Bait

10

Morning came and the boys made their way towards the kitchen. Bobby always left that door unlocked but only a couple of people knew about it. As they entered the kitchen, Bobby was already up and making coffee. He saw the boys and nodded in acknowledgment. The boys nodded back. As they sat at the table, Dean had a burning question on the tip of his tongue.

-''Hey Bobby.''

-''Yeah?''

-''How's Sophia doing?'' – Dean needed to know. Sam was now wide awake, for he too wanted to know.

The man let out a breath before answering. That raised a few red flags with both Dean and Sam.

-''Physically, she's okay, still a bit sore, but okay. Mentally, that's a different thing.'' – the man said with sadness in his eyes. He never wanted this for his little girl. He never wanted her to go through anything like that. The boys didn't knew, but during the time she was held captive, the demon Rick tortured her, just for the sheer pleasure of knowing he had torture someone that the boys cared about. He wasn't mad or angry at the boys, but he was at the demon. He wished he could have been the one to kill him, instead he choose to stay behind and take care of his daughter.

-''What do you mean, Bobby?'' – Dean asked worried.

-''She has nightmares every night; she won't sleep more than two or three hours every night. When she's having a nightmare, I try and wake her up and when she does wake, she looks so scared. My daughter is even afraid to go to sleep, worried that she will have a nightmare. I honestly don't know what else to do. She won't tell me want she dreams about or what he did to her, and it kills me not being able to help her more.'' – As he was telling the boys what had been going on, the man had tears in his eyes. The boys knew how much he loved her and could only imagine how much it hurt Bobby not being able to help his little girl.

The boys knew all too well what kind of scars being tortured leaves behind. Not just the physical ones, but the emotional and mental ones. They both had been tortured in the past and knew it wasn't something you could easily come back from. So, with just a look at each other, they knew what they needed to do. They were going to talk to her, tell her what they went through and how they overcame it. If, in the process, she wanted to tell them what happened to her, even better; if not, at least she would know that she wasn't alone.

Suddenly, they heard a scream. Bobby jumped from his seat and ran upstairs, followed by the boys. Bobby went straight towards Sophia's room and went in, the boys waited by the door.

-''It's ok, baby girl. Dad's here. It's ok, you're safe now. Breath. That's it, just breath.'' – Bobby said to a shattered Sophia. Looking back, Bobby saw the boys by the door and gave them a pleaded look. He was lost; he didn't know what to do and was looking at them for help. They would do whatever it took to help them. After all, they were family.

Dean walked away from the door, followed by Sam, so that Bobby and Sophia could have some privacy. Now Dean was actually scared. The woman he saw in that room wasn't the Sophia he knew. She was a lot skinnier, her skin looked pale and her hair had lost its glow. She looked so scared and small. Her light was gone. He could only imagine what the demon had done to her. Whatever it was, they were losing her.