A few weeks after the four visited with Dean and Jensen's family Dean had taken the day off of work to spend with his boyfriend. He was on his way out the door when he spotted his father getting out the car.

"Going somewhere?" Alan asked.

"Yeah to see my boyfriend. What are you doing here dad?"

"I wanted to talk to you. Get in I'll give you a ride over there and we can talk along the way."

Dean sighed but got in his father's car and gave him directions to Sam's house. He leaned back in his seat, crossed his arms over his chest and stared out the passenger window, "So talk."

Alan sighed as he drove, "Son I'm just trying to understand this. I mean what is it that Sam has that Danneel or any woman doesn't have?"

"He makes me happy, did you ever think of that?"

"But why? Is it because he has a…penis?"

Dean turned to face his father, "Are you fucking kidding me? You think I care about the fact that he has a penis? He could have a penis and a vagina for all I care. That's not what I care about."

"Then what is it? Dean, I'm just wondering what made you change from a girl to a guy. Did he blackmail you or something?"

Dean didn't answer as when his father pulled in front of his boyfriend's house he heard something that turned to his blood to ice. Sam screamed. Dean was out of the car even before his father pulled it to a complete stop and took off toward the house.

"Dean!" Alan yelled, running after his son.

Dean kicked in the door and ran to his boyfriend's room and froze in shock at what he saw. Sam was on the bed, on his stomach to be exact. He had a gag in his mouth and Dean could see the belt of the gag digging into his face. There were bruises along his neck and collar bone. He was bleeding, God, he was bleeding! Shockingly bright, the blood was all over his back. As Dean processed what he was seeing further, he realized that there were welts and bruises under the blood that was smeared all over Sam. He then looked closer and saw that there was a belt around Sam's neck and Jeff was choking him as he pounded him like he was riding a bull.

So much happened within the next few minutes that Dean didn't even fully register. All Dean focused on was beating the shit out of Jeff. Dean didn't register his father standing in the corner on the phone, or how out of it Sam was. Nor did he register his father trying to push him back. He was only pulled away from Jeff when Jared and Josh pushed him back.

"Dean, DEAN!" Jared yelled.

Dean looked up at Jared causing him to flinch at the cold fury he saw in Dean's eyes. He, however, didn't let that deter him, "Dean, stop."

Dean struggled in Jared's grip. Jared shook his head, "Stop, Dean! Sam needs you. You need to go help Sam," he said, gently pushing Dean in Sam's direction.

"Jeff…"

"Is practically unconscious," Jared replied looking up when Jensen called their names.

"Sam needs a hospital. It's bad."

Alan led the EMTs into the room where they got both Sam and Jeff on two different gurneys. Dean wanted to ride with them to keep Sam calm but there was no room. He was about to argue when Alan put a hand on his son's shoulder, "Come on son, I'll drive you guys."

Dean gave his father a look before he went and climbed back in the car. The drive to the hospital was silent. Dean was staring out the window and silently fuming. He swore that he would kill Jeff. Jared, Josh, and Jensen were seated in the back each of them was in their own thoughts. Jared was freaking out and praying that Sam would be okay. He had never seen his brother this bad, not even the first time when Jeff really had started to abuse Sam.

Alan cleared his throat, "Okay, so someone wanna tell me what the hell is going on?"

"None of your fucking business just drive," Dean growled.

Josh swallowed, "Dean. We all saw Sam you can't ignore that."

Dean swung around in his seat so hard that he almost choked himself on the seatbelt, "Ignore what, that my boyfriend has been tortured and beat to hell and is on his way to the hospital? Yeah sure Josh, I'll ignore it."

"Dean…" Jensen warned. "That's not what he meant."

Dean turned back in his seat, "Can you drive any faster?!" he yelled at his father.

"Dean, calm down," Jensen said softly trying to calm his brother down.

Dean opened his mouth to speak just as Alan drove into the hospital. As soon as Alan pulled up in front of the Emergency, Dean and Jared were the first ones out of the car with the others following slowly behind. They were instructed to wait in the waiting area and now Dean was pacing. Alan frowned, he had never seen his son so agitated before. He wanted to ask what had happened again but he knew it would probably be a bad idea. Just then a doctor came out and spoke with them.

Dean knew from experience that when a doctor rubs a hand over their face its bad news, "What is it?"

Doctor Tyler frowned, "Samuel is in very bad condition. We had to put him into a medically induced coma just to be able to examine him. Besides the obvious bruises and welts all over his body, he had some internal bleeding, he's also got a few broken ribs, as well as a dislocated shoulder. The one thing I'm mostly worried about is his genitalia. It's severely bruised and we're keeping it elevated to keep pressure off of it. We also inserted a catheter to help him use the bathroom as it will be very painful to try and urinate on his own. We've inserted about twenty stitches into his rectum and that will cause some discomfort in sitting."

Dean sagged further and further the more the doctor talked. Josh had to help hold him up as he almost fell to the floor. Jensen was rubbing Jared's back to keep his boyfriend from breaking down.

"May we see him?" Jared asked softly.

The doctor nodded and led them to Sam's room. Down the hall, Jeff winced as he got up from the bed and signed himself out of the hospital AMA.

Doctor Tyler tried to give them the rule about one visitor at a time but swallowed it when he saw the look Dean gave him. They shuffled in the room and Jared nearly burst into tears. Sam looked so small on the bed covered by machines and wires.

"Sam," he said moving to the bed with Dean. He grabbed one hand and Dean grabbed the other, "We're here Sam."

"Oh Sammy, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I let you down."

Jared looked up, "Dean, you didn't let Sam down. This isn't your fault."

Dean shook his head while stroking Sam's hand, "I promised I'd protect him. And I didn't."

"That doesn't mean you let him down. We just have to understand that sometimes we can't protect the ones we love no matter how hard we try."

Dean swallowed, "I promise baby, I promise, Jeff will not get away with this."

Jensen didn't like the sound of that.

TBC...