*3rd Person POV*
Sam, who appeared drunk, was playing pool with a man from the bar. "Brian, come on, man, just one more. Just -- just give me a chance to win it back." Sam tells Brian. "It's your cash." Brian said just as Dean and (y/n) comes in and go over to Sam.
"Excuse me. My brother's a little sauced to be making bets." Dean tells Brian. "He insisted." Brian said, nodding towards Sam. "Yeah, but you've already taken, what, two bills off him? I'm just saying." (Y/n) said. "Hey, shut up, guys. I'm fine." Sam shouts at them. "No, you're not fine. You're drunk!" Dean said and Sam turns to Brian.
"Let's make it five hundred." He said. "Five hundred?" Dean and (y/n) said, shocked, but Brian seemed intrigued. "Sure." He said and Sam puts the money down on the pool table. "Five hundred. Your break." Brian said then looks down.
While Brian is looking down, Sam raises his eyebrows at Dean and (y/n). For a second there's no trace of drunkenness. The two raise their eyebrows at Sam. Sam breaks, sinking several balls, then sees Ruby across the bar. "Keep the money." Sam said as he puts his cue down on the pool table and walks towards Ruby. "Keep the money? What --" Dean said and he and (y/n) follow Sam.
"Hey." Sam said to Ruby. "Well, you got a lot of nerve showing up anywhere near me." Dean growls at her. "Dean..." (y/n) said, apprehensive. "I just have some info, and then I'm gone." Ruby said. "What is it?" Sam asked her. "I'm hearing a few whispers." She replied and Dean rolls his eyes. "Ooh, great, demon whisperers -- that's reliable." Dean said, sarcastically, and Ruby ignores him.
"Girl named Anna Milton escaped from a locked ward yesterday. The demons seem pretty keen on finding her. Apparently, some real heavy hitters turned out for the Easter-egg hunt." She explains. "Why? Who is she?" (Y/n) asked, curiously. "No idea." Ruby replied then she turns back to Sam. "But I'm thinking that she's important, 'cause the order is to capture her alive. I just figured that whatever the deal is, you might want to find this girl before the demons do." She said and Sam turns to Dean and (y/n).
"Look, maybe we should check it out." Sam said to Dean. "Actually, we're working a case, but thanks." Dean said to Ruby. "What case?" she asked. "Uh, we've got leads, big leads." Dean said as Sam and (y/n) roll their eyes. "Sounds dangerous." Ruby said, sarcastically. "Yeah, well, it sure ain't goose-chasing after some chick who, for all we know, doesn't even exist, just because you say she's important." Dean said.
"I'm just delivering the news. You can do whatever you want with it. Far as I'm concerned, I told you, I'm done." Ruby said and she starts to turn to leave. "Wait, wait, wait." Sam said and Ruby turns back to her. "This hospital Anna escaped from -- it got a name?" Sam asked her.
*(y/n)'s POV*
Dean was driving while Sam is speaking on his phone while I sit in the backseat and look over some information on my laptop. "Can I get a copy of the missing persons report? Great. Okay. Thanks." Sam said into the phone then he hangs up.
"Well, Anna Milton's definitely real." Sam said. "Don't mean the case is real. And this hospital's a three-day drive." Dean said and I raise my head up. "We've driven further for less, Dean." I tell him and he shakes his head. "You got something to say, say it." Sam said, annoyed. "Oh, I'm saying it -- this sucks." Dean stated.
"You're not pissed we're going after the girl. You're pissed Ruby threw us the tip." Sam said. "Right. 'Cause as far as you're concerned, the hell-bitch is practically family. Yeah, boy, something major must've happened while I was downstairs, 'cause I come back, and -- and you're BFF with a demon?" Dean asked him. "I told you, Dean, she helped me go after Lilith." Sam said, defensively.
"Well, thanks for the thumbnail -- real vivid. You want to fill in a little detail?" Dean asked and I furrow my brow at this. Little hypocritical there, Dean I thought and it seemed Sam had the same thought. "Sure, Dean, let's trade stories. You first. How was Hell? Don't spare the details." Sam yells and Dean stays quiet.
