Sorry for the long delay, but here's the next chapter! This one has a flashback from season 7. Hope you all like it!

Chapter 10

Present

"I hate this place…" Alec muttered. His leg was bouncing nonstop, which he could almost pass off as his seizures, except he was so nervous, he was making Ben nervous too. They were way too close…Ben always got nervous when he got nervous, and unfortunately, it worked both ways.

"Alec, relax," Dean said. "Jody vouched for this lady, and we all trust Jody, so this will be fine."

"They're gonna keep me here overnight," Alec said. "20 bucks. 20 bucks says I'm staying here overnight."

"You're on," Ben muttered, flipping through a magazine.

"I'm not betting with you. You don't even have any money," Alec said.

"Yes I do," Ben argued. "Every time you lose a bet, I get your money."

"I don't lose that often," Alec said.

"You lose enough to keep my wallet full," Ben said.

"No, I don't," Alec said.

"Yes-"

"Boys, not today," Dad cut in.

"He started it," Alec muttered.

"I did not," Ben argued.

"Yes-"

"Alec, knock it off," Dad said. "I get that you're nervous, but don't start pickin' fights with your brother."

"Fine…" Alec said, pouting just a little bit. But he didn't want to be here in the first place. He wanted the seizures to stop, but he didn't want to be in the hospital. Especially since he was pretty sure this place would have no idea what was wrong with him. They were going to run every test they could think of, poking and prodding him until he was beyond exhausted, and then they were going to admit him for overnight observation. He knew the drill because this wasn't the first time his Dad had panicked because of the seizures. He just wished he could've gotten his arm to stop shaking so this trip wouldn't be necessary.

"Alec," a woman said, walking in and scanning the waiting room.

He stood up, ignoring the help he got from both sides, and followed the woman behind the doors. He was tempted to ask the woman if she could measure Ben's height after she finished with him, but he decided their competition for who was the tallest should be put on the backburner since Dad was with them and he was still freaking out. Last time, Ben was still taller than him, but he was pretty sure he'd grown at least a little bit since last time. But he'd just have to find out another time.

He jumped through all the hoops, letting the woman take his blood pressure, weigh him, measure him, and even check his blood sugar before she led him to another room to wait. At least he didn't have to wear the hospital gown…yet. He knew it was coming though. As soon as this doctor lady saw how badly his arm was shaking, then he was going to be admitted, or at the very least, he was going to have to change into the hospital gown for the marathon of tests.

"Hey, I know this sucks," Dad said, rubbing his shoulder. "But we've gotta get your arm to stop shaking and get you sleeping again."

"Let's just get some over-the-counter stuff, it'll work just as good as prescription," Alec tried again.

"Just sit down," Ben said. "Prescription is stronger than over-the-counter, and even that's not strong enough for us. I vote they put you under."

"Bitch," Alec snarled.

"Jerk," Ben snapped back.

"Stop," Dad said. "Ben, leave your brother alone. Alec, sit down so we can get this over with. And no more fighting. Let's pretend we've been in public before…" He sat on the stupid table-bed and glared at the opposite wall. He hated this stupid place, and he wanted to go home. "This will be over before you know it," Dad reassured.

"Yeah…whatever…" Alec mumbled. Dad tried to put his hand on his shoulder, but he moved so he couldn't. He didn't want any comfort or any reassurances. He kind of wished his Dad and brother would go away, but he knew that wasn't going to happen. They didn't trust him to tell them everything the doctor said. They thought he was going to cover things up, even though he never lied about his seizures. He honestly did forget his pills sometimes, but he asked for help when he had a seizure.

"Sorry I'm late," a woman said as she opened the door and walked into the room. She was pretty with dark curly hair and blue eyes, looked a little older than Jody, and had laugh lines around her eyes. She smiled when she saw him and said, "You must be Alec. I'm Dr. Stephanie Wilson."

"Hi…" He muttered back.

She smiled though and said, "Jody told me to not take it personally if you didn't like me. She said you don't like any doctors."

"Well, she's not wrong."

"Maybe I'll change your mind," Dr. Wilson said. She looked over at his Dad and brother and said, "And you two must be Dean and Ben."

