Chap 6
Treehouse of Horror
"Come on Dean you might as well show me now rather than when we're in the middle of somethin' nasty." Bobby said to the young man.
"Ah Bobby are you sure?" he asked pensively.
"Yes I'm sure you damn idjit or I wouldn't ask would I." Bobby replied tersely.
So Dean turned to face his mentor and surrogate father and allowed the darkness to rise turning his eyes from their normal hazel to a startling black. Bobby hissed holding in his breathe sharply for a moment before relaxing, Dean felt himself almost sag with relief at Bobby's acceptance.
"Right ok now I know what to expect, and what about you Sam?" He turned facing the denim clad giant behind him.
"Well Bobby I'm a bit different from Dean, but just try to remember I'm still me." Sam spoke as reassuringly as he could.
Then he too let the demon take over, his eyes turned but instead of black they were a deep dark green with flecks of yellow gold.
"Whoa now that's interesting." Bobby moved closed staring at the colour, Sam stood very still he did not want to come across as a threat in any way.
"What does this mean Sam are you more demon or less." Bobby asked backing off.
"Oh he's more Bobby, he's superjuiced stronger than any other demon we've met." Dean replied a little proudly.
"Well good I guess, and now what do you two plan on doing from here on?"Bobby asked.
"We want to keep hunting Bobby, there's still plenty of bad stuff out there we'd like to get to work, you got any jobs for us?" Dean responded.
"Sure I got a few things happening, there's a problem in Springfield Missouri there's been some real nasty killings there. Young women badly mutilated four so far all from the same school and year, not sure if it's something supernatural or not but it's probably worth checking out."
Bobby was hoping they would take the job he would not mind a few days to get used to the whole demon thing.
"Sure Bobby we'll handle it, how far is it from here?" Sam asked sensing from Bobby's quick response that he would not mind some alone time.
"It's about nine to ten hours away so why don't you go first thing in the morning." Bobby suggested.
"Good that gives me some time to work on my baby make sure she's purring." Dean smiled and headed outside.
Bobby gave a tight grin well demon or not some things never changed with that boy, Sam got up and followed grabbing a couple of beers on the way out, that hadn't changed either.
The next morning they headed out for Springfield Dean giving all the obligatory Simpsons jokes on the way, Sam actually pretended to sleep at one point just to get him to shut up.
"Well here we are Millhouse, do do do doodoo do do doo doo do do." He sang happily he did love a pop culture reference or two.
Sam rolled his eyes, "oh god" he sighed internally and then winced as thinking of the deities name gave him a small twinge of pain.
He wondered briefly about blasting Dean, just a bit maybe a small shock of energy would do, it would be good for him he thought virtuously, before sinking back into the seat.
"Right Sam first stop food and a beer, let's see if they have a Moe's."Dean said as they finished checking in.
There was no Moe's but there was a Jimm's which was pleasant with good food and plenty to drink, Sam sat tapping on his laptop while Dean had a whisky or three. Being demons really helped with the alcohol processing although it had gotten pretty expensive to get drunk these days.
"Ok Dean here all four girls knew each other, in fact they were all cheerleaders and the obits say they were friends. I think we should start with the families and then find some of the other girls from the squad." Sam looked up at Dean who had a rapturous expression on his face.
"Cheerleaders Sammy, maybe we are in heaven and this is our reward." Dean grinned at him.
"Yeah right Dean, just remember that we are here to save the cheerleaders not hit on them." Sam replied.
Dean nodded, "Hey you know me bro professional all the way." Dean's eyes glinted wickedly as he spoke.
"How about you handle the parents and I'll visit the girls then we can move a bit faster." Dean suggested hopefully.
"Ok sure first thing in the morning but check in with the local cops first will you? I wouldn't mind a bit of rest tonight." Sam said yawning, they had not been sure if they needed to sleep as demons, but they soon found that although they required less sleep they still needed some.
The next day they began their investigation in earnest, when they met up that evening both had nothing to report on what may be causing the deaths.
"I got nothin' Sam they seem to be nice girls, all really upset, and the police are keeping an eye on them. The four that died were friends and there are two more who were especially close to them, I think we should keep an eye on them." Dean relayed.
"Right have you got their addresses?"
"Sure do Sammy here's the brunette for you Demi Santiago and I'll take the redhead Jennifer Anders." As he spoke he handed the girls addresses and photos to Sam who perused them carefully.
Dean dropped Sam off nearby the Prescott home and headed over to the Anders when he received a call.
"Yeah Sammy what is it? Miss me already kiddo?" Dean asked playfully.
"Dean just get back here will you the parents have gone out and your girl is here all dressed up I think they are going out." Sam replied tersely.
