"I see you found your way home." A deep voice came from behind me. I turned quickly to see Castiel standing behind me.
"Castiel." I said looking at him in confusion. " What the hell?" I asked.
"I'm sorry. I really didn't mean for this. But when I transported Dean here, your ability must have locked on and sent you here as well." he sighed.
"Wait what? you sent Dean back to 1973 and I just happened to tag along?" I asked shaking my head. "Where is Dean?" I asked.
"Not sure. I spoke with him a while ago but then I noticed you running from the park." He answered. "But I'm sure you will find him."
"Why did you send him back here anyway?"
"He needs to stop it." Was all Castiel said.
"Stop what?" I asked and then he disappeared. "Okay getting really tired of that!" I called out to no one."
"um... you okay miss?" another voice made me turn around. I wanted to cry as soon as I saw the young man I only saw in pictures. "Dad" my mind clicked and I just stared at him. He was thin, dark shaggy brown hair and the same eyes as me. He looked concerned.
"Umm..." I started as he waited for answer. "still trying to figure that out." I laughed nervously.
"You look like you've just seen a ghost? Not to mention you were just shouting at thin air." He smiled. "Do you need to call someone?" he asked.
"No one to call..." I said as I just looked him up and down. He was younger and not what I pictured but he was my dad. A smile came to my face.
"Oh come on you must have someone. Mom, or dad?" he asked.
"Dead." Was all I could say.
"Oh... Jez I'm sorry." he said. " I didn't catch your name." He asked.
"It's Clara." I smiled.
"huh... funny." he said. "My girlfriend and I after we get married that's what we planned on naming our daughter. I'm David by the way."
"Your girlfriend?" I asked realizing that she would be my mom. "Hey I know I must seem crazy to you but can I ask you something?"
"Yeah sure..." my father asked looking confused.
"Does she make you happy?"
"What?" He asked seeming a bit off put by my random question.
"Your girlfriend, she make you happy?" I asked with big eyes.
"Why else would I be marrying her?" David laughed. I smiled and I couldn't help it. I just reached out and hugged him tightly. He seemed a big awkward but I hugged him any way. When I pulled away he looked confused.
" I gotta go but David can you do me a favour?" I asked knowing no matter what I said he wouldn't take me seriously. "Don't have another kid. Trust me you'll be happy with one." I smiled and then started to back away. "oh and one more thing. Can you tell me where I could find a John Winchester?" I asked.
"John? Yeah he lives just a few houses over. Number is 45." He said looking at me even more confused.
"Thank you." I took one last look at my young dad and sighed when I had to run away. I didn't want to leave but I needed to find Dean and I can almost guarantee he found his father first. I ran down the street and stopped at the small house number 45. I knocked on the door but no answer. Then I heard the rumble of an engine. I walked back down the path and saw the Impala pull up.
"Clara?" John's voice came when he opened the door. He was the man I asked what year it was in the park.
"You're John Winchester?" I asked with a laugh.
"last time I checked... what are you doing here? How do you know my name?" He asked.
"Um earlier did you come across a guy. Same height as you, sandy brown hair bright green eyes... His name's Dean."
"Yeah he was kinda following me around. Convinced me to buy this last night actually." John smiled. I smirked a bit. "In fact he was the other person who asked me where he was. Why?"
"Do you know where he is at all?" I asked with a sigh.
"No I don't... You know him?" John asked.
"Yeah." I smiled.
"He your boyfriend or something?" John asked looking at me oddly again.
"or something." I smiled a bit.
"Really? He seems kinda... Not your type." John said.
I laughed. "Oh trust me... that's not true. You don't exactly know me..." I smiled. 'yet.' my mind finished
"True." John said. "You still seem a bit off his range. Is it the male model look?" He asked.
"What?" I laughed.
"Dean he looks like he belongs on a cover of a magazine... the whole perfect hair and what not." John laughed.
I laughed. It was funny listening to John make fun of his eldest son, but it was also kind sad. "It's more than that. He's a good guy." I smiled.
"I guess we can't help who we love right." John shrugged as he walked past me. That's when it hit me. Mary! If Dean would find anyone after his dad it would be his mother.
