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Chapter 2

Someone grabbed my jacket, pulling me up, I looked up, I saw Sam, Dean and Bobby. Dean grabbed my jacket as we ran after Cas, I guess.

We found him walking into water, I tilted my head, then there was a whirlpool. Then I'm guessing he exploded, black stuff fogged the water, I screamed in pain, falling to my side, holding the sides of my head.
I heard Bobby say" Aw, hell."
Dean said" Damn it."
" You said it. Those... whatever you call 'ems..."
Sam said" Leviathan."
" Right. If they're in the pipes, they got themselves a highway to anywhere."
Dean said" Awesome." Dean pulled out Cas' coat," Okay. So, he's gone."
" Yup. Rest in peace... if that's in the cards."
" Dumb son of a bitch."
" Well, he was friends with us, wasn't he? Can't get much dumber than that. Come on. Those things will be coming up for air soon." I got up, I siren'd, creating my own water, then coated my skin again. We walked out of there, headed back to Bobby's.
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I woke up, I walked downstairs, sitting on the stairs as I listened to Sam tell Bobby and Dean everything he was seeing.
After, Dean said" What the hell, Sam?"
Sam said" I told you." I brought a water bottle to me, and began drinking it.
" No, I mean, seriously. How do you- how do you argue with that?"
" I know. I-It's a problem."
" Well, now, wait. I got it. Why would the devil holodeck you a whole new life when he could just kick your ass all over the cage?"
" 'Cause, as he puts it... you can't torture someone who has nothing left for you to take away."
" Okay, fine. But this Malibu dream mansion that he-he-he makes for you to take away is this post-apocalyptic mess?" Sam was staring at an empty space," Wait, are you seeing him right now?" Sam nodded," You know that he's not real, right?"
" He says the same thing about you."
Bobby said" I'm going back to work."
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I was at the table, my head in my arms,
I heard Bobby say" Well, at least he's not curled up under the sink."
Dean said" Yeah, no, he's just sitting there silently, field-stripping his weapon."
" What are you doing?"
" Turning on his GPS. Case he decides to fly the cuckoo's nest."
" And you? How are you doing?"
" Seriously, Bobby. It ain't like he's hexed, you know? I mean, what if this is the kind of crazy you can't fix?"
" Yeah. I'm-I'm worried, too. But... humor me for a second. How are you?"
" Who cares? Don't you think our mailbox is a little full right now? I'm fine."
" Right. And weren't you pissed at him when he said the same thing just a couple hours before spilling his marbles all over the floor?"
" Yeah, well... I'm not Sam, okay? I keep my marbles in a lead friggin' box. I'm fine. Really."
" 'Course. Yeah. Just lost one of the best friends you ever had, your brother's in the bell jar, your other brother is weaker than a newborn, and purgatory's most wanted are surfin' the sewer lines, but yeah, yeah, I get it. Right. You're- You're fine."
" Good."
" 'Course... if at any time you want to decide that's utter horse crap, well, I'll be where I always am- right here."
" What, you want to do couples' yoga. Or you want to get back to hunting the big bads?"
" Shut up. Idjit." I fell back to sleep again...
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Dean came in with fuel,
Bobby said" Hey, there, Gunga Din, buck up."
Sam said" So, it looks like we got some bad news for a change. Stockville, North Kansas- most of a high school swim team got mangled to death in their locker room."
" Cop talk on the wire's kind of garbled- sayin' it looks like some kind of wild animal attack. They're saying that whatever attacked them was about the size of a linebacker."
" It's a lead, Dean."
" All right, but if you think you're going out on a hunt..."
" No, I know. I'm not. But you are. Look, Bobby's running the hub, I'm 5150'd, Key's not even here, which leaves you to follow this thing up." I looked at him, he's not wrong, I'm barely awake half the time.
" Sam, you're in the middle of a psychotic break."
" It's a couple hours' drive, Dean, and it could be a leviathan thing."
" No, if you think I'm leaving you here alone..."
Bobby said" Hey, what am I, chopped brains on toast? I can eyeball the kids. Go. Work off some of these nerves on something useful."
" Fine."
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I walked downstairs, rubbing my hair with a towel, I just sat underwater for a few hours. Trying hard to just strengthen up, get better, any damn thing will do about now. I walked into the kitchen, he was on his local phone.
Bobby said" Hello? Come again? Who is this? Jody? Gotcha." Then after a minute he put the phone down," Well, either the Sheriff Mills is having an Obamacare-insured opium dream or something's eating folks down at Sioux Falls General Hospital. Look, I-I don't want to bruise your ego or anything..."
Sam said" No, no, no. It's-It's okay. Go, go, go. I-I'll watch the phones." Bobby left, Sam looked the other way,
I said" Sam, Sam!" He looked at me, I sighed," Look, just don't leave the house, I need to sleep, okay? I'm dizzy, again."
" Okay, yeah, I'll be fine."
" I've heard that before... like every time one of us is doing stupid shit." I laid on the couch, covering my eyes with my arm, falling asleep.

I woke up to Dean saying" Sam? Sam? Oh, crap." I sat up," Key, where's Sam?"
I mumbled" With you."
" With me? Key!" He snapped his fingers in front of me, I focused, blinking a few times," Hey! Where's Sam?"
" Uh... he was talking to you, I think... I thought he was on the phone or something."
" Get up, come on, we gotta go find him." He grabbed my arms, pulling me up, I grabbed my bag, following him.
We got to a building,
Dean said" This can't be good. Key, stay here." He got out, walking in, I gulped, I heard gun shots, then they both came out. I sighed, they got into the car, and we headed back to Bobby's.

We got to Bobby's, the place was burnt down... oh, shit! We got out, I looked at Sam and Dean.
Dean said" Oh, no." We started searching through the place, I gulped, this is bad... this is so fucking bad!
We met up with Dean,
Sam said" Any sign of him?" Dean dropped a burnt book, we walked away from the house.
We walked through the garage,
Dean said" That place was torched. Somebody knew what they were doing."
Sam said" You think Bobby was back there?"
" I don't know." He pointed one way, Sam left,
" Bobby!" I went the opposite way, Bobby, you better be alive.
I said" Bobby?!" My eyes glowed, then I heard a gun shot, I ran to the sound. I hissed, my body water-porting in front of Dean. I raised my arm, punching the leviathan, he tried to snap my neck, but I stopped him, he punched me in the chest, I flew back, hitting a car, I slid down, everything went black.
I heard Dean yell" Keir?! Keir!"

I woke up a little bit,
I heard Dean say" Keir, stay with me, you hear?" I tried to move, then my energy seared through me, my body tensed, then everything was black again." Key!"