Sam was sleeping in Mary's spare bedroom with Jessica by his side when he heard someone moving down stairs. He walked down with a baseball bat, preparing to attack the intruder when they suddenly had him pinned on the floor.
"That was so easy, I'm embarrassed for you" Dean said to Sam amused.
"Dean? What the hell are you doing here?" Sam asked shocked.
"I was looking for a beer" Dean said helping Sam up.
"In the china cabinet? That's Mom's silver. What, you broke into the house... to steal Mom's silver?" Sam asked judging Dean after turning on the lights.
"It's not what it looks like. I didn't have a choice" Dean begged.
"Oh, really? Why? What's so damn important that you gotta steal from your mother?" Sam yelled angrily.
"You want the truth?" Dean asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, I do" Sam said and Dean sighed.
"I owe somebody money. A bookie. I lost big on a game. I gotta bring him the cash tonight" Dean lied and Sam scoffed disappointed in his older brother.
"I can't believe we're even related" Sam said.
"Sam, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that we don't get along. And I wish to hell I could stay and fix it. But I gotta do this. People's lives depend on it" Dean said seriously.
"What are you talking about, Dean?" Sam asked worried as Dean bent down and picked up a silver knife.
"Nothing. Forget it. Just, uh... Hey, tell Mom and Kaylee I love them. I'll see you, Sammy" Dean said sadly before leaving the house. He started the car when Sam jumped in the passenger seat.
"Get out" Dean ordered.
"I'm going with you" Sam said simply.
"You're gonna slow me down" Dean replied.
"Tough" Sam retorted.
"You could get hurt" Dean warned.
"And so could you" Sam countered.
"Whatever stupid thing you're about to do... you're not doing it alone. And that's that" Sam said firmly.
"I don't understand. Why are you doing this?" Dean asked confused.
"Because you're still my brother" Sam said sighing.
"Bitch" Dean said and Sam looked at him confused.
"What are you calling me a bitch for?" Sam asked making Dean sigh.
"You're supposed to say, 'Jerk'. Never mind" Dean said before Kaylee suddenly jumped in the back seat.
'What are doing here? Your supposed to be work" Dean asked turning around with Sam.
"I went home early, found you missing so I came here and heard what you said to Sam in the house. I'm coming with you because I'm your wife and we do everything together" Kaylee said firmly making Dean sigh and drive. Sam looked down to see a paper bag between them.
"What's in the bag?" Sam asked.
"Nothing" Dean said quickly, too quickly.
"Nothing?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, nothing" Dean said making Sam look back at Kaylee who shrugged.
"Fine" Sam said grabbing the bag.
"You don't wanna do that" Dean warned as Sam pulled out a cup of blood.
"What the hell is this?" Sam demanded.
"Blood" Dean replied simply while Kaylee sat forward.
"Yeah, we can see that it's blood, Dean. What the hell is it doing in here?" Kaylee snapped angry at her husband.
"You don't really wanna know" Dean said simply.
"No, we do really wanna know. we really, really do" Sam said firmly and Dean shrugged.
"Well, you're gonna find out sooner or later. I needed a silver knife dipped in lamb's blood" Dean explained making Sam and Kaylee look confused.
"You needed a silver knife dipped in lamb's blood why?" Kaylee asked shocked.
"Because there's this creature, a jinn, and I have to hunt it" Dean explained.
"Okay. Um... stop the car" Sam said firmly.
"I know how it sounds" Dean said.
"Great. Just stop the car" Sam said again while Kaylee just sat in the backseat in shock.
"It's the truth, Sam. There are things out in the dark. There are bad things. There are nightmare things. People have to be saved. If we don't save them, then nobody will" Dean explained looking at Kaylee to find her pale and scared.
"I wanna help you, all right? I really do. You're having some psychotic breakdown. So I just…" Sam said pulling out his phone but Dean grabbed it and tossed it out the window.
"What the hell was that? That was my phone" Sam said angrily.
"I'm not going to a rubber room. And we got work to do" Dean said ignoring the feeling that seeing Kaylee scared gave him.
'I was just trying to help. I don't want you to get hurt" Sam shouted.
"What, you protect me? Oh, that's hilarious. Why don't you just sit tight and try not to get us both killed?" Dean said before looking back at Kaylee.
"Kaylee, I'll protect okay. I promise. I love you" Dean said but she didn't answer, she just sat there frozen. Before Dean turned up the music and Sam and Kaylee eventually fell asleep. They woke up a few hours later to Dean flashing a light in their eyes.