I didn't even answer John I just took off. I was looking for the nearest phone booth. When I found one that had a phonebook inside I searched Mary Campbell. Of course there was no one under the name Mary but there was a S&D Campbell so I thought that was my best bet. I took off to the address listed with the number and when I got there it seemed there was no one inside. I stood on the side-walk for a minute before two vehicles drove up.
An older man and a young blonde got out first. Then the other got out. I smiled as soon as I saw Dean and he smiled as soon as he saw me. "Where in the world have you been?" I laughed and walked quickly to him. The other two watched me walk by them. As soon as I got close enough Dean reached out and grabbed me. He pulled me in and hugged me tightly.
"Wait how?" he asked pulling away quickly. Before I could answer someone cleared their throat and I turned quickly. The older man had his arms crossed as he looked down at me.
"Who's she?" he asked rudely.
"Dad." The blonde cut in rolling her eyes. She looked over and smiled at me.
"Sorry, Samuel, Mary this is Clara." Dean said introducing us.
"Hi." I smiled at them. Mary smiled brightly at me while her father just looked down at me.
"Again who is she?" He asked.
"Actually..." Dean smiled looking at me. " She can help us."
"I can?" I asked.
"You're a hunter too?" Mary stepped in looking amazed.
I looked up at Dean and he just smiled at Mary. I couldn't believe Mary Winchester was a hunter before John. "Yeah." I shrugged.
Mary smiled at me and stepped forward and linked her arm with mine. She started walking and I followed. I looked back and Dean smiled looking at the two of us. "Wait." Samuel spoke up. "No way she's a hunter."
"And why not?" I turned around quickly putting my hands on my hips.
Samuel walked up and started pacing around me looking up and down. "It's in the way you walk, and you dress." he raised an eyebrow. "Scar on your face, looks more of a birth mark, but show it off like it's a battle wound, and your voice is to... sweet." He said.
I started to laugh. " Sweet?" I asked looking over at him. "You know nothing about me." I said stepping up to him and staring him in the eyes. "I've been bitten, scratched, shot, stabbed, burned and chewed on more times than you can count." I said. "And I guess it's the two years I spend as an FBI agent that makes me walk straight but don't you dare perceive to know anything about me." I smiled.
Samuel didn't back off. " Dad lay off would you." Mary stepped between us.
She grabbed my arm and started to walk away. "Oh and it's not a birthmark." I said before turning my head. "Hellhound actually." I said and Samuel's eyes grew a bit and then I turned away as Mary led me inside the house.
"I'm real sorry about that..." She sighed. "My dad doesn't trust other hunters." he sighed as she opened the door and let me in. "Your like the first hunter I met my age who wasn't a guy." She said leading me into the kitchen. "We are kinda a dying breed." She smiled. Dean and Samuel walked into shortly after.
"So what can I help with?" I asked turning to Dean who looked a bit shaken. He grabbed a map and threw it on the table along with John's journal. He was looking at the map and didn't answer me. "Dean?" I asked.
"Yellow eyes." Was all he said. I looked up at him with big eyes and I nodded.
"Wait just hold on. Why don't we just talk this through." Samuel said as Mary sat next to me.
"There's nothing to talk about." Dean said back.
"Except you're talking about a demon, but none of us has ever heard of a demon with yellow-eyes." Samuel said looking at Dean trying to get him to calm down.
"Well I have." Dean stood up straight. He looked over at me with a sigh. " This thing killed my family." He said looking over at Samuel. "And tried to kill others I care about. Came pretty damn close too."
"Just calm down Son." Samuel said.
"You don't get it do you?" Dean shook his head.
"Get what?" Mary asked.
"We are all in danger, you're in danger..." I added and Mary looked confused.
"In fact you need to get somewhere safe." Dean continued.
"Not until we know what we're dealing with. " Samuel said.
"Sam's right Dean, it could be a demon, or shifter." Mary's mother said coming from the kitchen.
"A shifter? That would be a freaking good thing." I said standing up and standing next to Dean.
"Look it could be.."
"I know what this thing is." Dean interrupted her. "And I'm gonna kill it. And that's all the talking I need to do." Dean said and looked back at the map.
