Sorry it's taken me so long to post this chapter. I'm back in school, and between that and marching band I'm pretty busy. I will finish this story though! Rewatched Abandon All Hope... a couple weeks back and cried all over again. I have an emotional attchment to this now so I am determined to finish it! I don't own anything!

Chapter 4

Sam and Castiel stared at Dean, waiting for him to explain.

"Is he gonna make us guess?" the angel whispered to the younger Winchester.

Sam shrugged his shoulders in response.

"Dean, you gonna tell us or what?"

"Huh, oh, right, yeah. Well for some reason I ended up in the middle of the dream instead of at the very end like normal. So I'm thinking that if I could go back far enough, I could prevent Jo from getting attacked, thus also saving Ellen." Dean liked how the plan sounded aloud. He felt like it could actually work and that Ellen and Jo really would be saved.

"I'm impressed." Sam complimented him.

"Thanks Sam, I can come up with a good idea every now and then."

Both brothers turned to Cas to see what his thoughts were.

"I think it could work." Castiel agreed.

"So what do we do next?" Sam questioned.

"Uh, I haven't gotten that far yet." Dean admitted.

"Perhaps this "Sherlock" could help us." Castiel offered. Sam and Dean exchanged humorous glances.

"He can't help, but thanks anyway Cas." Dean assured the angel. Castiel tipped his head,"Just trying to help."

The three of them hadn't figured anything out by the time the day was done, so Dean was forced to go through another dream where he was unable to save his friends. He could still feel the softness of Jo's lips on his own. But he also remembered the red, sticky substance between his fingers that was from her body. He remembered the look of distraught on Ellen's face. It was so strange seeing her that way. Ellen Harvelle was a strong woman with an iron backbone. Someone who you can't imagine ever crying. It seemed to Dean that life and death situations brought out a person's hidden personality. Just then, Sam handed Dean a cup of coffee and sat on the edge of his bed.

"You okay?" he inquired, scanning his big brother's face.

Dean ran a hand over his face,"Yeah, I'm all right. You and Cas figure out anything?"

The angel appeared almost instantly after his name was spoken.

"Should I tell him?" Sam asked Castiel.

"Tell him, but make sure he knows the risks." the angel replied.

"Tell me what?" Dean was on full alert.

"Cas said that he can transport both of you inside the dream while you're conscious, and go back far enough to where you can save Jo." Dean yanked his covers off in a frenzy, "All right then, let's do it."

"Hold on dean, there's a major sideffect to Cas pulling this off." Sam interjected.

"What is it?"

"It'll drain me", Cas spoke up, "I'll be there with you, but I won't be at full power. There's no room for error. You get one shot and one shot only."

Dean nodded in understanding, "Time to do some hellraising."

Less than an hour later, everything was ready to go.

"You bring them back." Sam said, clapping a hand on his brother's shoulder.

"I will, count on that." Dean promised.

Castiel materialized in the room, looking stronger than he had earlier.

"Are you ready Dean?" the angel queried. The eldest Winchester nodded just as Castiel put two fingers to his forehead. There was a flash of light like always, and then Dean was driving the Impala with Sam in the passenger seat and Castiel in the back. Okay, so the easy part was over. They'd made it here. Now for the hard part, saving Jo and Ellen.

"This town seems to be completely deserted Dean." Sam's voice sounded from beside him.

"You're right, we should just get out of here. I'm getting a bad feeling." Dean conveyed. Sam instantly disagreed, "What no! Dean, what about the Devil?"

Dean was about to answer, when Castiel leaned forward and put a hand to Sam's head.

"Now he knows everything we know." Castiel said simply.

"So what do we do?" Sam questioned. Dean was glad he was on board. This mission would be so much easier now that he didn't have to worry about Sam trying to stop him.

"We wait." Dean answered.

It took awhile, but eventually Ellen and Jo showed up.

"Looks like there's nobody here." Ellen told them.

"Yeah, we didn't see anybody either, which makes me nervous. I say we get the hell out of here." Dean's tone was dead serious.

"Dean, what are you thinking? We came here for Lucifer and we're not leaving till we get him." Ellen protested.

In a flash, Castiel was outside of the Imapla, placing a hand on teh older woman's forehead. Her look of frustration instantly turned to sorrow. Tears filled up in Ellen's eyes, but she quickly brushed them away. Jo automatically sensed that her mother had changed.

"Mom?" she ventured, gripping Ellen's arm.

She turned to her daughter, trying to hold back tears.

"Dean's right. We have to get out of this town, now."

Hope you enjoyed this! Chapter 5 should be up very soon so be on the lookout! Thank you so much to all of my readers!