Chapter 4: Great Escape

Lorena opened her eyes. The last thing she remembered was opening the door to the Impala. A faint pain in her head answered the question of what happened.

"Sam? Dean?" she mumbled in hopes that she had been rescued from whatever attacked her.

A laugh from the corner of the room proved her to be wrong.

"Sorry sweety…The Winchester boys aren't here."

"Belial. I take it your one of his minions? Of course you are…he always did have a thing for trampy little slut types…" Lorena grinned at the blonde woman.

She rolled her eyes, "you're just jealous of my meat suit. You're right though, I do work for Belial."

Lorena held her head as she got up from the floor. "You can't keep me here…I have just as much power as you."

The blonde's eyes looked up at the ceiling over their heads, "No…you can try, but you won't be getting very far."

It was a devil's trap over her head. Figures. She watched as the woman left her to be alone in the invisible cell. Lorena sat back down on the floor and whispered to Castiel for help. She felt so screwed.

"She's so screwed," Dean said behind the wheel as they started to drive to Blackwater. "Alright, we need a plan…Dig up anything that could help us."

Sam was trying to read from a book, but the potholes on the road made it close to impossible.

"Nothing…" he began, but Dean interrupted.

"If he knows they got her he'll be furious," he wasn't sure if he could handle a pissed off Bobby.

It didn't matter how the boys felt about talking to Bobby…because Sam's phone started to ring.

Sam casted a look to Dean after he checked the caller ID, "Hey Bobby, I was just about to call you."

Bobby ignored this and just started to tell Sam what he had found in an urgent manner, "I think I know why your angel friend brought Lorena into this. There is only one true way to defeat a prince of Hell. Listen to this: 'For he be the leader of the Sons of Darkness as Michael lead the Sons of Light. Only that of which has died, but not felt the touch of Death's cold hand and rises to live again can disarm a Prince of Hell.' It's all right here…Pretty much everything you want to know about this guy. And he's bad news Sam."

"Yeah…we know Bobby," Sam hinted around and Bobby quickly caught it.

"What do you mean you know? Is there something you boys aren't telling me? After all I do for you two I have the right to know."

Dean looked over at Sam as he could hear Bobby's angry voice on the phone.

"Belial knows we're coming for him…he came to town last night and turned it upside down. Things are pretty back to normal now, so I think he was trying to send us a message or something," Sam explained.

"Alright. So tell me you understand the riddle…if you do then you know what to do..."

"Yeah I get it," it made easy sense to Sam that Lorena was the key.

"Good 'cause there is one more part. There is a reason Belial chose Blackwater, Missouri. There is a hunter there by the name of Jeff. Well there was a hunter…I assume he's long dead by now. The point is he had the knife Lorena needs to kill the son of a bitch. Without the knife it's useless…now you boys be careful and watch her for me, you hear?"

"Yes sir. Thanks Bobby."

Sam ended the call and looked at Dean. "Bobby's got it all figured out. He knows how to kill Belial…it's in a riddle he found."

"I hate this biblical riddle crap…just tell me what we need to know..."

He gave a laugh and wondered what Dean would do without him, "Fine…Lorena is the only one who can stop Belial and it has to be done with a particular knife."

"Why Lorena?" Dean wondered what made her so special since he was also pulled from Hell.

"Well you said you didn't like riddles…"

"Try me."

"It went something like…only that of which has died, but not felt the touch of Death's cold hand and rises to live again can disarm a Prince of Hell. And that's Lorena…Think about it Dean, Lorena never died….she was pulled into Hell and spent ten years there and when Cas pulled her out she hadn't aged a day. Granted she's a demon…but a demon with a soul and she can be killed, so she's alive."

Dean scratched his head, "whatever you say…so where do we get this knife? And that's assuming Lorena's still alive."

Sam told him about Jeff and how Belial might have already retrieved the knife from his house.

"We're almost there…we got plenty of supplies, but we need to figure out a plan. We can't screw this one up Sammy, and if Lorena isn't there…or they've killed her…then we're screwed anyway." He paused to pull the car over, "Got any bright ideas in that scholar head of yours?"

Sam sighed and wondered if Dean really wanted his ideas. To be honest he did have a few ideas, but he knew Dean wouldn't go for them.

"Well yeah…I'll go find Lorena and you find the knife. When you find the knife come find me and when I find Lorena I'll try and find you. I doubt our phones will work."

"No. Absolutely no. We are not splitting up on this one. We don't know what Belial is planning…" Dean shook his head no.

"Right…you still don't trust me do you? You think Belial is going to torture me in saying yes to Lucifer? That's it isn't it?"

"No…not entirely…at least," he paused and tried to think of something to add to that, but he couldn't. "Alright fine. I don't trust you. Look, can we have this trust issue heart to heart later?"

Sam opened the car door and went to the trunk, leaving Dean without an answer.

Dean quickly followed and unlocked the trunk, "Fine…you find her and I'll get the knife. Be quick though…I'm sure Belial is waiting for us. Maybe we should toss him a bat, you know?"

"Excuse me?"

"You know…a bat. Prince of darkness…Ozzy…bit the head off a bat…yeah I guess it wasn't that funny."

"No, not really…" Sam confirmed.

Dean wasn't sure why he allowing Sam to do this on his own. He swore to himself that he'd never let Sam go on his own, but they didn't have much of a choice.

The brothers loaded themselves up with ammo and casted each other one last look before they parted ways.

Sam didn't say it, but he had his own plan. Of course he'd try to find Lorena without getting cornered…although getting caught wasn't all bad. In fact, if he got caught they'd probably take him down to where they were holding Lorena. The downside is that he'd be weaponless.

He put a salt round under his jacket in the pocket of his shirt. That would be a safety measure. As he looked around he had a feeling he'd need it…the city was covered with demons.

