Just A Taste

-Chapter Five-

They pulled into a motel and the humans left to book a room and Luke turned to wake Sam. Pushing on the hunter gently and then more forcefully he was finally able to rouse Sam.

"W-We here kid?" Sam mumbled out.

Luke bristled a little at being called a kid but let it go.

"Yeah, I'll get out and help you out of the car, okay?"

"Sure." Sam shifted to sit up more in his seat.

Luke hopped out and moved to open Sam's door. Once the door was open, Sam slowly rose from his seat as Luke watched to make sure he was steady on his feet.

The young teen was pulled from his concentration by his father's voice.

"Luke, does Sam need help?"

Before Luke could respond, Sam spoke.

"I'm okay. Just weak, I can make it to the room."

The Alpha narrowed his eyes at Sam and snorted. "I'm not so sure about that, but I'll let you try."

Luke moved closer to Sam not liking the way his former caretaker was looking at the young hunter. Not sure if he would be much help, he worked his right arm around Sam's waist he moved away from the car. When Sam didn't pull away, Luke stayed close and helped his friend make it to the room.

One of the vamps smirked at the two of them while holding the door open. The whole situation was full of tension. Luke would be happy when it this night was over.

Once they were in the room, Luke help Sam make it to one of the beds so that the hunter could sit down. The Alpha moved to the center of the room and placed a bag down on the small kitchenette table that was there.

Luke decided to sit down next to his friend still feeling protective over the weakened hunter.

The Alpha quietly began to empty his bag before he finally spoke.

"I need this room to be empty of everyone but Sam and the boy. The rest of you can wait outside and make sure we are not disturbed. Understood?"

Luke watched as the two humans that had driven them to the motel and the two vamps that had accompanied the Alpha excused themselves. Once they were gone, the ancient vampire turned his attention to Sam.

"Sam, it will take me some time to set this up. I'll need something that contains Dean's essence, like a hair brush or tooth brush. Do you have something?"

"In his duffel in the car. I'll get it."

Sam started to stand when the Alpha spoke up loudly.

"You will stay put and try and rest while I put this together. Luke can get the bag. My child, Dirk has the keys to the car."

Sam sighed. "Luke, the bag is in the trunk. It's green and looks like my bag."

Luke nodded. "Yeah, sure, no problem. I'll be right back."

Luke jumped up and gave Sam a reassuring smile before he left the room. He really didn't want to leave his former caregiver alone with his new friend, he felt very uneasy about it, but there wasn't really anything else he could do.

-0-

Once the child had left, the Alpha turned his full attention to Sam.

"Sam, I want to apologize for losing control. I almost killed you and I'm ashamed of my actions."

Sam shifted on the bed before looking the Alpha in the eye. There was defiance there.

"You know I probably should be angry over this, but I'm relieved. I'm relieved that I don't have to wait a whole month hoping this spell works, wasting time. If tonight is fruitless, I'll be able to move on right away."

The Alpha chuckled. "You are practical. I like that. I will admit I'll miss having you around."

"Sorry I can't say the same." Sam spat back.

The Alpha sighed. "I understand, our time together was stressful for you. I wish it could have been more positive."

"If you bring Dean back tonight, it will have been worth it."

"I'll try, and I'm hoping for the best, though you may have to keep your brother from attacking me if he does make it here."

Sam smiled at that statement. "Yeah, he'll be fired up. I'll do my best."

The Alpha returned the smile and went back to prepping for the spell.

-0-

Luke was creeped out by the stares he got from vamps and humans alike as he grabbed the duffel out of the trunk of the car. He did his best to ignore them and to get back to Sam and the Alpha as quickly as possible.

Once back inside the motel room, he could breathe easier. Ever since he witnessed the damage the Alpha had inflicted on Sam, being around vampires put him on edge in a way that it hadn't since the night he had been taken.

Luke barely gave the Alpha nod as he moved straight to the bed Sam was sitting on. Once there he handed the bag to Sam.

Sam smiled and quickly unzipped the duffel. After a minute or two of looking through the bag, Sam pulled out a shaving kit. He unzipped it and pulled out a toothbrush handing it to Luke.

"Can you give that to the Alpha?"

Luke nodded and moved towards his former father figure.

"Is that all you need Father?" Luke asked as he handed the toothbrush to the Ancient Vampire.

"Yes, with this I have everything. Why don't you sit next to Sam while I get ready to start?"

"Sure." Luke replied quietly, happy to no longer have the attention of his former mentor.

Luke moved back towards the beds eying the one Sam was on and the one next to it. Part of him knew he should give Sam some room to breathe but part of him needed to be close to Sam and that part won out as he sat next to his friend.

