Like I Promised, Another Chapter.
The Midterm Wasnt As Bad As I Thought.
But Here Is Some Fun For You, Maybe A Little More Jinx Mystery.
When Dean and Sam walked into the room, Ace marched right up to Sam and smacked him hard. "You and me are going to have a long chat."
"What the hell was that for?" he nearly yelled as she went to hit him again, but Dean came up behind her, holding her arms back.
"Okay priss, care to fill the rest of the class in?"
"Sam knows exactly what the fuck he did."
"Oh Sammy you better talk, priss swore." Ace looked at Dean, her eyes burning.
Sam looked at the beds. "Where's Jinx?"
Ace kicked at him, only missing because Dean pulled back on her. "You don't get to ask anything about her till you start talking."
Ace heard Dean's calming voice in her ear. "Relax. Where is Jinx?"
"She's sleeping in the bathtub."
"Why is she in the bathtub?"
"She wanted to be in there." Sam started towards the bathroom; Ace broke free of Dean and tackled Sam. "I don't think so. We are going to talk."
Dean, not liking the fact Ace was on top of Sam walked over and with ease picked her up. "Okay. You two take this outside and keep this G rated okay? I'm going to get Jinx out of the tub." Dean turned back towards them. "She's dressed right?"
"As far as I know." Ace said without looking away from Sam.
Once Dean walked into the bathroom, Ace dragged Sam out of the room, slamming the door behind them. Dean placed his hand over his mouth to keep from laughing. He had seen some fucked up shit in his life, and he had seen some really funny shit in his life, but never had he seen something as funny as Jinx sleeping in a pretzel position in the bathtub.
Jinx looked completely peaceful and comfortable in her position that he almost felt bad about lifting her out of the tub. He shook his head as he carried her into the room. Jinx snuggled closer to him, holding onto him with dear life. When he tried to lay her down on the bed, she wouldn't let go. "Jinxy its okay."
"Billy don't go." She mumbled as Dean looked at her, shocked. 'Billy?' he thought as he grabbed her hands gently, loosening their grip on his shirt.
Jinx rolled onto her stomach, burying her face in the pillow as Dean went through her bag, looking for that blanket Ari gave her. Once he found it, he placed it over and at sat on the bed. He stroked her hair gently and looked down at her. "Whose Billy?" but he knew it was use asking her now; she was going to be dead to the world for a while.
Dean heard yelling outside the room,; he recognized Ace's angry voice and honestly started to wonder what Sammy did, or what she was blaming on Sam.
"I didn't do anything!" Sam yelled.
"Like hell you didn't! She said her heart hurt, Sam! You're the only asshole that has been around her lately!"
"What about Dean?"
"I doubt he would ever say anything to hurt her. So, my money is on you. Now, what the fuck happened?"
Sam looked away from Ace's hard glaze. She ran a hand though his hair. He looked at Ace and shook his head. He couldn't tell her. She didn't know about Billy or that he and Jinx had slept together and Jinx wanted it to stay that way, so... He sighed.
"I can't," he said softly.
"Excuse me? What did you say, you son of a bitch?" Ace asked her voice rising.
"I said I can't. I promised Jinx, I wouldn't."
Ace saw red. She tackled Sam to the ground letting her anger, frustration and worry out on him. She pounded on him and he made no move to stop her. She started sobbing. She felt arms come around her as Dean hauled her off of Sam. She fought against Dean. He pinned her against the wall of the motel and shook her a little.
"Priss, sweetheart, stop," he said brushing the hair from her face.
"No one is telling me what is wrong, how am I suppose to fix it?" she asked sobbing softly.
"Ace, you can't fix everything."
"No, but I should be able to fix Jinx and help her but... How can I do that if no one tells me what is wrong with her? Why did she say her heart hurts?"
Sam climbed to his feet. He touched his lip and winced. Ace had got him good. He had cut lip and he was sure his face was going to look like he had gone ten rounds with a brick wall. He watched as Dean looked at him. He sighed. He knew that look. He had made Ace cry, his brother was about to give him another ass whooping. This day could not get any worse.
As if on cue, Sam heard sirens drive past. He looked at Dean. Dean nodded. He turned back to Ace.
"Sam and I-," he started.
"Can I go? Please I just... I need to do something," Ace asked wiping away her tears.
"Well... Alright. Here."
Ace stared at the keys Dean handed her. She looked at him shocked. Jinx had told her that Dean didn't let anyone drive his car. Hell, he barely let Sam drive it.
"You're going to let me drive the car?" she asked.
"Yes, now get going."
