Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 16 of See You Again. Thank you to those who have kept up with this story, it really does mean a lot to me. I hope that you guys are enjoying Andi's character as much as I love writing for her. I hope that you guys will enjoy this next chapter. Without further ado Chapter 16 of See You Again. Enjoy.
Chapter 16
Daevas Trouble
The three hunters got out of the car across from an apartment complex. The three of them were dressed as employees from an alarm system company.
Dean got into the trunk grabbing a toolbox that they were going to need.
The three of them began to walk towards the apartment.
"Alright. This is the place." Sam told them as they walked.
Andi wrinkled her nose as she looked at the uniform that the three of them wore. During her entire time of going undercover for things. Never once had she had to wear something so stupid looking like this.
"You know, I've gotta say Dad and me did just fine without these stupid costumes. I feel like a high school drama dork." Dean smiled looking at his brother. "What was that play you did? What was it… Our Town. Yeah, you were good, it was cute." He said poking fun at his younger brother.
"Look, you wanna pull this off or not?" Sam said giving his brother a look.
"I'm just saying, these outfits cost hard-earned money, okay?"
"Whose?"
"Ours. You think credit card fraud is easy?"
Andi rolled her eyes. "Are you two done acting like a married couple?" Andi asked looking at the two of them.
Dean gave her a look. "Oh God, not you too."
Andi simply just shakes her head going towards the apartment complex not saying a word as she walked ahead of them.
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The three hunters entered with the landlady of the apartment of Meredith the girl who had gotten killed.
"Thanks for lettin' us look around." Sam said giving the landlady a small smile.
"Well, the police said they were done with the place, so…" She said as she walked with Sam and Andi as Dean shut the door.
Andi looked at the floor and saw that there were spots of blood on the floor. Her brows furrowed together.
"You guys said you were with the alarm company?" She asked looking at the three of them.
"That would be right." Andi said with a nod of her head.
"Well, no offense, but your alarm's about as useful as boobs on a man."
The three hunters exchanged a look with each other.
"Well, that's why we're here. To see what went wrong and stop it from happening again." Dean explained to her.
"Now, ma'am, you found the body?" Sam questioned softly.
"Yeah." She said with a nod of her head.
"Right after it happened?"
"No. Few days later. Meredith's work called… she hadn't shown up. I knocked on the door. That's when I noticed the smell."
"Any windows opened? Any sign of a break-in?" Dean questioned looking at the landlady.
"No, windows were locked, front door was bolted. Chain was on the door, we had to cut it just to get in."
"And the alarm was still on?"
"Like I said, bang-up job your company's doing."
"Mmhmm. You see any overturned furniture, any broken glass, signs of struggle?"
She shook her head. "Everything was in perfect condition… except for Meredith."
"And what condition was Meredith in?" Andi asked softly.
"Meredith was all over. In pieces. The guy who killed her must have been some kind of whack job. But I tell you, if I didn't know any better, I'd have said a wild animal did it."
The three hunters looked at each other.
"Ma'am, do you mind if we take some time? Give this place a once-over?" Sam asked her softly.
"Oh, well, go right ahead. Knock yourself out." She said leaving them.
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"So, a killer walks in and out of the apartment… no weapons, no prints, nothing." Dean said as he got into his tool box pulling an EMF meter out.
Sam took out the infrared out. "I'm telling ya, the minute I found that article, I knew that was our kind of gig."
Dean began to slowly move around with the EMF meter that was beeping frantically. "I think I agree with you."
Andi slowly moved looking around the apartment taking photos with the camera. "So, you talked to the cops?"
"Uh, yeah." Dean said with a smirk. "I spoke to Amy, a, uh, charming, perky officer of the law."
"Yeah? What'd you find out?"
"Well, she's a Sagittarius. She loves tequila, I mean… wow. Oh, and she's got this little tattoo…"
"Dean!" Andi and Sam snapped at him snapping him out of his little dream like state of Amy.
"What? Yeah. Uh, nothing we don't already know. Except for one thing they're keeping out of the papers."
"Hmm?" Sam asked looking at Dean in confusion.
"Meredith's heart was missing."
"Her heart?" Andi asked in surprise.
"Yeah. Her heart."
"So, what do you think did it to her?"
"Well, the landlady said it looked like an animal attack. Maybe it was… werewolf?" Dean said taking a guess.
"No, no werewolf, the lunar cycle isn't right. Plus, if it was a creature, it would've left some kind of trace. It's probably a spirit."
"Um… boys." Andi said noticing the blood spattering on the floor. "Do we have masking tape?"
"We might why?" Dean asked looking at her in confusion.