The rest of the ride had this tension in the air that was thick you could cut a knife with it. Sometimes, I wish these two would quit fighting, it is getting very tiresome.
"Of course I want to help however I can." the psychologist said after we arrive to the hospital and sit in his office. "Now, the orderly has no recollection of Anna's escape?" Sam asked him. "Apparently, she knocked him unconscious. The blow caused some amnesia. He doesn't even remember coming into her room." The Psychologist replied. "That's a hell of a right hook to knock out a guy that's got 80 pounds on her." Dean said.
"We think she may have planned this, waited behind the door." The Psychologist said. "Right. Uh, you mentioned Anna's illness was recent." I said, questioning. "Two months ago, she was happy, well-adjusted, journalism major, lots of friends -- Bright future." He said.
"So, what happened -- she just...flipped?" Dean asked. "Well, that's the tragedy of schizophrenia. Within weeks, Anna was overtaken by delusions." The Psychologist said. "What kind of delusions?" Sam asked. "She thought demons were everywhere." The Psychologist said and he gives a sketch book to Sam, where we see very weird drawings of random things.
"Interesting." I muttered. "It's not uncommon for our patients to believe that monsters are real." The Psychologist said. "Well, that -- that's just batty." Dean said as Sam turns the pages and we see some meaningful sketches and the text Raising of the Witnesses and in the next page Samhain the next seal is broken. "That's Revelations." Dean pointed out after looking at the page.
"Since when does the Book of Revelations have jack-o'-lanterns?" the Psychologist asked, nodding at the drawings. "It's a, uh, it's a little-known translation." I said. "Well, Anna's father was a church deacon. When she became ill, her paranoia took on religious overtones. She was convinced the devil was about to rise up and end the world. I hope you find her. It's dangerous for her to be out there alone right now." the Psychologist said and we nod.
Later, we make it to the Milton house and Dean knocks on the front door, but no one answers. "Maybe they're not home." Dean said and Sam looks over at the driveway. "Both cars in the driveway." He said and I go to open the door, only for it to open easily. I turn to the boys, giving them a confused look, then we enter the house.
"Mr. And Mrs. Milton?" Dean calls out as we walk in. "We're from the sheriff's department. We just wanted to ask you a couple of questions." Sam said but we stop in the living room. There is where the two dead bodies of Mr and Mrs Milton lie on the floor. Their throats had been cut.
"Damn." I muttered, horrified, as Sam checks some powder on the floor near the dead bodies. "Sulfur. The demons beat us here. Whatever the deal is with this Anna girl --" Sam said. "Yeah, they want her. They're not screwing around." Dean said and I walk around the room.
"All right, so, I'm Girl, Interrupted...." I said as I pick up some addressed envelopes. "...and I know the score of the apocalypse, just busted out of the nut-box...Possibly using superpowers, by the way. Where do I go?" I asked, hypothetical, while Sam looks at family photographs and picks one up.
"Hey, either of you got those sketches from Anna's notebook?" Sam asked. "Yeah." Dean said. "Let me see 'em." Sam said and Dean hands the drawings to him. "Check this out." Sam said and he picks out a drawing of a stained-glass window. "She was drawing the window of her church." Dean said. "Over and over. If you were religious, scared, and had demons on your ass, where would you go to feel safe?" Sam asked and we all share a knowing look.
That night, Dean parks the Impala is parked in front of the church where we see, through a window, two figures upstairs. We grab our guns, get out of the car and head to the church.
Minutes later, we enter the attic with our guns drawn. "Guys." Sam said and Dean and I turn to him and he points with his gun towards a person hiding. "Anna?" he calls out as we put away our guns. "We're not gonna hurt you. We're here to help. My name is Sam. This is my brother, Dean. And this my friend, (y/n)." Sam said and Anna slowly rises up from her hiding spot.
