Sam walked back in with a flashlight "All right. the garage?"
Toni "Doors are warded, and the walls are reinforced steel"
Sam "okay, um, you know, maybe we can go out through the air vents"
Toni scoffed, amused "you wouldn't get far. There are choke points in the duct system not even i could squeeze through"
Dean "i say we kill her. i mean, you heard Ketch. He said we had about three days of air left, so if we ice her, maybe that buys s an extra day"
Toni "i assure you, Dean. I'm an extraordinarily shallow breather"
Dean grabbed the knife and walked to her "yeah, right"
Toni took a step back "if we ever get out of here, i am the one who programmed your mother, which means that i am the only one who can undo it. And since i assume you want Mummy back, you need me."
Dean asked Sam "you believe her?"
Sam "i don't know. Look, if she's lying, sure, we take her out. But Mom's still out there, brainwashed. If she's telling the truth, then we do need her"
Dean "Elena?"
Me "she's telling the truth"
Toni nodded "thank you, Crossbreed"
Me "but let me make this clear, Toni, i couldn't care less about Mary's condition. So if you even think about betraying us then i will paint the walls with your brain"
Toni just looked at me.
Dean "all right, you're so smart, how do we get out of here?"
Toni "the only way out s to pull the manual override"
Sam "is that a thing?"
Toni nodded "oh, it is. But it's outside the bunker, where we can't reach it"
Dean rolled his eyes, annoyed "Awesome"
Sam "wait a second, guys. We're in a giant vault loaded down with occult books and lore. There's got to be something somewhere in here, an item or a spell. Some hoodoo that can reverse the lockdown"
-
We were looking through the books. The only thing giving us light were the flashlights.
Sam "i think i found something. "When the Romani people were forced to assimilate in Europe, the Roma used a spell, the Abrogation ritual, as an act of rebellion against their persecutors. The Devla turns back complex mechanical processes, resets equipment, machinery.""
Dean "what's the take?"
Sam "Seem like pretty basic ingredients, nothing we don't already have. oh"
Me "What?"
Sam " "The mechanism must be anointed with the blood of virgins.""
Dean looked at Toni.
Toni shook her head and leaned back in her seat "not even close"
Me "We're all going to die"
Sam "what if we fake it?"
Toni "Excuse me?"
Sam "we fake it. I mean, i've read half a dozen purification rituals in the last hour. if we used one of those on our blood. "
Dean "it'd what, re-virginize it?"
Sam nodded "Maybe"
Toni "so we purify the blood then do the spell. Two-step, hybrid magic"
--
Sam cut open his palm and let the blood drip into a bowl while speaking the spell.
Then he handed Dean the knife and he cut his palm open and let the blood drip into the bowl.
Toni did the same.
I grabbed the knife and slit open my palm.
Our blood mixed together in the bowl and it lit up for a sec.
Sam "that was the first step. step two. You're up"
Toni poured some dried up plants into the bowl and said a spell.
Suddenly the whole room started to shake.
Sam "it's working!"
The lights went on in the bunker and you could hear the machines running.
Suddenly the machines died down and the lights went out.
Me "It's not working"
Sam ashed confused "what happened?"
Toni "Ketch. He knew we'd..he must have put some kind of mystical dampener on the bunker's lockdown. magic won't work"
I sighed and leaned back in my chair.
The next day.
Dean looked at the blueprints of the bunker "okay, we have exhausted brains, so i say we try brawn. "
Sam "how?"
Dean "Walls. Now the garage, the Crow's Nest, these are all reinforced steel walls, right?. But right here, that's nothing but concrete. Right there, that's an old sewer pipe goes straight up to the surface to the override"
Sam "so, wait a second. We're just gonna ..."
Dean "Straight Shawshank this bitch"
-
Dean grabbed a pickaxe and hit the wall.
He groaned and moved away while covering his eyes.
Me "Goggles?"
Dean nodded "Goggles"
--
Sam and Dean were both hitting the concrete.
It wasn't really working.
They sat down exhausted.
I handed each of them a water bottle.
Dean nodded "thanks. "
Me "you earn a break"
Dean downed the water bottle "We'll get there"
Sam shook his head "no. no, we won't. We're not gonna hit dirt for three days. Two if we're lucky"
Dean breathed out.
Sam "i know you feel it, the air, it's thin. And it's getting thinner. how did this happen?"
Dean "what part?"
Sam "all of it"
Dean "you know, wasn't long ago, i thought we had it made. we'd save the world. We got Cass back, we got Mom back. "
Sam "Elena lost her memories"
Dean "she got her memories back"
Sam "she doesn't remember she loves you"
Dean "i mean, it's wasn't perfect, but, still, we had 'em. And now.."
