Coming Home Ch. 16
Disclaimer: See chapter one
Previously: "Yeah, just as soon as I give a statement to the police," John answered, as he noticed the men in blue approaching from the distance. If the police needed to talk to his children also, it could be done in the safety of their own home. Standing up, he traipsed over to meet the men halfway and talked with them for quite a few minutes before returning to his family. "Come on; let's get the hell out of here."
Leading his family out of the Mall, John's mind was awash with the events that happened over the course of the past thirty minutes or so. He visibly shuddered as he thought about the fact the he very well came close to losing his youngest again today, possibly both his boys. If he hadn't went into the bathroom when he did…well, he didn't want to even consider the outcome. So lost was he in his thoughts of what could have been that he failed to notice his physical reaction had been noticed by his children.
"Da-Mr. Winchester, are you o-okay?" Sammy inquired hesitantly as he looked up at the visibly shaken man. He wasn't sure what to call John after the incident in the mall. Maybe after causing such a mess, the Winchesters wouldn't want them anymore, and he wouldn't blame them if that turned out to be the case.
"Yeah, Tiger, I'm fine," John answered with a smile as he reached down to ruffle his youngest child's hair before lifting him into his arms and pulling him close. "You know, you can call me Daddy if you want too. I really like hearing it."
"C-Can De' call you Daddy too?" Sammy asked before nervously chewing on his bottom lip as he glanced at his older sibling. Yeah, he was still nearly scared out of his mind from the episode with Norman, but the Winchesters had made him feel safer than he ever thought he would feel with an adult when they held him tight after what had happened, and because of this, he needed some answers.
"Sure Bud, that would be awesome," John answered, making sure Dean saw the honesty of his answer in his eyes. More than anything he wanted to be acknowledged by his kids as their father.
"But w-what happens when we start calling you D-Daddy? Does that mean you'll start hu-hurting us like N- Nor-Norman did?" Sammy questioned a little fearfully. To him, the word 'Daddy' was usually associated with pain, and he would rather things stay the way they were with the Winchesters. At least he and his brother had a roof over their heads, and food in their stomachs, well…that is if they were still wanted.
Mary's heart nearly shattered as she listened to the words that Sammy was saying. Her little boy didn't know what it meant to have the love of a family and parents that truly cared about him.
"Hey Little Dude, you need to quit asking so many questions," Dean piped in as he noticed Mary flinch with his baby brother's latest words. He knew that Sammy was asking the questions because of nervousness, the way he always did when he was upset, but he also knew that the Winchesters were tense after what happened in the mall with Norman, and he was worried that his brother's incessant questions would make the Winchesters more upset than they already were and one of them would strike out at him or his younger sibling.
"S'okay Dean, uh, I mean David," John stammered, unsure of what name to use for his eldest. "I don't mind answering all of his questions.
Turning his attention back to the little one in his arms, John said, "To answer your question Kiddo, the answer is definitely not. Father's DO NOT hurt their children. They shower them with love and attention and provide for all of their needs. They play games with them and make sure that their children know they are the most important thing to them in the world."
"But I don't understand. If that's what a father does, then why did Norman always hurt me and De'?" Sammy inquired.
"Because he was not a real father," Mary answered quickly before John could reply. "He was a good for nothing bas…person who had no idea what it meant to love somebody with all of his heart. He was a monster who should have never been allowed to get close to you or any children for that matter."
"Your Mom's right, Sammy, Norman wasn't and never will be a real father. He never earned the right to be called Daddy and now he'll go to a place where he will never hurt you or anyone else again," John informed his son as they finally arrived back at the Impala.
"You promise Daddy?" Sammy asked as John opened the door and ushered his children inside.
"I promise Kiddo. You don't ever have to worry about him again," John replied as he opened the door for his wife so that Mary could ride shotgun in the front seat before walking around and getting in himself.
Waiting for the car to start up so that his voiced wouldn't be heard over the engine, Sammy immediately snuggled himself into his brother's side and asked, "De', do you think Daddy meant what he said, that he will never hurt us?"
