REUNITED AND IT FEELS AWKWARD
SCENE FIFTEEN
Agent Hotchner who is now standing with the men watching the monitor has requested the first team move in slowly and stay behind the rover cam. The team disappears in the mine, but Sam does not go with. He can see Dan on the far ridge working his way up to the top. His movement is slow and Sam does not see the laptop he is carrying.
Over the radio Reid is calling, "Hotchner I am here with Kevin and we have a situation." Turning off his speaker on the com link Hotchner moves to a more secluded place. Soon he returns to the second team waiting by the monitor. "It appears the laptop is a bomb set to detonate. We need to move everyone out of the mine, immediately."
Avoiding the calm yet heated discussion between SWAT and Agent Hotchner, Sam slips away and circles back to the SUV where he finds Kevin pacing back and forth. "He has the bomb, Dan and he is going to blow up the mine. His eyes they are black." Sam listens to the rambling of the terrified Agent then without comment heads up the hill after Dan. His concerns stressed to the max, hoping to reach Dan before he does something crazy but his greatest concern is for Dean who is still in the mine.
Dean wasn't ready to come out of the mine he is hidden behind a stack of wooden crates. His head lamp turned off. In front of him there is a large room almost three times bigger then the safety room and it looks as though the floor above was blown. He can see signs of Timbers sticking out from the walls about twelve feet above with a ceiling clearance of another twelve feet. The room is hauntingly echoing but it is a compressed echo as the air is thick.
Wood and steel scaffolds are nailed in to the walls. Some destroyed by time others still usable reaching to the top. The ceiling surface shows years of assault from picks digging out the gold. Across the ceiling and down to the floor runs a deep crevice that looks like a dried up river bed or the empty main vein of the motherlode.
Spread around on the scaffolds Dean can see sentry Demons and must wait for the opportunity to enter the room from his position at the entrance to the drift. He feels impatient, but remains still until he sees a small light heading his way. It is about five inches off the ground. Not sure what is coming Dean has no choice but to take a chance and crawls from his secured position to a long line of track cars. He waits to here someone shout, but no one does.
The view from his hiding spot allows Dean to see more Demons. They look like ordinary people. Two men are in business suits while a few look like hunters and others definitely farmers. Dean whispers to himself, "Now there is a group of odd balls you don't see everyday." Finding a more comfortable spot to watch Dean can now see the young girl hanging from the rafters by rope tied tightly around her wrist. Her chest is exposed except for undergarments and symbols have been carved into her skin. The blood streams dried to her body. Dean sees she is somewhat conscience by her head movement, but the rest of her body remains limp.
A tall dark haired woman finishes an incantation spell over a self made alter. Her hands are high in the air gripping a talisman dagger. She plunges the blade in to the body of a small puppy that another demon is holding down. Nothing seems to happen at first and then the girl's body begins to glow red and twitch uncontrollably. Below her dangling form is a silo and beneath that is a barrel. Knowing he can not save this girl, Dean feels the anger growing inside. All he can do is watch. The woman orders one of the farmer demons to lower her into the silo bin. There is a gushy squishy explosion and in seconds the girl's body or what is left of it pours out the bottom of the silo into the barrel below. Dean can hear her bones hitting the walls of the silo and then the barrel.
"Damn it! I am growing tired of this game." The Demon Onyx walks away from the altar to a bench near the back wall and lights several candles. "I gave the sacrifice of thirty whores. I bound the beast with blood." She appears to be shouting at an altar made of tree sticks and herbs. Turning to one of her minions Onyx orders him to bring the boy. "Go get me the boy. We are missing something and I need to find out what." A large chalice bowl sits centered inside the candles along with a special dagger.
She sends another minion out of the room but he doesn't get far before he is darting back. "There here!" His words send the demons into action. Some rush off to the far wall where they disappear into a cavern hidden by a large rock. The woman follows after commanding several of the Demons remain behind to fight the FBI that is starting to emerge. With hand guns the demons fire, keeping the men just outside the opening. The blast, echoing off the mine walls shaking the very fabric that holds the cold damp dungeon in tact. Clusters of rock and dirt sprinkle down to the floor. The Swat team opens fire increasing the echoing sounds that floats through the mine.
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