At The End of Everything 7/8
At The End of Everything
Rating: M
Warnings: Some swearing, some implied gore
Word Count: 1,105
Chapter #: 7/8
WIP or Complete: Complete!
Summary: It was one thing to pick up a stray. A whole other to end up at some camp with a guy saying he's from the past. Takes place in the future seen in 'The End'.
Previous Chapters: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six
"Why do I have to do this?"
I rolled my eyes as Mary followed Ace and I. "Because you need to train."
"But why? If I have you two there..."
"We might not always be there." Ace snapped at her.
"And if I stayed here?" Mary asked, running a bit to catch up.
"It's best to be prepared Mary. Do you want to remain trapped in a closet next time?" We stopped as we reached an empty space. "Okay," I said. "This is good. Now...what do you know?" Mary stared blankly at me. "Do you know how to shoot? Any self defense?" Her expression didn't change. "Okay...how's your running?"
"My running?"
"Yeah, how long can you run for?"
"How long? I don't know..." I sighed and looked to Ace. This was going to be harder than we thought.
"Fuck," Ace muttered. "Start running."
"What?"
I closed my eyes and hoped Ace didn't snap. "Stretch, then run. We'll run with you." I had to lead her through the stretches and took off. Ace would make sure Mary didn't fall behind.
I stopped suddenly as I saw Dean shoot someone. It took me a second before I realised there was another Dean staring at the first one in shock.
"I'm not gonna lie to you. Me and him, it's a pretty messed-up situation we got going. But believe me, when you need to know something, you will know it. Until then, we all have work to do."
Mary fell at my feet panting.
"I told you there was a twin." Ace joined us, breathing fine.
A couple of men picked up the body and the Dean who shot the guy walked past us. His twin walked quickly after him, giving us a once over as he passed us by. Castiel walked up to us.
"Prez, you made it."
Ace looked at me. "Actually," I said, "I didn't...that's not why we're here. What's going on?"
"Oh, well there are two Deans. The one in the green is from now and the one in the blue is from five years ago."
I stared at him for a moment. "How high are you?"
He laughed. "If you'll excuse me...I have an orgy to get to."
I lunged at Ace. She ducked to the side and brought an elbow down on my back. I pulled her legs out from under her.
"This is ridiculous." I panted as I rolled away. "We know each other's moves."
"Well, we have only mostly fought each other in practice." She grinned and I lent her a hand up. I heard clapping. I was about to invite Mary to join when I realised it wasn't Mary clapping. It was one of the Deans.
"Impressive." He walked towards us.
"Can we help you?" I asked. Ace grabbed the bat that was on the floor.
He shrugged. "Just...wasting time."
"So, which one are you?" Ace asked.
"Huh?"
"Which one? Current or...past?" The idea was weird, asking it seemed weirder.
"Past. Wait...what? You know?"
"Cas told us."
He turned, muttering curses.
Mary came up and stood next to us and looked at Dean curiously. "What's going on?"
"I'm Dean," he held out his hand.
"We know. We met you before."
I ignored Mary and shook his hand. "Prez."
"Prez? Strange name." He grinned at me.
"This coming from a guy from the past?"
"Touché."
"Wait, the past?" Mary looked between us. "I'm confused."
"I'm Ace," Ace shook his hand and grabbed Mary. "Mary, leave us."
"What? Why? What are you going to talk about that I can't hear?" She narrowed her eyes at us. "Are you going to have sex?"
"What? No!" I ignored the interested look on Dean's face. "You want to stay and talk, fine. Jesus..." I shook my head as Dean laughed.
Mary sat down on the grass and looked up at us. "Well? Are you going to stand or sit?"
We all sat down.
"You mind if I ask a question?" Dean asked, "You seem the most normal out of everyone I've seen here...what's the me here like?"
I looked at Ace and shrugged. "We've only known him for...a day? Maybe two?"
"Really? What about before?"
"Oh!" I leaned back from Mary who seemed suddenly excited. "Well, I met Ace and Prez like, a week ago. They found me in a closet...since then; they've been taking care of me."
"Alright," I stood up and stretched. "You talk, I'm going to run some more." I leaned down to whisper in Dean's ear. "You hurt her, I'll maim you. Got it?"
I smiled at Mary and Ace. "I'm going to check on our stuff. I'll be back."
Our truck was still intact, with everything we had left in there. I grabbed the leather jacket from the backseat and ran back to where I left the others. I threw the jacket on Mary's head.
"Hey!"
"Put it on. You should get used to it." She grumbled at me as I sat down next to her.
"So, Dean. Do you time travel often?"
I woke up to my calf in pain again. I tried to stretch it out as I lay down, but had to jump up to get it out. I made my way to the porch once I saw Ace wasn't in the room.
She was sitting on the stairs, watching as a bunch of cars drove off.
"What's going on?" I asked. I held a lunge to stretch out my calf.
"Don't know. Bunch of them just met up and drove away." Ace looked at me. "You okay?"
"Yeah...it just..." I didn't bother explaining it. Ace had been there when I got the injury that still caused my leg to seize up.
"I know."
We sat there for a moment and watched Chuck walk by. He forced a smile and waved. We nodded and he walked faster.
"Bit jumpy, isn't he?"
"Wouldn't you be?" Ace looked up at me as I sat down next to her.
I rubbed my calf. "So, how do you feel about the place?"
She shrugged. "It's decent."
"Mary likes it. Ally would have liked it." Ace grinned at me.
"Yeah, she would." She paused for a moment. "Are you staying up?"
"Yeah, go sleep." She got up and left me sitting on the porch. I wasn't sure if we were going to stay, but we'd figure it out.
Jane glared at me as she passed me.
"What's that about?" Mary asked, looking back at her.
"Beats me."
"So, how much more of this training do I have to do?"
"Until you get good enough that if we left you alone, you'd be able to survive." We were walking to the car to grab some food. Supplies were low in the camp and Ace and I had decided we'd use some of our own. We didn't eat much nowadays anyways.
Mary climbed into the truck and headed to the boxes. "What do you want?"
"Not peas." I looked in where Mary was rifling. "Actually, hand me a shirt too."
"What are you doing?" I turned quickly, grabbing my knife and pointing it at who was behind me.
"Woah!" Chuck leaned back, away from me. "It's just me!"
I put the knife back into the sheath and Mary's head popped out of the door.
"I got peaches, carrots and peas...sorry Prez."
"What? Wait, you had food?" Chuck looked at me accusingly.
I stared him down. "Yes, and?"
"It's just...we could have used that."
"We didn't know if we were staying. We needed to keep our own supplies."
"And now?" He crossed his arms. "Aren't you guys staying?"
I thought about how I could answer and the world went white.