Supernatural Death Note

Chapter Forty-One: Sam and Dean Part Two

"Thought I'd try again about the hunt. I kinda thought that from now on we talk them over afterward, look with fresh eyes on what we did and especially what the other did. Critique it. Things that went well, we remember to do again. Things that went bad, or could have, we talk out and explain why they could and why it won't be done again, unless the person who did it wants an ass kicking from the other, and has to take it without lifting a finger."

He nodded. "Okay."

"I'm expecting you to be open minded on this, cause some things were very stupid. I'm not going to go into every detail of the days you were out of it. I'd be here for a week."

"True, and I'm listening. I'll see what I can help you with here."

"First off, you were no help in that fight with Mello and Matt. You were way out of it, Sammy. L saw things. Told me you were addicted to some drug. Probably my first mistake. I imagine L thought so. I had Matt break into your phone. Took him all of 10 minutes, by the way. Got to do better then that, Sammy. Now for the mistake. I called Ruby."

Sam's eyes closed. "No, not a mistake. You needed information and she was the one I was stupidly close to."

Dean was quiet for a moment, watching his brother. "Thank you, Sammy. Anyway, I figured out that Ryuuzaki was L. I think that surprised him. We prepared for a demon invasion at the hotel. I had a meal and L showed pictures of a serial killer's victims. Damn, Sammy. I nearly threw up. I don't do that easily. You would've found them interesting. I'd never seen anything like them. I went through Dad's journal, researched on a computer, and finally called Bobby. Ruby showed up when we were coming back from my baby with a pretty large arsenal. She told me you were addicted to her, Sammy." I plugged her with rock salt and she disappeared. We moved you to L's suite and we battened down."

"Should've killed her then," he muttered. "But yeah, timing would've been off."

"Had to know, Sam. It all happened too fast. Got back inside. Bobby called."

Sam nodded, listening.

"The creatures were ancient, and not seen often, or no one has lived to tell. They were usually in pairs of four and a queen with two protecting males. She bred with a human though. They were preparing for a mating ritual. The brutalizing of humans was part of it. They ate parts of them. All of their teeth were fangs and fingernails were quills with some kind of chemical in it that slowed muscle tissues. The chemical can cause erratic heart rates and knock a person out. Hey, the brain's a muscle. Bobby said together under the queen they are unbeatable. Alone, one can be taken, but you have to kill the queen and get rid of the rest quickly afterward. The only way to get to her is to be the human she breeds with. The only way to kill them is behead them. All body fluids burn, bad; highly acidic."

He shuddered. "Yuck."

"To stop all of this, someone had to be taken alive to her, sneaking a machete into the place, sleeping with her, and bringing her to the point of coming, Sam. Cutting her head off at that point and getting the hell out of there, before you get really badly burned was the only way. Others would be taking out the rest of the group. That was the plan. L wanted to get a prisoner somewhere and offer him his freedom or something to do the job." Dean laughed.

"You know as well as I do, you can't trust someone who doesn't understand the seriousness of the situation to finish a job like that. Bobby and I got into it on the phone. What I didn't know is he packed up his truck and started that long trip from South Dakota to west Texas, without sleep. L was not happy, but I was in charge, so I told them no arguments. It was my job, Sam."

"You know, Dean, he had a point. If he had someone from Death Row to distract her and someone come in from behind, it'd have been safer."

"Please explain to me how someone was going to walk into where she was playing with this guy, and cut her head off, without disturbing 4 other couples and two male protectors? I'm all open to an explanation of that because my mind couldn't come up with one idea how to do that, without making a noise that would pull her out of the ritual and giving them the power to kill all of us."