Warnings: Character deaths, violence, language, implied sexual situations
It was Dean's idea to do recon. He wanted to show Benny what they were up against and he had heard that there was some sort of convoy on the edge of town. They had been working on taking out as many of the enemy as they could get their hands on. They were learning tricks and traps, using Lisa, Meg, and Ruby to draw them out. Meg and Ruby were really good with knives, and Lisa was holding her own with a gun, but they really wanted to keep her safe because she was the one who knew how to stitch them up properly. But now it was time for Benny to see just how good they were, and how much they could handle.
At least that's what Dean had hoped for.
That's how they ended up just outside of town, hidden among broken down vehicles and brush. They could see a group of people stand away from them, guns trained on them. They could see some men digging holes in the ground. Cas gasped.
"That's Mr. Pellegrino." He said. Sam's eyes scanned the group of people. He froze once he saw one of them, his hand going out and grabbing Dean's arm.
"What is it?" Dean whispered. Sam just kept staring ahead. Dean turned to see what he was seeing and his own eyes widened.
Because there in the group of people stood John Winchester.
"Everything okay?" Benny whispered when he saw the frightened look on the youngest Winchester's face, but Sam just seemed to ignore him.
"We have to help him." Sam said to his brother. "We have to save him."
"If we go out there, we're all dead." Dean said. He had planned on an ambush, but there were just too many people with too many guns. They had taken out a group like this a few days back, so it was obvious they were taking precautions now. The Hunters were well known around these parts. Saving people and all that jazz. But this, this wasn't something that the Hunters could stop.
They watched as Mr. Pellegrino dropped the shovel he had been holding and took John's hand to be pulled to his feet. They both looked tired and dirty. They were bruised up and Mr. Pellegrino couldn't move his left arm. There were caskets in the distance for fallen members of the enemy the Hunters had taken out over the past days. These men and women were digging their graves. Sam just hoped that was all that was going to happen.
A group of people that Sam, Dean, and pretty much everyone except Benny, had seen their entire lives stood in a row, being forced to watch the funeral for soldiers they could care less about. Dean felt Sam tremble and laid a hand on his back to calm him. Caleb wanted revenge, but he just gripped his gun. Cas set by Benny, watching. Everyone else was waiting at camp, just in case.
It was silent after the gun salute. No one said a thing. There were a group of civilians that had been forced to bear witness to the funeral, but not one of them wept for the men they were burying. Mr. Pellegrino looked around before taking a deep breath. He knew this was going to end in his death, but they had already killed everything else.
"Because the flag still stands for freedom, and you can't take that away!" He belted out. The others looked at him like he was crazy before joining him in the song.
"And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free!" They all sang, John included. "And I won't forget the men who died…"
The man in charge waved his hand and the soldiers opened fire on the group of people, killing them. Sam gasped and covered his mouth. Dean's eyes widened. Benny and Cas looked at each other. A tear fell down Caleb's face.
The convoy dispersed quickly, leaving the Hunters hiding in the brush. Once they were sure that they were gone, they all set up. Sam looked shell shocked. Dean reached out to put a hand on his shoulder. Sam looked up at him, but instead of saying anything, he took the pistol that Dean had laid down and stood up.
"I…" He didn't finish his sentence before he took off running.
"Sammy!" Dean screamed. Caleb waved him off.
"I'll go with him. Get Benny back to camp." Caleb took off after Sam. Dean set there with Cas and Benny, watching as his brother ran off. Probably with a mind set on revenge.
"Let's go." He said. "We'll patrol the forest."
Sam walked into Calumet with all the plans that he was going to go on a killing spree to avenge his dad, Caleb's dad, everyone that had been killed. He knew Caleb was right behind him, ready to drag him back before he could do anything stupid. But he knew this was something he had to do.
"Caleb…" Sam growled. Caleb held his hands up.
"I'm just here to make sure you don't get yourself killed." Caleb said. Sam nodded and made his way towards the headquarters of the bastards…when something caught his eye. Two girls standing along the side of the road. Both blondes, both beautiful, but only one of them had his heart. He left the pistol where he had put it along the small of his back and made his way over to them.
"Jessica…" Sam whispered. She turned to look at him and a big smile spread on her face.
"Sam!" She wrapped her arms around him.
"Jo." Caleb said. Jo smiled and hugged Caleb.
"Come on. We have to get out of here." Sam said. Jessica looked at the boys.
"They're watching us." She said. Sam shook his head.
"I don't care. We're getting out of here. Come on." Sam and Caleb led the way, Jo and Jessica right behind them. An angry voice shouted in the distance. "Run!" Sam and Caleb took off. Jo was close behind, but Jessica wasn't as fast. A loud bang echoed out then. Sam turned around to see Jessica just standing there.
"Jessica?! Come on!" Caleb said. She looked down at her chest where a red spot was starting to blossom. Sam's eyes widened.
