"Hey, Cas." Dean said, slowly entering the room, pausing right inside the door.

Cas turned from where he had been staring out the window after he had lost our last game of chess. The poor guy really was a sore loser. I'd had several millennia prior to him even created to learn how to play the game.

"Hello, Dean." Cas said, "Sam."

"Hey, Castiel." Dean breathed, "Look at you, walkin' and talkin'. That's - that's great, right?"

"Pull my finger." Cas said and I suppressed a groan, he'd done the same thing to me.

"What?" Dean asked, shifting to glance at Meg with a raised eyebrow.

"My finger - pull it." Cas demanded and Dean did just that.

Cas grinned as the lights in the room exploded and I sighed, snapping my finger to at least clean up the glass. I really didn't need them to waste time on that mess.

Dean and Sam turned to look at me, noticing that I was in the room for the first time. I gave them a tiny wave and a wink before standing up to talk with Meg as they spoke with Cas.

"Meg, I'm gonna need you to get them out of the room, like we discussed early, yeah?" I whispered, keeping an eye on the boys, just like she was

"Sure thing, sweetcheeks, but you gonna tell me why?" Meg asked, her voice soft.

"Because the Winchester brothers are fuckups and they can't be here when the prophet first gets here." I supplied with a shrug, glancing at Meg.

"Fair enough." Meg said.

"Thanks, Meg." I said, patting her on the shoulder before walking over to Sam, Dean, and Cas.

"Just hang on, Cas." Sam said "Wait. Let us catch up to you for a second."

"So, you're saying you remember who you are, what you are." Dean asked

"Yes. Of course." Cas said, turning from the window to look at the Winchester's "Oh. Outside today, in the garden, I followed a honeybee. I saw the route of flowers. It's all right there, the whole plan. There's nothing to add."

"You might want to add a little thorazine." Dean said, glancing from Cas to Meg

"Right? He's been like the naked guy at the rave ever since he woke up." Meg quipped, "Totally useless."

"Will you look at her?" Cas asked, "My caretaker. All of that thorny pain. So beautiful."

"We've been over this." Meg said, " I don't like poetry. Put up or shut up."

"Okay." Sam said, "So, Cas, you said you woke up last night?"

"Yes." Cas said looking at me intently, "I heard a ping that pierced me, and, well, you wouldn't have heard it unless you were an Angel at the time."

"Yeah, I heard it too Cas, kind of hard not to" I assured him

"That's also when we opened this." Sam said, handing a duffel bag to Cas

"Oh." Cas said, taking out the Word of God and showing it to me, "Of course. Now I understand."

"Understand what?" Dean asked

"You're the ones." Cas said with a smile, and a laugh, "Well I guess that makes sense"

"What makes sense?" Sam asked

"If someone was going to free the Word from the vault of the earth, it would end up being you two." Cas said, enveloping the two of them in a hug "I love you guys."

"Oh." Dean said at the same time that Meg said "uck"

"Alright. Alright." Sam said trying to get out of the hug "Okay. Yeah, yeah."

"You said something about "The Word." Is that what's written on there?" Dean asked as Cas finally let the brothers go.

"Did you know that a cat's penis is sharply barbed along its shaft?" Cas asked and I couldn't help the huff of a laugh I let out, "I know for a fact the females were not consulted about that."

"Cas, please, we're losing ground out there, okay?" Dean said, "We need your help. Can you not see that?"

"This is the handwriting of Metatron." Cas said and I frowned.

"Metatron?" Sam asked, "You saying a Transformer wrote that?"

"No. That's Megatron." Dean said, completely offended by Sam's lack of pop culture understanding.

"What?!" Sam yelled

"The Transformer - it's Megatron." I said softly, placing a hand on Sam's arms

"What?" Sam yelled again

"Metatron." Cas said again, enunciating the words, "He's an Angel. He's the scribe of God."

"He's worse than Dick." I muttered, earning myself a confused glance from everyone in the room, "Hello, Angel of the Lord here, in hiding. From the scribe himself?"

"He took down dictation when creation was being formed." Cas explained

"And that's the word of God?" Dean asked

"One of them, yes." Cas said

"Uh well, what's it say, then?" Sam asked

"Uh "Tree"? "Horse"? "Fiddler crab"? I can't read it." Cas said, letting the tablet drop to his side, "It wasn't meant for angels."

