Being Alone (D. Winchester)

2.64 Healthy Food

Dean put a bowl down on a table that was set up with chalk symbols, a bottle of blood and candles. He sliced his hand with a pocketknife and dripped his blood into the bowl.

Sam "Et ad congregandum eos coram me. "

He lit a match and tossed it into the bowl.

Flames raised up from the bowl and Crowley appears.

Crowley "Hello, boys."

The he smiled at me "Darling"

Dean's head snapped to me.

Crowley " So, that's what all the "rumble, rumble" was about. "

Dean" Who translated it for you? Never mind. You gonna give us the blood or not? "

Crowley "Happily. But not quite yet. I'm all for chopping Dick, but I can't have you running around with a vial of my blood, now, can I? You know the sheer number of nefarious spells my enemies can use that blood for?"

Dean "Well, then when?"

Crowley " Last. After you've got all the other components. Most difficult, the angel part, I'm assuming. Given your role in their little apocalypse, I can't imagine the choirboys upstairs are wetting their vestments to do you – what's the word? – a solid. Unless, of course, you have an angel up your sleeve. "

Dean "Well, that'd be convenient, but, uh, no. "

Sam" Don't worry about it. We'll get the angel blood one way or another. We just need you to be ready next time we call. "

Me "cut the crap, Crowley, did you kill all alphas the brothers had brought to you or not?"

Crowley smiled at me "There's still one alpha among us"

Me "which species?"

Crowley " Wily character, that Alpha vampire. Somehow made good his prison break before Cas went nuclear on the place."

Me "And you know this how? "

Crowley "Keep your friends close, your enemies, blah blah. Needless to say, I keep tabs. He moves around quite a bit. But I have an inkling I know where to start the Easter-egg hunt. Happy trails. "

Then he disappeared.

Dean called out " Okay. Where, jackass?! "

Flames raised on the table. As they died down, there were words carved into the table.

Sam read them "Hoople, North Dakota."

Dean rolled his eyes annoyed " Piece of paper would have worked."

Hoople Gas n'sip. Day.

Dean was leaning next to the trunk of the car as it filled with gas.

Sam was leaning against the passenger side next to me.

He nudged me "hey"

I looked at him and he nodded at the flask in my backpocket.

Then I nodded and put it in the car.

The three of us walked to the store.

Sam " He seem angry?"

I looked at him " Angry? Of course he's angry. can you blame him?"

Sam" But was he showing signs of fatigue, like – like fritzing? "

I shook my head "He said he never felt stronger. "

Dean "That's what you warned me about the other day?"

I nodded "The stronger he gets, the closer he comes to going full vengeful spirit. That's reality. "

Sam "We need to talk about what we're going to do with him. "

I nodded "Dean and i did"

He looked at me surprised "really?"

I nodded "yeah. I know the risks. I know what i have to do when the time comes"

He nodded "good to know"

We walked inside and i saw a guy acting weird.

Dean "hey"

We looked at him.

Me "what?"

Dean nodded to the guy "Check out that guy over there. He seem a little out of it to you? "

man was pumping mustard onto a hot dog.

Sam shrugged " I-I don't know. Maybe. "

Dean"What about Paula Deen over here? "

A woman was staring at a refrigerator containing beer.

Sam nodded " Yeah, they – they look like, uh... "

The man was still pumping mustard onto his hot dog. Another man was slurping a giant slushie through a straw.

Sam" ...like those Turducken people. It's starting."

He picked up a can and read the ingredients "It's the corn syrup. Everything in the store is laced with it. "

Dean's face fell and he grabbed a cake" Everything?"

The first man continued to pump mustard onto his hot dog.

Dean "Hey, man, I'm gonna go into toxic shock, okay? I-I... I need my road food."

Sam"That's what Roman is banking on. "

Dean held up a plastic container " Hey. Hey. This one says "natural." Th-th-that means it's safe. Right? "

I put the pie back in the shelf " I hate to break it to you, but corn syrup is natural, technically."

Sam held up a basket containing bananas and bottled water.

Dean asked helpless and frustrated "Well, then what the hell are we supposed to eat? "

Me "healthy stuff, Dean"

Dean looked at me confused  "i don't even know what that it"