ch.3

Some things Never Change

Sam, Dean, and Winry were both sitting around the table. Sam was researching a case while Winry and Dean were talking. She got up and started walking over to the kitchen. She glanced back at the brothers who were both sitting around.

"Anyone want some pie?", she asked.

Dean's hand instantly shot up, "I would love some."

Sam said yes as well. "You really need to marry her."

Dean looked back at his brother and nodded. "Definitely. So, how's the research going?"
"Very interesting. There's been two murders in a town not too far from here. One person was torn apart by a lion. I think you'll find the other one entertaining."

"What is it?"

"One person was completely engulfed in cow crap. The report said that his throat was filled with it and they couldn't breath."

"Sounds like they had way too much x-lax."

"Maybe, but I think it's our kind of thing", Sam said.

"Yeah, because we have so many cases that involve cow poop and someone being torn apart by a lion."

"Pie's finished", Winry shouted from the kitchen.

"So, are we looking into it?"

"Why not? But first, I want some pie."

Dean, Sam, and Winry both sat around the table eating pie. This was from the recipe that she had learned from Mrs. Hughes.

"This pie is awesome."

"Thank you", Winry said.

Dean had had some amazing pie before, but nothing like this. He looked at his brothers and Winry's plates. They were still on their second piece while he was on his sixth. If it wasn't for hunting, he would really have to go on Weight Watchers.

His brother had finished eating his pie and looked up. This was the moment that he had dreaded. Sam would start talking about the case and he would have to stop eating this awesome pie.

"So Dean."

"Yes."

"I think we should talk about the case now."

"If you insist."

Sam had now faced Winry, "I was researching a case and I think we found something that might be our kind of thing. My brother and I might be away for a few days and I just wanted to let you know where we were."

The new girl looked down and then glanced up at Sam. "So, you don't think I can handle it?"

"That's not it. You just haven't had experience with hunting before. Many people even with experience get killed on this job. I just don't want you get hurt."

"I appreciate that", Winry said with a smile. "You might not believe me, but I've had plenty of adventures in my life time. I used to know a couple of brothers and they got in all sorts of trouble. I'm going with you whether you want me there or not. Plus, an attractive girl might help you guys out."

"She's got a point."

"All right", said Sam. "Then it's settled. It's time to go hunting."

Dean, Sam, and Winry all went to the town and started investigating the cases. Dean had taken the one with the person who got filled up with cow poop, while Sam and Winry took the one with the lion.
The group had all gotten together again. Both of them had similar results. There was no EMF, no sulfur, and nothing else that resembled any of their normal hunts. Sam and Winry talked to Dean about how each of the victims children had Moms who were single, and that their Moms had an affair with someone a couple of years ago. Sam had found someone who could be in danger so they took the Impala and sat near the house, waiting.

The time was now about three o clock in the morning. Dean felt a hand hit him in the head. He yawned extremely loud and looked around. He realized that he had dozed off while waiting. Waiting this long for something to happen sure got boring to him. Dean was always grateful that his brother could sit through this mundane part of the job. Just then a scream came from the house.

Dean, Sam, and Winry all ran out to the house and Dean kicked down the door. They all spread out and searched the house. Dean ran upstairs and searched the rooms. Another scream came and he opened up the door. He saw several rattle snakes on the ground. Two of them were on the bed next to a teenager who looked like he was about 15, or 16 years old.

"Cover your ears", he shouted

The kid listened to him as he began firing his gun at the snakes. One by one they began to stop moving on the ground. After emptying his whole clip, the snakes were all dead.

As he tried helping the kid, another rattlesnake came out of no where. The snake slithered around the kid's neck and bit him. Dean tried to stop it, but it was too late. The kid had fallen on the floor and was now dead. Dean picked up the kid into his arms and carried him downstairs. Winry and Sam were standing next to the Mom who was crying. When she saw her son in his arms she cried even more. Dean laid him on another couch.

