SAM WINCHESTER

Sam was dubious that this Benjamin bloke could indeed prove himself, but when he did and did indeed levitate nearly to the ceiling he just gave a shrug and the look of 'okay, you're the real deal, point taken'. He listened to the list of the other powers Benjamin had before shaking his head, "No need to prove yourself more" he told him simply. He had to admit he did have a point with the last statement and that was one reason why he didn't want the guy to prove himself all the more as well as the fact he didn't want Ruby to walk out and see a psychic in the room using his powers. "aLso got a guest in here so you have to excuse the fact this wasn't the best time to drop by" he told him. He really wasn't sure what he could do to help this guy at the moment other to start asking more questions. "So is it your powers that make demons want to come after you? Where did they last find you?" he began asking, needing as much information as possible.

NATALIA WINCHESTER

Natalia listened to her and could also see how the guy she was with wanted nothing more than to just leave which got her intrigued why a bloke who looked like could give her a good run for her money in a fight was seeming so skittish around her. She glanced back at Annabeth with a raised eyebrow when she mentioned about Sam being the one to save them all, "save us all from what? And hearing voices ain't the craziest thing I've heard, used to hear them myself so I believe you" she replied, but it was the second thing that Annabeth decided to come out with after Cason begged Annabeth to let them leave that truly stopped her in her tracks. "I'm sorry....what?" she questioned, opening her door more and gesturing for the girl to come inside as she did not want anyone to possibly overhear the conversation. She didn't think anyone would have the power to bring her half brother back to this world, after all they tried everything they possibly could within their power.

MIKA CHAMBERS

The moment Dean hugged her back, she knew in that moment that there was no way this was an illusion or a dream. Dean really was truly back. The grip on her was oh so familiar and she refused to let him go until he was ready to break away, she just wanted to cling onto him just as tightly as if it would stop him disappearing on her all over again. SHe let him pull back and looked right back at him as he held her face in his hands. Oh how she had missed that familiar feel of his calloused hands on her cheeks, a tear falling from her eyes as he rubbed her cheeks. She waited for him to ask what he needed to Bobby, a question that was of no surprise what so ever. Yet she knew he wasn't going to like the answer he was about to get. She looked at him somberly as he looked back at her for clarification.

"He went out on a crazed hunting spree three months ago with Nat and neither have been back since. Nat sometimes checks in but we haven't heard from Sam at all, or able to find him. Even Nat doesn't know where he is" She elaborated to him. "I'm sorry Dean but its been hard, you've been gone and dead for four months. None of us have taken it well" she explained.

SAM WINCHESTER

Sam was dubious that this Benjamin bloke could indeed prove himself, but when he did and did indeed levitate nearly to the ceiling he just gave a shrug and the look of 'okay, you're the real deal, point taken'. He listened to the list of the other powers Benjamin had before shaking his head, "No need to prove yourself more" he told him simply. He had to admit he did have a point with the last statement and that was one reason why he didn't want the guy to prove himself all the more as well as the fact he didn't want Ruby to walk out and see a psychic in the room using his powers. "aLso got a guest in here so you have to excuse the fact this wasn't the best time to drop by" he told him. He really wasn't sure what he could do to help this guy at the moment other to start asking more questions. "So is it your powers that make demons want to come after you? Where did they last find you?" he began asking, needing as much information as possible.

Recalling the last time that Benjamin had to fight for his life, he decided that he could inform Sam what he needed to know without blowing his cover. In just a couple of seconds he recounted some of his experiences.
"Well, I was just outside town here the last time I was attacked by five of the black eyed freaks."
"They didn't count on me throwing cars and metal debris from the junk yard, thus crushing them like Road Runner crushes Coyote."
"The first time I was assaulted, there were three mid ranked demons after me. They wanted to torture me, and then some important, high ranking demon would use my telekinesis and psychic powers to empower it."
"If I can recall correctly, they kept talking about some demon named Astaroth. Maybe that's the one?"