Sam didn't seem to notice his whole body taunt and his attention focused on the vampire pouring items into a bowl.

Luke got it, this was it. Either tonight Sam would get his brother back, which would make putting up with the vampire worth it, or the spell would fail and Sam would have to start over. Luke hoped for his friend's sake that the spell worked.

After a few minutes the Alpha started to chant quietly. The words were not recognizable to Luke and before the young man really thought about it, he spoke in a whisper to Sam.

"What's he saying?"

Sam briefly glanced at him and replied quickly.

"It's Latin and I'll explain this after we're done, okay? I don't want to distract him."

"Sorry." Luke whispered back.

Sam nodded and continued to watch enrapt.

The vampire's voice began to rise in volume and Luke could have sworn the room was beginning to shake and then just as the ancient one dropped a match in the bowl the room did shake. It quaked and as Luke watched, a man appeared crouched down on the floor between him and the vampire.

The man was older than Sam and looked like just moments before he had been maybe hiding behind something. There was a look of confusion on his face until he looked up and he located Sam. His face lit up in recognition and before Luke could process it Sam was on his knees in front of this stranger, who was evidently Sam's brother, Dean. They were embracing and Luke felt like he was intruding by watching so he looked away.

As his eyes shot away from the two men's emotional reunion, he caught the eye of his former caretaker. The Alpha gave Luke a warm smile and then placed his pointer finger over his lip motioning Luke to stay quiet. Luke nodded and watched as the vampire quietly and quickly exited the room.

When the door shut, Sam looked up and noticed that the vamp had left and then returned his attention to his brother. Sam looked in control; the weak man that Luke had been helping was gone.

"Dean, are you okay?"

"Fine Sam, how did you get me out?"

Sam let out a slow breath. "It's a long story, that can wait. Where's Castiel?"

This time it was Dean that let out a slow breath.

"Don't know Sam. He was with me and then gone."

Sam nodded. "You sure you're okay?"

Dean let out a chuckle. "You know after being to Hell, Purgatory wasn't so bad. I mean it was like a hunt in a forest that had one too many fuglies to keep up with but I'm okay. Just tired, like after a weekend hunt gone bad, tired."

"You're telling me that two months in Purgatory is like a complicated weekend hunt in the woods? Somehow I'm not buying that!" Sam huffed out.

Luke watched as the older males face scrunched up in confusion.

"Sam, I was gone two days."

"The hell you were. One minute you were in the room with me and the next you, Cas and Dick were gone! Had no clue where. Crowley just took Kevin and Meg, and told me I was truly alone. It took me a few weeks to discover you were in Purgatory and the rest of the time to figure out how to get you back."

Sam was starting to shake a bit and Luke figured that the adrenaline rush that had propelled him to his brother was now wearing thin.

"Sam, calm down. I'm not lying. It was like two days. I was in the woods and I hid the first night until the sun came up and then I found a good place to spend the second night. I used rocks and sticks to draw up every protection symbol I could in front of this cave. The second day there, I tracked some of the fuglies. They all disappeared during the day but came out at night, hungry. I was in the middle of the third night when you pulled me out."

Sam's posture sagged, in what Luke assumed was relief.

"I guess time moves really slow there compared to here just like it moved faster in hell than here."

Dean let out a chuckle. "Yeah, only it still feels like a normal 24 hour day."

"I'm glad. So I guess we should get up off the floor? And I'll introduce you to Luke."

Luke all the sudden found intent eyes staring him down. He tried for a smile but he was sure it came out a grimace.

"So yeah, who is the kid, and who left? I heard the door close as you were squeezing the life out of me."

Sam sighed. "Can we get up first?"

"That would be nice, if you would get off of me." Dean grunted out, playfully pushing his brother's away as he stood.

Sam stood shortly after and then began to falter. Luke was about to jump up to help the young hunter when his brother grabbed Sam by the shoulders.

"Whoa, there Sasquatch. Don't need you face planting. Let's get you to the bed."

Dean began to move Sam towards the bed and when he did, Luke noticed how deathly pale Sam had become. He jumped off the bed and moved to the head of it pulling pillows and blankets free so that Sam could actually lie down if needed.

Dean seemed to be on board with that idea, because he maneuvered his brother to the head of the bed and motioned for Sam to stretch out.

"I'm okay Dean, really." Sam protested in a whiny voice.

"Sure you are. You look worse than Death, and dude you know I know just how Death looks."

"Fine." Sam said as he lay down.

