The drive back to Bobby's was quick. They drove straight through the night and arrived at Bobby's right before the sun started coming up. Sam and Dani were in the back seat asleep, Dean was driving and Bobby was following closely behind in his old pickup truck. Once inside, everyone gathered around in the kitchen and Dani made coffee. The first pot made enough for everyone, but she decided to make a second just in case anyone wanted more. She thought about making breakfast, but decided that that was Hope's thing. She could cook, just not as well as Hope did.
Hope always took care of them and was very protective of all of them. Dani was equally as protective, but more of the boys than Hope. She felt a different connection with the boys. Hope had to grow up quick, so she matured faster, she was kind of like the mother if their little family. Dani wasn't sure if she truly loved to cook and clean, or if she just did it to keep everyone from killing each other over the messes they made. She never heard her complain so she assumed she enjoyed it.
"I'm going to go pick up some breakfast, I'll be right back," Dani said after finishing her coffee. Sam stood up and walked over to her.
"I'll come with you," he announced
"Uh, no that's okay," Dani said as nice as she could. Sam frowned. Dani quickly grabbed her wallet and walked out the door leaving a confused Dean and Bobby staring at Sam. Dani smiled as she got into the driver's seat of her baby. She loved her car. After leaving and hitting the road with the Winchesters and Hope she rarely got to use her car. The car roared to life and Dani revved the engine with a grin before pulling out of the lot.
Dani returned back to Singer Salvage about 30 minutes later with breakfast and Dani's Starbucks. Bobby was in his study with some books in front of him, Dean was laid out on the couch watching something on the TV and Sam was at the table with his laptop. They seemed careless, if only for the moment. Setting the bags of food on the table, Dani had already decided that she wasn't going to wait till later tonight to do this spell.
Bobby had found a demon summoning spell and she had all the ingredients she needed so she decided it was now or never. She walked out of the house taking her Starbucks coffee and bagel with her and towards Dean's car to get her bag with her belongings. She grabbed the extra set of candles in the trunk and made her way to the garage outside in the Singer lot. Taking everything out of her bag, she began to set everything on the old table with some car parts, setting things aside to make room.
She started lighting the candles when her phone vibrated. She wasn't going to answer it but she had a strange feeling. She sighed and pulled out her phone. The text was from an unknown number. She hesitated opening it, knowing it wasn't more important that getting this spell over with. She put the phone down on the table and started working on the devils trap when her phone vibrated again and this time she puts the spray paint can down and decided to read the text.
"You have 1 hour or she dies" the message was followed by an address. The second message read "58 minutes" and then the texts were followed by a photo. Dani dropped what she was doing and ran out of garage and straight inside the Singer home.
"We have to go, now!" Dani yelled and grabbed Sam's laptop. She typed in the address and found that the location was 45 minutes away. They could make it there in half that time if she didn't get pulled over. Sam and Dean stood up on their feet quickly and confused.
"What's going on?" Dean questioned.
"Grab your shit we don't have time! We're taking my car." She typed in the address on her phone and ran out to start her car. She had plenty of weapon in her trunk, from salt to saw-offs to shot guns. They had brought most of the weapons into the house to start cleaning them out so they didn't have time to pack everything back up. Another text, "55 minutes..."
The Winchester's got in to the car and Dani didn't waste any time pulling out of the lot. She shifted to third gear when Dean questioned what was going on. Dani didn't say anything, she just tossed Dean her phone. Dean read the texts out loud.
"Who is this?" Dean asked.
"I don't know, I got the text when I was working on summoning Hope."
"We don't know what to expect, we don't know who is waiting at the other end of this text," Sam concluded.
"Well that's why I have a loaded trunk, we will take everything I have and prepare for the worst," Dani replied as she finally got on to the highway. She was going as fast as her car would allow.
"It could be a trap..." Sam suggested.
"No way to tell. Call Bobby and tell him to meet us there," Dani interrupted. The address led them to a forest area, no other houses for miles. In the distance they could see a large farm house. She pulled over and they got their things together. They grabbed everything they could, Dani and Dean strapped on a thigh holster with miscellaneous items. Dani held a couple if needles of dead man's blood on hers, while Dean had a couple if silver knives.
