Chapter 4

"What did you find?" She hated the quiver in her voice.

"I have to run more tests but.."

"Don't start that with me. Just spill it Emil." Chloe offered him a sad smile.

"It's back. The shell around your heart."

"And you're sure?" She slumped back down in the chair as he nodded. Turning as Sam came back into the room.

"There is something new though. A deposit of mutated cells at the base of your brain. It's possible that when you used the gold kryptonite on Mr. Winchester you created some sort of link."

"How do we reverse it?" Chloe turned towards Dean. She hoped Emil had an answer but a part of her knew it wouldn't be that easy.

"We could try using the gold K again but I'm not sure." he looked away and appeared to be lost in thought. She could practically see the wheels in his head turning. She was distracted when Sam walked back in.

"It could also make it worse."

"Make what worse?" Sam looked confused.

Emil turned and looked up at her. A quizzical look on his face as he weighed the possibilities. "I think that is very unlikely. "

"Sounds good to me." Dean clapped his hands together and stood up. Ready to try anything. Every day he learned more about her and with every new discovery he found it harder and harder to pretend he just wanted her gone.

Sam noticed his hand. There was no mark. Nothing. He wanted to ask what was going on but it could wait.

"I want this fixed. I want to put right what I have made wrong but not unless we can be sure."

"We are never going to be sure Chloe. You know that. Everything with these rocks is trial and error."

"I'm fine with a little risk." Chloe just shook her head. She didn't mind if the risk was hers.

"Whatever this bond is. Time is only gong to make it stronger. Make it harder to sever. If we are going to do this we need to do it now." She nodded at his words. Knew he was right. What had started as simple flashes had evolved into total sensory immersion.

She was no longer just seeing things from his past. She was living them.

"I'll get the rock." She turned and left the room.

"Dean this is dangerous." Sam moved towards his brother and spoke in hushed tones. "Are you sure?"

"I need that woman out of my head before I can never get rid of her." His words echoed the Doctors warnings but Sam knew his brother. Knew that wasn't what he meant.

"Ok" Sam stepped back. Dean had made his decision and no arguments from Sam were going to change that. Chloe walked back in at that moment and moved towards Dean. She held the rock out in front of her.

Continuing forward she held it out in front of her. "Se we are just going to do this now?" Dean moved his foot backwards but stopped himself. He wouldn't appear weak in front of this tiny blonde.

She smiled at him and placed the rock on his chest. She took a deep breath and waited, moments passed like hours and still nothing happened.

"What were you doing the first time?" Emil spoke but they didn't look away from each other.

Chloe watched as a smirk tilted Dean's mouth. Crinkles forming at the corners of his eye making them seem impossibly more tempting. His hand coming up from his side and sliding so slow behind her neck, pulling her closer at an excruciating pace.

Her eyes fell shut as the distance between them became nothing more than a whisper. She was vaguely aware that Emil had looked away and Sam suddenly found his shoes very fascinating, It didn't matter though. None of it did. She was swept up in him again. Lost in everything that was Dean.

She could remember every time he had done this to another women but she didn't care. All that mattered was when he did it to her she felt like the only woman in the world.

At the first brush of his lips she felt the heat build within her. Her pulse like thunder in her head. His lips were warm and wet against hers and they sent lightning across her skin.

She felt like the room was spinning by the time he deepened the kiss, the edges of her mind felt fuzzy and her thoughts begun to scatter. She couldn't remember where she was. What she was doing. Fear began to tickle her mind before Dean pulled her close. Her fear was gone as quickly as it had come. Replaced by a calm like Chloe had never known.

Dean pulled back and watched as her eyes fluttered open. He wasn't sure what had happened but he knew for certain something had changed. She stared at him for a moment longer before seeming to catch her breath. She raised her hands and pushed away from him.

Dean could feel her memories slipping away. He didn't think he would ever forget her life but it was more like a story he had read along time ago. He could remember the plot but not all the details.

"It worked." Dean continued to watch her and her face twisted in confusion. She took another step back, her gaze suddenly darting around the room.

"Who are you?" Dean moved forward and hated the way she took another step away from him.

Her eyes locked on him again. "Chloe?" Sam and the doctor were also moving forward now.

She tripped over her own feet, falling backwards. Dean rushed forward, grabbing her arm and arresting her fall. Her eyes shot to his and he hated the fear he saw there. "Who am I?" Her voice was a tiny squeak and it brought every protective instinct Dean had rushing to the surface.

"Chloe Ann Sullivan." He saw a spark in her eye when he said her name. "Born in Metropolis to Moira and Gabe Sullivan. Gabe moved you and him to Smallville after your mother went missing."

She closed her eyes, the memories flooding back in. Happy and sad mixed with heartbreak and pain. They slammed into her brain like a waterfall. Rushing over her and making it hard to breathe. She was vaguely aware that Dean was lifting her. Carrying her into her room and placing her down on the bed.

He hovered over her till he was shoved aside by the doctor who busied himself taking her vitals. Checking her from head to toe. Dean cursed under his breath. This was his fault. He had pushed her into trying this. He watched as she thrashed on the bed. Fists grabbing at the sheets and pulling them.

Emil turned and grabbed his bag pulling a syringe out.

"Whoa. What the hell is that?" Dean's voice was a low growl.

"A mild sedative." Emil grabbed her arm and plunged the medicine into her veins.

Dean moved to the side of her bed and took her hand in his own. He leaned closer as the doctor moved away. Aware that Sam was standing in the doorway watching his every move. It didn't stop him though. He whispered words of comfort to her. Too low for anyone else to hear.

He stayed there as Emil walked out and Sam followed him. Alone with her again he couldn't stop thinking about what the hell he was doing. She wasn't his concern. He had gotten her out of his head.

He should be leaving. He should be grabbing his stuff and hitting the road with Sam at his side. Guilt was nothing new. Just one more mistake, one more regret to add to the pile of crap that he lived with everyday. He pushed back from the bed as her breathing evened out and she slipped into unconsciousness.

Sam was sitting on the couch when Dean came back in. He looked worried and Dean couldn't really blame him. "Where's the Doc?"

"Said something about running some tests." Sam shrugged. That wasn't what he was concerned about. "what about you?"

Dean hung his head. He understood why Sam was worried about him. Why some girl he had only met for a moment wouldn't be as important to him as his brother but it didn't change the way Dean felt. "She's out of my head."

"Then we should go." Sam stood and made his way towards the door. Dean wanted to say no. Wanted to stay. Instead he grabbed his bag and followed Sam out the door. Glancing back briefly but he didn't stop. There was nothing he could do here.

His feelings for her weren't even real.

"I have a text from Bobby about a job in Oklahoma." Sam sounded

"Sounds good." Dean mumbled the words as he slipped behind the wheel. Starting the car and turning up the radio. He didn't want Sam questioning him about anything right now. He couldn't bare the thought of another heart to heart.

AN

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