Chapter 5: Tragedy.

A few days have passed since Jean's drunken phone call to Sam, and Bobby has hardly let her out of his sight; always managing to find some excuse as to why she needs to stick around. At first, Bobby was just annoying to Jean; always asking her to help him with the simplest of tasks or asking where she's going and insisting on going with her. When she did manage to go somewhere alone, Bobby would call her every thirty minutes. That's when Bobby truly started to get on Jean's nerves and she would frequently lose her temper and snap at him. However, when they heard about the deaths of Caleb and Pastor Jim, a few hours ago, Bobby absolutely refuses to let her go anywhere alone.

Pastor Jim was always one of Jean's favorite people and one of the few non-family members that she fully trusted. She remembers the time, shortly after her and Dean's eighteenth birthday, when she was having horrible recurring nightmares of this man; at least she thought it was a man, she could never get a good look at him; with glowing crimson orange eyes. He would reach out for Jean but could never actually touch her; this caused the man to become infuriated and frustrated. He would then try to speak to her but all that she could hear was a high pitched shrieking noise with a few clear words in English; the most frequent being Jean and mine. His anger would swell once he realizes that Jean couldn't fully understand him and his anger would overwhelm her. She would then wake up and become incredibly violent for no reason. She had actually attacked both of her brothers once. When she attacked Dean, he sort of deserved it for making fun of the fact that she had a nightmare. She thoroughly kicked his ass and their father kept a close eye on her after that. When she attacked Sammy, however, he didn't deserve it; he had only been asking if she was okay after she had the nightmare three nights in a row. She had punched Sammy and nearly broken his nose. That's when John decided to leave Jean with Pastor Jim until she 'gets her shit together'.

She spent three months with Pastor Jim during which he taught her different meditation techniques to help control her anger. The first month was very hard on both Jean and Pastor Jim, with the dream occurring almost every night, but once she got the hang of the meditation processes things went much more smoothly and the dream's frequency eventually slowed. She finally managed to get her anger under control, at least to the point where she wasn't violently lashing out, after three months. In the fourth month, the dreams almost completely came to a stop and Jean was allowed to return to her family.

The dream returned in full force on her twenty-first birthday, but since she had already left to hunt on her own, it wasn't as big of a deal. As a matter of fact, she still has the dream on occasion.

Currently, Bobby and Jean are sitting at a booth in a small restaurant about two hours away from Sioux Falls. They're returning to Bobby's after following up on a possible vengeful spirit case. As it turned out, it was just a psychotic human case. You know; the husband's cheating on his wife, but the mistress wants him all to herself and tries to convince him to leave his wife. He promises her he will but never does, so the mistress pushes the wife down a flight of stairs, killing her. After discovering the truth, Jean put together all the evidence they had discovered and dropped it off at the police station. She and Bobby then hightailed it out of there.

Jean is yanked out of her memories by Bobby kicking her in the shin. She looks around startled and sees a waitress standing by their table looking at her with a worried expression on her face. "Are you alright, hun?"

Jean puts on her best fake smile and replies, "Yeah, sorry about that. I'll have the bacon double cheeseburger with fries and a coke."

The waitress writes down her order then leaves. As soon as she's gone, Bobby asks Jean, "Are you sure you're okay?"

Jean nods as she reaches into her jacket pocket, removes a hard candy, unwraps it, and pops it into her mouth. "Yeah, just remembering Pastor Jim." The waitress returns with their drinks; placing a Coke in front of Jean and a cup of black coffee in front of Bobby. The waitress leaves again and Bobby discretely removes a flask from his vest pocket and pours a little whiskey into his cup. Jean raises an eyebrow at him, "Really?"

Bobby shrugs, "What? I'm not driving."

Jean reaches into her front jeans pocket to remove her phone only to find it missing. "Shit. Be right back Bobby." She stands up to leave and so does Bobby. Rolling her eyes she tells him, "Bobby, I'm only going out to the car. Look you can see the car from here...so back off." Bobby looks at her in surprise and she turns to walk to the door. On her way outside, she passes their waitress, and the waitress' eyes momentarily flash black. She continues walking as though she didn't see anything. As soon as she reaches her cell, which is laying on the dashboard of her Mustang; she texts Bobby 'Demon in the restaurant'. She slips the phone in her pocket then acting like she couldn't find it, she goes to the trunk, opens it, and grabs a couple of flasks filled with holy water.

