Disclaimer: I don't own anything! All things Supernatural belong to the CW and the creator Eric Kripke.
A few things you should know:
1)I know Cas and Daphne supposedly met while Daphne was hitch-hiking. I changed that.
2)I know Cas can see demon's true face, but for the sake of the story, let's pretend he can't.
3)I write Cas with one 's', because there's only one 's' in Castiel. Some people write 'Cass' and that's fine with me. Just know that I don't. I don't want any reviews saying: 'it's Cass, not Cas'
4)The story could get a little complicated and confusing, but I really tried to make all pieces fit together and I think I succeeded in that.
5)Read carefully and try to remember the story. Some things will come back.
6)There will be sequel titled 'Three's a Crowd'
Chapter 1: The Spanish Inquisition
Part 1
Hundreds of Leviathans drifted over the entire surface of the lake. Lifeless, Cas' body sunk to the bottom. His bare feet touched the ground and his eyes flashed open. He looked up and saw sun rays sparkling on the surface. He jumped up and started swimming.
Two women were jogging in the woods, one of them wearing a field-glass around her neck.
"Can we have a break, already?" the brunette said, leaning against a tree.
"Oh, come on, we've only been running for-" the one with the field glass said.
"-45 minutes, but who's counting?" the brunette said.
"It's been 45 minutes, already?"
"Uhu" the brunette nodded. "Damn, I can't feel my legs. Or actually I can…A little too much"
"I would think God would give you the strength to carry on"
The brunette frowned her eyebrows. "Don't mock me, Zoey. There are times my believe's the only thing I have"
"Yeah" Zoey nodded. "When my phone is dead and you can't reach me" she added sarcastic.
"Stop it"
"Okay, Daphne" Zoey said, raising her hands. She picked up her field-glass and turned around.
"Why did you bring that thing?" Daphne asked. "You always take it with you and there's never anything interesting to see"
"I beg to differ" Zoey said, beaming like a little girl.
"What?" Daphne asked.
"There's something you don't see every day" Zoey smirked secretive.
"What is it? Let me see" Daphne commanded. She tried to take the field-glass, but Zoey raised her hand. Keeping her eyes front she said: "I don't think God would approve"
Having quite enough of Zoey's games Daphne jerked the field-glass off her neck. Ignoring Zoey's cursing and angry looks she stared through the field-glass.
A man, wearing absolutely nothing, was walking out of the lake, about 5 sea mile away from them. "Oh my God" she said soft.
"I know right" Zoey giggled. "Can I have it back now?" she added in a serious tone. Distracted Daphne gave the field-glass back and started running.
"Hey, where are you going?" Zoey shouted. She saw her sister racing towards the naked man. "Well, I guess break's over" she mumbled as she followed Daphne in a much slower pace.
Daphne grabbed the man by his shoulders, helping him to stand. "Are you alright, sir?" she asked insisting, trying to look in his eyes. "You're freezing. We need to get you some clothes"
The man rolled his eyes and tripped over his own wet and cold feet.
"Hey, stay with me, will you" Daphne ordered. She searched her pockets and conjured her phone to dial 911. After her emergency call she looked back at the man, who tried to stay awake. "There's help on the way" she said, looking around her. Then she lay her eyes on the man again. "What's your name?" she asked.
The man shook his head. "I don't know" he mumbled. His eyes rolled in their sockets and he fainted in Daphne's arms.
Part 2
"Sir, can you hear me?"
Cas slowly opened his eyes and blinked. He lifted his hand to shut the sharp light out. Someone was pointing a really small flash light at his eyes.
"Sir, I need to check your eyes. Could you hold your hands down, please?"
It was a man and he was wearing a white coat. Cas vaguely remembered these people were called doctors.
"Looks all good" the doctor said. He looked up at Cas. "You are one very lucky man, Mister…?"
Cas shook his head. "I don't know what my name is. I don't know anything…about anything" He said it as if he was talking about not being capable of baking an egg, but when he saw the doctor's expression he realized his condition wasn't as common as he thought it was.
"Maybe we should run a few more tests" the doctor said. "I'd like to do an MRI-scan to see if there's any brain damage"
Cas nodded.
"The police is going to want to talk to you" the doctor jumped to another subject.
"Why?" Cas frowned. Surely he hadn't done anything wrong.