Winry staid inside while the brothers took a little walk to discuss what was going on.

"I think I finally know what the problem is here", Sam said.

"So, we have someone engulfed with cow poop, a lion attacks someone, and several rattlesnakes trying to kill a kid. How could that possibly lead up to something?"

"It all leads up to the Goddess Hera. Her symbols include the cow and the lion. She tried to kill Hercules when he was young with a couple of snakes. It finally all makes sense. All of these women have had affairs with the God Zeus and now Hera is after them."

The Winchesters both explained what had happened to the Mom while leaving out the Zeus and Hera part. Dean explained that several rattle snakes were in his room and that someone had put them there on purpose. They had called the cops, and the Mom went with them to tell the police what had happened. The Winchesters and Winry then drove back to their motel.

All three of them were listening to a police scanner when a report of another murder came in. Dean, Sam, and Winry all went to the hospital to look into the case.

The person who was lying on the table was completely scorched. Their whole body was covered in burn marks. Dean couldn't believe how bad it looked. He had seem some pretty nasty things in his life, but nothing like this. No ordinary fire would've have been this bad. Just then, a voice appeared from behind them.

"He always was one of the few good Gods out there."

All three of them turned around to see an extremely beautiful women standing behind them. He was never nervous in front of girls, but for some reason, he found it hard to speak in front of her. He didn't know why, but there was something supernatural about her beauty.

"Do you know who this is?"

"Of course I do. His name is Morpheus."

"You mean like the Matrix guy?"

"No. I mean the God Dean. I'm sure you're wondering why you're nervous in front of a girl. That's because I'm a God as well. Actually I would be the goddess known as Aphrodite."

His brother spoke, "Then why don't you tell us what the Hell is going on here?"

"Oh, I well. But first we must talk somewhere a little quieter."

They all drove back to their motel and sat around the table. Aphrodite began explaining everything that was going on. Dean had a hard time focusing. He was wishing that Sam and Winry would get out of the room and that he could be alone with her.

"Zeus is trying to collect energy from minor Gods. He would kill humans but you don't have enough energy for him. He wants to go back home. Back to Olympus."

"You mean that place exists?", Sam said with a look of disbelief.

Winry looked at Sam, "Is it really that hard to believe? I came from another dimension after all."

"So, he wants to open up a portal to Olympus. Why did he leave in the first place? Also, what does Hera have to do with all of this. Why is she killing Zeus' children?"

"We never left by choice. To go to Olympus you need to be extremely powerful. A long time ago, we all had enough to stay there. As our power drained over the years, our body couldn't handle Olympus. We were forced to leave, and now Zeus is trying to gain enough energy to go back. I'm sure Sam could answer the other one. He is the smart one after all."

"Hera has always been angry at her husband. He has been known to sleep with many women throughout mythology. I'm sure you and Zeus would get along in that respect. Hera has been known to kill Zeus' children. I guess mythology hasn't changed too much in the last two thousand years."

"Very good Sam. You've got it. So, you can understand why I won't be helping you any longer. Zeus prefers minor Gods because they're easier to kill, but that won't stop him from killing his own sister. He'll do anything to get his full power back. He's having more affairs than ever now to create an army of demigods."

"That's great. All we have to do now is kill two of the biggest dicks in mythology."

"It's not so bad. You've had to deal with much worse. I'm sure you'll be able to take out Zeus and Hera. You might want to kill Zeus first. Hera will probably stop killing so many people if her husband is dead." Dean watched as Aphrodite stared at Winry. "Just a little tip. My brother drops his guard around beautiful women. If you want him dead, that is the best strategy you can use."

Aphrodite then got up and walked over to Dean. She then kissed him. "Well, I'd better go. I'll see you later."

She then vanished into thin air.

Sam started doing some more research on all of the kids who had been murdered throughout the last few months. He was trying to come up with some kind of connection that would help make sense of everything. He shut the computer and spoke.

"I think I know who we have to look for next."

"Who is it then?"

