Chapter Eight
A Reason To Live
By April3604 & Addicted to Ackles
Ok just letting everyone know that we are going to be going out of order of the season. After this chapter will be the Christmas episode and the Christmas episode was before this during season 3 but hey we're doing it are way, you don't like we'll just kick your ass. Also if we get up to 50 on our reviews we are promising in the next chapter Dean and Sam LOVE on Monday. Now who doesn't want that after watching the Finale this week?


Candy looked at her sister as her heart started racing. She never wanted Lys to find out like this but then again she never wanted her to find out at all.

Lys just stood there with her arm crossed with tears building in her eyes, "Tell me what's going on Candy. Please just tell me he was lying."

"Lys I...I am so sorry."

"Sorry for what? Damn it Candy just tell me the truth."

"Do you remember when dad died?"

"Yeah, how could I forget? You told me Lilith killed him after she knocked me out."

"I lied. Lys...Lilith killed you that night. I was too late and I just couldn't....I couldn't let you die so I made a deal. I got five years," Candy said and Lys just closed her eyes. "It was my fault and I had to fix it."

"Candy how could you? You know that what is dead should stay dead. How could you not tell me? Did you just hope that when the hellhounds were scratching at the door I wouldn't notice?"

"I wanted to tell you but I couldn't. You don't understand."

"Oh I understand that you're selfish!"

"Lys just...."

"You know what; don't even talk to me right now," Lys said and turned her back to Candy and Dean. Sam knew what Lys was feeling because he was in the same position she was. He moved over to her and wrapped his arms around her as she cries into his chest.

Candy and Dean watched them and knew that Sam and Lys wouldn't ever understand. Candy lowered her head and Dean knew she must be upset, "She will be ok Candy," Dean said and went to put his arm around her put she jerked away.

"Don't talk to me Dean. How could you not tell me you were about to be hells bitch."

"Well....I never saw the need."

"You have done nothing but tell me how stupid I am and come to find out you did the same damn thing."


The four were sitting in the cell and neither of them had spoke a word in almost an hour until they heard an explosion outside and they all jumped up to see Henrickson come around the corner, "So this is your big plan? Kill everyone in the station and bust you four out?"

They all look at each other and Dean looked back to Henrickson, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about your psycho friends; I'm talking about a bloodbath."

"Okay, I promise you, whoever's out there is not here to help us," Candy said and Sam walked over to the bars.

"Look, you gotta believe us. Everyone here is in terrible danger."

"You think?"

"Why don't you let us out of here so we can save your asses?" Lys asked.

"From what?" Sam and Dean looked at each other and both start to fidget knowing that Henrickson won't believe them. "You gonna say 'demons'? Don't you dare say 'demons'. Let me tell you something, you should be a lot more scared of me," Henrickson said and walked out.

Candy looked over at Dean and he was still holding his arm. She felt bad for snapping at him after he pretty much saved her life. "How's the shoulder?"

Dean looked at her and took the wadded up toilet paper they have been using to stop the bleeding away from his wound, and looked up at her, "It's awesome."

"You don't have to be a smartass Dean," she said and Dean threw the toilet paper down on the floor, and turned back to her and felt bad.

"I'm fine. I'll live, you know, if we get out of here alive. So anybody got a plan?"

Candy checked the back of Dean's shoulder as he pushes on the front, wincing in pain. He looked up and spotted Nancy watching them. "We got company," he said and motioned to Nancy. Sam saw her and looked over at her as Nancy as she hid behind a corner barely peeking out.

"Please. Please, we need your help. It's Nancy, Nancy right?" Sam asked as she started to come out from behind the wall. "Nancy, my- my brother's been shot. He's- he's bleeding really badly, you think maybe you could get us a towel. Please just one clean towel? Look- look at us, we're not the bad guys, I swear."

Dean tried to smile reassuringly at her. Nancy shook her head and turned around to leave.

Moments later she returned and was holding a towel. She reached in and handed it over to Sam, "Thank you."

Sam took the towel and grabbed her arm and pulled her up against the cell bars as she screamed. Sam has a hold of her arm, and Lys looked at him stunned as a cop ran in pointing a gun. Sam let her go but not before taking the rosary beads from her neck.

"Try something like that again and you will get more than just a bullet in your arm," the cop said and escorted Nancy out.