"Where are we?" Sam asked confused and groggy.
"Well, we're not in Kansas anymore. Illinois" Dean said looking out at the same abandoned warehouse he was attacked by the Jinn.
"And you think something's in there?" Kaylee asked finally speaking up from the backseat.
"I know it is" Dean said getting out of the car and they walked through the warehouse with their torches.
"See? There's nothing here, Dean. Look, you're freaking Kaylee out man. Dean. Come on, let's just go" Sam said before they paused and heard a girl moaning.
"What the hell is that?" Kaylee asked worried.
"Stay behind me. Keep your mouth shut" Dean ordered as they walked forward to find two bodies. The same two bodies from Dean's cupboard that he thought he saw back at the house.
"What the hell?" Sam asked as they kept walking and found the girl.
"It's her" Dean said as she moaned.
"Dean, what's going on?" Kaylee asked worried before Dean shushed them and pulled them back as the Jinn walked into the room.
"Where's my dad? I don't know. No. Don't. No. Where's my dad?" The girl sobbed.
"Sleep. Sleep" The Jinn said touching her forehead like he did to Dean and the girl passed out again.
"This is real? You're not crazy?" Sam said shocked.
"She didn't know where she was. She thought she was with her father" Kaylee commented sadly.
"What if that's what the jinn does? It doesn't grant you a wish. It just makes you think it has" Dean whispered looking at Kaylee.
"Look, man, that thing could come back... all right?" Sam said to Dean scared.
"What if I'm like her? What if I'm tied up in here someplace? What if all this is in my head? I mean, it could, you know... maybe it gives us some kind of supernatural acid... and then just feeds on us slow" Dean said in shock.
"No. Dean, that doesn't make sense, okay?" Sam said grabbing his arm.
"What if that's why she keeps appearing to me? She's not a spirit. It's like more and more I'm catching flashes of reality. I'm in here somewhere. I'm catatonic. And I'm taking all this stuff in. But I can't snap out of it" Dean continued seeing flashes of the real world.
"Yeah. Okay. Look, you're right. I was wrong. You're not crazy. But we- We need to get out of here. Fast" Kaylee said grabbing Dean's hand.
"I don't think you're real" Dean said shoving Kaylee away.
"Did you feel that? You feel this? I'm real. This is not an acid trip. I'm real and that thing's gonna come down here and kill us for real. Now, please" Kaylee begged grabbing Dean and holding him close but he shoved her away.
"There's one way to be sure" Dean said pulling out a knife.
"What are you doing?" Sam asked holding Kaylee to his side.
"It's an old-wives' tale. If you're about to die in a dream, you wake up" Dean said as Kaylee began to cry.
"You're gonna kill yourself" Sam begged.
"Or I'm gonna wake up" Dean added.
"Look. This isn't a dream, all right? I'm here, with you, now... and you are about to kill yourself, Dean. In front of your wife" Sam begged.
"No, I'm pretty sure. Like 90 percent sure. But I'm sure enough" Dean said and was just about to do it when Kaylee stopped crying and stepped forward angrily.
"Wait! Why'd you have to keep digging? Why couldn't you have left well enough alone? You were happy" Kaylee said firmly as Mary and Jessica arrived.
"Put the knife down, honey" Mary begged stepping in front of him.
"You're not real. None of it is" Dean said sadly.
"It doesn't matter. It's still better than anything you had. It's everything you want. We're a family again" Mary said before Kaylee stepped forward.
"I'm a human… I'm your wife. Let's go home" Kaylee said holding out her hand.
"I'll die. The jinn will drain the life out of me in a couple of days" Dean said trying to keep himself focused.
"But in here, with us, it'll feel like years... like a lifetime. I promise. No more pain or fear. Just love and comfort and safety. Dean. Stay with us. Get some rest" Kaylee begged.
"You don't have to worry about Sam anymore. You get to watch him live a full life" Jessica added.
"We can have a future together. Have our own family. I love you, Dean. Please" Kaylee said, kissing Dean before stepping back.
"Why is it our job to save everyone? Haven't we done enough? I'm begging you. Give me the knife" Sam said sadly.
"I'm sorry" Dean said before stabbing himself in the stomach and waking up to find Sam and Kaylee.
"Oh, God. Come on. Hey, wake up. Wake up, damn it" Kaylee said shaking Dean awake.
"Oh, Auntie Em. There's no place like home" Dean joked weakly.
"Thank God. We thought we lost you for a second" Sam said as Kaylee pulled out the needles from Dean.
