4.07: The Joker in the Pack

## Episode

Dean and Lamashtu are getting concerned as they are unaware of what's going on in Ormond however they are pleased to see Sam and Shane return just in time however they announce that they were unsuccessful in their mission and couldn't find whatever it was The Legion wanted them to find, this makes Dean angry at Shane and Sam (who is Dean's brother): "What do you mean you were just put somewhere like a spare part?" he angrily says at his brother Sam, Sam tries to explain but Dean isn't interested and starts to shout at him, Shane steps between them to stop the argument but ends up shouting at both of them too.

Dean continues to shout at his brother: "I thought we were doing this together! but you insisted on separating us and look how that worked out!" Dean shouts at his brother, Sam tells Dean to calm down and explains what happened, Shane then tells them that they need to get a move on because they are running out of time, Sam apologises to Dean for failing his part of The Legion's task.

Elsewhere, The Legion (still in control of Susie) can be seen confronting Joey and Julie for not chasing down and killing Dean and Lamashtu: "YOU ALLOWED THEM TO ESCAPE" it screams at them, Joey and Julie tell The Legion that Frank decides their moves and not "the freak that lives in our friend" which causes The Legion to lose its temper and attack Julie, Joey attempts to stop it however he is pushed aside and attacked by The Legion, he manages to escape its grasp however it grabs Joey and throws him into the wall, Joey falls to the floor unconscious while The Legion looks upon him as an injured Frank can be seen to the side as Joey falls next to him, Frank tries to blindside The Legion (despite being injured) and succeeds momentarily before it recovers and throws Frank away, it then turns its attention to Joey who is still on the ground unconscious however Susie retakes control and looks horrified at the scene as her friends lay broken on the floor, she apologizes over and over to the group but holds her head in the process like she's conflicted - The Legion proceeds to open a portal whilst not being in control and orders Susie to walk through it as it believes that it's time to finish the job, it even goes as far as to say: "Look at the three people before you, they say they are your friends but we all know that you were brought into this Realm by force and not by choice...we have made you into the best possible version of Susie Lavoie and you don't need these simple HUMANS anymore." Susie puts on her mask calmly and walks away from her group, clearly not able to mentally handle the situation as she finds herself back in Lincoln City before she knows it, once again a long way from home.

Back in the foundry, the four hunters (Sam, Dean, Lamashtu and Shane) lay out several maps of the city and several multiverse "concepts" on a table as they discuss what to do next, Shane reveals that he and Sam went to Ormond, Alberta, Canada and tells Dean and Lamashtu: "We were in this town, we kept finding these missing person posters and Susie Lavoie was on all of them..." Shane says, he is interrupted by a letter which suddenly appears on the table with an anonymous sender wanting to meet the four at a hotel restaurant at the Brayford Pool in the centre of Lincoln City, the four men now believe they have something to go off and head there with immediate effect.

Walking to the restaurant, Dean is skeptical: "This is a trap" however Lamashtu, who has been going along with the events rather calmly and not saying much finally decides to speak up: "You don't seem confident, we don't have long until The Legion comes to hunt us, it's still playing with it's food so anything new we can learn is solid intel, plus this contact may be of some use plus we might be able to find the Lance of Akavir after The Legion took it during our visits to its realms" he finishes.

After arriving, the four hunters sit down and look around the restaurant and notice the man who wrote the letter is sitting at a rather elaborately set table near the back of the restaurant, when they walk over to him, it is revealed to be the suited man with the hat that the four encountered on their separate trips to The Realm and Ormond respectively - Sam and Dean seem to recognize him from their own universe though and immediately pull their guns on the man and aim them which confuses Shane and Lamashtu, the man doesn't flinch however and pulls out a case of various flavored lollipops and sucks on one calmly while smiling at the four men: "I know you guys have met me before but I'm sure you're wondering how I got here" he says with another smile before creating an illusion that the four men watch of the man falling aimlessly through the multiverse following The Legion's "corruption" of it, he makes a grand speech simultaneously: "These two, Sam and Dean, know me from their world - I don't remember much about getting here as I just remember falling for what felt like an eternity and then landing in a place called Ormond" - As Ormond is mentioned, it shows the man walking through the town and looking at the missing people posters of the original Legion group (Frank, Julie, Susie and Joey) and leaving his own cryptic messages (the ones that Shane and Sam found) on them as he comically says: "The posters looked crap so I put my own modern spin on it, thats what you humans like right? Anyways that's not the point, I became fascinated with this Legion of people and after I discovered the place where you were Dean, I also discovered that I could go back and forth between The Realm and Ormond" the illusion shows the man doing this "I got The Legion's attention for this and as I spent what felt like years falling through nothing, I stuck it to that freak by helping you four out in non-direct ways" he says in a very confident tone as he tips his hat, he then points at Shane and Sam "How do you think you two escaped?" he then proceeds to suck on another lollipop and pulls out another case whilst ending the illusion and reveals that he has the Lance of Akavir - "This also appeared during my falling period, I grabbed onto it with both hands however it didn't like me back and that's how I truly got to Ormond" he says, finally revealing this as he also reveals two sickening burn marks on his hands, he then looks at the four "I assume you four want it to kill The Legion but I'm afraid there is no easy way to get rid of it, all I can say is good luck and if you survive this, try and see me again...the name's Loki by the way" he says with another smile before vanishing and leaving behind the Lance of Akavir as well as any sign that he was ever there.

