Eclipse looked out the window and watched the sun rise before walking to the bathroom and washing his swollen face. He'd cried for quite a while. He knew what to expect when he had asked for the hunters' help, but faced with the truth...he could do nothing but weep for the loss of his son.
Looking his visage over in the mirror he had to frown at how he looked. He looked quite ragged and that was no way for the son of such a high standing demon to look, and so with conviction, he jumped in the shower once again and began cleaning himself and disentangling and washing his hair.
Once again he summoned an imp with a fresh set of clothing and wore his new outfit proudly. He was dressed in a white button up, black slacks, suite jacket and a tie. Looking himself over proudly he nodded and settled on fixing his hair. Grabbing his hair, he used every ounce of his will to cut his hair completely, before styling it boyishly short. Grabbing his fedora he placed it neatly atop his head.
Looking at his reflection, he smiled. He knew he was rather good looking, with an oval face and a small nose. His eyes were what gave him the most beauty, as depending on his mood or the lighting they could change color. Right now they were a golden color that complemented his attire quite well. Walking from the room he made his way towards the hunters, hoping they were awake already.
"Sam, I told you not to hog the damn bathroom." Dean sounded irritated, which made Eclipse chuckle.
Knocking once, Eclipse opened the door and had to laugh at the picture before him. Dean was dancing from side to side in his urgency to use the bathroom and Castiel was trying, and failing, to ready some coffee.
"Castiel, leave the coffee and morning meal to me. Dean please enjoy my bathroom, three doors down on your left, room 17."
Dean didn't need to be told twice as he booked it out of the motel room.
"You are quite kind." Castiel commented, not caring that the demon had changed his appearance.
"I am?" Eclipse asked, not really knowing what else to say.
"You are." Castiel confirmed watching a smile appear on the demon's face.
"I will be back in no more than 20 minutes." Eclipse announced and vanished, leaving behind a very confused Castiel.
Sam chose that moment to walk out of the bathroom, toweling his hair dry.
"Where's Dean?" Sam asked, looking around, hoping to find some coffee.
"He is using Eclipse's bathroom, since you were taking so long, and Eclipse has gone to fetch breakfast I presume." Sam nodded and started packing his clothes.
"Wait...presume?" Sam stopped packing and turned to look at the angel.
"He did not tell me where he was headed, he merely told me to leave the morning meal to him and that he would return in no more than 20 minutes, so I presume he is acquiring breakfast." Sam nodded and turned back to his task. They would need to leave soon if they wanted to get to the warehouse before anyone else discovered their little secret.
"Yo Sammy!" Dean said, walking into the motel with a smile on his face. He hadn't taken a shower, but it wasn't as needed for Dean since he'd taken one the day before.
"Morning Dean." Sam said, zipping up his now packed bag and throwing it close to the door.
"Packing already?" Sam nodded. After what he'd seen last night with Eclipse, he was ready to go.
"Yeah I want to see why those bastards did what they did." Dean nodded and opened his mouth to respond, only for all thought to leave his mouth as Eclipse appeared before them, arms laden down with food.
"I'm not familiar with what you prefer to eat, so I may have brought you some of everything this diner had to offer." Eclipse looked sheepish.
"Whatever, leftovers man." Dean said looking Eclipse up and down slightly.
"Why'd you cut your hair?" Eclipse shrugged before answering.
"The long hair would not have suited this outfit." Sam giggled at the response.
"You're a pretty boy!" Sam commented, helping set up the food.
"I am a demon of very high standing, I have never been allowed to look anything but proper. I have had to grow and cut my hair on many occasions in order to properly accent the clothing I am wearing. I am quite used to such things." Eclipse tried to explain but was met with eyes full of mirth.
"Admit it, you're a pretty boy!" Eclipse sighed and shook his head.
"I am not..." And then he looked at his own clothing and smiled. He was no longer as high standing, being as how he had betrayed who he was. Now he wore clothing of such beauty and fine tailoring, because he wished to look appealing, not to impress upon others his status.
"I am a pretty boy!" He finally admitted, taking a seat and grabbing a cup of coffee.
"The first step is admitting you have a problem." Sam glared at Dean then and slapped the older hunter on the head,
"Knock it off Dean. He looks good, he knows he looks good, and you have no right to dictate how others dress" Dean raised his hands in a show of surrender.
