A/N- Here's another Chapter! I don't own Supernatural or Charmed, which I find very sad.
Chapter Seven
Two weeks later, they were outside a small town of Hibbing, Minnesota. Adora was sitting in a hotel room, reading the newspaper, looking to see if there was anything going on locally that they could help with. Sam was watching her wistfully, wondering when he was going to find the right time to tell her how he felt. Dean was out, getting lunch and they were waiting for him to get back.
"I think I found something," she said, startling Sam out of his pensive mood.
"What?" He asked.
"A man named Alvin Jenkins has been kidnapped," she said. "The only eye-witness was a boy named Evan Mckee, says he heard a monster outside of his house."
"A monster?" Sam asked, "Maybe we should check it out." Dean came in, carrying three bags and bottles of soda.
"Check what out?" He asked handing a bag to Sam and one to Adora.
"A man is missing and the only witness to his kidnapping says it was a monster." Adora said. Dean nodded and pulled his burger out. Sam rummaged in his bag and also pulled out a burger and frowned while Adora noticed her lunch was a salad.
"The hell?" Sam asked, looking at Dean, "why'd you get me a burger?" Dean looked up, confused.
"I didn't, Addie wanted a burger, I got you a salad." Sam looked over at Adora, who had already wolfed down half the salad. She swallowed.
"Sorry, I thought he forgot, and I was hungry. Wanna eat half my burger?" She offered, her blue eyes large. Sam shrugged, and ate exactly half of Adora's burger before moving over and trading with her. She leaned against him and finished the burger, not noticing Dean watching them with a smug look on his face. Sam looked over at his older brother and frowned, wondering what he was up to.
"So, this afternoon, we check for a pattern in the disappearances, and tomorrow we go talk to the kid." Dean said after he finished his burger. Adora nodded.
"I think we should go to the library, and look through the newspaper archives." Adora said, "there's only so much that can be done by computer." Sam grinned, knowing that Adora was just wanting to get out of the hotel for a while. Dean shot a knowing look at his brother and nodded.
"Okay then," he said. "You two go to the library and research, I'm gonna shower and catch up with you in an hour."
"Okay then," Adora echoed, getting up to go to the door. "Come on Sammy." Dean chuckled lowly watching them walk out the door.
Adora walked down the sidewalk with a happy step, struggling to contain her excited energy. She reached out and grabbed Sam's hand, mostly because she wanted to, but also because he tended to walk faster than she could. She didn't look at him at all so she couldn't see his blush, but she felt one spread over her face as she grinned to herself. She led the way into the library and back to the old periodicals, where they each took a stack of old newspapers to begin looking.
"It looks like one or two people go missing twice a year," she said to him, pointing out what she found. "The person is usually male, but sometimes a female will disappear as well, but that's usually only every twenty or so years."
"So we're looking for something that usually goes after men," Sam thought for a moment. "vengeance spirit?"
"That would only make sense if it only went after men," Adora pointed out. "I don't like these missing women, it seems like a breeding pattern."
"When did the last female disappear?"
"It looks like about twenty-five years ago," Adora said.
"So whatever is doing this is probably looking for a female to kidnap as well," Sam observed. Adora felt a shiver run up her spine, in fear for the woman who could be taken. Sam noticed and put his arm around her, misunderstanding why she shivered. "Don't worry, Dora. Nothing's gonna happen to you." She smiled at Sam, knowing that they would always protect her. Their little moment was ended, however, when Dean came in.
"You guys have been here for, like five hours." He observed,noticing the half hug Sam was giving her. "What have you found out?"
"What ever it is takes three of four men a year," Adora said. "But for some reason takes a woman ever twenty to thirty years." Dean raised an eyebrow.
"A mating cycle?" He asked.
"That's what Dora suggested, and it's been 25 years since the last woman was taken." Sam confirmed.
"Of course it has," Dean said. "Okay, since we know what we're hunting has a pattern, we can talk to the kid tomorrow to see if he saw what it was." Sam and Adora nodded their agreement.
"For now though, I'm starving." Adora said, "lets find a bar or something where we can get dinner and a drink or two."
"That's my girl," Dean smiled. They got up and left the library, driving to a bar on the opposite side of town from where they were staying. The night passed quickly and soon Adora was yawning and leaning on Sam for support as she literally could not keep her eyes open.
"I think it's time to go, Dean." Sam said, "Dora looks dead on her feet." Dean nodded.
