This is it, the one you've all been waiting for! I am so so so sorry that I didn't update sooner, but it's been so hectic where i've been moving home for university and starting my degree, so I've had next to no time to work, but I've done it!! There's probably only one more chapter after thgis before the end, or maybe the next one will be the end, I haven't decided completely yet.
Enjoy!!!!!!
"If you walk out that door, don't bother coming back."
Sam gave his brother one last glare before turning and marching out of the door. He walked so quickly he didn't even notice Kerry walk in the front door of the motel. Kerry paused to try and call out to him but he didn't notice and kept on walking. His silence told Kerry that something major had happened, and seeing the blood that was on his clothes put fear into her. She ran up to the room she and Dean shared, and as she got closer, she saw the door wide opened and could hear Amara screaming, something that just didn't happen as someone was always there to comfort her. She ran in and the first thing she saw was Dean trying to crawl across the floor to get to his distressed daughter.
"Oh my God, Dean!" she gasped, completely frozen in shock. Sam had actually gone? And WASN'T coming back? She couldn't even think about it, but she couldn't deny what she had just witnessed.
Dean stopped moving at the sound of Kerry's voice and painfully turned to face her, relieved that he could rest for a minute. Kerry watched as he furiously wiped at his eyes, trying to act as though he hadn't been affected by his brother's departure, but she knew better. She stepped forward and gently helped him up, then wrapped her arms around him, pulling him into a gentle hug. He let her pull him and laid his head on her chest as she helped him up onto his feet, making sure that she didn't irritate his injuries further. She helped him over to the bed and sat him down carefully, before moving over to the crib on the other side of the room and lifting her daughter out.
"Hush baby, it's ok now." she whispered, rocking the baby to calm her.
Dean watched her and a fresh wave of sadness hit him. His little brother left, not even thinking to look back. What if Kerry left too? He'd be all alone if she left too. He watched as she settled Amara back down in her crib, and then she moved to the bathroom to retrieve the first aid kit for him. They both sat in silence as Kerry quickly and gently patched Dean up, and then silently the pair of them lay down in bed together, Kerry wrapping her arms round Dean, pulling him closer to her, and Dean wrapping his arms round her in response, drawing comfort from her embrace.
The following morning, Kerry woke to find that Dean wasn't in the room, and judging by the silence coming from the shower, he wasn't there either. She stood up to look out of the window just in time to see the Impala parking in front of the motel room, and Dean steeped out with a carrier bag in one hand and a holder with two coffees in the other. Kerry opened the door for him and he smiled at her and gave her a kiss before handing her a coffee and the bag. She opened it to see a box of donuts and a box of chocolates sitting in the bottom. She put them down and turned to face Dean, who was holding Amara, but a closer look at him showed that he was still injured. He was standing with his weight on one leg, and the way he held Amara with his right arm, made Kerry realise Dean was much worse off than she originally thought.
"Dean, about last night…"
"Kerry, I just want to forget about it for now, ok?"
Kerry frowned, but as it was his back facing her, he didn't see it. She sighed.
"Fine, I'll let it go now, but you will tell me exactly what happened eventually, ok?"
"I promise."
Kerry smiled and kissed him softly as he gave Amara to her and stepped into the bathroom for a shower, trying to conceal his limp. Kerry gave his retreating back a worried glance, before placing Amara back in the crib and then she decided to get some more sleep as she hadn't slept very well the night before. Amara had other plans though. Suddenly, she started to scream, and Kerry flew out of the bed, only to find that there was nothing there to be seen.
"Everything ok?" Dean called from the shower.
"It's fine honey"
Kerry moved over to the crib and picked Amara up. As she turned to go back to the bed, she froze as she came face to face with none other than Ruby.
"Ruby? W…what the hell!?"
Ruby said nothing, just raised her black eyes up to meet Kerry's before thrusting her arm out and slamming it against the young woman's head. Kerry screamed as a burst of pain hit her head, and she sank to the floor as she drifted into unconsciousness.