"Sam and (y/n)? Not Sam Winchester and (y/n) (l/n)?" She asked, curiously. "Uh, yeah." Sam and I said, feeling taken aback that she knows our names. "And you're Dean. The Dean?" Anna asked as she stands up and looks at Dean. "Well, yeah. The Dean, I guess." Dean said, shrugging. "It's really you. Oh, my God." Anna said, letting out a breathless laugh. "The angels talk about you. You were in Hell, but Castiel pulled you out, and some of them think you can help save us. And some of them don't like you at all." She said then she looks at me and Sam.
"They talk about you two all the time lately. I feel like I know you two." She said. "So, you talk to angels?" I asked her. "Oh, no. No, no way. Um, they probably don't even know I exist. I just kind of...overhear them." Anna corrects. "You overhear them?" asked Sam. "Yeah, they talk, and sometimes I just...hear them in my head." She said.
"Like...right now?" Dean asked her. "Not right this second, but a lot. And I can't shut them out, there are so many of them." she said. "So, they lock you up with a case of the crazies when really you were just...tuning in to angel radio?" Dean asked her and she nods. "Yes. Thank you." Anna said.
"Anna, when did the voices start? Do you remember?" I asked her and she nods. "I can tell you exactly -- September 18th." She said and Dean's eyes widen in realization. "The day I got out of Hell." He said. "First words I heard, clear as a bell -- Dean Winchester is saved." Anna said then Dean turns to me and Sam.
"What do you guys think?" He asked. "It's above my pay grade, man." Sam jokes and I turn to Anna. "Well, at least now we know why the demons want you so bad. They get a hold of you, they can hear everything the other side's cooking. You're 1-900-angel." I said and she nods then thinks of something.
"Hey, um, do you know -- are my parents okay? I -- I didn't go home. I was afraid." she said when we hear hurried footsteps. We turn and see Ruby had enter into the attic in a rush. "You got the girl. Good, let's go." She said and Anna screams. "Her face!" She shouts and Sam holds out a hand to her. "It's okay. She's here to help." He assures Anna. "Yeah, don't be so sure." Dean grumbles.
"We have to hurry." Ruby said. "Why?" I asked her. "Because a demon's coming -- big-timer." She replied. "Well, that's pretty convenient -- showing up right when we find the girl with some bigwig on your tail?" Dean accuses. "I didn't bring him here. You did." Ruby said.
"What?" Dean asked. "He followed you from the girl's house. We got to go now." Ruby said just as I noticed a nearby statue bleeding from the eyes. "Uh, boys." I said as I pointed at the statue.
"It's too late. He's here." Ruby said, fearfully. Then Sam takes Anna by the arm and hides her in a closet. "Okay. Stay in there. Don't move." he tells her. "Okay." she said and Sam closes the door then takes out a flask of holy water. "No, Sam, you got to pull him right away." Ruby tells him and he looks over at her.
"Whoa, hold on a sec." Dean said. "Now's not the time to bellyache about Sam going darkside. He does his thing, he exorcises that demon, or we die." Ruby said and Sam puts the flask away again.
*3rd Person POV*
Seconds later, the demon enters and Sam tries to exorcise him, but it doesn't work. "That tickles. You don't have the juice to take me on, Sam." the demon said, smiling, then he throws Sam downstairs. (y/n) goes to raise her hand, trying to use her power but it doesn't do anything and the demon turns to her. "Pathetic girl." He growls and throws (y/n) aside and DeN attacks him with Ruby's knife, but the demon wins their fight.
"Hello again, Dean." the demon said while Ruby pulls Anna out of the closet, escaping. "Come on, Dean. Don't you recognize me? Oh, I forgot -- I'm wearing a pediatrician. But we were so close...in Hell." The demon said and Dean now realized who this is. "Alastair." He said just as (y/n) stabs Alastair with Ruby's knife but barely missed his heart and essentially only hits his shoulder.
