ZEN i [JACK KLINE]

T W E N T Y - T W O

22| D O N T G O

TFW 2.0 SOON arrived at the scene. Dave was currently in the bank, unsuspecting the hunters outside.

" Sam, you stay with Cas and Jack. Zen and I will give him the good 'ol welcome basket.", Dean states as he gets out of the car.

Zen goes to walk out the car but Jack grabs her wrist, turning her to face him. She furrows her brows and whispers, " J, what're you—"

Jack grips her wrist tighter and says, " Please, be careful.", he says with a worried look.

Her eyes soften at this and leaned in to kiss his cheek. " I will, J. Don't worry.", she replies before getting out of the car.

When Dave leaves the bank, Dean and Zen were waiting in the parking lot for him. Zen smirks at her brother, urging him to catch the man's attention.

Dean nods at her and calls out to Dave. "Dave Mather. Robbing a bank. That's a bold move.", he states as he points his gun at him.

Dave turns around slowly and smirks, looking between her and Dean. "You must be the hunters.", he says.

"And you must like to play cowboy.", Zen muses as she pointed her gun at him.

Dave smirked at her. "It's my favorite suit. You know, I like to keep a little piece of old Dave on me just to gnaw on."

Off to Dave's side, Sam c***s his gun and draws his attention to him, Cas, and Jack.

Dave laughs. "Let's make it three, four, five hunters! Whoo!", he sniffs. "Must be my birthday."

Sam ignores his statement and says, "Look, why don't you come with us someplace else? We can do this quick and quiet."

Dave responds by drawing his gun, so Sam fires at him and misses. Dave fires back, and a gunfight breaks out as everyone ducks for cover behind cars, Zen manages to find her way towards Cas and Jack as they duck behind a stagecoach.

"Are you all right?", Castiel asks Jack and Zen.

Jack nods, "Yeah."

Zen winces when she feels a sting on her arm. " The son of a b***h grazed me.", she muttered.

"Whoo!", Dave exclaims as the gunfight continues, many cars are damaged and windows shatter.

"Okay, you stay here.", Cas says as he goes to intervene.

But Jack had other plans, "No, it's okay. I've got this."

Zen's eyes widened and tried to stop him. "No, J, wait a second—"

Jack walks out to confront Dave with Zen and Cas following after him. Meanwhile, the guard inside the bank tries to help.

Castiel desperately tries to call him back, "Jack! Jack!"

Jack ignores him and calls out to Dave. "Hey!"

Dave fires several shots that hit Jack in the chest, but Jack is unharmed.

"What the hell?", Dave mutters in confusion and fear.

The security guard reaches Dave just as Jack throws a blast of power at him, sending them both flying backward. The guard crashes into a post, but Dave rolls and gets up to run away.

" Oh my God...", Zen gasped in shock as she runs towards the guard.

"No.", Jack mutters in regret.

Dean tells Sam something before running off to chase Dave.

"No!", Jack exclaims as he walked towards the guard.

Sam kneels beside Zen and mutters, "No. No, no, no, no."

Zen knew he was dead from the amount of blood surrounding him. Jack looked over at her with regret and fear in his eyes.

"Zen, I-I didn't mean to...", he then looks over at Castiel. " Castiel, you have to heal him.", he pleads.Castiel attempts to heal the guard, but isn't able to. "I can't."

"Why–why not?", Jack asks in distress.

Zen places a hand on his shoulder and looked at him with sorrowful eyes. "He's dead, J."

>••<

THEY SOON ARRIVED back at the bunker. Jack got out of the car first without a word. Cas goes to follow him but Zen stops him.

" He needs—He just needs some time, Cas. It's best we leave him alone for now.", she states as she gets out of the car. She walks into the bunker and headed straight to the kitchen, where she grabbed herself a beer.

She decided to stay in the library, where she found Jack sitting quietly at the table. She opened her mouth to say something but shook her head instead. She didn't want to annoy him any further. Sam and Cas soon joined them as they waited for Dean.

Hours later, Dean arrives back in the bunker, where Jack's sitting at the library table alone and contemplative. Sam sits at the war room table across from Cas.

"Hey.", Sam acknowledges.

Dean nods and places his bag on the table. "Hey."