"KERRY!" Dean yelled. He heard Kerry's scream and flew out of the shower, not even bothering to grab a towel as he grabbed his gun. He raced into the bedroom, just to see a flash as Kerry was carried off by somebody. His eyes glanced over to the crib and as he noticed it was empty, his legs gave way and he dropped to the floor, wincing as he jarred his injuries and made them worse than they already were. Not that he cared about himself at that moment. All he could think was that the three people he loved the most had either left or had been taken from him. He'd lost them all.
Kerry held a crying Amara as close as she could to her chest. Dirt and blood was stained across the young mother's face from the large cut on her forehead, and large bruises covered her body. She huddled in the corner of the room, trying to keep the trembling baby still and trying to calm the cries, but no matter what she did, her daughter did not settle and continued to howl. The door slammed open and Ruby came in with a look of pure fury on her face.
"Will you shut that damned child up?!" she yelled
Kerry glared at Ruby. All she saw was a traitor, not the friend the other woman had once been. Ruby smiled before making Kerry stand by using some kind of strange force. Kerry reluctantly rose to her feet, and Ruby hit her across the face, which sent her falling backwards, pulling Amara even closer to her so she didn't harm her. Ruby laughed cruelly at the pain stretched across Kerry's face as the twenty one year old landed on her arm, before turning and walking out of the room.
Kerry waited for the door to slam shut before she let her head drop, hot and fearful tears streaming down her face. She was hurting so badly. Her baby was in distress, Sam's partner turned out to be yet another evil entity out to destroy the world, and Dean was alone at the motel, injured and probably distraught over the situation. Kerry couldn't even really remember how she came to being here. All she remembered was getting up to see why Amara was screaming, then after that, everything went fuzzy, apart from Dean's voice calling her name in fear, then that was it, nothing else came to mind. She knew in her heart that Dean was out there looking for her, but without Sam and with his injuries, he wasn't going to be finding her any time soon. Soft, silent sobs wracked her body as she prayed for him to find her before Amara could get hurt.
The thing that upset her probably more than anything else wasn't that she had been powerless to save herself, but the fact that she had been powerless to save her daughter. It just happened far too quickly for her to do anything. Now, she could only hope and pray that she could keep her daughter from any harm and sit and wait for Dean to find her. If he could find her. Without Sam, there wasn't much hope. More tears fell as she thought back to the night before, seeing Sam walk away with such anger and determination. Eventually, exhaustion took over and even though she tried as hard as she could to fight it, she eventually found herself falling into an uneasy sleep.
She was woken by Ruby roughly slamming the door open as she came marching into the room. Kerry automatically pulled Amara closer to her, as something inside just screamed out that Ruby was after the baby, but when Ruby actually reached out, Kerry found herself being pinned to the wall, completely unable to move, leaving her powerless and unable to stop the woman from taking her child.
"NO!" she screamed as Ruby smiled before leaving the room with the slumbering child.
Kerry fought hard against the force holding her to the wall, but she couldn't move a muscle. She became more and more hysterical as Ruby left the room, and when the door slammed shut, and the force left, she fell to the floor sobbing helplessly, not knowing what was going to happen to her daughter and not caring about anything other than the pain having her child taken from her. It hurt enough when she had miscarried, but this was far worse. She curled into a ball and began to rock backwards and forwards to calm herself, but the tears just continued to fall.
Dean paced across the front of the Impala, rubbing at his red eyes as he spoke into his mobile.
"Ok, thanks Bobby."
"Just get here soon so we can figure out what the hell they are doing with Kerry and Amara"
"Will do."