"Yeah, I think so Tiger," Dean answered, even though he wasn't one hundred percent convinced yet. John and Mary had both gained huge points in his eyes with the way they had protected and calmed his baby brother, but he needed more time to know for sure. He couldn't help but worry that sooner or later, one of them would make a huge mistake and the Winchesters' true personas would come out. Wrapping an arm around Sammy's shoulder, he pulled his brother close in an effort to calm his own nerves.
~~Supernatural~~
"Okay, I think we have just about everything we need to have a solid case against the man who attacked your foster children this afternoon," Officer Mike Labinski informed John and Mary as he placed his notepad in his uniform pocket and rose to his feet after having talked with Dean and Sammy for approximately two hours. "Thank you for your time."
He had hated putting the boys, especially the small one, though the tough questioning so soon after the incident, but he wanted to make sure that no stone was left unturned, especially after learning that the man who had nearly kidnapped the boys was also the man who had raised and abused them for the last few years. If there was one thing he couldn't stand, it was a child abuser and the degenerate bastard deserved to rot in hell from what he had learned over the course of his questioning. He had started to make his way to the door when he was stopped in his tracks by Mary.
"Officer Labinski, I think there is something else you need to know, something that might weigh heavily with this case before you leave," Mary voiced quickly before the officer could leave. She wanted to get everything out in the open.
"I'm listening," Mike stated as he glanced curiously at the blonde haired woman. He was pretty sure he had covered everything with his questioning.
"I think you need to know that John and I believe that these two are not just our foster children, but that they are our children by blood also," Mary voiced as she grabbed John's hand and gave it a squeeze.
"Wh-what?" Mike inquired, total astonishment evident in his voice. He was just a rookie years ago, but he very well remembered the case of the Winchester children who had been kidnapped from the Mall. The detectives had followed many leads in trying to locate the boys, but the trail had gone cold on them a couple of years back. "What makes you think that?"
"I know it probably sounds stupid, but I felt in my heart from the moment I saw the boys that they could be Dean and Sammy. And then when we heard Joey refer to his big brother as De', it really got our suspicions going," Mary apprized the bewildered policeman.
"Then when we also overheard David/Dean refer to his baby brother as Sammy, it only confirmed our suspicions," John added as he pulled the boys close. "We believed it to be true, so much so that I secretly collected some samples of their hair and a few bristles from their toothbrushes to have a DNA test done on them."
"Huh?" Dean questioned warily as he swiveled around to look at John. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Because we didn't want to get your hopes up just in case things didn't work out the way we believe they will," Mary enlightened her eldest, hoping that the boy wouldn't be too upset with them.
"De' what's a DNA test?" Sammy asked as he gazed up at his big brother.
"It's a test they do with your hair that somehow shows who your real parents are," Dean answered, not going into the logistics since Sammy was way too young to understand about genetics. Hell, he barely understood it himself.
"Did the tests say who our really Mommy and Daddy is?" Sammy asked somewhat hopefully.
"Well, it takes a little while to do the tests Sport and we haven't gotten the results back yet," John answered as a knock was heard upon the door.
"Wonder who that could be?" Mary questioned as she watched her husband walk over to greet whoever was at their front door.
Pulling open the wooden door, John was surprised to see none other than Danny, his friend from the hospital who was handling the DNA tests for him.
"Danny? What brings you here? Please tell me you have the results of the DNA test," John pleaded, as he noticed the manila folder in his friend's hand.
"That's exactly why I'm here," Danny informed his friend, as he strode into the house, a little surprised to see the policeman standing there. "I knew you would want to hear the results as soon as I had them.
"And what do they say?" John queried anxiously as he grasped Mary's hand, desperately, yet almost afraid, to hear the answer.
"After thorough testing, I can tell you that…
TBC. Still interested?
Author's Note: Thanks so much for all the wonderful reviews you left me with the last chapter. Sorry I didn't get to all of them with a reply. I promise to do better with this chapter.