Luke moved to Sam's feet and began to remove his shoes as Dean plumped up his brother's pillow and helped him get comfortable. The older Winchester then put the other pillow under Sam's feet. Between the two of them, they were able to quickly get Sam settled in the bed.

Luke looked at his friend and could tell that exhaustion was taking its toll on the young weakened hunter.

Dean gave his brother a concerned look.

"Sam, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm really tired, but I'll be okay. I promise, Dean. Just let me get some rest." Sam pleaded.

Dean nodded. "Yeah, okay. You get some sleep and me and Luke will get to know each other."

Sam smiled. "Play nice, both of you, okay?"

Luke moved closer and smiled at Sam. "We'll be fine, just rest."

Dean sighed. "Yeah, what he said."

Sam seemed to be content with that answer and closed his eyes.

Luke wished he shared the same sentiment; he wasn't sure what Dean would think of him. The older hunter motioned for them to move to the kitchenette area and Luke reluctantly followed him. The two of them took seats at the table across from one another. Dean eyed the black bowl in the middle of the table that was still smoking.

"Spell work?"

Luke let out a sigh. "Yeah, though I didn't do it so I don't know much about it, but I'll tell you what I do know."

Dean seemed to soften at his reply.

"How about we discuss who you are and how you ended up with my brother?"

Luke swallowed hard. "Uh, when I was ten years old, a group of vampires invaded my foster home and killed my foster parents. They took me to the Alpha and he made me one of his special children."

Dean's face turned grim. "So you are one of the virgin kids he likes to snack on? How old are you?"

Luke knew from Dean's face he wasn't happy with what he had told him and he wanted to run but he knew he needed to be upfront with Dean if he was to gain any trust.

"I'm thirteen."

"Sam save you?"

"Yeah, you could say that. About a week ago, Sam was brought to my former father's house as a prisoner. He was made an offer by the Alpha. If he submitted to the Alpha for one month; let him feed on him, at the end of that time the Alpha would try an ancient spell that might free you from Purgatory."

Luke thought Dean had looked angry before but now... the man really scared him. Seeming to sense the unease Luke was feeling, Dean's face quickly became a blank mask.

"What else do you know and how are you connected to my brother?"

"Sam was desperate. He had been looking for two months and had run out of leads. The Alpha knew that and was sure Sam would take the bait. He did have a spell and it called for a former resident of Purgatory to perform it but that creature had to be a top power. The Alpha told Sam that by feeding on him daily he would hopefully be powerful enough to perform the spell. The spell would pull out a person that was mistakenly sent to Purgatory. Sam agreed to the deal."

Dean swallowed hard. "You didn't answer me. How are you involved?"

"The Alpha trusted me to take care of Sam while he was feeding on him. The aftercare was my job. I have done this for other humans he fed on. We became friends and over time Sam showed me that I didn't belong there and promised me that he would get me out."

Dean smiled. "Sounds like my brother. So, you said the deal called for the Alpha feeding on Sam for a month, but you said a week ago this all went down... what happened?"

Luke let out a slow breath. "The Alpha became obsessed with Sam's blood, addicted to it. He wasn't able to control himself when he feed on Sam. He tried but last night, he almost killed Sam by over feeding. A doctor had to be called in, and a blood transfusion was given. Sam's going to be weak for awhile."

"Son-of'- a -bitch! So Luke, do you think we're safe? Would the Alpha be tempted to feed on Sam again?"

Luke hadn't thought about it that way until Dean asked him about the Alpha. If the vampire was addicted, who was to say that he might not lose control again and go after Sam?

"Dean, I think we need to leave and go far away. He has Sam's scent and so we need to move before he decides he can't resist."

Dean nodded. "Good thinking kid. So what all do we need to pack?"

"Just your duffel on the floor, Sam's duffel and my bag are in the car." Luke reached in his pocket and pulled out the car keys.

Dean took them looking worried. "Kid, you didn't drive my car?"

Luke shook his head no. "No, one of the Alpha's human servants did."

"That doesn't make me feel any better but can't do anything about that now. How about you grab my bag, and I'll grab Sam. Here's my keys, can you unlock the car?"

"Sure."

Luke took the keys and moved quickly to grab Dean's bag. He then moved out of the room and unlocked the car; placing the duffel back in the trunk before moving to help Dean with the motel door.

He helped Dean get Sam in the back of the car and ran back into the room to grab his friend a few pillows and a blanket before returning to the vehicle. Dean took the items with a smile and began to use them to make his brother comfortable in the backseat.

"Luke, you might as well sit up front with me or Sam might squish you." Dean said as he settled in the driver's seat.

