'Finally.' Oliver thinks. He was under a tight deadline, this new discovery, it would go down in history. Ever since he found that rock, he was fascinated by the materials it was made of. It was nothing he ever seen. It's been over six months, and he still didn't know where it came from, or what it is. It wasn't anything from outer space, or planet Earth. But last night. He was already writing his thesis. But not until tomorrow. NASA, the USA government, both will be vying for a piece of the pie. How much should he start the bidding? It had to at least seven figures to start.
He took out his car keys. He was planning on ordering a pizza. Just for tonight, he wasn't opening his laptop. He was already deciding what to put on his pizza when he ran into a man.
"Oof! Excuse me." He says not looking up. He tries to go around when the person he walks into steps in front of him. What the... When he looked up, a bald guy wearing a black suit was standing in front of him. "Look. I'm in a hurry." He tries to go him again, when the guy stops him. Huh?
"Oh pardon me. Are you Dr. Mitchell?" The bald guy asks.
"Yes?" Oliver looked at him. It was really late. He wanted to order a pizza before he gets home. B & E's were closing at ten.
"I'm a fan of your work. I been waiting a long time to meet you."
Oliver furrows his brows.
"Excuse me? Have we met?" This guy, he looked like he knew him. He was staring at Oliver with a odd expression.
"Not officially. That paper you wrote about that metal. It allowed me to come here."
Now Oliver was really confused.
"I never wrote that yet. How?"
"Did I know? Let's just say I'm psychic . Now. About that research. Did you finish it?"
Oliver felt really uneasy now. He held his car fob between his fingers, the key sticking out.
"I'm really in a hurry."
"Don't worry. You won't need to worry about anything anymore."
Dr Mitchell was found dead in his trunk by his colleague on Monday morning. His rotting blood was leaking out of the car, attracting wild animals and bugs. The police believed it was a robbery gone wrong, however his wallet, Mercedes-Benz and gold watch were still on him. Why would anyone kill a physics professor was a mystery. Especially now. Fire was set to his office, the same night he was killed.
"Two murders this month?" Jackson was reading the Lebanon Voice. One of the few newspapers the small town still printed and sold.
"Things are sure getting crazy. I mean, another man was killed, he was in Boston on a business trip. He was murdered in his motel room."
Marta nods. The post office was closed for the day, and before she went home for the night, she went to pick up a bottle of red wine at her favorite liquor store. Of course it was the only liquor store in town, Main Street Liquor was the only store that sold a variety of booze.
"Wonder if he was targeted? His house was cleaned out while he was away. Poor guy." She waits till Jackson rings up her order and bags it. "Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow?" Lebanon was a small town, almost everyone knew each other.
"Of course. See you."
"Bye."
Jackson watches as the police cars drove by. Looks like they finished their investigation. When he looked up he saw a '67 Impala drive after them. It looks like the Feds from Kansas City were here to investigate.
Sam and Dean walk inside the pawn shop. They already checked out that body, poor guy was stabbed several times. Whoever killed that guy, he clearly had a vendetta against him.
The shop owner looks up at the two men.
"Howdy fellows. Twenty percent off everything on the shelves. Today only." Terry needed to move this junk, otherwise he cannot sell his newest merch.
Dean walks up to the owner and pulls out a huge wad of cash. He won some cash in Vegas on the drive back here. His wife was his good luck charm.
"We need to see your goods." Sam tells Terry.
Terry nods.
"Come on in." He locks the door to his store. 'Back in fifteen.'
Sam and Dean were impressed by the various stock in his store. Too bad most of it was stolen. Terry was a former hunter. Like Dean's former friend Lee, he turned dark side when greed took over.
"You're in luck. I have some hex bags, a hand of glory from a serial killer who was executed in the fifties, and some anointed blood. But, if you are interested in my more premium items, I have some dragon's breath." He holds up a perfume bottle. He smiled at the men's expression. "Just don't give this to your lady friends. Don't want them to set themselves on fire."
Dean shakes his head.
"We are actually looking for a skull of a witch. Sarah Goode?"
Terry nods in understanding.
"Ah. I do have it in stock. But. If you are willing to pay, I have the remains of Melinda Warren. She's not cheap though. Genuine witches like herself are very rare."
Sam just came here with Dean on a case. First to investigate the professor's murder. Usually cases like that are left to the police, however it was the way he was killed that caught Dean's attention. A random murder like that was usually sloppy. This man was targeted.
This also wasn't the only other case they were on, there was the murder of their friend in Boston. Dean got a phone call from his brother in law Devon. He wasn't a hunter, although he was roommates with one. A guy was found sliced in half. Perfectly sliced. Police couldn't find a weapon large enough to do it, guy wasn't small.
They both knew who the killer was, his former best friend Terry. They had a nasty falling out ten years ago when Terry began negotiating with the god Plutus. Bart was furious with Terry for turning their back on everything they were taught. That hunting was for the greater good. Terry scoffed that he was sick of hunting and wanted the sweet life. Their friendship was dissolved after that and neither spoke to each other since. Until Boston. Terry must have found out about Bart's "collection."
