[s11e1] Out Of The Darkness, Into The Fire 🔖

They climbed back into the car, the rumble of the engine the only familiar thing left in a world that had suddenly turned alien. As they drove toward the nearest town, Superior, Nebraska, the signs of the "Darkness" began to manifest. It wasn't monsters in the shadows; it was a sickness.

Sam didn't answer immediately. He was staring at the road ahead, where the asphalt seemed to shimmer with heat that shouldn't be there. "We let it out, Dean. We actually let it out."

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"We didn't have a choice," Dean snapped, though the conviction was hollow.

As Sam stayed behind to draw the Rabids away, using himself as bait to find a cure for the infection spreading through his own veins, Dean escorted Jenna and the infant to safety. They climbed back into the car, the rumble

The Darkness wasn't just a force of nature. It wasn't just a cloud of smoke. It was a person. And he was holding her in his arms.

Tell me which character's perspective you'd like to dive into next. Sam didn't answer immediately

Dean swung a tire iron, the metal clanging against her skull, but she didn't drop. It took three more hits to ground her. He stood over her, chest heaving. "These aren't demons, Sammy. They’re 'Rabids.'"

[S11E1] Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire