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Visions from Hell

Chapter eleven

"Sammy!" Dean screamed into the night. "Oh God no! … Sammy!"

Dean knew Sam wasn't dead, at least not yet. The thing was going to take him back to the mine and….Dean didn't want to think about it but he couldn't help it….he knew the thing was going to cannibalize his brother like it did the others. No…he was going to stop it before that happened. He ran back to the canoe and made sure he had everything he needed to hopefully stop the thing then jumped in and headed down river.

Mine Shaft

Sam had passed out and when he finally came to he found that his arms had been stretched above his head and tied to a beam in the ceiling of the mine. His shirt hung in tattered shreds around his chest the bandage once more saturated with blood. He bit his lip to keep from crying out in pain. He then rolled his head to the side and looked at the man hanging next to him. It was Tony. He was still alive but barely and Sam could see that large hunks of flesh had been gouged from his body.

"I'm sorry." Sam said softly to Tony who he could tell was in shock and probably didn't even know he was there. Even though he knew there was little he could have done, Sam still felt guilty that he hadn't been able to convince Tony that he was in danger.

Sam then looked around the mine trying to find out what it was that had imprisoned them there. The last thing he remembered was seeing Jess then waking up here. His eyes grew wide as he watched a black mist drift in from the opening of the mine and start to materialize in front of him. The mist turned into the body of a miner dressed in early 1800s clothing. The spirit pulled out a knife and sliced another hunk of flesh from Tony and started eating it. Tony barely moaned as the flesh was cut from his body. Sam knew when the thing was through with Tony he was next. He also knew there was nothing he could do even if he could get loose; all his weapons were back at the campsite. When the miner had finished the hunk of flesh it reached over and untied one of Sam's arms. Sam tried to pull away but in his weakened condition he was no match for the spirit. The miner pulled out a knife and made a deep cut across Sam's wrist. He then held Sam's wrist up to his mouth and drank the blood. When he was finished he tied a piece of rawhide above Sam's wrist to stop the blood flow then retied his hand next to his other hand.

Sam swallowed hard as tears came to his eyes. He hoped his brother wouldn't be the one to find his body when the miner was done with it.

River

A horrible loneliness enveloped Dean as he rowed down the river as fast as he could. It seemed as if just for spite the current wasn't flowing as fast as it was yesterday. He knew the mine shaft was still hours away and he tried to get his mind off what his brother could be going through. What if Sam was dead already? No, he'd somehow feel it if that was true. He was scared to look over at the river banks, terrified he might see his brother's disemboweled body lying there, but it was still a little dark and it was almost impossible to see the edge of the river. Why did he decide to start packing in the middle of the night? He should have stayed with Sam. But he knew it was because Sam was hurting and he didn't want him to feel like he had to help him pack in the morning. But if only he had stayed with Sam he would have been there when Sam saw the illusion and could have stopped him from following it. Dean remembered when he had seen his mom in the river; she was so lifelike, so real. He knew he would have gone into the river after her if Sam hadn't stopped him. It was like he was being pulled to her. His brother had saved him and he'd be damned if he was going to lose him. He began rowing even faster if that was possible; he had to get to Sam.

Mine shaft

Even though Sam was weak he struggled to free himself, he had to get Tony out of there or he was going to die.

"Tony…Tony you got to hang in there. I'm going to get you out of here." He whispered to Tony hoping to reassure him but he could tell that Tony was already more dead then alive. Sam knew even if he got Tony out of the mine he probably wouldn't make it off the river and back to civilization, he was too far gone. Sam then saw Tony's slashed wrist and the rawhide strap tied just above it. So the demon was drinking the blood of its victim first then eating their bodies later after it found a new victim to drink. Sam swallowed hard knowing that after the miner was through with Tony it would be his turn. He said a silent prayer that Dean wouldn't soon be hanging next to him.

TBC