collision//DEAN&SAM&CROWLEY

Alex had his arms wrapped around Zelda and he felt unwilling to pull away, particularly with how she was clinging to him. He could feel her shaking. She was terrified and he couldn’t blame her. He thinned his lips and exchanged a look with his little sister before freezing when he heard the gun cock behind them. For once, he wished Nancy was there. She had adopted the responsibility of making sure no one harmed the Garretts – she would for sure get them out of this mess, no problem. Alex wasn’t quite as willing to harm someone as Nancy might be.

He slowly turned to face the girl, who was holding the gun on them. “Now hold on…just calm down,” he said, putting up his hands up as he slipped in front of Zelda. “Alex, what – ” “Shh!” He turned his head to the side as he shushed Zelda. She was just going to argue about how he was putting himself in harm’s way for her. He obviously wasn’t about to move, though. “Now I’m sure we can figure this out – probably just a misunderstanding,” he said, offering the young lady a kind smile.

Libby resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She wanted to get this over with so she could tell the Winchesters that she had gone on a successful hunt, without getting hurt herself. “Okay, look, I know you care about her, but she’s a monster. She’s going to hurt someone eventually,” said Libby with a frustrated tone,”Just move aside.”

“I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

“Alex – ”

“I’m not moving.”

Libby pursed her lips and truly believed that in order to get to Zelda, she would have to take out her brother in the process. Just as she put her finger on the trigger, though, she heard footsteps coming from behind her. Eyes widening, she paused but turned around, shocked to see the two men behind her. “What are you two doing here?” she asked, shocked to see the Winchesters.

Alex and Zelda’s heads shot up towards the opening of the alley when they heard Libby’s response. They were prepared for possibly more lethal hunters to have to deal with. They weren’t entirely sure if they should be relieved or not, since the Winchesters appeared to know the hunter that was tracking Zelda. The two siblings exchanged a somewhat concerned look before watching the scene play out before them. “Ah…you all know each other, then?” asked Alex with a slight nervous laugh as she scratched the back of his head, making sure to not move from his spot in front of Zelda.

Libby swung around with her gun in her hand when she heard Alex speak up. “Nobody move,” she said, holding the gun up, pointing it directly at Alex, since Zelda was still hidden from her view, which just irritated her. She turned back to look at Sam and Dean, a little annoyed at her question being shot right back at her. “What does it look like? I’m on a hunt,” she said, nodding her head towards the Garretts. Libby had so wanted to be able to finish this hunt without the Winchesters even finding out about it, so she could reveal it to them in person, successfully.

“Er…thank you for coming so quickly,” said Alex, watching the Winchesters enter the alley.

“What – you called them?”

“Well, Zelda, I wasn’t – ”

“Why did you call them?

“Zelda, it would be stupid for me to come to your aid by myself – ”

He was cut off when Libby turned and shushed them again, taking control of the situation. “Did I hear right? You guys are here to help them?” she asked, cocking an eyebrow.

It was obvious that Libby was very on edge. Zelda wasn’t able to tell, but Alex, with how perceptive he was, was able to tell. He furrowed his brows and tilted his head to the side, briefly glancing behind at Zelda before looking back at the Winchesters. “I see…,” he said shortly after receiving the answer to his question. He wasn’t quite sure if this would pan out as being a good thing or a bad thing.

Libby scoffed at Dean’s expression. She lowered her gun, dropping her hands to her side, looking at the brothers in disbelief. “Are you serious right now?” she said, looking at them, raising her eyebrows,”You know that she’s a werewolf, right? A monster?” It had been drilled into her mind that if someone was a monster, they no longer had any trace of humanity in them. If they did appear to have some humanity, it had to be some sort of trick to get away with their lives. “Look, there’s nothing to talk about. She’s going to kill someone if she hasn’t already. She needs to die,” she said, turning to look back at the Garretts.

Libby glanced briefly back at the Garretts before looking at Dean as he gradually moved between herself and the two other people. She couldn’t believe that he was doing such a thing. He was a hunter, wasn’t he? Since when did he care so much about monsters. “Oh yeah? And how exactly do you know that?” she asked, popping her hip and resting her hand at her waist.

For the first time in awhile, Zelda finally spoke up. “I most certainly have not harmed anyone,” she said, trying to take a step forward, but Alex held her back,”I would not be so careless!”

Alex laughed nervously and rested his hands on Zelda’s arms as she pushed her behind him again. “I assure you, she has not hurt anyone. Believe me, I would be one of the first to know about it,” he said, glancing back at his sister. They shared a house with their cousins, Nancy and Olivia. If Zelda somehow burst out of her cage, they would all have heard it.

It wasn’t obvious that Libby didn’t like the Garretts speaking up, so she cast them a glare until she heard Dean’s question. “I don’t see how that’s important right now,” she said, shaking her head. She just wanted to kill the werewolf and get this thing over with.

A shadow passed over Libby’s face when she heard Dean’s response to her question. She obviously was not satisfied with his answer. “Really,” she said in a stubborn tone as she turned to glare at the Garretts,”Exactly how long have you all known each other?” She found it very strange for the Winchesters to be friends or acquaintances with a werewolf or anyone that might be sympathetic to werewolves or any other monsters out there in the universe.

Libby didn’t back down under Dean’s harsh tone – as she may have done when they first met each other. She didn’t want to back down, but she had a sneaking feeling that this was a battle that she was not going to win. It was pretty much four people against her – the chances of her winning were not good. “Let’s just say someone opened my eyes to what they are really like,” she said, nodding in Zelda’s direction.

Alex’s and Zelda’s attention switched to Sam as he moved up to them and commanded them to move. “Oh! Oh, right, yes, of course, sorry about that,” he said, maneuvering himself so that Zelda was between him and the wall – and away from the hunter that was after her. “Thank you,” he said, in a meaningful tone, before looking at his little sister,”Are you alright?”

Libby didn’t like the way that Dean was brushing off her questions. “It would be nice if you would give me a straight answer to at least one of my questions,” she said, furrowing her eyebrows, an annoyed look on her face. She huffed out a sigh and glanced to the side when she heard Dean’s next question. “I mean, someone made me aware that creatures like that need to die. They’re a danger to innocent people and their humanity is gone,” she said, pointing to Zelda, her black hair flinging around as she looked between Dean and the Garretts. It was evident that her words really hit home with the Garretts, but they each decided it would be better to not say anything.

Her shoulders slumped when Dean restated her past plans and what she had promised Dean. “Well,” she said a bit quieter,”Things change, Dean.” She thinned her lips. Libby was tempted to claim that it was none of Dean’s business, but something told her that wouldn’t fly. “He told me his name was Fergus.”