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To Hell and Back.

Chapter Eleven.

Dean and Jay stepped into Hell and the goosebumps rose immediately on their skin as their blood ran cold. They looked at their surroundings, everything was…grey. The place was devoid of colour…it was devoid of everything. The place was death…death to everything it touched; they could hear it on the winds, they could see it in the wasteland laid out in front of them and they could smell it in the air.

They looked at each other as they heard the sound of voices coming from behind them, someone was coming through. Dean grabbed Jay's hand and they ran soundlessly to the rock formations that surrounded them, finding a small crevice and squeezing in, one sword held at their sides as their other swords dug painfully into their backs. They watched as two demons in mortal form walked past them, covered in blood as they laughed about their latest kill in small town not far from the entrance. They waited, pressed against each other, not speaking, not breathing…waiting until the voices faded completely.

Dean looked at Jay and grinned "Sooo, do you have any idea which way we have to go?" whispered Dean.

"I hate to tell you this, Dean, but I haven't been here before and I don't think they've got a tourist information desk either"

He grinned at her "Oh har-fucking-har, Jay. You know it's not like we can just stay here"

She grinned "Really?"

He returned her grin "Okay, so it's more comfortable in front than in back…" he leaned down and kissed her, softly at first then more deeply.

They finally pulled back from each other and laughed softly.

"Okay, so we just made-out in Hell" she grinned "I can mark that off my to-do list"

He grinned "You have a list?"

"Course. Now I'm guessing we gotta head down…don't say it…so there has to be an entrance of some kind cause there's nothing out there but…."

"Death" they said in unison.

"Lets go" said Dean and slid away from Jay, taking a quick look around, he turned back 'Whatever happens, we stay together, no splitting up, no solo missions, nothing" she nodded "Promise me"

"I promise. Now promise back"

He grinned "I promise" and he edged carefully out of the crevice.

Jay followed Dean as they moved quietly forward, staying as close to the rocky façade as possible. Their hearts were beating loudly in their chests, they were a hunter and a banisher walking into Hell to retrieve two of their own…and they were outnumbered like….a lot to two.

Dean turned back to Jay, grinned and whispered "Is it just me or the further we go the more stupid this idea seems? I mean we don't even have a plan…"

Jay grinned "Sure we do. We find Zeke and Sam and we bring them out…now keep walking"

Dean moved steadily forward "Are you checking out my ass?"

"Uh huh, hence the keep walking" said Jay.

They were trying to keep the mood light for each other, this place dragged at you. If you let it get to you even a little, it would take hold, weigh you down and they had to have their wits about them, one wrong move, one misstep and they'd be dead…well not dead, they'd be tortured for an eternity wishing they were dead.

Dean turned back to her and put a finger to his lips then stopped as Jay cocked her head.

"What is it?" he asked.

"There's an entrance a little further down, just on the right…but…"

"No we can't use that one…we have to go up to go down"

They looked at each other "Zeke" they whispered and looked up at the crags above them.

"Yeah, thanks for that Zeke" said Jay.

They re-sheathed their swords and found a section that looked relatively easy to scale.

"I'll go first" he grinned at her "that way you can keep checking out my ass" she rolled her eyes but smiled as she followed Dean up through the crags.

They stayed as low as they possibly could, edging around steep sections and avoiding those parts that looked unstable, for more reasons than falling to their deaths, the last thing they needed was a rock-fall, alerting the demons to their prescence.

The rocks were slippery, making progress slower than they liked. Jay could feel herself getting closer to Zeke and something was wrong…she heard him call for her, begging her to help him and she could hear the whisperings, they were torturing him, they were killing her brother. She began to run up through the outcroppings, she ran past Dean, scrambling forward, not caring that she was dislodging rocks on her way up.

"Jay!" whispered Dean as loud as he dared "Jay! Slow down!" She ignored him as she continued to scramble up the rock face "Fuck" he hurried after her, catching up with her as she was about to jump down into crevice, he grabbed her and pulled her back "No!"

She fought against him "Let me go!"

