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Library [12/03]

It had been almost a month since the explosion and Sam still wasn't sleeping well, so he'd headed to the library even earlier than usual today. (It was that or pretend to sleep so Illyria would have something to watch, and that still hadn't gotten less creepy.) Luckily, he'd been working in the library for so long that he could slip into autopilot when getting ready for the day, and finish everything without having to think.

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"Say what you really mean," Anakin replied, voice getting a little icy. "Until someone ends him. And now think of the implications of that. Have you ever killed another human being? Demons don't count."

"No, I haven't," Sam admitted. "At least, not like this. But I've killed enough evil creatures that I can't imagine killing an evil person will be much different."

"It's different," Anakin said as his brain helpfully brought forth the memory of Count Dooku's demise. "You lose a bit of yourself when you do it, especially if you go into it angry."

"I already lost a bit of myself when Peter died," Sam said, because yes, he was exactly that dramatic. "It's not like I'm doing this for fun. Sylar deserves it."

"And Sylar will get what is coming to him, but you can't go racing into it without a plan," Anakin replied. "If he's as ruthless as he sounds, he will figure out who you are, why you're there, and will start pushing buttons. You need to know his strengths and weaknesses, too."

Yes, Anakin. Let's teach the angry teenager about premeditated murder.

Sam liked that answer a lot better, and relaxed the bitchface some. "If I was going to go racing in, I'd be gone already," he said. "I know I can't take him on right now. He's too powerful. But these books are about Dean and I as adults. Maybe there's something the other me learned in all that time that I can use now."

"What do you have in mind?" Anakin asked.

"I don't know," Sam admitted. "Maybe a spell of some kind, to make me more powerful, or make Sylar weaker. Or..." He trailed off for a moment, not sure how to finish his thought in front of Anakin.

"Or?" Anakin repeated, focusing intently on Sam's face.

"Or...maybe something involving demon blood," Sam said, putting on his absolute most innocent look.

Anakin had a bad feeling about this. "What kind of something?" he asked.

"I don't know," Sam said honestly. "Apparently, I have demon blood in me, and that's why I have visions. But there's...someone else I've met who can control people just by talking to them," he said, not wanting to give Andy up by name, "and--I don't know, maybe there's something else I can do to hurt Sylar. I figure it can't hurt to look, right?" Riiight.

He shook head. "I don't think that sounds terribly smart," he replied.

"Why not?" Sam asked.

His initial reply of, "Bel's a demon and he's an asshole" would be counterproductive, so Anakin held it back.

"Are we talking research as in reading or as in self-dosing and seeing what happens?" Anakin replied.

"Just reading," Sam said, genuinely innocent this time. "I already have enough demon blood in me. I don't want more. It's bad enough to have what I've got."

Anakin watched Sam carefully for a second, listening to the Force, before nodding. "When things move from reading to experimentation, will you talk to me first?" he asked.

"Yeah, okay," Sam said. He wasn't sure if he'd ever get to the point of experimentation, but if he was really going to go after Sylar, he might have to. "As long as you're not going to try to talk me out of this again."

Anakin inclined his head. "I'm just here to make sure you don't something stupid and irretrievable."

Sam had enough respect for Anakin (along with a sense of self-preservation) to not roll his eyes, and simply nodded instead. "I guess I can't argue with that. I'll come talk to you, really."

"Good," Anakin said. "Because believe me when I say that I set a standard for making bad decisions that no one should ever want to follow."

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