ascending contact in order

July 29 ndash; Epiphany

Sam woke quickly, same as every morning.

There was no Asia playing on the radio, no demigod to track down, nothing left to try and no more chances, not this time. Hersquo;d fought and hersquo;d fought. Hersquo;d offered his life; hersquo;d offered the lives of others, of innocents. And still, nothing worked.

Dean was dead, for real. Forever. For Sam.

Deep inside, from somewhere unbidden, rose Deanrsquo;s final words of advice.

And remember what I taught you.

Sam choked back a bitter laugh. Self sacrifice was a lesson that was proving useless.

Hersquo;d failed miserably, and Dean wasnrsquo;t coming back.

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