canon au } { 1008: hibbing 911

[hasperkynipples]

Jody: [yep. totally yelling at her phone because her daughter is totally going to be throwing a party in her empty house] Annie ... Annie! [.... annnnnnd she's hanging up]

Sheriff: ... Let me guess, teenager?

Jody: [glances over with a small sigh and nods] Unfortunately. I take it you have a troublemaker of your own?

Sheriff: Just one, and yet I feel like I have two between him and his best friend.

Jody: [she laughs a bit] So twins, essentially.

Sheriff: Yeah, and they outnumber me when they work together so I'm always just a step behind them.

Jody: Thankfully, most of my daughter's friends are potheads - they're not all that hard to keep up with.

Sheriff: You're lucky then. [his son, on the other hand, was friends with wolves. Literally.]

Jody: I'm not sure my furniture is going to be saying the same by the time I get back.

Sheriff: The best friend's mother is a nurse. I bet she has a great solution to cleaning up messes both at home and work. I can send you suggestions.

Jody: I would appreciate that. I will forward them to her to take on after she is grounded.

Sheriff: [smiles] I'll e-mail her tonight. [holds out his hand] Hi, by the way. John Stilinski.

Jody: [smiles and reaches over to shake his] Jody Mills. Sioux Falls.

Sheriff: Beacon Hills. Nice to meet you, Jody.

Jody: You too. What do you think of ... all this so far?

Sheriff: I think if it wasn't a requirement by my board, I would rather be doing paperwork. Instead, I think this is a way they intend to punish me and let my deputies have a Hunger Games battle to run the office in my place.

Jody: [she laughs] May the odds be ever in their favor.

Sheriff: I've got my bets on one of them, but he's young so we'll see.

Jody: I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Sheriff: So what about you? How were you unable to get an excuse to come to this?

Jody: The mayor asked very, very nicely. [so much sarcasm]

Sheriff: Ah. That's the "you need a vacation and we're making you take one you don't want" move.

Jody: No, more like they feel they're supporting my by encouraging my continuing education.

Sheriff: My mistake.

Jody: [she sighs] Not something I'm interested in, but I didn't really have a choice.

Sheriff: Well, guess we will just have to make the most of it.

Jody: I guess so. [there's a breath, her mind wandering back to the stuff she'd heard about the body earlier] Heard anything more about that animal attack?

Sheriff: No, but I'm sure that the local guys have it. [even if he is dubious forever now on "animal attacks"]

Jody: [mmmm. so is she] You know, I've been dealing with wild animals my entire term. You ever heard of a mountain lion that would steal someone's belt? [she does not think the local guys have it. that's why she called Sam and Dean]

Sheriff: Not that I would know, but we have more cougars out my way. [yeah, that fact is just one of the ones that bug him]

Jody: A cougar is a mountain lion. [there's a beat] The sheriff seems a little tight lipped on the whole thing, not that I blame him.

Sheriff: Well, we could always take a look. Can't hurt.

Jody: [she glances to him, then glances back over her shoulder to the lodge] It would definitely be better than trust exercises.

Sheriff: Hey, we're trusting each other right now. Pretty sure it counts in the end.

Jody: Works for me. [she tips her head to the side, heading towards the streets] I heard there might have been another animal attack in town - maybe we can get over there while the scene is still fresh.

Sheriff: [and this must be how Scott gets roped into all of Stiles' plans. Yup] Guess we know where to start. Want me to drive?

Jody: [she nods] Let's do it. [and we can handwave some police investigation shenanigans until they get told off by the locals and get back to the lodge?]

Sheriff: [he may be debating on texting Derek about what's going on for his POV, but no, he can do this on his own, right? And he has google at his disposal.] So I'm pretty sure that wasn't a mountain lion.

Jody: Hell no. Last I checked, they don't really lift people's wallets. [she's turning this over in her head as she makes her way back into the lodge, and she spots two very tall fake federal agents in the distance] I gotta go check on something, can I meet you back by the coffee?

