SYNOPSIS: Sam realizes that he won't stay dead, and he takes a risk.
this is angst and then it becomes some form of comedy and then it goes back to angst
despite my best efforts, bobby seems unsympathetic, which feels like an insult to his memory but i can't fix it and have the plot still work so...
(yes i put a scene from monty python and the holy grail in here)
this is vaguely around season five? i don't know, man
TW:
SHIPS: none
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"This is going to sound downright silly," Mused the shifter as she locked the doors, "But you know... I've never killed a hunter before."
Dean, who was hiding behind the counter, called out, "Really? Well, let me tell you, it does NOT live up to the hype!"
Sam frowned and mouthed, 'What?' Dean shrugged in reply.
"Huh. Guess I'll have to give it a try and get back to you," The shifter slowly began to search for them. This was an indoor playground, so they had plenty of places to hide, only they were too tall to move quickly in the playground equipment. The shifter, on the other hand, could just morph into a kid.
And Dean had begun to realize something, "We have to split up. Otherwise she'll just catch the both of us."
Sam wanted to say, 'That won't work. She'll be able to hear us, she'll catch one of us.' But for the life of him, he couldn't think of a better idea. It wasn't like they could find silver in a playground. So instead, he said, "The only way up is that climbing wall... Mom and Dad used to take you to playgrounds, right? Before I was born?"
"Yeah?" Dean frowned.
"Did you just so happen to learn how to climb up a slide?"
Dean smiled faintly, "Yeah. See, all you gotta do is-"
"You take that slide there, up into the jungle gym. I take the climbing wall," Sam interrupted.
"She'll see you."
"I'm counting on it," He said, and then lied, "I'll lead her away from you. I think I can get though
to that vent over there before she catches me."
"I'm shorter, and I have more experience running through play areas. I should go."
"I can't climb up a slide. I'd fall, she'd get me. You go up the slide, get to the vent, get out. I'll follow. Once we're out, we can grab some weapons from the car and gank her."
"...Fine. On three."
Hopefully Dean could get out before Sam inevitably got caught.
"One..."
Sam thought back to something that dad had once said. 'One day, there won't be much to do but pray that Heaven lets you in.' But as Lucifer's vessel, did that cancel the possibility of Heaven from the get-go?
"...Two..."
Wait. As Lucifer's vessel... He had to be alive to be a vessel. So...
"...Three."
In the split second before they moved, Sam said, "I'll be back, Dean."
Dean hesitated for a moment, trying to figure out what he meant. Only for a moment. They both sprinted in their respective directions. Dean was up the slide in seconds, that was closer than the climbing wall. When the shifter screeched, 'I found you!', she came after Sam. Just like he knew she would.
He scaled the small climbing wall easily and ducked into a tunnel. He heard the sound of the vent opening, but it didn't close again after. What was Dean doing?
