"She's not gonna believe this." Sam says as they make their way to the back of the plane. "12 minutes, dude!" Dean tells him, his face contorted with worry. Riley follows behind him as they walk up to Amanda. "Oh, hello." She greets as she turns around and sees Riley. "Flight's not too bumpy for you, I hope."
Riley huffs and looks around. "Its 'bout to get real bumpy soon." She mutters. Dean glaces at her, not appreciating her attitude at the moment. He's just as scared as she is, if not more. "Actually, that's kind of what we need to talk to you about." Dean tells Amanda. Amanda's eyes flicker between him and Riley and instantly sees the resemblance.
"Um, okay. What can I do for you?" Amanada asks. Dean and Riley share a look. "This is gonna sound nuts, but we just don't have time for the whole 'the truth is out there' speech right now." Riley chuckles a bit. Dean sucks at breaking the news.
Sam stops Dean before he can make a bigger fool of himself. "Look, we know you were on flight 2485." Amanda's smile instantly falls. "Who are you guys?" Riley opens her mouth to make a snarky remark, but Sam beats her to the punch. "We've spoken to some other survivors. We know something brought down that plane. It wasn't mechanical failure."
Dean jumps in. "We need to stop it from happening again here, now." Amanda shakes her head. "I'm sorry, I- I'm very busy." Amanda tries to push past them, but Dean stops her. "I'm not gonna hurt you, okay?" Amanda glances at Riley and the younger blonde nods at her. "But listen to me- The pilot from 2485, Chuck Lambert- He's dead." Amanda shakes her head as a look of confusion finds her features.
"What? Chuck is dead?" Riley nods. "He died in a plane crash." She and Dean say at the same time. "That's two plane crashes in two months. That doesn't strike you as strange?" Amanda gapes. "There was something wrong with 2485. There's something wrong with this flight, too."
Riley steps forward. "Amanda, you have to believe us." Riley pauses as Amanda stares at her. Then she tries the sympathy card. "Please, I am wayyy too young to die." Amanda blinks then rubs her forehead. "On..." She pauses. "On 2485, there was this man. He- He had these eyes."
Riley nods vigorously. "That's what we're talking about." Amanda shakes her head. "What are you asking me to do?" Riley breathes a sigh of relief now that Amanda finally is willing to help. "Get the copilot. We need you to bring him back here."
"Why? What does he have to do with anything?" Dean shakes his head urgently. "Don't have time to explain. We just need to talk to him." Riley holds back a snort. Yeah, 'talk' to him. Sure.
"How am I supposed to get the copilot-" Sam takes a deep breath. "Tell him something is broken back here. Whatever will get him out of that cockpit." Amanada scoffs. "Do you know that I could lose my job if you-" Riley cuts her off. "You're gonna lose your freakin life if you don't help us out! All of us will die!"
Amanda stares at her, then glances at Sam and Dean. She nods. "Okay." Amanda squeezes past Dean. The three Winchesters peak through the curtains as Amanda walks up to the cockpit and knocks. The copilot opens the door and Amanda briefly speaks to him, pointing to the back of the plane.
Once they see that the copilot starts walking down the aisle, the three of them stand away from the curtain. Dean pulls out John's journal and Sam pulls out the holy water. Riley glances at the two of them. "Wow, I feel useless." Dean pushes Riley behind him. The copilot walks through the curtain. "What's wrong-" Dean punches him and the copilot falls to the ground.
"Talking." Riley mutters, nodding. Dean tapes the copilot's mouth shut and Riley scoffs. "Where'd he get the tape?" She asks, bewildered. She pats her jacket pockets. "I can't barely fit my phone in these freakin pockets!"
"What are you doing? You said you were just gonna talk to him." Amanda asks as she watches Dean struggle with the man. "We are going to talk to him." Sam starts pouring the holy water onto the copilot. He begins to burn and Riley shakes her head with her arms crossed. "That's not how you 'talk', Sammy."
"Oh my god, what's wrong with him?" Amanda asks as the copilot begins to burn. "We need you calm. We need you outside the curtain." Amanda looks like she is beginning to panic. "Don't let anybody in, okay? Can you do that?" Amanda doesn't answer. "Amanda?" She nods. "Okay." Amanda leaves behind the curtain.
Riley rushes forward and sits on the copilot's legs to keep him still. "All my years of defiant child behavior has added up to this moment." Riley says with a smirk. "Hurry up, Sam. I don't know how much longer I can hold him." Sam drizzles a bit more holy water onto the demon. It tries to kick Riley, but she uses her hands to keep his feet pinned down.