"What the hell crawled up your ass and died. I'm pretty sure Eclipse can take a joke." Dean said, opening his container of bacon, eggs and toast, and digging in.
"I can take a joke Sam!" Eclipse clarified and smiled at the younger Winchester.
"He's an ass regardless. He needs a reminder sometimes or he won't stop." Sam said, taking a sip of coffee as he watched the demon continue to smile in his direction. He had a good smile, Sam had to admit.
"You said you raised Dolion by yourself?" Castiel asked, taking a bite of food he really didn't need.
"I did. He was born three months after my husband died. He had to have special attention, as he was premature. My body was stressed and harmed, I wasn't able to carry him full term. I was never able to carry a child full term. It might be because my hips are small and my body may have been compensating this, but I believe it to be from the injuries I sustained when I was younger."
Castiel nodded and let the matter drop, but Sam was curious about all this and he knew one day, when the death of his son wasn't so fresh on his mind, that he would find the courage to ask.
"Your speaking is really proper..." Sam announced after finishing a bite of fruit salad.
"Yes, it is how I was raised. I was raised to be a contractual Demon. I am bound to my words and therefore must construe my point concisely or it may be my undoing." Sam nodded.
"So you said you needed to talk about your debt to us...if it was up to us we'd say don't worry about it but..." Dean said looking up from his food.
"You are correct. I will not allow this debt to be unpaid. My child's peace was worth an excessive amount of my time. I am to be your faithful follower, do as you do, believe as you believe, for quite a long while." Eclipse said, finishing off his coffee and grabbing for another. He'd come prepared.
"And how long are we talking?" Dean asked, taking a sip of his coffee and waiting for the answer.
"The whole of my life belongs to you. Decades, centuries...however long I am alive." Dean choked on his coffee and sputtered, trying to talk.
"But...we won't live that long." Sam said, hoping to knock some understanding into Eclipse. They didn't want this. They didn't need this.
"You will live as long as I am alive." Eclipse dead panned, stretching his arms above his head and sighing with content.
"What?" Dean looked shocked.
"My presence with you will prevent your aging. Once I am dead and gone, you will continue to age."
"So, with you here, our time lines are frozen?" Dean asked, hoping to make some sense of this.
"You gave my son ever lasting peace." Eclipse began, "And for this I will ensure your survival, your happiness, your comfort and security until such time as my life is forfeit, or the debt is properly repaid."
"And how does this make it so we don't age?" Dean asked, breakfast forgotten.
"I am powerful Dean. I am able to halt your aging until such time as the contract is properly fulfilled. I wish to repay you for the kindness you have shown me and in doing so I must elongate your life, and in order to do such, I must stop the aging." Dean still looked confused.
Eclipse sighed and clapped his hands together before opening them and producing a scroll.
"This is my contract to you. It is nine feet long. It will explain everything in full detail if that is what you are in need of. I will allow you to read it, but be warned, you cannot destroy this contract, it is quite impossible."
Dean looked at the contract and nodded. Eclipse sighed and handed the contract over, watching Dean start reading, becoming absorbed in what was written there. Every now and then Dean would frown, but he kept quiet through the hour long read.
Sam and Castiel busied themselves with cleaning, and Eclipse sat patiently waiting for Dean to finish.
An hour later found Castiel and Sam playing a game of cards and Eclipse still staring at Dean, hoping the man would finish already.
"I don't like it." Eclipse nodded and took back the contract, rolling it up carefully.
"I assumed you would not." Eclipse said, vanishing the scroll once more.
"You're basically our slave." Eclipse shook his head.
"There is no basically. I am to be a servant and bodyguard to you until such time as..."
"Yeah, yeah...I know. I don't like it. I want to revise it." Eclipse frowned.
"I will not cancel this."
"I know you won't, so I want to revise it. I would like you to have your free will. Do what you want to do..."
"This is what I want to do." Eclipse assured.
Dean frowned.
"No! This is something you think you want to do out of a sense of responsibility. I won't have your entire life reduced to this."
"It is what I must do to ensure my son's peace..." Eclipse confessed, tears falling freely.
"What do you mean?" Dean asked, frowning slightly.
"He cannot say!" Came a voice from the other end of the room.