"Nice to meet you," Dad said, reaching out to shake her hand. Ben just crossed his arms and nodded, giving her a silent warning that she better not mess up. He smiled; every time he was mad at his brother, he always did something to make him forget about it.

Dr. Wilson turned back to him and said, "Let's start with the obvious injury, ok? If it's ok, I'll help you out of the sling."

He took a deep breath and let it out in a huff. "Fine."

She chuckled instead of getting annoyed with him, and helped him out of the sling. His arm shook horribly once the sling was off, making it impossible to hide. She gently took his arm in both of her hands, and slowly made her way up to his shoulder. "Is it just your right arm that shakes?" She asked.

"Today it is," Alec said shortly.

"Hey, I told you that you needed to cooperate," Dad said.

"Then how much are we tellin' this lady?" Alec asked angrily. "I thought this was just a quick trip to get some muscle relaxers, not a chance for me to tell my life's story to some lady."

Dad's jaw clenched and he closed his eyes like he was praying for patience. He took a deep breath before he slowly let it back out, and then he looked at the doctor. "He gets seizures. He takes tryptophan pills and that usually keeps them off, but he had one the other day and his arm hasn't stopped shaking since. He can't sleep and his back is killing him, which is a sign that he'll probably have another seizure. We're out of ideas."

"Ok…" Dr. Wilson said slowly. She looked back at him, and he knew instantly that he'd just won an overnight stay… "I'm going to run some tests to see if I can find what's going on. I'll set you up in a room, that way you'll be comfortable while you wait. After I run some tests, I'll give you a muscle relaxer, and if need be, a mild sedative, so you can get some sleep."

"Dad," Alec said, looking at his Dad hoping he knew what he wanted. Dr. Wilson just listed off more than one thing that he had a problem with, and he wanted to put his foot down and tell the lady to back off, but he'd already been told more than once to knock it off and cooperate, so this one was on his Dad.

"What tests?" Dad asked.

"Blood test, CT, reflexes, an MRI if we need it, and once he's in his room I'll set him up so we can watch his brain function and so we can see where the seizures are coming from," Dr. Wilson said. A huge list of things he didn't want to do. "And if none of those show me what we're working with, then I'll have a new set to run after that."

"No blood test," Dad said.

"And we already know what's wrong," Alec ground out. "I have a serotonin imbalance that causes the seizures. Tryptophan helps. I just need to get some sleep so I can get my stupid arm to stop shaking."

"Alec, maybe she can find something that helps more than tryptophan," Dad said. "I want you to stop having seizures, and the only way to do that is to trust someone to help us. I'm not a doctor. I only know so much…"

His Dad was giving him his 'please trust me, I can't handle anything happening to you,' eyes, and he couldn't say no to that. Unfortunately, Ben was giving him that same look. "No blood test," Alec finally muttered.

Dr. Wilson took a deep breath and said, "Alec, I really think we need a blood test."

"He can't have one," Dad said. "Jody said we could trust you, right?" Dr. Wilson nodded, so Dad said, "It's too complicated to explain, but a blood test would make this a very short trip." They didn't know if Manticore was really still out there or not, but they didn't take any chances with that. A blood test would still throw up red flags for anyone who might be looking, so they had to avoid that.

"Ok. We'll start with a CT scan after I do a physical," Dr. Wilson said.

"Um, you should also know…I got shot…" Alec mumbled with his head down.

Dr. Wilson was quiet for a long time before she said, "You're not going to make this easy, are you?"

He smiled for the first time in a long time, and shook his head no.

2012

"Alec, we weren't supposed to leave Bobby's house…" Ben whined.

He rolled his eyes and said again, "Uncle Sam is a bag full of crazy, Dad's out looking for him, and Bobby's not back from the hospital yet. How is Dad supposed to really believe that we're gonna stay at Bobby's for hours and hours without any supervision and not do something we're not supposed to?"

"Alec-"

"Besides," Alec continued without missing a beat. "Suddenly Bobby's town is full of monsters again, and I'm not gonna just sit around and wait for them to find us. Me and Uncle Sam took down a ton of zombies the last time Bobby's town was full of monsters."

