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Just Another Bad Day
Chapter four
"My brother isn't going to die in this damn dinner!" Dean spat out as he glared at the men. When they ignored him and started to walk away he knew he had to calm down and try to reason with them, losing his temper wasn't going to help Sam. "Just let my brother leave….he can drive himself to the hospital, no one else has to leave. He won't tell anyone what's going on, not with me still here, and not with other lives in danger."
"I said no one leaves. We should be out of here in a few hours. Your brother can hold on till then." Frank said turning around.
"I don't think so." Karen spoke up. "The boy's in a lot of pain and his appendix could break at any moment. He'll die without an operation."
"Then he dies. It's not our fault the kid's sick." Jim turned to walk away.
"If anything happens to my brother I swear I'll kill both of you." Dean leaned forward his face twisted with hate, all he wanted to do was take these men down in order to help his brother, but knowing others could be hurt was the only thing that kept him seated.
Jim angrily spun around and stormed back to the booth. First he pointed the gun at Dean but when he got no reaction, he then pointed it at Sam.
"If you keep lipping off to me I'll finish your brother off right now."
Dean could tell that the man was serious; he had no choice but to sit back, as he did he once more put his arm protectively over his brother's shoulders. Sam sat hunched over his arms wrapped tight around his stomach as sharp pains kept shooting through his side. When Jim turned and walked away Dean looked over at Karen.
"How much time does my brother have before it breaks?"
"It's really hard to say. His pain is increasing which means his appendix could burst at any moment. When it breaks, the pain will be gone….but the poison will set in…. and once that happens…." She looked down at Sam not wanting to talk in front of him.
"Go ahead…" Dean encouraged her to keep talking, he had to know what to expect.
"Once his appendix breaks your brother only has a slim chance of surviving, and that's only if he gets to a hospital right away. Without a hospital….your brother is going to die."
Dean looked around the diner trying to think of someway to get his brother out of there, when he couldn't think of any he looked back at Karen.
"What about you…could you do it?"
"Do what?" She looked at him in disbelief she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Do the operation?"
"Oh God no….I'm not a doctor….Oh sure I've seen it done hundreds of times but….."
"You might be my brother's only hope. Please…I'll help you, you can tell me what to do." Dean looked at her with tears in his eyes. "Please Karen." He knew Sam would most likely die if she refused to help.
"I don't know…I….I don't know if I can. I've never done anything like that before."
"You have to, you're his only hope. Please… I have a first aide kit in the car and I can help."
"What if….what if he doesn't make it?….I don't want to be responsible if something goes wrong"
"At least you would have tried, he'll die without your help."
"Maybe…maybe they won't let us do it." Karen looked towards Frank and Jim almost hoping they wouldn't allow it. She was terrified and if Sam didn't make it she didn't want to be involved in his death.
"Hey!" Dean called over to the two men who both walked back over. "Karen's a nurse and she can operate on my brother. No one has to leave the diner…All I have to do is get my first aide kit out of the car."
"No….no way…." Jim said as he and Frank turned to walk away.
"Look, no one's been hurt so far. If my brother dies because you won't let us help him, you'll both be wanted for murder."
Jim and Frank looked at each other both realizing he was right. They were planning on grabbing the girl and leaving without anyone being injured, then heading up to Canada to hide out and demand a ransom for her return. They didn't want a murder rap hanging over their heads besides the kidnapping charges.
"Can you do it?" Frank asked Karen.
"Maybe….I don't know." She told them then looked at Dean and he could see the apprehension in her eyes.
"You said yourself that you watched the doctors do the operation hundreds of times.…." Dean tried to reassure her, he could tell she was scared. "Please Karen, you're my brother's only chance."
"But the pain….what can we give him for the pain? I can't operate if he's awake."
"I have some pain killers out in my first aide kit. It won't knock him out but it will help."
"I'll need him to stay completely still. If he moves even a little …."
"My brother and I both have been through a lot of injuries. … He'll hold still, don't worry." Dean told her. "Please Karen; my brother might die if you don't help him."
"Okay, I'll try." She knew she didn't have a choice…..The boy would most likely die if something wasn't done soon. Karen looked over at Frank. "I'll need to move him to the kitchen where it's cleaner and quieter. I don't want to upset the other patrons."
"Alright, but one of us will be with you, and if either of you try anything, the kid dies." Frank said holding up his gun.
TBC