Sheriff: Sure. [and he'll wander off to go and google and nope, ends up e-mailing Derek because he sure wasn't going to text his son. Stiles would roadtrip and he doesn't need his son out here]

Jody: [is just going to wander over and tap them both on the shoulder] Hey, boys.

Dean: [turns with a smile] Hey, Jody. Good to see you.

Jody: Should have known you two weren't going to stay away.

Sam: We were just in the area and thought we'd check up on you, that's all. [bright smile]

Jody: Uh -huh. [and hugs all around!] I'm thinking it's a vampire.

Sam: Vampire? Are you sure?

Sheriff: [looks over a moment and see... yup, that's who he thought he saw. He's up and walking over to them] Sam. Dean.

Sam: [blinks] Stilinski?

Jody: [... she should not be surprised. And yet she is. But she's going to give the boys shit for it first, naturally] Have you two been seeing other sheriffs?

Dean: [equally surprised] ... Sheriff. Hi.

Sheriff: More like my town has enough of its share of strange happenings that it lures in all kinds of nut jobs. [said affectionately, of course as he shakes both boys hands]

Sam: [chuckles a bit] Jody, Sheriff Stilinski's town has a few natural factors that draw creatures there. Usually not as deadly as this though.

Sheriff: [to Jody] Animal Attack is used as a code word in my station.

Jody: Ahhh, well that explains a lot. [but back to business. they can discuss their various supernatural issues later] Anyway, yeah. I'm definitely thinking vampire. I've never seen anything else that can tear something apart like that.

Dean: Yeah, but they usually leave more of a body, too. Something about the feeding pattern isn't right.

Sheriff: Could it be the um... what was it... oh, a wendigo?

Dean: Wendigo? There was a wendigo in Beacon Hills?

Jody: A wendigo wouldn't come this far into town - plus they're only active at night. One of these kills was definitely in broad daylight.

Sheriff: Yeah, an assassin came in and murdered the entire family. [rubs the back of his neck] Derek told me about them. Completely under the radar. Good folks, the wife used to bring us these cookies... and I'm going off topic.

Dean: [that does not sound right at all, but no, he's not going to let that distract them. Or Jody is not because she's going to cut off his dumb question at the pass with a hand on his arm]

Jody: Wendigoes still wouldn't steal from the bodies.

Sam: Depends on how far gone they are, but no, to be doing that kind of destruction... [thinks] do we know of any connections between the victims?

Jody: [shakes her head] They all seem to be crimes of opportunity. But we don't really have the access to determine it further.

Dean: [smirks] The locals aren't too fond of nosy outsiders, I take it?

Jody: Can't win over every heart and mind, now can you?

Sheriff: [chuckles] Don't look at me either. I'm so out of practice flirting at this point, I just embarrass myself.

Dean: Yeah, we'll look into it. We've already got an in anyway, and we'll let you know if we come up with anything else.

Jody: Good. Guess we better let you get to work.

Sam: We'll let you know what we find.

Jody: [nods to them both and off the brothers go to do police things! Jody, on the other hand, will turn back to the sheriff] I think we need something a little stronger than coffee. What about you?

Sheriff: Sounds about right. Wonder if we can get a few more drink tickets ...

Jody: I think I know just who to sweet talk. [and with that she'll wander over to talk up the head of the committee and come away with a pretty decent stack of them] This should do the trick.

Sheriff: [laughs] Now you're just trying to get me drunk.

Jody: Well, if we're going to be swapping dumb Winchester stories, I'm definitely going to need a few beers. [though to be honest, it will probably be something harder than that]

Sheriff: I actually only met them very recently, so you'll be the one with the stories.

Jody: Well, boy do I have plenty.

Sheriff: Wonderful. I could use the ammunition.

Jody: [grins] To the bar. [and off they go where Jody tells some ... really fabulous stories about Sam and Dean being dumb, but I don't have the brain power to make them up right now]

Sheriff: [that's fine. She will probably get to hear about how his son tried to explain monsters to him using a chess board]

Jody: As ... hilarious as that sounds? Far better than the introduction I got.

Sheriff: Attacked?

Jody: Yeah. Sort of. [she doesn't really want to get into it] Anyway, Bobby - he was sort of a surrogate father for the boys - gave me the talk and I do the best I can to try and keep an eye out for things that might be on the boys' radar.