Sam held a saw-off as well as various weapons. Dani slammed the trunk and shared a look with the boys. Dean was worried, he just wanted Hope back in his arms, back with them and safe. He didn't want to keep doing this, chasing her from state to state only to have her disappear continue to disappear. He's already lost her twice and he wasn't looking to lose her a third time.
When she wanted to go away to college out of the blue, he had been hurt. They spent a great summer together and the worst part was that she didn't even say anything from the beginning. She waited till the end of summer, the summer after Dani and Sam graduated high school and could finally join them on the road, and probably one of the best summer he's ever had until Hope told him she was leaving. He said many things he didn't mean and things got out of control. Then with his whole demon deal and him dying he thought he'd never see her again. But if promised himself if he ever did, he would never let her go again.
"Ready?" Dani asked and the brothers nodded. "Let's go get our girl." The trio headed towards the house and decided to split up. Dani went towards the front while the boys went around. Dani reached the door just as her phone vibrated for the 12th time tonight. She ignored it and walked straight in to the house. It was dark and it seemed abandoned but she knew better. She held her gun up in front of her and walked around cautiously. She walked past the living area and into the kitchen, no one, nothing.
There was a door across the kitchen. She opened it and it was a stair case that led down stairs. If this was a trap, she was playing right into it. She grabbed her flash light and began her descend down the stairs, slowly and carefully. When she reached the bottom she noticed it was very cluttered. Walking past some boxes, she flashed the light around looking for Hope and then across the room she saw her. She was tied to a chair, her head down, her chin pretty much touching her chest.
Her arms were down by her side covered in blood. She ran over to her and slipped, falling to the ground next to Hope. Looking down and holding the flash light down to the ground and noticed it was covered in crimson liquid, blood, and it was coming from Hope's arms. Now she was covered in blood. So much blood and quickly panic set in. Dani set the flash light facing the ceiling and began shaking Hope.
"Hope! Hey, you have to wake up Hope, Hope!" She began to worry, there was too much blood and Hope was pale. She grabbed the bandana from her jacket and tied up one of her wrists successfully, but she could already see the blood starting to soak through. She took off her jacket and her black T-shirt and used the shirt to tie her other arm.
"Hope, hey it's Dani, I need you to open your eyes!" Dani slipped on her jacket over the sports bra she was left in and looked for her phone in the pocket. She pressed 2 to speed dial Dean and he picked up on the second dial.
"I'm down stairs in the basement, Dean it's bad, Dean please hurry..."
"D..ni.." Dani dropped her phone. She looked up and Hope was looking at her. "It's.. trap.. Get out," Hope whispered. Dani went to grab the bloody gun she set on the ground, but it was too late. Dani was knocked back on to her back after being hit in the head. Her vision blurred for a second and she tried to figure out what was happening. Suddenly the lights turned on and she looked up to see about a half dozen people, all black eyes, demons. Dani cursed inwardly and heard banging coming from the door upstairs. Someone must have locked the door. One the demons, the one who was in charge she assumed grabbed her by the neck and held her in the air.
"Hey there, I've been wanting to meet you for a very long time. I just don't understand, what's so special about you?" Dani couldn't breathe, she tried to kick him off but he was stronger.
"Roe, the Winchesters are here, we don't have much time."
"You guys can handle that, I'll take care of pretty little half breed here. 12 seconds," he announced and then turned back to Dani who wasn't breathing anymore. He smiled and pulled out his knife.
"Well here's to you not saving the world and all that," he said as the door was finally broken down and he knew they would be down here any second. He looked down at the knife and then the unconscious girl he was holding by the throat and then shoved the knife in to her stomach and then again. He smirked as his eyes flashed black. He looked over at Hope and she returned his smirk before he tossed Dani to the wall and smoking out of his meat suit. The other 5 demons followed suit, leaving their meat suits to drop dead. Sam and Dean ran into the room slightly bloodied. The sight before them was gruesome, blood everywhere, two unconscious girls and 6 possibly dead bodies. Sam ran over to Dani and Dean to Hope.
