Sitting in the diner down the street from the motel Katie said, "Oops."
Just then a customer walked into the waitress who was holding a tray of drinks. The glasses went tumbling down drenching the waitress in water and soda.
Kate shook her head and took another bite out of her Cheeseburger.
"How did you know that?" Dean asked chewing his bacon burger.
She rolled her eyes as if it was obvious, "I told you the rune meant foresight."
Sam grinned, "Handy."
"I'll say." Sebastian laughed.
Katie smiled into her food. "What exactly are we up against?"
Sam looked serious. "Not quite sure. I think it's some kind of vengeful spirit in a place called the Morton House."
Sebastian looked skeptical. "Haunted house, really?"
"Then it should be easy" Dean commented his eyes on the hostess's ass.
"Man whore." Katie muttered under her breath.
"Bitches." Dean retorted referring to both her and Sam.
Sam snapped back his usual answer. "Jerk."
"You guys..." Sebastian laughed at the siblings.
"What?" The asked in unison.
Sebastian raised his eyebrows and laughed again.
The chatted happily and finished their dinners. When they got out of the car to go to their rooms Dean pointed at Sebastian threateningly. "Don't you try anything."
Katie rolled her eyes and pulled on Sebastian's arm. "Let's go." Walking away she gave Dean a back off look over her shoulder.
"She's fine Dean." Sam told him firmly.
"We should probably get to bed." Katie said with a yawn. "Knowing Sam, he will want to leave at the crack of dawn."
"Yeah." Sebastian agreed and shed his jacket.
Katie already had hers off and was unlacing her boots. "I'm going to take a shower." She grabbed her toiletry bag and went into the bathroom. She turned on the water and leaned up against the bathroom door.
Everything seems so normal, she thought. Nothing ever lasts. Behind every last bit of happiness she was feeing there was a storm of sadness, fear, anger and despair brewing. She knew these last happy moments with Dean would be the ones that would stick with her for the rest of her life. They would bring whatever amount of comfort possible when the loss would be too much to bear. She stepped slowly into the steaming water.
Even though she loved Sebastian and she knew he loved her she felt like being happy with him was unfair. She though it was unfair to Dean who would never have the chance to grow old with someone he loved. She did, and it made her feel guilty. Why does she deserve to live a full life on earth and then live an angel's life in heaven? Why did she deserve life when Dean would face death? What made her deserve anything more than him? When Dean was so good, so loyal, so caring, so loving and so young. Why did she get to have everything Dean should?
If there is a God why would he destroy someone who should never be destroyed. Why would God destroy one of the world's few true heroes?
Getting out of the shower she vowed, I will never take life for granted again. We are all living on borrowed time and no one ever knew when that time would run out.
In her pajamas she walked back into the room and smiled when she saw Sebastian laying in the bed watching tv. Kate laid down next to him and snuggled into his side. "Hi." She said quietly.
"Hi." He returned with a smile. He turned off the tv and then the light. "Goodnight" He said and kissed her lightly.
"Night." She smiled in the dark and closed her eyes.
Sleep found her quickly and she was woken by a knock on the door. It was 6 am. She groaned, "Ugh, Sam."
She stumbled out of bed and walked to the door blinking and rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand. Bright sunlight assaulted her and she turned away.
"Morning sunshine." Sam stepped into the room with cheeky grin.
She grimaced and walked over to a snoring Sebastian and shoved him. "Wake up."
He groaned and threw the comforter over his face, "You suck, Sam." A muffled voice said in irritation.
Sam just laughed and handed Kate a bag of doughnuts and coffee.
She peeked in the bag greedily and sat down at the table. "I will eat your doughnuts if you don't get up." She threatened Sebastian who threw off the covers and called, "I'm up."
Twenty minutes later they were on the road again about twelve hours away from their destination with no traffic and no stops. The miles and the hours flew by and then they were in the city of Rushville, Illinois. They booked another two rooms and went back to Sam and Dean's to form a game plan. They waited until it was about ten o'clock at night leave the motel.
The Morton House was on the outside edge of town and had been deserted for over twenty years. Every so often some idiot would spend the night at the house and every time they never made it back.
They were pulling up the the house when Dean slowed down, "Sammy, shine your flashlight over there I think I saw someone."
