Chapter 11 Rescue

Carrie Beth woke up with a pounding headache. She smelled blood and… hay. She opened her eyes and it took her a moment to focus on the room around her. She tried to move but realized she was tied to something. She heard a low growl then and her memories came flooding back and she let out a sob. "Viktor, your pet is crying."

Viktor came into view and smiled at her. "I'm glad you are awake pet. I thought you were going to sleep to long and ruin my fun."

Carrie Beth met his vision and never broke away. "I hate you," she said angrily.

"But you will love me, you won't have a choice."

"I love one person and he is not and never will be you."

"So dramatic pet. Do you plan to give me some monologue about how Dean Winchester has your heart? Please spare me."

Simon walked over towards the couple and glared at Carrie Beth. "Viktor the sun will rise soon, you need to begin to the transformation."

"I'm not in a rush Simon. She's not going anywhere."

Carrie Beth started laughing then, a crazy maniacal laugh that drew the attention of every vampire in the barn. "What the hell is wrong with her?" one of them asked.

"You… are… so… fucking… funny… Viktor," she said gasping for air in between words and laughter.

"Oh pet, and why is that?"

She grew serious suddenly. "If you want to keep me you better get to turning me."

"I'm not in a hurry pet. I want to take my time with you. Break you and make you mine."

"Dean is coming for me Viktor and if you change me now he might kill you quickly."

Now it was Viktor that began to laugh. He was soon joined by everyone in the barn. Viktor sauntered to a darkened area of the barn and turned on a lantern Carrie Beth fought against her restraints as she realized why he was laughing. "He's coming for you alright. Did you think we would just leave him in your little love nest Carrie Beth? He's a Winchester. He's probably the only thing we really have to fear and he was in such a blind rage because you passed out he was easy to take."

Carrie Beth struggled against her restraints causing Viktor and Simon to laugh at her. "You can't break free pet."

Carrie Beth didn't listen and continued to struggle until her wrists were bleeding catching the attention of the young vampires in the barn. "Don't even think about it," Viktor growled as the younglings began to move towards Carrie Beth.

He and Simon turned their attention to the younglings and away from Carrie Beth. She watched them corral the younglings and push them outside into the dark. She stopped struggling against the restraints and moved towards Dean. "Dean?" she said softly. "Dean baby…" she said with a sob.

She watched him silently and prayed that he was ok. He seemed to be breathing but he had a deep gash on the side of his head and he hadn't moved which made her nurses intuition nervous. She leaned her head back against the post she was tied too and gritted her teeth. How were they going to get out of this mess?

"Carrie Beth?" came a whisper from the darkness.

"Who's there?" she said quickly trying not to sound frightened.

Castiel stepped out of the dark and moved closer to her. "Are you ok?" he asked.

"Just fucking peachy Cas, I'm tied to a barn post and the love of my life is bleeding to death. How the hell do you think I am?"

Castiel stared at her. "Was that sarcasm? I still struggle with those references."

"Cas untie me and let's get the hell out of here."

"You are starting to sound like Dean."

She couldn't help but smile. "I take that as a compliment."

Once her hands were free she crawled towards Dean and checked his pulse. His heart was slow but steady and his breathing was normal. "I wish I had a pen light."

"What's that?" Cas asked.

"I could use it to check his pupils."

Cas stared at her. "I don't understand that reference."

She sighed in exasperation. "Just help me get him up. Cas can you apparate us out of here?"

"Dean doesn't like to be apparated. He says it constipates him."

"I'll give him a stool softener, but we have got to get the hell out of here."

"Why can't we just ride in the Impala?"

Carrie Beth stopped her assessment of Dean and snapped her head back to stare at Cas. "Why is the Impala here?"

"Because Sam drove it."

"Sam? Where the hell is Sam? Cas you aren't making any sense!"

Cas was cut off from speaking by the sound of growling and a chainsaw from outside the barn doors. "We have to get him out of here!" she screamed at Cas.

She untied Dean's wrists from the barn post and tried to pull him up but without Cas's help it was pointless. The chainsaw was growing closer and the sound was terrifying but she had to protect Dean. She turned off the lantern and shifted Dean's body away from the barn door and hunched over him in what she hoped was a protective stance.

The barn door creaked open and she prepared herself to protect Dean from what she was assumed was a chainsaw wielding vampire. "Dean? Carrie Beth?"

"Thank goodness Sam!" she yelled and turned the lantern back on. "You've got to help me! We have got to get Dean out of here now!"

Sam leaned over Dean and started to lift him up. "Wait, were you… protecting Dean?"

"Sam! Is that really important right now?"

Sam grinned at her before hoisting Dean over his shoulder and toting him out of the barn. "Cas help Carrie Beth her wrists are bleeding."

Cas waved his hand over her wrists and they were instantly healed. She grimaced and glared at him. "I went to school to learn how to take care of people with injuries and you just wave your hand and make it all better."

"I don't understand why you are angry."

"Let's just go before Viktor and Simon come back!"