"You almost did" Dean said honestly before Kaylee cut the ropes holding him and he fell into Sam's arms.
"Sam!" Dean yelled at the Jinn appeared next to him. Kaylee quickly turned into a werewolf and grabbed the knife covered in blood and stabbed the Jinn. They walked over to the girl that Dean was hanging next to and checked for a pulse.
"She's still alive. Sam" Dean said as Sam cut the ropes and Dean caught her.
"I got you. I got you. We're gonna get you out of here, okay? I got you" Dean said softly
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"Okay. Uh, thank you so much for the update. Okay. Bye. That was the hospital. The girl's been stabilized. Good chance she's gonna pull through" Sam said getting off the phone and walking back over to Dean as Kaylee got out of the bathroom.
"How about you? You all right?" Kaylee asked worried.
"Ahem. Yeah, I'm all right. You should've seen it, Sam. Our lives. You were such a wussy" Dean joked to hide his pain.
"So, we didn't get along, then, huh?" Sam asked amused.
"No" Dean muttered.
"I thought it was supposed to be this perfect fantasy" Sam asked.
"It wasn't. It was just a wish. Yeah, I wished for Mom to live. If Mom never died, we never went hunting. And you and me just never, uh... you know" Dean said trailing off avoiding eye contact with Kaylee.
"Well, I'm glad we do. And I'm glad you dug yourself out, Dean. Most people wouldn't have had the strength. They would have stayed" Sam said proudly.
"Yeah. Lucky me. I gotta tell you, though, man. You had Jess. Mom was gonna have grandkids" Dean said emotionally.
"Yeah, but, Dean, it wasn't real" Sam said.
"I know. But I wanted to stay. I wanted to stay so bad. I mean, ever since Dad... all I can think about is how much this job's cost us. We've lost so much. We've... sacrificed so much…" Dean said tears forming in his eyes.
"But people are alive because of you. It's worth it, Dean. It is. It's not fair. And, you know, it hurts like hell, but it's worth it" Sam said firmly and Dean looked over at Kaylee who was sitting silently.
"Sam, can you give me and Kaylee a moment?" Dean asked softly and Sam nodded grabbing their bags and heading to the Impala.
"Something happened, right? You haven't looked at me since you came out of that dream world…" Kaylee said softly, even though she was still angry at Dean, she still loved him and thought of him as family.
"Yeah… I didn't just wish for mum to be alive. I also wished for us to be happy together. You were my wife. We had a house together… photos of our wedding… a normal family" Dean said looking at his hands and Kaylee sighed.
"Why do I get the feeling that isn't what is making you nervous around me?" Kaylee asked worried and Dean chuckled weakly.
"You were a human. In my dream world, the only way the wish for us to be happy together would come true was if you were a human. You were right when you said somewhere deep down inside I wasn't okay with you being a werewolf. I may love you… more than I've ever loved anyone before but… I haven't completely accepted what you are. But Kaylee I'm trying… lord knows I'm trying. I'm trying to see other… supernatural beings… as more than just monsters that I need to hunt. Like Madison and Glen and Elenore. I'm really trying here but I'm asking you… I'm begging you to just be patient with me… I know I don't deserve it. I know I don't deserve you… but I'm really trying… I promise you I'm trying harder than I ever had" Dean begged tears in his eyes, Kaylee clenched her fists tightly as she listened to Dean pour his heart out to her. Dean watched Kaylee worried as he saw her knuckles turn white.
"Kaylee…" Dean asked softly, needing some sort of response from her. Kaylee let out a deep breath and released her hands, sliding her palms along her thighs.
"Dean, I know you are trying. I can see that okay? I'm not saying you aren't trying… what I'm saying is that no one has made me feel more like a monster than you" Kaylee said simply making Dean open his mouth to say something but Kaylee stopped him with one hand movement.
"But… you also gave me something that no one else has; a place where I belong. A place where I feel at home no matter where we are and I haven't forgotten that so… I'm not going to promise anything but let's just take it one day at a time okay?" Kaylee added hesitantly reaching out and grabbing Dean's hands. Dean entwined his fingers with her and kissed Kaylee's hand, placing her palm against his cheek and leaning into her touch.
"Let's go, Sam's waiting" Kaylee said pulling her hands away and picking up her bags, leaving the hotel room with Dena following. They jumped into the Impala to find Sam waiting patiently.
"You guys okay?" Sam asked worried because they both were red-eyed from the tears.
"Yeah Sammy, we are fine and we got work to do" Kaylee said patting Sam on the shoulder from the backseat of the car.
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