demands looking at Samuel.
"Because I said you can trust her, because she's Dean's girlfriend and because if you don't I personally will feed you to a hell hound." Samuel warns the brown haired hunter who looks like a cross between John and Sam. He's tall like Sam, has John's hair color and texture, same green brown eyes and is built like Sam.
"Thanks Samuel…Gwen I'm gonna take your phone and get into the sewer system and get into the house through the basement. Sam correct me if I'm wrong but the paging system panel would be down there as well?" I ask, he nods yes so I continue.
"I'm gonna hook this up to the system for two reasons, it'll lure some demons inside, and I can reprogram it to Sam's phone so that once we're inside we can disable the alarm system. Now, once I'm done with reprogramming I'm gonna give you guys the signal. Mark since you have baseball experience you're going to throw the flash bangs down by that fallen fence. It'll prove to stun the hellhounds for a few minutes, then the holy water grenades once demons start swarming over that direction. Sam, Dean, Samuel, once the third holy water grenade touches down you all need to get to the west wing door. I'll be there to let you in, Sam once you're in it's up to you to hit the Volume button on your phone, and you'll be turning it down. That'll disable the alarm; hopefully it won't be set off in the middle of this madness. Once we're all inside we can go from there." I explain as I fill the click of the desert eagle and strap another thirty rounds to my new jump suit. It's a leather tank top looking thing that apparently came from hot topic Italy that's why it's made of leather; it has a matching pair of mini shorts, and boots.
I have my normal black belt's crisscrossing over my mid section holding the many different weapons I manage to acquire over the days of traveling as well as a new fish net jumpsuit. So in all I'm dressed head to toe in black, exposing way to much skin for this Arizona sun but Dean doesn't seem to mind in the least.
"How long will it take you to get in?" Dean asks. "About twenty minutes, so be ready to grab and go." I warn, at this particular moment I'm putting on a pair of leather gloves that go with this entire outfit so I don't burn the shit out of my hands on that metal sewage grate.
Dean pov
"She's down at the grate." Samuel confirms he's been giving a play by play of Nathalia's every move; she took out two demons on her way down to the street. Then was distracted by something glimmering inside a smaller house on the street, whatever it was she picked it up and tucked it into her belt.
"We're at the Ten minute Mark." Gwen says to Mark who thinks that Nat won't be able to get inside within twenty minutes.
"She's down the rabbit hole, all we can do is wait and pray now." Samuel informs lowering the binoculars….My heart is currently hammering in my chest, I hope she gets through this okay…
Nathalia pov
"Okay, red wire, green wire, black wire…I have no idea what that switch is. Ah, there we go, audio line, push input…acquire information. Got it." I smile to myself as I start messing with the panel inside the switch board for Crowley's paging and alarm system.
"Now to reprogram…shit Sam's number….um, oh right." I mutter as I almost forget Sam's cell number which is basically useless at this point except to do exactly what I'm doing.
"Oh Crowley you'll just love this song." I grin wickedly clicking on Meghan Trainors new release called all about that bass.
As soon as the play button is hit I have thirty seconds to get up the stairs and take out whatever I find inside the kitchen.
Busting through the door I'm greeting by six demons and a hell hound. "Hi-ya puppernino!" I shout at the hound as it leaps at me only to land chest first on one of my two angel blades.
The song kicks up and blasts the sound system, all six demons abandon their post and come at me.
Dean pov
"There's the signal, let's go!" Sam orders back to the others, Mark begins his launching of the grenades in the proper order as the rest of us book it for the opposite wing. The last bang sounds out and Mark comes running to catch up with us with AR twelve in hand as well as three loops of chain Ammo around his body.
Sam pov
We get to the front door with next to no trouble, Gwen stumbled over a loose brick but that's it. Nathalia opens the door and smiles at Dean. "Hi baby." She says in a mock seductress way, Dean pecks her on the lips with a huge grin on his face.
"Nice work kid." Samuel praises, once we're inside Gwen starts laughing mad at the song Nathalia chose, it was released the day before the end of the world. All about that base.
"Thought it was kind of Modern War fair retro style." Nat says as she skips to join the group. "You've gotten cleaner at you're kills." Samuel comments noticing the six dead demons just outside the basement door.
"Not in the least, just trying to get this done quick…so I found this stuck under the corner of the stairs at the house on the street. It looked kinda like something Kevin would hang onto." Nat says handing Dean a ring, it's the one that Kevin always kept with him.
"How was it sitting?" Dean asks. "The dragon was pointing up like this." Nathalia replies striking a pose. "That would be the room above us. I bet Kevin is up there." Gwen replies looking up as if she would actually be able to see inside.
"I can find that out, Dean you take Gwen and Mark up that set of stairs, Samuel take the others and head up these stairs. I'm gonna climb up to that window and see if I can get in." Nathalia orders, no one objects, Dean is about to but Nathalia skips, yes skips out the front door then leaps up onto a trellis that she's able to scale to the overhang.
Nathalia pov
Using some basic gymnastics I'm able to swing my feet backwards and sling myself up onto the over hand outside the massive bay window, and all without being seen by whatever could be inside the room.
Once at the window I carefully peer inside and look around, four demons, one in each corner, there's a huge mahogany table in the middle of the room where an Asian looking kid is sitting staring at a flat square rock. He has a bunch of other spell bowls and ingredients around him; he looks scared but is still refusing to actually translate the tablet.
"Kay, looks like you're going in Nathalia." I tell myself as I grab the desert eagle out and drop the clip, I pull four rounds out and mark them with a devils trap before replacing them into the clip. With the gun holstered I decide the best way to get through this window somewhat quietly is to climb up onto the roof and swing in boots first.
