WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?

Deans only thought was getting to his daughter and niece who were plastered close to Dev's side.

Dev and Reaper were trying hard to keep the three huge wolves threatening them at bay and away from the girls.

"Stay back Dean." Dev repeated casting him a quick glance of worry. "Danni you and Sara run to the porch, hurry."

The girls obeyed and one of the wolves attempted to follow only to be knocked back by Reaper.

Dean swooped the girls up fast passing the crying youngsters to Sadie who rushed them inside.

"Looks like Maven sent a late house warming gift." Dev said keeping his ground. "Sorry Jacob but Bella isn't home right now, she's off traipsing with Edward but just between us I think Emmett's hotter or is that colder?"

"Dev get your ass back here before they rip you to shreds." Dean hissed.

"He's got some major control on them, I can't get through." Dev grumbled. "I can't budge them at all."

Dean heard Deana's voice starting a spell and Dev and Reaper were safe behind the invisible wall as two of the wolves launched at them just to crash to the ground whining.

Dev stuck his tongue out at them and then he turned to get to the porch.

"Dev you….." Dean started but suddenly Dev was bolting past him and flying through the air straight towards Sam.

Sam brought his hands up to protect himself thinking Dev was attacking him until he heard the menacing growl behind him, another wolf had launched at Sam and Dev took the full brunt of the wolf hitting the wall with resounding thud sliding to the floor in a heap.

The wolf went for Sam again but Deana brought her protection over him now keeping all the wolves at bay.

Dran's voice from the door made everyone turn as he recited a spell in Latin and suddenly the wolves looked confused and lost, turning and running into the surrounding woods.

Everyone stared at Dran.

"What I'm supposed to be the most powerful warlock ever and you're surprised I can do that?"

Dean's knees felt weak at the thought of his son's power.

"Dev?" He heard Sam say softly and he remembered that Dev had just saved his brother.

He rushed to kneel beside Dev. "Hey what the hell was that sunshine?"

Dev's response was a low groan as he tried to turn and cried out in pain.

Dean saw then that the wolf had managed to claw Dev's side, his t-shirt covered in blood. "Alright Mr. Norris I need to check to see how bad it is."

Dev made no response and Dean realized that he had passed out so he lifted the shirt to find three deep short gashes.

"He hit his head too." Sam murmured staring at Dev as if he was seeing him for the first time.

"I'll start on the healing paste." Deana offered heading inside.

"Get his arms Sam and I'll get his legs." Dean said and they manhandled Dev into the house and onto the sofa.

"Am I really that heavy?" Dean groaned.

"No son you're dainty and petite." Bobby groused.

Dean glared at him thinking about flipping him off but remembering the children.

Dean pulled Dev's shirt off and cleaned up the blood that he could with it.

Danni and Sara sat with Sadie still very upset.

"What were you doing outside?" Dean tried his best not to sound angry.

"We wanted to play with Uncle Dev because he looked so sad." Danni answered her breath hitching.

"Danni we told you that right now it's dangerous to be outside alone." Deana added giving Dean a glance.

"We weren't alone Uncle Dev took care of us." Danni insisted she had all the faith in the world in Dev.

"Just don't do it again Danni do you understand?" Dean growled.

"Yes sir." She whispered.

"The same goes for you Sara." Sam threw in.

"Yes sir." Sara answered.

"Is he going to die because of us?" Danni asked sadly, tears streaming down her face.

"He's not going to die baby." Deana soothed her daughter. "He's too stubborn to let a mere wolf take him out."

"Just like daddy."

"Just like daddy." Deana smiled at Dean.

It took about an hour for Dean to clean Dev up and Deana to put the paste on the wounds. It was nothing like the paste she had used on Dean when they first met but it healed wounds faster.

"He's going to have a rough night but he should be good by tomorrow."

They had to reheat dinner and they all ate quietly all of them in their own world knowing that it was only going to get rougher.

