Here's the next chapter. Enjoy :)
Kili chased after his brother, almost slipping several times on wet leaves. A few strides later, his foot got caught on a branch on the floor. He flung his arms out, just about managing to grab hold of the trunk of a smaller tree before hitting the floor. He untangled his foot and kept running, skidding to a halt just before he crashed into Fili, who had stopped in the middle of the path, out of breath and staring into the trees.
"That guy runs like a freaking moose," Fili panted.
"Where'd he go?" Kili asked, looking into the trees, "Not that far surely."
Fili pointed in to a clear path where Sam had stumbled through the trees.
"Well that's vague," Kili frowned, "Did he follow the path or just... go that way?"
"About that," Fili dragged his boot across the leaves in front of them.
Where there should have been a path, there was just more mud and grass. Kili sighed. He turned around, trying to see where the path had stopped.
"Probably a mile back," Fili told him, reading his mind.
"Now what?" Kili asked.
Fili pursed his lips and looked back to where Sam had gone, "Go that way?"
Kili shrugged as Fili began picking his way through the trees. Kili sighed and followed his brother.
Sam stopped, his lungs burning. He spun around, immediately regretting it. He steadied himself against a tree, feeling his eyelids getting heavy.
"Dean!" he yelled one more time.
He didn't hear the reply. He slid down the tree, black dots clouding his vision. His eyes closed as he fell sideways. He was unconscious by the time he hit the ground.
"Sammy!" Dean yelled.
When he didn't hear a reply, he feared he had imagined the whole thing and that he was still wondering through the forest aimlessly. He was about to call out again but stopped as his gaze landed on a shape on the floor. His stomach lurched as he ran over to the figure. His insides knotted when he recognised his brother's unconscious form on the ground.
"Sam!" he skidded to his knees and began shaking his brother, "Hey! Dammit Sam,"
He gently hit his brother's face, wincing when he noticed how cold he was. He frowned, seeing the knife next to Sam's hand and knowing it wasn't one of theirs. He felt the soaked fabric of the coat Sam was wearing and swore.
"Hey!"
Dean froze when he heard the voice. His eyes moved to the knife on the ground.
"Who are you?" the voice demanded, "What are you doing?"
Dean turned his head to look at the person, "I'm his brother. And you are?"
"You're Dean? I'm Fili. This is my brother Kili."
Dean turned back to Sam, not caring for introductions. He listened to his breathing and swore again before gently rolling him onto his back. Dean felt Fili and Kili staring at him as he performed CPR. He rolled his eyes and continued for a little longer before checking his breathing again. Dean almost smiled when he saw Sam's eyelids fluttering.
"Come on Sammy," he muttered, resisting the urge to just shake him until he woke up.
Sam moaned a little before his eyes cracked open slightly. He frowned at his brother and tried to get up.
"Whoa!" Dean grabbed Sam's shoulders, holding him in place and noticing exactly how soaked the coat was. He sat back and shrugged one of his layers off, "Take the coat off Sammy,"
Dean sighed as he helped his brother peel the coat off, knowing the other two were still standing there watching. He handed Sam the other shirt and began helping him into it.
"You two can start a fire, right?" he asked, hoping not everything would be as drenched as the coat, "Cause we could really do with one,"
"Yeah," Kili smiled, glad they wouldn't just be standing around doing nothing, "We can do that."
"Don't go too far!" Fili yelled as his brother practically sprinted to find something to start a fire with, "Kili!"
Dean smiled as he heard Fili running after his brother.
"Wha?" Sam muttered, forcing himself to keep his eyes open.
"Little brothers are overrated," Dean replied, "More trouble than you're worth if you ask me,"
Sam mumbled something incoherent but Dean could imagine what he was saying. He looked into the forest to see Fili and Kili snapping pieces of dry bark from trees. He turned back to his brother to find see his eyelids were drooping. Dean made a silent prayer to Cas, knowing the odds of the angel hearing it were stacked against him.
"Just hang in there, Sammy," Dean put his hand on his brother's shoulder, "Please,"
So there's the new chapter. Thinking about bringing Cas into play, let me know what you think. As always, feel free to leave a review and thanks for reading :) X
