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Chapter 74

"John come on," said Jack but John shoved him down in a chair. Bryan came over and grabbed his arm but he jerked away. Tony came up but the look he gave him told him he should probably stay back.

"What is it," asked Brad suddenly nervous for his brother. John never took his eyes off Jack. He swallowed hard as he looked up into John's angry face. He shook his head. "John," he said softly. "Please. I need to check Sam. I need to make sure that he doesn't have anything internal going on."

"No," said John and looked at Brad. "How are you? Are you okay?"

"Yeah I'll be fine," said Brad still nervous. "Good," said John, "Because I want you to check Sammy." Brad looked at John and then down at Jack and suddenly he knew why John was so angry. He shook his head. "I'm not going to be able to stand up long enough to do that. You need to let Jack check Sam."

"He's not touching my son until I find out what the hell is wrong with him. He said that he had to take the bullet out of your leg before he could take the device out of Dean's chest and I understood that. Hell, I even helped him, but then he went outside to take a break. When he came back in, he was different. I want to know why."

"You think he's being controlled by Nemesis," said Brad. John didn't answer. "He's not." John looked at Brad and said, "How do you know? You just woke up."

"I just know," replied Brad. "I would know if something was happening to him. I would know if he were being controlled. I would feel it. We're connected. We're twins John."

"Well I'm not convinced," said John. "Now can you check Sammy or not?" Brad looked past Jack to where Sam lay. "John I can't stay on my leg long enough to check him. Jack is not being controlled. You can trust him. Let him check Sam. Then he can tell us what's wrong." John looked at Brad. "What," he asked."

Brad took a deep breath. "He's not under Nemesis control, but something has happened that has him scared. Let him tell us what it is." John continued to look at him, and then he looked at Tony and Bryan. "What do you two think," he asked. Bryan looked at John and then at Jack. "I agree with Brad. I don't think he's being controlled, but I do think something has happened. We should as least give him a chance to explain." Tony nodded his head in agreement.

"Give him a chance John," said Tony. "I agree with Bryan. I don't think Nemesis is controlling him. We've been with each other a lot and we can always tell when something is wrong with one of us."

"Yeah and I can tell that something is wrong with Jack," spat John angrily.

"I'm not being controlled John. I swear."

"Give him a chance," said Bryan. "Let him check Sam and then he can tell us what's wrong with him because I agree with everyone else Jack. Something is definitely wrong."

"It's not what you think. Please. Just let me be sure that Sam is okay and I'll explain everything to all of you. Something happened when I went outside but I swear to you all that I'm not being controlled." Jack looked up into John's face. John sneered down into his. "Okay," he said. "I'll let you go Jack, but you do anything to hurt Sam or Dean."

"I know John. You'll kill me," finished Jack. "I won't hurt them. I don't want to hurt them. You know I never would. Please." Finally John let Jack go and he got slowly up to his feet and made his way over to Sam.

"Sam," he said and touched the young hunter's head. Sam opened his eyes and immediately began to fight. "Easy. Just take it easy. It's me. How are you? Is anything broken?" Sam saw Jack and began to calm down. He shook his head. "I don't think so," he said. "Dean?"

"He's still unconscious. He's still in the straight jacket. I haven't been able to take it off of him yet."

"You have to," said Sam. Jack shook his head but Sam grabbed his jacket. "Nemesis is going to hurt him bad if we don't take the jacket off of him." He struggled to sit up but Jack gently pushed him back down.

"You can't get up Sam. Now just take it easy." Sam wasn't listening and he continued to try to get to his feet. "Please. I need to see Dean," he said but Jack pushed him back down again. "No Sam," he said firmly but gently. "You've had the shit beat out of you. I need to check you out and then I need to explain some things to everyone and get that device out of your brother's chest now lay down." Sam didn't want to but he was too weak to fight so he just did as he was told and lay back down.

