Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 36. I worked hard on this next chapter. I really did. I hope that you enjoy this chapter. I know that you guys are waiting for Aeron to have a little spat with Dean in how he is treating her because of the deal that her brother made. I can tell you that it is coming. But when I cannot say. Spoilers. Without further ado Chapter 36 of Temporary Home.

Chapter 36

Something Demon

Sam leaned up against the counter looking at the body of Mr. Tanner. He pushed himself off of the counter and began to pace.

Aeron looked up at Sam and saw him pacing back and forth. She closed her eyes. She hated giving warnings to the Winchester boys when it came to their pacing back and forth. She told Dean on occasion to sit down because pacing always made her a wreck. It put her nerves on end. Because pacing always meant waiting and it was time that they didn't have. And hell she was sleep deprived so it made it worse. "Sam sit or I will make you sit."

Sam looked at her with wide eyes. She was going to make him sit?

"Pacing." She muttered rolling her eyes.

Sam's cheeks flushed. He hadn't meant to pace. But he really wanted to know what was going on. Waiting was hard. He wanted to be able to do something to help. Dean was off going to the next town and he and Aeron were stuck here.

"Huh." Dr Lee said in confusion. She was looking at the blood that she had gotten from Mr. Tanner.

"What?" Sam asked looking at her.

"His lymphocyte percentage is pretty high. His boyd was fighting off a viral infection."

"Really? What kind of virus?"

"Can't say for sure."

"Do you think an infection could have made him act like that?"

"None that I've ever heard of. I mean some can cause dementia, but not that kind of violence. And besides, I've never heard of one that did this to the blood."

"Did what?" Sam and Aeron asked at the same time.

"There's this… weird residue. If I didn't know better I'd say it was sulfur."

Aeron and Sam shared a look.

"Sulfur." Sam looked at Dr. Lee and then went over to look at it to confirm it himself. He looked at Aeron. "It's sulfur."

Aeron ran her hand through her hair. "Damn it."

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Sam looked at Beverly intently. Aeron was next to him. He had to admit that it was rather strange to see sulfur in Mr. Tanner's blood. But could Beverly have it?

"I don't understand. Are you saying my husband and Jake had a disease?" Beverly asked Dr. Lee.

"That's what we're trying to find out. Now, during the attack, do you remember… did you have any direct contact with their blood?" Dr. Lee asked looking at Beverly.

Beverly's eyes went wide. "Oh my god. You don't think I got the virus, do you?"

"Beverly, I don't know what to think. But with your permission, we'll take a blood sample." Dr. Lee said going over to her and patting Beverly's leg lightly.

Beverly nodded her head and put her hand on top of Dr. Lee's. She grabbed Dr. Lee's wrist and yells in rage lashing out.

Aeron moved quickly towards Beverly.

Beverly took a swing at her hitting her in the chest sending her into the glass cabinet which shattered.

Sam picked up a fire extinguisher from the wall as Beverly picked up a scalpel.

Beverly went after Sam yelling about to attack him.

Sam knocked her out with the fire extinguisher. "Put her into the other room." He ordered Dr. Lee.

Dr. Lee nodded her head.

Sam quickly went over to Aeron. "Ry? Ry?"

Aeron groaned. "Damn."

"You alright?" He asked softly.

"Glass in my shoulder."

Sam helped her up off of the ground. "We will get it taken care of."

"Okay. I think she dislocated it too." She said resting her head against his chest.

"I'll fix that too." He told her softly.

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Dean drove back into town. He was not expecting to run into trouble on his way out of town. Part of him wished that Aeron would have caught up with Jake and killed him. Then maybe there wouldn't have been a problem of getting to the next town.

Mark stepped into Dean's path causing him to stop. He held the rifle tightly in his hands. "Hands up where I can see 'em!" He shouted.

"Okay." Dean said putting the car in park. His hands went up slowly.

"Get out of the car! Out of the car!"