"Each of the people I talked to were single Moms who had an affair a couple of years ago. I then looked into how the children were born. Each of them were born during a severe thunderstorm."

"Zeus is the God of Thunder, isn't he?"

"I guess you actually paid attention in school. Yes, he is."

"So, all we have to do now is search for the person who was born during a thunderstorm. That certainly narrows things down", Winry said.

"It certainly does", Sam exclaimed.

"So, who's next on the Price is Right?"

"His name is Zach, Foster. He goes to high school here", said Sam.

Winry stood up, "Then let's go search for him."

"Let's wait till school gets out. We don't want there to be any kind of commotion. I would prefer if innocent kids didn't get in the way", Sam said.

The Winchesters and Winry drove to the school in search of the other demigod. The three of them went up to the school and walked in. Kids were flooding out of the building as they began their search. They had finally found the kid and Dean started walking up to Zach. Sam stood from behind, covering him. Winry stood at the corner, watching the other end of the hall.

Just then, a loud roar echoed throughout the school. A lion appeared down the hall. The demigod looked over and dropped all of his things. As the lion came closer to him the demigod's hands were engulfed in electricity and fired at the lion, killing it. Dean stood stunned, now knowing for sure that this was a son of Zeus. He was about to get his hopes up, when three more lions appeared down the hall.

As the demigod ran past Dean, he tripped him. The high schooler fell hard on the floor and tried to punch the Winchester.

"What do you think you're doing? I thought adults were better than that. Real mature."

"Don't you think that maybe I'm trying to save your ass? They're three lions back there who are trying to kill all of us. If you argue with me again I'll gladly hand you over to them." The kid was quiet after that comment. "Come with me. We're all here to protect you."

Sam walked up to him with his shotgun that had rounds of rock salt.

"So, this is the demigod?"

"Yeah."

"I'll have Winry take him back to the car."

"Sounds good. I'll cover both of you. Get out of here."

Winry took the kid back to the Impala. Sam held up his shotgun and guarded one end of the hall while Dean guarded the other end of the hall. The three lions came closer to Dean. He began firing his shotgun at them and they all roared in anger. He noticed that all of his rounds were now empty and he pulled out his gun. He began firing it and killed them one by one. He looked over and saw that Sam had taken care of the lions down his end of the hall.

After the lions were killed, a wicked laughter came down the hall.

"You think you can actually save that piece of trash? I am Hera, husband of Zeus. The Queen of Olympus. You won't be able to stop me."

The two brothers faced against the Goddess. Dean charged at her and he was thrown across the hall. Sam charged her and managed to throw a couple of punches. However, he was also thrown across the hall with Hera's strength. Sam crashed into a locker and slid to the ground. Dean then got up and pulled out a wooden stake. The stake was dipped into the blood of one of Hera's victims. He smiled as he noticed fear in the Goddess's eyes.

"Just because you have found out my weakness, doesn't mean you can kill me."

"We'll just have to see about that."

Dean was about to charge Hera when she was shocked with electricity. She fell to the floor and behind her was the demigod and Winry. He told them not to come back, but now he was glad that they hadn't listened. As Hera got up, Dean plunged the wooden stake into her stomach. She then fell to her knees and onto the floor. This time, she didn't get back up.

Dean went over and helped his brother up. As Sam slowly got up he spoke.

"One down one to go."

"Let's get you standing on your feet first."

"That would probably help."

The demigod was in the motel with them as they discussed their next move. Sam was going over the plans with each of them. Winry wasn't too found of them.

"So, why do I have to be used as bait? I don't want to make out with a God."

"Well, it's better than making out with my brother."

He smiled as Sam shot him a nasty look. He then looked over at Zach who had been quiet throughout this whole thing.

"Hey, are you all right?", Sam asked.

"I'll be fine. I just can't believe that my Dad is Zeus. I thought mythology was just... mythology. I don't even know what to do with these powers."

