Disclaimer: I must remind myself and you that Dean and Sam or anything Supernatural do not belong to me. Luck be damned.
Things start to get a little sticky for the boys as the Remington sisters get closer to them.
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT
Dean opened his eyes and knew without looking that Sam was no longer next to him. He was filled with a sudden urgent sadness and dread. He always felt like that whenever he couldn't feel Sam. Always thinking this is it this was the day Sammy finally had it and walked out leaving Dean on his own Dean's greatest fear no more Sam.
He turned his head towards the other bed. Jade was gone but Arandi was still asleep. That gave Dean some relief and then he snickered to himself. Dean Winchester had never shared a room with two beautiful women and not had some action. 'Damn Dean you're losing your touch.'
Dean turned to look at the time. It was nearly noon. They had actually gotten more than four hours of sleep. He noticed the note next to the clock and turned to reach for it, big mistake. He gasped and fell back as pain so intense ripped through his abdomen and back. The room began to spin and overwhelming nausea filled him. He tried to bite it back. Stayed as still as he could, hoping it would settle.
Once he felt a little more controlled he read the note. Sam and Jade had gone to get lunch. Just the thought of food made his stomach protest. He pushed himself to sit up. The room swam and the nausea came back full force. Somehow he stood and stumbled to the bathroom barely able to close the door before he spewed almost missing the toilet. Pain slammed in to him and he could barely breathe between the retching and the pain. He hit his knees. One arm wrapped around his stomach, the other braced against the wall he prayed that it would all be over before Sam came back and that he wouldn't pass out.
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Arandi had woken up when she heard Dean gasp, but he didn't notice so she didn't move. No one likes an audience when they didn't feel good.
She heard him stumble to the bathroom and then when he instantly started throwing up. He had barely made it.
She felt so stupid for the way she had acted last night. Now she wanted to make up for it. She quietly got up and set up the pillows on his bed so that he could just sit back when he got out. Then she dug through her duffle and found the pills she was hunting. She grabbed a bottle of water and put them on the nightstand by Dean's side of the bed. She lay back down and waited. The retching seemed to go on too long and was making her start to ache for him.
Finally it stopped. Quiet filled the room for a little while then she heard the water in the sink, the toiled flush and the door opened slowly.
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Dean could have sworn that he was on the verge of vomiting out his actual stomach. That was all that was left. He had no idea how he stayed conscious. He stayed on his knees a few minutes then slowly stood up. He leaned against the wall just to make sure he wouldn't face plant then he washed his face, rinsed his mouth and flushed the toilet.
When he stepped out the bathroom he instantly noticed all the changes. He made his way to the bed grateful that he could just sit back. He looked at Arandi. Her eyes open watching him.
"Sorry if I woke you." He said hoarsely, "Bad taco recall."
"Most sleep I've gotten in months."
"Yeah me too," he yawned. God even that hurt.
"You feeling better?" she asked softly.
"I'd feel fantastic if the elephant would get off my chest and the mule would stop kicking my head."
"Those should help." She nodded toward the pills. "Higher dosage of ibuprofen they take a big edge off pain without knocking you on your ass."
"Speaking from experience?" He asked reaching for the pills.
"Let's just say that have more than one bottle so you can keep that one if you want."
He shook out four pills and took them. "Thanks."
"No biggie." She replied.
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Sam and Jade returned to Dean and Arandi still sleeping but they could tell that they had been up. Sam smirked hoping that Dean had behaved himself. Half tempted to just let them sleep till their bodies had their fill but Sam knew what the results of that would be.
He sat next to Dean. "Hey sleeping beauty, your coffee is getting cold."
Dean opened one eye. "Don't hate me cuz I'm beautiful." He opened the other eye reaching for his coffee.
"Dean?"
"Sam?" Dean knew what was coming.
"How are you, really?"
"Sore as hell, the end." Dean said, giving him the drop it now look.
"Dean you look awful. You know you can't always be ten foot tall and bullet proof?" Sam pushed.
"I'd settle for six one and handsome. Oh yeah I am." Dean grinned.