Luke nodded and moved to the passenger seat. Part of him wanted to stay in the back with Sam but it made sense to let the young hunter have the back to himself so that he would be more comfortable.

Dean started the car and mumbled something about missing his baby. Luke smiled at him and got ready to face his new adventure on the road.

-0-

-Epilogue-

Two Weeks Later

Dean placed his and Sam's bags in the trunk of the Impala. Thankful that with the Leviathan threat just a trickle of its former self, he could drive his baby again. Life was looking better for sure.

The loss of Bobby was still there along with many of their friends but Dean had his brother mostly sane, and his baby back, so he was counting life as a win right now. In fact, the last two weeks had been kind of nice. If it hadn't been for the fear of the Alpha out there jonesing for another hit off his brother, oh and the ever present Crowley threat, Dean would have been tempted to stay put a little longer.

They had spent their time holed up with Jody Mills playing Two Men, A Sheriff/Mom, and A Teen. It was amazing how the four of them had quickly fallen into a natural rhythm.

Jody had slowly over time started taking over Bobby's job as information go to person for hunters, so Dean had kept himself busy helping her organize and added more information to her files. He had really enjoyed going to the shooting range with her to relieve stress and not to mention the beer afterwards.

Luke was a cool kid and Dean had enjoyed spending time with him. He trained the kid a bit on fighting and weapons. With the young man exposed already to the nasties in the world, he was wanted to be able to protect himself.

Sam took over teaching the kid about protection. Luke and Jody now both sported anti-possession charms and the house was fully warded thanks to his geeky brother.

Watching Sam with Luke made Dean ache for what could have been for his little brother. He was really good with the kid. Luke adored Sam and it was easy to see that Sam felt the same about the teenager.

That's why leaving was so hard but it was time. Sam was still not a hundred percent but he was as their dad liked to say, up to some easy hunts. His color was better, but Sam was still pale and his energy flagged quickly.

Sam had reluctantly agreed last night. They both knew that Luke was in good hands with Jody and that the two had bonded and become close. As long as they stayed with the two, they were upping the risk of a supernatural fugly taking notice of the them.

Dean turned to watch as Sam hugged Jody and then Luke before he approached his Sasquatch brother.

"Alright Samantha, if you are done with the hugging and girlie stuff we need to hit the road."

Sam gave a fake huff. "Dude, whatever. You hugged them too."

"Yeah, but I did it in a manly way." Dean shot back.

Sam just rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to Jody.

"So, call me anytime. And as I update my hunter's notes, I'll be sure to send you a copy."

Jody smiled warmly. "If anyone would have told me a few years ago that I'd ended up a supernatural librarian, I'd have shot them. Boy how times change."

Sam gave a warm chuckle before turning his attention to Luke.

"So kid, you look after Jody, okay and take care of yourself."

Luke wiped moisture away from his eyes. "Not a kid."

Dean laughed. "You sound so much like Sam at that age kid. So, the two of you take care and Luke, don't hesitate to use the force."

Luke rolled his eyes. "Those Star Wars jokes will definitely not be missed."

Sam ruffled the boy's hair. "Yeah, see you get a break from it but I'm stuck 24/7 with the king of thinks he's funny."

Dean smirked. "You love my jokes and you know it. So let's hit the road. Anything pops up and you two call."

Jody and Luke nodded and Dean pushed Sam towards the car, cuffing him on the head as the moved.

"You're a jerk." Sam squawked at him.

"Yeah, and you love me, bitch." Dean said as they got into the car.

It was hard waving goodbye to his temporary home but Dean was thankful to have them and Sam in his life. They were off to face who knows what as they tried to stop Crowley and find Kevin, but as long as Dean had his car and his brother along with his new temporary family it would be worth it.

A/N: Thanks to everyone that read and especially those who took time to review. I had such fun with this that I might have to revisit the Alpha. A big thanks to sendintheclowns for her wonderful prompt and beta help. I also would like to thank Floralia for her help betaing this story. The amazing story banner is by Princess_Schez and can be seen at the live journal post.

Prompt- 1) I'm looking for something that would at least partially come from the Alpha Vamp's point of view post S7. The Alpha was interested in using soulless Sam and even more so once he saw how Sam dispatched Edgar so easily. Now that Sam is alone, the Alpha has approached him with some sort of deal-work with the Alpha to save some vamps and the Alpha will help Sam find Dean (?)-which leads to some hurt!Sam and ultimately Dean not being pleased that a) Sam worked with the Alpha and b) Sam got hurt trying to save Dean. Or something in that general direction. LOL.