I Heard from a Little Angel...

Sam didn't want to scare either of his siblings, but he had the same dream Ashley had last night. Could it be that Ruby is back and trying to get at Sam and Dean by dragging Ashley to hell? Sam hoped he was wrong, but only one person would know for sure. It was a long drive from Sioux Falls to Palestine, Texas and Sam was officially tired and sore like he has never been before. AS soon as all their things were brought out of the car, Sam announced he was heading up to bed. Before his bedroom door even clicked shut, Sam was praying to Castiel, saying Ashley was in trouble

"What's wrong?" Castiel announced as soon as he appeared in the largest Winchester's room.

"Is Ruby alive?" Sam struggled to say.

"Why?"

"Because Ash and I are having the same dream. Ruby dragging her through the Gate to Hell."

Cas stood there only staring at Sam for a couple seconds as if he was tagged in a game of Freeze Tag.

"Seriously Ca-" Sam started, but was interrupted by the angle coming back to life.

"Ruby is alive, and walking the Earth amongst humans" Cas informed the shocked man in front of him. "I cannot be certain of her motives and intentions, as no other angels are aware of how she came back to life."

Sam's stomach sank down in despair, he should have made sure Ruby was dead when he first had the feeling she might be back, now his sister was in danger of going to Hell! "Uh, thanks Cas" Sam stammered out "if you hear anything-"

"I will inform you directly" the angel said before he vanished from Sam's room leaving him alone with his thoughts. "I gotta tell Dean" Sam groaned into his hands, but he was too tired to even stand up right now, so Sam promised himself he would share the information with his brother tomorrow.

Sam woke up before either of his siblings, so he quickly took a shower then tip toed into the shared room. Sam carefully made his way over to where he saw Dean sprawled out on his stomach, taking up most of the bed. "Dean" Sam whispered inches from his brother's face "Dean, get up" Sam whispered again, gaining him an open hazel eye. "Come on, I got news on Ashley's dream." Dean finally roused himself and swung his legs off the bed, almost kicking Sam in the head.

"Sorry man" Dean yawned, suddenly realizing Ashley wasn't in bed anymore, and Sam was whispering. "Where'd Ash go?"

Fear pricked Sam's already nervous heart and he jumped to his feet to see Dean was right- Ashley wasn't there. "Shit" Sam ran out of the shared room to check in the spare room. Thankfully, Ashley's blond hair was spread out on the pillow.

"Dude, the hell?" Dean said catching up to his frantic brother.

"I talked to Cas last night to check the facts on our dream" Sam rushed to spill, not realizing he just said our dream.

"Wait- you had that dream too?"

"Yeah uh, two nights ago. But Dean" Sam said trying to change focus "Ruby is back! She didn't die, or-"

"or someone brought her back" Dean finished Sam's train of thought. "Dammit" he cursed.

"What are we going to do, Dean?" Sam said sitting down on the bottom stair.

"We are going to watch her, then maybe tell her."

"Tell me what?" Ashley asked from the top of the dark staircase. Her arms were crossed across his chest.

"Uh" Dean started, know now he had to break the news to the loaded pistol leaning on the wall in front of him "Ruby is alive and kicking."

"What? How do you know?"

"I talked to Cas last night cuz I had the same dream" Sam admitted.

Ashley was really hoping this was a good old bad dream, but now that Sam had the same dream, it wasn't looking so good for her theory. Ashley was worried about going to hell mostly because of what it would do to her brothers. "Alright, so what are we going to do?"

Sam was first to pipe up with a plan "I'm going to draw her here."

"What? No" Dean barked "you are not going anywhere near that bitch."

Ashely knew Dean had every right to feel that way, but Ashley felt she may hate Ruby more for tearing her last living family member away from her when she needed Sam most. "No Dean" she sighed "Sam is doing it. When he gets Ruby close again is when I slit her throat."

Dean wasn't happy to hear Ashley backing up Sam's plan, but he noticed her fingers were now trailing where her scar is on her thigh. "Alright" Dean said throwing his hands up in surrender "but I don't think I won't be watching you like a hawk" Dean barked at Sam.

"I know" Sam said hanging his head in shame.

The three Winchesters got a hold of Castiel again to find out where Ruby was. Cas was able to locate her in New York, Dean wasn't happy to hear it was a 22 hour drive, but they came up with a travel plan to ensure they didn't go over that time.

Dean was driving first while Sam rested up for the next shift. Ashley was sitting in the passenger seat with her knees pulled into her chest. She had the window rolled down despite the cool winter weather. "Ash, do you mind?" Dean finally asked gesturing to the window.

"Oh right, sorry Dean." Ashley had been thinking about what would happen if Sam failed and gave into Ruby's seduction again, but was interrupted by Dean clearing his throat and nudging Ashley's left arm.

"You're going to need more than a hoodie and hiking boots in this cold" Dean said handing Ashley a wad of bills. "While Sam goes and finds Ruby, I'll get us a room and you go get something warm."

The look Dean had in his eyes broke Ashley's heart into a million pieces- Dean was terrified. Ashley had a lump in her throat too big for words to get around, so instead she just undid her seatbelt and squeezed herself into Dean's side as much as she possibly could and only then let her own tears fall. "It'll be okay Killer" Dean said kissing the top of her head. Dean prayed silently he didn't just tell his whole life a lie.

Ashley noticed Dean's blinks starting to last longer and his breath starting to slow down immensely. Dean was dozing and they had gotten all the way to Bristol, VA; Ashley finally got Dean to pull over and woke Sam up to inform him they were switching. Dean grabbed his shoes from under his seat while Sam was doing some pushups to get his blood flowing again. Ashley took over the back seat while Dean got comfy in the passenger seat.

Sam was ready to drive the last 8 hours to New York City. Ashley studied every inch of Sam's face and knew he felt worse about Ashley being put in danger. Ashley closed her eyes and just tried to sleep off this last leg of the trip.

"Ash" Dean whispered, nudging his sister from his seat back behind the wheel.

"Yeah" she said taking a look around the car, "I'm guessing we are here."

"Yeah, I feel out of place" Dean grumbled.

"Anyway, motel is on Ash Street. Here are some shops, call me when you're done and I'll pick you up if I'm still sober."

"Doubt you will be, but thanks" Ashley called back into the car before she slammed the door shut and headed towards the first store that caught her attention.

AN: Thank you all for being so understanding with me during finals week! I'll post another sometime around Wednesday, I'm hoping! Hope ya'll enjoyed this last one, as always tell me what you think!