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Okay, so I lied. This chapter was supposed to go in a different direction but when I started writing it took on a life of it's own. So the answers aren't here yet but I'm getting there. I promise! Unitl then... Enjoy!

Chapter Ten:

They spent the night in the clearing. Dean insisted on setting up a rotating watch with two people on watch for two hour shifts. Sam and Dean spent some time setting protection around the camp. Then during what passed for the dinner meal they explained the best methods of defense against demons.

Sun, who translated for Jinn, Kate, Juliet and Hurley seemed to take the lessons well. Jack scoffed at the idea of there being real demons. "You actually believe this works?" he asked.

"Jack," she Kate replied. "I know how it sounds, and if I hadn't seen what I did earlier I wouldn't believe it either, but I saw the salt work. I saw the dem…."

"Demons?" Jack said disbelief plain in his voice. "You really think there are demons out there?"

Sam and Dean shared a knowing look. They'd been here before trying to convince non-believers of the truth. Most of the time now, Dean didn't even try anymore. If someone believed then they believed if they didn't then it was their problem. However, Dean liked Jack; he respected the man's skills both as a doctor and a leader so he made a special effort. "What is it then?" he asked the doctor. "The creature made of smoke that's killing your people?"

"I don't know what it is," Jack told him. "Some kind of mon…"

"Monster?" Dean asked. "So you believe in monsters but not demons?"

"I don't know what to believe," Jack replied. "But don't you think calling it a demon is just a little extreme?"

"Why don't you believe it's a demon?" Sam asked.

"Because there are no such things as demons," Jack told him.

"Of course there are," Sun said. "Evil exists even if we don't want it to, Jack."

"Maybe that's where all my bad luck came from," Hurley said. "Do you think a demon might have cursed me?" he asked Sam.

"No, demons don't curse people. If they want to hurt them they just do it." Sam told him. "If you were cursed it was by something else, not a demon."

"Something else?" Jack asked.

"Never mind," Dean told him. He didn't want to open another can of worms and have them all thinking they were totally insane. Most people could handle learning about evil things. But it was best learned in small bites. It was easier to swallow that way.

Sam turned to Jack and said. "You don't have to believe in demons. Just remember the things we're telling you in case you are attacked."

"Just because you don't believe in demons," Dean said, "doesn't mean they don't believe in you. The things we're telling you will work."

Silence descended on the group as they finished their meal of fruits and dried boar. Sam blessed several bottles of water giving one to each of them.

Kate and Juliet took the first watch keeping an eye on both Sayid and the surrounding forest. After a silent and uneventful two hours they woke Dean and Hurley for their shift. Dean intentionally took the shift that would occur during the midnight hour. It wasn't just witches that liked to strike at that time.

There were a lot of questions that Hurley wanted to ask Dean but because they were on opposite ends of the campsite that was impossible. It didn't however stop him from thinking of every scary creature he'd ever seen on television and imagining it in the forest around them. He was surprised he made it thought the entire two hours without jumping out of his skin or worse, wetting his pants. Though it came very close to either or both of those when a bat fluttered a few feet above his head.

At the end of their shift, Dean walked up to Hurley and quietly told him, "The first time Sammy was set on a watch he screamed like a girl when a possum came out of the tree next to him."

"It was a bat," he said.

"Yeah," Dean told him handing him the shotgun to give to Jinn. "I hate them too. You did fine Hurley. Go wake Jinn."

Hurley nodded. "Thanks," he said and left to wake the Korean couple.

Dean lay down a few yards from his brother and wasn't the least bit surprised when Sam whispered, "I was thirteen years old Dean."

Dean grinned, put his hands under his head and said, "Goodnight Sammy."

Sun woke Sam two hours later handing him the shotgun. "It was very quiet," she told him. "We did not see anything unusual."

Sam checked the protections and the camps perimeter. Finding nothing amiss he took the position he'd staked out and prepared the evening before. Dean would probably have something smart ass to say if he knew Sam was outside the safe zone but what Dean didn't know wouldn't hurt him.

Jack lifted the compress on Sayid's side and examined the area. Relief surged through him and he sighed as he realized the fever in the area had lessened. He rinsed the compress and replaced it before checking Sayid's other injuries. When he lifted the bandage on his head Sayid opened his eyes and asked, "How bad is it?"

Jack smiled down at his patient. "You're going to be fine," he replied, "thanks to Dean."

"Dean?" Sayid repeated surprised.

"Yes," Jack told him. "Turns out he knows more then just how to fight demons."

"Demons?" Sayid asked.

"That's what he calls the thing that attacked you," Jack said.

Sayid sighed and closed his eyes. "A demon," he said. "As though I did not bring enough of my own demons to this island."

Jack nodded, "I think we all did," he replied. "Get some sleep Sayid. Tomorrow is going to be a rough day."

Sam walked his chosen path his eyes searching the darkness. He was expecting trouble. He knew the demons wouldn't let them alone for any length of time. He knew they were out there, in the dark. He could feel it in his bones and the dark shadows of the forest made spotting any black demonic smoke all the more difficult.

Jack glanced around the campsite counting the sleeping members of the group to make sure all were accounted for. A grunt followed by soft scuffles drew his attention to the other side of the camp where Sam had taken up his position. He was nowhere to be seen.

