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Chapter Ten

Sam and Bobby had set up camp in a clearing on the edge of the woods were the hunters and vampires were, Sam lit a small fire and after they had finished cooking Bobby poured water over it, he didn't want the vampires or Jack and his hunters to know their position. As Sam ate his food he wondered when Dean had last eaten, he didn't want to think about the fact that the vampires had fed him blood; he shivered from the coldness and thought of Dean without his jacket.

As the sun rose over the mountains on the eighth day Dean and Eddie had breakfast which consisted of an energy bar from the backpack and drink of bottled water. Dean pulled out Dwight's cell phone and switched it on; he wasn't surprised when there was no signal. "We must be too near the mountains"

"Are we going to make it?" Eddie asked as he reached for the bottle of blood.

Dean stopped him "we wouldn't if we keep drinking blood; we need to keep our heads clear. I want some just as badly as you do, but we got to fight it", Dean replied "How about we fight it together?"

Eddie smiled "OK, we'll do it together"

Sam and Bobby had already entered the woods; they found the body of the dead girl with her throat cut. Actually they smelt her dead body before they saw her. Some wild animal had already ripped into her and taken parts of her limps. Bobby took out the walkie talkie and contacted Joseph.

After Bobby had finished on the walkie talkie he told Sam "Joseph heading over this way".

Sam was looking on the ground at several boot prints, "they headed off in this direction" Sam told him, they started following the trail of boot prints.

Dean and Eddie started walking over the rocky terrain , Dean looked around him none of the landscape looked familiar to him from yesterday.

"Do you recognised anything from yesterday" he asked Eddie

Eddie looked round "It was getting dark when we were in the woods, I don't know, outdoors is not my thing, I'm a city guy, all trees and rocks look alike to me"

"Great" Dean mumbled "Trust me to get lost with a city slicker"

They carried on moving away from the mountains towards the sound of running water. They stopped near the edge of a cliff and looked down at the water below, there was no way across. Dean took out the cell phone again switching it on; he was relieved to see a signal. He phoned Sam but there was no answer

"Why aren't you answering Sammy?" Dean shouted down the phone in frustration, he was beginning to worry, had something happened to Sam.

Dean heard footsteps behind them he spun round to see Ray with murder in his eyes holding a gun and it was pointed at him, Dean knew there was no point in reaching for his gun tucked in the back of his jeans

"This is for Dwight" Ray said as he started walking towards Dean he pulled the trigger several times.

Dean started to backup when he saw Ray walking towards him, there was nowhere to go but left or right. Dean noticed that to his left there was a large bounder hoping that would shield him he tried to dive behind it as Ray pulled the trigger. The first bullet hit him in his right side as the force of the bullet sent him flying he heard the second bullet whiz passed him, searing hot pain shot through his side as he fell backwards over the cliff and down in to the cold water below.

Ray ran to the edge and peered down; he saw Dean hit the water and disappear beneath it; he waited and smiled when Dean didn't resurface. Ray grabbed Eddie and dragged him away from the edge when he was satisfied that Dean had drowned.

"Looks like your next" he shoved Eddie back the way they had come. Ray had avenged his brother's death, but he wouldn't be happy until all the blood bank and the vampires were dead.

As Ray crossed the clearing with Eddie in tow Jack came out of the woods to meet him; he knew that the vampires would stay in the woods for cover against the morning sun.

"Where's the other one?" Jack asked

"Dead"

"God damn it Ray I wanted him alive"

"And I wanted him dead"

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Jack and his hunters had set their trap, they lay waiting for the vampires, Eddie was tied to one of the trees; Jack told him to call out for help. Eddie didn't like Jack, he frightened him so he did as he was told and shouted out for help. "Please help me Chrissie".

The vampires stopped walking when they heard Eddie cry for help, they looked at each other. Chrissie sniffed the air and wondered why she couldn't smell him. The vampires split into two groups Chrissie, Zane and Sully in one and Marty and Seth in the other. One group headed off to the left the other to the right.

Sam and Bobby had also heard Eddie's cries for help. They moved off in the direction where his cries where coming from. Sam heard movement to his right, he stopped and signal to Bobby to stop. To his right Sam saw two vampires moving parallel with them. Sam and Bobby moved in the direction of the vampires, machetes held high, they came behind the vampires and attacked, Bobby threw his blood covered knife in Marty back, for a older man Bobby was soon stood over the fallen vampire and with one swoop of the machete the vampire's head was cleanly detached from his body. Sam was having a tougher time with Seth. Bobby looked towards Sam who was pinned against the ground, Seth on top of him, he was about to take a bite when Bobby rushed over and lopped the vampire head off covering Sam with the vampires blood.

