Jefferson City, Missouri
They parked the Impala by the river and began discussing the plan. Dean loaded his gun. Kat took her old red lipstick from her pocket.
"You've been quiet" Sam told Dean.
"Just gettin' ready"
"He's gonna be fine, Dean" Kat told him as she copied a diagram from the book Bobby had gave them onto the trunk of the car.
"Babe, what are you drawin' on my car?" He placed his hand on her back.
"It's called a devil's trap. Demons can't get through it or inside it"
"So?" he asked her.
"It basically turns the trunk into a lockbox" She began to draw another on the other side.
"So?" Dean asked again, she sighed..
"So, we have a place to hide the Colt while we go get John"
"What are you talkin' about? We're bringin' the Colt with us" Dean told them both.
"What?" Kat shook her head.
"We can't, Dean. We've only got three bullets left. We can't just use 'em on any demon. We've got to use 'em on the demon" Sam told him.
"No, we have to save Dad, Sam, okay? We're gonna need all the help we can get" He looked over at Kat for back up but she turned away and placed her flask in the compartment of the backseat door.
"Dean, you know how pissed Dad would be if we used all the bullets? Dean, he wouldn't want us to bring the gun"
"I don't care, Sam! I don't care what Dad wants, okay? And since when do you care what Dad wants?
"We want to kill this demon. You used to want that, too! Hell, you're the one who came and got me at school! You're the one who dragged me back into this, Dean! I'm just tryin' to finish it!" Sam shouted.
"... Well, you and Dad are a lot more alike than I thought, you know that? You both can't wait to sacrifice yourself for this thing. But you know what? I'm gonna be the one to bury you. You're selfish, you know that? You don't care about anything but revenge" Kat sighed, she began retrieving various items from the trunk.
"That's not true, Dean. I want Dad back. But they are expecting us to bring this gun. They get the gun, they will kill us all. That Colt is our only leverage, and you know it, Dean. We cannot bring that gun. We can't" Sam put his foot down.
"Fine" Dean sounded like a school boy who had been told off.
"I'm serious, Dean" Sam warned him.
"I said "fine", Sam" He took the Colt out of his coat pocket, showed it to Sam, and placed it in the open trunk. Kat slammed it shut.
They began to walk in silence. They reached a few trees and hid behind them.
"Hey, guys. I think I know what Meg meant by "Sunrise" Kat gestured across the street, to an apartment complex called Sunrise Apartments.
"Son of a bitch. That's pretty smart. I mean, if these demons can possess people, they can possess almost anybody inside" Dean announced.
"Yeah. And make anybody attack us" Sam sighed.
"And so we can't kill them, a building full of human shields" Kat shook her head.
"They probably know exactly what we look like, too. And they can look like anybody" Kat considered Sam's words.
"This sucks out loud" Dean sulked.
"Yeah, tell me about it. All right, so, how the hell are we gonna get in?" Sam asked Kat.
"They know what you look like, they don't know who I am, and even if they did they won't expect me to be juiced up on blood" Kat smiled.
"Kat I don't know about this" Dean began.
"I'll pull the fire alarm. Get out all the civilians" She told him with confidence.
"Okay. But then the city responds in, what, seven minutes?" Sam asked.
"Seven minutes, exactly" Dean told him.
"Well it's a good job I'm fast then isn't it"
Kat entered the building and looked around. Once she was sure no one was around she pulled the fire alarm.
The civilians began to evacuate the building. Dean walked up to a fireman.
"Hey, what's happening? Is there a fire?" He asked.
"We're figuring that out right now, sir. Just stay back" The man told him.
"Well, I got a Yorkie upstairs, and he pees when he's nervous" While Dean was talking to the fireman, Sam snuck around to one of the fire trucks and picked the lock on the door.
Kat closed her eyes and concentrated, the building was silent except the sound of someone moving around in the apartment a floor up. She ran, so quickly no human would be able to see her. She knocked the door.
"This is the fire department, we need you to evacuate!" She heard the door unlocking. A woman with jet black eyes stood in front of her, She holds out her hand to Kat but nothing happened.
"Sorry bitch that trick just doesn't work on a freak like me" Her eyes shone red, her fangs extended , she hissed at the demons and lunged forward.
Sam and Dean came running in the room in fire fighters uniforms. Kat was holding the cupboard door shut with one hand and attempting to open a salt container with the other. The demons were shouting and screaming, banging on the door attempting to get free but Kat held it as if nothing was happening.
"Don't you two look hot in your uniforms?" She threw the salt to Sam and he poured a line across the bottom of the door. Kat let go. She closed her eyes and opened them again; they had returned to normal.
"Wow, that took some energy I can tell you that" She slid down the wall.
"Where's Dad?" Dean looked around the room. Kat pointed to the bedroom door.
"Dad?" He checked to see if John was still alive. "He's still breathing" Dean shook him. "Dad, wake up. Dad!" Dean took out a knife and was about to cut his ropes when Sam came in propping up Kat.
"Wait, wait" Sam placed Kat on the empty bed.
"What?" Dean asked.
"He could be possessed for all we know"
"Something's wrong I, I can't feel it" Kat told them both.
"Dean, we've got to be sure" Sam took out a bottle of holy water and poured some on John. He woke up.
" Sam? Why are you splashin' water on me?" Sam smiled, relieved.
"Dad, you okay?" Dean smiled brightly.
" They've been druggin' me" He sighed, "Where's the Colt?"
"Don't ask about your children's wellbeing first whatever you do" Kat whispered to herself.
"Don't worry, Dad. It's safe"
" Good, boys. Good, boys"
"We need to get out of here Dean" Kat announced.
"What's wrong? Are you ok?" John asked as Dean helped him to his feet.
"Took on the two demons that were holding you hostage, put them in the cupboard" She smiled.
"Kat you don't look so good" He told her.
"I'm fine just a little too much for me, that's all" She attempted to stand up, a bit wobbly but she managed it.
"You sure babe?" Dean placed his hands on her hip. "I can go and get your flask if you need it"
"I'll be fine, let's just get back to the car"
The brothers walked to the door of the apartment, with John over their shoulders. Two possessed men came bursting through the door.
" Go! Go!" Sam shouted.
" Back, back!" They rushed back into the bedroom and locked the door behind them. An axe came through the door.
"Go through the window now!" Kat shouted. "I'll hold them off"
"Kat no!" Dean begged her.
"Go!" She picked up the salt and drew a line in front of the door. She turns back, the Winchesters were still there. "Go!" The obeyed and begin to climb down to the side walk. Kat opened the door, she ran as fast as she could, appearing as a blur to the men. She drew a tight circle of salt around them.
"Later boys" She began to walk to the elevator.
She stumbled out of the building. Dean flew across the parking lot and into the windshield of a parked car. A man was punching Sam in the face, again and again as he lay on the ground. Kat had no energy left, she had no other choice, the Cult was lying next to the car Dean had just been thrown into and shot the man in the head. Dean got up, dazed and ran over to Sam. he helped him up.
"Come on. Come on, we've got to get out of here"