'In a heart beat'
Izzy turned to Cas as she slipped her cell phone into her jeans pocket, a look of worry and disagreement darkening her eyes.
"What is it?" Castiel asked the young hunter as he slowly crossed the floor to be beside her.
She stole a quick glance at the two young boys at the table. Sam was colouring in an activity book she had picked up for him on the way back from the park and Dean was drawing in a sketch pad.
They seemed content and that relieved her a little but she knew that feeling was soon going to be ripped out of her as soon as she left the room.
"That was Bobby... he has some information, I need to go see him" she said softly to the angel who had his hand placed firmly on her hip.
He stared into her eyes with curiosity, he wanted to know what the information was too but he knew somebody had to stay with the kids.
Izzy pulled away from the angels grip and made her way over to the two boys who were blissfully unaware of the current situation and she gently kissed little Sam on the head and gave little Dean a hug before heading towards the door.
She could feel Castiel's eyes burning into her from across the room and it pulled her back.
She turned on her heels and paced towards him and gave him a heart felt strong kiss.
Izzy placed her fingers on either side of his face and kissed him so hard, as if it would be the last time she ever got to kiss him.
She begrudgingly forced herself away from him and headed to the door with out even looking back.
She could feel the pain already shredding her heart to pieces as she closed the door behind her and took a deep breath.
From what Bobby had said on the phone it was going to be a long night and if she didn't leave now she would probably back out and not take part in what was going to be done.
Izzy would much rather spend the evening with the two boys and Cas but if she didn't do this then she may never get her Sam and Dean back ever again.
Izzy picked up pace and headed to the room Bobby was in and as she got to the door she heard a familiar voice coming from the other side.
She groaned and rested her head against the cold wooden door before finally knocking and waiting for it to be answered.
Suddenly the door opened and she was met by the awkward and apprehensive face of Chuck.
He looked at her and then quickly averted his eyes as he awkwardly stepped aside and let her in to the room where Bobby was sitting in his wheel chair by the table with a pile of books and a familiar looking silver dagger on the table.
Izzy stared from Chuck then to Bobby "so you boys getting started without me are you?" she asked sarcastically.
Chuck's head suddenly lowered in denial forcing Izzy to turn to Bobby who was just staring back blankly at Chuck.
"Ok.. so who's the brains behind this batshit crazy scheme then?" Izzy asked as she flopped on to the bed and leaned back resting on her elbows.
She saw Chuck watching her from the corner of his eyes, even when he tried to do subtle he failed miserably but it was rather amusing, he was sweet if not a little nuts.
He kept watching her and as he did she could see his face slowly changing colour. When she walked in the room he was his usual pale in complexion self but now his face had turned a slight shade of crimson.
"Hot or something Chuck?" she asked with a slight smirk.
Chuck quickly averted his gaze and raised his hand to the back of his head and rubbed his neck as he wheeled on himself and avoided the question the young hunter had asked.
Izzy heard Bobby turning the pages of a book and her attention was suddenly drawn back to the situation at hand.
"Tell her what you know Chuck" Bobby ordered as he continued to flip through pages of the book and jotted notes down as he read.
Chuck paced the room for a few minutes as he gathered his thoughts and tried his best not to look over at Izzy.
He couldn't help it though, he had always liked her from the second he saw her standing next to Dean on his door step when the two of them had just popped by to grill Chuck on everything he knew so far about the apocalypse and Dean also wanted to know if Chuck had had any visions of Sam when the two of them were apart and if he had fallen off the wagon and got hooked back on demon blood.
Izzy had made an impression on him and it had stuck, every time he thought of Izzy he felt stupid but happy.
He knew he didn't have a snowballs chance in hell with her but still thinking of her made him smile but now he couldn't think of her without the image of her and Castiel crashing into his mind.
As soon as he had the dream he knew it was real, the ache in his chest told him it was true and also the fact that everything he dreamt came true, after all he was the prophet Chuck.
Now every time he looked at Izzy he felt annoyed, jealous, hurt but also kind of embarrassed because of what he saw and he saw it all.
He could never think of Castiel the same again, he was no longer just an angel of the lord who helped protect Chuck. He was the man who stole Izzy and had sex with her, in a bathroom of all places.
If it was Chuck who had been lucky enough to have Izzy he'd have done things differently and romantic. Not getting his freak on in a bathroom but hell Castiel was a lucky man and a horny man at that from what Chuck saw.
Chuck realised his thoughts had wandered and Izzy was still waiting for him to answer Bobby's order.
"As you know I've been having visions of the guys.. I'm still tuned into them somehow and trust me. Seeing them living in the 1980's is weird, really weird but still.. I can see them and what they are doing and who they are contacted by.. it's not good news" Chuck managed to mumble.
"Explain more Chuck" Izzy demanded as she sat up straight and concentrated on Chuck's every word and facial expression.
