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The Scarsboro Terror

Chapter four

Seeing his brother injured snapped Sam out of his panic. He ran to Dean's side and grabbing him by his arms pulled him out of the mine. He spun around waiting for the creature to appear but for some reason it didn't follow them. Sam then leaned down and grabbed Dean under his shoulders and pulled him further away from the opening, then knelt down beside him.

"Dean…" He said as he gently touched his brother's face. "Oh God Dean I'm sorry…I'm so sorry…" He put his head down as tears ran down his face and dripped onto his brother's face. A horrible feeling of guilt swept over him as he realized his brother's injuries were because of him. Dean's eyelids fluttered and he slowly opened his eyes.

"Sammy …you okay?"

Sam could only nod. In truth he was heartbroken, he had let his brother down and now he was injured because of him. He carefully managed to get Dean over to the car and into the back seat, then sped to the hospital.

Later in Dean's hospital room

Dean was admitted to the hospital with three badly bruised ribs, a slight concussion and numerous cuts and bruises. That night he woke up off and on and could see Sam sitting next to him, his elbows on his knees, his face buried in his hands. He wanted to reach out and tell his brother that everything was okay that he understood his fear of spiders and knew that was what kept him from helping him and that he didn't blame him, and he didn't want him to blame himself. But the pain medication he was on made it impossible for him to speak clearly. He shut his eyes; he would have to tell him in the morning.

During the night Dean occasionally moaned in pain and called out for Sam in his sleep who would immediately grab Dean's hand and tell him everything was fine until he fell back to sleep. Then as the light crept in through the window Sam, satisfied that his brother was going to be alright, got up and left. He had to make things right.

The next morning

Dean woke up and noticed that Sam was no longer sitting next to him. Good he thought to himself he finally got out of the room for a while. When Sam wasn't back an hour later Dean winced in pain as he reached over and rang for a nurse. A few minutes later a nurse entered the room and walked over to the bed.

"Yes, may I help you?" She asked.

"I was just wondering if you knew where my brother was."

"I just came on duty at six….I'll check with one of the night nurses that's still here." She said as she left then came back a few minutes later. "She said your brother left early this morning."

"Left? You mean he's not in the hospital?" Dean immediately sensed something wasn't right. He knew Sam wouldn't leave him….unless…. "Could you ask the nurse that saw him leave if I could speak to her for a minute?"

"Sure."

A few minutes later the night nurse entered.

"You just caught me in time; I was leaving for the day." The nurse said smiling at him.

"The other nurse said you saw my brother leave."

"Yes I did, he looked upset."

"Did he say anything?"

"Your brother sat with you all night and kept asking me if you'd be alright. I assured him you would and then at daybreak he left."

"Did he say where he was going?"

"No, he just said to look after you….But he seemed really upset which surprised me because I told him you'd be fine."

Dean shut his eyes and took a deep breath; he knew where his brother was going.

"Damn it Sammy!" He said as he painfully sat up.

Earlier

Once Sam was sure Dean would be okay he knew what he had to do. He had to kill the thing that had hurt his brother. He had to prove to Dean that he wasn't a coward, and to himself. He walked to Dean's car and removed the equipment he thought he would need and shoved it into his duffle bag. He then patted the top of the car as he turned away from it and put his thumb out. He knew Dean loved his car and he wasn't about to take it. He'd hitch out to the park and destroy the creature even if he ended up dying along with it.

TBC