"You have no legal papers, sir. They'll want an explanation for that" the doctor explained.
"But I don't remember anything!" Cas loudly said and his voice had a desperate undertone.
The doctor sighed. "I don't think they'll go with that…I'm going to get everything ready for the scan"
He walked to the door and opened it, almost colliding to Daphne who was carrying a paper bag. "I'm sorry, Miss Allen"
"Oh, hi, doctor Tyson" Daphne said friendly. "How's he doing?"
"You can ask yourself. He's awake"
Daphne walked past the doctor to the bed.
"Hi" she said a little shy.
"Hi" Cas said just as shy.
Daphne stared in his blue eyes and found herself unable to look away from them. There was something…angelic about them. Cas averted his head and noticed the bag.
"What's in the bag?" he asked.
"Oh" Daphne quickly recovered with a smile. "Some of the most unhealthy food you can imagine, like fries and cheeseburgers. I mean, you must be starving, right?"
"No" Cas bluntly said.
Daphne frowned, offended. Cas realized he made a mistake and tried to make it up.
"But I do love cheeseburgers" he said sheepish, but it was good enough for Daphne. She sank down on the bed and conjured a cheeseburger. She handed it to Cas, while she got one herself.
"The doctor said the police wants to talk to me, because I have no legal papers. He says they'll want an explanation" Cas said, staring at his cheeseburger. He had a strange feeling he had seen this kind of food before. Well, of course he had, how else would he remember loving it? He looked up. "I don't have an explanation"
Daphne chewed her burger and swallowed before she answered. "Easy" she said. "You were robbed"
"I don't know that" Cas said confused.
"It's either that or being a naturist" Daphne joked.
"I can't prove it" Cas said.
Daphne raised her eyebrows. "You were naked. You didn't have any bags or gadgets, like a watch, or anything. And you looked quite shocked to me. If that ain't robbery then I don't know what is"
"Why are you being so nice to me?" Cas asked soft. "You have no idea who I am"
Daphne looked down and her fingers played with a necklace that had a small cross on it. She looked up again. "God wanted me to find you. He would want me to take care of you"
Part 3
The nurse opened the door and pushed the wheelchair into the room. Daphne was sitting on the bed and at the table there was an officer standing.
"I would like to ask your patient a few questions" he cut to the chase.
"I'm not sure my patient is physically or mentally strong enough to answer any" the doctor said, while entering the room.
"I feel fine" Cas mumbled.
"Well, you heard him. He's peachy. Please leave the room" the officer said with a wave of his hand.
"I'm not going anywhere" Daphne said stubborn.
"That's okay" the officer said with a smug look. He rotated his head to the doctor. "Is there some place where we can talk privately?"
Daphne let out a dramatic sigh and threw her arms in the air. "Alright, I'll leave, but I'll be right outside, so if you try to do anything to him…"
"Miss, I only want to ask him a few questions" the officer said. Daphne gave him a warning glance and shut the door behind her, after following the doctor and the nurse. "Nut job" the officer said. Cas quickly looked up. "It is not nice to speak evil about other people"
The officer ignored that and took a little notebook. "I had a nice little chat with Miss Allen while you were out. She told me some very interesting things" The officer looked up to see Cas' face, but it looked straight. "But maybe you could tell me in your own words what happened?"
Cas coughed. "I was walking by the lake" he started, trying to sound convincing. "when two men came up to me and threatened me with…a gun"
"What did they want?" the officer asked while writing down.
"They wanted me to give them my money…and my clothes…and shoes" Cas said while his eyes flashed around the room.
"So you were robbed?" the officer asked.
"Yes" Cas sighed, relieved that the officer seemed to believe his story. "I was robbed" he said in confirmation.
"Then what happened?" the officer asked. "After they ordered you to give up all you had on you, what happened?"
"I did what they said" Cas said obvious. "I was…afraid"
"Okay" the officer said. "They just left you naked and robbed? No fight? No beating up?"
"Well, they did push me into the lake" Cas said. He frowned. "Is it over now? Will you now leave?"
"One more question" the officer lifted his index. "How does Miss Allen fit in here?"
