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Title: Living for Giving the Devil his Due. Chapter 12/13
Author: Strangevisitor7
Fandom: Supernatural, BtVS & Quantum Leap
Characters : Dawn, Willow, Faith, Sam Winchester, Dean, Bobby Singer, Admiral Al Calavicci, Sam Beckett.
Pairings : Dean/Faith and Sam/Dawn
Rated: PG
Disclaimer: All things SPN belong to Eric Kripke, et al. All things Buffy belong to Joss Whedon, All thing Quantum Leap belong to Donald P. Bellisario, et al..
Story Summary: Dean awakes to find himself in Hell. Or maybe not. Sam and Dawn search for answers when Sam Beckett leaps into Dean. Will Dr. Beckett save Dean or will they both be damned?
Chapter Summary: There is much discussion between the Sams but in the end Dean gets his way (as we knew he would).
The other chapters are here:
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
Chapter 12: You Can't Always Get What You Want
After the run in with the demon, plans changed. Beckett suggested they stay at Bobby’s until they knew what was happening in the future. Sam was still having trouble figuring out how the time lines matched because having to wait for Al just seemed odd considering he was traveling in time.
When Beckett tried to explain again about time travel, Dawn dragged him into the kitchen to help make dinner. Bobby and Sam sat in the living room drinking beer in silence.
Finally, Sam wondered aloud. “Do you think Dean’s okay?”
“Well, Doc’s still here.” Bobby shrugged
“What do you think it means that Dean and Doc are linked.”
“I got nothing. I called Rupert again. He’s still trying to find information on the Landilothos clan. I’m sorry Sam, we just don’t know enough about how or even why Doc’s project works. As you mentioned before, moving souls around requires some powerful magic and to do it across time, well-” Bobby sighed and shook his head.
Sam patted the older man on the shoulder. “I know what you mean. Doc attempted to explain it all to Willow but even she couldn’t reconcile the potential time paradoxes that must be involved.”
“Heck, if the Rupert and the Doc are right about his leaps being divinely guided, then that opens the door to all kinds of supernatural manipulations. That demon clan is still a big unknown.”
“You’re right, Bobby. Physics may be the last thing in control of this leap.”
Beckett popped his head into the living room to announce that Al had finally returned.
They gathered around the kitchen table to wait for him to relay information from Al. They all breathed a sigh of relief as Beckett confirmed that everyone was alive and well.
“Al, says they’ve trapped the demon and are getting ready to use a new and improved banishing ritual that Willow discovered.”
“No, Al you have to stop them.” Sam stood and started pacing to emphasize his displeasure. “Giles has a theory that some demon clan may be trying to control this leap. We don’t know the consequences to Doc or Dean or even me if these demons are really involved. ”
Becket relayed Al’s response. “He says they don’t have a choice. The demon’s already trapped and they can’t just release her. Dean also said to tell you that he’s driving and to trust him.”
“Great. Just because Dean is bored doesn’t mean he gets to take these kind of risks.” Throwing his arms up in disgust, he continued to pace and grouse. “ Dean needs to learn a little patience. He never had any intention of listening to me, did he? I don’t know why I even try.” Sam stopped his rant. “Why are you laughing, Doc?”
Beckett tried to hold it in. “Sorry Sam. It's just that Dean told Al exactly how you’d respond and he predicted it perfectly.”
“Wonderful, my brother has the power to piss me off from seven years in the future via hologram.” Realizing the absurdness of what he just said he began to laugh along with Beckett.
“Are you two geniuses done?” Bobby asked and he went on to chastise Sam. “Boy, you’re not thinking clearly. You’ve got Willow, Dawn and Faith on Dean’s side. Those women know what they’re doing. You know for a fact that you can’t keep a demon in a trap for year. Too much could go wrong. Besides, do you really believe after everything Dean did to bring you back that he would risk your life because he was bored?”
Sam hung his head, sheepishly. "No, I don’t suppose he would. It’s just that, I came so close to losing him. I don’t want to face that again.” Sam exhaled and shook his head trying to dislodge the vision of life without Dean.
“Regardless of the influence of those other demons,” Bobby explained. “The crossroads demon is a small fish and she’s not playing by the rules. In the end, I gotta agree with Dean, banishing her is the right play.”
Dawn laid her hand on Sam’s. “You said you trusted me with your brother’s life. Well, trust future-me.”
Sam finally nodded his agreement and Beckett sent Al off to give Dean their support.
“Using a demon exorcism to facilitate a leap, that's a new one. I really don’t know what to expect,” Beckett admitted. “Nothing could happen.”