"Okay, this all sounds bad." Meg said, winking at me as she came closer to the group, "What are you two jackasses doing with the word of God? Let me see that thing."

"Back off, Meg." Dean growled at the demon

"Come on, it's my ass, too." Meg said, reaching for the tablet

"Back off." Dean snarled, kinda reminding me of a rabid dog I'd once seen attack a racoon.

"Damn it! Enough of this "demons are second-class citizens" crap!" Meg yelled

"Don't like conflict." Cas said before disappearing in a ruffle of wings.

"Uh What the hell was that?" Dean asked

"You heard him. He doesn't like conflict." Meg said, her voice sickly sweet, "He's down in the dayroom now. I guarantee it."

"All right, I'll go handle Cas" Dean said, moving to the door, "Sam, will you please pick up the word of God?"

"Yeah." Sam said, moving to pick up the fallen pieces as I went to sit on the bed. Observing, as it was the role I was used to playing in life.

"What are you guys caught up in now?" Meg asked, only for Sam to ignore her, "I deserve to know, Sam." He still wouldn't talk, "Okay, fine. I'll hit the road, then. Let me just go get my angel."

Meg left the room and it was only then that Sam went to follow her, calling after her as he ran from the room.

Shortly after the window moved and a young man stealthily climbed into the room. He didn't even seem to notice me as he grabbed the bag and turned to flee. I followed him from the room, choosing to do it the old fashioned way by climbing out the window after him.

He was running and I was ahead of him in half a heart beat. Catching the AP student and hiding him behind the building from the big bad Winchester.

"Shhh, Kevin, shhh," I said, placing a hand over his mouth as he started to freak, "My name's Elle, I'm here to protect you. It's literally the only reason I'm here. Now, you need to run from this man, you know how to avoid an alligator, right?" He nodded, "Good even half way to a panic attack you're smarter than most. Now go, he's not gonna hurt you, I won't let him."

I watched as Kevin ran to avoid Sam, zig zagging across the yard only to be stopped by Meg clotheslining him across the chest. I appeared at Kevin's side seconds before Sam did to help the poor kid up.

"Hi Sam, Meg, This is Kevin." I said, wrapping an arm around the kid's shoulder, "Kevin, this is Sam and Meg, they're associates of mine. Their job is also to protect you."

"I'm Kevin Tran." Kevin said, his voice shaking, "I'm in advanced placement."

"Okay?" Sam said, trying to get the bag back from Kevin.

"Sorry," Kevin stuttered, "I don't - I don't know why, but I can't let go of this."

"Shh, Kevin," I said, rubbing his arm, "Let's get you inside, okay?"

Kevin nodded and I gave Meg the signal, letting her lead the way as I guided Kevin back to Cas' room, ignoring the confused look of the youngest Winchester.

Once Kevin was sitting on the bed comfortably I pulled up a chair to sit next to him, keeping a hand on his knee for comfort.

"You really stepped in it, kid." Sam said, his arms crossed and eyeing Kevin menacingly.

"All I know is, this is - it's for me. I'm supposed to keep it." Kevin said, hugging the bag to his chest like a lifeline

"But you don't know what it is?" Sam asked, Kevin shook his head, "Open it."

"It's writing." Kevin said, running his hand over the tablet, and squinting.

"Yeah." Sam said, "Yeah, we get that."

"What's Leviathan?" Kevin asked, glancing at Sam

"What? You can read it?" Sam asked, adjusting his footing, "Is that what it says?"

"Sort of. It hurts a little." Kevin explained, "Like looking through somebody else's glasses, but I think it It's about Leviathan, how it came to be."

"God locked him up far away, right? Like in jail Because they're so" Kevin paused, glancing at Sam and then me, "they're they're real, aren't they?"

"Yeah, Kevin." Sam said with a nod, "They - they are. And they're here. Does it say anything about how to kill them? 'Cause that's - that's kind of been a problem."

"I don't know. It's not like reading reading." Kevin explained, "It - it's hard to focus on it too long."

"Sam. Something's up." Meg said, her eyes turning black as the lights started to flicker.

"What?" Sam asked, turning to look at Sam

Kevin screamed when he noticed Meg's eyes, backing away from the demon to huddle against the bed's headboard.

"Kevin, hey, hey, hey." Sam said as I moved to sit next to Kevin on the bed.

"Kevin." I said, getting the kid's attention, "Remember, I'm here to protect you."

