Chapter 21

Dean walked into the house with the others trailing along behind him. He looked up as Sky came down the hall dressed in black and carrying two bags. The look on her face was one of determination with a hint of something dangerous. He had never seen her this intense or on edge before and it made him uneasy.

"Babe, what are you doing?" he asked cautiously.

"I'm heading out. I'll bring Cole and Alex back," she stated sitting her bags down to grab her laptop and stuff in one of them. "Rule 45-Clean up your own mess."

"Oh hell no you're not," he growled grabbing her arm firmly to stop her. "Who's dumb ass rule is that anyway."

In seconds Sky had removed his hand and had him pinned to the wall being careful not to hurt him. She had never really shown him just how well trained she was in hand to hand and Dean struggled for a second before stilling. Sam started to step in to aid his brother, but stopped when he saw the look in Dean's eyes. Dean didn't want or need his help.

"The rules are my uncle's, don't knock them and I can't let you come Dean, any of you. This is going to be very dangerous and I don't want any of you getting hurt or worse killed," she told him letting him go and stepping back. Dean turned slowly looking down at her all emotion gone from his face.

"Dude, you've got a kick ass girlfriend," Brody commented in appreciation just loud enough for the ones standing around him to hear.

Dean cast a killer look his way before coming back to rest on Sky. He stepped in front of her stopping her from heading out the door.

"And what we do not's dangerous? You're goin' to talk to me or you don't leave."

Brody, Trace and Sasha stood still, afraid to move as they watched the stand off. They looked between the brothers and Sky waiting for one to give in. The girls had never seen their brothers like this, nor Sky and it sent a hint of fear through them.

Sky looked up into his dark, piercing eyes knowing the longer she argued, the longer it was gonna take her to leave. Sam had come to stand beside his brother doubling their intimidation. Letting out a deep breath, Sky finally spoke.

"The reason I never talk about what I do is because I deal with very dangerous people in extremely dangerous situations, one's who will shoot you on the spot without batting an eye. They have hired guns, paid assassins; they're ruthless and killers. I'm who they call in as the last resort when all other resources are depleted or of no use. I'm the wild card no one expects. I have made a lot of enemies in my line of work. Damnit Dean, I can't risk any of your lives going after them. Don't you see, you've never dealt with monsters like this before? Besides you don't kill humans, remember?" she explained trying to get him to change his mind. "I need to protect you."

Dean listened to her talk shocked at what he was hearing. This was a part of her life that she never let bleed over into her private life until now. He was finding she was so much more than she ever let him see and he wasn't sure how to take this news. Any uncertainty or concern he pushed in the back of his mind to deal with later. She was still the girl he had fallen in love with and still loved, this didn't change his feelings for her. He also didn't like anyone trying to protect him; he was the one who should be doing the protecting.

"Excuse me; we've seen two tours overseas in the worse possible conditions. Trace and me were trained for this kind of thing," Brody inserted letting them know they were here and were in.

"That was before they attacked our family," Dean said. "You can't do this alone. Sam, you and Sasha see what ya can find on cameras, surveillance around the theater. We need to know who to look for and see if Alex or Cole's phones are on and if we can track either."

"Got it," Sam said pulling Sasha with him.

"We're goin' to Jody's to get geared up," Krissy told them before taking Brody's keys. "We'll be back in a few and you better not think about leaving without us. This time we all go got it big brother," she said looking directly at Dean to be sure he understood.

"Let me change and then you're gonna tell me who you think took them," Dean told Sky giving her a look that said she better not try to leave without him.

"Come on, I know Cole has weapons we can borrow," Brody told Trace as the headed for Sam's bedroom to change and raid Cole's stash.

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Dean quickly began shedding his suit and tie, taking the small box and slipping it back into the back of his top dresser drawer. This would have to wait; he had more important matters to deal with now. After slipping on jeans, tee shirt and long sleeved shirt, he grabbed his boots, duffle bag and weapons bag before heading back to the living room. Sky was pacing the room as she sent a text on her cell waiting for him to return. He sat his bag down and pulled on his boots before standing to stop her nervous pacing.

"Talk to me."

"Alright, understand I can't tell you details, it's classified, Need To Know, Top Secret stuff. I do black ops work for the government. I'm called in only for the most difficult cases," she told him trying to be as vague as possible. "I've kept that life and my private life separated, never leaving any trace that will lead them back to me or my family. But like they say, money can buy anything if you grease the right palms. Someone is out for revenge and they found me. I'm thinking it was easier to kidnap Cole to get to me, unfortunately Alex must have got in the way. These people are deadly and believe me when I tell you; they will not hesitate to kill any of you. I can't ask you to help because I don't want any of you getting hurt."

