Alex had just gotten out of the shower, put on her clothes and was drying her hair with a towel when she made her journey downstairs. "Hey guys," she said, knowing the boys were back after hearing the impala pull up outside when she was getting dressed. "Don't drink all the beer. I'm going to want to-..." She immediately stopped talking and dropped the damp towel from her hands as she entered the room. He was standing in the middle of the room, a smug grin on his stupid face. Crowley.
"Hello, darling," he said to her as she stared at him, fear and anger swimming in the woman's eyes.
Dean glanced over at Alex before looking back to Crowley. "Leave-"
"Or what? You'll kill me? I've heard it all before, sweetheart." Crowley replied.
"What do you want, Crowley?" Asked Sam.
"I'm here for my pet," said Crowley, as if it explained everything.
Bobby was staring at Alex and Crowley, piecing it together faster than the boys. "This is the demon that you were talking about?" He asked Alex in disbelief.
Alex simply looked at Bobby and nodded.
"What would you need with a hunter?" Sam asked Crowley.
Crowley stared at Sam, a sly smile creeping onto his face. "She didn't tell you," he said more as a statement than a question.
Sam and Dean looked at each other, wandering what he meant by that.
"We're lovers," Crowley said, obviously joking with his normal excessive amount of sass.
"Cute, jackass," snapped Alex with a roll of her eyes, finally stepping fully into the room. "He just wanted someone to inflict pain on," she said to the men, keeping her eyes fixed on Crowley, not really wanting the boys to know the truth.
"You were a rare find, darling," Crowley said. "I couldn't risk losing an opportunity like you."
"The hell are you talking about?" Growled Dean.
"Don't you fuckin-" Alex began, suddenly cut off by Crowley.
"She's a Valkyrie, you nimrods!"
Sam looked at Alex, "what" written all over his face. Alex just stared back at him, not saying a word.
"What?" Asked Dean, assuming Crowley was full of shit.
Crowley sighed and pulled out one of those police issued tasers/stun gun and aimed it at the woman. He pulled the trigger before Alex had the time to react. The electric prods hooked into Alex's shoulder, sending around 25-50,000 volts of electricity through her body. He kept his finger on the trigger only for a few seconds; it was all the time he needed to prove what he needed to prove.
Alex jerked as her wings ripped out of her flesh and through the stitches she had yet to remove. Her golden wings tore through her shirt and stretched out behind her, knocking over a few thing off Bobby's desk. As the voltage stopped, she dropped to her hands and knees, catching her breath, panting. Her wings dropped to the floor beside her, sprinkled with her own blood.
"I told you boys," said Crowley, that cocky grin still plastered on his face.
"Holy shit," said the brothers in unison.
Alex kept her eyes on the floor. She was afraid of how the boys would be looking at her. She wasn't human and they knew that now.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Asked Sam.
She hesitated before answering. "You never asked."
"You lied," said Bobby. "You told us you were a hunter."
"I am! I am a hunter!" Alex slowly stood up, pulling the electric prods from her shoulder and shifted her gaze across the room, looking at each one of the men and stopping on Crowley, giving him a hard glare. "So what? I'm a Valkyrie. It doesn't-"
"Tell them what you eat, darling," interrupted Crowley, far too excited to see how the whole scenario would play out.
Alex simply hardened her glare on the demon. "I'm going to eat you here in a minute."
"You must be starving. It's been, what? Two, three weeks since your last snack?" Crowley said, dropping the stun gun on the floor, seeing no more use in it as he slid his hands into his pockets.
"Alex," said Dean cautiously. "What do you eat?"
"Dean... guys... I eat souls. But, it's mostly just demons and vampires and monsters! It's never humans!" She said, rushed. Alex really didn't want them to think she was a monster. She had grown attached to Bobby and the Winchesters. She cared for them like family.
"Well," Crowley began with a head tilt. "Except for the ones I gave to you as a treat."
