After I left Dean in that auditorium, I had every intention of speaking quickly with Hecate and then heading back to pop in on whatever awkward discussion was occurring as a result of my conversation with him. I had a feeling it would be hilarious to be a fly on the wall of that one, and what can I say, I do enjoy a laugh.
But I had to scrap that idea because, as it turns out, Hecate is harder to find than she has any right to be. For an extremely powerful being whom I've known for my entire life and is more active on earth than anyone would think, she is incredibly elusive.
I made a point to tell her that once I'd found her. Her house in what used to be Thrace, Greece, was the first place I looked, but it took two days and searching all of the rest of her houses and a couple of her favorite spots, twice, to find her.
Frankly, I was on the verge of summoning her, which would just be no fun, so I decided to check the Thrace house one more time.
Upon landing in front of the house, I immediately recognised that she was inside, and I could tell that she knew I was here as well.
I didn't bother knocking, just pushed the door open and stormed in and past her, muttering about annoying cousins and two days, and inventing some rather creative threats that both of us knew I'd never be able to pull off on her.
She laughed as she tailed me into the kitchen.. "It's good to see you too, Loki."
I kept grumbling, and raided her cabinet for Nectar. I cursed when I remembered that she doesn't make very good Nectar, and so doesn't bother. I could practically feel her roll her eyes at me with that small smile of hers that says she finds the 'little one' amusing.
I felt Hecate move to the living room, and heard her knock once on the wall. A blanket of subtle, extra warding coated the room she was in. I reminded myself why I was here, and shook my head as if to clear it. It was a very human gesture, but I kind of liked human gestures after living among them for so long.
Without further ado, I followed the goddess into the living room and shivered as I felt the blanket of Anliaric wards brush over me. Anliar, being the first language, was extremely strong, extremely effective, and extremely suspicious for a pagan to know. She makes a point to only put it up for short periods of time, when we are talking as Gabriel and Aquilarah, rather than Loki and Hecate.
My cousin was sitting on a wicker chair with her chin in her hand, clearly waiting for me. She let her hand drop when I walked in. "Not that I'm not glad to see you, Gavi, but why are you here? I thought you were going to hang out in America until… well, you know."
I sighed. That had been my plan. Stupid Winchesters tugging on my heartstrings. Stupid heartstrings for existing, actually. "Yeah, I was going to do that, but I saw some things that may have changed my mind." I sat down on the couch and leaned into the cushions, draping my arms across the back.
"Changed your mind about America?" She was carefully controlling her emotions until I told her what I was getting at. She remained a kind, soothing aura, but I couldn't tell for the life of me what was going through her mind.
I shook my head. I'd told Dean that I was going to see a goddess about a rock. I was telling the truth, but I doubt he realized it was this large a rock. "Changed my mind about the apocalypse, and about just letting this place burn."
Her eyebrows lifted in shock. Then she smiled. "You know, I wondered if you would, when I saw your claim on the Winchesters, but I wasn't sure if you were just going to speed it along or try to prevent it."
"Are you sure now?"
Her steady gaze stuck on mine. "Yes."
I leaned forward and rested my elbows on my knees. "And you? I know you don't want to see Michael and Lucifer fight any more than I do. What do you say?"
"You mean: will I help stop the apocalypse?" She smiled and stood. Before I could say another word, she'd dispersed the wards, and headed for the door. I could tell that it didn't really open to the street outside right now; She always had been good at manipulating the dimensions. She winked as she opened it. "You beat me to claiming them, but that doesn't stop me from keeping an eye out. I've already answered that question, Ki. I was waiting for yours. See you around."
Then she disappeared into somewhere that felt like the dead. The door shut behind her and I knew it would again open to the street.
At least she'll keep things interesting.
