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Just Another Bad Day

Chapter fourteen

"Karen don't…please." Sam continued to struggle but his struggles were in vain, between his blood loss and her strength he didn't stand a chance. He reached for his cross but then remembered he had given it to Dean. Tears came to his eyes as he fell back exhausted, there was nothing he could do.

"Soon you'll be mine Sam." Her upper lip curled back exposing two fangs as she began to lower her mouth towards Sam's neck.

"Not in this life time bitch!" Dean stood at the top of the basement steps holding Sam's cross and the holy water in one hand, a stake in the other hand.

Before Dean could make his move Karen pulled Sam off the floor and kept him in front of her, one arm wrapped around Sam's chest holding him up, while her other hand grabbed his hair and forced his head back..

"I'll snap his neck." She said as she pulled his head back even further. "Now put down the stake."

"Let him go Karen….You didn't save his life just to end it." Dean hoped he could get through to the nurse in her.

"Either he dies or I turn him….It's up to you."

Dean knew she meant what she said. Even though she may have once been a nurse dedicated to saving lives, she now had vampire blood running through her system and wouldn't hesitate to kill Sam.

He knew he had no choice….he slowly began lowering the stake.

"Dean ….no….." Sam managed to get out; he'd rather die then be turned into something he hunted.

"Drop it, and the holy water." She ordered Dean.

Dean hesitated, but when she forced Sam's head back even further he could tell his brother was having trouble breathing and he had no choice.

"Sorry Sammy." Dean hated to give into her but he knew if she forced Sam's head back any further his neck would snap. He dropped the stake and it rolled toward Karen who kicked it away with her foot.

"And the water." She ordered.

He hated to do it but he had no choice, he let the container fall to the floor.

"Maybe after I turn your brother, I'll turn you too." She said smiling at Dean.

She then released Sam and he crumbled to the floor. In one quick movement she reached out and grabbed Dean by his arm and threw him across the room and against a wall. He hit it hard and slid down it stunned. She then turned her full attention back to Sam.

"I'm going to enjoy sucking your soul out of your body and replacing it with mine." She said as she knelt down next to him.

"Please Karen…..don't…." Sam begged as he weakly struggled as Karen once more lowered her mouth toward his neck.

Dean seeing Karen once more attack his brother quickly crawled toward the holy water. He grabbed it and just as she was about to bite down on Sam's neck he aimed it at her and squeezed the bottle. She screamed in pain and pushed Sam aside as she went after Dean. He tried to squirt her again but she was too fast. With lightening speed she grabbed him by his shirt and once more threw him to the other side of the room. She was next to him in a second. She put her hands around his neck and began squeezing the life out of him as she straddled his body. His face turned red as he gasped for air that was no longer there. He used all his strength to try and pull her hands away but she had super human strength and it was impossible. The world went out of focus and he could feel himself start to black out just as he saw Karen's fanged teeth heading toward his throat.

"Get away from him!"

Dean could hear Sam's voice coming from somewhere outside of the blackness and felt Karen's hands loosen their grip from around his neck. She stood up and spun around to face his brother. As she did Dean gasped in a breath as much needed air rushed into his lungs.

He could see Sam standing in front of Karen holding the stake that he had been forced to drop. Karen started toward Sam who raised the stake and thrust it toward her chest. She knocked it to the side just before it reached her and it entered her shoulder instead of her heart. She glared at Sam as she reached up and pulled it out then tossed it aside.

Sam backed up as she walked toward him.

"Sam you're being a naughty boy. I guess maybe I will have to kill you after all…maybe I'll keep your brother instead. … Too bad, I think we could have made a lovely couple."

She was on him in a second. He fell back to the ground as she swooped down on him, he knew this was it; he was too weak to fight her. He shut his eyes and waited to die. All of a sudden he felt a warm substance start to cover his body and opened his eyes to find himself covered in blood. With all the blood that was covering him he couldn't believe he didn't fell any pain, he expected to be in agony.

