Being Alone (D. Winchester)

2.22 Shapeshifting Infection

Grants Pass. Oregon. 

I looked around. It was sunny and some children were riding their bicycles.

 Dean "Well, I was expecting more Zombieland, less Pleasantville. "

Dad "Just because it looks quiet, don't mean it is, especially if she's got a clue were coming. "

Dean " Yeah, well if she is here I'm glad we've got Smitey McSmiterton on our squad. Alright, where do we start?"

Dad " I'm gonna need a computer."

I nodded. 

At a Diner. 

Sam, Dean and i were eating. 

I was sitting next to dad who was using my iPad while i was eating fries. The bros and Castiel were sitting across from me.

Dad " Alright. I finally got the police database, no thanks to this. "

He gestured to the iPad " I asked for a computer. "

 Me "It is a computer, Dad"

Dad shook his head " No, a computer has buttons. "

I rolled my eyes and a Waitress showed up. 

She smiled "Can I get you anything else?" 

Dean shook his head ,smiling "No, we're good thanks."

Then she left. 

 Sam "Anything? "

Dad "Oh, nickel and dime stuff, nothing weird. Basically dead end. You think Vampira was lying?"

Cass " I'll search the town. Give me a moment. "

Nothing happened. 

Dean "Cas, we can still see you."

 Cass nodded " Yeah, I'm still here."

 Dean "Okay, well you don't have to wait on us, you - "

Cass cleared his throat and concentrated. 

Dean "Well now it just looks like you're pooping. "

Cass " Something's wrong. "

Me " are you stuck? "

Cass nodded "I'm blocked. I'm powerless. "

Dean " You're joking? "

Cass shook his head "Something in this town, is, uh, it's affecting me. I assume it's Eve. "

Dean raised his eyebrows "So wait, Mom's making you limp? "

Cass nodded "Figuratively, yes. "

Dean "How? "

Cass " I don't know, but she is. "

Dean "Well, that's great, because without your power, you're basically just a baby in a trenchcoat. "

Cass' face fell. 

Me "I think you hurt his feelings. "

Dad " I got something here, maybe. Had to go federal go to get it. Call went out from the local office to the CDC last night. "

Sam" About what? "

Dad "A Dr Silver called in an illness he couldn't identify. Patient's a 25 year old, African-American, name - Ed Bright. "

 Dean " Well that's not much to go on. "

Dad sighed " Well its only lead, so -"

 Dean " So beggars can't be choosers, right? I get it. Alright, let's finish up. "

At a house. 

I walked inside and looked around. 

My jaw dropped when i looked around "What the fuck?"

Suddenly i heard the others coming in behind me. 

The victim, Ed, obviously had some doppelgangers because a dozen of Eds were lying around dead.

Dean " Okay, don't touch anything. "

One of them started to move. 

I rushed to him "hey, hey, hey, take it easy, Ed"

he coughed "What? I'm not Ed. "

the he groaned. 

Sam took his driver's licence. 

I looked at it. Marshal Todd.

He groaned "What's wrong with me? "

I shook my head "nothing? We're gonna get you help. "

Marshall "Let me ask you something. Do I - do all of us- do we look like Ed? "

Dean shook his head "What? No, no. No, no, no, no, no, of course not. You, uh, you have a fever. You're hallucinating. "

Sam "Marshall, Marshall. Hey, what happened here? "

Marshall " Am I gonna die?"

 Sam shook his head " No, you're not gonna die, okay? Now you need to talk to us. It's important."

Marshall "Ed was feeling bad so I took him to the Doctor. I think - now we're all sick. "

Dean snorted amused " You think?"

I shot him a look.

 Sam "And before you got sick, before Ed got sick, did you do anything? Did you go anywhere? Hey, I need you to focus for me. "

Marshall shrugged " don't know. Some bar."

Me"A bar? What bar? "

Marshall " 8th Street, I guess. "

Sam "8th Street, um, did anything happen at the bar? Did you - did you see anything? Did you meet anyone? "

Marshall coughed.

Sam sighed " Look, an ambulance is on the way, okay? "

Marshall " A girl. "

Dean nodded "A girl? Okay, and? "

Marshall "A girl in white."

 Dean nodded "Good, okay. What did the girl in white do? Marshall? Wh-wh-what did she do to Ed? Marshall? "

He stopped breathing. 

I sighed "he's dead"

--

We walked out of the house. 

Dean "I don't get it. What, a bunch of regular Joes wake up shifters? What the hell? "

Dad was waiting for us by the Impala "Shifters usually run in families. This looks like an infection. Nobody touched nothing? "

Dean " Well I am bathing in Purell tonight. "

Sam "So, he said they met a girl. "

Dean" It's got to be Eve. "

I nodded. 

Cass "But why would she do this?"

Dad shrugged "Mommy monster - make more. "

Dean shook his head "No, no, no, no. Cas has got a good point. I mean if she's gonna make a shifter army, why make one that's sick, gooey and dying?"

Dad shrugged "Add that to the pile of Crap That Don't Make Sense. "

Sam" So should we hit the bar?"

I breathed out "i could use a drink"