“They, um…they didn’t explain much. The voices. They just said names, and your address. They knew you, or at least your connection with these men. Who is Bobby Singer?”, Annabeth asked, stepping inside the room and looking around. She believed that the people she was looking for were not here, but who was this woman? Just as she started to ask how the woman knew Sam and Dean Winchester, Cason groaned.

“Son of a bitch…”, he whispered, standing on a small rug in front of the door. He pushed forward with his body, attempting to take a step, but realized he was trapped, “I knew it. I told you we should have left!”

Annabeth narrowed her eyes, confused, “Cason. Come sit down.”

“I can’t…”, he muttered through clenched teeth, sneering at Natalia. Annabeth had no idea he was a demon, but that goose was probably cooked now.

——



“He what? And you let him go?!”, he almost yelled at the two of them, before holding a hand over his sore throat. He had screamed for hours in that box. His throat was destroyed from the stress.

“What choice did I have? He was dead set on it. He left not too long after we buried you.”, Bobby retorted, unpacking the weapons he had stashed away in his pants, onto the wooden desk in front of him.

“Why did you bury me, anyway?”

“Sam said you’d need a body to come back to when he got you home, somehow. That’s all he said.”, Bobby muttered, his face somber.

“Great. Just great. And now here I am…”, Dean ran a hand down his face, sitting on the couch by the window, “Whatever this is…it’s some bad mojo. You should have seen the gravesite. Guys, it looked like a nuke went off. And the force I felt…”

Esme had managed to make it through the door and down the hall that led to her room while lugging her bag with her. After reaching her room and opening the door, she dropped her bag on the floor and unzipped a pocket and rummaged through it.

She pulled out a permanent marker and knelt by the rug that was in front of the door. She flipped it over and drew a devil's trap on its underside before flipping it back over. Once that was done, she rose to her feet, grabbed her bag, and headed to the bed. She tossed the bag on the end of the bed, setting her gun next to it, then headed to the bathroom for a much needed shower.

It wasn’t until she looked into the mirror she noticed just how bad she looked and why she got such a strange look from the man at the front desk. She laughed it off as she went and turned on the water. She had to admit that the water pressure wasn’t bad, despite how the place looked.

Once the water temperature was just right, she stripped and stepped in. Once she felt clean, she got out and made herself presentable. Esme walked over to the center of the bed, relaxed and feeling even more exhausted. She fell face first on the bed and passed out.

There was something about possessing a body that had already been so close to death that just made it feel... nastier. She allowed herself to be consumed by the hot water for as long as she felt necessary to get all of the surface grime off at least. She sighed, she wasn't sure how long she'd been in the shower, but she knew it had been a while. She got out and wrapped her hair up and dried herself before getting dressed. She could hear the conversation, faintly, going on between Sam and whoever had been at the door. She couldn't make out what was being said, but she knew they were still talking. This caused her to roll her eyes. People really just needed to leave them be. There was still too much to do!

She started brushing out her hair and started the hairdryer. She wasn't about to look unpresentable when she got out of the bathroom, especially if this person hadn't left yet. This was getting annoying. She had heard the talks of Dean being save from Hell, but the likelihood of it just didn't seem high. Especially given who she had been hearing it from. And if that were the case, he would be none too happy to know what she and Sam had been doing this whole time he was gone. Sure, once she found him again, she knew Sam had been trying his hardest to get Dean back, but that was the thing with deals. You got your time and then your soul belonged to Hell. Something she knew all too well.

She turned off the hairdryer and soon her phone rang. She looked at the name and raised a brow before answering it. "Hello?" she asked.

"You're going to have to watch your back. One of Azazel's old pets showed her face again, and I know how you and this one were." the voice on the other end said.

"Who are you talking about?" she asked, sitting on the closed toilet.

"Aurelia. She's finally resurfaced, and one can only imagine why. Just watch your back." they said. There was a click before Ruby stared at the phone. That wasn't good. Aurelia knew her affiliations almost better than anyone, but she also knew that Aurelia was a tricky sort. No one knew her better than Azazel and Meg. With Azazel dead and Meg in the wind it was hard to know what would make her come out of hiding. She sighed, and decided perhaps it was time to get out of the bathroom. She could only delay so long.

