Thank you so much for all of the reviews that happened so quickly! I'm glad you guys are enjoying the story so much. I also want to give a special thank you to The One Who Is All for adding this story to "The Best of the OFC's", that is just awesome! Here is Part 1 of All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2.
"Do you think he's gonna be ok?" Aubri asked Bobby, looking across the car at him as she held onto the bucket of fried chicken they had picked up to eat.
Bobby shook his head, "I don't know sweetheart. He's tough, but I just don't know."
Aubri nodded sadly and hung her head. As soon as they had moved Sam's body, she and Bobby had left to get food. She knew Dean probably wanted to be alone for a while and she honestly didn't think she could be in the same house as Sam's body right now without completely losing it. She just couldn't believe this was real.
They pulled up in front of the house and climbed out of the car. Folsom was waiting on the front porch, head hanging off of the front step as his tail thumped sadly. "Come on buddy." Aubri said as she pushed the door open and walked inside.
"Dean?" Bobby called out as he walked in. When Dean slowly turned his head to look at them, an expression on his face that almost brought Aubri to tears again, Bobby nodded at the bucket of chicken Aubri was clinging to. "We brought you this back."
"No thanks, I'm fine." He said, turning to look at Sam's body again.
"You should eat something." Bobby encouraged.
"I said I'm fine." Dean repeated before crossing over to the table and taking a swig of his beer.
Aubri and Bobby exchanged a look which caused Bobby to shake his head sadly. Aubri looked at the beer Dean had in his hand and suddenly had the urge to have one of her own. That would definitely numb the throbbing pain she felt in her chest. As she crossed over to the fridge and grabbed a beer, all she could think about was how much Dean and Bobby must be hurting if she was this upset after only knowing Sam a little while. That was the thing about Sam though; he was so nice that even if you had only known him a day it felt like you had been friends for years.
As Aubri sat down at the table and took a sip of her beer, Bobby looked at Dean slowly, "I hate to bring this up, but don't you think it's time we buried Sam?"
Aubri felt as if her heart stopped when she saw the cold look on Dean's face. "No." He said matter-of-factly before sitting down across from Aubri.
"We could maybe…" Bobby continued.
Dean cut him off, "What, torch his corpse, not yet."
"I want you to come with me and Aubri." Bobby leaned forward, looking Dean in the eye.
"I'm not going anywhere."
"Dean please." Bobby begged.
"Why don't you cut me some slack?"
"I just don't think you should be alone, that's all. I gotta admit, I could use your help. Something big is going down, end of the world big."
"Then let it end!" Dean yelled at Bobby, causing Aubri to jump in her seat and Folsom to run into the room, letting out a worried growl.
"Dean, you don't mean that." Aubri said quietly, reaching across the table towards him.
He jerked away from her and stood up swiftly, "You don't think so?" He asked, looking between Aubri and Bobby, "You don't think I've given enough? You don't think I've paid enough? I'm done with it, all of it, and if you know what's good for you, both of you will turn around and get the hell out of here." He took a step back and then rushed forward, pushing Bobby, "Go!" he yelled. He stared at Bobby for a second and then looked at Aubri, seeing the look of fear in her eyes made him realize what he had done. "I'm sorry." He said quietly, walking over to grip the back of the chair he had gotten up out of. "I'm sorry, please just go." He asked, sounding more broken than either of them had ever heard.
Bobby turned towards the door, motioning for Aubri to follow him. "You know where I'll be." He said defeatedly.
Aubri followed Bobby outside and then stopped on the porch. "I'll stay with him Bobby." She said softly.
He turned to look at her, "I'm not so sure that's a good idea sweetheart."
Aubri clenched her jaw as her resolve hardened. "He doesn't need to be alone right now, no matter what he says. You go and take Folsom. I'll wait out here on the porch for a little while and then once you are far enough away I'll go back inside. It'll be ok Bobby, he won't do anything to hurt me." She reassured him.
When Bobby saw the look of determination in her eyes he shook his head, "You are just as stubborn as he is. Just be careful ok?"