Sam "now they're all gone. And mom, what they did to her.."
I rolled my eyes annoyed "Dean, hand me the keys to the Impala"
Dean looked at me confused but threw the keys over to me.
I grabbed them and walked into the garage to the Impala.
Then i opened the trunk and took out Dean's favorite play thing.
Me "now is your time, baby"
Then i walked back to the brothers.
Sam looked at me confused "what-"
Dean smirked at the grenade launcher in my hands "Son of a bitch"
He chuckled.
--
Toni shook her head "you're lunatics. This is a colossally stupid idea"
Dean nodded, proudly "big, beautiful and dumb. I've had this thing for so long been waiting for the perfect moment to use it"
Toni "the explosion could kill us all. you could bring the whole bloody place crashing down"
Dean nodded, smirking "yeah"
I smirked.
Toni "you're lunatics. Action-movie-loving, cheeseburger-eating, moronic American lunatics"
Sam grabbed Toni and moved her out of the room.
Me "we've been called worse"
Then i walked out of the room.
Dean aimed the launcher at the hole in the wall "all right, beautiful. Yippee-ki-yay, mother-"
The pulled the trigger and an explosion was heard.
I groaned and walked back into the room "Dean?"
No answer.
There was a hole in the wall.
Sam walked in "Dean?"
no answer.
The was a ladder behind the wall.
Suddenly more concrete came crushing in through the hole.
I moved out of the way, coughing because of the dust.
Me "Dean?!"
Then i walked into the control room.
It was harder to breathe. I coughed out when suddenly the lights went on.
I breathed out relieved.
Suddenly Dean walked in through the front door.
I smirked at him.
Dean "what's up?"
At Jody's. Night.
I walked in and froze when i saw blood on the ground.
Me "Jody?!"
Some of the furniture was broken. Alex was here. Jody was sitting in the armchair with a cool pack on her head.
Sam "Jody"
We walked to her.
Dean "Alex"
Alex nodded"hey"
Me "where is she?"
Jody pointed to Marry who was tied to a chair.
Mary "Hello, boys"
---
Alex was cleaning Dean's wound.
Jody "when she attacked me i thought she was a demon. Had no idea that brainwashing could be so thorough"
Dean "Jody, she...i am so sorry"
Jody "it's not your fault. Fortunately, Alex come home."
Alex "all i did was buy you time. you knocked her out"
Dean groaned in pain.
Alex "i'll get you something for the pain"
Then she walked away.
Dean looked at Mary.
Jody put a hand on Dean's shoulder and Dean grabbed her hand and squeezed it before letting go.
Mary fake pouted "Aw. You want to play mother to my son? he's all yours"
Dean just looked at Mary.
I walked over to Dean and put a hand on his shoulder "that's not your mom"
He put a hand over mine. Just because i am not in love with him doesn't mean that i don't care about him.
Mary "what's the matter, Dean? Am i too different from the Mary you know?"
Dean rolled his eyes.
Mary "or too much the same?"
The door opened and Sam walked in with Toni "Here she is. Do you thing"
Dean "all right, you said you could fix her, so fix her"
Toni "i, um ..well, i-"
Mary "she lied"
Sam froze "what?"
Toni "Mary's programming, it's permanent."
Dean "but you said-"
Toni sighed "you were going to kill me. The Mary that you know, the good Mary, she's hiding behind impenetrable psychic walls. And i'm afraid, these walls....well, they can't be torn down with grenades. your mother can't be saved"
--
Dean cocked his gun "all right, lady, time's up. We only kept you alive for one reason"
Sam "hey, you guys."
Mary's phone was buzzing.
Sam "Listen, Ketch keeps calling Mom's phone. Anyone know why?"
Mary "i'll get it"
Dean "Let it go to voicemail"
Sam turned the phone off.
Dean "Let's take an ice little short walk to the backyard"
Toni "this is not going to stop. Soon enough, they'll find out you're alive, and then..well, if you want my advice, run"
Dean shook his head "We're not running"
Toni "Well, then you die"
Sam "or.."
Toni "or what?"
Sam "or we fight"
---
We had called some hunters for a meeting.
There was a knock on the door.
Jody "that should be the last of 'em"
Walt and Roy walked in.
Roy "Well, damn. We haven't seen you guys since--"
Dean "since you killed us. no hard feelings"
Sam "uh, please, get comfortable"
Suddenly Jacob walked in.