"Demon." A voice said, drawing my attention to the two new occupants of the room. The young angels Hester and Inias. Hester raised her hand and sent Meg flying into the wall. I cringed at the impact but quickly turned my attention back to the other angels.

"A demon whore and a Winchester, again." Hester said as Sam stepped towards Kevin, trying to block him from sight. "Step away from the Prophet!"

"Who? Who, me?" Kevin asked, looking from me to Hester. I nodded in confirmation and I heard Kevin let out a small groan.

"Sole keeper of the word on earth, we are here to take you." Hester said

"What do you mean, "take"?" Sam asked

"Kill the demon and her lover." Hester ordered and Inias went to annihilate Meg.

"That's not how it-" Meg said before slicing at Inias with an angel blade

"we're not" Sam protested before he was interrupted by Hester's disgruntled questions.

"Where did you get that?!" Hester asked before finally noticing me, "And who are you?"

"Took her long enough," I muttered to Kevin before looking at Hester, "I'm Elle, sister."

"I have no sister named Elle." Hester said, eyes narrowing.

"If you believe that you are mistaken." I said, flashing her a smile, "My name is definitely Elle and I am definitely your sister."

"Why are you already here with the prophet?" Inias asked.

"Because it is my job to protect him." I said with a small smile "Because you guys will screw this kid over and he does not deserve that so I am going to protect him."

There was a rustle of wings before Hester had the chance to reply and suddenly Castiel and Dean were standing in the room. Dean took a step back and let Cas take the lead before stepping over to stand next to Sam.

"Castiel?" Inias asked

"Hi." Cas said with a smile

"You're alive?" Inias asked and Cas gave a nod

"You." Hester said, walking up to Cas

"Hello, Hester." Cas said, his smile growing

"You smote thousands in Heaven. You gave a big, scary speech." Hester yelled "Then you were gone. What the hell was that?!"

"Rude, for one thing." I said with Cas

"Where have you been?" Inias asked

"Oh, Inias." Cas said sadly, "Hester, I I know you want something - answers. I wish it could be that - there are still many things I can teach you. I can offer, um, well, perspective." Cas stepped closer to Hester, holding out his finger, "Here. Pull my finger."

No one moved and Cas started to panic, "Uh Uh Meg will - will get another light, and I'll - I'll blow it out again. And, well, this time, it'll be funny, and we'll all look back and laugh."

"You're insane." Hester said tilting her head to the side a little, looking at Cas with complete disdain for the angel.

"Crap, Kev, I'll be right back" I said, remembering what was going to come next. I couldn't afford to be sent back to Heaven. It would take me longer to get back than the others. I wasn't used to interplant travel yet.

After what I deemed to be an appropriate amount of time I popped back into the room. Kevin was starting to panic and I quickly crossed the room to wrap an arm around his shoulders, shushing him and making sure he wouldn't have a panic attack.

"What's happening?!" Kevin asked loudly, his breathing heavy, "What's happening?!"

"What is that?" Dean asked, pointing to Kevin.

"It's, uh Kevin Tran." Sam explained with a grimace, "He's, uh, in advanced placement."

I shifted on the bed to give Kevin more roomed and turned to listen to Dean as he gave the poor kid the lowdown on demons, Leviathan, and other things that go bump in the night. While Dean was talking Kevin started to shiver so I threw an arm around his shoulder in hopes of comforting the kid.

"So, these Leviathans - these monsters are real." Kevin asked, when Dean finished, the prophet turned to look at me for the next question "And angels with wings?"

"No." Sam said, as if he knew the answer, "Uh No wings."

"We have wings," I explained, raising an eyebrow at Sam, "but they're hidden from a normal perspective. They're pretty much in an alternate dimension that we like to call the void."

"Oh" Sam breathed.

"But that's neither here nor now, we should probably leave before Hester and Inias show back up." I said nodding at Meg who I was certain was going to make a similar remark "Although I know I could take them I'd rather not have to hurt any of my brethren until absolutely necessary."

"So, Kevin, you can, uh, read the chicken scratch on the God rock, huh?" Dean asked, ignoring me (I'd make sure to work that out of the Winchester system soon, I disliked being ignored) "That is back in one piece, I see. And you're saying that there's some sort of a "How to punch Dick" recipe in there somewhere?"

