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Carnival of Death

Chapter eight

Dean was heading toward the boss's trailer when Janice walked over to him.

"Hi." He smiled at her thinking it was odd that Janice, knowing how jealous Jack was, would even talk to him.

"Hi." She smiled back shyly. "I was wondering if you saw Jack around. He always comes and walks me to the food tent but he didn't show up."

"No, I didn't see him for awhile." Dean lied, covering up for himself, he wondered if maybe he might have hit Jack a little too hard.

"Oh, okay, I thought maybe you might have seen him at the food tent."

"I wasn't there. My brother wasn't feeling well and I was back at the trailer with him. I was just on my way to tell the boss that he won't be able to finish his shift today."

Janice looked up and down the runway obviously worried.

"It's not like him not to show up."

"Well, I'll tell you what…I'll keep an eye out for him and tell him you're looking for him."

"No, don't do that. He'll get mad if he knew I was talking to anyone, especially about him."

"Well then how 'bout if I see him I'll tell you where and you can go track him down."

"I'd appreciate that, thanks."

Dean waited till Janice walked away then snuck back to the storage shed. He slowly opened the door hoping he wasn't going to find Jack's body inside. He knew he had been pissed off when he fought with him, but didn't think he had hit him hard enough to kill him. He breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't find him. But if Jack was missing where was he? He dialed Sam's number.

"Yeah." Sam answered.

"How are you feeling?"

"I've been better, what's up?"

"Jack seems to be missing for the moment. I don't think he'd have the balls to come after you again but….just watch your back. And if he does show up, call me. You're in no condition to get into another fight with that idiot."

"You better watch your back too Dean. You're the one that smacked him around, he only used me for target practice."

"Yeah, but he was going to snap your gonads off, he might come back to collect them." Dean smiled to himself when he heard his brother shift uneasily over the phone.

"Just let me know when you find him okay?"

"You got it. I'll check back with you later."

Dean stopped at the boss's trailer and reported Sam off then headed to his station as he kept his eyes open for Jack. He checked in with Sam every fifteen minutes and was glad to hear that each time he checked Sam sounded stronger.

Later

At the end of his shift Dean walked around the entire carnival, Jack was gone, no one had seen him. He went back to the storage shed and carefully checked the area. He knelt down at the last place he had seen Jack and could see footprints leaving the shed. He knew both he and Sam had sneakers on but the footprints were made by a work boot, the same kind Jack had been wearing. Well that at least meant that Jack had walked out of the shed by himself. Dean followed the prints which led to the back of the mirror house, the same place where he had found Sam's cell phone; the place where Jack must have jumped him.

Dean walked up to the back entrance of the house, but didn't enter. He always had a thing about House of Mirrors, he hated them. When he and Sam were kids their dad had taken them to a carnival as a rare treat. He and Sam had gone into a mirror house and had become separated. He still remembered that claustrophobic feeling he had when he became trapped and couldn't find his way out. He could see Sam's reflection in the mirror but couldn't get to him. He could only watch in horror as a man took Sam's hand and started leading him away. He knew all about the rash of child kidnappings going on in the country and it had terrified him that this man might take his brother and he'd never see him again. But somehow Sam had gotten away from the man and found Dean and led him out of the house. He never went in another one after that.

If Jack was in there, what was he doing? Was he planning on waiting in there till Sam came back to work? Was he going to go after his brother again? Dean stepped slightly into the house but kept his hand on the outside wall.

"Jack I know you're in here." He yelled into the house but was only met by silence.

"You leave my brother alone or I swear I'll kill you." Still nothing. Dean turned to leave but a movement in one of the mirrors startled him. He could have sworn he saw a figure in one of the mirrors watching him but as he tried to get a better look it vanished. Dean hurried back down the steps, all his childhood fears about the mirror house coming back to him. He backed away keeping his eyes on the house. It was probably just my imagination Dean thought as he turned and headed back to the trailer.

TBC