A/N: Another chapter for my lovelies! ENJOY!
It was the early parts of the morning when Sam, Dean and Adam found themselves sitting around the kitchen table.
"I'm not discussing this" Dean said for what felt like the one hundredth time.
"But, c'mon this is weird" Adam replied and Dean looked over to him. "Marriage counseling, this is serious"
"Adam, will you chill out" Sam said before turning back to Dean. "I think it's a good idea, if you guys need help then get it wherever you can find it"
"We don't need help" Dean snapped. "We're fine and we're going to be fine"
"A friend of mines back in high school, said his parents tried the whole marriage counseling thing, they ended up realizing they never loved each other" Adam said gaining glares from both his brothers. "What, true story"
"You're an idiot" Sam said shaking his head. "Plus, I think not doing this, would be worse"
"Guys, look I get you care, but you're getting too close to this" Dean said standing to his feet. "This is my wife, mine, so whatever happens between me and her will stay between me and her, so I mean this with love, please just butt out" and with that Dean walked off back to his room.
"So" Adam said looking over to Sam once Dean was gone. "What's the plan?"
"I guess we butt out" Sam replied looking down to his mug of coffee. "And that means you too"
"But—"
"Adam, don't" Sam said looking over to him. "Right now let them figure this out, we'll just—" Sam shook his head. "Worry about the fact that we still haven't found Kevin" Sam stood to his feet and left leaving Adam alone.
Katie was standing right in the middle of a playground surrounded by running, laughing children. She looked around trying to find the reason she was here when she noticed a boy finger painting
"It's finger painting, Aaron, not body painting." A young woman says walking over to the little boy. "Let's get you cleaned up." Katie's eyes follow as the young woman leads the boy to an outdoor toilet block. She opens the door and gestures for him to go in. "There you go" Aaron walks into the bathroom, and Katie catches a glimpse of the woman's eyes going back. She moves to go to him, to do something, but she's stuck, forced to watch as the boy is kidnapped.
Katie's eyes snap open as she sits up from the bed her breathing quick. She looks over to her daughter who is still peacefully sleeping. Katie stands from the bed glancing out the window to see the sun barely up before grabbing her laptop and heading for the kitchen.
"What are you doing up so early?" Katie asked taking a seat across from Adam who seemed to be staring down to his coffee.
"Aw, couldn't sleep I guess" Adam said noticing the laptop. "What's up?"
"Checking out something" Katie replied as she began typing away. Adam stood to his feet and walked over to see what she was looking up. "Had a dream about a demon taking a kid" soon a picture of the boy appeared on her screen. "Aaron Weber"
"Demons kidnap children now?" Adam asked reading the article. "What's the point?" he walked around to take his seat again. "Children haven't done anything to anybody"
"Not yet" Katie replied looking over to Adam. "Only reason to take a kid is because either they have something you want or they're going to have something you want"
"What did this Aaron kid have?" Adam asked.
"Probably nothing" Katie replied looking down to her computer. She began typing away when she noticed something. "The same day he disappeared, there was this freak tornado, lasted about twenty seconds, before everything was normal again" she began typing something else. "Weird weather patterns like that match up with other missing people" Katie looked back over to Adam. "Mail man in New Mexico, a bus driver"
"Somebody's looking for someone" Adam said and Katie nodded. "But, who?"
"No idea, Addy" Katie said standing to her feet "but I'm sure this is something to keep you and Sam busy today while Dean and I are away"
"About that" Adam said and Katie looked over to him. "You sure this is the right move, I mean what if what you want to happen, doesn't happen?" Katie walked over to him and placed a kiss on top of the man's head.
"We don't let the fear of not knowing what's on the other side keep us from opening doors" Katie replied. "If we did, none of us would be here right now"
Katie stood in front of the mirror looking at herself. She wore a white dress with yellow polka dots. It was a gift from Bridget and probably the only thing she own that made her looked normal. That's what she worried about today. She'd found a counselor, close by who seemed to have good reviews and was able to see them right away, which was good. Katie fidgeted with the dress before smoothing back her hair that was combed back into pony tail, not a hair out of place.
"Why are you so nervous?" Katie muttered to herself looking down to her shoes. She shakes her head before lifting her eyes, this time something else catches her attention. Something, or better yet, someone impossible. Katie looks over her shoulder, but there's no one there. There was a knock at her door and she sighed before walking over and opening the door. Dean was about to say something, but found himself at a loss of words when he laid eyes on his wife. "I know I've been in here forever" Katie turned to grab her bag from the bed. "But I'm ready to go" she turned back to Dean who was still standing there silently. "What's up?"
