the sights. for a moment, child actually bought it, the idea that she was just visiting. not causing any trouble, just wanted to… what? enjoy a burger? go shopping? see what puppies were all about? discover youtube? listened carefully, trying to decipher. READ BETWEEN THE LINES, dean always said. but it was so difficult, when he couldn’t see the proverbial text for himself. still… maybe his skepticism was enough.
“ that’s ——– that’s it? ” a beat, surprise evident. okay, think. how do you trick a thing of hell into admitting their wrongs? she thought him the antichrist, right? he had that, like… like a cover! like spy movies! this was just that, just a spy movie. like pretending to be the fbi, and everything else, and he didn’t necessarily like it, the lies… but he could deal with it, so… so… so if he was the antichrist, and she, the whore of babylon, then… he had to play into that.
“ i’m… disappointed. ” okay, okay, he was gonna throw up. knots in his stomach, but nevertheless he persisted. c’mon, kid! all you need is a reason! just one reason. “ you’re up here, and you’re… not tempting souls? ”
“UH HUH,” LEAH REPLIES. she flashes the antichrist -- jack -- a quick smile. “that’s it.” she’s not lying. sure, she’s going on a few murder sprees with lillith, but she’s not, like, suggesting to. she just wants to keep her friend happy, and is that so bad? she’s not on some unholy mission to drag as many souls as possible to hell -- this isn’t like last time. the clock’s not ticking yet. judgement day isn’t on the horizon. why would she waste her life on earth spreading discord and lies, and trying to make people follow a false god, when it’s not the end times yet? sure, when the trumpets start sounding and seals start breaking, you can betcha she’ll be first in line to start dragging people down.
but, until then? she wants to live. so, when jack asks her if she’s tempting souls, she tilts her head to the side, and purses her lipstick-stained lips. “nope,” she says. “i did that on my last trip top-side, and it didn’t end well.” she raises a hand, and mimes something large and wooden being thrust into her chest, right where her vessel’s worthless heart is, right between her breasts. she can still remember the sheer agony of it, the pain that made her screech and unholy, ear-splitting shriek, and made her writhe and squirm on the floor. she lowers her hand, and shrugs at jack, and then, something occurs to her. “... are you?” she asks, curiously. “you’re the antichrist. they’re supposed to follow you, right, instead of j.c.?”