"Conceded much?" Sam huffed.
"Truth hurt Sammy?"
"Apparently telling the truth about being hurt does," Sam scoffed. He got up and walked to the table.
Arandi had quelched her sister's concerned questions before they even saw daylight, heading to the bathroom to change.
"I got you your usual." Sam said. He put the bacon cheeseburger on the table.
The instant Dean caught the scent his stomach flipped. 'This sucked out loud.'
As soon as Arandi appeared he headed into the bathroom catching the look she gave him. He stalled in the bathroom as long as he could.
"Dude what are you doing?" Sam asked outside the door.
"The lambada, you?" Dean answered.
"The last time I checked it takes two people to do the lambada."
"Shows you my talents have no boundaries." Dean snarked. He took a deep breath and stepped out of the bathroom. The pills had kicked in and at least for now everything was a dull ache. He would eat something just to get Sam off his back. 'Wouldn't it be easier to just tell him the truth?' he thought, then remembered Sam's over reactive tendencies, his little brother Mr. Panic.
'Just shut up and eat Dean.' He joined everyone at the table. His stomach cramped up at the sight of the food.
"So what do we have planned?" He asked still trying to stall.
"We need a ride a little further if that ok," Jade answered, "every car rental place is sold out."
"Where are you heading?" Dean asked staring at his burger as if he expected it to talk to him.
"We have another car but it's in San Antonio." Arandi answered.
"You're from Texas?" Dean looked at Arandi.
"Born, bred and dead," Arandi grinned.
"Your burger's getting cold Dean." Sam being Sam.
Dean mimicked him. He looked at the burger and picked it up. He took a bite and hoped that what he felt right then didn't show on his face. He chewed and somehow swallowed and then ate a fry. He took another bite. He felt it at the back of his throat and almost gagged. He lowered his head. Arandi was sitting next to him. He saw her reach for some of his fries and she ate them quickly. Dean looked at Sam and he had dropped the watch dog routine.
Arandi quickly took a huge chunk of his burger and put it in her food container. By the time Sam looked back most of the burger was gone and only a couple of fries were left.
Dean deserved and Oscar for the performance he did on being full, so grateful to Arandi for saving him from having to eat the whole burger.
"Make you a deal. We will drive you all the way to Texas. All we need is little boost on gas." Dean offered.
Sam looked at him surprised.
"Deal.", Arandi said and added, "We pay for all the meals too."
"Deal."
"Since most of the day is gone we can leave in the morning and being that this town is full of outsiders I think we can make a little extra money." Dean grinned.
Everyone else agreed. Extra money never hurt.
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Driving around town the place was packed everywhere. Booths offering everything anyone could possibly want lined every sidewalk. They found a place to park and walked around scanning.
Sam laughed when they came across a booth that actually sold the ingredients for hex bags of every kind. Naturally they couldn't let that one get away from them.
As the day turned to night the town only seemed to get busier as the festivities picked up. Finally they found the busiest bar and made their moves.
Once inside they studied everything and everyone. Soon enough Dean had himself in a game of pool Sam in another and the girls had offered the bar owner some help waiting tables for tips and beer. He agreed because all his staff was behind.
Arandi and Jade had definitely done this before they were experts and were raking it in with a wink here a shoulder pat there swing of the hip and men were generous.
Arandi took Dean a beer. He was grinning ear to ear because he was making a killing with all these out of towners who had no idea they were being hustled. Sam wasn't doing too bad himself.
Once they figured they had made plenty. They sat to enjoy a couple of beers, the owner so grateful for the help he threw in free dinner for all four of them. Dean eating the smallest order of fries they carried. Completely ignoring the looks Sam was giving him.
Dean noticed Arandi rubbing her arm. The pain meds were wearing off. He had taken more before leaving the motel and had some in his pocket.
"Guess we should call it night guys." He offered.
Everyone agreed. Jade had to make a bathroom run and Arandi went with her. As they stepped back out a man stepped in front of Jade.
"Well there little miss how about I buy you a drink?" the man asked.