"You're gonna kill a demon?" Samuel asked sounding impressed and unconvinced. "how?"
"It ain't easy but why not?" I smiled and Dean looked over at me. He looked happy I wasn't questioning everything like Samuel. "So Elkins?" I asked.
"Yupp." He smiled. He looked over at Samuel who was waiting for the explanation. " There's a hunter. Daniel Elkins. In Colorado, he has the Colt."
"Yeah I've heard the colt. Used to tell it to Mary as a bedtime story."
"Hell of a bedtime story." I narrowed my eyes and shook my head.
"Well it's real." Dean said.
Samuel looked to his wife. That's when I noticed Mary had slipped away. "Okay say that it is real. You got a crystal ball telling you where this demons gonna be?" He asked.
"Something like that." Dean smiled reaching for John's journal. I wasn't really paying attention to the next things that were said. It was just more of Samuel not believing Dean. My eyes just focused on the list Dean had pulled from the journal. "I know you think I'm crazy." Dean said.
"You seem like a nice kid but yeah your crazy." Samuel said and I rolled my eyes.
"Aren't we all?" I asked quietly.
"Well the point is I know where this thing is going to be and I'm gonna kill it." Dean said. "Once and for all. You stay here." He ordered. Dean said grabbing his jacket. He headed toward the living room where I noticed Mary disappear to. I knew he was going to talk to her and then I would try to stop him or convince I should go with him.
"You buying all this?" Samuel's wife, Deanna spoke up. I didn't even know she was talking to me. I looked up and they were both waiting for an answer.
"Yeah." I smiled. "I know it sounds a bit... out there but yellow-eyes, he is a cruel son of a bitch." I sighed. "Killed Dean's mother and father, just about killed his brother and tried to blow me up." I laughed a bit. "Kill it now and lots of people won't be dead." I smiled. I heard the door opened and I chased after Dean. I passed Mary in the living room. She had tears in her eyes as I followed Dean out the door. "Dean. Wait..." I said as he got closer to his car.
"You aren't gonna try and talk me out of this are you?" He asked with a sigh.
"Well I was going to but then I remember that bastard tried to blow me up." I smiled. Dean smiled too. "But you do know if you kill yellow-eyes then everything will change right?" I asked and Dean sighed trying to look away. "I'm not saying you shouldn't... but you, Sam, hell even me we won't be the same people." I placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I know..." he sighed still trying to look away. "Clara they're my parents. I can't let them die again. This way, Sam never gets poisoned, Jake doesn't stab him and I don't go to hell."
"Wait poisoned?" I asked in a confused way.
"Long story I'll explain if I make it back."
"When you make it back." I corrected him. "Your just going to get the Colt. You realize I'm not letting you go to that house alone right?" I asked with a smile. He was about to argue. "Nope." I stopped him putting my hand over his mouth. "No argument. We'll meet you at the house just have the gun." I smiled. He grabbed my hand and pulled it away from his mouth.
He placed my arm around his neck and snaked his around my waist. I smiled when he closed in and placed his lips on my gently. He deepen the kiss quickly and if he didn't pull away I wouldn't have. He pulled away and got in the car quickly and drove away. I sighed once he rounded the corner.
I walked back into the house to find Mary waiting for me. She smiled at me. "How did your father react when he found out about you and Dean?" She asked.
"Um he didn't" I shrugged. "My father died a long time ago..."
"Oh... I'm sorry I didn't..."
"That's okay. But I bet he wouldn't like it." I laughed. "My dad didn't like anyone who came near me much less any hunter." I smiled. "Why do you ask?" I asked.
"You should hear how my dad talks about John."
"Doesn't approve?" I asked and Mary shook her head. "Well it only really matters what you think right?" I smiled. "We can't help who we fall for right?" I smiled and Mary nodded.
"If you don't mind me asking but how did you get that?" She pointed to my scar. " I've never heard of a hellhound."
"Well your lucky. They're pure evil. Straight from hell." I shrugged. "and this is what happens when you stand in one's way of collecting a debt."
"What kinda of debt?" Mary asked.
