Dean was waiting anxiously for Jess to return, glancing at the door every few minutes waiting for her to walk in, the longer the time that went by the more anxious he got. She said she wouldn't be long, he knew he should have just asked her to stay in the first place. Charley and Sam were starting to get worried as well, it was over an hour and a half that Jess had been gone, with her usual runs being in the hour to forty five minute range they could see she might want a few extra minutes but now, now they were all getting worried.
"Maybe I should go see if she's still in the park" Charley said, Sam and Dean shared a look, Dean desperately wanted to see Jess but figured if she wasn't back yet she still wanted space from him, so he nodded at Charley.
"I left the Impala down the road I'll go get it" Dean stood and grabbed his keys leaving Sam and Charley alone for a minute.
"He better sort this out" Charley mumbled, Sam wrapped his arms around her waist.
"He will. Dean likes her to much to screw this up, he's just not used to having constant people in his life" Charley sighed but nodded understandingly, she turned and gave Sam a quick kiss before dashing into their room so she could put on some trainers and ran towards the park. Sam shook his head at Dean, he knew Dean wanted to be with Jess because he wouldn't have started something in the first place if he didn't, not with the girls being with them all the time.
Charley reached the park after a few minutes jogging coming to a halt when she saw all the squad cars at its gate, there were at least four and hordes of cops. She could see five guys in what looked like running gear each talking to a different copper. Maybe they should have check for a job in this town, she remind herself to say it to Sam when she got back. Charley started to jog again and was set on heading for the gate when two guy start hollering at her to stop. She slowed down and waited for the two men to come over.
"You can't go in the park for a run, a girl was just taken not twenty minutes ago" one of them said, Charley frowned.
"What? She was just taken in broad day light?"
The other guy nodded vigorously "The guys and us were playing foot ball the other side of the pond. We saw her get taken, two guys jumped her and they must have been able to knock her out but by the time we reach here they had her in a car and were gone"
"My friend is in the park she went running this morning..." Charley was trying not to panic Jess could handle two guys...right...no matter how distracted she might have been two guys would not be able to just take Jess "...what did she look like this girl?" Charley asked
The two guys looked nervous now, shifting from foot to foot and glancing at each other "Well she had long hair, em she was wearing gray sweat pants and a black t-shirt, we were too far away to see her face"
Charley already knew it was Jess a flash of Jessie running in this direction the colour of her clothes...one of the men spoke again.
"She fought off the first, guy that when we saw and ran over but there was another behind her we don't think she saw him...Look Miss em...the cops checked the rest of the park there were no other female runners seen this morning but her. Maybe you should talk to one of them"
Charley started to tremble "There were no other runners?" she whispered, one of the guys had gone to grab an officer the other stayed with Charley "No, I'm sorry" he shuffled on his feet, a female officer jogged over with the other guy and stood in front of Charley.
"This gentleman believes you know the girl who was taken?" she asked softly, Charley couldn't register what she was saying though.
"No it couldn't have been Jess, she'd kick anybodies ass, there's no way two guys got the drop on her. Your wrong there must have been another runner in that park" Charley stated firmly, both of the guys looked on at her in pity the officers trying to calm Charley down.
"I know this isn't a nice thing to hear but will you stay until we get surveillance footage printed? These gentlemen and their friends believe they can ID the girl that was taken then we can see if it's your friend or not ok?"
Charley nodded and followed the officer back over to her squad car, sitting on the edge of the passenger seat, waiting. It felt like it took hours but five minute later another squad car pulled up and asked the guys who had been there to ID the girl using rough looking surveillance footage. Charley waited for those boys to pick out who they saw get taken and stood when the female officer walked her way a single picture in her hand. The group of guys she could see hung back anxious to see if it was Charley's friend or not.
"All of those boys picked the same shot, it's not very good but enough to make her out, is this your friend?" She handed Charley the picture and once she glanced at the photo...she saw Jess. Charley's face crumbled, tears running down her face as she fought a sob from braking out.