"Sam what the hell was that," Lys asked and Sam showed her the beads. "Well look at you Sammy. I love a man with a good head on his shoulders."

"Even in jail we can't get a break," Candy said to Dean as she took the towel from Sam and handed it to Dean.

"Would it kill these cops to bring us a snack?" Dean yelled.

"How many you figure are out there?" Candy asked.

"I don't know."

"However many there are, they could be possessing anyone. Anyone could just walk right in," Sam said and they all shared a look of concern.

"It's kind of wild right? I mean, it's like they're coming right for us. Never done that before." Sam creases his brow in thought at that, but Dean began to smile with the idea of being a threat to the demon world appealing to him. "It's like we got a contract on us. You think it's because we're so awesome? I think it's because we're so awesome."

Candy just looks at Dean disapprovingly, and the smile fades from his face as he turns his head away from her looking at Sam. Sheriff Dodds walked up and began to unlock the cell, "Well, howdy there Sheriff," Dean said in a country accent.

They all stood up and watched Dodds as he looked down at the floor as he opens the cell door. "It's time to go."

Dodd moved into the cell approaching them and they are all started to edge back, suspicious of the sheriffs sudden turn of behavior.

"Uh...you know what? We're- we're just comfy right here, but thank you," Dean said and grabbed Candy's hand pulling her back with him. Candy looked down at their joined hands and was surprised by Dean's behavior towards her. He was almost acting like they were really together or something.

Henrickson walked up and came into the cell also, "What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm not just gonna sit around here and wait to die. We're gonna make a run for it."

"It's safer here."

"There's a SWAT facility in Boulder."

Henrickson came into the cell so he is right next to Dodds, "We're not going anywhere."

"The hell we're not."

Dodds turns to Henrickson who raised his gun and shoots Dodds in the head. Dean let's go of Candy and moves forward and grabs Henricksons gun arm, and Sam grabs his other arm while Lys and Candy are against the wall. Dean and Sam moved together to muscle Henrickson down and pushed his face into the toilet when Lys dropped in the rosary beads. "Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas...."

A cop runs in with his gun, but Candy has grabbed the gun and has it raised pointing at the cop. "Stay back!" She said and Sam continued the exorcism.

"Omnis incursio infernalis adversari Omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica. Ergo draco maledicte et sectio Ergo draco maledicte et legio secta diabolica Ut Ecclésiam tuam secúra tibi fácias servire libertáte servire, te rogámus, audi nos."

Henrickson's head comes up, and he yells, the demon smoke pouring out of his throat and crossing the room. Dean ducked out of the way, as do Lys and Candy.

Sam helped Henrickson over to the cop, "Hey. Is that you in there?"

"I, uh...I shot the Sheriff," he said and Dean started to smile.

"But you didn't shoot the Deputy."

Candy glared up at Dean who immediately squirms.

"Five minutes ago I was fine, and then..."

"Let me guess, some nasty black smoke jammed itself down your throat?"

Henrickson looked up at Dean with his eyes wide, still not really believing.

"You were possessed." Sam told him

"Possessed, like...possessed?"

"That's what it feels like, now you know."

"We owe you the biggest I-told-you-so ever," Dean said. Henrickson just looks at them before unchaining them.

"All right, so, how do we survive?" Henrickson asked.


Dean rolled up his sleeve as he sat on the table. Candy stood in front of him with water, rags and a medical kit.

"You didn't have to do this," said Dean as she wiped most the blood away.

"You didn't have to save my life back there," she said and glanced at him before going back to the wound.

Dean smirked shaking his head. "Does there always have to be an argument between us?"

She smiled a little as she took the bullet out and cleaned the back side of his shoulder. "No, but then our lives would be boring." She grabbed a needle and thread. "Plus I like to get under your skin."

He chuckled. "Just as much as I like to get under yours. You're kind of sexy when you're angry." She just smiled and continued stitching up the wound.

Dean smiled a little and looked away and saw Sam standing there with an amused look on his face. Dean glared at him making Sam leave laughing.

"Look, Candace…"

"Uh oh, you only use my full name when you're angry. Am I going to get an ear full now of how stupid I am or something?"

"Would you just shut up and let me talk? You always do that."

She smiled looking at him. "Under your skin."

"You always are…but seriously I want to…apologize for snapping at you at Bobby's when I learned about your deal. I don't know I guess it sort of bugged me that you did something stupid just like me. And I'm sorry that I didn't tell you. I just thought if we killed Lilith then it would never have to be brought up…I don't know."

