I know, you all have probably forgotten about this by now, and I have noone to blame but myself. I have had serious writers block, and its finally starting to clear up a little. This chapter isn't that thrilling, but I wanted to use it to introduce some other characters that will be in the story so you all won't be confused when a strange name pops up here and there.

So, hope you like, or that it's at least readable, and I promise to update more quickly from here on out!

R&R please!

Michelle

The Only Way to Travel

Ch4

"What happened Sam? What's going on?"Dean demanded, turning his head in the direction he assumed his brother was.

"They're saying that some of the people who were here earlier with us have been taken."Sam replied in a hushed tone.

"What? By who?"Dean asked, a look of confusion on his face."I thought you said the island was deserted."

"I said it appeared to be deserted Dean, but being as how I don't really know anything more than you do about this place, I'm sure I could've been wrong." Sam replied.

"Do we know who it was that did the taking?" Dean asked with a frown.

"No, Seems whoever did it snuck up and no one noticed they had been here until it was too late."

"No one saw or heard anything?"Dean asked in disbelief."How in the hell could no one hear or see someone getting drug away against their will? That's bullshit."

"Did you hear it Dean?"Sam asked pointedly, a bit piqued by his brothers attitude.

"Well, no...but."Dean replied, then cut his own sentence off and asked a question instead," How many people are gone?"

"Don't know, but I'm gonna find out. I'll be right back, so don't worry. You just stay right here and..."

"Just go! I think I can handle sitting here Sam. Just find out what you can then come back and tell me."Dean snapped, clearly annoyed with Sam thinking he was such an invalid that he couldn't even sit somewhere by himself for five minutes.

"Okay."his younger brother said with a smile. That was the good ole Dean he knew and loved, stubborn and mean as a snake.

He got up and walked towards the group of people that were huddled together talking, some in panicked voices, while others were trying to remain calm in an effort not to upset people any more than they already were.

"What are we going to do?"A large blond man who looked like a body builder asked, pacing back and forth."Aren't we even going to try and find them?"

"And let them take and kill us or worse? We have no idea whatsoever as to what they're going to or have already done to the ones they took, so why place ourselves in the same position? That would in my opinion be the worst plan at this point. It wouldn't be worth the risk. Of course that's just my opinion."A skinny man with thick glasses, which one of the lens' were cracked on said, his last words dripping with sarcasm.

"Not worth the risk? They took my wife!"a dark haired middle-aged man argued, stepping menacingly towards the skinny guy."I suppose you'd think it was worth it if it was one of your family wouldn't you?"

"You'll have to forgive my lack of empathy buddy, seeing as how my wife died in the crash. Which leaves me the sole parent to our 4 year old daughter. So let me be honest and say, I could give a shit either way about you and yours at this point. Or anyone else here for that matter."the man replied with a sneer.

"I hate to agree with him. Though he is being a total ass about it I might add."Angela, the nurse who'd passed out water earlier said, glaring at the man before she continued to speak up timidly."But it is dark, and would be very dangerous to go out in this jungle that we're so unfamiliar with. Whoever is out there has the advantage of knowing the area I would guess, so maybe they're hoping we'll do just what you've suggested,"she said nodding at the muscular blond,"And walk right into their trap."

"Yeah, we'd just be saving them the trouble of having to sneak up on us."Sam interjected, and all the others turned to look at him, noticing his presence for the first time."I think the thing to do would be to wait until morning and send a small group out to scout the area. At least then we'd be able to see what's going on around us."he offered in suggestion.

"And you are who exactly?"the man with the broken glasses asked, looking at him with cold eyes.

"He's Sam. I met him earlier."Zach answered for him, walking over and putting a hand on Sam's shoulder.

"Yeah, me too."Angela said, giving him a friendly smile, adding,"You have a brother right?"

"Yep, that's me."Sam replied, returning the smile.

"Well Sam, let me introduce you to everyone since they all know your name now."Zach said, then started naming and pointing at each of the others in turn."This is Brock, "he said pointing at the blond man."Ray,"pointing at the man with glass's,"Mike"pointing at the dark haired man,"Lauren,"pointing at a very attractive brunette, who couldn't be much older than him, and was wearing a tattered stewardess uniform,"and you know myself and Angela."he concluded.

"Nice to meet you all."Sam said, shaking each of their hands, except Ray, who just scoffed and laughed at him saying,"Charmed I'm sure."

"I happen to think that your suggestion is a very good one."Zach, who it seemed had taken the role of leadership in the group said to Sam, then directing the whole group once more continued to speak."We can wait till morning and send a few of the men out to try and find out a little more about where we are. Hell, for all we know there's a hotel or something a couple miles away, and we just happened to crash on the uninhabited side of the island."

"Oh yeah, and I suppose none of the guests at this hotel saw a plane crashing Mr. Genius. "Ray said with a snort."Ohh, or maybe they thought it was a fireworks display."

"Must there always be a prick in every group?"Lauren muttered, rolling her eyes in exasperation at the man.

"Must there always be a little smart ass bitch?"the man retorted.

"Can we all just make the best of things and try to get along?"Zach said, putting a restraining hand on Brock's arm, who's own hands were clenched into fists at his sides, obviously preparing to pop Ray one.

"Tell that to Mr. Personality,"Brock growled through gritted teeth."who says he doesn't give a damn about anyone or anything, yet is still standing here acting like an ass amongst those of us who do."

"Ray, I am truly sorry for your loss. We all are, but we need to try and work together right now."Zach said, trying to defuse the situation before it got completely out of control.

