Chapter 2

Erin found herself sitting in her room shell shocked. She knew she was pregnant and her body had told her so, but finally seeing it in black and white, it really hit home for her. She had made it back to the bunker and into the room that she and Dean shared with no interruptions. She had placed her bag on the floor where she normally did, and she had put her new bag of things on the bed. Pamphlets slid out of it along with a couple of bottles of vitamins.

How long Erin had sat there, she didn't know, because she was trying to solve a problem that she was going to have to face very soon. Sooner then she might have wanted to, because she could hear Dean and Sam talking in the hallway.

"…This. A whole lot of this. But on a beach somewhere, you know? Can you imagine? You, me, Cas, and Erin, toes in the sand, couple of them little umbrella drinks. Matching Hawaiian shirts, obviously." Erin had gotten up and stood next to the door to try and catch all of what they were saying.

"Are you talking about retiring?" Sam asked. "You?"

"If I knew the world was safe? Hell yeah," Dean said.

"This sounds familiar," Erin found herself grinning. In fact, they were close to the same words Dean had used when they went to the park yesterday. "I wonder if Dean is going to tell Sam about the promise he made to me?"

"And you know why? 'Cause we friggin' earned it, man," Dean said confidently.

"Guess not. That's ok, when I tell him about this, he's probably going to flip his lid," Erin thought. That sobered her up a bit and the worry she had chased away, came rushing back. "How do I do this?" Erin leaned her head back against the wall and tried to keep her tears at bay.

"I'll drink to that," said Sam.

"Hell yeah," said Dean as he walked over to his room door and was about to open it when he heard something. Erin had heard the door handle rattle with Dean about to open the door, that had snapped her out of her thoughts, and sent her rushing to the bed to quickly hide her newly acquired things. When the door didn't finish opening, Erin took a deep breath and sighed. She suddenly had more time to gather everything up and hide it away before Dean returned. As the seconds passed, she realized he wasn't coming back in. Curious, she opened the door and then could hear voices coming from Jack's room.

"…I tried…" Jack had said. Erin couldn't see them because she stopped short of the door way. There seemed to be a pause and then Jack spoke again. "I wasn't strong enough."

"Oh, Jack must have had a nightmare," Erin thought to herself. She thought about walking into the room, but she heard Dean start to speak.

"Jack," Dean started. Erin could hear the inner father that hid within Dean come out. "It's not about being strong. I mean…" He paused. "Look, I don't know what you saw over there, and I don't know what you went through. I know it was bad. But I also know that you came out the other side because you are strong. But even when we're strong, man, things are gonna happen. We're gonna make mistakes. Nobody is perfect. Right?" Erin couldn't see what Jack's reaction was, but she caught herself nodding, as if Dean where talking to her. What she didn't catch was the fact that she had placed a hand on her stomach.

"But we can get better. Every day, we can get better." Dean said.

"Baby, I know you are nowhere near old enough, or anything like that, but that man is your father. He will move things that shouldn't be moved, just to see you safe," Erin thought as she leaned against the wall, hand still on her stomach, but the other wiped away a tear.

"So, whatever you're dealing with, you know whatever… whatever comes at us, we'll figure out a way to deal with it, together." Dean continued. "Your family kid, and we look after our own." Even at 5 weeks old Erin would swear up and down that in that moment she felt a tiny flutter in her stomach. It somehow put a smile on her face and just as she was about to leave, she heard footsteps rushing towards the room.

"Dean, Erin!" Sam called as he came rushing down the hall way.

"What's wrong?" both Dean and Erin asked at the same time. The look on Sam's face worried them both, but it also helped Erin to clear her mind, if even for a moment.

"I… I said I'd protect her, and, Sam," Jack said a little beside himself.

"Stop, Jack. This isn't your fault," Sam said in a voice that was trying to emphasize that it wasn't Jack's fault.

"What happened to her?" asked Dean as he stood over Maggie's dead body.

"I don't know," said Mary a bit resigned. "Doesn't look supernatural."

"Looks like some son of a bitch beat on her until…" started Bobby.

