This started as a story I was going to do alone,but my computer keeps screwing up and my pal has offered to help me get this done. So it's a joint effort! Reviews please!
Title:The Hunted
Author:Coleharley and Supernaturalandlostfan
Rating:R(mostly for language, but there's some bloody scenes as well)
Genre:Action/Drama/Angst
Characters:Dean,Sam,some OC's, and some bad ass monsters.
Summary:The were warned to not put their noses where they didn't belong. If only they had listened.
Authors note:We are huge fans of Dean and Sam whumping(mostly Dean though), so if you don't like to see one or both of them in peril, this story
is definitely not for you(But I do hope you read it)
Disclaimer:We do not own anything to do with Supernatural.
The Hunted
Ch.3
"What the fuck are they?"Sam asked, seeing the two creatures that stood on either side of them.
"They look like some of those things from that Dr. Moreua movie or something."Dean gasped as the two things closed in on them.
These, instead of looking like the cat creature from earlier, seemed to be made from different animals.
One of them, that seemed female from its body structure, looked like some type of bird, with a huge beak instead of a mouth, and long sharp
talons for fingers.
The other resembled a snake, its head shaped like a cobra, with small red eyes, and a tongue flicking out from between its pointed fangs as it hissed at them.
They continued moving closer and the four men moved as close together as possible, as they tried to determine the course of action to take.
"Hello pretty birdie."Dean said to the female one, who was getting dangerously close."That's a good bird, you don't want to hurt us now do you?"
It opened its mouth and screeched in reply.
"Yeah, that's the way to handle it Dean, taunt the thing and piss it off."Sam said sarcastically as he struggled to hold his brother up, who seemed to be getting heavier by the minute, and avoid the bird thing at the same time.
They had split the men into two groups, the snake man now stalking Malik and John while the bird woman had Dean and Sam.
Sam realized when Dean stumbled once again, that he was going to stand no chance whatsoever of protecting himself and his brother trying to hold him up at the same time.
"Sorry about this Dean."he said quickly, then removed his brothers arm from his shoulder, letting him fall to the ground.
"What the hell Sam?"he asked angrily after hitting the dirt and letting out a yell of pain.
"Just shut up Dean."he ordered in a low whisper, wondering why the things had yet to attack them.
They were currently circling each set of men, and Sam realized they were stalking them, enjoying the fear that was thick in the air, after all they were part animal, and most animals enjoyed the thrill of the hunt more than the actual kill.
Then suddenly both of the creatures attacked in synch.
The bird woman dove at Sam, knocking him to the ground and raking at his face with her claws. He moved his head back quickly, but she managed to put three long gashes down the right side of his face before he could get totally out of the way.
He let out a strangled yelp as he fell on his back, putting his hand to his face.
"Sam!"he heard Dean yell,then"Get away from him you bitch!"
Seeing the thing turn its head towards his brother, Sam quickly snapped out of the daze he was in, knowing he couldn't let it get to Dean.
"Hey, over here birdie!"Sam yelled, picking up a stick and throwing, hitting it in the side of it's beak.
It turned back to him in one swift movement and rushed him. Right before it reached him, he dropped to his back, and lifting his legs, kicked it in the mid-section, sending it flying back onto the ground with a screech of surprise.
He knew it wouldn't take it long to recover, so he jumped up, and pulled the knife that had been left for them in the package from his pocket, and did one of the most reckless things he'd ever done in his life. Dove on top of it, yelling like a mad man, and started stabbing it with his knife,while praying his actions wouldn't get him killed in the process.
It screeched and bucked beneath him, but he managed to keep his hold on it, and soon it's struggling started growing weaker.
Ha, I'm killing it, how about that? Sam thought in disbelief, but just as he was about to jab the knife into it again, he was grabbed from the back and thrown from off top of the creature, landing hard on the ground at least twenty feet away.
Rolling onto his back, he slowly sat up, hoping nothing was broken, and saw that the snake man had picked up its fallen comrade, and with one last angry hiss jumped up and disappeared into the woods.
"Bastard broke my damn arm!"he heard John exclaim angrily.
"You are lucky that is all it broke."Malik said, walking up to the man to inspect his arm." It only dislocated your shoulder."
"Only? Well, thank the gods, only a dislocated shoulder. In the middle of a forest being hunted by mutant birds and snakes."he said sarcastically."I feel much better now."
"It is easily fixed."Malik stated, and before the other man even had a chance to protest, he had grabbed his arm and jerked it back into place.
"Son Of A Bitch!"John yelled,then added"Give somebody a warning next time."glaring at Malik, while cradling his arm.
