Ash was sitting at a table with his laptop open, looking at the hand-drawn sketch of the bus logo from Sam's vision. Sat sat across from him while Dean and Persie stood behind.
"Well, I got a match," Ash said. "It's the logo from the Blue Ridge bus lines in Guthrie, Oklahoma."
"Okay," Sam replied. "Do me a favor - check Guthrie for any demonic signs, or omens, or anything like that."
"You think the demon's there?"
"Yeah, maybe."
"Why would you think that?"
"Just check it, all right?" Dean told Ash.
Ash gave them a look and the brothers frowned at each other. "No, sir, nothing. No demon."
"All right, try something else for me. Search Guthrie for a house fire," Sam suggested. "It would be 1983, fire's origin would be a baby's nursery, night of the kid's six month birthday."
Ash looked at him, startled, and Dean and Persie looked around to check for eavesdroppers. Jo, who was cleaning a nearby table, was watching them. Lennon and Simon were coloring at another table.
"Okay, now that is just weird, man. Why the hell would I be looking for that."
Sam pulled out a beer bottle and set it next to the laptop. "'Cause there's PBR in it for ya."
"Give me 15 minutes."
Jo pressed a few buttons on the jukebox and the opening chords to REO Speedwagon's Can't Fight This Feeling played. Dean sat at the bar with a horrified expression on his face. Jo carried a tray to the bar and set it down, catching his eye.
"REO Speedwagon?" Dean questioned.
"Damn right, REO. Kevin Cronin sings it from the heart," Jo replied.
"He sings it from the hair. There's a difference."
"That profile you've got Ash looking for?"
"Hmm."
"Your mom died in the same way, didn't she? A fire in Sam's nursery?"
"Look, Jo, it's kind of a family thing."
"I could help."
"I'm sure you could. But we've got to handle this one ourselves. Besides, if I ran off with you, I think your mother might kill me."
Ellen, who was cleaning glasses behind the bar, looked at him and he smiled nervously.
"You're afraid of my mother?" Jo questioned.
"I think so."
Sam and Persie hurried up behind Jo as the former said, "We have a match. We've gotta go."
"All right, Jo," Dean said. "See you later."
Lennon jumped off the chair and ran to her father. "Can Simon and I go?"
Dean shook his head. "Not this time."
She gave him a pleading look. "Please, Daddy?"
"Lennon, no. We don't know what to expect, and I want you and your brother safe."
Simon ran up. "We wanna come, Daddy."
Dean knelt to their level. "I promise I'll be back, kiddo."
"We wanna come with you."
"Kids-"
"I promise I'll listen and be good," Lennon said.
Simon nodded. "I will too."
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Love Without End, Amen
Mystery / ThrillerWhen a hunt goes horribly wrong, Dean becomes the single parent of his fraternal twins. He tries to shield them from the life, but he can only do so much. When his father goes missing, he and his twins make their way to Palo Alto, California. And...
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