Abandoned

Chapter seven

Sam felt like he was being ripped apart, he knew it wasn't his own pain since all he was doing was sitting on Bobby's couch. Which meant Dean was in pain, Sam remembered the one time where Dean had broken his leg and he felt every part of it. 

"Bobby Dean is in trouble, I can feel it!" Sam exclaimed. "I don't know why but I can and I can't just sit here. I have to find him." 

“Wait! Sam!” Bobby exclaimed. “You can’t just go out there, not without knowing how you and Dean are connected or what your about to walk into.” Sam didn't understand what Bobby was talking about, he already knew that Dean's father was a man of letters so what else was there to know?

"What?" Sam asked. He had been crying so much that his face actually stung, but he didn't care. Bobby handed Sam a tissue, he politely took it and wiped the tears from his eyes.

“Have you heard of Platonic soulmates?” Bobby asked. 

"Only in books but I don't see why that's important," Sam responded. "How will that help Dean?" It took him a minute to realize what Bobby was saying. "Wait are you saying…" He trailed off.

“You and Dean are platonic soulmates,” confirmed Bobby. “As for how it deals with Dean, anything that he feels you will feel it and if you're feeling pain then that means Ketch is already doing his job,” he explained. “That brings me to my next point, if Ketch can’t kill Dean, then he will have his best torture Dean into submission, it’ll get to a point where he won’t recognize you, and he will attack under Ketch’s orders. That son of a bitch will do anything to cover up the truth about Dean.” Sam didn't like what he was hearing and couldn't find the words to respond. He considered the possibility that he was just dreaming or that Bobby was wrong, but considering his arm burning like bugs were crawling all over him, he knew Bobby was right. 

"I don't want this to be happening," Sam said breaking his silence. "I want you to be making it up or that I'm just crazy, because that sounds better at the moment," he continued. "I can't let them hurt Dean, how do I stop Ketch?" 

“That’s the hardest part, you’ll have to somehow expose him as a traitor but you have to do it before Ketch decides to use Dean as a weapon.” Sam didn't need to be told twice, he stood up and ceased his emotional breakdown, there was no time for crying. Dean was out there somewhere getting tortured by his own father, and he had to save his brother. 

"If he was here then Ketch must have left something," Sam said. "No matter how experienced they are, every criminal leaves clues," He had always been a fan of mystery related stuff, much to Dean's annoyance, but for once it might come in handy. "Bobby you got a fingerprinting kit or anything I can use to find hand prints?" Bobby thought about it and remembered that he had a blacklight hidden away in his desk. He walked over to his desk and pulled open the drawer, shuffling through it he came across the blacklight he was looking for. Bobby handed it over to Sam.

“This should help.” 

"Thanks." Sam answered and proceeded to search for any handprints or fingerprints.

***

Crack! The whip hit Dean’s chest at full force, Dean flinched, pain spreading through his chest as Toni continued to strike Dean consistently. The chains rattled as he moved, Dean gripped the chains but his wrist was still hurting from when his father sprained it and he could barely move it. With the amount of force that Toni was using, the whip lashes would later become scars. Blood dripped from the lashes, but Dean wasn’t going to break his will and his love for his brother was there too. If he revealed everything then things would get worse, he wasn’t sure what his father was planning to do to him or why he was doing it, all he knew was that he hoped he could hold off for as long as he could in hopes that Sam would find him. 

"Oh come on sweetie why won't you you scream?" Toni asked. She was hoping that Dean would beg for his life and that the teen would give in. But even after whipping him for almost an hour, Dean still refused to talk. "You're trying my patience." 

“Good,” Dean said weakly. “Because I’m not going to give in.” Toni made a face as if she was trying to decide what she should do next. 

"Sweetie are you really going to make me keep going?" Toni asked, getting close to Dean. "Only you can decide when the pain will stop." Dean glared at her and spat in her face forcing her to step away.

“Go screw yourself bitch.” Dean commented. Toni let out a fake sigh of pity and turned on a nearby knob that soaked Dean in cold water. Due to the cold water, Dean began to shake, all this was so she could prepare for her next method. It wasn't one she used often psychological torture, since most of her victims didn't make it past her first two methods. But it was effective since people were more likely to crack if they were freezing, burning, sleep deprived, or taunted with food. She turned the knob more and the water began running faster, Dean continued to shake and asked Toni if that was the best she could do. 

"Remember to be honest with me Dean, how do you feel?" Toni asked. 

"Like I could strangle you," Dean lied. "You're nothing but a bitch in a pantsuit and I could easily kill you." 

"Oh Dean I have no use for liars," Toni responded. "It's only used to cover up weakness, I guess you're weak,"  Those words seem to have an affect on him and he tried to pull free from the chains. "Tell me how long do you think your brother could last?" She asked. 

“Don’t go anywhere near my brother!” Dean yelled. “Leave him out of this!” 

"I bet he wouldn't last five minutes, or maybe I should bring him here so that he can watch you." Toni declared. At that point Dean couldn’t hold back any longer, Sam wasn’t about to endure what he had to go through not from these men of letters, they protected each other and Dean would rather die than watch Sam be tortured.

“No!” Dean yelled “Stop! Don’t go anywhere near him! I’ll do anything!” he continued. “Just don’t hurt him!” Toni smiled at him and turned off the water, she walked over to Dean who was soaking wet and pet him on the head. 

"Anything?" She asked. 

“Yes..” Dean hated himself for submitting; he was hoping to hold off longer than expected but as soon as Toni threatened to hurt Sam he couldn’t remain strong after that. Toni freed Dean from the chains and dragged him to the darkest part of the room and nearby He saw a snake slithering on her arm. Dean’s eyes widened as he realized that it wasn't attacking her. 

"Beautiful isn't he?" Toni asked. "Snakes remember smells and after getting bitten I realized that I could change their deadly venom," she continued. "So I decided to change it just a bit, and now it can do something much worse." The snake slithered away from her and scented Dean with its tongue, since it didn't recognize his scent it bit him without a second thought. Almost instantly, the venom spread throughout Dean’s system and started to make his thoughts foggy; all he could think about was doing exactly what the men of letters wanted. He couldn’t stand upright for long due to how much torture he had gone through he was mentally and physically exhausted. 

“What did you do?” Dean said but all he heard was an echo around him and fell unconscious. With Dean unconscious, the venom was already beginning to take effect soon, he would be listening and doing what Ketch and the men of letters said. Toni dragged Dean back to his cell and placed him on the cot slamming the door shut and leaving him there. Now all they needed to do was wait.