"Yes sir." She said with a quick nod, settling down to sit on the top step of the porch. Folsom came over and bumped her hand with his big head and she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Be a good boy for Bobby." She whispered, placing a kiss on the side of his head. She gave him one last pat before Bobby whistled and Folsom trotted after him.
Aubri stayed on the porch for a little while, resting her head in her hands as a few tears managed to slip out. She knew Dean would be pissed that she had stayed behind, but she just wouldn't be able to live with herself if she had left him alone right now. She could hear his voice from inside the house, but she couldn't make out what he was saying. The idea of him sitting there talking to Sam made the tears come even faster. She roughly swiped at the tears running down her face and when she heard a crash from in the house and Dean yell, "What am I supposed to do!?" She got up quickly and went inside.
He was digging through his wallet when he noticed Aubri inside. "What are you still doing here?" He asked angrily.
Aubri shook her head, "I couldn't just leave you by yourself." She explained quietly, looking down at her feet.
Dean crossed the room quickly, grabbing her shoulders roughly and shaking her, "I told you to leave! Why couldn't you listen? Just once, why couldn't you listen to me?"
"Dean let go of me." She said forcefully as she looked him in the eye.
Despite the steely glint to her gaze, Dean could see the fear behind it. He was scaring her. Good, if she was scared she would go, she wouldn't be close to him so she wouldn't be hurt. Then he realized he didn't want her to leave, selfishly, he wanted her to stay with him, and with that realization his hands dropped from her arms. "Sorry." He whispered, grabbing his jacket and walking towards the door.
"Where are you going?" She asked, whirling around to look at him.
"I've gotta get out of here." Was all he said before hurrying out the door and to the Impala.
As Aubri sat down at the table where her beer was still sitting, she heard the roar of the Impala as Dean sped off. She shook her head as the tears she just couldn't seem to stop started falling once again.
~TFS~
Aubri had fallen asleep with her head on the table. Her eyes were swollen from crying, her glasses were crooked on her nose, and her hand was clenching an almost empty bottle of beer. She was exhausted and emotionally drained from dealing with Sam's death, but despite her exhaustion, a slight creaking noise pulled her out of her sleep. She lifted her head slowly, straightening her glasses on her nose as she slowly looked around the room. Her eyes landed on the foot of the bed that Sam's body had been laying on, the bed that was now empty. Grabbing the knife that was lying on the table, Aubri slowly stood up and crossed over to the doorway of the small room where Sam had been. She got to the doorway and looked to her left and what she saw made her feel like she had just had all of the air sucked out of her body. "Sam?" Her voice cracked as she looked at the guy who she swore had been dead just ten minutes ago, now standing in front of a mirror.
Sam looked at her, eyebrows raised, "What's wrong?" he asked, brows drawing together when he saw the tears welling up in her eyes.
Aubri let out a strangled sob as she hurtled across the room, crashing into Sam and wrapping her arms around his waist. She knew this couldn't be right, she knew he had been dead and that she shouldn't be hugging him right now, but she didn't care at the moment. They would figure out how this happened later, all that mattered right now was that Sam was alive. Dean would be so happy. Sure she knew he would question it at first, but Aubri knew he wouldn't be able to help being happy that Sam was ok. "Nothing's wrong Sam, I'm just glad you're ok." She looked up at him, giving him a teary smile, "You had us worried for a little bit, but you pulled through." Aubri had a feeling that Sam wouldn't take it too well if she told him he was back from the dead.
When she heard the door open Aubri let go of Sam and looked around, worried. Then Dean walked into the room, stopping when he saw his brother, "Sammy, thank God."
"Hey," Sam said with a faint smile as Dean walked over quickly and wrapped his brother in a bone crushing hug. "Ow, Dean, what is up with you two and the hugs?"
Dean let go of Sam and backed up, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry man, I'm just happy to see you up and around that's all. Come on sit down."
Aubri leaned against the wall, smiling through the tears, happy tears, that were sliding down her face, as she watched the two brothers.
"Dean, what happened to me?" Sam asked as he sat down.
"Well what do you remember?"
"I saw you and Bobby and then I felt this pain, this sharp pain, like white hot, and then you started running at me and that's about it." Sam recounted.
"Yeah that kid, he uh, he stabbed you in the back. You lost a lot of blood and it was pretty touch and go for a while." Dean explained.