"They can try, but they may find it harder than they think. Besides, you're not asking for our help we are offering it. It's not like we don't know what could happen, hell we look death in the face every time we face the supernatural, this is not any different," Dean replied. "In fact it may be easier since we won't have any supernatural things to deal with. I'd say we're on the same playing field."

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"We're ready," Brody told them coming out of the back dressed in camouflage pants, olive drab tee shirt and a long sleeved camouflage shirt and carrying a rifle and bag. Trace followed him dressed the same and sat a bag down so he could slip a gun holster onto his belt before fitting a handgun into it. They looked every bit the tough Marines they were.

"Sky contact Jody and let her know what's going on and we're going after them."

"Alright," she said moving to the kitchen to make the call knowing this was going to be a hard call to make. She was sure Jody was going to get the FBI involved; she just hoped they would not get in her way. She was going to make the ones who messed with her family pay for this.

"Sammy you find anything."

"Yeah, we found a grey van leaving the area around the time they were taken. Sasha was able to get a license plate from a traffic camera and she hacked the DMV data base to find the owner. Looks like they were stolen from a truck the day before. We did track the van out of town and know which way it went."

"That's a start. Go change," he instructed his brother. He stepped to Sasha and whispered to her for a few moments.

"Any luck with either cell?" Sky asked from the kitchen. She was throwing together two bags with water and food, one for Dean and her and one for the guys and girls.

"Cole's was on for ten minutes before going dark and Alex's was on for a little longer before doing the same. They're heading south east on 29," she answered as she continued to type on the laptop. "I need to go home and change too."

"Look I know you wanna help, but Sasha you're not trained for any of this," Dean started.

"Don't even go there, I might not be able to help with the fighting, but I can help with the computer work and tracking and whatever else you need. I'm a hacker and I can hack into satellite feeds and check the interstate, just have to let them get in range. I'm good at it Dean. I know my limits, so get it in your head, I'm not staying behind."

"Well okay then," Dean told her impressed with her backbone. "Sammy you stay with Sasha, you guys with the girls. We'll take three cars in case we need to split up. Sammy," Dean called to him opening the weapon's bag and handing him his guns and knives. Sam accepted each weapon storing it on his body before heading out with Sasha. Dean pulled out his guns and checked the loads to be sure they were loaded with real bullets before slipping them into his clothes. "You guys need any other arms?"

"Got an extra hand gun and ammo?" Brody asked.

"Yep, in the car, come on either of you any good with a crossbow?"

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Brody and Trace were waiting outside when Krissy and Claire pulled up to the house in Brody's SUV. Brody took Krissy's place behind the wheel, waiting for everyone to get settled.

"Dean and Sky have gone on ahead; Sam and Sasha will be following us as soon as she gets ready. All we know is they're headed down 29 south east. We're to keep in touch by cell," he informed the girls before pulling out of the driveway. Everyone was quiet watching out the windows lost in their own thoughts.

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Sasha opened her front door and headed straight for her bedroom to change and pack a small bag.

"Can you pack my laptop and be sure the power cord is in the bag?"

"Got it," Sam answered picking up her computer bag and unplugging her laptop. He slid it into the case and unplugged the cord storing it in there too. "I'm gonna grab some waters and granola bars for the road."

"Sounds good, take whatever you think we might need."

Sam found a cloth bag and pulled some water from the fridge before raiding the cabinet and tossing granola and power bars, crackers and small bag of chocolate in too. He sat it by the computer case and waited for Sasha to come from the bedroom.

Fifteen minutes later Sasha came out dressed in dark clothes carrying a small pack with extra clothes. She went to one of her bookcases and ran a finger down the books before pulling two thin books from the case and adding them to her pack.

"I'm ready, just need to turn on the alarm system for both floors," she said going to the side closet and opening a hidden panel. "We have twenty seconds after its set to get out, go stand by the door."

"Right," Sam replied picking up the bags and moving to the door waiting for her to finish. "I thought your alarm was by the door here?" he asked looking at the alarm pad.

"That is one, this one here, if the basement is breached, the place goes up and everything is destroyed. We can't let what is down there get into the wrong hands."

"So Dean could've blown himself up when he broke in?"

"No, no, it wasn't armed then. I only arm it if I going to be gone for a period of time. The other one pretty much works for everyday."

"Good to know," Sam commented not sure he wanted to tell Dean how close he came to blowing himself up if she had set that alarm.

"You wanna drive first or should I?"

"I will," Sam told her pulling his cell to read a text from Dean. "They've not seen anything yet. Come on we need to catch up."