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Secrets

Chapter 11 – Chick Flick Alert

Dean pulled up to the hotel and placed his hand on the door knob. Suddenly he heard his brother scream his name. "DEAN! Oh God DEAN!"

Dean quickly opened the door, gun drawn as he charged into the room. "Sammy, what the…."

Sam was lying on the floor curled into the fetal position. His hands were holding hid head as he moaned. "Dean, please…" Sam sobbed softly.

Dean quickly closed the door and headed towards his brother. "Sammy, what's wrong?" Dean gently turned Sam over and was shocked to see the red stain on the front of his brother's shirt.

"Shit Sam, you're bleeding!" Dean quickly pulled Sam's shirt up and grimaced at what looked like claw marks on his brother's chest. They wounds were shallow, but Sam's chest looked like someone had used a meat grinder on it. Dean sucked in his breath as he gently reached to help Sam back onto the bed.

"Come on Sam, we need to get you cleaned up here…just relax." Dean patted Sam on the shoulder as he ran to the bathroom to get what he would need.

Sam lay on the bed trying to catch his breath. His body ached everywhere and his head felt like it was going to explode any moment. But it was the fear that was making it difficult for him to breathe. The Yellow Eyed Demon had been able to reach him using Trisha's abilities. It had not only reached him, but had been able to affect him without even being in the same room.

"Sammy?" Dean said quietly as he saw the pure look of terror reflected in his brother's eyes.

"Dean…he can get to me…Oh God, it's worse than Dad thought. We're all connected, and he is connected to us…Dean, the demon is part of me." Sam whispered as if afraid that some one else was near.

"Sammy, what the hell are you talking about?" Dean was worried. He hadn't seen his brother this scared since that night at the cabin.

Sam groaned, all he wanted to do was just close his eyes and maybe it would all go away. This was just too much for him to handle. He thought he'd come to terms with it, but he couldn't.

Dean could feel Sam pulling away, shutting down. "Damn it Sammy, I'm not going to lose you too. Now pull it together and tell me what happened." Dean watched as the emotions flowed over his brother's face. Finally, Sam took a deep breath and opened his eyes.

"I'm here Dean…Oh man, this really sucks!" Sam groaned as he moved, his chest was on fire. "How about a couple of pain pills Dean…"

"Sure, here let me help you." Dean helped Sam sit up, noticing his brother's hisses of pain. "Take it easy Sam." Dean helped Sam hold the water bottle as he downed the pills. "There, now I'm going to clean you up and then you and I are going to have a long talk little brother."

Sam actually grinned. "You know Dean, are you sure you're ok…I mean, you're asking for a chick flick moment here."

Dean swatted at Sam's shoulder as he concentrated on cleaning the wounds on Sam's chest. He pulled out the holy water and began to douse the wounds on Sam's chest. Sam moaned as the liquid bubbled. "Well, I guess we know for sure that these are from our friendly Demon." Dean said grimly as he continued to clean and bandage the wounds.

Dean watched as Sam's eyes began to close. "Oh no you don't little brother. I don't want you falling asleep again until you tell me what happened." Dean patted Sam lightly on the cheek, watching as Sam struggled to keep his eyes open. "Let me help you sit up ok? Besides, I stopped on the way back and picked up some food…you need to eat Sam."

"Not hungry…tired…wanna sleep Dean" Sam said softly as he started to slip back down in the bed.

"Sam, listen to me. You can't sleep…we need to figure out how the demon is getting to you." Dean pulled Sam back up and pulled his legs over so that Sam was sitting up on the bed. Sam was holding his chest with his arm, but at least he seemed to be a little more awake.

"Dean, I told you. Trisha is somehow able to see me during some of the visions…she and I are connected some how. But this time, the demon was able to connect to me using her. What are we going to do Dean…if he can reach me, how long before I turn?"

Dean sat back and thought for a moment. "Ok, Sam let's take this one step at a time. First, you were connected to Trisha correct?"

"Yeah, she was sitting in some room. I saw her in my dream and she saw me Dean." Sam wondered where his brother was going with this.

"And the yellow eyed bastard wasn't able to possess you right?" Dean looked closer at Sam's eyes, trying to determine if they had another problem.

Sam sighed. "Before you say it…no I'm not possessed Dean…CRISTO! Ok?"

Dean let out the breath he had been holding. "So the demon has had access to you each time and yet you're still here Sam…not that I'm complaining, but why?"

Sam sat back, he hadn't thought about that. "I'm not sure…but he did say I had to agree to help him. He said that the others chose him. No, it can't be that simple can it?"

Dean smiled. "I think it is Sam. Look, if he was able to possess you or turn you, he would have done so by now right?"

"I guess so."

"I keep thinking about something you said before Sam, maybe you were right. Maybe he has to break the person first, to weaken them so that his way seems the only option open to them. Max let his fears drive him to kill, this woman Trisha is letting her need for revenge drive her, and Webber, well I think he just wanted the power. All of them alone, all of them driven towards the negative emotions that eventually led them to chose the demon to help them." Dean sat back and looked at Sam waiting for his brother to make the same connection.

Sam sat back and smiled as he saw where Dean was heading. "So, you're saying that if we can get to these other children and give them an alternative…we might be able to thwart his plans?"

"That's it exactly Sam…and Dad was right. You are the key…you are connected to these children and can be the force of good that turns them away from the demon."

Sam shook his head. "But he was able to do physical damage to me Dean…all the Demon has to do is kill me…if I was such a threat, why didn't he just kill me and be done with it?"

Dean shook his head. "Well, I'm only guessing Sam…but I think that you have become a challenge to this Demon…if he can't turn you, he'd be seen as weak by his other demon buddies…I mean think about it Sam. If you die before he can turn you…he has failed. "

"Great Dean…and that's supposed to make me feel better? That means he'll keep trying to get to me…I don't think…"

Dean stood up and walked over to Sam, placing his arm around his younger brother he gave him a quick hug. "Sam, you are the strongest, most stubborn, morally incorruptible person I know. Besides, you've also got an ace in the hole."

Sam's eyebrow quirked as he looked at Dean. "You've got me little brother…I meant it when I said that nothing bad would happen to you. Together we can beat this bastard and all the other bastards like him. I don't know why, but I feel it Sam."

"Morally incorruptible??" Sam said with a slight grin at his brother

"Oh shut up geek boy, you think you're the only one who knows big words?" Dean cuffed Sam on the shoulder as he rose to get the food from the car.

"No, but I didn't know that you understood them!" Sam laughed as Dean reached over and threw a pillow at him.

"I'm heading out to get the food from the car. We'll eat and then you and I need to figure out what we are going to do tonight."

"Tonight?" Sam asked.

"Yep, we need to find this Trisha and get her to stop messing with your head Sammy. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of letting the demon play with us…it's time we took the ball from his court and brought it over into ours!"

TBC

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