AUTHOR'S NOTE:

The kids are my favorite things, haha. Like, I didn't think that I would enjoy writing them as much as I actually do. This is insane.

There are flashbacks in this one to times that I want you guys to know too. Other seasons, like a Season 6 one will be the first, Season 8, and then a Season 3 one that I never made an Untold Chapter for. Those are just Dean/Lana ones too. There's a Season 8 one for Sam/Kate in here too.

Thank you to Ladysunshine6 for the idea to have Lana almost die in print.

WARNINGS: Sex, Language, Dark Themes, Violence, Blood, Torture

I ONLY OWN LANA AND MY MADE UP CHARACTERS/STORYLINES

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"So why didn't I get to go in the SUV and get to know my grandchildren better?" Mary asked with a smile from the passenger seat.

Kate was in the back on the laptop while Dean drove, Kate laughing a bit. "Because that means being in the car with Lana for a long time and that means hearing about things Dean doesn't want you to know yet."

"Kate…" Dean said gently, shaking his head.

They made eye contact in the rearview mirror and while there were things that Dean didn't want his Mom to know about years she had missed, a lot of good had happened. Dean just wasn't sure what subject Mary and Lana would get onto without him there…and he definitely wasn't sure he was ready for the kind of relationship that the two of them could form.

He knew that the more time that Mary spent with Lana, the more likely she was to love her and Dean wanted that…but he also knew there was a chance she'd blame herself for his children's powers. They were a quarter demon, getting stronger every day, and being taught from a very young age to use her powers in ways that Lana had never been taught. Lana just didn't want her children to ever be in a place that she had been put and not have the strength to defend themselves from the threats that kept getting worse and worse.

"You mean things like rejoining the fight after trying to quit it?" Mary asked, still unable to believe that Sam and Dean had gotten out at one point or another.

Dean took a deep breath and shook his head. "It's more complicated than that…"

Lana smiled at Dean as he crawled into bed with her, the kids not quite up yet. He had made some coffee but Lana hadn't come down, which was odd, but he understood when the pregnancy test on the nightstand came into view. Since she hadn't come bounding down the stairs, it was negative and she had crawled back into bed. They had Johnny and Lily, and while they'd discussed a third child now that they were without Sam and tired of hunting, it was obvious that day was not today. She was just sad about it, and Dean pressed a gentle kiss to her lips as he climbed on top of her, Lana lying down.

"You okay?" Dean asked her slowly.

She nodded as she slipped her fingers into his hair. "I'll be fine. We're not hunting anymore, so we have time to try again later. Besides, Lily's barely a year old and I don't think we really want another baby right this second, do we?"

"I agree, but I also know you're disappointed," he pointed out as she ran her fingers through his hair.

"Of course I am—you are the one that proposed having a third kid, and I want to do that for you. I want to do that for us. You know how I feel about you, Dean. I've always wanted to be with you, and start a family with you, and even though I hate how we had a chance to quit and have a life together with the kids, you know I want another kid too," Lana said, shrugging a little bit, smiling when he kissed her forehead. "We'll try again later."

"Why can't we try again…now?" Dean asked, kissing her jaw and then her neck, grunting when Lana pushed on his shoulder a little bit. "The kids are asleep, just give me a little wife time, please?"

Lana laughed and kissed him tenderly. "You're completely insatiable, you know that? How about we ask our wife nicely if she'll service you…?"

She was being playful now and he knew it, a laugh rumbling out of him before he captured her lips with his own. In this mood, she'd deny him until he asked, but the foreplay was worth it for both of them. The two of them enjoyed a bit of a push and pull because they both knew exactly where it was all going to lead.

Dean shrugged his shoulders. "This is what we do, you know? Lana and I were actually pretty happy trying to have a normal life, but it was never really normal. There are always going to be demons trying to get to my kids and while I signed on for that, it completely negates quitting. The best we can do for the kids, is always being on top of things."

