Dean Winchester was an untrusting kind of person. Hell he barely trusted Sam sometimes but none had less of his trust than demons. They were piss poor excuses for creatures that lied, cheated and did everything in their power to make you suffer, so when a demon came to Sam and Dean one day, begging for their help, Dean had pulled out the cult and aimed it straight at his head.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't shoot you in the head, right now." Dean said, looking quite irritated.
"My son...I want to find my son." The demon said. He looked frantically left and right, hoping to find an escape should this hunter want him dead.
Dean looked at the demon and took in his appearance. He was tall, gangly almost, with long black hair, tied nicely behind his neck, and a pale complexion. What was starting the most about him, were those eyes. Dean knew about those eyes.
When Dean was maybe six or seven his dad had wrote about the demon with the ever changing eye color. He was known to be a useless seer, only seeing things pertaining to his own time line, and never in order nor in any way telling so he would be able to change the out come, but legend goes that this demon was one of the strongest to exist, due to his half-breed status. No one could best him in power, and he was basically neutral unless he owed a favor.
Dean lowered the cult and looked at the demon calmly.
"You're Eclipse...right?" Sam looked at Dean, shocked he would know this demon by name.
"Yes...how?" The demon seemed just as confused.
"My dad knew about you...said you owed him a favor that you returned to him with fervor. Where is your son? The favor we collect from you could be useful later down the line."
"He was with Jeriah, my...I guess you could call him a friend, and now...I don't know. I was out collecting souls, do not look at me in that manor it is my job, and when I returned home he was missing and my friend slain."
"Do you have any idea who it could have been? Maybe a clue they left behind?" Dean asked, putting the cult away, knowing this demon wouldn't attack. If their dad had trusted him, then Dean would too.
"I was told he was brought to earth...I will owe you any favor you wish for, I wish only to find him." Eclipse said, ringing his hands together nervously.
"Dean, you can't be buying this. Remember Ruby?" Sam said, holding the demon knife tightly in his hands.
"Yeah, I remember Ruby, I also remember that dad trusted this demon." Dean said, looking at Sam menacingly. He didn't need this shit.
"I have only ever helped two humans on earth, one was Jeriah, who became a friend, and he would have told me had he had children and the other had been John Winchester." Sam glared at the demon.
"You have no right to say his name." Eclipse looked apologetically at Sam.
"I am sorry for your loss. He helped me locate my husband and in return I helped him learn of Azaezel's plans. I did not realize he had children..."
Dean looked anywhere but at Sam as he answered.
"Well, yeah he had kids. I'll help you, even if mister stick up his ass doesn't want to." At this Eclipse looked at Sam.
"I will always be neutral unless I owe a favor. Once I am indebted I will not stand down from you until my debt has been paid. If I am indebted to you, I will believe what you believe, I will do as you do until such time as the debt is returned in full." Eclipse explained hoping to win over the favor of the younger Winchester.
"Whatever! Any funny business and I will fucking murder you." Eclipse nodded and walked over to the brothers, hoping they wouldn't change their minds and kill him on the spot.
"So where's your husband...Sanoia or whatever his name was?" Dean asked, throwing the colt on his bed and taking a seat.
"Sinoa, and he...he died." Dean physically winced at that.
"I'm sorry...how did he...if you don't mind me asking...die?" Eclipse waved away the apology before answering.
"It's not a problem. I know some of the rumors that follow us around, but we're not invincible. He was cornered and torn to pieces and...he and I aren't like other demons. We're half-breeds, the body you see is my actual body. It won't change or age passed what you see now and when we die we will be placed in the rack and there's no escaping that fate. There are so many souls I wouldn't even know where to look for him...and even if I found him he wouldn't know me...so I don't know what to do about him. Right now I want to focus on my son."
Dean nodded and stood to grab a beer and seeing the forlorn look on Sam's face he knew that Sam was saddened by what he heard.
"Want a beer?" Dean asked opening the mini fridge and waiting for the answer.
"Sure." Eclipse and Sam said together.
Dean grabbed the required amount of beer and made his way back to the others.
"So about your son, how old is he and what does he look like so I can help track him down."
"He's five years, three months, two days and seven hours old, he's about three feet tall, black hair, short cropped, he has blue eyes and he's chubby and answers to Dolion."
Dean nodded and took all this in, hoping they would be able to find this kid.
"CASTIEL!" Dean called, hoping his angelic lover would come to him now.
"Yes Dean?"
Dean jumped and Eclipse laughed while Sam just continued to drink his beer, thinking about everything that had happened not twenty minutes ago.
"Who is this Dean? He is not demon nor is he human..." Castiel was curious.
"My name is Eclipse and I'm a half-breed from times your brothers were new." Castiel gasped.
"You are an original. I had thought you had died out."
"It is only myself and my son now, the rest have died out, including not long ago, my husband."
Castiel looked saddened by this.
"I am sorry to hear of your tragedy. I wish you a future worth living for."
"I wish the same for you." Bowing his head Eclipse looked lost, like he'd lived through too much.
"Wait...if you're so old...why is your son so...young?" Sam asked, curiosity getting the better of him.