Sam was planning on helping Dean get justice for Bart, but hearing the name of Melinda Warren gave him pause. Melinda was the Halliwell's witchy ancestor. She was burned at the stake in 1692. Her remains were then taken away to be destroyed, however they disappeared shortly after. How they ended up here was a mystery. Sam knew he had to get those bones back to his wife's family.
Terry was holding on to the skull.
"You find it funny that the common name was Goode? Many of the accused shared the same name." He sets the skull down. "Anyways, Melinda Warren, it will take me some time to retrieve her. Won't be cheap though. But for you two, I'll honour that twenty percent discount." He was confused when Dean chuckled.
"Who would you kill to retrieve it?" He looked at Terry who looked enraged.
"EXCUSE ME? This is my store. I won't tolerate rude customers. Leave, before I call the cops."
"Really? Because our friend named Bart Kemp was murdered in Boston. We know you stole all this from him." Dean didn't know Bart well, but he always helped other hunters whenever asked.
"Sliced clean in half. His house was broken in to, all of his stuff stolen. Oh! Forgot to mention. My wife would love to know where her ancestor's bones are hidden." Sam was staring hard at Terry.
''Huh." So that's who Sam Winchester was married to. He picks up the Dragon's Breath and squeezes the tip. A breath of fire comes out. Both Sam and Dean dive to the floor. When that didn't work, he picked up a large sword and walks towards Sam.
"This sword is more than a sword. It's called Chrysaor. Slices up anything. Your friend, one hit. But you. I'm taking my time." He lifts up the sword. He looks down at himself as a bullet goes through him. He drops dead.
Dean was holding a smoking gun.
"They never stop talking!" He puts away his gun. "This isn't the movies where everyone stands around listening."
Sam smirks as he picks up Terry's notebook.
"Check this out. Terry catalogued everything." He flips over the pages. "Piper and her sisters will love to know where half of this been."
"So what do we do with this crap?" So many occult objects.
"Guess we take it." Sam shrugs.
"Uncle Daniel's locker is getting full, so is Dad's. We need to either get rid of this crap, or get our own lockers." Dean hated organizing. Absentmindedly he picks up the Dragon's Breath and squeezes the bottle almost hitting Sam with the fire. "Sorry." He puts the bottle back seeing Sam's exasperated expression.
Bianca was outside the Lebanon Vista Theatre, visiting her friends from high school. She was already attending a community college in Kansas City, she liked to come down once in a while to visit her friends and to hunt. She was listening in amusement at Eliot's storytelling.
"Like these guys. They hunt monsters. And get this! They are brothers. The trunk of their car has weapons. I heard stories but; can you imagine?''
Bianca could only smile. If only he knew, their destinies as hunters started this day. But not right away, not until that incident. Bianca remembered how they met. She was barely a child. She was daydreaming when she heard Eliot's fingers snapping in her face.
"Huh? Oh, sorry." She blushed when her friends laughed.
"Thinking about college are we?" Max teases. She liked Ann, but she was too old for her. But Stacey. She was her age. Max knew she had to make a move soon, Stacey was flirting with Veronica Kelly at the concession stand inside the theatre.
"How is it in the big city?" Stacey asked. She moved down here a while back ago from Idaho. Why her parents picked Lebanon was a mystery. But she was glad she lived here. She was best friends with Max, Eliot and Ann. Too bad Ann graduated and moved away, she was really cool. Plus incredibly smart. Ann tutored all three in advanced algebra last year.
"Fine." She preferred Lawrence, but Chris forbade her from living there. It was way too risky to be found out. Dean and Sam would know there was something unusual about her. Jenna was easier to fool, she wasn't hunting long. But the brothers, plus the Halliwells, they will find out the truth about her true identity.
"Just fine? Eliot here, he won't stop talking about you." Max teases. Already she could see Eliot's face turn bright red.
"Shut up Max." Eliot was blushing hard. He refused to look in Ann's direction. He prayed for a distraction, then a rumble of a car engine pulled in to the liquor store across the street. 'Thank you God.' The perfect distraction. All four teenagers were staring at the two brothers across the street.
Sam was reading the book, he already called Piper, she was shocked to hear about the contents of the store. But hearing about her ancestor, she told Sam her and Prue will take care of it. She was still in San Francisco, she didn't want to leave Prue by herself. As for Dean, Jenna was back in Lawrence. She was helping Castiel finding his friend who was still missing.
"So all this stuff is lethal?"
"Uh huh." He couldn't put down the book. Dean rolled his eyes.
"Really Sammy?" Dean opens the door to the liquor mart. Sam was still reading.
Jackson was wiping the counters when the two agents walk in. Sam and Dean, they used the same theatre tricks Jenna used whenever she wore disguises. Different contacts, wigs if necessary, and different facial expressions. It worked, although both preferred glamoring.
"Welcome agents! What can I get you. Or are you still on duty?"
"Our usual." Dean held up two fingers. This business was the one of the few that sold the beer Dean liked. It had a very select market. He came down to Lebanon every once in a while to purchase it whenever he was on a case down here.
