For a moment Dean was very happy that he hadn't eaten anything because if he had, he was sure that he would be throwing up at this point.
He chanced a glance at their parents and was at least a bit thankful that they had the same expressions of disbelief and uneasiness that he was sure that he was feeling.
He really wished that he could spike this coffee with something a hell of a lot stronger.
Sam wasn't looking at them, he was looking into his coffee cup and slowly sipping at it, rubbing at his eyes. He didn't seem to be in any hurry to start talking again, eyes withdrawn and far away.
"You?" Mary asked, finally breaking the silence, her voice heavy and laden with an emotion that Dean couldn't name.
Sam nodded, turning his head to look out the window instead of at them. "Me." he agreed. "That I was the last one standing and I was apparently the promised one that was supposed to lead the demons to victory on earth." he shook his head. "And the fact that I haven't made a lot of them mad."
John looked lost, he had no idea what to say anymore. He looked at Dean and then at Mary, she at the very least was familiar with the stuff that Sam was saying, leaving both of them out of the conversation in a way.
"Okay." John said, running his hand down his face. "Let's try this again. Sam, why do the demons really want you to be their leader?"
"Because I killed Azazel, because I passed all his tests, because I survived." Sam said with a shrug. "Choose one, they're not that picky."
"So what was with the demon from yesterday?" Dean asked. "The one that kidnapped me."
"Yes let's go back to that. What happened yesterday?" John said turning back to Dean. "You got kidnapped by a demon?"
"And how did you find out?" Dean asked turning to his brother. "You were there in like...hours. Were you in the area?"
Sam shifted in his seat. "I was close enough that I was able to make the trip." he said slowly. "I was in Lebanon doing something when I learned about it. The demon was trying to lead me out and it knew to get to you to do it."
"Why?" Dean asked, setting his cup on the table with a small bang. "How'd they even know about me? How did they know that you would come?"
Sam looked pained for a moment as he looked up at Dean, hurt and pain in his eyes for a moment. "Of course I would've come." he said in a broken tone. He cleared his throat and looked away, taking a deep breath. "Some demons know about you because of one demon before, I got possessed a while back and the demon got a lot of information from me, including you guys."
"You got possessed?" Mary asked, distressed. "How did you get freed? Who exercised it?"
"Exorcized?" Dean heard their dad mutter, shaking his head.
"One of the other hunters I sometimes work with managed to track me down and realize it. The demon wore me for about two months and thankfully, other than a few activities it didn't do anything to damage me." Sam said, shrugging.
"A few activities?" Mary pressed, leaning forward and placing her elbows on the table to do so.
"Smoking, drinking, I think some drugs, I'm not sure." Sam said making a face. "I couldn't get the taste of cigarettes out of my mouth for a while and thanks to that, I kinda want to have more but I don't."
"Don't you dare start smoking." Mary said, trying to keep a steady tone in her lecturing but it was falling short as her own eyes got withdrawn, sighing and shaking her head as well.
John glanced at her and wrapped his arms around her, rubbing his thumb against her comfortingly. She leaned into him but didn't say anything.
"But yeah, that demon got some information and I'm sure they spread it along." Sam said, playing with his cup. "Frankly I'm a bit surprised that it's been so long that they decided to do something with it."
Sam looked down and tugged his shirt to the side, revealing a black harsh tattoo of a five pointed star surrounded by fire. "This is an anti-possession tattoo." he said, letting the shirt fall back. "Keeps demons out so possession isn't on the table anymore."
"We just had necklaces with that symbol." Mary said with a small smile, still leaning into John. "I had one on a bracelet I used to wear."
Sam nodded. "I got it after the possession, just wanted to make sure that there was no possible way for me to get possessed again." he gave a small shudder. "Not something I really want to experience again."
A cell phone rang at that moment, they looked at one another not recognizing the ringtone until Sam stood up and went to the table in the living room, answering his phone, his voice low enough that they couldn't make out what he was saying.
"Jesus Christ." John said, slumping in his seat slightly. He looked at Dean once more. "This is...this is not something I ever expected to be dealing with."
"Me either dad." Dean said quietly, getting up and bringing the coffee pot to the table to refill their cups.
"Thanks sweetie." Mary said taking her cup and drinking from it. "I really wish that you guys didn't have to know about this."
"I wish that you told me about it." John told her, looking down at Mary. "All those times when we were dating, I thought that your dad was abusing you."
Mary blinked at that. "You thought that?"
John nodded. "You were so skittish and so afraid of something, you hated talking about him so...I started to think the worst." he said. "I really wanted to just take you away from there."
Mary smiled at him, the tension leaving her body for a few moments before she passed up and kissed him softly. Dean looked away to give them some privacy as Sam came back into the room at that moment, looking a bit grave.
"What's wrong?" Dean asked and at the tone of his voice John and Mary broke apart to look at them.
Sam took a deep breath. "I need to go."
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