The young man that had taken Ellie, Christoph, lays on the ground unconscious as Sydney releases Ellie from the police car. The girl shaking and crying as she clutches to Sydney. Right now, between the unconscious monster on the ground and the monster that just saved her life, Ellie knows who she is going to lean on. Sydney looks down at Christoph. He's not dead or bleeding. She just knocked him out. They still need answers for what is going on. Who is behind all of this. What their plans are for Ellie. There is no point in saving her if there are going to be more coming for her. The Impala skids to a stop behind her and she looks across at the car as Bucky, Natasha, Sam, and Dean climb out. She's relieved actually, to see both Natasha and Bucky with them. She thought her brothers might have forced them to back off or gone off on their own leaving them behind. It was a real possibility considering Dean's current mood.

"Beefcake, grab the boy" Dean orders Bucky who rolls his eyes slightly but does as he is told, simply because of Sydney. He doesn't want to make things more difficult between her and her brothers, he can understand how far they've come, he knows how hard things were for her before when she was away from them and she missed them. Bucky hauls Christoph over his shoulder and then follows after the others as they head towards the staircase leading into the building above, the empty office complex.

......

Upstairs, in one of the empty rooms, Bucky drops Christoph into a chair which Dean handcuffs him to before stepping back and then he lays a slap across his face to wake him up. Sydney leans back against a desk ass Sam shrugs out of his jacket. Natasha lingers close by but far enough to kind of imply that she is not with them.

"So if you're not cops, then what are you?" Ellie asks as she looks around them all.

"There are things out there that shouldn't exist" Sam explains. "Bad things. We kill 'em. It's kind of our job"

"Yeah, so your safest place is with us right now" Dean adds as Christoph comes around, groaning slightly.

"Uh-huh. Safe from... Nazi zombies" Ellie argues and shakes her head.

"Necromancers" Sydney corrects her softly. Trying to approach her with a bit more kindness and understanding. The poor girl has got to be freaking out over this. It's normal for them, they see strange stuff everyday, but Ellie, this is all new for her. "They use blood magic to make themselves almost immortal"

"Almost?" Ellie counters.

"Well, you shoot 'em in the head, set 'em on fire, that usually does the trick" Dean answers and Sydney turns a look on him. They are being too forceful with her. Too militaristic.

"This is completely insane" Ellie argues, burying her head in her hands as she tries to wrap her mind around it all. Sydney steps closer to her, intending on comforting her, but Ellie steps back when she looks up.

"Ellie, you saw what they did to your friend" Sam states.

"Okay, but... why – why would they kill Nick? And why kidnap me?"

"Those are great questions" Dean moves towards Christoph. "What do you tools want with the watch? And what does it have to do with her?"

"You're gonna have to kill me" The kid argues, Dean lets out a breath, not really wanting to kill a kid in this situation.

"All right" Dean turns to Sydney and gives her a look. "Want to, uh..." He motions to his eyes and then points at Christoph. She sighs and steps closer to the kid. She crouches in front of him, staring him right in the eye.

"Well, first things first....what is your name?" She compels him, her pupil dilating and then contracting.

"Christoph" He answers and then pulls back, surprised. "What...?"

"You see, our sister here" Dean starts. "She has this neat little trick...one twitch of her eyes and she can make you do or say whatever she wants" Bucky glances at Sydney who rolls her eyes at Dean's crude breakdown of compulsion. Dean nods to Sydney.

"Who does the watch belong to?" She compels.

"It belongs to my father. Commandant Nauhaus, Thule High Command." Christoph answers. Sydney motions with her hand for him to keep going. "It started at the end of the war" Christoph continues. "The Soviets had surrounded the Fuhrerbunker. Everyone knew it was over....everyone except my father" Bucky shifts closer to listen.

"What did your dad do to Hitler?" Sydney pushes.

"He saved his life" Christoph answers. "Well, he saved his soul. Like, literally. The watch, it's like a – it's like a horcrux" There are a number of blank faces around at that comparison. Sam and Natasha seem to be the only one who knows what he is talking about.

