River jerked awake screaming as she grabbed her gut.
"Calm down girl!" Crowley dropped next to her. "You're back! It's done!"
River paused for a moment before collapsing against him sobbing. Crowley sighed and patted her on the back.
"I'm sorry you had to see that." He whispered.
"Thank you..." River whispered as Missouri came in with a pot of tea. Crowley raised an eyebrow.
"We sent you back to the old west. Where you lost Sam and your life to Ruby. Why are you thanking me?"
"You tried to help me then." River let go of him as she sat on the sofa. "You were my friend and you tried to save me."
"It wasn't enough." Crowley murmured as Missouri handed out the cups. River paused and jerked her head up.
"Sam! He's still back there!" She exclaimed. Missouri raised her eyebrow.
"Our Sam? Your mental link is strong. He was there the whole time?" She asked. River nodded once.
"What will happen to him?"
"He'll relive the rest of Samuel Colt's life."
River shut her eyes and took a cup with a shaking hand.
"What happened after Rowena died?"
"Collene, Jean, and Birch managed to chase out Lilith, Ruby, and myself." Crowley began. "Daniel came looking for Impala and helped his brother deal with the grieving. Vera handled the memorial arrangements. Ruby tried to come back, but whatever Rowena said to Colt as she died warned him about her. He began to make guns, and it all started with the Colt. After that he worked to make a Hell's Gate and trap Ruby and Lilith inside." Crowley crossed his arms. "I was able to speak with him toward the end, as he built a pentagram of railroad tracks around the gate. He wanted the ground hallowed on top of it, tombs to hide the gate. Colt asked me, if I was around when you got reincarnated to keep an eye on you. He asked like I wasn't going to anyway." Crowley exhaled. "In return I asked he end me so I could go to Hell, become a Demon, spend time with Lilith, and watch over you when you came back."
"Sam's going to relive all of that?" River whispered.
"Every last ounce of guilt. You prevented them then, prevented them from using him as Lucifer's meat suit."
"Why him every time?" She exclaimed.
"And where was I this time? How long before I can dream with him again?"
"Easy! You just got back from a past life viewing!" Missouri placed a hand on her shoulder. "That takes a lot of spirit."
"Since we didn't send him personally..." Crowley exhaled. "He may be absent for twenty-four hours!"
"While he's gone Lucifer has no one able to stop him!" River leaped to her feet. "I need to find him before he finds Dean and Ben and Lisa!"
"How?" Crowley retorted.
"Ah..." River dug through her bag. "I get help."
"You've lost me."
"The Prophet Chuck replicated John Winchester's journal for his fan market. It's on the E-Reader you gave me..."
"John's dead." Crowley pointed out.
"There was a symbol..." River pulled out the device and began to skim.
"He was a hunter. I suspect there are a lot of those."
"I intend..." River began to copy the symbol an incantation, causing Crowley's eyebrows to lift. "To summon the Angel of Thursday."