Chapter 1: Eight Months

Dean's Point of View

It had been eight months since we had put up the tombstone for Bella and everything had gone to shit. Sam had been hanging with a demon, drinking her blood, and than she tricked him into releasing Lucifer. The angels Anna, Zachariah, and Uriel had been trying to convince me to saying yes to Michael; apparently I was his vessel and Sam was Lucifer's. We were suppose to say yes to them using our bodies so they could fight, but too many people would die if we did that.

Sam and I hadn't really talked since he let Lucifer out three months ago. Our relationship was strained; I couldn't trust him and he was getting sick of it. Bobby was in a wheelchair; he had been possessed by a demon and was about to kill me, but he fought it and ended up stabbing himself. Cas was cut off from heaven; he could still appear out of no where, but he couldn't heal anymore. Jo and Ellen hadn't talked to us since the funeral. Charlie was still depressed and he was just going through the motions. Last I heard the Cullen's had moved to Alaska and Edward had tried to off himself, but Cas stopped him. The pack was still in Forks, but they weren't the same. Everything changed when Bella died; it was like the brightest light in this world had burned out and all that was left was darkness and pain.

"Dean, where are we going?" Sam asked me quietly.

"To Bobby's." I said.

"Dean will you stop? I said I was sorry; I screwed up royally and I know that, but can we quit this two words crap?" he asked.

"I don't know Sam put yourself in my shoes." I snapped back at him.

We didn't talk again until we got to Bobby's; I knocked on the door.

"What do you want?" Bobby asked us.

"You got anything new about how to put Lucifer in the cage?" I asked.

"Hell no. If I did I would have called; now why did you really come here?" Bobby said to me.

I didn't get a chance to say anything because Zachariah showed up, "Hello Dean, Sam. Mind if we chat for a bit?"

He didn't wait for an answer; he grabbed us and did that teleport crap.

Edward's Point of View

"Edward we are going out hunting; you need to come with us." Alice said to me from the doorway.

"I'm not hungry." I replied.

"Yes you are I can tell by your eyes. Now let's go." she said.

"No." was all I replied looking out the window.

"Do you think Bella would want you to do this to yourself?" she asked me.

I snapped, "Don't mention her. She is gone and is never coming back. The only thing I want is to die, but that damn angel won't let me so just leave."

She left and I didn't even feel bad. I didn't want to be here anymore; I wanted to be dead physically because that's how I felt. My angel was gone and there was nothing for me to live for. I had tried going to the Volturi, but Castiel had stopped me. Damn that angel and his promises to her. Why did she want me to live without her? She had no clue how hard it was. Everywhere I looked I was reminded of her.

"Hello Edward." a voice said from behind me.

"Leave now Castiel." I hissed at him.

"Edward please listen to your family; you know Bella wouldn't want this."

"Who cares what she wants; she's dead and never coming back. You said she was the Phoenix; if she was she would have come back by now. Your God lied. I don't care anymore. Now leave me alone." I said and than turned around; he was gone.

I felt a breeze and in it I heard, "Edward please don't do this."

I had been hearing my angel's voice ever since the funeral, but I had chopped it up to me going insane from not eating. But now I was tired of ignoring it, "Why? Why not? You aren't here anymore and there's no point in living in a world where you don't exist." I screamed to the invisible wind.

"Cas told you I would always be watching you and I am. Edward it pains me to see you this way. Please go and hunt; for me" the breeze whispered to me.

I could smell the vanilla, strawberries, jasmine and a hint of lilies. The scent that had always made my dead heart beat and I caved, "Alright. I don't know if I'm going insane, but I will feed."

I left the house and joined my family on their hunting trip.

Bella's Point of View

Why did he have to be so damn stubborn and refuse to feed? I had kept my promise to them and I had been watching them. Dad was distraught, Bobby was hurt, the pack was in disarray, the Cullen's were barely attempting to live, Sam and Dean were at each other's throats, and Jo and Ellen were staying away from everyone.

I felt someone behind me, "Hello Cas, glad you heard my call." I said turning around.

"I see you got him to feed finally." Cas said looking into the pond.

I waved my hand and the image went away, "Yes, but he is so stubborn. I'm hoping it won't come to me whispering to him again."

"I still don't understand why you help from afar. You could do more if you were there." he said to me.

I sighed, "Cas how many times do I have to tell you; if I were in their lives like that they would lose focus and the consequences could be dire. I will not risk that." He was quiet and I decided to change the subject, "What has Michael and the others been saying?"

"Michael is dead set on the fight between him and Lucifer. Anna, Uriel, and Zachariah are doing everything they can to help him, but thankfully Sam and Dean are not budging. I'm worried though; Dean seems to be wearing down." he said.

"Well let's take a look at what is going on." I said and waved my hand over the pond and an image started to appear. I saw Zachariah with two other angels and Sam and Dean.

"Dean just say yes; it is your destiny." Zachariah said.

"Screw you and your destiny. My body is for my personal use only; I'm not someone's puppet." Dean told him. I laughed same old Dean.

I saw Zachariah smile and than Dean and Sam fell to the ground. Than Zachariah spoke, "You see I can make you say yes."

"You think torturing us is going to get a yes you're wrong." Dean said through clenched teeth.

