Who Says You Can't Go Home?
Chapter 4
Sam was cold and afraid. He was in a dark room that he didn't recognize. There were two people in the room and as he got closer he recognized them. Andy and Ava.
Sam spoke their names, but got no response. It was like he was having a vision but this time he was part of it. He was there.
"So here's the deal Andy." Ava voice was different, cold and uncaring as she spoke. "So Sam was right, we have these powers, given to us by a demon. This demon wants us to use them for him, but see here's the kicker. He only needs one of us. So, he is picking the strongest, and so far I haven't been the one voted off the island, and I intend for things to stay that way. I've taken care of Lily and now that just leaves you and Jake."
"T-This can't be happening. You killed Lily?" Andy's eyes were wide with fear.
"Yep and unfortunately, you're next. And then I'll have to find Jake." Ava smiled.
Sam wanted to help, but was confused. It seemed real but maybe it was just a vision of what was going to happen. He felt tears well up as he watched Andy and Ava feeling totally helpless to stop what was about to happen.
Ava raised her hands to her temple and closed her eyes, black smoke started to flow into the room. Andy started to back away and then out of nowhere, a tall lanky black man came up behind Ava and snapped her neck. He dropped her to the ground and turned to Andy.
Andy turned to Jake. "Thanks man, she was crazy."
"Andy, dude I wish she was crazy, but what she was saying is true. The demon he came to me in my dream and told me the same thing. He wants one of us, but only one. I sorry man, but it's either me or you. I'll make this as painless as possible." Jake started towards Andy.
"Please Jake, no!"
Andy started to run, but Jake quickly grabbed him and with a twist of his neck, Andy was gone like Ava.
Sam couldn't breathe it was all too much, he ran out of the room and into the night. He kept hoping that his vision would end or that he would wake up from this nightmare. He took a couple of deep calming breaths and then heard a familiar voice.
"Howdy Sam." Sam turned just as the Yellow Eyed Demon approached.
"T-this is a d-dream, it's n-not r-real." Fear coursed through Sam as he faced his worst nightmare.
"Yes Sam it is a dream, but as many of your dreams are it's a vision. What you just witnessed, it did happen. It happened a few hours ago. I've been gathering up all the psychic kids and having survival of the fittest contests. Because you see, I really only needed one of you guys. I already have my army. I just needed my leader." The Yellow Eyed Demon smiled at Sam. "Are you following me champ, I know things are bit confusing for you now."
"I-if you have y-your l-leader, t-then w-why…" Sam was so shook up it was hard to control his stuttering when he was so upset..
"Spit it out champ- are you asking why you are here? Well, you were my favorite Sam. You were supposed to be my American Idol, my winner, my leader. But then you and Dean had to go and mess everything up. You're damaged Sam, and that put a damper on my plans for you. And for what? You stopped a ghost from killing prisoners- wow way to help mankind out there champ. What a waste, but then Dean wasn't the brightest bulb on the planet. You just had to follow his orders didn't you? Look where that got you!" The Yellow Eyed Demon face was full of anger as he stepped closer to Sam.
"I-it g-got me a-way from you. D-Dean loves m-me and is m-my flesh and b-bone, of course I-I follow him." Sam tried to be brave and stand his ground but it was hard.
"So flesh and blood counts in your book huh? Well then, it shouldn't be hard to get you to follow me. You see Sam, that night years ago in your nursery, I wasn't there to just visit, though catching up with your mom was fun. I made you part of me that night, I fed you my blood, so you see there is demon blood flowing right along with the Winchester blood inside you champ." The Yellow Eyed demon smirked.
"N-no you're l-lying!" Sam reminded himself that demons lie and tried to stay calm.
"Believe what you want, but there is a reason we're connected, and I'm betting it's the blood. Anyhoo, here's the deal. The reason I'm here for our visit. I'm not ready to give up on my favorite. Oh sure, Jake he will work in a pinch but it's you that I really want. So here's the deal, your powers, they can heal your damaged brain. That psychic lady you're staying with could guide you through the healing process and in a few weeks you my friend could be good as new. And then, well you and me can have a real talk." The Yellow Eyed Demon snapped his fingers.
Sam jerked awake. His head was pounding just like it always did when he had a vision.
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After his talk with Missouri, Dean was worried about Sam and decided that he'd just keep an eye on him tonight. Dean was just about to enter the guest room that Sam was staying in, when he heard his brother sobbing.
Dean quickly made it to the bed and put his arms around his brother, who was huddled in a ball rocking against the headboard of the bed.
"Shhhhh, Sammy, I'm here you're okay. What happened?" Dean started to match his brother's rocking motion. Once Sam seemed to be aware of his brother, he wrapped his arms tightly around Dean.
"H-hurts." Sam sobbed out.
"What hurts Sammy?" Dean continued to rock in motion with his brother.
"M-my h-head. V-vision." Sam was able to sob out.
Shit, that was the one word from Sam he had hoped to never hear again. "Sam, I'm going to let you go just for a minute and see if Missouri can get you something for the pain, okay."
"D-don't l-leave." Sam grabbed his brother in a tighter hold.
"I'm not going anywhere." Dean knew that his brother needed some time, and that he could give him.
After sitting and just rocking for awhile, Sam finally started to settle down and about that time, Missouri poked her head in to check on them. Dean asked her to fetch some pain relievers and turned his attention back to Sam.
"Sam, can you tell me about the vision?" Dean asked quietly.
Sam sniffed and wiped at his nose with the back of his hand and nodded yes to Dean. "I-it was of A-Andy. Ava was g-going to k-kill him. B-but then t-this guy J-Jake he …" Sam stopped and looked down at his hands and when he looked back up at Dean, his eyes were once again full of tears.
