Sam, still not quite willing to face his brother head-on, grimaced slightly before replying, "In the hospital, after the accident. It got to dad - killed him, took the Colt. By the time we found him, it was too late. We've been trying to figure out a plan B ever since."

As explanations of what had come to pass went, it was scant - and heavily censored. He was torn still between continuing, out of some sense that he owed Dean the truth, and keeping silent.