Summary: Crowley may be a demon, but he has a weakness by the name of Brooke Harvelle, and no matter how much the pair think they hate each other, they can't stop seeing each other. Brooke just prays no-one finds out. Please R&R!
Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or its characters. I only own Brooke Jayden Harvelle.
A/N: This chapter's a little shorter than the others, but there's a cliffhanger. There'll probably be just two more chapters after this :D.
Hope you enjoy!
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I Hate You 'Cause I Want Nothing Else
-Four-
Jo's eyes were trained on the road as Ellen's were, an uncomfortable silence cast over the two.
"Baby," Ellen began, tightening her grip on the wheel, "I know you were angry...but that was Brooke's place to tell me, not yours."
"I know." Jo huffed, "Now the stupid girl's got herself kidnapped. She's probably half expecting that hell-scum to go and get her."
"He is going to get her." Ellen replied, "We're all going to give him a hand."
"Mom, he's a demon." Jo snapped, "How in the name of God could you be okay with this?"
"I'm not okay with this at all." Ellen growled, "It's just...I think that deep down in that black heart of his...he really does care for her."
"How can you even say that?" Jo asked.
"I saw it in his eyes."
"Let go!" Brooke yelled, struggling against the two female demons who held her still while a male moved forward with a knife in his hand, black eyes leering at her.
"Oh, honey." The demon said in his slithery tone, "You're Crowley's girl, right?"
"No." Brooke bit, the demon smirking at her and punching her in the face.
"You are...we've seen you...together." He told her, "And when he gets here for you, we're gonna kill him."
"No!" Brooke cried, actually breaking into tears at the thought of her demon being hurt that way, "Please!"
She didn't care if her love for the demon shone through at the moment or if anyone found out she loved him; she just wanted him to be safe. She vowed to herself that if both he and she got out of this situation alive, she'd tell him the truth. If he survived this it'd be a miracle. What if her family were on their way too? What if the demons got to her mother and her sister...? What if they got Castiel or Gabriel...or Dean, Sam or Bobby...?
"Just...please don't hurt him okay?"
"Awww..." The demon said, stroking Brooke's face which made her feel sick, "She loves our Crowley..."
Brooke hung her head, just trying to reach Gabriel. Every time she went to pray to him, a pain shot through her head, telling her that her connection with him had been cut off. Now she was completely screwed. The others were too.
"Right, as cliché as this sounds," Crowley began, "We need to formulate some kind of plan, because as much as this may pain you all to hear, I'd rather not lose my partner to a pack of demons."
"Partner?" Jo asked, "You don't even have the right to call her that, you son of a bitch."
The demon felt truly angered by that and he glared across the table at the young woman. They were currently in Bobby's house trying to find a way to get Brooke out safely without losing anybody in the process. He walked around the table, getting right into Jo's space and looking down at the girl. They shared a look and the demon raised an eyebrow, the others preparing to get them away from each other should things turn violent.
"Here's a small lesson for you, Jo," He began, "When my relationship with your sister has anything to do with you, by all means, express an opinion."
He continued and grew angrier as he did, frightening each person in the room at how he went from calm to angry in seconds.
"Do not have the audacity to stand there and judge us when you couldn't possibly understand!" He finished, "Am I clear, Jo?"
Jo just nodded and Crowley moved back to the table, looking to everyone who was looking surprised, even the angels.
"I want each person in here to stay calm, especially Dean." He said, "Let's go to the yard."
When the group was in the yard, Crowley whistled loudly.
"Come on, boy!" He yelled, making everyone jump as he did.
Snapping, snarling, pounding and barking sounded, the others taking a step back while Crowley smirked.
"STOP!" The demon ordered, panting and growling heard from the empty space before him, hound's feet visible in the dust on the ground, "Stay."
He walked up to the hound, stroking and patting it's head.
"We're taking him to find her and we're setting him on theirs, because no doubt they'll have one." He said, "Don't be afraid of him. He won't attack until I tell him to."
The group nodded, Crowley grinning at the dog who was merely a few inches shorter than him.
"Go on, boy." He said, much softer than before, "Go on."
The hound whimpered and Crowley stroked its head, the snapping and snarling returning as it ran away.
"Let's go." The demon said, "Sam, Dean and Ellen, you go through the back of the building, "Jo and Bobby, you go through the front...and myself and the hound will...appear spontaneously."
Everyone nodded again and Crowley looked at them, knowing each person was judging him as they looked back at him.
"Look," He sighed, "I understand that your friend, charge, daughter, sister...could do a lot better than me."
Gabriel rubbed the bridge of his nose while Castiel looked a little awkward, Dean, Sam and Bobby all raising eyebrows while Jo huffed in agreement and Ellen just stared.
"I don't treat her the way I should, I know that," The demon continued, "Yet, it's the only way we can be. But I couldn't live with myself if I let anything happen to her."
He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, awkwardness taking over the group quickly.
"If you want her back alive, we'd better move."
He walked past everyone and disappeared from sight, Ellen smiling to herself as she realised what that speech was. It was a confession of his love for Brooke. He loved Brooke and cared for her a lot, and if she felt the same about him, that was good enough for Ellen.
Brooke looked up when she heard the demons whispering, wincing at the pain in her head, pressing near her temple to feel the beginnings of a bruise there. She heard banging and the sound of breaking glass downstairs, the two demons guarding her looking up before suddenly the air changed. Then the fizzing sound came, both demons having their throats slit before both bodies dropped to the floor, revealing none other than Crowley standing before her.
"Hello, darling." Crowley said, Brooke breaking into tears of relief, smiling at him for the first time ever in their four month relationship.
"Crowley..."
"Are you alright?" The demon asked, going to help her stand but suddenly being attacked out of nowhere.
His body was hit by another demon, the leading male of the group as it happened, and he was thrown through the wall, Brooke screaming when she didn't see him get up. The leader moved closer to her, going to grab her before he was stopped by the sounds of footsteps. He just turned and the others flew backward all hitting the wall and then suddenly going still as there was snapping and snarling in the room.
Brooke looked to Crowley who still wasn't moving and then her family, knowing that they were all probably about to die.
-TBC-
Ooooh cliffy!
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