Truth to Bond

Sorry for it being a while Been rough around the house with the family having some troubles. But I'm back now.


Sam and Alice sat in the restaurant at the hotel. Alice had a plate full of breakfast foods from the breakfast buffet. Sam was amazed by how much she seemed like Dean. Currently the older Winchester was still asleep. Alice had slipped out of the room, leaving a note, and went to get Sam who she found already awake. Telling the younger brother that Dean needed to sleep and they shouldn't wake him, the two made their way down to get breakfast.

So while Dean slept, his brother and girlfriend got to talking. It started off with random conversation then Sam started telling his life story. All the way from losing his first girlfriend, to finding out the demon who had helped him for nearly two years was just like the rest of the demons, evil backstabbing leeches. Alice sat and listened to all of it, head tilted slightly. By the time Sam had finished, she had reached her hand across the table and was holding his, her food forgotten.

"It's gonna be okay." Alice said, at the end.

"How?" Sam asked. Alice was silent for a moment then she grinned and turned his hand over. Sam raised an eyebrow as he watched her point out a line on his palm.

"Because this says so." Alice said. Sam couldn't help but laugh. Pleased with her accomplishment, the blonde girl returned her attention to her food. They were joined a few minutes later by a sleepy looking Dean. He said nothing, just sat down next to Alice and took a sausage off her plate. Sam watched as the pair seemed to unconsciously shift closer to each other within a few seconds of Dean sitting.

"So...where are we going?" Sam asked, after a few minutes of nothing but eating. Dean and Alice looked at each other.

"Bobby gave me a call, woke me up." Dean said, finally. "Said there was a demon that needed to be put down."

"Where?" Sam asked.

"Not far from here." Dean said, taking the last of Alice's food. She just shook her head and finished off her juice. "Figure we'll hit the road after some showers."

"Okay." Sam said. "Does uh...Alice deal with demons?"

"She..." Dean started.

"I can handle them." Alice said, smiling innocently.

"There's your answer." Dean said, grinning. He thought about what Lucifer had said in the future and made it a point to keep a closer eye on Alice, figure out what exactly she was capable of. He felt a slight nudging in his head and turned to look at his girlfriend. "Prodding."

"Can't help it." Alice said. "You just go silent so often."

"What's prodding?" Sam asked.

"Ally Cat knows how to...read into how I'm feeling." Dean said. "And I can apparently tell how she's feeling too if I try hard enough."

"Oh...that's...uh...interesting." Sam said. He looked to see Alice watching him, purple eyes sparkling oddly.

"I wouldn't use anything against your brother." Alice said, keeping eye contact with the younger Winchester. "I really do care about him...a lot."

"Just so we're...clear on a certain subject." Sam said, leaning forward slightly. "You're not a demon are you?"

"No." Alice said, laughing. She smiled reassuringly and reached forward to pat Sam's hand. "I'm not a demon."

"Happy?" Dean asked.

"Yeah." Sam said.

"Good...let's go kiddies." Dean said, standing up. Sam followed them up to the rooms, watching as Dean's arm slid around Alice's waist to hold her to his side. Whatever this girl was, she was obviously really good for Sam's brother.

"Welcome back." Sam jumped as he entered his room to find Castiel standing in front of the bed. "You have your work cut out for you Sam."

"Yeah." Sam said slowly. He moved around the room, collecting his stuff but keeping his eyes on the Angel. "Did you just come here to tell me that?"

"No." Castiel said. He picked up the bible off the night stand and raised a brow. "There is another reason that is not to be repeated to Dean and Alice. They are not to know that I was here."

"How'd you find me?" Sam asked.

"I asked Bobby." Castiel said. He tossed the bible down and stepped towards Sam. "Now listen carefully."

"How do you expect me to pack if you keep doing that?" Alice asked, giggling as Dean brushed his fingers over the exposed skin along her stomach. He placed random little kisses along her neck and shoulder, brushing down the strap of her camisole.

"Maybe I don't expect you to pack." Dean muttered. Alice dropped her hair brush into her bag before leaning back against the hunter. He smirked against her neck, feeling victorious. For a few minutes, the blonde girl let him continue his assault on her neck before she sent a strong wave of curiosity through to him and he moved to look at her.