"But Uncle Sam isn't here this time, and neither is Dad," Ben said. "We should have stayed at Bobby's."

"You can go back if you want, but I'm going to explore…maybe find Sheriff Jody…" Alec muttered, looking up and down the street.

"Sheriff Jody is in the hospital, which is why Bobby went to the hospital," Ben said.

He rolled his eyes again and huffed in annoyance, "I just want to walk around for a while. We won't do anything dangerous."

"And you won't steal anything either, right?" Ben asked to make sure.

"Fine," Alec growled. It wasn't a big deal, but Ben was a stickler for the rules. Dad didn't care if he broke the rules as long as he didn't put himself in danger. Now, if he broke the rules on a hunt, that was a different story. Dad would get really mad at him if he didn't listen or follow the rules while they were hunting, but Dad would never stay mad at him for long. Ben could learn to live a little.

"So…where are we going?" Ben asked curiously after they had walked down the street for a few blocks.

"The comic book store," Alec said. "Maybe I can talk Dad into coming here tomorrow and he'll get us both one. Or if it's too expensive, then maybe he'll just get us one and we can share. But we should go ahead and look since he won't want to stay at the comic book store all day, especially with all these monsters on the loose."

Ben nodded in agreement, so they walked to the closest comic book store. They looked through stacks upon stacks of comics, easily losing track of time until the store owner told them he was going to close up in ten minutes.

He looked around, suddenly feeling a pit in his stomach. He thought maybe it was because he knew his Dad was going to be pissed that they disappeared for a few hours, but he knew these nerves felt different from that. He looked to his brother and saw that Ben was shifting his weight back and forth, preparing for action. He didn't know if they needed to be ready to fight or ready to run, but he wasn't taking any chances.

He motioned to Ben that they should leave out the back, but the little bell rang, signaling that someone was coming into the store. They heard the store owner tell whoever it was that he was closing up, but he was cut off very suddenly by a choked cry. He and Ben quickly peeked out to see what had happened, but their eyes widened when they saw one of the monsters chowing down on the owner. The monster had a huge mouth, with rows and rows of teeth.

He and Ben backed away at the same time, but he forgot about the stack of comic books that were behind him. He backed into them, causing them to slide to the floor. He cringed at the unwanted noise he'd caused, and tried to look if the monster had noticed them. It had…

Ben grabbed his arm and tugged to get him moving. They both took off, but the monster was right behind them. He looked back and saw the monster had turned back into a man, and it was unfortunately able to keep pace with them.

He was just about to tell Ben that they needed to think of something else, when he was suddenly thrown off his feet. He hit the wall hard, causing his vision to black out for a second as he crumbled in a heap on the ground.

He heard his brother cry out in pain, which was enough to push past his own pain so he could help his twin. He ran over to see Ben on the ground, holding his side that the monster had just kicked. Without thinking, he jumped on the monster's back and tried to put the thing in a chokehold. Not his brightest idea since the monster had an enormous mouth of razor sharp teeth. He yelled as pain lanced up his arm; he could feel his blood dripping onto the floor, and he whimpered when his arm was wrenched the wrong way, snapping his bones. His shoulder was practically ripped out of its socket before he was thrown to the floor again.

He cradled his hurt arm against his chest and tried to come up with a plan B, but it was taking more effort than it should to block out the pain. He scrambled back as the monster came at him again, drawing its leg back to kick him. He closed his eyes and flinched even though it went against his training, but the kick never landed.

He barely opened his eyes, but immediately tried to push himself up when he saw Ben had tackled the monster. His brother didn't try to take the thing down completely though; he just got it to the ground, and then he popped back up and ran over to him.

Ben didn't say anything, but he didn't need to. He and Ben had gone through enough now that they hardly needed to speak when they were hunting, the few times they were allowed on the hunts. He held out his left hand, which Ben immediately took and hauled him to his feet.

They had to steady each other once they were both standing, and they leaned against each other as they made their escape.

Ben was limping badly and clutching at his right side, while he kept his right arm cradled against his chest to keep from jostling it too much and to try and staunch the blood flowing freely down his forearm, leaving a very obvious trail.

