This sort of a short chapter. Adam arrives at the bunker with a bleeding Ashley. Will the boys be able to help her?
The drive took less than twenty minutes with Adam running straight through every light and stop sign and breaking every speeding limit by at least 30, but he didn't give two shits. Ashley was bleeding out in the passenger seat and thanks to her he was going to have to face his brothers, who didn't even know he was out of the cage. No thanks to them. He was pissed, scared, and a little hurt that Ashley had called them, instead of just relying on him. Deep down, though he knew she made the right call and they were really their best option. Which only pissed him off even more. He should be the one to save Ashley, to protect her like he promised all those years ago, but he let her down. He failed her.
Adam looked over at the small brunette causing his inner turmoil. She was seriously pale and struggling to keep her eyes open. The shirt turned bandage on her abdomen was starting to bleed through indicating the amount of blood she lost. He hoped to god that his brothers could help her, otherwise… he just couldn't think of life without her.
The voice of the gps interrupted his dark thoughts, alerting them that they had arrived at their destination. Slowing to a stop, Adam looked around and took in their surroundings, trying to find something that resembled a "home". The only thing he found though, was what looked like an old concrete bomb shelter with a large metal door. 'They live in a bomb shelter, really?' He thought to himself.
"Bomb shelter?" Ashley whispered beside him. Adam turned towards her and let out a sigh, the wall he put up to block her (like she taught him) was starting to crumble and his thoughts were leaking out.
"Yea looks like it. Give them a ring and let them know you're here." He told her a little harshly.
Reaching down Ashley picked up her phone and called Sam. He picked up instantly, "Are you here?" He asked frantically.
"Yea. Some home. Mind coming out?" She asked weakly, then let out a ragged breath as her brain was immediately assaulted by news thoughts, Sam's worried frantic thoughts. Putting her phone down she looked out her window to see Sam pushing the metal door to the shelter open, his brother close behind along with the onslaught of his thoughts as well. Black dot began to dance across her vision, indicating that her mind and body have had enough. "Adam," she whispered.
The young man met her gaze and saw all the anguish and guilt she was feeling. Immediately his anger towards her dissipated and his own guilt took over. He shouldn't be mad at her. She was only trying to stay alive and he wanted her alive, needed her alive. "Its okay." He whispered hoping to convey that she was forgiven. She understood and gave him a tiny smile. Leaning over he pressed a kiss to her forehead as her eyes drooped closed and finally passed out, leaving him to face his brothers alone.
"Ashley!" Sam shouted running over to the car.
"Sam wait! Theres someone else with her." Dean pointed out running up alongside his brother.
Sam skidded to a stop and reached for his gun, Dean doing the same beside him.
Inside the jeep Sam could make out Ashley's small form in the passenger's seat with another figure leaning over her, clearly male and somewhat familiar.
"Get away from her!" Dean shouted pointing his gun towards the car. The man pulled away and reached for the car door.
"Come out slowly and with your hands up." Sam demanded, pointing his own gun at the mystery man.
He followed their instructions and slowly extracted himself out of the car, raised his hands and made his way around with his head bent down.
"Holy shit." Dean whispered as the mystery person came fully into view.
Sam dropped his gun a few inches, stunned by the new comer. "Adam?"
Their long-lost half-brother looked up and met both of the brother's gazes, "Hey guys, been awhile." He stated sarcastically.
Neither brother replied and the silence made Adam feel a little uneasy. He was expecting a holy water shower, with some silver blades thrown in and a lot of yelling. Hell, he was even a hug or two, but not this.
The silence stretched on for a few moments, while Adam stood there awkwardly with his arms still raised. Rolling his eyes in annoyance he dropped his numbing ligaments and took a step towards the brothers. "I'm not a demon, or an angel or a shape shifter or any other kind of shape taking creature that goes bump in the night. You can test me later, but right now Ashley needs our help. Okay?" He stated his tone serious, hoping to remind them why they were here in the first place.
Sam and Dean looked at each other, as if having a silent argument, before finally nodding and lowering their guns.
Satisfied Adam turned and walked to the passenger side door of the SUV and opened it. Ashely was still passed out and looking even worse then she did moments ago. "Can you guys somehow blank your minds. Your thoughts?" He asked as he reached into the car and started to gather her in his arms.
"I thought she could block them?" Sam questioned watching Adam pull the injured psychic out of the car.
He let out a small snort, "Yea when she's not you know bleeding out. Also, she used almost all of her energy to break our attacker's neck."
Adam turned around with Ashley in his arms and was met with surprised and somewhat pride filled looks from the brothers. "She can do that?" Sam asked. He was answered with a curt nod, "Damn she's gotten stronger."
"Not strong enough though. Look at her, she's pale as a ghost and we should know." Dean pointed out.
Adam cast the eldest brother a side glance at his comment, "Blood loss will do that and if we want to keep her from becoming a ghost we need to fix her stat."
Sam immediately jumped in, "Right. Let's get her inside. We have some o-negative blood ready for use and medical supplies to give her a quick fix until Castiel can get here and- "
"No! No angels!" Adam interrupted harshly, causing Sam and Dean to reel back, startled at his sudden outburst. He quickly composed himself, "Ashley and I…we don't have the best past with angels and as soon as she found out one healed her, she would have a catastrophic psychic melt down. You do not want to be around when that happens. So please no angels." He pleaded.
Dean put his hands up in surrender, "Okay no angel healing. Girl is scary enough with just her usual psychic antics. You were pre-med, right?" The boys started walking to the bunker.
"Yea." Adam replied following the brothers.
"Then with your college smarts and our field experience we should be able to fix her up right, but probably going to leave a scar."
The young man looked down at Ashley with a small smile, "Just another one to add to the collection."
Sam pulled open the door and led Adam inside, with Dean close behind, "Others scar huh? And how have you seen those?" He asked, his tone light with curiosity and teasing.
Adam didn't reply as he came to stop at the top of the bunkers stairwell and let out a low whistle at the sight in front of him. This was some 'bomb shelter', if it was that. A large room open room of concrete walls with warding up to the wazoo etched into them. Below him was what looked like a war room with a world map as table and off to the left he could make out a large library filled with books from the floor to ceiling. "Wow. What is this place?" He asked turning to look at Sam who was descending the stairs.
"Basically, it's a secret bunker created by supernatural librarians with every source of knowledge they collected on the world. Spells, curses, monsters, you name it there's probably information in this bunker on it." Sam explained.
Adam came down the stairs behind his brother, slowly, trying not to jostle Ashley, "Damn. That's cool and all, but does it have some sort of med bay?"
"It has a dungeon." Dean said proudly.
Sam rolled his eyes, "We'll work on her in one of the guest rooms. Follow me. Dean grab anything else we may need to patch her up." Dean gave a half salute then slipped past Adam and disappeared through a doorway. Turning to Adam, Sam gave him a confident smile, "Lets go fix your girlfriend up and then we can catch up."
The youngest Winchester instantly blushed, "I have no clue what your talking about." He muttered.
Sam laughed as he walked towards another doorway, "Sure man, whatever."
Its looking like Ashley might have a chance. But why the angel hate? How is Adam back from the cage? We got a little bit of brotherly teasing, so is there hope for the brothers?
