This sequel takes place sometime after my first fanfic. There will be more returning characters from the show and my first fanfic along with more new ones in this story.
Episode 19 Making The Exchange
The drive to Omaha Nebraska took several hours, plus Sam had to look on the map to find the location of the address of the abandoned house they were looking for as well as the directions. It took longer than expected to finally get to their destination. When they arrived at the right house, they could see that it indeed was abandoned being an old Victorian large house all run down and looked like nobody had lived in it in many decades and reminded them of those old spooky houses they see in classic scary movies. They could also see that the house is warded up all over just like they said but the only thing on their minds was getting inside to find Ava hopefully safe.
"You're ready for this?" Dean turned to ask Sam.
"Let's do this" Sam replied and with that the two quickly got out of the car and headed inside the house knowing that being unarmed could make them vulnerable to any attack but that was a risk they had to take as they had no choice.
They walked up the front porch and Dean knocks on the front door only to discover the door isn't locked anyway so they both just walk right. It was kind of dark inside and looked spooky as there were cobwebs and a lot of dirt around the dark hall. Once they were in what appeared to be the living room there was only a couple of worn out dirty looking chairs, broken rusty looking tables and a cupboard, and a dirty looking fireplace and some broken wood around the floor. They weren't at all phased but continued to search around. They exited the living room and then went down the dark dirty hall again and searched another empty but dirty room.
"Hello anybody, we're here is there anybody home!" Dean cried out getting a bit impatient.
"This place seems deserted, are you sure this is the right place" said Sam as they continued looking.
"Those dicks definitely said this is the place now this hell house appears to be empty, I don't like the sound of this" Dean said.
"You think this could be a trap?" Sam asked him.
"I don't know, I mean we knew that was a possibility, who knows what those asshats been planning" Dean replied.
"Hey, know need to be suspicious guys" said a voice behind them that caused them to jump a bit.
When they turned around, they were facing three reapers, two male and one female staring right at them at them with a friendly smile. "Nice that you guys showed up and kept your promise that it was just the two of you, sorry we startled you we just wanted to be cautious you know how that is?" said one of the male reapers who was wearing a beard.
"Hey, we said we would do whatever you wanted, so don't worry, it's nobody but us" Dean replied impatient. "We know, if more had come along, we would know about it, like we said before, we have spies around" said the bearded man, they he turned to his two fellow comrades.
"Okay, search them" he directed them and the other male and female reaper went up to each Sam and Dean frisked them for weapons like they were two suspects and the as the female reaper searched Dean she pulled out the ring from his pants pocket and put in her hers and when they were finished they turned to the bearded male.
"All clear, no weapons" the female said.
"Hey, we kept our in of the bargain okay, now take us to Ava" demanded Dean.
"Patience my friends, follow us" he said and soon the three of them led Dean and Sam down the long hall into another room.
This was a smaller room but was dirty just like the others with broken wood piled on the floor broken windows and in the middle was an old rusty looking table with a chair. A bit further from the table was none of other than Ava who was sitting down on chair that wasn't as old looking and appeared to be duct taped to it with two more reapers a male and a female standing near her. Once Dean saw her, he nearly rushed over to her but was stopped by one of the reapers.
"Ava!" he cried out as they both exchanged glances.
"Dean, Sam" she cried out right back looking so relieved to see them.
Dean was also glad to see her too and tried to go over to her again but was once again held back by one of the reapers. "Ava, are you okay, did they hurt you?" he asked really concerned.
"No, just ruined my day, I just finished working a case when these creeps decided to give me a lift you can say and bring me back to their nice little getaway here" she responded in a sarcastic tone. "I'm just sorry these clowns dragged you out here" she told him.
"No Ava, I'm the one who's sorry, it's because of me you're dragged in this mess, but I will fix it and get you out of here, I promise, it's going to be alright" he told her.
"Okay, enough with the touching reunion, we need to get down to business" said the bearded guy as the two other reapers with Ava went picked up a bag that and placed on the floor near the table.
The bearded guy turned other two reapers. "Sit that one down over there" he pointed to another chair as they other two reapers took a hold of Sam and placed down on the chair had a hold of his shoulders to make sure he doesn't move then the bearded guy sat Dean down on the chair at the table as Dean couldn't take his eyes off of Ava.