"You look—" Dean cleared his throat. "You look beautiful"
"Oh" Katie said looking down to herself before looking back over to Dean with a small smile. "Thanks, I know it might be a bit much, but I want us to seem as normal as possible"
"Right" Dean said with a nod.
"So you know our cover story?" Katie asked and Dean nodded. She walked over to him and noticed something he probably thought he was hiding. "Wait" they stopped and Dean turned back to Katie. "Look, Dean, this is weird and if you're not comfortable with this, then we'll figure something else out"
"No, I can do this" Dean said with a nod. "This is for us, I'll do anything for us" Katie smiled again before following him into the living room.
"Wow" Adam said as the couple walked in. "You guys actually look normal" That gained him a couple of glares.
"Mama pwetty" Hope said from her place on the floor where she was playing with her toys.
"Thank you sweetie" Katie said walking over and picking up the little girl. "You're gonna be good for you uncle Addy and Bammy, ok?"
"Ok mama" Hope replied. Katie placed a kiss on the girl's cheek.
"And you two are going to behave yourselves" Katie said looking between Sam and Adam.
"What does that mean?" Adam asked.
"It means you two no fighting or arguing, or anything else men your age shouldn't be doing" Dean replied walking over and taking Hope from Katie. "And you take care of my daughter"
"Can we at least throw a party?" Adam asked and Sam playfully nudged him.
"We'll be fine" Sam replied standing to his feet to take Hope from Dean. "I won't let Adam corrupt the monkey"
"Please if anyone will corrupt her it'll be you" Adam replied. "I bet if they left her with you, they'd come back and she'd be the youngest brooder in the world"
"We should go before I change my mind about leaving your brothers with my daughter" Katie said turning and heading for the door. "Oh, call me if you guys find out anything about the disappearances"
Sam and Adam watched as Katie and Dean walked out of the door before they turned to each other when they smelled something. Sam lifted Hope and like he thought there was a gift in her diaper.
"You know I think Hope wants her Uncle Addy" Sam said walking over to Adam who jumped from the couch.
"I don't think so Sam" Adam said backing away.
"C'mon" Sam whined holding out the stinking baby as he moved toward Adam.
Dean and Katie arrived a little early to the counselor's office. They sat in the waiting room, awaiting their appointment. Both looked around the cold office, nervously.
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" the receptionist said and Dean and Katie looked over to her at the sound of their fake names. "You can go in now" they both stood and walked into the office where Dr. Grant Anderson stood to greet them.
"Mr. Smith" Dr. Anderson said shaking Dean's hand. "Mrs. Smith"
"Please, call me Katie" Katie replied.
"And me Dean" Dean said.
"Alright" The doctor said. "Why don't you have a seat" he gestured to the couch. Dean and Katie nodded before walking over and taking a seat. The office didn't seem to dreadful. The sunlight from the window brightened the place up. The doctor took a seat in a chair across from them a notepad and pen in his lap. "So is this your first time seeking out counseling for your marriage"
"Yes" Katie replied.
"And my I ask why you feel you need to be here?" He asked. Dean and Katie shared a look before turning back to the doctor.
"Well we haven't been communicating with each other like we used to since uh Dean came back from his assignment" Katie replied. It was part of their cover story, that her and Dean are federal agents. It was the only occupations they could think of that closely related back to hunting. Anderson wrote some notes in his notepad before looking back over to them.
"Why do you think that is?" The doctor asked. Katie opened her mouth to speak. "Let's hear from you Dean" Dean looked surprised as he looked between the doctor and Katie. He knew he'd have to do some talking, but he hope he'd could hold off a little while longer.
"Well, uh like I told Katie, this mission was tough, and I guess it may have change me a little" Dean said looking over to Katie and then back to the doctor. This was weird, but he had to do it.
"And I know that" Katie said. "I understand, it's just sometime I feel he's a completely different person than the man I met three years ago"
"Why don't you tell me about how you two met?" the doctor asked. Katie and Dean looked over to each other and smiled.
"Well we met in a diner" Dean said turning back to the doctor. "I was having lunch with my—uh partner when she walked in"
"Was it love at first sight?" Anderson asked and both Katie and Dean snorted.