"That blood spattering… I've never seen anything like it."
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Dean kneeled down and began to use the masking tape that he had found to connect each pool of blood that Andi had pointed out. When he finished it made an unusual symbol.
Sam tilted his head in confusion. "Ever see that symbol before?"
"Never." Dean said shaking his head.
"Me neither." He looked over at Andi. "Have you?"
Andi pursed her lips together trying her best to remember. She closed her eyes thinking of the books that she had read in the past. "Nothing's coming to mind at the moment. But then again… my memory on lore is vast." Andi took her phone out and took a photo of it. "I'll be sure to look into this and we will get to the bottom of this."
"You sure that you can figure this out. Of what that symbol is?" Dean questioned tilting his head towards that mark on the floor.
Andi pursed her lips together into a thin line. "Well. Might take a little bit of digging into the books, but I am pretty sure that I'll be able to figure it out."
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Sam and Andi came into the bar that Dean was at after doing some research while he was busy asking people who worked at the bar that Meredith worked at. The two of them found an empty table to sit at.
Sam pulled out his father's journal and began to leaf through it.
Andi let out a groan rubbing her temples. "I can't believe we didn't find anything. I don't like the idea of digging deeper into the lore books." Andi said biting her lower lip. "That symbol really is going to bother me."
Sam looked at her. "You really think that you've seen it before?"
"Perhaps." Andi said with a shrug of her shoulders. "Along time ago. But I really can't be certain. I mean I have read a lot of lore books. But I can't remember if I read about this in the lore books."
Dean came over to the table where they were at and sat across from Sam. "I talked to the bartender."
"Did you get anything? Besides her number?" Sam questioned looking at his brother.
"Dude, I'm a professional. I'm offended that you would think that." Dean said looking at his brother rather offended.
Sam and Andi gave Dean a knowing look knowing fully well enough that the older Winchester would do just that.
"All right, yeah." He said with a chuckle holding up a napkin with the bartender's number.
"You mind doing a little bit of thinking with your upstairs brain, Dean?"
"Huh? Look, there's nothing to find out. I mean, Meredith worked here, she waited tables, everyone here was her friend. Everybody said she was normal. She didn't do anything weird before she died, so… what about that symbol, you two find anything?"
"Nope, nothing. It wasn't in Dad's journal or any of the unusual books." Sam said shaking his head.
"We're going to have to dig a little deeper." Andi said softly running a hand through her hair letting out a soft breath.
"Well, there was a first victim right? Before Meredith?" Dean questioned Sam.
"Right. Yeah." Sam said pulling out a newspaper clipping of the first death. "His name was, uh… his name was Ben Swardstorm." He handed it to Dean. "Last month he was found mutilated in his town house. Same deal… the door was locked, the alarm was on."
"Is there any connection between the two of them?" Dean asked looking at his younger brother, hoping that he had found a connection.
Andi shook her head.
"Not that I can tell… I mean, not yet at least. Ben was a banker, Meredith was a waitress. They never met, never knew anyone in common… they were practically from different worlds." Sam explained to the two of them.
"So, to recap, the only successful intel we've scored so far is the bartender's phone number." Dean said with a smirk.
Sam noticed something from the other side of the bar.
"What?"
Sam got up and began to walk away.
"Sam?"
Andi got up and began to follow him. She had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach that something was wrong.
Sam reached a table where a young woman with short blonde hair was seated with her back facing the two of them. He put his hand on her shoulder, causing her to face the two of them. "Meg."
"Sam!" Meg said with a smile. She noticed that Andi was behind him. "Sam! Is that you? Oh, my God!" She stood up hugging him ignoring Andi altogether.
Andi pursed her lips together into a thin line and crossed her arms.
Meg pulled away looking at him curiously even though he was confused. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm just in town, visiting friends." Sam said replying.
Meg looked around in confusion. "Where are they?"
"Well, they're not here right now, but what about you, Meg? I thought you were goin' to California?"
Dean came up behind Sam and Andi.
"Oh, I did. I came, I saw, I conquered. Oh, and I met what's-his-name, something Michael Murray at a bar."
"Who?" Sam asked tilting his head to the side in confusion.
"Oh, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the whole scene got old, so I'm living here for a while."
Dean cleared his throat loudly, but he is ignored.
Andi smacked him lightly on the arm which caused him to look at her.
"Ow that hurt."
"It's not gonna help you." Andi said softly shaking her head.
"You're from Chicago?" Sam asked Meg curiously.
"No, Massachusetts… Andover. Gosh, Sam, what are the odds we'd run into each other?"
"Yeah, I know, I thought I'd never see you again." Sam admitted softly, he was actually kind of surprised to see Meg there in the bar as they were. This was all so confusing.
