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Chapter 2

Dean was pacing outside the hut. It was getting light as the sun began to rise. Sam sat on the steps of the hut, with his face buried in his hands.

"Dude, what you meant, by them dreams, was it this?" Dean asked, angry for a reason he didn't quite know.

Sam just looked up at him and nodded.

"What happened, Sammy?" he asked.

"I don't remember. Some of what happened I do, but this is a blank."

"What happened in the dreams, Sam?" Dean asked more firmly.

"The demon in me…When Jo was unconscious he… He…" no matter how hard he tried Sam just could say the words.

"He raped her?" Dean asked, even though it was obvious.

"Dean, I swear, if I could have stopped him I would have. Jo's in there, pregnant, with a demon child because of me, because I didn't fight that thing hard enough." Sam confessed.

Dean walked over to him and placed his hand on Sam's shoulder. "Like I told you before, it wasn't your fault."

"Dean, I should have done more." Sam said, hating himself for Jo's condition.

"As far as I know Demons can't reproduce with humans, the thing that possessed you was just in you, it wasn't you. It didn't change your body in anyway…kind of…" Dean said, he knew what point he was trying to make. "What I'm saying is that baby that Jo is gonna have is gonna be a you-and -Jo junior not some demonic child."

"He's right." Jo said.

They both looked up to see her standing in the doorway, having obviously heard everything they had been saying. "This baby isn't a demon but it is special and that's why I'm hiding out here because out here no one or nothing can find us. A lot of demons want this child…and I'm not about to let any of them take it." she said as she lovingly rubbed her bump. "I could do with some more people helping me out if you wouldn't mind. You two are pretty good at looking after people, and me and my baby could do with some protection right now."

Dean and Sam looked at her then at each other. They both looked back at Jo and nodded. "Just try and stop us." Dean said.

Jo smiled at them. She needed an army for the amount of demons and beasts and whatever else was coming after them.

"Thanks guys." she said with a big smile.

- - - - - -

Dean and Sam pulled up outside the hut. They had gone off to fetch the car. Jo had insisted she was safe at the hut so had stayed alone which is why once they had the car Dean had sped back as fast as he could. When they got back they pulled up outside and got out.

"I can't get my head around this." Sam thought out loud.

"Well you better start. We need you thinking straight so we can keep anything that tries to hurt Jo or the baby away, or better yet, dead."

"Maybe this is why I was getting the dreams…because I need to protect Jo and the baby, because we needed to find them to protect them."

"Maybe Sammy, all I know is your dreams always mean something." Dean said as they began walking towards the hut. As they got closer they heard a smash from inside. Both of them took off running up the steps. "Jo!" Sam yelled at the top of his voice.

They both took their guns out and got them ready. Dean stepped forward and then kicked the door open. The rotten wood practically flew off its hinges. The second they saw inside they saw Jo lying on the floor, a demon hovered above her.

"Jo!" Dean shouted before firing his gun right at the demon.

It screamed in pain and all of them covered their ears at the harsh piercing sound of it dying. It fell onto the floor next to Jo. Dean and Sam ran over to it. Sam checked it was dead whilst Dean helped Jo up. "Are you okay?" he asked her.

"What the hell was that thing?" she asked as she rubbed a bruise that was already forming on her cheek.

"It's a snatcher demon. Basically it snatches the powers of other powerful beings." Dean said as he helped Jo up.

"I don't understand, it was an old woman, she came into the house begging for a glass of water, I turned around to get her one and the whack, she hit me on the back of my head. I fell and hit the floor and the next thing I know it's hovering above me then you two came in." Jo told them.

"They disguise themselves as other things. They can only enter a place if you invite them in. I guess it was seeing just how kind you were. Who wouldn't help a beggar?" Sam said.

Dean shrugged his shoulders. "After everything we know, I wouldn't."

"Whatever. Come on we need to get out of here. It isn't safe." Sam said.

"Where, Sam? Demons are gonna chase after us wherever we go." Dean pointed out.

"Then we better keep moving." Sam said.

- - - - - - -

After a few hours on the road the silence was getting too much for Dean. No one was saying anything, at all. He turned the music on and began singing along. Jo, who sat in the back, couldn't help but smile.