"I don't know what you're saying, but it seems kind of like an "in case of emergency" note." Kevin said, looking between Dean and I, "What did they mean by "Prophet"?"

"Oh, no." Dean grumbled running his hands through his hair and glancing at Kevin again, as if to confirm that the kid was still there. "Really?"

"Yeah." Sam affirmed with a nod towards Kevin "Yeah, that's what the angel said."

"I don't want to be a Prophet." Kevin said, slightly panicked. He glanced at me with growing concern and I could tell that he was starting to panic. I started to rub his back in an attempt to calm him down.

"No." Sam agreed, "You don't at all."

"Gentlemen, we've got to start running and hiding." Meg said, drawing everyone's attention to her. "Or do you want to tangle with those wing nuts twice?"

"I'm sorry." Dean said, "Did you say "we"?"

"I'm on the angels' radar now." Meg pointed out, "You think I don't need a little safety in numbers?"

"All right, we'll go to Rufus' cabin." Dean conceded, glaring at Meg before his features softened just a little as he looked at Kevin "Kid can do his book report there."

Soon we were all in Kevin's mom's car, driving away from the hospital at speeds that I was certain were illegal. I was sitting in the back, Kevin and Meg in the seats in front of me and Sam and Dean in the front.

"Could you slow down?" I called to the front, causing everyone to glance at me in confusion.

"Elle, we're going 50 it's not that fast." Dean said, glancing at the wheel then back at me, finally looking back at the road.

"Oh, sorry." I said, glancing down at my hands, "I've never been in a car before, it's… different than I had suspected it would be."

"You've never been in a car?" Dean asked incredulously.

"I've been on earth for all of 26 hours, Dean. I've not had the opportunity until now." I pointed out with an embarrassed huff.

"Why are you on earth, anyways?" Sam asked, turning in his seat to face me "From what I've seen none of the other angels know who you are."

"Did I not tell you?" I asked as innocently as I possibly could.

"No." Sam said

"Hm, then maybe that means it's none of your business." I said smugly.

"Whatever," Sam said, turning back to the front.

I looked out the window, entranced by all the scenes flying by. I could get used to this whole car thing. The way the colors and the shapes blended together into nothingness. It was a calming reminder of the void.

"Daughter" I heard behind me. I turned to see God, my father, standing in the middle of the void, "It is my time, I must leave heaven soon."

"Why?" I asked, walking over to him, "Why do you have to leave them? Why are you leaving me?"

"Cassiel, you are the eldest, I expect you to keep them in line." He said, ignoring my previous questions.

"Father, you told me to stay here until it was time." I reminded him

"You'll know when it's time, Cassiel," He said, "I've made sure of it."

And suddenly he was gone. As per usual. He visited once every few hundred years to make sure I was alright. When I was a younger angel I remembered asking him why I was in the void, and not in heaven like my brothers.

I never did find out why.

Soon we were slowing down and I turned to the front to see that we were pulling into a gas station. I blinked a few times, looking around the car to see that it was now day and that Kevin was asleep, leaning against the window.

"Get the kid some food?" I asked Meg when we'd stopped.

"Why can't you?" Meg asked, turning to look at me.

"I don't really feel like it right now" I muttered

"What?" Meg asked, scowling at me.

"I've never been on earth before, Meg." I said with a sigh, "It's a lot more intimidating than I had thought it would be and I really do not think it would be a good idea to send in the angel who a: doesn't really know how money works and b: has never talked to anyone outside of you guys, my brother, and Linda."

"You talked to my mom?" Kevin asked, sitting up from where he had been leaning against the window and turning to look at me, "Is she alright?"

"Yeah," I said as Meg left the car with Sam and Dean, "She's as alright as she can be. She thinks you were kidnapped by a cult. Which I guess could be true in a way."

"Is she safe?" Kevin asked.

"She's leverage, Kevin, she won't be safe until I can get one of my brothers to watch her." I said, my voice as soft as I could make it, "the idiot has a no Winchester policy so actually getting him to help has been harder than I thought it would be."

"No no no no," Kevin started chanting, clutching his bag closer to his chest

"Kevin," I said, placing a hand on his shoulder, "I'll do everything within my power to keep her safe but you need to understand that you are my priority. Do you understand that."

"I understand." Kevin said as his breathing became more regular.

Sam, Dean, and Meg got back into the car soon after. Meg handed Kevin some food and I looked out the window watching the scenery flash by again as we continued down the road to what I had been told was Rufus' cabin.