Dean muttered under his breath "oh hell no"
I walked over to him "Jacob, thanks for coming"
Jacob gave me a hug "there's nothing i wouldn't do for you, baby"
Dean cleared his throat.
Jacob looked at him amused before looking at me "i heard what happened to you, i am sorry"
I shook my head "don't be"
Jacob "you're gonna tell us what we're doing here, or what?"
Sam "so, my brother and i, we .... no, you know what, i called yo here because people, um ,our people, are being slaughtered. And we're next. The British Men of Letters, they came here, because they thought they could do our job better than we could. And they hooked us with their flashy gear and their tech. Most of you had the good sense to turn them down. i didn't. They said they wanted the same thing we wanted. you know, a world free of monsters. That's not what they really wanted. They want control. They want to live in a world where they can sit in some office, and decide who get's to live and who gets to die. And they've killed people. They've killed innocent people. Just because they got in the way. They think the end justify the mean, but we know better. We know hunting isn't just about killing, it's about doing what's right. Even when it's hard. so, we go by our gut, right? we play by our own rules and that scares them. That's why they want us dead, 'cause we're the one thing they can't control"
Roy "so, what do you want from us?"
Sam "i want you to follow me. Take the fight to them. To hit them before they hit us. We go in fast and hard and we fight and we beat them down until they give up or until they're dead. Look, they're well - trained and well-armed. some of us might not make it back. But we will win. We will take down the bad guys because that's what we do. They're scared of us. yeah, good . They should be. "
I looked around and saw all of them nodding.
-
Jody handed Sam the keys "you know where we're going?"
Sam nodded "Yep"
Jody turned to the hunters "gear up. We roll out in 10"
Sam asked Dean "you ready?"
Dean shook his head "oh, no, no. i'm not going"
I asked shocked "what?"
Dean "no, my leg busted up the way it is, i am not good in a fight."
Me "I'll take a jacked up Dean Winchester over any 10 other hunters any day"
Dean nodded "yeah. i saw you. you're ready for this. you show those sons of bitches who's boss."
Sam "what about you? what are you gonna do?"
Dean "i'm gonna save Mom"
Sam nodded.
Dean "look, if she's in there, if our real mom is in there somewhere, then i'm gonna try and find her, bring her back. "
Sam nodded and hugged Dean.
Dean hugged his brother back before letting go of him and looking at me.
Sam walked out.
Me "Dean, if you want me to stay, i'll stay"
Dean shook his head "no, it's okay. just be careful"
I nodded "always"
Then i hugged him.
Dean hugged me back "i mean it, Len, be careful"
I nodded "i promise, i will come back"
Dean nodded "that's all i wanna hear"
I smiled.
Suddenly we heard Jacob say "you wanna drive with me, princess?"
Dean's whole body tensed up and he glared at Jacob.
I walked over to Jacob "Let's go"
Jacob shot Dean a wink "don't worry, i'll take good care of her"
Dean clenched his jaw.
Jacob put an arm around me before walking out with me.
at the British Men of Letters station.
Jody's truck drove through the fence and we all jumped out of the cars.
We started to shoot the guards that were outside before sneaking in. They had activated the alarm.
Jacob and i walked around a corner.
we met up with Jody and Sam.
A woman locked herself into a room. Sam "hey!"
Jerry put his stuff down "i got it"
--
We busted through the door and aimed our guns at the woman.
The woman "listen, Dean"
Sam yelled "it's Sam! and you must be Hess, i trust. you're in charge of this whole operation? or, what's left of it?"
Hess "Sam, you might think it in your best interest to kill me, to end all of this here. but shooting me now, severing all ties with the British Men of Letters, at this particular moment, that would be a grievous mistake. "
Sam "i doubt it"
Hess "there are reasons to reconsider. things that you don't know"
Then put a file on the table.
I grabbed the file and looked at it.
Pictures of Lucifer.
Sam "what are these?"
Hess "Lucifer is back"
Sam froze.
Hess nodded "yes, Sam. All thanks to your good friend Crowley. Not that it did him much good. Crowley's dead. "
I froze "what?"
Hess "and the Devil is out looking for his son, following in its mother's footsteps, tracking her and your friend, the angel. If Lucifer get his hands on that child, they'll be unstoppable. you can't face that alone. you need us"
Suddenly a voice was heard from the monitor "listen to her, boy. "
Sam looked at me.
I hook my head.
Sam "pass"
Then he shot the monitor.
Hess "you bastard"
Then she grabbed her gun.
Jody shot her in the head.
I nodded "nice shot. "
Jody nodded "thanks"