CHAPTER FOUR: Unexpected Allies

I was lying on my cot, one arm thrown over my eyes, minding my own business, when a tiny rock hit me in the nose.

"What the fuck." Opening my eyes and sitting up, I was greeted with a smiling Benny looking at me from his cell, a glint of mischief in his eyes.

"Morning sleeping beauty." The vampire quipped.

Running a hand through my hair, I got up and stretched. Thankfully, after my second torture session Ruby had decided to heal me completely.

"Hey Dean?" I heard a hushed voice from the cell next to me. Moving as close as I could to the wall, resting my head on the bars, I responded. "Yeah Jo?"

"Remember that whole escape plan idea?" She asked, mimicking my position in her cell.

My interest being peaked, my excitement was evident in my voice. "Yeah, why? Did you have a stroke of genius?"

"I've heard a rumor. Story goes that Meg hates the King as much as we do. Heard she'd do anything to double cross him." She explained, excitement getting the better of her.

I raised an eyebrow as I glanced at Benny and Cas. "Is that so?" I saw some red hair peaking out, indicating Charlie was trying to hear the conversation from her cell next to Castiel's.

"That's what's been going around at least." Jo reminded us.

"And who did you hear this valuable information from?" Castiel said, skeptically.

"The old cranky guy." Jo said slowly. "It doesn't matter who I heard it from. It's reliable."

Benny scoffed as he looked at me. "I wouldn't go off of it if I were you Dean. That guys crazy, been down here too long."

"Hey, you never know, maybe he knows a little about some things." Charlie chimed in.

All four of our gazes turned toward the door when we heard it slowly creak open. Meg walked in, but instead of coming down to our end of the hallway, she stopped at the second cell.

"Speak of the devil…" Castiel said, standing up from his cot and joining the rest of us at his bars.

Seeing the flash of a baseball capped guy being dragged from the cell, my breath caught.

….

"You okay, bud?" Benny questioned, eyeing me suspiciously.

Figuring I was hallucinating, I blinked the image away as I turned my attention to the worried vampire. "Yeah just- just lost in thought I guess." I said distractedly.

All of a sudden all of our cell doors flung open.

As the other prisoners made their way into the hallway, I stopped and stared at Benny wide-eyed.

"It's lunch time." Was all he said before pushing me in front of him, chuckling.

….

As we walked in to the dark cafeteria, I couldn't help but repeat the same phrase I had said about the yard. "You gotta be fucking kidding me."

"Are you going to say that every time you go someplace new?" Castiel said, annoyance in his voice.

"Cool it, Cas. Give him a break. Nobody expects it to be like regular prison." Benny paused a second before leaning closer to me. "Minus the torture of course."

After grabbing a tray of God knows what from the line, I joined the table consisting of Cas, Benny and Charlie.

"Where's Jo?" I asked, sitting next to Charlie, looking around the room. My gaze caught Gordon's from the line and a cruel smile crept across his face. Shaking my head, I turned my gaze on Charlie.

Moving what looked like meatloaf around her plate, she shrugged casually. "It's her turn with Ruby."

A grim silence passed over the table, all of us knowing what she was referring to. Thankfully, we didn't sit like that for long before the door opened, the one prisoner I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet strolling in.

As I stood up, locking eyes, his face took over a look of absolute shock and then sorrow in two seconds flat.

"Dean?" The man said, hoping it really wasn't me.

"Bobby?"

….

Cas almost choked on his food when he saw Bobby making his way over here, reacting to the name. "You know him?" The angel asked, disbelievingly.

"He's a family friend." I said, absentmindedly as Bobby came over and embraced me, holding me tight.

"It's so good to see you boy." As if hearing what that must've sound like, the old hunter pulled away but kept his hands on my shoulders. "Not like- you know what I mean."

"It's good to see you to Bobby." I smiled sadly at him as he finally let go of me. Finally noticing I wasn't alone, he looked at the people I considered friends.

"Uh, Bobby this is Charlie, Benny, and Cas." I said, gesturing to each. The group mumbled hellos as the old hunter nodded.

I took a second to really look at the man I had started to consider my real father. He had a frantic look in his eyes and they never remained at one spot for long. He had obvious bags underneath his eyes and was sickly pale. He was wearing a worn green t-shirt and torn jeans.

Taking a seat back at the table, Bobby sat across from me next to Cas and Benny. The vampire looking extremely flustered sent a quick glare at me before taking a bite out of his raw meat.

"So," I stopped, giving Benny a disgusted look. "Jo told us that you shared with her that Meg isn't a loyalist."

"Oh she's a loyalist alright, but not to Crowley. She serves Lucifer and that's it. But convincing her to help us escape…" Bobby gave a troubled look, all hope leaving his eyes.

Sending a look of confidence to my tablemates, a banged a fist on the table. "I'm telling you guys, me coming down here will be the best thing that's happened to you people in years. I can recruit Meg."

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TBC

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