"Yeah, that's what Aubs said." Sam's brow was furrowed and Dean shot Aubri a thankful look, glad she had the good sense to not say anything to Sam about him actually having died. "But Dean you can't patch up a wound that bad."
"Yeah, but Bobby could." Dean covered.
Aubri walked over to sit down next to Sam on the mattress, "You would be amazed at the stuff people can do to save someone once the adrenaline kicks in." she said, smiling at Sam, thankful she had finally gotten her ridiculous tears under control for the moment.
"So who was that kid anyway?" Dean asked angrily.
"His name's Jake, did you get him?"
"No he just disappeared into the woods."
"We've gotta find him Dean, and I swear I'm gonna tear that son of a bitch apart." Sam stood up as the anger filled his voice.
Aubri had never seen Sam so angry before and she was a little startled, but Dean stood up with his brother and put his hands out to calm him down, "Whoa easy there, you just woke up. Let's get you something to eat, you want something to eat?" When Sam nodded Dean smiled faintly, "I'm starving."
Aubri stood up and followed the boys into the kitchen. She wanted to talk to Dean about whatever the hell was going on, but she knew that needed to wait at least until they had eaten. While they ate, Sam explained what happened with the other "special" kids who had been there and his dream that Yellow-eyes had starred in. Dean told him what happened at the roadhouse and that Bobby was trying to figure out what Ash had found and that's when Sam got all riled up. "Well let's go, Bobby's only a few hours away." He stood up quickly.
As Sam stood up so did Dean and Aubri, "Whoa, whoa stop!" Dean commanded, "Sam stop damnit. You almost died in there, I mean what would I have… Look can you just take care of yourself, just for a little bit?" He asked.
Sam looked at him, determined gleam in his eye, "I'm sorry, no."
Aubri walked over and stepped between the two brothers, "Sam, can you go ahead and wait at the car? I need to talk to Dean about something."
Sam nodded, tearing his eyes away from his brother and quickly heading out the door.
Dean started to walk away from Aubri as soon as Sam was out the door, but she wasn't going to let him get off that easy. "What did you do Dean?" Aubri asked as she followed him into the other room.
Dean kept his back to her as he answered, "Nothing Aubs."
"Don't bullshit me Winchester." Aubri said, feeling her face flush with frustration, "I may be new to this, but I know that it isn't normal for people to just come to life and you didn't seem too surprised to see Sam alive when you walked through that door." She grabbed his shoulder and forced him to turn around to face her, "So, I'm asking you again, what did you do Dean?" Her voice took on a pleading note as she searched his green eyes for the answer to her question.
Dean let out a defeated sigh as he clenched his jaw. He couldn't lie to her, he was too tired, and, surprisingly, she knew him too well for him to lie to her. "I made a deal."
"What kind of deal?" She asked, worry seeping into her voice.
"A deal with a crossroads demon. They bring Sam back and later on they get me, my soul." He explained.
Tears welled up in Aubri's eyes for what had to be the hundredth time that night, "How much later on?" She asked, voice wavering.
"A year. I have a year before they collect."
Tears began leaking out of the corners of her eyes as she chewed on her lip thoughtfully. "So we'll find a way to get you out of it, won't we?" A glimmer of hope shone in her eyes as she looked up at him for confirmation.
He shook his head and his heart clenched when he saw that last glimmer of hope in her eyes extinguished, "If I try to get out of this deal, Sam dies."
"So that's it? You're just going to quit?" When he didn't answer her, Aubri felt an uncharacteristic rage rise up in her. "Are you fucking kidding me?" She shrieked, placing her hands on his chest and shoving him backwards as the tears flowed freely down her face.
Dean was caught off guard and he stumbled back a couple steps until his back bumped into the wall behind him. After he recovered, he straightened up and stared down at her, angry at her for questioning what he did and angry at himself for making her cry, "I couldn't just let him die. He's my brother; I'm supposed to look out for him. I couldn't let him die, not on my watch."
"So you make a trade, your life for his? How do you think Sam is going to feel when he finds out you are killing yourself just so he can live? Sure, you dying isn't effective immediately, but from what I'm hearing, it's inevitable."