"Well, I'm glad you were wrong."
Sam nodded his head.
Dean cleared his throat again, louder this time.
"Dude, cover your mouth." Meg said looking at Dean.
Andi rubbed her forehead. At least this time Dean got noticed and wasn't being ignored anymore.
"Yeah, um, I'm sorry, Meg. This is, uh… this is my brother, Dean."
Meg's eyes went wide. "This is Dean?"
Dean smiled.
"Yeah." Sam said rubbing the back of his neck.
Andi looked down at the ground knowing that this was going to be bad. She knew what Sam had told Meg and she had gotten upset with him over what he had told her.
"So, you've heard of me?" Dean questioned the smile still on his face.
"Oh, yeah. I've heard of you. Nice… the way you treat your brother like luggage."
Dean looked a bit confused at what she said. He looked at his brother. "Sorry?"
"Why don't you let him do what he wants to do? Stop dragging him over God's green earth?"
"Meg, it's alright." Sam said softly trying to get her to shut up.
Andi let out a soft sigh shaking her head. "I told you not to tell someone that you didn't know everything, Sam." She said as she walked away. She didn't want to be around Sam whatsoever when he was around that blonde haired Meg. Sam seemed to just ignore anyone that was around him when Meg was around. It was just kind of disappointing when that happened when they had gone out on their own. She walked out of the bar letting out a soft sigh leaning against the wall lighting up a cigarette that she got out of her back pocket. She let out a soft breath as she took a drag from it.
Dean came out of the bar seeing her leaning against the bar rubbing her forehead. "Hey… you alright?" He asked softly seeing the look on her face.
"Yeah I'm fine, Dean." Andi said as she took another drag of the cigarette that was in between her slim fingers.
"You don't look fine with that sour look on your face." Dean pointed out.
Andi let out a soft scoff blowing the smoke from her lungs. "Don't worry about it Dean."
"You don't like her." Dean said realizing something.
Andi's head jerked towards Dean, her cognac eyes wide.
A small smile came to Dean's lips when he realized he had hit the nail on the head. "You're jealous that Sammy found himself a girl."
Andi looked down at the ground. "I have no idea what you are talking about Dean." Andi denied what he was trying to insinuate, because it wasn't that way. Not in the least bit, she didn't see it that way. She didn't see Sam in that light, at least that was what she thought anyways.
"Yeah sure you do, sweetheart."
Andi used the side of the bar to put her cigarette out as Sam came out.
Dean saw him and gave his brother a look. "Who the hell was she?"
The three of them began to walk towards the car.
"I don't really know. Andi and I only met her once. Meeting up with her again? I don't know, man, it's weird." Sam said rubbing his neck.
Andi rolled her eyes scoffing. "Yeah weird enough that you ignore me. Someone who was making sure that you were okay."
"And what was she saying? I treat you like luggage? What, were you bitchin' about me to some chick?" Dean complained looking at his little brother like he had betrayed him.
"Look, I'm sorry, Dean. It was when we had that huge fight when Andi and I was at that bus stop in Indiana. But that's not important, just listen…" Sam said trying to explain to his brother.
"Well, is there any truth to what she's saying? I mean, am I keeping you against your will, Sam?"
"No, of course not. Now, would you listen?"
"What?" Dean asked looking at his brother.
"I think there's something strange going on here, Dean."
"Yeah, tell me about it. She wasn't even that into me."
Andi rolled her eyes. "Really Dean. Is that all you can think about?"
Sam shook his head at his brother's antics. "No, man, I mean like our kind of strange. Like, maybe even a lead."
"What do you say that?" Dean questioned looking at his brother in confusion.
Andi crossed her arms looking at Sam with raised brows. She was wondering what Sam was going on about.
"Andi and I met Meg weeks ago, literally on the side of the road. And now, we run into her in some random Chicago bar? I mean, the same bar where a waitress was slaughtered by something supernatural? You don't think that's a little weird?"
"I don't know, random coincidence. It happens." Dean said shrugging his shoulders.
"Yeah, it happens, but not to us. Look, I could be wrong, I'm just saying that there's something about this girl that I can't quite put my finger on."
Dean smirked looking at his brother. "Well. I bet you'd like to. I mean, maybe she's not a suspect, maybe you've got a thing for her, huh?"
Sam laughed rolling his eyes.
"Alright and this is where I'm going back to the motel." Andi said waving her hands at the brothers in frustration looking at the two of them. She had enough of hearing about Meg and began to walk away from the brothers putting her hands into her back pockets letting out a huff. She couldn't believe that Dean would so willingly talk about Meg like that so brashly in front of her like she wasn't there. Granted she pretended like she didn't care that Sam ignored her, but it still hurt that he ignored her.
