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Chapter 7
It had been hours since they had been captured. The shifter had made his way through all of the Winchester siblings, but focusing most on Elizabeth. He was finding some real joy in cutting up the hunters mercilessly.
Sam and Dean were just barely holding on to consciousness and Eli had passed out about a half hour ago.
"Sammy...?" Dean asked weakly.
"Hm...?" Was Sam's response.
"How you holdin' up?"
"Oh, I'm swell."
"Smart-ass." Dean chuckled, then winced a little.
The brothers had cuts all up their arms and they were bleeding. The shifter had thrown the brothers one towel each before going out to do god-knows-what. Eli, on the other hand, had cuts everywhere. She hadn't been given anything to help with her wounds and was bleeding freely all over the floor.
"Do you think Liz is gonna be ok?" Sam asked.
"No, no, no. Don't you turn into me." Dean told Sam.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean worry about yourself. I can worry about you two, you don't have to turn into me."
"I'm a big brother now, of course I'm going to turn into you."
"Please don't, Sam. I want you to keep going when I'm gone." Dean was practically begging.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, I don't want you to die after I go to hell. I want you to live on with Eli. Don't sacrifice yourself. Ever. It sucks."
"It's what you've done."
"I'm telling you not to do what I've done."
Before Sam could respond, the shifter walked back in. "Looks like I have to hurry this up." it said. It then walked over to Eli and slapped her across the face. Dean pulled on his ropes angrily. Both Winchester boys looked at each other and nodded. They both started trying to work their ropes off again.
"Wha..?" Eli muttered, slowly regaining consciousness.
"Welcome back, Sleeping Beauty." Dean said.
"Thanks." Elizabeth responded sarcastically.
"They want you now, Elizabeth." the shifter said, taking a knife off of the table, "They want me to deliver you now."
"Who wants me? You never answered that." she asked.
"Oh I guess it doesn't really matter now. I can just tell you. The people that want you are Alexin's people. The man you've been seeing in your dreams. The man that says he needs you. Well, now's the time." it informed them. Then, it did the unthinkable.
The shifter used the knife it was holding to stab Elizabeth in the heart.
"NO!" Both Winchester brothers screamed. Sam got up, free of his ropes and ran to the pile of their weapons on the floor. Dean got free as well and ran for the weapons as well. They both grabbed their guns and shot the shapeshifter in the heart multiple times. They wasted no time in running over to Elizabeth and cutting the ropes off of her wrists. She was pale and looked extremely weak.
"No... No, no, NO!" Sam said, holding Elizabeth in his arms. Dean was silent as he knelt down next to his siblings.
It was happening all over again. His sister was dying and there was nothing he could do about it.
"We'll get you out of here, you'll be ok." Sam said.
Elizabeth smiled. "There's no time, Sammy. I think it's the end of the line..." she told him softly.
"No, it can't be. You can't die."
"It'll be ok..." she smiled sadly, tears rolling down her cheeks.
Dean started running a hand through Elizabeth's hair. She looked up at him and smiled a little. "It will be ok, Dean. It's all going to be ok."
"Hard to believe." he responded, tears threatening to fall.
"Have faith, Deany." Her voice was soft and full of emotion.
Sam was crying now, tears streaming down his face. Dean couldn't hold it anymore and started crying as well.
"We did good, brothers." Elizabeth told them. Both brothers watch the light fade from her eyes and her body went limp.
Elizabeth Belle Winchester was dead.
Dean stood up straight and went over to the table holding the shifter's torture tools. He flipped the table and kicked it, still in tears. Sam lowered her body to the floor and stood up himself, crying silently. He headed out the door and stood out there, still in shock. Dean joined him and Sam hugged him as soon as Dean made it out. Dean hugged back. There were no words exchanged, nor did there need to be. Both Winchesters knew what the other was feeling because they were feeling the same way. Sam released the hug and headed back into the room, ready to take their sister's body to safety. Dean followed and the sight that met them made the moment so much worse.
Elizabeth's body was gone. It had vanished.
This was more than the brothers could handle. They both grabbed their things off of the floor and headed out the door. Back out of the sewers. Back to the world.
Without their little sister.
Elizabeth will return.