Chapter 7

The surgery took a lot longer than the three men expected. By the time the doctor came out, it was morning.

-''Family of Sophia Singer?'' – he called out.

-''Is she okay, doc?'' – Bobby asked, worried.

-''She lost a lot of blood, on top of all the other injuries she sustained. It took us awhile to stabilize her and a few transfusions. I'm keeping her for the night in Intensive Care, just so we can keep a constant eye on her. But it is my belief she will be fine.'' – the doctor told them.

-''Can we see her?'' – Sam asked, wanting to make sure she was really okay.

-''She's still sedated, but I'll ask a nurse to take you to her. Please, let her rest. Right now that's the best medicine we can give her.''

The nurse came to take them to see Sophia. Before they entered the room, the nurse warned them that Sophia had tubes and wires connecting her to a number of machines, but that it looked worse than it really was. All of those machines were there to keep her alive and to help her recover. The men nodded in agreement. The nurse then let them in the room, saying that she would be back soon to check on her.

Dean thought that Sophia looked so peaceful, laying there. He could feel the tears rising to his eyes again, but pushed them away. He couldn't let that happen. He had to be strong for her. Now more than ever. One by one, the three men approached the bed. Bobby sat down beside her, holding her hand; Sam, on the other side of the bed, put a strain of hair behind her ear, while Dean stood at the foot of her bed, watching her.

They were allowed to stay in the room with her, long after visitation hours were over. The men took turns in eating, stretching their legs and talking to the doctors and nurses. Neither of them wanted to leave her side, they didn't want her to wake up alone.

It was Deans' turn to stay with her while Sam went to eat and Bobby talked to the nurses. Dean didn't know why it was taking her so long to wake up and he was starting to get even more worried. What if the doctor missed something? What if she would never woke up? He shook his head, trying to push away those thoughts. ''She'll be fine.'', he thought, not really knowing.

-''Sophia, please wake up. We need you. Your dad needs you. I need you. Please. I don't know if you can hear me, but if you can, here it goes: fight. Come back to us. You've been a sleep for too long. We need you to help us take care of your dad. Fight, Sophia. Please. Don't leave us.'' – Dean was crying as he said those words. He didn't want to lose her. She meant the world to him and all he wanted was to see those beautiful brown eyes looking back at him, hear her laugh and see her smile at him.

As he was walking back into his daughters' room, Bobby heard Deans' plea to Sophia. He realized that it wasn't just him who was suffering with all of this, so were the boys. They grew up with her, she was like a sister to them and now they were seeing her hurt and unresponsive. Bobby knew then what they needed to do.

-''You boys find that demon s.o.b and you make him pay for what he did to our girl, you understand?'' – Bobby told the boys, just outside Sophias' room. He would never send them on a revenge hunt, but this was his daughter. That was a completely different case.

-''Don't worry, Bobby. We'll find him and when we do, he's gonna wish he never left hell.'' – Dean said in a growl, while saying goodbye to Bobby.

-''Keep us posted, Bobby, please.'' – Sam asked him, before saying goodbye and following his big brother out of the hospital.

Now, the hunt for demon Rick begins.