"I guess we have a lot in common after all." She cut the string and threw the bloody rags away.

Dean watched her with sad eyes and nodded. "Yeah…"

"Well, looks like we'll be cell mates in Hell also." She grinned at him and grabbed two big patches and slammed them on his shoulder making him let out a deep breath and glare at her. "You're a bitch you know that."

She laughed. "That's why you like me."

He rolled down the sleeve and she left the room to see if the others were done with the devils traps and salt lines. She was getting nervous that she and Dean were getting a little too close to each other in there.


Everybody was loading their guns when they heard a shatter come from the back room. Dean grabbed his gun and ran toward the back followed by Henrickson. He busted threw the door and saw a familiar face, "How do we kill her?" Henrickson asked as Sam walked in.

"We don't. She's here to help us," Sam said and walked over to Ruby.

"Are you gonna let me out?" Sam leans down and scrapes the Devil's Trap that Ruby is standing in and stands back up, setting her free. "And they say chivalry's dead." She said and walked into the police station.

"How many are there?" Dean asked her.

"Thirty at least, that's so far. We'll need the colt," She said as she entered the main part of the station. Lys and Candy saw her and stood up about to grab their guns. "Calm down girls. I don't bite...hard," she said and turned back to Dean, "So...where is it?"

Sam looked down when Ruby looked at him, and she turned her gaze to Dean who sat back on the desk behind him, avoiding her stare.

"It got stolen."

"I'm sorry; I must have blood in my ear. I thought I just heard you say that you were stupid enough to let the colt get grabbed out of your thick, clumsy, idiotic hands. This is just peachy. Since I don't see that there's any other option, there's one other way I know how to get you out of here alive."

"What's that?" Dean asked.

"I know a spell. It'll vaporize every demon in a one mile radius, me included. So, you let the colt out of your sight, and now I have to die. So next time, be more careful. How's that for a dying wish?"

"Okay, what do we need to do?" Dean asked.

"Aw, you can't do anything. The spell is very specific; it calls for a person of virtue."

"I got virtue," he said and Ruby laughs at the thought.

"Nice try, you're not a virgin." She said and Candy winked at him as Dean starts to laugh.

"Nobody's a virgin." Ruby cocks her head a little and leads Deans eyeline with her own glance, over to Nancy who has become very fidgety. "No, no way. You're kidding me right? You're- "

"What? It's a choice okay?"

"What? So you-? You never...? "

"Dean leave her alone," Candy said.

"So, the spell. What can I do?" Nancy asked.

"You can hold still, while I cut your heart out of your chest."

"Whoa, what, are you crazy?" Lys said.

"I'm offering a solution."

"You're offering to kill somebody."

"And what do you thinks' gonna happen to this girl when the demons get in?"

"We're gonna protect her, that's what," Hendrickson said and Dean looked at Candy, Lys and Sam.

"We all need to talk. In private," he said and looked back at everyone else. "Nobody kill any virgins."

Dean walked out into the hallway with the other three following him. When they are a good distance away from the room the others are still in, he turns to them, "Please tell me you all are not actually considering this. We're talking about holding down a girl and cutting out her heart."

"I know I am not," Candy said and her and Dean looked to Sam and Lys.

"We're also talking about 30 people out there, Dean. Innocent people, who are all gonna die, along with everyone in here," Sam said

"That doesn't mean that we throw away the rule book and stop acting like humans. I'm not gonna let that demon; kill some nice sweet innocent girl who hasn't even been laid. I mean, look, if that's how you win wars, and then I don't wanna win."

"Then what? What do we do Dean?" Lys asked

"I got a plan. I'm not saying it's a good one, I'm not even saying it'll work. But it sure as hell beats killing a virgin."

"Okay, so what's the plan?" Asked Sam as they all looked at Dean.

"Open the doors, let them all in, and we fight."


Everyone had their positions and knew what to do. The four hunters looked at the others and felt bad for them having to find out about demons this way and maybe having to die this way.

Candy was standing at the front with two other cops when her sister came up to her.

"Candy…listen," said Lys making Candy turn around. "Just in case…"

"Don't give me the just in case I die speech, Lys."

