Alec groaned; if he thought his head hurt before, he had another thing coming. It felt like someone was hammering on the inside of his skull. It took him way longer than it should have for him to come back into consciousness and figure out what was going on.
He finally realized what had happened and tried to jump to his feet. The Demon could have killed everyone by now and he wasn't being any help at all. Everything was spinning though when he got to his feet and it was difficult to tell where everything was.
He tried to take a few steps, but had to sink down to his knees before he fell on his face. He decided that staying there for a moment was his best options. He looked around slowly so he could know what was going on. The Demon, to his surprise, was lying a few feet away, dead.
Well, that's a good sign… Alec thought.
He closed his eyes knowing that the enemy was dead, but he snapped them back open when he heard footsteps running towards him. He relaxed a little when he realized it was just Bobby.
"You alright?" Bobby asked gruffly.
"I'm gonna need a CAT scan after all this," Alec sarcastically replied, but Bobby just scowled in response. "Sam and Dean would have laughed…" Alec mumbled under his breath; which reminded him that they were the ones that were usually asking him that question.
He sprang to his feet and looked around for Sam and Dean; their absence had him worried, he had to make sure they were ok. He nearly passed out though once he was on his feet and Bobby had to reach out and catch him.
"Sorry…just got up too fast," Alec said quickly.
Bobby just looked at him in concern, but Alec didn't have time to think about that right now. He had to make sure Sam and Dean were ok.
He scanned the ground around the Demon and saw Dean. His heart dropped at seeing the blood covering his chest and he ran over to him. He skidded to a stop and kneeled down next to Dean. He was relieved to see Dean's chest rise and fall, but he was concerned with how uneven his breathing was. Not only that, but the amount of blood covering him was not a good sign. He'd already lost a lot of blood and they weren't really in a place where Alec could patch him up.
But this was the kind of thing Alec was made for. He quickly took off his outer shirt and started tearing it into strips. He took out his knife and sliced through Dean's ruined shirt, exposing four deep cuts across Dean's chest that were still oozing blood.
He used the rest of his shirt and put it over the wounds and then he took the strips he made and tied them as tightly as he could around them. The makeshift bandages were instantly soaked in blood, but Alec hoped this would be enough to keep him from bleeding to death before they got somewhere they could patch him up.
Bobby had silently watched his every move, but Alec didn't have time to worry about what he thought.
"What do you think?" Bobby suddenly asked.
"He's lost a lot of blood. If we don't get him out of here and patch him up, then he's going to bleed to death," Alec quickly answered, but he didn't stop his motions. "How's Sam?"
"Ellen's with him, but he's out cold."
Alec needed to think fast. He needed to come up with a plan to get them all back as quickly as possible and then he had to find a way to save Dean.
"How far is it to the closest hospital?" Alec asked; he needed all the information he could get before he made a decision. A hospital would not be his first choice, but they had more equipment than he did. He hated hospitals since they brought back all kinds of bad memories, but more than that, it was how Manticore tracked down its lost experiments. Alec knew more than a few transgenics that had escaped only to be caught again because they had to go to the hospital.
"An hour at least," Bobby reluctantly answered.
"Dean doesn't have an hour…" Alec made his brain work double time. They had everything they needed in the Impala. They had ransacked a hospital once Sam and Dean found out he actually had some medical training. Dean had said that with all these supplies, he might just save them a trip to the hospital, but Alec just hoped it was enough.
"I have an idea, but it's crazy and you're gonna have to trust me," Alec finally said.
"What is it?" Bobby asked.
"We need to get back to the car, I'll tell you on the way. Can you and Ellen get Sam there?"
"Yeah…you sure you can get Dean all by yourself?" Bobby asked, unsure.
Instead of answering, Alec got to his feet and pulled Dean up over his shoulder fireman style. He had to take a few unsteady steps, but then he got used to the extra weight and started walking.
"We'll be right behind you…" Bobby mumbled.
Please, please, please don't let me mess this up. Alec didn't know if there was a God, or if he even acknowledged Alec's existence due to the fact that he was a clone, but he had to try. He couldn't mess this up. His whole life he'd been a screw up, but this was too important to mess up. Sam and Dean were his family and he had to keep them alive.
"So what's this plan of yours?" Bobby asked, slightly breathless. He and Ellen had an unconscious Sam between them and Alec hoped he wasn't hurt too badly.
Alec adjusted Dean on his shoulder and then said, "I need a place where I can patch him up, know of any?"
"There's a hunter I know who has a cabin close to here. I'll call him and see if we can use it, but how is that going to help Dean?"
"This is the part you're gonna think is crazy…" Alec managed to say. He needed to keep his explanations short so he could make it to the car.
"I'm not gettin' any younger kid," Bobby said impatiently.
Alec scowled at Bobby, "I have nanobots in my blood that can save him, they can create new cells and repair damaged ones. If I patch him up and give him a blood transfusion then he might have a chance to live."
It was quiet for a minute and then Bobby said, "You're right, that is crazy."
"If you have a better idea, I'm all ears," Alec replied defensively.
"Take it easy kid, I wasn't saying you shouldn't do it, I was just agreeing that it was crazy."
"Bobby are you really going along with this?! This is Dean's life we're talkin' about," Ellen argued.
"I've read his file start to finish, he's Dean's best chance at survival," Bobby said back.
Ellen didn't say anything in reply which must have meant she was reassured with Bobby's answer. Alec didn't really care; Dean's blood was soaking through Alec's shirt and he knew they didn't have much time.