"Shut up, Jay!" he put his hand over her mouth as she struggled against him "Calm down, calm down…shh…we'll get to him…I promise, we just have to do this carefully" but she continued to struggle against him "Jay, calm the fuck down!" he flipped her over, putting her underneath him. He looked into her eyes and saw the frantic fear in them "Listen to me, Jay. We'll get to them, we will but you have to calm down"

Jay shook her head, they were killing her brother and this arsehole was trying to stop her from saving him. He was using her to get Sam, he didn't want to help her, he just wanted her to get to his brother. She bit the hand that was covering her mouth and Dean swore but didn't remove it. She bit it again and again until he pulled it away "You prick! They're killing him! Can't you hear it? Can't you hear him? Let me go!" she struggled against him "Let me gooo!" she wailed as the whisperings got louder as Zeke's screams echoed through her mind.

Dean couldn't hear anything "Jay, no…it's this place. Don't listen to them, whatever they're saying it's lies…look at me, look at me…"

"No! You just want to get to Sam! You don't care about Zeke! I hate you! I HATE you!" she pushed him off her and scrambled towards the crevice. Dean jumped, grabbing her and pulling her back "No! No! Let me go! I need to save my brother!"

Dean could see that whatever was happening to her was starting to take hold, she was losing it and this place would use that and they they'd never get to Sam and Zeke. He slapped her hard, rocking her head sideways.

"I HATE you!" she spat at him "I HATE you! And I'm gonna KILL you!" she reached for her dagger.

Dean slapped her hard and her head smacked against a rock, her eyes rolling back in her head "Jesus, Jay…Jay…" he looked at her head, there was a small lump forming, he cradled her head in his lap "Jay, come on…" he continued whispering quietly to her until she groaned softly, her eyes snapping open "Hey, shh…you're alright now"

She sat up and leaned against a rock next to him, her head in her hands "I heard them, Dean…they were killing him, I could hear his screams, he was begging me to come save him…and they were telling me if I got there…I could save him…they'd let him go if I went to him"

Dean put his hand on the back of her neck "You know it wasn't him" she nodded "They're gonna play games with us, Jay. They're gonna mess with our minds, you know that. You have to block it out"

"Easier said than done, Dean" she looked at him "They were his screams…they may have been lying to me but they were his screams" and she would never forget them. The pain of them, the terror they held…and when she'd heard him scream her name…she brushed angrily at the tears in her eyes. "We need to get moving"

"You alright?"

She nodded "Sorry" she looked at him again, hearing Voices' words in her head "I don't hate you"

He grinned "Course you don't" he leaned over and kissed her softly "Now come on" he helped her to her feet and they went to the crevice and looked down "We go up to go down" he looked at her, shrugged, then swung his leg over the edge, Jay following moments later.

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Sam watched as his fists rained down on Zeke. There was no respite, Lothar was in a frenzy and he pounded into Zeke until his knuckles split open. He saw himself go to a far side of the chamber and remove a case that was hidden in a small alcove, He bought it back and put it on the floor, crouching down and opening it. Sam's stomach churned…no, he couldn't watch this. He couldn't watch himself do this to the man that had saved him, saved him and Dean. He closed his eyes as Zeke's first scream ripped through him.

"Sam"

He opened his eyes and saw Zeke crouching next to him, smiling.

"Hi Sam"

"Zeke…I'm sorry…"

"Forget about it, necessary evil. Jay and Dean are here but we have a problem…this place got to Jay, just a little, Dean helped her but …they know she's here now. You need to get Lothar to divert their search away from where they are"

"I don't know how to do that. He'll know I'm here…and then we're fucked"

Zeke smiled "You know those little voices you hear in your head, Sam? Those ones you listen to? Instinct, gut feelings…those type of things" Sam nodded "Well Sam, you're just about to become Lothar's 'little voice'…just quietly, whisper quietly and he'll listen"

"Alright"

"Not yet, Sam. Give him ten more minutes of fun before you start"

"Zeke…"

"I know what I'm doing Sam. Now I gotta go"

And just like that, he was. Sam closed his eyes and counted off the ten minutes. Dean and Jay were here…it was time to go home.

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Lothar cut into the man in front of him, his screams of pain driving him on, he licked at the blood that covered his hands, his shirt now soaked in it. He raised the knife again and stopped, something was wrong. He didn't know what it was but …he needed to check it out. He put the knife back in it's case and walked quickly out of the chamber and up the stairs.

He found Malphas striding towards him, grinning at him "They're here"

"You sure?"

Malphas took in Lothar's bloodied appearance "Is he still alive?"

Lothar nodded "Are you sure they're here?"

