Oh where, Oh where has your big brother gone?

Disclaimer: as per the first chapter, nothing changes much anyway!

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Author's note: Sorry for not posting sooner, this fever has taken longer than usual to get over, sigh but the boys wouldn't leave me alone until I got some of it down, so here tis...

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CHAPTER 26

Decebal watched Dean pacing his room, his pet seemed to be getting restless even though Decebal gave him every luxury the demon could think of and yet he still acted like a prisoner.

'Dean, Dean, Dean what am I to do with you?' Decebal sighed as he appeared in the bedroom draped over the bed.

'What do you think?' Dean snarled annoyed with the intrusion and where it was. 'Let me go and then I'll be happy.'

'Ah but remember our little bargain Dean, you for them, as long as you stay here with me I will leave Sam and John alone.'

'How do I know you haven't already killed them?'

'Would I do that to you?' Decebal laughed, 'don't answer that ... they are both fine and are patients at the hospital, both are also doing extremely well but it does seem that dear Samuel is still blind.'

'You're making it all up just to annoy me.'

'Oh my dear boy you are paranoid aren't you.' Decebal laughed, 'come I can show you I am not lying.' The bedroom door opened of its own accord and Decebal floated out of the room not waiting to see if Dean followed him or not, he knew his pet well.

In the next room Dean found himself standing in the middle of a well established surveillance area, one wall lined with computer monitors showing different scenes, buildings both interiors and exteriors.

'And you call me paranoid.' Dean breathed when he saw the advanced technical equipment.

'It has its uses, now if you would direct your attention to the monitors in front of you.' Decebal said as he waved his hands, the screen flickered, and gradually the images solidified. Stunned Dean watched the scene unfolding on the small screen, he could see Sam lying in a hospital bed attached to various machines and drips, one obviously was a bag of blood transfusing him. His baby brother looked so pale and fragile in the bed; he moaned and started to thrash about as another nightmare gripped him, even in hospital the night terrors never eased for Sam.

The monitor flickered and another angle of the room came into focus and Dean could see his father sleeping in a wheelchair his broken arm encased in a white cast. 'How, how do I know that these are real and not just something you conjured up?'

'Keep watching Dean, this is real time.' Decebal said quietly watching all of Dean's reactions, as he moved closer to the monitors and reached out a hand to touch the screen, as though he tried to connect to his brother through the glass. Such brotherly love ... so sickening.

Dean watched the screens and soon forgot Decebal's presence, as Sam woke up with a fright, his sightless eyes darting around the room as though he could see. 'Dean?' His voice barely audible to Dean through the speakers. Without thinking, he flicked the volume up a couple of notches and sank down onto a chair, his heart throbbing painfully in his chest.

John appeared next to Sam's bed, trying to console the youngest of the Winchester clan, but he was becoming inconsolable as he refused to listen to whatever John was saying. 'Why can't I hear Dad?' He asked without turning around.

'Makes it more fun this way.'

'Jerk.' Dean muttered, 'fucking jerk.'

'Language Dean, do you want me to cut your viewing privileges?'

'What do you want now Decebal?'

'Such cynicism in one so young.' The demon sighed, 'if you wish I can make the monitors available to you in your room to watch at anytime, as long as you no longer resist me and accept your fate. The more you accept it the more rewards you will receive.'

'What is my fate according to you?' Dean asked still unable to take his eyes away from his family.

'I chose you Dean, I could have had your brother and his delectable psychic abilities, perfect to train but unfortunately he suffered the mishap with his eyes. Although I have always preferred you Dean, even when you were younger you were tenacious, what you wanted you got no matter how much you had to fight. The way you protect your brother and play the diplomat with him and your father. Your undying loyalty it gets me right here.' Decebal placed a hand on his chest and gave a mock sob, 'I like you Dean and want you to like me.'

'Yeah and it rains in hell, what is really going on?' Dean demanded, 'you have so far sent me and my family to the brink of death and or insanity over the last few months, played games with us and ... and what you did to Sam, I will kill you as soon as I get the chance, raise you up and kill you again.'

'Ah now that's the Dean I wanted the fire in your belly Dean, willing to fight for what you want yet?'

'Fuck you.'

'Yes please.' Decebal laughed, 'let me leave you here for a while to bond with your ... TV ... family.' His laugh lingered as he disappeared leaving Dean locked in the room to watch Sam's hospital room unable to contact anyone, unable to do anything but watch.

Dean sat back in the chair and scrubbed his face with his hands as he watched his brother and father start to argue once again.

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'Sam you're not listening.'

'No Dad I am listening I am not agreeing.' Sam snapped, 'there has to be another way.'

'You heard the doctor Sam; you need an eye operation if you want to regain your sight.'

'Dad all I want to do is get outta here and go find Dean.' Sam said trying to reign in his temper, his head ached enough without adding to the tension.

'I know Son, but ... if this can give you your sight back then wouldn't it be worth it?'

'The doc said that it might come back on its own.'

'Sam he said it was also very, very low odds that it would happen and it could take months.'

'But ...'

'Sammy I know how you feel about Dean, I do to but you have to think of yourself as well. When you can see again we will find Dean together.'

'What if the operation doesn't work? There's only an eighty percent chance of success, what if I never see again?' Sam's voice broke as he felt the enormity of the situation weighing on him even more. 'What did he do to me Dad? Why take my sight?'

'I honestly don't know Son, but we're gonna get through this.'

'Dad ... I want you to ... go find Dean without me.'

'What?'

'You said that they are releasing you tomorrow? So go, don't hang around here for me go and get Dean back.'

'I am not going to leave you alone Sam.'

'Hey it's not like I can see you at the moment anyway.'

'Sam.'

'Please Dad, I'll agree to stay here if and only if you promise to go and find Dean.'

'You are so much like your mother sometimes.' John said shaking his head he took his son's hand in his own, 'alright as long as you stay put and no more attempts to leave on your own then I will start looking for him.'

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'Sammy.' Dean whispered as he sat back and watched his father slowly and painfully make his way out of the room in search of the nurse to relay Sam's agreement to the surgery. 'Fuck Sam I wish I could be there for you.'

'Dean?' Sam spoke aloud tilting his head slightly as though he listened for his brother's voice, 'Dean?'

'Sam?' Dean sat up and took another look at the console in front of him, 'Sam can you hear me?' He flicked a couple of switches and stared at the monitor, using a dial he could change the direction taking in more of the room, 'hang in there Sammy I'm trying, just no techno geek like you.' A small light started to shine above one of the switches he turned on. He cleared his voice and tried again, 'Sam can you hear me?'

'Dean? Okay I am officially going insane.' Sam announced as he sank back down on his pillows, 'hearing voices.'

'Nope Dude pay attention you are not hearing voices.'

'Where are you then?'

'Fuck should I know? Okay Decebal has cameras set up in your hospital room, if I behave then this is a reward, I don't think he realised that the microphones are working.'

'It's so good to hear your voice Man.'

'Same here, so why were you fighting with Dad over your surgery?'

'You heard that?'

'Yeah ... ah shit someone's coming Sam, I am gonna have to turn this off.'

'Dean I ...'

'Yeah I know Dude; I'll be in touch as soon as I can.' Dean said as he switched the mike off and returned to his seat as the door opened behind him. 'Whatever you're selling I aint interested.'

'It is time to start earning you rewards Dean.' Decebal said as he closed down the monitors, 'if you do well, the door between here and your room will be unlocked and you can watch your family for as long as they are in hospital.'