"Who would do something like this?" asked Castiel who was clearly getting protective of his new group of friends.

When everyone had returned to the bunker, Erin had been tasked to find Maggie's friend. She was glad because she wasn't sure how much longer she could've stood behind Mary and acted like she wasn't suddenly green around the gills. The sight that had been before her, normally never would've affected her, but now with her body going through different changes, she almost acted like some newbie.

Erin found Maggie's friend and had taken her to the library where Cas, Sam, and Jack were waiting to talk to her. Erin still didn't feel very good, but she was able to school her features to where no one noticed she wasn't herself. Dean apparently had noticed, because he was waiting for the girls by one of the doors that led into the library. He pulled Erin aside and suddenly wrapped her up in a hug.

"Dean? What are you doing? You have a job to do," Erin said a little concerned by his sudden actions. She would not admit it out loud, but in that moment, having him hold her felt wonderful.

"I just wanted to make sure that you were ok," he said as he kissed and laid his head on top of hers. "You didn't look too good when you saw the body, and I just wanted to let you know that I'm right here." Erin tried her best not to tense up, but she knew better then to try and hide that response from him, especially when she was in his arms. Dean let her go and held her at arm's length before looking her up and down.

"Damn, I was hoping he didn't feel that," Erin chided herself. "Dean I'm perfectly fine. Don't worry about me right now. You have a job to do and a murder to solve. Besides, I like it when you take charge of something like this. You know that serious, take no crap voice of yours, it just does it for me." Erin had whispered that last bit so that Dean had to let her go and make sure that he hadn't misunderstood her. The look she had in her eyes confirmed what she said for him.

"You are a really bad influence you, crazy woman," Dean said in the very tone that he kept for this type of situation that everyone was currently in and then kissed her. She broke the kiss much earlier than she would've liked too.

"Solve her murder," Erin whispered in a serious tone that sobered Dean up and to keep him on his toes, she let him see the thought of what she was currently thinking shine in her eyes for a moment. The look held a lot of heat. Erin stepped away from him and sashayed off to their room. Erin knew the affect she had but she didn't look back because if she did, there would be no investigation happening with in the next hour.

"Word is, you're friends with Maggie," Dean said as he went into investigator mode.

"Uh, yeah…" the woman started.

Erin had made it back to their room and was reading up on some of the material that Amy had given her when she heard a knock on the door.

"Come in," called Erin as she quickly stuffed the pamphlet under her pillow. Mary opened the door and smiled when she saw Erin lounging on the bed reading one of her many books that she kept in the room. "Mary, what a surprise. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Maybe," Mary said as she took a quick glance around the room.

"Well lay it on me," smiled Erin as she sat up and patted the bed in invitation for her to sit down.

"I was just curious about where you went today," stated Mary as she sat down and looked at Erin with what could only be described as a mother's look of 'please don't lie to me'.

"I went into town for an appointment, I had almost forgotten about it until the doctor's office called to remind me," said Erin innocently enough. So far, she really wasn't lying but she wasn't going to tell her what the appointment was about.

"Oh, ok. Well I guess I just wanted to ask you if you by any chance saw Maggie at all before you left the bunker?" Mary asked a little concerned.

"No, I didn't. I'm really am sorry I didn't see her, might have been able to save her. I can't believe something like that happen. Why would some bastard do that to a woman who clearly didn't deserve it? How in the hell did her find her anyway?" Erin asked more to herself than to Mary. Erin found herself pacing the floor and hadn't noticed when she had gotten off the bed.

"Erin are you feeling ok?" Mary asked as she too stood up and stopped Erin from pacing. "I mean I don't want to pry, but you are not acting like yourself. I don't think I have ever see you get green around dead bodies. Hell, I've seen you look at worse and not even flinch, honey, I'm getting a little worried about you." Mary had placed her hands, on Erin's arms and was trying to sooth her like any concerned friend or mother would be.

"I'm fine I promise. I don't know what's come over me, for some reason all the things that have happened have somehow thrown me off. I guess I need a vacation more than I realized," Erin said as she sighed and nearly deflated in on herself as she sat back down and dropped her head into her hands.