"Thank you."
"Don't thank me yet. You owe me sweetheart."
Dean saw Ace nod. He watched as she walked over and climbed into his baby. He tried really hard not to run over and jump in the car beside her and watch her every move. She pulled the car out of the parking lot. Dean turned towards Sam. Sam looked at the ground.
"So, I put Jinx to bed," Dean said.
"Okay," Sam answered.
"She said the weirdest thing."
"Really?"
"Yeah. She called me Billy and asked me not to go. Know anything about that Sammy?"
Sam turned around and pretending to be interested in the vending machine that was against the wall. He made a big show of pulling money out of his pocket to get a bag of chips.
"Nope, I have no idea what that could be about," Sam answered.
"Really? Sam, I know when you are lying and you are lying now. What's going on here?"
"Nothing."
"Sam."
"It's nothing, Dean. I am going to go see if I can find Andy. I hope we didn't make a mistake by letting him go."
"Whatever."
Dean watched his brother walking away. He suddenly knew why Ace had been wailing away at Sam. Sam knew what was going on with Jinx but wasn't talking and neither was Jinx. He sighed and went back in the room. He went over to the bed and watched Jinx sleep. It was the only time she seemed at peace. He reached out and brushed a hair from her face.
"What are you hiding now, Jinx?" he whispered.
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Ace followed the sirens till she got to a gas station. She parked the impala on the street and climbed out. She watched as they covered a body by a black SUV. She then smelled the air. She coughed and gagged. It smelled of burnt flesh. She shook her head and bit her lip. She reached back into the impala. She opened the glove box and searched around. She found a cop badge that she could use. She walked over to the scene and went under the tape flashing the badge at the deputy.
She went over to where the body was. She stood close enough so she could over hear the detective talking to the witness.
"She was talking on her cell phone. Then I went back to work. When I looked again she was covered in gasoline and had the lighter from her car in her hand. I told her to stop and she... She said it would be okay, then dropped the lighter," he said.
Ace cursed and looked down at the blue tarp covering the body. She slowly made her way back to the impala smiling at the deputy as he winked at her. She climbed in the driver's seat. She banged her hands on the steering wheel.
"Andy," she growled.
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Jinx stirred next to Dean and reached out, as if looking for something. "What do you need?"
"Ugh."
"That's a wonderful sign. You're back Jinx."
"Fuck you Dean I never left."
"Really? Cause I didn't think you slept in a bathtub."
"Am I in a bathtub right now?"
"No, but you were earlier."
Jinx groaned again and sat up; they were the only ones there. "Where's Ace and Sam?"
"Funny you should mention them?"
"Why?" she asked as she combed her hands threw her hair, yawning.
"Ace just kicked Sam's ass, for hurting you. Care to explain?" Jinx looked at him then slipped off the bed, stretching. Dean grabbed her arm before she could get further away. "Talk to me."
"There's nothing to talk about. Sam didn't do shit to me."
Dean nodded, not believing her. "Okay, lets go with this then," he said as she started to take her shirt off. "Whose Billy?"
Jinx stopped pulling off her shirt; she nearly stopped breathing as well. "What did you say?"
"Billy. I asked who Billy was?"
Jinx was trying very heard to control her emotions. "Did Sam,"
"Sam didn't say anything. You did. But now I'm starting to wonder what I'm not in on here. Cause I thought we got passed this secret keeping phase when we were kids."
"He was just some guy Dean."
Jinx took her shirt off as she walked towards the bathroom, working on her jeans. Dean got up and followed her. "Really? Then why did you sound so damn sad when you asked me not leave? When you thought I was him?"
She couldn't stop the tears from welling up in her eyes, but she could keep her back to him in case a few tears decided to fall. "I don't want to talk about this."
"Well I didn't want to talk to you about a lot of things, but you made me anyways. Now its my turn to be that annoying."
Jinx pushed her jeans down and stepped out of them. "How did you put it Dean?" she asked as she turned the water on and unclasped her bra. "What's dead should stay dead."
Dean stared at her for a moment then looked away when she slipped out of her underwear and stepped into the shower. As Dean went to walked out of the bathroom, Jinx opened the curtain and looked at him. "Andy isn't the killer. I was with him when the call was made that killed the doctor."
"I didn't think it was him."
"Then go find Ace and Sam before they do something."
"Why?"
"Because I have the feeling that this is about him, and we don't want to piss off the real killer by hurting Andy."
Dean nodded; he wanted to know where she got that from, but he knew she was not in a talkative mood. He wondered if he was this much of a pain in the ass when Sam tried to get him to talk and if he was, he actually felt bad for Sam for a moment.
