Chapter 25

Dean's internal clock began to wake him the next morning and he slowly began to stir before he realized there was someone laying in his arms and the room had a chill hanging in the air. He blinked the sleep out of his eyes as a blonde head came into focus mewing softly when he moved. He froze afraid to move as she buried her head back into the nap of his neck and wadding his tee shirt in her hands. He could feel his leg draped over her legs and his hand was resting on her firm bottom. Crap! he thought, how was he going to get out of this?

The warm form she was cuddled into moved again as Sky pulled her mind out of the dream she was having. She tried to figure out where she was and what she was doing. She opened her eyes and blinked several times until the curvature of a neck came into view. She began to let her body feel the body she was entangled with. Her head was tucked into his neck, her hands were under his shirt feeling a strong, well toned chest, her legs were trapped in place by his and there was a hand resting on her panty clad bottom. She stiffened slightly not sure what to do to get out of this. She lifted her head slightly to look up into those soulful green eyes that were looking down at her his mouth twitching slightly in a smile. Neither moved or say anything for a moment until they pulled apart trying to cover the embarrassment both had. Dean coughed slightly trying to gather his thoughts as he sat up on the side of the bed.

"Damn, it's cold in here." Dean mumbled as the covers slipped off of him.

"I'll turn it off." Sky offered jumping out of bed and switching the a/c before slipping back under the covers to stay warm.

"We need to get moving." Dean told her pulling some clothes from his duffle. "I want this over with today."

Sky watched him head into the bathroom and sighed scooting over into the warm spot they had been laying in. She still smelled his manly scent on the sheets and tried to control her lust. When this was over, she was going to find out what those lips tasted like. She looked up as he walked out of the bathroom and over to his duffle stuffing his clothes in it. She got up getting her own clothes and took her turn in the bathroom quickly doing her morning routine and changing clothes.

Dean was waiting on her, packed and ready to go as she stepped out. It only took her a minute to get her things together and was ready to follow him out of the room and to the car. Neither spoke about how they woke up entangled in each other's arms.

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"We'll grab some coffee and breakfast sandwich to go." he told her sliding into the driver's seat.

"Fine with me." she said glad he was not wanting to talk about waking up together.

She accepted the coffee and sandwich he got from a drive thru watching him juggle his as he pulled out and headed for an address only he knew. She sipped her coffee before opening up the sandwich and checking it out. Sky nibbled on the bread while checking out the area they were driving through. It was changing from one of businesses to upscale residential that kept getting bigger and more spread out.

"You sure you know where we're going?" she asked amazed at the huge houses that she could see from the road.

"Yes, I told you, you didn't have to come."

"Not having this conservation again."

Dean frowned as he pinched his lips into a thin line while holding back the retort and the anger. He needed to be focused on what he had to do. He couldn't let her get under his skin and break his concentration. He began to slow as his objective came into view ahead of him. Dean drove on by his target and parked at the end of the block. He got out not waiting for her to follow and went around to the trunk checking to be sure no one was watching before pulling out an extra gun and knife. Sky arched her eyebrows but didn't say anything about his actions, only followed him down the sidewalk until he cut across a walkway leading back behind the houses.

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"Cas I need you to take us to this address." Sam told Castiel showing him the address on the map he had spread on the table.

"You think Dean will be there?"

"Pretty sure." he said as Castiel put a hand on his shoulder and transported them to the address.

Sam flexed his knees and got his balance before looking around him. Castiel has put them in a small grove of trees out of sight of anyone walking on the sidewalk. He headed out to the street and spotted the Impala parked just up the street.

"Come on he's already here." Sam told him walking quickly down the street to the address he knew Dean was heading to or was already at. He just hoped he wasn't too late.

Castiel hurried after Sam, almost running to keep up with his long strides. His trench coat flapped back and forth in the breeze curling around his legs. He followed Sam who was taking the same path as Dean.

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"How did you get in here?" the man questioned Dean as he walked boldly in on him punching him in the face before the man could react. "Who are you." he asked madly looking up from the floor at him as he wiped blood from his chin.

Sky stood to the side and watch Dean turn into the lethal killing machine he was trained to be. It was as if the world stopped spinning and time stood still around them. The air hung heavy with tension and anticipation.

