The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry

Ruby shook her head. "This'll never work."

"Look, we can kill him, this is the only plan we have." Dean replied.

"Use me as a distraction so you can sneak in and kill Jack with my knife. It's not gonna work, Dean."

"Well, do you have any plans?"

"I—well—hey—shut up." Ruby snapped. Dean handed her a knife and a gun.

"There are a lot demons in there so…uh, take care of yourself—"

"Oh, don't go getting all pansy on me now." She groaned.

"What-thefuck-ever." He sighed, pulling out Ruby's knife. She yanked open the passenger side door on the impala and slide in. Dean got into the driver's seat and looked over at Ruby who was sharpening her nails with a knife.

He gritted his teeth at the sight of the hell-bitch sitting in his car where Sammy used to sit.

"Hello? Dean? Start the car!"

"Huh?" He grunted. "Oh, yeah, right." He started up the car and drove off.

"So, you're really serious about all of this 'going good' crap, huh?" Dean asked.

"Damn straight, cherry pie." Ruby smirked at him.

He raised his eyebrows. "Wow, the demon who helped spring Lucifer from his cage is now being good, sure."

"Your sarcasm is unnecessary."

"Hey, it's not like I don't think that it's a good thing that you're going light side, but I still don't trust you."

"No one asked you to, just give me a chance, okay?"

"Whatever."

"Stop the car, we're here." Ruby said. Dean parked the car and got out, Ruby right behind him.

"You ready?" He asked her.

"Not really."

Ruby's lungs were on fire as she forced herself to run faster. She could hear the shouts and catcalls from down the hall. Every muscle in her body was burning and threatening to cramp as her legs carried her as fast as she could go. She couldn't see where she was running anymore. She could feel the blood gushing from the slash in her leg. Ruby's nose was filled with the stench of rotting flesh.

All she could think was one word, run. She could feel her body about to give; unable to pull in enough breaths to keep going. She could hear them getting closer, she felt someone grab her arm, pulling her back. She lost her balance, falling onto her back.

Hands. That's all she could make out, at least a dozen hands dragging her, pulling at her clothing. A pair of the hands shoved a gag into her mouth. Her vision was fading as she felt them slam her down onto a metal table. Another pair of hands strapped her ankles and wrists down onto the table. She closed her eyes and tried to remember how she got here.

Her senses had shut down and adrenaline was making her act without thinking. A hand grabbed her shoulder gruffly; she swung an elbow in the direction of the attack and felt it connect. There was a cry of pain and she kept moving forward.

"Just give up now and we won't hurt you." He smiled a cold smile.

"Fuck you." She spat. She shoved a knee into the demon's gut. He grabbed her knee and tugged, pulling her off balance. He fell backward and she landed knee-first on top of him, crushing his lungs. She leaped up and bolted away. Maneuvering her way down different hallways. The adrenaline pounding through her veins kept her running.

Suddenly she skidded to a halt; a man dressed in grimy clothing was right in front of her. His eyes stared down at her with a glint of happiness.

"Boo," He chuckled. She staggered backward but the man lifted a jagged shard of glass and slashed it across her arm. She cried out and then he shoved it into her side. She flung herself back from him, screaming. It took all of the strength in her body to run down the hallway; her legs feeling like jelly under her.

Crash. The lights smashed out and the hallway plunged into darkness.

"Where ya gonna run to, darling?" A voice shouted after her. She stifled a scream as she pulled the shard of glass from her side. Ruby struggled to breathe as she raced off down a different corridor. Squinting through the darkness she could see that there were at least six demons chasing after her. She pressed a hand firm to her wound.

She stopped herself from crying out as she nearly ran into a stack of corpses. Running around them she ran faster, her lungs were on fire.

"Ruby?" Someone snapped their fingers. "Ruby, are you back with us?"

Her eyes lids fluttered open and she could barely make out the demon standing above her.

"J-jack?" She blinked, watching the sharp knife in his hand.

He smirked, "Good to see you again, Ruby. You're colleague, Dean, here, was just coming 'round too. This was really perfect timing for you to wake up." He sidestepped so she could see that two demons were holding a tied up Dean who was bleeding heavily from a wound on his chest.

