This story is part of a series. It is an AU where the Leviathan didn't happen and Cas has a sister, but I purposefully didn't put her in this story much. I wanted to play a little with Dean and Cas' relationship. That is totally the fault of Destiel101 and The Mysterious Shadow. This story has some references to another story in the series, Brother/sister connection, but it should not cause any confusion if you haven't read that one.

I hope you enjoy it. I almost didn't write it at all because I allowed a friend's negativity to get in my head. If one person likes it, that makes me happy.

I own nothing and no one but Julianna. Thanks for reading. Reviews are welcomed.

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Bobby woke up with a start. Did he dream it? It sounded like an elephant crashed through the front door. Within seconds, he was out of bed. He grabbed for his gun as he pulled on his pants.

"Talk about getting caught with your pants down." He mumbled to himself.

Bobby took a second to take a deep breath and let his heart beat slow down a little. Over the years, he had perfected the technique of being calm and steady when faced with the unknown. It never did you any good to lose your cool. He had tried to pass that on to the boys. Being impulsive will only get you killed.

He moved to the door of his room hoping that Jules hadn't woken up. If someone broke in, he didn't want her in the middle of it.

He slowly opened the door to his room and checked the length of the hallway. It was dark and silent only adding to the ominous feeling he had in the pit of his stomach. Everything was quiet…too quiet.

He was about to move into the hallway when he saw movement across the hall. Dammit, he thought to himself. The door to Julianna's room was opening. She must have heard it too. Bobby didn't want to risk saying anything. He took a quick step out the door and grabbed Jules around the waist as she stepped into the hallway. With one quick movement, he pulled her into his room and shut the door quietly.

Julianna didn't cry out or startle. She knew immediately who had grabbed her and felt a quick rush of relief.

"Did you hear it too?" She whispered.

"I want you to stay here Jules while I go see what it is." Bobby ordered quietly.

"Bobby, I can help. You know that. Let me back you up." Julianna was serious. She wasn't the best fighter but she did know how to use a gun and she did have some of her angel abilities left, even if Castiel didn't want her to use them.

"No, you know the drill and what to do if something happens to me. I'm serious. Don't come out of this room unless I give you the all clear." Bobby gave her a look of quiet authority and moved back to the bedroom door. He inched his way out slowly gesturing for Julianna to lock the door behind him.

Julianna didn't argue with him. She wanted to but now was not the time. She trusted that Bobby knew the best way to handle things. She followed his lead, but it was killing her.

Keeping his back to the wall, Bobby made his way to the top of the stairs. He strained to see but it was like God had turned out all the lights. Not even a reflection of the night sky could be seen through the windows. He inched his way down the stairs trying to recall from memory which stairs creaked the loudest. Over the years, he purposefully didn't fix all of them so he could hear an intruder moving through his house. When the boys were younger, the staircase often gave them away when they would make midnight runs to the refrigerator for cookies or pie.

Bobby shook off the memories and tried to stay focused on whatever was waiting for him. With all of his makeshift booby traps in the yard, it was a wonder that whatever or whoever it was had made it to the door, let alone in the house.

He was at the bottom of the stairs then and still he had not heard another sound. If Julianna had not heard it too, he would have laughed at this point about how he had dreamt it. Then, he heard something new. It was low but strangely familiar. It was a slight moan, barely audible. He moved closer, heart starting to race in his chest. He took a deep breath and with one quick movement, he turned the corner into the living room, gun drawn and ready.

Nothing jumped at him. Nothing attacked him from behind. If he didn't hear the moan again, he might not have even seen him. There in the middle of the floor was Castiel. The front door was hanging on its hinges. It was almost as if something or someone threw him through the door but no one else was there. He was lying on the floor, face down, and unconscious.

Bobby ran over to him, careful not to let his guard down. He gently shook his shoulder.

"Cas? Cas, are you ok?" When no response was given, he tucked the gun into his pants and slowly rolled the angel over. That was when he saw the blood. It had soaked his shirt and was forming a puddle under the unconscious angel on the floor.

Bobby jumped up to get a light on and gave a quick scan of the room. He didn't have time to go through the entire house. He had an angel bleeding out on his floor.

"Jules! Get down here quick!"Bobby yelled to her.

He shut the front door again, shoving a chair in front of it and quickly went to work getting the necessary medical supplies needed. He hadn't seen the injury yet but he was already assessing it in his mind. He knew it was bad and it was deep. The amount of blood told him that. The most important bit of information was that Castiel wasn't healing on his own and it might be too late to help him.

Julianna heard Bobby yell for her. As soon as she heard him, she ran downstairs, still in her pajama pants and tank top, to see what had happened and to make sure he wasn't hurt. She never suspected that she would see her brother lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood.

Julianna froze for just a second at the sight and then she was moving and moving quickly.

"Castiel? Can you hear me brother?" Julianna knelt next to her brother and started pulling off his tie as Bobby was setting up his makeshift medical supplies. Both of them were working quickly and methodically and were holding back any emotion.

"There's a lot of blood Bobby. He isn't healing." Julianna stated quietly.

"I know Jules. Let's get some pressure on it." Bobby knelt on the opposite side of Castiel with the supplies he pulled from the cabinet.

Julianna pulled his shirt open to investigate the injury and almost fell backwards at the sight.

There were deep cuts in his chest. It was as if…someone tried to cut out his grace.