Dean shook his head, “I don’t know, man.  I mean…I thought maybe it was a demon, but I’ve never heard of a demon that brands your ass while he rides you out.  Whatever it is, it can’t be anything good.”

He ran an exasperated hand down his face with a sigh, “I’m wondering if maybe we could summon this thing.  You know, a little razzle-dazzle with every symbol we can find…surely something will pop out of the veil.”

Bobby showed up from behind the wall, waving them both off when Dean turned to him, about to ask for privacy, “Don’t start, princess.  I’m in.  Maybe there’s word on the street about what’s going on out there.  It’s been radio silence…until yesterday.  So, demons must be talking.  Hell, all the biggest and baddest must be talking.”

Dean nodded, “Yeah.  I’ll go with Bobby to figure out what we can find…you go and see what you can suss out of a demon or two.  You cool with that?”


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“Um…y-yeah.  I’m fine.  Um…s-so you know those visions?”, Annabeth started, blinking really fast and then glancing back toward the wall the brothers were standing behind.  She shook her head, like shaking off a bad feeling and then turned back to Natalia.

“I um…I died.  S-S-Sam was there and the voices…”, she stammered a bit, flexing her hands to further prove to herself that what she was seeing was real, “They said it’s the end.  I don’t have visions.  I don’t…see…things.  I hear them.”

She shrugged, “Maybe it’s nothing."