It was obvious that Mary disagreed, because she didn't like that Lana was in the SUV with the kids, but she kept her mouth shut. Lana just wanted to make sure that the kids were safe, and she also knew that if the place was warded, the kids wouldn't be able to get in anyway. Her blood had been stolen for wards before, and given they were her children…they had her blood coursing through them.

"Mary doesn't like me," Lana explained, sighing loudly. "I only wanted to bring the kids because…well you know why."

Florence nodded, glancing back at them as they watched the movie in the backseats. "I know, but she'll come around. Eventually she'll get John's journal and hear more about what she's missed…she'll know what you've gone through to save the boys. To fight for her children. No one has forgotten what happened with Abaddon…"

Lana tried to take a deep breath after spitting out some blood, looking at Abaddon as she shook her head. After dealing with Crowley, Lana knew that she was biting off more than she could chew, but her child had been threatened and that was a no-no. By procreating with Dean, she'd just created three more weak spots…she just didn't see them as that. It was the demons that saw them as that: Lana saw them as miracles.

"Come on, Lana. What makes you think that you're a match for me?" Abaddon taunted, though she was sporting some wounds from Lana as well. "You might as well give up."

Lana laughed, scoffing a little. "I don't give up."

With that she lunged, going for the throat, which only made Abaddon laugh a little, both of them fighting. This wasn't like Lilith at all. Lilith had wanted to die, and even though Lana had been powerful enough to end her, it hadn't been the fight that Lana had been expecting. This though? This was tough, and they were both armed, and she felt like she was losing. It just reminded her of Crowley and of the fact that she was out of practice and needed to win this.

Unfortunately, Abaddon got in a good blow to Lana's stomach, slamming a rod right through from front to back. Coughing up a little blood as Abaddon pulled the rod out, Lana slumped to her knees and then fell over onto her side. She was battered, and while Abaddon was sporting wounds too, Lana was the one that wasn't going to win this. The demon was far too strong and closing her eyes, Lana felt that familiar sensation from when she had been shot and miscarried…felt that cold settle in.

Leaving her to die, Abaddon left to go and finish off her plan, Lana wishing she had the energy to pop out to Dean, but she didn't. All she could do was cough a little more into the cement floor she was lying on, vaguely hearing Dean's voice cutting through. She should have known that they would find her, but of course she had gone off and tried to do this on her own.

"No! No, no, no!" Dean said as he hurried to her, checking her wounds and then looking at Kate. "Call Sam! Tell him to move the car now!"

Kate nodded and pulled out her phone, wincing when Dean picked Lana up because she wasn't even responsive now. She'd slipped into unconsciousness, and Dean tried to move her outside as they moved, her blood staining his clothes as he held her close. This was his wife. The mother of his children. How did he tell them that he hadn't gotten there in time? How could he forgive himself if Serena never got to know her mother?

"Baby, wake up. Come on…stay with me…please…" Dean begged, his voice choking up as he got her into the backseat of the car.

Sam glanced back as Kate got into the passenger seat. "What the Hell happened?"

"Abaddon won, what else?" Kate asked as she shut the car door and rummaged to get the first aid kit. "Nearest hospital, Sam. Now."

"We don't have time for that! We need Cas!" Dean said shaking his head. "He'll be able to heal her, but only if she doesn't die before we get her there. CAS! CAS I NEED YOU NOW!"

They all held their breaths as they waited to see if Castiel would show up, especially because with everything going on lately, Lana wasn't high up on the list. Castiel usually came when she needed him, however, harboring ever the soft spot for her and the kids. He was their pseudo uncle, but they were still part demon like their mother, and the other angels didn't like Castiel consorting with them.

"CAS, PLEASE! PLEASE, LANA IS DYING!" Dean said, trying to put pressure on the wound, but this was bad.

