i know the end, supernatural [ 3 ]

036. escape plan

tw: attempted suicide

Nathan carries Ophelia's body into her room. He holds his tears back as he places her onto her bed as gently as he can. Nathan brushes some hair out of her face, his hand lightly grazing over her cheek that's colder than usual.

None of them wanted to just leave her body in the main room and cover it a sheet, knowing she deserves better than to be stuck on the cold cement floor. So Nathan brought her to her room.

Nathan grabs her desk chair and rolls it over, sitting next to her bed. He grabs her hand, wincing at her cold skin. He cleaned the blood off of her skin as much as he could, her hands and cheeks no longer covered in blood.

"I'm sorry, Lia." He whispers, his voice cracking. "I... I promised I wouldn't let anything happen to you. I promised that you wouldn't get hurt or-or killed. Not by them. I broke it. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." He sobs. "I couldn't stop 'em, I'm sorry."

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Natalie and Jacob managed to coax Nathan out of Ophelia's room. Jacob sits on the edge of the bed. He tucks Ophelia's hair  behind her ear, leaning down and kissing her forehead. He pulls away, stroking her cheek, teary eyes staring at her pale face.

"I'm gonna get 'em." Jacob tells her. "I promise, I'll kill every last one of them for you."

"Jacob." Natalie sniffles, walking into the room. He looks back at her. "They-- we need to find a way out of here."

"Right." Jacob mumbles. He looks back at Ophelia, brushing her cheek for a few more moments before getting up.

Natalie swallows down the lump in her throat as she walks over to the bed. She leans down, pressing a lingering kiss to Ophelia's forehead.

Natalie pushes the blonde's stray hairs down.

"I love you, sweet girl." She whispers.

+++

"All right. The garage?" Dean asks.

"Doors are warded and the walls are reinforced steel." Toni states.

"Okay. Um, you know, maybe we could get out through the air vents." Sam says.

"You wouldn't get far. There are choke points in the duct system, not even I could squeeze through. Not even your gullible daughter could fit through." Toni states.

"You really wanna insult my daughter right now?" Sam scoffs. "We have nothing to lose. We're locked in here. I will kill you."

"Shame you didn't kill us before you lost half your family." Toni tsks.

Sam's jaw tightly clenches, trying to decide if he wants to attack her or cry first.

"I say we kill her." Dean states, pointing to Toni. "I mean, you heard Ketch. Said we had about three days of air left. So if we ice her, maybe that buys us an extra day."

"I agree." Sam says.

"I assure you, Dean, I'm an extraordinarily shallow breather." Toni says.

"Yeah, right." Dean scoffs, going for her with a knife in hand.

"If we ever get out of here, I am the one who programmed your mother, which means that I am the only one who can undo it." Toni says. "And since I assume you want mummy back, you need me."

"You believe her?" Dean asks.

"I don't know. Look, if she's lying, sure, we take her out. But mom is still out there, brainwashed. If she's telling the truth, then we do need her." Sam says.