Malphas grinned "The winds carried her cries to us. She's here…we think they're heading up the western façade…"

Lothar shook his head "No, I told them which entrance to come through…the far eastern one, told them it was the safest one, the least travelled. They'll be coming through there, I guarantee it"

Malphas smiled and patted his brother on the shoulder "Good work. Now go change…"

Lothar grinned "Oh, no…I'm not finished toying with him. You find her and you bring her to the dungeon and let her see what I've done" he grinned again "Then I can show him what we'll be doing to his sister. Do NOT come back without her" he turned and walked back to Zeke, Malphas staring after him and wondering if 'the madness' had now fully taken hold.

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Dean and Jay dropped silently to the floor, their arms, shoulders and legs aching with the effort it had taken to climb down the crevice. They hid in the shadows as they heard voices and running feet. Dean's stomach dropped as four demons ran past, dressed in army uniform, they were fucked. But the demons didn't see them. He turned to Jay and she was smiling. She pointed to the symbols on her face and hands and he grinned.

He leaned over and whispered "I don't know how I know but we have to go down a passageway just off to the left of this one …"

She nodded and whispered back "Stone steps at the end" he nodded then shook his head "You alright" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine" …it was his first lie.

They headed carefully down towards the passageway, they could hear the screams of those that were being tortured, could feel their pain, their terror they helplessness and they blocked it out. There was nothing they could do for them, they were only here to bring two out, no more. They ducked down the passageway and Dean stopped again and shook his head.

"Dean? What is it?" asked Jay, putting a hand on his arm.

"Nothing. It's just this place. Come on" his second lie came more easily this time.

Jay followed Dean down towards the end of the passageway, she stopped when she heard a scream, it wasn't a whisper on the wind, it wasn't Hell messing with her, it was her brother. She went to push past Dean and he held her back "No, Jay. We don't go rushing in. And you know that's not him. They're messing with you again. Wait here and let me go check it out" ...the third lie didn't even register.

Jay stared at Dean's back, was he serious? That was Zeke…that scream was as real as the two of them standing there. And 'wait here and let him go check it out?' He'd been the one that had made them swear to stay together, no matter what. "Dean…"

He turned back and grinned.

"Oh shit"

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Zeke looked up as he heard footsteps and …another sound, another sound he couldn't quite place. He saw Lothar turn around so he knew he wasn't imagining things…he screamed in rage as he saw Dean drag an unconscious Jay into the chamber.

Dean looked up and saw his brother and smiled "Sammy" he let go of Jay's hair and she fell to the floor "Sammy, I found you"

Lothar looked at Dean and smiled, Hell had taken hold over the man, now he could really have some fun "Dean. Thank God! This asshole just told me, we're never getting out! We're stuck here…and it's alltheir fault!" he looked at the man "So I figure if we're staying…" he lifted his knife and made a long cut down Zeke's chest. He turned back and tossed the knife to Dean "Why don't you get started on her?"

Dean caught the knife and raised it to his eyes, turning it over and over, watching the blood run down it's blade and over his hand, it hypnotised him.

"NO DEAN!" yelled Zeke "FIGHT IT! FIGHT IT!"

Lothar turned and punched Zeke in the jaw, rocking his head "SHUT UP, ASSHOLE!"

Dean turned when he heard Jay groan, he walked over to her, kicking her onto her back. He sat on her hips and when he put the knife to her throat her eyes snapped open. He leaned down close, his face inches from hers "You used me…used me to get to your brother" he laughed "Did you really think that by fucking me, I'd listen to you, do what you said?" he laughed again and flicked the knife up, cutting her jaw. He leaned down and licked the blood from her and grinned "Let the games begin…"

"Jay…"

She turned her eyes as far as the knife would allow and saw Zeke…or what was left of him and tears welled in her eyes "Zeke…" she reached out a hand to him and Dean raised the knife and drove it through her outstretched hand, pinning it to the floor. He slapped his hand over her mouth as she screamed and wondered why his hand was now aching and why he had a small niggling pain in his jaw.

"Shhhh…shhhh…don't want anyone else to come in and spoil our fun now do we?" whispered Dean.

Lothar came over and crouched down next to them "Kill her, Dean…kill her….kill her…kill her…kill her…"

Dean heard his brother whispering in his ear…he had to kill Jay to save Sam…kill Jay to save Sam…that wasn't such a bad trade…he grinned "Oh, I will Sammy…just want to have some fun first…" he reached into his boot and took out his dagger, laughing as she screamed against his hand, her brother screaming with her.

To be continued….