"She saw what was happening and came to my assistance" Cas quickly improvised. "But the robbers had run off already, so she doesn't know who they were"
"Okay" the officer said. "I'll leave it here. Next time I see you you better have some ID on you or I'll arrest you"
Cas swallowed and the officer left. Cas walked to the bed and crawled in it. The door went open and Daphne appeared. "How did it go?"
"I think he believed me" Cas said. "But I am not a hundred percent sure"
Daphne sat down on the bed. "I taxed my sister what she has to say to the police in case they want to talk to her"
Cas shook his head. "This isn't right. I wasn't robbed. You and your sister have nothing to do with this. I don't want to involve you into something I don't even understand myself" he said, sounding upset. Daphne leaned forward and pressed her lips on his, something she had wanted to do ever since she had seen him.
Part 4
"What did you do that for?" Cas asked breathless.
"I wanted to" Daphne said obvious. "And so did you, at least I thought you did" She looked away. "Guess I was wrong" She got up, but Cas took her hand.
"It's not you, it's me" he said.
"You've been in a bad relationship?" Daphne guessed.
"No, that's not the problem" Cas said.
"Believe me, I get it…It was nice to meet you" She walked to the door.
"I've never been in a relationship before" Cas confessed uneasy.
Daphne turned around and her eyes were big. "You have got to be kidding me" she said as she walked back to the bed. But Cas' face told her he was dead serious. "Wow, how come? And don't tell me you have low self-esteem. You're absolutely gorgeous and if anyone would see you like I've seen you…" she said with sparkling eyes, making Cas somewhat blush.
"I've never had occasion" Cas said hoarse.
Daphne shook her head confused. "Wait, how can you know that if you don't even know who you are?"
Cas thought about that. She had a good point. Maybe he did have a wife somewhere, a family. Daphne noticed the doubt in his face and her excitement disappeared.
"I'm sure you'll find her or she'll find you" she said sad. She turned around again and walked to the door. But this time Cas followed her. He took her hand, turned her around, pulled her closer and kissed her. He let go. "I think I've found her already"
Part 5
Daphne put the key into the lock and opened the door of her house. She entered and Cas followed her inside. Zoey had come by at the hospital with some clothes, on Daphne's request.
Daphne entered the kitchen and wasn't surprised to see her sister sitting there.
"Hi" Zoey said, looking up from her laptop. "I see you brought Mister I don't have a name home"
Daphne gave her sister a 'cut it off' look. "Zoey's staying here for a few days" she explained to Cas. "She and Gerard are divorced and Alexia, my adorable niece, is staying with her father for the time being. Zoey doesn't like being alone, so she keeps me company"
Cas nodded, not sure what to do or say.
"Hey, can you move? I need to do something" Daphne said to Zoey.
"Sure, it's your house" Zoey said and she got up. Daphne sat down and pulled another chair next to her. She waved at Cas. "Come sit"
Cas walked towards her and sat down. He looked like he had been sentenced to death.
"Could you lose the face?" Zoey asked. "I see those clothes fit you well. They were our brother's"
"You have a brother?" Cas asked curious.
"Later" Daphne said.
"I'd love to meet him" Cas continued.
"I said later" Daphne said a little sharp. She looked angry at Zoey, but she wasn't intimidated at all.
"What? If he's really going to hang around here, don't you think he needs to know?" she said and she turned to Cas. "Martin died four years ago. He drowned" she said upfront. She grabbed her keys and purse. "I'm going to do some groceries. You guys need anything?"
Cas shook his head, but Daphne focused on the screen. Zoey left and Daphne conjured a smile. "Okay, here we go"
She was already on the internet and now she typed in some words. Next thing they were on a site called . She rotated to Cas. "Ready to get a name?"
Part 6
Zoey was walking down the food department in the supermarket when she collided to someone.
"I'm sorry" the man apologized. He squeezed his eyes. "Zoey? Zoey Allen, is that you?"
Zoey rolled her eyes. "That has got to be the worst pick up line ever" she said disdainful.
"You don't recognize me?" the man asked.
"Of course I recognize you" Zoey said contemptuously, while she threw some food cans in her cart. "I'd recognize your dumbass face even if it were covered in…well, I'm sure you can think of something" She pushed her cart forward, hoping this would be the end of the conversation. Unfortunately he followed her.
"Well, I was wondering…" he started, but Zoey cut him off.
"What do you want, Jack?" she snapped. She parked her cart in the line to the checkout.
