Chapter Sixteen – Sin City
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Okay, lol, twos day late but almost getting back in the rhythm xD I'm sorry you guys 3 I hope I don't need to make a creative break tho, because it gets a little complicated and I want to be sure that I don't have to change something afterwards P: Enjoy :3
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"Emma!"
"What?"
"Where is the book about Demon attacks and their weaknesses, published 18th Century?"
"You put it under the table to find it again in case you are looking for it!"
Bobby paused. "Right." Emma rolled her eyes and continued cleaning the kitchen. Bobby was completely buried in his books and was into researching for the colt.
The girl looked at the clock and saw that the washing machine should be done, so she went downstairs. After a short while she came back up again. She concentrated on not loosing any laundry and ran right away into the doorframe. "Sonovabitch." She cursed and suddenly heard chuckling. She turned and saw into Sam's face, he smiled. Emma smiled back. "Welcome back." She said.
"I never knew you would become a desperate housewife when you are not hunting with us."
"Yeah, usually we just force the demons to do the work, but Bobby was busy with the colt." Emma stuck her tongue out. Then she went outside to hang up the laundry, Sam followed her.
"Didn't you help him?"
"He wouldn't let me first, I had to stay in bed forever long. And when I got up I was standing in a mess." Emma explained while she did the laundry. Sam started to help her and they two quietly did the work for a while, till they were almost done.
"So… Are you going to welcome Dean too?" He asked finally.
Emma didn't answer right away. "I will run into him eventually anyway."
"He never mentioned you. Did you guys have an argument?"
"You are impressing." Emma said quietly. Sam frowned. "I couldn't do that. I couldn't be with Dean every day, knowing that he will…" She couldn't finish the sentence.
Sam looked down. "We will find a way, I'm sure." Sam answered, but he sounded weak.
"I can't be with you guys anymore, I'm sorry. But knowing that Dean will die hurts too much." Emma turned around and wanted to leave, but Sam grabbed her hand and held her back.
"So you're letting us down?"
"That's unfair. You know that I wouldn't let you guys down." Emma fussed.
"But that's what you are doing… I know you want to help Dean as much as I do."
"Sam, please. You know it yourself, when we save Dean you will die. Either way there is a loser." Emma said and went inside, Sam followed her, but Emma went into the kitchen while Sam went to Bobby and Dean. Emma leaned with her back against the kitchen unit and sighed. Her stomach felt weird when she thought of that Dean was just some steps away. And next year? Next year he won't be just steps away, he would be gone. Emma closed her eyes. She didn't want to do this anymore. She didn't want to constantly losing someone she cared for. 'I could just make a deal, hah.' She thought bitter and opened her eyes.
Suddenly she heard the door closing. Confused she went into the living room where Bobby was staring at the pieces of the colt. "T- they are gone again?" She asked and tried to not sound upset.
"Mh- hm, got a case about some suicide." Emma resisted the urge to go to the window to look after the Impala. Now she really didn't see Dean anymore and she got angry at herself that she was too proud to go into the room, just welcoming him. One opportunity she had left out seeing him. "Going to run some tests. There is a list on the desk, please get me the stuff as soon as possible." Emma nodded, grabbed the list and was already gone.
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Emma cursed. Sometimes she wondered if Bobby just gave her tasks to tease her or to make her want to learn how to drive. Half of what was on the list was so special that she would need some days to get it if she would go by foot. And all of the sudden there it was again. The pulsing in her head and the headaches.
„Sam,lookout!" AndsuddenlytheguystabbedSam. „No!" Deanyelled.Thentheguyranaway.BobbyranafterhimwhileDeanslidtoSam.Emmacouldn'tdoanything,shestoodthere,frozen.ShesawDeantalkingtoSambutshecouldn'thearaword.Shecouldn'thearanything,itwasonlyastaticnoisethatcoveredherears.Shewasshakingalloverandslowlyslidontheground.ShestartedcryingandfinallyheardDeanalasttimeyellingSam'sname.
Emma started to breathe heavily. She tried to fight the tears, but they just started to run. "No... That's unfair…" She blubbered out. Suddenly Emma heard a thunder. Confused she looked up, but the sky was completely free from clouds. She frowned, wiped her tears and looked around.
"Now, now, who do we have here?" Emma turned around and saw some unknown eyes staring at her and a diabolic grin taunting her. "It's the cute little Emma. Running around without any protection." Emma surveyed the demon. The dark skin and the long, straight black hair wasn't anything suspicious, but Emma hesitated when she saw a single red tooth while the demon grinned.
"Excuse me, but my protection are these." Emma made a fist out her hands and stood there, ready to defend or attack.
The demon laughed out. "You think I'm going to attack you alone? I'm not stupid or suicidal." She said. "But it's good to know that you revealed your location. Thank you for making my job easier." The demon vanished. Emma started to shake a bit. Something inside her made her feel really uncomfortable. Emma decided to get back to Bobby to tell him. This meeting had been too strange to not mention it to her mentor.
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Emma had just sat down at the kitchen table when Bobby and a blond girl walked in. "Who is this?" The girl asked.
"I'm pretty sure it's my part to ask that." Emma said and looked suspiciously at the blond.
"Keep the catfight down, girls."
"She is a hunter, isn't she? I might just introduce myself." The eyes of the blond girl changed to black and Emma alarmed jumped up.
"What the-"
"It's okay, Ruby is going to help us. What are you doing here anyway?" Bobby wanted to know.