"What the Hell was that thing?" Alec asked as they slowly made their way down the street, trying to be as invisible as possible. It was night, but there were still some people walking down the sidewalks. He knew they needed to stay somewhere fairly public, so the monster wouldn't chase them, but people were giving them weird looks as they walked by. Two 11-year-olds, bleeding and limping down the street definitely drew some unwanted attention.

"Don't know…" Ben breathed out. He could hear the pain in his brother's voice, and he figured his brother could hear his pain too. "But we need to find a phone…call Dad…"

He nodded, but he could feel his grip on consciousness starting to fail. That stupid monster had sliced right through one of his veins, so he was losing blood way too fast. "Ben…I'm not gonna made it…" Alec whispered. "We gotta go to the closest hospital…"

"Alec, that's where the monsters are," Ben hissed.

His steps faltered and his vision blacked out for a second. He felt Ben's grip on his tighten, but he felt his knees give out, and then he was cushioned against his brother's chest.

"Alec, stay with me," Ben begged when his brother passed out. He roughly grabbed Alec's bleeding arm, and immediately knew what the problem was. Alec was losing blood way too fast…that stupid monster tore right through one of his veins. He had to get his brother to the hospital as fast as he could, but he couldn't let go of his arm or else he would bleed out right now.

"Hey," a gentle voice said, slowly crouching down in front of him. He was an older man, but he had kind eyes, and so far, he didn't look like a monster… "I called for an ambulance," the man said. "Can you tell me what happened?" He quickly shook his head no, but the man didn't get mad at him. Instead he asked, "Is it ok if I help get him to the ground?"

"He's bleeding," Ben whispered. "If I let go…he'll die…"

The man pulled out a handkerchief and held it out like a peace offering. "Here, let me wrap this around his arm. That will help stop the bleeding, and then we can get him the rest of the way to the ground." He didn't say anything, but he didn't stop the man from wrapping the handkerchief around Alec's arm as tightly as he could, and then he wrapped his hand around Alec's forearm. The man's hand was bigger than his, so he could cover more of the wounds than he could.

He let the man gently lower Alec to the ground, but he gasped when Alec's weight suddenly left him. There was a sharp pain in his side, and then he suddenly couldn't breathe. He gasped again, but he still couldn't get in a good breath.

"Son? You ok?" The man asked, looking up at him. He dropped to his knees suddenly and shook his head no. "I need some help over here!" the man called out, but his voice sounded really far away now, which didn't make any sense because the man was right in front of him. He tipped sideways, but he passed out, and he didn't know if he hit the ground or if someone else caught him.

He was incredibly confused, his head was pounding, his mouth felt dry, and it took him a minute to figure out what had happened and where he was. He looked to the side to see that he was in a bed and that he had something being pumped into his arm. He needed to get out of here…he needed to find his boys and Sam. And, this hospital was crawling with monsters. He and Sam were sitting ducks if they stayed here.

He pulled the IV from his arm and moved to get up, but yelped in surprise when his leg didn't do what he wanted. He fell on his ass, even more confused than before. His right leg was in a cast…

He looked away from his leg though when he heard footsteps coming towards his room. His eyes widened comically when he saw Bobby walk into the room.

"You ok?" Bobby asked once he saw him sprawled on the floor.

"Bobby, you're alive," Dean replied in shock.

"'Course I am," Bobby stated. "Why are you on the floor?"

"They gave me morphine…a lot…" Dean mumbled. Bobby reached down to help him up, and he accepted the help. "Bobby…where are the boys?" Dean asked, leaning against his bed. If Bobby was alive, then the boys could still be alive too. He'd had some hope that his boys hadn't listened to him and hadn't even been at Bobby's when the place had gone up in flames, but maybe they were here with Bobby.

"My place?" Bobby asked. "That's where you left 'em, isn't it?" His heart dropped; they weren't with Bobby…they weren't going to pop up out of nowhere asking him what happened and hang around him constantly to make sure he was ok. His boys really could be gone… "Dean?" Bobby prodded when he didn't say anything.

