Chapter Five
The three Winchesters felt strange being all tied up and bleeding from their various wounds. Dean glanced over at both Sam and his sister and his anger boiled deep within him. Sam's shoulder continued to bleed but Sam looked to be getting by just fine as he kept search for a way to break the binds that held all three of them. Christina just hung there like a piece of beef waiting to be cut up and shipped off. The sun was setting fast and the Winchesters only light was fading quickly. Dean began to move his mouth up and down trying to loosen the gag that was around him and he could feel it start to slip down his face.
"Gah!" He said as he managed to get his gag off. "Sammy?" He winced at the pain in his chin but his sudden voice made Sam turn to look at him. "Try and get the gag off." Sam nodded and began to open and close his mouth to loose the gag. "That's it." Dean cheered as he could see the gag sliding down his brother's face. "Almost..."
"Dammit." Sam groaned looking over at Dean. "So how are we getting out of here?"
"I'm not sure." Dean said but he was looking at his sister whose eyes were closed as she just hung there. "Christy! Come on wake up!" Christina's eyes slowly opened but they didn't look surprised to hear Dean's voice. "Christy you can get the gag off. We can get out of here." Christina's eyes glanced over at her older brothers but she turned and closed her eyes again. She had given up hope of ever escaping. She was ready for death which made Dean very upset. "Look, I now know why you lied to us. But you are stronger then this. Come on...You can do this Christy. We can get out of here."
Christina didn't move. Her eyes never opened as she shook her head. Dean was now extremely angry with her. He had seen how she never gave up on anything even when things looked impossible. But she was now accepting her fate.
"Dean, I think I found a way out of these binds. Look up." Dean looked up to the joints in the ceiling that held the binds. A small piece of metal with two screws was all that was holding them up. Dean looked down at the floor and saw his toes barely touched the concrete. "On three we jump and try and break this metal piece and we're home free."
"But we have to deal with Jeremy first." Dean said which made Christina's eyes open halfway. "That's right Christy. We're going to finish this for you if you're too scared to finish this." Dean looked over at Sam who nodded and lifted himself the best he could with the hurt shoulder. But they both stopped when they heard the sound of metal snapping and something hard land on the ground. They both saw Christina laying on the ground. Her wounded arms bearing most of the brunt of the impact. Dean couldn't help but smile at the determination of his sister. He knew that if he pressed the right buttons she would indeed fight and not give up.
~Family Ties~
Dean moved quietly like a shadow to his car which was still in the place he parked when he and Sam arrived. Sam stayed behind with Christina while Dean was more fit to grab their first aide kit from his trunk. As he kept a close eye on the upstairs window, he fished for weapons. He gently closed his trunk after he gathered his desired items and quietly returned to the shed. Chrisitna was quietly pressing on Sam's shoulder to stop the bleeding.
"I got the kit." Dean said setting it besides his sister and opened it up. He grabbed a couple of gauze pads and Christina moved away without much to say. Dean worked quickly to patch Sam up before they could get out of there. "Think you can fight?" Dean asked Sam who nodded and winced as Dean pressed on the wound.
"What about Christy?" He asked seeing his sister sitting in the corner her eyes shut and her arms shaking. Dean looked up at Sam who nodded and Dean went to sit next to her.
"It's going to be okay, Christy." He said even though his own body was hurt and he felt like it was hopeless. "We're not going to force you to do anything if you're not comfortable." Her head lowered and Dean heard her soft sobs. "I'm sorry I said all those things to you. I didn't mean any of it."
"But you did, Dean." Christina said softly. "And I needed to hear it. It's true that I was..." she sobbed pulling her arms tighter against her. "Am scared to face Jeremy. He made my life a living Hell but knowing what you went through in Hell I'm being pretty stupid to let it affect me." She looked up and smiled weakly. Even in the dim lit room Dean's heart felt heavy as the cuts and bruises dotted her face. "Come on. Let's finish this once and for all." Dean and Sam nodded. They had to put an end to this demon.
~Family Ties~
It was midnight when the three Winchesters braved their escape out of the shed. The moon was small so it hardly gave the Winchesters any light but they moved quietly towards the house and Sam stopped to lock pick the back door. All three held their breath as they were scared of what would happen if the dog, Peaches, would start barking. But as they walked inside the house they saw the dead body of Peaches on the kitchen floor. All three of them were quiet as they moved around the body and headed quietly towards the stairs.
"Stay on the edge." Christina mouthed to her brothers. Sam and Dean were confused until they saw her climbing the stairs each foot near the edge of the steps the only sound was the soft pat pat pat of her shoes on the wood.
