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Pathway to Hell
Chapter seven
"What the hell are you doing here?" Wilcox shouted as he and the man with him grabbed Dean's arms stopping him from going any further. "I thought I told you to get out of here!"
"Look!" Dean nodded toward the monitor.
Wilcox looked at the screen.
"What the hell's he doing?" He asked seeing Sam with the rifle.
"Don't you see it?" Dean pulled away from the men and walked over to the screen and pointed to the mist.
"What the hell is that?" Wilcox's friend Mark asked.
"That's why I told you not to hold the séance." Dean said as he watched the screen, hoping that the salt gun would take care of the spirit. He would have given anything to be in the mine standing next to his brother at that very moment. They always backed each other up and seeing his brother totally on his own with no way to help him if he needed it terrified him. "I need to get down there." He said, more to himself then to Wilcox.
Wilcox couldn't take his eyes off the screen; he couldn't believe what he was seeing. The mist kept growing and appeared to be forming into a shape.
"Oh my God…." Wilcox said in disbelief.
Dean reached up and turned the volume up on the monitor. He listened as his brother kept trying to get everyone to stand behind him.
"Who the hell is he?" Wilcox asked as he watched Sam try to take control of the situation.
"My brother." Dean said proudly.
The mine
"Get behind me!" Sam shouted. Most of the group didn't need to be told twice they ran behind Sam and stared in both horror and disbelief at the developing form. But Bill didn't listen and stood away from the group.
"What kind of bullshit is this?" Bill yelled thinking it was some kind of trick. "Can't you do better then that?" He asked Hendricks.
"You idiot I'm not doing anything!" Hendricks said as he reached for the phone that hung on the wall. Right now all he wanted was for his cousin to send the rail cars down and for he and the rest of the group to get the hell out of there.
Sam slowly walked toward Bill. When he was next to him he reached out and grabbed his arm and tried to force him behind him.
"This isn't a trick….you gotta get behind me." Sam said keeping his voice calm, trying not to scare the rest of the group anymore then they already were.
"You're in with Hendricks aren't you?"
"I'm not in with anyone. I told you this isn't a trick, that thing's real and it's pissed off." Sam said keeping his eyes on the mist.
"Bullshit! I'm not about to fall for some phony ghost trick." The man said laughing as he approached the mist. "It's all done with mirrors isn't it?"
"Stay away from it!" Sam cautioned as he raised his salt gun. Sam knew he had no choice but to fire. Bill would soon be standing directly in front of the spirit and once he was Sam wouldn't have a clear shot. He fired into the mist causing some of the people in the group to cry out in fear. The mist dissipated for a few seconds but immediately began to form again. Sam could feel his heart pounding in his chest; he knew once a spirit was hit by salt it destroyed it, but the salt seemed to have little effect on this spirit. He took careful aim and again shot the salt into the form. It once more blew apart but soon reformed. Sam reached in his pocket and quickly reloaded even though he could tell it didn't seem to be doing any good.
"Damn!" Sam said as he reached for his last resort, the holy water. He opened the bottle and slowly walked toward the mist, he knew he had to completely douse the spirit with the water in order to get rid of it. The spirit had now formed into a creature that sort of resembled a Wendigo, but unlike a Wendigo this one had wings. Its red eyes glared at Sam as he approached. "Everybody just stay calm." Sam said trying to keep anyone from panicking and causing the creature's attention to be diverted from him. "Now everybody just slowly walk back to the tunnel we came down. Don't run….just keep going and don't look back. Hendricks, call your cousin and get those rail cars down here and get these people out of here."
"What the hell is that thing?" Hendricks asked as he herded the people out of the room.
"Your worse nightmare." Sam said simply
They all left but Bill who still stood staring at the spirit not quite sure what to make of it. Once the others were safely out of the tunnel Sam walked over and stood next to him.
"You got to get out of here. I'll take care of this." Sam said to Bill who was still partially blocking his way, he took hold of Bill's arm and tried to pull him back. "Just back up and go with the others."
Bill turned around and looked at Sam.
"What kind of fool do you take me for? You think some special effect is going to scare me? The thing doesn't even look real."
"Shut the hell up and get out of here." Sam said through clenched teeth. He knew one wrong move and everything could go to hell in a second. He needed to be alone with the spirit and fully douse it with water which right now was impossible with Bill now standing directly in front of it. Sam slowly moved in front of Bill and used his hip to try and push Bill back.
"Don't you touch me!"
"Listen Bill….this isn't a joke, that thing's real. Now get the hell out of here and go with the others." Sam kept his voice low and steady trying not to make any fast movement that would startle the creature.
"Fuck you, I ain't going anywhere!" Bill reached out and grabbed Sam's arm causing the bottle of holy water to fly from his grasp. Sam dove for the bottle trying to get to it before it hit the ground but Bill shoved him and all he could do was watch their only protection shatter into a million pieces as it hit the ground, the water slowly sinking into the dirt.
Sam slowly turned around and looked over his shoulder into the snarling face of the creature.
TBC
