Are you there, God? It's me, Dean Winchester
Castiel watched as Kaylee appeared back at their safe house and instantly headed to the small training area that was attached to the house. The safe house had only two rooms; the living/bedroom/kitchen/bathroom all in a large common area and a small bedroom that Kaylee had turned into her training area. Castiel walked over and lent in the doorway as Kaylee started punching the punching bag muttering to herself. "What happened?" Castiel demanded worried that something had gone wrong between Kaylee and Dean. Kaylee continued muttering to herself until Castiel grabbed her by the shoulders and spun her around to face him. She looked up at him with cold, harsh eyes that almost made him wince before she took a deep breath and stepped back returning to her smug, sarcastic, indifferent self.
"Did something happen with Dean?" Castiel asked once again trying to get the information out of Kaylee about what happened. She shook her head and went back to her punching bag; just not as angrily this time. "It wasn't Dean. It was Sam" Kaylee explained hitting a jab, jab, right hook combo as Castiel watched her movements. He tensed up at hearing Sam's name. "Kaylee… what did he do?" Castiel ordered firmly and she hit another combo before moving some hair away from her face. "He didn't do anything Castiel. It was me. When I look at Dean I feel nothing but indifference… but when I looked at Sam… I felt, I dunno… sad maybe? no that wasn't it… I felt guilty" Kaylee said thinking out loud as she continued her punching, adding in some kicks as well now. "Any memories?" Castiel asked worried but was instantly relieved when Kaylee shook her head. She continued her training for the next half an hour while Castiel stood and watched her in silence. She grabbed a towel and started wiping the sweat off herself and Castiel grabbed a water bottle and handed it to her. It was a routine they had developed in the past month.
"Look, don't worry about me okay? I'm not having any memories come back yet and it won't affect me from doing my job. It was for a split-second I felt guilty that was it" Kaylee said firmly not wanting Castiel to think that she unable to do this job. She sacrificed her memories for this. She sacrificed what made her… human. Now she was just a killer, a hired weapon that belonged to Castiel. He opened to mouth to say something but Kaylee beat him too it. "It's been an hour I've got to go see what Dean's answer is. I'll keep you updated of any events" Kaylee said quickly before disappearing from the safe house to Bobby's house. She found Sam, Dean and Bobby arguing about what else could have raised Dean from hell. He seemed to be having a hard accepting the fact that Castiel is an angel.
"What else could do it?" Dean asked leaning on Bobby's desk. The same desk he was currently sitting at with a book opened in front of him. A book about angels pulling people from hell. "Airlift your ass out of the hot box?" Kaylee asked walking into the study surprising Dean, Sam and Bobby. They all stared at her warily but no one answered her question so she continued anyway "Dean, Castiel did it okay? So, suck it up like a big boy and deal with it" Kaylee said leaning against the window seal with her arms crossed. "Dean, this is good news" Sam said happily as Kaylee looked out into the junk yard letting them finish this conversation before asking if they had decided about how she was going to keep an eye on Dean. "How?" Dean asked his brother, aware of the fact that Kaylee needed an answer but was going to wait as long as possible to give it.
"Because for once, this isn't just another round of demon crap. Dean, maybe you were saved by one of the good guys, you know?" Sam said excitedly as his eyes flicked over to Kaylee, hoping he was saved by the good guys because he couldn't stand the thought of Kaylee working for the bad guys again. "Okay. Say it's true. Say it was angels. Then what? There's a god?" Dean asked in disbelief looking over Kaylee seeing if she was going to weigh in on this conversation but her bored expression told him she was intent on staying out of it.
"At this point, Vegas money's on yeah" Bobby said simply leaning back in his chair. "I don't know, guys" Dean muttered turning around and rubbing his head. "Okay, look. I know you're not all choirboy about this stuff, but this is becoming less and less about faith and more and more about proof" Sam said trying to make Dean understand that. "Proof? Proof that there's a god out there that actually gives a crap about me personally? I'm sorry, but I'm not buying it" Dean scoffed as Sam looked at him sadly.
"Why not?" Kaylee asked curiously, speaking up from her spot next to the window. Dean looked at her assuming she had some of the answers he was looking for. "Because… why me? If there is a God out there, why would he give a crap about me?! I mean, I've saved some people, okay? I figured that made up for the stealing and the ditching chicks. But why do I deserve to get saved? I'm just a regular guy" Dean asked desperate for answers but Kaylee simply gave him a lazy smirk. "Apparently, you're a regular guy that's important to the man upstairs" Sam said simply looking over at Kaylee who was once again looking out the window. "Well, that creeps me out. I mean, I don't like getting singled out at birthday parties, much less by... God" Dean said thoroughly put off by the situation. Kaylee chuckled amused to herself.
