Author: Restive Nature
Genre: Crossover
Type: WiP
Shows: Dark Angel and Supernatural
Disclaimer: Neither show represented in this fiction belongs to me. Dark Angel is the product of Cameron/Eglee and Fox, whereas Supernatural is the product of Kripke and The CW. No profits are made from this fiction and it is intended for private enjoyment only.
Story Rating: PG-13
Timeline/ Spoilers: This story is a companion piece to “When It Changes”.
Setting: Takes place between Chapters 23 &24
Pairing: None
Summary: A series of vignettes. A collection of hunting trips.
The Diary of John Winchester
Name: UNK
Classification: spirit, ghost, haunted train
Description: general
Lore Reference: Conductor Lawrence Barker (d. 1882, victim of outlaw train robbery)
Wife, Penelope Barker (see above)
Children, Lawrence Jr, and Thomas Barker (see above)
(ref. newspaper articles at local library)
Encountered At: Sleepy Eye, Minnesota
Specific Attacks: usual
Kill By: salt & burn bones
Personal Notes: Fairly standard job, although it took us all over the state.
Found an article in the papers about a haunted train. Though the train no longer ran its previous route, it had been restored and ran as a tourist attraction. (Those types where they run through a few towns, serve lunch or dinner and show off the sites.) To discover what we could about the history, the three of us purchased tickets. One of the first things that the tour guide warned us about was that the last car in the line before the engine caboose was a haunted car and that we shouldn’t go in. Naturally, everyone (meaning us “newcomers”, since the other passengers had already heard this) thought this was a good joke. Our tour guide explained that in the early 1880’s, there had been a train robbery. The outlaws had learned that the famous Penelope Barrett Barker, heiress of some fortune, would be on the train.
Barker was indeed on the train, as her husband was the conductor. (Max thought it strange that an heiress had wed a train employee, but that didn’t really matter to the case.) The outlaws, intending to rob Mrs. Barker, came aboard the train, subdued the passengers and two outlaws made their way to the Barrett-Barker private sleeper car.
According to the story, in front of her husband and children, Mrs. Barker was abused, raped and murdered. Her children were next and then Mr. Barker was assaulted. He was left for dead and the outlaws left with much less than they’d anticipated. It seems that Max had the right idea about that marriage, since it turned out that the Barrett’s turned their back on their daughter because of the marriage. (Dean tracked down the information on the family and it looks like Lawrence Jr. made a very early arrival.) Lawrence Sr. still alive, was taken to a doctor in Mankato.
Once the passengers were free to move around, we checked out the supposedly haunted section of the train and sure enough there were signs. The tour guide found us and asked that we leave, since there had been some problems before with that section of the train and the owners preferred non-employees to stay out of the car for now. (2 deaths and 1 assault that we were able to dig up.) We complied and finished out the rest of the trip, which ended up in St. Paul.
Knowing that Barker died, we checked back in Mankato, but were unable to find records of his death there and of course there was no cemetery listing along with the original article we found. We headed back to Sleepy Eye and were able to find out that Barker had family that claimed him after his death. He was taken for burial in the family plot in Duluth, along with the rest of his family. We dug up his grave, salted and burned his bones.
We went back to the train on the pretext of getting the whole ride, since we had been picked up in Sleepy Eye on the way back. During the round trip from St. Paul to Lake Benton and back, we were able to monitor the sleeping car and found no more indication of Barker’s ghost.
Entry: Kenton, OK
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