"How'd it go?", Zen asks as she leaned against the frame in between the library and the war room.

Dean shrugged. "Usual. Killed the bad guy, saved the girl."

Sam nods slowly before voicing out what everyone was thinking. "What about the, uh..."

"Took care of it.", Dean states.

Sam nods in relief. "Good."

Jack scoffs from behind her. "Good? How is that good? I killed someone.", he stands up and walks over to stand beside Zen. "What was his name? The guard? Did he have a family?"

Zen frowns. "J, don't do this to yourself."

Jack ignores her. " Did he?", he presses.

Dean sighs. "Yes, he did."

Jack looks down in regret as he clenches his fists in anger.

Zen sighs. "J, look, this life, what we do, it's... it's not easy. And we've all done things we regret."

Jack shakes his head. "Just don't.", he yells. Zen takes a step back in fear, she had never heard him yell at her before...and it scared her. It turns out the others had the same reaction.

Jack saw their reaction and frowned. "You—You're all afraid of me."

"Jack, no.", Castiel pleads.

Zen takes a few steps forward. " J, don't do this to yourself..."

Jack shakes his head. "No, maybe you're right.", he looks at Dean. "Maybe I'm just another monster."

Dean looks at him. "No, you're not. I thought you were. I did. But... Like Zen said, we've all done bad. We all have blood on our hands. So if you're a monster, we're all monsters.", he states. Zen's smiled softly at her brother's words. She was glad he finally warmed up to Jack.

Jack sighs. "No, you don't—Every time I try and do something good, people get hurt. I thought I was getting better. I'm not... I don't know what I am, but I know I can't make the world a better place, not like this. I can't even do one good thing."

He looks at Zen, who had tears gathering up in her eyes. " And I know that if I stay, I'm gonna hurt you...", he looks over at the others. "All of you. And... I can't. You're all I have."

Sam takes a step forward. "Jack, listen..."

Jack shakes his head and raises his hand up. "I have to go."

Zen realises what he was about to do and tried to stop him. " No, Jack!"

Jack looks over at her sadly. "I'm sorry."

Jack uses his power to knock Sam, Dean, and Cas backward across the war room. His eyes glowed golden. Zen gasped as she watches her brothers go unconscious on the floor. She grabs Jack's hand and feels this feeling of being pulled. She felt this feeling whenever Castiel teleports her somewhere.

She opens her eyes and realised she was in a forest, probably a few miles from the bunker. She looks over at Jack with pleading eyes.

" J, you can't go...", she says as she held his hand tightly.

Jack places his palm on her cheek sadly. " I have to, Zen. I might hurt you—"

She shakes her head. " You won't, J. I know you won't. Please..."

" I'm sorry Zen."

Tears fall down her cheeks as she stared up at his golden eyes. " Don't go, Jack. Please don't leave me...", she pleads. First she lost Gabriel, she can't afford to loose him too. Especially not now where angels and demons are looking all over for him.

A lone tear slid down Jack's cheek as he wipes away the tears on her face with his thumb. He needed to leave, he knew if he stayed he would hurt her. He has no other choice.

" Zenja, you have to understand—"

" No! I'm not letting you walk away. I...I just can't, J.", she sobbed.

Jack slowly steps away from her. " I'm so sorry, Zen."

She felt her eyes glow golden as she says, " Jack, I-If you go I will never forgive you.", she states.

Jack looks at her sorrowfully. " If not forgiving me means keeping you out of harm's way then..."

" No."

" ...I have to go."

She shakes her head. " No! Jack."

" Please...", she cries just as Jack snaps his fingers. The forest soon turned into the war room of the bunker. She looks around in shock.

" No...", she whispers.

" Zenja? Where did you go? Where's Jack?", Castiel asks as Sam helps Dean up from the floor.

She felt her whole world come crashing down when she realised what had just happened. Her legs gave out on her as she kneeled on the ground in disbelief. Castiel acted quickly and caught her.

" He's gone...", she whispered. She can feel the bond thinning as Castiel held her. Sam and Dean walked over to her cautiously.

" He left...", she muttered dully.

" Left? Left where?", Dean asks.

She looks up at him with tear stained cheeks. " I don't know..."