"Well, I was hoping you'd join me for a coffee" Jack said.
"Promise you'll leave me alone after that?" Zoey asked. Jack smirked. "Of course" he said, raising two fingers.
Ten minutes later they were both sitting in a coffee bar. Zoey sipped her coffee, shooting angry looks at her ex-boyfriend.
"How's your sister?" Jack asked.
"Not interested in you, I can tell you that" Zoey said sarcastic. Jack didn't laugh and thus Zoey coughed. "She's doing fine"
"She's accepted what happened?" Jack asked.
"It's still hard for her sometimes, but she's getting better" Zoey said. "I think she might have a new life purpose"
"Really? Do tell" Jack said with raised eyebrows.
"She met someone, a guy" Zoey explained. "He wasn't exactly decent at first and the fact that he has no memory of who he is, doesn't exactly make him trustworthy. But maybe I'm just being the overprotective big sister here"
Jack frowned. "This sounds interesting. You know, I could check him out. I can put his photo into our computer, see what the databank comes up with" he offered. "Where did your sister meet this guy?"
Zoey told him about the woods and how she had seen Cas walking out of the lake.
"Was he alone?" Jack asked.
"As far as I could tell" Zoey said.
"Interesting" Jack nodded. He glanced at his watch. "Oh, well, what do you know, time flies when you're having fun. I have to go"
"Sure" Zoey said.
"We should do this more often" Jack smirked.
"Don't forget your promise, Jack" Zoey said threatening.
"Wouldn't dare" Jack said. He grabbed his coat, put some money on the table and walked out of the bar.
Zoey conjured her phone and noticed it was off. She put it on, inserted her pin code and read a tax Daphne had sent her about an hour and a half ago.
'Ur ex-bf came over. Had questions about the man. Said he was robbed. If he comes to you, tell him the same. Xxx'
"Oh, crap" Zoey said.
Part 7
"He's a cop, Zoey!" Daphne exclaimed. "What else do you need?"
"I'm sorry, D, I wasn't thinking" Zoey said.
Cas was sitting at the kitchen table watching Daphne and Zoey arguing.
"Perhaps it might be better if I would find another place to stay" he suggested. Zoey rotated her head to him.
"Finally something smart coming out of your mouth" she said. "You know what? Get up, I'll drive you myself"
Cas stood up, but Daphne walked to him and pushed him on the chair again.
"You're not going anywhere" she said sharp.
Zoey took a deep breath. "Maybe we should talk about this in private. Could you leave us alone for a second?" she asked Cas.
Daphne kept her hand on Cas' shoulder, preventing him from getting up.
"Everything you say, Emmanuel can hear too. We have no secrets for each other"
"Oh God, you're so stupid, Daphne!" Zoey shouted. "No secrets? You don't know jack about this dude! He could be a sociopath for all we know!"
Cas frowned, for he didn't know what a sociopath was, but it seemed to be something bad.
Daphne shook her head and wiped her eyes. "Why can't you just be happy for me? Do you think it's a coincidence I found him?"
"Well, actually I did" Zoey mumbled, but Daphne ignored it.
"God wanted me to find him. It was his plan to bring us together" she said.
"Yeah, well, next time ask God to include a name tag" Zoey said sarcastic. She walked outside of the kitchen and slammed the door.
Daphne conjured a smile and sank down on Cas' lap. She saw Cas' concerned face and took it in her hands. "Hey, lighten up. This happens all the time. It's no big deal"
"Really?" Cas asked uncertain.
"Yeah, it's just two sisters fighting" Daphne reassured him. "She's going through a difficult time. Gerard's given full custody over Alex, she only sees her in the weekends"
"I thought children usually stayed with their mother after a divorce" Cas said.
"I know, but after Martin's death, Zoey started drinking and she kind of stopped taking care of Alex" Daphne explained. She smiled. "Don't you love this? To be so honest with each other. No lies, no secrets, just the plain truth"
Cas conjured a very faint smile. "Yeah, that's nice" he mumbled.
Part 8
Daphne was cooking dinner and Cas was putting the table. He was doing it with so much caution it made Daphne giggle. He looked at her and frowned. "What? Am I doing it wrong?" he asked concerned.