"No" Katie said. "Dean and I hated each other when we first met" she laughed. "He actually threatened to kill me" she laughed before turning to the confused look of the therapist. "Well I mean, uh—" she looked over to Dean.
"I didn't know we were working on the same side when we met" Dean said and the counselor simply nodded.
"And so what changed?" The doctor asked.
"Well for me, I think I got tired of lying to myself" Katie said smiling over to her husband. "I would try my hardest to put those feelings aside, to just forget them, but I couldn't" she turned back to Anderson. "I guess you can't smother love" the doctor nodded before turning to Dean who was smiled over to Katie.
"And you Dean?" Dr. Anderson asked and Dean turned to him. "What changed for you?" Dean looked down to his hands as he twiddled his thumbs.
"I don't know" he said running a hand across the back of his neck. He looked over to Katie whose eyes were on him as well. This is what he was afraid of. This wasn't him. He wasn't a feelings kind of guy. Katie gave Dean a subtle nod as if she knew what he was thinking before turning back to the doctor.
"Thank Dr. Anderson" Katie said and the doctor looked confused.
"Am I missing something" the doctor replied looking down to his watch. "It's only been five minutes"
"It was my idea to come here, but only if we were both comfortable with this" Katie said before turning to Dean. "I don't think we are" she stood to her feet walking over holding out her hand. "I'm sorry we wasted your time"
"No, wait" Dean said and Katie turned to him. "It's just this takes some getting used to, but I can do this"
"Dean you don't have—"
"Yeah, but I want to princess" Dean replied surprising both him and her. Katie nodded before walking back over and taking a seat on the couch. Dean turned back to the doctor. "You asked me what changed?"
"Yes" Anderson replied with a nod.
"Well I'd have to say I did" Dean said. "I mean I was taught that the world was black and white and that people like—" he looked over to Katie. "Agents like Katie and agent like me just didn't work together" he smiled. "But she wouldn't leave, and soon I didn't want her to"
"Ok, so soon you stopped hating each other" Dr. Anderson said sitting back in his chair looking between the couple. "When did you know it was love?" Katie and Dean looked at each other and smiled before turned back to the doctor.
"Well I think I knew after we'd finished with a case and couldn't think of what to do next…" Katie started.
Adam sits, his laptop resting in his lap as he scrolls through articles of so many missing persons and combined with the strange weather activity. He looks down to his watch. Dean and Katie have already been gone for an hour and as time passes he gets more and more anxious. He's snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of giggling from the other room. He moves the laptop aside and goes to see what's going on. He find Sam with Hope squirming in his arms as his fingers tickle her belly.
"I thought you were putting her down for her nap" Adam said when Sam looked over to him.
"Not, tie-uhd" Hope responded even folding her arms over her chest. "Wanna play"
"You can play later" Adam said walking over to her. "Now it's time for a nap"
"No nap!" Hope yelled surprising both of her uncles. She was always a good kid, did as she was told, so this was pretty uncharted territory for the both of them. Adam nudged his head to the door and Sam followed him over.
"What do we do?" Adam asked and Sam shrugged.
"How am I supposed to know?" Sam asked.
"You're older" Adam said as they both looked over to see Hope still propped up on the bed her little arms still crossed. Sam shook his head before walking back over to the little girl.
"Hope, enough is enough" Sam said crossing his own arms over his chest. "It's time for a nap" They both watched as the little girl stood to her feet on top of the bed and walked over to stand in front of her uncle.
"No!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. "NO NAP!" both brothers looked around when the lights seemed to blink off and on. Sam stood there for a moment before turning back and walking over to Adam.
"Well that's all I got" Sam said and Adam looked to him confused.
"You're just going to give up?" Adam asked.
"No, I don't want to be turned into something" Sam said looking over to his niece. "What's the big deal anyways?"
"The big deal is that we're the adults and she's the kid" Adam said before walking over to Hope.
"Hope it's time to take a nap" Adam said keeping his voice strong and authoritative.
"No—"
"Before you finish that sentence, how about we call your momma so you can tell her" Adam said. Hope's face scrunched up a bit before she dropped on the bed and closed her eyes. Adam looked over to Sam with a satisfied smile as he walked over to him. "And that is how it's done"
"You didn't do anything" Sam whispered as they walked out of the room closing the door behind them. "You threatened to tell Katie"
"And that was enough" Adam said walking back into the living room. Sam only shook his head before taking a seat on the couch opposite his brother.
