In the back of the night there's something waiting to bite.
"So this demon chick..."
"Ruby." Sam cut in absently listening to his brother as he searched for Plyme St.
"Yeah Ruby, what's she look like?" Dean asked, unable to hide the curosity within his voice.
Sam raised his eyebrow in his brother's direction, "She looks like a demon."
Dean rolled his eyes pushing his foot down harder and the impala roared in response, "That doesn't answer my question, Sammy."
"It doesn't matter what she looks like, Dean. She's a demon. Why do you care? It's not like you have her hanging off your shoulder." Sam replied a little harsher than he had intended, he shrugged when his brother sent him a curious look and continued trying to find the right road they needed to take to bring them to Charlotte.
The Brothers were on the way to another job; a nest of Vampires had been terrorizing a town near Charlotte, NC and Bobby heavily suggested they take care of it sooner rather than later. The boys got the feeling he may have just wanted them out of his hair for a little while.
Remembering the last demon he had encountered he could help but feel conflicted, she was a demon, yes, but she was also a person. She had a personailty, a sense of humour, she was loyal and she had to ability to love. Dean was beginning to think demons weren't so easily stereotyped, "You know things aren't always that simple Sammy. Just because she's a demon doesn't mean we automatically can't trust her." Sam scoffed incredulously at his brothers words.
Dean quickly tried to clarify himself, "I mean I'm not saying I trust Ruby."
"Then what are you saying?" Sam replied his face contoured in confusion. "I don't know..." Dean let out a long breath, "Things just used to be really uncomplicated when I looked at the world in black and white. If somthing had fangs, teeth or black eyes we killed or excorsised it or whatever, simple clean and cut. But now… I mean when you think about demons are just trying to survive…sort of like us."
Sam scoffed once more, "Things still are black and white Dean. Once Ruby does whatever she has to do to get you out of the crossroads deal then we'll kill her." He paused slowly, "Like we'd kill any other demon, it's simple. There's no grey area here, demons survive by causing death and destruction they are nothing like us." Sam finished the rest of his speech quickly hoping he sounded convincing. Suddenly he felt rather unsure that he could really kill Ruby, especially after she had saved his brothers life like she promised.
It was Dean's turn to raise an eyebrow in Sam's direction, "Riiiiight, are you trying to convince me or are you trying to convince yourself?" He turned off the engine as they pulled up to a roadside diner sending Sam a meaningful glance, "C'mon let's eat I'm starving I can't wait another two hours until Charlotte." Sam swallowed the burning sensation that had risen in his chest and nodded glancing briefly l over his shoulder he following Dean towards the door.