[h3] Dean Winchester [/h3]

Dean pulled the door open and shrugged his shoulders at Mika’s request, “I’ll go easy on him if he doesn’t lie to me.  I’ve never given him a reason to hide anything, and yet somehow he still manages too.”

He stepped through the door and walked down the stairs with her.  As he turned the corner from the stairs and into the kitchen, he could hear voices having a rather tense conversation, but their voices weren’t raised.  So, they weren’t fighting at least.  As Mika asked the question that was burning his mind, he sighed and stepped closer to her, scanning between his brother and Nat.

Dean listened to Nat’s explanation of the phone call she had had with Josiah, and his frown deepened when she mentioned that Josiah knew of her real identity.  He would have a conversation with her later on how dangerous that could be, especially now that they had angel hits out on them.  

“So, witches, vampires and demons fighting to open seals with a handful of rogue angels!”, Dean beamed sarcastically, “It most be friggin’ Tuesday!”

He dropped his hands to his side and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath through his nose.  He didn’t know what their first move would need to be against the barriers they were likely going to have to fight through.  And it was up in the air on whether they would have a demon with them, while their angel sat out and literally watched.

“Well, I’m gonna head to the car.  Everyone make sure to pack machetes and any demon-y supplies in the cab of your car, don’t rely on your trunks.  It probably wouldn’t hurt to put spares under the seats and…you all know the drill.”, he explained as he leaned in toward Mika’s face.  He pulled her to him, giving her a kiss on the temple, before pulling away from her completely, “Be safe.”

[h3] Annabeth [/h3]

Annabeth listened to Natalia’s explanation of what she had heard on the phone.  Shockingly she wasn’t all that worried about the demon side of things, possibly because she was very aware that she and Sam could both take care of them, and they would be done fighting relatively quick.  She wrapped her hand around Sam’s, planning to at least walk him out to the cars before they inevitably separated.

The thought of separating from Sam caused her to glance over at Mika.  She felt a bit better about riding with her, as she thought of how worried Mika would be about Dean being in a separate car.  If anything, it was something they had in common, and Mika would also be watching the Impala like a hawk, while the boys duked it out inside.

“C’mon.  I’ll walk you to the car.  I need to get my backpack.”, she muttered softly up at Sam, lacing her fingers in his.


[h3] Cason [/h3]

Cason waited for Esme to get inside the car and shut the door, before he placed the car in drive and they slowly made their way down the alley, and toward the front gate of the junkyard.  He pulled out onto the dead highway that Bobby Singer lived on, and kicked his foot against the gas a bit aggressively to speed them up quickly.
As Esme spoke, he was shaken from just staring at the road in silence and he shot a glance over at her with a nod as she started with ‘be honest with me’, the most anxiety inducing words he had ever heard, “Alright…”

Hearing the actual question she was wanting to ask, Cason frowned, tightening his hands on the steering wheel as he watched the road.  He narrowed his eyes and then bit down on his lip, before he finally blinked and tilted his head to the side.

“I think that the Winchesters are surprising…able to handle just about anything.  So, because of that, I would say ‘yes’, we do have a chance.  But I also know that if this is about Lucifer, our chances go down with every demon they add to the mix.  So, honest answer?  Yeah.  We have a chance, just not a good one.”, Cason explained honestly, shooting another glance toward her face. 

 He took a deep breath, “I’m going to back off a bit, from you.  I can see that something is going on in your head, and it’s something you don’t want to talk to me about, which I get.  I had never noticed it until today.  Don’t my words against me later, but I’m sorry.”