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Previously
The next day would be sure to be emotionally draining.
Rolling over in the double bed he, Dean and Sammy were sharing Tony was shocked to find Dean missing. Sitting up and reaching for his phone he saw it was only 5:00am and a good five hours before he expected his brothers to be awake.
Walking from the bedroom Tony started to softly call out for Dean and was hoping to hear some movement as an acknowledgement and wasn't disappointed when he heard chairs scraping on the floor in the kitchen.
"Dean?" Tony called coming around the corner and into the kitchen but was disappointed when he ran into Gibbs trying to work the ancient coffee maker Bobby refused to replace.
"You know how to work this?" Gibbs asked as he hit the coffee maker.
"Not like that," Tony teased as he pressed a couple buttons before it started to percolate, "Have you seen Dean?"
"Yeah the kid just fell asleep a little while ago in the study." Gibbs answered watching the brown liquid drip into the pot and saw Tony begin to move out of the corner of his eye, "leave him be he is going to need his rest and so are you. Go back to bed I'll wake you up later."
"Can't sleep," Tony answered flopping down in a chair and leaned back waiting for Gibbs to sit down.
"In that case you can start talking about your hunting thing that you do." Gibbs suggested wanting to know more about his agent and family.
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It was nearing 9:00am when footsteps started to come down the stairs and the peaceful morning was broken.
"Good morning coffee is brewing." Tony said getting up and decided to wake the boys and Caleb up seeing as everyone else was up.
Everyone nodded and made gestures of acknowledgement and they moved to sit down at the table.
"I'll get breakfast started if you get everyone else up Tony." Bobby offered standing back up to see what his cupboards offered.
"I was on my way." Tony said as he left the room but turned back before he left, "You know where Caleb is sleeping?"
"He said he was heading down to the Panic room last night." Pastor Jim offered sitting down with a cup of coffee.
"Panic room?" Kate questioned looking between the hunters.
"It's a long story." Bobby finalized and went back to dragging the last of the bacon and eggs from the fridge.
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He decided that he would wake up Sam and Caleb before he attempted to mess with Dean. Knowing that even on his best days he need to have the patience of a Saint to get Dean up before noon.
Walking down the stairs to the panic room Tony deliberately made as much noise as possible before he reached the steel door leading to the panic room, "Caleb Bobby's making breakfast! Get your ass upstairs pronto!" Tony said banging on the door one last time before heading back.
Walking into the bedroom that the brother's had shared Tony sat down next to Sam and started to slowly rub his back in soothing circles, "Come on Sammy time to wake up."
Sam murmured something incoherent and turned back into the pillow.
"Come on buddy. Uncle Bobby is making your favorite; eggs and bacon." Tony bribed and wasn't disappointed when Sam opened his eyes and started to rub the sleep from his eyes.
Looking around him he noticed Dean wasn't by him, "Where's Dean?" Sam asked.
"Already downstairs along with everyone else. Now come on before breakfast gets cold." Tony said getting up and waiting for Sam to get up and follow him.
Walking down the stairs Sam ran into the kitchen and Tony walked into the study where Dean was curled up in the window seat. Taking a position much like he did earlier Tony began to gently ease Dean into the waking world.
"Hey Dean Bobby's making breakfast. Time to get up."
Dean turned over and showed that he wasn't asleep like everyone else had thought but had been looking out the window watching the snow fall.
"Come on lets go get some breakfast." Tony said getting up and was happy to see Dean follow suit.
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Breakfast was almost over before anybody took a break from the delicious meal.
"Tony can I go outside? It looks so nice out." Sam begged pushing his empty plate and glass towards the center of the table as he turned to his brother waiting for permission.
"I don't kno-"
"Please!" Sam added with puppy dog eyes.
"Fine just bundle up and make sure you don't go too far." Tony said giving into the puppy dogs once again; the kid sure knew how to wield those weapons.
"Thank you Tony," Sam said jumping up and giving Tony a hug before he left the room, "Dean you want to come?"
"Sam my boy I'm afraid that would be a very dreadful idea. He is still a very sick boy and has been pushed to his limits these last couple of days." Ducky interjected hoping to calm the situation before it got out of hand.
"But I won't have anyone else to play with." Sam said stopping in his tracks now that he didn't have anyone to play with.
"Me and Kate will come out and play with you," Abby suggested getting up from her chair and went to put her dishes in the sink, "won't we?"
"Of course we will. Does anybody else want to come?" Kate asked hoping to drag someone else into the snowy South Dakota winter along with her.
"I'll come with you ladies." Caleb offered getting up from his chair and got out the box of hat and mittens Bobby kept for the kids along with the jackets hanging in the hall closet.
Sam was soon bundled up and ready to out and play in the snow that was steadily falling, "Come on!" Sam whined as Kate and Abby took their time getting ready to go outside.
