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18. Rescue

Dean was so mad that he could have taken on Lucifer then and there and easily come out on top. How dare that Hayley bitch lick and bite Cas as though he was a tasty treat?

"Let him go, you bitch!" Dean bellowed, struggling against his bonds. "Or so help me, I'll –"

"What?" Doug said. "What the hell are you going to do, Winchester? You're tied up and defenceless, your brother's being drained of juice and your little boyfriend's a bloodsicle for Hayley. There's no way you can get out of this!"

Doug should have learned to keep his mouth shut. There was a glint of silver in the doorway and Hayley immediately pulled away from Cas but it was too late. A machete swung through the air and Hayley's head went rolling. Doug let out a horrified cry.

"HAYLEY!" he shouted. His teeth slid out and he bared them at a bloody, pale Sam, who was standing behind Cas. "That was my sister, you son of a bitch!"

He lunged at Sam. Dean was relieved to see that the vampire who had taken Sam hadn't done too much damage to his brother, as the tall Winchester easily danced out of the way. He hacked off the heads of the two vampires next to Dean before easily slicing through Dean's bonds and attacking the other vampires. While he did this, Dean snatched up his own machete and immediately targeted the vampires around Cas. It only took them a few minutes to dispatch the remaining vampires and then Sam and Dean, back to back, searched for Doug.

It wasn't hard.

"You son of a bitch…" Dean hissed. Doug had grabbed Cas and had one hand entwined in his dark hair, pulling his head back to expose his chalky, bloodstained throat. The vampire's fangs were too close to Cas for comfort and Dean would have taken him out right then and there if he wasn't worried about Cas, whose blue eyes were glazed in his semi-conscious state.

"Drop those freaking things right now," Doug snarled. "Or so help me I will drain this bitch right now and you'll do nothing but stand and watch."

What else could Dean do? He wasn't going to let Cas die! But if they surrendered, he and Sam probably weren't going to make it out of there. It wasn't him he was worried about – he didn't matter in the grand scheme of things – but he couldn't let Sam die either! He knew he hadn't been too focused on Sam before (and the thought set a worm of guilt gnawing at his stomach) but he knew that his brother could take care of himself when Cas couldn't in his current state. And he'd been right; Sam had easily taken on the other vampire, while Cas currently couldn't even keep his head up.

"Now!" Doug growled. Very much aware that the vampire would probably still kill Cas, Dean slowly bent down and put his machete on the ground. Sam followed suit.

"There. See? Now let him go!" Dean said.

"I don't think so." Doug looked like a madman with his glittering eyes and bloody face. "You two are going to suffer a slow and painful death at the hands of this guy right here. Know what I'm gonna do to him? I'm gonna turn him and he'll be the one to drain you two sons of bitches dry!"

Before Dean could do anything, Cas surprised them all by weakly elbowing Doug in the side. It did nothing except surprise the vampire but Dean took the opportunity to grab his machete and slice Doug's head off. Doug had a look of permanent surprise frozen into his face as his head rolled across the floor but Dean was more interested in catching Cas, who had collapsed when Doug's grip had slackened.

"Cas? Cas, talk to me!" Dean demanded, shaking Cas gently. His angel's head just lolled. "C'mon, Sam! We gotta get him back to the bunker!"