What if Sam and Dean DID stop Lilith from breaking the last seal and they kept Lucifer from rising?
A/N: This takes place at the end of season 4. This is my own take on the season finale and where the show potentially could have gone. Somewhat drabble-y and I'm not sure where it will go(if anywhere) unless I get some positive response. Let me know what you think and what you might like to see. Obviously I own nothing. Eric Kripke = God (as we all know) and it all belongs to him. I gain nothing but a little self-satisfaction!
This picks up at the second to last scene in the season finale for season 4. Sam is about to kill Lilith and supposedly stop the apocalypse. Ruby is with him, encouraging him and Dean is outside of the chapel desperately trying to get in and stop him. Spoilers for all of seasons 1-4.
St. Mary's Convent, Ilchester, Maryland. Midnight.
Sam stood, his arm outstretched and fingers slightly bent, focusing his power towards Lilith. His brow furrowed as he concentrated all of his thoughts on killing this bitch.
Ruby stood to the side watching Sam like a proud parent. "That's it Sam," she whispered quietly, egging the youngest Winchester on.
Lilith began to glow white, her demon essence illuminating the chest of the poor dental hygienist like an x-ray. Sam took a deep breath and focused harder. She was the strongest demon he had ever fought and while he hadn't liked drinking from that NICU nurse, hell he hated the way she had screamed as he cut her wrist open wide, it was obvious that it had been necessary. Lilith was powerful enough that even with the blood of two demons, any break in Sam's concentration could mean disaster.
Bang, bang, bang. "Sam!" more banging, "Sammy!"
Dean's voice was barely audible through the thick wooden doors, but it was the one voice that Sam had been hoping to hear. No matter what Dean had said in his voicemail, he wouldn't abandon him – Sammy knew his big brother would never miss this!
Sam's concentration wavered as he called out, "Dean!"
"Sam!" Dean began pounding harder hearing his brother's strained voice. "Don't kill Lilith!"
Sam could hardly believe that Dean would say that. This is what they had been working for almost two years now.
"What are you waiting for Sammy?" Ruby screamed, "Do it!" Sam stared at her blankly and turned back to Lilith who smirked at him.
"You turned yourself into a monster, and now you're not going to bite?" She laughed unforgivingly. "And what a good little monster Azazel thought you were going to be. Glad to see he bet on the wrong horse; you're nothing but a freak!"
This caught Sam's attention and his face hardened. His fingers twisted into a fist, arm still outstretched. Lilith's voice was cut off in a gasp and she choked as Sam re-tightened his mental grip.
"I'm no freak," Sam growled, "You're the one who eats babies and plays house – the murdering child version."
Sam walked towards Lilith ignoring Ruby's warning and flung Lilith against the far wall, her feet brushing the upside down cross on the wall. He pinned her there with at look. "And for the record," Sam turned to face Ruby, "Only one person is allowed to call me Sammy."
His power exploded out of him pushing Ruby against the wall, her eyes turning black. With both demons pinned against the walls of St. Mary's chapel, Sam waved a hand and opened the sanctuary doors. Dean stood in the entrance.
"Sammy."
"Dean."
The boys exchanged long glances. Their fight was long from over, but they had missed each other. Dean looked Sam over, checking for wounds or signs of injury and noticed Sam was doing the same to him. It was good to be together again.
"Don't Sam," Dean pleaded, his eyes begging with Sam as his brother and his friend to stop this madness.
"But this is the only way to kill Lilith," Sam said flexing his power and causing the white glow to fill Lilith's body again.
"That's right Sam! – Kill her!" Ruby insisted from the wall where she was pinned.
"Shut up bitch," Dean growled.
"Stop talking to Ruby like that!" Sam yelled, "She has helped us since the day I was kidnapped by Old Yellow Eyes and had to fight Battle Royale style to survive. She's on our side!" Sam stopped and pursed his lips, "She was there for me when you died Dean."
"And she's used you the whole time," Dean shot back at Sam, the angry look in his eyes pointed directly at the demon. "What Ruby didn't tell you was, if you kill Lilith, it breaks the last seal."
"What?" Sam looked at Dean incredulously, "You interrupted me in the middle of killing this bitch to tell me I can't kill her or I will start the apocalypse?"
Sam's concentration began to waver more and Lilith and Ruby looked at each as they felt Sam's power begin to fade.
"But what about the angels? They said you were supposed to kill her too! If not me then at least it was supposed to be you!"
Dean looked slightly affronted, "At least? Well it would seem that we've both been played. The angels seem to want the apocalypse as much as the demons do, isn't that right Ruby?"
Both Winchester boys turned and stared at Ruby. She looked back at them like a fly caught in a spider's net.
"Ruby?" Sam questioned, "Is Dean telling the truth?"