"I'm sorry," Mary started. Erin looked up at her in confusion. "With everything that is going on and the fact that you, take care of so many other hunters, us, the boys and Dean. It's amazing you haven't fallen over already. I guess most of us, including me, tend to see you as the energizer bunny, and not a person whom is working hard to make sure the world is safe." Erin nodded as she looked up at Mary. "I just want to say I'm sorry and that you do deserve that vacation. I just hope that you can get my son to go with you." Mary winked as she sat down next to Erin, who smiled and laughed at her. It had only been mere hours sense the last time Erin had laughed, but at the rate she was going, it felt longer.

"I don't know, it might be a little bit of a hard sell, but I think I might have a trick or two up my sleeve," Erin smiled and winked back at Mary. Suddenly a big yawn caught Erin off guard and it left her shaking her head and rubbing her eyes. "I'm so sorry, I don't know why I'm yawning so much all of a sudden." She yawned two more times.

"Hey why don't you take a nap for a little while, I'm sure the guys will be back soon and when they do I will let you know, how about that?" Mary asked as she tucked some of Erin's hair, that had escaped her braid, back behind her ear and looked her over. Erin was a touch more awake after hearing that the boys had left.

"Why did they leave? I figured they were still questioning all the survivors?" Erin asked as she sat up straighter and almost got up again but Mary's firm grip on her shoulder kept her from doing so.

"Well Maggie's friend told them that she had a crush on a boy near town and when she told them his name, Jack disappeared, so then Sam, Dean, and Cas went after him. Bobby and I are finishing up asking the others about her," said Mary as she kept a keen eye on Erin.

"I should help you," yawned Erin again but Mary was not going to hear any of it.

"No, I want you to get some sleep. Clearly your body is demanding rest and here is a good opportunity for you to get some. I said I would let you know when they got back, and I plan to do just that. If I catch you out of this room before you've had enough sleep, I will lock you in," Mary grinned as she got up and kind of stood over Erin. Taking the hint and one more yawn later Erin relented, nodded at Mary and after taking her shoes off, she got comfortable on the bed and nearly passed out.

"Have a good rest," Mary whispered as she moved a few strands of hair out of Erin's face. She then walked to the door, turned the light out, and closed the door behind her.

"Talked to the other refugees. No one's got any idea who would want to hurt Maggie."

Mary sighs. "Maybe it wasn't one of them. Maybe… there are monsters in this world that aren't monsters," Mary shrugged as she and Bobby both nod a little sadly. Then Jack walks into the Crow's nest with Lucifer behind him. "Jack! Hey…" she said relieved. Then she saw Lucifer.

"Hey," Lucifer waves at them.

"Kid, what in Sam Hell…" Bobby asked in shock.

"It's alright, he's here to help," Jack smiled at them.

"He is?" Bobby not amused and disbelieving.

"You know it, Longmire," Lucifer smirked as he walked between Bobby and Mary to follow Jack into the library.

"Call Sam, now," Mary said quietly as she handed Bobby her cell phone and walked after the boys. In another part of the bunker, Erin had become restless when something felt different in the building, something familiar and ominous. She had to figure out what it was because she had a bad feeling that she once knew this feeling all too well.

"So, your leaving dead bodies on tables now? Nice," said Lucifer as he made faces.

"We were waiting, to give her a hunter's funeral," Mary said a little sadly.

"You won't have too," Jack says confidently. "My father, he's gonna bring Maggie back to life."

"I am?" Lucifer asked as he made another face.

"Yeah, boys, we got a problem," Bobby said to the boys on the phone.

"Jack what are you doing?" Mary asked Jack, quietly.

"What I have to," Jack said sadly. "This… it's my second chance."

"Yeah, uh, Jack, about this, uh resurrection stuff… It's not always a good idea because, uh… you know, people come back… different," Lucifer said in a way that sounded like he was making excuses.

"Well, Sam didn't," Jack said a little confused.

