Chapter 1
Special thanks to theconsultingsuperhero.
Sam, Dean and Cas had just come back from a hunting trip involving a spirit with an unlikely obsession which happened to be haunting old ladies and their cats. As you can imagine, the three of them weren't too thrilled about the case. So, after successfully salting and burning the remains, all three of them went to celebrate in the local bar.
It was well into the evening when they arrived so there were hardly any seats available but Dean gave the young barmaid a flirtatious wink which resulted in a grumpy looking teenage gang to be quickly ushered out the building. Dean and Cas sat facing Sam.
"So, what can I get you three?" the Barmaid said, smiling at Dean.
Before Dean could sneak in another one of his cheesy pickup lines, Sam replied bluntly "Just three beers, thanks."
As the Barmaid left with their order, Sam saw a tall, red haired woman staring at him from the other side of the room. Just then, a burly looking man covered in tattoos of strange symbols walked up to her and kissed her roughly on the neck but never once did she let Sam out of her sight. Suddenly, Dean snapped his fingers, breaking Sam's concentration.
"Sam? Earth to Sammy? You gonna drink your beer or are you gonna be staring at that hot chick all night?" Dean said teasingly.
He blinked and turned to face Dean who now wore a mischievous grin. Sam looked at him suspiciously and picked up his beer bottle only to realise that it was empty apart from a few dregs. He gave Dean one of his infamous bitch faces and replied "I'll get you back Dean, just remember you're the one who started it. I'll be back in a few." He needed to find out why that woman was staring at him and who she was.
As Sam left the bar, Dean sighed "I honestly don't know what goes on in the kid's brain." Cas tilted his head to one said and studied Dean. "It controls body temperature, blood pressure and-" he explained before Dean shook his head and laughed "Never mind." Dean swallowed a mouthful of lukewarm beer and blushed as he noticed Cas staring at him intently.
Sam was hit by a gust of bitter air as his feet sunk into freshly fallen snow. He put his large hands under his armpits to keep them from getting cold and peered into the distance. He was about to head back inside when he heard a blood curdling scream. Sam didn't care if it was reckless or stupid but he ran towards the sound of the scream anyway. As he got closer, he saw the woman he was looking for pinned up against the wall by the man with the tattoos, sobbing and begging him to stop. Sam reached inside one of the pockets in his jacket and pulled out his gun. "Leave her alone, you sick son of a bitch." He demanded, aiming the gun at the man's receding head. Sam was taken aback when they both started giggling. He loosened his grip on the gun and looked at them baffled. "Sam, I thought we were a team until you decided to betray me. Don't you remember? You and your brother stabbed me in the heart but payback's a bitch right? Get him boys." she spat.
"Ruby?" Sam exclaimed in horror. As he turned to see who the 'boys' were, he yelped as one of them smacked his head into the brick wall. He tried to break free from their grip but his head felt like it was on fire and his vision was slowly fading. The last thing he heard before he drifted into unconsciousness was Ruby whispering in his ear "We're going to have so much fun."