"You're gonna have to try a whole lot harder than that, girl." Alastair said and Sam grabs Dean and the trio look at a large stained-glass window. As Alastair pulls out the knife, Sam, Dean and (y/n) jump through the window.
*(y/n)'s POV*
"Are you almost done?" Dean asked from the bathroom as I sew up a cut on Sam's left arm. We had sustained injuries after we jumped out of the window, Sam and I got some cuts and Dean had a dislocated shoulder.
"I'm going as fast as I can." I said to Dean as I finish up sewing. "Good, 'cause you know I got a dislocated shoulder over here." Dean said as he walks out of the bathroom then picks up a whiskey bottle and drinks from it. "Yeah. I'll pop it back when I'm finished." I tell him and I finished with Sam's wound then I turned to Dean.
"Gimme that." I said, pointing at the bottle. Dean hands it to me and I pour the whiskey over Sam's wound. Sam let's out a groan and I look up at him. "Sorry." I said to him, apologetically.
"So, you lost the magic knife, huh?" Dean asked. "Yeah, saving your ass." I said to him as I get up from my seat. "Who the hell was that demon?" Sam asked Dean. "No one good. We got to find Anna." Dean said. "Ruby's got her. I'm sure she's okay." Sam said and I go up to Dean.
"All right. Come on." I said to him and I place my hands on his shoulder. "On three. One..." I said and I force Dean's shoulder back into place. Dean clenches his teeth as he holds back a scream then he rotates his shoulder to make sure it was okay.
"You sure about Ruby? 'Cause I think it's just as likely she used us to find radio girl and then brought that demon in to kill us." Dean said. "No, she took Anna to keep her safe." Sam said. "Yeah. Well, why hasn't she called to tell us where she is?" Dean asked him. "Because that demon is probably watching us right now, waiting to follow us right back to Anna again. That's why he let us go." Sam replied.
"You call this letting us go?" Dean asked, angrily. "Yeah, I do. Look, killing us would've been no problem to that thing. That's why, for now, we just got to lay low and wait for Ruby to contact us." Sam said. "How's she gonna do that?" Dean asked and I sighed. "Will you two quit your bitching!" I yelled and they all look at me.
I let out another sigh then run my hand over my eyes. "Anyway, it does bring up a good point, Sam. Why do you trust her so much?" I asked him. "I told you guys." Sam said. "You got to do better than that. Hey, and I'm not trying to pick a fight here. I mean, I really want to understand. But I need to know more. I mean, I deserve to know more." Dean said and I nod in agreement. "I'm intrigued about all this too, Sam." I said and Sam sighs. "Because...she saved my life." he replied.
There Sam goes on about how Ruby acted like she was gonna kill him but she killed her demon partner then got Sam out. Then she told him how he still has his powers, it was just dormant, and they needed to reactivate it to take down Lilith. And she told him that she'd teach him. He also told us how he made her possess a non-living body instead of a living one.
"So? What'd she teach you?" I asked Sam. "Well, the first thing I learned...I'm a crappy student." Sam replied, with a bit of a smirk, and he continues the story.
He tells us how he tried to exorcise a demon but he couldn't which lead Ruby to kill the demon with her knife. They get into an argument...then they end up having sex.
"Sam?" Dean said as I rub my temples.
"Yeah?" Sam asked.
"Too much information." Dean said. "Hey, I told you I was coming clean." Sam said. "Yeah, but now I feel dirty." Dean said, disgusted. "Think of it as payback for walking in on you two." Sam said, pointing at us, and I sighed. "For the last time, Sam, we are sorry about that." I said and Sam chuckles. "Okay, well, uh, brain-stabbing imagery aside...So far, all you've told us about is a manipulative bitch who, uh, screwed you, played mind games with you, and did everything in the book to get you to go bad." Dean said.
"Yeah, well, there's more to the story." Sam said. "Just...skip the nudity, please." I said and Sam sighs again. "Pretty soon after...that, um...I put together some signs...Omens." Sam explained. "Saying what?" Dean asked. "Lilith was in town. And I wanted to strike her first." Sam said.