"Is there any reason why she's duct tapped like that?" he asked angrily.
"Well, she tried to escape a few times and so we took extra caution and we will do the same to your brother over there if he gives us any trouble" the bearded guy said as Sam just sat there unphased by his words.
The bearded reaper then turned to the female reaper who had the ring. "Give me the ring now" he instructed her as she took the ring out of her pocket and handed it to him and he just looked it over in admiration.
"Okay, you got the ring and you got me now let them go" Dean insisted.
"Patience, but first things first" he said then nodded his head at the two other reapers with the bag.
"What, you said if I bring the ring, you will let Ava go, I'll put the ring on if you let them go" Dean told him.
"You don't call the shots around here we do and we need to take care of something before we let anyone go" said the bearded guy as the other two took out a pot and what appeared to be ingredients for a spell including a knife.
"What is all of this, anyway I said I will put on the ring already" Dean cried out confused.
The bearded guy just gave him a stern look. "Did you really think it will be that easy, you put on the ring and be the new death forever and that's it. We're not stupid enough to trust you just like that so we need to guarantee you will hold up your end of the bargain and that's where this all comes in" he said.
"What all comes in?" Dean asked him.
"You see, Dean, we are going to perform a spell. A spell that will bind that ring on your finger forever so you will never be able to take it off at all" the bearded guy said.
Dean looked nervous as did Sam as they suspected there would be some kind of trap but they didn't suspect this. "If this all necessary, I agreed to put on the ring and be your new boss if you let Ava go" he told him.
"Your word alone won't be enough, you see we know all about how you Winchesters are. Your reputation proceeds you" the bearded guy said.
"I guess I can take that as a compliment" Dean replied sarcastically.
"Once the spell is done, nothing not even trying to cut off your finger will get that ring off, since once you put the ring on, you will be immune to any physical pain and injury" the bearded guy said.
"I guess there's a bright side to becoming the king of the grim reapers" Dean said in jokingly tone trying to hide his fear.
"Hey, the good part of becoming the new Death is that you will never age, never grow old, feel pain, sickness or anything just live on for all eternity and you will even get a new scythe of your very own" the bearded guy said.
Dean looked up a bit curiously. "A new scythe? As I recall the last time I subbed for your old boss, I didn't get a scythe out of the deal" he replied.
"We heard about your little stint as Death's stand-in, and of course you didn't since Death was still among us, now that he's gone the new wearer of the ring will become the new Death and receive a new scythe that is how it's done" said the bearded reaper.
Both Dean, Sam and Ava just had surprised look on their faces upon hearing these facts. Dean still tried to play off that he wasn't fazed by anything.
"You know, suppose once I get this scythe as part of my gig as the big boss, what would stop me from just taking it and ganking every last one of you mothers" Dean replied calmly.
"Hey, you could do that, but it wouldn't change anything, you still be the new Death and all, and we are not afraid of death ourselves, we're all willing to make huge sacrifices for this common goal, so your threats don't scare us" the bearded reaper said.
"That's all well and good but I could still just take that scythe and take my own life, just like I took your last boss, since the scythe can kill any beings" Dean fired back.
This time another one of the male reapers spoke up. "Even if you did this, just remember we know where all your dear ones are not just the ones you have holed up in your Men of Letters' Bunker which we know about, but the others as well, the lady sheriff and her girls, your old pal who's now a werewolf and his wife. We told you before, we have many spies and they are all safe as long as you do as we want. You won't be able to hide your lady friends at your bunker forever either nor your youngest brother for that matter" he answered.
"And if not your close ones, we can even track down all the ones you've saved over the years and we will spare their lives as long as you hold up your end of the bargain. Besides, we will just find another one to take your place and we figure your brother will do since he's part of the reason you killed our boss and we will certainly find a way to track him down and make him just like we did with you" the bearded reaper added.
"But, we would think you wouldn't want your brother or anybody else close to you paying for your mistakes, there's no need for anybody to suffer when you can just offer yourself right here and now. I mean like we told you before, we need a new Death anyway to restore natural order and stop chaos as everything is out of bounds since you killed our boss, people dying before their times, so I would think you would want to fix what you created, the honorable Dean Winchester" added another reaper as Dean just sat there with a bit of a conflicted look on his face.