She makes her way to the back of the restaurant and to the back entrance which leads into the kitchen. Slowly, she opens the door a little, just enough for her to have a look inside. "Damn," she says, as she sees the bloody remains of whom she assumes used to be the restaurant manager. The demon must have killed him just for fun. Jean grabs one of the flasks of holy water and the iron knife she keeps tucked into her right combat boot, hidden by the hem of her jeans. She pours some of the holy water over the iron blade of her knife then cautiously enters the kitchen. A quick but thorough look around the kitchen reveals no threats to Jean and she moves to the door that separates the kitchen from the rest of the restaurant.

She carefully glances out of the round window that's set into the door. "Balls," she curses quietly as she sees that Bobby is surrounded by three demons. As she watches, Bobby pulls out another flask, this one most likely filled with holy water, and flicks it at one of the demons. Holy water splashes onto the demon's face and the demon screams in pain.

Spotting her opportunity, Jean bursts into the dining area from the kitchen with her own flask and knife at the ready. The demons turn around and look at Jean, but before she can act, the demons smoke out of their human hosts.

Bobby bends over the empty human vessels and checks all of them for a pulse. He stands up shaking his head, "They're dead." He then looks at Jean with a puzzled look on his face, "What was that about? You bathe in holy water or somethin'?"

Jean shrugs, "No, but that's a good idea."

Bobby shakes his head then heads for the front door, "We'll figure it out later. Right now, we've gotta skedaddle."

"One second," Jean says and then hurries over to the table they were sitting at. She picks up the bacon double cheeseburger and takes a bite. She then walks over to Bobby with the cheeseburger in hand.

Bobby looks at her in disbelief, "Really?"

She shrugs again and says, "You know my motto: No cheeseburger left behind." She takes another bite as she follows Bobby out of the restaurant and to her car.

About four hours later, Jean is jolted awake by the ringing of her cell phone. She picks it up and answers with a gruff, "Hello?"

"Jean?" Sam's voice sounds exhausted and full of pain. "How fast can you get to Kansas City, Missouri?"

Jean sits up in the guest bed of Bobby's house and rubs her eyes trying to fully wake up. "Four or five hours if I ignore all speed limits. Why?"

"Dad, Dean, and I are in the Shiloh County Hospital. We were in a car wreck...a demon drove a semi-truck into the side of the Impala." Jean gets to her feet quickly and begins to rush around the room gathering her belongings. "I'm okay...just a few scratches. Dad's finally awake and has an injured arm and a couple of bruised ribs. He's also been shot in the leg." Sam falls silent and Jean holds the phone against her ear using her shoulder as she pulls on a pair of jeans. Sam takes a deep breath then continues in a voice that shakes, "Dean though...he's in a coma. The doctors say that he might not wake up at all." Sam sounds like he's trying not to break down.

Jean pulls off her old camisole then tosses on a clean one, "I'm on my way, Sam. I'll be there in a few hours. Sam, try not to kill dad in the meantime." She pulls on a flannel shirt then sits down on the bed and puts on a pair of socks and her combat boots.

As she's lacing up her boots Sam says, "Okay. Ask for Elroy McGillicutty. And Jean? Could you let Bobby know and ask him to bring his tow truck? The Impala is in...uh...pretty bad shape."

"I'll let him know. Keep me updated on Dean's condition. Bye, Sam." She hangs up her cell phone and picks up her duffel bag and leaves the guest bedroom. She hesitates outside of the door to Bobby's room, wondering if he actually went to bed, but decides that it's much more likely he fell asleep in the study.

Jean makes her way downstairs and into the study and sees Bobby asleep at his desk with his head resting on an open book. "Bobby, wake up." She walks over to him and shakes him by the shoulders, "Come on Bobby. Wake up, it's important."

Bobby grunts, lifts his head, and mumbles something that sounds like "What?"

"Dean, Sam, and dad were in a bad car wreck and are in the hospital." At her words Bobby is shocked fully awake. "Sam wanted to know if you could take the tow truck and pick up the Impala in Kansas City, Missouri."

Bobby stands up, "I gotta put a new tire on the truck; it shouldn't take too long though."

Jean nods and begins walking for the door, "Okay, well, I'm going on ahead.

She opens the door and as it's closing behind her, she can hear Bobby shout "Be careful!" The door shuts and Jean walks over to her Mustang and unlocks it. She tosses her bag into the backseat then gets into the driver's seat and starts the car.