After a few hours I turned to look at Kevin and Meg and moved so that I was sitting in between them. Kevin gasped and I gave him a small smile. Sam glanced back and I waved before turning to face Kevin.

"Hey, I'm gonna go check on your mom, make sure she's okay," I said, Kevin gave me a relieved smile, "I can't take you with me right now, I'm sorry." He nodded and I turned to move my head between Sam and Dean, "If you two let anything happen to kevin you will be answering to me personally, understand?"

The Winchester brothers nodded and I disappeared.

"Mrs. Tran?" I asked once Kevin's mom answered the door, "It's Elle, I came with news about your son, may I come in?"

"Of course," Linda said, her eyes glossing over with tears, "Can I get you anything?"

"No, thank you though," I said, giving her a small smile, "is there anywhere we can sit?"

"What was the news you had on Kevin?" Linda asked once we were seated in the livingroom, each of us occupying a side of the couch, turned slightly towards each other. "He's okay, right?"

"Your son is fine," I said with a gentle smile, "some colleagues of mine are transporting him to a safe location. The cult that kidnapped him is still out there and for reasons unknown their sights are set on your son."

"Oh my god," Linda said, bringing her hands up to rub at her temples, "What the hell."

"We're trying our hardest to keep him protected but it's not going to be easy," I said, taking one of her hands in mine after she let them drop to her lap, "we need your help. Your son is a lot more special then you realize right now and the group that is after him is going to want to use you as bait. To prevent you're either going to need to take preventative measures to protect yourself here or you can come with me and we can join your son."

"I want to join my son," Linda said.

I searched her eyes for a moment, noting the determined glint they held. I nodded and gave her a small reassuring smile (I hoped) just as there was a knock on the door.

"We can't answer that." I said, my smile dropping, "We need to leave right now, go pack a bag for yourself and your son, please, Linda. No questions, no lights, and don't look out the window."

"Why do you enjoy watching them so much?" Lucifer asked me.

It was only months before he would be cast from heaven and we had been talking for hours on end about pretty much everything my younger brother wanted to know. He was so much younger than I was. All my siblings were. I was the eldest. I was the first among the angels, the closest to our Father. I was the watcher.

"They have so much to teach us, Lucy." I said not turning from the scenes playing in front of us. This was one of the earlier times, before homo sapiens were truly homo sapiens. Before Adam and Eve.

"What could they possibly have to teach us?" Lucifer scoffed, "We are as old as time itself."

"Some of us older," I reminded him, turning to look at him now.

We had no vessels then, they weren't needed in heaven or the void. Lucifer was bright, brighter than the rest of our siblings, and he was smart too. He held no love for the soon to be humans. He loved his siblings though, and our Father too. But no, he could not bring himself to love the humans. In his eyes they were the reason Father had left us.

"Lucifer, they are nothing like us. But they are not necessarily inferior because of that. They have their own struggles. Many of them will know what it is like to have their father disappear, many of them will die unfair and cruel deaths." I gave as much of a shrug as I could in the corporeal body, "They know so much though, Lucy. It's amazing. They face death and destruction and they never give up."

"They are the descendants of monkeys." Lucifer said contemptuously.

"They are the creations of God, Lucifer." I said gently, "Just as we are. You can blame them. They had no more a say in this than we did."

He was gone before I could say anymore and I heaved a sigh, turning back to the timeline playing across the void.

Linda was soon back downstairs carrying two gym bags and her purse. I smiled at her and took one of the bags before grabbing her free hand and transporting her to where I could sense Kevin.

As the guardian of the prophet I was the only one who could actually detect where he was. The other angels could get hints and whiffs but the location of Kevin Tran was a constant buzz in the back of my mind.

"Kevin?" Linda whispered from beside me.

Dean turned around, slamming on the breaks of the car as he did so. "What the fuck?" He yelled looking between Linda and I.

"Dean, this is Linda, Kevin's mother, Linda this is Dean, my colleague." I introduced the two of them, "Dean, you might want to drive."

It took him a few moments longer but eventually he turned around and started back down the road.

"Mom?" Kevin asked, his voice cracking.

A/N: Wow, sorry that took me longer than I thought it would. I was in a car crash on Sunday and was doing stuff for college and I've been bust since like the second I posted the last chapter. Enjoy! See you soon!

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