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Blood Moon

Chapter five

"Sam!" Dean yelled as he fired toward the creature being careful not to hit his brother. The thing howled in pain and ran off into the woods. "Sammy!" Dean ran over to Sam who was down on one knee in obvious pain. "Sammy…" Dean knelt next to him and could see blood running down from Sam's shoulder and across his chest and back. "Did it bite you or did it scratch you?"

"I don't know…" Sam squeezed his eyes shut as Dean examined the wound being careful not to get any of the blood in an open cut. "I'm sorry Dean…I tripped and lost my gun." Sam looked up at his brother.

"Don't worry about it." Dean tried to hide his own worry from Sam as he looked at the wound. "Sam, I got to get you out of here and get these cuts cleaned up." He reached down and helped Sam up and then helped him out of the woods and back to the car.

Back at the motel

Sam sat on the bed while Dean cleaned out his wound. He winced in pain as Dean poured antibiotic into the deep cuts.

"It's a bite isn't it?" Sam asked as he looked at his shoulder.

Dean swallowed hard…he could see the fear in his brother's eyes, fear he himself felt.

"We don't know that Sam, it could just be a deep scratch." Dean prayed that was true, if it was a bite Sam would be in big trouble.

"Yeah, but what if it isn't? What if that thing bit me?"

"Well if it bit you then we know it now tasted human blood…we end it."

"Yeah, but what about me Dean?...What if I'm infected?" Dean looked away not knowing what to say. "Dean you can't ignore it, if I got bit…."

"Sam if you got bit, as long as you don't taste human blood….we'll find some way to deal with it." Dean said interrupting him.

"How Dean…lock me up every time there's a full moon?"

"Yeah, if I have to."

Sam shook his head and looked down.

"I don't want to live like that. If it turns out I'm infected I want you to end it…or if you can't, I will."

"Sam…if I can kill Barnet it will lessen the curse on you, and I'll find someway to help you."

"The only way to help me if I'm infected is to put a bullet in my heart, and you know that."

"Sammy…" Dean shook his head as he started to protest.

"Dean…you didn't have any problem about wanting to kill Barnet, this is no different."

"Damn it Sammy!" Dean walked over to the window and looked out. Sam was right, he would have killed Barnet and never have even lost sleep over it, it was what he had been trained to do. But this was Sam, his baby brother they were talking about. He'd rather die himself then put a bullet in him.

"Dean…if you can't do it…" Sam knew if the situation was reversed he wouldn't be able to do it either. "If you can't do it, I'll go off somewhere and do it myself."

"Nobody's doing anything Sam." Dean spun around. "We don't even know if it's a bite, it could just as easily be a scratch."

"Well we'll know by tomorrow night, the moon will still be mostly full, and if I react to it I want you to end it. … I mean it Dean…I don't want to turn into that thing."

"Sam, if you are infected I'll make sure you don't hurt anyone. But don't ask me to kill you, because it ain't happening."

"If you don't…I will…as soon as I can, I'll end it."

Dean shook his head sadly and walked away. He prayed it wouldn't come to that.

The next day

They spent the day hanging around the motel each nervously awaiting the night. During the afternoon they picked up food at a fast-food restaurant and took it back to the motel where it sat untouched. Both of them had lost their appetite as they waited for the moon to rise. While Sam was showering Dean went to the car and got out a pair of silver handcuffs and some rope then went back to the motel and hid the items under the bed. If Sam did start to react to the full moon, he'd be ready. He then made sure his gun was fully loaded with silver bullets, not for Sam but for Barnet. Tonight he'd track him down and kill him.

TBC