Then he remembered that he had done something, no matter how big or small, he had done something to Jinx to upset her and neither of them were talking. He was going to have to help Ace get it out of one of them. He pulled out his phone and dialed Sam; he was going after Andy first, and he wanted to talk to him before he got to him.
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Sam heard his cell phone ring. He debated picking it up. He looked down and decided he probably should. He reached in his pocket and got it.
"What?" he asked.
"It isn't Andy," Dean said.
"Dean-."
"Jinx said she was with him when the call was made to the doc. It isn't him, Sam."
"I still want to talk to him."
"Then wait till I get there."
"I can handle it."
"Sam-."
"I got it."
Sam hung up the phone then did something he hadn't done in a while, he turned his phone off. He saw Andy's van parked in an alley. He took a deep breath then marched. Dean and Jinx could think what they wanted; he knew that deep down this Andy was a killer. He just felt it.
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Ace parked the impala in front of their rooms. She sat there a moment wishing she could start the car and just take off like Jinx did. Unfortunately, this wasn't her car. And she wanted to stay alive. She knew Dean would kill her if she just drove off with his baby.
She climbed out of the car and slammed the door. She walked over to the door to the room and opened it. Dean had been sitting on the bed. He jumped up when he saw her. He raised an eyebrow.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Woman burned herself alive. Was still very crispy when I got there," Ace said pulling out a chair and sitting at the dinette set.
Dean watched as Ace rested her head in her arms on the table top. He walked over to her and started to massage her shoulders. She sighed and he felt her relaxing. He leaned down and placed a soft kiss on the side of her neck.
"Better?" he asked softly.
"No, I... I want this case to be over, I want Jinx to tell me what the hell is wrong and... I want chocolate. And wine," Ace said closing her eyes and wishing that the pounding in her head would stop.
"Chocolate and wine?"
"Yes, my stress relievers."
"Thought that was scotch?"
"I have several stress relievers."
Jinx came out of the bathroom in only a towel. Dean looked away when she dropped the towel and pulled on some clean clothes. He felt Ace hand him his keys. She got up from the chair and walked over to the bed. She let her body fall on it ignoring Jinx.
"Headache?" Jinx asked looking at her.
"Yeah, and she's standing over there," Ace muttered pointing at Jinx.
"Acey, I just-."
"Don't Jinx. Just don't. You wanna keep your secrets, then keep them. I can't stop you. I just want to let you know that I am so damn worried about you right now it isn't funny. I know you aren't okay, and you pretending to be just... It hurts me to think that you might not trust me as much as I thought," Ace answered.
"Ace," Jinx went over to her. Ace rolled over showing her back to her.
"I'll be fine. Just go and finish this case so we can get out of this town."
Jinx nodded. She looked at Ace. She took the blanket Ari had given her and used it to cover her friend. She turned and looked at Dean. He just looked at her asking her with his eyes if she was really going to walk out that door right now leaving Ace here hurting. Jinx stood straight and hardened her shoulders.
"I'm going to go look for Sam and Andy. Stay here with her," she ordered Dean.
"Excuse me? Who died and made you boss?" Dean asked.
Dean watched as Jinx walked right past him and to the door. She slammed it shut behind her. He rubbed his forehead and ran a hand over his chin. He turned when he heard Ace crying. He went over to her. He sat beside her and placed a hand on her shoulder. She shrugged it off.
"I'm fine okay," she said burying her head in the pillow.
"No, you aren't."
"Go. Jinx is not happy right now and... She might take it out on Sam. Go and make sure they both come out of this hunt alive."
"And what about you?"
"I'll be fine. It's just a headache."
"Sweetheart, you do know that I can tell when you're lying."
"I know. I was just... I was hoping that you would go anyway."
Ace closed her eyes and let tears fall. She told herself she was being irrational to be lying her crying like this. Why should she care if Jinx didn't tell her everything, she had certainly kept her own secrets from Jinx. Her head knew this but her heart was still hurt that her friend, the woman she called sister, wouldn't open up to her and share what was tearing her apart inside.
She felt Dean lay on the bed beside her. He wrapped and arm around her waist and held her close. She rested her hand over his.
"I'll stay till your headache is better," he whispered.
"Okay. I'll probably fall asleep first though. So, no taking advantage of me," Ace whispered.
"I can't promise you anything."
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Jinx drove around feeling the tension in her body. She had hated leaving Ace behind like that without an explanation about what was going on with her but... She shook her head. They were in the middle of a hunt. There was a job to do and she was going to do it.