"Alright Mr time traveler." Alice said, blinking her eyes open from their previously closed state. Purple caught green with a determined gaze. "Tell me what happened in the future."

"What?" Dean asked.

"I know that Angel sent you there." Alice said. She turned to face him, her hand lifting to cup his face. "Tell me what happened. Not that I'm minding all the affection but it's not really you."

"I lost you." Dean said. Alice tilted her head. Dean laughed slightly. "To Cas." The silence stretched one for two long minutes.

"Huh?" Alice asked, not being able to find a reason in her mind as to why she would leave Dean for the Angel. Dean sat her down on the bed and went into the tale he had heard in the future. He told Alice about what happened to Sam and his reactions to it which ended up forcing her away. The hunter explained everything.

But the child.

The little girl in the pure white dress with the purple-green eyes and blonde hair streaked with pale blue. Dean could picture her perfectly in his mind still, the first instant he had seen her. His hand had unconsciously lifted to rest on Alice's stomach, his thumb moving lightly against the soft fabric of the camisole. His mind was working in two tracks. One track was operating his mouth, telling everything he had seen and done in the future, and the other track was thinking about the girl.

She didn't seem that young but she didn't seem too old either. It was five years in the future. But yet, somehow, the child seemed to be around that age. She couldn't have been younger then five. But Alice wasn't pregnant now. Even if Dean had followed his future self's path, Sam wouldn't have been in Detroit yet and there was no way, even if he had become such an asshole, that Dean would have allowed a woman who was pregnant with his child to leave. Although no one told him if he had known beforehand. No one said how far along Alice was when she left if she had left while pregnant, and no one had said when she returned.

Dean focused his gaze on the blonde girl in front of him as he felt the slightly pained emotions roll off of her.

"That's why you told me not to let you force me away." Alice said. Dean nodded. A second later he was flat on his back on the bed with his girlfriend on top of him, landing kisses all over his face. Dean sighed, his eyes closing as he savored the feeling. His hands held her hips lightly. He wasn't quite sure what the new feeling coursing through their connection was but he enjoyed it, it made him feel secure.

"Dear God...I love you." Dean muttered. He felt Alice still under his hands and realized what he'd done. Before he could say or do anything, her lips were against his in a passionate kiss that left him panting for air.

"You too." Alice said, her lips still touching his. She laughed slightly, her breath playing across Dean's face. "Love you too." He looked at her, green searching purple, and found all he needed. He then realized what that new feeling was. He smiled and it just grew as Alice giggled at the goofiness of the expression.

Sam watched them walk out of the room a few minutes later, hands clasped and smiling. He thought of what Castiel had told him. Despite what he knew, he couldn't help smiling at his brother's happiness. Oh the drive to their demonic location, Sam spent more time talking with Alice. He found her obsession with the juicy fruit gum just as funny as Dean had originally found it. Sam also took instant notice to her colour choices. All the blues and purples. He instantly thought of Alice in Wonderland.

He also noticed that Alice had a tendency of touching his hand. It was a friendly, comforting touch, and every time she did so, Sam got the impression that she was seeing something inside him. Normally he would have felt invaded but she did it so softly he almost didn't mind. Alice was so sweet, he almost felt bad about bringing her into the demonic world if he wasn't so sure that she was already in it to a more extreme extent then they knew. Or at least the extent that Dean knew.

That bothered Sam. Why would Castiel tell him about Alice and not Dean? What did Dean need protecting from? True, Castiel had said that what he had told Sam was meant for the young hunter only but what was the point in hiding things from the older Winchester?

"Okay Sammy, you and Alice check out over there." Dean instructed once they pulled up to their destination. Alice looked around sceptically. It was practically a ghost town.

"Are you sure this place is right?" Sam asked.

"Yeah...Bobby said this place only got deserted in the last twenty four hours. How likely is it to end up like this that fast on it's own?" Dean asked.

"Shouldn't we all stick together?" Alice asked. She didn't like not being with Dean. He gave her a smile and wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her to his side. Sam kept his attention on the town as the couple shared a brief kiss. He gave her waist a slight squeeze before moving off. Alice and Sam wandered slowly away from the Impala.

"So how long have you guys been together?" Sam asked.

