CHAPTER 15
A/N : This fiction is AU. So yeah, I brought Sam back from the cage with his soul intact.
Ryan woke up and without opening his eyes, he swung his arm a little on the bed to reach for his brother. When he didn't feel the familiar presence of Collin on his side , his eyes flew open. He looked around the motel room and there was no sign of Collin. He noticed that the bathroom door was open which means that Collin couldn't be there and he grew more panicked. He looked at Sam who was sleeping with his back to him on the bed next to his but there was no sign of Dean. 'What if Dean had taken his brother to hurt him ?'. If something bad happened to Collin then how would he live without his brother. He needs to find his brother. He needs to find him now. Collin wouldn't have left him alone. His brother must be in danger.
"Don't worry , Collin. Just like you protect me everytime. I will protect you too." Ryan whispered to himself so as not to wake up Sam. He quietly pushed himself up from the bed and made his way out. He didn't know where his brother was but he would find him. But as he was going outta the motel room a thought occurred to him which made him stop in his tracks. 'Dean is a hunter and he would need weapons to fight him and he didn't have any.' His eyes fell on the Winchesters weapon bag. As quietly as he could , he made his way towards the duffel bag lying near the couch. He crouched down and opened the bag and then he quickly glanced back at Sam and he was glad when he found the man hadn't even stirred. He took a knife with him from the bag and without zipping it back up , he made his way out. He didn't even throw a single glance at Sam because if he had then he would have seen the note that Dean had left stuck on Sam's forehead.
Dean entered the motel room with Collin in tow. He found his brother still sleeping. It was expected since Sam wasn't getting much sleep ever since the kid came back from spending a year with the freaking devil in the cage. He set the food containers down on the table and took off his jacket and as he was about to take a seat , he was interrupted by Collin yelling at the top of his lungs ,
"Where is my brother ?!"
Sam woke up with a start at Collin's yelling, his hand flying under his pillow holding his knife tightly. He looked around wildly and when he found no supernatural threat. He allowed himself to relax. He then smacked his forehead when he felt a piece of paper stuck there. He snatched it and on it was his brother's messy handwriting. It was a note stating that Dean and Collin were out picking some breakfast. He shook his head , 'Ofcourse, Dean wouldn't have found a more secure place for leaving a note other than his freaking forehead.' Sam was jolted from his thoughts when he heard Collin yelling again,
"Where the hell is my brother ?!" Collin yelled at Dean. He was loosing his freaking mind. It was a trap , it had to be. The Winchesters separated him from his brother. He didn't know where Ryan was. He shouldn't have agreed to go with Dean. He should have known better to trust people especially when his own blood relatives had betrayed him from time to time.
"Dean , what is happening ?" Sam asked standing from the bed.
"Where is Ryan ?" Dean asked Sam instead of answering him. Dean knew Sam was asleep so he couldn't know where the kid was but he still asked anyway.
"I was asleep. I don't know." Sam said.
Collin was losing his mind. And without thinking , he pulled out his knife from under his jacket and stood in a position ready to attack and looked at Dean and Sam,
"It was a trap , wasn't it ? You tried to separate me from my brother. Now, tell me where my brother is or I am gonna kill you both." Collin said clenching his teeth. In that moment , Dean had no doubt that the kid wouldn't attack because he knew Collin would. Collin in that moment wasn't a kid but he was an overprotective older brother and Dean knew the type well.
"Calm down, kid. And put your weapon down. You are thinking all wrong. There was no freaking trap. We don't know where Ryan is but we will find him." Dean said in a calm yet firm tone trying to placate the kid to put his weapon down.
"And I am supposed to believe you. I don't think so." Collin said taking a step forward. He shouldn't believe these men. He trusted them to leave his brother alone with them for only half an hour and look now there is no sign of his little brother.
"Yes, you are supposed to believe us. If you wanna find your brother. The sooner you get in your stubborn head that we don't want to hurt you but instead we want to help you , the sooner we can find Ryan." Dean yelled at Collin. His own patience wearing thin. And besides , Collin wasn't the only one worried about Ryan.
