Through & Through

“I don’t want to talk about it,” He said to his brother. “We go, we get answers, we leave. I don’t even want to eat there if we’re not sure,” He said to him. “Now let’s go,”

when they arrived at the house lacey was more than nervous she push a hand through her hair then went to the doorshoving the shoes out of the entry way.

' this is it, ' sam said looking at the house , 'its nice, '

“Yeah, whatever,” He muttered, stepping up to the doorway and knocking twice. He waited until the door opened and looked inside, before stepping in and turning to look at her. “We won’t be staying long. Just want some questions answers and we’ll be on our way.”

Lacey looked at him and scoffed, "I made extra, the least you could do is stay for dinner, " she rolled her eyes alittle, "Hunters, they're all the same," she muttered as she walked to the dining room; Alison grabbed her hand and looked at them .

"This is Sam, and thats Dean, " she told her lightly as she looked at her smoothing her hand over her back affectionately, "this is Alison,"

Sam looked in shock at the girl, she looked like a mix of him and dean when they were kids - except mildly prettier which he assumed she got from her mother. "she's nine?" he asked.

Dean smiled ruefully. "Sure you can't blame us for it." He muttered as he looked at the little girl. He couldn't deny, she looked like them. She looked like Dad. He shook his head and sighed. "So, did she ever know John? Did you? And how did you get into hunting, if not through him?"

"Finish eating," she murmured to her, "I started hunting with my sister when I was fourteen," she told him then crossed her arms over her chest, ' my parents were hunters, I knew about the things in the night but never went on trips with them - they died saving my sister and I." she told him then looked down.

"Your dad helped us refine our skills, but I think he just liked my sister a bit too much - she was twenty two when they first met, and twenty four when she left me to graduate high school and came back pregnant," the memory of her sister still hurt; she missed her.

Lacey looked at them, "I met him a lot, he helped us out on a few hunts and taught us a few things here and there, btu she's never met him; where is he?" she asked, "it's.. I'm not asking for anything okay I've got it covered but, I thought he should know,"

Sam looked at Dean, he could tell she missed her sister then looked down a little, "He's been dead for a while now," he said as he looked at her and he swore he saw her eyes fill with tears.

"sorry he was us.. he was kind of like a weird uncle I guess, I .. how didn't I hear about this?" she murmured gently, "I asked so many hunters but they just said; haven't seen'em," it was frustrating, "

Dean sighed. “Well, hes dead so, its good you have things under control.” He said before clearing his throat. “As for earlier, that Djinn. Is it dead?”

Nodding a little she sighed then looked down, "Yeah, yeah it's dead," she told him as she looked at him ,"Uh but I have," she walked over to the entertainment center, "five more cases within the area I've been working on and I don't know where all of these are coming from but it'd be really nice to have some help,"

Dean nodded as he looked at her, before turning to look at the little girl staring at the two of them. "Alright. So we'll stay and help you with those cases. Then you should be fine to continue on. We'll be on our way... and everything can go back to normal." He said, smiling tightly at them. "Alright? Now what's the first case?"

Sam looked at him in disbelief, " i can't just leave after this, dean - neither of us can, " he said to him shaking his head then looked at the girl; a sister? " So, you're in the fourth grade right?" he asked her with a small smile.

"Yep, I'm taking all AP classes - if I want to get into a good college then I need to do good in school," She said animatedly as she took a bite of her food then motioned for him to sit down, "aren't you hungry?"

Sam smiled and laughed a little, she kind of reminded him of himself; "So you're excited about a good college then? You're like, not even twelve yet,"

"Well, it's what people do right? Aunt Lacey says I don't have to go to college if I don't want to but,it sounds like fun," she said shrugging a little, "Come eat it's really good!" she said looking to Dean with a smile. "I always wanted a brother but, Aunt Lacey never got married,"

"Hey don't drag me into this! I have my hands full taking care of you much less another baby," she scoffed as she handed Dean the binder full of her research on all the cases in the area.

