That's The Hunter's Life

Chapter 23

Nova brought some soup to Sam but he wasn't hungry.

"Baby you need to eat. It's been three days since you last ate."

Sam just shrugged not saying anything and Nova pulled out a thermometer.

"When did you get that?"

"When you started putting off heat waves. Laying next to you in bed it felt like I was cuddling up next to a space heater." Nova started putting it to his face but he back off.

"Enough, Nova please." He stood up and had to catch his balance.

"Baby, you've had bloody handkerchiefs, shaky legs and now fevers. This is not good."

"Well I'm not good. And I'm not going to be good until we can start moving again until I can start the third trial."

"Trial? I won't let you start a moped." Dean said when he walked in. "We're on the rails with this thing okay? And the only way out of it is through it. Believe me I know and you know how bad I want to slam the door on all of those sons of bitches."

"But you've got to let me take care of you baby." Nova put her hands on Sam's chest. "You got to let me help you get your strength back." She hugged him and buried the side of her face in his chest.

He loosely wrapped his arms around her, "This isn't a cold or fever or whatever it is you're supposed to feel. This is part of it all." He sighs and as Nova broke the hug "Those first two trials, they're not just things I did. They're doing something to me. They're changing me."

Nova kisses his cheek, "But they're making you sick babe." She ran her hands through his hair.

"I'll be fine I promise, when these trials are over I'll be back to normal." He kisses her forehead.

They gotten a video from Kevin talking about how if they gotten the video it means he didn't reset it like he had been the last week. That if they're watching it, then it meant he was dead. He uploaded all his notes and translations and they'll have to figure out themselves the rest of the tablet. He said he was sorry a couple of times then the video ended.

"Damn it!" Dean knocking off some books off the table, making Nova jump.

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Later Nova had printed off all the notes Kevin sent them and was trying to figure them out.

"This symbol, it's like the scribe of God whenever metaron makes his edits notes." Nova looked at it, "I think I've seen it before during one of the humanity courses at Stanford."

Sam look at it, "You're right. I thought it looked familiar." He then got up and went to the bookcase.

"They taught the word of God at Stanford?" Dean questioned.

"Not exactly. It was more like an overview of native American art. I wanted to take it and talked Sam into taking the course with me. Anyways I think it's a petroglyph."

"A petro-what now?" Dean was confused and his facial expression made Nova giggle.

Sam found the book and pages he was looking for and laid the book down to show him and explain everything he could about it all. Once Sam came to a realization he suggested they need to go find metaron because he was the messenger if God despite Dean saying they shouldn't because of Sam's health.

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As Dean was checking them into a hotel room Sam stepped away and started looking around. Nova went over to him interlocked her fingers with his and placed her hand on his upper arm.

"Sam, babe? You okay?"

"Did you guys hear that?"

"Hear what? You okay?" She moved his hair away from his face.