"Yes but don't you think your brother might need his lungs?" Zachariah said. Then Sam started trying to breathe.

"Cas let's go." I said and with that I grabbed his arm and we left my home. I appeared behind Sam and Dean and than froze time. "Hello Zachariah. What do you think you are doing?" I asked him.

"I was just talking to them Phoenix." He said backing away.

"Not so fast and I call bullshit. I saw everything; now here it what we are going to do. You are going to quit torturing them and give Sam his lungs back. Cas go and stand behind Jerimiah." Cas did as I instructed. "Now when time resumes itself Cas you know what to do. Zachariah you will leave them alone; if you don't well, watch what is about to happen.

I disappeared in flames and appeared back at the pond; I waved my hand and time resumed. Sam started sucking air in and than Cas killed Jerimiah. Zachariah did as I told him and Cas took the boys to Uncle Bobby's. I made the image disappear and decided to go in for the night. Maybe Cas was right about me being in their lives. It was quite obvious that they weren't doing too well with me helping at a distance. I was brought out of my thoughts by someone in my living room.

"I'm not intruding am I?" the figure asked. I lit up the room and saw it was Chuck.

"No I was just thinking." I replied.

"About your friends and family; I was watching." Chuck said and motioned for me to sit down.

I sighed, "Yes; I'm debating as to whether or not I should be there in person to help them."

"Yes that is a big decision. If you do than they would know you have been alive all this time and it would make it more difficult to leave them when it's all over. But if you don't they might just destroy themselves." he said stating the obvious. "I think you should wait until Wednesday, before anything is decided." he said getting up. I looked at him quizzically, "You will know what I mean when it happens. Just know you can bring them back." and with that his disappeared.

I hated when he did that; give me cryptic messages and just disappear, but than again I do the same thing to Cas. Oh well what goes around comes around; I would just have to wait two days before I knew what he meant.

Dean's Point of View

"We didn't need your help Cas we had it under control." I said glaring at him. I looked over and saw that Zachariah had disappeared and the two angels that had been with him were dead now.

"Yes you had it all figured out Dean. A little gratitude would be nice." Cas told me.

"Thanks Cas; we appreciate it. How did you know where we were?" Sam asked him.

Cas did something he rarely did, smile, "A little birdie showed me." He always smiled when he said that and I couldn't figure it out why it was so entertaining.

My phone rang, "Hello." I said.

"Dean it's Jo; my mom and I need your help now." Jo sounded out of breath.

"Where are you?" I asked.

"An abandoned town outside of Seattle." she said.

I froze; none of us had gone anywhere near Seattle since the funeral. I finally spoke, "Be there in two days." I said and hung up. I told Sam to pack and when I turned to face Cas he was gone. We told Bobby bye and left.

The drive was quiet probably because of the direction we were headed. I couldn't stop thinking about all that had happened almost a year ago. I saw her everywhere; if there was a blonde girl on the street I would run up to them hoping and praying it was her; it never was. I wanted her to be back here with us hunting. I wanted to wake up in the morning and lightly caress her back. I wanted to hear her laugh and listen to her call me a jackass. I wanted to feel her lips against mine; my skin touching hers, but that was never going to happen. Bella was dead and gone and all hell had broken loose.

We got to the town and met up with Ellen and Jo.

"What's the problem?" I asked not bothering with greetings.

"I think they mean me." I heard a voice say behind me.

We turned and saw Meg, "What the hell are you doing here?" I asked her.

She smiled, "Oh raising some hell, killing people, and waiting for you. I'm not alone by the way." She turned and whistled, "Here boys."

I looked around and saw nothing, but I heard the growls and the barking, "Hellhounds." was all I said.

Meg looked at me, "Your favorite Dean. Sick 'em boys."

The next thing I knew I was on the ground and my arm got clawed. Jo ran over to help me and the invisible dogs attacked her. We got them off of her and ran to a storage building and blocked the door.

Ellen was freaking out, "GET ME SOMETHING TO STOP THE BLEEDING!"

I took a good look at Jo and I knew she wasn't going to make it. She was slashed to bits and bleeding everywhere.

She took Ellen's hand, "Mom I know what's going on; I'm not going to make it so don't worry about me. What you need to do is figure a way out and I have a solution."

She told us the plan; we were going to make a bomb filled with salt and iron. We were going to escape Jo was going to stay behind and set off the bomb. There was no arguing with Jo; she had become so much like Bella, hard headed and stubborn. We started on the bomb and when it was time Ellen said she was staying behind.

"Dean come here." Jo said and I did. "You better take care of the devil and stop Michael and him from fighting or else I'm gonna pissed I died for nothing."

I held back tears; I had lost Bella and now I was going to lose the only person who truly reminded me of her. I kissed Jo on the forehead and Sam and me ran out. When we were outside we saw the building explode and knew they were gone. We drove back to Bobby's and told him what happened. We stood in front of a picture that had all of us in it; Dad, Sam, Me, Bobby, Rufus, Bell, Elle, and Jo. Four of the people in that picture were dead and we silently wept for them.

A/N: I know I shortened Ellen and Jo's death a lot, but there is a reason for that and you will find out why in the next chapter. Songs in this chapter:

Breaking Benjamin- Evil Angel

Ill Nino- How Can I Live

Staind- Right Here