Lena straightened the blanket over the still slumbering Meg. As soon as she'd regained consciousness, the young witch had Bobby and Nathan move the blonde to the sofa as it was a far better place for her to rest than the floor.
"She still out?" Bobby asked, entering the room. Lena nodded, wincing as she did so. "You still not feeling 100%?" he questioned.
"I'll be fine", Lena assured him. At his raised eyebrow , she repeated herself "I'll be fine Bobby. I have to be especially if Sam and Dean wanna try and kill me. Not that I blame them".
"They don't want to kill you, Lena", Nathan told her, earning a look of surprise.
"They don't?" the brunette said.
"Nope. Sam didn't want to and after talking to Dean for a little bit, he came around too", her brother explained.
"'Talking'? You threatened him didn't you?" Lena asked with smile.
"Of course I did", Nathan admitted "so did Bobby, I might add".
"Thanks guys", Lena said, grateful to them both "I'm just gonna grab some air for a little bit, you mind keeping an eye Meg for me?"
"Sure", Bobby replied and Lena left the house, sitting down on the porch. It was a little over ten minutes later when the older hunter came outside with a rather serious look on his face, Nathan standing next to him.
Lena stood up "what happened?"
"That was Sam. He, Dean and John were in an accident", Bobby answered.
"Oh my god", Lena breathed "are they ok?"
"Sam and John are a bit banged up but fine. Dean on the other hand…. he's in a coma and they don't think its likely he's going to wake up", Bobby explained. Lena sank down on step, shaken up by the news. Nathan joined her, putting his arm around his sibling.
"Sam also wants me to tow the impala back here", Bobby continued "Will you be ok?"
"I will be", Lena answered, as calmly as she possibly could but Bobby could hear the tremor in her voice.
"I'll be back as soon as I can", Bobby promised.
"Ok", Lena said. She watched him walk down the steps and over to his car. There the brunette sat, anxiously waiting for Bobby's return.
"It's going to be ok", Nathan assured her.
"How do you know?" Lena asked.
"Cos they're hunters, like me. They're made of tough stuff", he answered.
"Good point", the witch conceded.
"I know it is", Nathan said, dropping a kiss on top of her head.
An hour had passed until the hunter came back, the impala attached to the back. Lena stood up when both of the front car doors opened up, Bobby getting out of the drivers seat and Sam got out of the passenger's side.
Lena hurried over to the younger Winchester and hugged him carefully being mindful of his injuries. "Sam, I'm so sorry. If I hadn't passed out I could've gone with you guys…I could've protected you…" Sam cut off her ramblings by touching her face.
"You don't need to apologise, it's not your fault", he said "I for one I'm glad you weren't with us. If you'd gotten hurt…I'd never be able to forgive myself".
"Still…I feel awful", Lena admitted. She stepped back "what can I do to help?" she asked.
"Can you heal Dean?" Sam questioned.
"Yes, I can", Lena replied.
"Lena, that's not such a good idea", Nathan spoke up "you've hardly recovered from exorcizing the demon from Meg and then healing her afterward".
"That true?" Sam asked her.
"I'm not at my full strength yet", Lena admitted "but I am strong enough to save Dean" Nathan opened his mouth "Don't, Nate", she said sternly "I AM strong enough". Her brother put his hands up in defeat. She was pretty stubborn when she set her mind to something.
"Good", Sam said. He took out a piece of paper from his pocket "you wouldn't happen to have any of this stuff would you?" Lena took the paper and looked over the ingredients "dad needs it for protection from a demon".
Lena looked down at the paper again and frowned "you sure he wants protection?" she questioned.
"Yes", Sam replied "why?"
Lena looked up at the younger Winchester "this stuff your dad wants is to summon something", she told him.
"You sure?" Sam asked.
"Sam, I know ingredients for a summoning spell when I see it" Lena showed him the paper "and this is it".
"She's right", Nathan agreed "This stuff will summon a demon".
~hospital~
"Dean's room is right down the hall", Sam said when he, Lena and Nathan reached John's hospital room.
"Thanks", Lena said and headed down the hall with her brother. The younger Winchester took a breath before he stalked into his father's room.
"Did you think I wouldn't find out?" Sam demanded throwing the duffle bag on to John's bed.
"What are you talking about?" John asked confused.
"A friend of mine told me the truth", Sam snapped "The stuff you wanted? Doesn't ward off a demon, it summons one! You're planning on bringing it here, aren't you? Having some stupid macho showdown?!"
"I have a plan, Sam", John said calmly.
"That's exactly my point!" Sam shouted "Dean is dying, and you have a plan! You know what, you care more about killing this demon than you do saving your own son!"
"No, no, no, guys, don't do this!" Dean said loudly but of course no one could hear him being a spirit and all.
"Do not tell me how I feel! I am doing this for Dean", John argued.
"How? How is revenge going to help him? You're not thinking about anybody but yourself, it's the same selfish obsession!" Sam retorted.
"Come on guys, don't do this!" Dean exclaimed.
"You know, it's funny, I thought it was your obsession too! This demon killed your mother, killed your girlfriend. You begged me to be part of this hunt. Now if you'd killed that damn thing when you had the chance, none of this would have happened", John said.
"It was possessing you, Dad, I would have killed you too", Sam countered.
"Yeah, and your brother would be awake right now", John shot back.
"Shut up, both of you!" Dean shouted, flinging his hand out. It collided with a glass of water, sending it flying. Sam and John look at each other confused at what happened while Dean stared at the broken glass, stunned. "Dude, I full-on Swayze'd that mother", he remarked. Suddenly he crumpled to the floor as a pain shot through him, his form flickering.
Nurses and doctors start running by in the hallway. "Something's going on out there", John stated and jerked his head toward the door.
Sam darted out of the door and over to Dean's room where Lena and Nathan was standing in the doorway watching a handful of medical staff surround the older Winchester trying to resuscitate him. The brunette witch grabbed Sam's hand as they continued to use the paddles to attempt to jumpstart Dean's.
Dean came up behind the trio and saw a ghostly figure floating over his body "You get the hell away from me!" he shouted rushing toward the spirit. He momentarily took hold of it before he was thrown backward. The spirit then flew out of the room. As soon as it was gone, the monitors stopped beeping like crazy.
"We have a pulse. We're back into sinus rhythm", one of the nurses said making Sam and Lena sigh in relief.
"Thank god", the young witch breathed. Eventually everyone filtered out of the room, leaving just the trio.
"You sure you can do this?" Sam asked.
"Yes, I can", Lena replied. She approached Dean's bedside and held her hands over the older Winchester's chest. Her eyes flared blue and she started to chant. This went on for several minutes before Sam and Nathan noticed the brunette's nose start to bleed again.
"Lena!" they exclaimed, Nathan quickly grabbing her as she fell backward, unconscious.
"Nate, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have asked her to help Dean", Sam said, very regretful that he had inadvertently harmed Lena.
"It's ok, Sam. She would've done it anyway", Nathan said "that's just the way she is".