Two and a Half Men Part 2

Dean was trying to calm down Bobby John, who was crying loudly. There was a knock on the door.

"Manager!" someone yelled. "Everything okay in there?"

"Yeah, no, we're fine," Dean called back. "Thank you. Goodnight."

"There's been complaints." The manager replied. "Mind opening the door, sir?"

"It's not a good time," Dean pressed. "Just got out of the shower."

The doorknob rattled. Dean put Bobby John in the crib and stood to the side of the door. The door unlocked and the shapeshifter, disguised as a police officer, entered the room. Dean attacked him and they grappled. Dean was pushed back.

"Get out of the way." The shapeshifter growled.

"Yeah, that's not going to happen." Dean glared.

"That child should be with his father."

"Wow, I gotta be honest," Dean replied. "I'm not really seeing the family resemblance."

"I'm not just talking about me." The shapeshifter replied. "I'm talking about our father."

The shapeshifter moved to attack, and Dean punched him and slashed him across the face with a silver knife. They continued to fight, and Dean was thrown back on the ground. Sam and Angela entered the room, and Sam shot the shapeshifter through the heart, killing him.

"Well, there goes our deposit," Dean sighed.

~/~\~

Sam was driving. Dean sat next to him in the passenger seat. Angela sat in the backseat next to Bobby John, who was sleeping.

"You know, it's pretty smart, actually," Sam commented. "I mean, shifter poses as a guard for the security company to get near the house. Then it scopes out the fam."

"Yeah, and then daddy takes off, and shifter becomes the daddy," Dean replied. "A few glasses of wine, shakes momma's trees, comes back in nine months to collect its prize."

"I didn't even know they had babies." Angela cut in. "I thought they were just freaks of nature."

"You learn something new every day, huh?" Dean added.

"I've never seen a baby monster before," Sam said.

"Of course, it's not really a monster," Dean argued. "I mean, it's still just a baby. It's not its fault its dad's a shifter."

"Right, but it's a shifter, too," Sam replied obviously.

"Still doesn't change the fact that we've got to look after this thing," Angela replied. "I mean, what the hell are we going to do with it?"

"We can't actually drop it off at an orphanage," Dean added. "They might get upset when it turns Asian."

"Samuel," Sam said.

"What?" Dean asked.

"Samuel," Sam repeated. "He'll know what to do."

"You want to bring it to a bunch of hunters?" Angela raised a brow.

"Not just hunters," Sam replied. "They're family."

"We don't know them," Angela argued.

"I do," Sam replied. "Not every hunter is a head case. Besides, can either of you pitch a better idea?"

Dean and Angela stayed silent.

"Great!" Sam exclaimed. "Samuel, it is."

~/~\~

Sam, Dean, Angela, and Bobby John drove through a guarded gate into the Campbell's compound.

~/~\~

Dean was holding Bobby John and Angela stood next to him. Christian walked past. Gwen approached Dean and stroked Bobby John.

"Well, aren't you just the best disguise a monster ever wore?" she asked. She looked up to see Dean glaring at her. "I'm kidding, Dean. Relax."

Mark approached Dean.

"What, you got something to say?" Dean raised a brow. "No? Alright, well, you stand there and think at me."

Sam and Samuel entered the room.

"What's our next move?" Sam asked.

"I got a couple ideas," Samuel replied. "Dean, let me see the little guy."

"That's alright, I got him," Dean said protectively.

"What do you think I'm going to do?" Samuel asked.

"You really don't want us to answer that question." Angela sassed.

"Well, I'm curious." Christian piped up. "Who exactly do you think we are?"

"Hunters," Dean replied.

"Funny, here I've been thinking we're family," Christian replied.

"Hey, let's not get worked up." Sam cut in.

"Yeah, yeah, let's not," Christian muttered.

"Here, it's fine. Let me take him." Sam said. "It's okay." He added, taking Bobby John. He then passed him to Samuel.

"Hey there." Samuel smiled. "You're a big fella, aren't ya? Yeah. I haven't held one of these in a long time." He added. "Your mom was the tiniest. She was as bald as a cue ball."

"Alright, so what the hell are we going to do with him?" Dean asked.

"Raise him," Samuel replied.

"Raise him?" Angela repeated, raising a brow.

"What, you've got another suggestion?" Samuel asked.

