It came with a strange sense of deja vu.
His head was throbbing, his hands shacking and his body protesting every gulp of air.
Oh the pleasures of waking up after a hunt.
And then the memories came into place - with white pain crashing on his brain - making him leap to his feet, completely forgetting about the pain.
The house he bought, the house that fried every last nerve he had before it was finished and the house that was once full of laughter and shouting was now cold, dark and the smell of burned wood reached his nose making him start coughing.
The first steep was shaky almost plunging him back to floor covered now with peaces of the once neat kitchen.
The second steep was a bit stronger but still Dean had a feeling he was going to fall. Like a baby learning how to walk. His balance slipped and only thanks to his still trained muscles did he stop his fall, but when his eyes fell on Samantha...
Blood was surrounding her, her eyes open and his grip on the wall vanished resulting in Dean falling right next to her, knees dropping right into the growing pool.
Growing.
His eyes snapped back to her chest, two bloody fingers raising to the side of her neck both scared and hopeful.
A moment of stillness and then he felt it. Weak, slow but it was still there.
Samantha was barley alive, but alive nerveless.
Michael Tanner sighted at the long and boring meeting he was dragged in.
Feeling a vibration in his side pocket he slowly reached for it, careful so his boss wouldn't see it.
Winchester.
And for some reason unknown to him, Michael wasn't looking forward to it. Dean never called in the middle of working day. He knew better.
Unless something was very wrong. Very very wrong with the family considered his own.
"Sir, can I steep out for a moment?"
The annoyed stare was on him but Michael didn't back up. He never did when it came to his friends and them needing him.
"Dean?"
The voice that answered him wasn't the voice of the Dean Winchester he knew. Dean Winchester never sounded broken...so weak.
"It's Samantha...she's in the hospital"