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Visions from Hell

Chapter twelve

A short time later

Sam sucked in his breath as the miner once more appeared in front of him and untied his hand. He kicked out at it but his leg only ended up going right through the spirit. The miner slowly untied the rawhide strap from around Sam's arm and once more proceeded to drink his blood, Sam turned his head away not wanting to watch. He was already weak from the blood loss from the gunshot wound and the additional blood loss caused him to grow even weaker. When the spirit had drunk its fill it retied Sam's arm. Next it moved on to Tony and once more sliced a hunk of flesh out of his side. Sam watched in horror as Tony gave a little moan of pain and then his head fell down on his chest. He was dead. Sam watched as the spirit then reverted back to a black mist and before he realized what was happening the spirit and Tony both disappeared out of the mine shaft opening. Sam took a couple of deep breaths and tried to stop trembling, he knew now that Tony was dead the miner would start on him.

The River

Dean was exhausted but still he kept rowing. He had just come to a bend in the river when he looked up and saw the no trespassing signs hanging on the side of the canyon that the clerk at the store had told him about. It had to be the mine, he had made it. But was Sam inside, and if he was, was he in time to save him? He pulled the canoe over and tossed all the equipment he thought he needed into a backpack and started to head up the rocks and toward the mine. But just as he was able to see the opening of the mine, he saw the black mist and what appeared to be a body fly out of the mine and up the river. Tears filled his eyes as he swallowed the lump in his throat. Was he too late? Was Sam already dead?

"Oh God please don't let it be Sammy." He thought as he headed toward the mine opening.

It was pitch black inside except for a flickering light coming from the back of the mine where there appeared to be a burning torch hanging from the wall. Dean lit his flashlight and cautiously peered into the mine.

"Sammy…. Sammy you in here?" He said as he slowly walked toward the light.

"Dean….Dean…." Sam called out weakly, relieved to hear his brother's voice.

"Sammy!" Dean said as he sprinted toward the sound.

When he got to the back of the shaft he could see his brother hanging from a ceiling beam. Blood and discarded body parts littered the floor around him making it appear more like an animal's lair then a mine shaft. Dean tried to keep his eyes off of it as he ran over to his brother.

"Sammy….Oh God Sammy it's good to see you." Dean said as he reached up and gently touched Sam's cut wrist. He remembered Sam saying that in his vision the thing was drinking Tony's blood, just like the thing was now drinking Sam's. "That son of a bitch!"

"Dean….Tony was here…but….but the miner killed him…" Tears filled Sam's eyes. "Dean…he was eating him alive."

Dean listened but was too busy to answer him; he was having trouble untying the thick ropes around Sam's hands. He took out his switchblade and began sawing through them.

"Damn these ropes are a bitch."

"Dean…" Sam knew it would take valuable minutes to saw through the ropes, minutes they didn't have. "Dean…you got to get out of here. It's going to come back soon."

Dean ignored him and continued trying to saw through the rope, he knew once he had it about half way through he should then be able to snap through the rest of it.

"Please Dean…It's going to take too long to cut through the ropes. If that thing catches you in here…."

"I'm not leaving you Sam so just shut up."

"Listen to me Dean…If that thing catches you in here it's going to string you up right next to me. You got to get out of here."

Dean looked up into Sam's face.

"Sam I'm not leaving this mine without you. We go out together or not at all."

"Dean…." Tears welled up in Sam's eyes. "I saw Jess….Just like you saw Mom."

"It wasn't real Sam…they were both just illusions…This thing somehow makes you see what you want to see and then lures you away. I saw it grab you in mid-air Sam. That's why the bodies weren't found at the bottom of the cliffs from where they jumped. This spirit or whatever it is grabs them before they hit the bottom." Dean was halfway through one rope and started on the other.

Sam glanced down at the various body parts lying in front of him.

"I wonder how many people this thing killed, people who didn't have any witnesses." Sam looked back at Dean. "It was just like in my vision…it drinks one person's blood while it eats the other person. Dean….after it gets rid of Tony's body its going to start on me….and then it's going to look for someone else to drink from. … Dean….you got to get out of here…or it's going to be you."

"Sammy once I get you down we'll wait at the entrance and blast the son of a bitch full of salt when it comes back…that should end it." Dean ignored Sam; he knew there was no way he was going to leave his brother. He finally could feel the rope start to give a little. "I'm almost through Sam." Dean looked up at Sam and saw fear on his face as he looked toward the entrance to the mine.

"Dean….it's back."

Dean spun around and looked at the entrance to the mine and could see the miner walking toward him.

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