"That's Jess" she whispered, Charley suddenly felt dizzy as she registered the officer shout out to the rest of her team
"We have an ID on the girl" turning back to Charley she helped her into the back of the squad car "Is there other people we can contact to come and find you? Or I can drop you home?" she offered
"We don't live here, we were just passing through. We're at blue moon motel" Charley mumbled. She hadn't even got her phone on her thinking that she was only a few minutes away and would have been back quick enough anyway.
The officer, Palm she said her name was, drove Charley back to the motel and walked her to the room number she had mumbled. When she knocked on the door Sam answered frowning when he saw the copper then panicked when he saw Charley's face.
"Charley! What happened?" he said pulling her into his arms and looking to the officer.
"They took Jess...they took her" Charley kept whispering
"What? Took who?" Sam asked
"This young woman here along with a group of gentlemen ID a young woman who was abducted from the park roughly thirty minutes ago" The officers answered, Sam's eye widened in shock
"What? No, it can't have been Jess..." Charley who was still holding the photo she ID Jess off handed it to Sam, making her cry even more.
"It was Jess Sam" she wailed burying her face in her hands as Sam stared at the picture in shock.
"Your sure they took her?" his voice crack
"Yes, they were a small group of men playing foot ball on the other side of the pond. They saw her get attacked and by what one of them described she fainted and they grabbed her. She was gone by the time they reach the gate and the squad cars had no car to follow. This is the fourth abduction we've had in the last three weeks"
"Jessie has never fainted before" Charley said stubbornly
"We can't rule out the use of any illicit substances they might have been able to get her with to knock her out" the officer said gently. Just then the growl of the Impala was heard pulling up in front of them. "Oh god" Charley whispered, she knew this wasn't going to go well, Sam had the same thought.
Dean frowned seeing the police officer standing in front of Sam and Charley, then noticed Charley crying. "What's wrong?" Looking around he saw no Jess "Where's Jess?"
Sam looked at Dean sadly "She was taken in the park, two guys jumped her, probably drugged her and took off"
"What?!" Dean shouted
"Sir calm down, we're doing everything we can to find her" officer Palm said, Dean was furious, there's no way someone would just take Jess. Palm went on to explain the same as she had to Sam.
"Where are the other girls?" Dean asked abruptly, office Palm sighed
"Two are still missing...one girl we found last week, dead"
Charley gasped, Sam and Dean automatically going into hunter mode, they got rid of the copper as quick as possible and went back into the room.
Sam lead Charley to the bed and sat her down then booted up his laptop to look up info on the other kidnappings, calling Bobby to tell him what happened. Bobby had said he would make his way to them after a hunt he had left for this morning, right now he was a few days drive away. Dean on the other hand grabbed his gun and went back out to the Impala, set on driving until he found Jess.
Jess woke up groggily, her eyes taking a few minutes to focus and her head hammering with a headache. She pulled herself up clutching her head to stop the spinning and looked around. Everything came back to her as soon as she saw the crude looking bars around her. She shot up off the ground.
"What the fuck?" she pulled at the door and hit out her head still spinning and swirling until she heard someone talking o her.
"They don't like it when you do that" a quiet voice came from Jessie's left, that's when she noticed the cell next to her with two girls it.
"What's your name?" Jess asked
"Chloe" she answered and the other girl calling "Amber"
Judging by the look of the two girls they'd been here a while at least, "I'm Jess, how long have you two been here?"
Chloe answered "They took us together, two week ago"
Amber adding in "There was another girl here but she's gone now, they took her away because they found out she was diabetic"
"Jesus" Jess whispered "Dame it..." Jess went back to the cell doors examining them to see if there was any way to open them but they were solid steel, looking like someone had handmade the fucken thing from 2 inch wide flat steel. She kicked at them again ignoring the pain in her head and the whimpers from the girls in the cell next to her. A door opened at the top of a set of stair cases and light spilled into the room. Jess was able to see that the room actually looked like a dungeon, three cells this side three the other.
