this is me trying, spn [ 3 ]

079. the accident

They're having a little celebration in honor of Mary's life, having invited the other hunters from the apocalypse world. They're holding it in the war room and Larissa is the only one not there, taking care of Liam.

"We know it wasn't easy for some of you to get here, and we thank you." Dean tells everybody. He, Natalie, Sam, and Cas are standing at the top of the steps.

Athena is sitting on Libby's lap and eating the spaghetti her mom made her earlier and Libby talks to Ethan while he attempts to braid her hair.

"We, uh-- we gave her a hunter's send off a few days ago. But we know that her family went beyond just us. Some of you hunted alongside her. Some of you fought Michael with her in the other world. You know, we lost our mom once before. But we got a second chance with her. And we got to know her not just as "mom," but as someone who was tough and strong. Stubborn as hell."

"Someone who had opinions and wasn't shy to use them. She could handle a machete. She could handle a vampire. She could handle our old man. She couldn't cook worth a damn. Mom, you weren't here long enough. But we're so glad for the time that we had. Goodbye, mom."

"To Mary." The group choruses. A hatchet sails through the air, sticking into a guy's head, his body falling to the floor. The twins both scream, Jacob wrapping his arms around them as Natalie runs over.

Athena shrieks and Libby's arms wrap around her as Sam rushes over to the two.

Everybody turns to see Bobby was the one to throw the hatchet.

~ ~ ~

"Make sure I get my hatchet back." Bobby tells the hunter who is dragging the wraith out of the room. "Damn wraith. Knew him from a nest your mom and I busted up on our last hunt. Probably here to gloat. The bastard." Bobby sneers.

"Thanks for coming." Sam tells a hunter before walking over to where Cas and Bobby are standing. He stands by Larissa's seat while she makes faces at Liam and quietly coos to him.

"A hunter's memorial, complete with monster. Mary would have appreciated that." Cas says.

"Yahoo for Mary." Larissa mutters under her breath. She doesn't pay any attention to Bobby's confused, somewhat annoyed look or Sam's awkward look.

"Now that you mention it, yeah." Bobby responds to Cas. "How are you?" Bobby asks the twins.

"I'm cool... you know, I guess." Natalie shrugs. "Be a lot easier to grieve if my parents weren't bitches, but..." Jacob wraps his arms around her waist, kissing her on the head.

"Hey, you know... it's tough. It's... complicated." Sam says.

"And the other one?" He nods to Dean who is talking to a hunter.

"Yeah, Dean... he seems to be doing okay. Hard to say." Sam says.

"He's absolutely wrecked. He's just hiding everything." Ophelia says before tossing an M&M into her mouth. She glances between everybody as they stare at her. "Psychic. I can feel what he feels, the dude's crushed."

"Yeah. Guess he's like me. Bein' teary in public's not my style." Bobby says.

"Hey." Sam gets his brother's attention as Dean picks up the pictures they laid out on the map table. "Uh, most everybody's headed out, but Bobby's gonna stick around. I thought maybe we could open that scotch Ketch left and hang out, talk about mom if you want."

"Talk about mom?" Dean asks.

"Yeah." Sam nods.

"Isn't that what we've been doing?" Dean asks before walking out.