“Well, then you’ll get to hang with us for a year. One big happy family.” Dawn teased.
Beckett just snickered. “Yeah, I can see that.”
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Dean was trying to pull information about the intervening years from the girls. They were being very stubborn about it.
“Dean, I am having trouble understanding how this whole project could even work,” Willow insisted as she denied him info about the future once again. “As far as I can tell, time should have already unraveled. I won’t help create an apocalypse by sharing World Series winners with you.”
“Come on Willow, we could all be set for life with a few well placed bets. Dawnie, you gimme something.” Dean tried to look innocent but he couldn’t pull off the puppy dog look the way Sam could.
“Give it up, Deano,” Faith chastised him. “We are rocks against your charm.”
“Oh really?” He reached out and pulled her into his lap. “I think you got that backwards”
Faith smiled and leaned into Dean to meet his mouth when Al cleared his throat behind them.
“Al, all set.” Dean set Faith on her feet and turned to greet the Admiral.
“I just finished getting the final statistics from Ziggy. She believes that there is a 78% chance of a successful leap after the demon is exorcised.” Al didn’t look happy.
Willow immediately understood. “Those aren’t the best odds are they?”
“No,” Al admitted. “It could mean that Sam would still have to live out the year or that exorcising the demon could have some unanticipated consequence.”
They all realized it was too late to back out now but at least the odds were with them.
“Alright, let’s get this exorcism on the road.” Dean rubbed his hands together in anticipation.
“Faith and Dawn will wait outside with me.” Al ordered. “Willow will join us as soon as she’s done with the ritual. We want all of you outside the chamber if the leap occurs.”
Dean was still a little confused about how this was all going to work and truthfully, Al couldn’t explain it to anybody's satisfaction. The bottom line was, if the leap occurred as they hoped, the scoobies should pop out of the mountain and into the new time line. They shouldn’t remember anything and hopefully in 2015 Sam and Dean would still be alive. That was really enough for Dean.
Al led the way out of the room. Dean grabbed Faith’s hand and pulled her to him for one last kiss. He wanted to say something profound but they were both to tough for sentimentality. Instead, with one finger he tilted her chin up to look into her eyes. Without a word he made her the promise of a new future together. Faith nodded her eyes glistening up. She buried her head into his shoulder and held him tight enough to bruise a rib. With one more stroke of his fingers along her cheek and a chaste kiss to her lips he released her. She left the room but turned to watch him until the door slid shut between them.
Dean cleared his throat to drive away that last image of Faith and turned to face the demon. “You ready, Willow?”
Willow nodded and began to recite the chants. The demon was still bound but she began to writhe in agony. Dean did not recognize parts of the Latin that Willow was using. Finally, Willow’s voice trailed away. She signaled and the door opened allowing her to exit just as the black smoke began streaming from the Demon’s mouth.
Dean felt the world shift out of phase. He was leaping but it felt different. Unlike the first time, he was very much aware of what was happening. He could almost feel the electricity building in the air. He watched as sparks shot out of him, releasing the energy and then everything went black.
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Al watched as the blue glow built that indicated a leap was imminent. Then the women blinked out of the mountain just as a bright flash of light sent the energy from the leap exploding out from Dean like tiny bolts of lighting. Al was in a panic that was not supposed to happen.
He hit the com to contact the control room. “Gooshie, what the hell is happening?”
“Admiral,” came Gooshie’s anxiety ridden voice. “The power controls aren’t responding. We are losing control of the leap.”
Al ran to the control room in time to see small explosions taking place across all the consoles. Techs were grabbing extinguishers to put out the electrical fires that were sparking up. Al covered his face, rushed in and yelled to Ziggy. “What’s causing these power surges?”
“I don’t know Admiral. The energies are spiking off the chart. Some sort of feedback from the leap. I am attempting to track the sooourrcce....” Ziggy’s voice slowed as if her batteries had died.
“Ziggy?” The admiral got no response. “Ziggy!”
Then a massive explosion erupted from inside the main console and all the lights in the control room flickered and died. Five seconds later the back-up generator kicked in bringing on the emergency lighting
Al couldn’t believes his eyes. It was as if someone had lobbed a grenade into the room. All the consoles were damaged and only few had any working lights.
“Ziggy?” Al tried again. Still no answer. He headed back to the waiting room to check if there was a new arrival. Al tried not to think about Ziggy. Even though the scoobies were gone, there was no way to confirm that Dean got home. Even more troublesome was that without Ziggy there was no way to find Sam in time. Oh, boy!