"Umm...like a week and a day now." Alice said. "Only a couple of days of sex though."

"So...you've been with him since I left just about." Sam said. Alice nodded slowly. "That's good, thanks."

"Oh?" Alice asked.

"Yeah. He needs someone." Sam said. "And between you and me, Cas isn't exactly the best companion with his constant disappearing." Alice giggled and nodded. "But umm...he did tell me...stuff."

"About me." Alice said, her eyes taking in their surroundings.

"Yeah." Sam said. "Why can't Dean know yet?"

"That's my job." Alice said. She looked at the hunter, purple eyes determined. "If anyone is going to tell him...it'll be me. But not yet."

"Okay." Sam said. Alice smiled and took his hand for a second, that soft comfort taking over him for a moment. Her hand jolted out of his quickly and she froze. Sam stopped and turned around to look at her. "Alice?"

"Don't." Alice said, stopping Sam in his tracks as he tried to move to her. The young Winchester watched in something close to astonishment as the girl's eyes began glowing. The darkened shop they had entered during their talk was dimly lit now, cast in a purple hue. Sam looked around, suddenly uncomfortable, trying to figure out what it was that Alice was sensing. "SAM!" The hunter had a split second to see the horrified look on the girl's face before something large slammed into him and he went crashing into a shelf. He fell to the floor, the shelf falling on top of him, and lay motionless.

Dean was having no luck in his search. His fingers itched and repeatedly twitched as if trying to grasp something that wasn't there. He couldn't believe just how much he missed holding Alice's hand. But he didn't trust Sam on his own just yet and he didn't want to send Alice off on her own but they needed to split up to get a better search going.

Something in him felt hot and he flinched, slapping his hand to his chest. It felt as if he had just taken a slight hit there. He looked around, wondering what was going on. In the distance he could see a sort of purple glow from a building. It was in the direction he had sent Alice and Sam and it was a clear path from where he was to there. He would have just been curious and cautious if it wasn't for the feelings in his chest and the fact that the purple colouring made him instantly think of Alice.

"Son of a bitch!" Dean said, yanking his gun from his belt as he moved towards the glow.

"SAM!" He froze, hearing Alice's scream. He stood still for a few seconds before taking off at a run. As he neared the building where the glowing was coming from, he had to skid to a halt as something unseen went crashing through the window, hit a spot on the road, kicking up dust, before flying through a window of the building across the street. There was a feeling in Dean's gut telling him that he knew what it was but he couldn't phantom why there would be one there.

"Sam...Sammy come on." Alice said, working to push the shelf off her boyfriend's brother. She got no reply and fear gripped at her heart as she started putting an extra effort into her actions.

"Alice!" Dean's voice made her pause for a moment but then she went back at it. "Oh Jesus, Sammy." The shelf finally started moving as Dean came to help. With their combined strength they were able to push it back over where it crashed to the other side of the floor. Dean and Alice dropped to their knees on either side of Sam and Alice gingerly touched a gash on the young man's head.

"Sam...do something, say something...anything." The blonde girl commanded. Her free hand grasped onto Sam's and her shoulders relaxed just slightly as she fingertips brushed his wrist and felt his pulse.

"Alice what..." Dean started to ask then stopped as he looked at his girlfriend. He had yet another freezing moment when he saw her eyes glowing. His mind flashed to the future when he was in the jeep with Alice and Castiel and thought he saw the future Alice's eyes glow. He stared at his girlfriend but somehow only felt himself feeling a little surprised. He was suspicious or angry about the fact that she never told him. Afterall he had been aware from almost the first day that there was something different about her.

"Dean." Alice's voice brought the hunter from his thoughts and he shook his head to clear his mind. Alice's eyes were at the broken window and Dean looked as well even though he knew he wouldn't see anything. The invisible something growled and Dean imagined the lips of the hell hound lifting up to reveal the long pointed teeth the creature bared. There was a thud and the hunter could only imagine that the beast had jumped into the shop. He could almost hear it's feet as it moved slowly towards them, stalking them.

But surprisingly, he wasn't afraid. He knew he should have been and had all rights to be but for some reason he wasn't. Maybe it was because he was too worried about Sam, maybe it was because he was sure he was feeling more of Alice's feelings then his own at the moment and right then, what she was feeling was determination.

