Author's Note: Happy Birthday, Swellison! And thanks to you and Enkidu and OnyxMoonbeam for coming up with the 'I'm Already Gone' challenge, because it has finally given me a reason to write something I have been hearing in my own head ever since the first time I saw 'All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2.'

There is a moment after the devil's gate is closed again when Dean and John (well, John's spirit) share a look of pure understanding. This is the 100-word version of what I imagine is going through their minds in those few precious seconds.

Any Last Words

by

Moviemom44

"Dad?"

"Yeah, son, it's me."

"Damn, of all the souls that could've come outta that gate, I'd never have thought…"

"I didn't know it was you up here either. Just knew it was a way out, maybe a way back to you and Sam."

"You've been trying to get back? You can do that?"

"Ever since you made your deal."

"You knew…?"

"Word travels down there, especially about us."

"Guess you wanna kick my ass, too, huh?"

"Nah. Just wondered if you still wanna kick mine."

"Nah. I get it now."

"I figured you did."

"Can you stay?"

"No."

"Dad?"

~the end