09x17 - Cardinal Points in Quincunx - Part One: From the Madness of the West
Episode number: 09x17 of Season 9 Fan Fiction (S9FF)
Title: Cardinal Points in Quincunx
Subtitle: From The Madness of The West
Author: dracox-serdriel
Word count: 974
Rating: R
Warnings: language, violence, family feud, child endangerment
Mammoth Lakes, California. Corneilus carried Amelia's suitcase in from the car. He stepped carefully up the stairs, making sure the overstuffed baggage didn't tweak his back. His wife and kids dawdled outside, like they always did. He rolled his eyes at the prospect of unloading everything himself.
He dropped the suitcase off in his bedroom and went back down to the car. Dell and Terrance had left their mother alone, and she was trying to lift a heavy case out of the trunk.
"Sweetie," he said. "You need a hand with that?"
"What does it look like?" she demanded.
"Hey, I'm just trying to help - "
"If you were helping, you wouldn't be moseying!"
"You know what, you can carry the case in yourself!"
He stormed up to his room and unpacked roughly. It wasn't long before he heard the trunk of the car slam, followed quickly by that of the front door.
Cornelius checked Dell's room. She wasn't there. Then he checked Terrance, but he wasn't in his room either. What were his kids up to? They should both be unpacking.
He went back downstairs. Amelia was in the kitchen, making herself a nightcap.
"You see the kids?" he asked.
"Watching TV," she replied.
He ducked into the den, but Dell and Terrance weren't watching television. They flanked the couch and stood at attention like soldiers, as still as statues.
"Terry? Dell?" he asked.
Nothing. They were frozen. They weren't even blinking.
"Amelia!"
"You wanna bring an FBI Agent here?" Dean repeated. "Here? Where Kevin is? Where Cas is?"
"It's not about want at this point," Sam replied. "She needs to be somewhere secure - "
"Did you tell her about this place?" Dean interrupted.
"No, of course not!"
"Then how does she know about it? How'd she know to ask to come here?"
"She didn't!" Sam replied loudly. He lowered his voice. "She called and asked me if there was someplace she could go where she'd be safe even when comatose from a vision. They're getting so bad now that she can't work, Dean. She had to take a leave of absence."
"Call Garth, get her on his safe house boat," Dean replied. "Kev hid there just fine."
"Lucifer wasn't around then," Sam replied. "This woman has saved our asses and our friends. She just helped us move Krissy and Kevin's mom and the others. Her being here isn't gonna put us at risk."
"Letting an FBI Agent into our super-secret base won't put us at risk?" Dean repeated. "Did you ever think about what might happen if one day your little partnership fails? Maybe you piss her off. Maybe you put down some-thing that she still thinks is a some-body, and she can't live with it? You think she'll keep our secrets then, Sammy?"
"Yeah, she will," Sam replied. "I trust her. I trust her as much as I trust Charlie, more than I trust Garth. Right now, she's out there with a huge target drawn on her back because of us."
"Us? No way! You wanna blame someone for her problems? Blame Naomi!"
"Her latest visions have all been about Lucifer - "
Dean interrupted, "Sorry, you want someone getting e-brainwaves from Satan to come stay with us? No! Hell no."
"ABOUT Lucifer, not from him," Sam replied.
Castiel had kept his distance from the brotherly dispute, but Dean didn't seem to be listening to reason. Despite his original misgivings about the FBI Agent Dakota 'Dodge' Gage, she hadn't betrayed the Winchester's secrets. And from what little research the angel had time for, her work regarding other hunters proved her loyalty to the cause.
"If Heaven chose her to receive Revelation, Lucifer wouldn't know about her yet," Cas said, interrupting the conversation now consisting solely of ad hominem arguments.
"Meaning what exactly?" Dean asked.
"Meaning that his messages, his plans, could be received by her without his knowledge," Cas replied. "It would explain why her visions went from a minor nuisance to overwhelming overnight."
"It sucks for her, I get that," Dean said. "But that doesn't mean we can trust her. Bringing her here could endanger Kevin!"
"Leaving her unprotected in the world is also endangering Kevin," Cas said. "She's receiving Revelation from Heaven, and as Lucifer consolidates power, he will become aware of her. And soon. She knows the location of Kevin's mother and - "
"I get it," Dean interrupted. "So you're taking his side?"
"I'm merely indicating facts that are important to this decision," Cas replied. "If Dodge is captured by Lucifer, it will put your lives in danger."
"So what's wrong with hiding her at the safe house boat?" Dean asked. "I get Lucy wasn't around when we were hiding Kevin there, but Crowley isn't some pushover."
Cas asked, "What if I transported her?"
"We talked about this, Cas, segue."
"If I transport her here, she will not know the location. Charlie added security measures so no one can trace her here by electronic means, and the Men of Letters have already prevented all supernatural means."
"Great, until she goes outside for a walk," Dean said. "Talks to a few locals, flashes her badge. It's not like folks in Lebanon, Kansas would hold out on an FBI Agent."
Cas smiled. "As long as she is in the bunker, I'll stay here. I can monitor her activities. Ensure she doesn't leave. And I don't sleep."
"Yeah, I noticed," Dean said. It was loaded with venom. Sam could hear the subtext rumbling underneath.
"Sounds like a plan," Sam said. "Cas already said he'd be here to watch over Kevin, so - "
"Fine! Fine!" Dean said. "But if she turns on us - "
"I will wipe her memory," Cas replied.
Sam looked shocked, but the suggestion seemed to placate Dean.
"Deal," Dean replied. "But this is still a crap idea."