"Just listen, Candy. Look, I am seriously pissed you didn't tell me about your deal and that you sacrificed your life to save mine but you're still my sister and I want you to know that I love you even if youre stupid."

Candy smiled and Lys wrapped her arms around her. "I love you too sis."

Dean stood back talking to Sam and watched in the corner of his eye Candy and Lys. He kept his eye on Candy when Lys walked away to go to where she was told.

Candy watched her sister walk away and a small frown came over her face and Dean saw it. He watched her walk towards the window and he looked up at Sam. "Alright, Sammy…let's do this."

Sam nodded and patted his brothers good shoulder as he walked in the back towards Lys.

Dean grabbed his ammo and guns and walked towards Candy.

"You ready?" he asked and she looked from the window to him.

"No…but are we ever during a fight?"

He shook his head looking out the window and he looked back at her when she said, "Better be getting to your spot."

He nodded and walked by her but stopped closing his eyes cursing at himself inwardly. He turned around and moved back over to her grabbing her face gently in his one hand and kissed her lips tenderly and lightly. Both of them felt something inside of them they couldn't explain. He let go, their lips inches apart from each other and he looked into her confused looking eyes.

"Just in case we don't make it out alive." With that he let go of her and walked away leaving Candy confused and with a little bit of water in her eyes because of the feeling she was getting in the pit of her stomach.

Lys and Sam stood in back and she was about to bend over to scrap the devils trap away but Sam grabbed her arm.

"Pumpkin…before we do this, I want you to know that the feelings I have for you are more than in a sexual attraction." Lys just continued to stare up at him as her breathing became heavy wondering where he was getting at. "I like you…a lot. Sure we hated each other in the past but that was the past…I can't help but have these feelings for you."

Lys smiled up at him and kissed his lips gently. "I like you too Sam, more than you know." She kissed his lips again. "When this is all done, me and you are going out and having a Sam and Pumpkin day."

Sam grinned. "Anything you want."

"Then lets get out of this alive." Lys bent over and scraped a whole in the devils trap. She turned her head and yelled out, "Ready!"

Candy looked down at the window and then at the two cops by the door and nodded and they wiped away the salt. "God help us."

It was silent for a while until they heard the first gun shot and that was it. Demons came from every direction and they all had to bring their own fight. There had to be more than 30 like Ruby said. As the others fought they were waiting for the grand plan to happen and it felt like it was taking years for it to happen but then when it hit their ears that felt like a weight had come off their shoulders. The exorcism had started through the speakers and the demons tried to get out but of course Nancy and the deputy had salted the outside keeping them locked in and no escape.

Everyone fell to the ground when the black smoke of the demons came out of the people and it looked like a black cloud had formed above their heads and then disappeared in a second.

Dean and the others came back to the main area and looked at everyone.

"Everyone ok?" asked Dean and Candy stood up and she could have sworn he was talking more towards her because he was looking at her.


Dean and Candy haven't really talked a lot since the whole kiss incident in the jail. Lys was still angry with Candy for what she had done but not as angry as before. Sam and Lys were still a little angry about their older siblings not telling them about the marriage. Sam was angry that he had to find out about the demon that holds both Dean and Candy's contracts and the only way to kill her was the Colt and now that's gone.

So everyone was on edge around each other on the way back to the motel and the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife.

Dean drove back to the motel where the girls car was and they all got out. The girls went to their room without saying a word and Dean was beginning to get pissed off about all this.

He gritted his teeth and marched toward their room.

"Dean, where are you…"

"Follow me NOW Sam," he growled and Sam was afraid Dean was just about to murder the girls so he followed him.

Dean barged in scaring the girls and Sam just walked in unknown what was going to happen but he was ready for anything right now.

"You know what," Dean said and slammed the door and the three look over at him, "I have something I need to say."

"Dean don't worry about. What's done is done," Lys said. "Me and Candy are leaving and you don't have to deal with this anymore." Candy looked up at Dean before going back to packing her bag.

"No....you guys aren't leaving until I get this out." Dean took a deep breath and decided it was now or never. "Me and Candy may have been drunk when we did what we did and I am not denying that. She's one crazy bitch and most of the time I can't stand her but you know what....I wouldn't change one damn thing about her and if I could go back in time I wouldn't change anything. I still would get drunk and marry her because....well because..." Candy dropped her bag and walked over to Dean.

"Because what Dean?" Dean looked into her eyes and the room was silent.