Dean said" Alright. Ive been cruising some websites. Think I found a few candidates for our next gig. A fishing trawler found off the coast of Cali. Its crew vanished. And we got some cattle mutilations in West Texas. Hey! Am I boring you with this hunting evil stuff ?"
Sam said" No, I'm listening. Keep going."
" And here a Sacramento man shot himself in the head... three times. Any of these things blowing up your skirt, pal?"
" Wait, I've seen this."
" Seen what? What are you doing?" Sam got up, going through Dad's journal,
" Dean, I know where we have to go next."
" Where?"
" Back home. Back to Kansas."
" Okay, random. Where'd that come from?"
" Alright, um... this photo was taken in front of our old house, right? The house where mom died?"
" Yeah."
" It didn't burn down completely. They rebuilt it, right?"
" I guess so, yeah. What the hell are you talking about?"
" Okay, look, This is gonna sound crazy, but the people who live in our old house, I think they might be in danger."
" Why would you think that?"
" Uh... Just, um... Look, just, you got to trust me on this, okay?"
" Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. Trust you?"
" Yeah."
" You got to give me a little bit more than that."
" I can't really explain it is all."
" Well, tough. I'm not going anywhere until you do."
" I have these nightmares."
" I've noticed."
" And sometimes they come true."
" Come again?"
" Look, Dean... I dreamt about Jessica's death for days before it happened."
" Sam, people have weird dreams, man. I'm sure it's just a coincidence."
" No, I dreamt about the blood dripping, her on the ceiling, the fire, everything and I didn't do anything 'cause I didn't believe it. Now I'm dreaming about that tree, our house, and some woman inside screaming for help. I mean, that's where it all started. This has to mean something, right?"
" I don't know."
" What do you mean you don't know, Dean? This woman might be in danger. This might be the thing that killed mom and Jessica."
" Alright, just slow down, would you? I mean, first you're telling me that you've got the shining... and then you tell me that I've got to go back home, especially when..."
" When what?"
" When I swore to myself that I would never go back there."
" Look, Dean, we have to check this out. Just to make sure."
" I know we do."
We were driving towards Lawrence, Kansas.
I said" Where's my mommy?" Sam and Dean tensed up," What's wrong?"
Dean said" Uh... nothing, baby girl, and I'll tell you when you're older."
" But I wanna know now." He looked at Sam for help,
Sam said" Uh... Dean's right, you're way too young."
" But 'm tough."
He chuckled," I know, Haz, but it's just... it was really bad. And you shouldn't know till you're older."
" But you know about your mommy."
" She got me there, Dean."
Dean said" Fine, we went back to some small country town after about a year after being there for a bit. There was some monster snatching up kids. A woman, she was a hunter was there too, she had been with us the last time, and when I saw you bundled up in a blanket... I knew you were my little sister. The woman died that night, the monster tore her apart and nearly killed you, but we came in and saved you." My lip started to shake, Dean sighed,
" Hey, no, no. Don't cry, Haz. It's alright." Sam let me cuddled into him as he rocked me a bit," Your mommy was really brave and really nice, just like you. And you luckily didn't get much of Dad's features, 'cause me and Dean are ugly and you are super cute." I giggled,
" Hey! Don't bring me into that, I'm adorable." Sam rolled his eyes," Saw that, Sam."
" Don't listen to him, Haz, he's got nothing on you." He kissed my head and ruffled my hair, I laughed. Dean winked at me, I smiled.
Once we pulled up to their old house,
Sam said" You gonna be alright, man?"
Dean said" Let me get back to you on that." We got out, Dean lifted me into his arms and held me on his hip.
We knocked, a woman answered the door, she said" Yes?"
" Sorry to bother you, ma'am, but we're with the federal-"
Sam said" I'm Sam Winchester and this is my brother, Dean, and sister, Hazel. Um... we used to live here. You know, we were just driving by, and we were wondering if we could see the old place."
The woman said" Winchester. That is so funny. You know, I-I think I found some of your photos the other night."
Dean said" You did?"
" Okay. Come on in." We walked in, Dean didn't like it here, I could tell.
We went into the kitchen, a boy was saying juice.
The woman said" That's Richie. He's kind of a juice junkie. But, hey, at least he won't get scurvy. Sari, this is Sam and Dean, and Hazel. They used to live here."
Sari said" Hi."
Sam said" Hey, Sari."
Dean said" So, you just moved in?"
The woman said" Uh, yeah, from Wichita."
" You got family here?"
" No, I just, uh... um, needed a fresh start. That's all. So new town, new job, I mean, as soon as I find one. New house."
Sam said" So, how are you liking it so far?"
" Well, uh, all due respect to your childhood home, I mean, I'm sure you have lots of happy memories here. But this place has its issues."
" What do you mean?"
" Well, it's just getting old, like, the wiring, you know? We've got flickering lights almost hourly."
Dean said" Oh, that's too bad. What else?"
" Um, sink's backed up. There's rats in the basement. I'm sorry. I don't mean to complain."
