Sienna
I was the first one awake of the girls. I pulled the paper with the number on from my jacket pocket and walked into the other room. I could hear at least two people moving around so I knew it was fine to go in.
"Where is it?"
"This?" I asked as I held it up. Sam turned to look at me before nodding and walking over. I walked in and handed it to him, he smiled and sat back down on his bed, I followed him and sat down.
"What do you think the numbers mean?"
"He knew about the demons." I offered.
"So, you're suggesting that it could be something to do with the demons?"
"Yeah."
"What though? A page number, a total of the demons we have to face, I'm running out of ideas here." Sam said as he looked at the number. Cas walked over and looked at the number.
"I think we can rule out a page number. It's more likely to be the number of demons." Cas said before sitting.
"Yeah."
"It is." A voice said. Crowley. I turned and looked at him as he walked over. "Well, it was, you've killed forty already."
"How did Bobby know then, if this is recent information?"
"Do you think this is the first civil war that hell has had? It has been written down in books the exact numbers. This time there are less thanks to you and your hunter friends." Crowley continued.
"It's too large, we cant do it on our own." I said, a surge of weakness going through me. We weren't going to be enough, we couldn't do it.
"We don't have to. We taught Cherrie, and Kayla's family. Don't forget yours."
"I am not getting my family involved in this. Jack it 13, I am not letting him get into this life." I replied as I looked at him. "I know you were already part of the life at 13, but I don't want that for him. I don't want him to- to be like you. I want him to be normal, I want it to be his choice and not because I pressured him into it."
"You're not the only hunters in the world." Crowley interjected. " You could call, you know."
"Easier said than done. I don't know any of their numbers, I don't even know whose alive." Sam replied. I guess he had a point. They probably hadn't been in touch with that many hunters, other than us.
"Well then, you're on your own, it's not like I have an entire army which you're helping."
"What good is your army if your fighting as well. We'll look into it, we'll see if we can find something. A spell maybe." Sam said, turning to glance at me. I nodded in agreement.
"A power, a spell that strong, it'll have serious repercussions. If there even is one." I said, voicing my concerns about the spell.
"You're up." Dean's voice came from his bed as he pushed the duvet out of his face. His hair was all spiked up in the back.
"Yeah, I'm up." I replied. Sam nodded as well, acknowledging his brother.
"What are you doing here Crowley?"
"Explaining to gigantor here, what those numbers are."
"What are they?" he asked as he sat up.
"How many demons are on the other side." Sam replied.
"That many? Well shit." he said, pulling himself up from his bed and walking over to us. He seemed more at ease since our conversation, like a weight had lifted from him.
"You alright Dean?"
Sam had noticed too, clearly.
"Yeah, I'm good. So what, we've got 12,000 demons to kill?"
"Which is apparently easier said than done." Crowley added.
"Well, yeah, we can die. We can get injured. We can go mad. We can also be possessed, and I would love to see you try and fight any of us if they access our memories and fighting skills."
"You make a good point, Sienna." Crowley replied, leaning against the wall.
"There's gotta be a spell. Where's the nearest library?" I asked as I stood up and left the room.
I opened the door to mine and Kayla's room and caught the inhaler that she threw at me. I took two puffs without thinking. Then proceeded to take the rest of my morning meds before getting dressed.
We all went down to the library, digging as deep as we could. We didn't find anything for a month. We had travelled around a bit, we were no longer in Sioux Falls, we weren't even in South Dakota. We had ended up in Salem, possibly one of the most witchy places in the US.
Sam and Dean had gone to get some coffee when the clock had turned 6. we had already told the older woman at the desk that we would be staying until late, she had said a lot of kids our age did.
It was just Kayla and I when I turned the page. I quickly read through it and smiled before frowning.
"Kayla, I've found something." I said as I nudged her. She looked up from her book and glanced at me. I handed her the book which she read quickly.
"Awesome." she said before stopping and reading the ingredients. "S, we cant do this."
"Yes we can." I said, the smile falling from my face. I know what she had stalled at. It was the 'life's blood of a natural witch.'
"I am not killing you. I am not letting you die." Kayla said, her voice an angry whisper. I shook my head.
"Are you fucking serious? Did you read that spell? It is the only spell that will do the job. So what if it kills me? I sold my soul to bring you back, do you know any other natural witches that are willing to die for this?"
"You have 10 years on your exchange. 10. And you want to shorten that?"
"If it saves the world and keeps Crawley on the throne, yes."
"No. I am not letting you do it."
"Good thing you don't have to."
"Sienna, what would your family think?"
"Don't you fucking bring them into this. They would understand why I did it."
"Did what?" Dean asked as he handed me a coffee. I sighed and took the book from Kayla and handed it to Dean. He read it over and shook his hand.
"Nope, we aren't doing this."
"Dean!"
