Chapter 12
Later on the next day, the three were trying to research their next move when a knock sounded on the door. Dean pulled out his gun as Sam answered it. A girl in her early twenties was standing there looking very excited and having trouble breathing.
"You okay lady?" Sam asked confused.
"Sam… is it really you?" the girl asked. Sam glances back to Dean but quickly turned his attention back to the girl as she started to touch his chest. "And you're so firm." She said very creepy.
Sarah tried to contain her laughter as Sam asked, "Um, do I know you?"
The girl pulled back but continued to stare at Sam bewildered. "No, but I know you. You're Sam Winchester. And you're…" She said looking past Sam at Dean, "not what I pictured." The she spotted Sarah and glared. "I'm Becky." She said pushing past Sam and into the room. "I read all about you all. And I've even written a few…" Becky said then glanced down giggling a little, "Anyway, Mr. Edlund told me where you were."
"Chuck?" Dean asked standing up. Sam closed the door.
"He's got a message, but he's being watched. Angels. Nice change-up to the mythology, by the way. The demon stuff was getting a little old."
"Right. Just, um… what's the message?" Sam asked uncomfortably.
"He had a vision. 'The Michael sword is on earth. The angels lost it.' " She said.
"The Michael sword?" Dean asked.
"Becky, does he know where it is?" Sam asked.
"In a castle, on a hill made of forty two dogs." Becky recited.
"Are… you sure you got that right?" Sam asked trying not to upset her.
"It doesn't make sense, but that's what he said." Becky explained then took a step closer to Sam and said, "I memorized every word." She then placed her hand on Sam's chest again before adding, "For you."
Sam glanced over at Dean then down at Becky awkwardly before saying, "Um… Becky… c… uh, can you… quit touching me?"
"No." She replied simply with her eyes closed, still caressing his chest.
Sarah looked at the face Becky was making and decided to intervene. Standing up, she limped over to Becky and grabbed her arm.
"Okay… well thanks for the info but we have a lot of work to do." Sarah said opening the door and pushing Becky out. Once the door was closed she turned around and two stunned and slightly amused faces. "What?"
Dean started to chuckle. "A little jealous, are we?"
"What is it they say at your strip clubs? You can look but not touch. Well nobody fondles my boys." Sarah explained.
"Oh really?" Dean quipped.
Sarah rolled her eyes. "Okay. What would you do if that were a fan boy instead of a fan girl. And he came in and started touching me like that?... hm?...Tell me, Sam, would you have been as nice as I was?" She asked moving her attention to Sam.
He just sort of nodded his head, awkwardly. "Yeah, I probably would've decked him." Then he smirked, "Thanks, though. That was just…"
"Creepy! She was just so creepy! She looked like she was about to… let's just say explode… with excitement." She added chuckling.
A little while later, another knock sounded at the door.
"Hey, Bobby." Dean said answering the door and giving Bobby a hug.
"Good to see you boys in one piece." Bobby said giving Sam a hug also. Then he moved to Sarah and said, "Hey there little lady," as he hugged her too.
"You weren't followed, were you?" Dean asked.
"You mean by angels, demons, or Sam's new super fan?" Bobby asked.
"You heard." Sam said laughing.
"I heard, Romeo. So… sword of Michael, huh?"
"You think we're talking about the actual sword for the actual archangel?" Dean asked.
"You better friggin' hope so." Bobby said opening a book to show a painting of Michael surrounded by angels. "That's Michael. Toughest son of a bitch they got."
"You kidding me? Tough? That guy looks like Cate Blanchet." Dean scoffed.
"Well, I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley, believe me. He commands the heavenly host. During the last big dust-up upstairs, he's the one who booted Lucifer's ass to the basement. Did it with that sword." Bobby explained. "So if we find it…"
"We can kick the devil's ass all over again. All right. So, where do we start?" Sam asked.
"Divvy up and start reading, try and make sense of Chuck's nonsense." Bobby said.
Sam moved to a pile of old books but stopped short and just stared at them.
"Kid you alright?" Bobby asked.
Sam turned to face Bobby, "No, actually, Bobby, this is all my fault. I'm sorry."
"Sam…" Dean warned.
"Lilith didn't break the final seal. Lilith was the final seal." Sam continued.
"Sam, stop it." Dean growled.
"I killed her, and I set Lucifer free." Sam admitted.
"You what?" Bobby exclaimed.
"You guys warned me about Ruby, the demon blood, but I didn't listen. I brought this on." Sam finished.
Dean stared at the ground as Bobby stood up and walked closer to Sam then said, "You're damn right you didn't listen. You were reckless and selfish and arrogant."
"I'm sorry." Sam said.
"Oh, yeah? You're sorry you started Armageddon? This kind of thing don't get forgiven, boy. If, by some miracle, we pull this off… I want you to lose my number. You understand me?" Bobby growled.
"Bobby!" Sarah exclaimed, shocked.
Sam just nodded, as if this was what he expected to hear. "There's an old church nearby. Maybe I'll go read some of the lore books there."
"Yeah. You do that." Bobby said angrily.
Sam turned and walked out the door.