"Well well our newest girl had decided to join the land of the living" a haughty male voice said his shadow moving closer down the corridor until he was standing in front of her cell.
He wore all black, he was built enough but not really tall, dark hair and a smug smile plastered on his face.
"You put up quite a little fight when Anton and I pick you. I like that"
Jess stared dumb founded at this guy attitude then launch herself at the bars, whipped her hand threw the gaps to grab the collar of his shirt and pulled him towards her. He shouted out and Jess could hear footsteps stomping down the stairs, but she didn't care she clawed, hit and punched as much of the guy as possible until he was pried away from the bars and out of her reach.
The two other girls were shocked silent in their cell staring avidly at Jess and watching their captive for their next move. Jess had already moved out of reach of the men and was pacing the floor of her cell like a caged lion. The guy she had got a hold of had wiped the blood from his nose and smiled at her again.
"Oh I like you, what do you think Anton?" he said addressing a taller blonde guy who was smiling at Jess as well.
"Oh I think she'll do nicely. And I'll enjoy training her" Jess practically snarled hearing that and trough herself at the cells door again kicking and lashing out.
"Wait until I get my hands on you. You son of a bitch, I'll tear you to shreds"
"Oh I most certainly like her Marcus. I believe we could keep her?"
"I agree Anton. She'll make a fine match for the both of us" Hearing this Jess paused
"Excuse me?!" she said shocked
"Well you didn't exactly give me a chance to explain did you..." the guy Marcus said arrogantly "...We are an élite group of men, our leader pairs us up and each pair gets to choose a mate. When we find our chosen there is a ceremony that will give us all the powers of darkness and you my dear are the last we had to find. Now don't you feel privileged"
"Sweet Jesus you're a god damn cult" Jess palmed her face and could not believe her fucken luck.
"We are no mere cult. We are the real thing" Anton stated
"Let me guess, you read all this out of a smelly old book and drew a crap load or symbols all over the place even though none of your know what they mean" Jess said smartly, they guy Marcus seemed to be getting a bit ticked but not the other one.
"You will see. When the moon is full we will complete the bonding and the incantation will bind you to us forever" he smiled, Jess was really hoping this was one of those cults that hadn't got a fucken clue what they were doing but she was still cautious, that was up until the guy Anton mumbled something in French.
"I have just reinforced the steel in these cells, seen as how you seem to be so feisty. The spell I used will not fade, do enjoy your stay" With that they turned and left locking the door behind them.
"Their bat shit crazy" Jess mumbled, she turned to the other girls "How often do they come down?"
"Once a day to give food and water" Amber answered now standing facing Jess, her and Chloe clinging to each other in their cell "How do you know their just crazy?" Chloe asked making Jess send her a funny look.
"My French is a little rusty but the supposed spell he just muttered translated something about a dog swimming in milk" Jess answered and continued to look at the bars "We are getting out of here, my friends will be looking for me so we'll be found or I'm getting us out" "How do you know they'll find us?" Amber asked
"It's what we do"
"Find people?" Chloe asked
"No. Save people" Jess stated, she talked to the girls while she examined ever inch of her cell, finding out more about them and their captors. Jess could see that both girls had marks and scratches on their bodies and asked about them.
"They punish you if you don't eat or drink or go to the bars when they tell you too" Amber answered showing Jess the more sever marks on her stomach, Jess fumed and growled under her breath.
"There has to be a way out of these. Do either of you know where we are?"
Both girls shook their heads, Jess still looking for a way to get out.
Dean drove anywhere and everywhere he could think of, ware houses and estates all crossed off the map he had got. He couldn't find her anywhere and Sam had been on the phone to him all day giving him all the info he found about other abductions and their homes, everything including the list of suspects he hacked off the police stations database. He checked them all and no sign of Jess or anything that would point him in her direction. He was out of his mind with worry all he could think about was getting Jess back, the fact that two guys got the drop on her was his fucken fault. If I hadn't gotten drunk out of my mind she wouldn't have been so upset, tired and pissed to go off for a run where she was too distracted to look out for herself. This was his fault and he knew it.