Dean flipped the phone shut and placed it on the empty seat next to him. He wanted to ring Sam so badly, but his pride held him back. His head told him that he and Bobby could figure this out without his younger sibling, but in his heart, he knew he needed Sammy, even if it was only to find a bit of comfort when he needed it. Bobby met him as he pulled up to the house and the first thing the older man did was pull the younger one into a long and supportive, embrace. At first, Dean stood there, just appreciating the embrace, but then he realised that Bobby was probably torn up too as it was his daughter and granddaughter that had been taken, so he returned the embrace. They eventually moved into the house to discuss who could have taken Kerry and Amara and why, but after three hours they just had a large whiteboard filled with many crossed out ideas, except for one name. Ruby. Bobby wasn't so sure that Ruby was that evil, but Dean was almost certain that she had taken his partner. After all, she had been the one driving the wedge between him and Sam for almost a year now, and she did have a pretty big grudge against him for some unknown reason. Also, at that point, Dean couldn't think of anyone else, so he was happy to go with whomever as long as it helped him narrow down the list of suspects.
The two men finally decided to take a small break for some food, and just as Dean stepped into the hallway with a plate full of food, he heard a small whimper coming from upstairs. He dropped the plate, ignoring the fact that it smashed on the floor, and ran up to the noise as fast as he could, crashing into Kerry's room to find that something was moving in Amara's previously empty crib. Something small and pink, and slightly round, and…crying? He stepped forward and a few tears came to his eyes as he saw his daughter laying there, her tiny face and fists scrunched up as she began to cry properly. As soon as Dean lifted her out of the crib and held her as tightly to him as he dared she quietened, and as he brushed the tears away, Dean noticed there was a piece of paper that had fallen onto the floor with his name on it. He picked it up, still holding onto his daughter; afraid that if he let her go she would be taken again and as he read it, his eyes narrowed dangerously. He knew for a fact that if he didn't have his daughter in his arms at that particular moment, he probably would have punched the wall or shot at something. Or possibly and most likely, both.
Dean,
Don't bother looking for your, what is she anyway? Wife? Girlfriend? Fiancée? Either way, you won't find Kerry until we decide that it's time for you to find her. See in order to set Lucifer free, we need the blood of somebody pure of heart, and even though she has killed, she is still pure in her heart, and I thought she would be the best person because, well, I just don't like you, and this is payback. Just think about this too. I've done all of this, and poor, sweet, naïve Sammy doesn't even know. Makes you think twice about not telling him doesn't it? Anyway, I'll see you eventually.
~Ruby
Dean walked downstairs still cradling Amara, and Bobby's eyes widened in surprise as he saw the infant and the murderous glare on Dean's face.
"Is that really…?"
"Amara? Yep. And guess what? My idea was right, it's Ruby. She has Kerry."
Bobby continued to look surprised, and Dean gave Amara to him as he stepped outside. A few moments later, Bobby heard an angered yell before the sound of something being hit, shortly followed by a round of bullets being shot into an unfortunate car that had been chosen as the extremely pissed off man's object of release.
Kerry wasn't sure how long she'd been held in the room for. All she knew was that she was exhausted, ravenous and scared. She had no idea why they were keeping her here, but she did know with a mother's relief, that they didn't want Amara. She overheard Ruby speaking to one of the guards later on the day that she stole Amara, and she heard enough to know that her daughter had been returned to Dean. Knowing her daughter was safe filled her with joy, but the joy was short lived as Ruby entered the room only moments later to tell her that she was going to die before Dean could find her. She wasn't afraid to die, but she was afraid to leave her child behind without a mother. She was also scared of leaving the ones she loved behind. Sam, her dad, Dean…she cried softly as she thought of Dean, eventually falling asleep. When she woke, it was because she found herself being pulled up off the floor and being dragged down a long hallway by a very tall and muscular man. She could hear voices up ahead, and immediately recognised one.
"So, why are we here Ruby?"
"We're here to see history in the making, my love."
"As long as Dean, Bobby Kerry and Amara are safe. You promised"
"Sammy" Kerry whispered.
She tried to call out to him, but she felt a cold hand clamp over her mouth, preventing her from uttering a word. She glared but the man just smirked and continued to pull her away, even as she tried to get free.
"Don't worry, your brother, the baby and the old man are all safe."