Shane takes the Lance and tells the others that they are heading to the Torchwood base under Lincoln City to see if they can predict The Legion's next move as, going by what Loki has just said, it appears it has started taking its vengeance on the worlds of the multiverse by destroying some of them entirely or causing some beings to be misplaced, Lamashtu however doesn't want to go to the base but instead wants to confront The Legion as he is yet to properly do so: "I want to know what makes this thing tick" he explains which Shane, Sam and Dean appreciate however they tell the demon to meet them in two hours' time.

As Lamashtu waits for The Legion or whoever may turn up to represent the vengeful being, Shane takes Sam and Dean to the Torchwood base and shows them around, Sam and Dean look at each other in amazement with Sam commenting: "This is quite some place you have here Shane" to which Shane appreciates however Dean ruins the moment as he says: "It looks like every tech nerds wet dream" much to Shane's annoyance as Shane pulls out a pair of jump cables and attaches them to the central computer system of the base with Shane explaining: "I know you two probably don't care but I need to explain what I'm doing to either myself or someone else so I don't go crazy" he then points to a now disused portal to the multiverse "That gateway as it were right there once held tremendous power, so much power that it could get you from this world to any other in a matter of seconds - granted there would be side effects that would alter that world's timeline slightly but it would be miniscule, this is the same thing I believe The Legion does except it's done it so many times and so often, not to mention you add the mindset of a teenage criminal turned frenzied serial killer and..." he makes a loud noise by clapping his hands together "Recipe for a rogue multiversal supervillain if I have ever seen one" - Sam and Dean look at each other and Sam even scratches his head in bemusement before saying: "Ok...and what are you trying to do?" Shane continues to ramble in response: "Let's say trying to get the stored power from the computer system into that gateway, it will attract our masked friend."

Sam and Dean realize what's going on but aren't too pleased by it "So that demon out there, that looks suspiciously like our dead angel friend by the way, is just bait? Also the fact that you and him made a plan without consulting the other two in your team" Sam and Dean say pointing at each other before continuing: "Some leader you are Shane" however Shane doesn't want to hear it "Look you two, this is likely the only chance we have to get it out in the open and get it anywhere on our terms" Dean calms down at this explanation as he has been clearly itching to kill The Legion before it kills him or his brother Sam however Sam is paranoid: "What about Loki?" - Dean though interrupts by saying: "Sammy, when I was in The Realm, I saw how that group of masked thugs reacted to seeing that suit wearing creep - it was like they were terrified of him" Sam gets worried as well as Dean adds: "They weren't exactly subtle about it either..." he chuckles "You should have seen Frank's bitches face (referring to Julie) even with a mask on, she was visibly shaken" Dean seems really proud of his analysis even if it is slightly exaggerated - Sam though still isn't convinced "That was OUR Loki, Dean, we know what he is capable of through Gabriel, he is a Trickster, this could all be his way of making himself Emperor of the Multiverse or something" however Dean shakes his head telling Sam that if that was Loki's goal he would have done it already and pointed out the distain that Loki showed towards not just the Legion being itself but the original Legion group as well.

All the while, Shane finishes connecting the fiddly jump cables and begins to type on the central computer system thus beginning the process of firing up the multiverse portal in order to attract either The Legion being or anyone that maybe of interest to the mission at hand, sparks begin to fly and the three men react surprised to this as the process continues.

Susie can be seen walking through and The Legion, whose voice echoes around her, tells her of the portal opening in the Lincoln City base of Torchwood - Susie asks: "What do you want me to do?" The Legion then says: "Find the base and give them a surprise, their trying to outsmart us so let's see if you can use your instinct to outsmart them!" She responds: "I will." The Legion says: "Goodbye now!" and disappears back into Susie's mind.