Chapter Title: “You Can't Always Get What You Want” by The Rolling Stones
The Final Chapter
Title: Living for Giving the Devil his Due. Chapter 12/13
Author: Strangevisitor7
Fandom: Supernatural, BtVS & Quantum Leap
Characters : Dawn, Willow, Faith, Sam Winchester, Dean, Bobby Singer, Admiral Al Calavicci, Sam Beckett.
Pairings : Dean/Faith and Sam/Dawn
Rated: PG
Disclaimer: All things SPN belong to Eric Kripke, et al. All things Buffy belong to Joss Whedon, All thing Quantum Leap belong to Donald P. Bellisario, et al..
Story Summary: Dean awakes to find himself in Hell. Or maybe not. Sam and Dawn search for answers when Sam Beckett leaps into Dean. Will Dr. Beckett save Dean or will they both be damned?
Chapter Summary: There is much discussion between the Sams but in the end Dean gets his way (as we knew he would).
The other chapters are here:
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
After the run in with the demon, plans changed. Beckett suggested they stay at Bobby’s until they knew what was happening in the future. Sam was still having trouble figuring out how the time lines matched because having to wait for Al just seemed odd considering he was traveling in time.
When Beckett tried to explain again about time travel, Dawn dragged him into the kitchen to help make dinner. Bobby and Sam sat in the living room drinking beer in silence.
Finally, Sam wondered aloud. “Do you think Dean’s okay?”
“Well, Doc’s still here.” Bobby shrugged
“What do you think it means that Dean and Doc are linked.”
“I got nothing. I called Rupert again. He’s still trying to find information on the Landilothos clan. I’m sorry Sam, we just don’t know enough about how or even why Doc’s project works. As you mentioned before, moving souls around requires some powerful magic and to do it across time, well-” Bobby sighed and shook his head.
Sam patted the older man on the shoulder. “I know what you mean. Doc attempted to explain it all to Willow but even she couldn’t reconcile the potential time paradoxes that must be involved.”
“Heck, if the Rupert and the Doc are right about his leaps being divinely guided, then that opens the door to all kinds of supernatural manipulations. That demon clan is still a big unknown.”
“You’re right, Bobby. Physics may be the last thing in control of this leap.”
Beckett popped his head into the living room to announce that Al had finally returned.
They gathered around the kitchen table to wait for him to relay information from Al. They all breathed a sigh of relief as Beckett confirmed that everyone was alive and well.
“Al, says they’ve trapped the demon and are getting ready to use a new and improved banishing ritual that Willow discovered.”
“No, Al you have to stop them.” Sam stood and started pacing to emphasize his displeasure. “Giles has a theory that some demon clan may be trying to control this leap. We don’t know the consequences to Doc or Dean or even me if these demons are really involved. ”
Becket relayed Al’s response. “He says they don’t have a choice. The demon’s already trapped and they can’t just release her. Dean also said to tell you that he’s driving and to trust him.”
“Great. Just because Dean is bored doesn’t mean he gets to take these kind of risks.” Throwing his arms up in disgust, he continued to pace and grouse. “ Dean needs to learn a little patience. He never had any intention of listening to me, did he? I don’t know why I even try.” Sam stopped his rant. “Why are you laughing, Doc?”
Beckett tried to hold it in. “Sorry Sam. It's just that Dean told Al exactly how you’d respond and he predicted it perfectly.”
“Wonderful, my brother has the power to piss me off from seven years in the future via hologram.” Realizing the absurdness of what he just said he began to laugh along with Beckett.
“Are you two geniuses done?” Bobby asked and he went on to chastise Sam. “Boy, you’re not thinking clearly. You’ve got Willow, Dawn and Faith on Dean’s side. Those women know what they’re doing. You know for a fact that you can’t keep a demon in a trap for year. Too much could go wrong. Besides, do you really believe after everything Dean did to bring you back that he would risk your life because he was bored?”
Sam hung his head, sheepishly. "No, I don’t suppose he would. It’s just that, I came so close to losing him. I don’t want to face that again.” Sam exhaled and shook his head trying to dislodge the vision of life without Dean.
“Regardless of the influence of those other demons,” Bobby explained. “The crossroads demon is a small fish and she’s not playing by the rules. In the end, I gotta agree with Dean, banishing her is the right play.”
Dawn laid her hand on Sam’s. “You said you trusted me with your brother’s life. Well, trust future-me.”
Sam finally nodded his agreement and Beckett sent Al off to give Dean their support.
“Using a demon exorcism to facilitate a leap, that's a new one. I really don’t know what to expect,” Beckett admitted. “Nothing could happen.”
“Well, then you’ll get to hang with us for a year. One big happy family.” Dawn teased.
