Sam pushed open the door to the hotel room. "Hey guys, I think I figured out what's going on." He said as he walked to his computer.
"Good, because I got diddly squat with Patty's fam. When they did finally open the door to talk to me, they said they hadn't spoken to their daughter in months. They called her an "ungrateful piece of work," and then proceeded to slam the door in my face," Dean rolled his eyes. "Real friendly family, those people..." He muttered, and the looked over at Sam. " So what ya got?"
"Well, when I went to her dorm, I got on her computer to look through some of her files and I found this chain letter," He plugged his flash drive into his computer and pulled up the email that he had saved. He read it out loud. "I'm thinking that this might have something to do with it. Maybe some kind of malevolent spirit uses the email to pick its victims?"
Dean's eyes widened a little and he sat there for a moment before hopping up from the end of the bed, walking over to Sam and looking over his shoulder to reread the email on the page. "It's just an email... it can't possibly mean some scary kid named Teddy is running around killing people who don't do what he says... right?" He scratched the back of his neck and laughed nervously.
Sam arched a brow and looked over at him. "Well, I thought it might be just a coincidence, so I did a little checking and all of the victims had the same email... wait.." His eyes widened. "Don't tell me... You didn't, Dean..."
"Hey it's not my fault! All I did was check my email... I skimmed through it and just hit delete, it's a reflex when it comes to those stupid things," He said with a shrug.
"Looks like someone is going to get a visit from Teddy tonight then," Sam said with a sigh. "We're going to have to figure out how to kill this thing. If it is a spirit, we're going to need to find the remains to burn and-" He stopped as the door opened and Oshea stepped inside the room and moved to her and Dean's bed.
"Well look who finally decided to show up. Where the hell have you been, Oshea?" Ella asked.
Oshea looked up, brushing some of her hair behind her ear. "I went out to talk to that girl's roommate, but she was gone when I got there. I waited around then got hungry and decided to grab some food. I'm tired... I'm going to bed." She said quietly, grabbing her pajamas and taking them into the bathroom.
All three of them exchanged glances as Oshea left the room, the door closing behind her. Dean arched a brow and sighed, changing the subject. "Being killed by Teddy isn't exactly on my to do list today, so got any ideas?"
"We could search the databases, see how many seven year old boys named Teddy have died or gone missing around here?" Ella suggested.
"Sounds like a plan to me, but we'll have to work fast it's getting late." Sam said. "Ella and I will start doing some research. We'll be at the library. We'll call when we find something."
Dean nodded. "I'll stay here, get Oshea updated on the situation."
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Not long after Sam and Ella left, Oshea stepped from the bathroom, her damp hair pulled back into a ponytail. She was dressed in her pajamas, which consisted of a pair of short jogging shorts and a snug tank. She didn't say anything, but moved to sit down on the edge of the bed. "Well, Sam has a pretty good idea what's going on, if you're interested..." Dean said, arching a brow as she walked over to the bed.
"That's nice," Oshea said quietly, not really paying attention. She was lost in her own thoughts. She still could not believe that it was her and Ella's fault that the demons were pouring from this "door" that Jonah had mentioned.
"Hello," Dean said, waving a hand in front of her face. "Is something going on? You've been acting weird for a couple days now."
Oshea blinked and turned to look up at him. She wanted more than anything to tell him everything. She wanted to tell him that she and Ella had been in heaven, that that was why they both were so upset... that they had started the end of the world. "Dean...," She whispered, her words catching painfully in her throat as she tried to hold back tears. "I... I lied... the demons talked to me... the ones at the gas station. They said me and Ella... when we came back... when we were pulled from He... from where we were... we broke the final seal, Dean. We started the apocalypse."
Dean stared at her a moment, his eyes wide. "Demons lie, Oshea... They were just trying to mess with your mind," He said, shaking his head.
"It's true, Dean... Jonah... he appeared while I was out at the campus earlier." She said softly. "He told me that we had broken the last seal. He has no reason to lie about it, Dean... Ella and I... we started the end of the world.."
"You saw Jonah?" He shook his head. "You know what, it doesn't matter, I'm gonna kill him next time I see him. What else did he say to you?"
Oshea shook her head. "Nothing important." She lied quietly. "I'm sorry, Dean. That I lied... I just... I can't believe this. It's my fault these demons have been let out of Hell... I was afraid..." Tears ran down her face, and she stood up from the bed. "Afraid that you would... would be angry at me."
"Hey, you didn't know, okay?" He stood up and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. "You were ripped out of Hell, it wasn't exactly your choice, Oshea. None of us knew this was going to happen. I'm not too surprised though, I knew there had to be a catch with you coming back, I just didn't know it would be apocalyptic."
Oshea leaned against him, curling her arms around him tightly. She sighed, closing her eyes as a few more tears eased down her face. "You don't understand, Dean... Ella and I, we weren't in He-" She was interrupted as Sam stepped through the doorway with Ella.
"Hey, me and Ella found some information about this Teddy kid!" He said quickly then paused, his brows furrowing. "Is... everything alright?"
Dean looked down at Oshea a moment, before letting her go and nodding. "Yeah, we're good. What ya got?"
Oshea stepped away and moved back to the bed, sitting down on the edge of it with her back to the others. Yeah... ' we're good.' She ran her fingers through her hair and laid down on her side. Sam cleared his throat a little. "Um... well, we found out that there used to be a kid who lived here named Theodore, or Teddy. Seven years old, killed by his abusive father. From what I read it sounds like a standard angry spirit. We also found out that the seemingly random group of victims were all connected. The college girl was his babysitter. She saw the dad beating the kid one time and didn't say or do anything... my guess is the kid's trying to get revenge."
"The secretary... the kid's aunt!" Ella said, her arms crossed over her chest. "There's a big possibility she knew about the abuse in some way, and didn't speak up."
"And the cashier guy at the grocery store? What's his deal?" Dean asked.
"His old man's drinking buddy... he was there when... well, when the kid was killed." Sam said with a little frown. "He was drunk and didn't stop the guy. There's an old churchyard behind a small church near the edge of town. Figure that might be where Teddy is buried."
"We'd better go burn the kid's bones before Teddy comes after me. Speaking of which, why's he coming after me? I've never even heard of the kid til now," He said, throwing his hands up in the air and then letting them fall back to his sides.
"Well, you got the email not too long after Sam found the college girl's email, so I guess the spirit knew we were onto him, decided he wouldn't go down without a fight," Ella shrugged.
"If you had just not read the email," Sam began, rolling his eyes a little. Oshea frowned, standing up from the bed and walking toward them.
"An angry spirit is after Dean?"
"Yeah because Dean read it's chain letter of death and like the intelligent guy that he is, deleted the thing." Sam said, arching a brow. "Come on, we only have about an hour until sundown. We need to get the bones burned before it gets dark."
"How was I supposed to know! I've deleted stuff like that before and nothing bad's ever happened!" He rolled his eyes, grumbling something under his breath.