" No. Have you seen the rats or just heard scratching?"
" Just the scratching, actually."
Sari said" Mom? Ask them if it was here when they lived here."
Sam said" What, Sari?"
" The thing in my closet."
She said" Oh, no, baby, there was nothing in their closets. Right?"
Sam said" Right, no. No, of course not."
" She had a nightmare the other night."
Sari said" I wasn't dreaming. It came into my bedroom, and it was on fire."
We walked out of the house,
Sam said" A figure on fire?"
Dean said" And Jenny was the woman in your dreams?"
" Yeah, and you hear what she was talking about.. scratching, flickering lights? Both signs of a malevolent spirit."
" Yeah, well, I'm just freaked out your weirdo visions are coming true."
" Forget about that. The thing in the house, do you think it's the thing that killed mom and Jessica?"
" I don't know."
" Has it come back or has it been there the whole time?"
" Or maybe it's something else entirely, Sam, we don't know yet."
" Those people are in danger, Dean. We have to get them out of that house."
" And we will."
" No, I mean now."
" And how you gonna do that? You got a story she's gonna believe? Then what are we supposed to do?"
We were at the gas station,
Dean said" We just got to chill out, that's all. If this was any other kind of job, what would we do?"
Sam said" We'd try to figure out what we were dealing with. We'd dig into the history of the house."
" Exactly, except this time we already know what happened."
" Yeah, but how much do we know? How much do you remember?"
" About that night, you mean?"
" Yeah."
" Not much. I remember the fire... the heat. Then I carried you out the front door."
" You did?"
" Yeah, well, you never knew that?"
" No."
" And, uh... well, you know dad's story as well as I do. Mom was... was on the ceiling, and whatever put her there was long gone by the time dad found her."
" And he never had a theory about what did it?"
" If he did, he kept it to himself. God knows we asked him enough times."
" Okay. So, if we're gonna figure out what's going on now, we have to figure out what happened back then, see if it's the same thing."
" Yeah. Talk to dad's friends, neighbors, people who were there at the time."
" Does this feel like just another job to you?"
" I'll be right back. I got to go to the bathroom." He walked off, I yawned and made grabby hands to Sam. Sam lifted me up and held me, I closed my eyes and started falling asleep.
I woke up in the impala, Dean was leaning against it and Sam was at a phone booth. I yawned then Dean opened the door and grabbed dad's journal. He closed the door then talked to Sam, they both got into the impala.
Once we got to the place, we sat down on a couch, after a little, a woman and man came back.
The woman said" Alright, then. Don't you worry about a thing. Your wife is crazy about you." That's Missouri, Sam and Dean told me," Whew! Poor bastard. His woman is cold bangin' the gardener."
Dean said" Why didn't you tell him?"
" People don't come here for the truth. They come for good news. Well? Sam and Dean, come on already. I ain't got all day." Dean lifted me up onto his hip and held me, we walked into the room," Well, let me look at you. Oh, you boys grew up handsome. And you were one goofy looking kid, too." Sam and I smiled," Sam. Oh, honey. I'm sorry about your girlfriend. And your father... he's missing?"
Sam said" How'd you know all that?"
" Well, you were just thinking it, just now."
Dean said" Where is he? Is he okay?"
" I don't know."
" Don't know? You're supposed to be a psychic, right?"
" Boy, you see me sawing some bony tramp in half? You think I'm a magician? I may be able to read thoughts and sense energies in a room, but I can't just pull facts out of thin air. Sit! Please." Sam and I were smiling Sam took me from Dean and sat down, sitting me on his lap and, Dean sat down next to us," Boy, You put your foot on my coffee table, I'm gonna whack you with a spoon."
" I didn't do anything."
" Well, you were thinking about it."
Sam said" Okay, so... our dad. When did you first meet him?"
" He came for a reading a few days after the fire. I just told him what was really out there in the dark. I guess you could say I drew back the curtains for him."
Dean said" What about the fire? Did you know about what killed our mom?"
" A little. Your daddy took me to your house. He was hoping I could sense the echoes, the fingerprints of this thing."
Sam said" And could you?"
" I don't..."
" What was it?"
" I don't know. But it was evil. So, you think something's back in that house?"
" Definitely."
" I don't understand."
" What?"
" I haven't been back inside, but I've been keeping an eye on the place, and it's been quiet. No sudden deaths, no freak accidents. Why is it acting up now?"
" I don't know. But dad going missing and Jessica dying and now this house, all happening at once. It just feels like something's starting."
Dean said" That's a comforting thought."
We got back to the house, they knocked on the door.
Jenny said" Sam, Dean, what are you doing here?"
Sam said" Hey, Jenny. Um, this is our friend Missouri."
Dean said" If it's not too much trouble, we were hoping to show her the house, for old time's sake."
She said" No, you know, this isn't a good time. I'm kind of busy."
" Listen, Jenny, it's important... ow!" Missouri hit him.