"Right. Well, Sam's always been… sort of different. You know what I mean? Some would say 'special'," Lucifer made more faces and is stalling. Mary gave him a look of 'really?'. "No offense." She gave him that look of 'fuck you'.

"You said you'd do anything," said Jack getting irritated. They stared at each other until Lucifer gave in.

"Fine. Fine," he fidgeted then put his hand on top of Maggie's forehead.

"Has he done something to you?" Mary whispered to Jack.

"Heard that, heard it," Lucifer said, annoyed.

"Mary, everything's gonna be fine," Jack said quietly to Mary.

"Okay," said Lucifer as he finally resurrected Maggie as his eyes glowed red with his power. She woke up gasping and looked up at Mary.

Erin had made her way to the library just in time to feel a surge of power coming from the room, and it sent a chill down her spine. It was a power she had not only recognized but had felt it before. A memory came to mind and she found herself flooded with emotions that came with it. It was a memory from a time that Erin had almost forgotten.

A home that was never really hers, but she was grateful to be living there. She had a single family member that had not only killed her entire family, but he was after her as well. The kingdom that had taken her in, was a faraway place that very few knew about, and it was always shrouded in mystery. It was known as the Universal Kingdom, ruled by Queen Elijah and her three daughters, Sami, Alice, and Teegan, all of whom had unique personalities and powers.

Erin had always felt like the odd one out, and by the time she was old enough to understand why, she found herself not only adopted but very much in Queen Elijah's debt. That was when she became tasked with guarding the middle daughter, Alice. The two became great friends, always finding ways to get into trouble, pushing each other's buttons, burning down the palace and their home, and going with Alice on her supervised visits with her father, Lucifer.

That was why the power felt so familiar to Erin, it was similar to that no-good bastard's, who thought sleeping with Alice's mother was a good idea, and both girls suffered from the fall out. Erin had heard about this worlds Lucifer, but Erin had never really met the idiot, for some reason she would always be called away when the Winchesters had to confront him. Fate must have been asleep.

Once all that had processed into Erin's mind, she found herself leaning against a wall that separated the library from the hallway. She felt even more exhausted then when she first found herself walking to the library. Mary was going to have her head if she found her like this, but just as Erin was about to pick herself up off the floor, the power, and the overall feeling in the bunker, disappeared, and it left Erin feeling a bit off balance.

She managed to get herself to her room and quickly grabbed a couple of things before she scribbled Dean a quick note. When she finished, she looked at the room a little sadly and in a flash of light, Sailor Sun stood were Erin had been. With a twirl of her staff, and another flash of light, Sailor Sun vanished.

"Jack? Jack!" Sam called as he entered the balustrade with Dean and Cas right behind him.

"He's not… He's gone," Mary told them with Maggie next her and Bobby next to Maggie.

"How did Michael and Lucifer both get here?" Sam asked. "How did they open a rift?"

"We… We gotta find Jack before Michael does whatever the hell he's gonna do, ok?" Dean said aggravated. "I- I'll call Jody and everybody else."

"You're gonna put an APB out on the Devil?" Bobby asked a little suspicious.

"Yeah, I am," said Dean as he left the crow's nest.

"I'll check angel radio," said Cas. Sam nodded as he took a breath and watched as Dean and Cas went their separate ways.

"Sam, even if we find Lucifer, how are we gonna stop him?" Mary asked as she sat at the light up table with Bobby standing behind her. Sam had a look of 'I don't know', but he did have an idea to get Maggie to tell them who killed her.

Dean had already picked up his phone and was calling everyone he could think of to be on the lookout for anything that might point the boys towards Lucifer's whereabouts. He had walked into his room and was about to call Jody when he saw a note on the bed. He picked it up and it read-

Dean, I had to rush off to help Alice in Texas. Basically, she is in a life or death situation and I had to go. I know I'm leaving y'all at the worst time ever but she's my only remaining family and I must save her. I promise to be right back once everything has settled in Texas. Please don't do anything stupid and please be waiting for me, because I have something I have to, no, need to, tell you.

Love, your bad ass hunter,

Erin.

