Kat walked out of the washroom doing up the buttons on Dean's shirt. She looked up and smiled at the sight in front of her. Dean was sleeping on the pull out sofa his head resting to one side against a pillow. One his chest, Adora also slept her head resting right over her father's heart. Kat pulled the towel off from around her head and dried her hair more. Ever since the hospital had discharged them earlier that day, Dean had been holding Adora and spoiling her. Sam and him had had an argument over who was going to be the one to feed her.
"She's my daughter, Sammy," Dean had stated.
"She carries my name. Come on, Dean let me feed Addie."
"Her name is Adora," Kat had then stuck in holding Adora close to her.
"I like Addie as a nickname. Right Dean?"
"Ahh... Kitten, if I agree with you do I get to feed Adora?"
"Yes."
"Sam, that nickname sucks."
"I hate you both."
Kat walked over to the sofa and tossed her towel in the corner. She sat beside Dean and gently ran her finger down his nose. He opened his eyes and looked at her. He smiled and she smiled back. She placed her hand on her daughter's back and felt it rise and fall as Adora breathed. She turned back to look at Dean when she felt his eyes on her.
"You know there is a bassinet right over there that she can sleep in," she told him softly.
"I know it's just.... I missed out on you being pregnant with her and... I just don't want to miss anymore moments," Dean admitted looking down at his daughter. Bobby had commented that he thought Adora had her daddy's eyes but Dean couldn't tell yet. He did know that she had Kat's beautiful brown hair. Even if there wasn't very much of it yet, he knew once it started to grow it would shine like Kat's.
"You didn't miss much about me being pregnant. Stupid cravings that had Sam throwing up in his mouth, sore feet, sore back, stopping to pee every ten minutes."
"Alright, that doesn't seem like anything important but... I missed out on feeling her kick for the first time, being there for the first check up, hearing her heartbeat for the first time. I... I can't even get those moments back."
Dean looked away from Kat hating that tears had come to his eyes. He told himself he was just tired. He had met with Pamela after Kat had told him to go that she would be fine. After performing a séance in which Pamela had gotten her eyes burned out, they had found out that the name of the thing that had brought Dean back was Castiel. Dean was worried about what this thing was but he was scared to go after it. What if he went after it and it sent him back to Hell? He would never get to see Adora grow up and he would be leaving Kat behind all over again. Leaving her once had torn him apart, he couldn't do it again. Especially not now, when there was Adora to consider. He felt Kat kiss his cheek and nuzzle her face in his neck. He wrapped an arm around her waist when she wrapped and arm around him.
"The first time I felt her move was when... I saw you die. I just needed to see you again and I accidently opened up a seeing pool using my bathroom mirror. Adora, she... She moved for the first time as you were screaming when the Hellhounds were.... When they..." Kat trailed off suddenly reliving that moment in her mind.
Kat felt the tears roll down her cheeks. She felt Dean holding her close and she hugged him close to her. She pulled away when she felt him tense up. She looked at him and watched as he covered one of his ears with his hands. She looked around the room but didn't hear anything. She opened her mouth to ask him what was wrong when the window beside them blew out. She covered Adora with her body. She looked up at the mirror above them. It cracked. She swore. She grabbed Dean's shirt in her hand and grabbed the onesy that Adora was wearing. She closed her eyes and concentrated.
Dean heard that high pitched ringing in his ears. He had no idea what was going on. He looked around the room and suddenly felt a shift in the air. He looked at Kat and saw her wincing. She opened her eyes and looked at him. He looked up when the mirror above the bed broke. The glass seemed to hang in mid air not falling on him. He felt Kat shake him.
"Take Adora and get out of here," she said.
"Not without you," he managed to say feeling blood coming from his ears.
"I am holding time still, Dean and it ain't easy. So, you have ten seconds to get our daughter to safety before I lose my control. MOVE!" Kat yelled shoving him.
Kat heard the door fly open and saw Bobby standing there. She saw Dean stumble towards him and Bobby help get Dean and Adora out of the room. Kat felt the control slipping away. She dove to the floor wincing when she felt a piece of glass embed itself in her leg as all the glass fell from the ceiling. She crawled over to the door where Bobby grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the room. She sat up against the wall and looked across the hall at Dean. He was holding Adora close to him wincing as he wiped the blood from his ears. She looked down at the piece of glass sticking out of her calf.
"Okay, what the hell was that? I know it wasn't me, not this time," Kat said pulling the glass out wincing.