He talks about how he and Ruby argued about him to go after Lilith and he went ahead to go after her. He went to go kill her but she had already left behind the girl she possessed him and two demons ambush him.
He goes to fight them but he was overpowered until Ruby came in and helped him. She told him to take the girl and run as she fights the demon and Sam comes back and was able to exorcise the demon.
"Ruby came back for me. Whatever you have to say, she saved me. More than that, she got through to me. What she said to me...It's what you would've said. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be here." Sam finished explaining just as we heard a knock on the door.
"Housekeeping." A female voice said. "Not now!" Dean yells. "Sir, I've got clean towels." The voice said and i stand up and open the door and the maid, a heavy-set black woman, enters.
"Couldn't you just leave 'em at the door?" Dean asked her then the maid closes the curtains then goes over to Sam and hands him a piece of paper. "I'm at this address." She said and Sam looks at her, confused. "I'm sorry. What?" He asked. "Go now. Go through the bathroom window, don't stop, don't take your car, don't pass go. There are demons in the hallway and in the parking lot." She said and Sam's eyes widen.
"Ruby?" He asked, shocked. "Okay, yes, so I'm possessing this maid for a hot minute. Sue me." she said, annoyed. "What about --"
"Coma girl? Slowly rotting on the floor back at the cabin with Anna, so I've got to hurry back. See you when you get there. Go!" she tells us.
Minutes later, we come up to the barn and enter to see Ruby, now in her former body, and Anna standing there. "Glad you could make it." she said. "Yeah, thanks." Sam said and I turn to Anna. "Anna, are you okay?" I asked her. "Yeah. I think so. Ruby's not like other demons. She saved my life." Anna replied, smiling.
"Yeah, I hear she does that." Dean said then he turns to Ruby. "I guess I...You know." he said and Ruby raises an eyebrow. "What?" she asked. "I guess I owe you for...Sam. And I just wanted...you know..." Dean struggles to say and I face-palm at this, shaking my head. "Don't strain yourself." she tells him. "Okay, then. Is the moment over?" Dean asked and Ruby nods. "Good, 'cause that was awkward." Dean said.
"Hey, Sam, you think it'd be safe to make a quick call, just to tell my parents I'm okay? They must be completely freaked." Anna asked Sam and we all give her a worried look. "Uh..." Sam said and Anna gives a scared look. "What?" she asked. "Anna, um...Your parents..." Sam said, trying to find the right words.
"What about them?" she asked. "Look, we're sorry." I said and Anna gasps. "No, they're not..." she said as tears build up in her eyes. "Anna, I'm sorry." Sam said and she begins to cry and double forward. "Why is this happening to me?" she asked, tearfully. "We don't know." I said as I place a hand on her shoulder, sympathetically.
Then she sits up, straight, a look of fear on her face. "They're coming." she said and Dean looks over at Sam. "Back room." he orders and Sam takes Anna to the back room, then comes back as Dean and I get our guns ready.
"Where's the knife?" Ruby asked. "Uh...about that..." Dean said and Ruby gives an exasperated look. "You're kidding." she said. "Hey, don't look at me." Dean said and he gestures at me. "Thanks a lot." I said to him and he smirks at me. "Great. Just peachy. Impeccable timing, guys, really." Ruby said, annoyed and angry.
The door rattles, violently, bursts open and Castiel and Uriel walk in. "Please tell me you're here to help. We've been having demon issues all day." Dean said to them. "Well, I can see that. You want to explain why you have that stain in the room?" Uriel asked as he nods at Ruby, who glares at him. Silence hung in the air as we waited for what the angels would do next until Castiel speaks up.
"We're here for Anna." Castiel said. "Here for her like...here for her?" Dean asked. "Stop talking. Give her to us." Uriel demanded. "First of all, rude. Second of all, are you gonna help her?" I asked them. "No, she has to die." Castiel replied.