Chapter 2- Back in Town

23 years later

In Sioux Falls, 23 year old Elizabeth Winchester sat outside on the hood of some broken down and rusty car. Off in the distance she could hear her cousins, Sam and Dean arguing back and forth about whether reading books before watching the movie was a waste of time. A small sigh escaped her mouth as she relished in the wonderful weather and thought about how good it was to have Dean back from Hell. Even though they didn't know exactly how he had arrived back on Earth, that problem rested on the back burner for now. This past year had sucked to say the least, she had spent most of her time on Bobby's couch, watching TV and drinking lots of alcohol. Bobby had just gotten her to get up of the couch when Dean arrived at their door. Elizabeth also had no idea what Sam had been up to until they found him in a hotel with some random woman. A small breeze of wind blew her long brown hair backwards and silently she let her mind drift back to when she had accompanied Bobby and Dean in their attempt to find Sam.

She, Bobby and Dean walked up to the door that the hotel clerk said Sam had rented. All three exchanged a look before Dean balled up his fist and pounded on the door. Elizabeth knew this wasn't going to go well and Sam would probably freak out and think Dean was a monster, exactly as she had when she first laid eyes on him. After about 2 seconds, the door was opened and in it stood a woman with medium length brown hair and a pouty look on her face.

"So where is it?" She asked the three of them after a few seconds of silence had passed.

Dean and Bobby exchanged a look of confusion before Dean opened his mouth and asked "Where's what?"

The woman looked at Dean as if he was an idiot.

"The pizza that takes three people to deliver." She said as she eyed Elizabeth in the background. Elizabeth shot her a look in return and silently wondered who the hell this woman was and why she was staring at her.

"I think we got the wrong room." Elizabeth heard herself say from behind the pair of men. The unknown woman let out a scoff and shook her head at the three, she didn't say another word but went to shut the door. However before she could a tall, muscular figure with shoulder length hair came into Elizabeth's view.

Sam.

Sam's eyes locked onto Dean's and his mouth hung open a little. He looked truly shocked to see Dean standing there in his doorway. There was an awkward silence between them and Sam's green eyes darted between Bobby's, Dean's and Elizabeth's. As the silence continued, his breath began to come out heavier. Elizabeth knew his exact thoughts; this couldn't be his brother standing in front of him, his brother was in hell, and that meant this was a demon, or a shapeshifter or something else supernatural.

Dean smiled a little and took a couple steps towards Sam.

"Hey ya Sammy." He said softly. Sam didn't answer, however, he quickly pulled a knife out of his jean pocket and raised it at his brother, confirming what Elizabeth had known he was thinking. The feeling in the room quickly rose to an intense level as Sam charged at Dean, pushing him against the wall.

Bobby and Elizabeth quickly flashed each other a look and ran into the room. Bobby grabbed Sam and yanked him off of Dean as Elizabeth stood between the two, her hands raised ever so slightly.

"WHO ARE YOU?" Sam yelled at Dean. Elizabeth shook her head and internally groaned realizing that at this point Sam was in fact, freaking out.

"Oh like you didn't do this!" Dean yelled back

"Do what!" Sam replied as he struggled to get free from Bobby.

"It's him Sam, it's really him, and we've been through this already!" Bobby said as he held on to Sam tighter. Sam was breathing very heavy now, and a hint of pure rage flew through his eyes. Elizabeth quickly moved to stand closer to Dean due to the fact that Sam looked like a crazed mad man right now.

"We threw holy water on him, salt everything Sam. its him." she pleaded. Sam let out a few more heavy breaths as realization washed over him that the three weren't lying. It was really his brother, standing there, alive.

"WH…what?" Sam whispered.

Elizabeth let a small smile cross her face as she recognized that Sam was calming down.

"I know right… I look fantastic." Dean said with a smile. Elizabeth shot him a look, which Dean returned with a quizzical one of his own.

"Hilarious." She whispered. Dean winked at her and turned his attention back to Sam. Quickly Sam walked over to Dean and without a hesitation wrapped him in a bear hug. Elizabeth smiled and looked at Bobby who mimicked her look of relief on his face. Sam and Dean were reunited, the gang was all here, and she couldn't be happier.

"Hey girl! Get your head out of the clouds, we are going to see Pamela. Maybe she can summon what brought Dean back from the pit." The familiar gruff voice of Bobby said causing Elizabeth to be ripped from her thoughts.

Her light green eyes shifted over to look at Bobby. This man and his infamous dirty ball cap had raised Elizabeth from nothing. Her uncle John had dropped her off with him when she was around the age of five and told Bobby to take care of her. Bobby taught her the hunter's way of life, and she was damn good at it. Elizabeth was a Winchester by birth, but Bobby Singer was the only father she had ever known. She briefly noticed that Bobby looked more rested now that Dean was back in town, the bags under his eyes had disappeared and his clothes actually looked a little on the clean side. This made her happy and she let a smile spread across her face. Who'd of thought that just last week he looked just about as bad as she did.

"Well, are you just gunna sit there?" Bobby asked shooting her a half smile and then turning on his heel and shuffling over to the impala. He knew why she was staring at him, and the fact of the matter was, he was glad that Dean was back too, and he knew that Elizabeth knew that.