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*Washington D.C.*

Inside the cavernous church a lone figure sat in quiet contemplation, head bowed. The smell of incense and the light glow of flickering candles activated something deep in her memory. Outside of the occasional wedding or funeral she hadn't stepped foot into a church since she was 15 years old.

Rome…she had tried so hard to put all of those memories behind her. To move on. The unbidden reminiscences rolled over her like a tidal wave as her deep brown eyes welled with tears. Matthew. Sweet Matthew. Matthew who had supported her in her darkest hour. Her heart ached with the fact that he was gone. And that so called priest, Father Silvano. Exorcisms. He truly thought that he was performing exorcisms. Three men had died, but he was still so sure he was doing God's work.

She mentally shook herself and took a deep breath. Then FBI Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss stood to her feet and walked out into the gently falling snow.

*Cincinnati, Ohio*

Dean Winchester lounged on the cheap motel bed, jean clad legs crossed at the ankles and arms folded behind his head. A beer sat slowly warming on the bedside table as "The Great Escape" played on the television. The events of the past week weighed heavily upon him. So much loss. His life was littered with collateral damage. Sure he and Sam had saved the reaper Tessa and kept another seal from being broken. Big deal. Saving seals was like a twisted, high stakes version of the Whack-a-Mole game Sammy had loved so much as a kid. Take care of one and another one pops up where you least expect it.

He glanced up from the television to Sam, hunched over his laptop at the small motel table. No doubt checking demonic omens and searching for their next hunt. He could see that his brother was as beaten down and exhausted as he was from the defeated slump of his mammoth shoulders. Pamela's death had hit him hard. After the funeral they drove east, pushing the Impala relentlessly as far away from Wyoming as they could get. His eyes strayed back to the screen where Steve McQueen was trading insults with the German Commandant. The television was close to muted, but he knew the lines by heart.

"Are all American officers so ill mannered?" "Yeah, about 99 percent" "Then perhaps, while you are with us…"

"Dean? Dean? Dude!" Sam's voice broke into Dean's mental recitation of Hilts and Von Lueger's interchange.

"Hmmm. Yeah? What?" Sam could hear the strain in his brother's voice though he could tell Dean was trying to conceal it.

"Think I found something. A few deaths. Allegedly the result of botched exorcisms…in D.C…Oh come on. Damn it!"

His brother's irritated outburst piqued Dean's curiosity. "OK, and…why are we already damning it?"

"And, the FBI's already involved," Sam sighed deeply, "so if we're gonna look in to this one, we're gonna have to find a different cover than our usual."

Though they hadn't used their fraudulent FBI badges since their hunt for the siren in Iowa, they tended to be their go to form of identification. Nobody questioned the FBI, not even the local law enforcement. Sure they would hem and haw a little but both Dean and Sam had been working the job long enough to exude the kind of authority and bravado that brooked no argument.

"So we come up with another cover. We got a couple hundred…well, like five hundred miles of road between here and there and all that time to come up with something. How soon do we need to get going?" a low growl emanated from Dean's stomach "And can we eat first? I'm starving." he asked, trying to lighten the mood, as he heaved himself off the bed and began throwing his stuff into his duffle.

"Dude, you're always starving." Sam shook his head with a wry grin, "Whatever. Let's get going."

A/N~This is my first attempt at a fanfic so any feedback, positive or negative, is appreciated. I have a lot of ideas for this story and I'm not sure just yet how long it will end up being, so bear with me. Hopefully I'll be able to update regularly, but I can promise that as I finish chapters, I will upload them. Thanks for reading and enjoy!