Sam pulled out his flashlight and we all looked at the bushes. Dean grunted, "Huh, could of sworn I saw someone."
He kept driving down the street so he didn't park in front of the house. Everyone went around to the trunk. Katie grabbed her gun and slipped it in the waistband of her black jeans. She took off her jacket and rolled up both her sleeves. With her stele she marked her left arm with runes for stealth, speed, strength and balance. She grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled the design of the foresight rune and the runes for extraordinary sight and hearing. She handed the paper to Sam and handed him her stele, "Draw these on my arm."
He looked at her and then at the paper. He put the stele to her skin and started to draw. She winced, "Too hard."
"Sorry." He muttered. When he was done he handed her back the stele and she put on her jacket.
Dean looked at everyone and nodded. They followed him to the house.
Katie frowned she could hear people talking. "What the hell?" She murmured as they walked up the porch steps and Dean put his hand on the door to open it.
"What?" Dean asked.
She looked at him listening hard. "I think someone's here."
Dean scowled and pushed open the door he had his flashlight in one hand and his gun in the other.
Before Dean walked any closer to the room where two of the voices were coming from Katie groaned.
"You have got to be kidding me." She said in exasperation and nodded to Dean to keep going. She raised her gun and walked next to him. They went through the doorway and Dean and Sebastian held their flashlights up to blind the to men wearing dorky electronic gear.
Katie called in a voice that made her sound more threatening, "Don't move this is the police" The four of them walked into the room with serious faces.
The heavier of the two men looked at them in suspicion, "I know you guys. Well, I know three of you."
"No you don't" Sam said back with a confused expression.
Katie cut in impatiently, "Sam, why do you think I said you have got to be kidding me? This is one of the idiots from that hunt in Texas."
Sam and Dean shared an annoyed glance, "Fuck" Dean cursed.
Dean strode forward angrily and gripped the heavier man by the shirt and slammed him against the wall. "I could kill you right now, uh.. uh..." Dean stuttered searching for a name.
"Ed?" The man offered.
Dean almost growled, "I could kill you right now Ed for almost getting my family killed."
The other man whimpered in terror and Katie cast him a disgusted glance. "Dean, let the nerd go" She said with a sigh.
Sam stepped forward as Dean released Ed reluctantly. He had his serious face on again. "You need to get your little friends and get the hell out of here."
"No way man!" Ed shouted, "We got here first. We could get documented proof of ghosts."
Katie stepped forward and pointed her gun at Ed's face, "We don't care. And I'm not kidding, you need to leave."
Ed had his hands in the air and his eyes crossed trying to stare at the gun. "You won't shoot." He stuttered. "You're just a kid."
Katie gritted her teeth in irritation, "Dean, can I please shoot him?"
"If he doesn't listen." Dean suggested.
She gave Ed a pointed look and nodded at him to move. Ed sighed in defeat and slumped to the table in the middle of the room. He picked up a walkie-talkie, "Everyone back to base now."
More than one affirmative came back on the line. Katie crossed her arms over her chest and Sebastian put his hand on her shoulder and squeezed. Slowly the other three amateur ghost hunters came into the room with confused expressions as to why four hunters with guns had joined the group.
dean took charge with his gun in hand. "I know you guys think you going to capture a ghost on camera but you need to leave, now."
The five nerds with cameras all started arguing at once. Shouting things like; no way, I'm not leaving and you leave!
"Quiet." Dean growled. They didn't acknowledge that he spoke. He pointed his gun in the air and fired, startling them into silence.
Katie sighed and stepped forward, "Guys listen, two of you remember us from last year and you two know that us being here means things could get real dangerous real soon." She looked at Ed and one of the other guys. "We have guns for a reason and we aren't afraid to use them."
The one girl in the group pointed at her, "You're just a kid what do you know?" One of the guys nodded in agreement.
Sebastian bristled with anger.
Katie looked at the girl in disgust, "Honey, I've seen more horrible things in eighteen years than you will see your entire life. So if I were you I'd listen when we say you need to go."
At that moment the front door and all the windows slammed shut. Sam strode forward and shook the lock and then tried to kick it in, but nothing budged. "Dammit." He cursed throwing his arm down.
He looked at Dean, "No one's leaving now."