"The debt that needs to be paid when you sell your soul to a crossroads demon." I smiled and Mary's mouth dropped. "It's a long story and honestly you do not want to hear it." I smiled suddenly remembering I was talking to Sam and Dean's mother.
"You and Dean.. very dark and mysterious." She smiled. "How did you get dragged into this?" She asked as we walked into the kitchen where Samuel was sifting through a bag with shot guns.
"Dean' father actually. Saved my life and he and his boys taught me everything I know."
"Jerks." Mary whispered.
"Oh they can be..." I smiled. " But they're family." I said looking over to Samuel. "All salt shells?" I asked.
"Yeah I do know how to fight off a demon." he rolled his eyes.
"Trust me... no you don't." I shook my head. "Your lucky I got dragged here when Dean did." I smiled.
"And why is that?" Samuel crossed his arms.
"Well not to be to modest but you're looking at the best demon hunter of my day." I smiled.
"Demon hunter?" He laughed. "How is that possible? Your like 20 and there are maybe two or three demonic possessions a year." he laughed. "So why don't you just do as I say and you won't get hurt." He said as Mary sat next to him giving him a dirty look.
"You don't understand, for once you really need to listen to me." I said realizing Samuel was stubborn.
"No. I'm done listening to you and Dean's crazy notions. So either shut up and help me load these or get out." he said walking over quickly.
"Dad." Mary protested.
"Samuel." Deanna did the same.
"No, It's fine." I smiled. "You wanna do it your way then fine. Just don't blame me when someone gets hurt." I said taking a seat and looking over at Mary.
Samuel shook his head. "We aren't going anywhere." He said sitting down.
"What?" I asked looking up.
"Dean is on his own crazy mission and I will not get involved." Samuel said.
"But he can't do it alone." I said.
"He says he can kill a demon." Samuel leaned forward.
"But that's impossible." Mary shook her head.
"No it isn't...Look we gotta get over to Liddy's and save her."
"Wait Liddy?" Mary started looking up at me scared.
"Yeah so?" Samuel asked.
"Dad she's a friend of mine!" She just about yelled at her father. " We gotta help her."
"Thank you." I said nodding to Mary to quickly grabbed her coat.
"We're going." Mary said as she headed for the door. Samuel rolled his eyes and followed Mary outside.
"Ok look you really need to listen to me." I protested again to Samuel who drove quickly to where Dean would be.
" I don't gotta do anything." Samuel said.
"Why won't you just hear me out."
"Because one, I don't believe anything that has come out of your mouth since we met, Hellhounds? Really we all know they are just a story, and two I don't trust you or Dean." He said quickly.
"They are real." I said though my teeth. Samuel was pissing me off more than anyone I have ever met. He just rolled his eyes as he came to a stop at the house. "Please your just going to get someone hurt." I called out.
"You listen to me young lady." He turned quickly as I followed him. "Just aim and shot until Dean gets back with whatever he thinks is going to work. And if you put me or Mary in danger so help me..."
I pushed away from him and walked up the stairs. I could hear Samuel calling for me but I kept moving. I walked up to the door and kicked it open and locked my gun. There was a small scream from inside and when I walked the man Yellow-eyes was possessing stared up at me with those damn eyes.
"Hi." I smiled letting off a shot and he went back onto the couch. Liddy screamed again. I knew salt would keep him down for to long and when he stood up quickly I started with the only exorcism that seemed to work best. "Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio." That's as far as I got before he laughed. I forgot Yellow-eyes wasn't exactly easy to exorcise.
"That's cute." He laughed throwing the gun from by hand the slamming me against the wall. "I'm not some punk ass demon you can just whisper sweet nothings to, and I'll go away." He smiled as he twisted his hand and my insides started to burn and beat. I yelled out in pain before another shot went off. Samuel had come in after me and taken a shot but missed. Yellow-eyes looked over to Samuel and the pain for me stopped. Mary came running in when Samuel was pushed to the wall. I was trying to get up when Mary started to fight back. "Where the hell have they been hiding you." he smiled as Mary kicked. " I like you..." He smiled.
