The story takes place right after the season 10 finale, after Dean killed Death, the Mark of Cain was removed and Darkness was released into the world. I mentioned before, new characters will be added and thrown in the story and I will bring back several former characters from the show in the upcoming future.

Chapter 28 Sam's Nightmare

A couple of nights later since Dean suggested that they try to contact Lucifer in order to convince him to bear the Mark again, Sam prepared for bed. He had tried contacting Lucifer himself even sneaking outside when Dean and Adam were and bed and called out to him but he never appeared.

Then as he lay in bed he still couldn't get Lucifer out of his mind wondering or scared at the thought of the havoc he could cause here on earth. Of course, as Castiel and Hannah told him, even Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness is afraid of this Darkness that is unleashed out into the world and he's likely hiding out from it. Soon Sam drifted off to sleep and before he knew it he started to dream. Sam was standing in total blackness and didn't seem to know where he was.

Then all of the sudden bright light emerged and out of nowhere appeared a man. This man was tall slender with short curly dirty blonde hair that appeared a bit unbrushed. He was rather unshaven wearing jeans and a blue shirt underneath a brown leather jacket. He was quite rough looking reminding one of one of those people who got out of prison and his blue eyes were quite menacing. Sam didn't have any idea who this man is and was curious why he appeared in his dream as he was actually aware he was dreaming.

"Hello Sam, it's been a long time, but it's so nice to see you again" he said with a sleazy gin on his face.

"Excuse me, but do I know you?" Sam asked as he just stared at the man trying to figure where he could have possibly know him.

"Hey Sammy, don't you recognize me. I mean sure the last time you saw me I was in another vessel but still I thought you would know me anywhere considering how close we were" he said menacingly.

Then Sam looked closely at the man staring right into his eyes trying to see right through him. Then he suddenly felt a shiver of fear and his hands slightly trembled as he started to realize who he was.

"Lucifer, is that you?" he asked.

"So you do recognize me after all, in the flesh" he said.

Sam just started at him for awhile nervously.

"What's wrong Sammy boy, aren't you glad to see me as I recall you wanted to contact me so here I am" said Lucifer with an evil grin.

"I didn't mean you creeping into my dream" said Sam.

"Well, I thought we have some privacy in catching up, just you and me without your wayward brother. I already know what you want though and it involves the appearance of the Darkness, the new big bad on earth even bigger than me" said Lucifer.

"Yeah, me and Dean thought you can help stop Darkness" Sam told him.

"And why on earth would I want to do that?" he asked.

"Because from what I heard, you and the other archangels took part in trying to battle Darkness before and God gave you the Mark of Cain to lock it away. We figured this Darkness is much of a threat to you and the demons as to us humans. So we thought you could ask God to bring back the Mark and give it to you to bear again as you did before" Sam told him.

Lucifer just stood there looking smug gave out a laugh.

"Yeah, so after father kicked me out of his kingdom, sent me into that cage, he suddenly has me sprung out now that he needs my help. Well all I can say is no thanks. I think I will just hide out and wait this one out hoping for the best" said Lucifer.

"Come on Lucifer, this Darkness is bigger than everything including you, you benefit from it being locked away again as much as any of us" he said.

Then Lucifer's expression was more serious.

"True, this Darkness is so destructive and far more powerful than me, the true Prince of Darkness and I will admit I would feel safer if this big new bad was locked up again and than I could go back to being the biggest threat there is but you see Sammy boy, I as much as I'm afraid of this Darkness I want to punish my father. I would love seeing oh Daddy dear sweat for all the time he disowned me and now needing my help and me not giving it to him and knowing he can't do anything about it" he said smiling again. "You see, even he can't force to bear the Mark again as it is my will to reject him. I say screw him" he continued.

"So wait, what you're telling me is that you have a chance to help stop Darkness which is also a threat to you and you won't just because you want to stick it to your father, what the hell!" cried Sam getting impatient.

Lucifer just smirked again.

"That's right Sammy boy, you see I think I will just take my chances with the Darkness. I'll stay out of sight, out of it's way with my army of demons of course possibly form my own following of worshipers just like oh dear old dad has done" he told Sam.

Sam was getting annoyed with Lucifer already and was scared of the thought of his plans. "Don't count on being on earth long enough for that to happen" he fired back at him.

