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Cavern of Death

Chapter five

As Dean and Sam made their way to the passage way they looked around for any possible way out of the cave.

"The only thing I can see is to make my way up to that ledge and wait till they push that rock away." He pointed to a small ledge right below the hole in the ceiling. "Then as soon as they lower someone down I jump on the rope and get out of that hole before they realize what's going on." Dean said.

"Good idea but we could sit up there for days….How do we know when they'll be bringing someone back?"

"We don't…. and I said I not we." Sam looked at him confused so he added. "I'm going up there, not you."

"Hey wait a minute….I'm not letting you go up there by yourself, you're going to need help."

"Sam, there's no way I'm letting you climb up those rocks, not with the way you're bleeding. You'll pass out before you make it up. It's better if I just go."

"No way, it's too dangerous….Dean, there's three guys up there with guns."

"Good, then the odds are in my favor." Dean grinned.

"It's not funny Dean, you're going to get yourself killed."

"Well college boy, what bright idea do you have?" Sam thought for awhile but couldn't come up with anything better. "Well then it's settled. We do it my way."

They then got down on their knees and crawled through the small opening but once through they emerged into a large cavern. This cavern was also somehow glowing with light.

"Where do you think the light comes from?" Dean asked as he rubbed his fingers on the wall then pulled them away looking at them as they too left off a slight glow.

"Seems like it's coated in some kind of fluorescent material." Sam said as he too touched the walls.

They looked around the cavern and finally spotted the creature, it appeared to be sleeping. They carefully moved closer, neither one wanting to become its next meal. Sam wrinkled up his face in disgust as he pointed to the skeletal remains of its last victim still visible inside the creature.

"What the hell is that thing?" Sam glanced over at his brother. The creature appeared to be a mass of reddish jelly like material. "Do you think it might be alien?"

"I don't know… either that or some kind of life force that was never discovered before here on earth."

"Well whatever it is it looks like it's soon going to be ready for another feeding."

"I wish we had our salt guns. You know a jelly like body might just dissolve with salt, sort of like a snail. You put salt on a snail and…poof it's gone."

"How do we know for sure salt will work on something like this?"

"Well we don't know that it won't."

"True."

"I say once I get out of here I get the salt gun and flame thrower and send that thing straight back to hell or wherever it came from."

"You mean if you get out. And we don't even know where we are, so you're going to have to make one of those jerks take you back to your car."

"Don't worry bro….I'm getting out and I'm getting back to the car…then I'm going to do what I do best."

"Which is?"

"Saving your sorry ass." Dean grinned over at Sam and tried to keep the worry from his face when he saw the blood stain on the front of his brother's shirt was slowly growing larger.

They then headed back to the group of men who were gathered around talking to each other. When they neared them they were met by strange looks.

"Hey, what's going on?" Dean asked as they walked over.

"We were just talking….That thing is going to be coming in here soon and we decided since we're all healthy and he's injured…" The man nodded toward Sam. "It only makes sense that he should be the one that goes next."

"Hey wait a minute! No one's turning my brother into that thing's lunch!" Dean stepped toward the man.

"There are five of us and two of you, and he's injured. Majority rules, if that thing comes in here…."

"Now hold on a minute! You touch him and I'll take all of you on."

"You can't fight five people."

"Try me." Dean glared at them then grabbed Sam's arm and pulled him away from the men. Sam sat down on a rock his hand pressed hard over his still bleeding wound.

"What are we going to do?" Sam asked. Dean could see a hint of fear on Sam's face. He knew with his fight training it would be fairly easy for him to defend Sam but he also knew these people were scared to death and only trying to protect themselves and he didn't want to hurt them, but he would if they touched his brother.

"I don't know, but don't worry I'm not letting them touch you."

"Maybe they're right."

"What!"

"If I don't soon stop bleeding I'm going to be of no use to anyone."

"Sammy there's no way I'm letting that thing touch you."

"You're not going to be able to stop it and if it comes for me I don't want you to." Sam didn't want to die but more important he didn't want Dean to die trying to protect him.

"Damn it Sammy I'm not going to sit here and…." Dean saw Sam's eyes widen and he turned to see what he was looking at. The creature was slowly squeezing its way through the narrow opening and into their cave looking for its next meal.

TBC