Chapter 3: Angel's are watching over you

A week later, Castiel had to return to Heaven and help Lucifer. But he still went every day to see his baby and Dean. After two weeks, Bobby found a possible case on a newspaper, so he delivered it to Sam, who went to investigate. He went to the crime scene, went to the victim's house, talked to some people, but he didn't find the creature responsible for the murder. Sam returned home to see if Bobby had found something useful, but unfortunately Bobby hadn't found anything useful in his old books.

Dean offered to go to the local library to search some information. Sam asked if Dean wanted him to go with him. But Dean refused his help, which indicated he would have someone else's help; most probably from Castiel. While Dean grabbed some things to take in his bedroom, Aurea watched him, sat on his bed.

"Can I go with you, uncle Dee?" Aurea asked.

"No, not this time." Dean told her. Then Aurea looked down, sadly, and Dean couldn't just leave her like that. "Because I need you to do something for me while I'm gone." Aurea looked instantly at him. "I need you to watch out for Johnny, okay? Can you do that?"

"Yeah," The little girl said with a smile.

There was a chair near to John's crib and Aurea got out of the bed and sat on the chair. When Dean had everything he needed and was about to leave, he said "See you later." as he passed by his niece and rubbed her hair.

Sometime after Dean left, the house was unusually quiet and Sam noticed what was different; Aurea. She usually ran all over the house with a dark silvery plain (a bit cheesy but she liked it, at least more than the car Dean offered her. She seemed to like more things that fly.) or practiced her powers, like moving things with her mind. Lucifer said it was good for her to learn to control her powers, but Sam didn't like to let her out of his sight when she did that. So Sam went looking for her and found her in Dean and Castiel's room, where Dean had left her.

"Hey, what're you doing?" Sam asked as he approached her from the back.

"Watching out for Johnny." She said, without any emotion in her voice.

"O-kay." Sam found it a bit strange, but he let her be. When she got tired she would get down.

But an hour passed and Aurea was still in the same place.

"Aurea, don't you want to eat something?" That was usually the time she got hungry and ate a snack in the afternoon.

"I've got to watch out for Johnny." She repeated.

Sam looked at his nephew, who was sleeping peacefully. "You know he's not going anywhere…" he tried to joke. "Johnny's fine."

"I promised uncle Dean I'd watch out for him." Aurea replied firmly, which alerted Sam; something was wrong with his daughter. She usually didn't behave like that.

Sam didn't know what was happening but he didn't say anything else. He just leaned against the wall, watching in silence.

After some time, Aurea broke the silence "Johnny's hungry." She said even before the little baby started crying.

As Bobby fed his grandson, Aurea followed him around and when he finished and put back John in the crib, Aurea returned to the same position as before. Bobby also found Aurea's behavior strange but he didn't come to any conclusion of why Aurea was acting like that. He thought it could be because Aurea's bond with John, perhaps it brought more harm than good. Either way, he couldn't confirm or deny it.

Sam kept watching his daughter, getting more worried as the time passed. Aurea didn't say a word for the next hour, she didn't even move a inch.

Lucifer appeared in the room suddenly, but it didn't startled Sam as it usually did. "Hello, baby girl." He kissed his daughter's hair, but Aurea didn't seem to notice his presence. Or if she did, she didn't manifest herself.

Lucifer approached Sam. "What's wrong with her?" He asked casually.

"I wish I knew." Sam replied in a low voice.

Lucifer could see worry and fear in Sam's eyes. "Sam, what happened?" He asked seriously, this time. (Lucifer rarely called him 'Sam'.)

Sam took a deep breath before he starts. "Aurea's been there for some hours, statically. I can't make her leave." He wasn't sure if he could, but he didn't want to take it to the last consequences.

"Why is she there?"

"I guess… Dean should have asked her to watch out for Johnny while he was gone, or something." He looked right in Lucifer's eyes. "That's all I know." Although Sam looked calm on the outside, he was shaking on the inside (and Lucifer could feel it). Maybe he was overreacting, maybe it was nothing serious… but he didn't know. Isn't that the worst thing?

Lucifer's look exchanged from worried to calm, for a millisecond, and then to an angry look. "Your ignorant brother…" He said in a low voice. "I swear I'm going to kill him." Lucifer's voice got louder. Only then he realized he was in the presence of his daughter, but she didn't seem to care.

