Reckless and Brave

XCVIII. (98) Back in the Saddle

[Two and a Half Men]

"Holly, I'm outside your motel. I need you to come outside now."

"A little warning would have been nice."

"Just come outside, please. You can bring Nate."

Holly sighed and hung up. "Sammy wants us outside. Sounds important."

They walked outside to see a baby in the backseat. "What the hell, Sam?"

"I need your help, Holly."

The next day, Dean and Holly drove up to Sam's car and got out. Dean pulled his duffle bag from the truck bed while Holly kept hers in.

Dean said, "Alright, so what do we know about this thing?"

Sam frowned. "Well, uh, it was fast and it freaked when I cut it with silver."

"Alright, so that narrows it down to..."

"A ghoul? A zombie, a shifter, or about a dozen other things."

"I don't recall seeing baby napping in the profiles."

"Yeah, exactly."

Nate glanced at Holly. "Is this normal?"

"Transporting a baby? No. Strange hunts? Yes."

Sam glanced at Holly. "Are you following us or driving with us?"

"Uh, I'll drive separate. Don't want anyone stealing Baby."

As they drove, she got a call from Dean. "We're going shopping for the baby."

She followed them into the store and while Sam pushed the grocery cart with the baby, the remaining three followed.

"Alright, I'm pretty sure that there's some kind of paste or jelly you're supposed to put on their butt."

Sam grabbed a box from the shelf. "Like uh...like that?"

Dean nodded. "Yeah, grab that."

Holly looked at it and nodded. "That's good. Get diapers."

Dean grabbed a box of diapers and put it in the cart. Sam glanced to his siblings. "So how do you two know all this?"

"Lisa has a baby niece, so I've been on a few milk runs." Dean replied.

Holly shrugged. "Logical for me to know, I guess."

"Huh." Sam said.

"Shut it." Dean answered.

"I just said "huh"."

"I just said "shut it"."

Holly pursed her lips. "And now I'm telling both of you to shut up."

The baby started fussing and Dean said, "Alright, we gotta get moving. We've got the waterworks in like, T-minus ten."

"Yeah, okay." Sam said.

"Go."

They made their way to the checkout line and the baby was crying loudly. Customers looked at them disapprovingly. Sam loaded groceries on the counter for checkout while Dean tried calming the baby. Holly was enjoying the scene too much.

"Shh...shh...Come on, hang in there, buddy." Dean whispered. "Hang in there, man."

"Dean, make it stop." Sam hissed. "Holly, do something."

"How?" Dean asked.

"Everyone's staring at us like we're child abusers! Feed it!"

"We fed it!"