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Dean had checked on Dev before going to bed and he had yet to stir since the attack but that was part of the paste too.

He had startled awake when he heard Dev's soft whimpers of pain as he tried to move apparently having regained consciousness.

Dean was about to get up and help him when he heard Sam's voice. "Dev hey stay still you're ok."

"Wolves?" Dev slurred. "Reaper?"

"Long gone." Sam answered. "The mutt's fine."

Reaper whined from where he lay by the sofa but didn't budge.

Dean feigned sleep but watched the exchange with interest.

"We saved you some dinner." Sam offered.

"Not hungry just thirsty."

Sam handed Dev a bottled water but then back tracked. "Here let me help you." He helped Dev sip on some water and then stayed seated on the edge of the sofa. "Why did you do that, get in the way like that?"

"You've grown on me miracle grow." Dev sighed. "I did it for Dean too since he has this annoying attachment too you."

"You really care what Dean wants?"

"Well duh." Dev snickered then hissed in pain.

"Easy, easy dude." Sam chided.

Dean watched as Sam pulled covers carefully over Dev who watched with curious eyes.

"So all it takes is making myself puppy chow for you to like me?" Dev joked.

Reaper lifted his head.

Sam broke out his dimples. "You've grown on me too short stop."

Dev smiled then looked down. "I'm sorry Sam."

"Yeah me too and thank you, you know for making yourself puppy chow." Sam chuckled. "Just don't make it a habit."

"How many times have you said those words to Dean?" Dev asked curiously.

"God if I had a dollar….." Sam groaned.

"Thought so." Dev squirmed uncomfortably and winced.

"You alright?" Sam asked.

Reaper jumped to his paws growling fiercely.

"Sam something's wrong." Dev breathed and then he arched off the sofa screaming.

Sam jumped to his feet and watched in horror as the wounds that had already started to heal suddenly burst open blood spraying Sam.

"It's Maven." Dev yelled as his body seized.

Everyone else was up in a rush and Deana tried to put her protection around Dev but it wouldn't work.

Dev was bleeding profusely whimpering in agony.

"Fucking fight him Dev." Dean yelled reaching for him but another shield blocked him. "Get upstairs now!" He commanded Deana, Sadie, and the kids.

"Dean you….." Deana started.

"I said now!" He growled glaring at his wife.

She didn't like his tone one bit or how he was acting but she obeyed and boy was he going to hear it when this was over.

Dean knew that he was being a little rough but he had to, this wasn't going to be anything he wanted them to remember. He turned to Sam.

"Try it with me buster." Sam growled.

"Fine but don't be a bitch about it alter little brother."

Dean touched the shield around Dev and felt the hum of the power. Dev was losing consciousness and Dean yelled at him, slowly painfully Dev reached for him.

Dean started to recite words in Latin and the room filled with popping static sounds. Dev followed his lead barely clinging.

Sam hissed as Dean's eyes went white and Dev's followed into yellow and the shield exploded out knocking Dean and Sam to their asses and Dev fell back out cold.

Dean sat savoring the power rippling through him and he reached out absorbing what he could from the air before it was gone.

"Dean?" He heard Sam calling to him.

"Dean!"

Dean snapped around to look at his brother.

"Tone it down some Merlin, Dev's bleeding to death over there." Sam said already heading to Dev."

Dean closed his eyes taking a deep breath wondering if it was really that bad that each time he did this it was harder to let go.

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Dean, Deana, and Sam worked on Dev until he was at least comfortable.

Reaper ran around in circles barking and whining.

"What the hell Reaper?" Dean roared already on edge.

"He wants Dran to heal me but it's ok I'm good." Dev said weakly.

"Dran can heal?" Deana asked Reaper.

Reaper barked one loud bark.

"He can but he won't." Danni's small voice came from the stairs where Sara stood behind her. "Can we try?"

"Baby your powers haven't even started yet." Deana soothed her little girl.

