Jump In The Fire

21. Whisper calls

Dean and I are sitting on a bench in the middle of a square, waiting for Sammy to show up. Dean's on the phone, talking to Bobby about a case, and to ask us about how the last case went. I smile as I see Sam cross the city square and coming to us. 'Yep. I got it. Okay, bye,' Dean says into the phone and he hangs up. Then in one motion he picks up and throws an unopened can of soda to Sam, stands up and shoves the last of the food he is eating into his mouth. 

'So?' Dean asks chewing. 

'So, the professor doesn't know crap,' Sam shrugs. 

Dean walks at him, hits him on his shoulder and walks through. 'Shocking. Pack your panties, Sammy, we're hitting the road.' 

I look up, then stand too. 

'What? What's up?' 

'That was Bobby. Some banker guy blew his head off in Ohio and he thinks there's a spirit involved.' 

Sam raises his eyebrows. 'So you two were talking a case?'

'No, we were actually talking about our feelings. And then our favorite boy bands. Yeah, we were talking a case!'

I quickly cut in before people get hurt. 'So a spirit, what?' 

'Yeah, the banker was talking about some sort of electrical problems at his pad for like a week. Phone was going haywire, computer was flipping on and off.'

Sam just nods. 

'This is not ringing your bell?'

'Well, sure, yeah. But, Dean, we're already on a case.'

Dean looked up like he was thinking and then frowned. 'Whose?'

'Yours.' 

'Right. Yeah. Well, you coulda fooled me.'

Dean walks away from Sam waving that we have to follow him, but Sam doesn't give up that easy. 

'What the hell else have we been doing lately other than trying to break your deal?'

Dean turns around again. 

'Chasing our tails, that's what. Sam, we've talked to every professor, witch, soothsayer and two bit carny act in the lower 48. Nobody knows squat! And we can't find Bela, we can't find the Colt. So until we actually find something, I'd like to do my job.'

'Well there's one thing we haven't tried yet...'

Dean's eyes became bigger and he held up his hand. 'Sam, no.'

'We should summon Ruby.' 

Ruby? Who's Ruby?

'I'm not gunna have this fight with you.'

Dean turns around again but Sam grabs his shoulder. Oh-oh, that's not gonna be pretty.

'She said she knows how to save you.'

Dean pulls himself loose. 'Well, she can't.'

'Oh really, you know that for sure?'

'I do,' Dean nods. 

'How?'

'Because she told me, okay!' 

A little silence falls. 

'What?' Sam asks. 

'She told me. Flat out. She can't save me, nobody can.'

I stepped at the two. 'And you just somehow neglected to mention this to us?' I ask a little angry.