"Okay, well, too bad, Dean, because I think he wants you to strap on your party hat" Sam said simply as Kaylee raised an eyebrow at him. She walked past them and into the kitchen to get herself a bottle of water. "Boys, I hate to interrupt but I need an answer to my question" Kaylee said walking over to them, her patience finally breaking. Bobby and Sam looked at Dean hoping he would make the right decision Dean looked at Kaylee curiously before nodding. "You can travel with us" Dean said simply before turning away from her as if looking at her for too long hurt him. Kaylee nodded simply accepting his decision.
"Kaylee, maybe you could give us a run-down about Angel's since you're the only one here who seems to know anything about them?" Bobby asked hopefully, trying to get Kaylee involved like the old days but it was going to take more than that as Kaylee clicked her tongue and looked to the roof, as if looking to the sky, the heavens above. "Maybe later, I've got to go check in with Castiel and tell him your decision. I'll be back shortly" Kaylee said and before any of them could argue she had disappeared.
"I really hate that she can do that now" Dean muttered and Sam and Bobby had to agree with him but Dean then stood up straight and looked at Bobby. "All right. What do we know about angels?" Dean asked clearing his throat, trying to move from Kaylee. Bobby pulled out a giant book and slammed it onto the desk. "Start reading" He said simply and Dean glared at the book before turning to Dean. "You're gonna get me some pie" He ordered firmly.
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"Yes, Dean, I'll get the chips. Dude. When have I ever forgotten the pie? Exactly. I got to go. Yeah, all right. Bye" Sam said on the phone to Dean as he pulled up at the local café. He saw a dark-haired woman stick her head out from around the building. It was the demon he had been training with while Dean was in hell. "Ruby" Sam asked confused. "So, is it true?" Ruby asked distressed. "Is what true?" Sam asked even more confused. "Did an angel rescue Dean?" Ruby demanded and Sam sighed. "You heard" Sam asked softly before two truckers walked past and Sam and Ruby remained silent as they walked past chatting. Sam offered them a small smile to keep things looking innocent. "Who hasn't? And to make matters worse the angels have The Daemon Lupus working for them!" Ruby whispered angrily but also in fear making Sam look at her confused.
"What do you know about Kaylee?" Sam asked softly, wanting to get as much information about Kaylee as possible. "Of course, I've heard of Kaylee! She was only Lilith's greatest and most dangerous weapon. The reason we all feared Lilith so much since her return to earth is because of Kaylee. She is the perfect killer Sam. She has all the strengths of a werewolf and a demon with none of the weaknesses and Lilith made her do things that stripped away all her humanity, her compassion and love that she used to have. It was gone when she worked for Lilith" Ruby explained pacing back and forth freaking out.
"She didn't lose all of it…" Sam muttered before trailing off and thinking about the fact that she may not have lost all her humanity when she was working for Lilith because she still cared enough to try and save Dean but now… now she didn't remember Sam, Dean and Kane. The people who gave her the compassion, the love and the humanity that used to make Kaylee… Kaylee. Now she really was the perfect killer and Sam had to wonder if she was even capable of being the same woman they all had loved. He was brought out of his thoughts by Ruby, "Bye Sam" Ruby said and started to walk off before Sam grabbed her arm. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. What's going on?" Sam asked not wanting her to leave.
"Sam, they're angels. I'm a demon. They're not gonna care if I'm being helpful. They smite first, and then they ask questions later and they have fucking Kaylee working for them!" Ruby explained terrified making Sam sigh. "What do you know about them?" Sam asked wanting to know as much as he could about them. "Not much. I've never met one, and I don't really want to. All I know is that they scare the holy hell out of me. Watch yourself, Sam" Ruby warned and Sam couldn't stop the scoff that came out of his lips. "I'm not scared of angels" Sam said firmly making Ruby look at him like he was an idiot before walking off. Sam was rattled as he went into the shops and drove back to Bobby's to find him and Dean packing their bags.
"Keep the engine running" Bobby said walking over to Sam and leaning through the window. "Why? What's going on?" Sam asked worried, unconsciously looking over to make sure Dean was okay. "I got a friend one state over, Olivia Lowry. I've been trying to reach her for three days on this angel thing. It's not like her to ignore this many calls" Bobby explained worried about his friend. "Olivia Lowry... A hunter, right?" Sam asked, her name popping up in the back of his brain from somewhere. "Yeah. We're gonna go check on her. You guys follow me" Bobby said as he tapped the car's roof and walked over to his truck. "Scoot over" Dean said from outside the driver's door. Sam quickly slide over to the passenger seat as Dean got in the driver's seat, picking up the bag of food Sam got from the shops and went riffling through it only to pause.
"Dude? Where's the pie?" Dean asked annoyed and Sam realized he must have been so thrown off about what Ruby said that he forgot Dean's pie. He sighed knowing he wasn't going to live it down any time soon. "Still no Kaylee?" Sam asked not seeing her anywhere as Dean started following Bobby out of his driveway and onto the main road. "Nope, for someone who's supposed to keeping an eye on me. She's doing a shitty job of it so far" Dean muttered.
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