While Jackson was in the back, Sam and Dean were talking about the ledger Sam was reading.
"Fairy dust, a Unicorn's horn, Gacy's Cigar Box?" Sam's eyebrow raised. "Hmm."
"You're a witch now Sammy. You should be used to the weird by now. I mean our lives alone."
"Yeah. When we get back, we're gonna need Piper and Prue to help us catalog this stuff."
"Cataloging? Yay." Dean loved hunting, however the grunt work, he usually passed on the stuff to either Bobby or Sam. "I'll ask Jen to help, she has to learn the ins and outs of this stuff. Look what happened at the last hunt her and Cas did." The cursed objects were destroyed, even the vintage porn. Too bad though, that magazine would have brought a huge fortune on Ebay.
"See! Those are the two guys I been telling you about!" Eliot was in awe.
"Them? Wait. I seen one of them before." Stacey was racking her brains. Bianca, she had to distract them. Thankfully Jenna took down the videos of her and Dean, but it didn't mean that Dean wouldn't be recognized.
"That is a bad ass ride." Bianca loved that car. Too bad her siblings kept hogging it. It was destroyed when the bombs went off. It eliminated the monsters, however it killed a lot of people, including her dad.
"Who are those guys? Plus the guy with the long hair. His sister in law was a whitelighter, remember the angels?" Eliot's aunt became a vessel for a short time. She denied being an angel, she said she was high on marijuana.
"Angels? That was nothing but a hoax. Everyone was in on it." Max scoffed. She looked shyly at Stacey who was staring at the car.
"You guys are dicks. Well, except for Anne. You believe in angels and the supernatural right?" Eliot says to Ann.
"Of course." Bianca was thinking about the Impala. Hmm.
Stacey's phone rings. She nods at it and hangs up after a minute.
"I gotta go. See you at the thing?" She looks at Max and then Ann. "What about you Ann?"
"I'll think about it." A party with high schoolers? But then she remembered the stories about that party.
Stacy gets up and stares at the Impala.
"Your right Ann. That is a bad ass car. See you later!" She cheerfully walks away.
Max smiles at Stacey, then at the Impala. Bianca was watching the car as well as Stacey. She remembers her first crush. She excuses herself and makes a phone call. Once Sam and Dean walk down the street, Bianca gestures to Max.
"Want a ride?" She pulls out a car key.
Sam was talking about one of the treasures that was inside one of the boxes they filled with the stuff they stole back from Terry. While Sam was talking, Dean got a phone call.
"Hello? Oh hey. You're at the Post Office? Okay. Sam and I will come get you. See you in a few."
"She's here?" Sam didn't think she'll be interested.
"She's here with Cas. They think they have a lead on that angel they lost. Jenna had a package sent here, something about a rare book. She didn't want it traced back to her." Dean shrugged.
"Okay. I'll take a walk. Post office is just down the street. I want to talk to Cas for a bit."
Before they walk out, Dean calls to Jackson who was still in the back looking around.
"We'll be back!"
"Okay!" Jackson was busy anyways. He thought he ordered that particular brand last week.
"A pearl that grants wishes. I don't know Sam. Remember Vegas, that crazy chick?"
Sam shuddered. What she did. He still couldn't figure out how she got her magic powers. She wasn't wearing a ring, she didn't make a deal. He heard of genies, but they were Tricksters in nature. They did grant wishes, but at a price.
"I try not to think about it. Anyways, this pearl..."
Bianca waited till they were safely down the street. Good thing the party was on the other side of town. Max was excited, she was looking forward to impressing Stacey. All three were old enough to drive, but didn't have their licenses yet. Never mind a car. Bianca looked at Eloit.
"You coming?"
"I. Better not." Those two. They'll kill him.
Max shrugs.
"Suit yourself." She gets in the passenger side when Ann opens the door for her. "Thanks." She couldn't wait to see Stacey's face.
'Finally.' She puts her key inside.
"A perfect fit. Got your seatbelt on?" She asks Max.
"Yep. Where did you get that key?"
"Made a copy. Hang on!"
"So if the times comes, we can use this pearl anytime?" Dean was thinking what to use it for. "When magic comes back, we can figure it out." He was about to say something else when he hears a familiar sound. He was in shock when he sees his beloved Baby driving away. "No no no!" He and Sam run down the street, but whoever the driver was, he drove way too fast. The car turned sharply around a corner and disappeared. Seeing a young teenager staring at the car's direction, he furiously walks towards him. "Hey you! Don't you dare move!"
Bianca was smirking as she drove. She and Max were singing along to Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off." She wondered how pissed Dean was. Knowing him swearing his lungs out. As for Sam, he was forced to endure Dean's pissed off mood. Oh well.
"Shake it off! Shake it off!" They sang as they drove away.
Eliot thanked the cab driver as he pulled up to the old house. Thank god they let him go. Once they headed to the post office to ask for directions, he flagged down a cab to warn Ann and Max about those two guys.
Bianca didn't stay, she said she had to head back to the city. She took something out of the box before she left.