Missouri said" Give the poor girl a break. Can't you see she's upset? Forgive this boy. He means well. He's just not the sharpest tool in the shed. But hear me out."
Jenny said" About what?"
" About this house."
" What are you talking about?"
" I think you know what I'm talking about. You think there's something in this house, something that wants to hurt your family. Am I mistaken?"
" Who are you?"
" We're people who can help, who can stop this thing, but you're gonna have to trust us just a little."
She let us in, and we went to a girl's room, Missouri said" If there's a dark energy around here, this room should be the center of it."
Sam said" Why?"
" This used to be your nursery, Sam. This is where it all happened." Dean turned on the EMF," That an EMF?"
Dean said" Yeah."
" Amateur." Then the EMF lit up," I don't know if you boys should be disappointed or relieved, but this ain't the thing that took your mom."
Sam said" Are you sure?" She nodded," How do you know?"
" It isn't the same energy I felt the last time I was here. It's something different."
Dean said" What is it?"
" Not it... them. There's more than one spirit in this place."
" What are they doing here?"
" They're here because of what happened to your family. You see, all those years ago, real evil came to you. It walked this house. That kind of evil leaved wounds, and sometimes wounds get infected."
Sam said" I don't understand."
" This place is a magnet for paranormal energy. It's attracted a poltergeist, a nasty one, and it won't rest until Jenny and her babies are dead."
" You said there was more than one spirit."
" There is. I just can't quite make out the second one."
Dean said" Well, one thing's for damn sure, nobody's dying in this house ever again. So, whatever is here, how do we stop it?"
Once we got back to Missouri's, I was sleepy again, and I think we're gonna be up late. Sam laid me down,
He whispered" I'll get you before we leave, okay?"
I whispered" Okay." He kissed my head and walked away, I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
I was woken up by Sam, he bounced me a bit in his arms to wake me, I rubbed my eyes and nodded, telling him I was awake.
Once we started, I stayed with Dean because he didn't want me out of his sight. I turned around when I heard something move, I saw the drawer open. I tugged at Dean's jacket but he just hummed, he turned around as a knife came flying towards him. He ducked and pulled me to him and pulled the table in front of us. A lot of knifes came and hit the table, Dean held me as I crouched down further. Dean signaled for me to stay put and he ran upstairs to Sam.
Once everyone was back in the kitchen, I stood up,
Sam said" Are you sure this is over?"
Missouri said" I'm sure. Why do you ask?"
" No, never mind. It's nothing, I guess."
Then Jenny came in, she said" Hello? We're home. What... what happened?"
" Hi. Sorry. Um, we'll... we'll pay for all of this."
Missouri said" Don't you worry. Dean's gonna clean up this mess. Well, what are you waiting for, boy? Get the mop. And don't cuss at me." Dean walked away, I laid my head on Sam's stomach, he lifted me up and I fell asleep.
I was half asleep, we were outside the house, Sam was uneasy.
Dean said" So, tell me again, what are we still doing here?"
Sam said" I don't know, I-I just... I still have a bad feeling."
" Why? Missouri did her whole Zelda Rubenstein thing. The House should be clean. This should be over."
" Yeah, probably, but I just want to make sure. That's all."
" The problem is I could be sleeping in a bed right now." Dean laid his head back,
" Dean!" Then he got out, I jumped out with them and ran in,
" You grab the kids, I'll get Jenny." We ran inside, I ran following them but slipped over my feet and fell. Dean and Jenny came running, Dean grabbed the back of my shirt and pulled me up. We ran outside and waited for Sam, Dean put me down.
Something's wrong with Sam.
I ran away from Dean and inside, Sari and Richie passed me, I slid into the door before it shut. I found Sam and grabbed his hand,
He said" Hide!" He was pulled back and I ran after him, stopping at the door, he was pushed and slammed into walls. I squeezed my eyes shut, and then heard Dean,
I said" Dean!" I ran to the door and he slipped in through the opening, He lifted me up and held me tightly. We went into the kitchen where Sam was, and Dean pointed his gun at the fire thingy,
Sam said" No, don't! Don't!"
Dean said" What? Why?"
" Because I know who it is. I can see her now." Then the figure turned into their mommy,
" Mom." Dean's grip on me fell and I jumped to the ground and hid behind him.
His mommy said" Dean. Sam. I'm sorry."
Sam said" F-For what?" She turned around,
" You, get out of my house. And let go of my son." Then she was on fire again and she went through the ceiling, Sam was let go.
" Now It's over."
I opened my eyes when I heard the engine turn on, I yawned and squirmed around.
Dean said" Hazel, I love you, but if you don't get your foot out of my face. I will not hesitate to throw you in the trunk."
I said" You won't!"
" I will."
" Won't! Won't! Sam won't let ya! Right, Sam?"
Sam said" Yeah, Hazel." He ruffled my hair and pulled me up, I smiled at him then cuddled into him.
Dean mumbled" Whatever." I smiled and leaned up, kissing Dean's cheek, he tried to hide his smile but failed and smiled at me.