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Andi sat in front of an old book that she had dug out of her duffel bag thinking that it would help them out. Her lips pursed together into a thin line as she read what was in the book.
Dean sat in front of Sam's laptop doing what Sam had asked him to when Andi had pushed the book towards him. He blinked a few times. "What is it?"
"I knew I seen that symbol before." Andi said biting her lower lip letting out a breath running her hand through her hair. She let out a groan resting her head on the table. "It's right there on that page."
"A Daeva?" Dean questioned looking up at her in confusion.
Andi nodded her head. "Yeah." She said as she took the book back. "Might as well get Sam on the phone. He'll want to know what it is."
"Well I got the information that he wanted to know." Dean said with the smile.
"Information he wanted to know?" Andi asked in confusion.
Dean gave a cheeky smile. "Yeah that girl you don't like." He said as he began to look up Sam's number on his phone.
Andi let out a sigh. "Dean how many times do I have to tell you, I don't hate anyone… and I am not jealous of anyone. Sam can like anyone he wants. And if he wants Meg than so be it."
Dean blinked a few times as he hit Sam's name bringing up speaker. "I'm surprised at you Andi…"
Andi shook her head. "Just leave it alone Dean."
"Hey." Sam's voice came over the line.
"Let me guess. You're lurkin' outside that poor girl's apartment, aren't you?" Dean questioned his brother as he leaned against the table already knowing the answer.
"No… Yes."
Andi let out a scoff rolling her eyes as she looked at the book with a brooding look. Winchesters, they had a funny way of showing their affection towards women.
"You've got a funny way of showing your affection." Dean said as he looked at the computer screen.
"Did you find anything on her or what?" Sam said, letting out a sigh growing tired of his brother's comments.
"Sorry, man, she checks out. There's a Meg Masters in the Andover phone book. I even pulled up her high school photo. Now, look, why don't you go knock on her door, and, uh, invite her to a poetry reading, or whatever it is you do, ow!"
Andi kicked Dean under the table to shut him up.
"What about the symbol? Any luck?" Sam asked ignoring the fact that his brother had yelped in pain.
"Andi had some luck with that." Dean said his lips quirking with a smile.
"It's Zoroastrian. Very old school." Andi said looking down at her book that she had in front of her. She nibbled at her lip letting out a sigh. "Two thousand years before Christ. It's a sigil for a Daeva."
"What's a Daeva?" Sam asked in confusion.
"It translates to 'demon of darkness'. Zoroastrian demons, and they're savage, animalistic, you know, nasty attitudes… kind of like… demonic pitbulls. Maybe worse."
"Where did you find this information?"
"It was actually in a book that I still had in my duffel. I'm just thankful that I didn't clean it out." Andi said running a hand through her hair letting out a soft breath. Now listen… Daevas, they have to be summoned, conjured."
"So, someone's controlling it."
"Yeah. Exactly. And from what I'm gathering from this book. It's pretty risky business too. These suckers bite the hand that feeds them. And, the arms, and torsos…" Andi swallowed the lump in her throat.
"So, what do they look like?"
"Well, nobody knows, but nobody's seen them for a couple of millennia. Summoning a demon that ancient?" Andi let out a whistle. "Someone really knows their stuff. I think we've got a major player in town."
"Now, why don't you give that girl a private strip-o-gram?" Dean questioned his brother.
"Bite me."
"No, bite her. Don't leave teeth marks though…"
Andi kicked Dean again under the table.
"Ow." Dean looked at Andi.
"Do you mind?" Andi said giving him a look.
"You really are jealous that Sam has taken interest in a girl, that's not you?"
Andi got up from her seat and shook her head picking up the old book that she had closing it. "I told you, it doesn't matter." She carried the book over to her duffel and put it back into the bag. She wouldn't allow herself to fall for someone else. After all, it only had gotten her into trouble before and she wasn't about to put herself into that spot again.
Dean shook his head as he got up from his seat. He knew that there was something more than that, that she wasn't telling him and he wanted to know what it was. "What don't you telling me, Andi."
Andi shook her head. "If Sam wants Meg it's fine… I already have someone who is probably waiting for me back at home in England." Andi said rubbing her arm. "That is if I decide to come home."
Dean's eyes went wide. "You going to leave us?" He asked, as he sat down on the couch.
