Being Alone (D. Winchester)

Vesta

I put my jacket on. 

Jody looked at me confused "what's up?"

Me "This thing is taking people that break their vows, right?"

Jody "so what?"

Me "Dean and Suzy, been over an hour."

Jody nodded "right"

Suddenly Sam rushed inside, breathless. 

We looked at him . 

Sam "It took Dean"

I froze, shocked. 

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Jody "Virgins? Fire? sounds familiar?"

Sam looked at her screen ""Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth."."

Jody "in ancient Rome, six virgins were dedicated to this chick every year. Their man duty was to tend Vesta's heart. "

Sam "Wait, so fire is connected to virginity?"

Jody nodded "Yes, only purity because fire is a symbol of purity"

Sam nodded "okay," "as long as Vesta's fire was kept lit, Rome received a good harvest""

Jody ""the virgins had to stay celibate for 30 years. if they broke their vows, they were buried alive""

I raised an eyebrow. 

Jody "Vesta was often enveloped in a blue halo of light which she could control at will to disorient, to maim...oh. or to kill"

Me "can we kill her too? is there a weapon or something?"

Suddenly my phone rang.Dean. 

I answered it "Dean?"

Dean "Lena? Elena!"

me "hey"

Dean "hey, listen to me, now-"

But the signal started to crack. 

Me "i can't hear you right"

Dean "We---some guy with---"

The he line went dead. 

I sighed.

Sam "The line went dead?"

I nodded "is there some kind of train station around here or something? I could have sworn i heard a whistle"

Jody started typing on the laptop. 

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Sam " here we go, 8:00 PM train out of Sioux Falls. Seventy-nine miles an hour. What's five miles east of Hartford? anything?"

Me "posture, mostly. "

Jody "the old Wimmer farm"

They all jumped up.

Me "Guys, what about the weapon?"

Jody "Oak, stained in virgin blood. Where do we get a virgin?"

Sam and i said at the same time "I'm a virgin"

Jody "i think we need the real McCoy here, Elena, Sam"

At the Harvest Food Band. 

Tammy asked us shocked "you want what?"

Me "your blood"

Jody "just a dab"

Tammy "but pagans use blood. Are you Pagans?"

I rolled my eyes, annoyed "you wouldn't be breathing anymore if we were. Look, it's for a weapon-"