Dean read the letter a couple of times before he sighed and sat down on the bed. He knew she had only one friend left that she truly cared for, along with everyone at the bunker, but Dean couldn't help but feel a little upset by her leaving at a time like this. He almost called her to tell her to get back home but if her friend really was in trouble, Dean couldn't do that to her.

He sighed, he knew her better than a few people and if she said she would be right back then he knew she would be. He got up and was about to dial Jody's number again when something caught his eye from under Erin's pillow. Unknown to him he had pushed the call button on his phone and was surprised to hear Jody answer on the second ring.

"Hey, Dean what's shaken'?" she asked in her 'I'm having a good day' voice.

"Hey, Jody, yeah uh…" Dean had started to fill Jody in on what was happening. He forgot what he had been reaching for and walked out of the room.

Sailor Sun made it to Texas, in a flash of light, and was greeted by her friend with a big hug, that nearly knocked her over.

"Hi Alice, it's great to see you too," smiled Sailor Sun as she hugged her friend back.

"I'm so happy to see you!" Alice exclaimed as she hugged Sailor Sun a little tighter.

"I am too sweetheart, but honey, Erin can't breathe," said Sailor Sun as she pretended to run out of air. Alice let her go with a smile and looked her up and down. "Thank you." Sailor Sun smiled as she dropped her scout form and reappeared as Erin.

"So? How's everything going? You have to spill all the details," smirked Alice as she grabbed Erin by the arm and took her into her house.

"Well I will tell you most of it but I'm not going to tell you all the details," commented Erin as she went with Alice into her home.

"No fun," pouted Alice as she sat Erin down at her island counter and started to make her friend a drink.

"Oh Ali, you don't really want to know how this came about, and please don't make me one. Maybe one of your herbal teas with something to help with nausea, might be better?" said Erin a little bashfully. She had been kind of shrinking off the stool she had been sitting on, as she spoke. Erin was trying to be ahead of Alice's reaction. Alice dropped the spoon, she had been using to stir the drinks, on the counter as she whipped her head around and stared at Erin. Erin blushed and tried to hide behind a magazine that was sitting on the counter.

"Excuse me? Did you just say what I think you said? You? Whose blood is fifty percent coffee and forty percent alcohol, just asked for tea? What are you, pregnant?" she asked more as a joke than anything. When Erin didn't say that she was kidding, Alice turned around and saw that Erin was hiding everything except her eyes. "Aurora Erin Ellen DeComa! Are you screwing with me?!"

"I wish I was but no, I'm really pregnant. I got the pregnancy confirmed earlier today," said Erin as she lowered the magazine she had been using as a kind of shield. Erin had flinched at her full name, but she knew she was in good hands.

"All right, Jody's lookin'. So far, nada," said Dean as he walked up the stairs into the crow's nest.

"Yeah, angel radio is nothing but static, which is disturbing," said Cas as he sat at the table with Mary and Bobby standing next to him.

"Great. Well, we'll just add that to the list," grumbled Dean.

"So, what do we do now?" asked Mary. There was a sudden rumbling at the door into the bunker. Having a good idea what and who it was, Sam got Bobby to take Maggie and Mary out while he, Cas, and Dean stay behind to fight with Michael. They try their best, but Michael manages to overpower them. While Cas is knocked out and Dean is getting beat up Sam takes the opportunity to pray to Jack.

While talking with Lucifer, Jack hears Sam's prayer and showed up in time to save Dean. Jack sees what Michael has done and starts to crush him with his power.

"You hurt my friends. You hurt my family!" Jack said in a raised voice.

"Whoa," said Lucifer whom was completely amazed.

"Lucifer, we- we had a deal!" coughed Michael through his pain.

"Okay, game over." Said Lucifer as he's trying to get Jack to stop. "Hey, buddy let's, uh, let's…" he snaps his fingers at Jack. "split, okay?" Jack looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?" Jack asked as he turned to his father.

"I-I-I don't know. I didn't… I didn't hear," stuttered Lucifer. Castiel had finally gotten himself up off the floor.

