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Final bit of this - Hope it is okay for people - either way let me know what you think, I would really be interested to know, good bad or indifferent.


The demon cursed; it was unable to get in, unable to hurt Winchester. The child was useless, not like Sam, but hurting it would have hurt Winchester and that would have been enough. The return of that man had weakened it, setting back the plan, but it had time.

Whatever Sam and his weakling of a brother had done, they would be back, and it would mean the plan could be set back in motion, but if not, another generation would come into its own, in time.

Winchester was cosy in the bosom of his new family, leaving the Demon to rebuild his strength, reclaim its previous position without worrying that Winchester was going to butt in. But it wanted more than that, it wanted to hurt John Winchester. Yes, it may not be able to get to the useless child, but there were others it could use to hurt John Winchester.

It searched and it found them.

One was sitting in a cell, hugging his knees and trying not to cry as the men in white stood behind the one way glass; the demon stared at the boy who refused to acknowledge its presence, looking at the wall, ignoring what the demon tried to mutter in his ear.

The boy had another focus, a goal that mattered to him more than life itself: to get through the next few weeks, to get back to his unit, to prove the men in the white coats he was a good solider, and he would take their orders and only their orders.

"494, stand up."

The boy snapped to attention on the command.

The demon scowled; this one would be no good.

It found the other hiding among the bins at the back of an old Chinese restaurant. This one didn't have a goal, this one was alone, and this one listened.

The boy rocked himself, trying to keep warm, as he heard the voice in his head telling him that those that walked the streets were nothing but chattel to be toyed with, that they had to prove that they were worthy of life.

The boy resisted, shaking his head. "I'm a good solider, I am a good solider."

The demon continued to mutter in the boy's ear and the boy's chanting intensified. "493 is a good solider, Ben is not a bad one."

The boy let out a tear, "The lady will protect me, I promise to be good, the lady will protect me."


Well that is it for this one - so I hope that is okay for those who wanted the blanks filled in.

I do have another bit - if people want to know, just basically how John met Alec with a little MA on the side if you squint. So PM me to let know if anyone wants it or not.