"You are welcome."Malik said with a slight smile, then turned to walk towards Sam who had fallen back to the ground when the two creatures left.
"Are you injured?"he asked the young man, kneeling down beside him.
"I'll live."Sam replied. His face hurt like a bitch where it had scratched him, his arm hurt from where the panther man had stabbed him in the arm, and his whole body ached from being thrown, but other than that he guessed he was okay."Just had to take a breather."
He sat up and started to rise, and the man put his hand out,saying"Here, let me help."
"Thanks."he replied, smiling gratefully, and when he'd gotten to his feet, moved quickly to where Dean was laying on the ground with closed eyes.
"Hey Dean, you still with us?"he asked, sitting down beside him and taking his hand.
"Of course."he replied opening his eyes and grinning slightly.
Sam let out a sigh of relief.
"I never knew you had such a way with the ladies little brother. Had that one on her back in no time flat."Dean said, breathing heavily.
"If that's what it takes to get women, I think I'll let you continue being the womanizer of the Winchesters."Sam replied, with a chuckle.
"How are you feeling Dean?" Malik asked, walking up beside them.
"Like I've been skewered by a really big fork."Dean answered.
"Can you walk? With assistance?"
"Yeah, I think so."he replied unconvincingly.
"Then we must keep moving. We will try to find somewhere safe to settle for the night and then you can rest."
"Is there anywhere safe?"Sam asked. "I mean these things know the woods around here right? So they know all the hiding places."
"Two of them are injured. They have excellerated healing abilities, from what I've gathered it takes them one tenth of the time to heal it does us, or less, but the female was badly injured, so I am confident that they will not attack while they're vulnerable. Also, they now must know that they greatly underestimated their prey, and will not do so again. They will wait till all three can come to insure sucess. So we will be safe tonight I think."
"Am I the only one who doesn't feel comforted by that? Oh, we'll be okay tonight, but next time they'll all three come to insure sucess, he says."John remarked, doing a bad impression of Malik."Should we put some marinade on ourselves for them, or maybe some tenderizer? Don't want them to get any tough human flesh caught in their teeth or beaks do we?"
"If you whined any more I'd think you were one of my ex-girlfriends."Dean remarked, looking at the balding man wiith disgust,"She was a real bitch, but she did have a nice body and alot of hair, so I guess all that really strikes me as familiar is the bitch part."
"Screw you, little prick."John replied with a sneer."If it wasn't for you we'd be trying to find an escape route during those things time out, but instead we have to find somewhere for the big mouthed, bleeding, creature homing beacon to rest. You know you're little booboo is just going to lead them right to us when they get regrouped. Right to baby brother too, and they'll be three of them next time Deannie boy, and you saw how Sam escaped just by the skin of his teeth. Willing to bet he
won't be so lucky next time.
"Shut the fuck up now!"Sam yelled, jumping angrily up to stand in front of the man."You say one more thing to my brother and I swear to god,those things won't have to kill you."
"Fine. I won't say another word except this, When that thing's picking your brothers guts out with its beak, its nobody's fault but your own."John replied, directing the last part at Dean with smile.
"Son of a..."Sam said angrily and started to punch the little fat man,but was stopped by Malik grabbing his arm.
"We do not need to argue amongst ourselves. If we are to survive we must stick together. Go check your brother's wounds before we start moving again. I will talk to him."he said calmly,nodding his head at John on the last part.
For a moment it appeared as if Sam would go ahead and hit the man anyway, but finally his shoulders relaxed,he lowered his arm, and glaring at John, walked over to check Dean.
"Can you believe that asshole? I almost hope he gets eaten."Sam muttered, dropping to the ground beside Dean,and pulling up his shirt to look at the deep holes in his stomach.
Dean groaned when Sam pulled the bandage he'd made up, then said out of nowhere."He's right."
"What?"Sam asked, looking up at Dean with a look of surprise.
"I said, he's right. I am just leading those things right to you. Now if it were just them,"he said, nodding at the two men who were having a heated conversation of their own,"maybe I wouldn't feel as guilty about it, but it's not. It's you too, and I won't be responsible for getting you killed Sam."
"Shut up Dean. You're talking crazy. You know damn well all this martyr bullshit won't work with me. You really think I'd ever consider leaving you here and going off with some assholes I just met? You know better. So I don't want to hear anymore of that crap. You're all I have now, and I'm not going to let a big parrot eat you or some cat thing use you for a toothpick. If we go down, we go down together. End of subject."
"Sam.."Dean started to object, but his brother cut him off.
