Sam's Reality: Cape Canaveral, Florida - Kennedy Space Center

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Leeroy wasn't too sure how the night guard at the Kennedy Space Center had acquired Sam's name. He assumed it was the Internet - everything's the Internet's fault these days - but he couldn't be too sure, as the guy looked to be about sixty and the type who wouldn't touch a computer to save his life.

"They're freakin' out the dogs," he said in a Southern accent. "And we ain't been able to photograph 'em, either." He pointed to the large behemoth of metal that could be seen a few miles in the distance. "They're always there."

It was, Leeroy recognized, launch pad 39-B. Jeimu had launched from there not even a year ago.

Why freaks were hanging out around launchpads, Leeroy wasn't certain. He turned to Sam and asked quietly, "What d'you make of all this, eh?"

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[i_salted_dean]

She flinched at his thought and drew away slightly.

-What do you expect, you stupid @#$%&$#? You robbed him of his son,- came a stray traitor thought.

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He couldn't bear to be separated from her; he was angry, he was confused, he was guilty - but he still loved her.

Reaching out, he heard his own voice break. "Please don't."

[i_salted_dean]

"I'm sorry." She came back, once more holding him protectively even as she sought protection.

Rob looked up at the distant sound of sirens, then looked at the slightly smoldering bed of ash that was all that remained of the pyre. "We should get out of here."

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"Yeah." Leeroy lifted his head and wiped at his eyes with the heel of his hand, his arm still around Sam.

"Let's go."

[i_salted_dean]

Sam managed to get to her feet without letting go of him, and then Rob somehow got them into the car and from the car to a motel room with a big bed and a kitchenette. Once there he got them laying down, and then took himself out to tip a chair against the wall by the door and stand guard, sensing that it was going to be awhile before they'd be ready to face the world again.

-God...- he thought wearily. -Help them. Please.-