More Than A Petrova (SPN/TVD)

Chapter 9

Before the conversation between Dean and Elena could progress any further, there was a knock on the cellar door. Both of the humans' attentions shifted to the noise while their backs remained their contact with the wall.

"Are you two done in there?" Damon's voice was heard easily through the door's mini barred window. "Sammy is getting impatient." He quipped with a roll of his eyes.

"Don't call me Sammy!" Sam shouted from the third cellar, which caused Damon and Dean to snicker while Elena tried to hold in her giggles.

Dean moved to open the cellar door while remembering the salt line that Elena had created for him earlier. Once it was wide enough for him to squeeze on through, Dean motioned for Elena to leave first before he followed her. Once they were both cleared, he reached inside to grab his duffel bag before he shut and locked the cellar door behind him.

Damon, on the other hand, remained quiet as he watched the humans vacate the second cellar. When his eyes met Elena's, his brow furrowed when he noticed the smeared tear tracks down her cheek that she had missed. With a quick nod of her head, Elena told Damon that she was fine even though they both knew that she wasn't, not really, but Damon didn't push for her to talk about it. He knew she needed more time, alone preferably, to process what she had been told. He didn't know how much exactly Dean had told Elena but the vampires had only returned to the boarding house when Dean started talking about how Elena was better off without him in her life. While this only confused Stefan, Damon made sure that Stefan kept his distance to allow for Dean to talk things out with Elena. So instead of going to the second cellar once they arrived, they went to the third one, only to find Bonnie seated on the cot while Sam stood by the collapsible table that held a bowl and a bunch of ingredients surrounding it. Damon also recognized the devil's trap that was spray painted onto the cellar floor. None of them said a word after Sam had informed them that Dean needed a bit more time with Elena. It was only a few more moments later that Damon got his cue to interrupt when he heard silence from the second cellar.

Damon was snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of the cellar door locking. With his mind back to the present, Damon led Dean and Elena to the third cellar.

"Let's get this over with." Dean grumbled as he walked to stand by Sam's side.

Elena made her way to join Stefan and Bonnie on the cot while Damon remained at the door. Stefan instantly wrapped his arms around his girlfriend while Bonnie reached for her best friend's hand; each showing their support in their own way.

"You sure this will work?" Dean questioned as he dumped his duffel bag beside the table where another one was placed.

Sam sighed as he started to mix the appropriate ingredients together for the spell. "It's the same one we used for Crowley. With a few modifications, it should work for Meg."

Dean nodded his head as he moved to remove his switchblade from his pocket and another piece of cloth from the duffel bag. When he was just about to slice his hand to bleed over the bowl, Sam quickly stopped him. Dean looked up to give Sam a quizzical look. "What?"

"We need more power if this is going to work." Sam told his brother with a firm look. He wasn't budging on the issue; he's been thinking about it since he was modifying the spell.

Dean shrugged, not seeing the point to Sam's assessment. "Why? You said we're doing the same thing when we summoned Crowley and last I checked, Crowley was higher up the chain of command than Meg. The same spell should be enough." He pointed out to his brother before he moved the blade back to his hand.

Sam snatched the blade out of Dean's grasp. "Yeah if she weren't in a devil's trap and there is a huge chance that she is if Crowley does have her." He argued as he closed the switchblade. "Remember when Dick had Crowley in a trap?"