We were on the road again, shocking I know. Dean has been keeping a really close eye on me because of last week with the gun scare and just everything that happened. I don't get what he doesn't understand about that being something that only triggers sometimes when I'm really upset. Usually the only thing that can push me to that extreme edge is when something is really messed up with me and Shaun. "Where are we going?" I asked for probably the hundredth time today.

Dean looked at me in the mirror and rolled his eyes. "Nichole read a book, text, talk to Shaun, talk to Sam, look out the window, do something other then asking the same questions over and over again."

I giggled, I loved annoying Dean a lot especially since he can't do anything cause Shaun will protect me. Shaun leaned over and whispered in my ear. "I know what you're doing."

I smiled even brighter then usual. I whispered back. "It's funny isn't it?"

Shaun shook his head. "No because I'm not saving you this time." He smirked at me.

I whispered in his ear. "You love me, you'll always save me no matter what."

He crossed his arms and muttered under his breath. He knew I was right and he knew he couldn't do anything about it. "Sammy?"

He turned and looked at me. "Nikki."

I gave him puppy dog eyes. "Where are we going?" Dean sighed loudly.

Sam smiled. "Oh Nikki that works on Dean not me."

"Please Sam." I pleaded.

"No." He shook his head and flicked my nose.

I growled at him. "Did you just growl?" Dean asked.

I sat back. "Maybe."

Dean gave me a weird look. Shaun laughed. "Wow Nick wow."

My phone rang and I looked at the I.D. and smiled. "Hello?" I asked picking up the phone.

"Hello love." Joe said.

I giggled. "Hi, how are you?"

He replied. "I am fine sweet one, how are you?"

I answered. "I'm okay today. Don't know where were going, but hey."

I could tell he was smiling just by his voice. "Well that's good that you're alright. I just wanted to call and tell you I love you and I can't wait to see you again so until we see each other again, I love you with all my heart."

I sighed in awe. "I love you with all my heart. I can't wait either. I hope it's soon."

"Okay. I have to go. Bye hun I love you." He responded.

"Bye. Love you too." I hung up the phone.

Shaun was looking at me with a grossed out face. "That was sick, that was really sick."

I giggled. "Aw Shaun if you ever stop being a grouch maybe you could find a girl."

Dean and Sam laughed and Shaun mouthed 'you're dead meat.' I giggled when I saw that and kissed his cheek. "Aw Shaun you don't mean that."

"What if I do?" He asked smiling.

I frowned. "You don't you love me too much."

"Why are you always right?" He smiled at me.

I giggled. "Cause I'm a girl."

Dean looked at me. "Ha-ha wow."

Sam smiled at us. "Oh you two crack us up."

"Happy we can amuse." Shaun muttered.

I starred out the window as we pulled up to a small town. "Were in Timbuktu? Really Dean? Really?" I asked.

Shaun smiled. "Really Nikki. Really."

I rolled my eyes. "Wow."

Dean frowned. "What there's weird stuff going on here."

"Yeah with a name like that there's probably tons of weird, bizarre shit going on." I smirked.

Dean looked at me. "Would you just shut up?"

I looked out the window. "Okay no need to be pushy."

"Yeah why do you have to be a bitch?" Sam asked.

I was taken aback. "Excuse me?"

Shaun smiled. "Good one Sam." They high-fived and I was really confused.

I looked at him. "Shaun. What the hell?"

He raised his eyebrows. "What you are being a bitch."

I frowned. "I made a sarcastic remark. How is that being a bitch?" I asked.

Dean looked at me. "Nikki shut your cakehole."

I sat back and crossed my arms. "Why are you guys being so mean to me huh?"

Shaun looked at me. "Were allowed to were older then you."

"That doesn't give you a right to-" I tried to talk.

Dean cut me off. "That's it." He stopped the car and got out.

I locked my door and moved over to Shaun holding on to him tightly. "Shaun don't let him hurt me." I whispered scared.

Shaun pushed me away. "Screw you. I'm not helping you."

"Shaun. What's wrong with you?" I asked.

Dean got the door opened when Sam unlocked it. He yanked me out and shut the door. "I'm tired of you're stupid shit."

I shook my head. "Dean-"

He cut me off by slapping me across the face. I fell to the ground and he looked at me. "Any other shit to say?"

