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How to Save a Life
Chapter 11: A Week Left
"We go in, we hit her hard and we hit her fast." Dean said, looking around at everyone who was in the room with him. That consisted of his brother, the Slayer, Bobby and Ellen.
Buffy stayed stood as she heard the plan that the Winchester had come up with. Her mind had gone away from whether Spike was alive, she decided that maybe it was something else to do with that amulet that Angel had brought from L.A. She could always go and find that out later, right now there was a demon to kill.
"Dean, we can't be certain of where she is," Sam sighed, "It could take us ages to find her."
"Maybe not," Bobby shook his head, causing everybody in the room to look at him, "I may know of a way."
"If not, Willow can do a tracking spell," Buffy offered the four hunters, "She's done it before…"
"Yeah, to kill a human," Dean scoffed, "Has she ever done it to find a demon?"
"She's turned into a really powerful witch, Dean," the blonde woman pointed out to her not-so-sure boyfriend, "She did one major spell to turn all the potentials into the Slayers."
Hearing that, Sam's eyebrows raised, he could not believe the extent and danger Buffy had gone to, so that she could win the battle in the Hellmouth. However, it did not seem to do everything that she wanted to.
"Ok, so we get the tracker spell going," Sam nodded his head and looked at Dean, who had a look of disgust on his face. Why was he still holding this grudge? Willow was blatantly sorry for what she had done while she was under the influence of dark magic, "Dean I know you don't like the idea, but what other choice do we have?"
"Bobby's!" Dean exclaimed.
"Dean, it'll take ages to set up," Bobby sighed as he admitted the truth, "All the stuff is at my house, we're miles away from there."
"I can call Willow to start it now," Buffy shrugged her shoulders, looking straight at Dean, he had to trust her on this one, usually her instincts were good, "We'll find her in no time."
"Fine," Dean sighed with a frown, "Do it. We're getting this bitch."
Now that he knew the blonde haired demon definitely held his contract, he was going to take her down. He was going to be free from Hell and Sammy was still going to be alive. Maybe once this was all over they could celebrate a little, stop the demon hunting for a short while. Dean knew that would not be permanent, he did not know whether he would physically be able to 'play house'.
Months and months passed, however, more exactly almost ten months had passed. It was coming to just a few days, about a week, to Dean's date, the day he would have to go to Hell.
Every tracker spell that Willow had used had failed them. Every time Bobby had used his way of tracker her had failed them. The demon bitch just moved far too much.
Almost on the verge of giving up, Dean sat alone in a motel room in the middle of Texas somewhere. He laid on the bed, looking up at the ceiling, contemplating what was going to come with his life. It was like he had given up on searching for a way out now. Ten months ago, he had been so full of life, so determined to get the demon, but every lead was going to a dead end. It was so frustrating.
They had all their resources looking into where Ruby was, but there was never any luck.
The door opening pulled the Winchester out of his thoughts, as he looked over to see that the Slayer had walked in, with two disposable cups of coffee.
"I thought you might want one."
"Does it have the answer to this?" Dean questioned as he sat up on the bed. Taking one of the cups from the woman, he moved to one side so she could sit next to him. They had not done anything since they had been reunited. Ten months of her staying with them, travelling with them, fighting with them and they had not done anything. They both wanted the demon dead first instead.
She stayed in the same room as them while they travelled, meaning that the two Winchesters took turns in who would sleep on the floor, giving Buffy a bed to herself, unless Ellen travelled with them too, then she shared a room with her. Dean could not share a room with her, in case they were too tempted during the night or something along those lines.
"Willow's trying the tracking spell again," Buffy sighed, they had not given up on the magic, although it was not seeming to work, "She's got a coven in South Carolina working on it too. It's hard though at the moment, with them out searching for all the other Slayers."
There was so much to be done now, since that spell ten months ago, so many Slayers to search for and train. Some of them were harder than others, like one from L.A who had been trapped and held hostage for years on end until she finally became a Slayer and killed her abuser. Angel and Spike had found her, and that was when Buffy found out that Spike's essence had been trapped in the amulet, which had been sent back to Angel. Somehow they had found a way to make him corporeal and he was alive again, not knowing whether Buffy made it out alive or not – his memory was a little hazy.
"I know," Dean sighed, "But I've got less than a week left and I'm starting to think I'm going to Hell."
"You're not," Buffy shook her head, looking into his green eyes that she had fallen in love with, "I won't let it. I'd rather go to Hell."
"You're not doing that for me," Dean shook his head, "I've already had this conversation with Sam. I sold my soul, it's the price I have to pay if we don't find Ruby," even though Buffy did not like the idea, she had to agree with Dean, he would never change his mind, "Just promise me something."
"What's that?"
"If I do die," he started, looking into her eyes, "Promise me you'll still go after the bitch with Sam. Help him kill it and keep an eye on him. I don't know how he'll…"
"I promise," Buffy nodded her head, taking Dean's free hand with hers, "I'll hunt Ruby down and kill her and then I'll keep checking up on Sam."
With their hands touching, the two felt that same spark they always had done between them and felt the passion overcome them. They joined their lips together, battling for dominance, until Buffy won, knocking her coffee on the floor and straddling the Winchester. Dean kept hold of his coffee, but wrapped one arm around the Slayer. He stood up and picked her up with him, so she could wrap her legs around his waist, while he walked over to the table, putting his coffee on the top and then placing Buffy on it, taking over the kisses.
Before they could go any further, the sound of someone clearing their throat by the door could be heard. The two stopped their kisses and looked towards the sound, sheepishly, to find Sam there, looking everywhere but at the two.
"Bobby's tracked her down again, in Salem, Massachusetts ," he explained, "If we set off now, we may be able to get to her before she escapes again."
Like a flash, Dean moved away from the Slayer and started to pack his duffel, closly followed by the other two. They were going to kill this bitch once and for all, however they had an extremely long drive ahead of them to the other end of the country, they had to set off now and stop as little as possible.
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