"Do you have to do that right now?" Sam asked.

"What?" Dean shouted over the music.

Sam reached forward and turned it down. "I said do you really have to do that right now?"

"I just wanted to get one of you two talking. This silence is giving me a headache."

"Hey can we pull over at the next gas station. Pregnant girl needs to pee. This baby won't budge off my bladder." Jo announced.

"Aww, that's kind of cute." Dean said.

Luckily enough after only five more minutes they came to a gas station. Dean pulled up where he could fill the tank whilst Sam went with Jo to find some toilets. As they walked they both stayed silent, not one of them even breathed loud. Finally, neither could take it any longer.

"Jo/Sam…" they both spoke at the same time making whatever the other had said sound like something from star trek. They both laughed.

"You go first." Sam said.

"No that's okay you go first." Jo said to him.

"I just wanna say that I am really, really sorry for this…all of this." Sam said.

Jo stopped and turned to face him. "Sam, Dean was right none of this was your fault and I don't blame you. At the bar that night…it wasn't you it was something else inside you. You had no control. I know that and you know that. I also know that if you could have stopped it then you would have. I don't really remember this…" Jo said as she rubbed her bump." I just remember waking up tied to that post and knowing that something had happened." she said.

He knew what she meant by 'knowing something had happened'

"Why didn't you say anything, to Dean I mean, after he'd saved you?" Sam asked.

"I don't know." she said honestly. "I didn't even realize I was pregnant till a few months ago when I had this dream. It was of an Angel. She told me about the baby and she told me how special it would be and that I would have to fight to keep it safe because one day when it was grown up it would fight the ultimate fight between good and bad…whatever that means." Jo said, feeling a little foolish.

Sam just sort of looked at her.

"I know…Angels don't exist right? But Sam this was so real I don't even know whether or not it actually happened and I didn't dream it." Jo said. Her confusion was obvious.

"Jo, I believe you and after all the things I've seen, all the evil…there has to be some good out there. I mean us hunters aren't the only ones trying to stop all the bad in this world. I believe that there are angels helping us and watching over us and right now I'm praying that they're keeping an extra close eye on you." Sam said.

Jo smiled and Sam could see the tears in her eyes. She stepped forward and threw her arms around his neck. At first Sam wasn't sure what to do, but then he wrapped his arms around her and held her back. Jo began to cry, finally letting down her guard. "I'm so scared Sam." she admitted.

"Me too." Sam said without hesitation. Not only was it his responsibility to protect Jo but also the baby inside her. His baby. Their baby.

- - - - - -

They had been on the road for almost another 9 hours and they were all tired and Dean's car wasn't nearly comfortable enough for a very heavily pregnant and very uncomfortable Jo to sleep in. Sam had taken a turn driving as Dean had been starting to fall asleep at the wheel.

Dean looked into the back to check on Jo. He quickly saw pain etched on her face and he noticed she was rubbing her stomach.

"You okay?" he asked.

She just nodded her head, not very convincingly.

"Yeah, sure. Look there's a motel just down the road here. We'll stay there the night." Dean said.

"So long as I get a room with a huge double bed, because my back is killing me." she said as she continued rubbing her stomach.

"How's junior?" Dean asked.

Sam looked in the rear view mirror. He too could then see her rubbing her stomach.

"I hit my stomach when I fell. I think it's a little shook up." she said, wincing a little as the pain continued.

"Maybe we should look for a hospital." Sam suggested.

"NO." Jo said quickly, "I don't want to go a hospital. I just need a long hot bath and a comfy bed. We'll be fine, really." she told them both.

Sam looked at Dean and he just nodded.

- - - - - -

It had taken almost 30 minutes but eventually they had come to a motel and it was one of the better ones. Sam and Jo sat in the car and watched as Dean walked back out of the office.

"He does not look happy." Sam said.

Dean climbed back into the car and remained silent.

"Did they have no rooms?" Jo asked.

"They had one. A family room which means one double and a single. Jo you can take the double. Sammy and I will take turns in the single. One of us should be awake at all times anyway. So we can keep an eye on things." Dean said.

Sam just nodded in agreement. Jo, only had to hear the words 'you can have double bed' and she was all for the plan.