"What did you find out?" Sam asked.
"Katie was right, the disappearances and the strange weather patterns seem to coincide" Adam said picking up his laptop. "Just have to figure out why?"
"From what you've told me, getting to an actual relationship seemed next to impossible" the doctor said looking over to Dean. "You were trained to trust your own people" he turned to Katie. "And you felt you worked best alone" the doctor shrugged. "Plus you both seemed to have been fighting the feelings you had for each other"
"Is there a question in there doc?" Katie asked and he looked over to her and nodded.
"I guess I'm still trying to understand" Grant replied looking down to his note pad. "Your relationship doesn't seem to follow the normal pattern of relationships, I mean you start off as just members of a team and then you're married" he looked back over to them. "What happened to the stuff in between?" Katie chuckled before looking over to Dean.
"We were on a job and I made a last minute decision to single handedly save the day" Katie said and the doctor looked over to her confused.
"She has a hero complex" Dean said and Katie gave him a look. "You do" Katie shook her head before turning back to the doctor.
"Whatever, like I was saying, the job was to save these people who were being held captive, and I could move faster on my own so I—" she looked over to Dean. "Tricked them into leaving, it was the only way"
"It was stupid and reckless—"
"It was the only way" Katie said interrupting her husband whose eyes turned to her. "And it worked" she turned back to the doctor. "I didn't know it would, so before he left I told him that I love him"
"Why?" The doctor asked.
"I don't know" Katie replied looking down to her hands in her lap. "Maybe it was dangerous and it was one of the moments you realize you might not make it out alive" she looked back over to Dean. "And in that case I didn't want to leave without him knowing"
"So you said it first?" the doctor asked looking over to Katie.
"Yeah, I guess" Katie replied seeing the man write something on his notepad. She and Dean shared a look before turning back to the man. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Oh" the doctor said looking over to her. "It's just every couple, every relationship is different, I'm just trying to get a feel for you and Deans" Katie simply nodded. "So what happened next?"
"She saved them" Dean said looking over to his wife. "But there was no sign she was able to save herself" Dean turned back to Anderson. "We went back for her, but she wasn't there, and from what we were told she was dead"
"But he didn't believe it" Katie said shaking her head.
"Well good thing I didn't" Dean replied looking over to her.
"Ok, so I'm confused" The doctor said. "Where were you?"
"I was taken to a hospital" Katie replied. "I somehow hit my head, and suffered from a mild case of amnesia" she shook her head. "I didn't know who I was, but I had the feeling that I was needed" she looked over to Dean. "And he found me"
"And that's when you decided to actually be together as more than just friends?" Anderson asked and Katie and Dean turned to him.
"No" Katie replied before looking over to Dean. "He hesitated at first" she shook head. "For a moment I even thought maybe he didn't feel the same way I did"
"Did you?" the doctor asked looking over to Dean. Dean sat up in his seat and glared over to the doctor as if it was a ridiculous question.
"Of course" Dean replied glancing over to his wife who was looking back over to him. "I just—" he shook his head. "I thought she could do a hell of a lot better than me" he looked over to the doctor.
"There was no one better" Katie said with a small smile. "At least not to me" she turned to the doctor. "And then he said it, he finally said it and it was the first moment we were truly honest with each other and ourselves" she fiddled with her hands in her lap. "We just didn't have the time to actually put a title on what the hell it was we had, before we were tossed in another job" she looked over to Dean. "One that ended with him in the hospital"
"But I came back" Dean replied and Katie nodded.
"Yeah, you came back and you asked me to marry you" she replied.
"Just like that?" Dr. Anderson asked and they both turned to him. "I'm sorry I didn't mean for it to come out like that, it's just the two of you just revealed that you had feelings for each other and then marriage?" he looked over to Dean. "Why do soon?"
"That's kind of good question" Katie said turning her body to face her husband. She rested her elbow on the back of the couch and leaned her head against her hand. "Why did you ask me to marry you husband?" she smiled softly. "After what a week of being my boyfriend?" Dean turned to look at her, his eyes on hers.
"Well after you almost die you find perspective" Dean replies with a smirk and Katie simply shakes her head. "What?"
