A Hiccup in Time Ch. 16
Disclaimer. Still don't own them and still not making a profit from my stories.
Warning: Language as usual.
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Previously: Grabbing an extra blanket from the hallway closet, Bobby placed it over John and his youngest before he and Dean went to his study to do a little more research. Bobby had a dire need to find out all he could about the demon Azazel now that he was threatening the kids he had allowed into his life and now loved like his own.
Deep in the night, all was relatively quiet at Singer Salvage Yard. Dean and Bobby had called a halt to their research a few hours earlier as their own eyes grew weary. Dean had quietly taken Sammy from John's arms whispering "I've got him dad." as John stirred and then carried him up the stairs to bed allowing John to remain asleep in the recliner since he was obviously exhausted. After he placed Sammy in his bed, Dean had carefully removed the knee brace and then pulled Sammy's jeans off so that his baby brother would be able to sleep more comfortably. He shucked his own jeans before laying down beside his brother to keep from rousing him and rolled onto his side wrapping a protective arm around Sammy to hopefully ward off the nightmares. He quickly fell asleep to the soft sounds of Sammy's even breathing.
However, just a few short hours later, one of those sleeping found himself caught up in a dream. As he glanced around, he became aware of the fact that he was now at the Sioux City State Park. Children were playing and laughter filled the air. Smiling, he looked towards the monkey bars to see Sammy showing off his climbing skills. "Be careful there kiddo." he called out as he watched Sammy get a little too high for his own comfort. He didn't want the kid to fall and get hurt. Soon the scene transferred to the swings where he found himself pushing the squealing toddler in a swing as he went a little higher with each push. He couldn't help but smile at the obvious delight of the youngest Winchester. He was just about to give another push, when Sammy suddenly disappeared from sight which was impossible right?
Feeling immense fear, he began to shout. "Sammy? Sammy where are you?" His fear grew sky high as he scanned the playground and was unable to locate the youngest Winchester.
As he began to frantically search the playground at the park, he could hear the sounds of evil laughter drifting too him on the wind. He could hear a taunting voice calling out to him "Sammy is mine now and you will never find him!" He twirled around in circles frenetically as the voice began to taunt him from all sides yelling at him that he wasn't good enough, that he didn't deserve to be the child's protector.
"NOOOOOOO" he screamed aloud as he bolted up quickly, sweat pouring from his face. He found himself unable to breathe as panic began to assault him. Where was Sammy? Why couldn't he find him? He placed his head in his hands and pulled at his hair screaming out the name "Sammy" as he began to sob.
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Bobby Singer was currently enjoying a dream where he found himself on some South Pacific island enjoying the bevy of beautiful girls all around him as he sipped on a nice cold beer. He couldn't imagine how he had gotten so lucky as to have so many beautiful girls fighting with each other to meet his every need. "You've still got it you old hound dog." he said to himself as the busty beauty beside him pulled off his ball cap and ran her fingers through his hair and began to apply kisses to his face and neck.
"Ahhh, this is the life" he sighed in contentment as he felt another raven haired beauty begin to massage his shoulders. With this kind of treatment, he might not ever want to go home again. He soon found himself completely surprised as the raven haired beauty shifted herself around and sat on his lap. "Ready to have some fun you sexy thing?" she cooed into his ear as she started pulling on him to get up out of his chair. He had just stood up and started to follow her for an evening of naked fun, when the sounds of a terrified scream filled the air.
It took Bobby a few minutes to orient himself after being pulled from his dreams. He shook his head in bewilderment wondering what was going on as he heard another terrified scream, this time with the name Sammy being called out. In his haste, he fell out of the bed and landed hard on the floor. "Ya damned idjit, slow down." he cursed himself as he stood up and rubbed his derriere. Rushing from the room, he was met in the hallway by Dean who was dressed in only his boxers and a tee shirt as he held a still sleeping Sammy in his arms.
Both hunters quickly descended the steps to find John sitting up in the chair breathing heavily as his glazed and unfocused eyes searched the room. "Dad, what's wrong?" Dean questioned as he noticed the sheen of sweat on John's face as he gulped in air.
"Sammy, somebody took Sammy, Oh God, they've got my baby." John answered as his glazed eyes kept searching for some sign of his youngest child. "We've got to search the park, they've got to be here somewhere."
"Dad, it's alright. We're not at the park and Sammy's right here with me." Dean said as tried to draw his father out of his night terror without panicking him even further. "Dad, dad look at me. Sammy's fine, here, you want to hold him?" Dean questioned as he placed Sammy in his father's lap making sure to support his sleeping brother until John was more aware of his surroundings.
"De-Dean?" John questioned with a shaky voice as he finally focused glistening eyes on his oldest son.
"Yeah dad, it's me." Dean answered as he nodded toward his sleeping brother drawing John's attention to the child in his lap.
"Oh God Sammy." John breathed out a sigh of relief as he picked him up and cradled him to his chest, placing his own face into Sammy's chesnut colored hair. "I th-thought that bastard took him."
