~Written by Noah~
It was supposed to be simple.
Get in, find Cas, get out.
No biggie, easy, piece of pie...
Dean thought this as he plunged the blade through the demon, squinting against the light bursting from the eerily vessel as then shell slumped to the suburban ground and rolled down the even cement steps before resting at the feet of the approaching Castiel. Dean saw Emmy close behind him, she pulled Pippin back as the trio waited for Cas to react to the dead man on his porch.
He froze, looking from the body to Dean in dazed confusion and shock, "What was that?" he asked slowly,
"Cassi!" Pip pulled away from Emmy's grasp and grabbed his arm, "Cas! Oh my gosh, I-"
"I...I'm sorry... you must have me confused with someone else. I am Emmanuel." he said, not even glancing down to her before a look of remembrance came over his face, he quickly ran into the house, pushing past Dean. Emmy and Pip hurried up the stairs after him, all three following him into the house where Castiel was quickly untying a strange woman from a chair in the living room.
"Did it hurt you?" he asked softly, helping the odd woman up as he dropped the rope. Pip felt herself grow tense, what was happening here?
"No...i'm fine, I'm okay" she asked.
Pip raised an eyebrow at the tone Cas was using.
Emmy sipped her coffee awkwardly.
Cas took her hand and lead her before the others to present her,
"Like I said outside, I'm Emmanuel."
Dean awkwardly shook his hand, "Dean, Dean Winchester. This is Emmy and well, that's... Pippin."
"Nice to meet you all, and this is my wife."
Emmy nearly choked on her coffee, coughing before straightening up and recovering.
"Oh... yea... wife..." Dean said, not really sure what else to do. Emmy glanced at Pip nervously...
Pippin froze.
...Did
...Did he...
...did he just say...
...wife?
Pippin stared at him blankly, processing...
Emmy and Dean looked at her nervously, unsure of what would happen when it clicked.
"What was that thing?" Emmanuel's wife asked, oblivious to Pippin's murder glare baring at her.
"A demon." Emmy said bluntly as the words slipped past her verbal filter due to the confusion.
"So... a demon walked the earth." Emmanuel said slowly,
"No, hundreds of them, everywhere, always." Dean said, still wary but no point in denying anything now that the demon card was on the table.
Slowly the girls realized the situation, Cas had no idea he was Cas. He thought he was 'gifted', or a healer, or something...
Pippin hadn't snapped back into reality yet...
But Emmy was starting to worry.
She gave Dean an expression of concern before eerily to her, still blank but still pretty responsive considering...
"How can I help you?" Emmanuel said carefully.
"It's my brother." Dean said, Emmanuel nodded.
"Take me to him."
Dean glanced over his shoulder as they all piled in to the Impala. Cas, Pip and the wife all nice and snug in the back, Pip, as fate would have it, had ended up in the middle.
Emmy sighed, still waiting for the ball to drop.
Dean swore quietly under his breath,
It was supposed to be simple.
Get in, get Cas, get out.
"It was too easy." Dean muttered as Pippin tried to sit as far away from Emmanuel's wife as she could. The one day they only take one car...this was going to be awkward...
The Shakespearean Plot worthy gesturing didn't finally strike Pippin until they were out of car and standing in the chilled night air overlooking the demon plagued hospital.
"WIFE?!" She suddenly exclaimed aloud, Dean and Emmy rushing into action as Emmy led Pip away trying to calm her and keep her from attracting the attention of mishap demons and Dean trying to rally Cas as best as he could, the hesitation still heavy within him.
Pippin sighed heavily as she tried to rein in her anger.
"I mean really, so every time he wanders off I have to worry about him now?! I mean every time he gets the slightest bit of confused he wanders off with some chick!"
"Pip, that's a little dramatic-"
"Emmy we're forensics specialists! Three times establishes a pattern! Do you reALL-"
"Hey! There is an army of demons down there with Sam in their clutches so can you please not alert them to our gesturing presence just yet?!" Emmy strictly cut her off before softening her tone, "I know what you're saying, and yea, if it were anyone else then I'd think they were shady... but it's Cas. He... he just doesn't know. And he had amnesia, he needed a helper to protect him. Its an awful situation, but Pips, right now we gotta help Sam."
Pip sighed, knowing the Emmy was right but still annoyed. They hurried back over to Dean, Cas and Meg, presence shown up after who dropped 'Emmanuel's wife' they'd somewhere safe. The conversation was already heated,
"You're an Angel." Meg said plainly.
Under any other circumstance, he would have laughed.
"I'm sorry... was that flirtation?"
"At this point, why not? Go for it.". Pip muttered as Meg tried to explain off to him better.