Tears came to my eyes. "Please Dean-"

He cut me off by kicking my stomach as hard as he could it knocked the wind out of me and I screamed in pain, he pulled me up. "Get in the damn car and don't say another word."

He shoved me in and I pulled my legs to my chest and started crying. Shaun smiled. "Wow Dean you taught her a lesson, I couldn't have done it better myself."

I looked at Shaun. "I can't believe you would say that." Dean stopped the car again. "No Dean. I'm sorry, I'm sorry I won't talk anymore."

He turned around and hit me in the jaw. "Shut the hell up."

This time I got mad and punched him in the face, Dean looked at me and raised his fist but Sam stopped him. "Don't we'll teach her a lesson later." I cried harder when Sam said that to Dean. We got to the motel and Sam yelled at me. "Stay in the damn car and don't move."

I cried and whimpered as they all left. Why were they doing this? Why were they acting this way? Dean came back and yelled. "Get in the room! You'll sleep on the floor!"

I nodded I didn't want to set him off so I didn't say anything. I got in and put my duffle on the floor. "Shaun. Please help me out here. Please, please Shaun." I pleaded in whispers.

He walked up and towered over me. "I thought Dean told you to stay quiet." He raised his hand and slapped me, I doubled over backwards and cried out in pain and tears came to my eyes.

Dean came in with his duffle bag and looked at Shaun with an evil grin. "Did she talk again?"

Shaun replied while smirking at me. "Yeah. I slapped her."

"Good she deserved it." Dean smirked back as Sam came in the room.

"Let's go to the bar." Sam said smiling as he saw me on the floor holding my cheek.

I didn't say a word just stayed on the floor. Over the next couple days it got worse just for practically breathing Dean hit me. He started whipping me with a belt too. Shaun was hurting me, and so was Sam. What did I do wrong? When they were at the bar I got my cell phone out and called Bobby. He answered quickly. "Hi Nichole." I heard his friendly voice in the phone.

I started to cry when I heard his voice finally someone who isn't going to hurt me or tell Dean I talked I thought to myself, yet I was still shaken up. "Bobby." I sobbed out.

"Nichole sweetheart. What's wrong?" He asked worry in his voice.

I replied. "They're hurting me Bobby. They're hurting me bad."

"Who?!" He yelled causing me to almost drop the phone.

"Shaun, Dean and Sam. Bobby they're abusing me." I sobbed into the phone.

"What?! I'm going to kill them wait till I get on the phone with Dean he'll be in for a rude awakening that he won't even be ready for." Bobby yelled in rage. "Sweetie why are they doing it? When did this start?" He asked still worried.

"I was sitting in the car…and, and Dean he just started yelling then he, he slapped me and it started just when we entered Timbuktu." I told him.

He responded. "Sweetheart I want you to hide. Take you're cell phone and just go some where hide in the best place you can find."

"Okay Bobby." I replied. I hung up my cell and put it in my pocket securely. I escaped the motel through the window in the bathroom I was sure no one would see me climbing out of there, I made a mad dash for somewhere safe. I found an alley to hide in, there was a box where no one could see me so I hid there. After about 6 hours of waiting and hiding in the box my phone rang and I picked it up right away man was I glad it was Bobby. "Hello?"

"Nichole it's Bobby. I think its called rage conscience. It's this virus where people just get these jerks of rage and take it out on their loved ones." He explained.

"Okay. How do we cure it?" I asked as I saw some people walking down the streets smoking.

"Stay hidden Nikki. I'm going to do a ritual." He said. "It should work. Just hold on okay?"

I replied. "Okay Bobby." I hung up my phone and scooted in my box more to be hidden better, I wrapped my jacket tighter around me, then I just waited. It must have been the whole night that I stayed up. the next day turned to night when my phone rang. I saw Bobby's number and picked up. "Bobby?"

He sighed. "I don't know if it worked. So it would be best to stay where you are till I call Dean and see if he's back to normal okay? Don't move till I call." He told me sternly but I knew he was only talking like that to show he cared and that he was macho worried about me.

