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Sierras

Chapter four

The brothers spun around as Dean held the gun out in front of him.

"Don't shoot!" A man shouted as he and a woman walked out of the woods.

"Who are you? Where did you come from?" Dean asked, still holding the gun in front of him. He had learned long ago to be suspicious of everyone.

"We were camping up at the cabin."

"Just you two?"

"No there are four of us." The man said then turned in a circle as he looked around the area. "Did you see it?"

"See what?" Sam asked trying to find out if the man was talking about the thing they were hunting.

"That…that thing?" The man held on to his trembling girlfriend.

"What thing?" Dean asked as he glanced over at his brother.

"Some…some creature! It was horrible!" The girl said crying. "It attacked us and killed two of our horses."

"Did you see which way it went?" Sam asked the man.

"No….We ran back to the cabin and this is the first time we've left it in about a week. We were running out of food and we knew one of us would have to go for help, but I wasn't about to leave my girlfriend back there so we both went."

"Is anyone hurt?" Dean asked.

"No… just scared."

"We need you to take us back to the cabin. We have some food that if we're careful should last a few days."

"What about that thing? We can't stay locked up forever."

"My brother and I will take care of it."

"How? My buddy back at the cabin shot at it and it didn't even seem to slow it down."

"We have a way we think will work."

"So you know about it?"

"Yeah, we've heard about it."

"Well shouldn't we keep going, shouldn't we get out of here before it comes back?"

"It's getting dark and it's a good two days ride out of here. I think you're best bet is to hold up at the cabin and let me and my brother see if we can take care of it."

The girl looked up at her boyfriend.

"Please Randy listen to them. I'm scared and I don't want to be out here, that things out here somewhere, I want to go back."

"It'll be alright Connie." He pulled her close to him as he looked at the brothers. "Okay follow me, I'll show you were the cabin is."

Sam gave a little tug on the horse's reins to get them to follow him then winced in pain, his hand going to his stomach.

"What's wrong?" Dean said noticing the look on his brother's face.

"I don't know….I just…." Sam then groaned and fell to his knees.

"Sammy!" Dean knelt down next to him.

"What's wrong with him?" Randy asked.

"I don't know." Dean glanced up at Randy then put his hand on Sam's shoulder. "What's going on Sam?"

Sam gave a little nervous laugh trying to make light of the situation.

"I just felt a little sick, I'll be fine." He slowly stood back up but Dean could see that his face was red and sweaty.

"Looks like more then just a little sick Sam. Why the hell didn't you tell me you weren't feeling well?"

"It just came on all of a sudden." He looked over at Dean. "I'm sorry…" He knew when they were on a hunt they both needed to be one hundred percent healthy, even being off a little could mean the difference between life and death.

Dean immediately felt guilty; he knew his brother thought he was mad at him. But he wasn't mad, what he was was worried. They were miles from nowhere and Sam was sick, how sick he had no way of knowing.

"There's nothing we can do here. Let's get you back to that cabin, maybe if you rest a little you'll feel better."

Dean helped Sam up into one of the saddles then offered the other horse to the girl who quickly accepted.

"What are we going to do now?" Randy whispered to Dean as they led the horses to the cabin. "If he's sick who is going to help you kill that thing?" When Dean glanced at him he quickly added. "Don't look at me….I'm no hero. You're the one who said you thought you knew how to kill it."

"I'll take care of it with or without my brother's help. But you need to calm down; flipping out isn't going to help anyone."

Dean looked back at his brother who now sat hunched over in the saddle in obvious distress.

Dean knew he had no choice but to continue to the cabin and pray that what ever was wrong with Sam wasn't serious.

TBC