Ruby Winchester

Chapter Nine

A muffled scream came from Ruby as the demon placed an iron blade against her arm. He chuckled darkly as he pulled the knife away to see the 2nd degree burn where the blade was. Before the demon could do more with his new discovery a new demon ran in frantically.

"Winchester's!" The demon yelled.

"Fuck! Help me, we need to move her!" The original demon said.

Fighting could be heard from the other side of the door. The first demon held a knife to Ruby's neck, and the second demon stood by the door. The door burst open and Sam and Dean saw the scene before them.

"Ruby" Dean said angrily "we will have you free soon"

The first demon smirked, "Get any closer and I'll slit her throat."

"You're going to die for what you did to our sister," Sam said angrily.

The demon pressed the blade into Ruby's throat and black blood ran down her neck "You mean this monster we designed" the demon said.

"Whatever you did to her doesn't change who she is," Sam said before nodding at Dean.

"Cas!" Dean yelled out.

The angel Castiel appeared behind the demon and stabbed him through the head with his Angel Blade. Dean killed the second demon while Sam ran to untie Ruby.

Sam got the gag off of Ruby first "Are you okay?" Sam asked.

"You came?" Ruby asked with a weak voice.

"Of course, we came, your family," Sam said, still untying Ruby.

"And you brought a good-looking angel," Ruby said looking at Cas.

"Don't even think about it, Ruby," Dean said, walking over and helping her stand.

Ruby chuckled a bit and smiled at Cas "Nice to finally meet you Cas"

"It is nice to meet you, Ruby," Cas said, giving her a nod.

"Let's get you patched up Sis," Dean said, putting her arm over his shoulder to support her.

"No need, I'll be all healed in an hour," Ruby said letting Dean support her weight.

"Does that have to do with why your blood is black?" Sam asked as he followed closely behind Dean and Ruby.

"Im half ghost, although the official term is Ectoplasmic Infection," Ruby said as she felt her body healing.

"How are you still alive, most die shortly after Infection," Cas said knowing exactly what Ruby was talking about.

"Might have to do with the fact that I was four when infected, so I didn't resist the changes like most people" Ruby said, as that was her and Bill's theory.

"What's Ectoplasmic Infection?" Dean asked as he got Ruby out of the building.

"It's a rare phenomenon when ectoplasm gets in a human's bloodstream, there have only been a few cases recorded," Ruby explained.

"How did you get infected at four?" Sam asked with concern.

"My mother," Ruby said as Dean helped her into the Impala.

"I'm glad dad killed her," Dean said as he checked Ruby's wounds.

Cas got in the Impala as well sitting next to Ruby. Dean, seeing Ruby was already mostly healed, got in the driver's seat as Sam got in the passenger's seat. Dean began driving them all back to the motel watching as Ruby passed out, her head falling onto Cas's shoulder.

"She must trust you Cas," Dean said seeing this, "she always looked at us like we were going to hurt her."

"I met her before, I watched her when she was younger shortly after she was put in foster care," Cas said as he looked at Ruby sleeping on him. "I was ordered to only watch, but she could feel my presence. Perhaps she remembered the feeling of my presence"

"That's a little Creepy Cas." Dean said looking at Ruby "How was her foster family?"

"They are damned souls, it's better that Ruby never meets them again," Cas said with a bit of anger in his voice.

Sam and Dean were silent after this. Guilt overwhelmed Dean as he pulled into the motel. Dean made himself a promise, he would do everything he could to protect Ruby, she deserved to have a happy life from now on.