*Sorry this is a short chapter.*

Rob seemed annoyingly happy considering Sam was still tied up and handcuffed sitting next to him. The guy was even whistling a happy tune while driving away from the lake and its creepy dwarf creature.

"What the hell are you so happy about?" Sam asked.

"Well Sammy, we only need one more creature, then we are done."

"Yeah about that, I still say your plan is Ludacris and definitely suicidal. A human can't harness that kind of power. You would need a powerful conduit."

Rob looked at Sam and rose an eyebrow.

"You talk like this all the time? That's some vocabulary for a fourteen year old."

"I'm smart remember." Sam turned away and looked out the window. "That's what got me in this mess to begin with." Sam whispered the last part under his breath. All these years Dean's words of 'one day that brain of yours will get you into trouble.' Bouncing around in his head. Of course Dean didn't mean this kind of trouble, but here he was. Tied up and being used for his brains.

"I don't wanna kill you, if that's what you're thinking."

Sam almost didn't hear Rob's words. He turned back to Rob who looked almost sad.

"What?"

"I don't wanna kill ya. You're smart, but I think down the line you'll get tall, taller than your brother even. And when that day comes, I would really like to be on your side of the fight."

Well this was weird. Usually Rob was a cocky smug bastard looking to make Dean (and most of the time Sam's life hell, ) and now he was acting sad and alone. Was this some kind of attempt to get him to feel sorry for Rob and cooperate? Sure Rob's lonely ever since his father was killed all those years ago, but if he wanted a partner he could have simply asked for help, instead of commit murder and kidnapping.

"Rob what are you trying to say exactly?!" Sam wanted a straight forward answer.

"I'm saying that I think we could make a good team." Rob seemed to deflate after answering.

"You call THIS a team?! THIS isn't a team, THIS is you keeping me against my will and using me as bait, while tormenting my family! A team would be me watching your back, and you watching my back, not….not THIS!" Sam jiggled his handcuffs in front of him to prove a point. "It's also about trust, and hard work on BOTH parts. A team would have been you asking for my dad's help all those years ago, and working together. You went behind my family's back to use me, and put me in danger for your own selfish reasons, when the hunt could have gone fine to begin with, if you weren't such a lunatic! As for us making a good team? Not in a million years. Not after everything that's happened."

Sam's speech was overflowing with anger. How dare Rob?! Sam didn't care if he hurt Rob's feelings. The guy was unhinged and was going to get Sam killed. If anything he needed this reality check. Rob was living in a weird fantasy world filled with power and corruption, and thinking he could do as he pleases and get away with it. He obviously forgot about the wrath of the two oldest Winchesters when it came to Sam's safety. Without warning Rob pulled the truck over to the shoulder of the road hard, making Sam jerk in his seat.

He kept a close eye on Rob, waiting to see what the guy was going to do next. He didn't like it that he was this quiet.

"You're right. You're absolutely right Sam. But I plan on fixing it. I plan on fixing everything."

Well now he was sounding crazy.

"What do you mean fix everything?"

"The night my father died. It was because I didn't have his back. I was a careless 18 year old, and I watched him get murdered. Ever since then I've been looking for a way to bring him back. At first I tried necromancy, it worked, but he never came back the same. I had to kill him all over again. I visited every witch, voodoo, and hoodoo priest and priestess in this dam country and nothing was working! But THIS…THIS portal. If I can harness the energy of the creatures and souls from this portal, then I can bring him back. I know I can. Just like he was before." Rob turned and looked at Sam. "These hunts we've been on. Whether you know it or not I DID have your back. I protected you from all those creatures, made sure they didn't kill you, I even patched you up."

Oh dear god…This guy's cheese has fallen off his cracker.

Not only had he watched his father get killed, but he also had to actually kill his father and watch him die a second time.

He was out of his mind in grief, and they say grief makes you do the strangest things. Sam knew he was going to have to tread lightly.

"If you're planning on bringing your dad back, then why do you want me as a hunting partner when I get older? I get the part about you using me as bait for the creatures, and hell I even get the whole you not wanting to research thing, but why keep me around any longer after that?"

"Now I've been thinking, and I'm not positive if when the portal opens, I can get back my dad's soul AND his body…"

It only took a minute for Sam to compute what Rob was saying.

"Oh god…you want to put your dad's soul in MY body. That's what this is about."

"I may not have to, but just in case. I mean when you get older, you will get taller, and stronger, and my dad will take good care of you. And it's not like your own soul is going to be dead, I'll have enough power to fix everything. Fix everything."

Rob just kept repeating that phrase. 'Fix everything.' Sam knew this has gone way overboard and into a new realm of danger. At least he was almost positive the whole ritual of even trying to open the portal wouldn't even work to begin with. Even with Sam's help of researching the whole thing, it was way more complicated than anything he has ever done. Yes he could research it, and yes he knew Latin, BUT this was ancient magic that had to be done by a powerful being who knew what they were doing to begin with.

Sam's breathing was going crazy thinking of all the possible outcomes and ways this whole thing could go so wrong so fast. He closed his eyes, and tried to pull himself together. If he could get away before he captured the remaining ghost needed, he had time to tell his family what was going on and help him. He drew out a breath, he had to play along.

"If we're going to do this, we're going to need more research time. This is complex stuff." Sam said.

Rob smiled. He was going to be able to make everything right.

"Don't worry Sam. I'll make sure you survive this. I will try my hardest to make sure my dad has his original body. Having you and my dad at my side will be amazing. We will take over the world."

Rob pulled back onto the road and drove.

Sam was beside himself. He wishes his family would save him, but for now he had to try and escape by his own means. Time to formulate a plan.

*Hey. Please let me know what you think of this chapter. I'm about 95% positive about it, but let me know if something doesn't make sense and I'll re-write it.*