eneath My Skin

John lowered his gaze remembering what he had found out about the demon and his plans for children like Sam, and what Max just said hit home for him way to much. He looked over at his eldest son, and saw the pain in his eyes, the pain of the responsibility that he put on his shoulders when he told him, could see the hurt and fear that one day he was going to be in the same position, apparently Max had found herself in.

Sam looked between his father and his brother all to aware that something was happening, that they knew something that he didn't, and he had a sickening feeling he knew what, he could feel the knots working in his stomach could feel bile rising up in his throat, as the ideas circulated around his brain, he always thought that the demons plans were to turn people evil, he just always hoped he was wrong, but by the look on his brother's face he knew he wasn't. It was the shrill hate filled voice of Jo, which brought the entire Winchester family back to the present.

"What the hell do you mean, you killed him, you killed your own brother" Max only stopped momentarily before she readjusted her bag, and began to walk towards the door, Dean saw Jo move forward and grab hold of her wrists, stopping her in mid step, and forcing her to look at her.

"Tell me, please tell me you didn't kill him" Jo was almost pleading with the women in front of her, her face begging, her hands shaking as she held Max's wrists in them. Max allowed her bag to fall from her shoulder and Jo let go of her wrists, Max turned to face John, and signaled that he should sit down.

John nodded his head and turned to his sons, knowing that they would want to hear what she had to say. Max moves to sit down, so that she is sitting opposite everyone, she lowers her gaze, trying to hide from the disappointment she can see in both Ellen's and Ash's face, and there was know way she could look at Jo, her and Mike had been completely in love and it had killed her when she found out he was dead, so knowing that she had killed him, Max knew she was hating her round about now.

FLASH BACK

Max made her way into the old warehouse, she looked around cautiously, knowing that the place was more then likely going to fall down any minuet, the roof and the joints kept squeaking, but it wasn't juts the roof she was eying cautiously but the two lone figures that stood in the middle of the warehouse, one of them towered above the other, the other was crouching on their knees, in a begging like position.

She hostled her gun, and quietly made her way forward trying not to make much noise, she didn't want to cause the man in front of her to do anything stupid.

"Dad would be proud" Max stopped started that the man had spoken, she shook her head trying to get her thoughts back in check, before continuing to make her way forward.

"If he saw you now I mean, he would be so proud that your taking his life's work to heart" Max came to a stop in front of the figure, and she let out a small gasp when she saw the blood covering the man's hands.

"Mike" Her voice was soft like she was talking to a child who was teetering on the edge, Mike turned to face his sister, and she could see the pain filled eyes, his hands shook, and his head was covered in sweat, his foot tapped in a rhythm to some un heard music.

"He wont go away" Max took a small step forward, only for Mike to step back, dragging the man in front of him backwards as well. Mike shook his head from side to side, his hands holding the side's of his head and he collapsed to the floor, his frantic cries were the only thing letting Max know he was still alive.

Max cringed in apprehension, she knew she had to reach her brother, knew she had to talk sense into him, knew she had to break through what ever the demon had done, and to do that then she was going to have to get through to him.

"Mike" She took a attentive step forward, her hand outstretched, if only she could touch him then maybe she could get to him easier, but every time she moved towards him, he moved backwards, she sighed, taking in the trembling man in front of her, far from the strong man she had known growing up.

"He keeps telling me he can make things better, if I only do what he says, he says all the pain will go away, and that I will be strong, that I can save you" Max shook her head, her own hands shaking,

"Mike nothing can make it all better again, and as for you being strong you're the strongest person I know, and I don't need saving not while ive got you, Mike please you don't need to do this"

Mike turned his head to look at his sisters panic stricken face, but al her could see was her in pain, blood pouring down her face as she begged him to help her.

"Ill save you little sis, I promise" Max scrunched her nose in confusion, Mike was looking at her, but she knew he wasn't seeing her.

"Ill save you" Max watched in horror, as Mike draw a knife and proceeded to slit the man's throat.

"Mike no"

END FLASH BACK

Max looked up to see Sam staring at her intently, she knew that he was physic she could sense it, and she also knew he was worried that he was going to turn into a monster, and after she looked over at John and Dean she could tell they were worried about that same thing.

Dean wanted to reach over to his brother and pull him towards him, wrap him up in a protective embrace and let nothing and know one come near him, let nothing harm or hurt him, he didn't want to have to go through the same thing that Max had, because he had no idea if he could kill his brother, but he knew one thing was for sure, the demon wasn't getting his hands on his baby's brother, not while he was breathing any way.

Sam could feel his brothers gaze on him, but he didn't turn, he didn't want to see the look of what if, or the fear, he didn't want modecodly, didn't want babying, he just wanted things to be the way they were before they all knew what the demon wanted, but he knew it would never be like that again, he knew that both his dad and brother would always look at him, like he could turn into a monster any minuet.

"I found out later though his journals, that the demon had been in his head for a while, it started of as dreams, he would dream about killing someone then wake up, but after awhile, he wrote that he would be talking to them, then he would imagine himself killing them, the demon told him that our family would have been better without him, that if he did what he wanted things would be better, that I would be safe."

The speech brother Sams attention back to Max, he could see how sad she looked, how pained she was at killing her brother; he just hoped that Dean would be able to kill him when the time came.

"I tried so hard to talk to him, tried to help him, but it never worked he was so far under the demons influence. By the time I tracked him down, he had killed 30 people including 15 cops, I tried to talk to him, I begged him to come home so I could help him, but he turned the gun on me, I had know choice"

Dean could hear her voice break, could see her playing the events over and over in her mind, how she was picking every little detail out, seeing if she had done something different that her brother would be alive, he knew because he would do the same thing, he moved his hand under the table and rested it on her knee, squeezing letting her know that she wasn't alone, that she was surrounded by people with the same cause.

She didn't show any sign of acknowledging his hand, and he was about to move it away, feeling foolish, for such an act, when he felt soft skin touch his calluses skin, he looked up and found Max staring at him, he smiled, a smile that only she could see.

"So it was all about self preservation. You didn't want to die so you killed him, you're a coward" Dean shot Jo a look, and if looks could kill then he knew Max would be six feet under by now. Max shot around and jumped up, following Jo as she left.

Dean and Sam followed suit, Dean grabbing hold of Max's arm stopping her from doing something stupid, something she would regret later on.

"Yea it was, but if I hadn't done what I did, you would have been next, the demon was killing of everything that could have saved him, next time ill let your ass die." Jo turned to face her, lowering her gaze, slightly guilty at what she had said.

Max shrugged her arm free from Deans grasp, and turned to face them all, she sighed and ran her hand through her hair.

"Killing this demon is the only thing that I live for, any one who stands in my way, I will kill, so you're either with me, or you move the hell aside"

Every one looked at each other, each of them thinking the same thing, each one of them wanting the demon dead, each one of them for different reason. Dean for him mom and to save his brother, John for his wife and his sons lives, Sam for Jess his mom, and so he could be free, Jo for Mike, Ellen and Ash for Jo and Max, and Max, so she could destroy the thing that took her brother.

Either way they were all on the same wave length, this demon was going down, that didn't care how, or what would happen along the way.

The demon didn't stand a chance, not now, he chose the wrong demon hunters to mess with.