Heir to Hell

The Confrontation Pt. 1

Adri pushed both boys to get up and run to find Charlie whom she expected to find grieving. As soon as Adri had sat back to adjust her skirt and Sam closed his door, the three heard a phone ringing.

"Hello? H-Hey, Charlie. It's okay, we're on our way. Where are you?" Sam answered.

Dean glanced in the rearview mirror, analyzing Adri's reaction. She seemed shaken from her dream, almost as if she had seen what had happened. Growing up, he knew Adri wasn't a normal kid. She was smart, and it was hard to surprise her. Bobby had claimed it was her instincts that kept her sharp and alive. Her instincts had always interested him. He knew she often had nightmares, but how could she know another victim had been killed? Dean let out a breath he didn't realize he'd been holding as Sam ended the call and gave directions to where Charlie was sitting, sobbing into her hands. Dean had barely shifted into 'park' before Adri jumped out of the car, sitting next to Charlie and pulling her in for a hug. The high schooler shook against Adri, who was softly gripping her close whilst rubbing her back and pulling her hair away from her face.

"Hey Charlie, I know it's hard, but do you think you could tell us what happened?" Sam asked. Dean tried to focus on the words Charlie was stuttering, but his eyes kept moving to Adri, who he could tell was not listening to what the blonde was saying. It almost seemed as if she was blocking it out and only focused on helping Charlie. Between Adri's odd behaviors, John's disappearance, and Sam refusing to open up about his nightmares, Dean felt powerless. If only those who were close to him would open up and let him help them.

"And they found her on the bathroom floor. And her—her eyes. They were gone," Charlie finished, picking her head away from Adri.

"I'm sorry," Sam offered, empathizing with the girl.

"And she said it, I heard her say it. But it couldn't be because of that. I'm insane, right?" Charlie knew her friend said 'Bloody Mary'. Adri held back flinching, but Dean caught the look in her eyes. Sam stared at Dean, waiting for him to answer and comfort Charlie.

"No, you're not insane." The elder Winchester answered.

"Oh God, that makes me feel so much worse." Charlie shivered, leaning back into Adri's neck as if to hide from the world.

"Look. We think something's happening here. Something that can't be explained," Sam began.

"And we're gonna stop it but we could use your help," Dean continued. "We're going to need to look in Jill's room."

"You'd have to climb up the tree cause Jill's mom doesn't trust strangers."

"If we're climbing up a tree, I'm going to need to change," Adri declared.

"Y'know, Sam and I could check out Jill's room. You could sit this one out," Dean offered.

"I'm coming with you. We have to stop at the motel anyway to grab the camera for searching the room," the group stared between Dean and Adri, waiting for one to give in. Dean sighed, agreeing begrudgingly.

In an hour, the group was at Jill's. Charlie went to the front while the hunters snuck around the back to the tree right outside Jill's room. Sam started climbing while Dean held onto the bag with supplies. Adri grabbed the first branch and climbed up about five feet before she got stuck. The next branch for her to get to was just out of reach.

"You got it, princess?" Dean asked, climbing up just behind her.

"Umm, give me a sec," she responded, trying to think her way around this.

"Here," Dean passed her their supplies. "Put this on. I'm going to climb up and you can hop on my back. "

"I feel like that's more dangerous than me jumping to get the branch," Adri frowned.