"Bye Ann! Thanks for the ride!" Max waves to her friend as she drives away with one of the party guests a few minutes later. She smiles at Stacey who was rifling through the boxes both Ann and Max brought in.
"That is creepy." Bea shudders at the teddy bear with the x's over its mouth.
"No it's awesome." The bear smirks at the teenager. It dared for the kid to pull the cord.
"Pizzas here!" Another teenager calls.
"Finally! I'm starving." The kids get up, Stacey throws the teddy bear back in the box.
Dean managed to hot wire a truck. He figured the owner can pick up the vehicle here, he wasn't staying in Lebanon.
"That Ann girl. She's dead." He was ready to ring her neck. His hands were squeezing the wheel.
"Dean..."
"She's over eighteen Sam. She's old enough to get a ass kicking. If one scratch is on her..." His beloved Baby.
The cigar box was just sitting there, good thing magic wasn't back yet, otherwise this house would have been a bloodbath.
"Max! Where's Ann!" He was breathless and hyperventilating.
"She left. Guess us highschoolers are too young for her." Stacey says with annoyance. She liked Ann, she just wished she was older. Eliot wasn't the only one with a crush.
"Eliot, you weren't invited." Max says holding two cokes. She hands one to Stacey who thanks her.
"Those two guys with the Impala, they are looking for Ann."
"Like I said she left. Besides, she's a big girl. She can watch herself." Stacey didn't see Max's hurt expression. She takes as bite of the pizza. "Bleah. This is awful. Why does it taste so weird?"
"Pizza guy says ingredients are scarce." Bea says walking in. "Those three pizzas were over a hundred bucks."
"You think that's bad? It's almost summer and it freezing outside. What's with this weird thing in the air?'' Max and her friends were dressed in winter gear. Which was weird in late spring.
Dean and Sam pull up in their borrowed truck.
"Baby. Baby. Oh please be alright." He runs up to his beloved Baby. He sighs in relief when she was perfectly fine.
Sam looks at the backseat.
"Uh Dean?"
"Where's that brat?" Dean was ready to kill.
Bianca was driving away in her rented car. She felt the pearl's power, she knew she had to use it. But not yet. For now drive. She drove to Wichita instead of Kansas City or Lawrence. Dean's next stop was close by. She didn't want to interfere with his next hunt.
The teenagers ran when Sam and Dean charge in. Except for Eliot. He wanted to know if the rumors were true about these guys.
"FBI! Out! All of you! Hey! You too!" Dean pushes Eliot out the door.
"Where's the ghost?" Sam said a kid saw a evil clown in the mirror when they got out of the car. He was running as fast as he can out of the house without stopping. His girlfriend said the clown wanted to kill him.
Once the house was empty, both men look around. Magic was still gone. How? Dean turns around.
"Sammy. John Wayne Gacy was seen in the bathroom mirror."
"That's impossible. Until magic comes back, ghosts don't exist."
"In the real world. Dreams on the other hand. Sam remember Bloody Mary?"
"Yea. She's at rest." That case gave them both nightmares.
"Didn't you say mirrors were a doorway to another world?"
"Yea...Oh. We have to burn the cigar box."
"Not that easy Sam. Gacy is basically immortal. We burn the box, and he stays in the mirror."
"Then he can travel anywhere. We have to destroy all the mirrors and anything shiny. Then he is forced to come out of the mirror."
Eliot was standing outside with the other party goers. He was wondering what to do when he heard smashing.
"What the hell? What is the FBI doing in there?" Eliot says to no one in particular. After a few minutes gets impatient. "That's it. I'm finding out." He runs up the door steps.
"Wait!" Stacey calls out. She gestures to Max to follow her.
Sam lits up the fireplace just as the three teens run in. They watch in horror as the evil ghost of Gacy light up in his clown outfit. Sam turns around and sees the three teens looking at them with horror. Dean was staring with a blank expression.
"Was that a ghost?" Eliot points at the air where Gacy was standing.
A three teens were fascinated at the story both Sam and Dean tells them.
"Ghosts are real? Cool!" Max was fascinated.
"I knew it! So you guys hunt those things?" What a time for Ann to be gone. He wanted to prove he was right this whole time.
"Not just ghosts. Evil things you can't even imagine." Sam puts away his gun. It was filled with rock salt, his other gun, the one with silver bullets was hidden in his ankle.
"And we are damn good at our jobs." Dean needed to hit the road. He wanted to go home and see his wife and Cas who was staying over. Plus pick up the beer. He wanted to relax and watch TV tonight before the next case.
"Listen. What you saw here. Must remain a secret. If anyone finds out." Sam gestures to Dean to finish.
"People will lose their fricken minds."
"If monsters are real. Then the things with the angels?" Max began. Holy shit.
"Long story. Keep out of it, keep your month shut." Dean warns. Might as well not sugar coat it. The end of the world was on the way. He hated to say it. Those three may become hunters.
Later that night Sam was talking to Piper who was overwhelmed by work in Sacred Meadows.
