Full Circle (Book 8 in Arrow/Spn Crossover)

Breakthrough

We hit the blue wall and the smell of burning fur made us gag. Pack is stronger than fire though, we pushed through it. All the memories that weren't mine crowded against me but underneath it all was the same core need, to make it past this last barrier and take out Mairyn and her pack.

As I stepped out of the color wall all the other memories faded, I felt the bonds though. I was standing on grass finally. "Let's finish this," I said and took two steps towards the last barrier when a shot rang out, slamming into my side and knocking me off my paws. I slid several feet along the grass thanks to the impact. My legs wouldn't move and instead of pain I just felt numb and increasingly cold. Not good.

"I can't let you." Dad's voice came from my right. "I told you to kill Sam to save him, you ignored me and did the unthinkable. I won't let my oldest son become a monster." I'd never heard him sound so cold, so empty. "I love you too much, I'm sorry."

I got rid of the fur, this was something that I had to be human to do. There was a pattern going on here. I wasn't all that surprised to hear him and it dawned me that I had a shit ton of things to say to him, even if it wasn't really him. Whatever it was that was trying to stop me was picking all the wrong shit to throw at me. Maybe if I hadn't had figured out the shifting thing I would have quit because of the pain, who knows. If I'd seen Dad two or three years ago in this scenario I may have agreed with him, not now. He wasn't the end all and be all of my life anymore, my role model. The last year with Coyote had taught me a few things about what love was and how jacked up my relationship with Dad had been.

"Fuck you Dad." I still couldn't move. He moved closer and I was staring straight into the barrel of the Colt. "You're so full of shit. Seriously. If you're going to kill me, go for it."

I saw it, the moment he decided. I didn't close my eyes or look away. He didn't say anything, just started to squeeze the trigger. That's when a white wolf with hazel eyes appeared from pretty much thin air, teeth bared, claws fully extended and completely silent. Sam landed on top of Dad, sending the shot wide of my head and the Colt flew out of Dad's hands as he screamed in pain. Sam's claws had sunk deep into Dad's back.

Sam turned his huge head towards me. I could see and feel the pain the strain he was under and how little of the human side was in charge. There wasn't a lot of rational thought in Sam's eyes.

"Sam. Let him go. Thanks but this is on me." I had no idea how he'd even managed to join me. I thought we were all on separate paths. However he did it, it was taking a massive toll on him. I saw less and less of Sam and more and more of the wolf in his eyes. His wolf side was triggering mine, making it that much harder for me to stay human. "Go back to your path, finish up, break through. Save your strength for the next part. I'll see you on the other side. Promise."

There was so much anger pouring off of him and it was all bound up in our bond, not just the pack bond that had just formed. Feeling how he felt about me was impossible to put into words. Yeah, we knew we loved each other, but having that surge through me along with his rage that I'd been attacked was nearly impossible to fight against while staying calm enough to not join him in taking Dad out.

I dug down deep, found a thread of calm and rational thought to send back to him through the link. I didn't say anything, just kept my eyes locked onto his. The wolf side started fading, other emotions started showing in his stance and his eyes. He stepped back from Dad and faded away.

"Sam!" Had he died? I still felt him but it was a lot weaker.

"Still here..."

He sounded exhausted. "Last one little brother, go. Get it over with. I'm good."

"Sam? Dean?" Roy's voice barely came through, "Here. Take what you need."

A wave of energy and strength swept through me, I got my legs moving and passed the rest along to Sam. How Roy managed to have that much extra left to give away I had no idea, we were all pushing our limits. Made me respect him even more than I already did though.