51. Advanced Thanatology

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BUNKER KITCHEN

Dean was making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Sylvie was making the kids breakfast and warming milk up for Claudia and Spencer. Sam entered the kitchen.

"Hey," Sam greeted.

"Hey," Dean and Sylvie repeated.

"PB&J for breakfast? Strong work."

"Yep," Dean replied.

"You want a beer with that?"

"I'm cool?" Dean glanced at Sylvie with a frown.

"Come on, live a little. Here." He placed bottle of beer from fridge in front of Dean.

"What's going on with you?"

"What do you mean?" Sam paused awkwardly. "Anyway, check this out. I think I found something." He placed iPad showing police report in front of Dean and Sylvie. "Three days ago, kid named Shawn Raider was found wandering the side of the road near Grand Junction, Colorado, bleeding from the head. Best friend was missing. And get this – only word he said? "Monster.""

"Okay. Well, that sounds like something," Dean noted.

"Yeah. So I thought we'd check it out, all three of us."

"What about Jack and the kids?" Sylvie asked.

"He's uh, he's catching up on all of my old fantasy DVDs – Red Sonja, Beastmaster, uh, Beastmaster II – you know, with the time traveling ferrets. The kids can stay with him. He promised he'd watch them with her and a list of Disney movies Adah and Gideon gave him."

"Yeah. Wow, how you ever got laid, I'll never know," Dean commented, glancing at his sister-in-law. "It's a wonder you agreed to marry him."

Sam and Sylvie shared an eye roll. "Yeah, tell me about it. So I was thinking we'd leave Jack and some of the kids behind."

"Really?"

"Yeah. We'll put up some extra warding. He'll be fine. The kids will be fine. Sylvie suggested we take Spencer and Claudia. I mean, when's the last time we worked a case, just the three of us, five with the babies?"

"It's been a while."

"Exactly. So?"

Dean and Sylvie nodded approvingly and the Impala pulled up to the curb in front of a house. Sam, Sylvie and Dean exited the car dressed in Fed threads. Spencer and Claudia were left in their car seats. Sam handed Dean a badge. Sylvie pulled out her own.

"Here," Sam said.

Dean opened it and checked the name. "Agent Page? I thought you always liked to be Agent Page."

"Yeah, well, changing it up."

They knocked on the door and it was answered by Penny Raider, Shawn's mother. "May I help you?"

"Yeah, sorry to bother you ma'am." Dean said as they showed their badges. "Agents Page, Plant and Mitchell. FBI."

"We're here to follow up on the incident with your son," Sam explained.

"Well, the police have already been here. Shouldn't you talk to them?" Penny asked.

"We did, but we'd like to talk with you as well. And Shawn," Sylvie told her.

Penny shifted back and forth nervously.

"Something wrong?" Dean wondered.

"Shawn, he... won't talk. He can't," Penny said.

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