It was a relief to finally see the Impala come into view and Alec worked the keys out of Dean's pocket while he walked.
"Bobby, you need to drive so I can put pressure on his wounds," Alec managed to say and he glanced back at Bobby to see his response.
Bobby nodded and Alec tossed the keys to him. He didn't wait and see if he caught them or not, he just turned to the backseat of the Impala. He carefully eased Dean into the backseat and worried for a second about getting blood all over the car, but that was just a minor problem that he could fix later.
He slid in after Dean and quickly put pressure on the worst of the wounds.
"Alright Dean, you gotta stay with me…" Alec murmured after the car started to move. They must have put Sam in Bobby's car with Ellen cause Alec didn't see him in the front seat of the Impala.
"You sure you can do this kid?" Bobby asked after a few minutes.
"It'll work Bobby," Alec tried to reassure, but he didn't think he was as convincing as he should have been.
Bobby cleared his throat, "This isn't the easiest thing for me to say…but…I trust you…and I think you're Dean's best chance."
Alec didn't know what to say. Sam and Dean were the only people that had ever really trusted him and he didn't even think he deserved this kind of trust.
Bobby cleared his throat again before Alec could say anything, "We're here. If you need anything, tell me and I'll get it ok?"
Alec nodded, but then it was time to move. He gently lifted Dean up and out of the car and then followed Bobby into the little wooden cabin.
"Alright there's a bed in here…" Bobby said as they moved further into the cabin. Alec saw the bed and carefully put Dean on it.
"I need all of the medical supplies from the trunk," Alec said quickly as he took off Dean's jacket and shirt. He slowly peeled back the makeshift bandage and wasn't surprised to see that the cuts were still bleeding.
Bobby came back in a minute later carrying a duffle bag that he set next to the bed.
"I need to wash my hands…can you get some warm water?" Alec asked.
Bobby pointed him to the bathroom and then walked down the hall. Alec was quick, but thorough washing his hands. He needed to get back to Dean, but the room was slightly spinning and he was feeling a little nauseous. He splashed some cold water on his face and took a few deep breaths before he walked back into Dean's room.
Bobby was already waiting for him and he'd managed to find a chair for him.
He got to work right away. He quickly made up an IV bag with fluids and connected the line to one of Dean's veins. Then he started cleaning the wounds and then he went on to the stitches. Bobby stayed and handed him any supplies that he needed. They were quiet while they worked which helped Alec keep his focus and keep his headache down to a manageable level.
Dean was extremely pale and his breathing was too shallow for Alec's liking. Even though the silence helped him, it was also a little disconcerting. Even though Dean didn't talk as much as he did, he still wasn't this quiet. Not only that, but Dean was almost always moving. He was way too still and Alec hated it. He didn't even have Sam with him to reassure him that everything was going to be ok.
He finished up the last stitch and bandaged Dean's chest.
"Now for the blood?" Bobby asked and the sound made Alec jump. "Sorry kid," Bobby said quickly when he saw Alec jump.
"S'ok…and yeah, time for the blood," Alec answered, his voice rough with disuse.
Bobby looked at him with concern, but he helped Alec get a needle into his arm and run the other end to Dean's arm. Alec watched as his blood traveled through the tube to Dean.
"How's Sam?" Alec asked after a moment as he rested his arm on the bed.
"Uhh…we put him in one of the other rooms and Ellen's with him now," Bobby answered.
"Is he awake?"
"Not that I know of…I'll go check," Bobby said quickly and he got up and walked out of the room.
Alec waited until he could hear Bobby talking to Ellen in another room before he decided he should try and talk some sense into Dean.
"Dean, I don't know if you can hear me or not…and you might laugh at me later for this, but that's ok…You need to wake up man, you gotta pull through. Sam needs you…I need you. You can't leave us here alone…"
Alec dropped his head into his free hand and ran it through his hair.
"I'm not good at this kind of thing…but you and Sam are the only family I have. If you die what are we supposed to do without you?"
Alec didn't know how to say what all was going through his head. No one had ever really trusted him until Sam and Dean came along. If Dean died, Alec didn't know what Sam would do but he didn't think he'd want to see his brother's clone everywhere he went. Alec didn't have anywhere to go; everyone he knew had disappeared. He could go at it alone, but he'd had a lonely existence and now he was sort of used to having a family. They cared about him, trusted him, call him selfish but he actually liked that feeling.
He kind of lost track of time, but it didn't matter; he'd do anything to make sure Dean would survive.
"Alec!"
Alec looked up in surprise at Bobby's concerned shout; it was the first time Bobby had actually used his name.
"What?" Alec asked slowly as Bobby rushed into the room and crouched down next to him.
"Ya idjit! You're just like those two; practically killin' yourself to save the other…" Bobby mumbled as he started to take the needle out of Alec's arm. Alec quickly grabbed Bobby's wrist to stop his motion.
"He needs more blood!"
"Alec, you can't give him any more, you've given him too much already," Bobby said gently.
"I can give him a little more," Alec quietly reassured.
Bobby shook his head, "No, I won't let you. Dean's tough, he'll pull through. You're way too pale already and Dean would probably kill me if anything happened to you."
"Bobby…"
"C'mon, you need to lie down," Bobby tried as he successfully removed the needle from Alec's arm.
"I won't give him any more blood, but I'm not moving," Alec stubbornly replied.
Bobby huffed out a breath, but he let Alec stay where he was and he left the room.
Alec dropped his head back into his hands; his head was pounding twice as hard now but he didn't know of a way to fix that. All he knew was that he wasn't going anywhere until Dean woke up.
More soon...