Huntress

Part 8: Ketch

Sam and Dean walk over to the Doctor who's fiddling with his clipboard. They reach into their inside pockets and retrieve the FBI badges, but, before they could even properly show them, the man waved them by and mumbled "Your colleges are already inside."
The brothers shared a look and headed in.

Inside, was Cas, Crowley and you. You were reading the case file at the end of the corpses "bed". Your Dad looked shocked that you were there "Y/N? How did you-"
"I took her." Cas says. You glance up, wondering how he'll take it.
Your Uncle shook his head, but he was smiling slightly "Well you're hear now. Anything interesting?"
"Not really. They clearly have no idea what the cause of death is, though." You flip the pages back to the front one and attach it back.

"This is Wallace Parker, a powerful man of pretty much everything." Cas explained as your Dad pulled back the sheet.
His eyes were completely gone, in place were blackened sockets surrounded by red blotches. You grimaced slightly however you didn't look away.
"So, Lucifer used this guy as a vessel?" You asked aloud, nearing the corpse.
Your Dad held you back lightly from getting to close, even thought the man was clearly dead. Maybe he was more worried about you seeing it. 'Too late for that' you thought.

"He did," Crowley took centre stage "Only he's moving on to bigger people. Highers. Celebrities. Anyone with an influential position in society," He added on a sarcastic note "Next he'll be after the bloody Prime Minister."
"President." You corrected him and he nodded slowly.
"Him too."
Your Dad put the sheet back over to cover his face and let go of you completely.
"I agree with Agent Zapper." Cas nodded seriously.
"Would you stop." Uncle Dean sighed and you giggled.

"Notice anything missing?" Your Dad swiveled his laptop so you and Uncle Dean could both see the images. He flicked between them, Uncle Dean took over and did the same.
Some of the pictures he was smiling and had a big cross round his neck. Others he was perfectly serious and no cross was in sight.
It sure sounded like Lucifer was hiding there.
"The cross." You answered.
"Exactly." Your Dad nodded.
"So you recon that's where Lucifer's hiding?" Uncle Dean asked.
Your Dad nodded again, taking his laptop back. "Worth a shot."

The Impala pulled up at the back of the Church, you looked up and noticed it was much more modern than any others you'd seen. Of course, it wasn't new, but it wasn't ancient either. It had a more homely feel to it, perhaps not with Lucifer wandering about it though.
"No one's home." Uncle Dean declared, after having tried the door a few times and looking in through the slightly blurred window.
"I'll grab the torches." Your Dad hurried back to the car.
"Got a lock-pick?" You looked up at your Uncle who frowned a little.
"You know how to?"
You held out your hand and knelt down in front of the key hole. You felt a small instrument being placed into your palm. "Ta." You say, inserting it into the lock.
After fumbling about a bit you heard the click you were hoping for.
Standing back up, you hand the lock-pick back to your Uncle and wait for your Dad. He came over and handed you a torch. "You picked the lock?" He squinted in the dark to see the switch on the torch.

"Yep." You say, switching yours on. Uncle Dean went in first, then you then your Dad- he smiled, impressed that you knew how.

Nothing but the three of your footsteps filled the silence of the building. You shine your torch around slowly, aiming at the door handle before reaching towards it. Focusing on the gun in your pocket in case you needed to fire, you stepped into the room and did a quick once over with your light to make sure there was no immediate danger. You did a double take in the corner, where a body lay, shaking every so slightly. You stared at it, not wanting to move at first. "Dad." You whispered, looking back.
The brothers appeared in the doorway, their eyes following your light and they run over to the man. "Father." Dean kneels down next to him.