She needed help and Sam was headed to the hospital, Dean feeling the tears as he felt the cold setting in to Lana's body. Was this it? Was this really how it was going to end? Dean had been without her before, but it had never lasted and this couldn't last too. This couldn't be how it was going to end. How was she going to slip right through his fingers? He had to believe in a miracle, he knew that, but those things had always been harder for him than they had been for her.

As Sam parked in the parking lot, Dean moved to get Lana out of the backseat, almost jumping when he saw Castiel. It had taken him long enough, and as he cursed at him, Castiel reached forward and rested his hand on her wound, the light showing before Lana gasped. It was too close for comfort and she'd almost died, but Castiel had showed up before then. Where the Hell had he been?!

"Oh my God!" Lana said, feeling herself brought into a wet, needy kiss from her husband. "Dean, I'm okay. I'm okay, I promise."

Dean didn't have the words, however, and held her close to him, burying his face in the crook of her neck as tears came out of his eyes. If she had died, he didn't know what he would have done, but Lana just locked her arms around his neck and held him as he kept his hold on her in his arms. This wasn't the first time she'd almost bled out on him, and it probably wasn't the last time, but they had kids now. They were going to have to figure out how they were going to make sure that something like this wouldn't happen again…at least not this close for comfort.

"You are never going solo again," Dean managed.

Lana knew that she had been so close to losing everything with Abaddon, but nothing quite compared to more recent events and she took a breath and glanced at her mother. She couldn't even imagine what things ran through Dean's mind when he thought about it, shaking her head. Sometimes she felt like she and Dean were far too dependent on each other, but with everything they'd been through with each other, it was hard to really picture them any other way.

"How do we even ease her into knowing that Dean's been in Hell? In Purgatory? I just…he has always wanted his mother back and now he has her. What if she wants me to leave, Mom? What if things change so much that—"

"—Mary isn't going to try and cut you out. You're her daughter-in-law, and you're my daughter. Besides, the way Dean looks at you? The way he dotes on the kids? You're just freaking out because you want her approval." Florence explained, smiling at her daughter. "Things will eventually even out and we'll find a new normal."

Nodding, Lana took a deep breath and continued to drive: this really needed to be about Sam…everything else could wait.

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Sam knew that he wasn't going to have to wait long, but it had already been a few days and he was getting tired of this. He wasn't sure how much longer he was going to last here, either, and he wanted to see his son. There was honestly nothing that he wanted more, than to settle into bed with his wife, and have Robbie join them for a night or two, just to have them close.

"He loves this," Kate said with a smile, kissing Robbie's forehead as he slept.

The pregnancy had caught them both by surprise, but the moment that Kate should figure out what the baby would be, she went in. Sam had been there with her as much as he could be, but it had been so bad. Being in the pit…being soulless…trying to be a Dad while he couldn't really feel…it had been hard.

"I'm glad," Sam said, smiling at his two year old.

There had been a storm and he didn't like the thunder, wanting to be with his parents, and Kate had readily welcomed him into the bed with her and Sam. Honestly, Sam was just so happy that his son had both of his parents, that he didn't even care. He kind of loved that Kate had settled so into motherhood, being so much like Dean like she was, but then again, Dean had taken to fatherhood just like that.

"I'm just glad that he's sleeping through the rain," Kate admitted, running her fingers through his hair as he lay there, snuggled up against her.

He was such a mama's boy, Sam scooting a little closer to them so he could kiss Kate's forehead and then Robbie's. Kate smiled and looked at him, chewing on her lip a moment and Sam knew that look. The woman wanted to talk, and he was almost worried about what she wanted to talk about. It could have been anything, especially given the things going on lately with Crowley vs. Abaddon.

"What's wrong, sweetheart?" Sam asked her, looking her in the eye.

Kate chewed on her lip. "I just worry about when he starts realizing he can do things."

"We'll figure that out when we get there," Sam promised, reaching over to run his fingers through his wife's hair. "He won't grow up having to hide who he is. I promise you that."

