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Blood Moon

Chapter eight

When the attack didn't come immediately Dean opened his eyes. He could see the creature's attention was directed at something coming out of the woods. It was Sam.

"Sammy?" Dean couldn't believe his eyes. Somehow Sam had slipped the cuffs and opened the trunk. He knew the only way that could have happened was if Sam, the real Sam, had somehow fought and taken back control of his mind and body. Sam was as good as he was at picking locks and it wouldn't have taken him long to free himself from the cuffs and the trunk. But he could tell the virus was still running rampant in his brother's body. Sam's face was sweaty and full of hate and rage as he walked over and stood protectively in front of him and Dean could tell it was taking all of his brother's strength to fight the violence that was just waiting to erupt from him. "Sam get out of here." Dean knew his brother had already been injured by the werewolf and he knew if the thing attacked him again it might kill him this time.

The werewolf growled softly as it faced Sam, it could sense that he was infected and wasn't sure what to expect from him. Was he there to try and take his victim away from him or to feast with him?

"Get the hell away from him!" Sam said through clenched teeth.

The creature immediately charged Sam once it knew he was there to help his prey. But the virus running through Sam's blood gave him almost super human strength and he didn't back away from the fight. Dean watched as Sam held his own against the creature at first but he could tell his brother wouldn't last long against Barnet who had the full strength of the virus flowing through his blood. Dean began slowly moving toward the gun hoping not to attract the creature's attention. He could see that Sam was taking a bad beating and he was his brother's only hope. He finally reached the gun and turned it toward Barnet.

"Sam get away from him!" He knew he couldn't fire until he was sure he wouldn't hit his brother.

Sam glanced over at Dean and Barnet took advantage of the momentary lack of attention toward him. He slashed out at Sam with his long claw like fingers putting a deep cut in Sam's side. Sam winced in pain, then full of rage grabbed Barnet by his shredded clothes and tossed him away from him. Two shots rang out and Barnet fell dead between the two brothers. They stood and watched as his features slowly turned human again. They then looked at each other and Dean could tell Sam was in pain but he also could see the fear in his brother's eyes.

"Sammy…." Dean slowly reached out toward him. "It's going to be okay Sammy….let me take you back to the car, let me help you."

Dean started walking slowly toward Sam but he could see the wild look in Sam's eyes and knew right now Sam was more animal then human. Sam backed away, a part of him knew the man standing in front of him was his brother and meant him no harm. But another part of him was terrified by the hate and rage that was building in him. He had to get away, he knew if he didn't he might end up hurting the brother he had almost died trying to protect. He kept backing away as Dean approached.

"Sammy….I'm not going to hurt you…. I just need you to come with me." Dean could tell his brother was ready to bolt. "Everything will be alright Sam….We'll go back to the motel….It's going to be okay…" He kept speaking softly trying to reassure his brother.

But Sam was terrified and right now his only thought was to get as far away from Dean as he could. He backed up till his back was against a tree, his eyes wild with fear.

"Easy Sammy….easy…I'm not going to hurt you." Dean held up his hands showing his brother he meant him no harm.

Sam suddenly ran toward Dean and knocked him down then ran off into the woods.

"Sam! Sammy!" Dean began to run after him but Sam was too fast and he lost him in a matter of seconds. Dean shone the flashlight into the woods as tears filled his eyes. "Sammy!" He shouted again knowing it was useless. His brother was gone. He had saved his life then vanished into the night. Dean knew if his brother attacked anyone and tasted their blood he'd lose him forever. "Sammy!" He cried out again as he fell to his knees, his arm tight around his injured ribs.

TBC