"That bad?" Sam says sympathetically. Poor Piper was working a double shift. Plus working three people's work. Prue was helping, but she was overwhelmed herself. She was acting as acting director since Claire threatened to quit. "My poor girl. What about that Billie girl? Can't she help? I thought she was a new hire?"
"She is taking summer school classes. She needs the credits before her transfer to Scotland. Phew. I really hope Paige returns soon. I don't know how long I do this." Piper looked ready to pass out. "This place needs help. You know any hunters looking for honest work?"
"I'll ask around. As soon as Dean and I are done this case, I'll join you."
"I'll hold you to that. Gotta go. Breakfast is at eight am. And I have to do prep work at five am. I need sleep. Good night. Love you."
"Love you too. Good night." Sam returns his wife's kiss on the tablet.
"That place, it needs help?" Castiel walks up to Sam who was in Dean's study. Both Jenna and Dean were watching television. Castiel wanted to give them their privacy.
"Yeah. It's pretty bad." Sam felt sorry for his wife and sister in law. Without Charlie, that place was falling apart. Paige was doing a decent job, but she needed more hires. Sam was experienced as a handyman, he can work double as a groundskeeper and maintenance. He hoped Dean and Jenna could help. Dean had kitchen experience. Jenna could work as a receptionist or housekeeping.
Castiel was getting bored. He and Hannah they were thinking about moving. Without Jack and Claire, their small house seemed too big. Before Castiel heard about the hunt with those cursed objects, he and Hannah were thinking about selling and moving south to be near Claire. Jack and her were incredibly close. Before Jack's disappearance, he visited Claire a lot. Maybe working at that place would give him and Hannah purpose. To be useful, since both were no longer angels.
"Sam. Will you help me with my resume?"
Tonya Parker yawns as she pulls up to the white building. She worked as a driver for a food delivery service, it was the only way she can work flexible hours since her husband was still overseas in the army. He came home for his annual leave a few weeks ago and he and his wife Tonya spent some needed time together.
Tonya felt sick from the smells from the food inside her car. Usually the delicious smells would make her mouth drool, but lately it made her sick. One perk about her stomach flu. She lost a pound this week. She takes out her bag and walks in the double doors. Greeting the security guard, she signs in.
"How's it going Nate?" She picks up her guest pass. "Here's your vegetarian sandwich, no tomato."
"Thanks." He already paid with his credit card, but tips her anyways. "How's the husband?"
"Still overseas. He won't be back for awhile. He's on another tour." Blech. The greasy smell made her ill when she grabs a Styrofoam container for the other security guard.
Thomas takes a big sniff.
"Nachos extra cheese. Tonya want a chip?" He says opening the container. "Extra cheesy."
Tonya felt sick.
"Excuse me." She runs in the bathroom to vomit.
"Was it something I said?" Thomas tells Nate.
Bianca was watching the building. She didn't know why she was here. She was supposed to be in Wichita, but came to Kansas City instead. Something told her to be here. Good thing Chris was on case in Lawrence, she didn't want to hear his endless lectures about interfering with time. Hey, she's trying. She barely interferes with the big events. All she is cares about was being an audience. She was humming when she sees a familiar bald guy walking in the building.
"Son of a bitch." She called Chris. "Dammit." An answering machine. "Chris! SOS! Gavin is on the move!" She hangs up and calls Dean with a spoofer number. Dean had countless phones, luckily she knew which one was the big number. "Is this Agent Jager? This is Detective Swift. There is a murder we are stumped on in Kansas City. We believe it is similar to the one in Lebanon." She hangs up. There was nothing she could do about the first target. But Tonya. She had to get her out of there.
Three hours later, Sam, Dean and Castiel pull up to the lab. Police were everywhere.
Dean slams his hand on the steering wheel.
"Dammit! We're too late." A body bag was being wheeled out. That phone call. NO ONE knew that number except Bobby, Castiel and Sam. Not even Jenna knew it. It was John's personal cell. Whoever that person was, they clearly knew what Dean did for a living. Dean couldn't recognize the voice. A voice changer was used.
Police were everywhere. Sam, Dean and Castiel got out of the car and walked towards the police tape. Immediately all three were stopped by a cop. No worries, all three hold up their fake FBI badges. The cop waves them in.
Dean walks up to the coroner before he takes the body away.
"FBI, care to tell us what happened here?" Usually Dean would leave case like this to the cops, but that phone call. He was determined to figure out who called him.
The coroner sighs and opens the bag. A young African-American was inside it, same wounds to his body.
"Whoever did this, it was personal. He was dead for at least twelve hours before he was discovered. Why would anyone kill a graduate student is a mystery. Especially when this place is locked up tighter than Fort Knox." He looks regretfully at the body. "Shame that his work was destroyed, he was on the verge of discovering a wondrous scientific discovery." He closes the bag. "I have to take this to the morgue. If you excuse me."
Sam and Castiel were inside the lab where the murder took place. It looked normal, however the technicians standing around were talking quietly amongst themselves. Sam went to ask some questions, while Cas went to see where the body was discovered. He wanted to be useful.
