Disclaimer: Not mine

AN: Thanks to Jedisapphire for the beta

Summary: A tag to Supernatural's Season 9 finale: Do You Believe in Miracles?

Chapter I: Loss And Found

Dean had been a demon and then he wasn't. Sam had cured his brother but the path to that endgame wasn't an easy one.

First Sam had to piece together what happened to Dean's body which seemed to have disappeared from the bunker without a trace and he worked at this night and day determined not to stop until he found his brother and brought him home.

After weeks of frustrating dead-end leads, wild goose chases, and strong arming a few shady characters Sam had his answer. One unbelievable, need to sit down answer, to what happened to Dean. The shocking truth that his brother was alive, a demon, and that he'd taken off willingly and without a word.

Exhausted and an emotional mess Sam began to search for Dean and it was at that time word about his brother's where abouts and activities started to filter back to him through the hunter's network. Dean had been spotted in a few cities near the Kansas border with a questionable bunch of characters which Sam felt most likely were demons.

This group was not hard to track with the seedy bars and pool halls they liked to frequent and by the pattern of messes they left behind. Which Sam learned, among other things with enough cash, had often involved violent acts not reported to law enforcement by establishment owners,either too frightened or because of their own questionable character.

It wasn't long before Sam caught up with them late one night and came face to face with the brother he believed died in his arms.