"And do you think you're the only one who lost someone in this?"Brock asked, letting his hands unclench." Because you're not. My fiancée died in that plane too, so if you think that you can use that as an excuse to act like a whiny little bitch, then let me be the first to say that's straight up bullshit. I say if you're not going to contribute anything to helping, go find a patch of sand and plant your ass in it right now."

"Fine, I'm sorry. It's just...I'm very upset."the man said with a sigh, pushing his glasses up with his index finger.

"We understand that. So I say lets just start over shall we? And have everyone working together instead of fighting amongst one another ."Angela said putting a hand gently on the mans shoulder.

"Okay, getting back to business. Tonight they took how many of us, 4?" Zach asked, but continued talking before anyone could answer."The people behind it are obviously cowards since they waited till we were all sleeping to come, so maybe it will be safe to send a scouting group out tomorrow."

"Yeah, but who's going to go?"Angela questioned.

"We'll gather up some volunteers in the morning when we can properly explain to everyone the situation."Zach replied.

"Well, I volunteer now."Brock said stepping forward."It's not much, but I'm a professional wrestler, so maybe if we are attacked, I can at least help in defending myself and whoever else goes."

"Okay, there's one already."Zach said."But I don't think we need to send too many people . Just in case they decide to pay another visit in the daytime hours."

"I'll go too."Sam spoke up again."I'm pretty good at tracking and stuff, and am a decent fighter."

"Please."Ray say, slipping back into asshole mode."How old are you 18,19? What can you do?"

"Lets just say that my line of business has taught me to be prepared for anything. And I'm 22, not 18."

"I'll go too."Lauren chimed in."I took some self defense classes so don't worry. I assure you that I can handle myself."she added when receiving dubious looks from some of them.

"Well, there we have it, our very own elite band of scouts. That was easy enough." Zach commented jokingly, trying to break through the tension that hung thick in the air.

The most his joking got was a half-hearted titter from the small group. After a few minutes more of planning and Brock volunteering to stand watch the remainder of the night just in case the unknown enemy decided to come back for seconds, they split up, each heading back to where they'd settled for the night.

"Well, what did you find out?"Dean asked when he heard Sam sit back down beside him, now fully alert.

Oh shit, Dean's so not going to like what I have to say, Sam thought,now realizing that maybe he should have discussed it with his brother before volunteering to go with the scouting group.

"Well? Are you going to tell me anything or have you suddenly been struck mute?"Dean asked sarcastically.

"Uh, no I haven't asshole."Sam replied with a short burst of forced laughter."We really don't know who did the taking, just as I thought, but so far as can be told they took 4 people. A woman, 2 men, and a kid."

"A kid huh? And no one heard a kid getting drug off? This is ridiculous."Dean said with a disgusted snort, thinking how if he could see, that this might possibly have never happened."So, is anyone going to even go look for these people or is everybody just going to sit back with their thumbs up their ass?"he asked as an afterthought.

"Yes, there's a small group of us going in the morning at first light to do some scouting."Sam answered non-nonchalantly.

"Well, that's good. At least someone's going to do somethi...Hey wait!"Dean exclaimed suddenly, the meaning of Sam's words fully hitting him."You don't mean you're going do you? Cause, that would be..that would be...unsafe for...you."he finished , trying to hide the alarm he felt just at the thought of Sam leaving him all alone, unable to see, amongst strangers.

"Unsafe for me?"Sam repeated, sounding offended by his older brothers words."You think I can't take care of myself without you there to hold my hand don't you?"

"No, that's not how I meant it Sam."he said with a sigh, running a hand through his short hair.

"Then how did you mean it Dean? You know I can take care of myself, so why shouldn't I go help them?"then as if hit by a sudden bolt of lightening, understanding flowed into him.

Dean was illuminated a little by the fire burning a ways down the beach, and that small amount of light, was enough for Sam to see clearly the expression on his brothers face..

Of course dumb ass, he's scared. Who wouldn't be if in his position.

"You're right." he amended with a sigh."I just thought that since I do hunt down monsters and demons all the time that maybe I could be helpful in finding whoever took those people."

"No Sam, you're right."Dean agreed after a thoughtful pause."They will need you, so go."

"But you need me too, and that's more important." Sam argued.

"I'm pretty sure I can survive a day without you Sam. There's plenty of people around if I happen to need anything, which isn't likely."

"Okay, but we're not leaving till morning so lets try and get some rest."Sam suggested, very proud of the fact that Dean would put others over himself. Not that it wasn't something he did all the time, because truth be told, he was without a doubt the most selfless person Sam knew.

Not likely, Dean thought with a frown as he laid back down.

Not that he was going to admit it, but the thought of his little brother out running around trying to find god knows what without him there to help did bother him.

A lot.

Stupid fucking case, he yelled inwardly. If I ever find out who it belonged to I'm going to...well, do nothing because it wasn't actually their fault it hit me, but still...

You also don't won't to stay behind either, he admitted to himself. So many things could go wrong and what if Sam doesn't come back?

And if that should happen, how will you find him if you can't see?

Pushing the many negative thoughts running through his still pounding head aside, he closed his eyes, but opened them again a few minutes later, with a loud snicker.

"Hey, what you laughing about?"Sam whispered from beside him, surprised, yet pleased, to hear Dean do so.

"Oh, well I was just thinking about how if there were any ugly women on board who survived, they might actually luck up and be able to score with a hot item such as myself since I can't see them and all."

"Ughh!"Sam exclaimed in a loud whisper, smiling."That statement was so wrong in so many ways, but I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by that."

"Well, you asked."Dean replied with a unseen shrug, and silence fell between them once more, both of them lost in their own thoughts of what the next day would bring.

TBC

Okay, the excitement and such starts next, so I hope you'll stay with me, and I once again apologize for the too long a wait between my update, and I will do my best to have the next one up soon!