Once inside the room, Jo headed straight for the bathroom and was thrilled to see a huge tub. She quickly filled it and soaked in it until it started to go cold. When she, finally, came out of the bathroom Dean and Jo where sat on the single bed playing poker. Seeing the bathroom was free, Sam stood up. "I'm going for a shower." he said before disappearing out of the room.

Jo just had a big white fluffy towel wrapped around her and Dean couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to see her without the towel. She walked over to the double bed and opened up her case of stuff. She quickly found some clothes. She now had the problem of getting changed. Sam was occupying the bathroom and Dean was in the same room. She looked at him and found he was looking back at her, having obviously seen the predicament they were in. "I'll just step outside a minute." he said.

Jo just smiled and nodded her thanks. However as Dean opened the door the sound of the rain hitting the ground was deafening and as they looked out they both saw just a blanket of rain coming down heavy and hard. Just a second out in it and he would be drenched. He turned around and smiled at Jo, he was gonna brave it anyway so she could change. He was about to step outside when she stopped him.

"You can't go out there. You'll…just have to turn around whilst I change." Jo said.

"I can do that." he said as he walked over to the corner of the room and turned his back to her. Jo immediately began to get dressed.

"So…" Dean began, trying to break the awkward silence as Jo got dressed. "When are you actually due?" he asked.

"Any day now." Jo said.

"You nervous?" he asked.

"Totally. I hate not knowing what to expect."

"So have you been for any of those scan things or anything?"

"No." she replied. "Dean, where are we actually heading?"

"I don't really know." he replied.

He was about to say something more when he heard Jo whimper in pain. He spun around and ran over to her. He could clearly see she hadn't finished getting changed yet, although she had sweatpants and a bra on she had no top on. She was holding her stomach and he could see the pain filled look etched on her face again.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I don't know it just hurts." she said.

"Where?" he asked.

"My stomach…back…" she told him.

As the pain moved mainly to her back she turned to face him, wrapping her one arm around his neck as she leant forward, leaning her head on his chest. She held her back and continued to whimper as the pain got worse.

Dean place one hand on her back and began moving it in circular motions trying to massage away the pain. Jo grabbed his other hand and placed it on her stomach and he began doing the same thing there. Slowly it began to ease away the pain, until finally as quick as it had started it all stopped. Though he could tell she wasn't in pain any more he continued rubbing her stomach.

Jo looked up at him and smiled. "Thanks." she said quietly.

"No problem." he replied.

By now he had stopped making circles on her stomach but his hand still lay there as they both looked into each others eyes. He felt himself being drawn to her and inch by inch their faces got closer until they were almost touching, but then, he suddenly moved back as he felt the baby kick under his hand. "Wow." he said, slightly startled.

He put his hand back there, wanting to feel it again. "It's kicking." Jo told him.

A huge smile spread across his face as it kicked again. "That's awesome. Does it hurt you when it does that?" he asked.

"Not really, depends how hard and where it kicks though. Took a while to get used to it." she told him.

He kept his hand there for a second but the kicks stopped as the baby settled down. "It's had a pretty long day. It's probably sleeping" Jo said.

"Yeah," Dean said with a smile before he stepped back. He saw Jo's top on the floor, he figured she'd dropped it when the pain began. He reached down and picked it up for her. Jo quickly put it on before climbing into bed and under the covers.

Dean began clearing away the cards he and Sam had left out. He glanced at Jo and noticed that although she was lying down with her head on the pillow, her eyes were wide open and she didn't move them away from the door, she barely blinked. "Hey, try and get some sleep. I'll keep an eye on things." he said to her.

She nodded but still didn't close her eyes. He had to wonder if she had been like this every night. If she had she certainly needed a good nights sleep. "Scoot over." he sad before sitting on the bed next to her.

Straight away she felt safer but she found herself cuddling up next to him for extra comfort and protection as she rested her head on his chest. Dean wrapped one arm around her back and began running his fingers through her hair, in the hopes it would lull her to sleep but also because he found the urge to do it totally irresistible. Before long she had drifted off to sleep. He pulled the cover up under her chin and tucked it right under her chin. "G'night Jo." he said as he kissed the top of her head.

TBC

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