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Why we draw.

Dean sighed again , he could not refuse to let them go with him or rather , he did not know how to get away from them , a means that would prove to be effective .

May was a Mistress at manipulation and would only toy with him till he finally agreed to let them come along .

And , he thought it was better to nip it in the bud now than have her follow him and cause problems for him in the near future .

" Okay , but we need a secluded place . I do not want to meet more Trevor's and since we have these steel golems everywhere , it would be better for avoid them so I do not want a reason to have to come out , I have enough food to last me a while ", Dean explained to both of them , if they were expecting the three of them frolicking around , they would not be getting it .

May shook her head , bringing her arms to rest on her waist , unable to believe this man or boy really who wanted to burrow a hole in the soil and run into it , hiding till the seven days were over .

He basically just wanted to sleep the rest of the six days away and did he really think that what they had was good ?

" No ,we do not have enough food . We have a lot of protein bars but compared to what we are up against , relying on protein bars and water seems like a terrible idea " , She explained , trying to get him to understand .

Relying on protein bars for the duration of the game would keep them just barely Alive , alive enough to know that they were alive but also just as easily knocked down by a gust of wind .

She was right even though Dean would not admit it , he turned to Blade .

If they wanted to be a team , they might as well start by airing all of their opinions .

Blade looked surprised that Dean was looking at him , he had just expected them to hash it out amongst themselves , they seemed like they would come up with something close to a right decision .

" Well , I still got my roast chicken with me , could last us through the night if we top it off with water and a couple of bars " , He added , just so his voice would also be heard since Dean had Continued to look at him , waiting for his opinion .

Dean nodded his head , it was not a bad idea , at least for right now , till the actual reality of their situation set in .

Now , all they needed was shelter .

Dean looked around them , he needed some place large enough that he did not have to run into them as much , he needed to be alone as he read and figured a way out of this mess .

A house like the ones from earlier would suffice but it seemed like the trees behind the park was some sort of demarcation because since they had come out of the trees , they had not come across one house .

If they wanted houses like that , they would have to go through the trees again and Dean was sure that none of them was up for another race through the woods and a walk down the park .

A scratchy noise interrupted Dean's thoughts and he looked at the source .

May stood with all of her weight pressed into the church's door as she pushed it open .

The church , the church was a house too , the house of God , or a building if one did not want to get too religious about it .

Dean smiled , of course , the church was a great idea too .

Blade walked up to join her and they began to push together , the door eventually opened wide enough for all of them to get through .

They did not go in though and instead both turned around to look at Dean .

Dean looked at both of them , wondering why they were looking at him , he got his answer when May inched her way further away from the door .

" It is not my fault , I have honestly seen too many horror movies involving churches ", May revealed by means of an explanation for her avoiding the entrance .

Dean scoffed .

" Really? Fine , I will check it out . I expected this from May but not you too Blade", Dean grasped at straw , hoping that would help make Blade's mind .

" Just go in ", Blade replied instead , a small grin on his face .

May practically shoved him in and Dean skipped forward a little , eventually stopped and waited , holding his breath and waiting , he actually had no idea what he was supposed to be waiting for .

He lifted up his face , it was too dark to make out anything , leaving the doors open was not an option that could be considered .

When nothing happened after a while and there was no movement in the dark , Dean turned around .

May and Blade were peeking through the door that they had pulled mostly closed , if anything happened , they would probably close the doors on him and escape , a shudder ran through Dean's already terse body .

" Come in already and close the doors , we do not want to be announcing where we are to people ", He instructed them .

They both walked in and pushed the door closed behind them .

The church was immediately subjected to complete darkness .

They all instinctly ran to each other and stood in a small circle with their backs to each other .

Dean could feel Blade's shoulders as they shook on his .

May sniggered loudly , she could feel it too .

Dean joined in , snickering softly , he had really not expected Blade to be afraid of the dark .

" Get out your flashlights ", he told them .

Dean took his backpack off and began to search for his .

He did not feel the others take off their backpacks too .

" What are you guys doing ? One flash will not be enough to cover the whole church " , He groaned at them .

May grabbed unto his hand in the darkness , he had just known it was her without thinking much about it and also , she did not shake as much as a certain someone .

" Our packs were filled with different things . I think our Patrons filled it themselves ".

Blade cleared his throat .

" Is that why I got roast chicken ? I think that's why , the bastard's last question for me was what my favorite food was ".

" That does not make sense , Dean and I got protein bars , including the guys from earlier , all they had was protein bars and I was not asked about my preferences either ".

Blade hissed .

" That's right and I actually told him that my favorite food was pancakes doused in lots of syrup ".

Dean blinked as he tried to understand what Blade had said earlier and now .

His patron had asked for his favourite food and then he had said pancakes but he had gotten roast chicken instead and he had still mentioned that in a tone that made it seem like he had been given his preferences when he actually had not .

It was all too confusing for Dean so he changed the topic before May figured out that she had a problem with his narration and tried to get to the root of it.

" I make a mean pancake stack ".

But , Dean was hardly good at speaking in general and he might have stretched his luck with an attempt at changing topics on others .

However , Blade was not great at speaking either as he was silent for a moment before he replied with double the energy .

" Really ? Pancake stacks are my absolute favorites ", He revealed .

Dean realized that silent moment had not been the awkward moment that he had imagined with Blade thinking if he had asked anything of pancakes , rather Blade had been silent because he was in awe .

Very very strange .

Dean groaned as he finally touched the flashlight , he had kept touching random bottles of water since .

He pulled the torch out and turned it on , May grabbed it out of his hands and began to flash it around .

It was a pretty little church that was in really good condition .

But they needed a source of light , natural light .

May was still flashing the torch around , she finally stopped , leaving the light of the torch beaming from the chapel's roof.

The rest of the church had been sealed and boarded off with the same material as the roof .

" Who boards ceilings ?"

Dean thought of why and who had done the boarding .

" My question exactly ".

May took off with the torch and Dean ran after her followed by Blade , who was obviously not interested in the boards but did not want to be left alone in the dark .

They ran up the stairs that was to their left .

" Can you warn us next time before you start running away ?" , Dean asked , panting .

" If I feel like ",She answered .

She stopped running as they reached a door high up that led to what happened to look like the attic .

Blade came forward as he was taller than they were.

He touched it and pushed it , it slid open easily .

May pushed him aside and climbed him like a monkey .

Dean did something similar , but with more dignity .

When he was up , he helped Blade come up and then focused on what May was flashing the light at .

The exact spot that they had thought to be boarded up was actually just covered by a patchwork blanket .

Dean pulled the dusty blanket off and smiled at the immediate surge of ambience.

They had used a pure,transparent glass window , so it let the light of the full moon flow through the glance .

Thay all ALL rushed down to see the effects from down the attic .

It was easier to jump down and rush down the stairs now .

It was like a Halo of bright light that stayed in the centre of the church and lightened the whole church.

The light travelled from the roof above to the floor , bathing everywhere in silver light .

Dean walked forward and stood under the light .

It bathed him , covering him completely.

If ...no , when he survived this , he would take Jaymie to those cathedrals she had always loved and tried to tell him about their histories.

He really should have listened.

May watched the older boy stand under the light and the sight of him made it harder for her to breathe.

She wanted to take a picture , make a drawing , any memoir to keep the image of him beneath the light forever fresh in her head .

She had never understood art but she now found solace in artists , this was why they drew .

To capture moments like this forever.