"That was-" she began, but she saw the man at the door. "Guessing not the pizza then. Oh well."

Something about this one didn't feel right either... She shrugged a bit and took her dirty clothes and placed them with her other things before sitting down. She wouldn't interject in the conversation until she felt Sam wanted her too. It was usually best if she stayed quiet and played the part of the 'hook-up.' And that was her intention, plus now she had other things to worry about.

SAM WINCHESTER

Sam listened to benjamin as he explained a brief history of when demons had been after him and what level demons were after him. He had to admit inside he was rather impressed that this psychic knew his levels of demons which told him he truly did know what he was talking about and that he wasn't newbie psychic who was way out of their league. He found it interesting also that the demons seemed to get lower in class as the attacks went on instead of higher which seemed rather unusual to him but if that was the case then it would be pretty easy to get them off this guy's back in theory. He noted Ruby's entrance from the bathroom and how she walked to the bed to stay out of the way but no doubt eaves drop. Something he wasn't so sure was the best idea right now, whilst smirking at her remark about Benjamin not being the pizza delivery "sadly not" he replied. He then turned back to Benjamin "astaroth? Never heard of them" he replied, but his curiousity was indeed piqued so much so that he walked over to his laptop and booted it up to do a search for said demon.

NATALIA WINCHESTER

Natalia listened to what the girl was explaining and wondered who the hell knew of her link to the brothers and more importantly who the hell these people were. She was taking a risk saying she was their half sister as it was but she needed to know more, especially as she dumped the bombshell about Dean on her. "Bobby is a family friend,that's all you need to know" she told her as Annabeth walked inside with Natalia noting she didn't get caught in the hidden devils trap under the doormat. Okay, so this girl wasn't a demon that was one thing she didn't have to worry about. Yet the moment Cason walked in and got stopped by it she knew instantly why he was so hesitant to be sticking around. She instantly pulled out her handgun and took the safety off, aiming it right at the man. "You're hanging around with a bloody demon?!" she questioned, raising her voice probably a little more than she should have. "Are you insane?!" she asked again, looking at Annabeth only briefly befor elooking back at Cason.

MIKA CHAMBERS

Mika hated that Dean was shouting at them and clearly hurting his throat in the process. The course sound coming out of his mouth didn't go amiss on her and she instantly went to the fridge and grabbed him a bottle of cold water, handing it to him. She let Bobby answer the questions that Dean was asking, before continuing to hear what Dean said about the area where he was buried. "Things haven't been the same since you've been gone, I don't know whats going on it seems something is coming. But I'm sure Bobby could explain better than I can, I pretty much gave up hunting when I knew we couldn't bring you back." she admitted to him. "But we'll find Sam and Natalia, I promise" she reassured him, sitting next to him on the couch. "I'm so glad you're back though" she added.

Annabeth’s eyes were the size of saucers, staring at Cason. She didn’t understand why he couldn’t move. But he seemed to know why, and was extremely angry. Her fear and shock turned into nervous tears as Natalia snapped at her. Her body flinched before she narrowed her teary eyes, causing a tear to fall, “A what? Demon?! Demons are real?”

“Kitten…listen. I can explain.”, Cason calmly muttered, holding a hand out in front of both women, mostly to try and keep Natalia for throwing anything at him…or as the Winchesters seemed to be keen to do, stab him, “Stay back!”

Annabeth positioned herself almost behind Natalia as Cason spoke, terrified of the man she had been dating for the past two years.

——



Dean took the water from Mika, cracking it open and nearly drinking the entire bottle in one long gulp. Sighing in relief, he placed a hand over his eyes, “He must have made a deal. Whatever dug me up or rode me out…it’s nothing good.”

He glanced up at Mika, taking in all of her features. Good terms…bad terms. He was good to see her, “I’m glad to be back. But, don’t get too excited. Look at this.”

