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A Time to Heal

Chapter two

Dean was finally allowed to go into the examination room; he walked over to where his brother was lying on the cold hard table.

"Hey." He gave Sam a small smile.

"Hey." Sam said as he winced as he tried to pull himself up.

"Just take it easy." Dean put his hand on Sam's chest and gently held him down. "You really did a number on your back."

"Yeah…I guess I did." Sam still couldn't feel his legs and the thought that he might be paralyzed terrified him, but the thought that terrified him the most was that if he was paralyzed, who would back up his brother in a hunt? "Did the doctor tell you anything? I was kind of out of it with the pills he gave me and couldn't understand anything he was saying."

Dean knew what his brother was thinking.

"Don't worry Sam you're not paralyzed. In a week or two you should be fine."

"Oh thank God." Sam visibly relaxed when he heard the news. "But then why can't I move my legs."

"The doctor said you bruised the muscles around your spinal cord and the pressure is causing the numbness in your legs, but with time that'll pass."

"So what do we do now?... I can't stay here." Sam knew that they always tried to avoid staying in a hospital at all costs. They usually got patched up then recovered elsewhere. They both knew that each time they had to go to the hospital they were taking a chance that someone would discover their bogus medical cards and contact the cops.

"The doctor told me about a motel not far from here. We'll hold up there till you can walk."

"Why can't we drive to Bobby's, I'm sure he'd let us stay there for awhile?"

"The doctor doesn't want you bouncing around in the car; it'll aggravate your condition."

Sam looked down and shook his head sadly.

"I'm sorry …. I should have been more careful." He knew that Dean didn't like being pinned down to one spot and always wanted to be on the move and now they were going to be stuck in the town for at least a week.

"Sam you saved my life, there's no reason to be sorry."

"I really screwed up, now we're stuck in this town for who knows how long." Sam knew that as soon as a hunt was finished they had always moved on, it was just something they always did. The police had their fingerprints on file and even though it had been reported that they had been killed when Henderson had died they couldn't take the chance that cops would catch them in an awkward situation and question them..… Sam had an idea. "Why don't you leave town? I can take care of myself."

"Sam…." Dean started to protest.

"I can Dean. All I need is a wheel chair till I get my legs back and I can keep a cooler full of stuff to eat and drink. I can get around well enough till I heal up and then I'll catch up to you. There's no reason why both of us should be stuck here."

"I'm staying Sam so shut up."

"Why? I'll just hang out at the motel and rest, I'll be fine. We can…"

"I'm not leaving you alone." Dean interrupted him.

Sam swallowed hard; he knew his brother still didn't trust him ever since he had taken up with Ruby, but at the time he had no reason to believe Ruby was just using him. Once Dean had died all he thought about was revenge for his death, and that meant killing Lilith. But Lilith was too strong for him so he took up with Ruby who promised she'd show him the way to become stronger, the way to kill Lilith. He was so lost without his brother that he believed her; after all she did save his life a few times. Why would she do that if she wanted to hurt him? But her way of helping him had turned him dark and once she got him hooked on her blood he was all hers. Sure she helped him get revenge by killing Lilith, but what he didn't know was that by killing Lilith the last seal would be broken and that Lucifer would rise. Dean had killed Ruby with his help but it was too late…. Lucifer was now free to walk the earth, because of him.

"Ruby's gone Dean, and she's not coming back. You can trust me, I learned my lesson."

Dean knew that once Ruby was out of Sam's life his brother would never trust another demon again, at least he hoped not. He had tried to warn Sam that once a demon always a demon, but Sam was sure that Ruby was helping him and was sure that by killing Lilith he could keep the final seal from being broken, but Ruby had played Sam all along, first gaining his trust by saving his life, then showing him that without her there was no way he was strong enough to kill Lilith. Both Bobby and Castiel had told Dean that once Sam was strong enough to kill Lilith he could never return to his life before Ruby. He would be lost to them forever, but so far Dean hadn't seen anything to indicate Sam had changed. Sure Sam was different, he was torn with guilt for releasing Lucifer, but other then that it seemed like he had the old Sam back and he wasn't about to lose him again.

"I'm staying Sam, end of story."

Sam shook his head sadly; he knew that whatever he did Dean would never fully trust him. Somehow he'd have to earn that trust back, and somehow he would.

Later

Dean checked Sam out of the hospital glad to be leaving it behind. He was given a couple of prescription slips for pills to pick up othat Sam was to take every four hours, and was given the doctor's number and told to call if Sam became worse, but the doctor assured him as long as his brother took it easy and took his medicine he should be fine.

Once the brothers left the hospital the doctor took out his cell phone and punched in a number.

"Wayne?" The doctor asked when a man answered at the other end.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"You won't believe who I was just examining."

"Who?"

"Sam Winchester, demon boy himself."

"He was there?"

"In the flesh."

"Is he still there?"

"No, I released him but he isn't far away. He hurt his back and he's going to hold up at a motel out near Junction 13. He should be easy to fine."

"Is he alone?"

"No, his brother is with him."

"I have no qualms with Dean Winchester, but I want that demon loving brother of his."

"Well he's all yours, all you got to do is come and get him."

TBC