"Why would I have lied to you Sam?" Ruby pleaded, "I've helped you all this time, with the knife and the Colt? Why would I do that?"
"Yeah you helped alright, helped get him hooked on demon blood!" shot Dean.
"Shut up Dean," Sam said, his brow furrowing, realizing his control was slipping. It was hard to keep up this kind of concentration and power. He turned to Lilith who was sliding slowly down the wall, "Stay." Lilith froze instantaneously. He turned back, his eyes black like a demons.
"Whoa, that's a little creepy Sammy," Dean looked worriedly at his brother.
"That's right Dean," Ruby smirked, "Your little Sam isn't quite so innocent anymore. Drinking demon blood from a conscious human woman will do that to you."
"You made him do what?" Dean roared at Ruby, he gave Sam a disapproving eyebrow.
"I can explain Dean," Sam started to say.
"No, no explanations. Later." Dean took a deep breath; it was hard for him to put things aside like this. "Everyone has led us astray. Ruby, the angels, the only people we can trust are each other. You're my brother Sammy, nothing can change that."
Sam felt a warmth fill him, a feeling he had missed since their last fight. It was a feeling that things might be alright between them one day.
"Sam," Dean pleaded, "Please don't do this, don't kill Lilith. We can find another way to stop her."
Sam didn't often see his brother beg and it weakened his resolve.
"Lilith is the final seal?" he asked again, almost rhetorically.
"Yes," came a voice from behind Dean. Castiel stood on shaky legs, blood covering his face and with an overcoat ripped to shreds. His hair was a mess and he looked drained.
"Cas!" both boys said at the same time.
"Great. Angels, just what I need." Ruby drawled.
"Sam, you must believe what Dean says," intoned Castiel, "The angels were wrong, Lilith is the final seal. With her alive, Lucifer can never rise."
"But," Sam started.
"One brother to break the first seal, and one brother to break the final seal." Castiel said simply. "If you stop right now Sam, there will be no apocalypse."
Sam looked as if a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders. It was going to be alright.
Suddenly, Ruby and Lilith fell from the walls where Sam had been holding them. His mojo had finally run out, he could only sustain his power for so long without fresh blood. Ruby tackled Dean and grabbed the knife from his sheath.
"Sorry you boys turned out to be such bitches. Especially you Sam." Both boys stood frozen, Castiel looking on waiting to see what Ruby would do.
She pointed the knife at Sam, "So whiny! 'Ruby I need you, my brother is dead, help me get him back, help me kill Lilith, I need blood.' God you were annoying."
She paced back and forth while Lilith lay on the ground still recovering from Sam's earlier attacks. "And here I was going to be rewarded ten-fold. I was Lilith's best servant. Not even her closest followers knew what I was. That I was her second in command. I was supposed to convert you Sammy, show you our way of thinking. The demon blood certainly helped but it didn't get rid of those bitchy tendencies."
"You lied to me?" Sam said, not believing his ears.
"No shit Sherlock." Ruby waved the knife around, "God you're dumb Dumbo."
"I'm going to kill you bitch." Dean warned, his voice betraying his growing anger.
"Ah, ah, ah" Ruby pointed the knife at him, "I've got your precious little knife, which you seem to lose on a semi-regular basis. Idiot."
Ruby knelt down, keep her eyes on the boys, "I'm just going to take Lilith here, and we're going to go for a little walk." She lifted Lilith up and turned to Sam, "She's still the only seal keeping Lucifer from coming back. Come on, you know you want to kill her Sam, it would be quick and easy. No more hunting, you could die peacefully. And you'd be crowned a Prince in Hell. Just think of the possibilities!"
"No Ruby," Sam's voice was exhausted. His body was weak from using all of the demon blood energy.
Dean turned to Castiel, who was still standing in the doorway, "Do something Cas!"
Castiel slowly raised his eyes from the floor and looked at Ruby, holding the now-conscious Lilith. He raised his right hand and closed his eyes. Without a single word, Ruby's body began to glow and black smoke poured from her mouth, igniting her and burning her into nothing in a matter of seconds.
The angel took a deep breath as the body Ruby had inhabited fell to the floor. Lilith stood stock still for a moment, processing the death of her favorite subject and then fled, black smoke pouring from the mouth of the pretty dental hygienist, leaving her dead on the floor.
"I'm sorry," Castiel said quietly, his body slumping to the floor. Dean and Sam rushed to his side, "I hardly survived the attack from the archangel. I have no strength."
"Oh Cas," Dean picked up the body that held the fading spirit of the angel and turned to Sam, "What do we do?"
"Bobby might know what to do."
"Tell him to start warding against angels," Castiel said quietly before slipping into unconsciousness.
Sam didn't need to hear more, he flipped open his cell phone and dialed Bobby's number.
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