falling like the stars, sam winchester [ 3 ]

005. soulless

Dean and Miranda are outside and Sam is in line at a hot dog vendor. Dean is on the phone with Bobby while Miranda watches her daughter run around while Wyatt tries to keep up by crawling.

"I know what I saw, Bobby." Dean states.

"We tested him. Salt, silver -- everything." Bobby states.

"He threw me to that vamp. I'm telling you, it's not my brother." Dean says.

"Well, then he's something we ain't ever seen before." Bobby says.

"Yeah, or it's fuckin' Lucifer." Dean hisses.

"Did you call Cas?"

"'Course I called Cas. He's not answering. Fuck him. I can't wait anymore."

"Look, I get it. You're rattled. You're right to be. But let's be professional."

"Professional? He watched me get turned!"

"What you saw... are you sure that's what you saw?"

"Damn it, Bobby, yes. I know."

"Well, "you know" ain't the same as proof. Cause we're talking about--"

"We're talking about doing something about this, and fast. It's not just the vamp, okay? He has been different from the jump. Nat knows it, too."

"All right. All right. I'm with you." Bobby says.

"Are you?" Dean questions.

"Yeah. I'll hit the books, hard. Just don't shoot him yet, all right? Watch him. We need facts. Cause if it ain't Sam... we don't know what it is. And if we're gonna put him down, we need to know how." Bobby states.

"I don't even want to ride in the same car with him, much less work a damn case."

"Get in the car. He's your case." Bobby hangs up. Sam walks over with the hot dogs.

"Hey. I was just, uh, I was leaving Lisa a message." Dean says.

"Still hasn't called you back, huh?" Sam asks.

"No." Dean shakes his head.

"Sucks." Sam mumbles, giving his brother a hot dog, Miranda not wanting one and the kids don't like them.

"Yeah." Dean mutters.

"You okay?" Sam asks.

"Yeah, I'm fine. How are you?" Dean asks.

"Me? Great. Here, look. Check this out. Think it might be something." Sam says, handing Dean the newspaper he has. "Four people, out of nowhere, all in the last couple of weeks. What do you say?"

"Yeah. Sounds like a plan." Dean agrees.

"Let's go." Sam says.

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"Hey. You got anything?" Dean asks Bobby after he answers the phone.

"I've been up all night lookin'. Nothing fits." Bobby states.

"Awesome." Dean grumbles.

"You got anything else to go on?" Bobby asks.

"Yeah, my skin crawls being in the same room with him. Why don't you look that up?" Dean suggests.

"I'm working on it." Bobby says.

"I don't know how much longer I can do this, Bobby. You got to figure out what the hell he is and fast." Dean urges.

"I'm trying. But, Dean, there's a worst case scenario." Bobby says.

"What, Satan's my co-pilot? Yeah, I know."