Accidental Video

[dudeimbatman]

[The device flickers on showing two pairs of legs. One is wearing jeans and black boots. The other pair of legs belongs to something not even remotely human. There's some runes chalked on the concrete in what appears to be some sort of circle. There's also a thick line of salt in a circle outside of the runed one. The silence is puncuated by some grunts and whimpers through grit teeth and then, quite suddenly, a gurgled scream.

There's a whirring sound and the device lens unfocuses and pans back to refocus. Dean Winchester is in the middle of the circle and the non-human is something from the Underground with way too many teeth. The monster is hanging from a hook on a chain, the type used to move cargo or meat around. The monster's arms are over his head and his legs are bound with another chain. Dean has the point of a knife dug into the monster's shoulder and he's twisting it, placing just enough pressure on the knife to keep ti drilling into the monster's shoulder as he twists it in slow rotations. There's already a good deal of thick, red blood on the floor and from the looks of Dean's injuries (mostly superficial, recieved when he caught the monster) it's not his blood. The monster on the other hand isn't doing so well. He's covered in blood and hanging sort of slack against the chain.

The most disturbing part isn't the way the monster is trussed up or the open toolbox displaying a wide variety of things that could, and judging from the blood stains on them, have been used to torture the monster. The most disturbing part is the look on Dean's face.

Someone's enjoying this and it isn't the monster.]

Comments

[video]

[iwatchtjhooker]

Yeah, he looks pretty much stopped, Dean.

[Sam is really at a loss.]

This... isn't what we do.

[video]

[dudeimbatman]

[Dean doesn't have an answer to that because Sam's right, this isn't what they do.]

Yeah. Most of the time.

[video]

[iwatchtjhooker]

Yeah? [Raised eyebrow.] What's changed?

[video]

[dudeimbatman]

[Dean can't help the bitter chuckle that comes out. Sam knows they don't stop him from going to Hell. He's figured out that much.]

Hell. don't worry 'bout it, Sam. It's something the City's doing today.

[video]

[iwatchtjhooker]

This City made you do that? [Sam swallows, looking worried.] Are you okay? Can I... I'll come help you.

[video]

[dudeimbatman]

[Dean could actually really use some Sam time right now.]

Yeah...yeah. The Impala ought to be in the garage. Keys are on the nightstand in my room.

[video]

[iwatchtjhooker]

Okay. Where are you?

[video]

[dudeimbatman]

Old warehouse a few blocks east of the 'safe' path.

[video]-->[action]

[iwatchtjhooker]

Okay. I'll be there as soon as I can.

[And he is--in the Impala, trying not to think too hard about what's going on, Sam books it to the warehouse. There's plenty of time to reflect on what he's seen. And to wonder. Dean seems far too comfortable. And Sam knows this isn't the first time.

But when was? He doesn't like the obvious answer, even if it takes some of the edge off. Because even if Dean was driven to this under duress, in Hell, it was Sam who put him there.]

Dean?!

[He searches the warehouse, eyes adjusting to the gloom.]

[action]

[dudeimbatman]

[Dean walks out of the shadows, mostly clean. He's still got some blood on his hands, but it's smeared because he's tried to wipe it off. He's got a duffle bag with him full of 'tools' he used to torture the monster.]

Hey, Sam.

[He's fairly, deeply ashamed of what he's done and that Sam has seen him but he knows there's not a lot he can do about it right now. He's not quite looking Sam in the eyes.]

You managed to find the place.

[action]

[iwatchtjhooker]

[Sam notes the lack of eye contact. It's significant, because Dean isn't even trying to meet his eyes defiantly. He glances at the bag in Dean's hand, the smears of blood, and frowns.]

Yeah, you'd be amazed. Dean... Come on. We have to talk about this.

[action]

[dudeimbatman]

What's there to talk about, Sam? Nasty thing is dead. That's what we do, isn't it?

[He's completely ignoring the fact that he tortured it practically to death.]

[action]

[iwatchtjhooker]

You know it isn't. You know you were... that was way off the deep end, even for us.

[action]

[dudeimbatman]

[When he speaks, Dean's voice is quiet and very tired.]

Our deep end's a lot deeper these days, Sammy.

[action]

[iwatchtjhooker]

[Sam swallows.]

After... Hell, you mean.

[action]

[dudeimbatman]

[Dean nods and then because Sam deserves an answer.]

It's not just Hell, Sam. Yeah, that's a huge part of it, but the angels got involved and nothing is what the fuck it seems and...it's all screwed up. The things they needed me to do...[He shakes his head. Even if Sam hadn't been going batshit hopped up on demon blood, Dean wouldn't have allowed the angels to use Sam the way they used him.]

[action]

[iwatchtjhooker]

Like Castiel. [He frowns, taking that in.] Wait. The angels? The angels make you do stuff like... like that?

[action]

[dudeimbatman]

[Dean purses his lips, quiet a moment.] They caught Alistair. They needed someone to get some information out of him. Someone who knew what they were doing.

[action]

[iwatchtjhooker]

Um. Who's Alistair?

[action]

[dudeimbatman]

Crap [He scrubs his hand over his hair.] CEO of torture in Hell. Big time demon.

[action]

[iwatchtjhooker]

Oh my god. [Is Dean saying what Sam thinks he is?] They made you... they made you torture him?

[action]

[dudeimbatman]

[Dean shrugs.] Guess they were fresh out of the usual line up.

[action]

[iwatchtjhooker]

Jesus. Dean... [He doesn't know what to say.] Dean, you know that's not... that's not your fault, right?

[action]

[dudeimbatman]

Yeah. I got it. [He does. Kind of. It's not that he tortured the demon for Cas. Dean's tortured demons before and will again.] I was just the best man for the job.

[That's the kicker. The part that grabs him by the throat and squeezes.]

[action]

[iwatchtjhooker]

[Sam can practically see that.]

No. No, that's... Dean, they can't put that on you. I mean, if you were... if you were down there in Hell, and they got you out, they could've kept you from going. They could have made it so none of that had to happen. Hell, I bet they could have reversed time or something. This is not on you.