Dean carried Harper all the way back to where he had parked the Impala. She usually hated being carried, but she was pretty shaken up from the crash.
"Are you hurt?" Dean asked in concern. She had a cut on her forehead, but other than that she looked ok. But Dean had to ask just to be sure.
Harper shook her head no and put her hand against his chest to help comfort him. "I guess I'll have to get a new truck now…"
Dean knew she was trying to reassure him that she was ok, but he wasn't able to get rid of the sight of the other car slamming into hers. Or the fear that had washed through him when he didn't know if she was hurt or not.
He slowly set her on her feet once they were at the Impala, but he kept his hand on her back to keep her steady. He opened the driver's door and made her sit down before he turned to look where Sam and Alec were.
He saw Sam by the other car that crashed with a girl next to him. He already disliked that girl, which he knew wasn't really fair, but she was the one who wrecked in to Harper and he wasn't going to forget that.
"Alec is going to be in so much trouble…" He muttered under his breath when he saw that Sam and the girl were walking their way.
"Why is he going to be in trouble?" Harper asked, making Dean turn back around.
"He jumped out of the car before you even crashed and he didn't say anything before he did it," Dean said with a sigh. He hadn't known what was going on; all he knew was that Alec had decided to bail out of the car while they were moving 65 miles per hour and then Harper's truck was being pushed off the road. He'd slammed on the brakes, torn between being worried about Alec and worried about Harper.
"What was he supposed to say? 'Hey, by the way I'm going to jump out of the car now and save Harper'?" Harper asked with a small smile.
Dean rolled his eyes, "No, but a 'stop the car' would have been nice."
Dean turned back around and saw that Sam and the girl were almost to where they were. He could tell the girl was upset and that Sam had his arm around her to help comfort her. He scowled when he noticed that Alec wasn't behind them.
"Where's Alec?" Dean asked as Sam and the girl got closer.
"He's down by the other car," Sam answered.
There was an explosion and Dean's heart nearly stopped. He didn't even know where the explosion had come from, but he just knew that Alec was there. It must have been the big brother in him, but he knew Alec was in trouble. He didn't even think before he took off running and he could hear Sam's footsteps running right behind him.
He ran to where the third car had flown off the road and skidded to a stop. "Do you see him?" Dean asked Sam breathlessly and Sam shook his head.
Dean stumbled down the hill as fast as he could; there was so much smoke it was hard to see where anything was.
"Alec!?" Dean called out, just hoping he would get some kind of reply, but he didn't get one. He scanned the ground for any sign of Alec, but there was so much debris on the ground it was hard to tell what everything was.
Sam suddenly hit Dean's chest and pointed. Dean finally saw the form on the ground that could be Alec. He ran over and landed on his knees next to him; he was lying face down and he was so still that Dean almost feared the worst.
He put two fingers to the side of Alec's neck and checked for a pulse. "He's alive," Dean breathed out with relief and Sam breathed out his own relief.
Dean carefully checked Alec for breaks; he was afraid to move him too much until he knew for sure that nothing serious was broken. He suddenly felt something warm against Alec's side and found that there was a piece of metal stuck in his side. It wasn't very deep, but Dean didn't want to take it out just in case it had punctured something important. If he took it out and it had punctured something, he wouldn't be able to stop the bleeding and Alec would die right there. Sam was on Alec's other side and Dean pointed out the piece of metal so he'd be careful.
"How bad?" Sam asked quietly.
Dean brushed Alec's hair back and checked his head before he answered, "His concussion is gonna be even worse and he's got some metal in his side…we need to get him to a hospital just to be sure…"
"Do you think it's ok to move him, or should we wait for the paramedics?"
"Nothing's broken but he's losing blood…I think we need to move him out of the smoke…" Dean really did think that was the best thing they could do for Alec, but at the same time he didn't want to make things worse by moving him.
"What about the cars? Should I call it in?" Sam asked.
Dean nodded and then decided that there were more pros than cons in moving Alec, so he dug the keys out of his pocket and tossed them to Sam. Then he turned Alec over and picked him up. He was as gentle as he could be, but part of him wished the pain would help wake Alec up. He wasn't used to Alec not moving around or the silence and he just wanted Alec to reassure him that he was going to be ok.
Sam ran ahead so he could bring the car to them, but Dean kept his pace slow and steady so he wouldn't jostle Alec too much. He knew Alec would hate being in the hospital, but he didn't have any other options. Alec was hurt and Dean would do what it took to make sure the kid was ok. Alec was like another little brother to him and it was his job to protect him.
Dean carried Alec up the hill and he was glad to see the Impala waiting for them. Harper was in the backseat and the other girl was sitting by Sam in the front. Dean carefully put Alec in the backseat and Harper helped keep him up while Dean got in. He leaned Alec against himself once he was inside and Sam took off down the road.