Back at the Torchwood base, the process stabilizes and Shane says: "We are now playing a waiting game" he then turns on the CCTV camera feed and finds one overlooking the Brayford Pool where Lamashtu waits however it is clear he is getting some odd looks from passers by and is trying to play it cool but is failing miserably - Sam laughs as he sees this: "He's just as awkward as Cas was, he wasn't a people person either" he thinks, in the background Dean paces around waiting impatiently.

At the Brayford Pool, Lamashtu's attempts to not look like a weirdo as he just stands around awaiting for literally anything at this point fail as someone approaches him and asks if everything is alright. He answers yes and they continue past - another passerby stops next to him and says hello - Lamashtu is unsure how to reply and just awkwardly nods however he soon shows his discomfort as he looks at the sky however a survival knife comes from nowhere and lands at his feet - Lamashtu looks to see Julie standing there, she berates the demon for him and Dean coming to The Realm and feels personally insulted that they escaped however she also says in a frenzied angry tone: "You...You nearly took Frank from me, you just stood there and let that THING inside poor and innocent Susie..." Lamashtu tilts his head as he knows that Julie is trying to manipulate him into showing empathy "Injure him, My LEADER to near death? You know what would happen if I did something like that, right? Frank would never forgive me and yet for Susie it's different? Why?!" Lamashtu responds: "There's alot you don't understand but I have a feeling you aren't here to talk...who sent you?" Julie says: "Frank sent me, he said it was urgent that you speak with me" Lamashtu replies: "Why does Mr. Morrison care about what we're doing here? Shouldn't he be tending to his injuries after being humbled by your psychotic friend with the strange pink hair?" he gives a devilish smirk to the Legion member, who glares at him - Julie, trying to hold back sheer rage, says: "I'm going to kill you! You'll wish you were still dead when I get done with you!" Lamashtu looks down and says: "Yeah, I'm pretty sure you will but there's a problem with what you just said" which confuses Julie, only for Lamashtu "I'm a demon...I'm already dead" he then beckons at Julie to fight him if she thinks she can win "And you, well you're human...and that means you should probably run" the demon continues to push the killers' buttons.

Julie seems to think for a moment before she focuses and begins to frenzy, she charges at the demon and gets several hits in however Lamashtu dodges and tries to grab her however Julie uses her speed and strength to escape and then punches the demon hard in the face. She then goes in for a kick however he blocks it easily and strikes her in the stomach, causing her to double over and drop her weapon, after the brief struggle however Loki appears from nowhere (still in the same suit and hat as before) and grabs Julie from behind, he tips his hat to Lamashtu "Well bucko" he begins however his voice turns to a whisper as he looks at Julie "Go home, you're making yourself and your friends look bad" he then throws her onto the ground and then uses his magic to return her to The Realm where she supposedly came from, this catches the attention of The Legion itself who diverts Susie from their Torchwood base plan to the Brayford Pool.

As this is happening, the portal process has been complete and is now stable leaving Shane, Sam and Dean to watch Lamashtu's encounter with Loki on the computer screens of the base, Lamashtu seems curious: "So your Loki from another world? In ours your just a fictional story from Norse mythology"

Loki shrugs: "That's true...I am fictional here...apparently....not to proud of that but then again no one's perfect..." he says in one continuous ramble without stopping "And who might you be?" he asks Lamashtu pointing his case of lollipops at the demon comically - Lamashtu squints in response however Loki sarcastically rolls his eyes: "Come on...INTRODUCE Yourself, tell me who you are, I LOVE making new acquaintances" he says with an exaggerated tone of happiness in his voice, Lamashtu scoffs and walks away muttering "Pfft" whilst looking back at him however Susie charges at Lamashtu from nowhere and knocks him down with a powerful punch, she turns to Loki and tilts her masked head at the Trickster god - Loki takes out his case of lollies and offers her one in a strange way to establish that he is control however Susie gets in the face of the Trickster with Loki commenting on how if she steps any closer to him she will mark his suit which he allegedly bought from the finest Monte Carlo tailors, Susie then looks up at the CCTV cameras as The Legion's voice echoes in her mind: "They are watching through the camera, anything to say to them?" it says referring to Shane, Sam and Dean watching the feed from the Torchwood base. Susie smirks and replies in a mocking tone: "Tell 'em they need to get a life, It's rude to watch a girl fight when there not invited!" she says, Loki sighs and shakes his head at her reply "Why are you so interested in me? You think I haven't noticed you and your little minions (referring to Frank, Julie and Joey) following and observing me from portals wherever I go?" his tone becomes deadly serious as he stares a maniacal hole through Susie. Susie chuckles slightly and responds: "The Legion asks if you remember how you even got here...besides the falling of course...would you like to say what TRULY happened and WHY we are so fearful of YOU Mr. Trickster" she says poking her knife into Loki's chest.