Sheriff: I actually have a werewolf consultant. [and speaking of, there's a ding on his phone with Derek's response listing out a few options.]

Jody: [she chuckles] My daughter was a lure for a nest of vampires. It takes all types in this world.

Sheriff: My son's dating a werewolf, and his best friend is the pack alpha. [pause] And he's seventeen.

Jody: [winces a bit] That's young. That's too young, in fact.

Sheriff: Tell me about it. But he's a good kid. A bit clueless sometimes, but a good head and heart on him.

Jody: At least there's that. This ... world, whatever it is - it's hard not to let it take the best of them.

Sheriff: No, I agree. I think we're just a bit luckier our way that these kids have each other and good influences.

Jody: [she nods] Annie ... well, it's a struggle. But thankfully most of her struggles these days are normal teenage issues like underage drinking or smoking pot, which compared to her vamp bait days are mild in comparison.

Sheriff: Yeah, I wish those were the problems my son got into. I could handle those kinds of problems. But no, mine borrows police transport vans and goes "camping" in Mexico to try and break into a hunter's home to save one of the werewolves.

Jody: [she laughs] Industrious.

Sheriff: Yeah, pretty sure he's going to end up like Sam in about ten years. Dean's a bit too rough around the edges, but Stiles and Sam are both intelligent, so I can see it happening.

Jody: Don't count Dean out. He may seem like big dumb muscle, but he's sharper than he looks.

Sheriff: I don't, but I know my son. He's actually going to be going to college to study folklore now.

Jody: ... Good for him. He can be a walking encyclopedia of weird.

Sheriff: Well, at least in our area, werewolf packs have a human member in it who tends to know that stuff to ask as advisor to the alpha. And seeing that the alpha has been his best friend since he was five...

Jody: So he's looking to be an advisor.

Sheriff: Something like that. I think the title is emissary.

Jody: I'll admit, I don't know a whole lot about werewolves. Zombies, vampires, demons - that I can do. Haven't had a whole lot of wolves.

Sheriff: The wolves are the main thing, but we've had kitsunes, darachs, wendigoes, and banshees. [thinks] Oh, and kanima.

Jody: Sounds like you've had a whole menagerie.

Sheriff: Yeah, and then some. [like fireproof deputy]

Jody: Sioux Falls doesn't really see much these days, but you can never be too careful.

Sheriff: You ever want to transfer out and help me out, let me know. We tend to have openings. A lot.

Jody: I'll keep that in mind. Maybe a change of scenery will do Annie some good.

Sheriff: Can't promise that she won't have horrible influences in town. My son being the biggest.

Jody: [she chuckles] He's planning on going to college. If that's the worst bad influence you have, I'll take it.

Sheriff: Again, going camping in Mexico to infiltrate a hunter's home.

Jody: Her current friends mostly aspire to figuring out where their next high is going to come from.

Sheriff: His on how to fight demonic ninjas.

Jody: She was practically raised by vampires. She'll be fine.

Sheriff: Maybe she will like Beacon Hills then. We don't have vampires... we have vampire slayers.

Jody: Well, that's certainly a load off my mind.

Sheriff: However, lots of werewolves in the form of teenagers or young twenty somethings. [thinks] and one particularly frustrating and psychotic adult.

Jody: See that? That's the one that worries me. Kids are kids, super powers or not. It's the adults you have to watch out for.

Sheriff: You have to watch out for the kids too. We just dealt with some fourteen year-old killers.

Jody: Fourteen?

Sheriff: Yup. Freshmen.

Jody: Jesus.

Sheriff: Have you ever heard of the Orphans?

Jody: [shakes her head] No, never heard of 'em.

Sheriff: FBI wanted killers who had a calling card of cutting off heads and they were completely soldered. Ended up the girl had this necklace that turned into a solder wire. Horrible.

Jody: [shakes her head] Yeah, the only federal action we get are those idiots.

Sheriff: I wish that was my only involvement.

Jody: [chukles] Problems with jurisdiction?

