Dean and Kathleen are driving again, but it's the next morning, Dean hardly slept, Sam either, but Dean's still sent Sam to sit it out at the diner, he hates it too, Dean would rather have Sam watching his back then some deputy.
"Hey, Officer? Look, I don't mean to press my luck" Dean asks.
"Your luck is so pressed"
"Right. I was wondering—why are you helping me out, anyway? Why don't you just lock me up?" Dean asks.
"My brother, Riley, disappeared three years ago. A lot like Spencer. We searched for him, but—nothing. I know what it's like to feel responsible for someone, and for them—Come on. Let's keep at it" At the edge of the forest. Kathleen and Dean are driving by.
"Wait, wait, wait—pull over here. Pull over" Dean tells her. They pull over and get out of the car, then walk towards the forest. "It's the first turn-off I've seen so far"
"You stay here, I'll check it out"
"No way"
"Hey" Kathleen snaps, they stop walking. "You're a civilian. And a felon, I think. I'm not taking you with me"
"You're not goin' without me" Dean argues. Kathleen sighs.
"Alright. You promise you won't get involved? You'll let me handle it?"
"Yeah, I promise"
"Shake on it" She extends her hand. Dean shakes it. While they are shaking hands, Kathleen places a set of handcuffs on Dean's arm.
"Oh, come on" Kathleen handcuffs Dean to the door handle and starts walking away. "This is ridiculous. Kathleen, I really think you're gonna need my help"
"I'll manage. Thank you" She locks the door and walks away.
"I gotta start carrying paper clips" Dean comments.
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Sam sits in a diner nursing a coffee, fiddling nervously with a packet of sugar. He should be out there helping look for Spencer. She's his twin. And he's stuck on the side lines. He tears open the sugar packet and then pours it into his coffee, it's the sixth one he's put in, he's not going to drink it. Sam looks up, eyes widening, Tony Stark stands on the other side of the glass, Tony points at Sam from outside and then smiles before walking towards the entrance.
"What is happening?" Sam asks looking over his shoulder as Tony enters the diner and moves to sit across from Sam.
"Hi, Tony Stark" Tony offers.
"I know who you are" Sam assures him.
"And you are Samuel Winchester" Tony comments with a smirk. "Spencer's twin...."
"What are you doing here?" Sam asks.
"I....heard she was missing" Tony answers. "I want to help"
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Kathleen is walking down the dirt road. She passes a rundown barn, along with several wagon wheels strewn along the grass. She walks further and sees a dilapidated house. She makes her way to the front porch and climbs up the stairs.
"Hello? Anybody home?" She knocks on the door. A young girl, Missy, comes outside, covered in dirt and filth. She is unwashed and has long, uncombed hair. "Hi. Who are you?" The girl comes closer and examines Kathleen's badge.
"Who are you?"
"I'm, uh, I'm Kathleen. I'm a deputy. What's your name?"
"Missy"

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(1) When We Collide (T. Stark)
FanfictionBook One: Iron Fire Series Spencer Winchester is a hunter much like her brothers and father. And she loves it. But when she meets Tony Stark, the genius, playboy, philanthropist turns her world upside down in the best and worst ways possible.