"Leave him alone, you son of a bitch, or I swear—"

"What? You'll kill me?" He eyed her bindings. "I don't think that'll be happening." He lifted the knife and shoved it shallowly into her stomach.

Ruby arched her back off of the table and let out a bloodcurdling shriek as the knife sliced into her. Jack laughed and pulled the knife out. He slid the knife across her chin and down her throat, just scrapping it over the skin but not cutting it. He dragged the knife down her chest and stopped at her breasts.

"Son of a bitch." Dean growled.

With a smug smirk on his face he ran the knife across her breasts. "You're so gorgeous, Ruby, even when you were human." Jack cut her shirt a bit so it exposed her a little more. Dean snarled and pulled against his restraints. "Settle down, Dean." He chuckled before turning back to Ruby.

"How do you think Winchester would react if I killed you right here?"

Ruby breathed out heavily. "You wouldn't dare, you bastard."

He chuckled and glanced over at Dean who was still struggling. "Perhaps not." He took the blade and slowly cut her down her arm, she cried out in pain.

Jack lowered his head, licking the blood up from the deep cut he'd created. "Mmm, you still taste good, love."

"Go fuck yourself." Ruby snapped at him.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" He scolded. "Let's not use language."

"Go fuck yourself, you and your Neanderthal demons are nothing." Ruby snarled.

Jack slapped her across the face. She just sucked in a deep breath, pulling against the chains. And then, to her surprise, he untied her. Jack pulled her body up to his.

"Oh Ruby, you feisty little thing." He smothered her lips with his; he fisted a hand in her hair and probed her mouth open with his tongue. She bit down hard on his lower lip, drawing blood. He pulled away and looked at her with anger in his eyes. He grabbed her fiercely and then threw her viciously to the floor but not before ramming her head into his too; her head hit the floor with a sickening crack, Jack fell down too. The last thing she heard was Dean shouting before she past out.

Ruby opened her eyes to find herself lying on the floor next to Jack who was past out as well, Dean was no where in sight. She stayed very still but brought her hand up to her back of her head. There was a gash from where he'd hit her. The feel of her warm blood on her fingers made her want to Jack's brains in. She quietly sat up, careful not to make too much noise, and crept over to the door. Her fingers closed around the handle and she was ready for sweet freedom. She turned the knob and it made a creaking noise. She automatically stopped and turned to check on him. He was gone. She turned around and he was next to her.

She let out a strangled cry and backed away from him. He walked closer to her, he didn't seem very angry as much as did aggravated.

"Good morning." He said.

She picked up a discarded glass bottle to defend herself.

"Don't do that." He warned.

She threw the glass bottle at him and missed. She ran around him and to the other side to the room. She picked up a book to throw.

"Nah-ah-ah-ah." He chided.

But she tossed it anyway and he dodged. She attempted to run past him but he grabbed her by her arms and pulled her shoved her fiercely against the wall.

"Let go." She hissed, pressing herself flat against the wall.

"That'd be a bit counter productive, love." He chuckled. She used all the force of her body to shove him back. She wheeled into a spinning sidekick, which connected accurately with the back of Jack's head. He backhanded her and she fell to the floor. Jumping up she landed a scissors kick at the base of his neck. He stumbled back but still stood strong. He wrapped his hands around Ruby's neck and whammed his head into hers, and she crumpled onto the floor. She leaned up, spitting out blood.

In the distance she could hear someone speaking in Latin. "Exorcizamus Te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica. Ergo draco maledicte et sectio. Ergo draco maledicte et legio secta diabolica. Ut Ecclésiam tuam secúra tibi fácias servire libertáte, te rogámus, audi nos."

He raised his hand to knock her out and she braced herself for the blow. When suddenly he cried out in pain and Ruby saw a silver knife protruding from his chest.

Jack fell to the floor, the golden light coming from the wound flickering out. Dean pulled the knife out of Jack and then wrapped Ruby's arm over his shoulder to carry her out.

Ruby's knees buckled, she nearly collapsed. Dean lifted her up into his arms and carried her out. She could see black dots starting to blur her vision, until her eyes rolled back and she blacked out.

Hope you liked it! Please review! Thanks to my sister for reviewing the last chap on my account LOL

~Becca