Thanks so much for the tons of reviews! Please keep them coming, I love to hear what you guys think! In this next chapter we find out more about Matt and there's also some Dean/Sam angst. And also an evil surprise at the end! Muhaha. Let me know if you liked this chapter and what you want to see next!
All three men were shocked still when they heard the news but each for different reasons.
Dean – because he couldn't believe that he had another brother. This guy was the brother that was taken away from him before he even got a chance to know him.
Matt- because god, he had a brother! He never had any brothers or sisters growing up and this whole time he had a brother that he never knew about!
Sam- because man, this just shattered him. He had hoped that the DNA tests would come back negative but it wasn't fair to be thinking that because none of this was about him. It was about Dean and Matt. He was glad that Dean had found his long lost brother, he really was. He just…he didn't want to get replaced, he still wanted to be Dean's little brother too.
Dean looked at his two…brothers…man it was weird to think of that word in the plural form. It was no longer that he had just a brother but two brothers. It didn't seem like either of them were going to say anything anytime soon so he decided to break the silence.
"Well…whatdaya know? I've got two little brothers." He chuckled which seemed to bring both of them out of their shock.
Sam was looking at him like he still couldn't believe Dean would call him his little brother. But he was also looking at him with something that gratefulness and even a little bit of happiness. Maybe Sammy actually understood that Matt being his brother too would never change anything between them.
Matt's eyes had gotten huge when he heard Dean say 'little brothers'. He seemed to still be trying to grasp that this title belonged to him, that he was a brother.
"Umm maybe we should go back out to the car…" Dean said awkwardly when no one spoke up. Sam and Matt both nodded dumbfoundly as they followed Dean back into the Impala. Once they got in Matt saved Dean the effort of speaking again.
"How did you guys know? I mean, sure we look alike, actually a lot alike but I mean there had to be something else that made you think we were brothers." He questioned them from the backseat.
"Umm well…really it was just…" Dean was fumbling for an answer. He didn't want to explain to Matt about the whole "We're hunters and we found sulfur in your coffin and your supposed to be dead" thing.
Sam gave him a look that read 'he's your brother now, you're going to have to tell him the truth' but Dean just shook his head.
"I mean what are the odds of both of us showing up at the same place?" Matt continued on
"What do you mean 'showing up'? I thought you lived here?" Dean asked him while turning around to look at him
"Well, I do...I mean I did. Like I told you I grew up in the town next door. But as I got older….well let's just say my family moved around a lot, we didn't stay here for long. I just moved back here, just was going to stay for a little bit to see family." He told them
"Why so suddenly did you come back here? It's not like it's the holidays…." Dean mumbled and then realized something. "And you just said your family moved around. What did they end up moving back?"
Matt started fidgeting and not looking Dean in the eye. "Umm no, I just had some…uhh I was just looking into something."
"Why are you lying?" Sam asked suddenly
"What? No I'm not!" Matt said and started shaking his head
"Ugh, you're so much like Dean it's unbelievable! Dean acts the same way when he lies, I can tell you're not telling the truth."
"Well then why did you guys come back so suddenly huh?" Matt shot back and when Dean and Sam had nothing to say he smiled. "See, I'm not the only one with secrets here."
Dean looked heard at Matt; he seemed to be suspicious of them, and careful around them. He had quick eyes that took in everything around him, like he was just waiting for something to….
"Fine you want to know why we're here? Because once you find out why you'll never believe us and want to get as far away as possible." Sam cut in the middle of Dean's thoughts.
"It's really that bad? What are you guys a couple of pedophiles or something?"
Sam rolled his eyes and didn't even comment on Matt's last sentence and instead replied back "We're hunters."
Matt's eyes went huge, but he composed himself quickly. "You mean like animal hunter right?"
"Uh yea, yea, that's right." Dean replied shooting Sam an angry look but Sam ignored him.
"No. We're not animal hunters. We're hunters of the supernatural. Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies…you name it, we hunt it." Sam said simply
Matt just stared at them for a moment, mouth wide open and Sam was expecting him to bolt out and shout that they're crazy. But instead he got a gasp and a "No way."
"Yes way. I'm telling the truth…"
"No. I mean no way." He said in exasperation "So am I."
The three of them were now back at the motel. Matt was here looking up the same case that they were. Sam and Dean had explained everything to Matt that they had found out about him. How he supposedly died and was buried. How the hair in the coffin matched his. How they found sulfur in it….It had taken quite awhile but Matt was finally coming around to everything that Sam and Dean were telling him. He finally was starting to believe it.
"So my name was Sam? I died almost right after birth? Sam was found on the doorstep soon after? Then a demon revived me and I guess obviously left me in the street in the next town?" Matt asked with wide eyes. "Why in the world would they want to do that?"
"We don't know. It doesn't make sense."
"God…I was…I was dead before…I came back to life." Matt gasped, shaking his head back and forth
"Hey, you're not the only one in here that was resurrected before." Dean told him, trying to comfort him
"What…you…? You too?" He asked in awe
"Yep. Although in different circumstances and it was actually a couple of months ago….I'll…I'll explain it to you later." Dean told him, not wanting to bring up the topic yet
This seemed to calm Matt a bit, knowing that Dean had died and came back too, that he wasn't the only one. "Do you think what's going around here has anything to do with me?" He questioned
"I don't know man. I don't see how you would be connected to this but there's always a chance…."
Matt sighed and shook his head again. "I don't know about you guys but I need a drink. Want to hit the bar?" He asked them.
