The night played out just as in Sam's dream, but with subtle changes such as when Sam avoided the rotted middle of the floor so as not to suffer the painful shock of falling through a floor. Sam was far more reserved and quiet than the Sam of his dream; laughing and joking with Dean- but there was no joking now. Sam was deep in his thoughts and Dean, conscious of Sam's mood kept silent as well. Sam had made up his mind to save Dean. So when the room burst into flames and Dean motioned towards the fire escape and began to run, Sam ran after him, completely decisive of his course of action. Stretching as if in slow motion, Sam pushed Dean out the window just as Dean has pushed him in his dream. Dean crashed through the window and landed awkwardly on the platform. Sam turned to face the flaming ghost and flinched in preparation for the fall he knew lay before him. The explosion was deafening and then Sam felt himself falling, he hit the window and it shattered and suddenly he was flying, flying through the air and…
"Gotcha," came the grunt as Sam looked up startled to find Dean hanging off the fire escape with his hand firmly grasping his own.
Dean carefully pulled Sam up onto the fire escape and then sat back exhausted replied "What were you doing tryin' to be the hero? You know that's my role."
Sam stunned and sitting next to Dean, slowly shook his head and smiled. "Okay, I'll keep that in mind for next time."
"Well c'mon," Dean groaned as he pushed himself to his feet and stretched his hand out to help Sam.
Sam grabbed Dean's hand and realized that it was alright. Dean was alive. They both were alive. Grinning with the thought Sam walked beside Dean back towards the Impala.
"So, what about the ghost? We didn't really get rid of her…" Sam questioned thoughtfully.
"Well, actually when you were flying out the window, I saw her fly out too. I think that all she really wanted was to be free. And I guess breaking the window freed her." Dean slowly replied.
"Well I for one am glad. I've had enough fire and ghosts for one day," Sam happily asserted while walking to the passenger-side door.
"Yeah, me too," Dean muttered with a strange look spreading over his face.
"Dean?" Sam asked anxiously, walking over to his all-too pale brother who was holding the door for support. "Are you okay?"
And then Dean fell.
"Dean!" Sam yelled as he lunged to catch his brother. "Dean, talk to me," Sam ordered as he half-held his brother and sunk to the ground.
"Shit…" Dean managed as his hands groped at his jacket.
"Dean? What… Oh my god…" Sam gasped as he watched Dean's hands pull back his jacket to reveal a massive shard of glass buried halfway in his abdomen. There was blood everywhere and Sam felt the release of tears sting his eyes.
"How did that get there…?" Dean murmured as his eyelids fluttered and he gave-in to black.
"Dean…? No… okay… c'mon… talk to me… you're gonna be okay…" Sam frantically babbled as he reached for his cell phone and frantically dialed 911.
"Hello? Please send an ambulance… I'm at the State Hospital grounds… my brother, he's really hurt… umm, there's glass… he's bleeding… please hurry…"
…please…hurry…
…please…
Sam gasped for air as sobs wracked his body. He laid his head back against the car and rubbed his forehead with his bloody hand. Dean's blood. Everywhere. He heard sirens in the distance. The ambulance was almost here. He found himself relaying this information to Dean, but Dean couldn't hear him. "Because Dean's dead," a voice in his head told him but he refused to believe it. He could still feel Dean's chest rising and falling beneath his hand that kept as much pressure on the wound as possible. Dean was breathing. He was still alive. He was okay.
But for how long?
Sorry, lol… I'm hurtin Dean again, but I promise it'll all be good in the end. Comments, thoughts are appreciated as always. Oh and by the way, the song at the beginning of Chapter One is actually from the musical Sweeney Todd, it's called "Not While I'm Around." It's a good song and I thought it really exemplified the brother's relationship. So check it out!