"No, honey, but it's called putting the table. You don't have to put so much effort to it"
The door opened and Zoey walked in. She raised her hand. "Wait…Just hear me out" she said. "I'm sorry. I totally overreacted. I didn't mean to be such a bitch. It's just that I'm worried. I'm trying to look out for my little sister"
Daphne smirked. "And I love you so much for it" she said.
"And you know, maybe I'm just a little jealous" Zoey admitted. "I'd like to keep you to myself, but since that would be a little dysfunctional, maybe I should give Emmanuel a chance"
Daphne blinked; she was getting emotional. She embraced her big sister. "I'm so happy to hear that, Z. Thank you so much for supporting us" she sobbed.
Zoey looked aside at Cas and waved. "Come on, Em, join in. Group hug"
Cas understood he had to get up and do what the women were doing. The group hug only lasted for two seconds. After Cas had joined them, Zoey didn't know how fast to let go.
"Heeeyyy" she said with a grin. "Why don't I grab my camera and shoot some photo's of the two of you. Then you can post them on facebook"
Daphne looked at Cas. "You're okay with that?" she asked.
Cas frowned. "Is this book of great importance to you?" he asked serious.
For an instant Zoey forgot about her scheme. What the hell? Okay, sure, not everyone knew how to work with it, but sure everyone had heard of Facebook and kind of knew what it was, right?
"It means the world to her" Zoey replied. She grabbed her camera, which she apparently had put somewhere nearby. She must've been confident.
"Okay, smile at the camera" she said.
Daphne conjured a big smile, Cas looked rather insecure. Zoey let out a deep sigh, but didn't say anything and pushed the button.
Part 9
Jack was putting on his coat when his phone buzzed. He took him out of his pocket and smirked when Zoey's name appeared on the screen.
"Miss Allen, I'm just finishing up here and then I'm going straight home, so that drink you're dying to have with me, it's going to have to wait"
"Check her facebook profile" Zoey said.
"What?" Jack asked distracted.
"She posted some pictures of her and Emmanuel on her facebook page" Zoey explained. "You can cut her out of it and scan the photo. See what you come up with"
Silence.
"Are you still there?" she asked slowly.
"Yeah, eh, let me call my wife" Jack said. "I'll call you back in a sec"
"Sure" Zoey said. She knew about his wife. It was one of the many reasons why Jack and her didn't work out.
While she was waiting for Jack to call her back, she peeked at Daphne and Cas. Daphne had prepared spaghetti and was eating it with a fork and a spoon, but Cas totally ignored these means and ate with his fingers.
Her phone rang and she jumped up.
"Hello?" she said.
"You are not going to believe this" Jack said.
"Why? What did you find?" she asked agitated and curious.
"Nothing!" Jack exclaimed. "There is nothing I can find about him. No birth registration, no background, no name. It's like this guy doesn't exist"
"That doesn't sound good" Zoey said. "Now what?"
"Here's what I can do. I can send this picture to as many people as possible. Maybe one of them recognizes him and can tell us more" he offered.
"Yeah, I'll do the same" Zoey said. "And Jack? Thank you"
"Don't mention it" Jack said, before hanging up.
Part 10
Jack walked the steps to his front door and opened it. As he hung his coat on the coat rack he shouted: "Darling, I'm home!"
His wife didn't respond, but there were noises in the kitchen, so he assumed she was cooking dinner for him. That was one of the things that made her so amazing. No matter what time he came home from work, she would always prepare him a fresh meal. And in return he would flirt with every woman he came across. She really deserved better.
"You know that guy I had to interrogate, the one in the hospital?" he said. "There's something really off about him. I'm going to look deeper into it"
He walked in the direction of the kitchen. "Hey, what's for dinner? I was thinking maybe we could skip to dessert, if you know what I mean"
He entered and gasped.
His wife was sitting in a chair at the table. Her eyelids were sewed onto her eyebrows, so they were open and her head was sewed onto her stem.
Someone coughed and he turned around. There was a woman standing in front of him. She had dark, wavy hair.
Jack's first instinct was to grab his weapon and fire his entire munitions, but every single bullet had zero impact. He looked up at her, both shocked and terrified.
She lifted the axe she held in her hand and swayed with it. Jack's head rolled over the kitchen floor and his body dropped on the ground.
"Not tonight, honey" she said.
