ZEN i [JACK KLINE]

T W E N T Y - S I X

26| F A M I L Y

JACK LOOKS AT her with a grin but it soon fades away when he realises what just happened.

"No! She's getting away. I- she can't-", Jack stammers as he tries to run after Kaia, making Zen slightly frown.

Sam and Dean grab him from both sides, stopping him from running after the girl. "No no no no no. Hey, we're not letting you near her until you tell us whats going on.", Dean states.

Jack shakes his head. "No, I need her."

Zen frowns but ignores her obvious jealousy before saying, "You need her like you needed Derek?"

Jack looks at her. "Yes."

Sam and Dean let go of Jack and they exchange worried glances. Zenja takes a step back in shock. She knew he didn't kill Derek...he couldn't.

Jack sighs. "You don't...", he looks at Zen in the eyes. "I'm- I'm doing this for you....all of you."

Dean scoffs. "Oh, you killed Derek for us?"

Jack furrows his eyebrows. "Derek's dead?"

Zen lets out a small sigh of relief just as Sam asks, "Wait, hold on a second. Jack, tell us what happened. Everything."

Jack nods and tells them his story. "I left to try to get a grip on my powers. I wanted to prove to you that I'm good, to do one good thing. So I did the thing you wanted the most. I experimented opening doors to other worlds. I could almost do it. I could get right to the edge. But I couldn't see. I could only feel around in the dark. I needed eyes. A seer."

"A dreamwalker.", Zen states and Jack nods.

"Yeah. So I researched, like you taught me.", he looks at Dean. "That's how I found Derek."

"I didn't know if it would work, but it did. He dreamwalked and I joined him... in the Apocalypse World. I could see what he saw. And I saw...And I saw her.", he finishes.

"Her?"

Jack nods. "Your mother.", he reveals and Zen looks down at the ground, stunned. Her brothers were stunned into silence as well with the revelation. Thoughts were swarming through her head at the moment. Was she okay? Is she hurt? Is...Is she dead?

"She's alive.", Jack says, reading her mind.

Zen looks up. "What?"

"But she is in danger.", Jacks says sadly.

Sam frowns. "W-what does that mean? What- what kind of danger?"

Jack sighs. "It's easier if I show you."

Jack holds his hands out, offering to show them what he's seen with his powers. Dean leans away, wary of what Jack intends to do to them.

"Wh-"

"Dean?"

Zen rolls her eyes at her brothers. " You'll be fine you big babies."

Jack places his hands on Sam and Dean's temples. His eyes glow golden as do Sam and Dean's. Zen's eyes glow as well as images started filling her head.

She sees the Apocalypse World, and Mary is in some sort of cage groaning in pain.

"Help. Help. Help! Somebody help me!"

Zen looks at the scene in horror. "Mom?"

She was then transported back to reality, her eyes were back to their green colour as she looked back to the ground in shock.

All this time she thought their mother was killed by Lucifer himself but now...seeing the proof...It gave her hope, it gave all of them hope.

Jack sees the look on her face and says, "I was so close to her. I could've touched her. But, Derek wasn't strong enough to hold the connection."

Sam furrows his brows. "Wait! You didn't burn him out?"

Jack shook his head. "No, I stopped. Derek, he wasn't strong enough, but he knew someone who was. Kaia, she's the key."

Zen stands up straighter and says, " Well? What are we waiting for? We gotta find her."

>•<

ZEN SITS BESIDE Jack as they drove down the road. She noticed the look on Dean's face from the rearview mirror, his face was blank and serious as he drove the impala. It made her wonder what was going on in his head at the moment.

"Yep, all right. Thank you.", Sam hangs up the phone. "Cops are looking for Kaia, too. We gotta find her fast."

The car stayed silent after a few seconds until Dean says, "You guys were right. About Mom. You were right. This whole time, we should've been looking for her.", Zen could see how tight he gripped the steering wheel and knew that he was internally blaming himself at this moment.

Sam frowns, "Dean, I-We were just hoping. We didn't know. Anyways, it doesn't matter. Now that we do know-"

"We find her, no matter what it takes.", Dean cuts him off.

"Yep." Sam replies.

Dean nods and looked at the backseat using the rearview mirror. "Kid, you okay?", he asks Jack but he didn't reply, making Zen furrow her brows.

" J?", she asks softly, catching his attention.

Jack looks down and says, "You thought... You all thought that I could do that, that I could kill Derek."

Zen frowns at his statement. She admits, ten percent of her thought he did. But the ninety percent part knew deep down he couldn't do such thing. But it didn't matter, she still thought he did and now she feels guilty about it.

Sam sighs. "Jack, we, um... We didn't know what happened. We figured, m-maybe it was an accident or...or-"

"Like the security guard.", Jack says sadly.

"Yes. Exactly. Like that.", Sam says.

Zen sighs. "Jack, we were worried, okay? You know, when you disappeared, you were in a dark place. And we didn't know where you were going and-"

" We thought you were looking for your dad.", Dean finishes.

"You mean Lucifer?", Jack clarifies.

Dean hums in response while Sam says, "Yeah."

Jack shakes his head. "I was scared. I was upset. But... why would I look for him? He's no one to me."

He looks at Zen with an emotion she thought she would never see again. Knowing that the last person who looked at her like that was dead and murdered by Lucifer himself.

Jack slips his hand in her own and says, "You...Castiel and your brothers- you're my family.", her heart melts at this and tightens her grip on his hand.

Dean chuckles. "Yes, we are. Finding Mom, you... You did a good thing, kid. You did a real good thing.", he compliments, making Jack smile proudly at himself.

Suddenly, a high-pitched ringing leaves Jack groaning in pain and clutching his head. Zen groans as well as the different voices of the angels fill her head with information.

Dean slams on the brakes and the Impala screeches to a halt in surprise. He looks back at Zen and worriedly says, " What? What's wrong?"

"Jack?", Sam asks in the same tone Dean used.

The ringing noise stops and Zen gasps for breath.

"That... It was angel radio.", Jack breathes.

Zenja looks up at her brothers worriedly. "They've got Kaia."