"Alice..." Dean muttered. The girl rose to her feet faster then he could blink, Sam's hand dropped to his stomach as it was released. Dean kept his eyes on his girlfriend she suddenly held out her hand towards the direction of the invisible creature. Then the Latin began and the hunter was lost as it flew out of Alice's lips while her hand moved through the air. It was like watching a child draw shapes in the air with a sparkler. A faint line remained for a moment, following the girl's hand as it moved quickly.

The whole thing lasted about four seconds but in Dean's mind it went slower then that. As Alice finished her air drawing, all the lines appeared for a split second, flaring into life as a purple-blue symbol, before it shot forward. There was another split second as it collided with the hell hound, revealing it's appearance to all eyes in that moment before both symbol and beast disappeared. The purple glow that had inhabited the shop the whole time Dean was in it died down and then there was a thud as Alice collapsed to the ground. Dean flinched but didn't know who he had to tend to. His decision was made as Alice seemed to have an almost instant recovery, groaning and slowly pushing herself up.

For the next few minutes they were silent as they watched Sam who seemed to be rousing from his unconscious state as well. Dean could feel worry from Alice and knew it was directed towards himself and the fact that he had made sure she couldn't feel how he felt. He had half his mind thinking over what had just happened and the other half watching his brother.

"What hit me?" Sam asked, reaching his hand up to rub his head carefully.

"Hell hound." Alice said softly. Sam stiffened and his eyes shot from Dean to Alice. He took in the worn out expression on the girl's face and slight stiffness that she held herself with and knew that she was unsure of what the older Winchester was going to do or say. Sam himself was just as unsure. Dean's face was closed off, he couldn't be read even by his own brother. Whatever he was going to do, it was going to be a surprise. Sam just hoped he wasn't taking things too badly, he didn't want his brother to lose something that was this good to him.

"Think you can stand?" Dean asked. Sam nodded slowly and accepted the help he got from both Alice and Dean to rise to his feet. He stood still for a moment, testing his balance, then slowly started walking. The others followed him.

"So...do you guys think that...the Hell hound took out everyone here?" Sam asked. There was a pause as they all stopped and looked around.

"I don't know." Alice said. She blinked and there was a dim glow from her eyes. She spoke slowly due to measuring her words carefully and being exhausted. "The only sort of...life I picked up...other then our own...was the hound's. Nothing else is here."

"Didn't think so." Dean said, sighing. "Let's get out of here." He led the younger pair to the Impala, aware that they were both watching him. There was now fear rolling into Alice's emotional range and that was the breaking point for Dean. He spun around and took the three steps that separated him from his girlfriend.

Alice jumped slightly at the advance and stiffened up a bit as his hands clasped her head. A sigh of relief sounded as Dean brought his head down and kissed her softly. Her body relaxed and the hunter dropped his hands from her head to wind around her waist. It proved to be a good move as Alice seemed about to collapse again. Dean tightened his hold on her, keeping her close to his body, allowing her to relax completely.

Calmness, happiness and relief all flooded from the girl to the hunter as he allowed her back into his mind.

They only broke apart as Sam coughed loudly. Their foreheads touching and their chests brushing with each quick intake of breath. They allowed themselves to remain somewhat oblivious to the younger hunter's presence as they calmed their breathing. Dean smiled softly and kissed Alice's nose, causing her to giggle. He knew she held no doubt, fear or worry about him now but he thought of something just to keep it from happening again.

"I love you." Dean whispered. He smiled as Alice's face lit up with a brilliant smile. He knew he wasn't getting tired of that anytime soon.

"Love you too." Alice muttered, placing a small light kiss to the hunter's lips before she stepped back from his embrace just slightly.

"Who's hungry?" Dean asked loudly and suddenly. Alice and Sam laughed and the trio piled into the car. Alice shivered slightly and looked out the window at the dead town. For a second she felt uncertain and thought that there was something watching them. Dean took her hand and the uncertainly washed away and she came to the conclusion that she was probably just tired.


Again so very sorry for the fifteen day delay. Troubled household and the annoyingly consistent lack of ideas just made this difficult. Bu I promised Alice/Sam bonding and some sort of demonic thing that led to revealing a bit about Alice. Hope everyone enjoyed this.