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The Scarsboro Terror

Chapter three

"A spider's web?" Sam swallowed hard. "If it's a spider it must be gigantic." He leaned over and looked closely at the sample.

"Well I'm not saying that's what it is but that's what it looks like." Dean reached out and was about to touch it.

"Do you think you should do that?" Sam reached out and grabbed Dean's hand.

"Maybe you're right." Dean used a piece of his jacket and touched the tip of it to the substance. It immediately stuck to it as he pulled it away. He then quickly wiped it off on the twig. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what it is." He looked at his brother. "You okay about that?" He asked. Dean knew Sam had a phobia about spiders. When he was young he had fallen into a pit of spiders and when they found him hours later he was covered in them and had gone into shock. He could control the fear most of the time but occasionally he would become frozen with it when confronting them.

Sam could feel his heart start to pound, but he hid his fear from his brother.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"You positive?"

"Dean, I'm fine." He said looking his brother in the eyes trying to convince him.

"Okay…Well I say we get back in these caves and continue looking."

"Okay." Sam tossed the twig back on the ground. He quickly turned from his brother not wanting him to see the fear in his eyes, but Dean didn't miss it.

"Listen Sam, you sure you're okay with this?"

"I'm fine, let's go."

"Look….I know how you feel about spiders….I can do this alone." Dean knew about phobias, he had his own fear of flying and knew that even though you'd try to fight it, it never really left you.

"Dean, I said I'm fine. Now let's go find this thing."

Dean watched his brother walk away. He knew Sam was embarrassed about his fear and tried to cover it up. He looked down and shook his head slightly as he hurried to catch up with him.

Later

They drove for about five minutes till they came to the next mine then they grabbed their equipment and headed into it. They searched for about an hour for any signs that something had recently been in it but saw none. They were just about to leave when Dean saw a slight movement behind Sam.

"Sammy…" He tried to keep his voice calm, not wanting to alarm his brother.

"What!" Sam could tell by Dean's expression that he saw something and it wasn't good.

"Don't make any sudden movements…just….slowly walk over here."

Sam swallowed the lump in his throat and fought the instinct to run. He started slowly walking toward Dean but was suddenly stopped when a web like substance spread out around his feet gluing him to the floor. He looked over at his brother his eyes wide. Dean reacted immediately. He jumped toward Sam and grabbed his arm then pulled as hard as he could as the web began to spread over Sam's shoes.

"Dean get out of here!" Sam yelled not wanting Dean to also be caught in the substance. But there was no way Dean was going to leave his brother. He continued pulling but then his eyes widened in horror as he saw the creature crawl out from a narrow crevice in the wall and stand up behind Sam. The thing was over nine feet tall with eight claw like arms, four on each side. Its face was a combination of human and spider and its body boney, with small pin like hairs covering it. Dean used all the strength he could muster and finally managed to pull Sam off the web. The thing then lashed out at Dean throwing him hard against the wall of the cave and he grunted in pain as he slid to the ground. The creature then began advancing slowly toward him. Sam now free spun around and got his first look at the thing, his face clearly showed the terror he felt. His worse nightmare had come true.

"Sam get the flame thrower!" Dean yelled over to Sam but he was frozen with fear unable to move. "Sammy!" Dean shouted again as the creature lashed out at him with one of its arms. The claw slashed through his shirt cutting his chest. "Sammy!" Dean screamed trying to get through to his brother.

Sam finally snapped out of his trance and reached for the flame thrower but right before he could light it he glanced down at himself and cried out in horror. Hundreds of small spiders covered him. He began frantically swatting at them, his phobia of spiders sending him into a full blown panic. He dropped the flame thrower; his only concern at the moment was to rid himself of the creatures.

"Sammy!" Dean cried out again. He could see what was happening. He had seen his brother freak out before after he had fallen into the pit of spiders when he was a kid. And now he was watching it again, but this time if he didn't snap out of it both of them would most likely die. "Sammy snap out of it!" Dean yelled when the creature was almost on top of him. This time the thing picked Dean up by his leg and hurled him toward the opening of the cave. The last thing he remembered was the look on his brother's face. "Sammy…." He managed to get out before giving into the darkness.

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