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The Cavern of Death

Chapter eight

Sam watched from below as Dean jumped onto the rope and quickly flung himself up and out of the hole. He could hear shouting coming from above and listened in fear as a single gunshot rang out.

"Dean!" Sam shouted as he started climbing up the rocks. He hadn't realized how weak he really was until he was about a third of the way up and had to stop to catch his breath. His stomach burned with pain and he could tell he had started bleeding again, but he couldn't stop, Dean might need him. Then suddenly a body came flying down through the hole. Sam looked down and breathed a sigh of relief when he realized it wasn't his brother. He could still hear the sound of a fight going on above him as another body came sailing past him. This time he shut his eyes not wanting to look.

"It's not him!" One of the men at the bottom shouted up to him.

"Oh thank God." Sam left out the breath he hadn't realized he had been holding. Two down only one more up there with his brother unless….unless there were more then three involved in this. Sam could see up through the hole and watched as two bodies kept rolling close to the edge of it. Then suddenly the worse possible thing happened, another gun shot and the rope fell useless into the cave. Now there would be no getting out unless Dean could overpower the last man and find another rope. Then suddenly everything became quiet above.

"Dean?" When his brother didn't immediately answer Sam became alarmed. "Dean!" Finally Dean's face appeared above the hole. "You okay?" Sam asked.

Dean nodded as he tried to catch his breath. He was free, but his brother and the others were still in danger. And now with the rope lying on the floor of the cave there was no way to get anyone else out. Dean looked down at his brother and could see sweat glistening off of his face from the attempted climb.

"I thought I told you to stay off these rocks." Dean could also see that Sam had started bleeding again.

"I thought you might need some help."

"What, you didn't have any confidence in your big bro?" Dean grinned trying to make light of the situation. In truth he was worried. Two of the men lay unconscious in the cave with his brother. But more worrisome was the knowledge that the creature could soon start looking for another victim, and Dean knew that with him not down there to protect his brother those men could once more try to get the creature to take Sam instead of them. Dean leaned as far into the hole as he could and dropped a shotgun down to Sam, then tossed in some extra shells. He didn't know if it would work on the thing, but maybe it would keep the men away from Sam till he got back. "I still have one of them up here and I have an idea, but I'll be gone for a few hours." As much as it worried him to leave Sam he knew he had to. He was of no help to him unless he had some way to get him out of there. "Sam you watch your back till I get back."

"I will….just hurry."

Dean blinked back tears as he took one last look at his brother then stood up. He grabbed the man that was lying on the ground next to him by his collar and pulled him up.

"You're going to take me back to the bar where my car is and then I have something else I need you to pick up for me." The man turned away from Dean, who quickly grabbed him by the shoulder and angrily spun him around to face him. "Listen jerk, my brother is still down there and if anything happens to him ….you're dead. So I suggest you do what I say."

One look at Dean's face and the man knew he wasn't kidding. Dean then put the gun at the man's back.

"You hang in there Sammy I'll be back as soon as I can." He called over his shoulder as he forced the man to the truck. It was the hardest thing he had to do, to walk away from his brother knowing he was leaving him with that creature and with men who wouldn't hesitate to turn on him to save themselves, but he knew he had no choice.

"Take me back to the bar." He ordered the man. "And if you try anything funny it will be the last thing you try." He could only hope the man was scared enough and wouldn't try to pull anything since he had no idea where he was or in which direction the bar was.

The Cave

Sam climbed back down the rocks and knelt next to the two men who had been thrown into the cave. He had no idea how hurt they were and didn't really care after what they had put these other men through. He and one of the men tied them up with the rope that had fallen down. They couldn't afford to take the chance that they might wake up and cause trouble. Now all they could do was wait and hope Dean got back before the creature woke up and came looking for another meal.

TBC