Cas helped Carrie Beth out of the barn and to the Impala. She climbed into the back seat and cradled Dean's head in her lap. "Are we going back to the bunker Sam?"

"Yeah, I don't think your wedding night can be continued do you?"

"I just want to get someplace safe away from Viktor and Simon," she said stroking Dean's face gently.

"Carrie Beth?"

"Yeah Sam?"

"They aren't going to bother you anymore."

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Dean's head felt like someone had back over him with a truck. He opened his eyes slowly and grimaced at the small amount of light that was shining in the room. He reached a hand up towards his head and felt the bandage that was wrapped there and he could smell antiseptic and blood. He recognized his room at the bunker as his vision adjusted. How did he get here? Where was Carrie Beth?

He tried to sit up but his head started spinning and he had to lay back down to keep from vomiting. He swallowed hard and tried to think. The last thing he remembered was Carrie Beth and he at the hotel and… his eyes flew open… Viktor and Simon! He sat up quickly and fought the spinning. He stood and gripped the foot board of the bed to steady himself. "Sam…" he croaked out. He cleared his throat and tried again. "Sam!" this time it came out louder.

"Dean?" came a voice from behind him.

He whirled around to find Carrie Beth stretched out on the bed. She looked startled like he had woken her up. "Dean, honey, lay back down. You have a concussion and you don't need to be up moving around yet."

"Carrie Beth," he whispered. "Are you… are you ok?"

"Dean, honey, lay back down. I'm fine."

Dean collapsed onto the bed and gathered her into his arms. He held her tightly and she realized after a moment he was crying. "Dean? Dean, baby, its ok. We are ok."

She began to rub the back of his head and just held him while he sobbed against her shoulder. The door to the room opened slowly and Sam poked his head inside. "Carrie Beth? Is everything ok? I thought I heard Dean calling."

Carrie Beth nodded catching his eye and Sam acknowledged her before closing the door gently behind him. Dean wouldn't let her go even when she tried to push back from him. So after several minutes she gave up and fell asleep against his chest.

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The next time Dean opened his eyes the adjustment was easier. He pushed up from the bed slowly and tried to discern fiction from reality. He knew he was back in the bunker and he knew that Viktor and Simon had found them on their wedding night. He remembered Carrie Beth being taken and he thought he remembered waking up next to her in this bed, but he wasn't sure if that was real or just a dream. She wasn't in the room now and that made him concerned.

He stood slowly and took deep breaths to calm his racing heart. He edged the door open and stepped out into the cool hallway of the bunker. He was leaning against the wall for support and moving slowly down the hall when he heard footsteps coming his way. Sam rounded the corner carrying a tray with a sandwich and fruit and almost ran slap into Dean. "Dean! Why are you out of bed? You took a nasty blow to the head dude and you need to rest."

"Where is she?" Dean said slowly.

Sam eyed him for a moment before he spoke. "You've got it bad, you know that right."

"Where is she?" Dean said more forcefully.

Sam laughed. "Carrie Beth!" he yelled loudly. "Dean's out of bed!"

A roar of anger came from down the hallway and Dean heard hurried footsteps racing towards them. "Dean Matthew Winchester you get your ass back in that bed right now!"

He grinned at her and shut his eyes against the tears that immediately creased them. "You're ok," he said softly. "You are ok!"

"Dean, honey, do you remember anything?" Carrie Beth asked him walking towards him slowly.

"Bits and pieces. How long have I been out?"

Carrie Beth glanced up at Sam before she wrapped her arms around Dean's neck. "It's been over a week," she said slowly. "If you hadn't woken up several times already we would have been taking you to a hospital."

Dean's expression was obvious confusion. "A week? Really? It can't have been a week. We just got married… had a wedding night… Viktor… Simon…"

"Let's go sit at the table with the others. We can talk about what happened and help fill in the blanks," Sam suggested.

"Only if he feels strong enough," Carrie Beth said watching Dean's eyes. "Do you feel up to it?"

"Good Lord Carrie Beth quit coddling the boy! He's a grown man and he has had much worse scrapes than that little bump on his head," Dean recognized Bobby's voice and grinned.

"He's right," Dean said winking at Carrie Beth. "I'll have to tell you about the time a folk healer gave me a new heart."

"Bunch of damn idjits if you ask me," Bobby muttered as he walked away from the trio.

"You need me to help?" Sam asked.

"I've got him Sam. Go on ahead and we'll be there in a minute."

Dean waited until Sam had disappeared before he kissed Carrie Beth gently. "When I woke up you weren't there and I couldn't tell what was real and what was fantasy. I'm so grateful that you are ok."

She placed a chaste kiss on his lips and looped her arm around his waist. "Everyone is ok. I love you Dean, you gave me quite a scare."

"I know how to keep that from happening, at least where monsters are concerned," Dean said planting a kiss on her forehead.

"So you've made your decision?"

"I think so, but I want to talk it over with everyone first," he sighed and kissed her head again. "I love you Carrie Beth and I am grateful for you."

