(Please read Kiss of Destiny before reading Fight of our Lives): s/9784418/1/Kiss-of-Destiny-A-Supernatural-Love-Story

~Mercedes' P.O.V.~

After the nest of djinn killed Laura, Jess, Sam and Dean, Bobby and I were left to raise Amarianna. Eli was never heard from or seen since he disappeared from the djinn nest. Bobby and I just figured he had gone back up to heaven where he knew he was safe, since we never found a body.

It's been about 12 years since the incident and Amarianna reminds me so much about Laura. Of course Bobby and I tried to search for them, they all came back before so why not now. Only things must have been different, not a single demon I talked to would bite, I stayed up late at night having to be comforted by Bobby. He knew me and was the only one who could calm me down. Taking care of Amarianna required our full attention. She needed us since she didn't have her parents or Aunt and Uncle.

School for Amarianna was difficult. The other kids knew that she was different so they shut her out. It got to the point where it was so bad, Bobby and I had to pull her out and home school her. Currently Amarianna and I are sitting at the kitchen working on her math work while Bobby is in the library. Even after 12 years he still tries to find his family, searching for demonic omens, geographical disturbances that could indicate the power of a seraph or abraxas nearby.

"Mercedes, why does Grandpa stay in the library all the time?" Amarianna asked me out of the blue. I looked towards the closed library doors and sighed outwardly.

"He's still having a hard time adjusting to the loss."

"It's been 12 years. They aren't coming back. Mom and Dad aren't coming back for me." She stood up abruptly and walked out the back door. Aria said it with such conviction it stunned me for a few seconds. I never thought a sixteen year old could harbor resent towards the people who loved her till they tragically died and didn't come back. I collected the math supplies and brought them back into the library. I noticed Bobby had actually fallen asleep at his desk.

The book Bobby had fallen asleep on was open to a page on angels, how they came to be, where they were, heaven's location and mammoth amounts of lore behind them. Although we hadn't seen Eli in twelve years he must still be alive because we never found his body. Another sigh escaped my lips, life felt so empty without Laura and Jessica's music blasting through the house. It just wasn't complete without Dean and Sam's bickering to fill this growing void.

Suddenly there came a chorus of heavy metal, blasting its way through the back doors giving away the fact that Aria was by the garage again reading anything she could about cars and using the facts to salvage through the junkyard. Taste in music was one of the many things Aria gained from Laura. Something else we presume she gained from her father was her fascination with older cars.

I closed the book Bobby left open and grabbed a blanket off the messy couch the same as always. Some things never change. I flicked the light off and with robotic like movements prepared for bed.

~Third Person P.O.V.~

After Aria calmed down enough to sleep, she went upstairs to her room, which Mercedes had informed her had been her parents room when they were alive. Just thinking of them made her mad again. The lights flickered a little, a side effect, she was told, from the demonic powers she received from her mother. Aria constantly wondered why her parents had to leave her, she had vague memories of them from when she was four but nothing solid to hold on to. Not like she would want to hold on to memories of them anyway. From what Mercedes and Grandpa told her, her parents never came back for her even though they have before.

Grandpa frequently told her that they aren't gone for good, that their spirits are out there and searching for a way back to her. She didn't believe any of it. If you're dead, you're dead. If her parents had been able to come back to her, why didn't they? Why did they leave her with these freak powers? The lights flickered more violently, Aria took a few deep breaths to calm herself before she started a fire. She sighed, undressed and climbed into bed.

Through the dark of night come the terrors that bind Amarianna to what she is inside, a demon. This demon's soul is dark as coal, it knows nothing except basic killing instinct. Amarianna is young, she cannot control the demon as it lifts her from her bed at night. A supernatural mist blows over the full moon hiding it from the atrocity of her inner demons. The hallway lights flicker as a black-eyed child walks, knife in hand. She finds her way into her grandfather's library where he sleeps. The demon lifts the knife over her head, it glints of the flicker of the lights. Too late did her grandfather wake to see her eyes filled with darkness. Amarianna brings the knife down, once, twice, three times. She continues until the screams die out into the dark of night. The demon laughs maniacally. "What have you done!?" The skinwalker calls from the doorway, eyes and mouth wide taking in the bloody scene before her.