I stood up quickly and jumped onto his back. he let Mary go and she stumbled backwards. I had my arm around him neck when he started clawing at me. I continued my exorcism and he started to flinch and shift but before I could finish He stood straight and back up with all his force into a wall which had a mirror. My head was smashed into the wall and the glass shattered around me. My grip around his neck was gone and I was dizzy. I fell to the ground.
Mary had come to help when the sound of a clicking gun stopped Yellow-eyes and he held Mary's neck in his arms. "Let her go!" Dean ordered.
"Where'd you get that gun?" He came back.
Dean nodded to Mary who threw back her elbow to get away. Dean was about to shoot when yellow-eyes smoked out. My head was spinning a bit but I saw Mary rush over to me. "Jesus are you okay?" she asked. I shook my head to get my sight back.
"Yupp." I smiled once I could see straight. "Just glass." I shrugged reaching to the back of my head to make sure I wasn't bleeding.
"Mary." Samuel said. "You okay?" he rushed over.
I tried to get up but I thought it be best to just sit for a minute. I looked over at Dean and he looked so defeated and like he had failed. I sighed and knew he was never going to forgive himself for letting the demon get away. He didn't even look to me. His eyes were focused on Samuel and Mary. I used the wall to push myself up. Mary didn't answer her father's question. She just looked down at me and tried to help me up.
"We should get out of here." Mary said.
Before she could lead me out I felt a hand grab my shirt from behind. "Okay..." I said as Samuel jolted me back and pushed me against the wall again.
"Hey!" Dean finally reacted.
I just sighed. Samuel had his across my chest holding me on the wall. "What is wrong with you?" he asked.
"Me?" I asked with a laugh.
"You think this is funny! You could have gotten us killed!" He yelled.
"Dad!" Mary yelled but he didn't move.
"Yeah well I didn't." I said back with anger. "and you're the one who wouldn't listen to me." I pushed back only to be slammed into the wall.
"Samuel!" Dean yelled walking over quickly. Dean grabbed at his shoulder to pull him away but he didn't move. He just pushed Dean back. I didn't break my eye contact with Samuel.
"How people have you gotten killed because of your reckless style?" he asked. "What a few friends maybe even family?" he ask.
"Shut up." I said shaking my head. Hate was never a word I used a lot but, I hated Samuel. "If you would have listened to me then.."
"Listen to you? Your just a kid what the hell do you know." Samuel shook his head.
"Dad seriously." Mary said pulling at her father's arm.
"I know a lot. Things that wouldn't even be able to register in your simple little mind." I said through my teeth again. I took a hold of Samuel's arm and pushed back. He didn't like how I talked back so he took a swing. I moved slightly and he hit the wall. "You missed." I said turning my back to him.
I said nothing else. I just walked out of the house and Mary followed. When we got outside she reached for my hand. " I'm really sorry about that."
"Not your fault." I smiled. I saw Dean walking out of the house and I looked up and he looked back at me. "You should tell Dean what it said to you." I nodded and just as Dean joined us I walked away. I headed over to side-walk and just stood there staring at a lamp-post. I could hear Dean and Samuel talking after Mary stormed off. I heard the truck carrying Samuel and Mary drive off and Dean walk up behind me. "No offence but your grandfather..." I turned around. " Kind of an asshole." I shook my head.
"Yeah... I'm sorry. Are you okay?" he asked looking around. He didn't seem to concerned nor was he really paying attention.
"No I'm bleeding internally and I'm missing a leg." I rolled my eyes.
"Good." He said looking down.
I sighed knowing he was only thinking about one thing. I stepped up to him and made him look at me. "So you missed the shot." I started. "You'll just have to try again." I smiled.
"And if I don't get another shot?" Dean asked looking pissed.
"Do you think we'd still be here if you didn't?" I asked.
He sighed and I walked over to the passenger's side. "Speaking of which how are you here?" Dean asked as he got in the car.
"apparently where ever you get zapped I go too." I sighed as He drove off.
"Why?" Dean asked.
"Castiel said I was gifted." I rolled my eyes.
"How?" Dean was just getting more and more confused.
