So sorry for the long wait, work and school definitely got in the way, but here's the next chapter. I hope you all like it!


"What do you think happened to Sam?" Alec asked once they were on the road again.

"A demon took him…" Dean answered as he accelerated and pushed the Impala past 90.

"A demon? You're kidding right? Those are real?" Alec asked in a rush.

"Yup, they're real," Dean replied shortly.

"How do you know it was a demon?"

Dean glanced over at Alec; his eyes were wide and he was holding onto the door handle with a white-knuckled grip. He actually seemed scared and it was the youngest Dean had ever seen him look.

Dean finally let off of the acceleration and slowed the car down some. "Sorry…you can relax..."

Alec let out a shaky laugh and let go of the door, "My reflexes don't usually stop car wrecks…but it's more of the fact that demons exist that freaked me out…"

"It's a lot to get used to…" Dean said after a moment.

"So…how do you know it was a demon?" Alec asked again when Dean didn't say anything else.

"Oh…um, there was Sulphur on the door which means a demon was there…"

Alec looked at him suspiciously as the silence stretched until finally, "You're hiding something…there's a reason why Sam was just taken and not killed like the others. You know something that you're not telling me, am I right?"

Alec was better at picking up on things than Dean though, or hoped in this case. "Sam…he has visions…"

Dean waited for Alec's reaction, but he just looked at Dean and replied slowly, "Oookkaay? What kind of visions?"

Dean raised his eyebrows in surprise and then shook his head, "I forgot you're pretty good with weird…he sometimes can see a person die. He gets a really bad headache and then just sees it…I don't really know…"

"What's this have to do with the demon?"

"It's kind of a long story…" Dean answered hesitantly.

Alec looked around at the desolate landscape; they were in the middle of nowhere and Dean knew it was going to take a few hours until they would be meeting up with Bobby.

"I think we have time," Alec said after a moment.

Dean gave a short chuckle, "Yeah, I guess you're right…" He took a deep breath and thought for a moment about where he should begin. "Our Mom was killed by a demon when we were little and our Dad started hunting it, which is how we got into hunting, but the closest we ever came to killing it was last year…" Dean trailed off as pictures flashed by; the cabin, yellow-eyes, his Dad, Sam, blood, a crash, the heart monitor…

Alec's voice shook him out of his thoughts and back into the present, "How did you know it was the same demon?"

"It has yellow eyes and all the other demons have black," Dean answered easily.

"So what does it want with Sam?"

Dean took another deep breath and then said, "Apparently it has some kind of plan for psychic kids and Sam is one of them. I have no idea what that plan is, but it's not using Sam."

It was quiet in the car while Alec thought about everything that Dean had said. It was strange to be sitting in silence while Alec was next to him, wide awake. Since they had practically adopted him, Sam and Dean had found that Alec hardly ever stopped talking. His time at Manticore had prevented him from having a normal life and so while he knew more than they could imagine about tactics and weapons, he was way behind on the normal things in life. Although, he did say he knew more than the average transgenic since he watched as much TV as he could.

"How do you kill a demon?" Alec finally asked.

"Most demons you just exorcise, but for this demon we have a different way to kill it. We have a gun that can kill anything and we have one bullet left that we've saved just for the occasion," Dean answered.

Alec perked up at the mention of a gun, "What kind of gun is it?"

"A colt."

"How do you know it can kill anything?"

"You ask more questions than Sam does…" Dean muttered, but then answered, "We killed a vampire and another demon with it last year."

"Alright, so we know how to kill the thing; how are we going to find it and save Sam?"

"We're meeting up with Bobby to see if he's heard anything," Dean said.

Alec's eyebrows drew together in thought, "Bobby…that name sounds familiar."

"He's the one that found your file and told us about you," Dean answered, but he left out the part where Bobby had warned them not to go looking for Alec. Dean was glad that he hadn't listened to their old friend; otherwise Alec wouldn't be sitting right next to him. This time he wouldn't be alone in his search for Sam and Alec really was like another little brother to him.

Dean was a little worried though at how Alec and Bobby were going to get along. Last time he'd talked to Bobby, the older man had still cautioned them to be careful with Alec around. He didn't trust him, but Dean knew once he got to know him, he would change his mind. He just had to keep both of them in line until they got used to each other.

"He doesn't like me, does he?" Alec asked quietly. The kid was way too good at reading his facial expressions.

"He just doesn't know you," Dean defended quickly.

Alec looked out the window and let out a short, humorless laugh. "I don't blame him. If he's read the file, then he knows everything I've done. He knows I'm dangerous, and no offence, but his reaction is smarter than how you and Sam reacted…"

"Alec, we already had this conversation," Dean stated with a no nonsense tone.

Alec just dropped his gaze and they sat in tense silence for a few minutes.

"I don't care what you did in the past," Dean started softly. "You could tell me everything you've ever done, but that won't change my opinion of you. We've all done things we regret, but that's not who you are and once Bobby meets you, he won't be able to ignore what's right in front of him."

Alec still wouldn't meet his eyes, but Dean wasn't about to give up. "Besides, you've got me now and I'm not going anywhere."

Alec finally looked up, but he just nodded in response.

"Alright, enough of this girly, emotional stuff…and when we find Sam, if you say anything about this then you're sleeping on the floor for a month," Dean said with a small smile.

Alec laughed a little, "We're too manly for that kind of thing."

"Damn straight. Now, let's go find Sam."


More soon!