He then unbuttoned his sleeve, and pulled his arm from his shirt, showing Bobby and Mika the handprint left on his upper arm. This caused Bobby to stand from his chair, his eyes wide, “What the hell?”

“Exactly. What do you think we’re looking at here?”

Bobby brushed his fingers across the scared tissue, and shook his head, “I have no idea. That seems like a good question for Sam.”

“Wait…Nat’s not with Sam? Do we know where she is?”, Dean asked, glancing from Mika to Bobby. Bobby simply shook his head, “Great. Two needles in two different piles of needles. I’ll activate Sam’s GPS.”

Dean sat down behind Bobby’s desk carefully, his body still sore from the walking. He noticed all the empty bottles lying around and raised an eyebrow, “Hey guys? What’s up with the liquor store?”

When Bobby didn’t answer him, he shifted his gaze to Mika.

Benjamin
Benjamin, getting ready to fight, has a serious, focused look on his face as he glares at Ruby. "Sam, look out, it's one of them!" He points at Ruby. "Get rid of it, before it attacks!"
Benjamin thought he had sensed something, and he did. It was Ruby. This demon was not especially very powerful, but for her rank, she was. Benjamin couldn't have known that Ruby was not just reliant on her powers but her skill and competency in fighting. As his voice rose in seriousness, he was getting ready to attack with serious telekinetic force. If he had to fight here, he might accidentally destroy the hotel room.

NATALIA WINCHESTER

Natalia saw how Annabeth was reacting and was beginning to question if the girl was either a really good liar at pretending to not know that demons existed, or if she was really being genuine. It was also really difficult to not just shoot at Cason for the sake of it before stabbing him and sending him back to Hell. She let Annabeth stand behind her, something now telling her that the fear in ANnabeth was indeed real and there was no way she could be faking this. As Cason told them to stay back she narrowed her eyes at him, "You don't get to tell us what to do!" she sneered at him. "Why is a demon just hanging around this girl anyway?! ANd why are you two after Sam!?" She demanded again. "Has he hurt you?" she asked Annabeth, not ever imagining that a demon could be dating the girl and actually have genuine feelings for her. In her expertise it was never real and always a ruse and now here they were asking to find where her half brother was and who Bobby was? nah, that wasn't going to fly with Natalia easily and if Cason wanted out of the devil's trap then he'd have to seriously convince her he wasn't there to kill her brother.

MIKA CHAMBERS

Mika was glad that Dean gladly took the water bottle and noted how he drank it almost completely in one hit, telling her he was in need of hydration and probably food a lot more than they could probably imagine. The moment he said about checking something out that was on him, she turned herself to face him more and looked with curiosity before gasping at the scar tissue hand print that was right across his upper arm and almost curling over his shoulder. Bobby's words said exactly what he was thinking, whilst being unable to touch and check the scar herself. If it was Sam that got him out of Hell then she too wanted to know who he made the deal with and who the owner of the handprint was. Before she could comment on it, Dean seemed to change the subject onto Nat and how she wasn't with Sam, to which she also shook her head "no, they were for a while but then got separated" she explained. She sighed and went to lean back into the couch when Dean spotted the many beer bottles scattered absolutely everywhere, everywhere she left them. The glance at her after Bobby refused to answer made Mika give Bobby the look of 'you traitor' before looking back at Dean, "Don't give me those judgy eyes Dean. I didn't handle losing you well alright? Grief doesn't crazy things to people and you're hardly ever the saint of sober life" she told him.

Esme was sleeping more soundly than she had in months. Maybe it was because she had pushed herself harder than she ever had the past few days. Her sleep was free of the nightmarish images they had been haunting her for months. In fact, she wasn’t dreaming at all. Yelling from down the hall soon disturbed her sleep.

“Holy hellfire! What’s going on?” she said, bolting upright. She grabbed her gun and keys as she rose from the bed. She headed to the door and looked out the spy hole, but saw nothing. It was then she heard someone yell about a demon. Esme grabbed her jacket and bolted out the door.

