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Chapter One- The Selection
Time works differently in heaven, one moment Dean was hugging his brother by the bridge, and the very next moment, Sam was hugging another (taller) man with a slight scruff and a visible anti possession tattoo.
“Dean, meet Dean” , Sam chuckled as the other Dean looked at him with awe. Dean immediately knew without a shred of doubt who he was and mustered up the warmest smile he could to greet his namesake .
“I go by DJ actually Uncle Dean, dad has told me so much about you and it’s so nice to actually meet you in person” he said as he extended his hands for a shake. Dean was still amazed at how a man could somehow get taller than Sam and laughed at his brother. He shook hands with his nephew and felt a surge of pride in his heart. His little brother he raised has now raised a completely grown up, well mannered (at least till now) and seemingly strong kid. He was also slightly concerned that the kid had grown up in the hunting life but eased up at how warm and joyous he was around Sam.
“Why are you here so soon??” Sam’s brow furrowed with worry as he asked his son.
“Chill Sam, I guess time works differently around here . You got here within like, 5 minutes I got here…”
“But Dean, he got here within like a minute I got here…”
“Dad, I had seen my greatgrandchildren by the time I died. I struggled with certain neural problems so I don’t know how old I was when I died…. But I’m pretty sure I lived to at least a ninety years old. Don’t worry dad , I did not die young”
“But that does not make sense right, if I was here 5 minutes after Dean died, shouldn’t you be here at least 10 minutes later, and where’s Eileen exactly??”
Leave it to Sam to start figuring out the logistics of heaven before enjoying a minute of it, Dean thought and it felt like his nephew was thinking the exact same thing as they glanced at each other in a knowing grin.
” Cas is here”
”What ?? That’s great, how do you know?”
”I met Bobby, he said Cas helped recreate heaven without any boundaries between souls “
”OK ,now then where’s Eileen, and where’s Cas?! Both of them passed away before me, so where are they now?” wondered Sam.
Suddenly, there was a shift in the atmosphere that felt like static electricity. A low humming sound and then a glow of light… The trio glanced towards that direction. The glow slowly dimmed leaving behind a very familiar silhouette.
”Dad, is that who I think it is?”
Sam nodded with a grin as he ran to hug his eldest son. Dean was overjoyed seeing Jack and went near him. DJ was just stunned looking at the man, who was technically his older brother he had never seen but also God according to his dad.
“I get the whole “non interference thing” Jack, but couldn’t you have at least given a single phone call or let me know how you were doing every now or then? I missed you so much you know ?”
”Sorry Sam, I really was busy with rebuilding heaven and sorting things out. I had to rescue Aunt Amara to help me out. I also made one last dealing with the Empty to get Cas out, and it was really draining work… That’s why I could not contact you. But I truly was there with you the whole time. I’m omnipresent technically….”
Dean hugged Jack and felt like a little missing piece just fell into place. His brother was here and alright and already stressing about heaven and it’s logistics, his nephew he did not know existed half an hour back is here well and safe, and he found out Cas was Ok.
But he could not help the little feeling that tugged on the back of his heart.The little feeling that said Cas was avoiding him. Where was he? And why is he afraid of talking to Dean. Feelings or no feelings, that guy was still Dean’s best friend when he died. Why is he avoiding him all of a sudden??
”So God, where exactly is my mom ?”, DJ asked, “and Castiel?”, Dean added.
“You’ll be meeting with Castiel very soon, and Dean Lewincter Jr., you’ll be able to meet your mom, wife, kids and grandkids as soon all this is over..”
“Lewincter ??? Really Sam? Could you have not thought of a better last name than that for your new apple pie life Sam?”
”I named him Leahy-Winchester Dean, I don’t know why he changed it afterwards.. I did not have to use aliases after Jack put everything back to normal and I found out that we were not on the FBI radar anymore!!”
” Is anybody else concerned about after WHAT is all over??” , DJ asked..
” Thought you will never ask”, Jack exclaimed , “it’s about the games…”
” What games?”
“The Multi Orbit Natural Selected Team Extravaganza Rounds Games, also known as the MONSTER Games!!”
”Why does the name sound made up?” , Dean asked Jack.
“Because it is”.. Jack replied, and for a moment Dean forgot about whatever Jack was mincing out and was thrown back to November 5 2020. Kids do take after their fathers, Dean thought. But that choice of words….
”I made the name up, it’s actual name is an acronym that means MONSTER in the language of Baolean , and this was the closest acronym I could come up with in English that both makes sense and describes the game vaguely “
”And why should we play this instead of Sam getting to see his wife or DJ getting to see his whole family?”
“Cause I’m tired of seeing Earth losing every damn time and decided to do something about it!, and whenever the world needs help, you can always count on the Winchesters!”
” So what exactly are these games?”
“You’ll see” ,grinned Jack as a fluorescent typhoon encircled Sam, Dean and DJ….