Chapter 16

"You sure you wanna do this?" Jason asked from the driver side of a car they had borrowed from Gus, they were on their way to meet Garth who they had heard was out on a hunt in New Jersey.

"I had to come with you" Jason scoffed and sunk lower into the seat. "I'm just saying he doesn't know you, would hate for him to kill you"

"Please after what you've told me about him, I doubt that would happen"

"Jace, Garth is tough, he killed the Tooth Fairy" Jason let out a laugh, Madison looked at him with a frown on her face.

"There's no such thing"

"Not anymore" Jason's laughter died down when he saw how serious she was. Madison laughed and Jason continued down the highway, they were making good time but Madison was nervous about seeing Garth, she knew the role he had taken upon his self once her dad died and she hadn't been too comfortable with it at first but she understood that the hunter community needed someone and with her dad being gone she couldn't think of anyone better then Garth.

"So how long will it take us to get to Jersey?" Madison asked Jason as she put her feet on the dashboard attempting to get comfortable.

"About a day"

"Hopefully we don't miss him"

"We shouldn't, do you know what he's hunting?"

"A phantom train"

"I think we'll catch him and I'm sure he'll need the help" Madison nodded and rested her head on the back of the chair. With the vibrations of the car and the low hum of Metallica, Madison fell asleep, Jason loved how peaceful and innocent she looked when she was sleeping, she looked like a normal girl, he let himself imagine that they were just a normal couple on a road trip, of course the bag full of bottles of blood in the backseat and the various weapons in the trunk shattered that illusion. For the next day Madison and Jason took turns driving, Madison felt much more at ease with Jason, there was just something about him that made Madison look forward to getting back on the road, with the Winchesters she dreaded the long car rides, being confined to the backseat and while she was grateful to have the space to stretch out she felt excluded out of most of the conversation and even though she was glad she didn't have to get in the middle of their bickering it still felt lonely sometimes. Getting further into New Jersey Madison took her phone out and called Garth.

"Hello"

"Garth it's Maddie"

"Maddie, Dean's Madison?"

"Do you know another one?"

"Well yea this waitress in Tampa"

"Ok well No this is De-... I mean this is Maddie Singer"

"Well how are you, I heard about what happened, do you need some help with something?"

"Uh... No I wanted to know where you were"

"Why?"

"Cuz I just got into Jersey, seems there's a phantom train, thought I'd check it out"

"Ooh well I'm actually on that case"

"You're kidding wow small world, so hey you need any help, I mean if you don't I can turn back around?"

"Oh no I can always use your help, I'm staying at the Best Western on Park Plaza room 28"

"Ok I'll be there soon"

"Ok you're gunna get a room right, I mean it's not that your not, you know, but Dean would hunt me down if we, you know and I don't-"

"Goodbye Garth" Madison rolled her eyes hanging up the phone and giving Jason directions to the motel.

"So did you not tell him I was with you on purpose?"

"It never came up" Jason nodded his head slowly and turned his attention back to the road, Madison let out a sigh and hoped that Jason wouldn't make this into a big deal, the whole reason she had agreed to this 'relationship' was because it was easy, Jason was her safety net at this point, not to say that she didn't feel something for him but it was no where close to what she had felt for Dean at their best, but there was no telling what this could end up to be, but she wasn't holding her breath knowing how her life was. Pulling up to the motel she saw Garth's car in the parking lot she looked around checking to see if there was a slick black car lurking anywhere, she knew they weren't here but she felt better after checking.

"Ok, you go get the room and I'll go talk to Garth"

"Uh huh" Madison grabbed Jason's arm as he walked past her.

"Hey, I'm not trying to hide you, I just want to talk to him alone first, that's it"

"I know" Jason bent down and gave her a small kiss and bringing his hand around to pat her butt before walking into the lobby of the motel. Madison smiled and walked over to the room Garth told her he was in and knocked. She heard some shuffling on the other side of the door before Garth appeared in front of her.

"You're here"

"I told you I would be" Madison said stepping into the room.

"I just didn't think you would be here so soon" Garth said stepping out of the room looking out before stepping back in and shutting the door.

"Well I told you I was close"

"Yea, Yea you did" Madison eyed Garth, he was acting to nervous for her to be comfortable.

"Garth, what's going on?" Garth ran his hand through his hair and sat down at the table flipping his phone in his other hand.

"I talked to Dean" Madison took a deep breath and prayed that it was just an innocent conversation, but who was she kidding.

"And?"

"I asked him if they had sent you down here to help me" Madison let out another deep breath.

"Why, why would you do that?"

"Well I heard you had a falling out but I didn't think it was this bad"

"What did he say?"

"He said he didn't want to talk about you, that he never-" Garth stopped and looked at her.

"What, never what?"

"He never wanted to talk about you, but he was just mad, whatever happened I'm sure it will blow over" Madison nodded and calmed herself.

"No, Yea you're right, anyway so this train?" Garth jumped out of the chair and started gathering up some of the papers of the table.

"Yea, I've looked into every disappearance and it seems that at midnight on any given night an invisible train plows through the station and then some screaming lunatic just vanishes, legend says the train takes them to hell" Madison nodded and tried to pay attention but she couldn't stop thinking about Dean, she wished she could just talk to him to make him see what she was doing was going to pay off in the long run. She was brought back to reality when she noticed Garth had stopped talking.

"Ok um, so what's the plan then?" Garth opened his mouth to answer but was stopped when his phone started ringing. Garth picked it off the table and looked at Madison debating if he should answer. Madison saw his hesitation and once he looked at her, she knew who it had to be ringing him.

"What's wrong?"

"It's Sam"

"Answer it"

"What do I say?"

"I don't know, I'm not here"

"You don't want to talk to him?" Garth answered the phone while Madison thought, did she really want to talk to Sam, she knew trying to get him to see things her way was a dead end, he would never go against his brother. Madison saw Garth looking at her with raised eyebrows, she rolled her eyes and held her hand out. Garth told Sam to hold on before handing it to her, she felt her stomach sink, she couldn't remember being this nervous ever, she slowly put the phone to her ear and spoke.

"Hi, Sam"