Dean opened the door slowly and slowly got out of his car. "Alright, easy there, big guy." Dean got to his feet and he pulled out his handgun pointing it at Mark. "Alright, put it down!"

"Lower it now!"

"Put it down!"

"Are you one of 'em?" Mark questioned still not lowering the gun that held.

"No! Are you?"

"No!"

"You could be lying!"

"So could you!"

"Alright! Alright. We could do this all day, alright? Let's just uh, let's take it easy before we kill each other."

Mark relaxed a little bit. "What's going on with everybody?"

"I don't know."

"My neighbor…" Mark swallowed the lump in his throat. "Mr. Rogers, he…"

"You've got a neighbor named Mr. Rogers?"

"Not anymore."

Dean shook his head.

"He came at me with a hatchet. I put him down. He's not the only one, I mean, it's happening to everyone."

"I'm heading over to the Doc's place, there's still some people left. "

"No , no way. I'm getting the hell out."

"There's no way out, they got the bridge covered, come on."

"I don't believe you."

"Fine, stay here, be my guest."

Mark hesitated and then nodded his head. He pulled out his gun and pointed it at Dean as he got into the car.

Dean pointed his gun at Mark. He pulled the car into gear. "Well, this ought to be a relaxing drive."

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Sam had put Aeron's shoulder in place and was stitching it up from the glass wound.

Dr. Lee was looking through the microscope at a blood sample.

Pam was huddled against the wall in fear. "What if we all have it? What if we all go crazy?"

Aeron rolled her eyes as she felt another pinch of the sewing needle going into her tender flesh.

"You've got to stay calm. All we can do is wait. The Marshal's bringing help." Dr. Lee told her assistant.

"I can't, I… I've gotta go."

"Pam!"

"No, you don't understand. My boyfriend's out there, I gotta make sure he's okay." She said running out of the lab.

Aeron looked at Sam. "Go and check make sure she's okay."

"What about your shoulder?"

"Check on her please."

Sam quickly followed out of the room.

Dr. Lee looked at her. "Do you want me to finish stitching your shoulder?" She asked her softly.

Aeron shook her head. "Thanks, but no thanks."

Sam and Pam returned, but they weren't alone. They had Dean and Mark with them.

"You're gonna kill Beverly Tanner?" Pam asked in shock.

"Doctor, could there be any treatment? Some kind of cure for this?" Sam asked looking at the Doctor.

"Can you cure it?" Dean questioned her wanting the answer now.

"For God's sake, I don't even know what it is!" The Doctor said in agitation.

"I told you, it's just a matter of time before she breaks through."

"Just leave her in there, you can't shoot her like an animal!" Pam yelled.

"Dean." Aeron said looking at Dean.

Dean looked at Sam. "Sam."

The three men went towards the room where Beverly is being held. Dean and Mark held their guns ready to shoot if they needed to.

Sam slowly opened the door.

Dean and Mark went into offensive positions. They saw Beverly huddled on the floor knees drawn up.

Beverly jumped looking up at them. "Mark, what are you doing? Mark, it's, it's them! They locked me in here, they, they, tried to kill me! They're infected, not me! Please, Mark! You've known me all your life! Please!"

Dean looked over at Sam. "You sure she's one of 'em?"

Sam nodded his head. His face was twisted in distress. He didn't want to do that.

Mark pulled back. He couldn't do that.

Dean went forward and fired twice.

Sam went back over to Aeron and went back to stitching her shoulder up.

Dean came out and looked at Aeron. "What the hell…"

"Beverly threw her into the glass cabinet."

"Did she…"

"Beverly didn't bleed on her." Sam said looking over at his brother.

"That's good." Dean said rubbing his face.

"Dean we really have to figure out what is going on here."

"Ouch. Sam." Aeron said looking up at him.

Sam looked at her and his face flushed. "Sorry."

Aeron shook her head. "Careful where you are putting that needle."

"Sorry. Sorry."

"I know…"

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That is end of Chapter 36. I hope that you enjoyed it. I will have the next chapter up soon. Please let me know what you think. Until next time.