"The house…the house is gone…" Dean forced out. "There's nothin' left…we-we thought you were dead…"

"Well, I ain't," Bobby growled. "Not yet. And those boys of yours probably didn't even stay at my place. You know Alec never listens when he's left alone for more than 30 minutes."

"Bobby…"

"We got to run," Bobby cut off. "If you wanna find the boys, then we need to go. This place ain't safe. Where's Sam?"

"Uh…Head scan, I think…" Dean muttered. Bobby still thought the boys were alive, so maybe they were. He was too drugged up right now to really think about it.

"Meet me at the ambulance dock, stat. I'll find Sam," Bobby said.

"Wait, where?" Dean asked. How should he know where the ambulance dock was? Plus, he had a cast on his leg…how was he supposed to get there? "Bobby, I'm a gimp…"

He watched as Bobby left, but he came back carrying some crutches. Bobby gave them to him, and helped him get them in position and helped him get dressed. "Hey, we'll find them," Bobby said, gently patting his cheek.

He nodded, and then slowly led the way out of the room. Bobby helped steady him when he nearly lost his balance, but he quickly got the hang of it, even though he was still heavily drugged. Bobby was just about to leave him to go find Sam, but something must have caught his eye because he froze.

"Bobby…what is it?" Dean asked, trying to lean over to see what Bobby was looking at, but his balance was too precarious for that.

"Change of plans…" Bobby breathed. His friend's face was whiter than a sheet and he was acting very strangely.

"Bobby-"

"Dean, it's one of the boys," Bobby whispered. "One of the boys are down the hall being worked on by some doctors."

"What?!" Dean exclaimed, quickly turning and heading for where one of his boys could be. Maybe they were in the fire, but had somehow gotten out and made their way here.

He heard Bobby call out for him to stop, but he only had one thing in mind right now. He had to get to his boys and make sure they were ok. Bobby was suddenly by his side again, staying with him step for step. He burst into the room just in time to see a doctor shove a tube into his son's chest. His son cried out in pain and tried to get away from the doctors, but they held him down and tried to soothe him.

He knew right away that it was Ben they were trying to hold down. He moved forward as fast as his broken leg would allow him and pushed one of the doctors out of the way. He ignored the protest from the doctor and quickly grabbed Ben's hand. His son froze at his touch and immediately looked at him.

"Dad!" Ben said in relief.

He held his son the best he could and said, "I'm here, buddy, I'm here…"

"Sir-"

"Shut up and give me a minute with my son!" Dean snarled.

"Dean, take a breath and relax," Bobby whispered.

He wanted to yell at Bobby too, but that was because he was just scared for his son. Ben was hurt and he had no idea where Alec was, but he really did need to calm down. He was going to freak Ben out if he kept this up. So, he took a breath and said as calmly as he could, "Somebody better tell me what's goin' on, right now."

"Sir, your son was brought in with a collapsed lung," one of the doctors said, keeping his voice soft and soothing to try to keep him calm. "He has some broken ribs and a sprained ankle. We repaired his lung, but fluid was starting to fill his lung, which is why we were putting in a chest tube."

"Ben, are you ok?" Dean asked softly, gently brushing his boy's hair off his forehead.

Ben nodded, but then said, "They won't tell me where Alec is…"

"It's ok," Dean quickly reassured. "I'll find him, and then we're getting out of here."

"What?! No, you can't leave," the doctor said in surprise. "Your son has-"

"Nobody asked you," Bobby growled.

"I'll find him," Dean whispered to Ben. "Bobby's gonna stay with you until I get back, ok?"

"Dean, we need to find Sam too," Bobby said.

"I know…but I don't feel comfortable leaving Ben alone," Dean whispered to Bobby. "Keep an eye on him and get him out of here if something doesn't feel right."

"Don't worry, nothin' is getting its grimy hands on him," Bobby said. "Those boys are the closest I'm gonna get to grandchildren, so I'll be damned if somethin' happens on my watch."

He smiled and gave Bobby a grateful nod. He kissed the top of Ben's head and promised, "I'll be back as soon as I find him." Ben nodded, so he gave him one more kiss before he slowly hopped out of the room. His head felt a little clearer now that he knew for sure that Ben was alive. Now, he just needed to find Alec, and then he and his family could get out of there.

