[jmm] Heather Cortez quote
[Set in a_brokenvessel. I have no idea if this will be binding for the verse, since we aren’t anywhere close to the finale yet, but she won’t shut up about it so I’m just writing it to get it out of my head.]
“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”
Sam was gone.
She knew it the second it happened. She wasn’t even there, but she knew. She had ‘volunteered’ to go with Faith and check out the wildfires in LA while everyone else went to Detroit. Dean was pretty sure that that was where the Devil was going to be, but Faith had friends in LA, and Ruby needed the distraction. She couldn’t be there when Sam said yes. It went against everything she wanted him to do. But it was Sam’s choice and Sam was sure he could do this. So she let him. But that didn’t mean she was going to stand there and watch.
She still knew, though. There was a twist in the pit of her stomach that she just knew was him saying yes, and after that it only got worse. There was just a feeling that was calling her, pulling her back towards Detroit, to where Lucifer was. She was sure that every demon across the globe was feeling it, calling them home so that Lucifer could do them all in. They were his children, he was about the slaughter them, and none of them could see it but her. And Crowley, apparently, at this point. But it lasted too long. The pull, it kept dragging at her, kept coming, and that was when she knew that something was wrong.
“I have to go.”
“What? Where the hell are you-”
Faith didn’t get the chance to finish before Ruby was gone, hurtling herself across the country to where Sam was. By the time she got there, he was gone-the direction of the pull had changed coming from somewhere else, far from here, but Dean, Castiel and Bobby were still there.
“Where is he?” she asked, looking over the three of them. “Where’s Lucifer?”
“Gone,” Dean sighed. “I tried to get him in there, but-”
“What happened?”
“He was too strong. Sam tried to take him, but it didn’t work.”
“What about the rings? Where are they?”
“Lucifer has them.”
“Damnit,” she whispered, before looking up at the window where she was sure it all happened. It was like a concussive wave, emanating out from the center like ripples, and now she was being called elsewhere, dragged away towards where Lucifer wanted her. He had to know she was alive at this point. He was in Sam’s head. He knew what Sam knew. She might as well give him what he wanted. “I have to go.”
“Go? Go where? Ruby!”
Dean was gone a few minutes later, she was where she didn’t want to be. Lucifer was there in front of her and now that she was close enough, she could feel him, the feel of him low and seductive, thrumming under her skin. It pulled her closer and made her sick all at the same time. There was a large part of her that barely even wanted to look at him, but she had to. She had to take the chance.
“I was wondering when you’d get here.” He turned to face her, his eyes turning away from the mirror to look at her, and she pushed the part of her that loved Sam lower, tried to pull up more of the demon that was there. “I’ve been calling you.”
“What can I say? Anticipation half the fun.” She slipped her hands into her back pockets as she made her way closer to him, prowling towards him almost as though she was as enthralled as everyone else seemed to be. “I wanted to make sure it was for real. I’d hate to be disappointed again.”
“Again?”
“That pathetic piece of meat hardly suited you,” she murmured as she got closer, letting her hands run up his chest-Sam’s chest-and giving him a smirk. “Sam is a much better choice.”
Almost as soon as she finished that statement his hand was around her throat, cutting off the air that she didn’t need to breathe. “You really think that doe eyed look was going to work on me?”
“I don’t know what you mean,” she said evenly. “I was the one who got you here, wasn’t I? You think I’d betray you for this? I mean, hey. The meat’s good, but the smarts? Not so much.”
“That’s not what you told Sam,” he replied. “You didn’t want him to say yes. And he believed you, Ruby.”
“Sam believes a lot of things,” she said with a smirk, her hands starting to drift down lower to where she could feel the rings in his pocket. “Get close enough to him to get him off and he’ll follow you to the end of the world. Literally.” She blinked her eyes up at him again, wide and innocent, before giving him a small smile as her hand slipped into the pocket of his jeans. “I was getting him ready for you. You should be thanking me.”
Lucifer watched her quietly for a moment, before his other hand came down, wrapping his hand around the forearm in his pocket. “Fortunately for me, I’m smarter than Sam.” His arm snapped back, and she could feel the sharp pain of the bones cracking as he threw her to the ground. Her head collided with the floor, and it took her a second to shake herself out of it before looking up again and seeing Lucifer-Sam-looming over her. He took pity on her enough to look sympathetic, but all she really wanted to do was spit in his face.
“You could have really been something, Ruby,” he sighed, running a hand through her hair. “Such a shame.”
“Like I don’t already know that’s bullshit,” she snapped back at him. “You’re gonna take us out anyway.”
“Maybe you’re right,” he said with a bit of a smirk. “But it would have been fun while it lasted.”
She tried to look past Lucifer, trying to find Sam in his eyes and she wasn’t sure if she could, but she had to at least try. Last resort. “Fight him,” she whispered. “Fight him, Sam.”
“Dean couldn’t get through to him. What makes you can?” She didn’t respond, just kept trying to look through to Sam, and seeing if she could find him. Lucifer’s hand came under her chin, forcing her to look at him head on, and then smirking. “I’d drag this out longer, but I’ve got things to do. Goodbye, Ruby.”