Aria woke up long enough to see her work, she screamed in fear of the unknown. Blood filled her vision as she looked around she realized she wasn't hurt but Bobby was. He was bent over the desk his head lopped to the side mouth spilling blood. Aria screamed again, fear, confusion, guilt, filled her mind in such large amounts she could do nothing but scream until her screams were all she heard. Aria felt a hand on her shoulder, it was Mercedes for some reason she was encompassed by an orange light. It took Aria a few seconds to realize that light was fire. Her demon powers reacted to her emotions and she'd started a fire.

Aria didn't know what happened but she did know that she had hurt her grandfather, in huge way. Her grandfather was dead because of the monster inside her. The monster she constantly lived in fear of, the monster that consumed her soul had now consumed her family. She backed away from Mercedes. Fearful the monster might show again.

Mercedes screamed at her but she didn't hear anything. The cackling of the flames grew higher, the heat intensified. Aria fell to the ground.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed, pushing Mercedes's hand back. Aria's screams made the flames grow higher and a support beam came crashing down between her and Mercedes.

"Aria please! Come with me, we have to get out of here!" Suddenly Mercedes's voice came to her over the flames.

"I'M A MONSTER!" She screamed back.

"You are not a monster, Aria…I'm not afraid of you. I will help you if you just come with me!"

Mercedes was still in the same spot, coughing from the smoke but standing resolute trying to reach out to Aria through the flames. Aria's mind calmed a little she reached out to take Mercedes's hand. Aria tried to control her powers and use them to quell the fire just a little. It worked, as Aria and Mercedes's hands touched the fire between them died down enough for them to reach each other. Mercedes embraced Aria, at the same time she led her down the safest path away from the house.

Aria was the only thing Mercedes had that connected her to Laura, she was the only remains of her two best friends, she'd be damned if she lost Aria too. Misfortune struck again as Aria's demons were not content with their work. Aria lost control again, her green eyes succumbed to black. The demon began laughing, before Mercedes could stop to question anything, The demon pushed her forcefully into the closest room, closed the door, grabbed a piece of charred wood and propped it against the door handle. The screams of fear and anger coming from the doorway made the demon laugh.

Just for good measure the demon light the door on fire, though that hardly seemed necessary as the flames around her rose with her laughter.

"Get out of my head!" Aria managed to scream against the demon inside her. She took control of her body again, then lost it again. The demon and Aria went back and forth until her bare feet hit cold gravel. Aria fell to her knees, blood was already spilling onto the ground as she coughed out the smoke she'd inhaled. There was nowhere to run, no where that she would be safe from the monster she was born with. The least Aria could do was make sure those around her never got hurt again. So she stood up and ran...Under the full moons gaze she ran until morning came then kept running…

~Dean's P.O.V.~

I woke up suddenly from a dream that I had. I sat up on the edge of the bed and looked around my surroundings and noticed everything was okay. Laura stirred and sat up next to me. She scooted across the bed and sat behind me, leaning on my back.

"What was it tonight?" She rested her head on my shoulder.

"Bobby was stabbed and the house was engulfed in flames."

"That's terrible. But it was just a dream right?" Laura said.

"Yeah." Was all I replied as I stood up and got dressed. My bones creaked as I stood up, my back ached. "Ah. We're getting old, babe."

"You're getting old. I still look flawless!" Laura joked with me, but the lines on her face said otherwise. Still to me she was as beautiful as the day I met her. I couldn't help but pull her into an embrace. Laura, Jess, Sammy, and I have lived peaceful lives. We raised two kids each, all of whom went on to higher things. Now we were old and our nest was empty, but life was good.

~Jessica's P.O.V.~

I sat next to Laura on a bench in the graveyard outside of town. The tears that flowed all day had finally stopped. She just sat on the bench staring at the fresh grave and headstone.

"Why did he have to go so soon, Jess? I still need him." She looked down at the single red rose in her hand. It was a fake rose that had been hidden amongst the others in her wedding bouquet by Dean. Dean had told her he'd love her till the last rose withered, now that plastic rose had lost most of its coloring. It was bent in multiple places but the one part that was still intact was the rose petals. Dean had loved Laura till his last breath.

"I ask myself the same thing everyday. It's just us now." My eyes absent-mindedly wandered to the headstone beside Dean's. There were no tears anymore, we had cried enough of them to fill a river.

"I don't know if I can live without him now. We've all been through everything together." Laura slowly and carefully stood up and gently placed the rose on Dean's headstone. She slowly turned to face the man responsible for our aching hearts. "Death, you can take me now."

"I'm not going to live without my family." I stood next to Laura. We shared a look, I could see in her face she was ready to leave this world, and so was I. Death took our hands and everything faded to black.