Sheriff: Teen alpha has an FBI agent for a father trying to get back in his life. Thinks that he's hiding something. [amused as he sips his whiskey]

Jody: That's going to be a fun can of worms to open.

Sheriff: I may just make some popcorn.

Jody: I wouldn't blame you.

Sheriff: [looks out at the rest of the bar] You think those boys have figured it out yet?

Jody: If they haven't already they will by the end of the night, and they'll call. They know better than to not.

Sheriff: You have them that well trained?

Jody: Oh, you bet I do. They know if they don't it's my foot up their ass.

Sheriff: [amused, holding his glass out at her in a salute] Good on you. may have to get you to teach me how to do that

Jody: [she laughs] I don't know if it works so well if they're already used to you.

Sheriff: They aren't, yet. I just met them at Thanksgiving.

Jody: Ah, you mean the boys specifically. Yeah, that'll definitely take time.

Sheriff: I figured.

Jody: They're good boys, though. Contrary to what most people want to think.

Sheriff: Up until about a year ago, I wouldn't have believed you. Now I know different. [yawns] And I think I've hit my tolerance level for the night.

Jody: [chuckles a bit] I think we're almost out of drink tickets too.

Sheriff: Looks like it's off to bed then.

Jody: Indeed. [and with that she gets up, moving one hand to steady herself on the bar as she gains her footing] Back to our hotel rooms we go.

Sheriff: [stands and stretches] Between the two of us, we'll be able to make it. [grins and offers his arm]

Jody: [she laughs and nods, taking that arm as they make their way out of the bar]

Sheriff: [and they get up to her room first, because he needs to drop her off and be the protective male influence] Maybe things will be better in the morning.

Jody: [she glances back at him as she goes to open the door] Maybe it will be. [she unlocks it and props it open but doesn't head in quite yet] Thank you for the drink, Sheriff.

Sheriff: Thanks for conning more drink tickets. [smiles and moves to head towards his room down the hall]

Jody: [turns and watches him go for a moment, before shaking her head and letting herself inside]

Sheriff: [and he will pretty much crash on his bed when he gets there, and is going to have a hell of a headache in the morning]

Jody: [you and her both, Sheriff. You and her both. Dean will probably mock her for it]

Sheriff: [bah, Dean. just bah and pass the coffee]

Jody: [anyhoo, the episode proceeds as normal and ends up in the barn with the vampires and all of them get decapitated because Stilinski has totally learned from being tied up at the base of the Nemeton]

Sheriff: [Argent has obviously been giving the Sheriff lessons on badass fathering]

Jody: [yep, clearly. Which Jody is not complaining about since he's taking Donna's spot and decapitating the vamp to save the damsel in distress who clearly needs these lessons.]

Sheriff: [and everything is awesome]

Jody: [yep, pretty much. And she'll wait for the boys to take off (because she would never hear the end of it), before turning to him] I'm pretty sure that means I owe you one.

Sheriff: Nah, just doing my job.

Jody: Still, I appreciate it.

Sheriff: Well, you're welcome.

Jody: [she nods a bit, before glancing back to the bar] I probably shouldn't try to tempt you in for another drink either.

Sheriff: No, it's probably best you don't while I still have some honor left to maintain. [laughs]

Jody: [laughs] Then I guess this is where we part ways.

Sheriff: Guess so. [holds out his hand] It was a pleasure meeting you, Sheriff Mills.

Jody: [nods as she shakes his hand] Pleasure meeting you, Sheriff Stilinski. Look me up if you're ever in Sioux Falls.

Sheriff: Same if you start thinking about a transfer to Beacon Hills.

Jody: I will definitely let you know.

Sheriff: [nods, and then he just... turns and heads back to his room to go and pack.]

Jody: [and she will watch him go again, before doing the same]

Sheriff: [and as he packs, mutters about how he really just... can't. Flirt, or actually try anything with a woman. He's still in love with Claudia, after all these years]

Jody: [which she can understand on some level. There's a reason her attempts at dating have been awful, though he seemed like a pretty nice guy]

Sheriff: [maybe another time. maybe. who knew]

Jody: [guess they'll just have to see what happens]