"She's not breathing," Sam announced as he began compressions. Dean pulled out his phone and called Bobby. Sam was beginning to panic, Dani was covered in blood and not breathing. He could see the bruises forming on her neck and it made him angry. Sam continued compressions until he was finally able to get her to start breathing on her own, but that only solved one problem. Dani wailed out, her eyes wide open. She could breathe but everything was on fire.
Dani could breathe normal for about a minute before she started to struggle for breath again, it hurt to breathe and something didn't feel right. Dean untied Hope from the chair. He noticed that her arms were covered but there was blood everywhere. She was in her underwear and bruises laid all over her petite body. Dean cradled her face, trying to hold her up.
"Hey baby, hey it's me, open your eyes for me... Look at me Hope!" Dean's heart couldn't pound any faster. Both boys grabbed the girls and ran out of the barn just as Bobby was pulling in. Dean quickly explained what was happening and told Bobby about the other bodies in the basement. Bobby nodded and went to take care of everything while the boys got the girls in the car. Dean drove as fast as he could to the nearest hospital.
The waiting was the worst part, not knowing, the waiting. The waiting to know if the girls would be okay, waiting to know if they were even alive. Both brothers and Bobby stood in the waiting room. Dean was pacing and Sam sat with his face in his hands while Bobby watched them. The hospital wasn't particularly busy tonight, but that changed as soon as Hope & Dani arrived. It was almost four hour later when a doctor came to inform them of the girl's status.
"They're both stable. Mrs. Smith needed a blood transfusion and several stitches to both her arms, she also has several bruised ribs. Ms. Wesson's right lung was punctured from the stab allowing blood in to her lungs, we were able to drain the fluid and close up the puncture safely. The second wound missed anything major, she also has a minor concussion and extensive trauma to her throat, but we believe they will both be fine. They both had a guarding angel watching over them, a couple more minutes and well let's just thank God you were there. You can go in and see them."
"Thank you doctor," Sam replied with a sigh in relief. The brothers walked towards the girl's room, they were set in the same room with a partition between them. Both girls were pale. Hope had bandages around her wrists and was hooked to an IV. Dani had a wrap around her head and neck and she was terribly bruised.
Hope opened her eyes slowly, she looked around assessing her surroundings and adjusting to the light. She found Dean slumped in the chair next to her bed and she smiled. She could hear another heart monitor in the room and wondered if it was Dani. She closed her eyes for a second and took a deep breath, when she opened them she saw Dean staring at her.
"Hey," he whispered and leaned forward on his chair to be closer to her.
"Hi," she whispered back and smiled when Dean leaned over to kiss her head.
"I thought I was going to lose you."
"Nah, I'm not going anywhere," Hope replied. Dean leaned over to capture her lips needing to feel close to her. Hope returned the kiss, missing his lips just as much.
"When can we get out of here?" Hope asked.
"We're still waiting for Dani to wake up, and then once they give you your prescribed antibiotics and pain killers and give you a final once over we can go," Dean answered. Hope's eyes shifted to the partition, Dani was still alive, and they failed, again.
When Dani woke up she was confused. She blinked several times trying to adjust to the light in the room. She felt uncomfortable and there was something wrapped around her neck. She slowly reached up with her hand and found that she was wearing a cotton brace. No one was in the room, but she could hear talking on the other side of the partition. She tried to talk, but nothing came out. Her throat was on fire, it even hurt to swallow.
About 10 minutes passes before the door opened and Sam walked through holding two cups of coffee. Their eyes locked and Sam could tell she was scared and confused. He walked over to her and sat next to her bed holding her hand.
"You're okay, you're both fine," Sam informed her.
"Water," she managed to mouth. Her voice was small and raw. Sam reached over to the table where there was water left for her. Later that the afternoon they were checked again and prescribed their pain killers and then two days later they were released. She swallowed several times and tried her voice again. "HH—home," she barely whispered.
"As soon as the doctor give us the okay," Sam replied sitting down next to her and she groaned inwardly.
