The worst part about everything was leaving Mary in Hell. Azazel was quite clear about that part, that she was to stay; "So that she can come to grips with everything back home. Don't worry boys, Meg'll take care of her and catch her up on everything."
They knew the truth, she was nothing more than a hostage. They knew that they had given them impossible tasks. Sam had more of a chance to find the Colt than Dean had to convince Cain, Cain of all people, to come back to Hell to make more Knights. She was leverage to make sure that they either completed their jobs or died trying, if they would try to run then they would want to take her with them.
But like this...they had only two options, the aforementioned complete the jobs or die and save the Princes the time of punishing them.
"This. Is. Bullshit." Dean said, falling onto the bed and burying his head in his hands. "Where the hell did this come from?"
Sam didn't answer, just sitting in the chair at the table and staring down at the ground.
"I mean, I knew that they weren't going to just let us go on our merry way and not bother us, but this? Fucking this?" Dean continued, getting up and pacing around the room. "If they want us dead why don't they just kill us themselves?"
"Because this makes it look fair." Sam told him quietly. "If they just outright kill us it makes it look bad because we're of Azazel's blood. This way it's our fault."
Dean shook his head, running his fingers through his hair. "I don't even know where to start." he said. He chewed on the inside of his cheek. "Should we get the Colt first and use that as like, I don't know, a threat against Cain? That we'll kill him if he doesn't come with us?"
"I think the only thing that'll accomplish is him snapping his fingers and killing us where we stand." Sam said. "He's not like other demons, we can't just go in there with intimidation."
"So what are you suggesting?"
"I think we should go in with honesty." Sam told him. "That we are being sent to do this under threat and our mother being used. At the very least he'll appreciate that. From what I've read, Cain is not someone to go in with tricks and threats."
Dean stared at him a bit helplessly. "So either we go in to die by Cain or die by the Princes." he said. "Pit of Hell."
Sam got up and wrapped his arms around his brother, using his height to his advantage to cover over Dean. He almost never did this, he was younger and Dean was adamant that he be the alpha of the two, that he was the protector and dominant one. Even seeing his brother like this was a bit horrifying.
But this was something neither of them expected and quite frankly, Sam had no idea how to deal with it. The last time he had seen Dean even remotely like this was when they had just come to earth and had no idea what to do or how to survive in the new world they found themselves in.
"We'll deal with this, we'll manage, we've always had." Sam told him as comfortingly as he could. "We managed to do the impossible by bringing mom back, we can do this too."
He felt his brother take a deep breath before his hands came up and wrapped around Sam, burying his face in his shoulder. "Okay." he heard Dean whisper. "Alright."
They stayed like that for another moment before he pulled away, nodding and a familiar look appeared in his eyes. Despite himself, Sam couldn't help but smile and feel just a bit better.
They were facing something that was already destined for them to fail. But so long as they had each other, Sam knew that they could do it.
"Right." Dean said, nodding and going to the table. "Grab your books Sammy, I'll get the laptop. We got a lot of research to do."
Sam couldn't help but grin at that, doing as Dean told him and putting everything on the table. "So, first things first, the Colt."
"All I know is that it's in the company of hunters." Sam said, wrinkling his nose. "Question that remains is which hunter."
Dean gave a snort. "Think it's with Singer or Winchester?"
"Don't think so, I think they would've made some sort of mention of it." Sam told him as he unfolded a giant map of the United States and pinned it to the wall. He grabbed his post-its and pins. "Time to track its history down. And how are we going to find Cain?"
"Narrowing it down." Dean said simply. "Despite him trying to stay away he can't hide who he is. Just gotta find where there is a surge of demonic aura and visit each one. And try to stay away from Ramiel's farm. Compared to the two things, I think it'll be easier to find Cain."
Sam nodded and grabbed his books, opening them as he glanced up at the map. He took a deep breath and looked at his brother who met his gaze easily. "We got work to do."
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