Chapter 3

Forty-five minutes later a nurse walked in and told them they could see Dean. Sam and Castiel quickly got up, each grabbing one of Aurora's arms to help her up. She grunted uncomfortably as she got her feet under her to stand. They followed the nurse down the hall and around the corner where she stopped in front of a room.

"He's still pretty out of it; the doctor is keeping him mildly sedated so he won't hurt himself or someone else."

"Thank you." Aurora told her. "Will you start getting his discharge paperwork ready; we'll be moving him to Sioux Falls General Hospital within the hour?"

"Excuse me? The doctor didn't mention this."

"We want him closer to home and his doctors, so if you'll get the forms ready I'll be out after I see my brother to sign them."

"I'm paging the doctor." she huffed turning on her heels and walking back to the nurse's station.

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Aurora pushed the door slowly open to Dean's hospital room and stepped into the room first. Castiel stepped up behind her, taking her elbow as they walked closer to the bed. Aurora felt her knees go weak seeing her brother's injured body. Castiel tightened his hold on her to keep her from falling.

Dean's face was very pale and sweat beaded up on his forehead. His face was pinched in pain as his eyes moved steadily under his eyelids. Uncontrolled twitching ran up and down his body as he fought to pull himself to consciousness.

"Oh Dee." she whispered looking down at his bruised and trembling body. She reached an unsteady hand toward his face wanting to comfort him, but unsure of what kind of reaction he would have.

"Cas can you help him?" Sam asked as he stood by the other side of his bed.

"I can help with the physical injuries." Cas said laying a hand on Dean's head and assessing his injuries that needed healing. "There are some things even an angel can't heal."

"I'll see how the paperwork is coming and when we get him out of here, I'll see what I can do." Aurora told them as she bit her lip to keep from crying.

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Thirty minutes later an agitated Aurora made her way back into the room. Cas looked alarmed at her condition and hurried to her.

"Aurora are you alright?"

"I'm fine Angel; I had to throw my weight around with these dumb ass doctors to get my point across. Gather up his things and get him to the house Bobby found. Sam and I will follow in the Impala." she instructed looking around the room for Dean's things.

Sam quickly gathered the bag with his clothes and started unhooking the monitors from his brother.

"Leave the IV in, we may need that for a bit."

"Ok Sis. He's ready to go." Sam said taking the last monitor off Dean.

"You remember the address Angel?"

"Yes, I'll get him settled by the time you two get there." Cas assured her laying a hand on Dean's arm and with a swish of wings and a slight disturbance of the air they disappeared.

"Come on, let's get out of here."

"Want me to bring the car to the front and pick up you?"

"No, walking is actually good for me, just can't move as fast anymore." she huffed holding a hand to her lower back. "He doesn't like it when I get upset either."

"So you know it's going to be a boy?"

"Yes, no doubt about it, John Robert. We're going to call him Johnny."

Sam looked down at her, surprised by the name she had picked.

"He was my Dad too even if I didn't know him and Bobby is like a second father, what better way to show them how much I love them."

"Dad would have been very proud of you. I wish he had met you."

"Me too." she sighed waiting for Sam to unlock the passenger door.

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Sam pulled up to the house and parked along side Bobby's car. He got out and went around to the other side to help his sister out. Aurora puffed and groaned as she let him pull her to a standing position. They made their way to the front door that opened right before they got there.

"Good you're here." Bobby nodded letting them in.

"Sam could you make me some hot tea, I'm going to check on Dean."

"Sure Sis, I'll see what I can find."

"If you'll get my pack out of Bobby's car, there's some in it, my special blend."

"Alright."

Aurora followed Bobby to the back of the house and into one of the bedrooms. Castiel was sitting in a chair beside the bed Dean was occupying. He stood up when Aurora made her way to the bed.

"Sit, you need to rest."

"I'm good Angel; I need to check my brother. I'm going to see if I can reach into his mind and find out what is going on." she said pulling the chair closer to the bed.

Castiel and Bobby watched her take Dean's hand and lay the other on his forehead. She closed her eyes and concentrated, pushing hard to reach the connection she needed. Her frown deepened as she met a barrier stopping her from entering Dean's mind. She searched and wiggled her way deeper looking for a crack or slit to get in. Her breathing came in short, shallow pants causing the baby to complain. Castiel pulled her back and broke the connection not liking how pale she was looking.

"There's a barrier blocking his mind. He's literally trapped in there and can't pull himself out. I could feel bad memories flood his thoughts, they're slowly killing him. I'm going to have to figure a way to break through it and get to him to bring him back." she gasps before drawing in deep breaths to stop her shaking body.

"How you gonna do that?"

"I need to see her spell book and I may need to call Auntie for help."

"What's going on?" Sam asked coming in with a cup of tea for Aurora.

"Sam I'm going to need your help once I find what spell was cast on him. Angel can you keep him under, don't let him wake up, not yet."

"Yes."

"I'll get the books from the Impala." Sam told her heading outside.

"I'm going to the bathroom and then we need to do some research." she said sipping some tea before sitting in on the nightstand and getting up.

"I'll get us set up on the screened in porch." Bobby suggested. "Give us some fresh air and room to spread out on that table out there."

"Sounds good, hopefully it won't take us long to find the answers we need."

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Sam closed the book he had been reading and rubbed his tired eyes. He looked over at the others noticing Castiel was rubbing Aurora's swollen feet as she studied the spell book. Castiel stopped and cocked his head like he was listening to some unheard voices.

"Angel, are you being paged?" Aurora asked knowing that look from other occasions.

"It seems I'm needed for some urgent matters."

"It's ok, go."

"I will let them know I need to be here with you."

"No, Angel, it's ok, you need to handle things there, I'm ok. Sam and Bobby will take care of me. Your brothers and sisters need your help, so go."

"Sam, if you need me back, pray, I know Aurora won't."

"You know we'll take care of her and if we need you, I'll pray for you."

"Thank you. Aurora don't over do it, you need rest, you need to think of our son."

"I'll take care of him, don't worry." she assured him giving him a kiss before placing his hand on her stomach. "Tell Daddy we'll be ok."

Castiel felt movement under his hand as the baby moved in her belly. He leaned down and kissed her swollen belly whispering Enochian to him.

"I love you." Aurora said softly before Castiel disappeared.

"Sis, why don't you take a break and try to get a nap before dinner. I'll fix us something in a bit."

"No, I'm ok."

"I told Cas I would take care of you, you need to take a break." he argued getting up and taking the book from her, marking her place. "Come on, you can lay down in the bedroom across from Dean's"

"Alright." she huffed giving in to him.

Sam helped her up and guided her back into the house and toward the bedrooms. They both looked in on Dean who was restless, but still under. Sam left the door open for both bedrooms and helped Oree lay down. He pulled the pillows over so she could support her belly.

"Here's your phone, text me if you need me." Sam told her pulling a blanket over her prone body.

"Thanks Sammy, don't let me sleep too long or I'll be up all night."

"I'll get you up when I have dinner ready."

"Ok." she yawned letting her eyes drift closed as she rubbed her stomach. "Don't burn anything."

"Lot of support there."

"Always." she mumbled softly.

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"You get her down?"

"Yes finally. I told her I'd get her up when dinner was ready."

"You need some help with that?"

"Naw, I'm going to fix some salad, bake some chicken, steam some carrots. I can handle it."

"Call if you need help. I'll keep looking."

"Ok." Sam replied heading for the kitchen to start the meal.

A/N: Hope you are enjoying the story. Thanks to all who are reading. Please review. NC