[Haha, Jake! I woke up in an actual bed! Well, it wasn't that comfy but it was a bed. Anyways, back to the story.]
As I said, I woke up on a mattress at least. It was cold and I wasn't comfortable but I knew instantly where we were with the bed shoved in the corner ad surrounded by weapons and ammo. Carter groaned, however.
"Agh, what the hell is digging into my back?" He muttered then pulled a gun out from behind him, "Oh, okay."
Zia stood up beside the bed and I steadied her, "Ah, gods, where are we?"
A familiar girl's voice sounded from the doorway and we spun to look at her, "You've landed in the Lloyd household."
I saw Mia at the door and she smiled at us. "Me, Zia, and Carter got split up from the group. We don't know where the others are."
Carter sat up and winced, "Originally, we were in the Grand Canyon before we were dumped here. I have no idea where they could be."
Mia nodded and beckoned for us to follow her before she yelled out to Dean, "Hey, Dean! Jake's girlfriend and her friends are here!"
I blushed deeply before Dean shouted back, "They got split up?!"
Mia nodded, "Yeah! What do we do?!"
Dean considered a moment before shouting, "Dinner's ready! Bring them down!"
We followed Mia down the stairs to the kitchen. Only Dean sat at the table and he had a sniper rifle in his hands that he was cleaning. He looked over at me then smiled and waved.
"Is Sam almost back?" Mia asked as she set the table.
Dean nodded then looked down the scope of his rifle before saying, "Yeah, he got pizza. Nice that he got a bigger one. We can all eat."
I walked over to the island where Dean had laid out guns that he was polishing. When I picked a revolver up off the table he didn't even say anything.
"Wow, Dean," Mia whistled, "I've never seen you let a girlfriend of Jake's touch a gun."
Carter was closely studying a picture before he picked it up and asked, "Who's this girl to the right of Jake?"
He handed it to me and I put the gun down as Dean looked over my shoulders at the picture before he said, "Oh, the Native American girl! Ah, what was her name Mia? Zia or Zio or something?"
Mia looked at the picture closely before saying, "Zio sounds right. I remember hearing about Jake and her. Well, I don't know the full story but I believe it was the Clan Mother's granddaughter. Usually, Jake wouldn't go for someone who had a lot admirers but I heard it that she liked him. Hm," Mia smiled before saying, "I'm pretty sure the reason he liked her was because she was quite rebellious. She used to learn English from him, hunt with him, the good stuff. But, of course, if Jake gets too attached to someone and something good happens like, I don't know, his first kiss, the girl usually dies. I forget how Zio died. But that kind of started the spiral into depression for Jake. It really sucks."
There was a hanging silence after that but then the door and Sam walked in with a box of pizza.
"Shit, shit, shit," He muttered, as he quickly put the box down on the table then recoiled his hands, "God, that is hot as crap! Alright, we should be ready to-" He saw us then stopped and spoke in fast Latin to Dean after staring at me, Carter, and Zia. Dean quickly explained and Sam exhaled.
"Wait," I murmured looking at the picture. Zio had brown long hair with blue feathers braided into it. She also wore light clothing except, unlike Jake and his old friends, part of her chest was showing, "Hold on, hold on, I know I've seen this girl...Dean, I think I know this girl....or knew, this girl."
Dean, who had already taken a slice of pizza, looked at me questioningly, "How so?"
"Okay, hear me out," I said, my mind spinning with ideas, "A night or two ago Jake showed me his wings, right? But that night I had a dream and this girl was in it. She said...something about a-a list of magicians. That would help us on our quest, yes, yes, I remember now! Zio said that you had a list of magicians who could be called upon for help. But that was it. Do you know anything about that?"
Mia, Sam, and Dean stopped and looked at each other. Silently, they seemed to debate something. Then, Mia spoke, "Carter, go upstairs into Sam's room and grab the papers on the dresser, pronto. Dean, they'll need weapons. Zia, go into the office and grab the box near the door." All three of them dispersed and Mia knelt down a little so she was face level with me. She then proceeded to kiss my forehead for no good reason and hug me.
I went from Regular to Awkward at the speed of sound, "Uh, why the-?"
Mia cut me off with a smile, "Christina, you might just make Jake happy once again."
At that instant, Carter came down the stairs with a medium-sized stack of papers in his hand. He seemed to be looking over them but before he could finish, Sam seized the paper stack and pulled something out of the center. It was a stick of some sorts and I couldn't quite determine what it was before Sam looked at Mia and she smiled. Then they started looking though the papers furiously, muttering things to each other like, 'Good warrior, close friend' or 'rebellious; he'll fit right in.'
Just then, Dean pushed something into my hands. It was a leather outfit, not unlike the one Zio had. When I looked at him questioningly, he mouthed 'It's magical,' before handing Carter a gun that was quite larger then a handgun or anything and had a back stock.
Carter studied it before exclaiming, "Uh, a submachine gun? Is that necessary?!"
Dean glared at him before saying, "Normally, it wouldn't be. But they're here."
I didn't know what he'd meant but just then a few windows broke and the cold air and rain blasted in. A group of demons climbed through the frames and took out deadly weapons and charged us. Dean had a large gun in his hands and he cocked the gun and fired rapid fire into the horde. One by one, they disintegrated into sand, only to have a red mist seep up to them and reform there bodies, one grain of sand at a time. However, Mia was right there with her wand and knife out and she blasted the red mist back with a jet of wind and she stabbed the demons.
"They knew you were here," Sam muttered, "They're tracking you guys. You need to run. Take these," he thrust the stack of papers into my hands and I put them in the duat, "Find those people, find your friends, kill Kamehea."
Zia came out of the office, lugging the box, "Got the box. What's in this thing?"
Dean didn't answer but only dug through the box.
"Cart, take this," He said, tossing Carter what looked to be Kevlar armor. Carter stared at it for a second before putting the gloves, the arm guards, and the knee guards on. Dean handed three jars to Zia, "Take these. I don't know who is who but you seem like the healer. These will help." There was an ear-shattering crack as Sam fired a sniper rifle into the group of demons in the backyard. Dean grabbed a shield which looked pretty friggin' deadly and he unsheathed a machete. Ready for combat.
"Guys, we need to move, now!" Sam shouted over Mia's machine gun shots. Dean nodded quickly and sprinted out towards the glass back door. We all sprinted after him as he jumped through the glass and shattered it. However, after the last person climbed out of it, it repaired itself and locked. We ran across the backyard to the common area with Mia flinging spells at the nearest demons. Dean ran like lightning; bashing some demons with his shield or splitting them in half with his machete. Meanwhile, I used the rain to send tiny, bullet-like streams at each of them to knock them back and harm them. At my expense, it seemed to work. We crashed into the forest; jumping over logs and dodging trees. Finally, we reached a sandstone slab spread between two trees. The Lloyd family portal anchor, I guess. While Mia worked on a portal and Sam protected her with his fire spells, Dean patted my shoulder and said, "Find the man named Rythiam and his girlfriend Zoey. Tell them you are a friend of the Lloyds and that 'Alpha 3 is M.I.A.' He will join you and help you find Jake. He's the first man on the list. We'll send you to Philidelphia where he is. Usually you'll find him at the Gate to Hell."
"What?!" I shouted over the storm but at that moment the portal opened up and Carter and Zia jumped through. Dean pushed me through and gave me a thumbs up before I was absorbed completely into the duat.
