Well we have officially come to the part where Jessica dies. Unfortunately, it couldn't be helped. Well, it probably coud have, but my brain wouldn't allow it. Thanks again for all the AWESOME reviews and to everyone reading in general.

Chapter 48

Jessica and I spent the weekend locked in her apartment. It was actually the first time in a long time that she and I were alone together. We watched movies and worked on school work. I was finishing my second degree in forensics and still working on my art photography degree. Jess was in her first year of med school.

Early Monday morning, Dean called and said they were on their way back, but they hadn't found dad. I said ok, I'd be ready to go as soon as he got back. Dean said he wanted to grab a couple hours sleep before we headed for Colorado. I said ok and then went back to sleep.

Jess woke me up a few hours later so we could get ready to go to class. I walked over to my apartment to start our coffee and change my clothes. That's when the lights started to flicker. I grabbed my gun and ran back to Jessica.

I heard the shower running and headed for the bedroom. Jess was pinned to the wall and there was a guy in a long coat I immediately recognized. I fired off a couple shot s at him and Jessica fell to the floor. She hit her head on table and was knocked out.

The man in the long coat turned toward me and I froze when I saw his yellow eyes. I stood there looking at him for a few seconds and then emptied the rest of my clip into him. He smiled at me and then I was thrown to the wall. He walked over to me and then proceeded to punch me until his knuckles bled.

I heard a couple of my ribs break in the first 2 punches. Suddenly Jess was standing behind the guy and swung at him with a baseball bat. I saw Jess go flying backwards to the opposite wall. I heard the thing say that it was a shame to kill such brave girls.

The next thing I knew I was flying across the room and into the bathroom. I landed in the shower that had been running all that time. I tried to get up, but couldn't move. The last thing I heard before I passed out was Jessica screaming.

That shower actually saved my life. I woke up in the same place I'd landed, but I couldn't see and it was hard to breath. I didn't realize what had happened at first and tried to call for Jessica. There was a strange noise and it took me a minute to realize it was my cell phone. Dean was trying to call me and find out where I was.

I tried calling for Jess again. I heard a muffled voice ask if there was some one there. I called out again and that's when 2 of the firefighters found me. One of them put an oxygen mask on me and the other picked me up to carry me out.

I remember hearing some one from the crowd call out that the firefighters had found some one and then immediately heard Dean calling my name. Problem was that he had called me Katie instead of Grace. I tried to sit up to look for him, but a paramedic I didn't know kept pushing me back down. I heard some one say "You can't come over here." and Dean's reply that I was his sister. Dean was at my side in a second and holding my hand.

Sam was standing behind him with a surprised look on his face. I looked up at my little brother and asked him where Jessica was. Sam just shook his head and looked down at his shoes. I looked over to Dean and asked him the same question. His reaction was the same as Sam's.

I heard another paramedic I didn't know tell Dean that they needed to get me to the hospital. He stood up, handed Sam the keys to the Impala and then told the paramedics he was riding with me. I remember the doors closing on the ambulance and Dean telling me that I was gonna be ok. I asked him about Sam and just before I passed out again I heard Dean tell me that Sam was fine.

I woke up in the hospital 2 days later. Dean was asleep on a small couch under the window and Sam was sitting in a chair next to my bed reading dad's journal. He looked up at me when I moved my hand and asked if I needed anything. I tried to say no, but no sound came out. Sam told me not to talk and handed me a note pad to write on.

He sat there looking at the floor for a few minutes and then simply said "why." I asked him what he was talking about. He said Dean told him who I was and he wanted to know why I didn't. I told him cause I was scared. I was there when Dean first told him about Laura and me and I didn't want him to pick another fight with Dean.

I was expecting a major blow up, but it didn't come. Sam just nodded and then pushed the call button for a nurse to come in. He told the nurse that I was awake and while she checked my vitals, he woke up Dean and told him the same thing. Dean was standing next to me almost instantly.

He asked if I was ok and I nodded. He smiled and then called me a liar. I smiled back and looked over to Sam. That's when I noticed the holes in his blue t shirt. I asked him what happened and Dean filled me in on the woman in white case.

When he got to the part where Sam had driven the Impala into the house, I looked from Sam back to Dean. I told Dean I didn't believe that part cause he would have dropped Sam where he stood. They both kinda laughed at that. Dean said if there had been more damage than a broken headlight he probably would have done exactly that. I smiled and shook my head.

Before Dean could finish the story, the doctor came in. He asked me if I was in any pain and I lied and said no. Dean told the doc I was lying and the doctor said he was gonna give me a combination of pain meds, a sedative, and muscle relaxants. He said that there was a lot of damage to my lungs because of the fire as well as some other internal injuries that coud ony have been caused by some one punching me.

I nodded and the doctor administered the drugs through my I.V. Dean told Sam to stay with me and then pulled the doctor off to the side. While Dean was talking to the doctor, Sam leaned over and whispered in my ear. He asked me what had happened in his apartment and I shook my head. He stood back up and just went back to staring at the floor.

The guys had started to settle back down, Sam on the couch this time to sleep, when Racheal came in. Dean had called her as soon as they got me to the hospital. She was working a job in San Francisco and got there as soon as she finished it. Dean jumped up and asked me if I'd be ok without him and Sam and I nodded. They wanted to go check things out to see if they could find a clue to track the thing that had killed Jessica. Dean squeezed my hand and said he'd be back soon and I fell asleep a few seconds later.