(Ruby)

"Lilith," Dean says, his voice dripping with venom, and I can see him fingering the nail in the leather sheath stuck down his jeans to protect it from the likes of me. He will let down his guard someday, to protect Sam, and that's the day he'll rue because, before I take his little trinket back to hell where it belongs, I'm gonna shove it in one of his ears and out the other.

"Iago, mi amigo," Dean continues his every word grating to my ears; "You need to get your family away from Armadillo Infantes now. Lilith's not an angel."

He grabs the duffel bags and Sam's arm and, as they head into the cabin, the truck driver runs up to him and tells him, "It is too late. My wife, my children, they wait at the church with all the others. The angel says that as soon as you and your brother come the Supreme Being will show himself to us all."

"Wait for us," he tells the driver and his cold eyes look through me. It's so hard for me not to kill him on the spot but I need Sam so I'll make nice until I don't need either of them anymore. Inside the cabin, Sam stands naked while Dean tries to help him dress.

"Do you mind?" he asks.

I smile. "It's not like I haven't seen it all before," I tell him and his lips tremble as he tries to keep it together.

"Wait in the truck, Ruby." It's Sam ordering me around again, something he only does when he's with his brother.

"What are you planning to do?" I want to know.

"Gank Lilith," the asshole answers then turns to me and points, "And her little dog, too."

Oh, I'm gonna love tearing him limb from limb and the thought of it makes me smile. "You think you're just gonna march right into the church and confront her?" I ask Dean and he gives me a 'Well yeah, duh, look' and I want to jack him up, just a little, make him bleed, just a little, and, as I savor the thought, Sam turns directly to me and says, "Help me get dressed."

I walk up to Dean and rip the shirt out of his hands and suggest, "You should change too, you stink."

He just laughs and taunts me, "Sticks and stones may break my bones..."

"and I can't wait," I finish. He laughs and strips off his shirt and jeans and stands naked before me, rummaging through his duffel bag, and I think he might be fun to play with...before I kill him.

"What are you going to do, Dean?" Sam asks.

Without skipping a beat the insufferable little prick says, "I'm just gonna march right into the church and confront her."

"Lilith has no power over me," Sam reminds Dean, "I can kill her."

"Dude, with what? Your breath? You know you can't use the nail, it'll burn you."

"I can hold it long enough to do it," he counters but Dean and I both know that he can't. It will burn right through his flesh and eventually his bones.

"I'm doin' it," Dean says with finality and I want him to. I'd love to see Lilith gut him but instead I make another suggestion.

"Listen, that cathedral will be stuffed to the rafters with worshippers, demon and human alike, and if you don't want a body count in the hundreds then you need to do it, Sam, your way."

"No!" Dean says vehemently.

Sam cuts him off and says, "Ruby's right, there's a blanket spell..."

"Yeah, a spell that will kill every demon within thirty miles of the church and you forgot about the pesky virgin's heart," Dean finishes.

"Sam doesn't need the party tricks," I explain to him but Dean still balks. I wonder what's wrong with him and tell him, "I'll be right there alongside Sam to make sure you don't fuck anything up. I'll be sent back to hell just like Lilith and all the rest. I thought that would make you happy."

He looks at me, trying to read me, but gives up and simply says, "Not that I'm stupid enough to trust you or anything, Ruby, but it's not you I'm worried about."

And there it is, Sam's dirty little secret finally out in the open in front of God and everyone.