Dakota Elizabeth Winchester

Chapter 21: Scarecrow Part 1

Previously in Dakota Elizabeth Winchester:

Later that night, Dakota was woken from her spot on the coach by Dean's phone ringing. She saw Sam lean over and grab it since it doesn't look like Dean was waking up anytime soon.

Sam shot up in bed and Dakota looked at him in shock, wondering what had startled her brother so much.

"Dad?" She heard Sam say and her eyes went wide

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Dakota shot up in shock, unable to believe to her father actually calling them. She and her dad hadn't spoken in a while, even before he went missing. After Sam left for Stanford, she, Dean, and their dad had stayed together for about six months before Dean went and started hunting on his own. Dakota and her dad had not gotten along ever since she had become a teenager, but the six months they spent together after Dean left was when the fighting really escalated. One night they had gotten into a huge fight that hadn't ended well and Dakota left that very same night to go find Dean. She and Dean had been hunting together for two and a half years now, only meeting up with their dad every few weeks for a few days at a time.

She wasn't sure that she wanted to talk to him now, but against her better judgement she jumped off her spot on the coach and rushed to sit next to Sam. He batted her hand away when she tried to take the phone, but held it out a little so she could hear if she leaned in.

"Are you hurt?" Sam asked.

"I'm fine." Dakota heard John say.

"We've been looking for you everywhere. We didn't know where you were or if you were okay." Dakota said.

"Dakota, Baby, is that you?" John asked.

"Yes, Sir." Dakota answered.

"Sammy, Kota, I'm alright. What about you two and Dean?" John asked. Dakota looked over and saw that Dean saw waking up.

"We're fine. Dad where are you?" Sam asked and Dakota saw Dean shoot up in his bed.

"What? Why not?" Dakota asked.

"Is that Dad?" Dean asked and Dakota nodded at him.

"Look, I know this is hard, but you're just going to have to trust me on this." John told them.

"You're after it, aren't you? The thing that killed Mom?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, it's a demon, Sam." John said.

"A demon? You know for sure?" Dakota asked.

"A demon? What's he saying?" Dean asked.

Dakota pulled herself away from the phone and said, "Dad found out it was a demon that killed Mom. He's hunting it." She pressed herself against the phone.

"You know where it is?" Dakota asked.

"Yeah, I think I'm closing in on it." John said.

"Let us help." Sam pleaded.

"You can't. You can't be any part of it." John said.

"Why not?" Sam asked and Dakota saw Dean reach over for the phone.

"Listen Sammy, Kota, that's why I'm calling. You two and your brother need to stop looking for me. Right now I need you to write down these names." John explained.