Lucifer continued to look at him smugly.

"If we have too, we will never let you remain here, you are too dangerous for this world and we won't let you corrupt it" Sam told him.

But Lucifer just looked at him serious again.

"The world is already corrupt you don't need me to do that. This planet is filled with humans who are evil and do many dastardly things to each other everyday and even before the Darkness was released. I told Oh daddy this, that his creations are corrupt, selfish and destruction creatures who lie, cheat, kill, rape and cause pain and misery to each other" he said.

"That may be true, but there is still plenty of good in it as well and people who do good everyday to make this world better" Sam retorted back.

"Are you referring to yourself Oh Sammy?" asked Lucifer.

"What if I am?" Sam said.

Lucifer just gave another slight chuckle and shaking his head at Sam.

"Come now Sam, you still trying to play like your some kind of hero who is actually doing the world good?" he replied.

"Me and Dean do kill monsters like yourself and save lives" said Sam.

"Do you really?" asked Lucifer.

"That's our mission" said Sam replied.

Lucifer just gave another sinister look and walked up closer to Sam and who just stood there looking bold proving he has no fear. Lucifer looked him right in the eye.

"Let me tell you something about yourself Sam, you may believe you're a hero but if anything you're a hypocrite buddy" he told Sam.

Sam just stared back at Lucifer looking quite confused to his comment but didn't reply.

Lucifer continued, "You see Sammy boy, you claim to want to do good but you and your brother are not above doing immoral things when it's to your advantage. You claim to always try to save and protect lives, yet you have taken many innocent lives. People have even died because of their association with you and your brother, people who's only crime was trying to help you two. They all die while you and your brother get to move on continue to live your lives. The truth is Sammy, that you are a biggest threat to society than you believe".

"No, that is not true!" cried out Sam defensively.

"But it is and deep down you know it is. Didn't you trick some poor sucker to sell his soul to a crossroad demon just so you can find you're brother? Or what about recently working with a witch to find a spell from an evil book to get rid of the Mark your brother bore and causing Darkness to get released in the first place. You brought this evil into the world due to your obsession to save your brother at any cost. That seems to be a thing with the two of you, willing to save the other in order to hold on to each other no matter how destructive and dangerous the outcome is and everybody else be damned" Lucifer finished.

Sam just stood there feeling suddenly so uncomfortable and scared as he listened to Lucifer's words, maybe scared that there was some truth to it. Lucifer just smirked and continued his speech.

"Even your little friend Charlie, was that her name, paid the price for your selfishness" he said.

Sam expression turned to fear to rage within moments at the mention of Charlie.

"You shut up about Charlie!" he yelled.

Lucifer just laughed a real evil laugh and said,"So did I just hit a nerve? What's the matter does the truth hurt?" he replied.

Sam didn't answer just turned around and tried to walk away when Lucifer just appeared before him blocking his path.

"Come now Sam, I could go on, I mean there is the fact that you killed many innocent people who were possessed by demons. You might try to reason that you had no choice because they were possessed but that wasn't always the case, there were plenty times you could have exorcised a demon from their bodies but you chose to kill them instead because killing one of my creatures was more important to saving a life. Then to top it off, there's your greatest stint when you allowed dear Ruby to get you hooked on demon's blood and killing Lillith that broke the 66th seal and started the apocalypse, I mean that one was rich but I should thank you afterall if you hadn't I wouldn't have been released from the cage" he gloated.

"That was my biggest mistake that I will always regret" said Sam trying to let Lucifer get to him.

"No Sam, you have done plenty of things that you regret. You have caused so much suffering and pain and not matter how much you claim to want to help people and save lives the fact remains when push comes to shove all that matters is that you and Dean survive, everybody else is expendable, just collateral damage to you" he replied.

"That's not true!" cried out Sam.

Lucifer laughed again.

"Oh but it is and I will show you all the misery you caused" he told him.

Just then Lucifer vanished and just then appeared in a distance a group of many people it seem like a hundreds of them some he recognized others he didn't. Sam just stood there and felt very nervous and confused to who these people were. Then he heard Lucifer's voice again although he couldn't see him.

"Look at these people, Oh Samuel, you see there are people who all either died because of you, take a good look at them, as many of these people you killed yourselves" said Lucifer.

