Chapter 9

Jason left soon after he made sure Madison was Ok, after she lost control she apologized countless times, she knew what could've happened if it had been anyone other then Jason that walked into the room. She was taking a couple of minutes to collect herself after Jason left to go on a blood run when Gus walked back in closing the door silently and sat down across from her and let a couple minutes pass before he said anything.

"How do you feel?"

"In control...Gus I'm really sorry" Gus nodded his head and folded his hands in his lap.

"Does this have anything to do with the Winchesters?" At the mention of them Madison' head shot up. "Jason told me what happened"

"No...I mean.. it could be I don't know"

"Do you want to go back?" Madison lowered her head she hadn't asked herself that yet and she couldn't think of an answer, her thoughts were going a mile a minute. Gus saw her struggle with the question for a couple seconds before he continued.

"Madison, I think you're hurt, I think you're confused and lonley. I understand what you're going through when my wife died I lost it, the only thing that brought me back was having Jason, as powerful as you are you can not go through grief alone."

"Who said I was grieving it's not like I'll never see them again"

"I wasn't speaking of the Winchesters, I was talking about Bobby" Madison lifted her eyes to meet Gus's and felt her heart clench up and tears start to rise. She wanted to speak but she knew if she attempted to speak the tears would spill. "I know Bobby must've been a great man he did raise you" Madison nodded her head and wiped at her eyes.

"It wasn't supposed to be him, that bullet was for me, he shouldn't have went out like that he didn't deserve that" Gus straightend in the chair.

"Madison I know your hurting but let me ask you this, how do you think Bobby would have fared if it had been you to die that day?" Madison didn't have an answer for him, she knew her Dad would have been inconsolable if she had been the one to take that bullet and she couldn't fathom how much pain he would be in. She remembered when her and the Winchesters had gotten hit by that truck, how worried her dad had been and made her promise that she wouldn't die before him. She wiped her eyes and took a deep breath.

"So that demon in Austin?" Gus saw that Madison changing the subject was her way of accepting what was and that there was no way to change that.

"You feel that you may be up to going?"

"Yea, I think I can handle it alone"

"You want to go alone?"

"Yes"

"Well if earlier is any indication I'm sure you can take care of yourself, I will get the directions" Gus got up but before walking out he put his hand on Madison's shoulder. "Take the blood with you" She nodded her head as he walked out of the room to get what she would need. She knew Jason would give her an earful when he found out she went to Austin while he was out but she knew that it would be easier. She got up and started gathering some of her things she made sure her gun was tucked away in her waistband and she grabbed the last bottle of blood and shoved it in her bag. Gus walked back in handing her a piece of paper with the address, she shoved it in her pocket and thanked him he told her to be safe, they shared a small hug and she walked out of the building to her car. Getting in the car she started it and turned the radio on and smiled as Zeppelin poured out of the speakers she backed out and turned onto the road to face the demon who she hoped was able to give her what she needed.

3 hours later Madison had pulled up in front of a small brown house, she had to check the address over to make sure this was the place it looked too...normal. Getting out of the car she took a sip of blood out of the bottle and secured her gun, throwing the bottle back into the car she walked to the house and lifted her hand to knock but stopped herself, she wasn't about to knock on a demons door. She grabbed the doorknob and turned finding it open she walked in, she stood for a second taking in the silence before moving forward she felt uneasy but fought it down she had to find out this information and if she had to go through this damn demon to get it she would.

Stepping through the kitchen she saw a door cracked open and a glimmer of light shining through she inched the door open and started down the stairs slowly, she got half way down and froze a gunshot rang out engulfing the silence, she ran down the remaining stairs and stopped at the bottom. In front of her were three men and a older man tied to a chair obviously the recipient of the gunshot she heard, the men turned to her, thinking quickly she grabbed her gun out of her waistband and brought it up and let a shot out hitting one in the shoulder she cursed her aim, but before she could get another out one of their fists connected with her face forcing her grip on her gun to loosen, she blindly shot and tried to gain her footing but her gun was knocked out of her hands. She took a defensive stance. She knew her chances weren't good in taking on all three men, she felt her power poking at her she looked at the men surrounding her and decided to let it in and she looked at the man in front of her with new determination, she threw her hands up and sent the man flying into the wall behind him she felt arms come around her and squeeze, she let out a gasp of surprise but quickly recovered, she brought her hand up and grabbed the man arms and let the fire emerge burning him, he hissed and pulled his arms back. She took the oppurtunity to give him a hard left hook and grabbed the back of his head ramming his face into her knee and throwing him back. She faced the last man and saw that he had been watching her, observing how she fought, she brought her hands up and pushed but was shocked when he didn't move, she saw her gun out of the corner of her eye she dove for it and grabbed it, coming back up she aimed but froze seeing that the man was gone. She scanned the room and saw the two men still down, she walked over to the man tied to the chair putting her hand to his neck checking his pulse, sighing when she found none she dropped her shoulders and straightend herself, she felt a wind behind her making her neck hairs stand, she turned and was met with a fist so hard the impact knocked her back onto the man in the chair taking him down with her. Her hand went up to her cheek and she could've sworn it was broken, she had wanted to get up but the kicks and punches kept coming, she saw that the two men she had knocked down were up and delivering the beating while the man who disappeared was standing there just watching. She had no idea how long they had been hitting her but she felt the pain of trying to take a breath indicating that one or more or her ribs had broken, she could barley see out of her right eye, her legs were weak she couldn't even muster up the strength to defend herself, right before she gave in to the tiredness she heard a voice.

"That's enough" The man who had been watching her instructed the other men and stepped forward between the men who had moved to the side. He bent down and gripped Madison chin she let out a whimper not even able to meet his eye line.

"Stop looking for him, what's done is done" He threw Madison's chin back letting her fall backward onto the cold basement floor, she was now wheezing trying to get some air in when she felt a foot set itself onto her neck and push down, she brought her hands up and clawed at the shoe, she felt herself start to fade when a bright white light took over the room and the weight was lifted off of her neck. She started chocking widely wincing and grabbing at her ribs she look up and saw through her hazy gaze to see her savior.

"Cas"