Virus (Supernatural Story)

Eight

"I can't believe this.." Dean muttered, pacing around his motel room, running his hands through his hair. "I can't believe he would hide something like that for this long.."

"You can't be too pissed at him, Dean." Lily said, sitting on the bed, watching him walk back and forth. "At least he didn't continue to hide it until he was practically dead."

"It doesn't matter!" He said. "For all we know, we could be too late to save him already!"

"Well, he's still himself to a point, isn't he?" She folded her arms. "Which means we have time."

"Who knows how long that is...could be minutes.."

Lily stood with a sigh. "Will you quit being doubtful for a second? Hey.." She grabbed his arm, stopping him in his tracks, holding him firmly. "We will take any time we can get to save him. Even if it's an hour..who cares. We will find a cure and kill Amara." He was about to say something when she took a step closer. "Do you wanna help him..or not?"

Not thinking of anything to say after, he gave a small nod, her grip releasing on his arm when she suddenly went as still as a statue, her eyes almost looking like they were glazed over. Staring straight ahead, she was not in the room, but back where the hospital is, all the dead bodies and pieces of equipment strewn about. Veering right, it lead down another hallway, patient room doors wide open, some with blood splatters on the inside of them.
She suddenly felt a presence..a presence that was so strong she wanted to turn away, but she couldn't control her body. She went further down, a figure coming into view, standing with their back turned, arms at their sides. Turning, she was met with the gaze of something so intensely powerful, she felt like she could get blown to pieces in a fingersnap, and when they spoke, it was definitley a woman.

"I'm waiting for you."

It all stopped right then, snapping back into reality, gasping loudly as she fell backwards, almost hitting the floor when someone caught her. Her body felt like jelly, like she could break at any moment. Being sat down on a bed, she felt hands on her shoulders, the familiar hazel eyes of Dean staring right at her.

"Hey! Can you hear me??" He asked, getting her to blink a few times. "You okay??"

Taking her a few seconds to respond, she gave a small nod, his shoulders slumping in relief, gripping her hands tightly. "What the hell happened?"

Lily took a couple deep breaths. "I was...I was back at the hospital..and I saw someone. They had..a dark dress I think..and long hair. Definitely a woman..but.." Lifting her gaze to his, her eyes were filled with worry and a little terror. "..they're scarely powerful, Dean. And..I think it's her.."

Dean tensed back up. "Amara?" When she nodded again, he cursed under his breath. "We have to tell the others..it's our only shot at killing her."

"You don't understand, Dean...she knows." Lily said.
He raised an eyebrow. "Knows what?"

She bit her lip. "She knows we're coming for her..."

***

Jackie had no idea how long she was outside, sitting against the car, crying her eyes out until no more tears came when she heard the flap of wings. Glancing up, she saw Cass standing next to her when he knelt down.

"What is it?" He asked.

"It's...it's Sam..." She choked out. "He...he's infected.."

"What? How??"

"While we were fighting the group of infected people...one of them got to Sam.." She said, sniffling. "I just can't believe he kept it from us this long..and it's bad, Cass.."

"How far has it spread?" Cass asked, shifting to a sitting position.
Unable to say it, she pointed at herself, tapping the bottom of her jawline, hearing Cass sigh heavily. "Well..we still have time..we'll figure it out."
Jackie simply shrugged when the front door to the motel opened, revealing Dean and Lily.

"Hey...you might wanna hear this." Dean said, gesturing for them to come inside. "Think we know where Amara is."

Catching their interest, Cass helped Jackie stand up as they headed inside, getting a questionable gaze from Lily.
"I'll be fine if what we're gonna hear is good news.." Jackie said, wiping her eyes a little more, accepting the comfort of her best friends presence as they gathered in her and Sam's room.