Sam continued to stand there and he was feeling more scared by the minute, not of the people but of his past, a dark past he's forced to acknowledge. Then the people disappeared and then Bobby appeared before his eyes.

"Bobby?" Sam cried out feeling a sadness of he sight of his old friend and father figure.

"Don't you Bobby me" said Bobby who had an angry look on his face.

Sam was taken back by his angry sight.

"You know I had a life and I ended up losing it because I had to help you two idgits. I was always saving your necks when you dragged me into your mess and getting little appreciation for it even though I loved you guys like my own and now I'm dead and it sucks. My life would have been so much better if I didn't have you two in it!" he yelled at Sam.

Sam just stood there looking so hurt of the words he heard coming from Bobby's mouth.

"Bobby, I'm sorry what happened me and Dean, we loved you too we would have done anything for you, we never meant for you to get killed" Sam cried back.

Bobby wasn't moved by his words and continued looking angry.

"You saying I'm sorry won't give me my life back!" Bobby yelled back.

Sam then turned away and said,"No, this isn't real you are not really Bobby" he cried.

"Well what about me!" cried a woman's voice and then Sam turned to see Meg Masters, the woman he met while hitchhiking only to be possessed by a demon who they exorcised although it was too late to save her.

"No you're not real" was all Sam could trying not to look at her.

"But I am real, I was real person who had a life, I was going to college when that demon took my body and made me do those things. You could have helped me, exorcised that demon out of me and saved my life but instead you and your brother ended up killing me" she cried out in anger.

"Meg, I always regret not saving you but we tried, we did the best we could" said Sam with guilt in his voice.

"Your best wasn't good enough, I'm dead and my family will never know what happened to me!" Meg cried out.

The image changed again and this time it was standing in front of him was FBI agent Victor Henriksen.

"I knew you two were trouble the first time I laid eyes on you guys and I was right" he said.

"Agent Henriksen" Sam replied.

"Me and those people lost our lives because of your mess after you left us behind to deal with Lillith and her demons" he cried out angrily.

"Sir, we didn't know, we thought it was over we had no idea" said Sam.

"That's no excuse we shouldn't have to pay for your baggage, Lillith was after you two and we suffered because of it!" he yelled.

The image changed again and this time it was Kevin standing there.

"What about me, I just wanted to help you guys, sent my own mother away, gave up my dream to go to Princeton and now I'm dead" he said.

Sam's guilt was getting to him more and more as he was facing all the people in his past. Now it's Kevin, he was just a kid when Gadreel killed him while in Sam's body and Sam has felt guilty by it ever since even if he wasn't in control. All he could do was try to reach out to his deceased friend.

"Kevin, I never meant for that to happen to you, I didn't know Dean tricked me to say yes to Gadreel" he cried out nearly in tears.

Then Kevin was gone and Charlie was standing there right in front of him. This was too much now. Looking at the sight at Charlie made him started to cry even more. Charlie just stared at him with a look of anger and hatred.

"Sam, I would have done anything to help you and Dean, I loved you guys like my own brothers and that was the problem. You dragged me into your plans to use that book and go behind Dean's back and now I'm dead" she cried out.

Sam couldn't answer her as he couldn't take this any more instead he just closed and eyes.

He finally screamed, "No, none of this is real, this is all in my head!"

"Sam" cried a familiar voice and he opened his eyes to see Jessica his college girlfriend standing right in front of him.

"No Jessica that is not you" as he couldn't even bare to look at her.

"Sam, I loved you why didn't you tell me the truth about your past, you left me alone to go run off with your brother and Brady killed me only it wasn't Brady. Had you stayed and I would still be alive, and we could have had life together" she said.

Finally, Sam closed turned away as he was feeling overwhelmed for just a moment and when he turned around again, Jessica was gone and now standing in her place was Sarah Blake, the daughter of the art gallery owner who helped them solve a case of the haunted painting. Sam always felt guilty of her death due to Crowley as part of his revenge on him as she was the first woman he liked since Jessica.

"What about me Sam, I had a husband a child and was starting my life but I was lost of that because of you and your brother" she yelled. Sam cried again feeling more remorse.