"It's a Harry Potter thing" Sam explains for all the blank faces. Dean rolls his eyes.

"Oh, you would know that"

"So the watch holds Hitler's soul?" Sydney asks Christoph.

"Right. You – you trapped Hitler's soul in a pocket watch? Why is that? For safekeeping?" Ellie mocks a little and then scoffs.

"No" Christoph answers. "To bring him back" Ellie laughs as Bucky shares a look with Natasha. "It sounded bonkers to me the first time I heard it, too"

"The first time you heard it? Weren't you there?" Sam asks.

"What? No. Man, I was born in Buffalo in '94. Listen, this whole 'let's bring Hitler back' is more of an O.G. Thule plan. All they do is yap about it"

"He's joking, right?" Natasha asks

"No, he's telling the truth" Sydney answers as she tilts her head looking at Christoph. "Let's go back to the part where your dad is going to resurrect Adolph Hitler" She pushes. Christoph sighs.

"After the bunker, the Thule agents who were smuggling Hitler's soul out got whacked by some Soviet assassin....." Christoph states. "Some dude with a metal arm" Bucky leans back and pulls his arm behind him. Natasha and Sydney turn to him.

"Oh, James" Sydney states softly. Dean and Sam turn now.

"What..." Dean then stops when he realises. "Soviet assassin....that was you?"

"Urm yeah" Bucky whispers. "I remember......" He clears his throat. "I hadn't been the Winter Soldier for very long, in fact, it was my first mission for them, getting that watch....."

"So what happened to it?" Sam asks, Bucky shrugs.

"I gave it to my....superiors" Bucky answers and rolls his eyes, then looks at Sydney who gives him a soft smile. "But they must have lost the watch..." Sydney hums in agreement and nods, she turns to Christoph. She raises an eyebrow.

"It ended up with some Russian family" Christoph admits. "Then the Thule tracked it to China and then to Peru. Then it wound up in that antique shop. So now they're all hyped to get their Fuhrer resurrection on"

"This isn't a joke. Oh, my God" Ellie complains, slowly descending into the madness of the situation.

"How do they plan on bringing him back?" Sydney compels Christoph.

"The soul of Hitler can only inhabit the body of somebody who possesses his blood"

"His blood" Sam mumbles.

"Das blut" Bucky offers, Sam hums and nods in agreement.

"So let me get this straight" Sydney continues. "The Thule want to upload Hitler into the body of one of his relatives? Do they even exist anymore?"

"Well, there's one right there" Christoph looks across at Ellie.

"Wait" Ellie argues. "Wait. You think I'm related to Hitler? Okay, okay, that...that.....that is just hilarious"

"They've been keeping tabs on you your whole life. The Thule track all of Hitler's descendants. You just happen to be in the same state as the watch" Christoph chuckles. "Go figure"

"No. No way. Okay, my mom, she – she tracked our family all the way back to the Mayflower. She said...."

"You're adopted"

"You don't know anything about me"

"You're from Wheaton, Illinois. All-state cross-country all four years"

"Wow. Wow, way to use the internet"

"You trained to become a doctor, but you dropped out at the sight of your first stiff"

"I am taking a sabbatical"

"You dipped town two days before your wedding"

"He was banging our caterer! You..." Ellie sighs and closes her eyes, praying that this is all just one big nightmare.

"It seems as though this running is a thing for you" Christoph points out.

"I...I..." Ellie grunts and whispers indistinctly as she leaves the room quickly. Christoph looks rather smug that she has 'run' away from the conversation as if she has just proved his point. Dean looks across at Sam.

"Yeah, I got her," Sam assures him.

"I'll go with you" Natasha adds and follows him into the room Ellie disappeared. Dean glances at Sydney who is watching Christoph, studying him to see if there is any way for them to dodge this. To save Ellie and get them out of it. And of course, Bucky is watching her. He's not seen this side of her. The hunter. The side with actual monsters hunting them and chasing them and them trying to fix it, as a family.