Andi rubbed her face. "I don't know… it all depends on if you want me to bloody stay or not after we find John or not." Andi let out a soft sigh. "I mean when I left…" She closed her eyes looking down. "I really didn't leave my boyfriend in the best of terms. I kind of left him high and dry… never gave him any word of where I was going… he's tried on countless occasions to get me to come home and I've told him no every time." She took a seat next to him. "Actually… I kind of told Sam this story…"
"What story?" Dean asked looking over at her in concern. He couldn't help, but wonder what this story was that she had told Sam, but hadn't told him yet.
"About my relationship with my boyfriend." Andi said looking at her hands. "I met him when I was 14." She let out a soft sigh. "I was going to a private school… He was eight years older than me."
"What?" Dean said his eyes going wide.
Andi looked over at him seeing his hands on his knees going white. "Do you want me to continue or not, Winchester?"
Dean swallowed the lump that was forming in his throat. Of course he had wanted her to continue. "Continue." He said nodding his head unsure if he wanted to hear the rest of this story. He was afraid that this guy who was eight years older than her had taken advantage of her.
"He took me under his wing while I was there. He made sure that nothing happened while I was there at this school." Andi let out a soft sigh. "When I turned 18 we fell in love, but by the time that I turned 21, well that all changed. I had fallen out of love with him. He loved his job more than he loved me. So when your dad called, I picked up and left. But there was an incident before I left… there was a job that I had gone on with his friend… and it had gone awry… his friend had almost gotten me killed…" She leaned back on the couch closing her eyes.
"He didn't cut ties with his friend?"
"No." Andi said shaking her head.
"Why the hell wouldn't he cut ties with his friend?"
Andi leaned forward and ran her hand through her short hair messing it up. "Because… that's how it works over there. You don't do that kind of thing over there. Why don't you call your cop friend and see if you can get any other information on those victims…" She said rubbing her eyes tiredly.
Dean gave Andi a soft look. "Yeah… sure." Dean patted her arm lightly. "You get a nap in okay sweetheart?"
Andi let out a soft chuckle. "You worry too much Dean."
Dean got up off of the couch. "Well you sleep on a lumpy couch that's why I worry. They don't do wonders for your back kid."
Andi flipped her middle finger up at Dean as she laid on the couch. She was 21 years old almost 22 years old. It wasn't doing that much harm to her back sleeping on lumpy couches in motels like Dean said they were. "Keep saying that old man." She said as she got comfortable on the couch.
"I am only four years older than you sweetheart." Dean said looking at her.
Andi simply waved her hand as she wrapped her arms around her closing her eyes.
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"So, hot little Meg is summoning the Daeva?" Dean said looking at Sam with a wondering look.
"Looks like was using a black altar to control the thing." Sam explained to Dean and Andi.
Andi rubbed her forehead thinking. A black altar, that would be something to use to summon one.
"So, Sammy's got a thing for the bad girl." Dean said chuckling which caused Sam to roll his eyes and Andi to scoff. "And what's the deal with that bowl again?"
"She was talking into it. The way witches use to scry into crystal balls or animal entrails. She was communicating with someone." Sam explained to them.
"With who? With the Daeva?"
"No." Andi said shaking her head. "Those things are savages."
"No, this was someone different. Someone who's giving her orders. Someone who's coming to that warehouse."
Dean thought for a moment and then glanced at the files that sat on the table nearby. He went over to the table and began to look through them. "Holy crap."
"What?" Sam asked in confusion.
"What I was going to tell you earlier… I pulled a favor with my…"Dean cleared his throat. "Friend, Amy, over at the police department. The complete records of the two victims… we missed something the first time."
"What?" Andi said softly. "How is that possible?"
Sam came over to Dean to look at the records.
"The first victim, the old man… he spent his whole life in Chicago, but he wasn't born here." Dean pointed to the birth place.
"Lawrence, Kansas." Sam said softly.
"Mmhmm." Dean picked up the second file. "Meredith, second victim… turns out… she was adopted. And guess where she's from."
"Let me guess." Andi said looking up. "Lawrence?"
Sam sat across from his brother. "Holy crap."
"Yeah."
"I mean, it is where the demon killed Mom. That's where everything started. So, you think Meg's tied up with the demon?" Sam asked softly looking at his brother.
"I think it's a definite possibility."
"But I don't understand. What's the significance of Lawrence? And how do these Daeva things fit in?"
"Beats me. But I say we trash that black altar, grab Meg, and have yourself a friendly little interrogation."
"No, we can't. We shouldn't tip her off. We've gotta stake out that warehouse. We've gotta see who, or what, is showing up to meet her."
"I'll tell you one thing. I don't think we should do this alone." Dean said looking at his brother.
"You're gonna try to call John?" Andi asked looking at Dean.
Dean nodded his head. "Yeah."