Alex turned on Crowley, taking a few steps towards him. "Hey! I only took those souls to keep you from torturing them! It was either refuse and let them suffer for your entertainment or go ahead and spare them the trouble. As for me starving, you kept me pretty well fed back in my jail cell."
"I always take care of my pets," replied Crowley.
"Fuck it," Alex said as she grabbed Crowley by his jacket collar and pulled his face close to hers. Her lips parted partially and raised her shoulders. Her wings spread out to her sides partially, unable to go their full length in the small room. Red smoke started to pour from Crowley's lips and drain into Alex's mouth. Her blue eyes started to glow as the taste of his soul touched her tongue.
Crowley tossed both his arms out to the sides and snapped his fingers. Suddenly, two demons came barging through the front door and basically tackled Alex to the ground. The small bit of soul that was drained out of Crowley went spiraling back into his body just before he snapped out of the room, completely gone.
Dean pulled out his demon blade and drove it into the back of one of the demons. Sam followed suit and grabbed hold of the second demon, allowing Dean to rip the blade out of the first demon and drive it into the second one.
Alex slowly sat up and pulled her golden wings in close to her body. "Thank you," she said softly to Dean and Sam.
Sam just stared at her for a minute, looking at her wings.
Dean, on the other hand, didn't look at her at all. He looked over at Bobby, who, in return, just shrugged. Dean turned and walked directly out of the house.
"For fuck's sake," mumbled Alex as she watched Dean leave.
"You okay?" Asked Sam with genuine concern.
"Physically? Yes. Emotionally? Probably not." She replied as she wrapped her arms around herself.
Sam nodded and patted Alex on the shoulder. It was a simple gesture but it gave her such comfort. He left and after a short while, Dean came in, Sam following him and they dragged the bodies outside, Bobby not too far behind.
A few minutes later, Sam came back in and sat on the floor in front of the Valkyrie. He was quiet, looking at her with big green eyes.
Alex looked at him and smiled. "Damn it, Sam. Don't make me smile. I'm trying to be sad over here."
Sam smirked, laughing softly. "Why are you sad?"
She sighed. "Crowley kind of revealed what I was and well... I dunno. I figured you guys wouldn't want anything to do with me. Or would want to kill me."
"Why would you hide it in the first place?"
"Um, you're hunters. You kill things that aren't human. I eat souls to stay alive. That sort of puts me under the 'monster' category."
"Well, you said that you didn't, uh, eat humans, right? As long as it stays that way, you aren't a monster. Hell, it's been three weeks since we found you in the road."
"Since I was almost roadkill," she joked.
Sam chuckled and ran a hand through his hair. "My point is, we've had three weeks to get to know you. You could have wiped us out at any time but you didn't. And, you just don't fit the monster label."
Alexandria had a very long discussion with all three men once everyone was back. Sam had been the only one to argue with her. Both Bobby and Dean seemed to be all for her plan. She was planning on leaving. Alex knew that Crowley would be back for her and she figured that it'd be safer for all of them if she left. She was a Valkyrie and she knew how to handle herself.
She had packed up the few things she had collected during her time there and loaded it up into a car Bobby was giving to her to take. Sure, she could fly but that'd just bring too much attention. Alex gave Bobby a hug and turned to Dean. He hadn't looked at her much since they found out what she was. Alex sighed and wrapped her arms around the man's torso. He tensed. "I'm sorry, Dean," she whispered into his shoulder. Dean finally gave in and hugged her back.
"Be safe," he told her.
Alex then turned to Sam. Sam wrapped his arms around the small woman, giving her a tight hug. "Be careful out there. Call us if you need help with anything. Stay in touch." Alex hugged back. Out of everyone, she had grown closer to Sam during her time there. He was like an older brother, in a way. He was such a sweetheart but far too hard on himself.
The Valkyrie figured she'd try to track down Mina, the daughter of the hunter who took her in. Surely she'd be worried sick and wanting to know what happened to her. She just hoping that the poor girl was still alive.