Standing in the Storm

10. Faith

Sam, Dean, Levi and Tasie parked and opened the trunk. Dean pulled out four tasers. Ethan was sleeping in the back.

"What do you have those amped up to?" Sam asked.

"A hundred thousand volts," Dean replied.

"Damn."

"Yeah, Levi and I want this raw head extra frickin' crispy. And remember, you only get one shot with these things. So make it count."

They moved down the basement stairs with guns and flashlights.

A noise caught their attention and they moved towards a cupboard.

"On three," Dean whispered. "One. Two. Three."

Dean swung the door open, revealing a young boy and girl crouched inside, covering their ears.

"Is it still here?" Sam and Tasie whispered and the kids nodded.

Dean looked at the boy. "Okay. Grab your sister's hand, come on, we gotta get you out of here. Let's go, let's go." They moved towards the stairs. "All right, go!"

Sam and Tasie started to take the kids upstairs, but a hand grabbed their legs, knocking them back down. The children screamed and ran to the top of the stairs.

"Sam! Tasie!" Dean and Levi called.

Dean shot his taser and missed. "Sam, get 'em outta here! Tasie, Levi, go with 'em."

Sam threw his taser to Dean. "Here take this!"

Sam and Tasie ran up the stairs and moved the children out of sight.

Dean and Levi moved around the basement on high alert, shining their flashlights into corners. "Come on!"

A ragged, hairy creature leapt up and shoved Dean and Levi backwards. Dean lost his weapon and flashlight as he fell. Levi pushed Dean to the side as he glanced around, scrambled across puddles of water to grab the taser and pressed it on the creature as it moved towards him, electrocuting him. Electricity moved from the creature through the water and to Levi. The two shook and twitched. The creature fell, and Levi lost consciousness.

Dean shook his brother-in-law. "Levi? Come on, man."

Sam and Tasie ran down the stairs and saw Dean and Levi in the corner, the latter unmoving. "Levi!" They ran over and half lifted Levi, holding his face. "Levi, hey. Hey."

Tasie stroked her husband's cheek. "Levi? Levi! No, please!" She looked between her brothers in a panic.

HOSPITAL

Sam, Tasie, holding Ethan, and Dean stood at the desk with a receptionist.

"Sir, I'm so sorry to ask," the receptionist said. "There doesn't seem to be any insurance on file."

"Right. Uh, okay." He pulled a card from his wallet and handed it to the receptionist.

The receptionist glanced at the card. "Okay, Mr. Burkovitz."

Sam, Tasie and Dean saw two cops waiting and walked over.

"Look, we can finish this up later," one of the cops said.

Sam shook his head. "No, no, it's okay. We were just taking a shortcut through the neighborhood. And, um, the windows were rolled down, and we heard some screaming when we drove past the house, and we stopped. Ran in."

"And you found the kids in the basement?"

"Well, thank God you did."

Sam, Tasie and Dean noticed a doctor walking towards them and glanced at the cops. "Excuse me."