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Andi came out of the bathroom after getting her shower and changing her clothes.
"We think we've got a serious lead on the thing that killed Mom. So, uh, this warehouse… it's 1435 West Erie. Dad, if you get this, get to Chicago as soon as you can." Dean let out a sigh as he hung up his phone.
Sam put the heavy bag down onto the bed.
"Yeah." Dean looked at the bag that Sam had brought in and noticed how heavy it was. "Jesus, what'd you get?"
Sam chuckled lightly. "I ransacked the trunk. Holy water, every weapon that I could think of, exorcism rituals from about a half dozen religions. I'm not sure what to expect, so I guess we should just expect everything."
Dean nodded his head.
The three of them began to load their guns.
"Big night." Dean said softly.
"Yeah. You nervous?" Sam asked softly looking at his brother and friend.
"No. Why are you?"
"No. No way. Andi?"
"A little. After all this is what you two have been searching for all your lives." Andi said softly, as she said as she looked at her Smith and Wesson gun with a soft look on her face.
"God, could you imagine if we actually found that damn thing? That demon?" Sam questioned softly.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves, alright?" Dean said looking at his brother.
"I know. I'm just saying, what if we did? What if this whole thing was over tonight? Man, I'd sleep for a month. Go back to school… be a person again." Sam said looking down thinking softly.
"You wanna go back to school."
"Yeah, once we're done hunting the thing."
"Huh."
"Why is there something wrong with that?"
"No. No, it's, uh, great. Good for you."
Andi pursed her lips together into a thin line knowing that this probably wasn't going to end well. "I'll let you two talk." She said as she put her gun into the waistband of her pants. She slowly went to the door to leave the two of them to talk.
"I mean, what are you gonna do when it's all over?" Sam asked his brother as Andi walked towards the door.
"It's never gonna be over. There's gonna be others. There's always gonna be something to hunt."
Andi opened the door and walked outside and closed the door. She let out a soft sigh and ran a hand through her hair. She hoped that the two of them would be able to work it out between the two of them. She knew that Sam wanted to try to go back to school and be a normal student again. He didn't want to be a hunter. For that much she knew and Dean… well. Dean was going to have to see that. Andi just wasn't sure if Dean was going to be willing to let Sam go.
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Quietly Sam, Dean, and Andi climbed the elevator gate and reached the top room. Quietly they squeezed through the small space between the wall and the gate not drawing any attention to themselves. They drew their guns out and moved slowly to the other side of the room and hid behind some crates.
"Guys." Meg said causing them to look at each other in shock. "Hiding's a bit childish, don't you think?"
"Well, that didn't work out like I planned." Dean said softly.
Meg turned around facing them. "Why don't you come out?"
The three of them came out from behind the crates holding their rifles close to them.
"Sam, I have to say, this puts a real crimp in our relationship." Meg said looking at Sam.
"Yeah, tell me about it." Sam said looking at her.
"So, where's your little Daeva friend?" Dean said looking at Meg.
"Around." Meg said with a smile. "You know, that shotgun's not gonna do much good."
"Oh, don't worry, sweetheart. The shotgun's not for the demon."
"So, who is it, Meg? Who's coming? Who are you waiting for?" Andi asked looking at Meg with cold eyes.
"You."
The shadow demon formed on the wall and knocked Sam to the ground. It threw Dean into the crates and threw Andi into the wall. It scratched Sam on the face.
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Meg had tied the three of them up on separate posts.
"Hey, Sam? Don't take this the wrong way, but your girlfriend… is a bitch." Dean grumbled out.
"This whole thing, was a trap." Sam said looking at Meg who was sitting in front of him. "Running into you at the bar, following you here, hearing what you had to say. It was all a set up wasn't it?"
Meg laughed.
"And that the victims were from Lawrence?"
"It doesn't mean anything. It was just to draw you in, that's all." Meg said with a smile.
"You killed those two people for nothing." Sam said looking at her with wide eyes.
"Baby, I've killed a lot more for a lot less."
"You trapped us. Good for you. It's Miller time." Dean smiled. "But why don't you kill us already?"
"Not very quick on the uptake, are we?" She leaned in closer.
Andi blinked a few times. "This trap wasn't for us was it?"
Dean blinked in confusion.
"Dad. It's a trap for Dad." Sam said in realization.
Dean looked at Meg who smiled at him. "Oh, sweetheart… you're dumber than you look. 'Cause even if Dad was in town, which he's not, he wouldn't walk into something like this. He's too good."
"He is pretty good." Meg said looking at Dean. "I'll give you that." She walked over to Dean and sits down straddling his legs causing Andi to scoff. "But you see, he has one weakness."
