Gabriel was gleefully watching Castielle's reaction to Lisa and her son Ben. Oh, there was an eye twitch now.
"Ya know, if you really want him to pay attention to you, you'll have to work for it."
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Come on, you're practically twitching with jealousy! Do you want Dean to only look at you that way or not?" asked Gabriel.
Castielle paused, then thought about it.
"Fine. What do you have in mind?"
"I still have Freya's favorite necklace. I could probably bribe her in exchange for a minor shopping spree," said Gabriel grinning.
Freya was rather pretty, from a human standpoint. She found it amusing that Loki was giving her back her necklace all in exchange for taking his recently found little sister out shopping for clothes.
She would have done it for free when she heard Cassie (who got an eye twitch at the nickname) went around shirtless when Loki turned the heat up.
Freya should have known the ass would pull something like that just for a free show.
"Alright Cas, what do you like to wear?" asked Freya.
"Jeans," said Cas. She normally didn't care what she wore.
"Well why did Loki really call me in?" asked Freya, trying another route.
Castielle blushed, but explained to a more amused goddess.
"So you're trying to catch the eye of a man-whore? This should be fun. Let's see...you're more of an autumn...and it would amuse me to piss off Loki for all the crap he's pulled..."
"Annoy Loki? Count me in. He's a damn coward," said Castielle immediately.
Freya grinned and the two went on a real power shop. She was a bit disappointed about Cas' taste in clothing, but once she saw the woman in them she admitted that it worked on her.
Though she did have to put her foot down to get Castielle bras to wear around the house. No way was she letting Loki get away with that anymore.
"Holy crap! Talk about an upgrade!"
"I still don't see the purpose of a bra," said Castielle.
"It's mostly to avoid back problems from the twins," said Freya offhand, "Plus if you wear the right one you can totally snag this guy you're after."
Which had been the only reason Cas was even wearing one at the moment.
"So who is she after anyway?"
"Have you heard about the Winchesters?"
"The two brothers who are totally clueless about anything important?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"She wants to snag Dean," said Loki amused. Castielle blushed, but didn't deny it.
For some reason becoming female had unlocked quite a bit of new reactions. She blushed more easily than she did back when she was a guy, and she had more emotions as well.
Freya laughed.
"Well she should have an easy time of it."
"Loki actually made a bet with the younger brother on which one of us would jump the other," said Castielle annoyed.
"Damn you and that annoying sharp hearing you have," said Loki.
"Maybe if you quite switching my migraine medication with those awful tasting jelly beans or the alcohol with diet soda, I might quit throwing things at you for calling me Cassie all the damn time," said Castielle irritably.
Just because her body had been cleaned out didn't mean her addictions were gone. Gabriel had placed an annoying spell on her that limited her alcohol intake each day, just barely enough to get drunk. And he had quit stocking the stronger stuff after getting the warning.
As for her pill addiction, he oh-so-helpfully placed a charm on her that turned any medication stronger than Advil or basic pain medication into candy.
The last time she tried to pop a pill, it became a lemon candy. She had not been pleased by that one bit.
And don't get her started on the hallucinogenics. The last time she brought some peyote to the place Gabriel had hidden it from her...or more likely smoked it himself. Jerk.
If Dean noticed the change in Castielle's outfit, he kept it to himself. But Sam made another mental check towards the two having an interest in each other.
"So why are you here Cas?" asked Sam.
"The demon, Ruby, happens to be in the area and I have a rather strong interest in seeing her back off from the two of you. Despite whatever she claims, there is a reason why she became a demon, despite being human originally."
Dean paid special note that Castielle was aware Ruby claimed to remember being human.
"Oh yeah?"
"Demons have a somewhat stricter hierarchy compared to the heavenly plains. They might be able to advance by killing someone stronger, but I know for a fact they consider Ruby a traitor, despite the fact she's really working for Lilith."
"Wait, heavenly plains?"