Somehow Sam calmed down a bit. If Lucifer was angry it was because he knew what had happened.

"Where's Dean?" Lucifer asked before Sam could say something. "I'm gonna drag him back here."

"I don't think that's a good idea. He's… with Cas." Lucifer was probably going to interrupt Dean's 'research' with Castiel.

"I don't care." Lucifer walked to the door, possibly to vanish soon, but Sam walked in front of him.

"Lucifer, what's wrong with Aurea?" Sam unconsciously grabbed Lucifer shirt, with eyes begging for an explanation.

Lucifer eased his rage and took Sam to the living room and told him and Bobby what was happening. Not long after Lucifer had finished explaining, Dean returned home with Castiel.

"How do you still amaze me with your stupidity?!" Lucifer approached Dean violently.

"Hey!" Dean protested, unaware of what he was referring to. Sam grabbed Lucifer by his arm, whispering his name, so he wouldn't do anything to Dean. "Yeah Sam, I think is better you put a leash on your angel." Dean said as he stepped back.

Sam gripped Lucifer tighter as he sent a disapproval glare to his brother. By Sam's look Dean understood there was something serious going on, but before could ask Castiel got ahead. "What happened?" He had noticed everyone upset looks.

"Oh, it was your idiot human that put Aurea watching out John." Lucifer answered him.

Castiel understood the problem in that and he looked at Dean, asking him to confirm he had done that. "What?" Dean said feeling all the eyes on him. "Yes, I asked Aurea. So what?"

"So you're forgetting she's not human." Lucifer told him with a cold look. "She's a part angel too, and as every angel we're obligated to do what we're told."

Dean just stared at him confused. "Dean, you gave her an order." Castiel told him calmly.

"No. I didn't." Dean tried to defend himself.

"She understood as if you did." Castiel rephrased it.

"And she must obey to orders, no matter what. The angel part of her makes her do that. No matter how hungry she gets, or tired… she had to do what you told her to do, blindly." Lucifer paused, still upset. "Because she trusts you and she's too young to question what you say."

For a moment Dean didn't know what to say. "I… I didn't really expect her to do what I said. Not that way."

"You gave the order. Now go in there and take it back!" Lucifer told him.

Dean didn't move immediately and Sam said "Dean, Aurea's been there for five hours…" Sam's voice wasn't upset; it was a low pleading tone for to Dean get his baby girl out of there.

And so Dean went to his bedroom and everyone followed him. "Hey, princess." He greeted Aurea, tried to sound casual, as he got close to her. "I'm back."

Aurea looked at him, as if she had been under a spell and had just been released from it. Dean kneeled in front of her. "Thanks for taking care of Johnny. You can go, now."

Aurea got down of the chair and Sam held her tight. "Daddy…" She said softly, grabbing Sam's neck.

She didn't understand why everyone was around her seemed so troubled. Sam took her out of the room and Lucifer followed him. Bobby went too, leaving Dean and Castiel alone.

Sam went to the kitchen to find something for Aurea to eat. The situation was back to normal but Sam was still a bit stressed, but nothing compared to Lucifer. Lucifer had the same angry expression and it looked like there was rage building up inside him that he couldn't expel. After more than two years with Lucifer, Sam recognized the signs when Lucifer was about to vanish. "Lucifer, I need you." Sam tried to make Lucifer do not leave him.

"Just give me one second." It was all Lucifer said before disappearing. It wasn't good for Sam or Aurea being around when he was in that state.

It wasn't literally one second, but Lucifer didn't take long to come back. Sam didn't know what Lucifer had done, but whatever it was, made Lucifer return to his calm temperament. It was unusual Lucifer being hot-head; he was very calm and confident, that was how Sam saw him and met him. But that didn't apply when someone messed with his the worst was that it had been Dean; if it had been any other creature, he'd just sent it to Hell, but Dean… he couldn't do anything to him.

Lucifer walked to Sam's bed where he was with Aurea tucked in his arms. "I'm sorry, Sammy." He said softly after sitting at Sam's side.

Sam wasn't sure to what Lucifer was referring to; if for leaving him (even if it had been only for 5 minutes) or for getting a bit out of control or even something else. But either way, he was forgiven. Sam got closer and kissed him gently. Lucifer put an arm around Sam's back and the remains of Sam's stress vanished as he relaxed in Lucifer's embrace, even little Aurea fell asleep.