He peeked into a few rooms, hoping that his youngest son would be nearby, but he didn't see him. He hopped down the hallway, but stopped when he heard a familiar cry of pain. He hopped as fast as he could, trying to find the source of the sound, and then stopped short when he finally saw his little boy.

A leviathan, dressed as a doctor, was gripping Alec hard while it's giant mouth moved to take a bite out of him. Alec weakly kicked at the monster, but he could tell his son didn't have much energy left. He quickly hopped in the room and whacked the leviathan upside its head with his crutch. He caught the monster off guard, causing it to release his son.

"Dad!" Alec yelled.

"C'mon kiddo, we've gotta go," Dean said, wishing more than anything that he could pick up his baby boy and carry him to safety, but his stupid leg prevented him from doing that. He did a quick scan over Alec and decided he was way too pale with what he assumed was from blood loss and his right arm was in a brace and a sling.

Alec hopped off of the bed, but he immediately collapsed. He quickly abandoned his crutches and picked up his little boy and held him close to his chest. "Ok…Ok, I've gotcha…" Dean breathed. "We're just gonna get back to Ben and Bobby, and then we're getting out of here."

"Daddy…" Alec whispered. His little boy passed out, collapsing against him after a moment. He kissed the side of Alec's head and held him tighter. He had no idea what happened or how they even got here, but he had to get his boys to safety.

"I know, kiddo," Dean tried to reassure. He grabbed one of his crutches and quickly hopped out of the room. The leviathan was going to be after them again, so they couldn't stay here. He moved down the hall as fast as his broken leg would allow, holding his boy as close as he could.

He glanced behind them, which was a mistake. The leviathan was behind them, slowly trailing after them, teasing them. He tried to go faster, but this was top speed right now. Alec was a boneless heap in his arms and his leg was starting to ache, but he couldn't stop.

He glanced behind him again, and then yelled, "Bobby! Bobby, grab Ben and go!"

A door ahead of him and to the right burst open and Bobby ran out holding Ben. "You got him?" Bobby asked, looking at Alec.

He nodded, "Find Sam. I'll meet you guys at the ambulance dock after I lose this guy."

"Dean-"

"Go. Keep him safe," Dean said, looking at Ben who was only slightly conscious.

Bobby nodded, and they both took off in opposite directions. He didn't know how Bobby was going to find Sam or how he was going to outrun this monster, but his boys depended on it. So, he moved faster than he ever thought possible and just prayed that Ben, Bobby, and Sam were all safe.

He finally made it to the ambulance dock and breathed out in relief when he saw Bobby sitting in the driver's seat of the first ambulance. He hopped to the back and threw open the doors, thankful to see Sam and Ben in the back. Sam was passed out on a stretcher, while Ben was curled up against his Uncle's side.

"Dean, you good back there?" Bobby asked.

He carefully sat down, keeping Alec close and making sure he could still reach Sam and Ben. His leg was killing him, Sam was ten kinds of crazy, and monsters were on the loose again, but he felt good because his family was safe, at least for a while. "Yeah…I'm good," Dean breathed.

Present

"Do we really need all these wires?" Alec asked, sounding really annoyed as Dr. Wilson put electrodes on his chest and connected them to a heart monitor. Alec had really been a good sport during all of the tests, but now they were in his room and he was at the end of his patience. He wished he could take his son back to Jody's, but he needed to sleep. And even if this didn't give them any answers, it would rule out some things.

"Yes," Dr. Wilson said patiently. "If you have a seizure, then this will alert one of the nurses."

"Great," Alec muttered. "When does actual sleeping come in?"

Dr. Wilson smiled and said, "I'll give you a muscle relaxer first to see if that helps. If you still can't sleep, then we'll move onto the sedative. Now, lie back and I'll get some more wires set up."

Alec sighed, but did what he was told. He groaned though when she started putting small electrodes around his head. "Seriously?" Alec growled.

"These are to map your brain," Dr. Wilson said. "If you do have a seizure, we'll see which part of the brain is being affected."

