Taking a Chance

Suffering

"Dean slow down!" I shout at him, "Crowley said we just had to get to Odessa, he didn't specify a time, but if you don't sow down we'll never get there because we died in a damn accident!" I add. He looks over at m and taps on the brakes causing me to jerk forward. "Better?" He asks, and I know he's being sarcastic. "Yes, thank you." I say. "Dean, how does he know where Addy and Charlie are? Cas put some kind of protection spell over them." I ask him. "I don't know. It's Crowley, he's probably just baiting us seeing if we'll go to them first. Or maybe Cas hid an expiration date on the spell." He says.

We've been driving for days, switching back and forth, never stopping only to use the restroom. We made it to Texas, but now we need to make it to Odessa to some beat nick bar. "Dean, do you want me to drive now?" I cautiously ask him. "No, I'm good." He answers.

I'm not sure how Dean is doing, he won't talk to me. Only the occasional yes, no, I'm good, do you need to go to the bathroom, crap.

We pass the Entering Odessa sign, Dean calls Crowley and asks him for the address of said bar. "Ok, we'll be there. I swear to everything that's holy if you touch a hair on my brother, I'll end you." Dean says into the phone before hanging up. "I texted Charlie and told her what's going on, she says she hasn't seen anything or anyone." I tell him he nods. As we pull up to the bar, it's completely empty. Not a car or person in sight. Hesitantly, Dean and I head inside. Even though the bar is empty, it still reeks of liquor and smoke. "Glad you made it safely Dean." I hear Crowley say as he has his back to us while sitting at the bar. I look around for Sam as Dean takes a seat beside Crowley. "And Ms. Schaffer is still around I see." His accent lingers on my surname.

"Where's Sam, Crowley?" Dean demands. Crowley slides him a drink, "Have a drink first Dean. Moose is fine. I think." He quips. I see Dean's shoulders tense up. I stand about ten feet behind the two of them, "Hey, Crowley. You here alone?" I ask him. He turns slightly to eye me sideways. "Of course my dear. Those were the terms. I am a man of my word." He replies turning back to Dean. I see a door cracked open just past the restrooms. I start to tiptoe over to the door, when I'm flung across the room against the wall. "No exploring, young lady." Crowley hisses. Dean's eyes are on me, searching my eyes for a signal if I'm ok. I nod and he sighs. "Crowley, what's the point of all of this? I thought we were on good terms, you know you do your thing, we'll do ours." Dean says drinking the whiskey offered by the king.

"I need your help?" He says. I see Dean's confused reflection in the mirror behind the bar. "You? You want my help? What could I possibly help you with?" Dean says turning to face him. "There's some employees of mine abusing their power. I need you and Sam to take care of them." He says. Dean looks back at me and I shrug my shoulders. "Why all the dramatics? Why not just ask us?" Dean asks him. "Oh Dean, you now me. I do things very extravagantly. And honestly I didn't think you would be so willing to help me, considering I wanted to kill your son." He explains. "Why don't you do it yourself?" I shout at him. Crowley looks back at me, with a flick of his wrist, I drop to the ground. I quickly jump up, dusting off cigarette ashes from the floor. I slowly walk over to Dean, eagerly awaiting his answer. "I've tried that. They apparently didn't get the memo. Besides, I'm their King, I get others to do my dirty work." He scoffs.

"Hand over Sam, then we'll discuss this further." Dean tells him. Crowley rolls his eyes and snaps his fingers and instantly Sam appears behind the bar. I climb over the bar and hug him tightly. "Ok, now we talk." Crowley demands. I fill Sam in on what Crowley wants, he's as confused as we were. "Sammy, you ok?" Dean asks him. "I'm fine. Are we really going to help him after he just abducted me?" Sam asks in return. "We're about to discuss that now." Dean says. "Actually, there's no need to discuss anything. See I know you have Olivia's sister is somewhere in this town, and it won't take me long to find her. So you have two options, help me without no qualms or don't help me and I will search high and low until I find you sister then torture her slowly while you watch." Crowley says. Dean and Sam both look at me and gulp while their jaws clench.