"He is not my first son, but he looks to be my last as I have no one to have them with any longer. They have all been killed in one way or another. My first son...he was taken and destroyed. I didn't even get to see his body, Lucifer took him from me.
"The second child died in a war, the third child was murdered by Jeriah's wife, she burned with jealousy, for she cannot have children...my fourth child died in utero. I was poisoned to miscarry her and this child that is lost to me is my fifth. I have seen many children die...I am tired of seeing them dead...Dolion was not planned, as the others had been...I had wished for no more children...I do not wish any more death."
"I will find you son." Castiel stated before vanishing from the room not two seconds later.
"Will he be able to?" Dean asked Sam who shrugged.
"He will be able to find another like myself. We have a distinct energy about us. Our magic is very old and therefore very distinct. He will return with my son." Dean nodded and looked curiously at Eclipse.
"While we wait, explain things to me...you're a guy, your husband...obviously a guy, how?" Eclipse laughed.
"I'm a half-breed. Any half-breed is able to have children regardless of gender." Dean nodded still not understanding.
"Why can't you find your son?"
"He is blocked to me."
"Won't others find us based on your energy?" Sam asked looking curiously at this demon.
"Yes, they can but they will not come close, I can kill them faster than they can blink."
"Wait then how did your son get kidnapped...what were they thinking to accomplish?" Sam asked again, not heeding the glare from Dean to shut the hell up.
"My son was taken when I was on earth far from him, and they do not want to accomplish anything. They want me to suffer."
"But why? You're like all powerful."
"I am neutral now. I was not always so. I was on the side of humans. I fought for you, I wanted you to live. There were wars, many wars, in order to determine your fate and I fought in all of them to ensure your survival and I have suffered since. Our victory has cost me my life and family. There are times I wish I had merely stayed silent."
"I'm sorry..." Sam didn't know what to say.
"Your side would have lost had it not been for me, Sinoa and a handful of others originals. Your fate rested in the hands of my family and they have died so you would live..." Here Eclipse looked at Dean.
"May I use your bed. I am suddenly very tired." Dean nodded and stood to take a different seat, watching Eclipse fall into bed, tears marring his face.
Eclipse closed his eyes and fell into a silent sleep. Dean took this opportunity to grab Sam by his arm and drag him from the motel room.
"What the hell is your problem? You trying to give him a mental break down?" Sam gave Dean a bitch face before answering.
"Yeah sure, cause those questions weren't relevant? We need to know if we can trust him. I'm not like you, I won't blindly trust someone just cause dad trusted him." Dean punched Sam in the face.
"No Sam, you'll trust a demon bitch who'll feed you her blood. That's okay, but that man in there? No HE'S the threat right? The one who's probably bawling his eyes out at what you made him remember. He's so much of a fucking threat that Castiel is damn near SINGLE HANDEDLY helping him, yeah?"
Sam was silent.
"I thought so. Bring up the facts and BOOM someone has nothing left to say. I'm not saying trust him with your life, but give him the benefit of the doubt here Sam. He's hurting and I, for one, am going to help him."
"That won't be necessary...I found his son." Castiel said, scaring the crap out of Sam and Dean.
"You need to wear a bell...so where's the kid?"
Castiel's face fell.
"You have got to be KIDDING ME! Who did it?" Dean was PISSED.
"I have found them and have them bound and tied, unable to leave, in a warehouse an hours drive from here. No one will find them." Dean nodded and paced, not knowing what to do until Eclipse woke up.
"Where's the kid's body?" Dean asked and watched Castiel vanish.
Not long after Castiel was back, holding the body of the smallest kid Dean had ever seen. This boy was so small and fragile looking. How could anyone have done this to a kid.
Dean's hand moved of it's own accord to the kid's face and brushed aside the bits of dirt marring his face.
"How did he..." Dean couldn't bring himself to say it.
"I do not know. There are no distinguishing marks. He did not look to have suffered." Castiel said holding the body closer to his chest.
"You stay here until I call you and don't let mister sensitive in, I'm going to go break the news." Dean said looking pointedly at Sam. Castiel nodded and watched Dean walk into the motel room and sighed. He hoped Dean knew how to break this kind of news.
"Eclipse?" Dean said softly, not wanting to jar the demon.
"Thank you for finding him. I am indebted to you for the remainder of my life for this...please bring me his body...I wish to say goodbye." Dean nodded and called for Castiel softly, who appeared next to the bed with child in hand.
"Where do you wish him to lie?" Castiel asked and Eclipse opened his arms.
"Give him here, he's a mess without me." Eclipse said, sad smile on his face.
Castiel did as he was told and watched Eclipse maneuver Dolion about until the kid's head was resting on his arm and the kid was tucked comfortably under his chin. Eclipse draped his arms around his son and watched for signs of breathing. Finding none, he took a shakey breath before letting out a whimper and clutching at Dolion.
Tear fell unchecked down his face as he continued to hold his son.
"You are my sunshine
My only sunshine,
you make me happy
when skies are grey
you'll never know dear
how much I love you
so please don't take my sunshine away...
The-the other night d-dear
As I lay sle-sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
when I awoke dear...
I was mistaken
so I hung my head and cried."