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It's still hard to believe it's over; that the yellow-eyed demonic bastard they'd spent their whole lives hunting is finally dead.
Sam figures it'll sink in eventually. Given everything else -- right now he's still pretty numb.
He's also desperately tired, but that doesn't matter. There's something he needs to do, and he can't afford to delay.
He waits until they've settled in for the night, and then waits still longer. Once Dean's been asleep for half an hour, Sam picks up his messenger bag -- already stuffed with books and his computer -- and heads straight for the bar.
He orders black coffee and snags a table with a good view of both doors and the stairs, then pulls out the first of the old texts and starts to search through it.
There's work to do.
Sam figures it'll sink in eventually. Given everything else -- right now he's still pretty numb.
He's also desperately tired, but that doesn't matter. There's something he needs to do, and he can't afford to delay.
He waits until they've settled in for the night, and then waits still longer. Once Dean's been asleep for half an hour, Sam picks up his messenger bag -- already stuffed with books and his computer -- and heads straight for the bar.
He orders black coffee and snags a table with a good view of both doors and the stairs, then pulls out the first of the old texts and starts to search through it.
There's work to do.
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Date: 2023-01-06 03:04 pm (UTC)He shakes his head and finishes off his drink, then reaches for the bottle without asking. "All hunters are freelance. And I wouldn't call it fun. It just needs doing. Someone's got to stand between civilians and what's out there."
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Date: 2023-01-06 03:06 pm (UTC)She says it low and into her glass, then gives him an exasperated glance and tugs the bottle away once he's finished pouring, so she can top off her own drink. "Then I guess we're on the same side."
She sounds annoyed about it.
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Date: 2023-01-06 03:11 pm (UTC)If so, it's even more annoying than not being able to get health care without committing fraud whenever they turn around.
"Good for us. Wanna tell me more about this Heir business, then?"
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Date: 2023-01-06 03:16 pm (UTC)Dolls is going to kill her. She purses her lips and considers him, then narrows her eyes. "I'll show you mine if you show me yours," she says, blunt. "Tell me what you mean by 'marked.'"
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Date: 2023-01-06 03:28 pm (UTC)"A demon took an interest in me," he says, short. "Along with some other people. It did some stuff, then kidnapped us into an abandoned, haunted town."
If he never sees Cold Oak again, it'll be too soon. "Not a fun time."
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Date: 2023-01-06 03:34 pm (UTC)Abandoned, haunted towns being her jam aside. "What's so interesting about you?"
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Date: 2023-01-06 03:41 pm (UTC)"You first. What's this Heir thing?"
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Date: 2023-01-06 03:47 pm (UTC)"It's a curse," she says, blunt. "The seventy-seven outlaws killed by Wyatt Earp resurrect as revenants and try to end the Earp line. The oldest Earp child becomes the Heir when they turn 27. When an Heir dies, the curse moves to their oldest child. And so on, forever."
It should have been Willa. It was never supposed to be her. "The revenants will keep resurrecting and the curse will keep going until an Heir sends all seventy-seven back to Hell with Peacemaker."
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Date: 2023-01-06 04:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-06 05:04 pm (UTC)It's a little defensive. She's got – well, Dolls. And Waves. And Doc... kind of.
Maybe. "Look, there's a reason why there have been five Earp heirs and the curse is still ticking, you know? And that reason is numbers."
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Date: 2023-01-06 05:10 pm (UTC)She turns her tumbler on the table, letting the liquid inside spin. "Most of them are holed up in a trailer park on the outskirts of town."
She grimaces, but has to ask: "The usual things?"
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Date: 2023-01-06 05:18 pm (UTC)Sam studies her for a second or two as suspicion begins to form. "So when you say you have 'some' help, just how much are you talking about?"
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Date: 2023-01-06 05:22 pm (UTC)She gives him a half-heartedly hopeful glance. "I mean I've got stick-in-the-mud government agent, an immortal cowboy, and my baby sister."
Wynonna lifts a fist in the air like she's holding a little flag and gives it a wave. "Yay Team Earp...?"
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Date: 2023-01-06 05:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-06 05:29 pm (UTC)She sips at her whiskey, then nods at the book. "So. Your research."
Wynonna glances back at him, studying. "You really so focused on it right now because you ran into a few devil deals a while ago?"
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Date: 2023-01-06 05:40 pm (UTC)"More like we're dealing with the aftermath of someone opening a gate to hell. In Wyoming."
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Date: 2023-01-06 05:45 pm (UTC)She makes a face, annoyed. "Great. So someone kicked open the door. How many demons are we talking about?"
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Date: 2023-01-06 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-06 06:12 pm (UTC)The bitch of it all is that he was right, before. Even without the curse, she knows what the right thing here to do is.
But she's so close. She sucks at her teeth, frustrated, the offer tugging out of her like she regrets even thinking it. "Look, I can't leave Purgatory right now. I'm – I have to find one more demon. Cross him off the list. Then maybe I can take a break."
The very act of offering to help seems physically painful. "Come give Peacemaker a workout in the wider world."
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Date: 2023-01-06 06:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-06 06:23 pm (UTC)She reaches into a pocket and draws out a photo: seven men standing with their hunted prize – an eighth man hung from a beam by his ankles like a hog for slaughter. Six of the faces are crossed out in red marker. Wynonna sets the photo down and taps the last unmarked face. "I need to get him, first."
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Date: 2023-01-06 06:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-01-06 06:34 pm (UTC)Hunters. Killers. Making sport of the curse and her family's pain. Her jaw tightens. "See that man hanging from the cross bar?"
Her glance never leaves Sam's face. "That's my Daddy."
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Date: 2023-01-06 06:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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