Ghosts Of Ben

Chapter 13

A/N: This is just a short little chapter, so you all know things like what's up with Sammy and Aly. good stuff like that.

Two days after his talk with Max, Alec/Dean started out on his mission, with Sammy as his backup. Usually when Alec/Dean would go away on tour Sammy stayed back in TC with his girlfriend Sari A beautiful X5 that had escaped Manticore around the same time that Alec/Dean had. Sari and Sam were expecting their first child so Alec/Dean didn't really ask his brother to join him on tour anymore.

With this mission Alec/Dean had internally planned to go himself, and Sam would have grudgingly let his brother go alone, but when he found out that Aly was alive, he insisted that he go along, because in Sam's heart Aly was as much his as his as she was Dean's. Sure he was only uncle Sammy but he helped Dean raise her and he wasn't letting his brother go into the fray by himself.

Transgenic or not Dean's emotions tended to cloud his judgement in a fight, So Sam was going to keep his brother's head on straight.

MANTICORE:

512...No, Aly Winchester sat in her cell, sometimes she had to force herself to remember that she was a person not one of the faceless drones that they'd created. People loved her and they would be coming for her. Her daddy would come. As she started to get lost in her thoughts, her cell door opened and in walked Lydecker carrying a laptop. He smiled as he handed the machine over to her, she looked at him confused.

"What's this for?"

Lydecker chuckled and tossed a disc at her.

"Watch this. Maybe then you'll realize that 494 is not coming for you."

Aly frowned and popped the disc into the machine, watching her father playing with some little kid. To the untrained eye it would look as though Alec/Dean was perfectly happy and may have even forgotten her, But Aly knew better. For the most part the video had no sound, except closer to the end. One of the tech drones had either screwed up or left that part undoctored for her sake.

[TAPE]

Alec/Dean is in Max's apartment with Benny in his lap, long fingers card through the little boy's hair.

BEN: Tell me 'bout my sister, Daddy

Alec/Dean sighs and kisses the top of his head and hugs his son close

Alec/Dean: Aly would be eight years old now. She was smart like you, and Beautiful. [he smiled remembering his girl] She had these freckles on her cheeks and nose, just like yours.

Ben:[giggles] You have them too Daddy.

Alec/Dean: yeah, yeah. Anyway, your sister would have loved you so much Benny. she always wanted a little brother.

Ben:[frowns] But I'm a Big Boy!

Alec/Dean:[chuckles] yeah, you are Benny.

Ben: Did you teach her piano like you teach me?

Alec/Dean: [looks down sadly] No buddy, I didn't have the chance.

Ben stopped talking picking up on his father's sadness and hugged him.

Ben: Its ok Daddy. I know that Aly Misses us. But its going to be OK.

Alec/Dean:[smiles softly] Yeah buddy, you're right. Aly misses us.

Father and son just curled up together on the couch, Aly couldn't miss the pain and sadness in her father's eyes as the tape ended.

[End Tape]

Aly reached out to place her fingers on the monitor just where Dean's face was on the screen and frowned.

"I miss you Daddy. I'll see you soon, I promise"

Lydecker had left as she'd started watching the tape. So he hadn't heard her silent vow to see her family again. Aly just knew that for her daddy's sake she had to stay strong, for them.