[And somewhere not there but close enough, Sam settles back into the car next to Allison and nods as he drops a pin for Dean, Jeremy and Stefan so they know where to come.
"Rooms are all booked, and I have the keys so once everyone gets here we can get everyone settled."]
( Allison sticks close to Sam, waiting for them to be away from the others to ask the pertinent questions. She sees there's pain in Jo's and her mother's return, but focuses on finding rooms for everyone. Between her and Sam, it's mostly Sam - her choices are closed or there are no vacancies, he gets enough rooms for everyone.
Allison has pushed herself onto the hood, laying back against the windshield.
They far enough away from commercial properties that stars illuminate her boyfriend. Only the glow of his phone shows his expression. )
[Sam nods before doing as he asked, stretching out next to her and taking a deep breath as he stares up at the stars. He's trying to relax, but his brain is buzzing with too many questions. He's worried about Jo, he's worried about a lot of things, and he wasn't kidding about pretending to sleep tonight.]
Have you heard anything about any of your people showing up?
Yeah, There's someone we knew back in high school, she was in New Orleans with Ellen.
( She doesn't need to speak ill of Derek out loud, because the story won't be kind to him. He tried to be the alpha for the wrong reasons in the wrong ways. Maybe Erica was a victim of that. And Boyd. But, she would never say it out loud, and doesn't even know if she believes it. )
And someone else in Beacon Hills, but Malia is being cagey about it. She told Cora to go with Stiles to the sheriff's station. Caroline's mom and Elena's aunt are also there.
We met her and Ellen not long after my dad died. Apparently he and her dad used to hunt together and Dad was on the hunt that went bad and got Bill killed, but we didn't know that at the time. They had a Roadhouse out in the midwest which basically functioned like a hunter bar. People could drop in, swap information, gather backup for jobs, that kind of thing.
[He sets his jaw.]
Jo always wanted to hunt. And she was good, too. Her mom didn't want her to because of what happened to her father. She would sneak out to join us on jobs and we would get so much shit from her mom but she wanted to do the job. Do the research, solve the puzzle. But she got caught in the tidal wave of bullshit that was our lives at the time and ... it had an undertow most people don't really escape. Both she and her mom died trying to help us, and ... I don't know. The play didn't even work, so it's one of those things where it wasn't even worth trying. I would have rather kept my friend.
[He then shakes his head.]
That year was a bad one. It felt like we couldn't get ahead no matter what we did.
We were taking a run at Lucifer. He was doing some kind of ritual in Carthage. Murdered an entire town to try and summon Death. We had the Colt, a gun that was said to be able to kill anything. We were going to try and get him with it, and Ellen, Jo and Bobby were backing us up. We got pretty far in, but ... we didn't see the hellhounds.
[You can't see them. They're invisible, obviously.]
They cut Jo up pretty bad. She didn't have a lot of time left. Had a bright idea to lure in the hounds, because once they got your scent they didn't stop until you were dead. Had us build her a bomb that she could set off while we went after Lucifer. Ellen refused to leave her alone.
[He shakes his head.]
We made it to Lucifer, and Dean shot him. Got him right between the eyes. And then Lucifer just got up and laughed it off, and ... there were so many people in that grave next to him. An entire fucking town.
[It's no mystery, when he looks back on that year, why Sam eventually said yes. Why he realized that it was the only way out of the anchor that kept dragging him and Dean down. The real miracle is that Sam managed to do what he needed to do.]
He predicted exactly when I would say yes that night. Like it was inevitable.
( Her eyes find him as he tells the story, letting him finish it before she says anything else. )
He may have predicted when you'd say yes, but he wasn't right about everything. And he didn't win, even if he did then and there. I know there's a lot more and Lucifer kept coming back in one form or another, but he's gone now. And Ellen and Jo are back, whatever that means for them. Jo is a hero. And Ellen died with her daughter. Which was her choice. And Lucifer... got the last laugh then. But, not forever. For what it's worth, I'm really sorry, Sam. Everything I hear about that year... Everything was designed against you. Your failures. Your loopholes. Your last ditch efforts. And the people you lost. But, those people went on their terms. Jo. Ellen. If that isn't one big middle finger.
[Sam nods slowly, hearing what she's saying even if he can't say he feels it. He doesn't feel the guilt his brother does, his own suffering balancing some of those scales. But he can't say it doesn't suck all the same.]
Well, now they're back. And we have to figure out why, but they're them and they're not ghosts designed to fuck with us, so at least that's a step in the right direction.
( She squeezes his hand back, laying her head down again.
Should that be where they leave things, the group comes together back at the mansion and makes their way to Sam's pin.