"I can't believe you." Sarah said shocked. "Either of you." Then she limped her way out the door to find Sam.
"Sam, wait up!" Sarah called after Sam as she limped after him. Her body still sore from the archangel fight.
Sam stopped and looked back in surprise, then he said sadly, "Sarah, you should stay with Dean and Bobby."
"Why? Am I not safe with you?" She asked innocently.
He looked at her uncomfortably. "Uh… Well…"
"Answer me this, are you drunk?" She asked.
"No," he answered confused.
"Are you high on demon blood?" she asked.
"No…"
"Are you mad at me?"
"No." he said slightly amused.
"Then…" she said hooking her arm in his, "I see no reason for me not to join you." Then she smiled at him and pulled him down a little so she could kiss his cheek. "So, shall we go do some research?"
He gave her another stunned expression, then started to lead her toward the church. After a minute of them walking quietly, Sarah could tell that Sam had a question on his mind. "You wanna ask that question Sam? Or are you waiting for a special time?"
"Well, I was just wondering…"
"Why I'm not disowning you?" She finished for him.
"Yeah." He said sheepishly.
"I don't know, but I had a lot of time to think the last few days. Ever since the angels took Dean actually. I drove to Chucks house that day with so many scenarios running through my head. None of them good. Most of them ending with never seeing you and Dean again. And that… that I just couldn't live with. So now…even though we are facing the apocalypse, I am happy we are alive and together."
"So all your anger about what happened last year is gone? I'm sorry but I kinda find that a little hard to believe." Sam said warily.
"It's not gone, Sam. I don't think it will ever be gone. I just know where to place that anger now."
"And where's that?"
"On the demons who took my baby and the angels who tried to take my freedom." Sarah said passionately.
Sam stopped and turned to Sarah. "What?"
Sarah slowly made eye contact with Sam. "Yeah… I was going to tell you now that we have the hex bags to hide from the angels but I just didn't want to add to all the frustrations."
"Sarah, if you wait till there are no frustrations then you're going to be waiting forever." He said pulling her over to a bench. "Tell me."
"It started during the Sandover situation. When they gave me back my memories, I was told I would either play my part or they would take away my free will and make me." Sarah said tears filling her eyes.
"Take away your free will?"
"Yeah. But first he said that they were going to show me real torture. He said what I went through with the demons would feel like a party. Then he just twisted his hand a little and it felt like my insides were going to burst."
"Did he say what your part was?"
"To be with Dean. He said that was my destiny and that I will find my way to him every time."
"Well, that's true."
"He also said that Dean and I conceived baby too soon. That my baby's death was actually a seal." She said letting the tears fall.
"Oh, Sarah." Sam said wrapping his arm around her and holding her close. "Is that why you pulled away from Dean so much? I mean at one point you two reconciled, right? But then you pulled away again. Is that why you kissed me?"
"Yeah, sorry about that but, it's a little disconcerting to wake up after… reconciling… to find an angel in your room. He was there to tell me what great progress I was making with Dean." She said in an angry daze. "You know, I'm pretty sure they were trying to cause a bigger rift between you two with me. Little do they realize, Dean would choose you 100% of the time over anything. Including me."
"That's not true, Sarah. Dean would choose you, if he couldn't figure out a way of saving both of us." Sam said trying to confront her.
"Yeah. Sure." Sarah said unbelievingly.
They were quiet a few moments before Sam asked, "So what does this mean for you and Dean now?"
"I don't know. I want it to get back to the way things used to be. We were just friends once, maybe we could try that again."
"So no intimate relationship."
"You know what? I think we've talked about me plenty. What about you?" Sarah asked changing the subject.
"What about me?" Sam asked awkwardly.
"Anything you want to say? While we're sharing and all?" Sarah asked and added when she saw his hesitation. "Alright, well, I'll listen whenever you're ready. Okay?" She looked up at Sam and he nodded. "Ok. Enough of this feelings crap. Let's go do some research."
The continued their walk to the church and spent the next two hours going through as many of the old books as they could before they had to leave.
"You know what? I think I'll go get us some pizza and beer. Tell them I won't be long." Sarah instructed Sam when they were halfway back to the motel.
"I'll go with you." Sam said.
"No. It's okay, I know you want to see if they found anything. I'll be fine."
"But what about your injuries? You really think you can manage to carry it all?"
"You saying I can't handle a simple task of getting dinner?" Sarah asked letting her attitude show. Sam opened his mouth to say something but Sarah cut him off, "Don't worry about me, okay? Now run along." Then she turned and hobbled across the street towards the pizza shop.
"The end of the world is coming!" a man wearing a sign was saying as people walked passed.
"You have no idea." Sarah said as she passed him and into the pizza shop. Once back outside she continued her journey to get some beer when she was pulled into an alley.
"Oh. You picked the wrong girl to grab buddy." Sarah said before she used some defensive moves to free herself from her attackers grasp. Facing him she saw that he was wearing a suit. "Oh no!" She cried as another grabbed her arm. The next thing she saw was a white room. Totally white and she was strapped to the wall. "Stupid angels!"
"Now is that any way to greet us?" Zachariah asked walking into view.