"I don't know. I think it was the thing that brought me back. A demon-," Dean started hating seeing blood on the leg of Kat's jeans. She had gotten hurt because of him. He looked down at Adora and wondered when she would be hurt because of him.
"Not a demon. I didn't sense evil there. In fact.... I didn't sense anything. Bobby is there a spell, summoning or something that we can do to summon this thing and get a look at it?" Kat asked ignoring the look on Dean's face. She knew that he was feeling guilty for her being hurt but they didn't have time for that. They needed to figure out what this thing was.
"Yes, we can. But I don't think-," Bobby said.
"Good, we'll do it then. Where's Sam?" Kat asked looking at Dean.
"I don't know. He must have left when I fell asleep."
"I'll call him. Met you by the impala."
Dean watched Kat walk back into the room. He looked at Bobby when the older man came over to him. He let Bobby take Adora in his arms. He sighed and ran his hand over his face. Kat had changed. She had become adjusted to this crazy life as if it was normal. She was acting like a hunter and he hated it. He wanted back that innocent girl he had met in her world. He wanted the girl that just the thought of fighting anything supernatural had her worried and scared. He wanted her to be normal. He saw her grab the gun from under his pillow and eject the clip to check the bullets then shove it back in and set the safety like a pro before she shoved it in her bag. He turned and saw Bobby watching him.
"She's a hunter now," he told Bobby.
"I think being with Sam did that to her. She needed to be the strong one and help keep them safe. When she got here, it would take her half an hour to do anything with her powers. Now she is doing things in a matter of seconds."
"Bobby, I don't know... I don't know if I can handle her powers."
"Boy, you don't have a choice. If you want to be with her, you got to take everything."
Sam sat in the impala watching the dinner where Ruby had told him demons were hanging out. He heard his cell phone ring. He reached into his pocket and pulled it out. He checked the ID screen. Kat was calling him. He sighed and really hoped she wouldn't give him shit for leaving without telling her. They usually had a rule that if one of them left they had to leave a note or tell the other; after all there was a demon who wanted them dead and all. Sam however had decided that Dean was there to protect Kat and Adora so everything would be fine and he could slip out.
"Hey, Kat, I am-."
"Samuel Winchester, where the fuck are you? We just had a major event happen and your ass was missing in action," Kat said clearly angry.
"I went to get a burger. What happened?"
"The thing that brought Dean back came for a visit. We are going to summon it, we need you Sam."
"They got you, Kat. You are better at that then I am anyway. I can just exorcise them once they are here."
"You aren't planning on telling Dean, are you?"
"Hey, one person in this family with powers is enough, Katerina. Plus... If Dean knew... It wouldn't be pretty."
"I didn't like it either but I accepted it."
"That's because we're both freaks. Freaks of the world unite."
Sam heard Kat sigh. He knew that sigh. That was the 'we are so going to talk about this and I am going to smack you upside the head' sigh. He couldn't wait until she used that one on Dean. He looked up at the diner and saw the lights go out. It was almost time for him to move. He didn't want Kat finding out what he was doing because he knew she would want him to wait until her and Dean got there to help.
"You aren't coming, are you?" Kat finally said.
"Nope, and I have the impala."
"Sam."
"Yeah?"
"Remind me to hit you later."
"No problem. Try not to get hurt or freak Dean out too much with what you can do."
"Wait, I have to do both? Damn, thanks for making this hard, Sammy."
Sam laughed and heard Kat hang up. He hung up too and shook his head. He was grateful that he had her in his life. He would have never made it the past four months without her. Yes, she had changed and that was all his fault. He had trained her, taught her what John and Dean had taught him. He had made her into a hunter; and a damn good one at that. He had also helped her work on her powers making them stronger and helping her learn how to control them. He sighed and climbed out of the impala getting ready to go take care of the demons. He knew that once Dean found out that he had been the one to help and teach Kat how to hunt, he was going to get a serious beat down.
He closed the door softly and started to walk towards the diner. He cleared his mind and started to get ready to do what he had to do. He hated using his ability but he knew that it was the only way he was going to be able to beat Lilith. Kat had hated it when he had told her and she had tried to kill Ruby but once he had explained why he was doing it, she had understood. He would never forget her words; "I trust you, Sam. If you think this is the best way, I'm behind you in it. I don't like you trusting Ruby but... I trust you, no matter what." Sam had needed to hear that then but he knew that Dean would not be as supportive.
He reached the door of the diner and sighed. He opened it and stepped inside.
