family ties, supernatural [ 1 ]

014. nightmare

Sam jolts awake, looking around the room, his siblings all still asleep.

"Dean." He calls, getting up and shaking his brother.

"What are you doing, man? It's the middle of the night." Dean says, watching Sam pack.

"We have to go." Sam states. "We have to go. Right now." Sam grabs his bag and rushes out.

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Dean is driving and Sam is on the phone.

"McReady. Detective McReady." Sam says. "Badge number 158. I've got a signal 480 in progress, I need the registered owner of a two door sedan, Michigan license plate Mary-Frank-six-zero-three-seven. Yeah, okay, just hurry."

"Sammy, relax. I'm sure it's just a nightmare." Dean says.

"Yeah, tell me about it." Sam mutters.

"I mean it. You know, a normal, every day, naked in class nightmare. This license plate, it won't check out. You'll see." Dean says.

"It felt different, Dean. Real. Like when I dreamt about our old house. And Jess." Sam says.

"Yeah, that makes sense. You're dreaming about our house, your girlfriend. This guy in your dream, you ever seen him before?"

"No."

"No. Exactly. Why would you have premonitions about some random dude in Michigan?"

"I don't know."

"Me neither."

"Yes, I'm here." Sam tells the person on the phone. After a moment he glares at Dean and picks his pen up. "Jim Miller. Saginaw, Michigan. You have a street address?" He writes it down. "Got it. Thanks." He hangs up. "Checks out. How far are we?"

"From Saginaw? Couple hours." Dean says.

"Drive faster." Sam demands and Dean presses on the gas pedal.

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They get outside of the Miller house, seeing a crowd witnessing everything and the emergency vehicles. They watch somebody get zipped up in a body bag.

The three get out.

"What happened?" Dean asks a woman.

"Suicide. Can't believe it." The woman says.

"Did you know him?" Sam asks.

"Saw him every Sunday at St. Augustine's. He always seems-- seemed -- so normal. I guess you never know what's going on behind closed doors." She says.

"Guess not." Dean says.

"How did... uh... how are they saying it happened?" Sam asks.

"I heard they found him in the garage, locked inside his car with the engine running." The woman informs.

"Do you know about what time they found him?" Sam asks.

"Oh, it just happened about an hour or two ago." She informs. "His poor family. I can't even imagine what they're going through."

Sam grimaces and deeply inhales before marching back to the Impala, his siblings following.

"Sam, we got here as fast as we could." Dean says.

"Not fast enough." Sam says. "It doesn't make any sense, man. Why would I even have these premonitions if there wasn't a chance I could stop them from happening?"

"I don't know."

"So what do you think killed him?"

"Maybe the guy just killed himself. Maybe there's nothing supernatural going on at all."