Sam holds up his badge.
"FBI. Can any of you tell me what happened here?"
Everyone looks at each other uncomfortably. Dee, the youngest employee was the first to speak up.
"Alex, he was a hard worker. He was a grad student at the university studying science. He wanted to be a medical researcher. He never liked to stay late. Not until six months ago when he was researching soil samples. It was then he said he found something that can cure a unknown disease. He was excited about it, he said he was on the verge of creating it. Then this happened." Dee tears up. "He was on his way to be hired here full time. He had only a year left before he graduated med school. Why would anyone kill him? He kept to himself, was always nice and polite, and kept up his grades, while interning here part time."
"Thanks for your time." Sam shuts his notebook shut. He went to join Cas who was looking at the room where Alex was found. Castiel wanted to look through Alex's personal computer files, but his bosses refused, saying they needed a warrant. Sam gestures to Castiel that they needed to regroup with Dean.
Dean, Sam and Castiel were in their shared motel room. Sam was really curious why there was two similar murders back to back, there didn't seem to be a pattern. Neither knew each other, neither lived in the same town, and both were different ages and race. Dr Oliver Mitchell was a physicist, married with two kids, worked in Springfield, but lived in Lebanon. He commuted back and forth between the two towns for work. Alex Pearson, a grad student that lived in Kansas City, was interning at the medical research lab for his studies. He wasn't married, but was dating one of the lab technicians on a casual basis. Other then the two men getting stabbed, there wasn't a pattern.
"Other than that phone call, what's so unusual about these cases?" Sam asks. Dean was still stumped.
"I don't know. It was vicious, usually I wouldn't care, but clearly the person who called me wanted my help." The first case, Dean got a text from a throwaway number. When Sam tried tracking it down, it came from a spoof number that no longer existed. As for the second number, it also came from another spoofed number, however it called John's old cell. Whoever this person was, it was clearly personal for them, especially since they went out of their way to call Dean. Dean was mystified about why they were getting sent these cases. There were several hunters on the area.
"The only pattern I see is both were working in the medical field." Castiel says out loud.
"I see that. Cas, was there anything special about those two?" Sam was curious.
"In Heaven, every soul is destined. You two were meant to be hunters."
"We get that." Dean says sarcastically.
"Dean, don't interrupt me."
Dean rolled his eyes.
"The two men that were murdered, they were meant to create a rare vaccine."
"A vaccine? Why would anyone kill them for a vaccine?" Sam was confused.
"Rival drug company?" Dean suggested.
"It is meant to improve humans. It was designed so every human will never be possessed by anyone. Demon or angel."
"That's great!" Dean was happy to hear it. He hated killing demons.
"Okay, if they weren't murdered; Cas, can you go to Heaven and ask the souls about their research?"
Castiel shook his head.
"I cannot." He looks at the two men. "I been an angel longer than a human. Therefore I can sense every life force on Earth. The two murders. I seen both bodies. Their souls. They were destroyed."
Bianca was handing a cup of water to the frightened woman. Tonya, she was shaken from the day's events. She was hiding out in Bianca's apartment. They weren't alone, Chris was with them.
"That man. Who was he?" Tonya asked shakily.
Tonya was in the bathroom puking earlier that afternoon when she was interrupted by a knock in the washroom.
"Just a minute!" Tonya heaved. She barely ate this morning, she was sick from her flu. She wanted to call in, but she needed the money. She had no idea when her husband would be home. She felt sick when she smelled those nachos. Once her stomach was emptied, she got up and opened the door. She was interrupted by a bald man in a black suit.
"Excuse me." Usually she would be wondering why a man was in the women's washroom, but she was too tired to care. She tried to move past that man, but he wouldn't move. "Look. I have a guest pass. I'll be out of the building in five minutes." She only had two orders to deliver to this office.
"Excuse me. Is your name Tonya Parker?"
"Yes?" She screamed when he pulled out a knife. Before he could stab her, a young woman came changing out of one of the stalls and hit him over the head with a glass bottle. When he fell, she grabbed Tonya and ran out of the building.
Bianca hurried in after Gavin. She knew he wouldn't attack in broad daylight, like her he was from the future. If he attacked innocents now, he risked changing the future. Bianca had to be careful he didn't see her, if he spotted her she failed in her mission. While he was "charming" the guards. Aka, brainwashing them, she snuck in behind some plants in front of the security desk and ran to the women's washroom to wait for Gavin to attack. As tempting as it was to kill Gavin, she couldn't risk being exposed. Saving Tonya was her first priority. Once Gavin was down, she grabbed Tonya and ran. Luckily Chris was at the apartment. He already put up anti demon and tracking spells so Tonya couldn't be tracked down. They both knew magic was due to come back, they just couldn't figure out when.
"A demon." Bianca ignored Chris' dirty look.
"A what? Demon?" Tonya remembered the angels a few years ago. "I never said yes. My parents did. I hadn't seen either since." Tonya knew they were always religious, once the angels came, they praised God. Once Buddy Boyle gave his sermon, her parents prayed to be vessels. Neither her parents ever came home. "Why would a demon want with me?"
