Dakota Elizabeth Winchester

Chapter 42: Devil's Trap Part 2

"Turn to Stone" by Black Sabbath

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Dakota, Sam, and Dean were walking down the main street in Jefferson City by the river, looking for any kind of sign of their father. Dakota looked up at one of the apartment building and froze in her spot.

    "Hey, I think I know what Meg meant by 'sunrise'." She said pointing at the sign that said Sunrise Apartments.

    "Son of a bitch. That's pretty smart." Dean said. "If these demons can possess people, they can possess almost anyone inside."

    "And make anyone attack us." Sam said.

    "It's a building full of human shields." Dakota commented as she watched parents pushing strollers and kids playing outside a apartment potentially full of demons.

    "They probably know exactly what we look like, too, and they could look like anyone." Sam said.

    "That sucks. Alright, so, how the Hell are we gonna get in?" Dakota asked.

    "We could pull the fire alarm, that way we could get all the civilians out." Dean said.

    "But then the city responds in seven minutes." Sam said.

    "Exactly seven minutes." Dean said.

    "...We're gonna have to be quick." Dakota said.

Dakota and Dean waited across the street while Sam walked up to the apartment building and waited for someone to open the door. Sam went in and a few minutes later people were exiting the building and Dean and Dakota went to join the crowd of people leaving the building. The fire department showed up a few minutes later and Dakota and Dean walked up to him.

    "Hey, what's going on? Is there a fire?" Dakota asked.

    "We're figuring that out right now, ma'am. Just stay back." The fireman told her.

    "Well, the thing is we got a yorkie upstairs and he pees when he's nervous." Dean said putting his arm around Dakota's shoulder. The fireman ushered them back towards the crowd and Dakota saw Sam sneak up to the firetruck and open on the the side compartments and grabbed a few suits out.

They all met around the corner and put on the fireproof suits and masks and went back around to the apartment building and went in with no problem. Dakota had her EMF detector out and was scanning the doors for any sign of sulfur.

    "I always wanted to be a fireman when I grew up." Dean said.

    "I didn't know that." Dakota said as she approached the next door.

    "You never told me." Sam said and Dakota's EMF reader started beeping as they landed in front of apartment 221.

Dean banged on the door and said in a deeper voice than usual, "This is the fire department. We need you to evacuate."

They heard the lock being undone on the other side of the door and as soon as the door was open and Sam and Dean tackled the two demons to the ground while Dakota sprayed them with a tank of Holy Water attached to her back. Sam and Dean wrestled the demons into the hallway closet and Sam and Dakota held it closed while Dean grabbed salt out of the bag and put a line in front of the door. As soon as the door was secure they stipped off the fireproof clothes to reveal their normal flannel and jean combos. While Sam and Dean packed up the supplies, Dakota rushed to the first bedroom in the apartment and saw her dad tied up and bloody on the bed. She reached down for the knife in her combat boots, but a hand on her arm stopped her then rushed forward and leaned close to John's mouth.