Chapter 9

"We're almost home." Sam said over his shoulder only to see Oree had drifted to sleep with Samantha Dee hugged tightly to her chest.

"She still out?"

"Yeah, pretty much slept the whole way back. Even stopping at the clinic she was still half a sleep. At least both of them checked out ok."

"I'm sure she needed it, I'm exhausted and I didn't do anything but watch and guided her out."

"Sis, hey we're almost home." Sam called to her shaking her knee slightly.

"Mm-mm...S'm." she slurred trying to push sleep out of her mind and get it working again.

"Hey sleepy head, we're almost there."

"G'od." she yawned shifting Samantha Dee in her arms. "John is going to be excited to see his sister is here."

"Do you wanna call your aunt and see how she is?"

"I will once we're inside. Hope Crowley is still in one piece." she giggled knowing John could be a hand full at times. "He's been a little spoiled by his uncles."

"We don't spoil him." Dean fussed. "It's just hard to say no to him."

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"John." Oree called as Dean opened the door of the cabin for them to enter. "John?" she called again looking around but not seeing her son anywhere.

"Sam check his bedroom." Dean told her as he headed for their bedrooms to look for John.

Oree looked in the kitchen before heading back to the living room to meet her brothers who shook their head no, they hadn't found her son.

"Here." she said passing Samantha Dee to Dean. "Sam can I use your phone?"

"Sure." he said handing over his cell.

Oree flipped through his contacts and punched one number listening to it ring as she tapped her foot impatiently on the floor ready to rack someone over the coals.

"Moose, are things ok?"

"Crowley, where are you and where's John?"

"Mama Chipmunk! Good to hear your voice and he's right here with me raising holy hell." Crowley told her holding the phone so she could hear her son screaming happily in the background.

"I repeat, where are you?"

"In hell." he said innocently.

"What! How 'bout bringing my son back?" she told him hanging up the phone.

"What's wrong?" Dean asked as he moved Samantha Dee to his shoulder to pat her on the back.

"Crowley has John in hell."

Just as she finished tell them that, Crowley, John and Phoebe appeared in the living room. The brothers jumped slightly by their appearance before relaxing waiting to see what their sister did.

"Momma!" John cried. "Uncle Crowley took me to hell, played pool and got to ride Marty."

"Crowley." Oree started crossing her arms over her chest. "And who is Marty?"

"It was that or chase him over the country while he looked for you. Little bugger kept wanting to go help you, what else was I suppose to do?" Crowley complained. "Marty is my new hell hound. He took a liking to Little Feathers, I have pictures." Crowley pulled his cell out of his pocket and began to pull up pictures.

"Mamma! Little Sis is here." John cried happily when he spotted the blanket, running over to Dean to see the bundle he was holding.

"Meet your baby sister, Samantha Dee." Oree told him as Dean bent down to John's level showing him his sister.

John looked wide eyed at his sleeping sister and gently ran a hand over her head. Samantha Dee wiggled in her sleep with his touch as if knowing this was her big brother.

"Can I hold her?" John asked looking up at Dean.

"Sure, sit on the couch and I'll let you."

"Looks like you did good Mamma Chipmunk." Crowley commented walking closer to see the new member of the family.

"Crowley, I need your help." Oree said quietly where Sam and Dean wouldn't hear motioning him to the kitchen.

"What can I do for you?"

"Just a minute, guys can you watch the kids, I need to talk to Crowley." Oree asked them from the doorway. "Samantha Dee will be getting hungry in a bit."

"I'm hungry too Mamma!" John piped in. "Can I feed Little Sis?"

"Yeah, we can handle it. What'd you need to talk to Crowley about?" Dean asked.

"We'll be back." Oree said, not answering his question before Crowley and her disappeared.

"She did it again." Dean frowned wondering what she was up to.

"Be careful hold her head." Sam told John watching them closely.

"You want kid duty or food duty?" Dean asked his brother.

"Food." he said picking up the bag from the coffee table. "I'll get her a bottle and John a snack."

"Ok, Uncle Sam." John said looking down at his sister laying in his lap as he tightened his arms around her. John watched as Samantha Dee started waking up and looked up at her big brother staring intently before giving him a smile. "Look, she smiled at me." he beamed at his uncles.