"Good. Now I'm going to have to check you over. Okay?" Sam nodded. Jack began to examine him. Sam winced when he got to his ribs. "Sam, can you raise up your shirt for me?" When he didn't Jack did it himself. John came over. His ribs were bruised where Harper kicked him repeatedly. Jack shook his head. Slowly he felt Sam's ribs. He cried out in pain when he did.

"Okay easy," said Jack and looked at the bruises. "Is that the only place that hurts that bad?" Sam nodded and lowered his t-shirt. "Just rest okay," he said and Sam closed his eyes. Jack rubbed his hands down his face and walked over to Dean. He was just beginning to come around and he knew that when he did and if Nemesis didn't start his stuff, he'd be angry that he was still in the straight jacket.

Jack turned. All eyes were on him including Brad's. He walked over and sat down. "How's my kids," said John.

"Sam has at least two broken ribs. I don't see anything else on him that's broken, but the ribs are making it hard for him to breathe. Dean is doing okay for now until Nemesis decides to show himself again, but he's going to be pissed when he wakes up and he's still in the straight jacket."

"He's not the only one," said John."

"John I'm not being controlled by Nemesis."

"Then tell us what's the matter with you. Why haven't you taken that thing out of my son's chest yet? Why are you acting like this?"

"Because I don't know what I'm dealing with," said Jack. "It's open heart surgery John. I don't have any anesthesia. I don't know what the device is or how it's placed in his chest. I could do more harm to him than good. I could kill him, especially after what happened outside."

"I knew it you son of a bitch!" yelled John and started toward him.

""Wait a minute," said Brad and Bryan and Tony did what they do best, stopped John from pounding Jack.

Jack threw up his hands. "That's not what I meant," he said. "I'm not being controlled okay!"

"What then?" asked John?

"Give him a chance John," said Bryan. John calmed down and stayed where he was. Jack blew out a breath and began.

"I'm not being controlled but he is playing head games with me."

"Go on," said John and sat down. Jack was going to get up and walk around but decided it would probably be safer if he stayed where he was. "After I got the bullet out of Brad's leg, I had to get out of here for a minute. I walked outside and crossed the parking lot over to the woods. I leaned against a tree and thought about how I was going to take that device out of Dean's chest. I don't have any anesthesia John. I'm going into this blindly and I've never done anything like this before."

"I know your nervous Jack, but you can do this," said Brad.

"I'm going to do my best but I was going over what all I needed to do to keep him unconscious and all until I'm through. Anyway my phone rang. I thought it was one of you so I answered it. It was Nemesis." John braced, waiting to hear the rest.

"He told me that he wasn't happy. He told me to go inside and take the straight jacket off but I refused. I told him it would stay on until I freed him. He told me he'd kill him before I set him free." Jack looked at John and saw the anger reach a boiling point. He figured it best to just finish. "That's when it happened."

"What happened," asked Tony?

"He asked me what my worst fear was. I didn't say anything but he told me he knew who it was and then he hung up the phone. I felt a presence behind me and spun around. It was my dad."

"What," asked Bryan? "Jack you're dad is dead."

"I know that but he was there. Nemesis made it seem so real. He hit me and all the abuse came back. I felt it. I felt it as he knocked me to the ground. I closed my eyes and when I opened them again he was gone. I got up and that is when Sam came out to get me to tell me Dean was in pain again."

"God Jack I'm sorry," said Brad.

"What if that happens when I start working on Dean? I knew it wasn't real this time even though everything felt and seemed so real. What if next time I believe the lie? What if I hurt Dean then? I'll never forgive myself if I do something to him and I know that none of you will either. That's why I hesitate John. That's the only reason. What if I can't tell the difference next time and Nemesis is able to control me when I have Dean opened up?"

John looked at Jack and saw the nervousness and the fear. He looked at his son and shook his head. He got up and paced the room.

"We're going to have to take the chance," he said. Jack watched as he paced. He could see the anger and wondered what they were going to do. John looked down at where Jack set. "I need you to try." Jack nodded and took a deep breath.