Heading back to the motel, he was only going back to pick up Sam and Charley, they'd decided to search through the night. When he was back at the motel Sam was still slouched over his laptop while Charley was going over a map like his with different marked and points on it.
"I don't know where else to send you Dean" Charley said heartbroken, Dean knew what Charley was going through and found it so hard to look her in the face knowing this was his fault. Charley frowned noticing Dean's behaviour towards her, he said nothing, didn't look at her but wasn't ignoring her. She stood up from the bed suddenly and planted herself in front of him, he avoider her eye again. She gasped "God you're an idiot sometimes" she whispered and wrapped her arms around his waist "It wasn't your fault" she said firmly. He shouldn't really be shocked, Jess and Charley had this knack for reading them, he pulled her close but didn't really believe what she was saying to him.
"Yes it is Charley. She wouldn't have been so distracted if I hadn't of been such a jerk" he answered broken
"No Dean..." she pulled back a little to look at him "...you're not the psycho that took her. Or the reason she was taken. Do you hear me? Now is not the time for the 'I blame me' thing you do. It wasn't your fault" Charley finished strictly, Dean couldn't help the small smile that tugged at his lips, her and Jess were so a like in some ways
"Ok Charley. Come on let's get a move on"
Charley grabbed the map she had done and Sam his weapons and they set out again determined to find Jess.
Three days later and Sam, Dean and Charley were still struggling to find her. Jess was at her wits end, she couldn't take any more of those smug smiles they men sent their way or the demeaning way they spoke to them. Every night so far she had tried to call Cas and Badb or Athena silently reaching out for some help or at least for them to let everyone know where they were being kept, but it didn't work. The first day they had brought food and water to Jess she up ended it and threw it through the bars at them.
They had opened the cell then eight men had crammed themselves in Jess lashing out and edging for the door every step, they had landed a few hits nothing to stop her and once they realised that they bailed out even locking one guy in the cell with her. She knocked him out, but he had been gone the next morning even though she tried to stay awake.
Amber and Chloe talked to Jess all the time now, after seeing how much she could hold her own, really believing they had a chance to get out now. Jess had been working on a weak link she found in the cell. If she got that to snap off she could crack the rest of the welds with the steel, it was quiet enough at night that she would get away without being caught if she was careful. The other girls had done the same as Jessie except looking for a way into her cell so they could all get out. Turns out whoever made the cells didn't tack the steel on the inside of them to the walls at the back. Amber and Chloe were able to push, pull and bend the steel, it was exhausting but if it worked then worth it, so far it seemed like the best plan they had.
In what Jess assumed was mid-day the door at the top of the stairs open again and footsteps echoed down the hall. Three men walked in all holding the usual trays, placing one down they gave Amber and Chloe their food first, next coming to Jess's cell. One guy flanked by the two others stood in front of her, smug smile on his face, again!
"Will you co-operate this time for your food" Jess didn't answer but stood dead centre cell and waited to see if they would open the door, they hadn't since that first day.
"You're not going to are you. Shame really. We wouldn't want that lovely body of yours to start getting weak, now would you. Just stand back at the wall and you can have it" The three men stood waiting to see if Jess would easy back to the wall, she just smirked and moved closer to the door.
"What three élite men can't handle one little woman?" Jess said smartly, from behind the bars, wanting to goad them into opening it.
"Oh you'll co-operate eventually" he said patiently as if talking to a pet. Then the three men up and left taking the other tray of food with them. Jess kicked the cell door in frustration.
"Jessie?" Chloe called and put a bottle of water through the bars, Jess smiled and went over, since she refused to take the tray of the guys keeping them here Chloe and Amber were splitting their food with her.
"They really aren't that smart. Did they really think we'd sit in front of you and just eat" Amber snorted
"Let them think that if they want. They all need to be committed anyway" she sighed, handing half the water back to Chloe Jess went back to the bar she almost had off.
"I could have this off tonight girls so when I do we move quickly. We're either of you awake when they brought you down here?"