"Dean , look at that." Sam said pointing to their open weapons bag. Dean and he would never leave the bag open like that. It must be Ryan. Thought Sam.
"Do you think Ryan took a weapon and went out ?" Dean asked more to himself than Sam.
"Why would he do that ?" Collin asked glaring at Dean and Sam and clutching his knife just a little tighter.
"We don't know that, kid. Now , we can waste our time fighting or we can go out and try to find him. You can ask him once we find him. Now put your freaking weapon down. I won't repeat myself." Dean said in a voice that demands immediate obedience and took a step towards Collin.
"I will not put it down because I don't trust you." Collin said angrily. God knows where his brother was. And Dean here was busy issuing orders. If these men had hurt his brother, he would kill them.
Dean took a step forward. He had lost all his patience with Collin. He knew the kid was worried , in this situation anyone would be. But Collin needs to trust them. He didn't know what to do to earn these boys' trust.
Sam grabbed Dean's arm. The last thing , they need right now is a fight between Collin and Dean.
"Okay , fine. You don't put your knife back. But don't try to attack us with it, either. First, let us find your brother and then you ask him what had happened. And if you find that we had anything to do with Ryan going missing , you can do whatever you want to. But please let us go and find Ryan. He wouldn't have gone far. You think that you can find him alone but with our help , it will be much faster. So lets go. Okay ?" Sam asked as gently as he could. Ordering the kid and yelling at him wouldn't help anybody in this moment.
Collin thought about that for a moment. He wanted to find his brother alone. But with the Winchesters's help , he could find him faster. In case if the Winchesters really didn't have anything to do with Ryan going missing. Sam is right , he can wait till he finds his brother. He would find his brother and then ask Ryan what had happened. And if the Winchesters had anything to do with his brother going missing then he would deal with them.
After a moment , Collin nodded. They all made their way out to search for Ryan. Sam and Collin were searching every corner of the motel while Dean went out in his baby to look at every street, in case the kid went out.
Dean was driving while looking around the streets to find any sign of the kid. He didn't know what possessed Ryan to leave like that. He was pissed because he was losing his mind worrying about the kid. He had looked everywhere near the motel but still there was no sign of Ryan. His phone rang , he looked at the caller ID and it was Sam. He wasn't the one who believed in god but still he prayed to whoever was up there that his brother must be calling to tell him that he had found Ryan safe and sound.
"Did you find Ryan ?" Dean asked as soon as he answered the call.
"No, man. He is not in the motel. We have searched everywhere. But he is not here." Sam said and Dean could tell just by his voice that his brother was losing his mind worrying about the kid just like he was.
"I have searched every street near the motel. No sign of the kid." Dean said rubbing his face tiredly.
"You coming back ?" Sam asked.
"No, I am gonna search some more. Look after Collin." Dean replied.
"Okay. I will try to. But the kid is getting worse by the minute worrying about his brother." Sam said , his own voice tired.
Dean ended the call. He didn't have anything to say. If he was in Collin's place , he would be freaking out too. He drove a little more but he didn't find Ryan. With a heavy heart ,he decided to go back to the motel when he heard a whimpering sound coming from the alley at the side of the road. He stopped his car and got out. He could tell just by looking around that it was a sketchy part of the town. The buildings were for the most part abandoned and covered in graffiti. Even though it was only afternoon , there weren't many people around. Dean took out his gun and slowly made his way towards the alley.
Dean emerged in the alley in time to see a group of four men surrounding a kid. They all were bulky men , their arms covered in identical tattoos. They looked as if they were part of a gang. On closer look , he realised that it was not any kid but it was Ryan. He felt a wave of relief washed over him which quickly turned into anger when he saw a bulky man who looked as the leader of the gang yanked Ryan roughly from his crouching position on the ground towards him. Dean cocked his gun and made his way towards the men.
"You leave the kid alone or there will be hell to pay." Dean said pointing his gun towards the leader's chest.
Ryan was crying , big fat tears rolling down his cheeks. He wanted his brother. He left the motel room to search for Collin but then he got lost and he ended up here. He knew it was a bad place and he shouldn't be here but before he could go back , a big man came towards him and picked him up and brought him here. He cried and kicked his legs but the man's grip was too strong. They even took his knife when he tried to attack them. He looked in surprise when he heard Dean's voice. He tried to look behind Dean but Dean was all alone , no sign of Collin or Sam.
