Stronger Than Ever Δ SPN [3]

051. THE BOX

Dean walks through the bunker until he reaches Ophelia's room. He quietly opens the door, finding Ophelia and Nathan both asleep in her bed. The TV is playing the third Narnia movie and Dean quietly walks over to the bed.

He leans down and presses a kiss to Ophelia's temple.

"Bye, baby girl." Dean whispers, tucking some of Ophelia's hair behind her ear. "Take care of her, kid." He whispers to Nathan.

Dean leaves, quietly shutting the door, and he makes his way to the library. He passes the kitchen, Libby in there and eating cereal.

"Hey." Dean walks in.

"Hi." Libby says.

"Good cereal?" Dean asks.

"Um... I mean, it's cereal that I eat almost every day, so... sure." Libby answers making Dean quietly laugh.

"Good. Good. Where's your dad?" Dean asks.

"Library." Libby informs.

Dean nods and walks over to Libby and hugs her. Libby's confused, but hugs back.

"Be good." He tells her, kissing her on top of the head.

"I, uh--" She's not even able to finish as Dean walks out. "What the hell was that?" She whispers to herself.

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Sam, the girls, and Nathan get to Donna's cabin and it's nighttime. They walk around outside and all freeze when Dean turns to them with a gun.

"Dean! Whoa, easy!" Sam holds his hands up.

"Whoa, hey, I didn't do anything!" Nathan hides behind Ophelia.

"Are you serious right now?" She asks.

"Well, hey, your dad ain't gonna shoot you." Nathan defends his actions.

"Dean, what's going on here?" Sam asks.

"It's mom. She's gone." Dean states.

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"I got his tags, put my guys on it, they're running 'em. I'm sorry." Donna tells them as they stand in her cabin.

"It's not your fault, Donna." Dean says.

"It's mine. Nick said when he left he was just gonna go home. I-I didn't know he was--"

"Killing people?" Dean questions his brother.

"Cool it." Libby mutters to her uncle.

"Sheriff?" A voice comes through Donna's radio.

"Yeah. Go for Hanscum." She replies.

"We got that van you were looking for. A traffic cam just caught it puling into a storage facility outside Grand Rapids." The cop informs.

"Copy that. I got it from here." Donna says.

"How far is Grand Rapids?" Dean asks.

"30, 40 minutes." Donna answers.

"We'll be there in 20." Dean states.

"Okay, um, you three stay here." Sam says.

"What? Why?" Ophelia asks.

"It's just-- it's Nick, so--"

"Exactly. Nick, not Lucifer." Ophelia says, cutting her uncle off.

"Look, we don't have time to argue. Just stay. For safety." Sam rushes out after Donna and Dean.

"Well, surely, this woman has something fun to do in this house." Libby says, starting to look around for a game or something.

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