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Under Your Skin

Chapter 12

Cold Oaks, South Dakota

May 3, 2007

Lexi awoke with a jolt looking around the room confused, momentarily forgetting where she was. She ran her hands through her hair sighing, "Sam. Sam!"

"He can't hear you." The voice stated smoothly, "None of them can."

She turned towards the voice her eyes meeting his yellow ones, "What do you want?"

"What I always want, sweet heart, death and destruction." The yellow-eyed demon smirked, "But seriously you need to leave here. You being here isn't part of the plan."

"Then why am I here?" Lexi questioned crossing her arms in front of her chest, "I thought I was part of your so called demonic army."

"You're more important than the army, Lexi. And if I left you in that diner and only took Sam, well then our buddy Dean would've been very suspicious wouldn't he?"

"Then what are your plans for me?"

"All in due time, Princess."

Lexi woke up inhaling sharply her eyes darting around the room quickly. She got to her feet as Sam turned in her direction his eyes filled with concern. He knew something wasn't quite right with her and despite trying to push the thought to the back of his mind it kept creeping up.

"You okay, Lexi?" Sam questioned knowing in his gut that something was up.

"Yeah." She nodded running her hands down her shirt, "I just need some air."

Lexi walked out of the run down house glancing to her left than her right before descending the creaky old stairs making sure no one was watching her. She headed for the road out of Cold Oaks slowly at first hugging herself and feeling a little guilty for leaving Sam behind.

Lexi was a half-mile down the muddy overgrown road when she stopped dead in her tracks. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath to clear her mind; she suddenly felt his presence as if he was standing next to her. "Dean." She whispered opening her eyes and veering off to her left as quickly as her legs would carry her.

"Dean! Dean!!!!!"

Dean tilted his head when he abruptly stopped walking causing Bobby to collide into him, "Why the hell are you stopping Dean?"

"Did you hear that?" Dean's eyebrows inched up into his hairline staring at Bobby his whole body rigid.

"Hear what?"

"THAT Bobby." Dean gestured towards the woods. He bolted into the woods suddenly recognizing the voice, "Lex! LEX! WHERE ARE YOU?"

"Dean." She mumbled throwing her arms around him attempting to catch her breath, "Dean…."

He grabbed Lexi's arms pushing her back slightly so he could look at her more fully, "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine."

"Where's Sammy?"

"Still in town….."

"How far?"

"About a half-mile that way."

Dean reached for her hand pulling her along with him, "Let's go."

"Sam! Sam!"

"Dean!"

"Sam look out!" Dean's eyes widened running as fast as he could towards Sam but it was too late. Dean dropped to his knees holding Sam in his arms as he attempted to get a response from Sam. "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sam, Sammy, Sam, hey. Come here let me look at ya. Uh, look at me its not even that bad. It's not even that bad all right. Sammy, SAM. Hey, listen to me, we're gonna patch you up, ok. You're gonna be good as new, uh. I'm gonna take care of you, I'm gonna take care of you. I gotcha, that's my job right? Watch out for my pain in the ass little brother. Sam, Sam, Sam SAMMY. No, no no no no, no god…..SAM."

May 5, 2007

"Dean?" Lexi said quietly from the doorway, "I brought you some food back."