Dean hated this. His brother had been through so much, too much. He didn't want to push Sam but knew that the vision probably held important information for them. Dean put his hand over Sam's thigh so that he provided some physical comfort to Sam.
"This Jake guy, did he kill Ava?" Dean asked and watched as his brother took in a broken breath and nodded in affirmation.
"T-then .. h-he killed Andy." Sam's voice was small and broken
Dean pulled Sam into a hug. "I'm so sorry Sammy."
Missouri entered the room with a glass of water and a bottle of pills as Dean continued to comfort Sam. His little brother was oblivious to the intrusion and Missouri put the items on the bedside table and quickly left.
Dean grabbed the bottle and poured out two pills and handed them to Sam along with the water. Sam took them and handed the glass back to Dean. Sam took a deep breath, and Dean could tell that Sam wasn't done, that he needed to share more about the vision but was having trouble composing himself.
"Sammy, just take your time. " Dean reassured his brother, he wanted Sam to be able to gather his thoughts and knew that when Sam was upset it made it harder for him to speak.
Sam wiped his right hand down his face and spoke. "I-I just w-wanted to g-get away from it. I-I went outside."
Dean was puzzled by that statement. "Sammy, were you in this vision."
"Yeah, I-I was t-there. But I-I c-couldn't t-talk to Andy. W-warn him." Sam's face was full of misery. Dean wished that he could erase the vision and all of Sam's bad memories.
"Sammy, it's okay. It was just a vision, it might have seemed like you were there, but you weren't. You couldn't have helped Andy. But maybe we can, we can try to get him some help before this happens." Dean gave Sam a reassuring smile.
"D-demon said it h-happened al-ready." Sam eyes were full of fear as he mentioned The Demon.
"The Demon was in your vision?" Dean was so angry that his brother had had to face the Yellow Eyed Demon alone.
"H-He was f-finding a l-leader for his army. H-He only needed one. H-He had Jake, b-but wants me. T-Told me t-that I was h-his f-favorite. T-That I can use m-my powers to h-heal my h-head." Sam face was full of misery.
"What! He said you can heal yourself? How?" Dean emotions were a jumble. He was excited and scared at that prospect of his brother returning to normal.
"H-He said M-Missouri could help m-me and in a few w-weeks, I c-could be normal. T-Then…" Sam started to sob again.
"Whoa Sammy, it's okay. The Demon's not here and there is no way he is going to hurt you with me around. Understand?" Dean grabbed hold of Sam and felt his brother nod into his shoulder.
"D-Dean, I-I don't w-want to be n-normal if it w-will make me evil." Sam started rocking again.
Dean knew he was in for a long night comforting Sammy.
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Bobby had heard Sam sobbing and had gone upstairs and could see that Dean had things under control so he headed back down stairs. Once down there, he went to the kitchen to make some coffee. It looked like it would be a long night.
Missouri joined him just as the coffee maker shut off.
Bobby nodded at her as she entered the kitchen. "Hope you don't mind, I made some coffee."
"Oh know Bobby, glad you did, I could use some." She replied and headed over to the pot.
"So how are the boys doing?" Bobby asked as he settled at the kitchen table.
Missouri turned around and joined him. "Okay. I was right, the Yellowed Eyed Demon he contacted Sam while the boy was asleep. Came to him and presented a vision too. Poor baby, he has a migraine and is an emotional wreck. Dean will have his work cut out for him tonight."
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It had taken a couple of hours, but Dean had finally gotten his brother settled back down and headed downstairs to fill the others in on the vision.
He found Bobby and Missouri talking as they sat around the kitchen table, coffee in front of them.
"Man, could I use some of that coffee. Being dead sucks." Dean smirked as he joined them at the table.
Bobby gave Dean a raised eyebrow. "So how's Sammy?"
"Asleep, finally. Poor kid. That Demon bastard visited him tonight in his dream." Dean could feel the anger building in him.
Missouri turned to Dean. "Boy you get that anger under control. The last thing we need now is to deal with a vengeful spirit. Sam needs you to stay calm and focused."
Dean nodded. "I know, sorry. It's just Sammy has been through so much and then tonight…"
Before Dean could finish Bobby spoke. "So Missouri said it was a vision, do we know what The Demon wants?"
"Well, evidently he has been collecting the psychic kids and having them battle it out. Last one standing sort of thing, and that person would be the leader of his demon army." Dean didn't even want to think about who was in that army.
"Army?" Bobby's eyes were wide.
"Yeah, he already has an army and just needs his leader and according to Sam, that leader was chosen tonight. Some black soldier dude, named Jake." Dean shook his head at the absurdity of it all.
Missouri shifted in her seat, her face deep in thought. " So all that power I was sensing from Cold Oaks, that must have been where he was holding the psychic kids."
Dean nodded. "Yeah."
Bobby looked puzzled. "So why contact Sam? He's got his leader."
Dean sighed. "The Demon told Sammy, that Jake would work, but he really wanted Sam by his side. He told Sammy that his powers could heal his brain damage and that Missouri could help guide him through the process."
Bobby's face showed shock at that statement but Missouri just nodded and then spoke. "I had suspected that Sam's powers could be used to heal but I hadn't probed him yet to see. Sam is a powerful psychic, that's why The Demon wants him."
Dean hated this. "Basically, Sam would be safer if we left him brain damaged. But I think that this should be Sam's decision. If he wants to be normal again, I can't deny him that. We'll just have to protect him against the bastard."
Bobby nodded. "Yeah, this is Sammy's decision."
A/N: Thanks for reading and especially those who are reviewing! I should have more up on Wednesday!