Chapter Two

Dean Winchester

A month. One long fucking month. That's how long I'd been trapped in this seemingly abandoned town. Seemingly because it wasn't really abandoned. No, Del Norte, Colorado was filled with Angels. Real life fucking angels. And not good ones like Castiel, either. Cas was a good guy, wanting to help and save. These guys wanted to resurrect fucking Lucifer. As in Satan. Yeah, these guys were bad...and they'd been keeping us trapped here for over a month. I could only hope that Acacia had gotten to Sam. If there was anyone that could save us right now it was Sam.

There was a sudden bang as the door flew open. I looked up, shocked to find Castiel himself standing in the doorway. He stared at us, taking in the sight of our bloodied and torn clothes, and gave a small whimper. He strode towards us, face intent and blue eyes checking the scene. Leaning down, he untied my hands and then moved over to my dad. He untied dad and helped us to our feet.

"Can you fight?" was his first question.

Dad and I looked at each other. "Yeah. Yeah we can fight." Dad said.

"Good. Acacia and the others are outside."

"Acacia's here?! She's pregnant! It's fucking dangerous!" I exclaimed.

Castiel sighed. "She is stubborn. She insisted. Crowley is here as well with over a thousand demons. There is a battle going on, Dean. We need all hands we can get."

I sighed, following Castiel out into the fray of angels and Demons fighting. Sure enough, my fiance was in the thick of it. Tall and slender with waist length red hair and fiery blue eyes, Acacia was beautiful. And dangerous with the blades she held in either hand. She caught sight of me and grinned wickedly, tossing me a blade. I caught the blade and stabbed the nearest angel with it. Across the way, a blonde girl I'd never seen before tossed dad a blade and he caught it, swinging it at the angel nearest him. Crowley, I noticed, was fighting at Acacia's left side, keeping angels far enought away from her that she didn't have to do much work. Still, she fought beautifully and I was both worried and proud of her.

To my surprise, my brother was there as well. Fighting beside the blonde that had handed dad a blade, Sam looked...well as he usually did. He was currently fighting two angels and I hurried over, stabbing one in the back of the neck. It lit up, dying easily and I grinned. Sam grinned back and we were brothers again. The blonde girl at his side leaned over and pressed a kiss to his neck before stabbing another angel. Sammy had a hunter girlfriend then. Nice. Almost as nice as my own but nothing could top my girl.

When the fighting was over, we grouped together. Acacia ran at me, wrapping her long arms around my neck. She held me tightly for a long moment before pulling away to assess the damage the angels had done. She growled low in her throat at the multiple scars that they'd left before kissing me. Long and deep, the kiss was just what I'd needed.

"What are you doing here?! You could have been hurt!" I asked, kissing her again.

She smirked. "I had to come. The baby is fine and so am I so shut up and greet your little brother already."

"Gladly." I kissed her again, savoring the taste of chocolate and then moved to hug Sammy.

"Damn it's good to see you." Sam said into my shoulder.

"Agreed. I didn't think you'd come to my rescue."

"I was getting bored with college. Jess and I decided to come back to Hunting." Sam said, gesturing to the girl who was standing behind him.

"Where'd you meet Jess?"

The girl laughed. "We met at college. It was only after we got together that we realized that we'd both been Hunters, though." she said.

"So...you back for good, then?"

Sam nodded. "Definitely. I'm ready to kick some ass."

"We already did enough ass kicking for one day. Let's get outta here and find a hotel room. I'm exhausted." Dad said, clapping us both on the shoulder.

"Yeah, let's hit the road."

Sam laughed suddenly. "Are we all gonna fit in the Impala?"

Dad and I looked at each other. "Nah. I have my truck. Dean, Acacia, Sam, and Jess can ride back in the Impala." Dad said.

"All right."

Crowley shook my hand and gave Acacia a hug. "I will see you both." he said, vanishing into thin air.

Castiel did the same as Crowley had done. "Call if you need me. Otherwise, I will be in touch to check on you both."

"All right. Thanks Cas." I said and he smiled.

"You are welcome Dean."

We piled into the Impala then, intent on finding a hotel where we could shower and shave and relax for a few weeks before finding another case. About thirty miles away, in Alamosa, Colorado, there was a hotel. We checked in and headed to our rooms, exhausted but happy to be together again. Sam and I stood outside my hotel room for a few minutes, catching up, before Jess and Acacia got tired of waiting and snatched us into our respective rooms.

"I was so scared." Acacia admitted, curling against my chest as we stood under the water in the shower.

"I'm sorry baby girl."

It was hard to scare my girl. She'd been through a lot. Losing her parents to Azazel, the demon that had killed my mom, losing her older brother to a wendigo...then her best friend and hunting partner - I guessed that was Jess - had quit hunting. So hearing that she'd been scared hurt me. I hated scaring her. Kissing her, I focused on the feel of her wet skin against mine, on the sensation of her tongue sliding against my own.

"I love you so much." she whispered as our baby moved inside her.

I smiled. "I love you too. Both of you. Now let's get some sleep. I haven't slept in a bed in forever."

"Sounds good. I barely slept while you were gone."

In bed, she curled against me small and quiet. I kissed her forehead before I fell asleep, safe in the knoweledge that my family was together and safe.

Author's Note: Hey guys! So here's the next chapter of Long Road To Salvation. I bet you thought I'd forgotten about this one, huh? Nah, I just wasn't working on it. But here I am, working on it now. I hope you enjoy and remember to review. Also, thanks for reading all of my stories. I love you all!

True Rayanne Adaire