Jade gave her sister the here we go again look. "No thanks we were leaving." She tried to get by him but he blocked their way.
"Why are you being rude? Think you're better than me?"
"Anyone's better than you." Arandi said now stepping almost in front of her sister.
Dean was the first to notice that the sisters were having problems from across the room. He got up and motioned to Sam. They fought through the crowd.
"I get it," the man slurred, "you ain't into men. Give me a chance and I'll bring you back."
"She's my sister you sick fuck so I suggest you back the hell off!"
"Or what?" the man pushed against her. "Some women need to be taught a lesson."
"Some men need to be taught the benefits of soap and water!" Arandi rallied. Not a sign of intimidation on her face.
Even from where he was Dean could tell what was about to happen and he fought harder to get to the women.
Jade's face showed fear but not at the man, she knew her sister. "Arandi lets go."
Arandi looked at her sister just about to give in to her. Then the man shoved Jade so hard she stumbled to the floor and hit her face against the metal of a stool and her lip started bleed.
Jade's heart froze. She knew what was coming God help them all.
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The man glared at Arandi. "Now what bitch?" A gaudy earring the man wore glittered from his ear.
Dean had almost reached them. He saw Arandi's lip curl up slightly. He saw her beautiful blue eyes turn a shade of gun metal. In less than a second she had the man on his knees twisting his wrist painfully.
Dean couldn't believe his eyes when he saw other men coming to help the man. He stepped in front of them.
"Seriously, you guys are going to team up on a woman? Really you can live with that?"
One of the men took a swing at Dean who deftly knocked him on his ass. Sam took the other one and helped Jade to her feet.
Then everything went to hell. Punches started flying everywhere, beer bottles flew and someone knocked Arandi off balance. Dean stepped toward her but he got punched in the face and he had to stop. He saw the man that outweighed Arandi by well over a hundred pounds punch her in the face twice. She fell and he kicked her hard in the side.
Dean saw red. 'What kind of man does that?' His anger flared and he began knocking out any man that got in his way.
"That's where you belong bitch." The man growled.
Jade screamed for her sister. Dean finally able to get to the man with every intention of beating him within an inch of his life, the man turned to face him and Dean stopped. His mouth dropping open as he saw Arandi standing behind the man blood trickling from her lip and nose.
"Is that all you got bitch?" She hissed.
The man turned surprised and embarrassed. He tried to punch her again but Arandi punched him first followed by three more in quick succession. She then kicked the crap out of him in the chest with the heel of her shoe. He fell back into someone and then fell to his knees. She stepped up to him and brought her hand up fingers pressed to the palm of her hand, the heel of her palm ready.
"Arandi no!" Jade screamed.
Arandi was going for the kill completely zoned out on the man that had pissed her off. Then Dean put his hand gently on her shoulder and she stopped. He knew the look in her eyes, the look of you don't mess with my family. She brought her knee up hard into the man's chin and he fell back out cold.
"Some men deserved to be taught a lesson." She said and kicked him in the side.
Dean didn't wait for anything else to happen he pushed Sam and Jade in front of him grabbing Arandi's hand and ran for the door fighting again to get through the crowd. Finally reaching the door they bolted out into the night and ran for the Impala.
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At the motel Dean decided that they better get out of town just in case. No one argued just started packing.
No one had spoken a word about what had happened. Dean stepped out of the room and came back with a bucket of ice. Making makeshift ice packs with hand towels he handed one to each women.
Jade took hers and put it to her lip. Arandi did the same as Jade stared at her.
"You were going to kill him." Jade accused.
Arandi didn't look at her or anyone. She only sighed.
"Not all palm shots are deadly." Dean offered trying to break the tension.
Jade turned her glare on him. "Yeah because you know having bone fragment thrust into your brain is so survivable."
"There you go that idiot didn't have a brain so he would have been fine."
Sam shook his head, telling Dean with his eyes you're not helping.
"You can't kill everyone that tries to hurt me." Jade pushed.
"Watch me." Arandi said barely above a whisper.
"Arandi I can defend myself if you ever gave me chance, my God you're the one that taught me just about fight move I know."