They reached the top of the stairs and Christina pointed towards the room near the end of the hallway. Dean and Sam holding their weapons ready to use for protection. They carefully opened the door and froze. The room was empty nobody was inside it. Dean and Sam turned around seeing if Christina had any other idea and they felt their legs go weak. Jeremy held Christina his hand gripping her neck and holding a knife close to her side.
"Look who's breaking and entering." Jeremy snarled his black eyes made him look like a walking skeleton then a human being. "Set your weapons on the ground now or you're going to be picking up your sister's head from the bottom floor." Dean and Sam reluctantly dropped their weapons but because Jeremy wasn't looking at them as he dragged Christina backwards they had only placed their weapons back in their jeans. They followed Jeremy as he lead them into an attic room and they saw Amanda laying on the ground her arms and legs tied behind her. She didn't looked to be injured but they now knew they needed to get rid of Jeremy quickly if they were going to survive the night.
"Jeremy..." Amanda's voice was scared as she lifted her head seeing the three Winchesters being thrown to the ground. Jeremy smirked and saw Christina move closer to her brother Sam who wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
"Oh how cute." Jeremy sneered closing the attic door behind him. "Who would have thought that I would have my wife, my daughter and her two brothers all under one roof?" He laughed and he locked the attic door.
Sam felt strange as he felt the knife the demon Ruby had given him was carefully pulled out of his jeans. Christina didn't have to look at him for him to know what she was planning. "You're not going to get away with this." Sam said making Jeremy stomp his way towards him knocking Christina out of the way. He grabbed the front of Sam's jacket as he wasn't wearing a shirt underneath.
"Oh I believe I will." Jeremy said pushing Sam back. "You just wait and see."
"Dad..." Jeremy turned roughly seeing Christina standing there her body trembling blood starting to trickle out of her wounds. "You will leave them alone. You will not hurt anyone ever again!" Jeremy smirked as she rushed towards him as he stood up and took the impact of her small body squarely into his. She was sent flying back which gave both Sam and Dean the opportunity to rush Jeremy grabbing his arms and pushing him to the ground.
"Do it Christy!" Dean said as he saw the hesitation in her eyes. But as she closed her eyes she sent the knife flying through the sky. Before the blade entered Jeremy's chest black smoke exited through the mouth. But Christina couldn't stop the knife from entering Jeremy's chest and into the heart. Jeremy was smiling as he fell to the ground blood slowly pooling from his wound.
"...thank you..." he said before his eyes lost their light. Christina felt the knife leave her hands as she watched the man she hated deeply die in front of her. Dean placed a hand on his sister's shoulder letting her know he was there for her. But she didn't look up. She continued to stare blankly at the deceased body of Jeremy Walker. A man she had called dad for fourteen years of her life.
"Is he..." Amanda's voice rang in the Winchesters ears making Sam and Dean turn to face her. " is he dead?" She was on the verge of crying when Dean stood up and untied her arms and legs.
"I'm sorry to say that he is, Amanda." Amanda was helped to her knees before she crawled over towards Christina and pulled her into a painful hug.
"Its okay, sweetie. I'm sure your father doesn't blame you." Amanda soothed running her hand down Christina's neck. "But I'm glad that demon is now gone from him."
Christina had frozen on the spot. "How did you know he was possessed?" She asked trying to keep her voice from shaking to badly. "How did you know who I was, when you didn't when we saw you for a job?"
"Damn, covers blown." Amanda smirked pushing Christina to the wall across the attics room. Ruby's knife clattered to the ground and it was a mad dash for it from Dean and the possessed Amanda. Sam went to check on Christina as she remained still on the ground. "You Winchesters are not going to survive the night!" Amanda screamed grabbing hold of the knife's handle. Dean quickly grabbed hold of Amanda's hand and without hesitation sent the knife's blade souring into Amanda's neck. The unmistakable orange glow lit up the darkened room. They had killed the demon that terrorized this place. But they also had killed its inhabitants.
Dean pulled the knife out of Amanda's neck and saw his sister fall to her knees tears beginning to flow out of her eyes. Sam was now holding her shoulders as Christina began to sob. Dean lowered his head saddened by what had happened. Even though he was angry at what Jeremy Walker did to his sister, they were still her parents. They still raised her for fourteen years. But as she cried in that attic Dean could tell she was only crying for the life she had left and had to return to. He wasn't going to blame her if she remained depressed for a few weeks after this. It was then he decided that they'd return to Bobby's to rest up and recover from what had happened.