"No, thanks. I'm fine." Dean stated from his chair that was next to the bed where he had placed Sam's body."You should eat something, Dean." Lexi stated simply while walking into the room placing her hands on Dean's shoulders kneading them gently."I said I'm fine." Dean snapped attempting to pull away from her which only caused her to tighten her grip on his shoulders.Lexi leaned forward her lips grazing his ear as she spoke in a soothing tone, "No, Dean, you're not. You need to take care of yourself.""Lex, I'm fine, okay. I need to be alone.""Dean...I hate to bring this up, I really do." Bobby stammered slightly from his place in the doorway. "But don't you think maybe it's time...we bury Sam.""No.""We could….." Bobby sighed, "maybe...""What? Torch his corpse?" Dean asked pausing when he turned to look at Bobby his eyebrows knotted together, "Not yet." "I want you to come with me." Lexi whispered rubbing Dean's shoulders gently."I'm not going anywhere." Dean snapped jerking out of her grasp."Dean, please." She pleaded moving in front of him and crouching down as she bit down on her bottom lip, "I need to talk to you.""Would you cut me some slack?""I just don't think you should be alone, that's all……""I gotta admit, " Bobby interrupted, "I could use your help. Somethin' big is going down, end-of-the world big."Dean turned to Bobby, his eyes hard, "Well, then let it end!" Bobby's mouth dropped open in shock, "You don't mean that.""You don't think so? Huh? You don't think I've given enough? You don't think I've paid enough?" Dean questioned harshly taking long strides to close the distance between him and Bobby, "I'm done with it. All of it. And if you know what's good for you, turn around, and get the hell out of here. Go! I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Please, just go." "You know where I'll be." Bobby sighed before leaving Lexi and Dean alone with Sam's body.Later that nightSam sat up on the mattress his eyes wide with confusion as he looked around the room. He got off the bed walking towards and turning around so he could examine his back. He twisted slightly to get a better look at the scar that was in his back from where Jake's knife was stabbed into his spine. He jumped slightly at the sound of two pairs of rushed footsteps that were heading towards the room. "Sammy.""Hey." Sam said softly as Dean pulled him into a tight hug, "Ow. Uh, Dean..." "I'm sorry. I'm sorry, man." Dean stated releasing Sam from his vice like grip, "I'm just...I'm just happy to see you up and around, that's all. Come on, sit down."Lexi looked from Sam to Dean confused as to how Sam was suddenly alive. She looked at Dean and stated pointedly, "I'll leave you two alone. I need some air.""Okay," Dean shrugged, "Don't go too far, Lex.""Dean...what happened to me?""Well, what do you remember?""I-I saw you and Bobby, and...I felt this pain. This sharp pain, like...like, white-hot, you know, and then you started running at me, and...that's about it." "Yeah, that-- that kid, stabbed you in the back. You lost a lot of blood. It was pretty touch and go for awhile." Sam looked at his brother confused, "But Dean, you can't patch up a wound that bad.""No, but Lexi can. Who was that kid, anyway?""His name's Jake. Did you get him?""No, he disappeared into the woods.""We got to find him, Dean." Sam stated his voice thick with anger, "And I swear I'm gonna tear that son of a bitch apart.""Whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy there, Van Damme. You just woke up, all right? Let's get you something to eat. Huh? You want something to eat? I'm starving. Come on."Bobby's House"Hey, Bobby." Dean stated calmly when Bobby opened the door shocked to see Sam standing there with Dean and Lexi.Sam smiled at Bobby slightly before speaking, "Hey, Bobby.""Sam." Bobby nodded, "It's good to see... you up and around.""Yeah, well..."Dean pushed past Sam inside cutting him off as well, "Well Sam's better. And we're back in it now, so...what do you know?""Well, I found something. But I'm not sure what the hell it means."An Hour LaterBobby placed the large book he was reading on the table shaking his head, "I don't believe it.""What? You got something?" Lexi asked looking up from the ancient text she was reading."A lot more than that. Each of these X's" He said pointing to the marks on the map in front of them, "Is an abandoned frontier church-- all mid 19th century. And all of them built by Samuel Colt.""Samuel Colt?" Dean