Currents

Chapter 37

I grabbed a beer as I walked into the library, sitting on the table, Dean was looking at all the security footage we had pulled. We heard Sam's door close, then him groan, we looked into the room and he looked... terrible.
Dean said" Y- Man, I'm telling you, five me 5 minutes with some clippers, and-"
Sam said" Oh, shut up. Uh, what time did I lay down?"
" You took a siesta around noon... yesterday." Dean threw a beer to him and it went right by him and shattered.
" I'm sorry. Uh..."
" That's why we don't have nice things, Sam." Sam wobbled," You okay?"
" Yeah, I'm-I'm fine. Just, uh, you know what? I'm gonna get dressed. We should go find Kevin." He turned and nearly fell, I water-ported to one side of him.
" Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Easy, easy, sleeping beauty." Dean walked to him," Look, man. I've hacked into every security camera around garth's houseboat, Kevin's hometown, where Mrs. Tran lived."
" And?"
" Well, nothing so far."
" Dean, we have to find him."
" I know. I know. Look, Garth is out looking for him. We've got a hunter APB out on Kevin. We will do what we can from here. While you bet better."
" I'm fine. Dean, I can still go out there. I can still hunt."
" Really?" Dean took him to the shooting range...

Once they came back, it was obvious that Sam definitely wasn't ready to go back out there. The laptop dinged, he walked to it,
Sam said" It's from Charlie. In the neighborhood, found you guys a case. Found us a case?"
Dean said" In the neighborhood? How the hell's she know where we are?"
" Uh... well, she doesn't. Not exactly, at least. It says she tracked our cells to a 20-mile radius. Then the signal went out. Huh. This place must be in some kind of, like, Bermuda Triangle."
" What, are you saying, that we can make and receive phone calls from here and nobody can track us? Mam, I love this place."
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Charlie pulled up,
Dean said" Your highness."
Charlie said" What's up, bitches?" She hugged me, then Dean, then Sam, Sam wobbled again." You okay, Sam?"
Sam said" Yeah. No, I'm-I'm good. Yeah. What are you doing in Kansas?"
" Uh, a comic convention, in Topeka."
" In the middle of the week?"
" Girl's got to get her collectibles. So, you gonna invite me into your dungeon, or do I got to answer your questions three first?"
" Follow us. Let us introduce you to the men of letters."

Charlie said" Holy awesome. Too bad they got wiped out, though that is what they get for the sexist name."
Sam said" Well, anyway, that's our skinny. How about you?"
" Um... made a deal with the yesteryear weirdos. We're gonna team up to stomp the shadow orcs. You guys are still coming to the midyear jubilee, right?"
Dean said" Wouldn't miss it."
Sam said" So, what about this case you brought us?"
She said" Oh. When I was in Topeka, I saw this pop up over the wire. Tom Blake, a checkout clerk in Salina who went missing on his way home from work- he was found dead yesterday. His insides? Liquefied. Locals have no idea what happened. They tried to bury the report so people wouldn't freak, but I flagged it. I have eliminated the following things that go bump in the night."
" Wait a second. When did you become such an expert?"
" Well, after you guys left, I dug into all things monstrous. I'm a wee bit obsessive... if a wee bit means completely. I also found this series of books by Carver Edlund." Sam, Dean and I looked at each other," Did those books really happen?" We three stayed silent," Wow. That is some meta-madness. Thanks for saving the world and stuff. Sorry you have zero luck with the ladies."
" Wha-" He looked at me and Dean, Dean and I had straight faces," We need to find every single copy of those books and burn them."
" They're online now, so good luck with that."
Dean said" Awesome. Well, you two crazy kids deal with that. I will go see if there's anything to this, uh, case of yours."
Sam said" I'm coming with you." And as he got up, he nearly fell,
Charlie said" Whoa. Are you sure you're okay?"
" Yes."
Dean said" No, you're taking a knee as long as you're off your game."
Cherie said" I'll go with you."
" Look, no disrespect, okay, but there is a big difference between reading about hunting and actually hunting."
" I'm coming with."
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Charlie was getting new clothes, Dean was making a fake badge for her, she came out in a dress. Dean and I shook our heads, she pouted then went back into the dressing room.
She came out next in an outside, we smiled then shook our heads, she pouted then walked back in.