"Yeah so how do you think we got outside mom?"

"Don't sass your mom Danni." Dean said but still smiled.

"How is it possible?"

"We're Winchesters." Danni announced proudly.

"Why did I ask?" Deana groaned. "Alright have at it kiddo let's see what you got." She was sure her daughter was just being a kid.

Danni and Sara got close to Dev both of them holding hands and then they gently put their hands on Dev's wounds.

A few words in Latin and Dev gasped a small bright flash of light emitting from the girls hands.

"I can't even heal without the paste." Deana sighed.

"You can but you never learned how." Dev's voice sounded stronger.

"So how's is it my children are learning all the fancy things when no one is teaching them?" Deana asked exasperated.

Reaper barked.

"They know they are witches and you didn't. Deana you are way more powerful than you know." Dev said as he checked his almost entirely healed wounds.

"I guess that can't be a bad thing right now." She looked and Dean. "You and I need to talk."

"Baby don't be mad at me." Dean sighed.

"Mad isn't the word Dean the next time you even try to act caveman on me I will send you back to that time."

Dean tried to step up to her to soothe her and met the field between them. "You're going to be like that with me?" Dean asked annoyed. "I try to protect you and you have to fucking get all sensitive about it? I don't need this. not now!" Dean stormed out the door letting it slam behind him.

"What fucking else?" Deana grumbled and disappeared up the stairs.

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Dean sat on the rocker on the porch thinking of all the times he had sat there rocking his children to sleep and now they were all so powerful the only one not stepping up yet was Sammy but that didn't mean anything if he was anything like his dad he wasn't a show off.

He heard the creak of the door and turned to see Dev and Reaper coming out, Dev still a bit hunched.

"You should be resting." Dean muttered.

"I will when I make sure that you're not going to go off halfcocked." Dev panted as he sat in his usual spot on the steps.

Reaper sitting close by.

"I'm not leaving my family Dev you should know that."

"Yeah and since when does Dean Winchester ever follow any laws including his own?"

Dean couldn't help but smile. "I can't possibly be the pain in the ass you are."

"Actually you're worse." Dev grinned then got serious. "Deana loves you, you know that right?"

"Loving each other is kind of the reason we got married." Dean said in a duh tone. "Speaking of marriage you don't stop spending so much time on that step it's going to propose unless Reaper beats it to the punch."

Reaper growled and barked.

"Reaper says to bite him and that sounds like jealousy to me."

"Well you are quite the handsome devil."

"And you just changed the subject like a pro."

Dean sighed heavily. "I didn't know Deana was a witch when I fell in love with her and once I knew I couldn't stop loving her there was no way. I see it as the same thing Dev her finding out this about me after the fact."

"So you want her to just accept the fact that you suddenly have freaky powers just like you did for her?"

"Is it too much to ask?"

"Don't you worry about her powers?" Dev asked staring in Dean's eyes.

"Of course I do and where are you going with this Dr. Phil?" Dean asked frustrated.

"All I'm saying is that she's worried Dean because you're playing with fire."

"And I'm going to get burned.'

"Ordinary fire yes, hells fire do I really have to paint that picture for you?" Dev cocked his eyebrow.

Dean looked at him for a couple of minutes. "You should get a talk show you'd make millions."

Dev shook his head. "Fucking Winchester mule headed pride."

"Just call me Dean."'

They sat in silence until the sun came up.

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Deana didn't like it when she and Dean weren't talking especially since it hardly ever happened. He was stubborn that was for damn sure, the man wouldn't cave even when he was proved wrong. He would find his own way to work his way back into it he was really good at pretending nothing had happened and most time everyone went along with it, only this time he wasn't even doing that.

He was talking to everyone but he was pensive and pouty, a very hot look on her husband but not when the weight of the world was shifting so dangerously on his shoulders.

He caught her staring at him and her feelings were crushed when he gave her his signature 'stay the fuck away from me if you know what's good for you' look.