"What you gonna do , kill us ?" The man who Dean thought was the leader said laughing.
"If you don't let the kid go, I might." Dean is a hunter and his job was to kill monsters. And people who hurt little helpless kids are monsters in his books.
The leader pursed his lips and released Ryan's arm to hold the kid roughly by his hair. Ryan squeaked in pain trying to get away from the man which resulted in the man tightening his hold on him and which caused him more pain.
Dean's blood boiled hearing the little kid's pained screams. 'Never mess with a Winchester' , these bastards are about to learn this lesson. Dean pointed his gun at the man's legs and fired two shots both hitting the man at his shins. The man in shock released his hold on Ryan and fell on the ground.
"Ryan, come here." Dean yelled at Ryan, it was the best distraction they could get. Ryan ran towards Dean and Dean took his hand and pushed him behind some garbage cans.
"No matter what happens, you stay here. Take this knife, attack anyone that even tries to come near you. Okay ?" Dean said urgently handing Ryan a knife from his ankle holster and placing himself protectively in front of Ryan. Ryan was too scared to do anything besides nodding.
"You will regret hurting our leader." A man snarled at Dean. The three men surrounded him. The leader was sitting behind the men holding his legs and cursing a blue streak at Dean.
Dean ducked in time to avoid a headshot. He wondered for a moment why the hell nobody is calling cops hearing the sounds of gunshots in the freaking afternoon. Maybe the people here were used to that. He fired his gun at the man's arm which caused his gun to fall on the ground while kicking at the crotch of another who tried to get to Ryan. He was busy dodging punches and firing his own that he didn't see the third one attacking him from behind with a broken glass bottle in his hand.
Ryan was hiding behind the garbage cans watching the whole fighting. He was trembling with fear. 'If Dean wanted to hurt him and Collin then he wouldn't have come and save him from these bad men.' He saw a man coming behind Dean to attack him with a broken glass bottle. Ryan yelled urgently,
"Dean, look behind." Dean looked behind in time to catch the bottle aiming at his head. He could feel the broken glass cutting his palm. He punched the man in the face. And the man fell to the ground.
The fight kept going for another fifteen minutes. By the end, all the three men were on the ground groaning in pain and looking like they weren't getting back on their feet anytime soon. Dean looked down at the men in satisfaction wiping a drop of blood from his eyebrow. As he was turning towards Ryan , he was hit by a bullet at his right shoulder. He quickly looked back at the leader who was still on the ground clutching a gun in his hands. Dean ducked in time to avoid another shot this time aimed at his heart. And fired two shots aiming at the man's arms. The gun fell from the man's hands with a loud bang on the ground.
"I will kill you." The leader hissed at Dean.
"I will wait for ya, fella. The next time , I see you near my family I will aim straight for your head and like you, I don't miss my shot." Dean said gritting his teeth and clutching his shoulder. He could feel the bullet inside his shoulder. His palm was torn badly by the glass and it would need stitches. There was a nasty cut just above his left eyebrow that would require stitches too. His ankle was sprained but thankfully not broken.
Dean made his way wobbling towards Ryan groaning in pain. He was clutching his shoulder to apply pressure to stop the bleeding. It would take them half an hour to reach the motel from here. They need to leave this town soon. They can't afford to stay here after getting in fight with a local gang.
Ryan watched Dean getting shot in the shoulder and he screamed in fear. Dean got hurt saving him. He was bleeding badly too. He shouldn't have left the motel. It was his all his fault.
"Comeon, kid. We need to leave now." Dean said when he reached Ryan.
Ryan came out from his hiding place. He looked at Dean and ran towards him throwing his arms around Dean's waist hugging him tightly.
Dean was surprised for a moment and then he too hugged the kid as best as he could without getting all his blood on the kid's clothes and also without falling on the ground in pain. But they need to leave now.
"Comeon, kiddo. We need to leave now." Dean said gently pushing Ryan in front of him.
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