Summary: Ruby prepares to carry on her plan to convince Sam to kill Lilith after being sent back to Hell by Lilith, this time with her own agenda. Pairing: None Word Count: 580 Challenge: Kari’s Girl Power Challenge! My character was Ruby and my prompt was ‘Roar’ by Katy Perry. @thing-you-do-with-that-thing A/N: This was a different kind of piece for me to write, and I’ll admit, I struggled with it! Always nice to get out of the box and write something different though. Enjoy!
“You sent me back to this hellfire!” Ruby yelled at Lilith. “I was in. Sam knew I wasn’t there to save Dean, not in the way he wanted, but he was attached! I could have finished the job!”
Lilith grabbed the younger demon by the throat and lifted her into the air. “How dare you tell me I was wrong, you sniveling little bitch. Don’t you understand? There are greater things at work here. Sam may have been attached, but he wasn’t going to choose you over his brother. That is the key to infiltrating the Winchesters.” She dropped Ruby back down to the ground, leaving her sputtering and struggling to stand. “Now Dean is in Hell, and the First Seal will soon be broken. If we are to continue this work, your window of opportunity to finally lock Sam in is now. Find a new body, find Sam, and do the job you’ve been assigned to do. You will not get another chance, Ruby.”
Lilith walked off then, leaving Ruby to right herself and compose her breathing. Ruby glared after the other demon, more than irritated at having been treated like someone’s dispensable minion.
“I’ll show her,” Ruby growled to herself. “I’ll show them all.”
Sam Winchester would fall because of her, that was the end of it. No one but Lilith would know what she was up to, and, this time, Ruby would complete her mission.
For centuries, Ruby had bowed down to the powers that be. She had let Hell’s royalty run her life, but no more. She would do this for Lilith, and the she would demand to be put in a position of power.
“Without Dean in the way,” she mumbled to herself as she worked to crawl her way out of Hell, “Sam will give in to anything. He has no reason to stay alive anymore. He’ll serve my purpose while believing that I’m serving his.”
This newfound confidence was more than empowering; it was empowerment itself. Ruby felt like a whole new being, and, though her mission was the same as ever, she had new motivation to complete. A new fire had been lit in the dying embers of her soul, and she would not stop until that fire had consumed her and everyone and everything around her.
Revenge. That would be the selling point for Sam. Lilith had sent Dean to Hell, and Sam would be ready to kill the demon responsible for his brothers gruesome death, no matter the deal Dean had struck. Without Dean to stop him, Sam would be reckless, desperate; Ruby would take advantage of his grief and anger.
“And once all but the last seal is broken, we will kill her together,” Ruby thought to herself as she searched out a body to possess. “With Lilith gone, the demon army will be looking for a new leader. And who better than the one who brought down the Winchesters?”
For those centuries, Ruby had stood back and done what she had been told. No more. Perhaps this mission of convincing Sam to kill Lilith was what Lilith wanted, but Ruby’s plan for the outcome was so much bigger. No more quietly following the crowd. Ruby was going to be fierce and cunning. Not even Lilith would know her true intentions.
And, when she finally stood in her rightful place at the head of the demon army, they would all hear her speak. They would all hear her roar.
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