Chapter 2

Dean looked at his watch and sighed. It had been a good twenty minutes and Sam still hadn't come back. "It's minus ten out there, what the hell does he think he's doing?" he said exasperated.

Cas frowned. "Dean, something's wrong. The way that woman stared at Sam it-"

Dean showed a hint of a smile and replied "Cas, that's called checking someone out."

Cas looked at him patronizingly. "No, Dean. I think they were up to something. The symbols on the man's skin looked familiar. Most of them were covered by his jacket though so I couldn't see them clearly enough to identify them properly."

Dean scratched his neck nervously. When Cas thinks there's a problem, he's usually right. He sighed. They didn't have much more time left to find the Colt and the last thing they needed was Sam getting into trouble with some sexy chick. Dean reached into one of the pockets in his leather jacket, pulled out his mobile and dialled Sam's number.

"Son of a bitch!" he yelled, causing a few heads in the bar to turn in shock. "That stupid kid isn't picking up his phone!" he added as he quickly paid the bill and marched outside into the freezing winter night with Cas following closely behind him. "Sam?" he called into the empty street. "SAMMY!?" he yelled, making his throat sore.

Cas noticed a shiny object sticking out of some blood stained snow. He knelt down and brushed the snow away to uncover a stainless steel pistol. "Dean?" he called quietly.

"Yes, Cas?" Dean answered irritably. His brother was missing and he didn't have time for Cas and his questions.

Cas turned and handed the pistol carefully over to Dean. He said nothing as Dean registered the fact that he was holding his brother's gun. Dean's eyes stung like hell from blinking back tears but he reassured himself that it was from the cold. He hated the thought of crying in front of Cas and showing him how pathetic he was.

Cas' hand hovered for a few seconds before he had the courage to place it on Dean's shoulder. "Dean, we'll find him. He's going to be alright." he said, trying his best to comfort him.

He wasn't sure whether it was because of the kidnapping, the guilt or his confused and mixed feelings for Cas but his body burned with rage and all he could see was red. Dean shrugged Cas' hand off roughly and shouted "Don't touch me, Cas! I don't need your sympathy!"

Cas stepped back in shock, holding his arms up. "Dean, I didn't mean to offend you."

Dean swallowed back his anger and shrugged, not speaking a word.

All of a sudden Dean's phone rang. "Please be Sam….please be Sam." He mumbled. His hands trembled as he answered the phone. "Sammy?" he asked hopefully.

"Wakey wakey Sammy." Ruby sang as she stroked the side of his smooth face with the sharp edge of her knife.

Sam moaned as his eyes fluttered open. "Wha' … What's going on?" he slurred. A few moments later he remembered what happened earlier and started to panic. Sam tried to stand up but his hands and feet were tied with coarse rope behind the chair he was sitting on. He tried to yank his hands free but the rope was too tight and it scraped his skin, leaving the rope bloody.

"Finally, Sleeping Beauty's decided to wake up." The demon with the tattoos teased.

Ruby gave him a half-hearted smile and turned her attention back on Sam. She straddled him and kissed him lightly on the cheek. "Miss me Sammy?" she whispered.

Sam wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Get off me! What am I even doing here? How…How are you even alive?" he asked bewildered, trying to sound brave and cocky like Dean.

Ruby brushed Sam's hair out his eyes and said "Lucifer brought me back. He was grateful for my help." Sam clenched his teeth in anger at the mention of Lucifer.

"Oh Sammy, Sammy, Sammy…don't get your panties in a knot, you'll give yourself a nosebleed. Anyway, time to get our little plan in motion, can't sit here all day…as much as I'd like to." She added cheekily.

Ruby motioned for the male demon to cover Sam's mouth as she dialled Dean's number and smiled wickedly as he answered the phone.

"Hey, Dean. No, I'm sorry, Sammy can't come to the phone right now, he's a little…tied up. Now here's the deal, you come here without your little angel friend and maybe we'll let little Sammy here go. Come to the abandoned warehouse, 10 miles south from where you are right now or the deals off. Got it? Oh and Dean, the longer you take the more fun me and Sam are going to have, so no need to rush." Ruby laughed as she hung up the phone.