She threw on her jacket and shoved the keys in her pocket as she went, stopping when she reached a corner, which was just one door down. She took the safety off her gun and peered around the corner. The raised voices were coming from the room just around the corner, and she heard demon mentioned again.

She rounded the corner, gun held out in front of her, then peered into the room. Said demon looked to be stuck in a devil’s trap while talking to two women in the room. From what she could tell, the demon and woman cowering had arrived together. “Did I hear right, they came together and she didn't know what he was?” she asked while pointing her gun at Cason.

Cason narrowed his eyes at the woman in front of him, “I haven’t hurt her. I can explain everything but you have to listen to me!”

He almost yelled, which caused AnnaBeth to jump again, grabbing Natalia’s forearm. She closed her eyes as another set of voices started. This time it was quieter, and didn’t hurt, Sam Winchester….Find him…

“This is more complicated than a relationship. I’m here to…I’m here to protect her. I can explain, if you let me go…”, just as Cason finished his sentence, another woman strolled up behind him, pointing a gun at his face, “Great. Wonderful! Now we have another problem…”

——



Dean nearly smarted back to Mika, but decided not to, picking up his phone to call the phone company, “Touche…”, he whispered.

“Um, yeah I would like to turn on the GPS for my phone. Name’s Wedge Antilles…”, he spoke to the person over the phone, “Yep…it’s working.”

He shut his phone, typing on the computer. A map with a pin point came up on the screen.

“How’d you know he’d use that name?”, Bobby asked, coming around to Dean’s side of the desk.

“You kidding? What don’t I know about that kid. He’s in Pontiac, Illinois.”

“That’s where we buried you.”, Bobby whispered, looking up at Mika.

“Right where I popped up. So, I guess the idea that Sam had nothing to do with me coming back is out. Dammit Sammy…”

Bobby began packing a bag, realizing the drive was going to be long. As he did so, Dean took a long drink from a whiskey bottle on the desk, hyping himself up to meet his brother again. He had an idea that Sam would either be happy or shocked to see him and he could decide which would be worse.

NATALIA WINCHESTER

Natalia scrutinized Cason from top to bottom still not trusting him in the slightest. To her the only thing demons were trusted of were screwing you over and doing their damnest to send you to your death. She felt Annabeth grip her forearm for whatever reason but didn't shrug her off, instead just let her do whatever she needed to to presumably feel safe. She listened to Cason talk, practically pleading even and was about to reply when another woman came into view from behind with gun held at Cason. "are you serious right now?!" She complained, lowering her gun and putting the safety on just for a moment so she didn't accidentally shoot Annabeth and she knew Cason was perfectly contained in the devils trap. "Guessing you're a hunter if your interference is anything to go by" she commented, not twigging that this was the same Esme that knew Dean once. "Lower your gun I got this" she told the woman, before looking back at Cason. "You tell me what's going on first THEN I will break the seal keeping you in your place. But if you think I'm going to let a bloody demon in my room before answers are given you got another thing coming" she told him.

MIKA CHAMBERS

Mika was half expecting a smartass comment back but when she didn't get one she was honestly slightly surprised. Not that she showed it on her face though. He didn't need to know he'd surprised her twice in a mere few moments. Instead she let him call the phone company to get searching for Sam, walking over to the kitchen table when he did and stood in front of him, leaning on her hands on the table as he got his brother's location. Hearing that Sam was in Pontiac, Illinois was of more of a shock, especially as it was where they buried Dean. Sam had to have something to do with bringing him back, she didn't believe in coincidences. She glanced back at Bobby and simply gave him a simple solo nod before she too decided a bag needed to be packed and they needed to get to Sam ASAP. Seeing Dean go for the whiskey bottle after he had made a remark about all her empty beer bottle made her smirk whilst thinking 'my point in case'. "Gues we're going to Pontiac then. I'll give Nat a text and see if we can find out her location, or at the very least tell her where Sam is and to meet us there" she replied. She wasn't sure if Natalia would even pick up her phone to her or not, but she could at least tell her where Sam was and leave the decision to her on whether to go to her half brother or not. After all, Natalia was close to Sam, closer than she was to Dean, it seemed only right that she gets his location sent to her.