Bianca looked at Chris.
"Did you save Professor St Clair?"
"I was too late. He was dead when I arrived in Lawrence. He was found in his burnt down house."
"Dammit." They were too late. They needed to save at least one of them. That vaccine wasn't the only thing the future needed, it was what Tonya had.
Sam, Dean and Castiel were in Lawrence looking at the burnt remains of Lionel St Clair. The coroner was saying he was already dead when his home was set on fire. Same set of stab wounds, police were now looking for a serial killer.
They returned to Sam's house to compare notes. Jenna was busy at home, she ordered new windows which were currently being installed. She and Dean made a special order with every window and door coated with salt. A hunter that owned the window company gave them a discount. After what happened to Jenna a few months ago, both were warding their house. Sam wanted the same thing, but the guy who was doing Dean's windows said his home was already warded. Daniel was paranoid and had every spell and warding in Sam's home done years ago. Dean remarked that he was the smartest member of the Campbells other than their mom.
"So we have three murders. An astrophysicist/inventor, a med lab technician, and a university professor. All three were supposed to create a vaccine. Cas, is there any more targets?"
"A woman. She's not the target though, her unborn child is."
Kansas City
"...And a food delivery driver? Why would he want with me?" Tonya was sitting in Bianca's apartment browsing through a demonology book.
Bianca was tempted to say something but Chris nodded his head towards the apartment hallway.
''Excuse us." She follows Chris.
Tonya was wondering if this college student was studying demonology due to the books and notes hung on her wall.
"You weren't planning on telling her about her baby were you?" Tonya, her son helped invent the vaccine. He was young, but when he created a science experiment at his school, he caught the eyes of the other three scientists, as well as many of the world's wealthy. When he won at his sixth grade science fair, he uploaded it on his YouShare channel. He never got into detail about how he did it, but he managed to cure a deadly incurable disease on a plant, preventing it from being ever infected again. When he got older, he got early admission to MIT before his sixteenth birthday. When he submitted his findings to those three men, it took them only a year to create that vaccine. They had monster guinea pigs to experiment on. They then used their blood on small animals to see if they weren't infected. When it worked, they asked a angel to possess a human, but the angel couldn't. Not even a demon. It didn't just prevent humans from being possessed, it also made their blood poisonous to monsters. Only those people that didn't get their vaccine was vulnerable. This Gavin guy, he was just a grunt. Whoever sent him here was the same people that fought against the Resistance.
It was before Bianca's parents died. War was well underway and after the monsters invaded, humans were caught off guard. It was a bloodbath. Hunters all over the world were overwhelmed, even the Men of Letters couldn't keep up. But the monsters weren't the only problem, it was The Destroyer. When He came, he brought over The First. The Bible says it was The Leviathans, but there are creatures that are almost as old as Time Itself. Heaven and Hell teamed up together to defeat them, but even they could barely keep up. Heck even Purgatory's citizens stopped fighting the human resistance to help out.
Then The Child. The Destroyer wasn't the danger. Bianca when she got older, found out she had a cousin. Her siblings and cousins all said he wasn't blood. He was far worse than God. When everyone started dying, that is when they made a desperate decision. Time Travel. Especially when the fires came. Her witchy cousins, they created a spell to send Bianca back. Her cousins couldn't come, they combined their powers to allow the doorway to open since Heaven no longer existed. Her siblings refused to come, they needed to protect their family from being killed since Gavin started working with the enemy. Hell was desperate. Hell's leaders thought changing time would stop the vaccine from being invented, causing their leaders to possess humans and to fight the First. Chris reluctantly came, only because he promised his fiancee he'll help bring a brighter future. Gavin must have followed them. Bianca refused to believe he murdered her family to cross time. No matter, she'll save everyone, especially her mom and dad. Convince both to take the vaccine.
"I'm tempted to. But he can figure it out when he gets older. We managed to save their research." Chris managed to hack in all three files and saved it in a private location only certain people knew. He then put a timer on it so it erased itself before Gavin had a chance to sabotage it. She sent Dean and Sam to solve those murders, and to kill Gavin. Bianca and Chris, they'll save Tonya. Her baby, he was the key player. They needed to fool Gavin. Too bad magic was still gone, a glamouring spell would have fooled Gavin. Wait a minute. "Chris?"
"On it." One good thing about the future, they brought their technology back with them. Bianca then sent a text to Dean.
Dean picked up his text when it buzzed. That same number just told him where the next victim was. Dean didn't trust it. But then again, he wondered if that someone was from his dad's past. He trusted John, he was strict but was usually right about everything. All three headed to the Science Museum in town.
Twenty minutes later they were inside. Sam used his tools to break the lock as well as any alarms inside. They had to save the woman inside. She was delivering some food to the lone guard inside.
"I didn't order anything." As much as Zack appreciated it, he wasn't hungry.
"It's already taken care of. It's a small gesture from the museum for your work."