"I'll meet you two at the car, but I gotta take a leak." Sam nodded his agreement and half carried Adora out to the Impala. They were standing there when he began to hear weird sounds. He looked around and saw nothing, but felt a sharp pain on the back of his head before everything went black.
The next thing he knew was waking up in a cage, with Adora curled up next to him. He groaned as his head was throbbing.
"Are you okay?" A male voice asked from a cage not too far from him. "You've been out for a few hours now. Same with the girl." Sam looked down, checking to make sure the things that kidnapped them hadn't harmed her. He sighed with relief when he saw no visible markings on her except a lump on the back of her head. He growled, vowing to make whatever hit her pay. His attention was turned back to the man in the cage.
"Are you Alvin Jenks?" He asked, not trying to wake Adora up.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" The man said.
"I'm a Private Investigator," Sam lied. "We started looking for you yesterday."
"Oh," Jenks said. "Do you think there's a way out of here?"
"Maybe," Sam said. "I need her to wake up first though."
"Then wake her up," the man said, impatiently.
"I can't she has a head wound," Sam said, with equal impatience. "If I were to wake her up, it would be bad."
"Bad for who?" Jenks asked and continued. "Who is she anyway? You're girlfriend?"
"No," Sam said, shaking his head. "She's my partner." Jenks shrugged his shoulders.
"Whatever, man." He said. "The way she's curled up to you suggests something different." Sam looked at the man and then back to Adora, she was looking pale. He hoped it was just a small bump on the head like his and that she would wake up soon. His silent prayers were answered when she gave a soft moan. She opened her eyes and looked at Sam, confusion evident.
"Sammy?" She asked. "Where are we? And why do I have the William Tell Overture pounding through my brain?"
"I don't know where we are, but your head hurts because someone hit you on the back of your head," Sam answered her. "Do you feel dizzy or anything?" She turned her thoughts inward for moment, assessing the damage.
"No, not dizzy." She said. "Just a little nauseous." Sam checked her over again, just to make sure she wasn't hurt.
"You don't have any broken bones, just a bump on the back of your head," Sam said, gently. The guy in the other cage snorted.
"Your boyfriend here says he can get us out of this," He said. "I don't see how, but if he can, maybe you can convince him to do it." Adora groaned slightly.
"Let me guess, this guy is Jenks?" She said.
"That's right, you're a private investigator too?" Jenks asked.
"Yeah, I am," she responded, raising her eyebrows at Sam, who shrugged. He looked around the cage, trying to see a way out, when he saw a cable hanging from a bracket. He jumped up and put his weight into it to have the bracket fall into their cage.
"What is it?" Jenks asked.
"A bracket." Sam responded.
"Whoo-hoo!" The man replied sarcastically. Sam was going to retort but a buzz came out and Jenks scooted back to the back of his cage. Sam moved protectively next to Adora. A man came in and put food in Jenks' cage before turning to the other two.
"You sure are pretty," the man said, leering at Adora. "We gonna have some fun with you later." Sam growled at the man.
"You will stay the fuck away from her," Sam threatened. "If you so much as touch her, I will kill you." He didn't need to add that Adora would kill them as well. She was cowering behind him, playing the part of the victim perfectly.
"We'll see, pretty-boy." The man said back to him. "You may be well out-of-the-way before we come for her." Adora tensed behind Sam, the threat on his life had been clear. The man walked out of what they could now tell was a barn. Sam turned his back on the man and looked at Adora.
"I can't believe that they're just people." He said to her. She couldn't believe it either.
"What else would they be?" Jenks grumbled, scarfing down his food.
"You don't wanna know," Adora said, grinning at Sam. Jenks just shrugged his shoulders, finishing his food. Suddenly they heard another buzz and Jenks' cage opened.
"It's a trap!" Sam said, looking at the other man. "Don't be stupid, just stay here and we'll find a way out of this." Jenks looked at him increduosly.
"I'll find my way to town, and send help for you." He said running out of the barn.
"Fool," Sam spat, sitting next to Adora. She looked at him.
"They want me," she said, sadly. "They're willing to kill you to get to me." Sam put his arm around her and pulled her close.
"No one is going to kill me, Dora." He told her, reassuringly. She let out a shaky sob, and they both flinched as they heard a scream in the distance.
"Well, it looks like they've killed Jenks." Adora said, softly. Sam ran his hand up and down her back in order to calm her down and she took a deep breath before turning to him. "I have something I want to tell you, especially since neither one of us knows if we're getting out of this alive." Sam made a noise, like he wanted to interrupt her, but she put her hand over his mouth, silencing him. "I know you probably don't feel the same way, but there's a reason I've never willingly kissed another guy." She moved her hand from his mouth, but he caught her wrist and she saw his eyes glint in the little light they had.
