MIKA AND NATALIA
Mika tried all her might to snap out of her shocked state and turn away from Duke, but it was difficult. When she did manage to break away from looking at him, she found herself looking back at him quickly again to make sure he was still there. The short moments she did try and look away, she noticed a look of awkwardness mixed in with the shock of this discovery on Dean's face. She knew his every single expression, even micro ones that his awkwardness after seeing Esme and Duke so close didn't go unnoticed on her. Although it was clearly wasn't jealousy or anywhere near that, it was awkwardness and way back in the back of her mind, she knew when her and Dean finally chatted once more about this, no information kept back, she might finally get some answers as to why he felt awkward about those two being close. For now, she couldn't think about this whole other situation as she still tried to ground herself whilst in the car which was proving difficult to do.
When Duke replied to Nat and Cason's comment, she felt her hand clench in her lap and a tiny quick, blink and you'd miss it twitch in the corner of her eye appeared. She didn't want to think about Duke being dead, even though that was all she could think about right now as it made no sense why he was alive in the back of the impala. Even Natalia found herself looking at them all to try and study their reactions and she came up with the same conclusion as Cason did. If they truly believed Duke had died, then what the hell brought him back? She felt like she could almost hear Cason's mind as it raced through the same question as hers did. She only stayed more grounded than the others because she was convinced she was dying earlier, she didn't know Duke had technically died and sheer exhaustion was creeping up on her once more.
When Dean asked Mika about where to go from here and Cason mentioned Bobby's name along with Dean calling her by her nickname that Sam gave her when he was a young kid, did she snap fully out of her trance like state. "right...right. Bobby, I'll call him now" she said, gathering herself and pulling her out, "Nat do me a favour if you can and text Sam to tell him where we're headed and just to follow on?" She asked her, "sure" Nat replied, pulling out her phone of her pocket only to find it was soaked right through to the inside and now didn't work.
"It's broken...ya know, from my drowning?" She spoke up, shaking her phone to show Mika and Dean, only for water to splash out of every nook and cranny the phone had onto her already wet body. Mika sighed, "okay, I'll tell him after I've spoken to Bobby...unless someone else wants to let Sam know?" She replied, before glancing round at the group then back at her phone, pressing the quick dial on Bobby's name and holding her phone up to her ear.
"Hey Bobby....yes I'm aware....yes I'm sorry I haven't checked in sooner, the job was more complicated than initially thought...but listen, we're four hours out of your place and we really need to do the drive to you. I'll explain better when we get there but we need to come home.....thanks......oh! And if possible, pull the old girl out of the garage? We're gonna need the space created." She spoke on the phone, knowing she was cryptic on her last remark, but didn't care. She knew Bobby still had the old rv and figured it would be the perfect thing to have as extra places to sleep. She also figured it might help Duke feel a bit more grounded and alive if he saw it. Once she was done talking, she hung up and then focused on texting Sam once more.
"Hey, we found Duke walking the highway. Think he might have been your escaped murder victim. So get on the road- we're driving straight to Bobby's to lay low." she pressed send and put her phone away. She then looked at Nat via the rearview mirror, "we'll get you a new phone once back at Souix Falls okay?" She told her, feeling like she needed to truly mother the girl even though Nat wasn't a kid. Nat nodded at Mika's words relaxing on Cason's lap, but not before giving Duke a little reassuring nudge with her leg. She really felt sorry for the guy and felt like she could partially relate to what he must be feeling. She was close to welcoming death and he actually died.
SAM
Sam felt beyond elated that Nat was found and alive. He hadn't even realised through his fear of maybe loosing Anna, and their talk that he was also harbouring so much fear of Dean finding Nat dead and he wasn't there with her. Then the reality kicked in what he said and he watched Anna's eyes go wide. He nodded at her question that was seeking confirmation of what he said before seeing her turning forward and just crying. He knew it must have been of great relief for her to know Cason wasn't dead and gone just yet.
"Yeah.... I figured as much as well, I'm also guessing as it was Cason that got to Nat, Dean is probably feeling he owes Cason by not killing him right now. There's no way Nat isn't involved somehow in this" he replied, agreeing that it had to be Nat twisting Dean's arm in some way that was allowing Cason to still be with them all. "I'm just happy they're all alive and coming back" he added, wanting to hug her, but wasn't sure if she wanted him to right at this moment. So he kept his arms to himself and remained sat in the driver's side.
He sat in silence for a while as they waited for the others to show, unsure of what else to say to her that they hadn't already discussed. The silence becoming deafening almost, until his phone went off again, almost making him jump. Pulling it out, he read the text, then read it again. "uhh...seems we're heading straight to Bobby's. They found Duke wandering the high way on their way back. So we gotta go..." He relayed the message onto Anna, seeing if her mind could catch up to what he read as he was still partially trying to figure that one out.
"I swear this night is getting more confusing as it goes on" he sighed, "ready to get outta here?" He asked Anna, knowing it was a stupid question but he asked it anyway.