Dean glared at Sam for a second before shaking his head and taking the binder. "Have you done any invesigating on this first one?" He asked her, choosing to ignore Sam and sighing a little. "So the first... what a shapeshifter? How long?" He asked, flipping through the pages. "Have you gone to the police station yet?" He couldn't bring himself to look at the little girl for more than a few seconds.

"Yeah, thats what I'm guessing and I can't - I live here and it's not public record yet," she said to him rolling her eyes then looking to Alison with a small smile before walking close to Dean. "I know you haven't had to care about anyone but yourself and your brother for a while but she is trying to get your attention. Sit down, eat dinner, she'll be going to bed soon anyway then you can leave," then turned to walk over to the table sitting down to make her own plate.

Sam took a bit of food for himself onto his plate, "We can check it out tomorrow, bright and early, Dean. We might not get a chance to do this again for a while," he said looking at him seriously.

"Aunt Lacey cooked good food - come on," Alison smiled at Dean and Lacey swore if he shot her down she wouldn't know what she would do but it'd be some form of bodily harm.

Dean looked at Lacey before sighing and sitting at the table, but making no move to take any food. He figured he'd eat later. Sam was always nicer but Dean had no interest in sticking around. "So you said it's not on public record yet?" He asked, flipping through the information. "So we can go to the police station tomorrow to investigate." He said as he looked out of the corner of his eye at Sam before catching the little girl staring at him. He didn't want to look at Lacey, he figured she was probably staring at him too.

Alison smiled a little and took another bite of her food, "Aunt Lacey says no hunting talk at the table, this is a peaceful space," she smiled a little as she looked at him then pushed the salad toward him. "Eat... please?" Alison asked as she looked at him, "I always wanted brothers,"

Lacey closed her eyes and took another bite of her food - god this girl knew how to put on the charm - one things she mostly definitely got from her mother. When she looked up Sam looked absolutely charmed by her making her smile a little.

"So what do you want to do when you grow up?" Sam asked her, "anything in particular?"

"I want to work with animals, " She said excitedly, "in the summer I help the vet Miss Stacy take care of her sheep and horses,"

Dean stared at the bowl of salad before sighing, and grabbing a plate for pasta. "I don't eat that stuff, it's rabbit food." He muttered, taking a fork and stabbing at the food. He sat back down and put his attention back into the cases, before looking at Lacey. "Fine," He murmured, shutting the book and muttering to himself.

Dinner went on without much of a hitch, "I made banana pudding, go get ready for bed and you can have dessert, " she said to her and Alison nodded then ran up the stairs. Lacey picked up her plate and walked to the sink rinsing it, then setting it in the dish washer.

" The shape shifter has killed a few people tri city wide," she sighed a little, "I was going to go after that one next,"

Sam nodded, "And uhm, well this doesn't pertain to the case but how do you keep the house locked tight from... the outside,"

She smiled a little then walked over drying her hands, "Demon warding on the back of every painting, devil traps on the bottom of every rug, and I have holy water on tap," she said smiling a little, "and Alison has a henna tattoo on the back of her neck with the anti possession symbol,"

Dean nodded as he watched her go upstairs. "Has he shown any patterns?" He asked, opening the book back up. "I want to go to the morque and see if theres anything there that can tell us some more." He said, flipping through the book. "She knows about monsters?" He asked curiously looking up as Alison came back downstairs.

"Yeah she knows," she said as she looked at him then sighed, "and its women, brunette women," she said to him as she sat back down. Alison went to the fridge and grabbed the bowl of banana pudding setting it on the table.

He nodded a little as he set the book down and handed it over to Sam to look over. "What do you think?" He asked him, raising his eyebrows a little.

Sam looked at him, "I'm not sure we'll have to see the victims first," he said as he looked at him then got himself and alison some pudding then smiled at her.

Lacey grabbed a bowl ,"Do you want some? There is plenty?" she offered as she looked at Dean then held out a bowl.