"Shh! Zip it. Got my fingers in my ears, so I can't hear you."he said, plugging his ears like he'd done as a boy, and going,"La, la, la, can't hear big mouth talking, so he'd better just shut up."
Dean chuckled, despite the pain it caused, and smacked Sam's arm."Okay you win, just stop doing that. Please."
"No more crazy talk?"Sam asked, looking at him suspiciously.
"Nope."
"Promise?"
"If it will stop you from doing that la la la thing, then yes, I promise. How old are you anyway?4?"
"It worked didn't it?"Sam asked with a self-satisfied grin as he finished poking and prodding him."See, you haven't even hardly bled anymore. Thanks to my awesome skills."
"You're a regular George Clooney."Dean said in reply.
"Dean, he's not a real doctor. If you're going to compliment me, at least use someone who's real, and not just a character actor."Sam said, helping him sit up.
"Okay then. You're a regular um...doctor."
"A regular doctor? That's the best you can come up with?"Sam asked,rolling his eyes.
"Sorry, I can't think of any right off hand, so excuse me, Mr. I'm a College grad so I think I know everything, Winchester."Dean said with a shrug.
(a few feet away, going on at the same time as the brothers were having their discussion)
"Why do you insist on taking up for those two? It's really starting to piss me off."John hissed angrily at Malik."We don't know anything about them, so who knows what they did to get put here, and I remember, you don't believe they're killers and all, but it could be something just as bad."
"Tell me John, why exactly are you here? I know you said it's because you're a lawyer, but there are at least thirty or more lawyers in our town. Where are they?" Malik countered, tilting his head, looking quizically at the man.
"So now you're accusing me of being the bad guy here? After all we've been through this last week and a half you still don't trust me?"he asked incredulously, then added,"Who knows if you're really a preacher?"
"I did not mean it that way."Malik replied,taking note of the fact John had skillfully dodged his question. And the man did know he was telling the truth, since there had been many articles in the paper about his protesting against various laws the mayor and town council had made as of late. He decided to leave well enough alone for the time being though, but would keep a close eye on the other man.
"If not for that young man, we would have likely died earlier. Him injuring the bird creature was the thing that saved us from the other one. The least we Malik can do is try and help him and his brother."Malik replied,"And we will.
"Yeah, okay, but he's going to die anyway you know. Who knows what vital organs or such that the creature punctures when he got him, i think we'd be doing him a favor by leaving him here."
"That is not your decision to make."Malik said,looking at him through narrowed eyes, then turned away from him, walking over to Sam and Dean.
"Come on Dean, a little help here."Sam said through clenched teeth, trying to get him to his feet"I thought you said you could walk."
'I can,you're just too wimpy to help me up is all."Dean replied, sweat dripping down his face from exertion and pain.
"I will help him."Malik offered.
"No, I got it."Sam said in reply,trying unsucessfully once again to help Dean stand.
"You are hurting him."malik said,seeing the barely concealed pain on Deans face everytime Sam tried to help him."You are injured yourself Sam. You did lose some blood and it is weakening you. So allow me help him for a while until you regain some of your strength."
Sam looked at him dubiously, then turned to look at Dean, who was panting heavily,sweat dripping from his face,clutching his stomach with the hand that wasn't around Sam's shoulder.
"I promise I will not let anything happen to him."Malik added.
"Dean, are you comfortable with letting him help you?"Sam asked, and Dean immediately nodded.
"Okay then, but just until I get my energy built back."Sam conceded.
Malik walked over and Sam stepped aside, watching as the man got Dean on his feet in one try.
"Told you that you're just a wimp."Dean said between grunts.
They walked for what seemed like forever, and Dean was in so much pain that he felt like screaming. Every step sending a fresh wave of it through him,but holding it in for his brothers sake.
"This willl do."Malik stated after they found a small cave type structure, and gently lowered Dean to the ground."You three try and get some rest."
"What about you?"Sam asked after settling to the ground beside his brother.
"I will keep first watch.Then one of you two can replace me"he replied.
Alright, that sounds good,but wake one of us up after a few hours."Sam said.
Looking at Dean, Sam noticed that he was starting to shake.
"You okay?"he asked worriedly.
"Yeah, just a little cold is all."he answered between chattering teeth.
It was a very comfortable temperature out, and Sam had seen enough in the past months to know Dean was probably going into shock.
God help us, he thought laying down beside him and though he expected Dean to push it right off, put his arm around him tight, hoping it would provide him with some warmth at least.
He let it stay though, and Sam really began to worry.
TBC
Not the greatest chapter, we know, but hopefully it was readable.R&R