"Why?" He asked.
"It's because I've been in love with you my whole life." She said, looking at him with tears in her eyes. "I still love you. I can't let it go, it's as natural to me as breathing." Sam looked at her, astounded. He'd never in a thousand years imagine that she felt the same way. He didn't trust himself to speak, but thought he'd been quiet too long when he felt her pull her wrist out of his hand and start to sob quietly to herself. Taking a deep breath, he pulled her close to him and kissed her. She gasped into the kiss and he took advantage, slipping his tongue in between her lips and causing her to moan slightly as she leaned into his kiss. He moaned too, before breaking it off.
"I love you too, Dora." He said, softly. "I always have."
"But, what about-" Adora began, but Sam kissed her, cutting her off.
"I didn't love Jess, not the way I love you." He said, "my plan was to tell her that I needed to be with my family and that I couldn't be with her at Stanford anymore."
"You would have given up normal for me?" She asked him.
"You are my normal, Dora." Sam stated firmly. She smiled and kissed him again.
"I love you, Sam Winchester," she said.
"And I love you, Adora Winchester." He smiled at her. She snuggled up next to him for sleep. He wrapped his arm protectively around her.
"What do you think Dean, will say?" She asked him. He shrugged.
"Either congratulate me for finally letting you know, or punching me for waiting so long." He said.
"Zoe's gonna be excited, too." She said. "I think she might actually begin to like you."
"She means a lot to you, doesn't she?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, she's amazing." Adora said, "I didn't tell you everything about two years ago, Sam."
"What didn't you tell me?" He asked.
"I was depressed as hell when you left," Adora said. "Dad thought part of the reason I was having nightmares was because of my depression. He wanted me to have a friend that I could talk to about everything. So, of course I got permission to tell her our secret, as you know, and I of course told her all about you." Sam chuckled.
"No wonder she doesn't like me, I wouldn't like me either." Sam said, "but I did ask you to come with me."
"I couldn't leave Dean," she answered. "If we had both left, it would have crushed him. I couldn't do that to him." Sam realized she was right. Dean was completely devoted to his family. It was scary at times. As they talked, the sun came up and the day began to progress slowly. At what Sam figured was noon, their captors brought them food. This time, there were three of them. The same one who had been leering at Adora earlier made a snide comment about the two of them, earning a slap from another one, who sounded like an elderly man.
"You're gonna get your chance to protect your woman," the man said. "Just like all the others, but if you die, she's ours." The three left the barn and Sam held Adora comforting her.
"Dean will find us," Sam said. "And even if he doesn't, I'll protect you. I swear it. They will not harm you." Adora nodded.
"I know you will, Sam." She said, "I trust you." Sam's heart filled at her statement and he leaned down to kiss her.
"I love you so much," he said.
"I love you, too." She replied. Their conversation was cut short as the two younger ones came in, dragging another body. Sam was surprised to see it was a woman.
"What do you want her for?" He asked.
"Dumb bitch was nosing around here looking for you two." One of them said. "She's gonna get hers." The two laughed as they left the barn.
"Man," Adora said. "To quote Dean, demons I get. People are fucking crazy." Sam chuckled at her.
"I wonder if Dean actually went to the cops to help find us," He said.
"I don't know, but he's probably close by," Adora said. Sam smiled, like her he had complete faith in his older brother. They sat quietly for a while, waiting for the woman to wake up. Soon she groaned and opened her eyes. She looked around with large bemused eyes. Soon she saw Sam and Adora in the other cage.
"Are you Sam Winchester?" She asked. Sam nodded and she continued. "And you're Adora?"
"Yeah, I am." Adora said.
"Your cousin, George is looking for you." She said. Sam and Adora looked at each other.
"Where is he?" Sam asked.
"I handcuffed him to my cruiser," the woman said, with an embarrassed laugh.
"So he'll be here soon, then." Adora said, smiling. The woman looked at her strangely. Adora shrugged. "So what's your name?"
"Kathleen Hudak," she said. "I'm a Deputy for the town of Hibbing." Adora nodded. A noise from the back of the barn distracted all three of them. Adora tensed as Sam pushed her slightly behind him to protect her.
"Sammy?" Dean's hoarse voice called out in a rough whisper.
"Dean!" Sam called, "Over here!" The deputy rolled her eyes, not surprised at all that his name wasn't George. Dean came out of the darkness to the cage where Sam and Adora are.