"They had a deal," Dean said gruffly with a cut on his lower lip. "Lucifer gets you, and Michael gets everything else." Sam looked right at Lucifer disgusted. He shook his head like it wasn't true. "He's gonna nuke our world, Jack, just like he did his."

"Is that true?" Jack asked Lucifer.

"No! It's not," denied Lucifer.

"Is that why you wanted us to leave?" Jack asked.

"Leave?" asked Sam.

"He said- he said we'd go see the stars," said Jack as he started to realize that Lucifer was lying.

"What, and you're just gonna leave the rest of us here to burn?" asked Castiel.

"Okay. Hold on a second," started Lucifer as he tried to cover up his mistake. "Let's slow down, 'cause I… I'm not currently the bad guy here."

"Yeah, tell that to Maggie," said Sam still disgusted.

"What about Maggie?" asked Jack.

"Maggie saw the eyes of the person who killed her—the glowing, red eyes." Sam was starting to look at Lucifer as here is the next nail in the coffin.

"You're gonna – you're gonna believe this guy?" asked Lucifer as he tried to laugh it off. "Come on, man! Sam's a hater!"

"Tell me," started Jack.

"He would say anything to get you on his side," defended Lucifer.

"Tell me the truth!" demanded Jack as he used his power on him like wonder woman's lasso.

"She saw me when I was scouting out the bunker. She saw me, and she screamed, and then…" Lucifer said. "So, I crushed her skull with my bare hands. And it was warm and wet, and I liked it." Jack lets him go and everyone is basically disgusted with him. Lucifer blinks and acted slightly confused.

"You're not my father," said Jack sadly. "You're a monster."

"Come on, man!" Lucifer yells just before he let out a ridiculously loud roar at Jack. It doesn't faze him, but it does affect everyone else. "Okay. I tried with you. I really tried with you."

"Everything you told me was a lie," said Jack.

"Because I told you what you wanted to hear, man. So, what?! I killed the girl! Big deal! She's a – she's a human! She doesn't matter!" yelled Lucifer.

"So am I!" countered Jack.

"Yeah? And that's your problem. You're too much like your mother," Lucifer pointed at Jack.

"Jack…" started Castiel as he was about to step in between the two along with Sam.

"Stay back," Jack told them. "I'll handle him."

"Will you?" Lucifer taunted. "Oh, buddy. We could've been something, you and me. We could've remade the universe. It would've been great. We could've been better gods then Dad. And I really wanted that, pal. I wanted that." Lucifer had started to make up his mind in a different way. "But now if I can't have it with you, I… I don't need ya. I just need your power." He cut Jack's neck with the archangel blade.

"Jack!" called Dean.

"No!" shouted Castiel as Lucifer sucks in a large portion of Jack's grace. He healed the wound before the power he took charged him up.

"Jack," Sam said concerned as he rushed forward to catch Jack before he fell to the ground.

"Sammy!" called Dean as he started to make his way to them.

"Jack!" called Castiel as he tried to catch the boys before they disappeared. Castiel is forced back by the shock wave of power.

"Sammy! Sammy!" called Dean again as the protective older brother in him came out. Castiel got back up off the floor again as Dean looked around the crow's nest hoping that Sam would suddenly show up from another area. He then turned worried green eyes to Castiel. He could see that they clearly said, 'he's gone!'

"What just happened?" asked Dean.

"I don't know," said Cas gruffly.

"The Devil won," said Michael from where he leaned against a pillar in pain. "That's what happened."

Lucifer mocks Sam before kicking him and started to beat him up.

"How do we stop him?" Castiel asked gruffly as his temper started to rise.

"You don't," said Michael. "After consuming the Nephilim's grace, Lucifer's juiced up. He's super-charged. He'll kill the boy, your brother. Hell, he could end the whole universe if he put his mind to it. And you thought I was bad."

"No. No you beat him. I saw you," said Dean in a way of explanation.

"When he was weaker, and I was stronger. Believe me, I'd love to rip my brother apart. But now in this banged up meatsuit…" Michael indicates himself before coughing to prove a point. "not happening. This is the end, of everything."

