Sam runs through the sea of separated dreams.

He dreamt of the event in Spring Field college. The dead professor, the alien-kidnapped brat boy, the scientist being devoured by alligator in the sewage, his lost laptop, Dean's anger about the Impala got flat-tired, the fight with the Trickster.

He dreamt of the event in Mystery Spot. The many kinds of Dean's death, the confrontation with the Trickster about giving up saving each other.

He dreams of the event in the old paper factory. The man who got killed by the Incredible Hulk. The change of scene. The change of channels on TV.


It is in Wellington, Ohio that he and Dean get on their next hunt. Since a man who got killed by a bear, which chased him to his house, crashed in the front door then chased him up to his room upstairs then tore his head off his body seems very insensible.

They found that it was actually a case that caused by the Trickster, probably the one that they are looking for. Dean wants to repay the Trickster for killing him over and over again. Sam, well, just wants to have a talk with that pagan.

So they come to the old paper factory, the place that was reported to have a murder and yet, no police car around. That's suspicious enough.

...

Sam and Dean didn't hesitate about entering the factory though they immediately regret entering it. Not totally regret it, just a bit, since Dean is so excited of being in his favorite TV shows: Dr Sexy MD.

Sam remembers the dream he has a fortnight ago. It is in here, this exact place, that he confronted the Trickster in the dream. So he has a chance to meet the Trickster again in this reality, right?

"Oh my... Sam..." Dean's choked exclaim brings Sam back to what is going on. "It's... It's him."

Sam looks at the direction Dean is staring at and sees the doctor, Dr Sexy for exact, walking towards them. The guy has a very serious face, which makes Sam feel awkwardly ridiculous.

"Doctor." Dr Sexy greets Dean with a nod.

"Doctor..." Dean greets back, blushing like a teenage fangirl.

Then Dr Sexy turns to Sam, greeting him with the same manner. "Doctor."

Sam frowns as he doesn't understand why he should greet back (since he knows that there is not thing real here) but Dean elbows him, which makes him unwillingly greet back. "Doctor."

"You want to give me one reason why you defied my direct order to do the face transplant on Mrs. Biehl?" The doctor turns to face Dean with his seriously serious face, which makes Dean react like a fool, scratching his scalp then looking at his feet. Sam only rolls his eyes at the scene.

Dean abruptly charges at the doctor, slamming him against the wall behind. "You are not Doctor Sexy!"

Sam cautiously looks at the doctor up and down and still couldn't find a reason why Dean said so.

"Call the security." The doctor looks at the two coming doctors and orders them.

Dean only smirks at that. "Yeah. Go ahead, pal. Let's see who you are..."

Sam is about to warn Dean about a security guard coming close but as the security guard gets to speak with them, except from the brothers and the doctor, everything just suddenly stops. Like a freeze-frame in movies.

Sam and Dean look around in confusion then they hear Dr Sexy starts to laugh while morphing into a pagan that is too familiar with them.

"You guys are getting better!" The Trickster remarks with a large shit-eating grin, which makes the brothers gasp in shock. The Trickster then grabs Dean's arms and forcefully twists and pulls them away. "Don't see your wooden stakes anywhere, big guy."

"This is a trick." Sam breathes out what he has been keeping for a while.

The Trickster raises his eyebrows, pointing at himself. "Hello? Trickster."

Both the Winchesters show unamused faces and the Trickster snickers. "Come on! I heard you two yahoos were in town, how could I resist?"

And Sam swears that, even if he has a deep affection to the Trickster, he really wants to punch into that face.

"Where are we?" Dean hisses in anger.

"Like it? It's all homemade." The Trickster then raps on the window in a nearby door. "My own sets..." Then he indicates the frozen extras. "My own actors... Let's call it my idiot box."

"How do we get out?" Dean asks disdainfully.

"That, my friend, is the sixty-four-dollar question." The blond pagan answers with great amusement.

"Whatever." Sam shows his infamous bitch face and interrupts the conversation between Dean and the Trickster. "We just, need to talk to you. We need your help."

"Hmm. Let me guess..." The short man purses his lower lip out. "You two muttonheads broke the world, and you want me to sweep up your mess."

"Please." Sam pleads. "Just five minutes... Hear us out."

"Sure." The Trickster shrugs. "Tell you what. Survive the next twenty-four hours, then we'll talk."

"Survive what?" Dean frowns in great confusion while Sam rolls his eyes. Of course, he has dreamt of this encounter. And of course, he has also seen what would happen.

The Trickster wiggles his eyebrows, grins mischievously before vanishing in a burst of static.


Doing the operation for Dean. Getting nut-cracked in a Japanese game show. Getting genital herpes and having to do the commercial for the stupid medicine which gives more illnesses than cures. Joining in a sit-com that has Dean coupling with a girl in bikini then being threatened by the Trickster about accepting the responsibilities as Michael's and Lucifer's vessels. Investigating a foolish crime scene then stabbing the Trickster with a wooden stake, only to wake up being the Impala.

Sam has got enough crap in this freaking TV land. What can be more? The Trickster turns out to be the Archangel Gabriel?

Oh...


He found himself standing with Dean in the old paper factory while Gabriel (a.k.a Trickster) is trapped in the holy fire circle.'They question Gabriel why he wants them to accept to be Michael's and Lucifer's vessels and he answers that he just wants the conflict to end.

Sam finds this strange. He didn't dream about this. He didn't remember in the end of the TV land dream, the Trickster revealed himself as the Archangel Gabriel.

Something has definitely changed.


A/N: Okay. Changing Channels on Neutral Run for Sam. Memory of Genocide Run comes back for our Sammy and luckily he figures out the differences.

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