Chapter 16: The Words

So the spell idea hadn't come through. See I wasn't very good with the words yet. But fortunately in my luck, there was a potion that did the same thing as my spell would have; only this one was fool proof. The only problem was getting it mixed. But I was doing that while Sam and Gabi were sleeping, which was now.

"Ok, so how the hell are you going to do this exactly?" Dean asked as he laughed. I rolled my eyes at him. I had told this plan a million times.

"We are going to stop at a gas station before they wake up. Then we are going to get them both a drink, since they will both be asleep when we get these drinks, they won't notice that I happened to slip a couple of drops of this in Gabi's to make her tell him the real reason." I said as I waved the bottle. I had finally finished the potion, thank goodness.

"K, there is an exit up here, so I will take that and you can do your thing." He said. Dean was so tired and it was written all over his face.

"After we stop do you want me to drive?" I asked. He sighed and nodded.

"Please?" He asked. I smiled.

"No problem, do we have any leads on this thing?" I said, changing the subject and referring to the demon.

"Well, it has probably possessed a human by now; otherwise it wouldn't survive very long. But from what Sam figured out, it kind of has bodyguard demons helping it. So, we just need to find something with a group of people who are terrorizing and doing demonic stuff, get the demon out of them and kill it." He said.

"But even if we do an exorcism on these things, what's to keep them from possessing other people? I mean it won't just banish them forever, we have to kill it." I stated.

"We burn its cloud. Just like we did in San Francisco when you were possessed." He told me. Ok, good plan, but did we have any leads on demonic groups of people? Or were we just driving around the country until we found them?

I let the demon hunting part of my mind take a break and I focused on the 'reuniting Sam and Gabi' part of it. Dean had gotten off the highway and stopped at a gas station. I ran in and got a couple of drinks, poured the potion into Gabi's and went back out.

Gabi and Sam were awake when I got back.

"Here guys, I got you two something to drink." I told them as I handed them the bottles. With out a second thought Gabi chugged it down. When she swallowed, her eyes got huge and she looked at Sam.

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(Gabi's POV)

As soon as I drank the water Annie brought out to me, I had this sudden urge to tell Sam the truth about why I told him no.

"Sam I need to talk to you." I said. He looked at me with a mean smirk. I couldn't blame him

"About what?" Sam snarled. His sadness had kind of gone cold and turned into resentment.

"About the fact that I wanted to tell you yes." I said quickly. He looked at her very confused like.

"Then why didn't you?" He asked. Dean and Annie were going to have an interesting show here to watch today. But out of respect they walked over to the other side of the car, but I knew they were listening. I didn't care.

"Because let's be realistic here Sam, we are about to do something so life threatening and we have no way of knowing if we will make it out alive or who will make it out alive. But three out of four the chances are that I will be the one to die. And I wasn't going to let you go through that again." I told him. It must not have been what he had expected. "You already lost one love to this kind of thing, and from what I could tell about you and what you told me and from what Dean told me, it almost killed you inside. I wasn't about to let us get any closer and then risk the chance of you losing your soul once I lost my life."

I wanted to cry, but I needed to be strong right now. The tension between us was starting to break though.

"But Gabi, how could you even think that I would let that thing touch you? Neither would Dean or Annie, we are in this together and we aren't going to let anyone die!" Sam exclaimed, but he wasn't angry, he seemed almost sorry that I felt that way, like he pitied me for making the decision I did for the reasons I had.

"None of us can predict what is going to happen when we get to this thing. But the three of you are so much more prepared, and ready and experienced and know ledged on these things. And I just know how to use a computer and shoot a gun. Everything else is gibberish to me! I am not as strong as you three. Not physically, mentally, or emotionally. If any of us were to die, look me in the eye and tell me that the first one to go wouldn't be me?" I said with so much sureness that I scared myself.

"None of us are going to let anything happen to you. We all made that promise a long time ago, to protect each other at any circumstance." He said softly. I turned my gaze to the ground.