I hung up the phone and hid for a couple hours till my phone rang and Shaun's name appeared, I started crying. I wanted my older brother who would hold me when I'm scared to hold me now, to protect me right now. He wasn't my brother anymore though, he was a monster. I put my head in my hands and cried. I don't know how, but I cried off and on straight through the night. My phone was ringing on and off with calls from Dean, Sam, and Shaun. That made me just cry more. I put my head against the brick wall and sighed. "Please God. Please change them back." I prayed as I looked up at the blue sky and the clouds that lingered in it.

I heard voices coming near the alley they were so close to where I was. "I'm telling you Sam the coordinates are pointing in this direction."

That was Dean's voice I cried harder and harder, I couldn't stop…I was so frightened. I heard them stop and then Sam's voice. "Do you guys hear that?"

They walked in the alley and I hid my head in my hands and bawled my eyes out. A couple seconds later I felt someone near me. "Nikki?" It was Shaun, even though his voice sounded soothing I was scared, he reached out his hand and when he touched me I screamed. "Nikki, it's me. It's Shaun." I continued to cry. He reached out his hand again but I moved away. "Nikki, sweetie it's me. It's Shaun please look at me."

I shook my head and sobbed out. "No."

Dean sighed sadly. "Nichole."

I didn't look at him either, I wanted to get away from them and I wanted them to just stay away. I muttered under my breath and I felt Shaun kneel right next to me. "Nikki sweetie look at me." I looked up at him slowly, tears running down my face. "Nikki see it's me. It's Shaun."

I shook my head violently. "No you're a monster. You're going to hurt me!" I yelled as my voice cracked.

I put my head back in my knees and I felt Shaun lay his hand on my back and rub it soothingly as I cried. "Nichole I'm not going to hurt you. I promise."

I looked up at him again then I looked at Dean and Sam and put my head down. "I know you will. I know you will." I mumbled over and over again.

I heard Dean and Sam walk away. "Nikki look it's only you and me now. Just you and me." Shaun tried desperately to get me to trust him enough to just look up at him.

I looked around, up and down the whole alley then at Shaun. "Please don't hurt me Shaun please. I won't talk anymore, I won't be bad anymore. Please don't hurt me." I whispered as more tears fell down my face.

Shaun gently wiped my tears away with his thumb. "Hey, I'm not going to hurt you Nikki I promise. I don't know what happened. We need to get out of this town. Bobby called us."

I widened my eyes and backed away. "You're lying. You're lying. Bobby didn't call me. He told me to stay hidden till he called me. You're lying to me."

Shaun moved closer. "No sweetie I'm not. Bobby tried calling you. He couldn't reach you."

I shook my head. "You're lying."

He frowned. "Okay take out you're cell phone Nikki."

I took it out and saw that it died. "He called me?" I asked looking at Shaun.

"Yes Nikki he called you. He called us when the virus wore off and he called us when he couldn't get a hold of you. See if I was lying I wouldn't know about the virus, I wouldn't be here right now." He explained to me.

I started crying again. "I can't trust you."

He picked me up in his arms, held me close against his chest and gently rocked me. "I promise you Nichole, I promise you. I'm telling you the truth. I'm so sorry, I can't believe I did that to you. I can't believe any of us did that to you. We feel so horrible, were all so sorry. We really didn't mean too. It was the virus that spread, please sweetie please trust me okay?"

I started drifting to sleep when he said the words I promise you. I had my head against his chest and was just content. I felt him stand up and then he started walking. I heard Dean ask in a slightly worried yet hopeful voice. "Does she believe you?"

Shaun replied sadly. "No. But what right does she have to believe us? Look what we did to her. She's black and blue all over. I can't believe we did this to her."

"I know." Dean said. "Were horrible brothers."

"Yeah the worst." Sam sighed sadly .

I opened my eyes slightly to look at them. "Don't say that. You guys are the best big brothers ever." I mumbled. "It wasn't you're fault." Shaun kissed my head gently and I really fell asleep after that.

When I woke up this time, I was in a different motel room with Shaun holding me tightly and protectively in his grasp. He was snoring softly with his mouth hanging slightly open, I snuggled up against him and wrapped the cover around me more so I'd be warmer even though Shaun was like a human heater. I felt Shaun tighten his grasp on me when he felt me move, he does that all the time when I wiggle just incase it would be a nightmare, so I would know he was their and nothing would hurt me. I buried my head in his side and he asked. "Is that you're way of telling me you're awake? Or is that how you tell me you want me to wake up?"

