Lovely Δ SPN [ 1 ]

chapter twelve

They're at a cafe and Dean is looking through a newspaper while Sam is on his laptop and Evie is sitting next to him, eating a muffin.

"Well, dude. Not a decent lead in all of Nebraska. What've you got?" Dean asks.

"Well, I've been scanning Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota. Here. A woman in Iowa fell 10,000 feet from an airplane and survived." Sam states.

"Sounds more like 'That's incredible" than, uh, 'Twilight Zone'." Dean says.

"Yeah." Sam sighs.

"Hey, you know we could just keep heading east. New York. Upstate. We could drop by and see Sarah again. Huh? Cool chick man, smokin'. You two seemed pretty friendly. What do you say?" Dean asks.

"Yeah, I dunno, maybe someday. But in the meantime we got a lot of work to do Dean, and you know that." Sam says.

"Yeah, all right. What else you got?" Dean asks.

"Uhh, man in Colorado, local man named Daniel Elkins, was found mauled in his home. Sam says.

"Elkins? I know that name." Dean says.

"Doesn't ring a bell." Sam says as Dean repeats the name under his breath. "Sounds like the police don't know what to think. At first they said it was some sort of bear attack and now, they've found some signs of robbery." Sam says.

"Mm-hmm." Dean hums, looking through John's journal. "There, check it out." Dean hands Sam the journal and points to a part of the page.

D Elkins 970-555-0158

"You think it's the same Elkins?" Sam asks.

"It's a Colorado area code." Dean states.

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They're in the Impala and Evie is on Sam's lap since they took her in the post office with them.

"'J.'W.' You think? John Winchester?" Sam asks.

"I don't know. Should we open it?" Dean asks.

Before Sam can answer, there's a knock on Dean's window. Sam tightens his grip on Evie who shrieks while Dean rears back, raising his arm in defense with his fist clenched. They both look and see it's their father who, after seeing their expressions, smiles.

"Dad?" Dean asks, lowering his arm. John gets in the backseat, climbing over the car seat.

"Dad, what are you doing here? Are you all right?" Sam asks.

"Yeah, I'm okay. I read the news about Daniel, I got here as fast as I could. I saw you two at his place." John says.

"Why didn't you come in, dad?" Sam asks.

"You know why. Because I had to make sure you weren't followed... by anyone or anything. Nice job of covering your tracks by the way." John says.

"Yeah, well, we learned from the best." Dean says.

"Wait, you came all the way out here for this Elkins guy?" Sam asks.