"I was" Chloe answered
"Can you remember anything about the layout up there, anything at all?" Jess asked softly, Chloe seemed to be the more timid of the two there.
"Em..." Chloe struggled to remember something, everything had been fuzzy and unfocused from whatever drug they'd dosed her up with, Amber put a comforting arm around the younger girl "...we walked through a living room, em...it was like we had to, to get to that door. And the front door I think was behind that room, I don't remember a hall or anything. I'm sorry it's all really fuzzy..."
"Don't worry Chloe, you're doing really good" Jess encouraged, she had found out yesterday the Amber was twenty but Chloe was only just gone nineteen.
"There were no other houses around us outside, just grass and fields..."
"Ok. They said something about needing a full moon for whatever it is there planning so we should have about 5 days till then. And if there's no change in their routine we're golden" Jess said.
"You really think we can get out of here?" Amber asked now sounding just as timid as Chloe, Jess walked over to the two of them putting her hands through the bars and bring the girls in close to her, trying to comfort despite the bars.
"We'll get out one way or another, and I'll be damned if I'll let those men put another hand on you two" Jess spent the rest of the day chipping away at the bars until finally, finally it cracked off with a loud clang. Jess, froze and listen for any sign that someone had heard, hearing nothing she turned to the girls.
"Can you two fit through the gap you made?" she asked they nodded yes anxiously, "Come in here now, quickly and be quiet ok?" she instructed softly.
Jess was now able to bend and push the bars enough to squeeze through, the other two girls were smaller than her so she knew they'd fit. Jess had to wrap shreds of her t-shirt around her hands, because they had that many cuts and welts on them, pushing the last bar out of the way Jess slipped and sliced her palm open.
"Shit.." she hissed, Amber came up to Jess seeing her hand and the barely there t-shirt she ripped some of her own and helped Jess wrap the new cut on her hand.
"You're going to need some serious tetanus shots Jessie" Chloe murmured softly, worried about Jess.
"I'm good, babes" Jess brushed off. She slid through the gap the steel nicking her skin in places but she was out, Amber and Chloe followed suit.
"What do we do now?" Amber asked nervously, Jess had seen a window up the end of the corridor and that was her aim.
"Just follow me and be quiet" Silently moving up the corridor the girls had to tread carefully, it was dark now and the place was barely lit. Jess reached the window it was a fair bit off the ground but with a boost the girls could get up. She pulled open the lock relieved to find it unlocked and gentle pushed the window open, it swung open noiselessly to her relief.
"Ok I'm going to boost you two up..." Chloe looked panicked for a minute
"What no. How will you get up..."
"I can jump it. I promise" Jess soothed "Come on" Jess braced her linked fingers on her knee and went to help Chloe get up, Amber keeping her steady as she did. As she was helping Amber up Jess saw some roughly drawn symbols on the walls, all of them from different religions and rituals and rolled her eyes. These guys hadn't got a clue what they were doing, which kind of made them more dangerous in one way.
Once Amber was up Jess took two steps back and launch herself at the wall footing up enough to grip the sill of the window and wincing in pain from the cut on her hand. Amber and Chloe helped her up as much as they could, Jess then slid the window closed and had a look around. They didn't know where they were or how far from anything, it was dark now but Jess could see the fields Chloe had mentioned, she reckoned they were in a farm.
"All right, we walk around this building stay low of windows and we don't walk by any plain glass doors. We need a car or something like it"
"I can hot wire" Amber added Jess smiled
"Good" in case they had to separate at least Amber could start a car.
They skulked around the side of the house, seeing a huge barn across the way to what looked like the back of the house. They hadn't seen any cars yet but there might be one at the front...Jess was trying to think of the best way to keeps these two safe and get them all out of here. She had no idea how many men there were or if they were armed with more than fucken syringes.
