LOL enjoy. Very short as i am still editing and writing away at the novel. FEEDBACK PLEASE. Really if I dont hear something soon on the Cas an Maggie stuff this is going to be the last of them lol not being pissy just thinking you are all bored as hell with the two of them lol. Let me know.
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Chapter 7
Oh No You Didn't
Dean laid in the motel bed tossing and turning. Sleep refused to come for him. His mind too haunted by the images of the families of the missing girls, by Kate's tears, but most of all by the look he saw in Maggie's eyes. He knew the look all to well. It was the sick sort of resolve that came with surrender. He didn't have to hear her say the words, he knew. He knew exactly what she was thinking. He knew exactly what she was planning. He also knew there was no one on earth, not even Castiel who would be able to change her mind.
Sliding out of bed he pulled on his t-shirt and jeans, scribbling a note for Sam he left the motel room, on his way to Kate's house. He had been to hell if anyone was going to convince Maggie there was a better way to save the girls it was going to be him. He just hoped she'd listen.
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Maggie yawned, looking out over the neat rows of houses again. Castiel was angry with her and her heart tugged. Maybe she should have gone after him. Tried to make him understand, she loved him, she knew he loved her but, he could never understand. He was an angel, evil was part of his existence, a risk she accepted when she accepted him. Ashley didn't make that choice and she shouldn't have to.
Ashley had grown up in this house. She had taken her first steps in the family room just through the sliding doors behind her. She grew up playing with the children in this neighborhood. Just last summer Maggie and Castiel had sat on this very deck and watched as she and her friends, a group that included the two of the missing girls, swam in the pool in the yard. Maggie's Jaw clenched. "Bring her back you bastard." she growled just under her breath. "Bring them all back."
Another yawn forced it's way out of her throat and her eyes were heavy. Maybe Castiel was right. Maybe she should sleep. She took another sip from the near empty mug of tea Castiel had brought to her. She couldn't place the taste. It was familiar but… Another yawn and she had to sit as her head began to spin. She turn and pulled a chair away from the patio table behind her and plopped into just moments before the spinning grew more intense.
The tea she realized were she had tasted it before. "Edwin" she mumbled as she fought to keep her head upright.
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Castiel stood inside the sliding door, just out of Maggie's view. He watched her yawn and then waver on her feet a few times, resisting the urge to go out and lift her in his arms. Not yet… it wasn't time yet, the tea hadn't quite taken effect. By the time she pulled the chair away from the table and all but fell into it his hand was on the door.
"It's alright," he said soothingly, "I've got you." as he knelt and pulled her relaxed body into his arms.
"No." she slurred and tried to resist leaning the other way.
"Shhh come on Maggie. You need to sleep." he said in the same soothing voice and pulled her back to him, this time lifting her in his arms.
"The tea… why?"
"Because you need to rest… Beacause I knew what you were thinking." he confessed, stroking a long finger down her cheek.
"Son of a bitch." she hissed.
He chuckled. "I expected you to call me worse." he told her as he walked into the house carrying her in his arms.
"Just wait till I wake up…." she yawned. "I'm gonna kick your ass." she promised with the thick speech of someone intoxicated.
"I look forward to it." he whispered and kissed her head as it came to rest on his shoulder.
The angel passed through the foyer just in time to see Kate's husband Chris, answering the door and letting Dean inside. The hunter was just about to ask if he could see Maggie when he saw Castiel carrying her through to the stairway.
"Whoa.. What the hell happened, Cas?" he asked rushing past Chris to the angel.
"She's fine." he assured.
"He fucking drugged me." Maggie complained.
"What?" Dean asked confused.
"I did no such thing. I gave her some tea." he said simply, passing the hunter and heading towards the stars.
"Is she alright?" Dean questioned, following behind on the stairs.
"She will be fine in a few hours. She needs to sleep, that's all."
Although Dean trusted the angel, he never in a million years would have believed him capable of drugging Maggie, with tea or anything else and he reached out to touch her hand and then her forehead as the angel walked down the upstairs hallway.
"I told you she will be fine." Casitel said with slight annoyance.
"What did you give her? Cas she is out cold. Is it safe?"
"Tea… It is meant to relax her. She has had it before, to prepare for our binding. I made it a little stronger this time. She is fine." he explained.
"And were the hell do you get this tea?" Dean continued.
Entering the spare room they were using, he walked to the bed and gently lay Maggie down.
"A friend." he sighed looking down on her, before sitting on the edge and leaning to remove her shoes.
Dean simply sighed and shook his head. "You know she is gonna kick your ass right after Lucifer's for this."
"Actually she has promised to kick my ass as soon as she wakes." he replied dead pan.
Once Maggie was settled in bed, Castiel took the holy water from Maggie's bag and began to ward the window's and doorways into the room.
"So is that to keep her in or the demons out?" Dean asked when he had finished.
"Both." he said quietly, and returned to the bed. Leaning down he brushed a few loose curls from Maggie's face and kissed her softly on the lips. "I love you… I know you are angry, but… I must keep you safe my love. I promised Zoe."
He stood and left the room, quietly closing the door behind him before warding it.
"She wants to turn herself over to the son of a bitch doesn't she? That's why the tea?"
"Yes… and in part." Castiel answered both questions.
"How long will it keep her out?"
"A few hours I hope.. Long enough for the others to find something… a hint of where he is keeping them. I hope." the angel answered.
Dean nodded and put a hand on his friends shoulder. "I gotta admit… I didn't think you had it in you to do that. I mean shit… You knocked her ass out. But… Cas… You did good… I mean you did the right thing." Dean assured him.
Castiel gave a soft laugh, "Remind me of that when she wakes." he said heading back down the stairs.