questioned his interest now peaked, "The demon killing, gun making Samuel Colt?""Yep. And there's more. He built private railway lines connecting church to church. It just happens to lay out like this." Bobby stated connecting the points on the map with a red marker.Dean raised his eyebrows looking at Bobby from across the table, "Tell me that's not what I think it is."Lexi tilted her head looking up to meet Dean's eyes, "It's a Devil's Trap. A 100-square mile Devil's Trap.""That's brilliant." Dean grinned, "Iron lines demons can't cross."Sam shook his head studying the map on the table, "I've never heard of anything that massive.""No one has." Bobby stated opening another one of his books."And after all these years none of the lines are broken?" Dean questioned looking at the other three, "I mean, it still works?""Definitely." Lexi stated firmly nodding her head."How do YOU know, Miss Know it All?" Dean fired back at her. She rolled her eyes at him before explaining her reasoning, "All those omens Bobby found. I mean the demons, they must be circling and they can't get in.""Yeah, well...they're trying." Bobby interjected moving closer to the three sitting at his table. "Why?" Sam questioned looking at Bobby for answers, "What's inside?""That's what I've been looking for." Dean stated pointing to the center of the devil's trap, "And, uh, there's nothing except an old cowboy cemetery right in the middle.""Well what's so important about a cemetery or..." Sam paused slightly, "what's Colt trying to protect?" "Well, unless... " Dean stated his eyes moving over Sam, Lexi and Bobby as his eyebrows knotted together."Unless what?" All three asked in unison. "What if Colt wasn't trying to keep the demons out? What if he was trying to keep something in?""Well Dean," Lexi said sarcastically, "that's a comforting thought.""Yeah, you think, Lex?"Sam turned to Bobby, "Could they do it, Bobby? Could they get inside?""This thing's so powerful, you'd practically need an A-bomb to destroy it. No way a full-blood demon gets across." Bobby nodded his voice firm with authority."No." Sam said firmly standing up, "But I know who could."May 6, 2007Jake entered the graveyard looking around first before heading towards the crypt. Jake looked around one more time as he walked up the crypts steps. He reached inside his jacket pocket just as Sam, Dean, Lexi and Bobby emerged from the shadows."Howdy, Jake." Sam stated harshly raising his gun.Jake turned around his eyes filled with shock and confusion, "Wait...you were dead. I killed you.""Yeah? Well next time, finish the job.""I did! I cut clean through your spinal cord, man." He protested, "You can't be alive. You can't be.""Okay," Bobby stated raising his left hand, " just take it real easy there, son."
"And if I don't?""Wait and see." Sam snapped cocking his gun. "What, you a tough guy all of a sudden? What are YOU gonna do, kill me?""It's a thought." Jake snapped at Sam his eyes hard, "You had your chance. You couldn't." "I won't make that mistake twice." Sam stated while Jake smiled at him mockingly."What are you smiling at, you little bitch?" Dean hissed pushing Lexi behind him."Oh that's funny. She's more dangerous than all of us." Jake laughed turning his attention to Bobby, "Hey old man, do me a favor. Put that gun to your head. See that Ava girl was right. Once you give in to it, there's all sorts of new Jedi mind tricks you can learn.""Let him go!" Sam stated harshly inching closer to Jake."You'll be mopping up skull before you get a shot off." Jake paused looking at Sam, Dean and Lexi before continuing, " Everybody, put your guns down. Except you, old man. Okay. Thank you."Jake then turned around pulling the Colt out of his inside jacket pocket. He inserted the gun in the crypt stepping back when the engravings started to spin. At the same moment Dean and Lexi grabbed Bobby's arm just in time, stopping him from blowing his brains out. Sam stepped closer to Jake, his gun raised, his jaw set. He pulled the trigger shoot Jake in the back four times.
