Title: Half A Life
Author: Lonnie

Genre: Angst/Hurt/Comfort
Rating: PG-13 (T)

Summary: Dean's deal is almost done and Sam's beyond desperate. With one last idea he goes to find the demon that will be the owner of his big brother's soul with an offer that surprisingly enough is accepted!

Big, big, big thanks to KidKneeGril for being such a sport to beta check the story for me D

1. One Last Chance

"Where' you going?" Dean muttered without taking his eyes off the newspaper he was reading. The youngest brother had had enough of it. Dean had one day left before his deal with the crossroads demon was over and here he sat reading a friggin' newspaper. Sam paused with his hand on the doorknob, his body twisting as he turned to glare at his brother.

"I just need to get some fresh air. I'll borrow the car," the youngest dangled the keys in his hands and stepped out.

"The hell you do!" Dean jumped up from his bed and put the paper down.

"What? Why not?" Sam turned around and looked at his brother with annoyance.

"I just don't want you to drive the car at the moment. It's dark, foggy and... you've been acting strange lately... Or, I mean, more then usual. Just leave the car okay?" Dean reached out his hand for the keys. Sam just stared at him for a few seconds before grunting and threw the keys to Dean.
"You'll thank me for this later!" Dean raised his voice as he walked back into the room.

"Not likely," Sam muttered again, closed his jacket and walked off towards a little night open store.

Sam clutched the little box he had inside his jacket as he walked down a quiet road not far from the motel. He looked around to make sure Dean wasn't keeping eyes on him. When he finally stopped he looked around yet another time, but this time to make sure that he was standing in the center of a crossroad. He dug a hole big enough to fit the box and burried it. He took a deep breath and stood up, closing his eyes.

"You Winchester's are one stubborn gang, aren't you?" Sam's eyes snapped open and in front of him was a young lady with long, beautiful red hair,

"Your brother's time is up in just a few hours and here you are..."

"I have another offer," Sam goes directly to the case.

"I kinda figured that out since you're here. But what makes you think I want to make one with you?" the red haired demon lifted an eyebrow.
"What? Because..." Sam begun, but the demon cut him off.

"You killed another crossroad demon not long ago. Why should I help you?" the young looking demon traced a finger along his jaw.

"Because I think this offer might interest you. You are the demon who will be the keeper of my brother's soul aren't you?" Sam pressed.

"Well yes I am. How would you know? I'm not even in the same body as I was when I made that sweet deal with your brother," she smiled.

"This is your crossroad. It's not far from the hotel we stayed at back when... we're not far from Cold Oak and this is the only crossroad around here," Sam answered. He had done his share of research to be ready for this meeting.

"Right. As clever as you're handsome," the demon girl traced her finger along his lips, but now Sam stepped back a bit. The demon smiled.

"Fine. Let's hear this deal. This can be interesting," she mocked.

"I will give you half my soul if you let Dean live" Sam said. The demon looked quite surprised now.

"Half your soul? Half? Are you trying to be funny?" the demon wasn't flirty anylonger now.
"There's more," Sam opened his mouth, but closed it again. It was hard to try to make this deal, but he thought this would be better then for Dean to go to hell,

"You get half my soul and half Dean's soul if you let him go."
"Wow. Now you're the first Winchester to surprise me. Now what good would your half living soul do?" she looked intruiged now.

"Well. We wont live with half our souls. If you let us live every other day and die the days in between... You will still have one soul, both mine and Dean's together, but you will let us live for 24 hours before we die again" Sam swallowed hard. The demon was quiet, running a finger through her own long hair now.

"So, if I let you live tomorrow, you will die when those 24 hours is up..."
"But when we've been dead for 24 hours we will live again the day after..." Sam continued.

"And then die again...?" the mocking tone in her voice came back,
"So for the rest of your lives you are willing to live, die, live, die...? How can that be better then just stay dead and you get a whole, healthy life?" The demon had to admit that this deal was kind of interesting. They wouldn't last long like that, but this could be fun.

"Wait. I've heard of this before," she bit her lower lip,

"Ah you've been doing some researching haven't you? You're pulling one of those deals Pollux made to save his brother Castor. You know, Pollux was a half god and when his mortal brother Castor was killed, he made a deal with his father, Zeus. This is just like that. Zeus agreed to let Pollux and Castor live together, just to die when the sun went down..."

"And live the next day..." Sam added, making it sure that the demon wasn't trying to keep them dead for more then 24 hours.
"Yeah yeah. But I'm not Zeus..."
"But you can still do it!" Sam pressed.
"You... and Dean..." the demon girl grinned and shock her head and stepped closer to Sam,

"You two really do anything for each other... It's kind of pathetic, but sort of sweet. But yes, I can do it." she whispered,

"We have a deal" she smiled wickedly and grabbed Sam's neck and pushed him to her lips.

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