"Hey, if you care so much about restoring order than how come none of you all offered yourselves to become the new Death and you could've just asked us for the ring, we would gladly give it to you if that's the case" Sam said being frustrated as how they were pressuring Dean.
The reapers turned to him than back to Dean.
"We all did offer to vote on which one us take over our dear departed boss's role but in the end we all decided it was only fair that his killer would take over the job instead as part of his repentance for his actions" The bearded guy said looking right at Dean just sat their silent.
"Now we agree that you are not the most suitable choice, as we would prefer a superior being taking our boss's place rather than some mere mortal and we reckon any being who would be willing to offer his or herself in your place instead we would consider it but right now all of us agree that you should fill in the role" said one of the female reapers.
Dean still had the same solemn look on his face.
"Hey, look on the bright side, once you become the new Death you will be a superior being yourself, I mean you will be invulnerable to human pain, injury, sickness or any infliction. You will never age, never grow old or die, you will be live on through all eternity and have plenty of amazing abilities" said the bearded guy looking right at Dean who just had the same expression on his face.
"Perfect, just what a man can dream about, being an ageless grim reaper" he replied sarcastically.
The reaper just ignored him. "Of course, on the downside, once you become the new Death, you will have to leave your previous life behind and that includes all those in it. That means no more hunting, no more gal pal over there no more brother here" said the bearded reaper glancing at Ava and then Sam's directions as he said all of this. "It will all be just your past to put behind for your new life" the bearded guy added as Dean's eyes then lit up as well as Sam and Ava's.
The bearded reaper held up the ring in front of Dean. "Now lets us begin, put on the ring and then we will perform the spell" he said to him.
The other reapers placed a pot on the table and started putting the ingredients int to and while one of the female reapers held out a piece of paper which they assumed had the ritual chants listed on it was about to read it out once Dean puts on the ring. Dean just took the ring from the bearded reaper and looked at it in his hand with reluctance but seemed to be willingly and sadly accept his fate as he just stared at it.
"Hey, I said put on the ring already" the bearded reaper reminded him growing impatient and Dean continued to stare at it conflicted but in the end was about to put it on accepting defeat.
"Dean no, don't!" cried out Ava who had remained silent the whole time.
The bearded reaper glanced her way angrily. "Quiet, he has no choice, it has to be done" he cried out then turned back to Dean. "Now lets get this over with already" he cried out again.
"No stop Dean, Ava's right!" Sam cried out now who had also been quiet this whole time but had to speak up.
"Not another word from you or the lady friend" said the bearded reaper impatient.
"But you really don't have to do this, seriously" Sam spoke up again.
"Hey, look, I'm sorry guys, but I'm afraid this the only way" Dean said as he briefly glanced towards Sam then Ava and then back at the bearded reaper. "I just want you to swear to me that you will let them go once I do this if not, once I become the new Death, I will unleash my revenge as you say I will be powerful" he warned.
"Hey, we will release your brother and your girl here once you do what we want as we have no more use for them they will be free to go, that you have my word but can we get this over with already" the bearded reaper told him.
"But I really mean you don't have to go through with this, you don't need Dean to become the new Death" Sam cried out.
All the reapers turned to Sam as well as Dean and Ava.
"What do you mean by that statement?" one of them asked.
"I mean, I know a possible another way to get what you want and if you all just listen to me it could just work way better than using Dean" Sam cried out.
The reapers all looked at him curiously and rather confused. Even both Dean and Ava didn't seem to understand.
"What are you talking about?" asked the bearded reaper.
"I'm talking another way to find a new Death, I should have thought of it sooner but I have an idea please just listen to me for a minute" Sam cried out urgently.
They all continued to look at him curiously and Dean and Ava were just confused.
"Sam what are you saying?" Dean asked him.
The bearded reaper signaled the others to hold off on the spell then turned back to Sam. "You got just five minutes to explain yourself and make it good" he told him.
Sam just swallowed as prepared to give him his plan.
This was posted later than I planned, I will still try to post chapters sooner. Wishing everybody a Happy New Year of 2022. Thank you.