"No," said Dean as he seemed to come up with a plan. "What if…" he swallowed. "What if you had your sword?" Castiel caught on and was surprised.

Lucifer was still beating Sam up and then tried to pit him and Jack on each other.

"I am your sword. Your perfect vessel," said Dean but with every passing word his face grew more and more sad. "With me, you'd be stronger than you've ever been."

"Oh, I know what you are," said Michael confidently.

"If we work together, can we beat Lucifer?" asked Dean.

"Dean!" warned Castiel in a whisper.

"Can we?!" asked Dean a bit more forcefully.

"We'd have a chance," said Michael confidently.

"Dean, you can't," said Castiel as he tried to convince Dean to not follow through.

"Lucifer has Sam. He has Jack. Cas, I don't have a choice!" exclaimed Dean. Castiel tried to plead with him with his eyes but it didn't work. "If we do this, it's a onetime deal. I'm in charge. You're the engine, but I'm behind the wheel. Understand?" Michael just looked at him as if the cat was about to eat the canary.

"So, you will let me know when I can throw you that baby shower, right?" asked Alice as she and Erin where hanging out on the couch.

"I promise I will, it might end up almost having to be spur of the moment, but if at all possible, and things calm down in the hunting world, you will be the first to know," smiled Erin as she finished a mug of tea. Suddenly her phone started to ring and when Erin looked at the caller ID, it showed that Mary was calling.

"Speaking of the hunting world," smirked Alice as she watched Erin with a devilish look.

"Mary?" asked Erin.

"Get to the bunker quickly! I couldn't find you and I wasn't sure where you were, but get your ass here now," Mary sounded a little irritated but most of all she sounded like she was moving very quickly.

"What's going on, Mary? Tell me what happened?" demanded Erin as she quickly stood up, grabbed her transformation broach from her pocket, and was headed out the door with Alice hot on her heels.

"Michael showed up and the boys told us to leave so we are making our way to the garage, please just get here before the boys do something stupid," pleaded Mary as she hung up.

"Shit!" Erin cursed with feeling.

"That bad, huh?" asked Alice with a hint of sarcasm.

"Yeah, it's that bad. I'm so sorry to run out on you like this, but I really have to go," Erin said with worry etched across her face. "When someone says that the Winchester's are about to do something stupid, time is of the essence. I promise to let you know what happens. Sun Crystal Power, Make-up!" Sailor Sun reappeared again and in a flash of light she disappeared without a trace.

As Lucifer continued to egg Sam and Jack on, he dropped the archangel blade he had up his sleeve on to the ground. Sam finally picked up the blade and handed it to Jack, telling him to kill him. Jack can't do it, so he took the blade from Sam and turned it on himself. Just before Jack could finish the job, Michael, wearing Dean, suddenly appeared and kicked Lucifer's ass, he was finally killed.

"Is he…?" asked Jack weakly. The blood on his face had started to dry.

"He… He's dead," said Sam a little astonished and happy to see Dean.

"Holy crap," breathed Dean, amazed.

"You did it," whispered Sam who was becoming happier and happier.

"No. No we did it," said Dean as he started to feel triumphant.

"We did it," smiled Sam as he started to laugh. Suddenly, Dean doubled over as if in pain. "Dean?" Sam asked worriedly. Dean continued to groan in pain, as if he were trying to stay in control of his body. "Dean!"

"We had a deal!" Dean shouted as if a part of him just lost the fight he was having on the inside. Dean's body showed exactly when Michael took over.

"Michael," said Sam a little worriedly. Michael looked around the room as if he were exploring a new house.

"Thanks for the suit." He flew off leaving Sam and Jack shocked, but Sam was not surprised that happened, because angels were dicks.

Sailor Sun reappeared in the same flash of light in the middle of the crow's nest. Expecting a fight to be ensuing as she appeared, she was surprised to find only Castiel sitting on the steps between the library and the crow's nest, and he looked as if someone told him someone was either dead or about to be. He then looked up and was slightly surprised to see Sailor Sun standing there.

