Remember Tomorrow

11. Faith

Sam, Dean and Austin parked and opened the trunk. Dean pulled out three tasers. Tucker was sleeping in his car seat.

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

"A hundred thousand volts," Dean replied.

"Damn."

"Yeah, Austin 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 Austin 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 toward the stairs. "All right, go!"

Sam and Austin 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! Austin!" Dean called.

Dean shot his taser and missed. "Sam, Austin, get 'em outta here!"

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

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

Dean moved around the basement on high alert, shining his flashlight into corners. "Come on!"

A ragged, hairy creature leapt up and shoved Dean backwards. He lost his weapon and flashlight as he fell. 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 Dean. The two shook and twitched. The creature fell, and Dean lost consciousness.

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

HOSPITAL

Sam and Austin, holding Tucker, 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." Sam pulled a card from his wallet and handed it to the receptionist.

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

Sam and Austin 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," another cop said.

Sam and Austin noticed a doctor walking toward them and glanced at the cops. "Excuse me."

"Sure. Thanks for your help."

"Hey, doc," Austin greeted. "Is he..."

"He's resting."

"He? And?"

"The electrocution triggered a heart attack. Pretty massive, I'm afraid. His heart... it's damaged."