"What about Kerry?"
"What about her?"
Kerry had enough of this. Sam was right by her, and she was desperate for him to see the real Ruby. He had to know. She bit down on the man's hand that was still covering her mouth, and as he yelled out in pain, she heard Sam ask what it was, and heard Ruby reply that it was nothing. Ruby came out and Kerry quickly hid out of view. The other woman disappeared off the corridor and Kerry waited for a few minutes before pushing off the wall and heading to the door that lead into the room where Sam was, fighting the feeling that she was going to pass out the whole time. She threw the door open just in time to see Sam about to leave the room through another exit at the other end of the room. Panic filled her and tears came to her eyes as her hope started to fade. She knew that if he left now, it would be over and she'd be killed. She took a deep breath and prayed that her voice wouldn't give out as she called.
"Sam! Help!" she called as loudly as she could.
He stopped in his tracks in shock and quickly turned to face her, his eyes widening as he took in her appearance. She was ghostly white, with cuts and bruises all over her, and by the looks of things, she had been there a while as she looked like she had lost a lot of weight. The thing that scared him the most though was the reason why she was even here, something he had no answer to. He saw her stagger slightly and just by pure reflex he found himself racing over to her, thrusting his arms out to catch her as she fell.
Kerry felt herself feel light headed, and tilted slightly, but before she could fall completely to the floor and probably end up flat on her face, she felt a pair of strong arms wrap tightly round her and she looked up to see Sam's soft brown eyes looking worriedly at her. She gave him a weak smile and as he helped her stand, she straightened up before punching him as hard as she could on the arm. Sam stepped to the side and gave her a look that was a mixture of confusion and annoyance.
"What was that for?" he shouted.
"For believing her over your own brother!" she argued.
Sam's eyes softened and he looked to the floor in shame. Kerry noticed and weakly reached a hand up to softly cup the side of his face.
"However, I forgive you, but only if you get me the hell out of here before Ruby arrives. She knows I've gone now and is currently hunting me down, and when she finds me, I'm dead."
Sam nodded and picked her up so that she was safely nestled in his arms. Just as they reached the front entrance, a deep, husky voice laced with a calm anger called out.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you Sam."
Sam turned to face the person and Kerry slid out of his arms, holding onto him while she stopped her head from spinning. She looked over to the person to see those eyes she loved narrowed dangerously and aiming a gun straight at his brother's head.
"Dean?" she asked.
"Yeah, surprised?"Kerry didn't answer and instead stepped in front of Sam so that Dean couldn't shoot him. Sam tried to speak to Dean but Dean ignored him, keeping his gaze firmly planted on Kerry. He held an arm out to her, and she gingerly started walking towards him, but just as she reached out to take hold of his hand, a shadow came out from nowhere and grabbed her, pulling her away from Dean and Sam and moving her over to the other end of the room. She screamed in pain and panic as she felt herself being pulled away, but suddenly she felt something sharp being held closely against her throat and she fell silent in fear, knowing that her life was only a flick of a wrist away from being ended.
"Ruby what the hell are you doing!?" Sam yelled
"Shut up Sam. If either of you boys move then she will die. I don't need much blood for the seal, but don't think for one minute that I won't kill her. I'm not really bothered if I spill more blood than is actually necessary."
Kerry felt all the fear in her body leave at that comment, to be replaced with anger. She looked over at the brothers and when she saw the desperation on both of their faces, she glared up at the woman holding her hostage, and Sam and Dean glanced at each other in slight worry as they recognised the look. Dean folded his arms and leant up against the wall behind him, trying not to show how worried he actually was.
"Go ahead and do it then. Be my guest." he challenged Ruby
"You realise I'm threatening the slut you sleep with who also conceived your bastard offspring?""No, you're threatening my soon to be wife, who is the most beautiful, amazing woman I have ever met and who carried our gorgeous and special daughter for nine months."
