Hayden & Dean (The Sequel) - A Tethered Love

Chapter 20: Urgent Air

I sleep for a few hours and wake up before sunrise. I try to call Sam and Dean this time but still get no response. I make my father breakfast before he gets up and find myself killing time by researching different types of funeral arrangements to have for my mother. When I hear my father stir awake and move into the bathroom I quickly turn on the pot of coffee and go to his room to drop off the food as Lizette would do.

My phone rings as I sit across the table from the funeral arranger a while later. Charles nods his head next to me to encourage me taking it and I quickly stand and take the call out of the room. "Hello?" I ask in a rush, not recognizing the number.

Dean grunts from the other side "Hey, it's me."

"Dean! What the hell's been going on?" I utter into the phone not letting him go on. Its been over a day since I've heard from him and my mind has been racing.

"We got the mark off of Paul, but things aren't over." He tells me my biggest fear.

I stand frozen, barely able to form a sentence "what?"

"There's something going on here. Sam and I are trying to get Paul out of here but there's a lot going on. We can't get a hold of Cas either, we need you." He tells me.

"Dean, what's going on?" I need him to tell me more. I need to go to him, to get Paul out of whatever danger he is in but I can't imagine just leaving my father here to plan everything on his own.

"The Darkness is out and this whole town is infected with some kind of illness, you need to get Paul out of here." He quickly explains what he can to me.

"Where?!" I shout into the phone, already throwing my shoes on.

"Superior, Nebraska. We're heading to the hospital!" He yells back.

I hang up the phone without another word and make a say the words I never wanted to say again "Charles, I need your help." I say as soon as he excuses himself out of the room.

"Anything." He answers back, probably assuming I'm referring to help planning my mothers funeral.

I exhale and ask as calmly as possible "I need a ride to Nebraska, like now."

"Wow, what?" He stutters back, clearly taken back by my request.

Before he can further ask questions, I elaborate on what I can "please, my son's life is at risk and I need to get there!" I beg him, heading out of the brownstone and into the street.

"What's the matter? Is he okay?" He asks me with concern.

I shake my head "there's literally no time, but I promise I can tell you more afterwards. Please, can you get me a plane there?" I ask again.

It's silent for a moment before he responds "I'll do what I can. Head on over to JFK airport, and I'll call you when I know more." He directs me.

"Thank you so much!" I exclaim giving him a brief hug and running out the door. I hail a taxi and tell to him where I am going.

After we start moving, I turn back to my phone to give my dad a call "hello?" He answers the cell phone quietly, killing me more for having to leave him alone.

"Dad, it's me. I am so sorry but I had to leave! I'm on the way to the airport right now. Something is wrong with Paul and I needed to leave to get to him." I start rambling off. "If you need--"

He stops me from going on "It's alright Hayden, you do what you need to do. I can take care of everything here." He assures me.

"No, I'm suppose to be there to help you and I will do what I can from wherever I am, I just need to see my son." I respond.

"Hayden, I will be okay here. I promise. You take care of everything you need to care of. I will let you know when the arrangements are settled. Please let me know how Paul is once you get to him." He says to me calmly.

"I will. Thank you dad!" I say back, a bit relieved at his response.

"Goodbye." He says back and hangs up.

I sit in the back seat now with my foot bouncing up and down waiting to here from Dean or Charles. Half an hour goes by before I hear back from Charles "Hi." I answer the phone eagerly to hear from him.

"There's a plane waiting for you at Terminal 4. Go to the security office and give them both of our names, they'll take you to the plane." He informs me.

"Thank you so much!" I smile wide, thrilled I don't have to wait to catch whatever flight goes out next to where I need to go. "I owe you!"

"We'll talk when you are back in town. Take care Hayden." Charles says to me hanging up without saying goodbye this time.

I lean forward and say to the driver "Terminal 4." He nods back to me and I sit back, dialing Dean's cell. It goes straight to voicemail so I leave a message "I'll be there in a few hours! Call me back when you get this."

I try to call Sam's but his goes straight to voicemail as well. I leave a similar message on his machine and hang up, texting them both the same thing. After that, the taxi arrives at the airport and I quickly throw him a wad of cash and hop out of the car. I basically run into the airport in search of the security office and find it after a few minutes of walking. Once I am at the counter, I give the security officer our names and he punches in a few things into his computer. He pulls a radio on his shoulder closer tohis mouth and radios in "Mrs. Winchester is here, I need an escort."

"Copy." A voice says back to him. A few moments later a man in a officers uniform comes into the office and escorts me directly to the plane entrance.

There is a women stewardess and a male pilot waiting at the bottom of the steps for me. "I understand we are flying to Central Nebraska Regional Airport, is that correct?" He asks me with a soft smile.

"Is that the closest airport to get me to Superior?" I ask in return.

"It is." He assures.

I fake a smile back "then it is."

He begins the climb up the stairs and I follow. Once inside, I take a seat and buckle my seat belt, ready to get in the air and find my son. The pilot does whatever checks he needs to do and the stewardess asks me if I would like anything to drink "wine, champagne, beer?" She smiles.

"Just water, thank you." I say back. She nods and leaves to fetch me a bottle. I take it, drinking half almost instantly and keep my eyes trained out the window. We begin to pull out onto the tarmac and I send one more text to Dean "taking off now. I love you both. Stay safe" and hit send before putting my phone in airplane mode and trying to remain calm.