She believed him, snuggling up with him and her son and closing her eyes. It had been a tiring day and things actually seemed to be calming down even though she knew that Lana was on high alert. Then again, with everything happening there, life was definitely never boring. Lana had it under control, however: she always seemed to have it under control anyway.

"I don't know why you're still stalling. Lana can't find us," the woman explained, shaking her head. "Just tell me what I need to know…"

This was beginning to frustrate her, especially because the wards were in place, so how would they find her? At the same time, part of her told her that she needed to be ready for just about anything, and it bothered her that Sam wasn't breaking. Were they onto her? Should she prepare? No. She was skilled in battle and Lana couldn't get in, so what was the issue here?

She just wanted her answers.

"No? Alright, then we'll try something else…"

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Lana hated that the place was warded, making her mother stay with the kids in the car. They didn't like being left behind, but they knew that when their mother told them to stay put, then they needed to stay put. Johnny, however, snuck out and followed his mother to his father, Lana sighing loudly. She didn't even have to turn around to know her son was there either, motioning to him.

"If you're going to try and sneak around, might as well just come here," Lana said, shaking her head as Johnny came and stood up next to her side, leaning into her as she wrapped her arm around him.

Dean sighed as Mary looked at him. "Really? You're almost rewarding this."

"He feels the ward, Dean. If anything, maybe together, he and I can find a way to get past it," she explained, feeling Mary's eyes on her.

"Should I ask?" Mary asked slowly.

Dean took a breath. "He's been powerful since the womb, really, but…he's got a talent the others haven't learned yet."

Dean found himself sitting up when he heard the gentle cry over the baby monitor, getting out of bed before Lana did. She was usually the first up, but there was something in his gut that told him that he needed to be in the nursery and the sooner the better. He was dying soon, and he wanted to be there for his son as much as he possibly could: Lana knew that, and let him take point.

"Hey, Johnny boy," Dean said with a smile, moving to pick him up.

He was fussy and Dean was pretty sure that he was hungry, watching as his son seemed to flex his fingers a little bit like Lana did when she needed to use her powers. Picking him up, Dean held him close, Lana sidling up to him and kissing his shoulder, which made Dean rather happy.

"He's feeling things sooner than I did, I think—or he's having a nightmare," Lana explained to Dean, taking a breath. "He just wants us."

Chewing on his lip, Dean nodded. "He can sleep with us if that will help."

"He might cry all night," Lana warned, kissing her son's temple as he sniffled a little, Dean stroking his hair.

"Then we'll be there when he needs us," Dean promised, kissing the top of Johnny's head and moving with Lana to their bedroom.

It was crazy, honestly, that this was his life now. Dean had never thought that he'd have any sort of apple pie life, and while their life was anything but normal, Dean was happy and he had a woman to be happy with: he had a son and a family. Not every single thing in his life was related to hunting anymore, and that made him feel so much better than he could put into words.

"Wait a minute," Lana said as they started to get into bed, Johnny's force field going up. "Oh look at this…it's a demon thing."

A laugh made everyone alert, Chelsea clapping her hands. "That kid doesn't trust me."

"No one trusts you," Lana responded, sighing loudly. "Can you please not beat around the bush? I want to sleep, my husband wants to sleep, and I want my son to get to be able to sleep too."

"How did you even get into the house? I thought we warded you off," Dean put in, kissing Johnny's head again and stroking his back to calm him down.

"Warding off a vampire…those are easy wards to break, besides you forget that I have your scents for life," Chelsea laughed, looking at Lana. "Something is coming, and you need to be ready for it. When Dean dies, and he will be dragged to Hell, you need to be willing to do whatever it is that you can. Johnny's future depends on it."

After nodding, Mary took a breath. "So you and I go in and they stay as back up?"

"No, just me," Dean said, shaking his head.

Mary didn't seem happy about that, but she let Dean go to barge in to save Sam after he kissed his wife, looking at Johnny and Lana as Lana pulled out her phone. Johnny smiled at his grandmother and took a breath, not quite sure what to say to her, but knowing that he wanted to know her. He'd heard stories from Florence about her, and he had always hated that he'd never meet her because he'd read John's journal…but here she was.