"What's that?"
"You. He lets his guard down around his boys, lets his emotions cloud his judgement. I happen to know he is in town. And he'll come and try to save you and little missy here. And then the Daevas will kill everybody… nice and slow and messy."
"Well, I've got news for ya. It's gonna take a lot more than some… shadow to kill him."
"Oh, the Daevas are in the room here… they're invisible. Their shadows are just the only part you can see."
"Why are you doing this, Meg. What kind of deal you got worked out here, huh? And with who?" Sam questioned as he struggled with his binds.
"I'm doing this for the same reasons you do what you do… loyalty. Love. Like the love you had for Mommy… and Jess."
"Go to hell." Sam snapped at her.
"Baby, I'm already there." She said with a smile as she slid over to Sam. "Come on, Sam. There's no need to be nasty." She leaned in and whispered into his ear some words.
"Oh bloody hell come on." Andi said with a groan.
"Get a room, you two." Dean said rolling his eyes.
Meg kissed Sam's neck.
"You wanna have fun. Go ahead then. I'm a little tied up right now."
Meg smiled and continued to kiss him.
Dean accidentally made a noise and it made her stop and get up.
Meg walked over to him and saw a knife in his hand. She takes it away from him and tossed it into a corner. She looked at Dean and smiled at him who chuckled guiltily. She slid over to Sam. "Now, were you trying to distract me while your brother cuts free?"
"No. No. That's because I have a knife of my own." Sam said looking at her as he broke free of his own ropes grabbing a hold of her shoulders and knocked his head against hers causing her to fall to the floor. He groaned in pain rubbing his forehead.
Andi got up rubbing her wrists together. "Sam! Get the altar. I'll get your brother untied." She said as she moved quickly towards Dean as Sam handled the altar. She used her knife and cut Dean loose from his ropes.
They heard a crashing sound and Meg screaming. The three of them walked over to the window and Meg sprawled on the sidewalk, dead.
Andi pursed her lips together into a thin line.
"So, I guess the Daevas didn't like being bossed around." Sam said softly.
"Yeah, I guess not. Hey Sam?" Dean said looking over at his brother.
"Hmm?"
"Next time you wanna get laid, find a girl that's not so buckets-of'-crazy, huh?" Dean said with a smile before he walked away.
Andi shook her head and let out a sigh. She looked at Sam. "Let's just go alright?"
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The three of them walked down the hallway towards their motel room.
"Why didn't you just leave that stuff in the car?" Dean asked Sam.
"I said it before, and I'll say it again… better safe than sorry." Sam explained to them.
Dean unlocked the door for the three of them.
The three of them entered the room. They saw an outline of a man standing by the window.
"Hey!" Dean yelled at the man.
Sam turned the light on.
The man turned around revealing himself.
"Dad?" Dean said in shock.
Andi looked at John with wide eyes. All this time of hunting for him he had finally shown up.
"Hey, boys."
Dean and John walked towards one another and shared a long and emotional hug with each other.
Sam watched where he stood sadly with Andi standing right beside him who was seething in what could only be seen as anger.
John pulled away from Dean to look at Sam. "Hi, Sam."
"Hey, Dad." Sam said softly. He slowly put the bag onto the floor.
John looked over at Andi. "Hi, Andi."
Andi moved over to John and her hand went up and her hand came across his cheek and a loud smack rang out in the room surprising Sam and Dean that she had struck their father. "John Winchester you better have a bloody good reason for leaving me behind in Jericho, California like you did." She said her eyes narrowed.
John rubbed his cheek lightly that was turning red. "I'm sorry Andi. I don't have a good reason. I'm just glad that you are with my boys."
Andi moved away from John anger rolling through her as she went to stand by Sam. She couldn't believe that he didn't have a good enough reason for leaving her behind alone in Jericho. But he was glad that she was with his sons? What if she had left before they got there, John would be searching for her in turn, at least she thought he would. But if he had willingly left her behind with no reason, perhaps she put her trust in the wrong man in her life and that was something that didn't sit right with her.
"Dad, it was a trap. I didn't know, I'm sorry." Dean said apologizing to his father.
"It's alright. I thought it might've been." John said looking at them.
"Were you there?"
"Yeah, I got there just in time to see the girl take the swan dive. She was the bad guy, right?"
"Yes, sir." The boys replied as Andi firmly nodded her head.
"Good. Well it doesn't surprise me. It's tried to stop me before."
"The demon has?" Sam asked softly looking at his father.
"It knows I'm close. It knows I'm gonna kill it. Not just exercise it or send it back to hell… actually kill it."
"How?" Dean questioned softly confused.
