² Deception - Dean Winchester

Twenty-Five

Jenny, Sam and Dean all stood outside of Dr Lee's lab, who was inside treating Beverly Tanner's wound.

Jenny paced back and forth for a moment before pressing her ear against the door, listening in. She waved Sam and Dean over as Beverly started to explain to Doctor Lee what had happened before they arrived.

"No, of course not. I don't know why. One minute they were my husband and my son. And the next, they had the devil in them." Beverly sounded close to tears as Jenny gave Sam and Dean a half-knowing glance. She would mouth something, but Dean had already beat her to it.

"We gotta talk." Dean took Sam and Jenny away from the lab door. "Those guys were whacked out of their gourds."

"We all heard Beverly. This had to be demon possession. And if it is— Dean, we just killed a guy that didn't have control over himself." Jenny gave Dean a regretful look, but he shook his head.

"That wasn't a demon." He reassured, turning to his brother.

"Mass possession?" Sam suggested, Jenny crossed her arms in thought.

"If it is a possession there could be more. I mean, God knows how many, it could be like a fuckin' Shriner convention." Dean turned away for a moment, trying to assess the possible dangers that they could be facing.

"Oh boy." Jenny mumbled, running a hand through her hair. She cleared her throat nervously, turning back to them.

"Of course, that's one way to wipe out a town, you take it from the inside." Dean spoke, but Sam shook his head.

"I don't know, man. We didn't see any of the demon smoke with Mr. Tanner, or any of the other usual signs of demon possession." Sam frowned, Jenny shrugging.

"Well, whatever. Something turned him into a monster. And you know if you woulda taken out the other one there'd be one less to worry about." Dean pointed accusingly at his brother, Jenny glancing to Sam.

"I'm sorry, all right? I hesitated, Dean, it was a kid!" Sam argued, his brother raising his voice slightly more.

"No, it was an "it". Not the best time for a bleeding heart, Sam." Jenny stayed quiet, turning back as Dr Lee opened the door to her lab, stepping out.

"How's Mrs Tanner?" Jenny asked, Dr Lee flailing her arms up.

"Terrible! What the hell happened out there?" She looked between the three, awaiting an answer, but they all shrugged.

"We... don't know." Dean spoke his half-truth, looking between Sam and Jenny.

"Yeah? Well, you just killed my next door neighbor." Jenny sucked in a quiet breath, shrugging.

"We didn't really have a choice. He was going to kill his wife." She responded, holding a calm face.

"Maybe so, but we need the county Sheriff. I need the coroner—"

"Phones are down." Sam interrupted, and Dr Lee rolled her eyes, nodding.

"I know, I tried. Tell me you have a police radio in the car?" She asked, Jenny shook her head

"Yeah we do. But it crapped out just like everything else." Sam responded again, the doctor groaned in irritation.

"I don't understand what is happening." She mumbled, turning away for a moment.

"How far is it to the next town?" Dean asked. Dr Lee turned, thinking.

"It's about forty miles down to Sidewinder."

"All right, I'm gonna go down there, see if I can find some help." Dean clapped Sam and Jenny on the shoulders, the two turning to him. "My partners will stick around, keep you guys safe." Jenny looked to Dean as if he was crazy, silently wishing that they were a quartet instead of a trio in this moment.