"This is probably a trap," Johnny spoke up, looking at his mother when she took a breath.

Mary nodded at him. "Oh, I'm sure it is, but if you all can't get in then…"

"Then it's up to you to save them," Johnny pointed out, nodding at the look on Mary's face. "I know you never liked hunting—Dad told me—but I've been hunted since I was born. Mom is powerful. One of the most powerful beings I've ever felt. I've had to kill a couple of things already to save Dad so Mom wouldn't be pushed to snap."

"It's not ideal, and I've never been for it, but Dean and I made a conscious choice all three times we had a kid," Lana began, knowing that this all hurt Mary to hear. "We wanted to have a family, and Johnny and his sisters are the best choices that we ever made. I hate that their innocence has been stripped—that Serena's will be soon—but I don't ever want to lose them. I want them to know how to protect themselves and protect each other. Too many demons have wanted Johnny dead…all of them dead…too many have tried to use them and Dean as leverage. Them and me as leverage. It's a family business, hunting, and Johnny inherited my innate ability to kill demons and save the host. The girls haven't had a chance to learn yet, but I think he got the majority of my gifts. He's the only one of the three that can produce force fields."

It was a lot for Mary to take in, but Lana sent Johnny to go and talk to Castiel, who was already good friends with him. They talked a lot, and Johnny trusted him as much as he trusted his own parents. He'd been the first to forgive him too, and Lana smiled at the two talking before she turned to look at Mary.

"He exorcised his first demon with a thought at two and a half," Lana admitted, nodding at the shock on Mary's face. "I know you never would have approved of me or of my relationship with your sons, but this was what happened. We fell in love and we wanted to have a kid and it came with a lot of shitty things."

Mary smiled a little and shook her head. "I approve of you, Lana. I do. I mean, I never wanted Florence to have you and I know she probably already told you that I threatened her if you ever hurt my boys, but you've always tried to protect them, huh? I mean all this time and all you want to do is protect them. That look in your eyes? In Dean's eyes? I know you love each other and you'd do anything for each other. I could tell that Kate loved Sam too. That's why she followed Dean in to go and save her husband. It's going to take adjusting, but anyone who is willing to protect my children, is alright by me."

Lana smiled at that, chewing on her lip. "Thank you. I just…I know it's a lot to take in that the half demon daughter of your friend married your son, but I just…were you in Heaven?"

"It felt like Heaven," Mary told her, nodding a little.

"When you come back, it feels—" Lana stopped though, noticing the presence of someone else. "You need to go in."

Mary nodded at her, going in to save Kate and her sons, Johnny and Castiel finding the man of letters that had shown up. He was there for his colleague, and lifted the wards so that they could all go in. All the while, Robbie, Lily and Serena stayed in the car with Florence, only Lily vaguely aware that something was wrong. Like all the others, they could sense things that most couldn't, but Serena had never really questioned anything.

After being told they could go, Lana healed up Sam so that the kids wouldn't see him battered, and they went out to the car. Robbie got out first to go and hug his father, Kate smiling at them both as the others started talking to Dean. It was good that Sam was saved, but there was something going on and Lana wanted to get to the bottom of it. For now, they went back to the bunker and got some food, Sam going in to talk to his mother to give her John's journal. It only made sense for her to have it and read up on what he had done after she died. What he had fought, and all of it.

Smiling at her son, Mary pulled Sam into a fond embrace, Sam feeling like he was complete for a just a moment as he hugged her back. It was going to take some time for the adjustment to be made, but they were all here to try and help Mary with it. She was here, and her children were safe, and with Florence to fill in the pieces, it wasn't going to be the end of the world.

Not yet anyway…

FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED! I hope that you guys liked the flashbacks! There's more flashbacks to come but first…Sam is home! That and he and his Mama hugged and I'm totally dead, haha.