Sam looked at Dean with a small smile on his face, but Dean continued to ignore him and the smile fell just as quickly as it had appeared. He kept his eyes on Kerry, and answered her questioning gaze with a nod to confirm that he meant every word of it.
Ruby rolled her eyes and moved the knife away from her hostage's throat before plunging it deeply into Kerry's leg and pulling it to create a large, deep slash. Kerry cried out at the burst of excruciating pain, before throwing her head backwards and hitting Ruby, and then twisting the woman's arm so that she dropped the knife. As soon as the knife left her hand, Kerry then threw Ruby backwards before rolling and grasping the knife in her own hand. She stood shakily, avoiding putting pressure on her injured leg, and faced the woman. Ruby stood and applauded Kerry with a look of boredom before lurching forward and snapping Kerry's arm round. Kerry screamed as she dropped the knife, and the next thing she knew, Ruby sliced across her stomach, arm and shoulder, before throwing her onto a large symbol carved onto the floor. Ruby laughed before facing Sam, who called out that he was going to kill her for this.
"And how do you plan on doing that, Sammy boy?"
Sam didn't reply, just continued to glare. Dean glanced at his brother at that point and Sam looked to Dean. They both nodded and Sam ran towards Ruby, sending her crashing into the opposite wall.
Kerry knew she had to move, knew she had to get away before the seal could be broken, but she physically didn't have the energy to. She could only watch in desperation as her blood slowly began to fill the lines on the floor. She struggled onto her knees, but the blood kept flowing and as more of the symbol was filled, she felt herself becoming weaker and weaker, until she eventually pitched forward. Dean managed to run and grab her to pull her away and help her off the floor but it was too late. The seal began to glow and pulsate. Dean firmly held onto Kerry as she clung to him, a few tears staining her face. She muttered 'I'm sorry' the whole time. He pulled some stray strands of hair from her face and kissed her deeply.
"It's not your fault; there was nothing you could have done. I'm proud of you for fighting back though. And by the way, I meant it, as soon as this is over, you are becoming my wife."
"Anytime" she answered softly with a small smile.
Dean kissed her again before moving her further away from the glowing seal and hiding her behind a broken piece of stone so that she would be protected from the danger for now.
"Stay here, ok? I need to stop Sam from killing her. He doesn't realise that she is the final seal."
Kerry coughed and grimaced in pain, nodding to Dean that she understood. Dean handed her one of his guns and he didn't show it, but he was scared that the grip she had on the gun was almost too weak for him to be convinced that she was going to make it out alive. He had to get her out of there as quickly as possible.
But first, he had to stop Sam.
Kerry watched as Dean ran off down the hallway. She picked the gun up, noticing how heavy it seemed compared to normal, and placed it in her lap. She slowly pulled her jacket off and pulled at the already ripped sleeves to create makeshift bandages. She struggled to tie them, and had to give up in the end as she felt too weak to continue. Black spots were starting to appear in her vision, and she felt herself slipping into unconsciousness. Just before she did, she heard someone coming into the room and heading in her direction, and she grasped the gun weakly, raising a shaking arm towards the sound. Just as she squeezed the trigger, a brown nose poked round the corner, followed by a big bushy dog. Kerry gasped and dropped the gun.
"Jackson?"
The dog barked once and ran to her, licking her face and whining. Kerry felt tears fall again and she weakly wrapped her arms round the husky, pushing her face into his warm fur. A few seconds later she heard more footsteps and suddenly her dad appeared.
"Kerry! Thank God!"
He quickly pulled her top off and began to patch up her wounds, stopping the bleeding and using holy water to treat the wounds as much as he could. Kerry hissed as the water burnt her wounds, but she could feel her strength returning to her. Once Bobby had finished patching her up, he helped her up onto her feet, and for a while her legs shook, but eventually settled. She looked her dad in the eyes and smiled in thanks, before her face fell serious.
"We have to go and help Dean." she said.
Bobby nodded and the pair of them, followed by Jackson, moved off to the other room where Dean, Sam and Ruby were.