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Penny quickly fixes her hair, effectively hiding the bite mark. She then picks up her suitcase, and walks back into the living room. "So, are we ready to go?"
"Yeah, which one of us do you want to ride with?" John enquires.
Penny thinks for a moment, Bobby's truck doesn't exactly hold the best memories. "With you, if that's alright." Without further discussion they all walk out to the cars, climb in, and drive away, blatantly ignoring any kind of speed limit.
"Can't you do something Terri? Please, he's in so much pain." Sam begs as he watches his brother writhe around on the bed in agony. This is all my fault, if I hadn't have done the ritual this would all be over by now, if I hadn't have stopped him back at Bobby's he never would have suffered like this. I can't believe that I'm wishing he was dead, but he's hurting so much.
"I'm sorry hun, if I give him any more pain medication he won't be able to breathe." Teresa explains, gently wiping a damp towel over Dean's sweat covered face.
"But you have to... It's my fault, I shouldn't have done anything, this would have been over weeks ago..."
Teresa looks at Sam, puzzled as to what he means. "It's not your fault he's sick Sam, you know that right?"
Sam nods slightly before continuing. "But it is my fault that he's still suffering. I should have let him do it, he never should have gotten this sick."
"What do you mean Sam?" She goes over to Sam, kneels down, and hugs him comfortingly as his sobs increase.
"I stopped him, he had the gun to his head, and I stopped him... Please make him stop hurting."
Teresa brings her hands to her mouth, shocked by this revelation; Sam had stopped Dean from committing suicide, the child in front of her was wishing that he'd let his brother take his own life. Her response was stopped by Pastor Jim walking into the room, clearly having heard Sam's last statement. "Oh my god." Jim whispers as he takes in this newly revealed fact, at the same time wondering if John or Bobby ever knew about it.
Whilst the two older people in the room process this information, Sam stays sitting beside his brother's bed, sobbing brokenly. "It's my fault, it's all my fault." He repeats over and over again, unable to bear his brother's suffering anymore.
Forgetting his anger at Sam, Jim moves to Sam, and pulls him close to him. "Samuel, you don't really think you should have let him die, you don't." Jim then leans close to him, and whispers. "Your Dad and Bobby found her; they'll be here in a few days. It really is going to be alright Samuel."
Suddenly whilst John is driving a beat-up SUV swerves in front of the Impala, forcing John to slam on the brakes. By some miracle the Impala comes to a halt barely an inch from the SUV. John jumps from the Impala, intending to confront the other driver, just as John reaches the other car, he sees the other driver pull Penny from the passenger seat. "What the hell are you doing?! Let her go!" John yells, grabbing a handgun from his waistband. As he moves closer he sees the 'attacker' properly for the first time. "Caleb?!" John is stunned to see his friend, and fellow hunter holding a gun to Penny's chest, directly over her heart.
"I've got her John. You can put the gun down, this 'thing' isn't going anywhere." Caleb says, not knowing that John was with her willingly.
And at the same time John doesn't know why Caleb would be holding a gun to the one person who can save his son. "What are you talking about Reeves?! She's helping us."
"You crazy Winchester?! I've been hunting 'it' for two weeks now."
"What?! Why are you...? What's going on?!"
"Wait, you don't know what she is?!"
At this moment Bobby pulls up in his truck, and joins the scene. "What the hell?! Reeves, what are you doing?!"
"Hunting this damn werewolf-"
"WHAT?!" John, Bobby, and Penny scream at him.
"Killed at least a dozen people last week." Caleb tells them, keeping the gun trained on Penny. "If you didn't know what she is, then why are you with her?" Caleb asks, now starting to feel like there is a whole other part to this story that he's missed out on.
"Please Caleb; just let her go, please." John can't believe that he is now begging for the life of one of things he hunts, knowing that if she dies then so will his eldest son. He half whispers to Bobby. "I thought she wasn't bitten."
"Sam was bleeding, I didn't even think to check." Bobby replies in an equally hushed tone.
Now looking thoroughly confused Caleb replies. "What's going on here John?! Why don't you want me to waste this thing?"
Bobby steps forward, hoping that if he knows the facts Caleb will release her. "Sam saved her from a werewolf a couple of months back, he got pretty messed up doing so, and we never checked to see if she'd been bitten. Long story short, what it comes down to Reeves is that if you kill her, you'll be responsible for Dean's death..."
"What?!"
"She's a healer-"
"Why would you need-"
"Shut up, and let me finish boy! Dean is dying, and she's going to save him."
Caleb looks to John, now knowing why he looks so terrified. "Is that... What's wrong with him?"
"He's got cancer, they didn't think he'd make it through the night." John informs him, his voice rough as he fights not to break down.
Caleb holsters the gun hastily, but keeps a firm hold on Penny. "She's his only chance?"
"None of the treatments worked, like Johnny said, he wasn't expected to make it through the night. So are you gonna let her go, or do we need to take her by force?"
Reluctantly Caleb relinquishes his grip on the now terrified young woman. "Don't move." He warns her.
Standing very still, sobbing silently, Penny finally speaks up. "Why...why are you doing this? What are you all talking about?"
"Did you at any point know what you were doing? That you were changing into...a werewolf?"
"What?! No way, I don't even know what you're talking about!"
"Look, we don't have time for this. Once we get her up to Jim's, and she heals Dean, then we'll sort all this out. Okay?" Eventually they all agree.
"Fine, but she rides with me." Caleb demands.
"No way, if she breathes too hard you'll kill her!" John yells.
"She'll ride with me, you two follow us." Bobby says, leaving no room for argument.
They all walk back to their vehicles, all think various things along the lines of 'what the hell?'
"What are you talking about John? Why would Caleb threaten her?" Jim questions John down the phone line.
"She got bitten... I can't believe this, what am I meant to do?" John asks as he tries to remain calm, this wasn't how it was meant to happen; Penny was meant to heal Dean, and be on her way, but now... Was he supposed to have her heal Dean, then put a bullet through her heart? Or just do it now, and go home and watch his son die?
"She's a werewolf?"
"According to Caleb, and I saw the scar on her neck earlier, it's small, but unmistakable."
"Well, she won't turn again for two weeks, so she could still heal Dean without posing a danger to anyone. And once she has healed him we'll sort out what to do next."
"But the only way to stop a werewolf is to kill it, how am I meant to kill someone if they've saved my son?"
"Maybe we'll find another way. In any case you need to get her here now. Sam did something stupid, and now Dean can't die, but that doesn't mean he isn't hurting."
"What are you talking about Jim?" John asks, trying to work out if he should be more worried about Dean, or angry at Sam.
"I'll explain when you get here; trust me you don't want to hear this over the phone. How much longer 'till you get here?"
"Should be there by nightfall tomorrow."
"See you then John."
"See ya Jim." Jim hangs up the phone as he hears the dial tone in his ear.
He stands up from the couch, and goes to find Sam, they need to talk.
TBC.
Please, please review. Don't make me beg, I just want to know what you think.
Will Penny still be able to heal Dean, in spite of her new status of 'werewolf'? And will the hunters end up killing her, even if she does save him? How will John and Bobby react when they get back, and find out what Sam did? What will happen to Sam because of his actions? And just because I'm mean - Will Dean live?