"Oh hell yeah." Dean responded with a smirk and grabbed his jacket and headed for the door with Matt when he realized Sam wasn't following.
"Come on Sammy, let's go." Dean told him
"Go ahead, I don't want to go." Sam waved them of.
"Sam, I invited both of you. I want you to come to. I want to get to know you." Matt told him from the doorway.
"No, you guys go on. I don't feel like it. Really, I'm fine."
"Sammy." Dean growled.
"Dean. GO." Sam spoke louder this time.
Dean threw his keys onto his bed. "Matt, can you give us a second?" Dean asked him
"Sure, take as much time as you need. There's no rush. I'll wait for you in my car." He told them as he left the room.
As soon as the door closed Dean glared at Sam with what could only be anger.
"Dean…what's wrong?" Sam asked him cautiously
"You are what's wrong Sam! I can't deal with your attitude anymore!" Dean practically screamed causing Sam to step back in shock
"Dean, I just don't feel like going…" Sam trying to explain
"Sure you don't Sam." Dean shook his head in annoyance "And it's just not that. I've tried to explain to you over and over again that how I feel about you and our relationship is not going to change, that you will always be my brother no matter what."
"Dean I know. I understand that."
"You do huh? Then why the hell did you tell Matt about us being hunters right away?? What if he wasn't a hunter! Then he would have freaked out and thought we were a bunch of psychos!" Dean slammed his fist on the motel table
"It's just…Dean he's your brother. He deserves to know the truth." Sam told him
"Yes he does. But he didn't need to know so soon! We could have eased him into it. Told him little by little. Hell, we could have given him a chance to know us better so he wouldn't freak out!"
"But Dean, he didn't freak out. He's a hunter everything's good. I thought it was best to tell him the truth right away so he knows who we are and what we do. So we didn't have to lie to him and get caught up in all the lies." Sam begged Dean to understand.
"That's a load of crap Sam. You won't even go hang out with the guy with me! It's obvious to me now that you don't want him here. Now I can't help but think you were trying to scare him off back there when you told him we were hunters. That you wanted him to leave." Dean clenched his fist tight; Sam seriously thought that Dean might punch him.
"Dean, God no! I'd never do that! I don't even have a problem with him! And even if I did I would never do that to you!" Sam cried
"Save it Sam. I'm sick of you whining and feeling all sorry for yourself. I have another brother. You don't have me all to yourself anymore so stop being so selfish and actually try to get to know the guy. Get over yourself because I can't handle it anymore." With that Dean turned around and slammed the door leaving a stunned Sam standing in the middle of the room with tears rolling down his cheeks.
Dean tried to enjoy the night with Matt. He got to know him more and he really liked the guy, they got along real well.
But he just couldn't enjoy himself, not without Sam, he felt like a huge chunk of himself was missing. And to make matters worse, he had screamed at Sam, saying hateful, hurtful things and then left him there. He didn't even give Sam a chance to say more than a few words.
Now when he thought back to the few things he allowed Sam to say, he realized that Sam probably wasn't trying to take Matt away from him. He just needed some time to himself. He told Matt about the supernatural because he thought he needed to know the truth and also to help out Dean. God, he was trying to help Dean this whole time but all Dean could think about was that Sam was jealous. Which maybe he was a little, but he wasn't trying to stop Dean from getting to know Matt.
"Dean? You okay?" Matt asked him. The guy had only found out he was his brother 7 hours ago and he was already worrying about him.
"No…Matt…I…I'm sorry. I need Sammy. I said some horrible things to him that I didn't mean at all. I feel so lost without him here. I…"
"Dean, it's okay. I totally understand. I want him to be here too. I mean, my biological parents adopted him, so he's actually my adopted brother too. I want to get to know him. How bout we go back, talk to him and get him to come along?" He suggested
Dean nodded gratefully. He was so glad he got a brother that was so understanding.
Matt waiting outside while Dean opened the door to find Sam asleep on the bed. The kid had dry tear streaks on his face. It seemed that the only reason the kid had fallen asleep was that he passed out from exhaustion from crying.
"Sammy." Dean said gently and tapped his brother's shoulder.
Sam didn't move an inch.
"Sammy." Dean said louder and shook him a bit.
Still, not even a twitch.
"Sam. Wake up."
Nothing.
"Sam! Quit it! This isn't funny!!" By now Dean was shaking Sam violently, trying to get any type of response from him.
"Sammy! Come on man wake up!! Sammy, please!! Oh god!!" Dean cried as he watched Sam's head fall limply to the right.
Matt heard the commotion and was now crouched next to Dean. He watched Dean slap Sam's face, rattle him and even hug him but Sam was out completely. He carefully brought a hand up to feel for Sam's pulse, something that Dean had forgotten to do in all his commotion. There was a pulse. And Sam was breathing. It was like he was….
"Dean, I think Sam is in a coma. I think he's one of the coma victims." Matt stated, swallowing the lump in his throat "This would make him the ninth victim from what I researched."
Dean became still and then suddenly started shaking. "But…last time….fifty years ago….when the tenth patient fell into a coma they all died at once…"
Dean held his unresponsive baby brother in his arms, holding on with all he had. No, he could not lose his brother; he could not lose the person that meant the world to him. He was supposed to go when he was old and lived out his life…with a wife and children at his side, not when he was 23 and the last words Dean had said to him were full of hate.
Dean never hated himself more than he did now, and that was saying something.
Sammy didn't have much longer. They needed to figure out this case now; they needed to save his Sammy.