At the sounds of the quiet struggle Dean was on his feet and moving towards the battle almost before his eyes were opened. He saw Jack moving in his direction and hissed, "Stay with Sayid."

Sam was knocked back suddenly by a cloud of dark smoke that appeared out of nowhere. His back hit a tree with enough force to jar a grunt from his large frame. He lifted the shotgun and aimed it at the creature but before he could pull the trigger it sped away only to return on his other side and knock him around again. Taking the hit without falling down he backed slowly away from the attacking demon. He saw his brother coming quickly towards him and yelled, "Stay there Dean!"

Dean stopped at the tone in Sam's voice. Something was up. He stopped and looked around it took less then a second to realize his brother's plan and even less then that to decide that if his brother lived through this he was going to kill him!

Sam stopped and waited for the demon to attack again. It took all his self control not to do anything to protect himself. However, this time when the demon attacked it never made it close enough to touch him. It was soaring towards him intent on doing some lasting damage when suddenly it stopped as though it hit a brick wall. "Got ya," he told it as it screeched loudly slamming against its invisible bonds.

Dean walked up to Sam and spun him around. "What the hell was that?" he asked.

"What?" Sam asked knowing full well what Dean was talking about.

Neither got a chance to continue. The other campers, woken by the horrific sounds of the trapped demon came over weapons ready. Dean threw holy water on the demon. It hissed as steam rose from its smoky form and it quit screeching.

"Dude, how'd you do that?" Hurley asked.

"Devil's Trap" Sam told him pointing to where he'd drawn the trap on the side of a large boulder.

"It's kind of like a giant roach motel," Dean clarified. "Demon's get in but they don't get out."

"How long will that hold it?" Sun asked.

"Forever," Sam told her. "Or until someone breaks the circle."

"Great," Jack said. "Now that you have it trapped, how do you get rid of it?"

"An exorcism," Juliet said.

Sam nodded. "Everyone stay back," he said. "I don't want anyone breaking the line before we're done." He motioned for Dean to hit the demon again with the holy water. His brother complied and Sam began the ritual to exorcise the demon back too hell.

The sun was just peaking over the horizon when with one final screech the demon seemed to expand and then imploded on itself as Dean hit it one final time with holy water.

Sam backed up into the protected area of the camp and sat heavily on a fallen log they'd been using as a bench. Dean walked over and pointed to Sam's shirt indicating he should open it. "That was a stupid thing to try Sammy," he told his brother. "You could have been killed! What were you thinking?"

"Where'd it go?" Jack said coming over and sitting on his haunches in front of Sam as he removed his shirt. He saw the hits the young hunter had taken and was worried Sam had some broken ribs.

"Back to hell," Dean told Jack.

"I'm fine," Sam said as Jack pressed lightly at his rib cage. He flinched slightly as the doctor hit a tender spot.

"Nothing's broken," Jack told them then asked, "How do you know?"

"How do we know what?" Dean asked.

"How do you know it's gone back to hell?" Jack clarified.

Dean shrugged, "It's what we were taught. Besides, I've been attacked by one that I'd sent back already. It was pretty adamant that it didn't like being sent back there."

Sam buttoned his shirt. "Anyway," he told the others. "It should be safe for you to head back now. The other one probably won't be back. It knows what we did to that one."

"What do you mean?" Jack asked. "Aren't you coming back with us?"

"No," Dean replied. "We're going after the other demons on the island."

- - - -

It had taken a little convincing to get Jack to leave them, but in the end he knew there wasn't really any way to stop them so a stretcher had been built to carry Sayid and Jack and his people were packed and ready. Sayid lay on the stretcher awake and in considerably less pain then yesterday. Dean knelt beside him as Sayid thanked him for saving his life. "You'd have done the same for me," Dean told him.

"Are you so sure?" Sayid asked.

Dean grinned. "Yes," he replied before standing and moving to Jack and the others. He and Sam shook their hands and said their good byes. With Dean carefully avoiding any contact with Kate who obviously wanted to say something to him.

Jack headed out on the trail, Sun behind him, then Hurley and Jinn carrying Sayid.

Juliet stood with the hunters. "We'll find Ben and take care of him," Sam told her. "Then we'll find Jacob."

Juliet nodded. "You two be careful," she told them. "If you die on this island, it will be real. There will be no coming back."

"That's good to know," Dean said shaking his head at the typically cryptic remark. He watched Juliet follow the others and continued to ignore Kate. "So Sam," he asked his brother. "Which way?"

Sam never got the chance to answer. Kate, tired of Dean ignoring her let loose with a resounding slap on his backside that had his eyes opening wide in surprise. He turned to her and asked, "Something you need Kate?" Kate reached up and locked her lips with Dean's.

Sam smirked and headed off into the forest.

Only slightly surprised Dean recovered quickly and deepened the kiss leaving her breathless and slightly frazzled by the time he released her and followed his brother.

Kate watched him until he was out of site then turned and followed Jack. She'd decided she had enough excitement following Sam and Dean the first time. If they were going after the other demon then she didn't want to be anywhere around them when they did. She was brave, but she wasn't stupid.

A/N - Sorry, no real answers in this chapter. But I've already started the next one and in it they meet an unexpected ally who helps them learn some of the islands secrets. But for now... I'm off to bed. Three hours of sleep and then it's back to work! Ya'll enjoy and feel free to hit the review button!