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Title: They've Got One Hell of a Band
Authors: Co-written by Michelle and Sarah
Rating: PG-13 (maybe R later)
Summary: Dean goes against Sam's wishes and gets in way over his head in their latest case.
Disclaimer: We own nothing about Supernatural, though we'd both like to own Dean!
They've Got One Hell Of a Band
Chapter the sixth:
"Dean!" Sam exclaimed after seeing his brother fall, and reaching the front of the car, knelt down beside him."Dean, come on, wake up!"he urged, rolling him on his back. He first felt for a pulse, and let out a sigh of relief when he found one, a very fast one, but one nonetheless.
"Please Dean! Get up!"he begged, feeling around on him to try and locate where all the damn blood all over him was coming from, but having no luck whatsoever."Gotta call an ambulance."he muttered, now growing panicked from his brothers lack of reaction, and reached around to grab his cell.
Dean as if somehow sensing what he was about to do, picked the moment that he was about to dial the 3 numbers to awaken.
"Sam?"
"Dean, thank god man."Sam said, looking at him as he slowly sat up."Don't worry, I'm calling an ambulance."
"What? No! Don't do that Sam."Dean said quickly.
"You're hurt ."
"No, I'm not."Dean argued, his voice coming out much weaker than he liked.
"You're gonna bleed to death!"
"It's not my blood Sam."Dean said remorsefully, almost as if he wished it were..
"Not your blood." Sam repeated, a look of confusion on his face as he asked," If it's not yours then who's is it Dean?"
"Lets get out of the road, back to the hotel or something first. Then I'll tell you."Dean said, noticing for the first time his surroundings, and the fact he was sitting on the ground right in front of a car.
"No, we're not going anywhere until you tell me who's blood is all over you Dean."."Sam demanded, a unexplainable feeling of foreboding in the pit of his stomach.
"We need to get out of here right now Sam."Dean replied, his voice taking on a pleading tone.
"Dean! Tell me who's blood is on you right now and how it got there."Sam demanded, firmly standing his ground. If there was someone hurt who needed their help then he wasn't going to just abandon them.
"Fine Sam. You want to know who's it is, then I'll tell you."Dean hissed, averting his eyes from Sam's gaze."It's Lauren's."
"Lauren's? As in, the girlfriend of the dead drummers Lauren?"Sam asked.
"Yes, that's the one."Dean answered hesitantly, "Can we go now?"
"What happened? Is she hurt? Do we need to go and help her?"Sam barreled questions at his brother, ignoring his request."Or call an ambulance?"
"I'm afraid its a little too late for an ambulance Sam."Dean said in response with a humorless chuckle."Way too late."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm fucking sure Sam. I was there. I saw her getting killed, so I can 100 honestly say that."
Sam's face paled as he stared at him in disbelief, wondering how he could be talking about someone's being dead with such lack of feeling.
"You..you saw them kill her? You let them kill her?" he asked his older brother accusingly.
"I didn't let anyone do anything Sam. There was nothing I could do about it."
"You didn't...? Did you?""Sam asked hesitantly, shaking his head slowly, not finishing the first question, but his tone and the way he was looking at his brother more than filled in the rest.
"What? Help them kill her? Do you even need to fucking ask me that Sam?"Dean asked loudly through anger gritted teeth.
"No, that's not what I meant."Sam answered quickly, then with a sigh pointed out the obvious,"But you are covered in blood Dean, and you didn't want me to call an ambulance, which even you have to admit would make someone look a bit guilty."
"Look Sammy,"Dean started with a weary sigh,"I was there, which you know to the cops is more than enough to just lump me right in there with the others, but if you think I should go and report what happened I will. I honestly think that the right people to handle this are the two of us though, because we know what we're up against."
"Do we? Really? Because all I know is that the people you're in a band with just killed a girl with you watching. I don't know how they did it, or why. I also know that I almost ran over my own brother, who passed out in the middle of the road. What was that about?"Sam questioned more than a little sarcastically.
"Can we just go before the cops catch wind of a murder and come to lock me up? I can't exactly tell them what really happened, because if I did, and push came to shove I wouldn't doubt the others trying to put the whole thing off on yours truly just to save their own asses. I'll tell you everything that happened on the way back to the motel."Dean answered, choosing to ignore the sarcasm.
"Alright Dean, but I really don't like this whole situation at all. Maybe we should just take off. We were bound to run into a case eventually that we couldn't solve anyway, so maybe it's best to just cut our losses and let the cops handle this one."Sam reasoned as he and his brother got in the car, he turned it around, and headed back towards town.
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"So they ate her?"Sam asked in disbelief, his face twisted in disgust after Dean got through telling him the whole story and why he thought that them leaving at this point was clearly not an option.
"Yeah, they ate her."Dean replied, unconsciously rubbing his hand over the middle of his chest where his heart, which had been hammering within him ever since the murder, rested beneath his ribs. Though not painful, it was very annoying and he wished that it would regulate once more.
"Wow, I thought maybe they had something to do with the other murders, but I never fathomed that they were the actual killers. Caleb too?"he questioned, momentarily holding onto the hope that Cass's brother was an innocent bystander who had merely been drug into a bad situation he didn't know how to get out of.