"You now have the opportunity to use your power for good. You can stop this all of this from happening again", Sam said trying to help the kid out.

"I guess you're right. We might as well get this over with. When do we begin?"

"Right now."

Winry used the summoning spell that had been given to them by Aphrodite. The Winchesters had taught her how to use it since she had no idea how to do things like this. After the spell she laid down on the bed and waited.

She couldn't believe this was happening to her. The Elric brothers were enough to handle on their own. Now, she had to deal with brothers that were just like them. Winry thought they got in even more trouble than the Elrics did. Even though she didn't want to do this, she knew she had to. She wanted to put an end to all of this. She especially wanted to help out Zach and give him a normal life.

Just then she felt a presence in her room. Winry looked up and saw Zeus standing before her. He began walking over to her as she sat on the bed.

"You are very beautiful. You remind me of my wife."

"That is very sweet. I feel honored to be called that by the King of the Gods."

"I imagine you do." Zeus now sat on the bed next to her. "I have been alive for so long. I have seen so many things and so many women. I have watched my father get killed. I am very grateful to the Hunters that killed him."

Winry then felt his hand go through her hair. She wanted to scream and get out of this room, but she knew she had to play the part.

"You are also very handsome. I have never seen anyone one on Earth compared to you."

"That's because they are only human. I will show you something that they can never give you."

"I can't wait for you to show me."

"You don't have to wait any longer."

She then felt Zeus kiss her. In a few seconds she was now making out with a God. She wondered how long it would take for everyone to get in here. It felt like an eternity, but the door finally flung open. Dean came in with a wooden stake and charged at Zeus. Zeus ended the make out session and sent a bolt of lightning at Dean. Sam also came in and was shocked with electricity. The God stood up and waited. Zach had now come in.

"My son. It's so nice to see you."

"Why have you done this to them?"

"They thought that a beautiful women could slow me down. They were right. It did throw me off guard, but I figured it was a trap. I am glad to have made out with this pretty human though."

"I have to kill you Dad."

"Is that what they told you? Why don't you join me? I want to go back to Olympus. When I reach my full power, you can join me there. We can rule this pathetic little planet."

"That's not gonna happen. I won't do this."

Zeus shook his head, "I wish you would reconsider. You have no idea what I can offer you. I can offer you money, women. Anything you want. You could be extremely powerful."

"You sound like Greed", Winry muttered.

They both ignored her.

"I said no!", Zach screamed at his father.

Zach fired a blast of lightning at his father. Zeus went flying across the motel room, but quickly recovered. He got up, but didn't do anything.

"This is my last offer son. If you don't join me, I will destroy everyone in this room."

"The answer is still no."

Winry watched as Zeus's hands filled with electricity. She jumped behind the bed just in case. As she landed she looked at Sam and Dean. They were both hurt pretty badly. From what Zeus had said it sounded like he hadn't killed them. She reached and grabbed one of the stakes that was next to Sam. Winry watched with horror as Zach was thrown across the room as well. He didn't get back up from the attack.

Zeus slowly walked over to his son. Winry waited patiently as he came to him.

"I would've liked to worked together with you. It's too bad I have to kill you now. It's such a disappointment."

As Zeus stood over Zach, Winry slowly crawled across the room. As he was charging another blast of lightning, she stabbed the God with the wooden stake. He fell to the floor just like Hera and didn't get back up. Winry had called and ambulance and within a few hours, the Winchesters and Zach had recovered.

All three of them had said good bye to Zach, and were now standing next to the Chevy Impala. Dean and Sam both had a beer in their hands. Sam held one out to Winry.

"Want a drink?"

"Normally I would say no, but today is an exception." She grabbed the drink from Sam and took a sip.

"I should apologize to you."

"For what?"

"I was worried about you getting hurt from this job. After what you did, I think you can handle it pretty well."

"Thanks."

"No chick flick moments guys", Dean said.

After finishing their beer, they got back into the Chevy Imapala and drove back to Bobby's cabin.