"I-" Emma hesitated.
"What? Is it a little hunter secret?" Ruby said taunting.
"Shut up." Emma hissed. "I'm going to get the stuff on your list."
"It's fine, you can stay, I don't need them anymore." Emma nodded but still left the house. With Bobby constantly working on the colt she was the only one who was left to fix the cars. It was probably the best to just forget about what happened earlier. It was no big deal anyway… was it? She decided to do some research herself when Bobby went to bed. This tooth was suspicious…
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Emma just headed back to the house when Bobby and the girl crossed her path. "I have to go, get some rest." Bobby said quickly, in his hand the fully intact colt.
"Yes, sir." Emma answered while Ruby glanced her shortly. She tried to ignore it, but it irked her a bit. She was especially angry, that Bobby was working together with a demon. But then again, Lenore was a nice vampire too… But this girl's snippy acting was just too demon-like. Emma arrived in the living room and went through the titles of some books. Where should she even start? Bobby was a master in research, which was the reason Emma never had to do research herself.
All she ever did was helping and even then Bobby gave her to books to look for certain details which usually were easy to find in the books. So that meant that it could take hours till she found anything useful. Emma sighed and randomly took a book.
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Emma's lids were really heavy and she could feel how she was about to fall asleep. No wonder, the sun slowly rose and it was approximately 6:30 am. Suddenly her phone rang. Confused from this and from not knowing where her phone was Emma jumped up, looking for it and hitting her foot on the table leg. "Sonova…" She finally found the phone and picked up. "Yes?"
"Everythingalright?" Bobby asked.
"Of course." Emma's heart started to beat real fast. She knew that Bobby couldn't know that she had been up all night, but she still felt guilty and also caught. Nervously she was wandering near the bookshelves while they talked. Suddenly a book fell behind her on the floor. Emma turned around and frowned. She could've sworn she didn't touch a thing…
"So,canyou?"
Emma seemed confused. "What?"
"Makedinnerforus.Areyouwithme?"
"Yes, sorry, I'm just a bit tired."
"Itwilltakeawhiletillweareback,sogonapabit."
"Mh-hm." She hung up and kneeled down to pick up the book. Her sight randomly skimmed over a page and she froze. The picture showed exactly the woman she met in the forest. 'Jiva is a so called demigod. The records only know of this one particular woman, others hadn't been spotted yet. Might be a higher class demigod. She can summon weak demons to make her follow. They do as she commands. Since centuries she is in search of powerful sources to gain more power herself. Not-ordinary powers are quickly spotted by her. She takes the life energy of young girls to regeneration her powers after long breaks.' Emma swallowed when she read the next sentence. 'Once chosen she doesn't let go until she captured what she wants.'
Emma meanwhile sat on the ground. She shook a bit. Especially when she discovered that a site was missing – the site she needed so she would know how to get rid of Jiva.
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Emma put one of her pigtails behind her. She knew she looked ridiculous but this way the chances were very small that a hair would fall into the food. She was almost done when she heard the door slamming. "Amazing in what trouble you guys actually can get. You should be glad we got the colt and knew where you were." Bobby said angrily. "At least Emma knows how to keep herself out of trouble." Emma heard her blood rushing in hear ears. Not only because she had hidden the book and was kind of worried Bobby would find that out and ask her what was going on, but also because she lied to him when he trusted her. She didn't move and focused on her cooking, while she heard Sam and Bobby talk.
"Pigtails?" Emma could literally hear Dean grinning. She didn't react, also not when Dean stood right next to her. "And an apron? You are killing me." The boy stood left to Emma and now put his hand on the kitchen unit right to her, not touching her, but surrounding her.
"What do you think you are doing?" Sam asked. Emma hesitated for a second, but then moved on. All though inside she had a storm going on. It was the first time seeing Sam after she watched him dying. She tried to hold back the urge to hug him and kept calm.
"Begging for self-cooked food." Dean answered and smirked.
"Get on the floor to beg." Emma commanded and looked over her shoulder. While Dean smiled, Sam frowned. Why did Emma suddenly act normal? "Food is ready in a minute. I think I got something for you." Emma handed Sam an article and started to fill the plates. As soon as she was done with one Dean snatched it and sat at the table.
"Hmm…" Was all Sam said when he finished reading the newspaper article.
"But I want to come with you." She added.
"You want to come with us?" Sam repeated in disbelief. Of course, just the last time they were here Emma couldn't be with them because she said that having Dean around her would hurt her too much.
"Mcool." Dean said, mouthful with food.
"Are you sure you want to come with us?" Emma balanced the other plates to the table and sat down, so did Sam.
"Yeah, it's my first werewolf, well possible werewolf, so that's going to be interesting." Emma was glad Bobby hadn't entered the room yet. Her lying skills were still horrible and Bobby would've known something was wrong right away. Sam froze for a second, thinking of his last case with a werewolf.
"But we wont just drive back. This is far away, so you have to stay with us for a while."
"Back to hunting? Very good, need her out of the house anyway." Bobby said, while he came into the kitchen, sat down and started to eat. With those words it was decided. Emma was glad about that. And while they ate a random, so ridiculous thought appeared to her. Just how they were sitting there someone who didn't know them would've thought a family was sitting here. Father, daughter and sons. Sometimes life was easier if you wouldn't know everything…
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Back to hunting little Ems ^_^ Thanks for reading, would like a comment if you got a minute :)