"NO!" He screamed. "JESS! JESSICA!" He went to run back to her as she fell to the ground, but Caleb held on to him.
"We have to go! It's too late!" He yelled at Sam, pulling him away from his fallen girlfriend. Jo helped him and soon, the three were heading back to the camp.
"Oh my god." Lisa gasped as Sam, Caleb, and Jo made their way into the camp. She jumped up and ran to Jo. "Are you okay? Where's Jessica?" She knew Jo and Jessica were best friends. But when Jo just buried her head in Lisa's shoulder and started to cry, she knew something was wrong.
"Sam…" Caleb said, trying to stop his friend. But Sam just walked to one of the caves they were living in. He wanted to ignore everyone. He wanted the world to end, because his just had.
"Caleb, what happened?" Lisa asked, holding a crying Jo in her arms. Crowley, Jimmy, Bobby, Rufus, Meg, and Ruby all watched him, wanting to know why Sam was so quiet and Jo was crying so loudly.
"We went into Calumet and we found Jo and Jessica," Caleb explained. "And…they shot her." He didn't even have to say who the girl was. Everyone knew. Lisa held on tight to Jo as tears fell down both of their faces. There was a rustling noise then. Rufus and Bobby stood to protect the group, guns ready, but it was just Dean, Cas, and Benny.
"Caleb?" Cas asked. Dean didn't seem to notice the tears. If Caleb was here that meant Sam was here. There wasn't a chance in hell that Caleb would come back here without his brother.
"Where is he?" Dean asked, gripping his gun in anger.
"Dean wait…" Caleb started to say.
"Where. Is. He?" Dean asked again. Caleb pointed to the cave Sam had disappeared into. Leaving the ground, Dean stomped into the cave. He saw the huddled form of Sam sitting in the corner. "What the fuck do you think you were doing Sam?" He got no answer and Sam didn't turn to look at him. "Samuel Winchester, look at me when I'm talking to you!"
Sam turned around slowly and looked at his brother. His eyes were red and blotchy from crying, he was shaking, and he was trying his hardest to keep his lunch down. Dean's anger started to fizzle away as he walked toward his brother.
"Sammy, what happened?" Dean asked. Sam wiped at his face.
"They…they killed her." Sam whispered. Dean set down by his Sam and pulled him into a tight hug. "Dad and Jess…" Fresh tears fell down his face.
"It's okay Sammy." Dean said softly. He rubbed his arm softly. "I'm not going anywhere."
"But you have." Sam said, looking up at Dean. "You kept talking about me wanting to run off to California but you ran off first. You left me when I needed you."
"You had dad…" Dean started to say. Sam shook his head. "What?"
"Dad was barely ever home." Sam said. "He worked a lot, went out with his friends, did anything he could not to look at me. I got myself suspended four times trying to get him to just notice me, but it didn't work. So, I thought maybe if I ran off too, it would."
"Sammy…"
"Sometimes he would look at me like I was the reason mom died. I know it was my fault, but…" Dean cut him off.
"How was that your fault Sammy? You were only six months old!" Dean said.
"If…if I wouldn't have had a fever, mom would've never been in the car taking me to the doctor. That man would've hit someone else. He would've killed someone else." Sam said. "I had to be sick though."
"You forget that you almost died too Sam." Dean told him. "I remember dad being so scared that he was going to lose you too. I don't remember everything about being at the hospital, but I do remember the first time we got to hold you without the machines around you. Dad put you in my arms and told me that it was my job to protect you. So I thought that doing what I do would keep you safe."
"Dean…"
"Sammy, I promise I'm not going to let anything happen to you. And I'm not leaving again." He pulled Sam to him again.
Lisa had went to the cave to make sure Dean hadn't killed Sam, but seeing she wasn't needed, she retreated and set alone by a tree. Jo had all the boys trying to calm her down. She didn't know what the girl had been through while she was in Calumet. Lisa closed her eyes for a second, trying not to picture what they had done to her cousin and her friend.
"You okay?" Benny asked, sitting down by her. She sighed.
"No. Not really." She said softly. "This whole thing is fucked up and I just want to go home." Benny nodded.
"I saw you with Dean earlier. You were gazing and he was oblivious. Either he's your inattentive boy, or you're pining."
"He's not my boy." She said. "And I'm not sure I even stand a chance to win his affection."
"And why's that?" He asked. She looked up at him.
"Because I'm not Sam." She replied. "Sam always comes first in Dean's eyes, and while I understand that, I don't think I could handle it." Benny nodded and wrapped an arm around Lisa.
"Maybe I can help then?" He asked. She nodded.
"Yeah, I think you can." She said, standing up. This way, she would either make Dean jealous or he wouldn't even care at all. She figured it was probably the second one. Benny wrapped an arm around her waist. She knew she was probably just an easy lay and she was the only female here that wasn't in high school, but she wasn't going to let the feelings get in the way. She had done that with Dean. She wouldn't do that again.