"I see." Sam smiled back at him already seeing the love between the two siblings. He looked up at Dean and saw him wipe a tear from his eye before dropping the wall and concealing his emotions. "Do you want juice and crackers?"

"Please, Uncle Dee." John said slowly. "My legs are getting wet."

"Her diaper's probably leaked kid, come on let's go change her." Dean told him taking his sister and heading for Oree's bedroom where she had things set up for the baby. "Go change your pants while I change your sister."

"Ok." John said skipping to his room.

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"So what can I do for you dear?" Crowley asked Oree as he sat down behind his desk.

"Have you heard anything about Angel?"

"Sorry, I have not, but I will put some feelers out."

"I need to borrow a couple of things and I need to visit the Cage."

"Anything for you love, but what do you need with him?"

"I need to get into Heaven unseen. I figure he knows a way to do that."

"So you think Feathers is up there somewhere?"

"That's where he was going, there's something goin' on and I'm goin' to find out what it is."

"Whatever I can do to help." he bowed slightly to her. "Take Juliette with ya."

"May need you to help baby sit when we leave." she told him. "I'll be back when I'm done. Can I borrow your phone, not sure where my got to."

"Of course."

Oree took the offered phone and dialed her aunt to see how she was doing. She could feel the disturbance in the air of the valley and knew the elders would be getting together to deal with it.

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Juliette was waiting for her outside his office and whined for her attention. Oree paused long enough to give her a quick head scratch and loving before heading down to his library. Juliette laid at the door as Oree did her research and began to search for the amulet she needed. After finding it, she headed out making her way to the darkest and deepest part of hell.

The air started to get colder the closer she got to the Cage. Oree pulled her jacket closer around her body as she continued on toward a soft glow that illuminated the cavern. She walked slowly toward the wall steadying her mind to do what she had to do to find her husband. Taking out a knife, she made a small slice in her palm and began to paint a sigil on the wall. Her fingers numbed with each touch, sending small shivers through her body as she finished it and then placed her palm on the wall feeling the numbness go up her arm but she kept it there.

"I know you're there." Oree spoke as she finished the symbol.

"Well if it isn't little Miss Winchester." a charming, male voice answered her. "What brings you down here to see me?"

"I need to know a back way into Heaven." she said getting right to the point.

"And what pray tell do you need to get into Heaven for?"

"I have to find someone."

"Don't tell me one of your brothers has died again." he sighed.

"No."

"So why should I help you? After all it was your brother who put me back in here and it was you who destroyed all my fun I was having with Sammy."

"I'm willing to bargain." she said confidently.

"And what could you have to bargain with?"

"First, is there a way in that I could use?"

"I suppose there still might be a way no one remembers."

"Will you tell me?"

"What do I get in return for me telling you? What could you have that could tempt me?"

"I will visit you and converse with you."

"Mm-mm, go on."

"Twice a month, one hour each time."

"Interesting, you must really need this information." Lucifer said thoughtfully. "I think it can be sweetened just a little, twice you visit, twice you will contact me with a spell I can give you."

"If I agree, you will give me the information?"

"Yes, it does get lonely in here now that Michael escaped with that half Winchester's soul."

"I will agree to do that for a year only if the information you give me allows me to accomplish what I need to do." Oree said wanting to be vague so Lucifer wouldn't know why she wanted it. "Do we have a deal?"

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"Why don't you let Uncle Sammy feed Samantha Dee while you eat your snack?" Dean suggested to John. "You can feed her next time."

"Ok, sit by me." John agreed and patted the couch beside him.

Sam sat down beside John giving him a bowl with crackers and a juice box. Dean handed Samantha Dee to Sam who settled her in his lap offering her a bottle. She latched onto the nipple and began to eat hungrily. "She has your appetite." Sam snickered.

"Don't forget to burp her or you'll have puke all over you." Dean warned him. "I'm gonna get our things out of the car."

"Right, got it." he nodded keeping an eye on the contents of the bottle and on John as he munched his snack. Since John had been born, he had learned the good and bad aspects of babies. Samantha Dee grunted as formula dribbled from her mouth and Sam grabbed a burp cloth to wipe it. "Gettin' full?" he mumbled positioning her on his shoulder and patting her back to burp her.

"Where'd Momma go?"

"With Crowley, she'll be back."

"I miss Daddy."

Sam looked down at John, he felt and understood his pain. He missed his Dad too.


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