ABANDON ALL HOPE

Summary: Takes place during Season 5 episode 'Abandon All Hope', what if Castiel managed to escape? What if he got to the store just as Ellen opened the doors? What if...

Warning(s): Mentioned character death, blood, Hellhounds, the devil, curse words, and...probably some other crap too.

Characters(That were in the episode): Reapers, Jo, Ellen, Sam, Dean, Meg, Castiel, Lucifer, Bobby.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN SUPERNATURAL

Taking a steady breath, Ellen stood. Sharing one last smile with her daughter, her precious baby girl, she walked to the front of the store and slowly began to undo the chains. She could already hear the Hellhounds snarling just outside, it was as though they knew what she was about to do. kicking away most of the salt the boys had placed by the door, Ellen turned and made her way back towards Jo, she turned on the propane tanks before going to sit by her side.

"Come here..." Ellen whispered putting her arm around Jo who was looking weaker and weaker by the second, wrapping her own hand around the one Jo held the button with she added, "I will always love you, baby..."

"I..." Jo tried to say but was to weak to properly speak.

The sounds of the Hellhounds cause Ellen to become distracted before looking down towards Jo who had laid her head on Ellen's shoulder, voice breaking Ellen spoke softly, "Honey?...Jo..."

the sound of the Hellhounds snarling caused Ellen to tighten her grip on the button, with tears streaming she willed herself to push it, there was no way she wouldn't.

"It's okay" Ellen gasped kissing the top of her baby girls head, "It's okay. That's my good girl."

With a loud snarl the front doors slammed open, causing Ellen to flinch violently. Before she could do anything let alone push the god damn button a familiar figure in a beige trench coat suddenly appeared in from of her.

"C-Cass?!" Ellen gasped, she didn't know where Castiel went or what happened to him but staring at just the back of him she could see shred wounds down his back quickly growing surrounded by blood just as Jo's own wound from the Hellhounds had gotten, she was a bit scared to see the front of him.

"ELLEN DO NOT MOVE! JUST WAIT FOR ME TO FINISH HERE." Castiel yelled his angel blade sliding down his sleeve to be griped firmly in his hand.

"Wha..." The rest of whatever Ellen had planned on saying was drowned out as the Hellhounds all seemed then was a good moment to attack Castiel at once.

Castiel grunted as one managed to get past his defenses and tear the side of his chest, he couldn't even rest to try and focus his grace to that certain location to heal not with Ellen and Jo behind him, he had to protect them. There were only two Hellhounds left, it took some time and a lot of his power but Castiel managed to kill almost six of them outside.

Dodging to the right and quickly twisting around he dug his blade into what he hopes was the Hellhounds chest and pulled it down, splitting open wherever he managed to stab.

"Look out!"

Hearing Ellen's warning Castiel jumped back, but not far enough because next thing he knew he was pinned to the ground with the Hellhound using it's teeth to rip into his skin, him falling had caused him to loose his grip on his blade, dropping it somewhere on the ground.

"NO!"

Castiel hissed as the full weight of the Hellhound suddenly dropped down on top of him, looking over he saw Ellen standing over him, panting heavily and holding his drenched in blood blade.

Struggling Castiel managed to push the Hellhound off of him and put even more effort than he would've liked in sitting up just to get to his knees.

"A-Are you alright?" Castiel gritted his teeth as the adrenaline seemed to wear off all the pain from his wounds came rushing back to him.

"I..." Ellen dropped Castiel's blade and it clattered loudly in the sudden silence of the shop as sobs to over her, "Jo...my baby girl...s-she's..."

Eyes wide, Castiel spun around and gasped as he took in the sight of Jo laying there all bloody and no longer breathing.

"No!" Castiel growled stumbling past the crying Ellen and sinking to his knees next to Jo. He glared up at the sudden arrival of a Reaper mere inches away from him, "Go away. Her soul is not yours to take!"

"W-what?" Ellen said softly, but realized Castiel wasn't talking to her, he wasn't even looking towards her. It was then she realized there was a Reaper in the shop.

The Reaper merely frowned at Castiel but made no move to acknowledge him in favor of focusing on Jo.

With a snarl Castiel disappeared only to reappear behind the Reaper with his angel blade placed against the Reapers back, "I told you, you are not taking her. This was not her war...She does not deserve death! NOW. LEAVE!"

Castiel's eyes glowed bright blue-almost white, obviously intimidated the Reaper vanished in a matter of seconds.

"Cass..."

Sighing Castiel turned towards Ellen when he spoke his voice was full of sorrow, "I...I am so sorry. This...this never should've happened Ellen..."

Ellen shook her head wiping away the last of her tears, "Cass, none of t-this is your fault...okay? W-we knew the risks, yet we took it anyway."

Determined, Castiel returned by Jo's lifeless body and placed one hand onto of her wound and the other on her forehead.

"Cass...Castiel?"

Castiel ignored Ellen in favor of concentrating, he knew if he did this then he wouldn't be able to focus on healing himself but he had no problems with that. He just hoped he had enough energy left to fix this, to try and make things right again. He wasn't sure how long he was kneeling there, pouring everything he had into saving Jo, but suddenly just as he felt like losing hope, Jo's body jerked and her eyes flew open with a loud gasp emitting from her followed by her voice, tiny and raspy whispering, "...Mom?"

"Jo...? JO!" Ellen ran over and collapsed by Jo's side laughing and crying all at once, "Jo..Oh, honey..."

"W-Why..." Slowly with the help of her mom Jo sat up, "...I'm...alive? But I-I thought..."

"I don't know honey...Cass brought you back...D-Don't ask me how." Ellen laughed kissing her forehead and hugging Jo tightly.

"Cass? OH MY GOD, MOM!" Jo shrieked.

Startled Ellen jumped back, letting Jo go. "What? What's wrong!"

With wide eyes Jo pointed off to the side when Ellen turned to look her eyes widened as well, "...Oh no..."

Castiel was laying and half sitting up against one of the store's selves; it looked as though there wasn't a spot on him clear of blood. Neither of then could tell what was his and what wasn't, but from the look on his face they knew he was in a lot of pain.

"Get...get to the cars. We're leaving." Castiel panted, "I will get Sam and Dean."

"You/ How you play on doing that?! You look like you're about to die!" Jo cried out latching onto Castiel's sleeve.

Castiel simply smiled at her and Ellen, "That's possibly because I am dying. But it doesn't matter. What matters is making sure all of you get out of this alive."

"Of course it matters if you died!" Ellen snapped, she had just watched Jo die even if Castiel managed to bring her back Ellen wasn't so sure he could bring back himself.

Instead of saying anything, Castiel vanished. Trusting him to bring back Sam and Dean, and hopefully the boys could convince Castiel to be careful, Ellen helped Jo stand on her own two feet and together they started making their way outside to where they parked their car next to Dean's impala.

Hello everyone! I watched this episode for the fist time a few hours ago and I cried my eyes out, I just HAD to rewrite it.

I may add a part two of them all at Bobby's and Castiel having to be taken care of. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW THIS STORY IS FINISHED.

Hope you enjoyed it, buh-bye!