Mika tried all her might to snap out of her shocked state and turn away from Duke, but it was difficult. When she did manage to break away from looking at him, she found herself looking back at him quickly again to make sure he was still there. The short moments she did try and look away, she noticed a look of awkwardness mixed in with the shock of this discovery on Dean's face. She knew his every single expression, even micro ones that his awkwardness after seeing Esme and Duke so close didn't go unnoticed on her. Although it was clearly wasn't jealousy or anywhere near that, it was awkwardness and way back in the back of her mind, she knew when her and Dean finally chatted once more about this, no information kept back, she might finally get some answers as to why he felt awkward about those two being close. For now, she couldn't think about this whole other situation as she still tried to ground herself whilst in the car which was proving difficult to do.
When Duke replied to Nat and Cason's comment, she felt her hand clench in her lap and a tiny quick, blink and you'd miss it twitch in the corner of her eye appeared. She didn't want to think about Duke being dead, even though that was all she could think about right now as it made no sense why he was alive in the back of the impala. Even Natalia found herself looking at them all to try and study their reactions and she came up with the same conclusion as Cason did. If they truly believed Duke had died, then what the hell brought him back? She felt like she could almost hear Cason's mind as it raced through the same question as hers did. She only stayed more grounded than the others because she was convinced she was dying earlier, she didn't know Duke had technically died and sheer exhaustion was creeping up on her once more.
When Dean asked Mika about where to go from here and Cason mentioned Bobby's name along with Dean calling her by her nickname that Sam gave her when he was a young kid, did she snap fully out of her trance like state. "right...right. Bobby, I'll call him now" she said, gathering herself and pulling her out, "Nat do me a favour if you can and text Sam to tell him where we're headed and just to follow on?" She asked her, "sure" Nat replied, pulling out her phone of her pocket only to find it was soaked right through to the inside and now didn't work.
"It's broken...ya know, from my drowning?" She spoke up, shaking her phone to show Mika and Dean, only for water to splash out of every nook and cranny the phone had onto her already wet body. Mika sighed, "okay, I'll tell him after I've spoken to Bobby...unless someone else wants to let Sam know?" She replied, before glancing round at the group then back at her phone, pressing the quick dial on Bobby's name and holding her phone up to her ear.
"Hey Bobby....yes I'm aware....yes I'm sorry I haven't checked in sooner, the job was more complicated than initially thought...but listen, we're four hours out of your place and we really need to do the drive to you. I'll explain better when we get there but we need to come home.....thanks......oh! And if possible, pull the old girl out of the garage? We're gonna need the space created." She spoke on the phone, knowing she was cryptic on her last remark, but didn't care. She knew Bobby still had the old rv and figured it would be the perfect thing to have as extra places to sleep. She also figured it might help Duke feel a bit more grounded and alive if he saw it. Once she was done talking, she hung up and then focused on texting Sam once more.
"Hey, we found Duke walking the highway. Think he might have been your escaped murder victim. So get on the road- we're driving straight to Bobby's to lay low." she pressed send and put her phone away. She then looked at Nat via the rearview mirror, "we'll get you a new phone once back at Souix Falls okay?" She told her, feeling like she needed to truly mother the girl even though Nat wasn't a kid. Nat nodded at Mika's words relaxing on Cason's lap, but not before giving Duke a little reassuring nudge with her leg. She really felt sorry for the guy and felt like she could partially relate to what he must be feeling. She was close to welcoming death and he actually died.
SAM
Sam felt beyond elated that Nat was found and alive. He hadn't even realised through his fear of maybe loosing Anna, and their talk that he was also harbouring so much fear of Dean finding Nat dead and he wasn't there with her. Then the reality kicked in what he said and he watched Anna's eyes go wide. He nodded at her question that was seeking confirmation of what he said before seeing her turning forward and just crying. He knew it must have been of great relief for her to know Cason wasn't dead and gone just yet.
"Yeah.... I figured as much as well, I'm also guessing as it was Cason that got to Nat, Dean is probably feeling he owes Cason by not killing him right now. There's no way Nat isn't involved somehow in this" he replied, agreeing that it had to be Nat twisting Dean's arm in some way that was allowing Cason to still be with them all. "I'm just happy they're all alive and coming back" he added, wanting to hug her, but wasn't sure if she wanted him to right at this moment. So he kept his arms to himself and remained sat in the driver's side.
He sat in silence for a while as they waited for the others to show, unsure of what else to say to her that they hadn't already discussed. The silence becoming deafening almost, until his phone went off again, almost making him jump. Pulling it out, he read the text, then read it again. "uhh...seems we're heading straight to Bobby's. They found Duke wandering the high way on their way back. So we gotta go..." He relayed the message onto Anna, seeing if her mind could catch up to what he read as he was still partially trying to figure that one out.
"I swear this night is getting more confusing as it goes on" he sighed, "ready to get outta here?" He asked Anna, knowing it was a stupid question but he asked it anyway.