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The Butcher of Madison County

Chapter fourteen

"Get away from him you son of a bitch!" Dean's arms were now crimson with his blood as he continued struggling to free himself. He could feel his hands start to slide a little bit through the ropes but he knew it could take minutes or longer to free himself, time they didn't have. He could see his gun lying on the floor and if only he could get to it he could at least delay the spirit enough so that he could free his brother. He watched in horror as Monroe slowly brought the knife down to the top of Sam's throat and slowly began to push it into his skin.

"Nooooooo!" Dean screamed as he pulled with all his strength trying to slip his hands through the bloody ropes, but it was no use, the ropes still held him. "Sammy!" He couldn't' believe he was about to watch is brother being butchered in front of him.

So this is how he was going to die Sam thought, and what was worse, his brother was going to have to watch him die and then die himself. Where were his powers, his strength, when he needed them he wondered? He should be able to break his bonds and toss the spirit back to wherever it came from. Why could he exorcise demons but was helpless against this spirit?

Sam felt the knife puncture his skin and could feel the spirit slowly begin to cut downward and he could hear his brother swearing and struggling to free himself. It was then he heard the gunshot and saw the spirit vanish. He looked over at Dean expecting to see him standing there holding his salt gun but Dean looked as surprised as he did. They both looked toward the door and saw Kevin standing in the shadows with a look of disbelief on his face, the gun in his hand.

"Quick cut me loose before it comes back!" Dean shouted over to Kevin. He knew the salt wouldn't kill the spirit but only make it vanish for awhile, it could be back within seconds.

Kevin didn't move, he stood there in total shock at what he had just witnessed. He always thought there were no such things as ghosts and now he was standing there having just shot one.

"Hurry!" Dean shouted.

Kevin finally snapped out of his trance and ran over to Dean. He picked a knife off the table and cut through the thick rope.

"What the hell's going on? What did he do to him?" Kevin asked as he looked down at Sam.

Dean didn't answer him, he figured he would try and explain it to Kevin later, right now he knew what he had to do. After first checking on Sam and finding out his wound wasn't life threatening he looked at Kevin.

"Cut my brother loose and if that thing comes back blast it again." Dean grabbed a shovel from the room and ran outside.

Once outside he found the back pack that Monroe had removed from him. He opened it up and took out a bottle of gasoline and a small flamethrower, he then ran over to the large tree that had been in the picture and began digging. He knew he had to find Monroe's body and destroy it or they might all die.

Inside the cabin

Kevin began cutting Sam loose.

"What the hell did he do to you?" Kevin asked when he saw the cut on Sam's throat.

Once Sam's hand was free he pointed to his throat and shook his head showing Kevin that he couldn't speak.

"I never thought something like this was even possible." Kevin said as he continued cutting Sam's other hand and feet free.

Just before he was done Sam saw Monroe's spirit suddenly appear behind Kevin. He grabbed the gun out of Kevin's hand and fired. He hit the spirit square in the chest and it immediately vanished.

Sam knew he had to get Kevin out of the cabin before the spirit reappeared so he motioned for Kevin to leave while he finished cutting his ankle free. Kevin wasn't about to argue with him, he had seen enough. Sam handed him the gun and he quickly left the cabin and ran over to Dean. Once Sam was free he found Dean's salt gun that had been torn from his brother's hand by Monroe's spirit. He picked it up then backed out of the cabin as he held the gun out in front of him. As he walked out of the cabin he saw his clothes lying in a heap on the floor near the door. He picked them up then once outside quickly slipped into his jeans. He then looked over to where Dean was digging as fast as he could trying to unearth Monroe's body, but the ground was hard and it was taking longer then expected. Sam then saw Monroe suddenly appear behind Dean and Kevin. He tried to shout a warning to them but nothing came out. He then tried to fire the salt gun at the apparition, but the gun was jammed, probably it had been damaged when it had hit the floor. Dean continued digging, unaware that Monroe stood directly behind him holding a large machete in his hand ready to bring it down across his neck at any moment. The only thing Sam knew to do was to run through the spirit and hope that by passing through its body he could delay it long enough for Kevin to get a shot off.

As soon as Sam passed through the spirit it flickered then vanished, but it took his strength with it. He fell to the ground totally exhausted, his skin a pale grey.

TBC