While enough rooms are grabbed and everyone says goodnight, Matt's and Jo's rooms are next to one another, and as he tries his key card, he can't shake the energy from the day. Maybe it's from being brought back to life, but he won't be sleeping any time soon.
So, he looks back at her as she inserts her card and points behind him with a thumb.
"I saw a bar downstairs," he says, floating the idea. He will probably go there, even if she doesn't come with him. They've each been fronted a little cash. Apparently, Dean and Sam have cash handy. It's a "hunter" thing. )
[Oh, Jo definitely isn't going to be sleeping. The plan was to set up her new burner and try to catch up on everything she's missed in the last decade but when Matt suggests the bar, that seems like a much better option.]
Downstairs, it's late and the one bartender seems content to give them beers and leave them alone. Better for them, not that Matt cares what he might overhear. What's this guy going to do?
Jo is finishing recounting the last thing that happened to her before - well, they both know, they don't have to name it, do they? )
[She takes a long swig of her beer. God, she missed beer. She's missed everything living, honestly, and is definitely not mad at being solid and human again.]
He's drawn to guilt, and Dean is a walking guilt factory, so Osiris trotted my ghostly self out to push all of his buttons.
Then keep him away from Elena. I love her, but for a long time, she believed everything that happened in Mystic Falls was because of her.
( He fully believes it was Stefan and Damon and whatever happened in the past and doppelgangers and things out of her control. He never once blamed her. He even convinced her once to throw a funeral for the girl lost to her parents' car accident. )
Sam doesn't strike me as a liar, but, I just met him tonight. Dean, I haven't got a bead on, but, he seems solid. He and Elena are a thing. And the girl with the bow, she's with Sam. Allison. And I know Jeremy, I grew up with him. He's Elena's little brother.
( He takes a fry, himself. )
That guy Elijah posed as someone for the historical society of our town. He's actually an old vampire. The first of his kind and he has this vampire family.
( He missed her hand-to-hand heroics. Or, her attempt at it. Damn dice. )
Yeah, basically. The longer I'm down here, the less I remember. I was going somewhere before I was brought into Elena's spell. Meeting... someone. There were other people there, people I knew.
Yeah, I know. A uh, spell was performed my senior year and it brought all these ghosts out in the open. I saw my sister. There was this plane called the other side which kept people's spirits that had unfinished business.
( And the original witch sure took advantage of that. )
They needed a special plane for that? Ghosts already do that all on their own.
[Jo doesn't understand magic and more to the point, she doesn't want to. It's not any of her business. As much as she does like to research, that's more Sam's bag.]
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Alright. We'll be there.
[And somewhere not there but close enough, Sam settles back into the car next to Allison and nods as he drops a pin for Dean, Jeremy and Stefan so they know where to come.
"Rooms are all booked, and I have the keys so once everyone gets here we can get everyone settled."]
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Allison has pushed herself onto the hood, laying back against the windshield.
They far enough away from commercial properties that stars illuminate her boyfriend. Only the glow of his phone shows his expression. )
Come up here with me. We have a little time.
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Have you heard anything about any of your people showing up?
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( She doesn't need to speak ill of Derek out loud, because the story won't be kind to him. He tried to be the alpha for the wrong reasons in the wrong ways. Maybe Erica was a victim of that. And Boyd. But, she would never say it out loud, and doesn't even know if she believes it. )
And someone else in Beacon Hills, but Malia is being cagey about it. She told Cora to go with Stiles to the sheriff's station. Caroline's mom and Elena's aunt are also there.
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Seems like there's something for everyone. I just wish we knew how or why.
[That way they could either brace themselves or know whether or not there are further consequences coming down the line.]
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( But, she's not on the hood of this car to talk about druids and emissaries. )
But, if you want, you can tell me about Jo.
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We met her and Ellen not long after my dad died. Apparently he and her dad used to hunt together and Dad was on the hunt that went bad and got Bill killed, but we didn't know that at the time. They had a Roadhouse out in the midwest which basically functioned like a hunter bar. People could drop in, swap information, gather backup for jobs, that kind of thing.
[He sets his jaw.]
Jo always wanted to hunt. And she was good, too. Her mom didn't want her to because of what happened to her father. She would sneak out to join us on jobs and we would get so much shit from her mom but she wanted to do the job. Do the research, solve the puzzle. But she got caught in the tidal wave of bullshit that was our lives at the time and ... it had an undertow most people don't really escape. Both she and her mom died trying to help us, and ... I don't know. The play didn't even work, so it's one of those things where it wasn't even worth trying. I would have rather kept my friend.
[He then shakes his head.]
That year was a bad one. It felt like we couldn't get ahead no matter what we did.
