A/N: Hey, sorry this update is coming in so late at night, but better late than never. Hope you like it anyway! Only one more chapter after this one.
The drive was long and miserable. Sam was crying for most of it. Bobby had never seen Sam like this. So worried and vulnerable. Bobby too was worried, not just for Dean, but for Sam. If something happened to Dean, Sam wouldn't know what to do with himself. How would new Sam cope with the loss of his brother? Bobby decided to stop thinking about that because he knew they would save Dean. There was no alternative.
They arrived outside of the warehouse and Bobby got everything ready. He wasn't sure it was a good idea, but he handed Sam a gun.
"Sam…I'm not sure if you remember how to use this, and you probably won't have to, but just in case, I'm leaving this with you, alright? Don't use it unless absolutely necessary." Bobby quickly instructed him on how to turn the safety on and back off and then how to pull the trigger.
"I'll be out soon. Dean's gonna be okay. I promise," Sam nodded, trying to reassure himself that everything was going to be okay. He started humming smoke on the water to calm himself down. It was a song from his past that he associated with Dean. It immediately made him feel a little better. He somehow felt closer to Dean through that song. Bobby smiled and snuck in the building through the back entrance.
The door was open. Bobby assumed that Dean had broken in through that same door. He cautiously wandered through each room until he saw a figure, tied to a chair. It was Dean. Bobby was so relieved to see Dean, he had forgotten to watch his back. There was panic in Dean's eyes.
"Bobby, watch out!" he screamed, but Dean's warning didn't come quick enough. Bobby felt something hard hit his head. He blacked out before he even hit the ground.
Sam waited and waited. He waited for what seemed like years and then decided that he was incredibly bored. He knew Bobby had told him not to, but Sam got out of the car. He had his gun tucked in his waistband. It felt familiar but not comfortable. Sam walked in through the front door of the building and started wandering, looking for his brother and Bobby. He tried to be very sneaky. He watched a lot of spy movies over the past few months and knew that the spies were supposed to be sneaky. So, he posed like James Bond and searched for his big brother.
Bobby awoke, strapped to a chair. There was an intense pounding in his head. He vaguely heard his name being called. He snapped back to reality when he realized that it was Dean's voice.
"Bobby! Talk to me! You okay?" Dean called out, worriedly. Bobby looked up at Dean.
"I'm fine," was all he said.
"Well, this is a charming family reunion, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to cut it short."
"Good, cause I was getting bored anyway," Dean said. The demon smiled at him.
"Now…if you don't tell me where that darling brother of yours is, I will break all of your fingers one by one," She told Dean as her eyes flickered black.
"I told you. He's in a coma. He's not waking up," Dean said.
"I know that! I want to know where he is. My boss specifically said he needs both of the Winchester boys… even if one of them comes in a body bag."
"Well, if you think I'm telling you where he is… I'm afraid you don't know me, sweetheart.
"Oh, I know you better than you think I do. See, I know where your weak spot is, and that's family. Now, your family is supposedly in a coma, so let's just use whoever's closest." She turned and looked at Bobby.
"No," Dean said. "No!" Bobby looked at Dean and tried to let him know he'd be okay. The demon walked over to Bobby and gripped his hand. Bobby tried to fight back but the demon was strong. She had a firm grip. She lifted Bobby's fingers, ready to snap them all back.
"Tell me where Sam is," she said simply. Dean panicked. He wasn't sure what to say. He just remained silent. Dean was too hesitant. The demon snapped back Bobby's first finger. Bobby cried out in pain.
"NO! LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Dean cried.
"Just tell me where Sammy is." Dean looked from the demon back to Bobby. Bobby was panting, trying to breathe through the pain. Dean gulped. The demon held Bobby's second finger, ready to snap that one back, but Dean couldn't watch that again.
"Wait, no, STOP! I'll tell you… I'll tell you where Sam is." The demon turned her attention away from Bobby and walked towards Dean.
"He's…he's at a hospital. Sioux Falls General Hospital. I swear. He's in the long term care unit." The demon looked Dean in the eyes.
"Liar!" she screamed. Before Dean knew it, the demon had a knife out. She raised the knife and stabbed Dean straight through the shoulder. Dean screamed in agony. He heard another voice yelling that was probably Bobby's. The pain was white hot. It consumed him. All of a sudden, he felt nauseous. He was still screaming.
Sam had heard Bobby's screams and that's how he found which room he and Dean were in. While the demons were preoccupied with Bobby and Dean, Sam snuck through the back of the room. He tried to quiet so no one would notice him. That's when he found Dean's gun, his holy water and Ruby's knife. He picked up the knife and the holy water and snuck around through the back of the room so he was standing behind two of the three demons. He knew what he had to do to save Dean and Bobby. He had to kill the demons.
Bobby was in a lot of pain, Sam could tell, and he wanted nothing more than to go see if he was okay, but his instincts told him no. He waited. Then, he watched as the lady demon stabbed his brother in the shoulder. Sam could hear his heart break as he watched his brother cry out in pain. He pushed back the tears and realized that he had to act now.
First, he went for the boy demons. He caught the first one by surprise and stabbed him right in the back. The second demon shouted as he turned around. The demon was fast; Sam was faster. Sam punched the demon in the jaw and stabbed him in the stomach. Sam didn't even wait to see the body hit the ground. He ran to the demon standing over Dean. Unfortunately, she was more skilled than the others. She turned to Sam and took the knife from his brother's shoulder.
She raised and readied to strike on the younger Winchester, but Sam caught her arm before the knife could pierce him. The demon growled and kicked Sam's knees out from under him. Sam collapsed. He tried to get up, but hands wrapped around his throat, choking him. Sam tried to gasp for air, but he couldn't get any.
"Sammy!" Dean screamed desperately.
Sam reached for Ruby's knife which he'd dropped on the ground. He grasped it and stuck it straight into the lady demon's stomach. Her face contorted with pain and she released her grip on Sam's throat. Sam gasped for air and pushed the demon off of him. He watched as the demon died before his eyes. Once he felt he had enough air, he got up, feeling a little dizzy. He ran to Dean first.
"Sammy?" Dean called. "You okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine. What about you?"
"Other than the stab wound, I'm okay," Dean told him. Sam applied pressure to the wound to stop it from bleeding. With his free hand, he cut Dean's ropes with Ruby's knife. That's when Sam started to feel the familiar pain in his head.
"Sammy, you're…you're acting like your old self again," Dean noticed. Sam smiled and nodded. He was about to say something when he felt a hot spike of pain shoot straight through his head. Sam screamed in agony and collapsed to the ground.
"Sam? Sammy!" Dean cried. He stooped down to Sam's side and tried to help him, but there was no visible injury. Dean and Bobby both knew that this was related to Sam's insanity. Dean noticed Sam's nose was bleeding.
"We have to get him to a hospital!"
A/N: Mwahahaha! Hope you can endure this cliffhanger for a week. Tune in next Thursday for the final chapter! Don't forget to leave a review if you have a second. Thanks!