"A little tense, Pippin?" Meg raised a sarcastic brow at her.
"Very tense, actually. Thank you for the concern." Pippin snapped back venomously.
Meg only continued to stare amused at her before laughing, turning to Cas.
"Well Clarence, ready to take on the Legion yet?" she asked slyly.
"I'm telling you, I don't remember how." Cas said, frustrated.
"Maybe you should ask your wife." Pip muttered, causing Emmy to hit her arm and Cas to look at her blankly.
"Oooh Pip's feeling a pop jealous then?!" Meg laughed.
"Maybe smiting just takes doing to remember, here Cas try it out on her." Pip said pointing to Meg, who only rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to snap a response back before Emmy intervened.
"Guys! There is a literal Demon hoard down there and we're up here having a battle of half-wits. Can we please focus?!"
Pip mumbled illegible threats under her breath, but allowed the plan to continue.
"C'mon Cas, it's probably like riding a bike, you know?" Dean said, trying to rally the frightened angel.
"I don't know how to ride a bike, either." Cas said quietly, Dean sighed in exasperation and shrugged, not knowing what else to do.
"I'm sorry, I just really can't remember anything!" Cas exclaimed.
"Well maybe your girlfriend here-" Meg began, Cas froze.
"Girlfriend?" Cas repeated, "So... My name...my real name, that is... is Castiel... I'm an Angel of the Lord... we are friends, correct?" he looked to Dean, he spoke slowly, trying to piece it all together.
"So far correct." Emmy said.
"The bestest." Meg said dryly.
"And also you and I...?" Cas said, looking at Pippin, desperately trying to trigger a memory.
"Together, yea." Pip said quietly, suddenly feeling a little awkward, but unable to point out why exactly. It was true, after all.
Cas nodded, looking back down the slope to the demon plagued hospital.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He said, "That I was an angel, that we all knew each other, my friends and my girlfriend..."
"Well... to our credit, it seemed a little rude to introduce your girlfriend to your wife." Emmy said, trying to lighten the mood (it failed).
"If I had known..." he began. "Nevermind, I'm going down there."
"Woah, Cas. You sure that's a good idea? I mean you don't know-"
"We don't have a choice, Dean. Besides, it's just like riding a bike." Cas smiled, and turned to wander down the hill.
"We're screwed." Dean sighed, leaning against the Impala and rubbing his face tiredly.
"Hey, I believe in the little tree topper." Meg said, watching him go down the hill.
"Never thought I'd agree with Meg." Pip said, watching her angel walk toward the hospital.
"Yea, well that's probably why you're wrong so often." Meg fired back, grinning.
Pip the comment. "Bitch, please, I-"
"Geez, good thing we've had years of hunting to mature us and teach us when we need to be serious." Emmy said sardonically, rolling her eyes as she sat next to Dean.
They all watched Castiel walk down the hill toward the closest demonic guard. He stood still for a moment, hesitant. Pip felt her chest seize anxiously, in her mind's eye she could almost see the demon simply plunge an angel blade in his chest as he pondered what to do.
"Cassi..." Pip said quietly, trying to banish the image from her mind.
He hesitantly raised his hand and pressed it against the demon's face, white light erupted from his palm and the demon's empty vessel slumped to the ground.
Pip let out a sigh of relief that she hadn't realized she'd held in.
"See, he's got it!" Emmy said aloud, they all relaxed a little. They watched from the hill top as he moved from demon to demon, they dropped one by one, Cas wove through out the legion easily. A wake of fallen vessels behind him, he flowed easily... to easily...
His movement was dryly calm, Pippin thought. Again, she realized she'd forgotten to breathe. After a second or an era, she couldn't tell which was closer, the last demon collapsed.
The hunters rushed down the hill to meet Cas, who stood still with his back turned to them all.
"Cas! Man, you did-"
"I remember..." he said turning, tears threatening to spill from his eyes. "I remember everything."
He pulled Pippin into a hug, his head on her shoulder he managed to say "I remember everything, what happened. What I did, what I became... I see why you didn't tell me."
Pip recovered from her surprise, "Cas?"
He stood. "What I did... I became a monster.." he said quietly,
"No, Cas..." Pip started, but demons were moving inside the hospital. They needed to act fast to save Sam, they needed to move now.
"Let's move." Dean said, moving into the hospital, Emmy and Meg close behind him.
Pip turned to Cas, unsure of what to say.
"Let's go save Sam."
"Yes, now."
Castiel was not a monster,
but now was not the time to heal that wound.
It was supposed to be simple.
Go in... get Sam... get out...
