CHUCK'S HOME - NIGHT
Chuck was sprawled on a couch, sleeping with papers clutched to his chest. The coffee table was littered with unfinished food and drinks. He was in the throes off an intense dream about Sam, Dean, Daisy, Madelyn, Reagan, the Impala, the Mustang, and himself.
COMIC BOOK SHOP - DAY
A man took a comic book off the shelf. Dean, Sam, Madelyn, Reagan, Daisy and Noah entered the shop. The boys were in suits and long black coats while the girls were in a white blouse and black slacks and black coats; FBI costumes. The man behind the counter looked up as they approached and took out their badges.
"Uh... can I help you?" the man behind the counter asked.
"Sure hope so," Dean replied. "Agents DeYoung, Shaw, Gowan, Young, Phillips and Sucherman. Just need to ask you a few questions."
"Notice anything strange in the building, last couple of days?" Sam questioned.
"Like what?" the man behind the counter wondered.
"Well, some other tenants reported flickering lights," Reagan explained.
"Uh, I don't think so. Why?"
"What about noises?" Sam inquired. "Any skittering in the walls? Kind of like rats?"
The man behind the counter looked at them skeptically. "And the FBI is investigating a rodent problem?"
"What about cold spots? Feel any sudden drops in temperature?"
The man behind the counter grinned. "I knew it! You guys are LARPing, aren't you?"
"Excuse me?" Dean and Daisy asked.
"You're fans."
"Fans of what?" Sam and Noah questioned.
"What is "LARPing"?" Dean wondered as Madelyn frowned.
"Like you don't know," the man behind the counter said, seeing their confused looks. "Live-Action-Role-Play! And pretty hardcore, too."
Daisy's brow furrowed. "We got no idea what you're talking about."
"You're asking questions like the building's haunted. Like those guys and girls from the books. What are they called? Uh... "Supernatural." Three guys and three girls use fake IDs with rock aliases, hunt down ghosts, demons, vampires. What are their names? Uh... Steve, Ned, Morgan, Delia, Roni and Dirk? Uh, Sal, Neville, Maddie, Doris, Rory and Dane?"
"Sam, Noah, Madelyn, Daisy, Reagan and Dean?" Sam asked.
"That's it!"
"You're saying this is a book?" Dean questioned.
"Books. It was a series. Didn't sell a lot of copies, though. Kind of had more of an underground cult following." He went over to a table labeled "Bargain Bin" and the four followed. "Let's see. Um... Ah. Yeah." He handed Dean a book. "That's the first one, I think."
Dean read the cover of the book. ""Supernatural" by Carver Edlund." He flipped the book over and read the back cover. ""Along a lonely California highway, a mysterious woman in white lures men to their deaths.""
"Give me that," Sam demanded, taking the book from Dean.
Madelyn looked at the man. "We're gonna need all the copies of "Supernatural" you got."
MOTEL ROOM
Dean was reclining on one of the beds, flipping through a book and frowning. Madelyn was on the same bed reading another book, an annoyed look on her face. Sam and Reagan were seated by the window with his laptop. Daisy and Noah were on the other bed, also reading.
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The Heroes' Paradox
Mystery / ThrillerDaisy Winchester hates the life she grew up in, but she loves it at the same time. She calls it the paradoxical bane of her existence. When her father goes missing, she and her older brother recruit their younger brother. From there, only time will...