She swung her jeep into a parking space when she found Andy's van. Now she just had to find Andy and Sam.
"Just tell me how you're doing it!"
"Doing what?" Andy shouted as Jinx walked up behind them. Andy looked at her relieved as Jinx pulled Sam off him.
"What part of, "not guilty" don't you fucking get?"
"Jinx I know-"
"No, you're placing your own fears with him. What he could be is exactly what you could be and that scares the shit out of you. But its not him."
Sam stared at her as Jinx looked at Andy. "You okay man?" he nodded, then looked around.
"Fine."
Jinx nodded. "Why don't you go toke up, I need to talk to Sam here."
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." He said with a nod as he got in the back of his van. Jinx turned and looked at Sam; Ace had done a pretty number on him.
She shocked Sam when she placed her hand on his cheek. "Thank you for not saying anything. I know it couldn't have been easy."
"I told you I wouldn't." Jinx nodded, leaning up and kissed his split lip gently. When she pulled back she gave him a small smile. "I told you this wasn't going to work with us."
"Hey hey, don't start that. I'm not giving up."
"You should Sam. I'm pretty much a lost cause. All I do is hurt the people I care about the most." Sam tired to speak, but she shook her head, looking up at him. "We have a job to finish. I'm going to call Ash, see if he can look something up for us. Try not to murder Andy."
Sam gave her a look. "He's not killing, but he is the key here."
"Jinx, we should-"
"No Sam. More people are endanger here, and since we've been here, I have the feeling we are too." Sam gave her a short nod and walked over to Andy's van and opened the door, shaking his head when the smoke rolled out.
Jinx took a deep breath before dialing Ash's line at the Roadhouse. "Dr. Badass."
"Well hello." She said with a velvety smooth voice.
"Umm."
"Ash its Jinx."
She heard him sigh. "Damn and I thought it was this girl…"
"Ash?"
"Yeah?"
"I need some help."
"And I am here to help."
"Good, here's a list of names. Its macho important."
"Hit me." Jinx rattled off a couple of names, hanging up when he gave her an hour time frame.
It was time to make sure Sam hadn't killed Andy. When she opened the door, she was not shocked to find Sam skimming through one of Andy's books as Andy sat there looking completely calm. "Come on boys, we're heading back to the motel."
"I thought I was cleared."
"You are, this is for your protection. Till we find out whose playing puppet master."
Andy laughed. "Puppet master? I hate puppets."
"Me too." She said as she held out his hand and he took it, stumbling out of the van.
"Can I drive?"
"NO!" Jinx and Sam said at the same time, causing Andy to jump.
"I'll be driving, and don't worry, I'm a good driver." Andy nodded and followed Jinx over to her jeep. "Don't even think about walking back Sam. I don't want to hear it from Dean about why I left you alone?"
"Is this how its going to be now?"
Jinx looked at him. "I really don't know." She looked at him, her face wiped of all emotion. "So why don't you get your ass in the jeep so we can get this fuckin case finished, okay?"
Sam wanted to walked over and shake her. Anything to get her to let lose what was really bothering her. He wanted her to talk. He looked at Andy sitting in the back as he climbed in. What if he asked Andy to get Jinx to talk? In a matter of seconds he got Dean to spill some of his deepest fears, he wondered if it would work on Jinx.
When they pulled up to the motel, Jinx got out first. "You two comin or what?"
"Go on." Sam said as Andy looked between them.
"I just want to ask Andy something."
"You have five minutes before I come back, and I'll have Baby with me." She said as turned and walked off.
Sam swallowed hard as he looked back at Andy. "Whose Baby?"
"Her very big dog."
Andy nodded, wide eyed. "Hey Andy?"
"Yeah?"
"I got a favor to ask you."
"Okay. Sure man, what?"
"Do you think you could get Jinx to talk? Like you did with Dean?" Andy shook his head, and before Sam could ask why, Andy answered. "Doesn't work on her man. I tried, and I tried hard, but she, there's…She said she was special, just not my pay grade."
"Special?"
"Yeah." Sam nodded, thinking hard as he got out, moving his seat so Andy could jump out as well.
This got Sam thinking really hard. Jinx was born in Lawrence too; maybe she was connected to YED somehow too. But if she was, he was sure she would have said something about it; that was too important to hide. Or what if it was something else?
Something that had happened when she left all those years ago. It would explain a lot of little mysteries about her that have been going on since they got back together. Now he just had to figure out how to bring this up when they already weren't on great speaking terms. Sam sighed; he really wanted this day to just be over.
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