Again, as promised. If you donr read Rome, the explanation for the lack of posting is simple; life sucks without a car and the buses have scary, drunk and smelly people on them.
So, without anymore introduction, here it is.
Ari may not trust the Winchesters, but he knew from the way his girls looked at them, and the way the boys looked at the girls, that it was true. He smiled as he looked over to Jinx sleeping as Sam looked up something on his laptop.
"I believe that Lucky and your brother are busy. She always answers my calls."
Sam shook his head. "Looks like Jinx might be winning that bet after all."
Ari smiled. "I have learned, never bet against her."
Sam chuckled. "Yeah, I should have known better. Then again, it was worth it, trying to get her in a dress."
Ari tried not to laugh. "Just ask Lucky for help. She can convince Trick to do just about anything."
"Again, thanks."
Ari simply nodded as he placed the legal pad down. "Well, its a zombie."
Sam looked up at him. "What?"
"Someone used an ancient Greek ritual to bring her back. The father teaches it, no?"
"Yeah, he does."
"He was most likely the one to bring her back. These ancient rituals, scholars, such as himself are always fascinated by them. I have seen a zombie cat before when someone was attempting the spell. It was not pretty."
Jinx groaned. "What about zombies?"
"Its what we're hunting."
Jinx simply groaned again and buried her face deeper into Sam's side. "i dont think the boyfriend committed suicide. Call Acey and Batman back." Sam looked down at her.
"We already tried."
"So, i'm winning then?"
Sam poked her in the side, causing her to laugh. "not yet."
Ari smiled at the two; he would be good for her. He could tell. The door opened and he looked at the two who walked in; they were trying very hard not to show the pull between then, but Ari of course could.
"We were starting to get worried about you two." he said with a grin as Ace walked over and kissed his cheek.
"You never need to worry about my Ari." she said as she looked at Jinx and Sam on the bed.
"Jinxy."
"Fuck off."
"Oo, you are in a wonderful mood."
"Zombies."
"We already knew that."
Jinx groaned and kicked at her. "You missed."
"I hate you."
Ari shook his head at the girls. He opened his bag and pulled out the velvet boxes. Ace looked at the blanket. "No fair, you can a present."
"Haha."
"Girls." Ari said in Arabic; Ace looked over fisrt almost squealing when she saw the velvet box.
"Jinx get up."
"No."
"Jinx, presents." Jinx looked up, smiling when she saw the box. She got off the bed, not very gracefully. Ace caught her and they smiled at each other.
Dean and Sam watched as the girls were glowing as Ari presented then with the expensive looking black velvet boxes. "I saw these in Luxor, and thought of both of you."
Dean was turning colors as he looked at the man, handing the girls the boxes with a damn pearly grin; he really wanted to hit him.
Ace opened hers first and stopped breathing; Ari knew her favorite stone was the rare lappis lazzuli. It had been used only by the royal dynasty, from their masks to their sarcophagus's. It was complimented by craved pieces of jade and mother of pearl.
Jinx snuck a peek at Ace's smiling, knowing her friend would love it. When she saw the look on her face, she kissed her cheek.
"Open yours Jinxy." Ace said softly as she did. It was set with the same rare lappis lazzuli, jade and mother of pearl, but in a very different configuration. Jinx looked up at him, speaking in Arabic.
"Ari, its too, I cant-"
"You can and you will." Jinx chuckled; Ari knew she was stubborn and he knew exactly how to counter it.
"Thank you." she said as she hugged him, Ace doing the same.
"Now, about these zombies."
"You translated the file?" Ace asked closing the box and putting it in her bag.
"Yes. Sam told me that the father knows about ancient Greece and their rites," Ari said.
"I told you there was a case here," Dean said looking at Sam smugly.
"Alright, so what is our next move?" Jinx asked looking at Ace then at the brothers.
"We go talk to the father. And I mean talk, Dean. Not pounding away at his face," Sam said.
"Ari, did the text mention how to stop her? How to kill it?"