The Winchesters wondered if they should step outside but didn't.
"Jade I don't doubt your abilities I know you could have kicked his ass but it's my job…."
"Your job to protect me", Jade interrupted "I know spare the repeat performance. And if Dean had not stopped you and you had killed that man then who would protect me?"
Arandi finally met her eyes. "Would it have really bothered you so much if I had killed him, men like that are monsters more monsters than some of the real monsters we hunt. Tonight won't change him hell it'll probably make him worse. He's got to take it out on someone that he got his ass handed to him by a woman. If he's married it will be his wife if not it will be the next woman that he can intimidate. What he did to you what he was thinking about doing to you the fact that he drew blood doesn't cut it, ever!" Arandi threw the ice pack against the wall, grabbed her bags and stormed outside.
"Sorry about all that." Jade said to Dean and Sam.
"She means well, Jade, you may not see her point of view but I do. You may be a grown woman fully capable of taking care of yourself but when your sister sees you in trouble or hurt it doesn't matter how old you are. You will always be her little sister."
"Yeah I know." Jade sighed.
Sam looked at Dean that little speech meant for him as well.
"Let me talk to her." Dean offered and walked outside.
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Dean closed the door. Sam could see that Jade was upset and meant to try to comfort her was surprised when Jade embraced him. He didn't mind though it had been too long. He hugged her back.
"My sister is unbelievable. Did you see the look in her eyes she had every intention of killing that man. Why can't she see that losing her like that terrifies me?" Jade moaned.
Sam couldn't believe what he was about to say but he said it. "Don't be so hard on her. I know it seems that she goes a step beyond to keep you safe but it's all she knows. She saw that man hurt you, saw that man wanted to hurt you more and she did what she felt she had to do. Truth be told if either myself or Dean had reached you first it would have basically come out to the same result."
Jade pulled away a half smile on her tear stained face. "And the president thinks that he has the best protection in the world"
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Arandi was leaning against the trunk of the Impala when Dean stepped out.
"Are they coming or what?" She huffed.
"Yeah I just wanted to talk you for a minute. Are you alright?" Dean winced. 'My God I'm channeling Sam.'
He stepped closer to Arandi. She looked at him. He slowly lifted his hand to touch the bruise on her face. She flinched.
"It's not going to bruise too much." He lowered his hand. "Let me check where he kicked you."
"I am fine Dean."
"Humor me." He pressed giving her a concerned look.
Arandi snickered. "I thought Sam had the patent on the puppy dog eyes."
Dean surprised was about to tell he didn't do that until he caught his reflection on the window of his car. Hell he could actually give Sam a run for his money right now and when the hell had he started doing puppy dog eyes?
"I'm standing walking and talking Dean ok?" The look persisted.
"Oh, for the love of God!", Arandi groaned pulling her jacket back and lifting up her shirt to show him her injured area.
Dean leaned in to look. She had a nasty bruise. He pressed his fingers to make sure nothing was out of place. She jumped at his touch.
"My hands cold?" he asked.
"Do realize how this looks if Sam and Jade walk out of the room now?" she asked.
Dean straightened up lightly keeping the palm of his hand at her waist. "Would it bother you that much?" he grinned.
"I think you'll live." He quickly changed the subject. Pulling his hand away wondering why he had done that. God she smelled fantastic. 'What the hell Dean' he reprimanded himself. 'You can't and you won't'
"How's your arm?" he asked hoping that momentary lapse had not shown on his face.
"Sore." She said watching him. "Jade ok?"
Dean nodded, "A little freaked."
"I was going to kill him Dean. I was because I could tell what his ugly sick mind was thinking about my sister. Human monster, he's going to hurt other women and it makes me sick because I could have stopped him if not for a room full of witnesses. How are monsters like him not be hunted?"
Dean met her eyes. "That's the part of being a hunter that sucks. Look, go inside freshen up a bit and calm down then we'll hit the road."
"You're being bossy again" She laughed.
