♠ 005 - In my arms, she dies. ♠

[zombie_pen]

[is walking with his hands deep in his pockets. He looks up suddenly, spotting a brown-haired woman standing on the cliff by the river, wearing an outfit that is painfully familiar, even though he hasn't seen her for probably a year & a half... not alive, at least]

...Madison?

[blinks in surprise, walking closer, ignoring the crippled landscape

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[belligerency]

SAM.

[zombie_pen]

[half turns his head to the sound of Dean's voice, but is still pretty much consumed by the illusion, stepping closer to the ghost of Madison, apologies tumbling from his lips in a steady stream, tears running down his cheeks]

[belligerency]

[Dean, however, can see where Sam's headed, and is trying desperately to get closer without stepping into the line of danger] Sam! Sam, it's not real! Get down here!

[zombie_pen]

[faintly hears Dean's voice, pausing for a minute, tilting his head, still looking at Madison, reaching for her]

[belligerency]

[okay, really yelling now]

SAM.

[zombie_pen]

[his hand falters, inches away from touching Madison, blinking in confusion]

... Dean?

[turns his head, the tears obvious on his cheeks]

Madison's here, Dean...

[belligerency]

[Sam's ... oh, shit.]

No, she's not. You've gotta believe me. She isn't real, and you're about two seconds away from falling to your death.

[zombie_pen]

But she's right there...

[turns back, still convinced that Madison's real, biting at his lip. He takes a step closer to the image, the ground visibly starting to crumble under his feet]

[belligerency]

[That's it. Time for Dean to beat it to Sam and grab him before he falls, because he is /not/ letting Sam die here.]

[zombie_pen]

[jerks back against Dean, reality setting in as the cliff falls in on itself, the spot where he was standing seconds ago now tumbling into the river]

Dean..?

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[Panting in relief, pulling Sam further away from the edge] Christ. Shit. Damn.

[zombie_pen]

[sags heavily against his brother, his heart racing in his chest as it dawns on him that he was seconds away from joining the rumble that now lay at the bottom of the river]

Fuck. What... what the hell was I doing?

[belligerency]

[holding onto Sam for the time being, focusing on getting the hell away from the edge of the cliff]

Let's just get you away from here.

[zombie_pen]

[nods shakily, looking forward to putting the jagged cliff edge behind him]

Yeah, sure. Let's do that.

[belligerency]

[And so helping out with that]

It was a ghost.

[zombie_pen]

... did you see her?

It was Madison, Dean. She.. she kept looking at me like I did it on purpose. Like I wanted to kill her.

[swallows a sob, fresh tears springing to his eyes as he did his best to blink them away]