"Lucifer was originally an angel. When god suddenly loved humanity more than his original creations, Lucifer threw one hell of a tantrum and started a rebellion in heaven. Eventually he was cast out by Micheal and sealed in a cage with six hundred and sixty-six seals. Lilith was the first demon he created," said Castielle.
"How do you know all this?" asked Sam.
"If things go the way I hope, then Lucifer stays in that cage until Judgment Day. Unless the need arises you won't find out for some time," said Castielle cryptically.
Gabriel and Castielle knew it was pointless trying to get Dean's contract. The demons would do everything in their power to insure that he went to hell.
However, that didn't meant they had to do a mad scramble after Dean was brought back to find the seals.
They were going to locate the seals and render as many as they could void now before the race was on again to stop Lucifer from rising.
And Castielle fully intended to either keep Sam contained away from Ruby to prevent his addiction from ever starting, or better yet killing Lilith before Dean came out of hell.
The fewer seals Lilith was able to break with heaven's aid, the better she slept at night.
Castielle had already sent word to the reapers to avoid the demons and angels once the Winchester was brought back from Hell. If they made a special note to avoid them, then neither side could use them to break that seal.
She was still debating on whether to grab Anna early or not, and Gabriel was surprised Castielle knew the location of a fallen on Earth that hadn't been found. She did go and get the woman's Grace though. No reason to let that little issue come back to bite them in the ass when they could stop it simply by making a small detour early.
"So why are you here?"
Bobby was out on a case and they had just finished dealing with a coven of witches.
"I came to warn you that your father is in danger. There is someone using dream root and if he's not careful he could end up the next target."
"Our dad died months ago," said Dean confused.
"I'm talking about your real father. I have heard on several occasions from both of you claiming Bobby Singer as your father," said Castielle flatly.
Dean and Sam looked at each other, but didn't actually deny that fact. Bobby had been more of a father figure than John ever had since their mother was killed. Though it did beg the question how she knew that Bobby was in trouble.
"How do you know Bobby needs help?"
"Long story short, Loki is a bit of a voyeur and it kills time," shrugged Castielle.
It took Sam two seconds to process that before his face turned red from blushing.
"You mean he..."
"He seems to enjoy watching people shower. Personally I only use the mirror to check up on your progress. I tend to turn it back around when either of you use the bathroom."
Dean made a note to...talk...to a certain Trickster about spying on his brother. Though the idea of her spying on him didn't bother him one bit.
"Where's Bobby?" asked Sam, deciding it wasn't worth the headache he currently had. Though he did plan to have a word with Loki about spying on him in the showers.
Castielle told them, and vanished after ducking behind a corner. Dean really had to find out how and why she did that after giving them directions.
A few weeks later...
Castielle was watching the brothers when they were arrested after being set up.
"How would you feel about breaking the two out of jail?" she asked Gabriel, popping in another jelly bean.
Gabriel had learned his lesson after she slipped laxatives into his chocolate cake. She still had to deal with the jelly beans in place of her usual way of dealing with her depression, but at least now they were flavors she actually liked.
"Jail? How the hell did they..."
"Set up by Bela."
"Let me get some supplies. I heard Lilith was heading in that general direction to kill Sam, and I don't want to deal with her this early without being prepared," said Gabriel.
Well that and he wanted to make sure he was prepared for Dean and Sam after they found out about his special mirror. Why did his annoying little sister have to let that bit slip?
Sam exorcised Henricksen and for once the bastard actually believed them about what they did. Being possessed can do that to a man. They were about to start preparing for a siege when he caught a glimpse of a familiar trench coat outside.
"Cas is here," he told Dean, who perked up.
Said woman walked in with perfect ease, Loki following behind her.
The first thing Dean did was walk up to Loki and punch him.
"We will be having words later about that mirror of yours," he said.
"Not if I ditch you and the large mass of demons heading your way you aren't!" said Loki vehemently. The Winchesters tensed at that.
"There are demons heading this way?" said Sam.
