11. Idle Chat

"I really can't thank you enough." Sweet says graciously.

"So much of his blood…" Dean keeps repeating.

Sam tried to move towards him but was quickly stopped. "For what?" you growl.

"Powering it, of course." Sweet says waving towards the barbed wire portal.

You look closer and see the tell-tale shimmer. "No, I would know…"

"If your power was being drained? If you were being tormented?" Sweet shakes his head. "Just ask Dean. He knows what it's like."

Sam erupts in a series of curses but there's really only one right thing to say.

"What does it do?"

TBC

To hear the answer turn to chapter 13, to acknowledge what you already knew turn to chapter 14.