anti-hero, supernatural [ 2 ], DISCONTINUED

038. tense reunion

Sam and Natalie walk into Rufus' cabin and walk inside a bit. Sam is suddenly tackled to the floor making Natalie jump and turn to see Dean dousing his little brother with holy water.

"What the--? I'm not a demon." Sam says.

"Dean. Dean, hey--" Natalie stops herself as he splashes holy water on her. Dean pours borax over Sam before doing it to Natalie. "Dude. Dude!"

"Or a leviathan. What--" Sam's cut off as Dean slices his arm with a knife making Sam hiss in pain. Dean yanks Natalie closer by her arm, cutting it.

"Ow!" She rips her arm out of his grip. "Jackass." She mutters.

"Or shifters. Good." Dean stands up. "My turn. Come on. Let's go." He holds the holy water and borax out to Sam.

"I don't need to. We know it's you." Sam says.

"Yeah, I think I'm good." Natalie agrees,

"Damn it, twinnies!" Dean splashes holy water and then borax on himself. He holds the knife out to Sam who is standing up again. "Come on!"

"No! Dean, can I just say hello?" Sam asks. Dean rolls his sleeve up and cuts his arm.

"All right." Dean smiles. "Well... let's do this."

"I don't know whether to give you a hug or take a shower." Sam chuckles.

"I vote shower." Natalie grimaces in disgust.

"Come here." Dean pulls both of them into a hug.

"Dude. You're... fucking alive. I mean, what the hell happened?" Sam asks.

"Well, I guess standing too close to exploding Dick sends your ass straight to Purgatory." Dean says.

"Wait, what?" Natalie asks.

"You were in Purgatory? For the whole year?" Sam asks.

"Yeah, time flies when you're running for your life." Dean comments.

"Well, how'd you get out?" Sam asks.

"I guess whoever built that box didn't want me in there any more than I did." Dean says.

"What does that mean?" Sam asks.

"I'm here, okay?"

"What about Cas? Was he there?"

"Yeah, Cas didn't make it."

"What exactly does that mean?"

"Something happened to him down there. Things got pretty hairy towards the end, and he... just let go."

"So Cas is dead? You saw him die?"

"I saw enough." Dean says.

"So, then what, you're not sure?" Sam asks.

"I said I saw enough, Sam."

"Right. Dean, I'm sorry."

"Yeah." Natalie quietly says.

"Me, too. So you-- I can't believe you guys are actually here." Dean takes three beers out of the fridge. "You know that half your guys' numbers are out of service? Felt like I was leaving messages in the wind."

"Yeah, I-I-I didn't get your messages." Sam says.

"Me neither." Natalie admits, quietly clearing her throat.

"How come?" Dean asks.

"Probably because we both ditched the phones." Sam says.

"Because...?" Dean asks.