At My Breaking Point

Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Please don't leave me

It was three days before Sam Winchester came home.

He was bruised and bloody. He had told Harley to go with his brother and sister-in-law, hoping she and his daughter would get out of this bloody mess safely. But he had a feeling that something was really wrong and he dreaded walking through the door where his brother and his family lived.

Dean had been the first one to buy to two story house. Even though at first Dean was totally against the "apple pie life" as he called it. But when Emma got pregnant with Amelia things changed for Dean. He didn't want his daughter to grow up hunting like he and Sam were forced to do as children. Following John's every order. Until Sam was 18, Sam was the first that tried to pull out of the hunting life style. But it didn't last long before he got pulled right back into it.

Sam and Harley had nowhere to go and that's when Dean suggested that there was more than enough room at the house. They ended up living there and true to Dean's word there was enough room to house both of their families. But old habits die hard and the house was decorated with devil's traps under rugs in the house and salt lined the windows of the home. Both of their wives and daughters had protection charms somewhere on them most of the time.

But somehow Sam still had his key in his pocket. Of all the things.

He put the key in the door and turned it until he heard the click meaning the door was now unlocked. Sam turned the lock and slowly pushed the door open, hoping Dean wasn't on the other side with a shot gun aimed right at him. Sam opened the door all the way to reveal Dean wasn't on the other side with his gun. Something was seriously wrong and Sam knew it. Sam closed the door and walked toward the kitchen in their home. If Dean wasn't sitting there with a beer then Sam didn't know where else to look for his brother.

To confirm Sam's guess, Dean was sitting at their kitchen table with a beer in hand. But Sam could tell that it wasn't Dean's first and it wasn't going to be his last. Dean lifted his head up and when he saw Sam his eyes widen. Dean put his beer down as Sam sat down across from his big brother.

"Sam?"

"Yea, it's me Dean."

"If it's you then take a swig of this"

Dean handed him an open beer that was sitting on the table. Sam knew there was holy water in it but he took a swig of it anyway to please his brother. Sam put the beer back on the table and slid it back to Dean.

"Ok, then it's you Sammy"

Dean knew that Sam preferred Sam but he didn't correct his brother. Sam could tell by his brother's voice that something had went wrong after Sam had told Harley to take Skylar and go with Dean and Emma. The next words that came out of Dean's mouth made Sam's stomach drop.

"Sam I have to tell you something."

Sam just stayed silent and Dean took that as a sign to continue.

"Sam, after we split up in those woods the demons had caught up to us. Emma was the first Sam. She got stabbed in the chest trying to protect Amelia from getting stabbed and she didn't last long Sam. We were all there as she took her last breath. We already gave her a hunter's burial the day after when we found her body out in the woods."

"Dean..."

"Sam... Just let me finish a damn sentence or I won't be able to finish if I stop now."

Sam just nodded and Dean continued,

"Harley didn't come back either Sam."

Sam face faltered as he heard the news. It took everything he had in him not to start crying right in front of his brother.

"Sam, she sacrificed herself to Ruby so that Skylar and Amelia wouldn't be hurt. She was already hurt and bleeding, she knew there was no other way out and she did it so I could get out with the girls. I don't know what happened but when we went out to go find her body when we got Emma's it wasn't there. She's gone Sam."

Sam could only get out one word

"Skylar?"

"She's fine now Sam. Finally got her and Amelia to go to sleep but I don't know how long their going to stay asleep."

Dean watched as his little brother slowly broke at the news. Sam put his head in his hands and Dean watched as his little brother's shoulders moved as he cried. But Sam's crying was silent.

"Sam she said something to me before she walked over to Ruby."

"What?"

"She said tell Sam I'm sorry"

Dean watched as those few words broke his little brother.

"I'm going to go to sleep now Sam. You should try to get some to."

Sam watched as his brother got up, beer still in hand and walked to the room that Emma and he used to share. It was going to a lonely night for Dean. Sam waited and then made his way to his daughter's room. Opening the door slowly, not wanting to wake up the sleeping child. He made his way over to her bed and kneeled down beside the bed. Placing a kiss on his daughter's forehead as he uttered,

"I'm sorry Skylar."

Sam stood up and took one step only to feel a small hand grab his arm. He had woken up his daughter. The last thing he wanted to happen.

"Daddy?"

Sam wanted to cry as he heard the small words his daughter spoke. Leaving her was going to be the hardest thing he had ever done. He didn't want to but it was for the best he did. He kneeled back down as he watched his daughter's eyes flutter open. Looking confused and sleepy.

"I'm going somewhere Skylar."

"Will you come back?"

Sam didn't know how to respond to his daughter's question. He took of his outer shirt, leaving him in a tee shirt and his jacket. He laid it by the side of the bed so that if he didn't come back Skylar would have something to remember him by. Then he kissed Skylar's forehead as he said,

"I promise"

Sam watched as Skylar closed her eyes and went back to sleep. He got up and walked to the bedroom door. He turned around and took one last look at his sleeping daughter and walked out of the room and out the front door. Dean had already gone to bed and didn't see Sam leave.

Sam wouldn't come back for a long time.