They followed as the girls left and entered what looked like a pretty big party an eighteenth from the happy birthday signs around the place.
"Well Sam looks like we are going to a party tonight, hope there's a keg." Dean said happily.
"Let's just find the girls ok." Sam replied.
The girls were not too hard to spot, Jennifer's auburn hair stood out next to Demi's black tresses. The girls were polar opposites in looks Demi's skin was tanned and her eyes and hair dark, Jennifer was light skinned with just a few pale freckles on her nose, her eyes bright blue, both were very fit looking, Demi looked about 5 "5 while Jennifer was slightly taller.
Sam took in both girls appreciatively, no wonder Dean had been so keen on this stakeout, he did admit privately to himself that Demi was very much his type, and Jennifer was Dean's in that she was a female and alive.
Sam and Dean headed towards the girls who recognised Dean from earlier.
" Agent Neill what are you doing here?" Jennifer asked
"Well Miss Anders my partner Agent Keitel and I are here to keep an eye on you and Miss Santiago." Dean replied cockily.
Sam thought about the names Dean had given for a moment before realising what the subliminal message was oh boy, that was really funny Dean good one. Dean smirked at him knowing when Sam rolled his eyes that he had gotten the joke.
Soon the four of them were chatting after all the boys were very good looking and there was something ever so bad boy about them. The two young women were also rather taken with talking to guys they had not known since kindergarten, unlike everyone else here.
"So Demi hey, that's an unusual name." Sam was speaking to Demi as they sat together on the couch.
"Oh yeah well my mom's favourite movie is Ghost you know with Demi Moore." She replied smiling at the tousled headed giant beside her, she had a thing for tall guys and this one was really tall.
Sam nodded yeah he knew that annoying movie, when you had put down as many vengeful spirits as he had you couldn't really enjoy ghost love stories.
As Dean was talking with Jennifer about her friends he stopped suddenly something wasn't right. He looked over at Sam who was also staring around the room distractedly, he almost looked like he was sniffing.
"Excuse me Jenn just need to talk to my partner." He sat next to Sam.
"What is it Sammy?" Dean asked softly out of Demi's hearing.
"I dunno Dean there's something not demonic I'm just not sure what it is but it's nasty, lets stick to the girls for now and we'll find out what it is later." Sam replied.
Dean turned back to Jennifer but she had gone he caught a glimpse of her heading outside and tried to get to her. Before he could reach her she had gotten out the door and was gone he ran out and called her name, oh this was bad. He stopped for a moment and got his bearings there, there it was something nasty.
It called to him he started to race towards it, whatever it was must have heard him coming because by the time he reached Jennifer she was barely alive. She had been cut, slices on her arms and one across her throat she was gurgling and had her hands pressed to her throat.
Dean ran to her and tried to apply pressure to the wound she looked at him with absolute terror still in her eyes.
"It's ok Jenn hang on honey I'm gonna get some help, you'll be fine."
He spoke softly trying keep her calm but he knew it was too late, Dean could only watch as the light faded from her and she just stopped, he gave a guttural groan and gently laid her down.
Her long red hair laying behind her making the blood look like strands across her throat, her pale skin now completely translucent. She was so young and beautiful and she was a sweet girl it made Dean so furious he could feel the bile rising in his throat
"Sonofabitch when I get my hands on you I'm going to rip your fucking head off." His eyes flashed turning black as he spoke. He stopped and tried to catch the feeling he'd had before but whatever it was it was long gone, he took out his phone.
"Sam Jenn's dead and I'm covered in blood." Dean's voice was broken.
"Did you get him?" Sam asked.
"No I didn't get the bastard he took off, I am going to go clean up then I'll meet you back here keep close to Demi." Dean was angry Sam could hear it coursing down the line.
"Sure Dean should I tell her anything?"
" Yeah tell her I can't find her friend we'll get the cops in later, ok bye." Dean replied tersely.
Sam had made sure Demi was safely home after the body had been found and all the police related chaos had ensued. He and Dean were now staking out her place along with a police patrol, Dean was fuming he had liked Jenn and whatever it was they were hunting had killed her on his watch.
Sam watched his brother something was in big trouble, he could feel the demonic anger pouring from Dean. He was immersed in it and Sam could feel it starting to affect him as well, he felt on edge, angry and hungry to hurt someone. It felt terrible but empowering and energising at the same time, this was gonna be bad real bad.
A few Simpsons refs here (did you get the chap title). Also the agent names Dean chose came from 2 actors who played characters the boys can relate to can you guess? Just for fun. Oh and Jimm's is real I Googled love Google.
Things are going to heat up now with angry demon Dean and Sam catching it too woohoo.
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