"You lied to me." Jack states.
"Jack." Cas tries.
"You lied!" He yells. Jack throws his arms out, sending a blast which throws the five back, crashing into the shelves at the back of the room.
They look up, finding Jack gone. Billy manages to get up before pulling Daphne up.
"You okay?" He asks her, feeling her head for any blood.
"Mm-hmm." She nods.
"I don't understand." Cas says as the normal lights come back on. "The Ma'lak box can hold an archangel."
"Jack's not an archangel." Sam states.
"Yeah, apparently, the kid leveled up." Dean says.
"Wasn't he always leveled up. I mean, it's not like he changed species over the years." Billy comments.
"So, what do we do?" Cas asks.
"We find him." Dean states.
"How?" Cas asks.
"I don't know, Cas. You tell me." Dean says.
"Okay, the last time we found Jack, it wa-- it was by praying to him, but that's not gonna happen again." Sam says.
"Yeah, you think?" Dean retorts.
"You should never have tried to lock him away." Cas says.
"I agree with that." Billy nods to Cas and Daphne nods in agreement.
"You know what? You're right. I never wanted to put him in that damn box. I wanted him dead." Dean states.
"Dean." Cas says.
"He's dangerous, Cas, and you knew it!" Dean exclaims. "You've known it for a long time! But that's okay. You know why? Because we--" Dean motions between him and Sam. "We've killed just about everything there is. And this -- Jack -- oh, we'll find a way. Because he's just another monster."
"You don't mean that." Cas says.
"The hell I don't." Dean argues. Cas storms out. "All right. So, I guess we got to find Jack."
"Yeah, then what?" Sam asks.
"I don't know. Maybe we call Rowena, see if she can put together one of those, um, soul bombs." Dean says.
"The... thing you were gonna use against the Darkness?" Sam asks.
"Yeah, might actually put a dent in the kid." Dean says.
"Okay." Sam quietly says.
"Sam, I know this isn't easy, okay? He-- I know how much he meant to you. He meant a lot to me. He was family. But this? This is not Jack anymore. He's hurting, he's killing people. This isn't gonna be easy, but we're gonna have to do the hard thing. We're gonna have to do the ugly thing. Ain't like it's the first time, though, right?"
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The four hunters walk into a building as a man on a scooter passes them.
"Nerds." Dean comments.
"Takes one to know one." Sam smirks.
"What?" Dean asks.
"You. Come on, man. You're always calling me a geek, but you know every word to every Led Zeppelin song -- backwards and forwards -- you can discuss in detail every major rock drummer between '67 and '84, and... you watch Jeopardy! every night."
"Okay. All right, yeah. But I'm nothing like these, uh, you know, gaggle of Zuckerbergs." Dean says.
"Th-they're not--" Sam scoffs. "Mirror Universe builds facial recognition software. They've got contracts with-with basically every law enforcement agency on the planet." Sam explains.
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Fanfiction[ supernatural -- seasons 9-15 ] Billy and Daphne stand alone: Freaks Come Out at Night I DO NOT own Supernatural, any of the show's characters or storylines. I ONLY own my OCs and their storylines.