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( And that undertow brought everyone else in. )
And you didn't force her to help you. It was her idea, wasn't it, whatever... she didn't escape.
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[Not the main plan, the main plan was all them.]
We were taking a run at Lucifer. He was doing some kind of ritual in Carthage. Murdered an entire town to try and summon Death. We had the Colt, a gun that was said to be able to kill anything. We were going to try and get him with it, and Ellen, Jo and Bobby were backing us up. We got pretty far in, but ... we didn't see the hellhounds.
[You can't see them. They're invisible, obviously.]
They cut Jo up pretty bad. She didn't have a lot of time left. Had a bright idea to lure in the hounds, because once they got your scent they didn't stop until you were dead. Had us build her a bomb that she could set off while we went after Lucifer. Ellen refused to leave her alone.
[He shakes his head.]
We made it to Lucifer, and Dean shot him. Got him right between the eyes. And then Lucifer just got up and laughed it off, and ... there were so many people in that grave next to him. An entire fucking town.
[It's no mystery, when he looks back on that year, why Sam eventually said yes. Why he realized that it was the only way out of the anchor that kept dragging him and Dean down. The real miracle is that Sam managed to do what he needed to do.]
He predicted exactly when I would say yes that night. Like it was inevitable.
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He may have predicted when you'd say yes, but he wasn't right about everything. And he didn't win, even if he did then and there. I know there's a lot more and Lucifer kept coming back in one form or another, but he's gone now. And Ellen and Jo are back, whatever that means for them. Jo is a hero. And Ellen died with her daughter. Which was her choice. And Lucifer... got the last laugh then. But, not forever. For what it's worth, I'm really sorry, Sam. Everything I hear about that year... Everything was designed against you. Your failures. Your loopholes. Your last ditch efforts. And the people you lost. But, those people went on their terms. Jo. Ellen. If that isn't one big middle finger.
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Well, now they're back. And we have to figure out why, but they're them and they're not ghosts designed to fuck with us, so at least that's a step in the right direction.
[He nods.]
It's good. I know it is. I'll get there.
[Once the shock wears off.]
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( But, loving that it's not happening. )
You're not under any gun, you're free to feel everything you need to. I'll hold you up while you find your balance.
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[He glances over to her with a smile, before giving her hand a squeeze.]
I know the year isn't over yet, but you've really been the best part of it.
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( She squeezes his hand back, laying her head down again.
Should that be where they leave things, the group comes together back at the mansion and makes their way to Sam's pin.
While enough rooms are grabbed and everyone says goodnight, Matt's and Jo's rooms are next to one another, and as he tries his key card, he can't shake the energy from the day. Maybe it's from being brought back to life, but he won't be sleeping any time soon.
So, he looks back at her as she inserts her card and points behind him with a thumb.
"I saw a bar downstairs," he says, floating the idea. He will probably go there, even if she doesn't come with him. They've each been fronted a little cash. Apparently, Dean and Sam have cash handy. It's a "hunter" thing. )
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Sure. I could go for a beer.
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( He holds up one of their cash stashes.
Downstairs, it's late and the one bartender seems content to give them beers and leave them alone. Better for them, not that Matt cares what he might overhear. What's this guy going to do?
Jo is finishing recounting the last thing that happened to her before - well, they both know, they don't have to name it, do they? )
Osiris, Osiris?
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[She takes a long swig of her beer. God, she missed beer. She's missed everything living, honestly, and is definitely not mad at being solid and human again.]
He's drawn to guilt, and Dean is a walking guilt factory, so Osiris trotted my ghostly self out to push all of his buttons.
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( He fully believes it was Stefan and Damon and whatever happened in the past and doppelgangers and things out of her control. He never once blamed her. He even convinced her once to throw a funeral for the girl lost to her parents' car accident. )
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Sounds like they're a match made in heaven, then.
[She waves a hand as she reaches for one of the fries in the middle of the table.]
Osiris is long dead, though. At least if what Sam says is true.
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( He takes a fry, himself. )
That guy Elijah posed as someone for the historical society of our town. He's actually an old vampire. The first of his kind and he has this vampire family.
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[The Winchesters certainly surround themselves with such interesting people.]
What about you? Before all this went down were you just hanging out in the after life?
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( He missed her hand-to-hand heroics. Or, her attempt at it. Damn dice. )
Yeah, basically. The longer I'm down here, the less I remember. I was going somewhere before I was brought into Elena's spell. Meeting... someone. There were other people there, people I knew.
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[It would have been nice to have other people around. Maybe her mom, maybe Ash.]
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( And the original witch sure took advantage of that. )
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[Jo doesn't understand magic and more to the point, she doesn't want to. It's not any of her business. As much as she does like to research, that's more Sam's bag.]
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