"I said no. Final."
"Do you think I'm fucking 5? Do you think I don't know what'll happen? I'll go to hell and live out the rest of my sanity there. But the world will be safe."
"But you'll be dead. With half the demons gone other monsters will spike in activity, better pickings." Sam added as he looked over the page. I took the book back and got up.
"Fine then, we won't do it. I'll just put this book, the very book that could save the world, and leave it there." I said as I started down the isle.
I made sure I was out of sight before taking out my notebook and pen, jotting down the incantation and ingredients. It needed to be done on a full moon, the nearest one was tomorrow. The blade that cuts the natural witch needs to have been touched by a demon which it is killing. A special sigil needs to be drawn on the ground of the sacrifice. I drew the sigil and wrote down a translation for the Latin.
I stood up and shoved the notebook in my pocket before putting the book away. I walked back over to them and took my coffee, taking a long drink from it before grabbing my jacket and leaving.
"Where are you going?" Dean asked. "We're not done looking."
"I need to get some things from the shop."
"I'll come with you, show you where the shops are." Sam offered, shit how do I get them to leave me alone.
"I know where they are. Besides it's period stuff, I doubt you've ever had to deal with that." I replied. Sam and Dean winced before conceding. I had lost them.
I left the library and went to the nearest shop. It was only 6:30 so most places were still open. I smiled as the smell of incense reached me as I opened the door. I walked around the store, feeling at home in the place. It felt like home.
I browsed through the stock, grabbing the items I needed. Some I had anyway, I wouldn't need to buy the whole lot. But it was still a lot. I also needed a bowl to do the spell in.
I walked over to the young man at the counter and handed them to him. He furrowed his brows at me and rattled off the things I was about to buy.
" Bloodroot, Burdock, Clover, Ebony, Galangal, Holly, Mandrake, Frankincense, and Thyme. You trying a very powerful protection and banishing spell?" he asked as he scanned them in. I looked around the shop, trying to see if there was anything else I wanted.
"Something like that, yeah."
"You okay? You're not being followed or anything?"
"What, no. I ju- I got into some bad shit." I replied. He nodded and finished wringing up my items.
"Been there, never good. Is there anything else you want?" he asked.
"Do you have any Wolfsbane, or. Hold up, I'll get them myself." I said before walking around the shop once more, grabbing jars and containers as well as four small pouches.
"Monk's hood, Amaranth, Angelica, Bay leaf and Brimstone. You really did get into some serious shit. What did you do?" he asked, I may as well tell him.
"Not what I did, what I'm about to do."
"What are you about to do?" he asked as he leant against the counter.
"Don't laugh, stay open minded okay."
"I promise not to laugh." he said, raising his hand to his heart.
" Well, me and my friends, we hunt demons and vampires and that sort of shit." he raised his eyebrow before lowering it and nodding slowly.
"I have felt some shitty energy recently, so yeah demons would explain that."
"Well, there are more out here because in hell they're having a civil war. People like my friends and I want the current king of hell to stay on the throne, but to do that we're up against an army."
"Yeah. That amount of banishing and protective herbs, you're trying to banish all of them? In one hit?"
"Yeah."
"And the other stuff, the monk's hood and all that lot, that for you and your friends, as protection."
I nodded.
"Ash, stop talking and make her pay."
The man flinched and added up my extras.
"That's $42.18." he said as he bagged my stuff. I handed him $50 and he quickly handed me back my change.
"I hope it all goes okay." he yelled as I was about to leave. I smiled and waved before I pulled open the door.
"I should've known. I knew you would do it, you do however realise that you'll need someone else to do the spell with you." Kayla said from the railing she was leaning on. I blanched.
"I had hoped on convincing you."
"I would rather make sure you succeeded at this than think it was my fault that it failed." she replied. I smiled slightly. I was glad that she was my friend and that my being an arse hadn't killed it.
"I'll teach you the spell later." I said as she started back to the motel.
"I told them to meet us back there." she said in answer to my question. I followed her and put the bag under my bed, grabbing the four pouches and the protective ingredients. I measured them in my hand before pouring them into the pouches. I put a small piece of Brimstone in each a long with a single bay leaf. I tied them off and put the jars back under my bed as I got up.
I handed one to Kayla as I walked past her.
"What is it?"
"A protective amulet." I replied as I carried on into the other room. I handed Dean one as I passed him and walked over to the table where Sam was sat before handing him one as well.
"What are these?" Sam asked as Dean looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
"They're protective amulets. They'll protect you from vampires and werewolves, as well as general shit like demons." I replied. Dean nodded.
"Fair enough. Thanks."
I smiled and went back to my room, pulling out the notebook I had written the spell down on and handing it to Kayla. She read through it and frowned.
"It needs the blood of a natural witch, got that, but it also needs the blood of an angels true vessel."