"Lilith sent them to take you out. Or at the very least maim you until she starts breaking the seals on Lucifer's cage," said Castielle bluntly.
Lilith knew about Sam Winchester being the vessel for the Morning Star. She wasn't about to kill him when he would literally bring hell onto Earth. However there was nothing against maiming the Winchester so he couldn't run or do anything to stop her from raising Lucifer or later saying yes to the fallen.
Something Castielle would do anything to stop, even if it meant killing Sam if there was no chance they could save him. She was not going to let Lucifer run wild in Sam's body twice.
"Who is this?" asked Henricksen.
"My name is Castielle and this is my older brother Loki. Yes, that Loki. We're...friends...with the Winchesters and tend to keep an eye on them."
"Yeah, and I still want a chat with Loki about his way of keeping an eye on people," said Dean irritably. That irritation left when he saw the duffel bag.
His bag, from the Impala.
"You didn't touch my baby did you?" he asked Loki suspiciously.
"Of course not. Cassie did."
'Cassie' slapped Loki on the back of the head. She really, really hated that nickname.
"Ow!"
Dean gave her a thumbs up.
When the smoke passed over the building, Henricksen turned to a bored Loki who was reading something in another language.
The only reason they were even in the area was to capture Ruby, who would be making a play for Sam. Once they had her and Castielle had killed the demons, they were gone.
Ruby was close enough to Lilith that she might know some of the seals they hadn't already hit. And with the two of them not able to enter Heaven without setting all sorts of alarms off, they needed new ways to find them.
Besides, Castielle might have a vested interest in seeing Ruby die slowly, painfully, and screaming. It had nothing to do with the fact she was one of the main parties responsible for Dean being torn apart by hellhounds when his contract was up, really.
An hour after the smoke passed, there was a loud crash as something broke through a window one of the deputies had broken the salt line. It was Ruby, and she was firmly caught in the trap.
Castielle looked a little too happy to see her.
She looked at Loki.
"Take her to the sealed room and you don't have to come back," she told him.
"Deal!" said Gabriel all too pleased. Dean had been fingering his gun and he wasn't in the mood to be shot in the ass. Then again he really should have gone easy on the man-whore comments and the not-so-subtle hints he kept shooting towards Cas and Dean.
Gabriel waltzed right into the devil's trap, making sure every saw him cross the line after to prove he wasn't a demon, before he grabbed the confused and very worried Ruby. Castielle scratched out a small line in the trap, allowing Gabriel to leave with demon in tow, before replacing the line and fixing the salt barrier.
She then proceeded to go outside and stab every possessed person there in a non-fatal area with the demon-killing knife Gabriel had loaned her.
"How?" asked Dean later, in the hotel. Castielle had gone with them because she had sensed Lilith nearby and didn't want the headache of having to perform another rescue.
"Again, you'll find out later. Besides, Loki should be almost ready to interrogate that demon bitch," said Castielle.
There was something to be said about losing respect for heaven and that stuck up Micheal. It was mostly his fault that most people believed angels to be chaste, pious little minions of God and his glory.
But when he cut Castiel off from Heaven and started the apocalypse solely to get it over with, well a few things had changed in the former angel.
For one thing, Castiel had become the one to get drugs, alcohol and the one to arrange over half the orgies, mostly because they were all going to hell anyway so why not? Dean had turned into his father, Sam had been taken over by Lucifer, and Gabriel had died early when his brother finally caught up to him.
As a result, Castiel had learned swear words were more stress release than anything, being uptight all the time was boring, punching someone that annoys you usually tends to shut them rather fast, and he hated demons with a fierce and fiery passion and thus wouldn't loose any sleep if he tortured one.
So if Castielle happened to curse like a sailor (to the perpetual amusement of Gabriel) and slap people who irritated her, then she would. It wasn't like she couldn't handle a demon of Ruby's rank. Hell, most of the angels could take on Lilith if given proper planning and the inclination. Lucifer wasn't stupid enough to make demons stronger than angels.