"How much do you wanna bet that there's nothing to map?" Ben gently teased.

"Better watch out," Alec warned. "You already owe me 20 bucks."

"You do know that I'm the one who has to sleep in the uncomfortable chair over there while you get to sleep in a bed, right?" Ben challenged.

"You could just go back to Jody's," Alec said.

Ben's eyes flashed in anger for just a second before he shut it down. "You might as well get used to the fact that me and Dad are staying, and Uncle Sam and Jody are probably going to come as soon as Dad tells them that you're stuck here overnight," Ben said.

"Hopefully, I'll be asleep for the whole thing," Alec said.

"No argument here," Ben said with a smile.

"I'll see about getting a couple of cots in here," Dr. Wilson said after she finished putting on the electrodes. "And now I'm going to inject the muscle relaxer, ok?" Alec nodded, looking exhausted again, but hopefully his son would be sleeping again soon. "I'll check on you again in an hour to see if you're getting any sleep," Dr. Wilson said.

"Better get the sedative ready…" Alec muttered under his breath.

He smiled, but he didn't say anything. Ben almost immediately walked over to Alec and said, "Scoot over. If you think I'm going to sleep on a cot, you've got another thing coming…"

"You're so bossy," Alec grumbled. "Just because you're a tiny bit older than me, you think you can boss me around…" Alec did scoot over though, and Ben got into the tiny bed next to him. "You better not steal my blanket," Alec mumbled. "I'm the sick one here, not you."

"We're sharing body heat," Ben said, rolling his eyes. "And if you get cold, just tell the nurse and she'll get you another blanket."

"Then you better not kick me," Alec said. "I'm sick, remember?"

"Shut up, you're not sick," Ben said.

"Yeah?" Alec challenged. "Where are we right now, Ben?"

"Just because we're in the hospital, it doesn't mean you're sick," Ben said softly. "Now, aren't you supposed to be sleeping?"

"If you didn't talk so much, then I would," Alec said. He did sound a little sleepier though, so hopefully the muscle relaxer was actually working.

"You think I'm the one that talks a lot?" Ben asked.

"You do when I'm trying to sleep…" Alec mumbled, scooting closer to his brother.

"This is the first time you've even tried to sleep," Ben said.

"My back hurts too much to sleep…" Alec said, slurring slightly now.

He glanced over at Ben and gave him a proud nod. His son was helping Alec forget about the pain and actually fall asleep. "I'm guessing the muscle relaxer is helping?" Ben whispered.

"Yeah…We'll see how long it lasts…" Alec mumbled.

"Try to sleep as long as you can, ok?" Ben said.

"Mmmhmm," Alec hummed right before sleep pulled him under.

"How is he?" Sam whispered, walking into the room. Ben and Alec were both fast asleep on a tiny hospital bed, curled around each other. Alec had way more wires attached to him than he thought he would, which was concerning. He thought his nephew would look better since Dean said he'd been asleep for eight hours, but he was still hooked up to a ton of machines.

"He's doing good," Dean whispered back.

"Why's he still hooked up to everything?" Sam asked.

"Dr. Wilson didn't want to wake him up, so she didn't mess with anything," Dean said. "This is the most sleep he's had since he got shot and his right arm is barely shaking now. The muscle relaxer really helped."

He walked over and sat in the chair next to his brother. "How long are you going to make him stay here?"

"Depends on how he's feeling when he wakes up," Dean said. "If he's got his seizures under control, then we'll head back to Jody's."

"It's a full house back there," Sam warned. "Mom and Jack are there, Alex, even Claire is back for a few days, and I think Donna's going to swing by too…"

"If it's too much, we'll make our way back to the bunker. Dr. Wilson said she would write him a prescription for muscle relaxers too, so at least we'll have a way to calm him down if we need to," Dean said.

"Do you want me to see if Ben will come back with me?" Sam asked. "Alec might get more rest if he's got the bed to himself."

"I doubt Ben would go," Dean said. "And Alec sleeps better with someone else anyway."

"Jack was asking if he could come see him too," Sam said. "But I told him Alec would be back by tomorrow."

"He's a good kid," Dean said with a small smile. "He's called twice to check on him."

