Chapter 10

Three weeks had passed since Ruby had taken Sam from his brother. Three whole weeks without talking to Dean, or even trying. Sam was sure Dean didn't care he was gone; he had probably considered him a lost cause or something. He was sure Dean was with Castiel trying to stop Lilith from breaking the Seals.

Sam shrugged at the thought; let them think they stood a chance against her. Let them think they could stop Lucifer.

Sam sighed, and stretched over the couch. He was in the same house he was brought to a week ago alone. Ruby went out to get some things. She was unspecific about where she was going, but Sam didn't push.

He was looking and feeling much better as well. The horrible black veins had disappeared, and his eyes returned to their normal shade of hazel. It only took the first small dose of her blood.

She stayed true to her word, she had started him on smaller less frequent doses, and so far it was going good. He found he didn't need it as often as he had before. Ruby had suspected because of that one time he had gone off schedule and drank her blood after only two days of a dose.

Whatever the reason was, he was glad things had gone back to normal┘for him anyway. She was still keeping him on small doses, in hopes that one day his abilities would become so strong he wouldn't need her blood anymore.

His powers had grown exponentially as well over the last three weeks. He and Ruby went to interrogate a low level demon they had captured about three days ago. The demon possessed a small Caucasian man in his mid twenties with short blond hair, and brown eyes.

He was tied to a wooden chair and placed beneath a devils trap. They had asked the demon where Lilith was, and what Seal she was going after next. The demon may have been a low level bastard, but his will was strong.

Sam extended his arm and twisted the demon inside the man, torturing it as he had done with Alistair. The demons eyes turned black and it screamed and cursed and threatened.

Sam grew angry at the hell spawns will and he felt a new ability creep to the surface. His hand still extended, he asked one more time where Lilith was. The bastard smiled and replied, "Kiss my ass." And that was all Sam needed from this thing,

His hand grew warm as the power began to flow out of his body, and he could now feel the demon. He felt as his power in a manner solidified the black smoke inside the human hosts' body. A temperature spiked inside the human that was so intense that if he wasn't dead before, he was surely dead now. Sam then felt as the demon was liquefied. Yes...liquefied.

He had dropped his arm, and watched with pleasure as the man's head dropped to his chest, and a black liquid that was once a demon spilled from the man's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. The room smelled strongly of sulfur.

Sam smiled at the memory. He dared Lilith to come after him now.

He was suddenly pulled to the present when he felt a wind blow past him. Someone was here, he knew it, he could smell it. He just couldn't put his finger on the presence.

Sam stood from the couch and began to stalk around the room silently. "Who's there?" He demanded loudly.

"Hello Sam."

Sam turned around at the sound of the voice and saw before him the angel Castiel.

Sam nodded his head in greeting and mumbled, "Cas."

The angel stared into Sam's eyes, and Sam couldn't help but flinch. Castiel was making him very uncomfortable.

"What are you doing here?" Sam asked nervously.

Castiel cocked his head to the side. "You need to go to Dean." He replied simply.

Sam chuckled. "Why? I'm sure he doesn't want to see me."

"On the contrary, he has stopped everything in order to find you. He hasn't even tried to go after Lilith. He will not rest until you are with him again."

Castiel looked down at the floor, then back to Sam's eyes. "He needs you, Sam."

"What do you mean, he needs me?" Sam asked curiously. "He didn't seem to need me when he had me chained to a bed!"

"He chained you to a bed, because I told him too." Castiel said in a louder, and slightly more annoyed voice.

"You did what?" Sam asked angrily.

Castiel sighed. "Two weeks after you killed Alistair, we saw you drink from Ruby in your motel room. We then knew how your abilities had been progressing. Dean only caught part of the end result."

Castiel paused, and then continued calmly.

"I woke Dean the night he found you with Ruby. I told him to go to you, and do whatever was necessary to get you to stop."

Sam smiled at Castiel and laughed dryly. "I should have guessed."

Castiel looked at the floor again, and then let his eyes travel back to Sam's. Piercing him with such intensity.

"Dean needs you Sam, and we need him. You don't have a choice in the matter anymore."

Sam laughed humorlessly. "Oh I don't have a choice? What do you have over me? How can you make me go?"

Castiel took a step toward Sam, and replied in a low voice. "We do have methods to get Dean to follow our orders. So you Sam are expendable."

Sam flinched, and then straightened his posture so he towered over the angel. "Then why not do that? Why come to me at all?"

Castiel let huffed in frustration. "I would rather he do what he has to willingly."

"Cas, I thought you were the compassionate one. That's why you let me go when you saw me kill Alistair isn't it? So why would you threaten Dean's free will like that?"

Castiel stepped back. "That is why I'm here Sam. My superiors would prefer we force Dean... but I have grown...fond of Dean over these past few months. I believe that with his will intact he can still succeed."

Castiel paused, still staring at Sam intently.

"But he needs you."

With a heavy gust of wind, Castiel was suddenly gone. And Sam stood in the room by himself.

xXx

Ruby came back an hour after Sam's meeting with Castiel. When she found Sam in the bedroom packing his clothes into a duffel bag that was sitting on his old springy bed, she was a little stunned.

"Um. Goin' somewhere, Sam?" Ruby asked a little annoyed.

Sam turned to look at her and replied simply, "I'm going back to my brother." He then turned his back to her and continued packing.

"Why would you do that? He nearly killed you last time!"

Sam shrugged without looking at her. "I need to go Ruby." He replied simply.

Anger flashed through her. "No! You need to stay here, and get stronger Sam, then you can go after Lilith. Then you can go have your little family reunion."

Sam shook his head. "No. I need to go to him now."

He shoved his last pair of socks into the bag and zipped it shut, then he flung the bag over his shoulder. He turned to face Ruby and said, "Please Ruby, stay close, but stay off my brothers' radar. Now that he knows about┘us. He will not hesitate to kill you."

Ruby crossed her arms over her chest and stared blankly at Sam. She didn't understand him. He was so powerful, so strong, and yet after everything he had become, he still goes crawling to his big brother? But still she kept her empathetic face on and nodded.

"Goodbye works too ya know." She said in a attempt to make Sam think she was okay with him leaving.

He gave her a small half smile, and then she nodded again.

"I'll be here for you whenever you need me Sam. Just call."

Sam nodded, and then walked past her out of the room.

As he left the room, he felt Ruby's eyes nearly burn the back of his neck. He wasn't an idiot; he knew Ruby wasn't happy with him right now.

But that didn't matter. Right now, he needed to get to Dean.

So I did manage to get 2 chapters in today! Haha. I was worried I would'nt be able to post this today, but I did it! Phew!

I told you I would try to squeeze Castiel in here! And I made this chapter longer! I am a girl of my word. :)

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