Chapter Seven: Apparition

After their romantic lunch at the café, Sam and Sarah had decided to go see a movie so it was around 4pm by the time they arrived back at the Inn. They had laughed and swapped favorite movie moments all they way back so what they saw when they walked into Dean and Cassie's room made the Earth stop on its axis. There lay Cassie on the bed with a single gun shot wound to her chest and Dean was sitting on the end of the bed holding a handgun and crying.

Sam ran over to his brother and snatched the gun off of him while Sarah checked Cassie's vitals.

"She's dead" announced Sarah.

"What the hell happened here Dean?"

"I had to end it"

"What do you mean, you had to end it?"

"I didn't wanna see her turn so I ended it, before it could happen"

"But Dean, you could've had a few more hours with her, why now?"

Dean just sat there on the end of the bed staring at his hands.

"Dean, look at me!" demands Sam

Dean finally gazed up at his brother in a way that told Sam everything. His eyes were full of tears and were red from crying.

"I had to do it ok, I had to put both of us out of our misery" he finally said.

Sam sat down on the bed next to his big brother and put an arm around his shoulder, sighing.

"Well there is good news" Sam tells him.

Dean looks at him strangely.

"Sarah's pregnant, you're gonna be an uncle" Sam tells him with a grin.

Sarah walks over towards the boys and sits down on the other side of Dean.

"It's true" she says with a warm smile, confirming it.

Dean puts his hand to his forehead and exhales.

"An uncle, wow" he says finally.

"That was exactly my reaction, but only I said 'father', instead of 'uncle'" says Sam.

"That's great guys, I'm really happy for you" says Dean, he gets up and begins to pace the room.

"Don't worry Dean, you'll find happiness soon enough" Sarah tells him

"Yeah… listen guys, I'm gonna go for a drive, help take my mind off of this" He says, grabbing his car keys off the coat hook near the front door and starts to walk out.

"Ok, but just don't do anything stupid" Sam tells him before he walks out the door.

Dean pauses and looks back at his brother.

"Yes Mom" he says and leaves.

Sam sighs and lies back on the bed.

"Sam we have to get rid of the body"

Sam sits back up suddenly, he had totally forgotten about Cassie's body lying on the bed behind them.

"Shit" that was all he could say at the moment.

"What are we gonna do Sam?"

"I'm thinking!"

Meanwhile at a bar about 20 minutes drive away from the Inn, Dean had already downed 5 double shots of scotch; he didn't care if he got wasted.

"Whoa buddy, what's the sad story?"

"What do you care, stop talking to me" snapped Dean. He shoots another scotch.

"What's that, five in the last ten minutes?" says the voice.

Dean looks over to where he thinks the voice is coming from and sees no one; he looks the other way and still sees no one. He downs another shot.

"Wondering why you can't see me Dean?"

"Where are you, you sonovabitch, stop making me look insane"

"But hasn't the thought occurred to you that perhaps you are insane" says the voice, it was an intriguing male voice and it was driving Dean insane.

"I am not insane!"

"I'm inside of you Dean so nothing you do will get rid of me, you're stuck with me"

"Oh we'll see about that!" says Dean, grabbing his cell phone out of his jacket pocket, he dials Sam.

"Dean where are you, you've been gone for an hour"

"Sam listen to me, I need you to do an exorcism on me"

"A what, why?"

"I haven't got time to explain, just get here, im at Jimmy's on 54, hurry, oh and bring holy water" Dean hangs up.

"Was that Dean?" asks Sarah.

"Yeah"

"Is everything ok?"

"No, I think he's possessed" Sam tells her.

"Possessed? What do you mean?"

"I think he's possessed by a demon, but that's only judging on a feeling and his behavior, what I don't understand is how he got possessed when we wear these" pulling out a Pentecostal charm that he wore on a chain around his neck.

"These protect us from getting possessed" he tells her

"So what does he want you to do?" asks Sarah

"He wants me to take some holy water to him, god knows why"

"What does holy water do?"