"Me. Are we forgetting that I am the true vessel of Kushiel?" I asked her as I sat on my bed.
"Okay. But it also says that the wounds need to be inflicted by a demon."
"There are plenty of demons that want our blood, finding them will be easy." I replied. She nodded and let out a bitter laugh.
"What?"
"When did this happen? When did this become our normal?"
"Come on, this is far from normal, even for us." I replied with a scoff.
"That's my point. A year ago I would've slapped the person that told me I would walk my friend to their death, but here I am helping you die."
I got off the bed and grabbed her shoulders.
"Kayla, it is the only way to get rid of all of these." I said.
"I know- gods I know. But I am helping you sacrifice your life. How did this even become an option? When did we go wrong so that this was the only option?" she asked. Honestly I had no clue.
"Last year we were hunting a ghost, the odd demon. Now we're taking on half of them and attempting to stop another damn apocalypse." she said.
"It got dark pretty quick didn't it?"
"You think." she said with a laugh as she sat up straight and looked at the page. She read through the spell I had hastily scrawled down and mouthed the words.
"It's in Latin."
"Yeah, it's an ancient spell."
"What do we need?" she asked. I got up and walked over to my bed, pulling the carrier bag from under it.
"All of this. Well, not all of all of it, but we need a bit of it all." I said as I took out the jars. "I wrote down how much. So that you can do it without my help." I continued as I started to pack them into my satchel with all of my other witchy things. "It'll also need some Amber and Haematite, I have them in this pocket."
"Okay. When are we doing this?"
"Tomorrow, but we need to get away from them, the possible back lash this thing could have. I don't want to risk that." I replied. Kayla nodded and pulled some clothes from her bag before shoving everything she had taken out, back in.
"Alright. We leave before they wake up. 4 in the morning."
"Cas'll be awake, as'll Kushiel." I said. Kayla thought for a moment before pausing in her actions.
"We'll think of something." she said.
I took my medication before getting into bed. I felt bad for not telling them, but they would try to stop us. I wanted them to be happy, have it not rest on them for once. I fell asleep after setting my alarm for 3:30.
I woke up and shut my alarm off quickly. I pulled on some clothes and shove Kayla's shoulder.
"Up." I said as she slowly woke up. She nodded when she saw me in my leather jacket.
"What are you doing?" Kushiel asked. I turned and walked towards her, leaning towards her ear.
" Cadal." I whispered. Her eyes widened and then she fell to the floor. I pulled her to my bed as Kayla got dressed. We shoved our night clothes in our bags before leaving the room.
"What are you doing?" Cas asked as he appeared in front of us.
"Cadal." I said looking at him. He fell to the floor the same way that Kushiel had. We both pulled him into the boys room as Dean stirred. I placed Cas on the seat as Kayla walked over to Dean and whispered the word in his ear. His head sagged and he leant against the pillow. I did the same to Sam as a precaution. We left our room key with them before leaving.
We walked out of the motel quietly, walking past the empty front desk, and out to my bike. I strapped our bags to the bike and put on my helmet, grabbing the spare from the storage. Kayla put it on as I started the bike.
"The sun rises in 2 hours. We have to do it soon."
"Yeah, fortunately I know that there are some demons nearby."
"How?"
"The kid I was talking to in the store, Ash, he sensed some near the library." I said with a shaky smile as I turned around. I drove down the streets and alleys before I reached a group of people who turned to watch us as we passed.
"Bit early for shopping isn't it?" I asked as Kayla got of the bike. They watched us move around and hissed, their eyes turning black. I gulped and looked up at the sky, we still had an hour.
They split in half, one going for me the other for Kayla.
"Comhdail." I said as I raised my hands in her direction. She was pushed back and disappeared. For the moment. They all turned to me and smiled.
"Do you want to die?"
"I want you to come have a go. If you think you're hard enough." I replied as I stepped away from the wall, stamping my foot and letting the chard lines come out from it. They formed the sigil inside a devils trap.
They growled and turned on me. Claws and knives biting into my skin as Kayla appeared again. I focussed on what she was doing as they dug into my flesh, ripping chinks from it and leaving deep cuts on my skin. I stumbled back into the sigil and sunk to my knees as Kayla pummelled some of the herbs and sprinkled them into the bowl. None of them had noticed her yet.
"Did you ever think that this was a trap?" I asked as one of them drew a blade like nail across my throat. They stopped and looked at me, I was barely alive as Kayla started to chant.
"Vocat ingenti purgatio lucem huis paccato mundaret. Et sacrificium, id est homicidium, quod est cibus et sanguis eorum intentio. Et delebo omnem pellat duodecim milia, ex parte daemonum, qui cum primum daemonum" She said as i fell to the ground, my head hitting the tarmac and sending me spinning into unconsciousness. I knew i would not come back.