"But…" Angela started.

"It's dangerous out there for him, Angela," Samuel said.

"And what about in here?" Dean asked. "What are we gonna—study him? Poke at him?"

"Your mind goes straight to torture, Dean." Christian cut in. "Don't assume that for everyone."

Dean squared his shoulders defensively. "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Christian shrugged. "Sorry, I heard about what you majored in down in the pit."

"The hell is your problem, man?!" Dean snapped.

"You're starting to become a pain in my ass," Christian replied.

"Christian, take it easy, man," Sam said. "He's my brother."

"We all done bristling up here, or what?" Samuel asked. "Nobody's doing anything to him. When he's old enough, we throw it to him. He wants to volunteer to help out, that's fine."

"Could be great," Mark spoke up.

"How?" Angela asked.

"Think of the kind of hunter he'll grow up to be," Mark said.

Angela glared. "You all are joking, right?" she asked. "I mean, come on! You can't 'Angelina Jolie' a shapeshifter. Give me the baby."

"Why can't you and Dean give me an inch of trust?" Sam looked at her.

"Maybe because you two are suddenly back from the dead, and Dean and I seem to be the only ones who want to know how the hell it happened!" she yelled.

"You're not the only ones who want to know," Sam assured.

"What she's saying is, there's just a little too much mystery with this family for us to get comfy," Dean said.

"Then don't!" Samuel replied. "But don't put it on us. All we're trying to do is invite you guys in," he added. "Christian?"

"Yeah?" Christian replied.

"You and Arlene, still no luck on the baby front?" Samuel asked.

"Not yet, no." Christian shrugged.

"But you want one?"

"Yeah, we do." Christian nodded.

"Wait, hold on," Dean said.

"It's okay, Dean. It's alright." Samuel said as he handed Bobby John to Christian. "Congrats. It's a boy, sometimes."

Christian laughed as he looked at Bobby John. "The crap I do for this family."

"You're kidding me, right?" Dean glared.

"Go to hell, Dean," Christian said, still looking at Bobby John.

"Well, you have no business raising anything," Dean commented.

"Why, Dean?" Sam asked. "Because he's a hunter?"

Suddenly there were dogs barking outside.

"Check the back door," Samuel commanded.

Christian handed Bobby John back to Samuel, and Samuel passed him to Dean.

"Downstairs, panic room." Samuel continued. "He'll be safe there. Go. Forget it, go! Now!"

Dean, Sam, and Angela left for the panic room with Bobby John. Gwen, Christian, Mark, and Samuel got weapons ready and aimed them at the door as it was kicked down as a shapeshifter disguised as Samuel.

"You have something of ours." The shapeshifter said."

~/~\~

Dean, Sam, and Angela paced. Dean held Bobby John.

"Come on, Bobby John," Dean whispered. "You have got to keep quiet."

They heard gunfire coming from upstairs.

"It doesn't sound good up there…" Angela said.

"Alright, I'm going to go up," Sam replied. "You two stay here with the baby."

Sam went to the door and saw the shapeshifter, now disguised as Sam, in the window. Sam pulled out his knife, and the shapeshifter tore the panic room door off its hinges. The shapeshifter quickly overpowered Sam and approached Dean, Angela, and Bobby John. As it neared, it shifted into Dean without shedding its skin.

"What the hell…" Angela muttered.

"Give me the baby." The shapeshifter demanded.

"No way in hell," Dean growled.

The shapeshifter grabbed Angela and threw her across the room. He then grabbed Dean by the neck and raised him up the wall. He took Bobby John and choked Dean before letting him fall to the floor. The shapeshifter walked out of the panic room with Bobby John still disguised as Dean.

~/~\~

Sam and Samuel talked while Christian and Gwen cleaned up after the attack. Dean and Angela approached Sam and Samuel.

"Well, I'm pretty sure it's not a myth now," Samuel said.

"Yeah." Sam agreed.

"What the hell was that thing?" Angela asked.

"We think it may have been an Alpha," Samuel answered.

"An Alpha, like?" Dean raised a brow.

"Like all monsters come from somewhere, right?" Samuel replied.

"And you think that this one—

"The king shapeshifter." Samuel nodded. "First one who spawned all the others—there's tons of lore about it."

"The first one?" Angela asked, her brows furrowing.