"Well you know how when you first saw him we was a just a guy in a suit?" I asked and Dean nodded. "Well when I saw him he... well he had more than one head, as big as a building and had bigger wings then a freaking plane." I laughed a bit. "and when he jumps into people's dreams who are around I get a nice look as well. Like the other night when he told you about Lucifer." Dean looked over quickly. "Oh yeah I know about that." I smiled.
"But why you?" He asked frustrated.
"How should I know!?" I shrugged with a laugh. "Doesn't really matter all that much." I shrugged. I looked out the window remembering the other thing Castiel had told me. No way I could ever tell anyone that. Dean didn't reply he just kept his eyes on the road. I could tell he was pissed. I started thinking about everything that had happened today and then something disturbing hit me. "Ohhh my God." I gasped shaking my head.
"What?" Dean asked. For a second I thought I was alone.
"Nothing just trying to get an image out of my head..." I bit my lip trying to hold the shame back.
"What kind of image?" Dean asked with a laugh.
"John's image..." I sighed. "When I first met him... I may have flirted with him." I shook my body.
"You what!?" Dean asked with a bit of a yell.
"I didn't know it was him!" I said back. "He was just the nice guy who told me where I was and didn't call the cops..." I paused. "I even thought he was cute... Wow." I shook my head.
"Seriously? You got the hots for my dad now?" Dean asked in a hurt tone.
"NO!" I laughed. " God no! It's just he's younger... kinda looks like you in a way." I smiled.
When we got back to the Campbell's, Mary rushed up to her room and Samuel walked Dean to the kitchen. I stayed outside. I really needed to just sit and be still for a minute. A lot of information had come my way and I still hadn't dealt with the whole dying thing. I wasn't even paying attention to anything. I didn't see Mary take off with John, well I did but chose not to say anything. On some level I guess I wish I could run.
I was headed into the house when I realized it was quiet. A bit to quiet. I opened the door and I could see Samuel bent over whispering in Dean's ear. He was sitting in a chair against a wall. It was obvious he couldn't move. I could see Deanna leaned up against the wall waiting for her moment. "Look into my eyes you son of a bitch..." Dean's voice full of venom. " Because I'm the one who kills you."
"So you're gonna save everybody is that right?" Samuel laughed. But I was starting to think it was worse than Samuel. "Well I tell you one person you're not gonna save..." he paused pulling out a knife. "Your grandpapi." he smiled.
"Well I wouldn't be so sure about that." I rushed in and he turned and his eyes flashed yellow. Of course it had to be him. "Hi." I smiled again. I could see Dean struggling to get out of the chair and yellow-eyes had his back turned.
"You know you are annoying." He said shaking his head at me.
"Yeah I know." I smiled.
Yellow-eyes didn't waste anytime. He flung me across the room and stabbed Samuel. I heard Deanna yell out. I tried to get up quicker to help her but I was to late. By the time I got over to her he had already snapped her neck. He was still over her body when I reached out to punch him. But something different happened. When my fist connected with his, the sound of sizzling flesh came to my ears and he yelled out. Dean came around the corner to shoot but Yellow-eyes had vanished. I pushed myself up off the ground and just stared at my hands. What was wrong with me now?
"Mary!" Dean called out.
"Her and John took off..." I said.
"What?" He came running back. "When?" he asked.
"About ten minutes ago." I shrugged.
"Why didn't you say something?" Dean asked sounding pissed.
"I.." I didn't have a good answer. Dean huffed and ran out of the house. I followed quickly. Dean drove like crazy. I didn't even know where he was going. I didn't question. We pulled off the road and down a dirt road. Dust and rocks flying everywhere but no matter how fast Dean could drive... it was too late.
He pulled into an abandoned paring place and there was Mary, John cradle in her arms kissing the yellow-eyed demon. Dean nearly jumped from the car. "No!" He yelled but before he could shoot it was gone. I got out of the car slowly and when Mary looked back to Dean I could actually see the heart-break and guilt. I went to reach for his hand but it was like he knew and moved away. I felt a gust of wind and there was Castiel. His hand was on Dean's shoulder and Dean looked to him. Castiel didn't look happy he even looked sorry. With a blink of an eye we were back in Dean's hotel room. I was sitting on the other bed and Dean was sleeping. I've never felt so guilty.