"No, Lucky that it did not say."
"Let's go talk to dear old daddy and get the facts first," Dean said turning around and leaving the room.
"Dude, this is going to end badly," Sam said following him.
The girls looked form Sam and Dean to Ari. Ari smiled and waved them out of the room. He kissed each of them on the cheek.
"Go, your boys need you," he said.
"Pinky is not my boy," Ace said.
"Keep telling yourself that," Jinx said smirking.
Ari watched as the four of them piled into the impala. He leaned in the doorway and waved to them. He smiled to himself. His girls were going to be okay. They had finally found men who weren't scared of the haunted look in their eyes. They were moving on and soon they would no longer need him. He sighed and shut the door.
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Ace and Jinx stood behind Sam and Dean at the professor's front door. Dean knocked on it again. The girls exchanged looks. They could both see how agitated Dean was getting. The front door opened. The professor looked from Sam to Dean. He then saw Jinx in the background.
"Angie's friends," he said.
Ace winced. She could feel the pain in his voice.
"Professor we-," Sam started.
"We need to talk," Dean said coldly.
"Please, come in."
Dean went first. He felt Ace take his hand as she followed him in the house. He heard Sam mutter a thank you to the guy as he and Jinx walked into the house after. He stood in the living room Ace glued to his side.
She held his hand and his arm tight. He knew it wasn't because she wanted to be close to him; she was making sure he didn't fly off the handle. Guess he wasn't hiding his anger very well.
Sam walked in the room with Jinx beside him. He gave Dean a look which his brother ignored. He looked at Jinx. She shrugged. The professor came in the room and stood in front of them. Dean looked at him.
"You teach Ancient Greek, right? So tell me, what are these?" Dean asked pulling out a copy of the ritual incantation he had asked Ace to draw in the car.
"But you said this had something to do with Angela?"
"Please, just humour me."
"If it isn't a bother. I can read it but my Greek is very rusty," Ace added wrapping her arm around Dean's.
"It's part of an old Greek divination ritual," he said.
"Used form necromancy right?" Jinx asked.
"Right."
"Before we came over here, we did our homework. Apparently, these rituals were used to communicate with the dead. Even bringing corpse back to life. Full on zombie action."
"Well, according to the legends. Now, what is all this about?"
"I think you know."
Sam studied the professor. He looked at him and something just didn't seem right. If he had brought Angela back why would he be so down and hurting? Wouldn't he be rejoicing at the prospect of having his only child back? The pieces weren't fitting.
"Dean," he said trying to get his brother's attention.
"Pinky, stop," Ace whispered wishing Dean would look at her. Instead his eyes were on the professor.
"Look I get it; there are people I would give anything to see again but what gives you the right?" Dean asked.
"Dean," Jinx tried seeing the confused look on the older man's face.
"What are you going on about?"
"What is dead should stay dead," Dean stated the emotion strong in his voice.
"What-."
"Dean, stop it!" Sam yelled.
"What you brought back isn't even your daughter anymore. These things are vicious and cold. And violent. They are so nasty the rot the ground around them. I mean come on! Haven't you ever seen Pet Cemetery?"
"You are crazy."
The professor walked past them. Dean turned around to face him ignoring Ace as she pulled on his arm. He wasn't finished.
"Where is she?"
"Get out of my house."
The professor picked up the phone to call the cops. Jinx turned. She saw plants. Alive and doing well. She shook Sam's arm and pointed them out to him. He swore. Dean pulled away from Ace and marched over to the man and slammed the phone down.
Ace looked at Sam and Jinx. Jinx pointed to the plants. Ace saw them. She nodded. She looked at Sam. He would be her back up if she couldn't get Dean's attention.
"I know you're hiding her, now where is she?" Dean demanded.
"Dean, stop it. Look at me," Ace said stepping between Dean and the professor.
Dean looked down at her. He shook his head and shoved her aside. A moment later he felt Sam and Jinx take his arms.
