Spoilers for episode 3.16

Chapter 26

About a half hour later, Sam left the motel room and walked to an old abandoned warehouse just outside of town.

The foundation was completely unsound, Sam could tell just from looking at the building from the outside. The white paint on the outside was beginning to chip off and fray slightly, and as for the roof, there was hardly one left.

But this place would do for Sam's small chore, so he walked in with a small sack slung over his shoulder.

The place on the inside looked far worse. The walls were gray, as were the floors. The ceiling on the other hand looked completely black in this lighting. All the windows were broken out, and some had plastic tarps hung to keep out the harsh wind, but it barely seemed to help.

Sam made his way down the small staircase, and saw that the downstairs looked exactly the same as the upstairs except with termite damaged pillars holding the foundation together feebly.

Sam sat down on the floor and threw his sack down to the floor and immediately began rummaging through it until he pulled out a small stick of white chalk.

With the chalk, Sam began drawing a large symbol into the floor, scribbling over past lines over and over again until the symbol was bright, and unmistakable.

When he finished drawing the symbol, he dropped the chalk back into the bag, and then pulled out three small jars containing powdery substances, and then a small bowl which he placed in the middle of the symbol on the floor.

He opened the jars and poured their rotten smelling powders into the bowl that sat in front of him. When he had enough, he put the three jars back into the bag and pulled out four red candles and a small box of matches.

A small shiver crept up Sam's spine as he suddenly get the feeling he was being watched. He looked around shakily and saw nothing so he looked back down to what he was working on.

He placed the candles on each end of the symbol and lit them. This was it.

Sam looked around one more time, and saw nothing. So he began to speak the ritual in Latin.

When he stopped speaking, he lit another match and threw it in the bowl in front of him, which immediately began to erupt into a burst of sparks.

Sam stood slowly, and looked around the room. She would be here any second.

He looked down on the floor and saw the bowl had stopped sparking now. Any second now.

"You know phones work too." Ruby's voice informed sounding less than amused.

Sam whirled around to face her and saw that she stood up against one of the worn pillars with her arms crossed over her chest. Her long blonde hair in front of her, coming down a little past her breasts, but was covered by her arms.

"Hey Sam, how's tricks?" Ruby asked with a hint of humor in her voice.

"How do you get around so fast?" Sam spat.

"I got the Super Bowl Jet Pack." She quipped smartly, "You get the colt?"

"No." Sam admitted venomously.

"Beg your pardon?" Ruby asked, sounding annoyed.

"We don't have it," Sam clarified, "Lilith does."

"Awesome." Ruby muttered sarcastically.

"Did you know?" Sam asked angrily.

"I'm gonna need a tiny bit more." Ruby said almost seriously as she stepped closer to Sam.

"About Dean's deal!" Sam shouted, "That Lilith holds the contract!"

"Yes, I did actually." Ruby informed.

"And? What, you did think that was important?" Sam asked furiously.

"You weren't ready." Ruby replied with a shrug.

"Oh really?" Sam asked with disbelief.

"If I'd have told you, you two yahoos would have charged after her halfcocked! And Lilith would have peeled the flesh from your pretty, pretty faces." Ruby said seriously.

"Well I'm ready now," Sam said a little more calmly, yet threateningly, "I want your knife."

Ruby's eyes squinted as she looked at Sam almost as if she were examining him. She then began pacing in front of him slowly.

"You're right about one thing," she said almost as if she were impressed, "you are ready. And now's the time too."

"What?" Sam demanded still angry.

"She's on shore leave, a little R&R." Ruby said with a half smile.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sam asked.

"Trust me you don't wanna know." Ruby informed simply, "You still got those hex bags I gave you?"

"We got 'em."

"Good than she won't sense that you're coming." Ruby said with a smile.

"Give me your knife." Sam demanded as he stuck his hand out.

"No." Ruby said simply.

"But you just said-" Sam began before Ruby cut him off.

"You wanna charge in there with one little pig sticker?" Ruby snapped as she stopped pacing and glared at Sam, her arms finally dropping to her sides, "That's a waste of a true blue window!"

"So what should I do?" Sam asked more calmly.

"I know how to save your brother, Sam." Ruby said urgently.

"No you don't! You've been lying to me all along, so just give me your damn knife!" Sam screamed angrily.

"You're not the one that I've been lying to." Ruby admitted with a nod.

"Oh so you can save him?" Sam asked still yelling, and with a hint of disbelief.

"No," Ruby yelled, "but you can."

"What?" Sam asked curiously.

"Sam, you've got some God given talent. Well not God given, but you get the jidst." Ruby replied with an eye roll.

Sam chuckled humorlessly, "What all that psychic crap?"

Ruby shrugged, giving Sam his answer without words.

"Why do you think Lilith is so scared of you?" Ruby asked in a near whisper.

