(1) When We Collide (T. Stark)

Chapter Forty Two

"I'm taking someone's soul" Lilith warns. "You found a loophole, I'm actually impressed, but I will be leaving with a soul" she tightens her fingers around Spencer's throat. "So...can't touch yours...." Lilith cocks her head and then smirks. "Oh, but I can take one more valuable......Trinity's" Spencer's eyes widen, her fingers then clawing at Lilith's arm.

"Bitch!" Spencer screeches. "No!"

"Son of a bitch" Dean fights against the demon's hold on him. "Leave her out of this!"

"I'm not seeing another option here" Lilith points out as Spencer screams throwing her head back, wailing in agony. Dean can't bear it. He can't.

"Mine!" Dean shouts. "Take mine!" Spencer and Sam look to him, Spencer's wailing instantly stopping. Lilith turns to him. Dean looks to his baby sister. "Take mine instead"

"No!" Spencer argues. "No" she starts to cry again. This is all her fault. All of this is because of her. "No" she begs. Lilith releases Spencer sending her to the floor, she kneels and looks to Dean. "Dean" she whispers. He smiles at her.

"It's okay, Spence" he assures her. "It's okay" she shakes her head. Lilith moves towards Dean letting him free of her powers, he lands on his feet and stands up tall, defiant but resigned.

"Your soul...for hers?" Lilith asks. "Uncle of the year" she teases.

"Just get on with it" Dean snaps at her. Lilith touches his chest and then pulls Dean into a kiss, sealing this new deal, Spencer weeps on the floor. Lilith pulls back from Dean then walks over to the door while Dean follows her with his eyes. She grabs hold of the door handle and while looking at Dean exclaims:

"Sic 'em, boy" Spencer snaps her head to Dean at this and Dean looks over at Spencer and then at the door. Lilith opens the door and the goofer dust blows away as the hellhound gets in. Lilith just laughs and smiles. The hellhound lunges at Dean, Spencer screams as it grabs him by his legs and pulls him down as he screams. It begins to rip him as Sam stands against the wall, helpless, scared and panicked.

"No! Stop!" Sam begs. Lilith just looks over at Sam and then down at Dean who's struggling on the floor. The hound has already slashed his right leg and is now attacking his chest as he screams in pain. He turns over onto his stomach.

"STOP IT!" Spencer pleads. Lilith just watches with a little smile on her face. The hound slashes Dean on his back and his shoulder.

"No!" He flips over and it slashes him over his chest, blood gushing out. Sam and Spencer just watch in horror.

"No. Stop it" Dean is taking his last breaths now.

"STOP IT!" The blood pours out of Dean's chest and he's not screaming anymore, but still not dead. "NO!" Lilith smiles at Sam.

"Yes" She holds out her hand and suddenly white light erupts from it. As it builds up Sam turns his head, eyes closed. Spencer covers her own and buries her head in the floor. Suddenly her white light is retracted, her eyes are still white but slowly turns back to normal, and she looks confused and shocked. Sam is on the floor, huddled in a corner next to a cabinet, holding his hands up in front of his face. When he notices nothing happened and the light is gone he slowly takes down his hands, looks up at her and rises up to a standing position. She looks at the floor, afraid. She holds out her hand and looks at him. "Back" Sam takes a breath and starts walking towards her. "I said, back" Sam, with a determined look on his face, bends down and picks up Ruby's knife. Lilith looks very afraid of him now, as he just looks determined and hateful.

"I don't think so" He pulls back his hand, and motions to stab her but suddenly Lilith exits Ruby's body. The black smoke goes out of her body as she screams. Ruby's body collapses. Dean isn't moving, his eyes opened. He's dead. Spencer pulls herself across the floor to her brother. She touches his chest as she cries. Her hands shaking.

"Dean?" she asks, barely more than a whisper. Sam looks down on them breathing heavily. "I'm sorry" she whimpers. "I'm sorry" she leans down resting her face on Dean's chest, not caring about the blood that's soaking into her. She hits his chest softly, weakly. Then harder. Then harder still. "No!" She screeches and pounds on his chest. Sam moves to her, grabs her arm as he sinks to the floor with her, he pulls her back as she screams in agony, Sam cries freely now pulling his sister back into his chest. She wails struggling against him. Sam buries his face in her hair and clutches her to him.

..............

Tony will probably never admit it to anyone that he sits, he sits and he waits, and he watches the clock, he watched it countdown to midnight, and then he kept watching, he just watched.....his heartbreaking in his chest with every minute that ticked by. There is the rumble of the Impala outside and Tony closes his eyes, they're dry and burning from the tears. Because he knows she's not going to be there with them. He takes a breath hearing the doors open and close. Steals himself. Sits up taller. Plasters on his Stark mask and waits. Footsteps and then the door is opening. Tony stands up and turns to the door. Sam enters first but can't meet Tony's eyes, he turns back to the door holding it open. Tony's eyes widen when he sees her, Spencer standing there with her duffel bag.

"What?" he asks but there is still something wrong, she looks.....wrong. Her face has a few patches of dried blood on her, her clothing seems soaked with it. Her eyes are lost and dull. Her lip trembles as she moves to Tony, he rounds the couch to meet her halfway, basically yanking her close to him as soon as she is in reach. He pulls her closer, hand in her hair just holding her to him. He looks to Sam who looks down and away from him. Spencer clutches to the back of Tony's shirt as she cries. "I've got you, beautiful" he whispers. "You're here" he breaths closing his eyes. "You're here" he repeats kissing her head. "Why are you here?" he asks her. She pulls back and trembles in his arms. "What happened?" he brushes his hand over her face.

"Dean..." she manages to get out before she can't anymore. Tony looks to Sam for help.

"He...He took her deal...." Sam admits. "He took it...." Tony looks to Spencer who breaks down again, she lifts her eyes to Tony's.

"It's all my fault" she admits. "It's all my fault" Tony pulls her back to him, cradling her in his arms. "It's all my fault" she mumbles into his shirt. Sam clears his throat and then leaves them to it, disappearing into the back room. Tony just keeps Spencer closer to him.