Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural, Dean or Sam, I'm just borrowing them and I give them back when I finished and I don't own anything to do with the film 23.
This idea comes from the film 23. The enigma number 23 is the belief that all incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23. Is it an obsession or is it a curse
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Chapter Seven
Sam coughed as he moved the remaining ceiling off his brother; Dean hadn't moved or coughed, he lay silently still. He searched for a pulse and found a weak one, climbing to his feet he pulled Dean up throwing him over his shoulder; he started to make his way back. Dean felt heavy against Sam's deprived lungs of clear fresh air. He gasped for air slowly sinking down to his knees; he didn't have the energy, he felt tired as he dropped Dean to the floor. Dean didn't make a sound he hit the floor heavily. A choking cough rattled through Sam
Bobby reach the back door just as he was about to kick the door in a hand on his shoulder stopped him, he looked to see who the hand belong to, it was the man from the street.
"Wait" he said as he walked over and placed his hand on the door, he moved his hand up and down the door and tapped the door handle "I used to be a voluntary fire fighter, name's Tom, do as I say and stay behind me." Removing his hand he stepped back and kicked the door in, taking the fire extinguisher from Bobby he quickly disappeared inside, Bobby followed closely behind him. They could hear coughing coming from the living room.
Sam was racked with coughing he lungs struggling to coupe, he jumped when he felt strong arms grip him "Sam"
"Bobby, get Dean out of here"
"I have him" Sam heard a stranger's voice. Tom lifted Dean's body fireman style up over his shoulder and carried him outside with ease. Bobby helped Sam to his feet supporting him as they made their way outside. Where Sam collapsed to his knees and vomited until he started to dry heave, he could hear commotion all around him, someone shouting orders, heavy boots of fireman running passed him. Before he knew it someone was placing an oxygen mask over his mouth and telling him to breathe normally. He pushed it away and searched for Dean. Where was Dean? Through the sea of medics and fireman he saw his brother surround by medics working on him shouting between them his vital signs he didn't really understand what it all meant, the only words he understood was head trauma. The mask was once again placed on his mouth, he breathed deep and climbed to his feet, the medic was saying something to him but he didn't hear him as they reached the ambulance he climbed in alongside Dean, he watched the medic clean the black soot of Dean's face.
"What is name?" the medic asked
"Dean, he's my brother" Sam whispered
"And I'm losing him to a ghost" remained unspoken by Sam
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Sam sat in the hospital bed; the doctors were keeping him in overnight. He thought about what could have happened as Bobby walked in "What did the doctor say?" Bobby asked
"Said I was lucky, a few minor burns but mostly smoke inhalation, thanks Bobby for pulling us out, I thought were we going to die in there."
Bobby blushed "You don't have to thank me; you would have done the same for me"
"Yeah we would have"
"And Dean" Bobby pulled up a chair between Sam and Dean's beds.
"Same as me but he had a nasty knock to his thick head"
Dean laid pale against the crisp clean hospital sheets, an oxygen mask covered his mouth, he lay perfectly still except for the rise and fall of his chest and the mask over his mouth steaming up
"Bobby, how did you know about Emily Walsh?" Sam asked
"From another hunter, he told me that Emily's mother died giving birth to her and her father told Emily repeatedly that she was cursed from the day she was born, her father said he had passed the curse of number 23 on to her and at the age of 32 he hung himself, he left a suicide note saying the only way to end the curse was to commit suicide, she took his death pretty hard, then one day she met a man and she showed him that he was like her cursed by the number 23, it was a whirlwind romance and they thought that the only way they could be happy was to end the curse, so they made a pact to commit suicide together, they both jumped from the cathedral bell tower on her 23rd Birthday. She died instantly but her boyfriend survived if you can call it that, they said he had brain damage or something, been in a nursing home ever since."
Sam thought for a moment "Did this hunter have a son?"
"Yeah"
"I found a book in the local second hand book shop called "M" by Joe Black, did he ever mention it?" Sam asked
"Yeah, he gave it to me told me to burn it; I didn't want to, it wasn't mine to burn so I threw it in a skip"
"What kind of father puts his son in a sanatorium?"
"A desperate one" Bobby replied
"Why would he want you to burn the book?"
"To protect Joe from himself"
"Tell me Bobby, who was Joe Black?"
"I can't tell you that, I made a promise to his daddy"
"Is he still alive?"
"Yeah, turned into a fine young man, any father would be proud off" Bobby replied I'll tell you what I can" he paused as if he was remembering; taking of his baseball cap he scratched his head and then replaced it back on his head "Joe and his daddy came to Maine, they had a paid job, an easy cleansing and for once it was. Then his daddy heard about the curse of the number 23 from an old hunter friend of his, so he and Joe came here to Portland to look into it. Joe's daddy was never a candidate for father of the year award. It never occurred to Joe's daddy that Joe's 23rd birthday was an only a few days away; because he was always so wrapped up in hunting down anything and everything evil."
Bobby rubbed the back of his neck "The first night after some research Joe and his daddy went to Emily Walsh's home, they split up, his daddy searched the basement and the ground floor while Joe searched the upstairs, Emily appeared to Joe, she did something to him, hell I don't know what but she got inside his mind, when Joe came downstairs, his daddy said he was different, he seem distracted like in a daydream, he'd lost all interest in the hunt, of course that didn't sit well with his daddy.
"The next night he had enough of Joe's odd behaviour, he said was rambling on about the number 23 and being cursed so he took himself off to the local drinking hole. When he came back to the hotel M was there and Joe was dancing and laughing with her. As soon as she saw Joe's daddy she disappeared. Joe wanted to go after her but his daddy blocked the door. He never seen his son like this before, Joe believed M was real and he won't except that M was a ghost he said his daddy was jealous and didn't want to him to be happy, Joe told him no matter what they were going to be together and he couldn't stop them. Joe's daddy knew he had to get Joe away from Portland and M, so he rang me. He persuaded Joe that if M really loved him she'd be waiting for him. He put Joe on the train the next day, I went to meet the train, when it arrived Joe wasn't on it I phoned his daddy, His daddy drove to the next town where the train stopped and showed the station master a photo of Joe, he remembered him, so he started checking the hotels, it didn't take him long to find the right hotel, when he got to room 23 it was empty. He heard music coming from above, he charged onto the roof to find them together"
TBC