"Please." He smiled
She headed inside and ignored her sister, going straight to the bathroom. She splashed water on her face and found herself thinking about the concern in Dean's eyes that made them sparkle. The way he had touched her, 'Alright Arandi you better reign that in right now you and Dean oil and water.'
She heard the roar of the Impala and her heart stopped. She flung the door open and seeing Sam and Jade still inside she ran for the door. She knew without a doubt what was happening.
The Impala already turning out of the parking lot as Arandi called out to Dean.
"Son of bitch," Arandi exclaimed throwing her arms in the air in frustration.
"What is it Arandi?" Sam asked urgently? "Where is Dean going?"
She had forgotten about Sam. She turned to face him. "He going back to the bar to find that monster alone and it's all my fault."
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Dean had felt something snap in him when he heard Arandi say that that was going to keep hurting other women. He saw what he had done to Arandi and she could take care of herself, he could just imagine what this sick bastard would do to women who couldn't.
Dean knew that he had to stop him. He had been hunting monsters nearly his entire life. Some of them had been human once, what made this any different?
He knew Sam and Arandi were going to be pissed but he couldn't let them be part of this.
He drove back to the bar thinking that the man had probably headed home or was passed out somewhere, but it was written in the stars. The bastard was outside the bar harassing a couple of young women. They were crying and he had one of them painfully by the wrist. Arandi was right this monster would never stop not until somebody stopped him and somebody had just driven up in black Impala. Dean didn't park too close as he got out of the car and headed towards the man and the girls.
"What was it that screwed you up royally?" Dean shouted, startling the man into letting the girl go. "Did your mom not breast feed you or was your dad and abusive alcoholic?" Dean looked at the girls motioning for them to go and they bolted.
"I wasn't done with them yet." The man hissed then smiled wickedly. "Guess you'll have to do pretty boy." He lunged at Dean.
The bastard really was sick. Dean side stepped him easily and he went sprawling but was up much faster than Dean expected. The man knocked Dean off balance and to the ground. Dean tried to get up fast but was met with a vicious kick to his side that made him see stars followed by two more that just totally pissed him off. He rolled to the side and jumped to his feet.
The man now had a knife and although Dean had his on him he didn't need it. 'Good, at least now it will be self-defense.' Dean thought.
Dean lowered his head and gave the man his best 'you just fucked up look' what Sam had deemed the death glare, a look that had most men looking for the exit.
The man hesitated for just a second but stupidity won out and the man attacked Dean. "It ends tonight monster man." Dean ground out through clenched teeth as he grabbed the man's arms and twisted it hard and back into the man. The man fell motionless to the ground, the knife sticking from his throat.
Dean leaned over wincing he pulled the earring from the man's ear. Without a second thought he walked back to the car and drove away.
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Sam had gone pale when Arandi had told him where Dean had gone. Why would Dean do this? All he could do was hope that Dean had not found the man. He had tried to call his brother a dozen times all going to voicemail. He would be in full panic in about another thirty minutes.
Arandi paced the room like a caged tiger and Sam had already bitten every nail to the nub. Jade just sat with her head in her hands.
Sam had decided to call one more time and if Dean didn't answer he was calling a taxi or walking whichever he had to do.
Sam dialed again and this time he heard Dean's voice. He was filled with relief.
"Dude what the hell?" Sam growled.
"Sorry S'mmy but it had to be done." Dean answered a little too softly for Sam's liking.
"Where are you Dean?"
"Be there soon." And Dean hung up.
They all rushed outside to wait. Even though it was only a couple of minutes before the Impala turned into the parking lot, Sam felt like he had been waiting for hours.
Dean pulled up, parked, and slowly made his way out of the car.
Sam and Arandi on him instantly, both of them yelling at him, making his head pound. He closed his eyes and leaned back on the car. Sirens sounded in the distance.
"Yell at me all you want later. We need to get the hell out of here now." He could see two Sam's when he opened his eyes.
A stabbing pain went straight through his midsection and he reached out to Sam fisting his jacket.
"Sammy you better drive." Dean said huskily and then pitched forward into darkness.
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This chapter ended up being a lot longer than I thought. I hope someone enjoys it.
Thanks for reading!
