someone to stay, supernatural [ 1 ]

086. hallucinations

Dean and Natalie stand outside the panic room door, the little window open so they can talk to Sam.

"Okay. Let me out. This isn't funny." Sam says.

"Damn straight." Dean says.

"Dean, come on. This is crazy." Sam says.

"No. Not until you dry out." Dean says.

"Look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have lied to you guys. Just open the door." Sam says.

"You don't have to apologize. It's not your fault. It's not your fault that you lied to us over and over again. I get it now. You couldn't help it." Dean says.

"I'm not some junkie." Sam insists.

"Really? I guess I've just imagined how strung out you've been lately."

"You're actually trying to twist this into some kind of ridiculous drug intervention?"

"Okay, Sammy--" Natalie tries.

"If it smells like a duck." Dean says.

"Dean, I'm not drinking the demon blood for kicks. I'm getting strong enough to kill Lilith. And so is Libby." Sam says.

"Strong?" Dean asks.

"Yeah." Sam says.

"This is about as far away from strong as you can get. Try weak. Try desperate. Pathetic. And making your daughter do it? Do you know how low that is?"

"Killing Lilith is what matters. Or are you so busy being self-righteous you forgot about her?" Sam asks.

"Oh, Lilith's gonna die. Bobby, Nat, Jacob, Rissa, and I will kill her. But not with you." Dean says.

"You're not serious." Sam says.

"Congrats, Sammy. You just bought yourself a benchwarmer seat to the apocalypse."

"Dean, look-- no, wait--" Dean shuts the window cover. "Come back here. Dean! Let me out of here! Dean! Let me out of here! Nat! Dean!"

"Do you really have to be a dick? Tough love, sure. But there's crossing a line." Natalie hisses.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Are you on board with this?" Dean asks.

"Of course not. But maybe he really does have good reasoning. Definitely not for Libby, I am so far beyond pissed about that, but for himself. I mean, maybe-- maybe Ruby brainwashed him or something. We may not have the full story." Natalie says.

"We have the full idiot -- he's an idiot." Dean says.

"Dean." Natalie calls, but he's already gone.

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The five adults and Ophelia are in the living room and are forced to listen to Sam screaming. Libby calls out every once in a while, but is usually quiet, the girl seeming to take this better than Sam.

Bobby pours five glasses of whiskey.

"How long is this gonna go on?" Dean asks.

"Here, let me look it up in my demon detox manual. Oh, wait. No one ever wrote one. No telling how long it'll take. Hell, or if Sam will even live through it." Bobby says. The phone rings and Bobby picks it up. "Hello. Suck dirt and die, Rufus. You call me again, I'll kill you." He hangs up.

"What's up with Rufus?" Dean asks.

"He knows." Bobby states and the phone rings again, Bobby picking up. "I'm busy, you son of a bitch. This better be important."

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"The news. The news ain't good." Bobby says.

"This is what Rufus called about? "Key West sees ten species go extinct."" Dean says.