Chapter 2- Road Trip
Before the sun had even risen Dean was literally up and bouncing all across the bunker listing to himself all the rides he had to try out before the hunt was over. Sam walked into the kitchen to find some bacon and eggs waiting for him. He dropped his fork halfway through his plate and gave Dean a menacing glare, "I swear to God Dean if you don't stop bouncing around like that I will call this whole thing off."
Dean sat down and tried to stop smiling but could only manage a very odd grimace. "Sammy how are you not even a little bit excited? Don't you remember going there as a kid? Don't you remember the pure awesomeness of the place?"
"How old was I even Dean?" Sam shot back exasperated, tired of this hunt already, "plus it was in between hunts and I specifically remember you begging dad for weeks on end until he finally took us. Then we only stayed for an hour, and the whole time dad complained that we shouldn't be wasting our energy, time, and money being there when we had real work to do." He looked over at Dean who had gone stone faced before adding, "Plus I threw up on the first and only ride I got on there."
Dean picked up Sam's plate and threw it into the sink turning the garbage disposal on to get rid of the remaining food. He wiped his hands on a towel before turning to look at his little brother. "Sammy, I know you hated dad" he held up his hand when Sam tried to interrupt, "don't deny it, you resent our childhood, I know it. But you can't just see the negative in everything. We had a normal childhood experience in that one hour, and now we can piece together that we only stayed for an hour obviously because there was something bad in that park, and dad took care of it. So maybe instead of complaining about everything, you come to realize that dad did all he could for us while trying to save the whole damn world so everyone else could have a normal life. So stop blaming all your issues on dad and see the bigger picture here." And with that he picked up his usual duffle bag and grunted out, "Impala, five minutes."
To make the day just that much shittier, it was raining. When Sam got in the car Dean was just glaring out the windshield. No music. No nothing. As soon as his door closed Dean spun his tires kicking up gravel behind them as the bunker quickly disappeared in the review mirror. Sam was mentally beating himself up for even opening his mouth earlier considering they had a fifteen hour drive ahead of them.
And so the duo sat in silence until they both whipped their heads around, almost causing Dean to ditch the impala, when they heard the sound of an angel zapping into their backseat. "Damn it Cas! You have a cell phone now, at least give us a call before poofing into the backseat causing us to have heart attacks!" Dean glared at the angel through the rear view mirror.
Castiel merely tilted his head to the side as if listening to something, to Dean's great annoyance. "You're heart beats while a little fast do not suggest any type of cardial infarction." He stated.
Dean gave the angel a glare "Cas, you know what I mean, you scared the shit out of us."
"Nor do I detect any defecation in this car." Cas simply stated.
Sam held in a chuckle while Dean just rubbed his hair vigorously to keep from letting go of the wheel to turn around and punch the angel.
"What are you doing here Cas?" Sammy finally asked when he knew he could contain the laughter in his voice.
Castiel turned his attention to Sam, "I was merely curious as to what you two were up to"
"Oh buddy boy; you have got to stay with us through this hunt." Dean said finally returning to his excitement.
"My name is Castiel, not 'buddy' I have come to understand that that name is common amongst household pets of the canine variety. And why should I come along, is this a particularly dangerous hunt?" Cas furrowed his eyebrows in concern.
"No, no, no Cas we are going to Dollywood!" Dean said as if that answered everything.
Castiel looked between the two brothers for more information before saying, "The place that you mention on many occasions when referring to happiness and cheer?" Dean just nodded his head vigorously. "So are you going there for happiness and cheer?"
Sammy sighed before finally offering up enough info to end this idiotic conversation. "No Cas there's a case there and we were called for help with it. The owner of the park does not seem to know what is happening except that employees and visitors to the park are going missing just before closing time, and our dad helped her out before so she came to us."
"The owner, she is the one Dean refers to with this motion?" Castiel asked before holding his arms out in front of his chest with his hands cupped inward, indicating Dolly's...well.
"Oh yes my friend!" Dean said while wiggling his eyebrows. "And we are going to have our own personal tour of the park with the beauty herself! This week could not get any better!"
Sam just rolled his eyes not even considering reminding Dean that this was not a week of fun, but an actual serious hunt. "So Cas are you in?"
"I would enjoy that, I would like to witness this heaven on earth as Dean refers to it as so."
The rest of the ride was in much better spirits with Dean blasting classic rock and the brothers giggling at Cas' random questions like 'how can a woman be a cherry pie?' Finally half way to their destination the newly formed trio stopped for a bite to eat at a diner and a cheap motel room.