"Oh! Okay. About time they appreciated my hard work." Ten minutes later was asleep with the drugs in his food. 'Tonya' then hid his body away. She didn't want him hurt. She then went down the hall towards the storage room where the rare artifacts were stored. She waited for her would be assassin.
Gavin followed Tonya. He had his weapon ready, the Sword of Eradication. It had the power to destroy souls as well as demons, gods and angels. It was created by God to fight against His Sister, but when He realized how dangerous It was, He had his son hide It away. But Lucifer found out where It was. However, when he started his rebellion, he didn't just use It to destroy his enemies, he used It to corrupt Man. Slicing their souls to something monstrous. But when they became feral, Lucifer became afraid. They had the power to destroy Lucifer and life Itself. In fear for his own life as well as everyone else, he created a prison to lock them away for all eternity. He then asked Raphael to destroy the Weapon. Just before Raphael could do so, he got distracted by his enemies. In his negligence, the Weapon got stolen. Fearing shame and wrath from his Father and everyone else, he lied and and told everyone he destroyed It. It was lost for eons, not until a Knight of Hell discovered where It was. He then used It on his enemies, till Cain found out. He was then banished, but with his banishment took the Blade with him, never using It until he gave it to Gavin. Ordering Gavin to change the future, since his powers wouldn't work in the future against anyone on Earth. Gavin, ever the loyal soldier agreed. He already killed three, he just needed to kill the woman. She was nine weeks pregnant, and he needed to destroy her and her baby's soul before he was born. That way neither can get reincarnated.
Dean and Sam came running in just as soon as Gavin was about to stab Tonya. (Castiel stayed behind to keep an eye on Jenna.) Before he can stab Tonya, Dean shot him with The Colt. Gavin sparked orange before he died, the Sword dropping on the floor with a loud clank. "Tonya" then stood up.
"Thank you. You saved the future." She then faded away.
Dean put down his gun.
"Are you serious? We risked our lives for a illusion? Bullshit."
"Lets get out of here." Sam grabs the Sword. "Lets take This." They both leave before the police came. Neither seen Gavin's body fading away.
Back in Kansas City, Chris used Ruby's Knife to stab Gavin's past self. He was causing havoc in the city.
The Knight of Hell just clicks his fingers. The Sword was lost to him.
"Of all the luck." That Sword existed beyond space and time. Only one existed in all of Creation. Now the Winchesters had It. "Oh well. Easy come, easy go." He then walks away.
Bianca drove Tonya home. Tonya just figured she was just a victim of a crazed stalker.
"That guy probably thought I was a witness to that poor man's murder." Thinking of Alex Pearson's death. "I tried telling him I didn't see anything. I left right after delivering Alex's dinner."
"Can't reason with crazy. Here you go. Home sweet home." She drove Tonya back to Lebanon. "My cousin will drive your car home tomorrow. Sure you don't want me to spend the night?"
Tonya shook her head.
"I'll be alright. I have my roommate. She is staying with me as well. Goodnight. And thank you." Bianca waves as she goes inside. She called Chris that she was heading west. Sacred Meadows was hiring. She didn't need college anymore, it wasn't for her.
Piper was exhausted. Her work was never done. She did the cooking, housekeeping and filing. She knew she couldn't do this forever. She was just staying till Paige and Phoebe came back. She wanted to stay in Lawrence from now on, only coming to California whenever her sisters needed her. She sighs as Prue called.
"Hello?" God she hoped there was more hires.
"Good news. Jo and Dex are coming back, apparently Florida was too cold for them. They'll be back Monday."
"Thank goodness." Piper was exhausted.
"And I have some resumes. Jimmy Novak, Hannah Novak, and two others have applied." Prue was looking over at their resumes. "I scheduled interviews."
"I trust Castiel and Hannah, who are the other two?"
"Hunters. They know everything about hunting and magic."
"Yes!" Piper fists the air. "Sam, I'm coming home!" She ignored Prue's chuckles.
"Get some sleep. Just hang on, it just a few more days."
"Got it. Night."
"Night."
So the Sword been found. The last person that held it was my son. He threw it behind Her when She crossed over. Too bad She died. No it wasn't Me that did it. She was killed by unfortunate circumstances. It was probably for the best, She would have been corrupted Herself. My work is never done. I miss Her, but even Celestial Beings aren't forever.
I have to confess something. Death lied to Dean Winchester back in that abandoned building warning about The Darkness. Before The Beginning, It wasn't just Me and Sis. There was Something Else. I won't say What It Is, but Amara and Myself, we combined Our Powers to banish It. That Being, It is Stronger than Us. Sam and Dean from The First World. You believe Me as the Main Villain, the so called "Monster at the End of The Book." Fine. That's what I want you to think. Amara, She forgotten about It. But I didn't. The so called "Tablet of God" It must never be read out loud, the Spell It contains, It will Free It. The Six Pieces, they were spread apart for a reason. The Darkness and Light, we destroyed It for the Greater Good. Unfortunately, the Pieces are coming together. I can't interfere, My Presence will awaken It. Sam, Dean from Magic World. Please do the right thing and think about what you will be releasing if all the Pieces come together.