This is part 3 in the 'To Everything' series.

It's my idea of what happens to Sam as he turns demonic and becomes what everyone has been waiting for. Sure to be full of limp/angsty/hurt/evil Sam and worried/hurt/protective/awesome Dean. Bobby's there to as reinforcements as the battle of evil and the fight against it comes to fruition.

NOTE: I haven't been watching the show (gasp and shock) so if I get anything wrong, that's why. I'm getting info from wikipedia, other fanfic I read and episode guides online. Also, I'm going to ignore some things because I don't know enough about the events to get it right. So I'll allude to Dean's death...but nothing definitive and I'm going to ignore angels. I also might accidentally add someone that has been killed, because I didn't know they were dead. As for season, obviously later, like after the current one or something. Yeah, I guess it's kinda alternate verse or whatnot.

Still don't own Supernatural. Not suing would be appreciated. I have no money, I promise, so please just let me use the brilliant characters.

My life got crazy busy, so yeah. Sorry this is taking so long. I promise I will finish it though.

Thanks for reading and reviewing. The reviews keep me going, seriously.

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The day was overcast and gray, cold and windy.

When the drive wasn't in complete silence, they were going over what information they had on Sam. They read over newspaper clippings and Ruby said all she learned. It became a mantra that ate away the miles and the hours. Dean was focused, his hands clenched and unclenched in his lap and his jaw was set hard. He carefully took apart and cleaned three different handguns before he loaded each one with silver. Ruby watched silently, she hadn't seen him like this.

He met her eyes. "Get in my way, and I'll shoot you as easy as anything else."

She knew better than to argue when his eyes were icy flame like that.

An hour before dark, the car pulled to the edge of a driveway that lead to a perfect farmhouse. Dean, Bobby and Ruby climbed out of the car and looked at the lit windows in the dusk.

Another car pulled up. Dean and Bobby automatically reached for their guns. Pastor Jim and Cadence stepped from the car.

Dean went to her. "What are you doing?"

"You need my help. Those children can't tell you what happened, not all of it anyway. I need to read them, if you really want to know." Her eyes flicked over to Ruby. "Even she can't do that."

"Yeah, but Damas won't kill me on sight." Ruby snapped.

Cadence's eyes flashed. "Well played."

"Wait." Dean took Cadence by the shoulders. "The kids are alive?"

She smiled. "Of course."

Dean turned to the house. The front door opened and two small figures were silhouetted in the doorway. Dean hadn't realized that he was holding a breath and hadn't realized that there was a part of him that did believe that Sam had killed the kids.

Cadence took his hand and whispered. "It was only a thought because it was all you knew."

"But I know my brother, that shouldn't change anything." His voice was low.

"The situation has changed. It's human to trust, Dean, and that's what Sam needs." She took a step forward. "We need to talk to them."

"This isn't safe for you."

"I have about an hour." She met his eyes for a moment before she glanced back at pastor Jim. "Trust me."

Dean couldn't waste any more time, it was as though he could hear the seconds ticking away. He and Cadence walked towards the house. Lil and Jake stepped out onto the porch. They stood hand in hand, eyes wide and not as innocent as they should have been. Dean had seen that look in Sam's eyes when they were young and he wished he didn't know what it meant.

Cadence smiled at them. "Jake. Lil."

"You've been looking." Jake said quietly.

Lil swallowed. "For us."

"I won't hurt you." Dean sat on the steps of the porch like there was nothing wrong in the world.

Lil stepped forward and met Dean's eyes. "He was your brother."

"Was?"

Jake's eyes flashed with fear for a moment. "Before the bad man."

Dean nodded. "He still is my brother. I need you both to tell me what happened."

Lil took a step back, it was obvious she didn't want to think about what happened. Jake didn't look much more confident. Cadence went to her and knelt in front of the girl. Jake automatically went to his sister's side.

"You don't have to do anything." Cadence smiled at me. "And my good friend, Dean here will make sure that nothing bad happens. All you have to do is close your eyes."

Lil and Jake automatically obeyed. They sat still and silent with their eyes closed. Cadence placed her hand in each of theirs.

"Dean." She glanced over. "Take their hands."

Dean held Lil and Jake's small hands in his and couldn't help the memory of when Sam's hand was that size. It was only a few minutes before Cadence let go of their hands and they opened their eyes.

"Did you see?" She asked without looking at Dean.

"Yes." He suddenly had the memories of what Sam had done, or didn't do.

He saw the brief moment when Sam came back to who he was, the moment that saved the children. He saw his kid brother slip back into the darkness, saw Sam embrace the evil with a smile. It made Dean's blood run cold and he almost wondered if he could save Sam.

"Will they look for us?" Jake asked after a few minutes.

Cadence met his fear wide eyes. "Not if you pretend to be dead. No magic, nothing special until you both are old enough to understand."

Lil and Jake nodded. They glanced over at Dean. "You'll save him." They said in unison. "Cadence showed us."

Dean looked over at her, but she wasn't revealing anything. He turned back to the kids. "Go on inside, forget everything about tonight." He ruffled their hair as they passed.

Dean and Cadence walked back to the cars where Ruby, Jim and Bobby were waiting. The group was an unlikely army, but if any group of people could bring Sam back, it was that one. Dean paused with his hand on the hood of the Impala.

He looked over at Cadence. "You and Jim should go back."

"No." Her eyes were hard with determination. "I need to know."

He didn't ask what she needed to learn, he knew. She needed to know what she was up against, what was waiting for her down the line if it should come to that. She needed to know that it was possible to fight against the darkness and win. Dean needed to see that as well, almost as much as he needed so see his brother again, even if Sam wasn't who he had always been.

"Okay." Dean looked at the group. "Let's get him back."

Ruby grabbed his arm as he started for the car. "He's set to kill you, Dean." Her voice was almost lost in the cold wind. "That's his last test."

"As long as he's breathing, then I'll be fighting to get him back." He paused. "Either we're both okay, or I'm dead."

"I'd hate for you to die." Ruby tried for sarcasm.

"Me too." He looked to Jim. "If this gets too dangerous, take Cadence and run and I'm not asking."

Cadence stepped up. "I can take care of myself."

Dean took her shoulders. "Not as long as I'm here. You'll run if I say run." He let her go. "We're wasting time, let's move."

Ruby, Bobby and Dean took the Impala, Jim and Cadence followed behind. Dean was silent as he drove towards the setting sun, he was focused on what was to come. As much as he knew that Sam wasn't his little brother any more, he couldn't help but still think that Sammy would be there.

He looked up in the mirror at Ruby. "Where is he now?" He knew the general direction, but no specifics.

"Cemetery, three hours from here. That's where the battle will be." She was grim. "I don't think the others will step in. This is something Sam has to do."

Dean nodded. "I know my brother, even now, and he isn't who they think he is."

Ruby turned to the dark outside the window. "I hope so." She whispered so quietly that Dean almost didn't hear her.

He set his jaw and went a little faster.