"That's why it was so strong, and why nothing we had stopped it," Sam explained.

"And he said that he could find the baby anywhere," Samuel added. "That he could feel it like there's a connection. That's in the lore, too."

"What the hell does it want with babies, anyway?" Angela asked.

"A softball team?" Samuel shrugged. "I got no clue."

"Great, well then how do we kill it?" Dean asked.

"I don't know if we can." Samuel sighed.

~/~\~

Dean, Sam, and Angela walked out of the compound together.

"You know, it's funny," Dean commented.

"What's that?" Sam asked.

"You know, just before you ganked that shifter in the motel, he mentioned a father…" Dean trailed off.

"Which makes sense now because he meant the Alpha," Angela added.

"Huh." Sam nodded. "Yeah, I guess so."

"Did you hear him say that?" Dean asked.

"Uh, I don't know." Sam lied. "Kind of a hot moment, you know? Why?"

"Well, because if you heard him, then you knew the Alpha was out there," Angela commented.

"Okay." Sam shrugged.

"And if you knew the Alpha was out there then you knew he might come after the baby." She added. "In which case, you were using the baby as bait."

"Was that the plan, Sammy?" Dean asked. "To use the baby as bait?"

"Of course not." Sam denied. "I just thought Samuel's was the safest place. That's all."

"Right, of course," Dean said, unconvinced.

Sam got in the car. Dean and Angela shared a looked before they also got into the car.

~/~\~

Sam dropped Dean and Angela off at Dean's house before speeding off.

"Hey, Dean?" Angela stopped him. "Can we talk real quick?"

Dean stopped and nodded. "Sure, what's up kiddo?"

She shifted slightly and looked up at him. "Something's wrong with Sam. I mean, first, he tells me that he just… doesn't want to be in a relationship with me anymore, and then the whole thing with the baby…"

"He said he didn't want to be with you?" Dean frowned.

Angela shrugged. "Yeah. I don't know, he said he didn't want to jump back into it." she replied. "But he's seemed kinda...cold lately, y'know?"

Dean sighed. "Come inside, grab a drink. You can stay in the guest room and we'll talk more about it later, okay?"

~/~\~

Lisa dried dishes in the kitchen. Dean and Angela entered. Angela headed upstairs.

"Hey." Lisa smiled. "Was that Angela who just came in?"

"Yeah. She uh, she's gonna stay in the guest room tonight." He replied. "Hey, where's Ben?"

Lisa nodded. "Hope everything's okay. And he's on a bike ride." She replied. "What?" she looked up at him.

"I don't know what to do here, Lis," Dean admitted. "I mean, if I knew for sure what the safest thing was, then I'd do it. Stay here and look after you guys and get as far away as I possibly can, but I don't know." He explained. "And I get what I've been doing lately, you know, what with the yelling and the acting like a prison guard. It's just, that's not me. You tell yourself you're not gonna be something, you know? But my dad was exactly like this. All the time. It's scaring the hell out of me."

"Dean, can I be honest?" Lisa replied. "Maybe we're safer with you here, maybe gone. I don't know." She admitted. "The one thing I do know is that you're not a construction worker. And Angela's not a waitress. You two are hunters. And now you know Sam's out there, things are different." She said. "You don't want to be here, Dean."

"Yeah, I do," Dean assured sincerely.

"Okay." Lisa nodded. "Okay, but you also want to be there. I get it. You're white-knuckling it living like this. Like what you are is some bad, awful thing. But you're not. But I'm not going to have this discussion every time you leave. And this is just going to keep happening, so I need you to go. Angela too."

"I can't just lose you and Ben." Dean shook his head.

"That's not what I'm saying," Lisa assured.

"You're saying hit the road," Dean replied, defeated.

"Dean, if there's some rule that says this all has to be either/or, how about we break it?" Lisa smiled. "Me and Ben will be here, and you come when you can. Just come in one piece, okay?"

"You really think we can pull something like that off?" Dean asked.

"It's worth a shot, right?" Lisa murmured.

~/~\~

Dean pulled the tarp off the Impala. Angela stood next to him and they both smiled.

A/N: Hey guys! I hope you enjoy the chapter! I loved writing the last one because we really got to see Angela's motherly instincts. Also, we're starting to see Angela really get suspicious. Love y'all. Don't forget to review!

~Emily