Sam begins chanting in latin. The demon knocks the holy water out of Sam's hand. He throws Dean off of him, causing him to land on top of Riley. "Shit! Mother fu-" Riley growls in pain. Dean clammers off of her, muttering an apology and going back to trying to keep the demon at bay. Sam begins chanting again and Dean is once again thrown off the demon and onto Riley.
The demon rips the tape over his mouth off and the lights start to flicker. He grabs Sam by the collar. "I know what happened to you girlfriend!" The demon shouts. Sam stops chanting. "Sammy!" Riley shouts as she shoves Dean off her. "She must have died screaming! Even now, she's burning!" Riley kicks the demon in the face, making his head hit the ground with a loud bang.
"Shut your pie hole, bitch!" Riley shouts as Dean begins holding the demon again. "Sam!" Dean shouts. Sam begins chanting again. He sets the book aside and holds the other demons arm down. "I got him!" The demon begins kicking, nailing Riley in the chest and making her hit her head on the wall. He also kicks the journal out into the aisle.
The demon begins to expel out of the copilot's body. Riley rubs her head. "Where'd he go?" Riley groans. "I guess we're at the 'more powerful' stage of the exorcism." Dean looks around. "He's in the plane. Hurry up. We go to finish it." Sam runs out into the aisle.
Suddenly the plane stops flying and plummets. Riley and Dean scream loudly, clutching each other for dear life. "WHAT THE FUUUU-" Riley gets thrown to the other wall, cutting her off. Dean crashes into her, squishing her between the wall and him. "SAMMY!!!" Riley screams desperately.
The plane stops falling, and the roar of the engines can be heard again. Everything is calm, but the two Winchesters in the back remain still. "I think I'm going to vomit." Riley mutters. Dean shakes his head. "Don't. If you puke, then I'll puke." Riley gags and swallows down bile and nods. "Yep."
Dean stands and looks out into the aisle, but Riley remains where she was squashed in the corner. "I am NEVER, ever, doing that again."
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As the Winchesters exit the plane, Riley runs forward and gets down on her knees, kissing the ground, then instantly regretting it and spitting and gagging. "Gross!" She grumbles. Riley wipes at her tongue and Dean laughs at her. Amanda stands a few feet away from the, talking to an FBI agent. She looks at the Winchesters and mouths a 'thank you'.
Dean nods at her and Riley stands up. "Let's get outta here." Riley makes a noise of agreement. "You okay?" Dean asks Sam. Sam stops Riley and Dean. "Dean, it-" He pauses as he looks away. "It knew about Jessica." Dean shares a look with Riley. "Sam, these things, they- they read minds. They lie. All right? That's all it was."
Sam grinds his teeth and nods shortly. "Yeah." He says quietly. Dean puts an arm around Riley. "Come on." The three Winchesters leave the airport, two of them silently swearing to never return to one again.
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"Nobody knows what you guys did, but I do." Jerry tells the Winchesters. "A lot of people could have been killed. You're dad's gonna be really proud." Jerry looks at Riley and smirks. "I know damn well your dad is proud." Riley smiles and Dean smirks, resting his arm on her head.
"We'll see you around, Jerry." Sam tells him as they shake hands. Dean walks around to his side of the car and Riley opens the door to the backseat. "You know, Jerry, I meant to ask you-" Jerry turns to Dean. "How did you get my cell phone number, anyway? I've only had it for like six months." Riley snorts and Dean shoots her a look.
"Your dad gave it to me." Riley's face becomes completely white. "What?" Sam asks. "When did you talk to him?" Riley glances at her father and he sees her pale features and raises an eyebrow at her. Riley instantly looks away. "I didn't exactly talk to him, but I called his number. His voice message said to give you a call." Riley creases her brows.
"Thanks again, guys." Jerry walks away. Sam and Dean share a look, both sending a glance towards Riley who is refusing eye contact.
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"This doesn't make any sense, man." Sam says as he and Dean sit on the front of the Impala. "I've called dad's number like 50 times. It's been out of service." Riley glances at her phone. She's texted John a bunch of times since leaving the airport. No response.
Dean presses the speaker button on his phone. "This is John Winchester. I can't be reached. If this is an emergency, call my son, Dean- 785-555-0179. He can help." Riley stares at the phone. She hasn't heard her grandfather's voice in... Months.
- author's notes -
Episode four is done!