Esme studied the scene before her, still trying to wrap her head around why she heard Carson pleading to Natalia. She had never known a demon to plead for anything unless it was to their advantage to trick someone. At being addressed, she lifted her gaze from Carson to Natalia and gave a nod to her words, ignoring the part of her stating her interfering. “You’d be correct in your assumption.” she replied.

At Natalia’s next words, Esme raised an eyebrow but lowered her gun and put the safety on. “If you say so.” she replied, backing up a bit. She leaned against the wall behind her with her gun still in hand. This situation had her intrigued, and she wanted to stick around to see how this played out. Plus, even if it was one demon, she could lend a hand if things went sideways.

“I would rather not. But then again…my short and curlies are a little - “, Cason gestured toward Natalia’s gun, before cutting his eyes toward Esme, and then back at Natalia, “There are much worse demons that are looking for that girl, than me. I met her. I smelled her from a mile away, right after the door opened and let me out. At first I wanted to use her as ransom…get myself a good spot for the apocalypse. But now that Dean Winchester is back, and he’s probably with Sam by now, I’m screwed.”

AnnaBeth stepped out from behind Natalia, “It’s been nearly two years. TWO YEARS! And you never told me about you being a demon?! And how do you know Sam and Dean Winchester?!”

Cason flinched, “I’m sorry, darlin. Now, you need to calm down before you…”

AnnaBeth held a hand out in front of her, “YOU DON’T GET TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO!”

Cason hiccuped, and a puff of black smoke fell into his open hand, before he started to gag.

——



Dean walked over to her, shoving her shoulder playfully as he stepped around her, “You ready to back me up? On the tiny chance that he doesn’t know I’m back, he’s probably going to try and kill me. If he does…”, he stopped and smirked sadly, “There’s a decent chance I’m going to try and kill him.”

He shrugged, as Bobby groaned and rolled his eyes, “When you’re done petting each other, I’ll be in the car…”

Carson wasn’t talking about anything Esme didn’t already know when it came to demons. She knew full well there were far worse demons than him roaming around. When he mentioned Dean being back, she pushed herself off the wall and stared at Carson. She had heard word of Dean’s death and it had upset her deeply, but now this demon was saying he was alive. That couldn’t be possible. “Back? Don’t make me laugh.” she told Carson. She looked at Natalia and AnnaBeth for a moment, then back to Carson. “You must think we’re stupid or gullible to belive that.” Her grip on her gun tightened as she glared at Carson. This was one reason she couldn’t stand demons, they’d say anything to save their ass in a tough situation.

NATALIA WINCHESTER

Natalia could see that Esme was far from understanding her tactic when it came to what angle she was playing with Cason. She didn't care though, she didn't play by any particular rule when it came to hunting and as much as a lot of her tactics were the same as the brothers as she had spent a lot of time just hunting with them and Mika, she still had her own tactics when alone. She let Cason talk as he explained that a lot worse demons were after Annabeth than himself, but she couldn't figure out why at all. She looked so unthreatening, but then again she did spend a lot of time in a mental institute and have Azazel help her break out so she didn't take anything for granted. What did take her by surprise however was the fact that Annabeth suddenly raised her hand and her voice at Cason and before she could comprehend what initially seemed like a lover's spat, Cason was spitting up black smoke. "Bloody hell! What are you?!" she exclaimed, shocked at what she was witnessing this girl do. Sure people could exorcise demons out of their host bodies before, that wasn't anything new but it was the face that this girl was doing without saying a single incantation.

Then came Esme's remark about Dean and she knew in that instant that there was clearly more to her than met the eye just like with everyone in her goddamned room it seemed. She grabbed a hold of Annabeth's arm and gently pushed it down to lower it and stop her from sending Cason back to hell. "Don't. I need more information out of him" she told her before looking at Esme, "and you" she added, before looking at Cason once more, "and the way I see it you're already screwed for pissing off this girl and finding your way into a Winchester's room. The boys aren't the only ones born from John" she said with a smirk.