"Damn good to see you're still alive, Sammy." Dean said, reaching through the bars to clap his brother on the shoulder. "Where's Addie?"
"Right here, Dean." Adora smiled at him. Dean breathed a sigh of relief that both of them were still in one piece. He then looked over at Kathleen.
"Are you okay, Deputy?" Dean asked her.
"I'm in one piece, George." She said, emphasizing the George part. Adora covered her cough with a sneeze. Dean looked slightly sheepish, but looked around.
"I'm gonna figure out how to get you guys out of here." He said, walking to the front of the cage, freezing when he saw the electronic lock. "This is gonna take a while."
"There's a switch in the box over there," Sam said. Dean flipped it, but it didn't work. He looked back at his brother with a 'What now Genius?' look on his face. "Dean, they're just people."
"And they knocked you out?" Dean shook his head, "getting slow there in your old age, kiddo."
"Shut up," Sam said, blushing. "I was holding Dora, remember she fell asleep?" Dean nodded, but couldn't resist further teasing his brother.
"Excuses, excuses." He tutted. "I'm gonna have to go find the key, which is probably in the house."
"Be careful," Adora said. Dean turned to flash her a cocky grin.
"Always, Addie. Take care of Sam until I get you out of there." He said, Adora blushed and Dean walked away with a smirk on his face. Sam hugged Adora close to him and kissed the top of her head. He truly thought he would never get used to being able to kiss her whenever he wanted now. She smiled up at him and sat down on the cot they were sharing to wait for Dean.
About a half hour later, they heard a noise at the door of the barn. The man who kept making disgusting remarks to Adora came in and unlocked their cage. Seeing he was armed, Sam picked up the bracket and threw it at his face, as the man went to block, Sam yanked the gun out of his hands and knocked him out with the butt of the gun. He grabbed Adora's hand and led her out of the cage. As he put the unconscious man in the cage, Adora unlocked the cage that Kathleen was in.
"Head out to the road and flag down help," she told the cop. "We will get these men in their own cages and be gone before you get back."
"Be careful, and thank you." Kathleen said.
"You're welcome, Kathleen." Adora said, "take care of yourself." Kathleen nodded and ran out of the barn to get out of there. Sam looked at her.
"We need to split up to take out the other guy," he said. "I'll go into the basement to see what I can find. You go to the hayloft." Adora knew he was basically telling her to hide, but she didn't argue with him. She ran to the hayloft, knocking something over on her way. Unfortunately, she heard the other young man following her. She could only hope the older one was following Sam and that Dean was okay. She tripped over something, falling face first onto a pile of hay, and the young man pinned her down. He turned her over so she could smell his rancid breath.
"Gonna have some fun with you," he grunted, his hands running down her sides. Every part of her body screamed at the unwanted contact. He leaned in and sniffed her, "so pretty." He murmured, trying to push his hands under her shirt. She brought her knee up sharply, crushing his balls. He grunted and she got up quickly. The man was beyond pissed and he hissed. "You little bitch. I'm gonna teach you some manners." Before he could stand up, Adora roundhouse kicked him in the head, knocking him out.
"Please don't touch me," she said, shaking. Sam came running up to see her standing over his unconscious body. He pulled her close to him and felt her shake a little as she took a deep breath. Then they dragged him back and locked him in a cage with his cokidnappers. They then ran out of the barn to find Dean running out of the house to them. He hugged Adora to him with a sigh of relief that they were okay.
"He said they were gonna kill you like animals," Dean explained. "I was worried." Adora smiled at her brother and looked at Sam, who was looking relieved that they had gotten out of that alive. Then Adora noticed a cut on Dean's side.
"What happened," she asked. Dean looked embarrassed.
"There was a 13-year-old girl in there," He explained, "she stabbed me."
"Getting snuck up on by a little girl, Dean?" Sam asked.
"Shut up, Sammy." Dean practically growled. Adora giggled.
"Getting slow in your old age?" She asked innocently,
"Shut up," Dean said. Adora exchanged a grin with Sam and grabbed his hand, interlacing their fingers.
"Where's the Impala?" Sam asked.
"At the police station in town." Dean said much their amusement. They started walking back to the town. Dean noticed them holding hands and smirked. "Something you two need to tell me?" Sam smiled and kissed Adora's hand.
"Nope," Adora said, smiling at her older brother. Sam and Adora smiled at each other and the three of them walked to town to get the car and head off for another adventure.