Dangerous Beings.

Summary... Sam finds out the hard way that supernatural beings aren't the worst things out there. Sam's 13, Dean 17. Rated T. This fic does have child abuse, but it wont be graphic. If you don't like please don't read.

Disclaimer... Not mine, don't own them, just playing with them for a little bit.

A.N... Was going to make you wait until Thursday for an update, but luckily for you all I'll be too busy tomorrow so you're getting the post a day early, so hope you enjoy and here's chapter 5.

Chapter 5. Guilty feelings and dashed hopes.

Doors crashing open behind him had Officer Vose turning around. Two disheveled men had just entered the hospital, rushing up to the reception desk they had proceeded to bark out questions at the young girl behind.

"Where's my brother? Where's my son? They said he was here. I want to see my son now."

Walking towards them he noticed the strength and love that emanated from them, secretly hoping that this was the poor boys family and praying that that love and strength would be enough to help him, George spoke up.

"Excuse me, are you Dean?"

"Yeah, this is my dad, John. Have you found my brother? Have you found Sammy?" Dean's heart was thumping in his chest so hard he feared it would burst through.

"Possibly, we don't know. We need you to look and see if you can identify him."

"What do you mean, you don't know?" John shouted.

"I'm sorry but the child was severely beaten. We couldn't recognize him enough from the flyer we found." George replied, as a doctor and nurse approached. Looking straight at the officer the doctor spoke.

"Officer, are the relatives here yet?" George pointed at Dean and John.

"My name is Dr. Walsh. We really need to rush the child to surgery, he's being prepped as we speak so I can't allow you to see him, but does he have any distinguishing marks or scars that would help identify him?" He asked.

Dean answered quickly. "He had his appendix out and he broke his elbow, both of which he has scars for. He also has a birthmark at the top of his left leg."

"Nurse, go and check please." Dr. Walsh stated. The nurse rushed off leaving the four men in an awkward silence, she was back within minutes, her quiet nod sending Dean crashing to the floor.

"I'm sorry, but I really need to rush. Does your son, Sam right? Does Sam have any allergies and do you know his blood type?"

John answered this time. "No allergies and type O."

"Again I'm really sorry; I need to get prepped also. I'll come see you after the surgery." The doctor hurriedly spoke before leaving.

John turned to his son. "C'mon Dean, Sam will be okay, we have to be strong for him now." John looked at the officer and was saddened when the man wouldn't look him in the eye. "What the matter? What aren't you telling us?"

"Look as I said your son was severely beaten." George didn't know how to tell the rest. Taking a deep breath, he forced the words out. "But we also suspect your son, brother, has been sexually assaulted. Obviously I'm not a doctor so we wont be sure until he's been thoroughly examined." George's words were too much for Dean staggering to his feet he rushed from the hospital.

"But you don't know for sure?" John asked hopefully, rubbing his hands wearily across his face. Not wanting to give false hope George stayed quiet.

Hours passed and there was no word from the doctors. Dean had returned but wouldn't speak or even look at his father, or the police officer who had refused to leave. John was lightly sleeping, Dean just staring into space when Dr. Walsh finally returned.

"If you would care to follow me, I think it would be best if we talk in private. Officer I'll be with you shortly." He quickly acknowledged George before leading the two Winchesters into a private waiting room, waiting for them both to sit down before starting." Firstly Sam made it through the surgery fine, he's resting and sedated now, his condition is stable. Once we've talked I'll have a nurse come and take you up to him."

"What's wrong with him? What was the surgery for?" John couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know how much you've been told." Seeing the blank look on John and Dean's faces, he knew he had the hard task of telling them everything. "Sam came in to us severely beaten, he has several fractures to the face namely his nose and both cheekbones, his right eye is swollen shut and until it lessons we won't know for sure if there's any damage to the sight. His body is covered in bruises, judging by the color, they appear to be of various ages, there are also wounds we believe to have been caused be cigarette burns, and burns around his wrists and ankles that would suggest he was tied up at some stage, probably with rope."

