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I blinked. "Dean's brother?"
"Interesting… Neither of them seemed to think telling you was important. I wonder why?"
I quickly reviewed all my conversations I had had with Sam. It seems as though he didn't know him. I said his name so many times, and he didn't so much a flinch. Didn't he say his brother died? Was he wrong? I mean, he is insane. Maybe he was in denial… but… I tried to put all these thoughts aside to say, "That's why Marie was protecting Sam. Earlier when she said, 'His name is Sam'…"
"Yes, Marie realized who he was before I did. Still, that doesn't mean I'm going to treat him any differently."
"What?! Of course you need to treat him differently! Even if he wasn't… Dean's brother… He's insane, easily confused, and scared shitless all the time!"
"Claire…?" Sam whispered.
"Sam! Jeezus, you're awake?"
His eyes were teary and soft. Still curled in fetal position he looked up at me. "Was gonna make it better, let us go… Mommy, I saw 'im die… Gold can be retrieved…"
"Sam?" Why is he always talking about this gold… I wonder when he'll be coherent again because we have got some serious talking to do!
Sam crawled closer to me until his head rested on my lap. He closed his eyes again and fell back into a restless sleep. I looked down at him in surprise. I hesitantly placed my hand on his head. Once I was sure that my touch wasn't affecting him, I stroked his hair. What, now all of a sudden I don't hurt him…? "Does he even know?"
"What?"
"Does Sam know that Dean's his brother? I mean, talked about him but he never mentioned…"
"I guess…" he interrupted. "I should tell you what he told me."
AN: this portion is told in first-person from Jack's point of view
"Jack."
I turned my head towards the entrance. Dean stood there with a serious look on his face. What else was new?
"We need to talk." So, I followed him outside.
We stopped once we were outside in an alley. He turned around and said, "You need to stop challenging me."
"Why? It's not like you're doing anything to help us, anyway. You live in that apartment while we all rot down here in the sewers."
"I know. That's why I'm going to tell you why."
I was surprised that he actually had a reason and wasn't just a selfish bastard. But I still wasn't convinced.
"When I was thirteen, my old man sent me and my brother to the orphanage, certain that we were to blame for our mother's death. Similar to Marie, if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, we were… separated."
"Separated how?"
"I died."
"What?!"
"Well, clinically I was dead for five hours, but that's an entirely different story. Anyway, I looked for my brother for years. Never was able to find him. And with what he could do…"
"And what's that, exactly?"
"Empathy."
"Ah."
He sighed before continuing. "About two years ago… he found me. I don't know how. But… he did. I moved, got a different apartment, he's been living with me ever since."
"That's it!?" I said incredulously. "Because your brother is there?!"
Dean grabbed my collar and slammed me against the wall. "You haven't seen him! Even if you did, I doubt you'd understand… Imagine Marie, completely broken, mentally and physically."
I didn't. I didn't want to.
"It's a miracle he was able to find me and even after a year…! He is still broken!" He shoved me against the wall repeatedly for emphasis. "I will not risk him being with other people. I will not risk further harm to him."
"Why are you telling me this?"
He let go of me. "For a couple reasons. The first being… I have a lead on where AISP is. I'm going to investigate it."
"By yourself?! Without telling the others?! Hell, no! I'm going with you."
"No. I need you to stay here. You have justification to be proud of your power. You certainly rival mine."
"When you're not around."
"Still, that's why I need you here. You need to take care of the others."
I looked at him. "You're not coming back, are you?"
Dean smiled bitterly. "If you can't beat 'em…"
"Are you insane!?"
"I've always been a little bit crazy."
"You're going to help them?!"
"The closer I get to them, the easier it'll be to bring them down."
"And how exactly will you relay this information back… do you want on taking them down yourself?!"
"'Want' isn't the right word…" We stood in silence for a minute.
"I can't change your mind, can I?"
"No. Listen, Sam doesn't know about you guys or what I'm about to do. Yet, anyway."
"Sam…?"
"My brother. I've already made some arrangements for him even if he doesn't know what I'm about to do. He's been completely in the dark about all this except for AISP and… well, that I'm trying to stop them. Anyway, if he happens to stumble into you guys, take care of him like you would any other psychic." He turned to go back to the others. "You can tell Marie, but don't tell the others."
"Why?"
He gave me a strangely blank look. "I have my reasons."
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