this is me trying, spn [ 3 ]

080. welcome to the end

Larissa and Sam rush into the room, Larissa carrying Athena and Sam is holding Liam's car seat. They get in the room, finding it a mess and no Jack. Sam looks around, seeing Libby on the ground and a pained look on her face.

"Bessie." He puts Liam's car seat next to Larissa and rushes over to his oldest. "Hey. Hey, baby girl, hey." He carefully helps her up to her feet. "Hey. You okay?" He winces at the small cut on her forehead. "Bessie?"

"Flying's a bitch." She groans.

"Where's Jack?" Larissa asks.

"He's gone." Dean states.

"Gone?" Larissa asks.

"Yes. He-- he got pissed, blew us at the wall, and then disappeared." Dean says.

"Why was he mad?" Athena asks as Larissa puts her down.

"Long story." Dean says.

"I don't understand." Cas says and the normal lights come back on. "The Ma'lak box can hold an archangel."

"Jack's not an archangel." Sam states, Libby leaning against him while she rubs her temples.

"Which I reminded you all of earlier, but, you know, who listens to the smart woman?" Larissa remarks.

"Yeah, apparently, the kid leveled up." Dean says.

"He was always leveled up, you idiot." Larissa says.

"So, what do we do?" Cas asks.

"We find him." Dean states.

"How?" Cas asks.

"I don't know, Cas. You tell me." Dean says.

"Okay, the last time we found Jack, it wa-- it was by praying to him, but that's not gonna happen again." Sam says.

"Yeah, you think?" Dean retorts.

"You should never have tried to lock him away." Cas says.

"I agree." Larissa says.

"Yeah." Natalie nods.

"You know what? You're right. I never wanted to put him in that damn box. I wanted him dead." Dean states.

"Dean." Cas says.

"He's dangerous, Cas, and you knew it!" Dean exclaims. "You've known it for a long time! But that's okay. You know why? Because we--" Dean motions between him and his family. "We've killed just about everything there is. And this -- Jack -- oh, we'll find a way. Because he's just another monster."

"You don't mean that." Cas says.

"The hell I don't." Dean argues. Cas storms out. "All right. So, I guess we got to find Jack."

"Yeah, then what?" Sam asks.

"I don't know. Maybe we call Rowena, see if she can put together one of those, um, soul bombs." Dean says.

"The... thing you were gonna use against the Darkness?" Sam asks.

"Yeah, might actually put a dent in the kid." Dean says.

"Okay." Sam quietly says. Larissa gives her husband an incredulous look.

"Sam, I know this isn't easy, okay? He-- I know how much he meant to you. He meant a lot to me. He was family. But this? This is not Jack anymore. He's hurting, he's killing people. This isn't gonna be easy, but we're gonna have to do the hard thing. We're gonna have to do the ugly thing. Ain't like it's the first time, though, right?"

"Are you insane? You didn't kill Sam when he was soulless. And maybe he was outright killing people, but innocent people did still die. And Cas told you, he only killed those people because Dumah manipulated him into thinking it was what we wanted." Larissa says.