Kevin Tran Pov
I heard a huge commotion outside just about five minutes ago, I have no idea what it was but even that amount of noise didn't draw these four demons out. Not even the random hip hop music that just started booming over the loud speakers a few minutes ago. I'm screwed, Dean and Sam must not have survived the Croatoan attack, I think my mother might be dead. Crowley said she was-
CRASH! I nearly leap through the roof as the massive bay window in front of me busts out as some nutty blonde comes swinging in feet first. She lands just inside in a crouched position, her hand face down in the mass pile of glass.
The four demons in the room charge her way just as she taking to her feet, two twin angel blades are pulled from one of many belts wrapped around her torso. The two closest demons walk right into the blades, she pulls them back and leaps at the two that are behind me.
At the last possible second I regain my bearing and my wits and manage to leap over the table with the tablet to allow this woman as much space for ass kicking as she can because the two demons guarding the door are crossroads demons.
. "Put me down jackass!...Hey that's attached ya know!" Another round of crashing. "Ha! How do you like that?!" More yelling from the blonde, she seems a bit bitchy.
There's a lot of yelling and crashing around before the blonde warrior gets thrown against the back wall beside the bay window
"Asshole!" She shouts dropping her swords only to retrieve a rather massive looking handgun. She pops off two shots before she hits the ground again.
"Hate demons, always treating people like rag dolls and such. Have half a mind to kill em all one by one." The blonde starts grumbling as she picks up her swords and puts them back in their sheath.
Once she's straightened herself out she looks at me. "I'm hoping your Kevin Tran?" She asks. "That depends, are you friend or enemy?" I ask as I to stand up and get myself back in order.
"I'm Dean's girlfriend, the boys are inside the building somewhere along with the rest of their family." The blonde replies extending her hand that isn't cut up and bloody.
"Nathalia Colt." She introduces herself in a less aggressive manner than she did to the demons. "Kevin Tran." I confirm accepting her handshake.
"Nat….Kevin, thank god. Guys I've got em!" Dean voice booms as the door leading out to the hall way busts open.
"Whoa, I got the kid. You knew where I was." Nathalia argues. "Yes sweetheart you got the prophet. Now can you love birds argue over custody right's later? Crowley's here and he isn't happy, Gwen and Sam are down stairs now with the other's trying to hold him off." Samuel interrupts the bickering before it can begin.
"Fifty fifty." Nathalia says in a teasing tone to Dean, he chuckles but walks in closer to hug me. "I thought you two we're dead." I say to him as he releases me to lead us all outside.
Sam pov
"Long time no see their Moose." Crowley says standing in front of a very blown up and mangled Van that we traveled out here in. It's gonna be a long trip home.
"Not long enough, we we're hoping you weren't home actually." Gwen replies. "I got this big brother." Nathalia's voice calls out from behind me. "Kevin! You get back inside the house! Let the adults talk-
"Oh shut up and fight me smartass." Nathalia growls as she comes walking between Mark and I, well more like shoving by. Just as she passes up Gwen she pulls out the desert eagle and pops off two rounds into Crowley chest.
"King of hell babe." Dean informs. "I know, still gonna hurt him more than it will any of us." Nat says as Crowley touches his shoulder.
"OW…You bitch! How rude of you to shoot me, I mean you haven't even taken me to dinner!" Crowley hollers at her. "Oh my bad, you look like my ex-husband. Fat, older than the hills, dumber than bricks and completely obnoxious. Sam might be a moose but you're a goddamned armadillo." Nathalia says pulling out the angel blades.
Everyone in our group finds her words hilarious, even a few of Crowley's demons chuckle at her words, but all laughter stops when Crowley raises his hand to attack Nathalia.
"Damn crossroads demons." Nat sighs seconds before she goes flying straight up and back about thirty feet.
"Nathalia!" Dean shouts after her but she lands on her feet. "Clear the battle field boys! Let momma show ya'll how it's done!" Nathalia shouts as she grabs a few hand grenades.
"Fire in the hole!" She warns, three pins hit the ground and she launches them back behind Crowley.
"You missed Foxy!" Crowley shouts. "Wasn't aimed directly at you…Armadillo." Nathalia replies, the grenades go off and Crowley is blown forward due to the shock wave. Nathalia juts forward and slams the angel blades into his chest and stomach then kicks him back to the floor.
"Ready to tap out yet Crowley?" Nathalia laughs as she lifts both blades up and slams them back into Crowley's chest, the cross roads demon gives an extraordinarily pained holler of pain.
"Nat, don't kill him. He might be useful to us." Kevin warns. "Pardon?" She asks the prophet. "We might need his blood to un do the damage done to our world." Kevin gives a more thorough explanation.
"Hnnn. I was looking forward to ending you Crowley, but what gods book worm says…is law as of right now." Nathalia taunts looking the demon king in the eyes, he glares back at her defiantly.
"What can you do about it? You pull these blades away and you know you'll lose track of me, I'll ghost out of here-
Crack! "Shat uuuup." Nathalia grimaces down after kicking Crowley in the ribs, her eyes meet Dean's.
"Baby you got the colt?" Nathalia asks him. "I got it." I say pulling it out. "Mind putting one right in the back of his neck. Towards the lungs?" Nat asks me, Dean and Samuel move in to help heave Crowley to his feet, he tries to move off the blades but Nathalia just gores them straight through to the hilt of the sword.
"You've no idea what you're doing!" Crowley shouts, but I quickly pull the trigger at the base of his spine, the slug goes straight down and into his lungs proving to keep Crowley in this body and make his powers useless…..