She hardly wanted to do this with everyone in the room but this was BS. "This is how you're going to be when our world could end tomorrow?"

His eyes blazed on her. "You shut that door darling or should I say you put up that wall and maybe it's better that you hate me because if our world ends tomorrow it's because I failed my family and this won't even matter."

"You're not the only one fighting this battle Dean it falls on all of us here what happens."

"Does it Deana cuz as I see it I should have made sure Maven was gone for good."

And there it was the proverbial chip on his shoulder only in Dean's case it was a fucking tree trunk. He was blaming himself for the situation they were in now.

"Dean…."

"Don't just don't." He said lowering his eyes to the floor.

"So what you were supposed to take a stroll into hell and check for a pulse?" Sam said his own anger taking front stage at his brother's never ending self-torture.

"Something Sam hell anything so we wouldn't be here now our children who have barely even started school having to fight monsters, this is what we promised would never happen."

"Well for one we had no idea we were going to fall in love with witches which sort of nixed the normal part in the apple pie life. Second our children are a hell of lot more prepared than we were when we got thrown into the monster mash."

"Is there a point to this Sammy?" Dean groused.

"The point is this shit is going down and it's going down hard and the anger and frustration you're feeling should be taken out on Maven not your wife or her taking it out on her husband."

Dean looked back at Deana. "I wasn't till she did her magic against me, for me, on me, but never against me."

"I'm sorry Dean." Deana finally caved.

"Me too." He said and walked out the door.

"He thinks I'd make a killing on a talk show, he should try reality TV." Dev mumbled.

Everyone turned to glare at him.

"Just sayin'." He muttered.

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Deana gave Dean a few minutes before following.

He was standing on the pier looking over the lake.

She walked up beside him. "You have family now."

"I know and I can't lose it baby I can't no matter what I have to do please understand that." He looked at her with pleading eyes.

"So basically you're asking me to not freak if you go dark side?" She sighed.

"More or less."

"Dean Winchester if you don't know by now that I will love you no matter what I don't know what to tell you." Deana growled.

Dean wrapped his arms around her. "Tell me how awesome and handsome I am and we're half way there." He kissed her neck.

"You're unbelievable." She sighed.

"Good start, hey I love you too never ever doubt that." He pulled back to look in her eyes.

"I don't know it might take several more kisses to convince me." Deana teased.

"I think I can handle that." Dean grinned.

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They all knew that all bets were off at midnight when Dran turned seven so they had rested as much as they could and prepared everything that they might need for whatever was coming.

The men played pool, Dean and Dev against Sam and Bobby and it was fir sure that Dev was as talented as Dean when it came to the hustle.

"Man's gotta eat." Dev grinned.

"At this rate you were eating nothing but lobster and filet mignon." Sam huffed.

"Might as well eat like a king when you wear the crown."

When Dean and Dev played each other it was a sight to behold but in the end Dean won.

"Almost sonny but not quite." Dean smiled. "I'm the best now and always."

Dev frowned. "I don't know how you did it Dean but damn."

"And that's how it is with everything I do." Dean bragged. "Tell them baby." He said pulling Deana close.

The other men moaned and rolled their eyes.

It was minutes before midnight when Dran started walking towards the front door.

"Dran where are you going?" Dean asked.

Dran stopped and looked toward his mom and dad. "It' s my turn to protect my family." He said way too seriously for someone so young.

Dean started to move toward his son but realized that he couldn't move and looking around franticly he saw that everyone else was also rooted to the spot.

"Dran are you doing this?" He yelled.

"I'm sorry dad but if I go with Maven he said that he would leave everyone else alone."

"Dran he's lying you have to know that." Deana cried out, using every spell she could recall trying to break free.

"I don't want anyone to get hurt, it's the only way." Dran said and walked out the door.

The wicked laughter from Maven drifted in from outside.

"No!" Dean screamed and everything went dark.

TBC

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