"And I am not about to let you risk your life for me. I won't let any of you do that." I whispered. "So, I figured if you were angry with me, then it wouldn't hurt you so bad if I died."

Ok, I couldn't hold it back. I cried, and I cried hard.

"Gabi…" He whispered. He tried to pull me into his arms. I resisted at first, but I finally relaxed into his embrace.

"I'm so sorry Sam…" I told him.

"I really wish you would quit saying that." He told me. I could hear the tears in his voice.

"I still love you…" I said quietly. I didn't even know if he could hear me.

"I love you too." He replied. Apparently he had heard me.

He tilted my chin up so I would look into his eyes. I was right; he did have tears in them.

"Let's just get through this first before we make any kind of life altering decisions, please?" I asked. He smiled and kissed me softly.

"Okay." That was all he said. But it was more then enough for me.

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(Annie's POV)

Excitedly I jumped into Dean's arms. He wasn't expecting it, but welcomed it none the less.

"I did it!" I squealed quietly. He laughed at me.

"Good job, but now I think it is your turn to drive." He said as he handed me the keys. I scrunched up my face.

"This is the worst prize ever." I told him.

"When we get to stop and sleep somewhere I will get you a bigger prize" He whispered seductively in my ear. It tickled a little and I laughed.

"Sounds good to me." I replied as I entered the car. We all got in, buckled up and headed back on the highway.

Man, I was so alone now. Dean was crashed out next to me, and Sam and Gabi were in the back having a make up make out session.

This was no fun.

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The White was back… and I knew exactly where I was.

"Dad? Are you here?" I called.

"Shhh!" I heard someone say behind me. It was him.

"Dad, why am I back here? What do you need to tell me?" I asked. He looked at me and smiled. I felt him grab my hand and look at my ring.

"I wish I could have been there." He said sadly. He quickly shook it off and looked me back in the eye. "But that is not why you are here… the powers aren't happy with you Annie."

"What powers?" I asked.

"The bad, and the good." The good? Why were they upset with me?

"Why?" I asked.

"You are no longer completely human Annie, you have powers that make you greater then any human could ever be or wish to have. The bad and evil powers are upset with you for the obvious reasons, like you can easily defeat them, and now you have an unbreakable bond with one of their most hunted humans and they can't touch that." He told me. Ok, that was understandable.

"But what about the good?" I asked.

"You married a human. It isn't forbidden but it isn't looked highly upon. And while they commend you trying to protect someone, they do not believe you should love him. Once you destroy these demons, they are going to do anything to keep you apart." He said.

I inhaled deeply.

"They are going to take Dean away from me?" I asked scared.

"No, they are going to take you away from him…" He said. But his voice faded out and I didn't understand.

"Dad!" I yelled, but he was gone.

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"Annie!" Dean screamed. My eyes jolted open. I must have fallen asleep at the wheel… or have been lured to sleep. I was breathing heavily and I pulled over.

"Annie, what happened?" Dean asked angrily and concerned. My eyes were wide and I was shaking.

"I have to go back…. I need more answers…" I whispered.

"What do you mean more answers?" Dean asked. I snapped my head in his direction. The last time I tried to lie to him about these dreams it didn't turn out to well. So I went with the truth aspect.

"I had another dream, or calling…" I started. "He told me that…. He told me that the both sides, good and evil were angry with me. Evil was for having power and protecting you, but they couldn't do anything about it. And since I am apparently no longer completely human, the good powers are angry with me for marrying one."

He looked at me with confusion displayed all over his face.

"My dad said that once we kill these demons, the good powers will…" But I couldn't bring myself to say it because I didn't want it to be true.

"Will what?" He asked concerned.

"They are going to take me away from you…" I said with the same confusion that Dean had written on him. He clenched his jaw and looked out the window.

"Nothing is ever going to just let us be are they?" He asked sadly. He had never not tried to comfort me, or make himself feel better, or thought about a way out.

Dean Winchester was about to surrender for the first time ever. And I was the reason.