They did nothing…the demons watched from the side of the road and from houses as Sam walked down the paved street. This wasn't a good sign.

Lorena sat up when she heard the doors open to the room she was being held in. Belial just kept her down there alone…unguarded, but she was convinced that something was preventing Castiel from finding her…something she couldn't see.

A demon entered the room first. It was the one that captured her in front of the motel. Then Belial entered…he looked pleased with himself.

"That happy to see me?" she laughed.

He glared at her, "No, it's not you I'm happy to see…you're just the worm on my fish pole. Once Lucifer's vessel arrives I'll have exactly what I wanted and. I have you to thank."

She frowned…Lucifer…

Another demon came in quickly and out of breath, "Your majesty, Sam Winchester has been spotted. He's coming our way. He appears alone…should the others bring him in?"

Lorena groaned and wished she could warn Sam. She looked at Belial and wondered how she could take him down.

"Good. He's early though. Oh well, bring him and we'll lock him up tight for when Lucifer comes. Be careful of that damn knife and make sure you check him good before bringing him in…." he dismissed the demon and looked at Lorena, "And as for you, your little angel friend won't be able to help you…you see Enochian Sigils surround this building and no angel will be able to enter or locate you. You can stay here…I want you to see our father, our true leader. Then you'll fight in my army against the sons of light! You can go back to doing what you do best…you'll enjoy every minute of it…tearing those angels apart like those rotting souls in Hell." He smiled casually and turned his back to her and exited the room.

The police station. Sam noticed there were more demons guarding this building than any other in town. As he started to approach the building the demons moved in.

"Now you wanna fight…" Sam took out Ruby's knife, "I'm ready…"

The demons tried to corner Sam and they were careful of the knife. Some didn't listen and they threw themselves at the hunter in an attempt to bring him down to the ground.

Once he realized they weren't coming at him, he shot them with salt rounds to weaken them. Sam had finally cleared a path to the door of the police station. He started to walk in cautiously…but was quickly taken down by a punch from a demon that sneaked up behind him.

"Good job," he congratulated the others. "Boss said the vessel isn't to be harmed…but perhaps a punch to the head will knock some sense into him."

Dean was on the other side of town searching for the knife. He went to the hunter's house and found nothing but a mess and a few dead bodies.

"This is weird…." He commented as he stood among the trashed living room. Dean looked out the broken window and wondered why he wasn't up to his ass in demons. It was obvious that the knife wasn't here.

He left the house and started walking down the road in the direction Sam had gone. The hunter held his gun ready to shoot anything that came near him.

When Dean turned the corner the sight of demons made him freeze. There were so many of them! This was definitely a trap. Even if they did get the knife and rid of Belial, they'd be eaten alive by demons…or at least he would. Not Sam of course…but then Sam would have a worse fate ahead of him.

As he continued to walk he noticed the demons were starting to run at him.

He took refuge in the closest house and lined the door with salt from the kitchen, and the windows before he ran out of salt.

"Damnit Cas I need your help…How the hell am I gonna find this knife? Lorena needs our help you winged bastard. Did you really think she could do this on her own? Even with our help," he looked around realized Castiel wasn't coming.

Dean put the weapons he had found on the table and stared at them. His thoughts were on an escape…it would be a great to get out of this house alive, let alone make it to Sam.

He gathered up the things he needed and started to make a bomb. The garage really had everything he needed…He stringed the wire from the front door to the back.

Dean busted out the front window and smiled at the demons standing by it, "front door is open boys!"

He ran quickly to the back of the house while holding the trigger to the bomb. He waited with the grin for them to break through the front door. Then….boom! When the bomb detonated he took off out the backdoor and made a run for it.

Sam groaned as he began to wake-up on the cold cement of a jail cell. His head hurt...but he knew that was the least of his problems.

"Sam…Sam wake-up," Lorena whispered.

"Lorena? Please let it be you…" He sat up and saw her sitting in the middle of a devil's trap not far from his cell. "Glad to see you're okay…Dean and I weren't sure. If it's any comfort…we're here to rescue you."

She laughed, "Loads of comfort. Where's Dean? Please tell me he didn't get caught too? 'Cause you know, this is a trap for you…they're bringing Lucifer here. Belial thinks he can get you to say yes."

Sam bit his lip. Dean's worst fear was coming to life…but Sam seemed to be the only one with confidence in himself.

He started to check his pockets for stashed items. "Yeah. Dean's looking for the knife."

"The knife?" She moved closer to him.

"Oh right. Bobby called us soon after you disappeared. He said he found a way to kill Belial. But only you can do it Lorena…and I don't think he knows that. In fact, it's because of him you can do it. You see…"

The presence of Belial stopped Sam from completing his sentence.

The hunter moved to the back of his cell and Lorena moved as far away as she could from the Prince of Hell.

"Let me explain Winchester. He's right Lorena…I didn't know it at the time, but my pulling you into Hell was the first step of my demise. You see no human, no demon, and no angel can kill a Prince of Hell. The only damned thing that can is a unique creature…one who has died, but not died from a wound, a sickness, an accident, or a possession…no sort like that. In other words, your soul wasn't reaped by a reaper. But I figured as long as you stayed busy and tormented in Hell that second part would never come to be. That was until your little angel friend managed to pull you out. Which leads me to the second qualification…You're here now, with a soul, and a living being, demon regardless. Now…the knife…the knife was a tricky thing to find. You see not just any weapon you use will kill me…no…that's too simple. This knife is special…and I have it now. All there is left to do now is send you back to Hell to tear that soul of yours apart before you join my army…and hand you over to Lucifer. It's been a real pleasure chatting with you…but I have a war to prepare for and an army to manage."