Chapter Five
Sam was becoming concerned about Dean's continued absence. It should not be taking this long to recon the area. Especially with a rather large dragon curled up somewhere close by taking a nap. He hoped. The continued snoring of the beast and lack of other noises from the direction his brother had taken were a good sign, but still he was getting worried.
His unease increased when a sudden silence came over the area. He and Kate looked at each other. "Wait here," Sam told her and drew his gun heading after his brother.
"Like hell." She replied pulling out the weapon Dean had given her.
Before either could enter the plateau Dean came striding out of the entrance saying. "Let's go."
"What did you find?" Kate asked.
"What happened? Sam asked at the same time.
"Twenty questions later, book it up the trail, now." Dean said fiercely.
Sam was about to argue with his brother, but the look on his face told him now was not the time. Taking up the lead he turned and headed towards the upper plateau. He waited patiently for the twenty minutes it took to reach their destination, then turned to his brother and asked the question that he'd been burning to ask. "Are you crazy? What the hell was that?"
"Just a little recon," Dean said "Trying to see it I could find any weaknesses."
"Did you find any?" Kate asked.
"Um no," he replied. "We have a bigger problem though."
"What?" Both Sam and Kate asked at the same time.
"I went out there looking for that big green bastard from earlier, but I couldn't find it."
"Hell Dean we could hear the thing breathing why couldn't you find it."
"No, you didn't." he replied, "You heard the big grey one I found instead."
"Oh, this just gets better and better." Kate said. "You mean there are two of them?"
"This is not good." Sam said.
"Yeah," Dean said in answer to both of them.
Dean had seriously considering returning to town for the bazooka Kate had mentioned earlier, but since he doubted he'd find one they had to figure out another way to waste these bad asses.
Wind conditions and a natural rock barrier had left the upper plateau where they were currently untouched by the raging fires that were quickly wiping out the trees and vegetation on the lower slopes and valley of the area. All three of them removed their fire jackets and relaxed for a few minutes in the cool breeze that was blowing from behind them. Sam walked to the edge of the cliff that overlooked the lower plateau seeking signs of the creatures they were hunting. Dean and Kate followed taking up positions on each side of him.
So far, Sam had not spotted either creature and turned to Dean and asked, "Where did you see the grey one?"
Dean smirked at his brother and pointed to the "rock pile" and told his brother, "Its right there. That rock pile is not really a rock pile, just very good camouflage."
Sam went to the duffle bag he'd been carrying and pulled out a pair of binoculars, then returned to the ledge. While Kate and Dean scanned the lower area for the green dragon Sam focused the binoculars on the grey beast. Even with the powerful glasses it was difficult to get a distinct impress of the dragon's body it's camouflage was excellent.
Sam leaned down further attempting to get a better look at the beast, but as he did the edge of the cliff started to give way taking him with it over the edge toward the ground some forty feet below.
"DEAN!" Sam shouted throwing his arms up in an attempt to grab anything to stop his decent. He felt a hand clasp his right arm and looked up as he wrapped his fingers around it. He was totally surprised to find it was Kate, not Dean that had stopped his fall. Dean had heard his brothers cry and was quick to respond, but Kate, who had been about to tell Sam to be careful was already in motion when he had begun to fall. Dean quickly caught his other arm and together they were able to pull Sam back up to safety.
The three of them sat there for a few seconds recovering from the shock of nearly loosing Sam. "Thank you," Sam said breathlessly.
Dean was about admonish his younger brother for his carelessness when they all heard the roar of the dragon come from below where the rocks and dirt that had fallen from the ledge and where striking the ground below.
All three looked down and watched as the grey dragon stood on its hind legs and roared again looking up at them. Its red eyes blazed as it took wing and started in their direction.
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