"Come here Sam I want to share a secret with you," Caleb said bringing Sam to sit on his lap as they waited for Kate and Abby to come downstairs.
"Tell me! Tell me!" Sam asked begging and running into Caleb's lap.
"One day you're going to meet a lady and you're going to love her-"Caleb started and Sam interrupted like most ten year olds.
"That's gross I'm never going to do that." Sam answered with all seriousness because girls had cooties and he didn't want cooties.
"Humor me then and listen to the rest of the secret." Caleb said and continued when he got an affirmative head nod from the kid, "let's say that you find a lady and you fall in love with her," Caleb saw Sam getting ready to protest and quickly remedied himself, "for some weird reason you liked her then you would do anything for her. That might mean waiting for her while she gets ready or doing whatever she asks you to do. Do you understand that?" Caleb asked hoping he had passed on some wisdom to the little guy.
"Yeah I think I do." Sam answered. He knew he would never fall in love or whatever Caleb had suggested but he decided he would store the new secret away just in case something like that happened to him.
"What does he understand?" Kate asked as she and Abby stepped down from the final stair and grabbed their jackets and spare hats and mittens from the box.
"Nothing ladies," Caleb answered winking at Sam and walked over to the door and held it open for everyone.
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Ducky and Pastor Jim were deep in conversation without out a doubt discussing one of their many travels across the world.
Bobby, Tony and Gibbs were sitting in the study trading stories while Dean was settled back into the window seat watching the snow ball fight taking place outside.
Tony saw Dean watching outside, "When you are better Dean we can have one ok?"
Dean didn't answer but nodded his head as he continued to watch outside.
"This isn't punishment we just want to make sure you are better before you start doing anything too risky." He went on and realized he was rambling when Gibbs took his shoulder and shook his head.
Silence quickly followed until Bobby decided to break it, "Has Caleb mentioned to you what his plans are after this weekend?"
"He offered to stay in DC and run his business from there for awhile until I can get on my feet again with the boys and all. Besides he said he had some nitwit named Marvin running the office and he wanted to get rid of him anyway."
Bobby nodded and didn't add anything more to the subject.
Before anything else could be said Sam came bursting through the door closely followed by Abby, "Kate and Caleb are kissing!"
"Sam" Abby said taken aback and the boldness of the child.
"What?" Tony and Gibbs said getting up from the couch to look out the door that was sitting ajar.
"Well I'll be damned." Tony said leaning against the door with his arms crossed while Gibbs growled.
Grabbing his coat and shoving his shoes on Gibbs stormed out the front door with his 'Gunny' face on. Abby whistled and shook her head as she hung up her jacket, "They're in for it now."
"Did I do something?" Sam asked puzzled as he threw his wet clothes in a pile on the floor.
"Nope you didn't do anything buddy." Tony answered closing the door before anymore snow could pile in the doorway.
Bobby walked out of the study to see what all the commotion was about when he saw Sam's pile of wet clothes sitting on the floor, "Sam you know the drill get rid of the wet clothes you know where they belong."
"Yes Uncle Bobby." The child answered picking up the pile and walked to the laundry room.
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Storming outside Gibbs immediately caught sight of the lovebirds tucked up against the wall of the garage on the other side of the yard. Taking off in a slight jog Gibbs made it over to the two and promptly split them up.
"Kate go inside! I would like to have a word with your friend here." Gibbs said pointing a finger at a slightly blushing Caleb.
"But Gibbs-"
"Now Kate" Gibbs said leaving no room for argument and was happy to see that she went back to the house.
Gibbs waited until she was out of earshot before he turned back to Caleb who was standing confidently in front of the older man with a smirk on his face, "Wipe that smirk of your damned face." Gibbs growled.
"Yes sir." Caleb said hearing the growled command and decided that he would really love to see tomorrow, "Did I do something wrong sir?"
"Kate is like a daughter to me and if you hurt her I will make sure you can't walk right for a long time. Don't mess with her or if you do I can guarantee I won't be the only one on your ass." Gibbs said using his steely blue eyes to do the rest.
"Yes sir I completely understand."
"Good" Gibbs said turning back to the house.
"Can I move now sir?" Caleb asked wanting to return to the rest of the group because safety in numbers right?
Turning around Gibbs answered, "Yeah sure kid. And enough with this sir business I work for a living."
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It was nearly eleven o clock when the group inside heard tires crunching down the driveway outside the house. Getting up to see who was coming Tony peeked through the window and saw the Sheriff and M.E driving down the driveway and coming to a stop outside the door.
"They're here." Tony said grabbing his jacket and walked outside to greet the sheriff.
Stepping from her car Sheriff Jody Mills took in the run down house she had frequented often since her promotion to Sheriff. She never visited it during the day and was surprised to see the array of vehicles lying around and the shape the house seemed to be in.