"Erin, what are you doing? I thought you were in Texas?" Castiel said as he stood up to face her.

"Castiel, is it wise for you to use my name aloud?" Sailor Sun asked as she kept a keen eye and ear on her surroundings.

"Yes, it is fine. No one else is currently around to know of your secret," Castiel said with some dejection. He knew he was going to have to break the news to the soldier of light and life, but he was not that stupid of an angel to just flat out lie to her.

"Castiel, where is everyone? Mary called me, in almost a panic, to get here as fast as I could, to keep you guys from doing something stupid," Sailor Sun said a little confused but still weary. She still had her staff out and ready but when she saw that Castiel looked even more chest fallen, she had opted to just hold on to it nonchalantly. "Castiel?" He then stood up and looked her in the eye.

"Erin, Dean said 'yes'," stated Castiel in his usual blunt manner.

"He said 'yes'? To what?" asked Sailor Sun a bit confused. She had finally let her scout form fade, along with her staff, as there seemed to be no emergency right at the very moment.

"He said 'yes' to Michael," Castiel said, with a look of 'how could he have done that', written on his face. Realization hit Erin like a pile of bricks.

"No," she started. "No, no no no no…" Erin's body started to shake as she shook her head back and forth. "No no no… this can't be… this can't be happening." Castiel knew that if he didn't stop her soon, she'd either implode or explode, both where bad but her imploding would be considered the worst.

"Erin, I'm so sorry I couldn't stop him. Lucifer had taken both Jack and Sam, and that seemed to be the last straw for him," Castiel said in what he thought might be helpful words. Nope that didn't work, because Erin suddenly stopped and hung her head.

"Why didn't you stop him?" asked Erin softly. Castiel suddenly felt a bit uneasy. "You could've stopped him before he said yes." She looked up at him with fire blazing in her eyes. "You Could've Stopped Him from Saying 'Yes', Castiel." He was momentarily glad she was no longer in her scout form, because he was sure he'd be on fire. "Why Didn't You STOP HIM?" He was positive she was on the verge of a complete mental break down, but he didn't dare touch her in that moment. "YOU DIDN'T STOP HIM!"

"I tried," whispered Castiel as he hung his head again. He really didn't know what to do for her in that moment. That did it, that set her off. She did something that she hadn't done in a millennium, she exploded. She screamed, as her power erupted from her body and it sent Castiel flying, for the third time that day, clear across the library and into the farthest wall.

Erin stood there panting from the effort and force of what her power had just done to her. Suddenly, the light went out of her eyes just as her mind shut down and she started to fall over, completely lifeless.

Castiel found himself sitting on the stairs between the library and the Crow's nest again as Mary and Bobby came running back from the garage. Upon hearing their footsteps Castiel looked up at them, with utter defeat etched into his features. Mary looked at him as he sighed with a shake of his head. Her expression turned to a look of, 'what do we do now?' Bobby had followed right behind and had a look of 'Holy crap'.

"Cas where is Erin? She should've been here by now," Mary asked as she pulled out her cell phone and looked up at Bobby a little worried.

"Don't worry about trying to find her. She is resting in her room," said Castiel to the room at large and not to anyone specifically.

"She made it back in time? What happened?" asked Mary as she stopped looking at her phone and crouched down next to Castiel.

"She showed up just after Dean and Michael disappeared. I told her what happened, and she nearly lost it. So, I knocked her out and put her in her bed," Castiel lied.

"I guess I better go make sure she doesn't do something as equally stupid as everyone else in this family," sighed Mary as she stood up and started to walk away.

"Mary," Castiel called to stop her from leaving. "Please make sure that she stays in good health, she has a secret that will do her good, but you must let her tell you in her own time." Castiel stood up again and pleaded to Mary.

"Ok, I will," said Mary a bit confused by Castiel's cryptic message. He nodded, and Mary continued to make her way to Erin's room.

"Now what do we do?" asked Bobby as he turned to Castiel.

"I don't know," shrugged Castiel.