They waited until it was late to go back to the hospital. Dean hesitated to leave Alison at the motel room by herself, but she was asleep and they would be before she woke up anyway.
That still didn't stop deans worries from poking at him every two seconds.
He had never left Alison alone in their motel room for more than ten minutes. Not even that.
He was mostly scared that she would wake up and freak out that they left her alone.
It was possible she could have a panic attack. She'd had them before.
The two men entered the hospital and started down the hallway.
"Goodnight, Dr. Hydaker." They heard making them freeze and stay behind the corner.
"Goodnight, Betty." The doctor replied.
"Try to get some sleep." The nurse told the man as he walked away.
Sam and Dean then turned back and started down the hallway again. They rounded the corner, going down the next hallway.
They stopped at room 237. Dean got out his pistol, and cocked it as Sam put his hand on the doorknob.
Sam gave his brother a look, but Dean just nudged him to open the door. So, he did.
They walked in to see the old lady Dean saw the previous day sitting in a wheelchair, facing the wall.
Dean slowly made his way around the lady, coming up beside her.
They both had their pistols aimed at her. Dean looked back at sam, and sam urged Dean on.
Dean slowly bent down a little, to see the lady more clearly.
He got really close to her. As soon as he did, she turned her head towards him making him jump back into the wall.
"Who's there?!" The woman frantically asked.
Dean placed a hand over his heart, calming himself down.
"You tryna steal my stuff?" The old woman asked as sam turned the lights on. "They're always stealing around here."
"No, uh, ma'am. We work with the maintenance, we're sorry." Sam apologized as Dean put a hand over his eyes.
"We thought you were sleeping." Sam stated.
"Ah, nonsense. I was sleeping with my peepers open." The woman scoffed then laughed.
Dean stood up straight as Sam gave him a look.
"And fix that crucifix, would you? I've asked four damn times already." The lady stated.
Dean turned to look at the upside down cross before he flipped it the right way. He turned to look at his brother.
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Sam laughed as they got out of the impala.
"I was sleeping with my peepers open!" Sam laughed.
"I almost smoked that old gal, I swear." Dean shook his head. "It isn't funny."
Sam laughed.
"Ah man! You should've seen your face!" Sam said as he went to unlock their motel room door.
"Oh, yeah, laugh it off. Now, we're back to square one." Dean stated, looking over.
His eyes landed on the boy he had run into when renting their motel room. He was sitting on a bench, it looked like something was wrong.
"Hang on." Dean said, starting over to the boy.
Sam followed after him.
Dean bent down slightly to see the boy.
"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked him.
"My brothers sick." The boy looked up at dean.
"The little guy?" Dean asked.
The boy nodded.
"Pneumonia. He's in the hospital. It's all my fault."
"Ah, come on. How?" Dean questioned him.
"I should've made sure the window was latched." The boy looked down. "He wouldn't have gotten pneumonia if the window was latched."
Deans face fell as he turned his head towards their motel room, remembering he left his daughter in there overnight, by herself.
Sam noticed the look on deans face, he got up and headed towards their motel room while Dean stayed, talking to the boy.
Sam unlocked the motel room door, then rushed in.
"Alison?" He asked, going towards the bed where Alison was under the covers. "Hey, munchkin." Sam reached to her, pulling the covers down slightly.
There was practically a puddle a sweat surrounding the girl. Sams face fell slightly.
He reached up, placing the back of his hand to the girls forehead. She was burning up.
Sam looked up towards the window that was wide open.
"Shit!" He cursed and rushed over to it.
He looked down, seeing the same rotted out handprint on the window.
"Sammy?" Dean asked as he came into the room.
Sam looked up from the window, at his brother. Deans face fell when he saw Sam at the open window, he immediately looked over at his daughter who was pale and sweaty.
"It got her, dean." Sam spoke up.
Dean rushed over to his daughter.
"Alison? Ali, baby, you're gonna be okay." Dean stroked her hair back as her eyes barely opened, landing on him.
"Daddy?" She asked hoarsely.
"Yeah, babygirl. I'm here." Dean told her as his eyes got glossy.
How could he let this happen? He should've trusted his gut and brought her with them. He shouldn't have left her there.
He let the monster get her.
"Daddy, I don't feel good." Alison spoke quietly. "You left me."
"I know, I know. I'm so sorry, babygirl. Daddy's sorry, he made a mistake. Look, you're gonna be alright." Dean gently told her. "Okay, Sammy's gonna take care of you while daddy drives somebody to the hospital, alright?"
Sam looked up at his brother as Alisons tears started falling.
"You're leaving again."
"Baby, I promise you, I will be back before you know it. But I need you to fight this, okay?" Dean stroked her hair.
"Don't leave me anymore, daddy!" Alison cried as she grasped onto his hand.
"Babygirl, I'm sorry. Sammy's here with you, he's not going anywhere, okay?"
Dean looked up at his brother who gave him a look of sympathy. He felt bad.
"Look, Ali, I'm not going anywhere." Sam told his niece. "Your daddys gonna take someone to the hospital, and then he's coming right back." Sam explained to her as he easily picked her up.
"Pwomise?" Alison asked, holding up her pinky.
"I promise." Dean wrapped his pinky around hers.
Dean cupped her face into his hands and kissed her nose, letting it linger. He rested his forehead against hers for a moment, before kissing her nose one last time, then leaving.
(So, somebody commented that they would like to see what Sam and Dean would do if the Striga got to Alison, and I forgot who it was, but I put some thought into it, and I loved the idea. So, thank you for that! You know who you are!
Also, This was so short, but I love you guys! And this took so long to get out, like it's been like a week and a half, two weeks? I don't know, but I'm sorry this is so short and took forever, but it's finally out!)
Thank you so much for reading!