"Question number 6. Why did the demon kill your mother?"

"It was all about me. The demon wanted me to lead an army of demons. My mother's death was all my fault."

So, the father blamed the son for his mother's death. A baby. The doctor felt even more compassion for the poor young man sitting in front of him.

"Question number 7. What was your relationship with your father like?"

"We fought a lot. He wanted to control me. He wanted me to live a life of hunting. I didn't want that. But, he really just wanted to protect me."

He had read in Sam's file that he had gone away to Stanford until his girlfriend had died in a fire, not unlike his mother. He wondered if his father had done that to get him back? He also wondered if Sam was abused. He knew a lot of abuse victims fooled themselves into thinking that abuser was just doing it for his or her own good.

"Question number 8. Who was responsible for your girlfriend's death?"

"The demon killed her, too. So, ultimately it was my fault." Sam pictured Jessica. He hadn't thought about her for a while. It made him feel guilty. When she had first died, he hadn't gone five minutes without thinking about her. Now, he could go for weeks without her popping into his mind. Someday, she might be gone completely. That made him sad.

The doctor wondered if Sam killed Jessica or if his father did it. Sam certainly felt guilty. That much was obvious. But, if his father had killed her in order to control him, then Sam would most certainly carry the weight of that responsibility.

"Question number 9. If your father wanted to protect you, why did he let you around monsters. That doesn't make sense."

Sam considered that. The doctor was right. If you wanted to protect someone you didn't thrown them into the lion's den. "I don't know."

This was good. He was getting through his walls. Making Sam come face to face with his delusions. How they were wrong. What would his last question for today be?

"Question number 10. What is your relationship with your brother like?"

"He's disappointed in me. He thinks I've betrayed him. He's right. I really messed up."

Once again, the doctor's heart broke. He wished he had gotten to him 10 or 15 years sooner. Maybe he could have had that normal life with Jessica. But, there was no reason he couldn't have it soon. Not with Jessica, of course. But it sounded like he needed to get to the brother too. Dean might kill Sam. Sam seemed to think that Dean was angry with him and the doctor was pretty sure that Dean had a controlling relationship with Sam. If Sam didn't obey, Dean probably punished him. Sooner or later, someone usually ended up dead in a relationship like that. He let Sam go to bed, and headed back to his office to prepare his notes and questions for tomorrow.

SSS

"This ain't going to be easy," Bobby said. They had managed to obtain floor plans, personnel records, and security practices from the hospital.

"When is anything ever easy?" Dean countered.

"Dean, I don't think it's possible," Martin chimed in.

"We're not going to leave him there to rot for the rest of his life," Dean yelled.

"I'm out of this," Martin said, and ran out of the house. He wasn't going to risk anything as chancy as this. He had decided with what happened that he was never going to do anything risky ever again. He had taken ten hunters into a bad situation.. They had been fighting vampires in a dark building. The vampires had all managed to sneak out, while he and the other hunters had decapitated themselves. He had been the only one to walk out alive. He had nightmares about that every night.

"Good riddance," Dean said under his breath. If it hadn't been for Martin and his stupid hunt, they wouldn't be in this mess. Martin always walked away while others paid the price. Why hadn't he remembered that in time?

SSS

"Ready for our second session?" the doctor asked.

"Can I get this straitjacket off?" Sam asked.

"If you take your pills without complaint."

Sam nodded. It was more important to get the stupid jacket off. The deal completed, the doctor began his next set of questions.

"Question 1. Has Dean ever hurt you?"

"Yes." Sam didn't want to elaborate. He wouldn't betray Dean like that. Dean had never meant to hurt him and it was usually brought on by Sam's own actions.

The doctor was gladdened by this response. Maybe Sam's delusions were breaking down.

"Question 2. Was Dean happy when Jessica died and you were rejoined the family?"

"Yes," Sam whispered. He had always known that a part of Dean was glad that Jess had died, but he had never been willing to admit that even to himself because then he would have to hate Dean.

This was going much better than the doctor had hoped. Sam was making remarkable progress.

"Question 3. You said yesterday that Dean was disappointed in you. What did you do that disappointed him?"

"I chose a demon over him. She tricked me into drinking demon blood and I killed this other demon and started the Apocalypse."

Hmm. Maybe the delusions weren't completely gone.

"Question 4. Do you agree that you are completely responsible for the Apocalypse?"

"No. It was partly Dean's fault, too."

This was interesting. An abused party usually wouldn't find fault with their abuser.

"Question 5. Does Dean take any responsibility for it?"

"No. He told me it was all my fault," Sam said, remembering their last encounter.

Sam seemed to be getting angry. If they could just get beyond the supernatural to what the real world problems were. Of course, this was a shared delusion that went back 20 years. It wasn't going to be easy.