Supernatural Series Rewrite- Season 1

Provenance- Part 3

It didn't take long for you to get there and when you did, Sam went to the person in charge of info while you and Dean hung back. It was best to leave the book geek to this rather than you or Dean. You weren't stupid but you were smart like Sam was.

"You said the Isaiah Merchant family, right?" The owner said.

"Yeah, that's right." Sam walked over to the table where you and Dean were with the owner. He had a stack of things in his hands and you widened your eyes.

"I dug up every scrap of local history I could find. So, are you crime buffs?" The owner asked, laying a huge book of newspaper clippings on the table and opened it up.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" You asked him, looking at the book. The owner didn't say anything but he held up an article and handed it to you. The lead story on the front page is some bullshit story that you weren't interested in but he pointed to a story which caught your attention. It said, 'Father Slaughters Family, Kills Himself'.

"Yeah, that sounds about right." You looked at the owner.

"The whole family was killed?" Dean asked.

"It seems this Isaiah, he slits his kids' throats, then his wife, then himself. Now he was a barber by trade. Used a straight razor."

"Why'd he do it?" Sam asked.

"People who knew him described Isaiah as having a stern and harsh temperament. He controlled his family with an iron fist. That included his wife, two sons and his adopted daughter. There were whispers that the wife was going to take the kids and leave," the owner read out of the article. When he was done, he took his glasses off and looked at you.

"Which of course you know in that day and age, wasn't really allowed. So, instead, Isaiah killed them." The man slid his thumb across his throats and chuckled, causing Dean to laugh. You almost laughed at the major bitch face that Sam gave Dean. Dean cleared his throat and stopped laughing, acting serious.

"Does it say what happened to the bodies?" Dean asked.

"Just that they were all cremated." The owner shrugged.

"Anything else?" You asked, giving him a chance to add to it.

"Yeah. I found a picture of the family. It's right here somewhere. t's the picture of the painting." He looked for the paper.

"Can we get a copy of that?" You asked, thinking it was smart to have one. Once he found it, he nodded and left to do what he was asked to do. After you got the copy, you thanked the man and left the place and back to the motel to take in the new information.

"I'm telling you, man, I'm sure of it. The painting at the auction house, the dad is looking down. Painting here, the dad is looking out. The painting has changed, Dean." Sam said, looking at Dean. He sat down at the table and looked at the two different pictures.

"Alright, so you think that Daddy dearest is trapped in the painting and is handing out Columbian neckties like he did with his family?" Dean asked.

"Well yeah, it seems like it. But if his bones are already dusted then how are we going to stop him?" Dean asked.

"Alright, well, if Isaiah's position changed then maybe some other things in the painting changed as well. You know it could give us some clues." Dean said, changing the topic back to the original one.

"What, like a Da Vinci Code deal?" Sam asked, sitting on one of the beds.

"What? No, we gotta look at the painting again." He moved over to the other bed you weren't using and plopped down on it, smirking. "Which is a good thing because you can get some more time to crush on your girlfriend."