Karen still hung over him but now had a strange look in her eyes. And then he realized it….it was her blood that was covering him, not his. He looked at her chest and could see a stake sticking through her heart, blood gushing out of the wound. He tried to crawl out from under her but before he could her body started to collapse on top of him the stake heading toward his own heart. He felt someone grab his arm and yank him out from under her just in time. He looked up into his brother's worried face.

"You okay Sammy?" Dean asked as he knelt by his brother's side and checked his neck.

Sam could only nod as he took a couple of deep breaths.

Dean breathed a sigh of relief as he examined Sam's neck, there were no bite marks.

"Let me check your incision." Dean gently pulled Sam's waistband down a little and examined his incision. He was glad to see that despite all Sam had been through the incision hadn't reopened, but he was worried, Sam still had a slight fever. "Sam we got to get out of here and get you checked out at the hospital."

"You know we can't chance a hospital Dean, too many cops hang at hospitals. I can get checked out later at a doctor's office."

"Sam, you have a fever and you need some antibiotics…. I think..."

"Dean we got to get out of this town." Sam interrupted him. "There are four bodies in this building and with you already wanted for murder…"

Sam didn't need to finish, Dean knew he was right.

"Okay… I guess you're right…. But as soon as we come across a doctor's office I'm getting you looked at. " Dean walked over and glanced into the dining room. The few patrons that were there sat glued to their seats too scared to move but otherwise seemed fine. "We better find another way out of here." He knew if they went out through the dining room they'd be bombarded with questions. "We can call the cops once we're out of town." He smiled at Sam. "Boy, those customers are going to have a lot of explaining to do. Four bodies….I wouldn't want to be them."

Sam returned his brother's smile then looked over at Karen's body.

"I feel sorry for her….She couldn't help what she became….You know …I really liked her …."

"Yeah, I did too." Dean walked over to a machete hanging on the wall used to chop hunks of meat. He then walked over to Karen's body and without a second thought chopped her head off. He then pulled the stake out of her heart and also picked up the one on the floor, they'd need them later for another hunt. Sam swallowed hard as he looked down at Karen's decapitated body but he knew it had to be done. It was the only sure way to make sure she was really dead. "You okay?" Dean said when he saw the sad look on Sam's face.

"Yeah." He looked up at Dean and blinked back tears. This woman had saved his life and now she was dead, killed by them. "Let's get out of here." Sam wiped at his tears, sometimes he hated what they did for a living.

Dean found a door leading to the back lot. He put Sam's arm around his shoulders and led him outside and then around front to their car. He helped him in then quickly sped out of the lot.

Later

They drove till they were safely in the next county then Dean pulled over at the first doctor's office they came too. They quickly changed into clean clothes then went into the office. Dean told the doctor that they were traveling across the state for their uncle's funeral and that his brother had developed a fever. They apologized for not waiting for an appointment but they were in a hurry. The doctor wanted to do a thorough exam to determine the cause of Sam's fever but they assured him they'd get him checked out once they got to their destination. He gave them some antibiotics and a prescription, and made them promise to have Sam checked out as soon as possible.

Later that night they found a small out of the way motel and Dean paid for a week then went back to the car and helped Sam into the room. He then checked Sam's incision and was glad to see that it wasn't red and infected; Karen had done a good job he thought, and with the antibiotics they got it should keep any infection at bay. He then helped his brother get undressed and into one of the beds. They would stay there for the week giving Sam time to heal. Dean knew he couldn't take his brother to the hospital to have his incision checked without answering a ton of questions, but if Sam got worse he would have to. He would deal with the consequences later. But for now he would sit by Sam's side for the week making sure his brother was getting better, then when he was sure Sam was going to be okay they'd get back on the road and head out of state looking for their next hunt It was the only thing Dean knew how to do, and next to his brother being well, it was the only thing that really mattered.

The End