on his own//sam&dean

Kevin nodded and grinned when Dean asked what he was able to read from the tablet. He took his time in divulging this important information because it was quite the bomb to drop. “Oh, just the stuff about closing the gates of Hell…forever,” he said, his grin broadening. If they were able to actually achieve this, then all of the demons would be gone. He would actually be able to go back to his old life, if that happened. He wondered how much convincing it would take for Kevin to be allowed to take that final exam that he missed.

Sensing Dean’s eagerness, Kevin sighed and elaborated on the topic. “Banish all demons off the face of the earth. Lock them away forever. That could be important, right?” he asked, grinning, as he looked between the two brothers.

Kevin’s glee was beginning to wear off and he dropped his arms to his sides. He had yet to figure out exactly how the Gates of Hell couldn’t actually be closed forever. The demon tablet was quite a bit harder to read than the Leviathan tablet had been. Every time he looked at it, it was like he was near-sighted mixed with an earthquake going on. And that was before he was even able to decipher the impossible text.

He couldn’t lie…he was definitely curious as to what the Winchester brothers had been up to all year while he was running around like a chicken with its head cut off. “So…purgatory and…a dog?” he asked, crossing his arms again as he looked between the brothers, inviting them to elaborate a bit. “You were in purgatory for a full year?” he asked, turning to Dean.

Kevin’s eyes widened and he shook his head as he glanced away from the brothers. He couldn’t imagine what it must have been in like such a place. The tablet gave a brief description of it and that alone sent chills up Kevin’s spine. The place where all monsters went when they were killed? They must have been all over the place. He guessed that he should feel lucky he hadn’t had to go through something like that yet in his life, even if things did seem to kind of suck right now.

“Whoa,” he said, taking a step forward when he heard what Sam said,”If this is about what’s going on, then you can talk in front of me. I mean…we’re in this together, right?” his gaze flashed between the two brothers, a bit paranoid that they wanted to discuss something about the situation without him.

Kevin furrowed his brows, looking between the two brothers, fully expecting them to give him some sort of excuse as to why they wanted or needed to talk by themselves. His face softened when he realized that they weren’t going to do this, though. He swallowed hard when he heard what Dean said, though. “You think I haven’t thought about that?” he asked with a small laugh. He knew that every demon in Hell would probably want to get their hands on him to find out what was on the demon tablet. It wasn’t exactly something that he could ignore or forget about. It was why he’d grown to be so paranoid ever since he escaped from Crowley.

He lowered his head slightly and shrugged. “Guess I just don’t see how I get from here to there,” he said, sighing. Kevin knew that there was a small light at the end of the tunnel, but the chances of him actually arriving at the light seemed so minimal. He was craving the stress of the PSATS and finals right about now. All that really seemed so meaningless at this point.

Kevin was about to open his mouth to say that he was going to collect some things before leaving when the whole church began shaking. The doors flung open and what Kevin could assume were demons entered. He backed up and snatched a bottle of holy water from a table nearby, trying to prepare himself.

Kevin could feel his heart beating faster and faster when one of the demons that entered stated his name. He wanted to know how they were able to track him down. Was he or the tablet giving off some sort of supernatural beacon that the demons were able to track? He gripped the bottle of holy water in his hands and backed up until he hit a wall. The demon that Sam had punched quickly recovered and went running towards Kevin. He squirted the bottle in the demon’s direction, relieved when he was able to hit him right in the face, causing smoke to emit wherever the holy water had hit him. It was times like this when Kevin wished that he knew how to physically fight.

Kevin immediately moved back from the demon as soon as his skin began sizzling from the holy water. He looked around, trying to find something else that he could possibly use to fight and help the brothers out, but the most useful thing was the holy water he was already using. Kevin moved swiftly out of the way as Sam plunged the demon killing knife into the demon that had first tried to attack Kevin. He cringed at the bright light that emitted from the demon that had just been knifed. He wasn’t sure if he would ever get used to things like that happening.

Upon hearing the new voice, a chill went down Kevin’s spine. He turned around and saw none other than Crowley, the king of Hell himself. Sure, his last encounter with Crowley hadn’t been that bad, but he knew that he had angered the king of Hell, which was…bad. His eyes widened and his stomach dropped, though, when he noticed the figure standing silently next to Crowley, while he and the Winchesters bantered. “Let Channing go,” he said, firmly.

Kevin clenched his jaw when he heard what Crowley said. His first instinct was to give himself up to save Channing, but he knew that protecting the tablet should be his number one priority. Besides, if Crowley got his hands on Channing, she was probably already gone. He swallowed the sadness that washed over him because he needed to focus. He needed to have a clear head. Kevin fell silent as Crowley and Dean bantered back and forth, trying to figure out what he should do. And that’s when he came up with an idea.

“Alright. I’ll do it. Me for the girl,” he said, nodding towards Channing’s direction. Kevin was a good enough actor that it truly looked as if he was going to give himself over to Crowley. He ignored Dean when he spoke up. “Let me just go grab my stuff,” he said, not looking at the Winchesters before going back to one of the rooms. The room he went into was one that he had rigged with holy water above the door. He grabbed the string and waited for the demons to come and check up on him.