Loki agrees and The Legion takes control of Susie and holds her hands to Loki's head causing an illusion where Loki and Lamashtu are and a strange video to play at the Torchwood base, whilst at the base Shane comments to Sam and Dean: "The Legion can manipulate electromagnetic fields and stuff due to its multiversal power so we aren't actually watching a video...it's Loki's memories" he looks partly intrigued but partly scared at what he may see.

The memories start with Loki being killed many years ago at the hands of an archangel called Gabriel (who Loki borrowed the appearance of as part of a deal) he then wakes up in a dark and black place that is absent of life, the flashbacks causing the real world Loki to show what looks like fear, however he is soon shown falling through the black void of nothing as he screams in agony, suddenly he lands in what looks like The Realm and his body (along with some of his possessions) is found by Frank and Joey of The Legion during a hunt however they sense he is different and take the unconscious Loki to their hideout, it is there that Julie and Susie question what the two guys have bought back however Frank seems oddly excited: "This one is different, we should keep him alive and let him rest, perhaps he can become useful later." Julie disagrees however saying: "No! We must kill all we find and use them to our own ends or risk the wrath of The Entity you made a deal with" however Frank argues that it may give them bargaining power with said entity: "If we offer this man to it, perhaps we can gain some leverage over it" Susie laughs at this remark and Frank angrily shouts at her: "Susie...I realize you are new to the criminal world but please...SHUT UP!" she ignores Frank's request and continues to laugh mockingly and offers to stay with Loki as the other three are needed on a hunt, Frank reluctantly allows it after explaining that she will be kept away from the more important work.

Loki finally awakes to a masked Susie stroking his face with great interest, he looks visibly confused as he comes to, he looks down to reveal that he is not wearing a suit but rather what looks like some old clothes taken from The Legion themselves - "Where am I?" he asks as he struggles however Susie frantically tries to calm him down as he becomes restless and attempts to escape: "Shhh..It's ok...you're safe now..." she whispers softly, Loki slowly calms down and notices a small cut on his neck: "What have you done?" he gasps in horror, Susie smiles at his reaction "I gave you a gift...the mark of The Legion" she says with pride and Loki is shocked and a tiny bit pissed off: "You've branded me?! Why?" he questions as he begins to have a breakdown, Susie smiles and strokes Loki's cheek again as she explains: "To ensure that you never forget us...you see, our leader Frank found you out there in the bad bad forests out there however he's not here right now, I've been tasked to stay with you until he gets back, don't worry though, I'll do my best to make not to frenzy and hurt you" Loki snaps and his voice turns gruff: "Not if I hurt you first if you don't answer my questions you freak" Susie looks somewhat annoyed but nods: "Ok...but I need you to promise that you won't try anything funny" she folds her arms in the process, Loki quickly nods and Susie explains that a few days ago she made a deal with the Entity of The Realm and, whilst its dormant now, there is now a powerful being dubbed The Legion inside her that gets more powerful as the days go on, The Legion requires people from other worlds to live whilst its in this fragile state so it looked frantically for something and found Loki with Susie saying: "It said you were dead so it just took you" Susie smirks: "That doesn't mean you're safe yet though, if you ever betray us and harm us, The Legion will wake up and punish you severely" Loki stares at her and clicks his fingers causing the ropes that are binding him to come off along with the cuffs around his wrists, Loki then calmly sits claiming to be better now he is unrestrained.

Susie gulps but composes herself: "Would you like me to remove my mask? I hope you know that if you escape, you will die once again" Loki squints: "Then why did you show me your face?! Rookie mistake missy" Susie laughs: "I'm no rookie, trust me!" Loki smirks: "Alright, I'll play nice...for now" Susie smiles happily and removes her mask, revealing her pink hair and her facial features "Do you like what you see? she asks the Trickster "Well, I must admit that you look quite cute without your mask on, but I still think you're far too plain for my tastes" Loki responds with a smirk, he continues to talk: "Anyways, getting back on track, you said this Legion being wants my power, hence the branding, so I guess they want to take over me?" Susie frowns and shakes her head: "No, they simply wanted to use you to get to someone else, alot of people actually, the reason behind the branding is simple - it's to keep you close and connected to us so that we can trace you and use you for answers about the multiverse."

