A/N: Here's chapter 7. Sorry for any typos, it was pretty late when I finished typing. Anyways the next update should be up in a couple of days. Please review/give feedback. All mistakes are mine. And- a special shoutout for Samisnotevil- thank you so much for reviewing! I hope you enjoy the story so far.

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Angelic Ever After

Chapter 7

Three days had passed since Lord Crowley sent them off on their mission and Dean was still pissed at Benny. Her was silently fuming about the various insults, but mainly for the lack of an army to help save Sam. The vampire had known the plan and completely ignored it. His green eyes tried to burn a hole in the vampire's back with no prevail.

Instead, one afternoon, Benny whirled on him, "You got a problem Brotha'? Cause burning a hole in my back ain't going to do much good."

Dean glared at the sunglasses clad vampire when as he clenched his fist to his side, "You know exactly what the problem is, you Cajun idiot!"

"Like hell Dean! I ain't a mind reader. So quit actin' like a woman and bluntly state your issue," stated Benny. "So we can get this Princess business over with."

"Why didn't you get the army?" shouted Dean. "You know that I needed that army to save Sam and you completely shot me down! You were too busy ass kissing Lord Douche."

"He would have shot you down!" retorted Benny. "I didn't ignore it. I just didn't want to push my luck after the verbal train wreck that you caused. I was forced to improvised before you got us killed brotha'."

Before Dean could snark back, Benny spoke again, "While you were busy sulking. I've thought of a new plan."

"Yea? When did you think of this? And when were you going to share with the class?" sarcastically asked Dean.

"Well, one person can do a lot of thinking over the course of three days. I was going to inform you once you started to talking to me again," replied Benny. "But now I know that your stubbornness would have kept you quiet until we rescued the Princess."

Dean shrugged, "Being a stubborn ass is a family trait."

The awkward, rage filled atmosphere disappeared as Benny laughed wholeheartedly, "I believe I would hate to be at your family reunions."

"Truth be told, it wouldn't be much of a family reunion when there's only three of us."

"Only three?" questioned Benny. "You, your brother and?"

"My dad," stated Dean.

"Where's he?"

"What's this? Twenty questions?" asked Dean.

"Talking is a way to pass the time," replied Benny.

Dean snorted,"Yea, but this getting-to-know-you crap. Sorry, but I don't do that."

"Do what? Make conversation?" asked Benny before continuing. "It's not like I'm staying with you after all of this. I'm not going to make waffles or coffee in the morning. I just want to pass the time."

"Well, find some other way to entertain yourself then, cause I'm not biting," stated Dean.

"Was that a dig a vampires brotha'?" asked Benny.

"It was unintended."

"Of course brotha'," the vampire replied shortly. There was awkward tension in the air as they drew closer to an abandon town. Dean's eyes landed on the watch tower, with a light flickering in the window still, high above everything.

"It was," argued Dean. "As if I would make fun of someone else for being different? Besides, if I really wanted to insult you, it would be better than some biting reference."

There was only silence from the vampire and Dean sighed, "My dad is busy, okay? That's all I care to share for show and tell."

Dean rot in silence, wondering if this is what it felt like for Benny when he ignored the vampire for three days.

"I know another way to get into the pit," stated Benny, which immediately captured Dean's interest. "Yea?"

"We go through Purgatory."

Dean blinked for several minutes, then he shook his head, "I think I heard you wrong. Yea, I'm pretty sure I did."

"You did not."

"Seriously Purgatory? The same Purgatory where all the baddest of the bad stay? In the slummy woods?" questioned Dean.

"It wasn't all bad," simply replied Benny. "I found it pure."

"Pure?" asked Dean while his mind wheeled from the comparison of something pure to something darkened, stained.

The vampire nodded, "Yea, Pure. The people, the creatures, the things someone had to do to survive. In Purgatory, you knew who to avoid, and who to trust. In there, there were no shades of gray. No in between. Everything was black and white."

"What...I mean, who were you in Purgatory? Were you someone that others could trust?" asked Dean.

He might have patched the vampire up but if Dean couldn't trust Benny at his back, then the bloodsucker had to go. Benny actually laughed, "In Purgatory, you can't trust anybody. Occasionally, if someone had information or something, you just had to do what you could to survive."

Dean grabbed the vampire's shoulder, halting his walking, "You didn't answer my question Benny."

"Considering that I owe you my undead life Dean. I wouldn't try to kill you, not when you can smite me into ash. I'm starting to think you have some trust issues Brotha'," replied Benny.

"It happens," stated Dean, still not satisfied with Benny's answer.

The vampire sighed, "Purgatory was just an idea. We will rescue Sammy somehow."

"Just after we rescue this pain in the ass Princess," replied Dean.

"Yes, after the Princess."

The pair was silent was they walked under a wooden sign welcoming them. Their boots crunched over gravel and other debris as they kept their eyes on their surroundings. The town was obviously empty by the run-down shacks decorating what could have been the main street.

What unnerved Dean completely was the condition of the watch tower. It was perfect. Not a sign of weathering or any other abuse made him think that something was still around.

"So how much do you want to bet that the Princess is in there?" whispered Dean when they finally stood in front of the entrance.

"I don't," lowly replied the vampire as he tugged at the handle of the door. 'This won't let up without a key."

Dean snorted as he reached into his back pocket and pulled out his lock-picking kit. "Step aside Dracula," whispered Dean, before shoving the vampire aside with a white wing. Benny landed on the gravel with a grunt before glaring at Dean as he picked himself up.

The blond only smiled, "You weren't moving fast enough twinkle toes. Besides, that was pay back for not taking my bet."

"There's no point in betting on something that you'll know you'll lose," heatedly replied Benny. "I know the Princess is up there."

"And how do you know that?" mumbled Dean around a lock-picking tool fixed between his teeth, "You got some psychic on top of being a vampire?"

Benny snorted, "I read it in a book once."

To which, Dean snorted back, "Only you and my brother would be so gay."

"Gay?" stated the vampire. "Please enlighten me Brotha', how is reading a book gay?"

There was an audible click of a lock before Dean replied, "Fairy tales, that's what you were reading right?"

The vampire nodded in response and Dean continued, "A Princess locked in a tower, doomed to wait for true love's kiss and they live happily ever after. It's just bullshit for the chicks. Makes them all crazy for the torture guys like you and me."

"Not the originals," stated Benny. "The originals are dark, grim and end terribly."

Dean stood and shoved his lock-picking tools back into his pocket, "Good."

Benny furrowed his eyebrows together, "Good?"

"Yea, because there's no such thing as a happily ever after," stated Dean before swinging the door open. The wood complained on its rusty hinges as it opened to reveal nothing but darkness within.

"Fucking Deja vu," mumbled Dean as he yanked his angel blade from his belt.

"What was that brotha'?" asked Benny as he had Dean's handmade blade in his hand.

"Nothing," stated Dean as he eyeballed the inky black darkness before looking over to Benny, "Ladies first."

Benny didn't rise up to Dean's baiting, instead the vampire rolled his eyes at the angel. He stepped up to the darkness, through the doorway and disappeared instantly.

Dean snorted again, "Here goes nothing," and he to entered the darkness, not knowing what was ahead.

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