Chapter 2:
Gabriel entered the motel room first, followed closely by Dean.
Sam looked up at the door, and smiled when he saw Gabriel. "Loki! Where's Dean? Did he get out of his detention? Look, I finished my hotdogs! Can we watch TV? Dean always lets me watch TV after I finish all my food." Sam looked closer at him and tentatively asked, "Is something wrong? You seem sad."
Gabriel shook his head. "It's alright Sammy-"
"Only De can call me Sammy!"
"Sam. It's alright, and I found Dean, but he may be a bit diff-"
"De's here?" Sam's eye lit up at the prospect of seeing his brother. "I haven't seen him since he walked me to school this morning. Where is he?" Sam stood up and looked both ways, searching for his brother.
Dean, having been shocked motionless, stepped out from behind Loki. "Hey Sammy."
"Only De can call me Sammy, and you're not De." Sam turned to Loki with his lower lip quivering. "You said that you found De! That isn't De! Where's De?" Sam looked to be at his breaking point and was very close to throwing a fit.
"Sammy, it's me. I know that I look different but it's me."
Sam looked towards Dean, and shook his head. "No. You're not. I know my own brother, and you're not him. De is 12! You're at least a billion." Sam stated this with a straight face as Loki chuckled. He stopped when he saw the glare of death that Dean was shooting him.
Loki cleared his throat, and turned towards Sam. "Sam, this is your brother, and I can prove it to you. Is there something, a question or a phrase or something, that only Dean would know?"
Sam looked like he was thinking as Dean took in the room. He saw the hotdog wrappers, and could make a pretty good guess as to what age Sammy was. For a while, Sammy had gone through a hotdog phase where he would eat nothing but hotdogs. Dean remembers this fact because his Sammy, the adult Sammy, would not go anywhere near hotdogs.
"What did I give you for Christmas this year?" Sam looked at Dean, and Dean's heart broke a little when he remembered how they used to actually celebrate Christmas.
Dean moved to stand in front of Sam. "You got me a necklace. This amulet in fact," Dean pulled it out from under his shirt. "I'm the only one who knows beside Bob- Uncle Bobby, because Dad wasn't here when you gave it to me. I can also tell you that you're 7 years old, you are in the second grade, your favorite color is green, your favorite food is hotdogs, you want to be a veterinarian when you grow up, and you can't go to sleep unless I'm next to you because you're afraid that the boogeyman is going to get you." Dean brushes Sam's hair back from his face as he continues, "You hate that we never stay in the same place for long, and that Dad is never around. You don't understand why he never stays for long, and that's why you try so hard in school. You hope that if you do well that he'll stay home with us. You don't know why everyone else can live with their parents and you only have me. But I promise you Sammy, things will get better." Dean throws in that last line as he told Sam that every day for years. He hopes that Sam will believe him and that they can start on fixing this.
Sam eyes are filled with tears, and he nearly tackles Dean over. "Dean!" Sam's arms wrap around Dean's waist as Dean's come up to wrap around Sam's shoulders. He runs one hand through Sam's hair, remembering how that always calms him down, no matter what age. He murmurs in Sam's ear that everything will be okay, that he's here now to help.
Loki feels like he's intruding and he starts to ponder how to fix Sam. He starts by thinking about how Sam became this way. He realizes that it was all the stress from losing Dean that broke Sam's already fragile mind, but why did he regress to a child's age? Was that the last safe moment in his mind?
"Dean, when did Sam learn of… well you know." Loki asks Dean.
Dean puts his chin on Sam's shoulder and looks at Loki. "He was eight I think. Dad had come home and Sammy found his journal. We never lied to him, so when he asked I told him."
Loki seemed to think this over. "Well, I have an idea as to why Sam has become this way. The stress from Azazel, you making your deal, and all the shit that I threw at him must've cracked his mental state and he regressed to the last safe point that he can remember. The time before he knew of everything."
"… Well, that seems reasonable. How do we fix him then?"
"I think that we'll have to convince him that you're truly here and that he's safe. Or when he's sleeping I can slip into his mind and release the hold that he put on his memories. The second one might go a little more smoothly."
"No, no way. I don't want you in my brother's head. You've already screwed him up enough as is."
Loki popped over to the two, still hugging, brothers, and put two fingers to Sam's forehead. "Like you could stop me," and then he pushed himself into Sam's mind.
Hey everyone! I'd like to thank all my reviewers, the people who favorited and followed this story. It means a lot that you guys actually like this story!
AngelicZombieCat: Thank you for your continual support, and reviews. I also like your profile picture, as it's freaking adorable.
FireChildSlytherin5: I'm sorry that the Sabriel threw you off, but they probably won't do more than kissing as I'm not a great smut writer. Also, Cas didn't enter the storyline until season 4, so he's probably chillaxing in Heaven with the dicks with wings. :-)
Also, here's a Teen Wolf rant because my friend made me watch it so spoilers through season 2. Why does everyone hate Derek and Peter? Derek saves Scott's life so many times and Scott just leaves him for dead on numerous occasions! And they all hated Peter because he killed people... He was killing the people who set him and his family on FIRE! How is that punishable? And then for him to die by fire... Low blow everybody... Though I did enjoy the self-igniting molotovs... Maybe they should've gotten those in Supernatural... Hmm... Anyhoo, I don't understand why everyone is so against Derek and Peter, when they're just living their lives. Okay, Derek has a reason to hate Peter because Peter killed his sister, but he's the only one I can see with a legit problem. All the other people are just bound up in their moral superiority... Idiots.
Also, I love Peter in case anyone didn't get that.
There, all done with my Teen Wolf rant. I feel better. :-)
Hope everyone is having a great December!
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