I looked up at him and he had his eyes closed. "Both I guess." I said quietly almost in a whisper. I know the virus wore off but I was still scared. Seeing what they can do just scared the living hell out of me.

He opened his eyes and looked at me concern still lurking in his deep green eyes. "Hey, why are you talking so quietly?"

I shrugged and looked away not wanting to look Shaun in the eyes. "I don't want to make you mad."

Shaun lifted my head so I would look into his eyes. "Honey it was a virus in that town it will never ever happen again. I would never hurt you like that on purpose ever, and I sure as hell wouldn't let anyone else hurt you like that either no matter what. I swear to you that I wouldn't and you know that."

I nodded. "I know Shaun. It's just scary you know. Seeing what you guys could do. I was living in a nightmare."

He kissed my head and smiled. "I love you so much, you're my baby sister. I won't hurt you ever again."

I buried my head in his chest when I heard Dean groan. "She still scared?" He asked in a sleepy tone.

Shaun replied running his fingers through my hair lightly calming me as best he could at that moment. "Yeah."

I heard a rustle of blankets and Dean got up then walked over to our bed. He sat down on the bed next to Shaun and looked at me. I lifted my head and when I looked at Dean I saw, well I guess a flash of the rage strike right through his eyes. My imagination was tricking me, I'm pretty sure but it scared me so I quickly buried my head in Shaun's chest and tightened my grip on him knowing he'd protect me now, hoping he'd protect me if Dean would happen to strike again which I highly doubt he would. "Please Dean I'm sorry. I'm sorry I won't talk, I didn't mean to." I whispered into Shaun's chest.

Shaun picked my head up to look at him. "Dean's not going to hurt you."

I looked at Dean and he sighed his eyes showed me guilt and sadness they were combined. He laid his hand on my cheek gently and spoke softly. "I won't ever hurt you like that ever again. I'm sorry Nikki. I swear I won't ever do it again. I like when you talk. I like hearing you're voice, I like you're jokes. Believe it or not I like when you ask where were going 100 times a day. I love it, you keep me sane and give me a reason to love you. You're our little angel Nikki. You're my little angel."

Shaun smiled at me making me feel safe and he spoke in a soft tone careful not to scare me. "Yeah and Nikki you're my princess. But of course you already knew that. Since I've been telling you that since the day I could talk really."

I smiled slightly looking into Deans eyes as I had my head on Shaun's chest and held Shaun's hand gently. "Okay Dean I believe you. Just please, please don't yell for a while. If you do that may scare me. I really, really hate it when you yell."

He kissed my head and smiled. "You got it." Then he looked at me and frowned. "Oh yeah Nichole will you please do me a solid?"

I raised my eyebrows and picked my head up to look at him. "What would that be?" I asked smiling up at him.

He frowned again. "Please just don't ever tell Sam about this chick flick moment. I hate chick flicks, there so ew."

I smiled at him and gave him a nod flashing him a quick smile. "You got it Dean I won't tell Sam."

Sam then walked into the room. "Won't tell Sam what?" Sam asked a smirk playing on his lips.

Shaun smiled and looked at me, I gave him my playfully evil eyes and he looked up at Sam he smiled brightly as he answered. "Oh just that you missed the greatest thing our eldest brother Dean having a chick flick moment with us. It was so cute."

"What?" Sam asked surprised to the fact that Dean would even have one of those moments.

Dean looked at me he frowned and gave me a pout. "Hey I thought-"

I giggled and cut him off. "Dean you asked me if I would do you a solid and not tell Sammy over there…"

Shaun finished my sentence for me. "But you never asked me not to tell Sam so ha-ha Dean you were off on that one because you never ask a one twin something like that and not ask the other, don't you get it yet?." He smiled and his smile quickly turned into a devious smirk across his lips.

I smiled. "I'm guessing he doesn't Shaun."

Shaun kissed my cheek gently. "I know."

Dean and Sam looked at each other then at us and they both gave us weird looks they must have starred for about 5 minutes before they spoke. "That is so beyond creepy." They said to us in unison.

"What?" Shaun and I asked in unison.

Dean frowned. "How you two can just finish each others sentences like that, it's way beyond creepy."

We smiled at each other then we smiled at Dean and Sam, we answered in unison. "Yeah we know that already."

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