A Mess It Grows ~ Supernatural Fanfiction

The Van Allens vs Good God Ya'll

Tom had fallen silent in his recovery, that fire and brimstone he hailed down on everyone in the early days of his attack had simmered down to a heated rage simmering below the surface. Sam was standing in the doorway to the room watching him, almost as if he was hesitant to go in. Things hadn't been quite the same between him and Tom, even after he told them it had been the demon talking. Karoline took another sip of her coffee and joined him, looking into the stark, white room.

The subject of their attention, Tom, was sitting in a wheelchair dressed in a bathrobe. He stared out the window, his face turned away from them, his mood unreadable.

"It's been like three days now?" Karoline asked. It seemed longer, like they'd been stuck there a week. Sam sighed in reply to the question and Karoline shook her head. "We got to cheer him up. Maybe I'll give him a backrub," she said cheekily, and Sam rolled his eyes.

"Kare..."

"Well, what, then?" She asked with a shrug as if there was an easy answer out there.

"Look...we might have to wrap our heads around the idea that Tom might not just bounce back this time," Sam said quietly. She took another sip of her coffee, frowning, letting this statement sit uncomfortably in her stomach. She didn't have to think on it long though, as the quick steps of someone walking up behind them sounded; they turned to see Dean and Alayna sauntering up, the latter carrying an envelope with the words 'X-ray'.

Dean peered in at Tom, frowning, before stepping back into the hallway. "Still?" He asked, seeing them nod. "Maybe I'll give him a backrub," He joked and Karoline snorted, almost spitting her coffee out.

Sam gaped, his mouth opening and shutting before giving a little disbelieving sigh. "I think Kare would be better for that, probably," he said finally, and then pointed to Alayna's hand. "What's in the envelope?"

"Ah!" Alayna said, handing Sam the envelope. "We went to radiology earlier..." Curiously he opened the envelope and pulled out the contents.

"And got some glamour shots," Dean said, with a smirk. They were looking at two different x-rays of ribs - one his, one Alaynas. There were some strange symbols that looked a lot like Enochian carved into both their bones.

"Let's just say the doctors are baffled," Alayna commented, sipping on her own coffee.

"Holy crap," Sam murmured and Karoline nodded appreciatively. They'd gotten the x-rays expecting as much, but to see it in black and white right there in front of them, well that was something else.

"Yeah, well, Cas carved you up, too," Dean said. Karoline's phone started to ring and she looked at it with a shrug, answering and holding it to her ear.

"Hello?" She asked, pausing to listen. " ...Cas?"

"Speak of the Devil," Dean said with a chuckle, raising his eyebrow in her direction.

"Ah, UPMC Mercy. Why? What are you- Cas?" She looked confused for a moment, and then shook her head, hanging up.

"What did he...?" Alayna's question was interrupted as a woman in scrubs, followed by a man in a doctor's coat rushed past with a cart.

"Dr. Cohen to the ER, stat. Dr. Cohen to the ER, stat." Sounded the PA system, and they all watched these two continue down the hallway while Castiel walked passed them, stopping beside the four hunters.

"Cell phone, Cas?" Dean asked. "Really? Since when do angels need to reach out and touch someone?"

"You're hidden from angels now-all angels," Castiel said simply.

"And you can't angel radio up Kare to see where we are?" Deanasked.

He turned piercing blue eyes to Dean that seemed to look right through him. He felt a sense of chagrin at the questioning, but pushed it aside. "I can't talk to Karoline on the, angel radio as you call it, someone might be listening. I won't be able to simply...."