My Home Is Always With You {8}

Chapter 14: "Trial and Error"

Liz is in the kitchen of the bunker because she got back from doing a grocery run with Henry. So, the fridge and freezer are packed with food. Henry says, "This place is awesome." Liz smiles and says, "Yeah, I know." Henry says, "I mean, when we decorated my room I was so excited. It feels like home." Liz smiles and brings Henry in for a hug and says, "Yeah, it does." Dean walks into the kitchen to see Liz and Henry hugging and he says, "Hey." Liz pulls away from the hug and says, "Hey. So, the fridge and the freezer are completely stocked." Dean says, "Great. I'm gonna make us some lunch." Henry says, "What are you making?" Dean smiles and says, "It's a surprise." Liz smiles and says, "Okay." Liz and Henry leave the kitchen and find Sam on his laptop in the library. Henry says, "I feel like I'm at Hogwarts." Sam smiles and says, "Yeah, it has that feeling." Liz gets out a book and her notebook because she's trying to learn Enochian. Dean walks in with a tray of burgers, and he hands them out. Dean says, "What are you two reading?" Sam says, "Sort of, uh, everything." Dean says, "Oh, good. Somebody's gonna have to dig through all this, and it ain't gonna be me." Liz says, "I'm trying to learn Enochian." Dean says, "That's also good. One of us should be acquainted with the language." Sam's surprised that Dean made it and says, "You made these?" Dean says, "We have real kitchen now." Sam says, "I know. I-I just didn't think you knew what a kitchen was." Dean says, "I'm nesting, okay? Eat." Liz, Sam, and Henry take a bite and they moan at how good it is. Dean likes their reaction and Liz says, "Oh, my God. This is amazing." Dean says, "You're welcome." Dean takes a bite out of his sandwich and moans also. Henry says, "This is so good, dad." Dean nods and Liz's phone rings and she answers it and says, "Hello?" Kevin says, "Liz? Come quick." Liz says, "What?" The phone disconnects and Liz looks at her phone worried about Kevin. Sam says, "Something wrong?" Liz says, "Yeah." Liz grabs her sandwich to go and Liz kisses Henry's head and says, "Bye." Henry swallows and says, "Bye." Liz and the boys drive to Kevin and they walk in, and Sam says, "Kevin? It's us." The boys have guns in their hands. Liz opens a door to find Kevin throwing up. Liz says, "Found him." Kevin walks out the bathroom and Dean says, "Wow. You look like hammered crap." Kevin nasally says, "Yeah." Liz softly says, "Are you sleeping?" Kevin says, "Not really." Dean says, "Are you eating?" Kevin says, "Hot dogs, mostly." Dean says, "Sure, yeah-- breakfast at champions. Look, I'm gonna feel dirty saying this, but you might want a salad and a shower." Kevin says, "I know, and I've been getting bad headaches and nosebleeds, and I think maybe I had a small stroke. But it was worth it." Sam says, "What was worth it?" Kevin smiles and says, "I figured out how to close the gates of hell." Dean says, "You-- come here, you smelly son of a bitch." Dean gives Kevin a hug and Sam laughs and claps his hands. Sam says, "Okay, okay. So, what does this mean? What are we looking at?" Kevin says, "It's a spell." Dean says, "And?" Kevin says, "And it's just a few words of Enochian, but..." Dean grabs the paper and says, "Oh, here we go." Kevin says, "The spell has to be spoken after you finish each of the three trials." Sam says, "T-Trials like, uh, like 'Law & Order'?" Kevin says, "More like Hercules. The tablet says, "Whosoever chooses to undertake these tasks should fear not danger, nor death, nor..." A word I think means getting your spine ripped out through your mouth for all eternity." Dean says, "Good times." Kevin says, "Basically, God built a series of tests, and when you've done all three, you can slam the gates." Sam says, "So, what-- God wants us to take the SATs?" Kevin says, "I-I guess. Uh, he works in mysterious ways." Dean says, "Yeah, mysterious, douche-y ways. All right. Where do we start?" Kevin says, "I've only been able to crack one of the tests so far, and it's gross. You've got to kill a hound of hell and bathe in its blood." Liz is disgusted and Dean says, "Awesome." Liz looks at Dean confused and says, "Awesome?" Dean says, "Yeah. Hey, if this means icing all demons, I got no problem gutting some devil dog and letting Calgon take me way." Kevin says, "Where are you gonna find one?" Dean says, "Well, Hellhounds like to collect on crossroads deals. So, all we got to do is track down some loser who singed over his special sauce 10 years ago, get between him and Clifford the big dead dog-- easy." Kevin says, "Doesn't sound easy." Sam says, "That's because It's not." Dean says, "Look, you get on the net-- see what you can dig up. I'm gonna go for a supply run because we need goofer dust, and the kid needs to eat something that's not ground-up hooves and pigs' anuses-- not that there's anything wrong with that." Dean winks at Kevin and walks out the door. A while later, Kevin comes back into the room after taking a shower and he says, "Okay, I feel a lot better." Liz softly says, "Hey, Kev, you got to slow down." Kevin says, "What?" Liz says, "Remember what I told you about taking it easy on yourself. Get some shut-eye. Take a day off. Open a window." Kevin says, "No. You said nuking hell-- that's how I get out. That's how I go home." Liz says, "Right, it is, but you can't live like this." Kevin says, "You think I want to? I hate it here. I can't leave because every demon on the planet wants to peel my face off. I can't talk to anyone except you guys or Garth, when he swings by, or my mom. Right? When she calls, all she does is cry. I just... I need this to be over." Liz softly says, "I know. I do. But trust me on this-- this whole "Saving the world" thing-- It's a marathon, not a sprint. You got to take better care of yourself." Kevin slowly nods and the door opens and Dean walks in and says, "Hey. Did you know that there are, like 6,000 kinds of tomatoes? Did you find anything?" Sam's on his computer and he says, "Yeah, demon signs, 10 years ago, all centered on Shoshone, Idaho." Dean says, "Okay, well, big-time mojo means a big-time freak. So, anybody have a horseshoe shoved up his ass?" Sam chuckles and says, "That's one way of putting it. Meet the Cassitys, small-time farmers who struck oil on their land in February of '03, which is weird because geological surveys--" Dean cuts Sam off and says, "Yeah, you had me at "Weird." All right. We thinking deal?" Sam says, "Best lead we got." Dean says, "Well, let's go visit the Beverly hillbillies. You stay here, work on step number 2, and, uh, if you come across anything about hellhounds, drop a dime, okay? 'Cause between the-- the claws and the teeth and the whole invisibility thing, those bitches can be... real bitches. I got you a present. The, uh, blue ones are for headaches, and the greens are for pep. Don't O.D." Kevin says, "Thanks?" Liz looks at Dean and says, "You sure about that?" Dean says, "Liz, we are on the one-yard-line. It is time to play through the pain."