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Missing

Chapter eleven

"Dean you got to go…you got to go now!" Sam knew if Dean left right then he'd have at least a chance of making it.

Dean glanced out the window and could see the men approaching.

"Damn!" He continued working frantically on Sam's ropes.

"Dean you don't have time… you got to go!" Sam pleaded with him.

Dean knew their only hope was if they thought he had gotten away and went to look for him, then he'd have time to get Sam loose and out of the warehouse. If they made it out of the warehouse he didn't know what they would do, probably steal a car and get as far away from there as possible. He glanced out the window and saw the men were getting closer. He put his hand on Sam's shoulder and gave it a gentle reassuring squeeze.

"I won't be far." He said to Sam. He then went over and opened a window to make it look like he had escaped, then climbed on top of a bunch of crates and lay flat hoping they wouldn't spot him.

The men walked into the warehouse and immediately noticed Dean was missing. At first they argued amongst themselves then turned their attention to Sam.

"Where is he?" Rodriguez shouted in Sam's face.

"I don't know…I woke up and he was gone."

"Liar!" He backhanded Sam hard across his face snapping his head to the side. "Where is he!"

Sam said nothing as he looked back at Rodriguez as blood ran down his chin.

"This will make him talk." Rodriguez said as he picked up one of the wires that had been attached to the chair that Sam had been tied in earlier. He threw the switch on the wall and held the wire in front of Sam's face. "Where is he?"

Sam only shook his head as he braced himself for the pain to come.

Rodriguez then pressed the wire to Sam's stomach.

"Arghhhh!" Sam threw his head back and cried out as the current shot through his body.

Rodriguez pulled the wire away then continued shocking him over and over enjoying the pain he was inflicting.

"We can do this all night boy…. Now where is he!"

Dean squeezed his eyes shut as he listened to Sam's painful cries. He knew the current wasn't strong enough to do any real damage to Sam only cause him pain, but he also knew there was no way he could go to Sam's defense without either getting caught or killed and that wouldn't help Sam.

"Where is he?" Rodriguez screamed into Sam's face.

"I don't know….I passed out….and when I woke up he was gone."

Rodriguez reached up and touched the rope around Sam's wrist noticing that it was partially untied.

"Oh but he had time to stop and try to untie you. I think you do know where he is, and you're going to tell me." Rodriguez finished untying Sam's wrist then looked at one of his men. "Bring over that branch cutter."

The men walked away then returned with a pole which had a razor sharp circular device at the end used for trimming trees. A rope hung from the pole that when pulled snapped the circle shut cutting off the branch. Rodriguez held Sam's arm out in front of him and put his wrist through the circle.

"I'm asking you one more time and if you don't tell me what I want to hear, I'll have my man take your hand off. Now where is your friend?"

"Please…I'm telling you the truth ….I don't know. I woke up and he was gone….Please I swear I don't know." Sam's eyes were wide with fear as he looked at his wrist encircled by the device.

Dean knew he had to act, he had no choice. He dove off the crates and landed on two of the men. He then got up and spun around kicking them both in the stomach as they tried to stand sending their guns flying. He dove for one of the guns then spun around facing Rodriguez.

"Hold it!" Rodriguez yelled at Dean. "Or your friend loses his hand."

Dean froze the gun still in his hand.

"Drop it!"

Dean had no choice; he couldn't let them take off Sam's hand. He dropped the gun to the floor and was quickly grabbed by the other men. Rodriguez walked over to him and pointed his gun at his forehead.

"I'm getting tired of your interruptions. We don't need you, we have him." He pulled back the hammer of the gun.

"No! Don't!" Sam screamed, he knew Rodriguez would have no problem killing Dean in cold blood. He had seen him do it before.

"Oh so you don't want your buddy to die. Then I suggest you tell me where the CD is."

Dean gave his head a little shake trying to warn Sam not to talk but there was no way Sam was going to let his brother be shot right in front of him. He knew that once Rodriguez had the CD there would be no reason to keep them alive, but at least they would die together.

TBC