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Primary Post: 09x17 Cardinal Points in Quincunx
Primary Post: Season 9 Fan Fiction (S9FF)
Title: Cardinal Points in Quincunx
Subtitle: From The Madness of The West
Author: dracox-serdriel
Word count: 974
Rating: R
Warnings: language, violence, family feud, child endangerment
Mammoth Lakes, California. Corneilus carried Amelia's suitcase in from the car. He stepped carefully up the stairs, making sure the overstuffed baggage didn't tweak his back. His wife and kids dawdled outside, like they always did. He rolled his eyes at the prospect of unloading everything himself.
He dropped the suitcase off in his bedroom and went back down to the car. Dell and Terrance had left their mother alone, and she was trying to lift a heavy case out of the trunk.
"Sweetie," he said. "You need a hand with that?"
"What does it look like?" she demanded.
"Hey, I'm just trying to help - "
"If you were helping, you wouldn't be moseying!"
"You know what, you can carry the case in yourself!"
He stormed up to his room and unpacked roughly. It wasn't long before he heard the trunk of the car slam, followed quickly by that of the front door.
Cornelius checked Dell's room. She wasn't there. Then he checked Terrance, but he wasn't in his room either. What were his kids up to? They should both be unpacking.
He went back downstairs. Amelia was in the kitchen, making herself a nightcap.
"You see the kids?" he asked.
"Watching TV," she replied.
He ducked into the den, but Dell and Terrance weren't watching television. They flanked the couch and stood at attention like soldiers, as still as statues.
"Terry? Dell?" he asked.
Nothing. They were frozen. They weren't even blinking.
"Amelia!"
"You wanna bring an FBI Agent here?" Dean repeated. "Here? Where Kevin is? Where Cas is?"
"It's not about want at this point," Sam replied. "She needs to be somewhere secure - "
"Did you tell her about this place?" Dean interrupted.
"No, of course not!"
"Then how does she know about it? How'd she know to ask to come here?"
"She didn't!" Sam replied loudly. He lowered his voice. "She called and asked me if there was someplace she could go where she'd be safe even when comatose from a vision. They're getting so bad now that she can't work, Dean. She had to take a leave of absence."
"Call Garth, get her on his safe house boat," Dean replied. "Kev hid there just fine."
"Lucifer wasn't around then," Sam replied. "This woman has saved our asses and our friends. She just helped us move Krissy and Kevin's mom and the others. Her being here isn't gonna put us at risk."
"Letting an FBI Agent into our super-secret base won't put us at risk?" Dean repeated. "Did you ever think about what might happen if one day your little partnership fails? Maybe you piss her off. Maybe you put down some-thing that she still thinks is a some-body, and she can't live with it? You think she'll keep our secrets then, Sammy?"
"Yeah, she will," Sam replied. "I trust her. I trust her as much as I trust Charlie, more than I trust Garth. Right now, she's out there with a huge target drawn on her back because of us."
"Us? No way! You wanna blame someone for her problems? Blame Naomi!"
"Her latest visions have all been about Lucifer - "
Dean interrupted, "Sorry, you want someone getting e-brainwaves from Satan to come stay with us? No! Hell no."
"ABOUT Lucifer, not from him," Sam replied.
Castiel had kept his distance from the brotherly dispute, but Dean didn't seem to be listening to reason. Despite his original misgivings about the FBI Agent Dakota 'Dodge' Gage, she hadn't betrayed the Winchester's secrets. And from what little research the angel had time for, her work regarding other hunters proved her loyalty to the cause.
"If Heaven chose her to receive Revelation, Lucifer wouldn't know about her yet," Cas said, interrupting the conversation now consisting solely of ad hominem arguments.
"Meaning what exactly?" Dean asked.
"Meaning that his messages, his plans, could be received by her without his knowledge," Cas replied. "It would explain why her visions went from a minor nuisance to overwhelming overnight."
"It sucks for her, I get that," Dean said. "But that doesn't mean we can trust her. Bringing her here could endanger Kevin!"
"Leaving her unprotected in the world is also endangering Kevin," Cas said. "She's receiving Revelation from Heaven, and as Lucifer consolidates power, he will become aware of her. And soon. She knows the location of Kevin's mother and - "
"I get it," Dean interrupted. "So you're taking his side?"
"I'm merely indicating facts that are important to this decision," Cas replied. "If Dodge is captured by Lucifer, it will put your lives in danger."
"So what's wrong with hiding her at the safe house boat?" Dean asked. "I get Lucy wasn't around when we were hiding Kevin there, but Crowley isn't some pushover."
Cas asked, "What if I transported her?"
"We talked about this, Cas, segue."
"If I transport her here, she will not know the location. Charlie added security measures so no one can trace her here by electronic means, and the Men of Letters have already prevented all supernatural means."
"Great, until she goes outside for a walk," Dean said. "Talks to a few locals, flashes her badge. It's not like folks in Lebanon, Kansas would hold out on an FBI Agent."
Cas smiled. "As long as she is in the bunker, I'll stay here. I can monitor her activities. Ensure she doesn't leave. And I don't sleep."
"Yeah, I noticed," Dean said. It was loaded with venom. Sam could hear the subtext rumbling underneath.
"Sounds like a plan," Sam said. "Cas already said he'd be here to watch over Kevin, so - "
"Fine! Fine!" Dean said. "But if she turns on us - "
"I will wipe her memory," Cas replied.
Sam looked shocked, but the suggestion seemed to placate Dean.
"Deal," Dean replied. "But this is still a crap idea."
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