Jake fell to the ground grasping looking up at Sam desperately begging him before Sam shot him an additional three times in the chest, "Please...don't. Please." Bobby's eyes went wide as the two separate engravings on the crypt's door suddenly came to a stop, "Oh, no.""Bobby, what is it?" Dean asked cautiously. "It's hell. Take cover, now!" "What the hell just happened?!" Dean yelled from the large tombstone he was crouching behind."That's a devil's gate. A damn door to hell!" Bobby answered getting up and rushing towards the crypt. "Come on! We gotta shut that gate!"Dean stood up checking the Colt for bullets talking to himself, "If the demon gave this to Jake...then maybe..."The Yellow Eyed Demon suddenly appeared behind Dean. He waved his hand causing the Colt to fly out of Dean's hand into his own as he smirked, "A boy shouldn't play with Daddy's guns." He threw Dean into the air, his head crashing on a tombstone in the distance. Sam stopped momentarily watching the scene unfold before letting go of the door. Lexi also turned at the sound of Dean's head making contact with the tombstone. She was momentarily frozen, the events in her vision of Dean's death were now playing out in front of her just as she had foreseen. She let go of the crypt's door rushing to Dean's side. "Dean!"Sam ran towards his older brother in a panic remembering the last time he went up against the Yellow Eyed Demon, "Dean!" "I'll get to you in a minute, champ. But I'm proud of you--knew you had it in you." The Yellow Eyed Demon held up his hand at Sam slamming him against a nearby tree pinning him there. He then turned his attention to Dean paralyzing him against the head stone. "Sit a spell.""No!" Lexi yelled her eyes hard as she stood between Dean and The Yellow Eyed Demon."Now, now Princess, let Daddy work. It's not your turn to play yet." The Yellow Eyed Demon smirked flinging her away from Dean. She hit her head against a nearby tombstone knocking her out from the blow."Lexi!!" Dean yelled his face twisted in fury as he struggled to move." So, Dean...I got to thank you. You see, demons can't resurrect people unless a deal is made. I know, red tape, it'll make you nuts. But thanks to you, Sammy's back in rotation." The Yellow Eyed Demon laughed mockingly, "Now, I wasn't counting on that, but I'm glad. I liked him better than Jake, anyhow. Tell me, have you ever heard the expression, 'If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is?'
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"You call that deal good?""Well, it's a better shake than your dad ever got. And you never wondered why? I'm surprised at you. I mean...you saw what your brother just did to Jake, right? That was pretty cold, wasn't it?" The Demon taunted him while he chuckled at Dean, "How certain are you that what you brought back, is 100 pure Sam. You of all people should know, that's what's dead, should stay dead. Anyway...thanks a bunch. I knew I kept you alive for some reason. Until now, anyway. I couldn't have done it without your pathetic, self-loathing, self-destructive desire to sacrifice yourself for your family. It's a shame though you never knew how much your daddy loved you and now neither will your child."Dean looked at the Demon slightly confused as his last words vibrated through his brain, "What are you talking about, my child?"The Yellow Eyed Demon smirked at Dean but didn't get a chance to respond. John Winchester suddenly appeared behind the Yellow Eyed Demon without him noticing. John grabbed the demon from behind wrestling with him until the body he was possessing fell to the ground. The Yellow Eyed Demon pushed John to the ground before entering the janitor's body once again, he stood up but before he could react Dean pulled the trigger of the Colt hitting him in the shoulder. The demon was finally dead.John walked over to Dean proudly placing his hand on Dean's shoulder. John and Dean both begin to cry knowing that it's finally over while Sam stands off to the side acknowledging his father with a nod. John looks back at Dean once more before stepping back and disappearing in a bright white light."Well, check that off the to-do list." Dean stated still somewhat shocked as him and Sam looked down at The Yellow Eyed Demon's now dead body. Sam looked at Dean awed and amazed, "You did it."
"I didn't do it alone.""Do you think Dad really...do you think he really climbed outta hell?" "The door was open. If anyone's stubborn enough to do it...it would be him.""Where do you think he is now?""I don't know." Dean whispered shaking his head slightly."I kind of can't believe it, Dean. I mean...our whole lives, everything...has been prepping for this, and now I... " Sam laughed looking back at Dean, "I kind of don't know what to say." "I do." Dean leaned down closer to the body his voice thick with emotion, "That was for our mom...you son of a bitch."