Without A Trace >> Dean Winchester

43 | Sacrifice [ Emotions First, Common Sense Later ]

There are only a few chapters left, and this is the fourth to the last one. Yayy!

—THE ROAD SO FAR...

*cue Carry On Wayward Son*

Crowley is ganking the people Sam and Dean saved long ago every 12 hours, and he won't stop until they'd hand over the demon tablet. Dean's got his priorities straight—he still wants to shut the gates before Crowley could kill, but Sam? He's hesitant. He doesn't wanna risk any bloodshed from any innocent victim. Where is all this going? Dean's mad, Sam's undecided.

Will they be able to shut the gates of Hell close forever?

Read on to find out!

43 | Sacrifice [ Emotions First, Common Sense later ]

"I like big butts and I cannot lie."

Crowley's ringtone goes off and presses 'answer', "you have less than one minute before a very, dear, attractive, and slightly tipsy friend of yours snuffs it."

It's been 12 hours since Sara had died, meaning he's got another victim on his very fingertips—Jody Mills. And it's just seconds before she dies.

Dean's at the bunker, along with Sam and Clarissa. Hearing Crowley's British and thick accent ticks him off, but the fact that he's killing innocent people ticks him off even more. Dean slams a hand on the desk and growls over the phone, "call it off, Crowley!"

"Because?"

"Because it's over, you son of a bitch." Dean lowers his voice by a notch, and resisted the defeat being obvious in his voice. "We want to deal."

"Thirty seconds."

"I stop the trials, you stop the killing." Dean glances at Sam and Clarissa who are at the edge of their seats.

"I want the demon tablet. The whole demon tablet."

"Fine, but the angel tablet comes to us first."

"On what grounds?!"

"On the grounds that you're a douche bag, and no douchebag should have that much power." Veins were now visibly showing in his forehead, but Clarissa knew it was no time to laugh. "Deal or not?"

"First, I need to hear two little words. 'I surrender'."

Silence.

x x x

Dean parks by the highway, and walks to Kevin who's on the ground, a shovel beside him and a dug up hole. His jeans are slightly soiled and by first glance, he looks like a homeless kid, but in reality? He's just a prophet of the Lord, hanging out by the highway, nothing special. Move on, folks.

"You hid the demon tablet underneath the devil?" Dean points to the giant billboard that had an ad for a restaurant named 'Devil's Chili Pot'. "Seriously?"

"What? I was delirious." Kevin places both prices of the broken tablet and they remind into a complete tablet. He hands it to Sam, and ask, "you sure this is gonna work?"