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01. Pilot

As Elyse bounced her stuffed dog on her lap, she said, "Daddy, are we there yet? I'm hungry. Ashie doesn't have snacks."

Dean shook his head, glancing back at her. "No, not yet. I bet if you ask Mommy nicely she'll give you a snack."

"Mommy, can I have something to eat?"

Carrie pulled out two packs of goldfish. "Give one to your brother. What do you two say?"

"Thanks, Mommy."

"Thank you," Asher said.

"Mommy? Daddy? What's in... I can't renember. Disneyland state."

"Uncle Sammy is in California," Carrie said. "We're going to get him. You two remember seeing pictures of him, right?"

"He has shaggy hair," Asher said with a laugh.

Dean chuckled softly. "Yeah he does. I bet he's gonna love meeting you two."

Elyse yawned and cuddled her dog as she closed her eyes.

"Dean," Carrie called softly. "She's out. Ash, you try get some sleep too, all right? We have a long drive ahead of us."

Dean turned the music down and took her hand. "Carrie, what if he doesn't come with us? I mean, this is our dad we're talking about."

She squeezed his hand as she said, "I think Sam will choose to help his family. But even if he doesn't, you still have me and the kids."

"Yeah. I hate that they're in this life. I wish we could settle down and live a normal, apple-pie life."

"I love the idea of it, but you know deep down that one or both of us would find our way back to this life in one way or another."

"I wish we both knew how to stay out."

Carrie smiled sadly. "Me too, but that's not us. And we do our best to keep Ash and Elyse safe despite it all."

He glanced back at their sleeping daughter and son again. "I'd say we do a pretty damn good job of it too."

"Yeah, we do. Would it be all right if I got some rest?"

"Go ahead. I'll wake you when we get there."

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When they reached Palo Alto, Dean gently shook his wife and she slowly opened her eyes. "Mmm?"

"We're here. I'm gonna get Sam. Stay with the kids and I'll be back soon, okay?"

She nodded and faced their sleeping children. "Good luck, honey."

He kissed her temple. "Thanks. I'll be right back."

Dean got of the car, found Sam's apartment, and opened the window. He climbed through.

When he was inside, he closed the window almost the entire way.

Dean clinked the beer cabinet. He walked past the string at the far end of the hall. He hit his hip on the corner of a table, silently cursing to himself.

Sam, who had been woken up, moved to another part of the apartment and waited as Dean entered the room.

Sam lunged forward and grabbed Dean's shoulder. Dean knocked Sam's arm away and aimed a strike at Sam, who ducked. Dean grabbed Sam's arm, swung him around, and shoved him back. Sam kicked and was blocked before being pushed into another room. Sam got a glimpse of Dean, though he didn't immediately recognize his brother. Dean elbowed Sam in the face and Sam kicked at his head. Dean ducked and swung, but Sam blocked it. Dean knocked Sam down and pinned him to the floor, one hand at Sam's neck and the other holding Sam's wrist.