"I'm working on that."
"Let us come with you. We'll help."
Dean gave Sam a warning look as Andi looked down at the ground not wanting to get involved.
"No, Sam. Not yet. Just try to understand. This demon is a scary son of a bitch. I don't want you to get caught in a crossfire. I don't want you hurt." John said trying his best to explain to his youngest son of why he didn't want his youngest getting involved.
"Dad, you don't have to worry about us." Sam said softly trying to get involved.
"Of course I do. I'm your father." John said letting out a soft breath. "Listen, Sammy, last time we were together, we had one hell of a fight."
"Yes, sir."
"It's good to see you again. It's been a long time."
"Too long."
John pulled Sam into a hug.
The three Winchesters looked at one another with tear filled eyes.
Andi took a breath knowing that this was a good thing. "My job is finished then."
"Andi?" Sam asked softly looking at her with wide eyes.
"You don't need me anymore Sam… I said I would stay until John was found… he's found. You don't need me anymore."
Suddenly a shadow demon attacked John throwing him into the set of cabinets, causing him to fall to the ground. Sam then suddenly falls followed by Andi.
"No!" Dean yelled before he is thrown to the floor.
They were being attacked by this shadow demon fresh scratches appeared on their faces and there was no way that they could fight back against it. They were pretty much defenseless against it.
Sam crawled towards the bag that he had brought with him. He reached for a flare pulling it out of the bag. "Shut your eyes! These things are shadow demons, so let's light 'em up!" He lit the flare up lighting the room up with a bright white light causing the shadow demon to vanish and the room to fill with smoke.
The four of them felt around the room coughing.
"Dad!" Dean yelled.
"Over here!" John yelled for his eldest.
Dean made his way over to John and helped him up.
Sam and Andi followed them out of the room carrying the weapons.
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Andi coughed trying to clear her lungs of the smoke that she inhaled. "Good plan Sam. Smart."
Sam put the bag into the trunk of the car instead of the backseat unsure if Andi was still coming with them or if she was actually still leaving them. "Alright, come on. We don't have much time. As soon as the flare's out, they'll be back."
"Wait, wait, wait! Sam, wait. Dad, you can't come with us." Dean said looking at their father.
"What? What are you talking about?" Sam asked looking at Dean with wide eyes.
"You boys… you're beat to hell."
"We'll be alright." Dean said looking at their father.
"Dean, we should stick together. We'll go after those demons…"
"Sam! Listen to me! We almost got Dad killed in there. Don't you understand? They're not gonna stop. They're gonna try again. They're gonna use us to get to him. I mean, Meg was right. Dad's vulnerable when he's with us. He… he's stronger without us around."
Andi let out a soft breath looking down at the ground at her feet. She knew that this was hard on the boys.
"Dad… no." Sam put his hand on his father's shoulder.
Dean watched Sam sadly.
"After everything… after all the time we spent looking for you… please. I gotta be part of this fight." Sam said pleading with his father.
"Sammy, this fight is just starting. And we are all gonna have a part to play. Even Andi there." He said looking at her.
Andi nodded her head lightly knowing that she was going to have a part in this battle. But what she had no idea.
"For now, you've gotta trust me, son."
Sam shook his head no.
"Okay, you've gotta let me go."
The four of them remained silent for a moment. All of them were close to tears. Finally Sam looked at his hand that was on his father's shoulder and then patted his father's shoulder once and then released his father's shoulder.
John and Dean shared a look before John walked back to his truck. John looked back at the three young hunters once more. "Be careful you three." He got into the truck before driving away.
"Come on. You coming?" Dean said as he got into the car with Sam.
Andi let out a soft breath and got into the back seat of the Impala. "I can't leave you boys now." She said softly.
Dean started the car up and backed the car up onto the street and sped down the road and went around the corner.
Sam looked back at Andi. "What made you want to stay with us?"
"It was what John said." Andi said softly. "The fight… I have a part in it… and I am confused." She pursed her lips together. "Whatever my part is in this fight… I have no idea what it is."
Sam nodded his head slowly. "I'm glad that you could stay." Sam admitted softly.
"Me too Andi." Dean said looking back at her.
"Yeah boys. Me too. But we really should stop somewhere. Take care of our battle wounds."
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This is the end of Chapter 16. Let me know what you guys think. Please leave a review. Reviews help with future updates. They help with the muse and the juices flowing to help with future chapters. They really do. Please let me know if there is anything that you would like to see in the next chapter Hell House. I have a feeling that this next chapter will be a lot of fun just like this one. What do you guys think of Andi's little reunion with John. Did you think it what you expect it to be? I hope to have the next chapter out soon guys.