At the same time as Paige was watching over Kat
Dean and Sam were still sitting in silence. It was getting closer to the time that the rest of the world along with the sun would begin to rise. It didn't make sense to either of the boys for the sun to bring a new day so full of life. It wasn't fair to them. They both really wanted to sleep but just couldn't. Their eyes had remained constant on the still form in front of them. For the first time in their life, both of them felt completely helpless.
Dean was running all of the events through his head. He was going all the way back and whenever he came to the most recent quickly went back. He just couldn't deal with it. He had truly failed this time. There was no going back and he hated himself for it so much. How was he suppose to continue living a life when he had failed the ones that he loved so miserably? He cursed everything around him. He then thought that maybe it would have been better if he would have never gotten with Kat in the first place or if he had left Sam alone. That weight that had left him before was no doubling on his shoulders minute by minute.
Sam was still more angry with his brother than he felt right to be. Yes he wanted everything to be okay but it was going to take some time and at this point Sam knew that anything that came out of his mouth would be due to anger and would just cause more problems. Sam also couldn't help but think about what Kat would have done to get them to talk again. She was like the peace maker and could always get a lot out of both of them. Then Sam became filled with rage towards that stupid spider, the cave, and everything.
A scream brought both of the young Winchester's out of their thoughts. They looked at each other, jumped up and then started to run out of the room. Sam was running over towards Riley's room and made it there in a matter of seconds. Dean was about to go but looked back at Kat and just felt like he couldn't, Sam would take care of his daughter and he would hopefully make it up to both of them later.
Sam had opened Riley's door and was surprised to see her looking like he usually did after his visions. He then saw Hunter was next to Riley trying to calm her down. She looked so scared and panicked.
Sam- "What's wrong?"
Riley just looked up at him with sad eyes and began to cry. Hunter pulled her close to him and was comforting her. Sam was no over by their side just watching the loving sibling bond between the two of them.
Hunter- "She just has these…dreams…sometimes. She'll be fine…it just takes awhile."
Sam- "Dreams?"
Hunter- "They sometimes are stuff that she can make out and sometimes not. She claims to have seen mom…like she is now…and…yeah….they just scare her."
Sam couldn't believe what his nephew just told him. Was this why Sam had felt so connected to his niece? And was she really having the same visions like he was having? It just seemed so unreal and his heart went out to her.
Hunter- "Uncle Sammy. Are you okay?"
Sam- "Yeah. Would it help if I stayed in here with you two for awhile?"
Sam had felt like he needed to be in that room with them for that moment. He had completely forgotten how much he had felt like he needed to stay with Dean. He was there to comfort hi niece and nephew, while his brother had his time to deal with another that he loved.
Hunter- "We'll be fine. I'm here…"
Riley- "Yes." she said weakly and cut off her brother.
Sam moved to the bed and sat with them, trying his best to comfort them.
Dean was in Kat's room watching her, taking full comfort knowing that Sam was taking care of the other problem. There was something about the room that Dean didn't quite trust. He had a weird feeling that he and Kat weren't alone in the room. Whether it was a good or bad presence he wasn't sure at the moment. He was so out of it that nothing else mattered.
He heard a crash out in the hall and was drawn to it. He did take one more look at Kat but knew that Sam was busy with the kids and that it shouldn't take long to check out what had happened.
When he got out in the hall, he saw that one of the displays of swords had fallen down the steps. How they got to that side of the steps was quite a mystery. Dean was about to go take care of it when he felt a cool chill emerged around him.
Then he saw it yet again, a reaper. Whatever Sam had done had only stalled it. The other cross was still down in the basement. The one that had both his and Kat's blood on it. It was in one of the corners that Sam had not seen. Dean began to back up slowly realizing that maybe there was still hope. What had been the initial impulse, was slowing turning into something that he should have thought through a little longer.
The reaper came closer to him as he found himself at the edge of the steps. The reaper's hands began to come close to his head, he backed up so more, which sent his body tumbling down the steps. The impact was hard and his eyelids fluttered before he gave into the darkness. The reaper hovered over Dean and took his life.