When Dreams Become Reality
Part Four
"We gave you time, but you choose wrong," Kate snarled as she and the other girls closed in on Sam in a perfect circle.
"Wait, wait," Sam pleaded, still weak from his injuries. As the girls moved in closer, he wrenched out a lighter from his pocket and thrust it through the nearest girl's torso. The girl screamed and fell to the ground, motionless but engulfed in flames. "I guess you can fight fire with fire!" Sam exclaimed.
"You shouldn't have done that," warned Kate. But the next second Sam stuck the lighter through her chest.
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Dean was frantically trying to keep his emotions in check. His brother was seizing on the ground and he had to be focused on taking care of business. His hands were shaking more than Sam's and he had already burned his fingers five separate times trying to light the matches. He had three girls down but there were six more to go and he didn't know how long Sam would last. Dean was beginning to realize that the mind was scarier than any demon or spirit he had ever faced.
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The remaining girls pounced on Sam, determined to stop him from extinguishing another one of them. Claws formed where their spindly fingers had once been and they ripped at his chest and back. Sam cringed, but sucked up his pain as he thrust the lighter into another girl. She shrieked and fell backwards in flames. The other girls became more determined to incapacitate Sam, but he was resilient.
Just as Sam was about to thrust the lighter into the fourth girl, Kate reared her glowing head from the inferno.
"This is only temporary. You can't kill a vengeful spirit like this," Kate cackled with a knowing air.
"Yeah but you can like this--," Sam began, every word stinging as he struggled to breath from the pain inflicted by the girls. "I know how you really died."
Kate's interest was piqued and she willed the girls to stop their ruthless mutilation of Sam's body.
Outside Sam's mind, Dean watched in horror as his brother's body stilled and he laid there as stiff as a board. Dean would have much proffered him to be distorted with pain than stone cold still. This was not a good sign.
"Tell us!" Kate demanded, even though she felt something bad would happen if she knew the truth.
"The boys you killed did not set fire to your house," Sam struggled to talk above a whisper. "It was an accident. It was a gas leak. It was an innocent mistake." Sam finished, slumping from his kneeling position and collapsing in exhaustion on the floor.
"Noooooo!" Kate's piercing scream caused Sam to quickly cover his ears. He felt himself leaving the dream world and re-entering reality.
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"Sam—Sammy!" Dean yelled in the familiar worried tone he adopted when something supernatural was happening to his brother.
"I'm ok Dean; it's all over now," Sam whispered, gingerly lifting himself into a sitting position.
"Well it's about time, those chicks were second helpings of crazy," Dean chided as he helped Sam to his feet. He noticed the profound rips in Sam's shirt and the red liquid leaking from them. "Man! You're bleeding again!" Dean said in an exasperated tone that did all but betray his real concern.
"Yeah," Sam drew in a sharp breath. "We might need to get me back to that hospital."
"I hate hospitals," Dean lamented emphatically. Sam laughed and then cringed at the pain it caused. Seeing the look on Sam's face sealed the deal. "Ok, ok, let's get you into the car," Dean muttered against his will.
Dean laughed as he closed the door on the passenger's side and made his way to the driver's side. "This was one weird case man; vengeful spirits pissed off about the wrong thing. Leave it to chicks to blame everything on the men."
"Yeah but once I told them what really happened they were at peace. Think of all the spirits we've extinguished in the past, Dean. They could have been there under false pretenses for all we know."
"I guess the moral of the story is: the truth really will set you free!" Dean chimed as Sam rolled his eyes.
And they sped off down the highway, another case solved.
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