"Wait here...I'm going to check the front of the house..." Chloe grabbed her arm
"We should stick together Jess" she said shacking, Jess smiled encouragingly
"I think they might have the cars in the barn, the front of the house is just there I'll be back in less than twenty seconds, count for me?" she asked
Chloe nodded and huddled into Amber "Stay low" Jess reaffirmed, with that she hurried around the side of the house. Chloe and Amber stayed low and started to count like Jess had said, at eighteen Jess was back next to them, arms gently around Chloe and gave her a small squeeze.
"Ok so there are no cars around front, we got to the barn. They have to have at least one between them" Looking up to the sky Jess could see it was clear enough and the half moon was shining a faint glow over the space from the house to the barn. Jess was afraid they would see them, glancing above her she saw two windows facing the barn, neither had lights on but that didn't mean there was no one there to see them. She bit her lip and turned to the girls.
"There's enough light from that moon for someone from the house to see us if they look out the window, now there's no lights on but that doesn't mean there won't be someone there. So we have two options wait and see if it dulls or clouds cover or we make a brake for it, what do you two think?" Jess asked
Amber looked at Chloe "We make a brake for it. I can't stand being here for another minute" Amber said, Chloe nodding in agreement.
"Alright then, we go on there and run girls, I mean go quick and quiet no looking back stick together one after another, I'll take up the rear" Jess winked making the two girls crack a smile.
"One, two three" Amber got up a shot over to the barn Chloe following and Jess behind her, Jess glanced back at the house seeing no shadows or lights flick on she breathed a sigh of relief. They went around the back of the barn and Jess peeking in a dusty window and smiled, it was full of their cars.
"Come on" Jess lead them around the door of the barn and slipped inside a small side entrance. "Take your pick girls..." Jess whispered
Amber and Chloe smiled they could actually get away then Amber saw the door off the barn, it was god damn well chained from the inside, Jess saw her and looked.
"Fuck it" she went over pulling at the chain and saw it was indeed locked Jess pursed her lips, "We're still getting out of here" she went over to the car in front of the door and pulled the handle thanking everything that it opened
"Right you two go in that car, Amber start it" Jess pointed to the car behind her. Jess first went to every other car and let the air out of the tyre's and spotted a motor bike near the back, "Hello" she whispered and smiled kick its stand up and moving it forward, Jess wired the bike so it was read to start, then went to the front car again. Amber had the car started and ready to go behind her.
I'm going to drive through the barn door in this car you two bolt in that car I'm taking the bike. When you figure out which way town is go straight to the hospital I'll meet you there" Just then they heard commotion coming from the house Jess through herself into the car and started it, slamming her foot down on the accelerator she rammed through the barn door and skid off to the side, Amber and Chloe shot out after her, screeching out off the barn and past the house as the door to the house opened, Jess saw at least eight guys pour out of the house. She ran for the bike and kick started it revving the engine and gunning it after Amber and Chloe just as two guys reached the door, trying to grab Jess from the bike.
She could hear them all shout and swear as they went to dive into cars only to find the tyre ruined, the car she had used to brake the door however was still running, gun shots fired in Jessie direction, and she swerved the bike to avoid them. They gave chase in the beat up van, firing at Jess aiming for her and the bike. She moved as much as she could refusing to put her light on as she wanted to lose these guys as quick as possible. Jess felt a bullet graze her leg and then a burning pain in her side "Shit..." she whimpered, Jess didn't see any car in front of her so she assumed Amber and Chloe had got away or she'd went a different way either way it was good that they'd got away. Jess could feel warmth on her side and on her leg realising it was the gun shots wounds bleeding. Jess pushed the engine to the limit, seeing another road she swerved onto it her leg paining as she gunned it down the new stretch of road not even sure where she was going but the car was getting further and further behind her. Jess quickly slipped down another road and saw the car drive past, she did a quick u-turn and raced back in the other direction, having seen no signs on this road she guessed the other way was the way to go.
Jess breathed a sigh of relief after a few minutes of going the other direction she saw some signs of life, the odd house and eventually she breezed past the park she'd been taken in, Jess debate for all of a second, she had to go to the hospital and see if the girls made it.
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