Kate Milligan

Kate Milligan was born and raised in Windom, Minnesota, born to parents, Edith and Charles Milligan. She was raised on a farm most of her life and went to nursing school after the death of her younger sister, Alexis died from cancer. The death of her sister changed her in the way that it shaped her career. Kate went to nursing school and graduated early from the university of Minnesota.

1990

By 1990, Kate was working the "graveyard" shift at the hospital. That meant that she worked long, frustrating hours often anywhere from eleven PM to early mornings in the ER. She happened to be working the night of January 23, 1990 when John Winchester came in, badly hurt from a hunt that he had gone on. During his brief stay at the hospital, Kate was John's primary caregiver, and when it was time for him to be released, their bond had cemented enough so that John and Kate had lunch with each other that ended with them going back to her apartment and sleeping together. By the time John left, Kate considered him to be a caring, thoughful man--something that she was not used to in past relationships.

She had dated a string of "bad boys" and John Winchester, while mysterious and rugged, had a quality about him that she couldn't dismiss. When he left, she considered it to be one of those one-time flings that actually ended on a good note. It was later the next month that she discovered that she was pregnant. Urged by friends and relatives alike to give the baby up for adoption, she fiercely shot down their suggestions and for a brief period even cut off contact with those that were less than supportive.

When she went into labor and had a healthy baby boy, she named Adam John Milligan, she couldn't have been happier. She had never forgotten John and thought that by having Adam, she still had a tangible piece of John left in Adam. She raised Adam with the support of her family and friends and balanced her hectic work schedule with the demands of a newborn.

2000

By the time that Adam was ten, she had started leaving him alone when she went to work. She had neighbors that were always close by, she felt like she had no choice most nights. Her father had just lost his battle with a cancer, and she felt like caring for a pre-teen would only put a strain on her mother. By 2001, Adam had insisted that he have a relationship with his father. Kate had one of John's old numbers that he had given her when he had left in case she ever needed to get in contact with him, she finally, after many months of begging from Adam, called John and told him that he had a son.

From that point on, things became easier. Kate and Adam saw John about once a year around Adam's birthday in September. For a brief period, Kate lost Adam to John when she dated a real loser named Davidson Miller, who, while not physically abusive to Kate, would on occasion hit Adam. When John heard this, he drove to Windom and collected Adam from his grandmother's and refused to return him until Kate had broken things off.

After that brief but harsh period, Kate and John started doing more family activities with Adam. Things that included going to Yosemite, California for a weekend of camping and fun. Around 2005, John had cut off contact with Kate and Adam. Kate was confused about this but didn't dwell on it, knowing that John would get in contact with them when he was ready. Unknown to Kate and Adam, there was a very good reason that John had stopped coming: He was worried about them being targets. He was worried about them becoming targets of the demons that he was currently hunting.

Tragically, John's precautions weren't enough to protect Adam and Kate from his horrible secret. The night of February 2nd, 2006 the demon Meg acting for herself as well as several other demons and acting in revenge, showed up to Kate's house and fatally stabbed her. Luckily, Adam was nowhere near the scene or else most likely he would have met the same fate as his mother.

In an alternate reality created by a djinn demon when it attacked Adam, Kate was alive and she and John were married. Her sister was alive, but dying of cancer, and she explained to Adam that she and John were very happily married. She is also close with Dean and Sam, and explains to Adam that the family would take vacations once a year and spend as much time as possible with each other. When Adam is about to kill himself after figuring out the only way to get himself out of that reality, Kate is one of the people that tries to convince Adam to stay with them, and live his life.

He gently reminds her that she's not real, that none of the happiness he was experiencing was only a result of the djinn looking into his mind and seeing his deepest desires: Which was to have his mother alive, and for his parents to be happy together. He tells her that if he stays, the djinn will kill him within days. She nods and tells him that she knows that, but that even so, it would feel like a lifetime to him and it was better than anything he could ever have in the real world.

With tears in his eyes, he says a final goodbye to his mother; telling her to "stay close to him". She kisses him on the forehead and says she always will, but she urges him to go back with them so they could talk. Adam shakes his head and stabs himself, therefore snapping himself back to reality.

On the one year anniversary of her death, Kate visits Adam in a dream he's in. They share an emotional reunion with each other. Kate gently tells Adam that he cannot stay with her when he begs to be allowed to do. She explains to him that she is happy where she is, and while it has been an adjustment, she is happy with the people that she gets to see and the dog that she and Adam used to own. She tells him that the hardest part for has been the inability to rescue him from dangerous spots whenever John takes him on a hunt. She tells him that life isn't fair, that no, she wasn't meant to die and be taken away from him before he was ready, but she tells him that she is okay. That he will be okay, as well.

She also reassures him that she will visit his dreams again, just not right away. She also reminds him that he has to let go of her to the point where he will once again be happy with his life. When the time comes for him to leave the dream world, she pulls him close and kisses him on the head.