"Well spirits or demons don't like the stuff, if someone's possessed, holy water will make em' sizzle"

"Do you know where he is?"

"Yeah at a bar in town"

"Do you want me to come?"

"Yeah I do, I have to steal a car"

"Sam!"

"What? We do this sort of thing all the time"

"Well not now you aren't, we'll get a cab"

"Ok fine, let's go"

Sarah grabs her jacket and Sam takes his and they lock the door and walk out while Sam calls a cab on his cell.

Meanwhile back at the bar, Dean was still downing scotch shots, he was about to down his tenth shot when he heard the voice again.

"So you wanna do a little exorcism on me huh?"

"Stop talking to me" Slurred Dean. By now he was really drunk.

"And you called Sammy to help you, how nice"

"Who the hell are you and what do you want with me?"

"I like your body Dean; I was never this fit when I was alive"

"Oh piss off"

"So why are you drowning your sorrows Dean?"

"You tell me, you seem to know everything about me already"

"No I don't, not everything, is it a girl?"

"Yeah I killed my girlfriend, happy"

"Well that guy killed me, Master Jimmy, wanted my wife and my bar, so I'm haunting the joint"

"That's a nice story, but can you do me a favor, go haunt this joint over there, away from me"

"Sorry man, I thought it was fun, but you're troubled, I hope you sort it out"

As the spirit leaves Dean's body and begins to walk away, Dean speaks.

"Hey buddy, how do you know my name, and my brother's?"

"I can read your thoughts, I'm sorry about Cassie" and with that he leaves.

Dean stares after him for a moment then refocuses his gaze back on his shot glass, reminiscing about Cassie.

A little while later Sam and Sarah arrive at Jimmy's bar to find Dean passed out on the floor. Sam rushes over to him and tries to shake him conscious.

"Cass is that you?" mumbles Dean.

"No Dean, it's me Sam, and Sarah's here too"

"Go away Sammy, I'm fine, just let me drink"

"No Dean you're coming back with us, come on, get up" Sam tries to pull his brother up off of the floor but Dean is so drunk that his body is completely floppy and like a dead weight to Sam's muscles, so he decides to call for back up.

"Hey buddy, Jimmy, would you mind helping me with my brother here, he's had too much to drink" states Sam.

"Yeah you can say that again, he was talking to himself"

"He just lost his girlfriend"

"Poor guy, you say he's your brother?" asks Jimmy.

"Yeah, he is" Replies Sam.

Jimmy puts down the cloth that he was wiping down the bar with and walks over to help Sam pull Dean up off the floor. Jimmy takes one arm and Sam takes the other.

"On the count of three pull him up, one, two, and three" says Jimmy.

With much protest from Dean, Sam and Jimmy manage to get him on to his feet.

Dean grumpily shakes free of Sam and Jimmy's grasp but loses his balance and crashes into a bar stool. Jimmy reaches to steady him.

"Thanks Jimmy, we'll take it from here, I'm sorry if he's been a pain in the ass" Sam tells him.

"No you're a pain in the ass Sam" adds Dean

Sam lets it go

"No problemo, when he's himself, give him my condolences for his girlfriend ok"

"Will do Jimmy, thanks" says Sam. Sam and Sarah both put Dean's arms around their shoulders and walk him out of the bar. They see a bench outside and sit Dean down on it while Sam called for a cab.

Sarah sits down next to Dean to stop him from slumping over on the bench. A very intoxicated Dean decides to hit on his brother's fiancé.

"You're very pretty you know that" he says to her.

Sarah just lets the comment fly right past her.

"Thanks Dean, the cab will be here soon ok"

"What do you see in Sammy anyway, he's a geek"

"Well I love him, and I think that's all that matters"

"Don't bore me with a chick flick moment"

"Sorry"

At that moment the cab arrives and Sam pulls drunken Dean up with Sarah's help and they push and pull him into the cab.