"You don't have to worry about that now John, he's behind bars. And from what I hear the other convicts will make him pay for what he did. There's nothing worse in prison than a child molester." Bobby said as he placed a hand on John's shoulder. "And besides, with the three of us, ain't nobody ever gonna get close enough to the kid to snatch him."
"Yeah, g-guess you're right. Thanks Bobby." John said as he finally got his breathing under control once again. "Sorry for waking you up" John apologized as he scrubbed a weary hand over his face.
'No sweat man." Bobby answered as he watched John get to his feet still clutching a sleeping Sammy to his chest. Luckily the kid had slept through the screaming since the pain medication he had been given before bed had knocked him out.
"I guess we better get this little munchkin back to bed." John said as he headed for the stairs. Once reaching the top of the stairs, he carried Sammy to the room the boys were sharing and placed him near the wall making room for himself on the bed. He needed the security of knowing his youngest was right beside him during the night if he had any chance of getting some more sleep himself.
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The next morning, nothing was mentioned of John's nightmare as everyone sat around the table for breakfast since Sammy was still in his age regressed state as was obvious with the way he played with his cereal while sitting in his booster chair at the table. Dean and Bobby could tell that John was still a little tense from the way he kept Sammy so close to him, reaching out to touch him every so often. Knowing that his dad had had a rough night, Dean decided it was time for them to spend some quality family time together.
"Hey squirt, you know what I heard?" Dean questioned as he looked at Sammy with a big smile.
"No, whats you heared Deanie?" Sammy asked giving his brother his full attention.
"I heard that there's a big old zoo not too far from here in Sioux Falls with lots of animals like elephants and they even have monkeys just like you." Dean said as he reached out to tickle his little brother.
"I's not a monkey Deanie." Sammy giggled as he batted his hands away before turning to face his daddy with a pleading expression in those puppy dog eyes of his. "I wants to go to da zoo daddy, can we pretty pwease. I's be a good boy, I pwomise."
"I don't know kiddo. I'm afraid…"
"Pwease daddy, I never beens to da zoo. I wanna see da monkeys and elwephants and tigers and girrafes and bears and…"
"Okay, okay, we'll go to the zoo." John promised. "But you have to promise to let us carry you around most of the time. I don't want you walking on that leg too much until the doctor says it's okay."
"I pwomise daddy." Sammy said excitedly as he leaned over to give his daddy a hug, nearly falling out of his chair before John scooped him up.
"Good, now eat your breakfast so we can get ready to go" John said as he patted Sammy on the bottom before placing him back into his seat. He watched with amazement as Sammy suddenly was able to get every bite into his mouth without spilling more on the floor in his zest to finish.
Once they had all finished eating, John carried Sammy upstairs to clean him up and get him dressed while Dean and Bobby packed a picnic lunch to take with them on their trip. After dressing Sammy in the special tee shirt he had bought with the DADDY's LITTLE MAN logo on it and a pair jeans, John carefully placed the knee brace on his youngest and picked him up to carry him back downstairs.
"Everybody ready to go?" John questioned as he grabbed a jacket for Sammy just in case it became too cool while they were at the zoo.
"Shoot yeah." Dean replied with a grin eager to go to the zoo himself. He couldn't wait to see how Sammy reacted to all of the animals there. They had always wanted to go to the zoo as kids, but never really had the time because of all the traveling they did. Besides that, money was an issue at most times and they just couldn't afford to blow the money on something frivolous when they were always in need of ammunition or clothing.
Walking out to their classic black Impala, John placed Sammy in his car seat and fastened him in as Dean climbed into the backseat beside his baby brother allowing Bobby to ride shotgun. As the pulled out of the driveway, Sammy started chattering anxiously asking questions about what they would see when they got there.
"Well kiddo, besides the animals, there will be a carrousel that you can ride on, and Deanie there can ride with you." Bobby stated with a smirk as he winked at the youngest.
"Yay" Sammy hollered in glee as he clapped his hands. And you and daddy can rides it too huh Uncle Bobby." he stated with happiness obvious in his voice.
Laughing aloud, John said, "You brought that one on yourself Bobby." as he set a course for the Great Plains Zoo. He was a little wary at the thought of being around big crowds, but as long as they held Sammy, he knew everything would be okay. Besides, he really wanted to give Sammy some of the things he never could when he was actually just a toddler.
"Can I pet the aminals?" Sammy asked with anticipation in his voice.
"Sure you can kiddo, but only at the petting zoo. The zookeepers don't allow us to pet the ones in their cages because they might bite." Bobby answered having read an article about the zoo previously.
"Turning to Dean, Sammy asked, "Will you helps me pet them Deanie?" just a little afraid of attempting it by himself now.
"Sure little bit, I'll keep you safe." Dean informed his brother as he leaned over and kissed him on the top of his. "Deanie won't let anything hurt you kiddo, I promise." As he sat back and enjoyed the ride, the one thing Dean really want to do was buy one of those disposable cameras at the zoo and take some pictures to remember the day in years to come.
TBC I had planned on doing the zoo scene tonight but it is getting late and I have to work tomorrow. Look for it in the next chapter. CC---I hope this chapter met with your expectations.