Carrie Beth and Dean walked slowly into the main room of the bunker and were met with the sight of Castiel, Sam, Bobby, and Ellen gathered around the large wooden table. The tray of food that Sam held earlier was sitting to the side basically forgotten. Dean wasn't hungry and that was kind of surprising considering he hadn't eaten in a week. Carrie Beth guided him slowly to the table and helped him have a seat next to Sam.

She took the seat directly across from him and held his hand over the table. "Where do you want to start?" she asked.

"Wedding night," he said softly. "We… we were at the hotel…"

"And we don't need a lot of details there," Sam said interrupting Dean's train of thought.

"Pervert," Dean said with a chuckle, "I wasn't going to give details. The last thing I remember was Viktor and Simon getting into our room. We didn't have our phones and I asked out loud for Cas to help."

Carrie Beth nodded. "I volunteered to go with them thinking that they would leave you alone. I made you promise to rescue me before they turned… turned me into one of them."

"They took you to a barn about three hours from the hotel," Sam said. "Cas heard you ask for help but we couldn't track you. We ended up going to the hotel and the Impala was still there… it… it was a massacre. They didn't leave anyone alive."

"How did you find us?" Dean asked.

"Bobby," Sam said. "He and Ellen came with us, not sure if they could be any help."

"But we couldn't just sit here and rot," Ellen said. "We were there even if it was just for moral support."

"Bobby tracked the van that Viktor and Simon had used. There was a lot of blood in your room and we weren't sure what we were going to find, but we barreled ahead."

"The van was old and it had a pretty bad oil leak, that was how I tracked you. I followed the smears down the road and sniffed out the scent when their weren't any tracks."

"Bobby can be as good as any hunting dog. His nose knows," Dean said to Carrie Beth.

She smiled and patted his hand before nodding at Sam to continue. "When we found the barn it was still a couple hours before sunrise. I wasn't sure what was going to be in the barn but Cas managed to get a peek and I knew you were both alive at least. Bobby and Ellen were ready to create a diversion but they didn't have too, Viktor and Simon came out with the younglings on their own."

"I… I cut my wrists, on the restraints," Carrie Beth said. "I was struggling to break free to… to get to you. I had to make sure you were alive. In the process I cut my wrists and it drove the younglings crazy. Viktor, he and Simon had to push them out of the barn to keep them from tearing into me."

Dean gripped her hand and flipped it over to see her wrist. "It's fine," she said. "Cas healed it."

"I had a chainsaw and the machete from the trunk of the Impala and since they were distracted I went to town," Sam said.

"He was amazing Dean," Bobby said. "The sum bitch never hesitated! He just kept swinging!"

"Cas was in the barn with us while Sam was… swinging. He helped me get you up but when I heard the chainsaw I wasn't sure what was happening so I shielded you and prayed for the best."

"She protected you Dean. When I came in the barn she was covering you and prepared to fight. It was pretty amazing."

"So they're gone?" Dean asked.

Sam nodded.

"All of them?"

Sam nodded again.

"Damnit Sam, you couldn't have saved one of them for me! I mean come on, did you have to take them all out?"

"Dean you have been in a coma for a week! When did you expect to wake up and deal with them huh?"

Dean shrugged. "I just need closure and killing Viktor would have been excellent closure."

"You have closure right here Dean," Carrie Beth said rubbing his palm gently. "We are here and we are safe and that's all that matters."

Dean nodded. "It will have to be enough. At least until the world is empty of monsters."

Cas perked up at that statement. "So you have decided to go through with everything then?"

Dean nodded in his general direction. "We started trying on our wedding night, but we… um got interrupted."

"Agh, Dean… shut up!" Sam yelled.

"You didn't tell him all of it," Ellen said stoically. "Are you going to keep that part from him?"

"What?" Dean asked. "What aren't you telling me?"

Sam traded a look with Cas and then with Carrie Beth. "I think it will come best from you," he said.

Carrie Beth sighed. "Viktor and Simon didn't find us by chance. They weren't even near us but they… had some guidance on our location."

"Who?" Dean growled out.

"Calm down Dean," Cas said from the end of the table.

"Who?" Dean said louder and in Cas's direction.

"Naomi," Carrie Beth said. "She went to Viktor and Simon once she found out Cas had shown you an alternate timeline. She told them where to find us and that their existence depended on killing us both."

Dean's face was flat when he spoke. "Where is she?"

"Imprisoned," Cas said matter of factly. "She is being dealt with and cannot harm you anymore."

Cas watched Dean for a moment before he spoke again. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely Dean and Naomi was corrupted by the power she wielded over humans. She knew that when you saw the alternate time line you would make the decision that would send time back and change everything she had worked for."

Dean shook his head and sighed. "Well I guess that leaves one thing left to do then."

Carrie Beth giggled and the others looked bewildered. "What? What's left to do?" Sam asked.

Dean smirked. "Me and my baby need to make a baby," he said calmly. "We'll try to be quiet but this one… she's kind of a wild cat."

Sam groaned and Ellen and Bobby shot daggers at Dean with their eyes, but all Dean could do was laugh.