Without Thought, I'll Take Your Death For You…

He heard the bounce of metal…the roll of it across the bare wood floor…his mind registered the sight of the dark, rotund shape a split second later…

He drove across the small gap, covering his brother's body a moment before the device reacted…the deafening noise of the explosion slammed violently into his ears…then sound of rapidly rushing air hit his ears as all the oxygen rushed out of the area as the tower of flames consumed it…

The blast sucked the air from his lungs…he held his breath, not daring breathe, for fear of allowing in the burning air…he felt the pain sear through his body as the flaming touch of the blaze washed over him…

He tucked his brother even further under his body… determined Sam be spared the touch of the white-hot pain searing through him as it burned out his over-wrought nerves in rapid succession…

The billowing flames began to subside at long last, having consumed all the fuel in it's proximity…Dean felt himself losing grip on consciousness…as he registered that the worst of the damage was subsiding, he let himself go completely…finally…his waking mind fell away…and he succumbed willingly to the waiting darkness…