"But we'll take him back tomorrow, right?" Sam asked to make sure.

"Yeah, I don't think Alec will agree to stay another day even if he needs it," Dean said.

He nudged Dean's leg with his foot and said, "You should get some sleep. I'll wake you up if Alec needs something."

His brother nodded and scooted lower in his chair. "If he wakes up, do not let him take off any of those wires. Buzz for the nurse and wake me up, ok?"

He chuckled and nodded, "Ok, Dean."

"Y'know, I made up a bed for you," Jody said with a teasing smile. "It's a quiet room with a big bed all to yourself."

He rolled his eyes and said, "Dad agreed that I could stay on the sofa. And I slept for 12 hours at the hospital, so I'm not even tired anymore."

"Dad said you could stay on the sofa as long as you actually stayed on the sofa," Ben said from the armchair as he flipped through the channels.

"Did I mention that I moved a TV in there too," Jody said to try to tempt him.

"I'm good here," Alec said, stretching a little to try to work out the kinks in his back. His seizures were almost completely gone, but his muscles still ached from the constant shaking. Jody ran her hand through his hair before she walked to another room.

He and Ben weren't alone in the room for long though; it was a full house and everyone was trying to check up on him even though Ben refused to go to another room unless he wanted to go to another room. Claire walked into the room, followed by Alex, and then Jack, who was holding an ice pack in one hand and a heating pad in the other.

"How's the invalid?" Claire asked, practically sitting on him when she plopped onto the sofa next to him.

"Be a lot better if someone didn't try to sit on me," Alec grumbled, pushing at Claire to try to get her to move, but she wouldn't. The two of them had a surprisingly easy friendship, even though Claire didn't get along with many people. But they both wanted to hunt, which meant they would always have something to talk about.

"Sorry, but this is where I like to sleep," Claire said.

"Yeah, the few times you decide to come visit," Alex said, crossing her arms over her chest.

Claire ignored Alex and instead asked him, "Seriously, are you feeling better?"

"Sore," Alec admitted. Claire had been with him during one of his seizures, so she knew how bad it got. It wasn't something they talked about, but he knew she kept a bottle of his pills in her bag just in case he ever needed them.

"Dean gave me ice and the heat pad," Jack said, holding them up helpfully.

He smiled a little and nodded for Jack to come over. It would make his Dad happy, and it would probably help to have something to either numb his muscles or soothe and relax them. Jack walked over and Claire got up so he could have more room. He smirked when she walked over to Ben. His brother caught sight of her and immediately fumbled with the remote until it fell to the ground.

"Um, hi, um…crap…" Ben muttered, trying to get the remote again, but he fell out of the chair and onto the floor.

He rolled his eyes, but decided to step in and save his brother some embarrassment. "Hey guys, I'm feeling pretty tired again," Alec said, shooting a look over to his brother. "So, I either need help to my temporary bedroom, or…"

"We'll leave you alone for a while," Alex said, giving him a small smile.

Jack started to leave when Alex and Claire left, but he quickly stopped him, "Hey, I still need some ice or something…"

"Oh, sorry," Jack said, coming back to him and holding out the ice and the heating pad. He took the heating pad since he hated ice, and then motioned for Jack to sit down somewhere. "You want me to stay? I thought you wanted to sleep…" Jack said in confusion.

"I was just trying to save Ben," Alec said. "He gets so awkward around Claire, it's hard to watch."

"I was gonna say thanks, but I'm not now," Ben mumbled.

"Whatever," Alec waved off, scooting down to get more comfortable. "Plug this in, would ya?" Alec asked Jack, holding up the plug to the heating pad. "And then sit down, 'cause you just standing there is makin' me nervous."

Jack smiled and nodded before he did as he was asked.

He relaxed as the heating pad started to work, soothing his aching muscles. He'd just slept for 12 hours, but he was pretty sure he could sleep for 12 more. "Hey Ben?" He mumbled before he was completely asleep.

"Yeah?"

"Wake me up when there's food, ok?"

"Ok, Alec."

So, Alec's finally on the mend again for now. There's a lot more to come, so hopefully there's still some interest!

More soon...