"Hey Lex," Sam taps on the bedroom door, "Dean will be back soon with some breakfast, are you up?"
He listens for a response and after a moment, he cracks the door open enough to let light from the hallway in. Lexi's arm is hanging off the side of the bed haphazardly and he flips the light switch on to get a better view of her. She's as pale as a ghost, her eyes look sunken almost, she's drenched in sweat, and there's blood coming from her nose.
"Lexi," he calls her name, hoping for a response as he rushes to the bed, but knowing he won't get one. He places a hand on her forehead, she's burning up, just as he thought, but she's breathing. He quickly scoops her up and rushes out of the room.
Sam bursts through the ER doors, Lexi is cradled in his arms, "MY SISTER NEEDS HELP!"
One look at the man with the sickly girl and anyone can tell she is deathly ill, so a nurse and a doctor are quick to come to him and they get Lexi on a bed, get her info from him, and they rush her off into a room quickly. He stares in shock at the chaos before him as the doctor and nurses rush frantically around the bed his friend is laying on.
"What the hell happened?" he looks over and sees his brother running through the doors towards him.
Sam shakes his head, "I…I don't know. I just found her."
"Cas is on his way," Dean looks through the large glass door leading to the room where they're working on her, "maybe he can…"
"I panicked," Sam says, "She was burning up Dean."
"You did the right thing," he reassures his brother.
After what feels like an eternity, and at least two cups of coffee later, the doctor comes out of the room and approaches the three men who are waiting in the chairs.
"You're her brother," he says to Sam, who stands up quickly nodding his head.
"We have her stable now," the doctor begins, "but I don't have any good answers right now. She has a virus, it's not contagious, but it's spreading rapidly. We're pumping antibiotics in her trying to get ahead of it. She's awake now, you can see her. I'm running some more tests, so I hope to have some answers soon."
"Thank you," Sam says as the doctor nods before walking away and the three of them make their way into the hospital room.
Lexi looks over and gives a weak smile at her visitors as they make their way over to the bed.
"You scared me," Sam says as he sits down beside the bed.
"Sorry," her voice is hoarse and scratchy sounding.
"May I?" Cas questions as he approaches her.
Lexi nods her head in approval as he does what she calls a 'full body Cas scan' which is way more thorough than a Cat scan. Cas' face gives his findings away and it's not good, "This isn't normal. Something is different...like magic."
"What?" the brothers say simultaneously.
"She's been in the bunker since she got back yesterday," Sam pulls his phone from his pocket, dialing Rowena quickly.
"That explains why the doctors can't figure it out," Cas states.
"Can't you help her?" Dean asks.
The man in the trench coat shakes his head solemnly, "It's too strong."
Meanwhile, at the front desk, a young receptionist with long blonde hair looks suspiciously over at the room with the three men gathered around the bed and picks up phone receiver next to her. She punches a phone number into the keypad and waits for the person on the other end of the line to answer.
"Hi," she says quietly, looking around to make sure no one is listening to her, "it's me. Lexi Wilson was just admitted. Yes…of course."
Later that evening, while Cas steps out to check on Jack, the boys wait patiently on Rowena to arrive. Lexi is sitting up, looking a bit better than she did this morning. The door opens to her room and she sees the bright smiling face of Noah, the guy in charge of bringing her food. His hair is jet black and cut short, his skin is milk chocolate smooth, and from the way he checked out her friends the first time he came in the room, she knew he played for the other team.
"Looking better baby girl," he says giving her a nod of approval, "you'll be out of this bed in no time."
He places a tray in front of her as she smiles, then drops her voice a little as if she's asking him a secret, "Were you able to get them?"
Noah glances across to Dean sitting in the chair watching the TV mounted on the wall and then back to Lexi, "Since it was for that smoke show over there, yes."
"Thank you," she gives him a quaint smile and he pats her leg as he leaves the room, checking both men out once more as he walks by.
Lexi takes the top off the tray and instead of food, there are three Jell-O cups with plastic spoons. She whistles to get Dean's attention and tosses him a cup, then she tosses Sam one.
"Score," he says enthusiastically as he reaches across to grab the spoon she hands him.
"Thanks," Sam says appreciatively as he takes his spoon.
They haven't finished their Jell-O when the blonde receptionist enters the room and looks at them disapprovingly, "Visiting hours are over."
"But her aunt is almost here," Dean flashes a flirtatious smile, "She really wants to see her, can't we just hang out for a little…"
"No," the woman cuts him off sharply, "you have to go."
The man looks over at his brother and they both glance to Lexi who shrugs her shoulders, "It's okay, I'll see you in the morning."
Sam stands up and places a hand on her shoulder for a moment, "We'll be back first thing tomorrow."
Lexi smiles, "Sounds good."
The boys gather their jackets and start to walk toward the door.
"Guys," Lexi calls from the bed, and the two stop to look back at her, "bring me some real coffee and doughnuts, please."
"You got it princess," Dean replies before heading out the door.
They make their way outside where Cas is sitting on a bench and he looks at them curiously, "What's going on?"
"Visiting house are over," Dean responds.
He walks over and opens the driver side door of the Impala as Sam looks at him across the roof of the car, "She'll be okay, right?"
His older brother looks at him for a moment and shrugs his shoulders, "It's a hospital, she'll be fine."