"Thanks Bobby I owe you one" Sam wiped the blood off his face and neck with his jacket sleeve.

Bobby held his hand out for Sam to grab "Dean will kill me if anything happens to you and I for one want to stay on his good side" They both laughed.

The force from hitting the water knocked the air out of Dean's lungs; his body went limp as the water pulled him under, he was swept along with the current the gun lodged in his jeans slipped away floating down to the bottom of the river. He felt cold but at peace, nothing hurt he was just floating along, letting the current take control of him. Ahead of him the water flowed in between large boulders, the fast moving current slammed his body into one of them bringing him back to consciousness. His injured side slammed into another sending shooting pain up his side; he fought to take control trying to grab on to anything, boulders, overhanging branches. The water was now moving faster becoming nosier; he started to panic when a thought struck him that a waterfall was coming up head. He saw more boulders ahead so he twisted in the water turning his back; he let the current crashed him into a boulder, pain shooting through his ribs, side and back. But it was worth the pain because the boulder stopped his journey. He kicked out with his feet and swam towards the river bank using the boulders for support. Once he was on the river bank he collapsed from exhaustion.

Zane, Chrissie and Seth crouched down near a tree; they could see Eddie from their position tied to the tree "How stupid do they think we are?" Zane whispered

Taking out his gun Zane motion for Sully to go to the right of Eddie, Sully nodded he understood.

"Stay here" Zane whispered to Chrissie

Sully moved off to the right and Zane followed him. Sully saw Johnny hiding behind a tree, with lighting speed Sully was on top of Johnny ripping out his throat. Tony came out of his hiding place to help Johnny; he shot Sully in the arm with a bolt. Before Tony could reload Zane had grabbed Tony by the neck and with once quick twist his neck snapped, Tony body fell to the floor. Seth and Zane quickly fed on them while their blood was still fresh and warm, then they made their way back towards Chrissie.

Jack didn't like it, the vampires hadn't taken the bait, and he'd heard a cry of pain coming from Johnny and Tony location, he radioed Johnny but all he got back was static. "Something wrong" Jack whispered to Ray.

They stood up and started to carefully make their way back towards Eddie, once there at the tree were Eddie was tied up Jack took out his bowie knife and stabbed him in the stomach. "You've out lived you usefulness kid". He wiped his knife clean on Eddie sleeve and replaced it back in its sheath attached to his belt. They made their way across to Johnny and Tony last known position. They found them murdered and fed on. Jack was livid "Filthy rotten vermin they'll pay for this"

Sam and Bobby found Eddie tied to the tree, he was barely alive, Bobby cut through the robes; Sam laid Eddie on the floor.

"My brother Dean, where is he?" Sam asked he knew there was no hope for him.

Eddie opened his eye lids revealing unfocused eyes and weakly said "me and Dean, we were going make out of here, we were going to fight it together"

"Please tell me where Dean is?" Sam pleaded, Eddie didn't answer he was dead.

When Dean awoke the sun was high in the sky, it was round about midday, he felt so cold he began to shiver, the sun was warm on his back but he still felt cold, he struggled to his knees and checked his side; the bullet had gone straight threw his side, it need stitches but for now the bleeding had stopped. It looked worse than it was; he knew he had lost a lot of blood. Still wet and feeling worse for wear, his vision still hadn't improved any; he slowly staggered away from the river and the mountains, hopefully going in the right direction to find help.

Dean felt exhausted as he made it into the clearing, he saw the woods at last there was something familiar to him. With determination he crossed the clearing, at the edge of the woods he collapsed against a tree. He eyes were now heavy; he couldn't keep them open any longer he felt so drained, he told himself he would give himself a minute and closed his eyes; he fell into an exhausted sleep.

An hour later, Dean was still having his minute when Jack and Ray found him. They stood over him, Jack nudged Dean with his foot. Dean's eyes flickered open and quickly closed

"What have we hear, I thought you said you'd kill him?" Jack asked

"He must have nine lives" Ray replied,

"He's on his last one now" Jack said

"Get him up and bring him" Jack ordered Ray.

TBC