Sam rolled his eyes, "right, Lilith's scared of me."

"It's the truth!" Ruby exclaimed, "If you wanted, you could wipe her off the map without moving a muscle."

"I don't believe you." Sam replied with a shrug.

"You don't like being different. You don't like the way Dean looks at you, like you're some sort of sideshow freak." Ruby said in an intense voice as she stepped closer to Sam. "But suck it up because this is the only chance we got."

"Sam won't be doing any of that." Dean's voice shouted as he emerged from behind one of the pillars in a far corner.

Sam now knew that the presence he felt earlier before even doing the summoning was Dean.

"Dean," Ruby said as a sly smile crossed her face, "charming as ever."

"Oh I knew you'd come," Dean replied, his voice shaking with anger as he slowly walked over to Ruby and Sam, "because I knew Sam wouldn't listen."

Sam flinched when Dean said his name, almost like it was a physical blow.

"What you are gonna do is give me that knife." Dean said as he tried to keep his voice under control.

"Oh, am I?" Ruby asked coyly.

"Yea, you are. Either you're gonna give it to me, or I'm gonna take it. It's up to you really." Dean said with a shrug.

"Dean-" Sam tried to reason calmly, but Dean cut him off.

"Sam, don't!" Dean yelled, "Come on, are you blind can't you see this is another trick?"

"That's not true!" Ruby yelled defensively.

"She probably wants you to give into this whole demonic, psychic whatever. She probably wants you to become her little antichrist superstar."

"I want Lilith dead! That's all!" Ruby defended venomously.

"Why?" Dean asked simply.

"I told you why!"

"Oh that's right, because you were human once. And you like kittens, and long walks on the beach." Dean joked with disbelief.

"You know, I am so sick of explaining myself to you! You wanna save yourself? This is how, you dumb spineless dick!" Ruby spat furiously.

Dean's eyes widened, not in surprise, but in a more intense way. He reared himself back, and suddenly sent a punch directly at Ruby's jaw making her and Sam jump in surprise.

Ruby held her bleeding lip for a moment, and pulled her hand away to examine how much she was bleeding. It wasn't a lot, but it was enough.

Just then, Ruby sent two punches with both fists right in Dean's face making him fall over.

"Hey, Ruby! Hold on!" Sam tried to reason as he grabbed her shoulder. But Ruby punched Sam in the mouth making him groan, and then kicked him in the gut causing him to lean back against a pillar for support.

By the time she was done with her assault on Sam, Dean was back up and ready to keep fighting. He sent a hard kick into her stomach, and then punched her in the mouth.

Ruby quickly gathered her bearings when the taste of blood filled her mouth, and stepped over to Dean and punched him in the gut, causing him to bend over, and then she kicked him in the chin, causing him to topple over.

He lay on the ground for a moment, so Ruby walked over to Dean and kicked him again, and watched as he rolled over a few times in a feeble attempt to get away from her.

She watched as Dean stood from the ground slowly, but to her surprise he was smiling slyly as if he had won, even though the evidence of his defeat was staining his teeth and bruising his face.

"What the hell are you grinning at?" Ruby spat.

"Missing something?" Dean asked weakly as he pulled out her knife from his jacket.

Ruby's eyes widened in surprise, "I'll kill you, you son of a bitch!"

She made a step, but found that she couldn't move. It was as if there was an invisible wall keeping her in place. She looked over at Sam to see if it was him, but he looked just as surprised as she did. Confused, Ruby then looked up and saw that she was standing under a bright red Devil's Trap.

"Like I said, I knew you'd come." Dean choked weakly as he pushed the knife back inside his jacket.

Ruby glared at him as blood covered her teeth, "Wait…you're just gonna leave me here?"

"Let's go, Sam." Dean called to Sam, completely ignoring Ruby.

Sam walked over to Dean's side, and then they both walked up the stairs as fast as their week legs would take them.

"Oh so what, you're too stupid to live, is that it?" Ruby called hatefully, "Then fine! You deserve Hell! And I wish I could be there Dean, I wish I could smell the flesh sizzle of your bones! I WISH I COULD BE THERE TO HEAR YOU SCREAM!"

Neither Dean, nor Sam look down at her as they continue up the stairs, but Sam's face is full of sorrow, it's clear that he was taking Ruby seriously.

Dean's face however, was completely passive. No emotion whatsoever.

"And I wish you'd shut your pie-hole, but we don't always get what we want." Dean called down to her.

This chapter had to be done, I think. Well, in order to continue with the story line it did. Haha.

I know, there was no Clay again in this one, but I gotta tell you he's not gonna make another appearance until Chapter 28.

Just two more chapters away! Sorry!

Thank you all for reading and reviewing this story. This has done much better than I thought it would, and I am so happy that you're all liking it!

More to come really really soon! :D