Goodbye, Sam.
And then there was nothing.
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“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”
Sam was gone.
She knew it the second it happened. She wasn’t even there, but she knew. She had ‘volunteered’ to go with Faith and check out the wildfires in LA while everyone else went to Detroit. Dean was pretty sure that that was where the Devil was going to be, but Faith had friends in LA, and Ruby needed the distraction. She couldn’t be there when Sam said yes. It went against everything she wanted him to do. But it was Sam’s choice and Sam was sure he could do this. So she let him. But that didn’t mean she was going to stand there and watch.
She still knew, though. There was a twist in the pit of her stomach that she just knew was him saying yes, and after that it only got worse. There was just a feeling that was calling her, pulling her back towards Detroit, to where Lucifer was. She was sure that every demon across the globe was feeling it, calling them home so that Lucifer could do them all in. They were his children, he was about the slaughter them, and none of them could see it but her. And Crowley, apparently, at this point. But it lasted too long. The pull, it kept dragging at her, kept coming, and that was when she knew that something was wrong.
“I have to go.”
“What? Where the hell are you-”
Faith didn’t get the chance to finish before Ruby was gone, hurtling herself across the country to where Sam was. By the time she got there, he was gone-the direction of the pull had changed coming from somewhere else, far from here, but Dean, Castiel and Bobby were still there.
“Where is he?” she asked, looking over the three of them. “Where’s Lucifer?”
“Gone,” Dean sighed. “I tried to get him in there, but-”
“What happened?”
“He was too strong. Sam tried to take him, but it didn’t work.”
“What about the rings? Where are they?”
“Lucifer has them.”
“Damnit,” she whispered, before looking up at the window where she was sure it all happened. It was like a concussive wave, emanating out from the center like ripples, and now she was being called elsewhere, dragged away towards where Lucifer wanted her. He had to know she was alive at this point. He was in Sam’s head. He knew what Sam knew. She might as well give him what he wanted. “I have to go.”
“Go? Go where? Ruby!”
Dean was gone a few minutes later, she was where she didn’t want to be. Lucifer was there in front of her and now that she was close enough, she could feel him, the feel of him low and seductive, thrumming under her skin. It pulled her closer and made her sick all at the same time. There was a large part of her that barely even wanted to look at him, but she had to. She had to take the chance.
“I was wondering when you’d get here.” He turned to face her, his eyes turning away from the mirror to look at her, and she pushed the part of her that loved Sam lower, tried to pull up more of the demon that was there. “I’ve been calling you.”
“What can I say? Anticipation half the fun.” She slipped her hands into her back pockets as she made her way closer to him, prowling towards him almost as though she was as enthralled as everyone else seemed to be. “I wanted to make sure it was for real. I’d hate to be disappointed again.”
“Again?”
“That pathetic piece of meat hardly suited you,” she murmured as she got closer, letting her hands run up his chest-Sam’s chest-and giving him a smirk. “Sam is a much better choice.”
Almost as soon as she finished that statement his hand was around her throat, cutting off the air that she didn’t need to breathe. “You really think that doe eyed look was going to work on me?”
“I don’t know what you mean,” she said evenly. “I was the one who got you here, wasn’t I? You think I’d betray you for this? I mean, hey. The meat’s good, but the smarts? Not so much.”
“That’s not what you told Sam,” he replied. “You didn’t want him to say yes. And he believed you, Ruby.”
“Sam believes a lot of things,” she said with a smirk, her hands starting to drift down lower to where she could feel the rings in his pocket. “Get close enough to him to get him off and he’ll follow you to the end of the world. Literally.” She blinked her eyes up at him again, wide and innocent, before giving him a small smile as her hand slipped into the pocket of his jeans. “I was getting him ready for you. You should be thanking me.”
Lucifer watched her quietly for a moment, before his other hand came down, wrapping his hand around the forearm in his pocket. “Fortunately for me, I’m smarter than Sam.” His arm snapped back, and she could feel the sharp pain of the bones cracking as he threw her to the ground. Her head collided with the floor, and it took her a second to shake herself out of it before looking up again and seeing Lucifer-Sam-looming over her. He took pity on her enough to look sympathetic, but all she really wanted to do was spit in his face.
“You could have really been something, Ruby,” he sighed, running a hand through her hair. “Such a shame.”
“Like I don’t already know that’s bullshit,” she snapped back at him. “You’re gonna take us out anyway.”
“Maybe you’re right,” he said with a bit of a smirk. “But it would have been fun while it lasted.”
She tried to look past Lucifer, trying to find Sam in his eyes and she wasn’t sure if she could, but she had to at least try. Last resort. “Fight him,” she whispered. “Fight him, Sam.”
“Dean couldn’t get through to him. What makes you can?” She didn’t respond, just kept trying to look through to Sam, and seeing if she could find him. Lucifer’s hand came under her chin, forcing her to look at him head on, and then smirking. “I’d drag this out longer, but I’ve got things to do. Goodbye, Ruby.”
Goodbye, Sam.
And then there was nothing.
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