"Dean, you idiot look! Plants, alive and well!" Jinx yelled at him.
"We'll leaving, and we're sorry," Sam said as Dean yanked away from him and went out the door.
"Just get out."
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Sam followed Dean. Jinx went over to Ace and wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her out of the house. They followed Sam and Dean and heard the boys start to argue. Jinx looked at Ace.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"He looked right at me then dismissed me, Jinx. Like I didn't know anything," Ace said.
"It's not you, Acey."
"Stop it!" Sam yelled at Dean. The girls sighed and hurried to catch up to the brothers.
"Sam, I know what I am doing," Dean said.
"No, you don't. Not at all. Dean, I don't scare easy and you're scaring the crap out of me."
"Sam, you're over dramatic."
"You're lucky this turned out to be a real case. Cause if it wasn't, you would have just found something else to kill."
They stopped walking and looked at each other. A moment later the girls came and stood beside them waiting. Dean looked at Sam.
"What?" he was confused.
"You're on edge, you're erratic. Except when you're hunting cause then you're downright scary. You're tail spinning man. And you refuse to talk about and you won't let anyone help you," Sam explained having had it with Dean's macho man tough act.
"I can take care of myself, thanks," Dean answered turning and walking away.
"No, you can't!" Sam followed him.
"Hand cuffs?" Ace asked as the girls followed as well.
"Leashes," Jinx said.
"You don't have to handle this on your own, Dean. No one can."
"Sam, if you bring up dad's death-,"
"Stop. Please, Dean, it's killing you. Please."
Dean looked at Sam and inwardly cursed. The kid was giving him that damn puppy look. No one could say to the puppy look.
"We already lost Dad, we lost mom... I lost Jessica, now I'm going to lose you too?" Sam asked.
Jinx heard him. She didn't hesitate a moment. She went to Sam's side and took his hand. He looked down at her and gave her a little smile. He had needed that. He needed her.
Ace watched Dean. He looked at Sam then down. She took a few steps closer to him waiting to see what he would say.
"We better get out of here before the cops come... I hear you okay. I'm being an ass, and I'm sorry but right now, there's a freakin zombie running around and we need to figure out how to kill it," he said.
Ace laughed a little. They all turned and looked at her. She smiled. "Our lives are weird," she said.
"I hear you sister," Jinx said.
"Alright, come on. Let's get out here," Dean said.
Jinx and Sam nodded. They started walking. Jinx turned and watched as Dean waited for Ace. The minute she was beside him he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. Jinx turned and smiled at Sam.
"If I were you Sammy, I'd start picking out my song," she said.
"They haven't had sex."
"Yet but its coming and boy when it does-."
"Jinx."
"Just saying."
"Well don't say."
Ace leaned against Dean. She wrapped an arm around his waist and just let him hold her close. She sighed and felt his eyes on her.
"Sam is right, you know," she whispered.
"I know. I just... I can't talk about."
"I'm here when you're ready."
"Sweetheart, are you actually offering to help me?"
"Yeah, I am. I know how much pain you are in and... I wouldn't want that for anyone. Even you Pinky."
"Awww, thank you."
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Dean laughed when Ace shoved him a little. He just pulled her closer and tickled her. She laughed and fought against him. He was a little sad to see the impala come into sight. He was actually enjoying her company.
Jinx hated sitting in the backseat. She only thought the backseat was good for one thing, and right now, that was not happening. She looked at Ace and poked her thigh; Ace didn't look at her.
Jinx did it again. "Jinx, stop."
"I'm bored."
"Poking causes pregnancy."
"Hmm. Our kid would be fucking awesome. Could you imagine that? A little us running around?"
Ace looked at her, trying not to laugh. "Besides the fact that it is completely unrealistic, yes, our kid would be awesome."
Jinx pumped her fists and smiled. "I knew it."
"What?"
"You want to have baby."
Both girls started laughing, causing Dean and Sam to look at them. "What's so funny?" Dean asked, looking in the rear view mirror.