As Aubri advanced on him, finger pointing at him threateningly, Dean couldn't help but notice how beautiful she was. Her blue eyes flashing with anger behind the lenses of her glasses and her cheeks flushed with anger. Her next line of accusations ripped him away from that thought though.
"You are so selfish Dean Winchester." She accused, "Did you even stop to take a second to think about what this will do to Sam, what this will do to Bobby, to me? All you thought about was how you couldn't live with your brother dead, but you didn't stop to think about what it is going to be like for him in a year when he feels like your death is on his shoulders because you sacrificed yourself to save him."
"He'll get to have a normal life; he can go back to school." Dean reasoned.
Aubri scoffed, "Yeah right. You know just as well as I do that Sam will do everything he can to try to bring you back. He is your weakness and you are his. Your brotherly love is sweet and great, but it is destructive too and you just started a vicious cycle of you two sacrificing yourselves for each other. If you think Sam is going to take this news well then you are seriously kidding yourself sweetheart. The worst part is, you're going to be gone and you're going to leave this huge mess behind for everyone else to clean up. I know you want him not to be dead, but how could you do this to him, to Bobby and me?"
She seemed to be all yelled out at that point, because her hand with the threatening finger fell limply to her side and she leaned her head forward, resting it on his chest. Her shoulders shook slightly as her tears seeped into the fabric of his shirt. Dean felt like he was already being ripped apart as he brought his arms around her and pulled her closer to him. "He's my brother." Was all he said as a tear escaped and slid down his cheek.
Aubri nodded against his chest, sniffling, "I know." She said quietly before looking up at him. Her face was red and blotchy from crying, "I'm sorry for yelling at you."
Dean brought his hand up to brush a piece of hair out of her face, fingers trailing down the side of her forehead until his hand was cupping her cheek. He brushed a few stray tears away with his thumb, staring down at Aubri as she let out a shuddering breath. Then an urge overcame him that he just couldn't fight and his hand slid back through her hair as he leaned down, pressing his lips softly to hers, just like he had when she had died in that other world except this time Aubri responded. Her arms snaked their way up and around his neck, pulling him close to her as she kissed him hungrily. Their lips moved against each other as if they had kissed a hundred times before and like they might never get the chance to do it again. When Dean's tongue ran across Aubri's lips she opened up to him, their tongues tangling together as he held her even closer. Aubri's teeth pulled at his lower lip and he let loose a growl, turning them around swiftly so that Aubri's back was now pressed against the wall. She lifted herself slightly and wrapped her legs around his waist, running her fingers through his hair as Dean tangled one of his hands in her long blonde hair, running the other one along the hem of her shirt where part of her lower back was exposed. She rocked her hips against his and as he slid his hand up the back of her shirt, feeling the soft skin, Aubri let out a soft whimper. Dean smiled against her lips as he ran his fingers lightly across her back, leaving a trail of goosebumps in their wake.
The sound of the front door creaking open snapped both of them back to reality and Aubri quickly unwound her legs from around Dean's hips and dropped her feet to the floor, face burning red as Dean quickly backed away. They stared at each other, breathing heavily as Aubri pushed her glasses back up her nose and fixed her hair. "Dean? Come on, we're wasting time." Sam's voice called out.
Dean tore his gaze away from Aubri's and looked in the direction of Sam's voice. He looked back at Aubri quickly, feeling a little satisfied that she looked so stunned. He smirked, "You heard him, let's get going." Then he turned and walked towards the door, leaving Aubri standing alone.
She let loose a shaky breath and leaned back against the wall, bringing her hand up to softly touch her swollen lips. "What the hell?" She questioned quietly before straightening up and following him out to the Impala.
Ok this chapter was a little shorter than usual, but I can go ahead and tell you that the next chapter is really long. I already have it written, but I won't post it until I get at least 8 reviews on this chapter. If we don't hit 8 reviews for this chapter then I will post it next Monday at the latest. I really hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, sorry if the wall scene wasn't as steamy as you hoped, I'm keeping it under the T rating for now, but fair warning, it will go up to an M rating eventually so if you have a problem with that then go ahead and start preparing yourself.