MIKA CHAMBERS

The moment Dean playfully shoved her shoulder Mika couldn't help but smirk but she did roll her eyes at the action, glad to witness him do something that was so typical of him before he went to Hell. "For crying out loud Dean..." she muttered before smirking in an equal somber manner. "It won't come to that, for either of you. But if he does have anything to do with this then we will deal with it in a proper manner. I'm done saying goodbye to you boys" she told him, shoving him back in the shoulder playfully. It was only when Bobby spoke at them both did she look over, "yeah yeah Bobby" she said back before looking back at Dean, "come on, lets get to the car before Bobby lose his mind all over again. I've put him through enough when you've been gone" she told him before grabbing her phone off the table and sending a text to Natalia:

"Dean is back, Sam is in Pontiac, we're going there now to him, Meet us there." pressed send, grabbed her Dean's old jacket she had claimed for her own and put it on, placing her phone in the pocket then grabbing her bag of equipment and headed to the car Bobby decided they would take.
***************
Natalia felt her phone buzz in her jacket pocket and pulled it out, seeing it was from Mika she opened it immediately and when she read it she went into shock and dropped her phone. "Cason is telling the truth....Dean's back" she gasped.

Annabeth wrenched her hand away from Natalia, “Don’t touch me! I don’t know you…and what do you mean what am I?”

She had clearly blacked out during the attack, although her hands were hot. She stared at Cason with narrowed eyes, nearly growling. Cason waved the puff of smoke away from his face, shaking his head and placing the hand over his chest.

“I guess I have nothing to lose, right? Here…put these on before you kill someone. Well…before you kill me. Explaining you to you is going to be a little more difficult.”, he muttered, pulling a pair of mittens from his pocket, “They have been soaked in salt water. I don’t know if they will work, with her brain stuff still being loose, but I figure it’s worth a shot. I can’t afford to lose this meatsuit.”

Annabeth stared at the mittens, and crossed her arms, “Why don’t you answer questions first?”

“Put the mittens on. Dean Winchester is alive. Sam Winchester is…still…alive. I’m not the enemy here, but there’s a lot for you to learn.”, he shook the mittens at her, before smirking at Natalia, “See-“
He turned to Esme, “I’m the good guy here.”

——



The drive to Pontiac seemed longer than he had remembered the drive to Bobby’s. At some point during the drive, Dean had leaned his head over on Mika’s shoulder in the backseat and had drifted off to sleep.

Images of Hell had him groaning, and whimpering the entire time. But he slept soundly on the outside, his body forcing him to stay asleep. When they pulled into the parking lot, he hadn’t noticed the car stopping until Bobby removed his hat and swung it at him.

“Wake up Princess…we’re here!”, Bobby quipped, causing Dean to jump with a small yelp, glaring at Bobby and wiping drool from his mouth, “You guys sure you’re ready for this?”

“I mean…not really.”, Dean whispered, glancing uncertainly at Mika, as he opened his door. This wasn’t going to go well, he could feel it.

Esme was, to say the least, confused about what she was witnessing between Cason and AnnaBeth. All she did was raise her hand and voice for Cason to cough up black smoke. Never had she seen anyone exorcise a demon without saying an incantation. She herself would like to know what exactly this girl was, but her thought was put on the back burner at Natalia’s actions and words. Esme’s eyes went wide in surprise at hearing that Dean was in fact alive and that Natalia was a Winchester as well. She shook her head a bit before looking once more at Cason as he spoke to AnnaBeth about putting on the mittens.

This whole situation was crazy and getting crazier by the minute. She opened her mouth to say something, but closed it when Cason spoke to her, causing her to laugh slightly. “Yeah, sure you’re the good guy here.” she said sarcastically. “And I’m a magician.” Her gaze left Cason and rested on Natalia, slight confusion still written on her face. “I don’t know about you, but I think we should meet up with them and see if we can straighten all this out.”

