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Hopefully you haven't given up on me yet! School is delaying my progress, but I'm doing my best to get more chapters written.
Sam smiled, thankful the rabbit's foot was finally destroyed. His bad luck was finally over. Something moved in his peripheral. Sam looked over his shoulder, tense. Bela was making a run for it!
Ruby saw Sam's head pop up and turned, throwing her hand out. Bela flew backwards through the air and landed hard into a tree.
"Ruby!" Sam ran over to Bela. "What the hell..." His voice trailed off as he took in the horror before him. Bela's face was screwed up in pain, her breathing labored. The jagged end of a tree limb protruded from her stomach; Sam knew the wound was fatal.
Ruby walked up to Sam, her eyes on Bela. "I saw her make a break for it. I couldn't let that happen." Softer, she added, "I'm sorry."
Sam sighed. "I know." Sam knew Ruby was sorry. She was only trying to stop Bela from getting free and sending hell on earth their way.
"Your call, Sam. What do we do with her?" Ruby gazed at Sam with knowing eyes. Bela Talbot was a dead woman. Ruby knew Sam hated killing people, but she also knew he wouldn't let Bela suffer.
"I-" Sam gave a deep breath. What he was going to say wasn't easy, no matter the circumstances. "You need to kill her."
"Sam, I can't. She has a contract with another demon." Sam inwardly groaned. He had been hanging around demons enough to know what that meant. "I can't kill her before her contract is up."
Sam had no choice. They had talked long enough; Bela had suffered long enough. Pulling his knife out of his boot, Sam walked up to Bela and stabbed her in the heart. For a split second, her entire body went rigid, and then she relaxed into a never ending slumber.
Sam pulled the knife out of Bela, hardening his features. Turning to Ruby, he ordered, "Get her out of here. I'll meet you back at the main hall."
Sam teleported back into his room, flopping onto his bed. Bella was dead, and it was all his fault. Why couldn't he have watched over her and let Ruby burn the damned rabbit's foot? Another minute wouldn't have killed him. Why couldn't he have kept watching her so she wouldn't have had a chance to escape? What if he had taken her to a hospital instead of killing her?
Sam's head was full of countless 'whys' and 'what ifs' that only made him feel more terrible by the second. Damn it, Sam! He heard his father's voice yell. Man up! You can't save everyone, so stop moping and get your ass in gear.
Sam fought to keep his emotions in check. As much as he disagreed with his father, Sam had to admit that staring at the ceiling wasn't going to fix anything. Sitting up, Sam squared his shoulders. Bela died because he wasn't strong enough, because his powers weren't strong enough.
Mind made, Sam swiftly made his way to the main hall. He needed to talk to Ruby. They had some training to do.
Sam paced the main hall anxiously. What was taking Ruby so long? Dispose of the body, meet back at the main hall. It was simple. So why was she not back yet?!
Sam took a deep breathe. Getting riled up wouldn't help anything. Composed, Sam sat down in his chair and ran through the conversation he'd have with Ruby soon.
"Miss me?" Ruby was sitting cross-legged in her chair, facing Sam. It was no longer Azazel's chair; he hardly ever sat in it.
Sam wasn't in the mood to put up with Ruby's antics. "I want to get stronger."
Ruby twirled a blonde lock around her finger. "Okay. We can train more hours if you want."
"Don't mess around Ruby. You know what I want."
Ruby looked up at Sam, eyes wide, feigning shock. "Me? You know I can't read minds. Maybe with some training we could see if you could, though..." Her eyes glinted mischievously.
Sam glared at the blonde in front of him. "Ruby, I want to drink from the flask."
Ruby swung her legs down from the chair and stood up. "You don't even know what it is, Sam. Are you sure you want to do this?"
Standing up, Sam looked Ruby dead in the eyes. "I want to do this. I don't care what it is; all I care about is becoming stronger."
Ruby smiled, an evil glint in her eye. "I'll go get it, then. Meet me at the training field so we can start right away."
Ruby was ecstatic. Sam asked her, of his own accord, to get the flask. Her plan was falling together perfectly. Soon, even Azazel wouldn't be able to stop her.
She popped in front of his hotel room and did the special knock. The door opened and Ruby all but flew in. "Azazel, you'll never guess what happened!"
Azazel looked up at Ruby from the lone table in the hotel, Dante by his side. "Don't act like such a child. It's unbecoming. Now, I am very busy so this better be important." Azazel threatened.
Ruby frowned. "I get you and Dante are plotting at the moment, but if you don't want to hear about your little boy king that's fine by me." She turned on her heel.
"Wait! What about Sam?"
Ruby smirked. That's what she thought. Turning back around, she leaned against the wall. "If you must know, Sam has decided to take our little energy boost. He even asked for it."
Dante's mouth dropped. "Sam actually agreed to drink demon's blood?"
Ruby nodded. "Well, technically he doesn't know what it is, but he said he doesn't care as long as he gets stronger." Turning to Azazel, she adds, "He's becoming the warrior you want him to be. He even killed a human today."
Azazel's smile didn't quite reach his yellow eyes. "That's great. You're doing a great job, Ruby. Keep me posted."
"Of course." Ruby left, popping into Hell's kitchen and grabbing a gallon of demon's blood. She headed to the training field, only stopping once to grab a couple demons off their racks for 'target practice' for Sam. Today was going to be fun.
Ta-da! Now y'all know what was in the flask! Will Sam find out? If he does, will he care? And, more importantly, will Dean find out? Eek! I'm super excited for the next chapter, I'll post as soon as I can!