A.N. It's not my fault! I just write the thing, it's not like I'm in control of what happens, so there!
Chick xxx
CHAPTER 21
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Hunched down and without making a sound, Dean moved out into open ground. Kneeling on the grass, he paused to give the area a quick visual scan.. Directly to his left, a scant nine or ten yards away, the grass abruptly stopped at the base of the limestone tower. There was no gradual change over of the ground cover, it went simply grass, then limestone wall, as though the white pointed needle of stone had, at some point, suddenly erupted from out of the ground and begun to grow. Being this close, Dean would have expected the noise from the glittering waterfall as it tumbled over jutting rocks before finally hitting the waters of the pool, to be almost deafening, it wasn't. The sound of all those gallons of falling crystal waters sounded no louder close up than they did from a distance. Dean's fast scan revealed that there was only one other object of any height in the area that Dean could see from his position, and that was Sam.
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Sorely tempted to call out to his younger brother, Dean had to clamp his jaw tightly closed. Sam was standing with his back towards Dean, but Dean knew his brother's body language and postures all too well, and he knew for certain that Sam had the whole of his focus fixed on something that was, apparently, to the front of and below him. Frustratingly for Dean, he wasn't able to see what it was, his view being very effectively blocked by his giant brother. Dean was going to have to risk moving up to the base of the limestone, where he hoped he would then be able to check out exactly what had captured his brother's attention so completely. Had he been right? Was it a Naiad that was working it's enchantments on Sam? Taking a couple of steadying breaths, Dean scuttled across to the base of the limestone structure and flattened himself up against it as best as he was able, attempting to gain as much cover as he could from the uneven, jagged rocks.
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Reaching out with his own hand, Sam willingly drew nearer to this perfect being that beckoned him. Her encouragement flooded his mind.
"Do you want to be with me human? Yes? Come then, take my hand, let me touch your warm flesh. There is nothing to fear my beautiful boy. Just a little closer, that's right...One more step..."
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At last able to see what it was that held his brother's attention so completely, Dean's stomach lurch and his heart rate jumped, increasing even further when he saw his guess had been right, but there wasn't just the one like he had assumed there would be. Dean was horrified to see that there were three of the deadly creatures, and they all had their attention on Sam. Even worse, the one which Sam appeared to be fixed on was currently holding it's hand out to his baby brother - Shit! Back off Sammy, back off.- and the damn moron had moved nearer to the edge of the pool. - Ah...Hell.- There was no choice, Dean couldn't stay hidden, he had to do something...Fast!
"SAM!...NO!"
Dean's roar tore through the peace of the enchanted place, his cry to his younger brother so loud, and imbued with such a tone of command, it seemed as though even the trees did their best to stand to attention.
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Sam had moved forward again and was stooping down, eager to touch and hold the hand offered to him by Blue eyes, when a sudden and unexpected noise of such power and strength cracked through the air, startling him. Sam instantly straightened and took a step back, his head turning in the direction the sound had travelled from. His eyes narrowed when Sam saw the figure of another, racing straight towards him. Three voices at once screeched painfully inside his head.
You are the Guardian. Kill that intruder. It is your duty! Your DUTY!
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Dean couldn't hear the voices, but he did recognise the change in his brother as Sam settled into a fighting stance; and he knew the cold, hard look which had appeared in his brother's eyes. Dean instantly slammed the breaks on his frantic dash and held both hands up in the air, hoping that Sam still recognised, and appreciated, what the signal meant.
"Hey baby brother, it's me, Dean. Remember? Your older and wiser sibling. Sam? I want you to come away from the water. Ok Sammy?"
The intruder was speaking softly to him, using names that had no meaning. The intruder wanted him to move, maybe wanted Blue Eyes for himself, or meant to harm her. Sam's lips curled into a snarl and Blue Eyes spoke to him.
You are the Guardian, and I am yours. Protect me.
Sam's mind answered hers.
Yes. I am the Guardian...It is my duty.
"Sam. Sammy...I'm not gonna hurt you brother, ok? I promis I'm not gonna...Shit!"
An animalistic howl of rage erupted out of Sam, as he launched himself like a furious lion across the short distance that separated him from his brother. A split second later, and Dean also moved, skipping backward and taking up a defensive stance, flinching at the look in his younger brother's eyes. Sam fervently wanted to kill him!
"Sam...Don't!"
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A.N. Oh dear!