"Nothing." They said at the same time. Dean and Sam looked at each other; if that didn't spell trouble, they didn't know what did. "Really, what are you guys talking about?"
Ace looked at Dean, smirking. "Jinxy and I were just talking about the last time we slept with Ari."
Jinx hummed. "Yeah, it was amazing." Jinx bit her lip.
They tried not to laugh when the boys jaws dropped. "This is another one of those times that you guys are fucking with us, right?" Sam asked as both girls shook their heads.
"No, not at all."
"But-"
"Yes Dean?" Ace asked; Jinx could not longer hold back a big grin.
"You said you don't share."
Ace laughed. "With other girls. Jinxy is mine." She said, wrapping her arm around her shoulder; Jinx did the same. "Likewise."
It took Dean a moment to get over the initial shock. "So ladies-"
"I don't think so." They both said, causing Sam to laugh at him.
"Saw that coming."
"Shut up Sam." He said as he pulled into the apartment building complex and killed the engine.
Jinx and Sam were the first out of the car; Dean waited for Ace to get out and once he did, he pulled her to his side as they walked up to the apartment. "So, are you?"
"Am I what?"
"You, Jinx and…Ari." Ace could tell it was hard for Dean to even say his name.
"I don't know. It all depends how tonight goes and if we kill the zombie."
Ace stopped walking and Dean looked at her. "I am not getting used to saying that."
Dean chuckled, then looked at her seriously. "I'd really like it if you didn't."
"And why is that Dean?"
"I think you know why." He said as he leaned closer, but stopped when he heard Sam yelling at him for hurry up. "I'mgoing to kill him."
"No you wont."
"And why is that?" he asked as they walked up to the door.
"Because Jinx would kill you." Dean nodded; she was right.
Sam was standing at the door that Jinx had already picked and was waiting for them. "What the hell took you two so long?"
"Dean was asking for details about the threesome." Ace said nonchalantly as she walked in, looking for Jinx.
"Oh Jinx? Where forth art thou?"
"I am here my love!" Sam shook his head; they could be such dorks, then again, who was he to talk.
"You find anything?"
"Yep. And I think I am actually going to be sick."
"Where are you?"
"In the basement. Don't worry, all lights are on."
Ace slowly made her way down there, Dean and Sam behind her. She stopped on the steps. "Gross." She said when she saw the layout of the room.
"What?" Sam asked, trying to get a better look. Ace stepped aside and let the boys by.
"It's a little love nest." Dean said as Jinx winkled her nose.
"I got pretty low standards, but I draw the damn line at necrophilia."
"Good to know." Dean commented as she smacked his arm.
"That means you fit my low standards."
"Oh come on, don't be that way." Jinx merely looked at him, then down at the floor.
Jinx bent down and touched the cold concrete; she felt a weird surge causing her to shake. Sam looked over, noticing this and knelt next to her. "You okay?" he asked as she nodded.
"This is where he started the ritual, before going to the graveyard to dig her up. He didn't want her to have to claw her way out."
"How did you know that?" Jinx shook her head, and then shook her head, standing.
"The floors been recently cleaned, he probably scrubbed the symbols off. As for the digging her up, he loved her, he wouldn't have wanted her to go through something like that." Sam looked at her, studying her face; he wished he could tell when she was lying.
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Jinx was glad Sam was staring at her face; he never noticed her pulling at her sleeves, and making sure the tattoos on her wrists were covered.
She was going to have to remember her leather cuffs in the morning. Sam was asking too many questions about them, and she knew he stared at them, trying to figure out what they were. She couldn't let him know, she couldn't let any of them know; it was too dangerous to let them in, so she had to shut them out.
Jinx hated it, but it was for their own good. "Come on, he's probably at the university, and I bet she's not far behind."
Jinx said as she headed up the stairs; Dean, Sam and Ace looked at each other; Jinx's odd behavior was starting to worry them.
So, what do y'all think? What do you think Jinx is hiding? And how do you like how the couplings are doing?