"Someone who doesn't like his brother being kidnapped and thrown in the wilderness to be hunted and killed." Dean growled at him jerking him to his feet to punch him in the stomach and throw him across the room.

"You're dead, you know that." he spat at Dean spitting blood from his mouth. He watched Dean pull a large knife from behind his back as he made his way slowly toward the man, turning it expertly in his hand and the man saw death in his eyes.

"Dean." Sky said softly knowing this wasn't who he was.

"Dean!" Sam called to him as he stepped into the room surveying what was happening. "Don't."

"Get out of here Sammy, it has to be done." Dean ordered him as he paused casting a glance at his brother.

"Not this way, let the cops take care of him." Sam begged. "You'll not forgive yourself if you do this."

"How many guys has he killed? He doesn't deserve to live."

"Please Dean, listen to me." Sam whispered taking another step closer to him. He knew Dean was just as deadly with a knife as with a gun and didn't want to make him follow through with his plan.

Neither brother was watching the man on the floor who was easing back to a night stand and to the gun he had hidden in it. He got the drawer open and jerked the gun out and started firing at Dean and Sam.

"No!" Sky screamed as she pulled her gun and put two bullets in the man killing him where he lay. Her shots were dead on, one to the head and one to the heart. Sky couldn't move, she couldn't talk, she just stood there holding her gun and watched the surprise look cross Dean's face as the front of his shirt began to stain red. It felt like all the air was sucked out of her lungs as she tried to make herself breathe. Black spots danced in front of her eyes as she watched Dean's body glide to the floor one frame at a time until he was prone on the floor. Sky tried to call his name but couldn't get any words to pass by her dry lips.

"Dean! No! No!" Sam yelled running to his brother as he watched him fall in slow motion to the floor with blood blossoming to stain the front of his shirt. Sam dropped to the floor beside him pressed his hands over the wound to try and stop the flow of blood as with each beat of his heart forced more blood from his body. "Cas, help, you got to do something."

Castiel knelt down beside Dean pushing Sam's hands away and placed both of his hands on his chest concentrating letting his grace flow into him. Bright light poured out from around his hands and his eyes glowed a silvery blue as he healed Dean. Sam sat back as he waited and watched until Dean suddenly sucked in a deep breathe and his eyes begin to flutter open. Sam let the breathe he was holding out when he saw his brother's confused green eyes looking at hin.

"Dee." Sam whispered cautiously as he tried to see his brother through blurry, tear filled eyes.

"S'my." Dean groaned putting a hand to his chest as he felt pain there slowly fading away. He felt the sticky wetness of his own blood realizing the bullet wounds where healing.

Sam pulled him up into his strong arms and hugged him tightly as he looked at Cas.

"Thanks Cas." he finally got out between his sobs, glad to have his brother alive.

With Sam and Cas's help, Dean got to his feet and looked at the man lying dead and over at Sky standing stiffly nearby holding her gun. He looked into her frightened eyes and held out a hand to her as she rushed into his arms hugging him tightly while she sobbed into his chest. Sam and Castiel let him go and stepped back a step, allowing them a little space.

"We need to get out of here." Dean said over Sky's head. "Cas can you get us back to the Impala?"

"Yes." he said taking Sam and Dean by the shoulder and transporting them to the Impala.

"Let me drive." Sam told his brother holding out his hand for the keys.

Dean pulled them from his pants pocket and gave them a small toss to land in Sam's open hand. He let Sky help him in back of the car while Cas got in the passenger seat and Sam slid behind the wheel. Sam cranked the car and pulled out onto the street heading out of Casper. Sam glanced in the mirror and watched his brother pull Sky to him and brush a kiss across her forehead, gauging her reaction before kissing her more deeply and passionately. He smirked to himself wondering what took him so long. Castiel looked over his shoulder at them and then at Sam seeing the smirk on his face.

"Is that making out?" he asked Sam.

"Yeah Cas." Dean chuckled from the back seat noticing he had an audience watching him from the front seat. Sky was still cuddled in his arms and he could feel her trembling body and the soft sob that escaped her lips as everything that happened assaulted her mind making it spin. He kissed her forehead and pulled her tighter to him, trying to stop her trembling.

A/N: The brothers are together again and do we have a budding romance here? Hope you liked this little twist I threw in here. Please review only two chapters left.

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