Looking at the doctor both men knew there was worst to come.

"There is swelling and bruising of the spine which at the moment we're not overly concerned about, also 4 broken ribs, again these don't concern us. We were concerned about stomach damage due to the amount of bruising but tests have come back clear. The fingers on his left hand have been broken; it appears that they were mending but re-broken. The surgery to repair them went well, and with time and physical therapy he should retain full movement of them. Sam's left leg was a cause for concern, the break wasn't a clean one and with it being left untreated it has become infected rather badly. We've re-broken and set it using metal pins, because of the extent of the infection and open wound the leg is being help by a frame rather than in a cast for the time being. Again with time it should heal to its normal strength, although Sam might have a slight limp from now on. Your son is severely malnourished and dehydrated, his body has lost approximately half its weight, and this is being treated via an I.V. He has a fever of a 103.9, this is also being treated by I.V. We will be keeping a close eye on this and hopefully it should start to drop later today."

Hearing the doctor stop talking, John breathed out a sigh of relief only to have his next breath catch in his throat as the doctor resumed his assessment.

"Unfortunately tests prove that there has been sexual abuse, most likely repeatedly. When Sam is more aware, we will assign him a counselor. We've tested him for STD's and aids, the STD's came back clear, the results for the aids have been rushed and should be back within the week. He has also been repeatedly shot with drugs, with what we don't know yet, results should be back by tomorrow." The doctor paused to look at both men, the father stony faced his emotions deeply hidden, the brother the exact opposite, pain, anguish and what the doctor thought was a hint of guilt, written all over his face." It's going to be an extremely long road to recovery. Sam is going to need all your help, support and especially your love to get him through this, and I'm sorry to say but even that might not be enough." Both men looked up at this. "I won't beat around the bush. It's all down to Sam if he doesn't want the help, if he doesn't want to get better, then there's not a great deal any of us can do. You have to persuade Sam that there's still lots to live for, that there's still good in this world, that he's still loved and wanted and that's going to be the hardest step. I'm sorry; I'll leave you alone for a few minutes. Melanie, Sam's nurse will come get you so you can go up and see him. Please be aware that your son doesn't look good, he is heavily sedated to help his body recover, so he wont be awake any time soon, he's also in soft restraints, both to stop him hurting himself and others, he became quite distressed before surgery, yet another reason for the sedative. I need to go talk to the officer but if you have any questions, please feel free to have me paged day or night, I've requested to be informed of any changes in Sam's recovery, so I'll always be available." Shaking both men's hands the doctor left the small family of the child. The child that had touched the man's heart, and who he prayed had the strength to recover.

John looked at his eldest son once the doctor had left, although the words the doctor had said had hurt him, Dean had been devastated by them. One look at his son's face told him the guilt Dean had been feeling had now multiplied ten fold.

"Son, I know you feel responsible and guilty, but you shouldn't. Sam was old enough to go on his own." John didn't get to finish as Dean's anger bubbled over.

"You have know idea how I'm feeling, and don't for one minute start blaming Sammy. He was my responsibility, I was supposed to look after him, It was my only job. I should have gone with him. I let him be taken because I wanted to play a stupid game. I put a game before my brother, dad. Sam was taken and used as a toy, as a punching bag, for someone's perverted pleasure. He was taken on my watch, dad. So tell me how could you possibly know how I'm feeling?"

Further debate was cut short when Sam's nurse came in.

"Hi, I'm Melanie; I'll be Sam's night time nurse. If you'd like to follow me, I'll take you up to his room."

Both men got up and slowly followed the nurse from the room, both unsure they wanted to see what had become of the youngest Winchester, while at the same time eager to see the boy who was the heart and soul of their family. Both secretly hoping that the heart wasn't too broken to be fixed.

A.N... This chapter felt like a bit of a filler in to me, although I think it's one of my better chapters, but what do you think? Let me know. And don't worry Sammy's back next chapter when the road to recovery begins. As always thanks for reading and reviewing, Peanut x