Beckett just snickered. “Yeah, I can see that.”
******************************************
Dean was trying to pull information about the intervening years from the girls. They were being very stubborn about it.
“Dean, I am having trouble understanding how this whole project could even work,” Willow insisted as she denied him info about the future once again. “As far as I can tell, time should have already unraveled. I won’t help create an apocalypse by sharing World Series winners with you.”
“Come on Willow, we could all be set for life with a few well placed bets. Dawnie, you gimme something.” Dean tried to look innocent but he couldn’t pull off the puppy dog look the way Sam could.
“Give it up, Deano,” Faith chastised him. “We are rocks against your charm.”
“Oh really?” He reached out and pulled her into his lap. “I think you got that backwards”
Faith smiled and leaned into Dean to meet his mouth when Al cleared his throat behind them.
“Al, all set.” Dean set Faith on her feet and turned to greet the Admiral.
“I just finished getting the final statistics from Ziggy. She believes that there is a 78% chance of a successful leap after the demon is exorcised.” Al didn’t look happy.
Willow immediately understood. “Those aren’t the best odds are they?”
“No,” Al admitted. “It could mean that Sam would still have to live out the year or that exorcising the demon could have some unanticipated consequence.”
They all realized it was too late to back out now but at least the odds were with them.
“Alright, let’s get this exorcism on the road.” Dean rubbed his hands together in anticipation.
“Faith and Dawn will wait outside with me.” Al ordered. “Willow will join us as soon as she’s done with the ritual. We want all of you outside the chamber if the leap occurs.”
Dean was still a little confused about how this was all going to work and truthfully, Al couldn’t explain it to anybody's satisfaction. The bottom line was, if the leap occurred as they hoped, the scoobies should pop out of the mountain and into the new time line. They shouldn’t remember anything and hopefully in 2015 Sam and Dean would still be alive. That was really enough for Dean.
Al led the way out of the room. Dean grabbed Faith’s hand and pulled her to him for one last kiss. He wanted to say something profound but they were both to tough for sentimentality. Instead, with one finger he tilted her chin up to look into her eyes. Without a word he made her the promise of a new future together. Faith nodded her eyes glistening up. She buried her head into his shoulder and held him tight enough to bruise a rib. With one more stroke of his fingers along her cheek and a chaste kiss to her lips he released her. She left the room but turned to watch him until the door slid shut between them.
Dean cleared his throat to drive away that last image of Faith and turned to face the demon. “You ready, Willow?”
Willow nodded and began to recite the chants. The demon was still bound but she began to writhe in agony. Dean did not recognize parts of the Latin that Willow was using. Finally, Willow’s voice trailed away. She signaled and the door opened allowing her to exit just as the black smoke began streaming from the Demon’s mouth.
Dean felt the world shift out of phase. He was leaping but it felt different. Unlike the first time, he was very much aware of what was happening. He could almost feel the electricity building in the air. He watched as sparks shot out of him, releasing the energy and then everything went black.
***********************
Al watched as the blue glow built that indicated a leap was imminent. Then the women blinked out of the mountain just as a bright flash of light sent the energy from the leap exploding out from Dean like tiny bolts of lighting. Al was in a panic that was not supposed to happen.
He hit the com to contact the control room. “Gooshie, what the hell is happening?”
“Admiral,” came Gooshie’s anxiety ridden voice. “The power controls aren’t responding. We are losing control of the leap.”
Al ran to the control room in time to see small explosions taking place across all the consoles. Techs were grabbing extinguishers to put out the electrical fires that were sparking up. Al covered his face, rushed in and yelled to Ziggy. “What’s causing these power surges?”
“I don’t know Admiral. The energies are spiking off the chart. Some sort of feedback from the leap. I am attempting to track the sooourrcce....” Ziggy’s voice slowed as if her batteries had died.
“Ziggy?” The admiral got no response. “Ziggy!”
Then a massive explosion erupted from inside the main console and all the lights in the control room flickered and died. Five seconds later the back-up generator kicked in bringing on the emergency lighting
Al couldn’t believes his eyes. It was as if someone had lobbed a grenade into the room. All the consoles were damaged and only few had any working lights.
“Ziggy?” Al tried again. Still no answer. He headed back to the waiting room to check if there was a new arrival. Al tried not to think about Ziggy. Even though the scoobies were gone, there was no way to confirm that Dean got home. Even more troublesome was that without Ziggy there was no way to find Sam in time. Oh, boy!
Chapter Title: “You Can't Always Get What You Want” by The Rolling Stones
The Final Chapter
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