"You better fucking believe it was Caleb too, he seemed reluctant at first, but when it came down to helping me or playing chew toy with Lauren's body, he chose door number 2. So as far as I'm concerned that bastard is going down with the rest of them."Dean replied emphatically.
"Well, oh mighty god, judger of all, how about doing me a favor and try to be a little more sensitive about it when we tell Cass."Sam requested, his heart heavy at having to reveal to his new friend the fact that her brother was a cannibalistic psychopath murderer.
"Okay."Dean agreed.
Judging by his little brothers tone and words, he was obviously a little smitten on the woman, and it saddened him to think that one of the few women Sam had shown interest in since Jess's murder was most likely going to end up hating him because of what they had no choice but to do.
"So, they're all demons?"Sam asked, changing the subject.
"I'm not sure. Maybe they've just been granted some type of powers or some shit like that. What I do know is they're strong and their faces take on a feral look when they're about to...eat."
"Hey Dean, when it happened, did you feel any urge to...you know, actually do as Steve asked?"Sam questioned, momentarily turning his attention from the road as he peered at him as best as possible in the darkness.
"No!"Dean replied automatically."I would never eat another person Sam."
"I know you wouldn't actually do it, you didn't do it, but did you, even for a split second, consider it?"Sam reworded his question.
"I did feel kinda funny when I smelt the blood, but thats as far as it went."Dean admitted after a moment of reflection.
"You did drink the demon blood Dean just like they did. What if , despite your intentions not to, you find yourself wanting or craving to eat?"
"That won't happen. I'd die first."Dean answered without hesitation.
"I'm sure that's what Caleb said at first too."Sam stated, adding matter-of-factly,"but he ended up doing it anyway."
"Fuck you Sam. I'm not Caleb, and I won't give in to him or any one else."Dean snapped at him with a low growl."So quit trying to say I will."
"You're right. I'm sorry."Sam apologized.
They sat in silence for most of the remainder of the trip until Dean exclaimed suddenly as they pulled into the clubs parking lot,
"Shit, my car. It's parked in Laurens driveway. How could I be so fucking stupid as to leave my car!"
"Uh Dean, your car is not in her driveway."Sam corrected him in a hushed tone.
"Yes it is, I drove Steve to her house Sam."Dean argued in exasperation.
"You might have, but its not there anymore. Its here."Sam stated, nodding his head towards something outside of Cass's car.
"What the...? How?"Dean questioned aloud in confusion when his eyes landed on the Impala which was parked in front of the club.
"My guess would be that your friends brought it back for you."Sam suggested as they opened their doors and got out, walking towards their car.
"They're not my damn friends Sam."Dean barked angrily, and his brother could have sworn that his eyes flashed red momentarily, a snarl briefly flashing across his face.
"My bad."Sam said, raising his hands in defeat after choosing not to mention what he'd just witnessed.
The door to the club swung open as they stood staring dumbfounded at the car, and looking up they both saw an obviously pissed Cass stalking towards them.
"What the hell Sam!"she exclaimed angrily." I was kind enough to lend you my car and you couldn't manage to come back when I told you too?"
"Damn."he replied after looking at his watch and seeing it was after 2am."I'm sorry, really."he said sincerely.
"Hey, it was my fault okay."Dean said in Sam's defense."I'm the reason he was late, so if you want to be pissed, blame me for it, not him."
"I don't care who is to blame, that doesn't change the fact that I told him to be here."she hissed in reply."I mean hell, he was going to find you and the others, and the very people he was hunting for got here before him."
"What? Are they still...?"Sam started, eyes darting about in all directions.
"No, they're not here."she cut him off before he could finish his query."Caleb came in, handed me the keys to your car, and also this envelope. He said to give them both to you when you came back, then left without another word."she added, handing the keys to Sam then placing the bulky envelope into Deans outstretched hand
The other two's eyes on him, Dean hesitated a moment before tearing the envelope open and pulling out a letter, which due to the floodlights illuminating the parking lot, he was able to read easily.
Whats up man? You can thank me later for the car, but I just wanted to let you know that if you squeal to the cops we've all agreed to pin her murder on you and kill your little cous while we're at it. He looks like such a tender piece of meat and we'd more than welcome the chance to taste him. So don't try anything stupid if you don't want him to die.
Later bro, Steve.
Just reading the threat, Dean started breathing heavily, his heart rate increasing, but seeing there was more to the note, he continued reading,
P.S How you feeling there buddy? Not so good I'm willing to bet, but being the kind-hearted man I am, I'm going to let you in on something very important. Once you drink of the blood, you have to eat or you'll die, so bon appetit my friend.
P.S.S Look in the envelope, we sent you a little souvenir.
"What is it? Whats it say?"Sam asked, concern on his face as he noticed his brothers now paled complexion and the sound of his heavy breathing.
Without answering, Dean reached into the bulky envelope once more and peered inside momentarily before slowly pulling out a small soft item from inside.
"Oh my god."Cass said breathlessly as she and Sam saw what he held in his hand.
An ear. It was an ear with a blue earring on it.
Dean held it for a second, then dropped it to the ground as strange dots of light danced across his eyes and a firey stabbing pain of agony tore through his upper torso.
Clutching his chest, he dropped to his knees and managed to say,"Oh god, Sam."before slumping to the ground, landing on his side.
"Dean!"Sam yelled as he and Cass both rushed to his side.
TBC
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