Supernatural: Wayward Sons: Monster Squad

How We Got Here

Six Months Earlier

Mike Colby poured another beer as he stood behind the counter of the road house. It was a busy night and the place had been packed with hunters, all going about their business. Many of them had been summoned their by Mike and Asher, as they were planning on filling their hunter friends and allies in the information they had a war that had been declared by an enemy that had yet to find out the name of.

"So, we doing this or what?" Asher asked as he brought an extra keg in from the garage.

"Yeah, just want to make sure that everyone's here," Mike said as he scanned the bar. "I think it's time. I just wish Ben and Adam were here."

"Me, too," Asher said. "Let me bring the last keg in and we can do this."

"Hang on, let me help you," Mike told him. "You've carried two in already, I don't want you putting your back out."

The brothers headed out for the garage where Mike helped Asher lift the last keg. "You going to see Adam this weekend?"

"Someone needs to, with Ben and Samandriel gone and Hunter missing, he's got no one," Asher told him. "Having someone there with him could help him."

"Okay, I guess that makes--"

BOOOOM!

The roadhouse had gone up in a giant fireball, leaving nothing standing and killing everyone inside instantly. Dropping the keg, the Colby brothers ran toward the fire.

"How?" Asher asked as Mike dropped to his knees. "This roadhouse was a hunter secret."

"Apparently not," Mike whispered as he stared into the flames. "The war's begun, little brother. And the bad guys just dropped the first nuke."

*

"Eat up, little one, you need your strength," Rowena said as she put a tray of food in front of a traumatized Hunter, who sat at the table with only a blanket around his shoulders. "Oh, are you still upset from that spell I cast? Trust me, you have all the powers of a superhero now, and then some. I unlocked your full potential and gave you a little something extra."

"It hurt," Hunter whispered as he stared down at the soup. "My whole body was in pain."

"Getting superpowers wasn't going to be a joyride," Rowena admitted. "But trust me, it will be well worth the experience once you're ready to use them. This is what you were born to do."

"How come you didn't get any superpowers?"

"I'm already the world's most powerful witch," Rowena admitted. "Any more power would be being selfish. Besides, the demon tablet is for demons only."

"Now what do we do?" Hunter asked as he slowly ate his food.

"Now that you can protect yourself, you no longer need me," Rowena told him. "I'll be moving on in the morning. There's much to do out there if we're going to save the world."

"Can't I come with you?" Hunter asked.

"Oh, sweet Hunter, where I'm going is no place for a young boy like you," Rowena said as she stroked his cheek. "But I will be checking up on you, maybe even calling on those wonderful new powers of yours when the time is right."

"I'm going to be all alone again," Hunter told her. "I don't want to be alone."

"Oh, my little Hunter, you'll never truly be alone," Rowena said with a devilish smirk. "That I can assure you."

*

Lawrence, Kansas

Ritchie's head lay on Lucas's bare chest while they were on the couch with a blanket draped over them. Lucas gently rubbed Ritchie's shoulder as they enjoyed the silence.