Loki looks unimpressed as a loud bang can be heard as Frank, Julie and Joey can be heard returning, Susie begs for Loki to return to being binded by the ropes however he just holds the rope up comically as the three enter the room: "Hello" Loki says sarcastically waving, showing off his free - Frank is irate at this and walks up to an unmasked Susie while glaring daggers at Loki: "You! What did I say?" he shouts at Susie who claims Loki let himself out and she didn't do anything - Loki interupts them: "Hey! You must be Frank!" he says with a cold smile "Hm? Who are you?!" he questions Loki "Oh, just another one of the many people trying to escape this dastardly place of yours" this angers Frank however Loki uses telekinesis to stop his charge by manipulating Susie's limbs so her knife is pointing at Frank's gut, "You four will let me go now" Loki says with a tone of authority in his voice which gets everyone's attention - "You can't do shit to us unless you get yourself killed" Joey yells as both he and Julie advance on the Trickster however Loki easily avoids them and causes mind games by teleporting around the hideout to confuse them however Frank stabs him with his knife causing Loki to fall on the floor seemingly dead.

"What the fuck?!" Julie exclaims as Frank says: "It was kill or be killed" however Julie responds: "So much for that bargaining idea" Frank shrugs: "If he had stayed silent, he wouldn't have gotten hurt" he turns his attention back to Susie and forces her to put her mask back on before leaving the room with Joey and Julie following suit - realizing she has upset Frank and the other members, she sits down by a wall and cries into her mask as Loki, who looks he never got stabbed in the first place, can be seen in the reflection of a nearby mirror standing right behind Susie - Loki sighs: "I'm leaving..." he mutters as Susie continues to cry however The Legion takes over Susie as quick as a flash and stands face to face, it seemingly explores Loki by sight but deems him "not ready" so throws him into a portal and thus ending up in Ormond where he claimed he landed as the memory ends and everything returns to normal.

Back in the real world, Susie takes control back and removes her hands from Loki's head who is seething, in the Torchwood base Shane senses something bad is going to happen so him, Sam and Dean run for the Waterfront, whilst the three run there - Lamashtu grabs Susie from behind and Loki gruffly rants: "YOU TRIED TO USE ME AS A POWER SOURCE, YOU ROBBED ME OF MY ETERNAL SLEEP AND WORST OF ALL...YOU BRANDED ME AND TRIED TO BEFRIEND ME" he shouts at the restrained Susie who is clearly now out of her depth; Loki then threatens to destroy her and then The Legion as that's the only reason why Frank hasn't exiled her from the group back home - "HERE'S A MESSAGE TO THE LEGION..." he continues his rant "...FORGET ABOUT YOUR SIMPLE MINDED VENGEANCE ON THE HUMANS, I CAN KILL THEM WITH ONE TOUCH SHOULD I WANT TOO, I AM LOKI, I AM A GOD, I'M THE GOLDEN PRIZE IN YOUR SCHEME AND I'M THE SPANNER IN YOUR WORKS!" he aggressively grabs Susie's knife out of her own hands and stabs her in the stomach causing her to gasp and bleed all over the floor - Loki laughs and continues to stab her until finally stabbing her in rage, Lamashtu looks on horrified and throws the Trickster off and restraining him as Shane, Sam and Dean arrive on scene, Shane looks at Susie: "The Legion's coming" he says as the notorious blue light from before fills the area however this time a large bang is heard as everyone freezes as they look around the area, and as if in response to that noise, Susie's body seemingly heals and reanimates and The Legion says a word in the language of the dragon from Tamriel causing Sam and Dean to seemingly disintegrate, it then opens a portal and Shane, Lamashtu and an enraged Loki are forced to watch Tamriel meet the same fate as The Winchesters - "THE END HAS COME FOR US ALL" says the Legion and its voice echoes throughout the multiverse, Loki charges at The Legion again but is stabbed through the chest by a silver hunting knife and falls back onto the ground dying in pain while the Legion smirks however instead of Susie's voice, a new voice can be heard: "Oh dear guys, I'm really sorry about your little plan."

"That's not Susie..." Lamashtu exclaims and Shane seems mortified as "Susie" takes off her mask to reveal that The Legion has given her the face of a wanderer that Shane banished to the multiverse many years ago...Kasuti!

## Characters

* Shane
* Lamashtu
* Dean Winchester
* Sam Winchester
* Loki
* The Legion
* Frank Morrison
* Julie Kostenko
* Susie Lavoie
* Joey