Esme sighed heavily. Her grip on her gun was still tight. As she waited for Natalia’s answer, thoughts filled her mind once more. "What a way to meet back up with Dean after all these years." she thought to herself. Her gaze drifted back to Cason with a glare as she wondered what they should do with him.

NATALIA WINCHESTER

Natalia held her hands up in a 'hey dont come at me' sort of way to Annabeth, she didn't want to fight with the girl, but it seemed evident that this girl was getting a bit uncontrollable when it came to her emotions. It didn't help that she had dropped her phone because she had heard the news she thought she never hear. She squatted down to pick up her phone once more before focusing on everyone in the room one at a time. She watched as Cason tried to make Annabeth put on some salt water soaked mittens and wondered what the hell was with the two of them, especially to make him just have such an item on him the way he did. Hearing that Cason really wasn't the bad guy in this situation, she rose an eyebrow in a disbelieving manner, but hearing Esme make a smartass remark made her roll her eyes. What was it with the hunters she knew and them all being utter smartmouths?

"Okay, here's the deal. we're gonna go get to Sam and meet the others there and whilst we drive there you're gonna bloody well explain everything about what..." she waved a hand between Cason and Annabeth "this is all about, so don't make me regret letting you loose" she continued, aiming the last bit to Cason more than Annabeth, then turned to Esme, "I take it you have your own vechile you can follow us in? We need to get to Pontiac" she explained. "I also wanna know how the hell you know Dean and Sam at some point, and lastly?" she said pausing before finishing off what she had to say, "This is gonna be the most damn awkward reunion in existance..." she sighed, walking up to Cason, kneeling down, flipping the rug over and with a swift removal of her knife from her belt, she scratched a gap in the devil's trap to release Cason.

MIKA CHAMBERS

The drive to Pontiac was one incredibly boring but it was a level of boring for once she revelled in. The fact she had Dean fallen asleep on her shoulder again, a situation she never thought would ever happen again was making her perfectly content considering what they were heading to. There was many times when she saw him almost drooling and rolled her eyes at it but after what he had been through, she figured she'd let him off just this once, especially as he was after all drooling on his own jacket technically. There was even about half hour when she dosed off herself and for the first time in four months had slept contently. She was awake when they arrived at the hotel in question and smirked when Bobby woke Dean up in the most abrupt manner possible. "As ready as we'll ever be" she replied, getting out of the car herself, closing the door behind her.

SAM WINCHESTER

Sam looked over his shoulder when Benjamin started yelling about how Ruby was one of 'them' before sighing and looking back at him, "Ah, yeah probably should have mentioned that. She's fine, no need to lose your temper or anything she's with me" he explained, completely unaware that during this whole conversation his family was on their way to finding him and that Dean was very much alive. "So stand down or you're out" he warned Benjamin, not quiet 100% politely but not 100% rudely either. He had this tone that wasn't quite readable but he made it very clear that he meant his words and he wasn't to be messed with.

SAM WINCHESTER

Sam looked over his shoulder when Benjamin started yelling about how Ruby was one of 'them' before sighing and looking back at him, "Ah, yeah probably should have mentioned that. She's fine, no need to lose your temper or anything she's with me" he explained, completely unaware that during this whole conversation his family was on their way to finding him and that Dean was very much alive. "So stand down or you're out" he warned Benjamin, not quiet 100% politely but not 100% rudely either. He had this tone that wasn't quite readable but he made it very clear that he meant his words and he wasn't to be messed with.

"Uh, alright. Please keep an eye on her."
"I need your help, so of course I'll stand down."
Benjamin acquiesced. "I don't trust her."
He took a more neutral stance but eyed Ruby for another moment. "You should know I can sense that there are more approaching. I don't know when they're going to get here, but we should be on the ready."
There was nothing to say to Benjamin that Ruby didn't alert the incoming demons to Benjamin's presence. This really peeved Benjamin off. "Okay so I'm going to take a step outside. I kind of need to cool off."