"Sheriff Mills?" A voice asked and she was brought back from her thoughts and took in the attractive young man in front of her holding out his hand.
Quickly grabbing the hand and shaking it she corrected, "Jody please and you must be Tony."
"Yes. Why don't you two come in for something to drink?" Tony asked gesturing towards her and the M.E who had quietly slipped from the car and come to stand next to them.
"We have some time until we have to be back don't we Chris?" Jody asked turning towards the M.E.
"I'm off for the rest of the day." Chris said and followed Tony and Jody towards the front door and as they were about to step inside Dean bolted out the door and passed the adults about to come inside.
"DEAN!" Tony yelled after the running teen who was quickly making his way to the field on the other side of the garage where Bobby stored all his tools.
He was about to take off after his brother and drag him back into the house when Caleb grabbed his arm, "Dude just let him be for awhile we are going to be coming out shortly anyway."
"But Cale-"
"He is going to be fine; he is probably just going to start the pyre. If it makes you feel better I will go out and help him." Caleb said grabbing his jacket and walked out to be with Dean. Even though Tony hadn't had any outbursts since the one in D.C Caleb was nervous to leave the two brothers alone.
"I'm more then capable to be with him Caleb." Tony answered stepping aside so that Jody and Chris could make their way inside.
"I know but I'm offering. Besides I think Sam needs to be with you right now."
Pausing for a moment Tony answered, "Thanks man."
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Caleb trudged through the snow until he was a couple of steps behind Dean.
"Can I help with that?" Caleb asked grabbing a armful of logs from Dean. He could only guess where the 14 year old had found them in Bobby's scrap yard.
Dean waited until Caleb had adjusted his load and then started moving again into the field where they had held a funeral pyre for Michael Jacobson, a hunting friend, who had been killed in action the past summer.
"Dean let's get this done so we can go inside for a little bit." Caleb suggested quickly piling the logs onto the already looming pile of wood that must have been started there again after the last pyre.
Dean nodded and laid the wood down before he started to organize it so it would resemble a pyre more and less like a unorganized heap.
Caleb bent down to help Dean and before they knew it they had made the large stack into a orderly looking pile and Tony and Bobby where carrying John's body towards the pyre. Pastor Jim stayed back from the group and thanked the Sheriff and M.E for their time and waited until they had driven away before following the rest of the group.
"Ready for this buddy?" Caleb asked gripping gently onto Dean's shoulder for support.
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"We gather here to remember John Winchester. While not all of us here may have known him those of us who did will always remember the determined hunter he was. He was a loving father to his boys and a trusted ally in the war against the evils in the world and a proud Marine." Pastor Jim said standing in front of the pyre which held John's covered body that was slowly being covered in snow as it started to come down a little more heavily.
"John was like a second father to me," Caleb said breaking in, "After I lost my own family to demons he showed me the ins and outs of hunting and trained me to be my best. He was a determined son of a bitch but he never let you down when you needed help and never pussy footed around anything he felt you were doing wrong. That alone saved my ass more times then I can count." Caleb added with a couple of tears and Kate reached out to grab his hand and squeezed it in a comforting manner.
"John had a lot of faults but none of them were that he didn't love his boys," Bobby added moving forward to the front of the group, "He trained them and showed them how to protect themselves."
"Dad was different after Mom was killed but you could still see how proud he was of us every time we shot a perfect round into the target or we got the monster." Tony paused taking a deep breathing and grabbing a hold of each of his brother's hands, "I'm gonna miss you Dad."
"I love you Daddy." Sammy whimpered out around broken sobs as he was hugged into Tony's chest.
"Semper Fi." Gibbs said stepping forward and saluted the body. Gibbs made a silent pact to protect those boys no matter what.
"We lost a great man and father this week. John Winchester will be greatly missed and now he is with his beloved Mary. Now join me in Prayer." Pastor Jim said bowed his head to begin the Lord's Prayer.
Finishing the prayer Jim announced, "Now for the ceremonial lighting of the pyre."
Stepping forward Tony, Caleb and Bobby brushed the snow off of John and lit the pyre watching the flames take off.
"NOOOO!" Dean screamed as he ran towards the flames and started to reach into them to put the flames out not feeling the burning sensation of the flames against his skin.
"DEAN!" Tony yelled quickly pulling his brother back to minimize the damage to his hands and arms. He was having a difficult time holding his brother as he continued to struggle and cry out for their long dead father.
"Tony? Dean?" Sammy asked coming up next to his brothers and provided just enough distraction for Dean to escape Tony's grip again and run towards the fire but was quickly scooped up in Gibbs's arms before he could have anymore damage inflicted on his body.
"I'm taking him inside." Gibbs yelled over his shoulder as he took the now limp body into the warmth of the house.
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