"Sam and Dean have been trying to find a way back but last night Dean was visited by a demon and it told him that he was never coming back. Him and Sam are stuck there and little Sam and Dean are stuck here. Only a few angel's powers can change that. Zachariah, Raphael, Gabriel and Lucifer. Zachariah will never set things right. It's his way off getting the Winchester's out of the fight with out having to result to killing them. But if Sam and Dean can't fight in the apocalypse now then they are as good as dead. If they aren't here to stop Lucifer then we're all dead" Chuck said bluntly as he pulled out a seat opposite Bobby and fell down on to it.
"So what's the plan?" Izzy asked sternly as she refused to give in to the idea that the Winchester's maybe stuck forever in different time lines.
"We kill Zachariah and get one of the other angels to change things, to bring them back..." Bobby said intervening the conversation between Izzy and Chuck.
Izzy stared at them both dumbfounded, that had to be one of the craziest idea's she had ever heard.
"One problem.... only an angel can kill another angel... so hows that gonna work?" Izzy asked with haste.
"Castiel" Bobby said dryly without even lifting his eyes from the book.
"You want Cas to kill Zachariah..... that will make Cas fall, he'll be out of the fight" Izzy protested with disbelief.
"We need Sam and Dean in this war.... Castiel is just collateral damage waiting to happen" Bobby boomed coldly.
Izzy could not believe her ears, was she really hearing this, was Bobby saying it didn't matter what happened to Castiel as long as Zachariah was killed.
"I want Zachariah dead just as much as you do Bobby but not at the expense of Cas" she said sternly which received her a glare from the old hunter.
"Castiel isn't the most important thing here Izzy, Sam and Dean are... we need them back and if it means losing Cas in the process then so be it" Bobby barked angrily.
Izzy could feel her blood boiling and her heart breaking all at the same time as she listened to Bobby.
She knew Sam and Dean were the most important things here but she still couldn't allow Castiel just to throw his life away.
If he killed Zachariah he would either be killed or he would fall from grace and seeing as he'd died once before she wasn't confident he would survive this time.
"No... there must be another way. Another angel... what about Anna?" Izzy said defensively.
Bobby shook his head in dismay and annoyance "don't you think I've thought that already. She's having no part of it. She's suddenly decided to become unhelpful... Castiel is the only option".
Izzy glanced helplessly at Chuck, he knew why Izzy could not allow him to do what Bobby wanted him to do.
She loved Castiel and couldn't bare it if he died and if he fell from grace then she'd never be able to forgive herself.
Castiel was just as important in the fight as the Winchester's were.
If it weren't for him Dean would still be rotting in hell so Bobby could not just call Cas collateral damage.
"So let me get this right, you want Castiel to sacrifice himself and you don't even give a crap" Izzy snarled at the old hunter.
Chuck sat silent trying to stay out of the argument that was getting worse by the second.
"Why do you care so much? The Winchester's are your friends and you're showing more concern for an angel" Bobby yelled in response.
"Because I love him Bobby" Izzy yelled back.
Bobby stared in shock at the young hunter and her revelation, he could not believe what she was saying. How the hell could she be in love with him?.
"You're wasting your feelings on him Izzy, he's an angel.. you have no chance with him" Bobby said sternly.
"I already have Bobby... we have been together and he feels for me" she spat back as she got up and stormed to the door.
She had to get away from the argument at hand and clear her head, she needed to think about the plan. She knew she needed Sam and Dean back but she didn't want to lose Cas.
She had to make a decision, she had to live with a sacrifice. But would that sacrifice be losing Cas to gain the adult Sam and Dean or keep Cas and lose the adult Sam and Dean.
Either way she was going to lose somebody she cared about no matter what her choice was.
Izzy had been out walking for hours and she was still no closer to having an answer.
She knew the only person who could make the decision was Castiel and whatever he decided she would have to go along with, whether she liked it or not.
It was almost ten when she finally got back to the motel to find the boys asleep in their beds and Castiel just standing by the window watching the night go by.
He could see she was troubled and it bothered him. He did not like to see her upset.
"What did Bobby say?" Cas asked as he moved closer to the young hunter.
"Sam and Dean are stuck in the past and the only way they are coming back is if an archangel brings them back but Zachariah wont do it, he wants them there and out of the fight. The only way to get them back is to kill Zachariah and get one of the other's to bring them back, because lets face it if Zachariah stays alive he'll just send them back over and over again" Izzy replied.
"So what's the problem" Castiel asked calmly.
"You have to kill Zachariah..... and then you will either be killed or fall from grace" Izzy choked.
"I see..... but we need the Winchester's back and it's the only choice we have" Castiel reasoned.
Izzy shook her head in denial, she didn't want to lose Cas, not for nothing.
"Cas you can't, I can't lose you" Izzy cried as she turned away from the angel to hide her tears.
Izzy felt Cas stand close behind her and place his hand lovingly on her shoulder "You won't lose me... ever" he whispered into her ear.
Izzy felt the tears streaming down her face which forced her to turn back to Cas and bury her face into his chest "you don't know that" she sobbed.
Cas wrapped his arms around the young hunter tightly "I won't die and if I do fall then at least we can be together properly" he whispered softly.