"How far is it to the closest hospital?" Sam asked the girl after a few miles of driving.
"It's not far, you just have to go down this road for a few miles," she answered quietly, she was probably in shock, but Dean couldn't bring himself to care.
"Who is this and why is she in my car," Dean growled.
"This is Tera-" Sam started, but Tera interrupted him.
"Look, I'm sorry I hit your girlfriend over there, but it wasn't my fault. And it's not my fault that your little brother went and got himself caught up in an explosion, so you need to back off!"
"If it wasn't for my little brother, you'd still be stuck in your car!" Dean wanted to say more, but Harper put her hand on his shoulder to stop him.
Alec's breathing suddenly picked up and Dean's attention focused in on him. Alec's eyes shot open and he immediately started struggling against Dean's hold. He was trying to get out of the car and Dean figured he didn't really know where he was. Alec managed to elbow Dean in the ribs and Dean grunted out, but he didn't release Alec.
"Dammit Alec! It's me!" Dean yelled as he pulled Alec back again.
Alec only struggled a few seconds longer before his burst of energy ran out and he fell back against Dean's chest. He was breathing heavily and his eyes were closed, but after a minute he spoke, "Sorry…I didn't know…" His voice was tinged with pain and Dean didn't know how to make it better for him.
"It's ok, you didn't know where you were," Dean murmured softly.
Alec tried to shift, but he hissed in pain and Dean put his hand against his chest. Alec looked down and groaned when he saw the metal in his side, "We aren't going to the hospital are we?"
"Yes Alec, and there's no way you're going to talk me out of this."
"Dean, I can't go to a hospital…" Alec said quietly.
"Why not?" Dean asked gently; he assumed that Alec had a fear of hospitals from the way he had to grow up as a kid, but he didn't know if that was the whole reason.
Alec raised his eyebrows and gestured to himself and said quietly, "Transgenic…remember?"
Dean just looked back at Alec; he didn't really know why that meant Alec couldn't go to the hospital. "So? Alec, you have to see a doctor."
Alec sighed and thought for a minute until he finally said, "Fine. But you can't let them give me any blood and you can't let them take any blood. Ok?"
"Why?" Dean asked in confusion.
"I have a bad reaction to ordinary blood and if they test my blood Manticore will find me." Alec's eyes were begging him to understand. Alec was so expressive when he wanted Dean to understand something that he couldn't really explain. Dean could usually get a better idea of what was going on just by looking at his eyes sometimes.
"Alright, I won't let them do anything with blood. I won't let you out of my sight ok?" Dean tried to reassure and Alec nodded.
Alec leaned his head back against Dean in exhaustion, but a moment later he spoke again, "Tera…I'm sorry...if that Jacob guy was your friend…I'm sorry, but he's dead…"
Tera wiped her eyes and nodded, "I thought so…I'm sorry you got hurt, but thank you for checking."
"Tera, did you know Jacob very long?" Sam asked after a minute.
She nodded again, "He was my best friend since high school. He would have never killed anyone."
"He killed someone?" Harper immediately asked.
"He started acting weird a few days ago and I went to his apartment to ask him what was going on. I wanted to surprise him so I used my own key to get in and I saw him kill his roommate! They had been friends longer than we had! I just don' know why he would do it…"
"You might think this is crazy-"
"Sam, don't," Dean immediately cut in and he met Sam's eyes in the rearview mirror. He didn't think Tera would be able to handle the fact that her best friend had been possessed by a demon.
Sam didn't say anything else, but Dean saw him barely shake his head no to Tera. He still didn't like her, even if she did have a good reason for crashing into Harper. Alec tried again to get comfortable and Dean just barely caught him squeezing his eyes shut in pain. "Easy, we're almost there," Dean said quietly.
Dean was actually happy to see the hospital come into view, even though he knew he was going to have a long night ahead of him. Doctors always thought they knew everything and Dean had gotten into more than one argument with them in the past. They weren't going to like not running every test they could think of, but Dean wasn't budging on this. He was going to do what it took to get Alec back to full health and those doctors were going to have to go through him before they got to Alec.
Before Sam turned off the car Dean leaned forward and whispered so no one else could hear him, "Don't let her out of your sight…I don't trust her." Sam nodded so Dean turned back to Alec. "Alright kiddo, we're at the hospital."
He helped Alec out of the car, but his legs collapsed as soon as he was standing and Dean had to grab him. He pulled Alec's arm over his shoulder so he could support him across the parking lot.
"No blood…" Alec mumbled as they got closer to the entrance.
He looked up at Dean with pleading eyes and Dean had no problem promising, "No blood."And then he and Alec stumbled their way inside.
More soon...