"You know I wish I never met you Sam, if you hadn't come into my life, I would have still have one!" Sarah continued.

Sam couldn't take any more of this and he placed his hands on head and cried out,"Stoooppp!"

When he looked around again the room was empty then he turned around and saw once again many people but he couldn't recognize all of them.

Finally he saw in the crowd Lester Morris, the poor bastard that Sam tricked into summoning a crossroad demon although Sam tried to stop him before he could make that deal but was unable.

"Hey remember me pal, the guy you convinced to sell my soul to have my wife killed, yet I was the one that ended up killed by your brother, if I only hadn't listened to you!" he yelled.

"Hey what about me, don't you even remember me" cried a female voice and Sam turned to see in the crowd the nurse Cindy McClellan who's body was possessed by that demon that he and Ruby killed in order to drink the demon blood.

"You and that demon bitch kidnapped me, put me the trunk of your car, I begged for you for help, I pleaded with you but you ignored me and let that monster murder me. I had a husband and he probably doesn't know what happened to me all because of you, you are nothing but a monster!" she yelled in anger.

Then were was Suzie, that lady from St. Louis whose house stored the Werther box.

"If you hadn't come to my home looking that box and opening it, I would still be alive, that box was dangerous and needed to remain closed but you ruined everything. I was right about you that nothing matters as long as you and your brother remain on top, it should been you and not me who's dead!" she yelled.

Then more faces started yelling at him from all sides blaming him for their fate. One man in the crowd yelled at him.

"You killed me when I was possessed by that demon and wasn't responsible for my actions. You could have exorcised that demon out of me but you chose to kill me instead, all you cared about was killing that demon no matter who got hurt!" he said.

"I had a family and they suffered because of what you did" yelled another man he killed that was possessed by a demon.

Then he saw Dean standing in that crowd with a look of disgust and anger.

"You know Sam if you weren't born my life would have been better, my mother would still be alive, I would have had a normal childhood. Instead, I had no mother, was always traveling around with dad forced to look after you, I practically raised when I should have been allowed to be just a kid!" yelled Dean.

"No Dean I know that's not really you" cried Sam.

The people continued to yell and blame him and soon Sam put his hands over his ears to drown out all their voices, closed his eyes and screamed, "No this isn't real, go away!"

Then the room became silent and when Sam opened his eyes and removed his hands from his ears, everybody was gone. His heart was still beating feeling all the fear, shame and guilt and for the first time he really started to doubt himself fearing that Lucifer was right about him, so many people died because of him including people he loved or cared about it. People always seem to die around him and Dean as they lost so many friends, Bobby, Ellen, Jo, Kevin, Charlie, Sarah Blake and Jessica. Even his own mother died trying to save him from that demon Azazel. He also caused so much pain to people, he took lives of so many innocents who didn't deserve it like that poor nurse and many others he could have saved but chose not to so he could kill the demons inside of them.

What happened to him he wondered, where did it all go from saving people being the first priority to the ends justify the means? Look what has happened because that. Just then the room started to brighten and bright light started showing getting brighter and brighter shining in his face and Sam heard a voice this time it wasn't Lucifer's but another voice that sounded friendly.

"Sam, it's okay, Lucifer is gone now" it said.

"Who are you?" cried Sam curiously.

"Someone who is here to help you as you have lost your way" the voice said.

"My way?" questioned Sam.

"Yes, you have done questionable things indeed lately and I just want to let you know that I haven't giving up on you and just need to remind you that you are not evil or bad, you are good and redeemable. Somewhere down the line, you lost some sense of what your purpose is and that purpose is to protect the world from evil, fighting evil and saving lives and not just the lives of those you care about and love but all lives. Every life should be regarded as just as important as yours and your brother. There are lines that should never be crossed even if it means giving up your own desires. Your sins are forgiving Sam just keep having faith and just remember to stay on the right path, never forget your true purpose and mission and know that I haven't abandoned you" the voice finished.

Sam no longer felt afraid, guilty or any shame but suddenly felt calm and at peace as the bright light continued to shine in his face. Just then Sam woke up and sat up in his bed and turned to look at his alarm clock which stated it was 3:30 a.m. and he just laid back down on his pillow just thinking about his nightmare and trying to process everything. It took him another hour to finally fall asleep again.