"What perspective did you find after the whole pastor Roy, Layla case?" Katie asked folding her arms over her chest. She hadn't thought about that case in a while. Dean had electrocuted himself and was near death, until he wasn't. Turned out to be a Gramlock, and the moment they killed him, Dean was back in the hospital, unconscious. It was the first time Katie told him how she really felt, out loud, but he didn't hear her, and the moment he woke up he was making goo goo eyes with the pastor's daughter.
"You're still upset about that?" Dean asked and Katie turned to glare at him.
"No, I'm not upset, it's just I just poured my heart out to you own your death bed and I thought when you woke up you would at least—" she shook her head. "I don't know, it doesn't matter, the past is the past"
"You see she's mad that I couldn't hear her while I was unconscious" Dean said looking over to the doctor.
"I'm not mad" Katie replied looking over to the doctor.
"You seem kind of mad" Dean muttered and she cut her eyes to him.
"You didn't answer the question Dean" Katie said looking over to her husband.
"I could've sworn I did" Dean replied folding his arms over his chest.
"Please, this job you're gonna get a dozen near death experiences" Katie replied. "What was so different about this one, that you just had to ask me to marry you?" Dean turned away from her. "Dean—"
"I was this close to death" Dean replied turning back to her. "Practically staring it in the face, and the moment I woke up the first thought that came to my mind was where the hell you were and why you weren't there so I could hold your hand and kiss you" Dean sighed. "And then my dad gave me that ring, and I looked at it and realized that what I was feeling, I've never felt that for another person, so I did the only thing that made sense to me at the time, I decided I wanted you forever"
"And how do you feel about that right now?" Dr. Anderson asked.
"Best damn decision I ever made" Dean replied not taking his eyes off his wife. "Happy?"
"Very" Katie replied before turning back to the doctor. "This is good, so what's the next question?"
"Why don't we take a break?" Dr. Anderson said looking between Katie and Dean. "Ten minutes and then we'll get back into this" Dean and Katie nodded before the doctor stood and left the room. Katie stood to her feet and walked over to pour herself a glass of water.
"He really is good" Katie said as she poured her water. "I think we're really getting somewhere" she turned back to Dean who had a look. She knew that look. "What?"
"Nothing, it's just I don't see the point of all of this" Dean replied. "I said I'd try and I am, but do we really need this?"
"We need something Dean" Katie said. "We're cracking, us, our relationship, it's strong, it takes the blows and it's still strong, but this time, this time Dean, it's cracking"
"What are you saying?" Dean asked.
"I'm saying I pulled you out of another hell expecting that I was bringing my husband back" Katie said her hand gripping the glass of water. "But he's not back, not completely, and you keep telling me that it just might not happened, that my husband changed, and I'm not sure if I can—" the glass slipped from Katie's hand shattering on the floor. Her eyes snapped shut as her hands began to shake violently. Dean quickly stood to his feet, getting over to her in an instant.
"Katie!" He placed his hands on her waist. "What's wrong, What's happening?" He heard the door swing open, but he didn't look over. He kept his eyes on wife who still hadn't replied.
Katie finds herself in a room staring over to a bad beaten Samandriel whose strapped to some sort of chair, with an electrical cap place above his head. His eyes were looking right at her as an angel knife dug into him.
"What happened to three?" Samandriel asked his voice revealing his true pain.
"I lied." A familiar voice said. Crowley stood up straight as he looked down to the angel. "I do that. Just give me the other names."
"There are no other names!" Samandriel yells. "The next generation isn't born yet."
"Truth?" Crowley asks.
"Truth." The angel replied.
"Well, I suppose there's no reason to keep torturing you, then." Crowley says before plunging the knife in the angel once more. Katie wraps her arms around her middle, the pain seeming even too much for her. "Sorry. Once you get going, it's really hard to stop." Crowley pulls out the knife and sits it down on a table before turning and taking off the apron he was wearing. He stops lifting his head. He feels something there, but doesn't see anything. Katie glares into the demons eyes as he unknowingly looks right at her. Crowley shakes his head before looking over to the demon by the door. "Keep him on ice, we've only scratched the surface with this one"
"Katie!" Dean yells and Katie's eyes snap open to see her husband looking back to her with worried eyes. "What just happened?"
"Mrs. Smith" Dr. Anderson coming from behind Dean. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine" Katie manages to say. She walks over to the couch and picks up her bag. "We have to go"
"Are you sure, because you seemed like—"
"Dr. Anderson, thank you for your help today" Katie said with a small smile. "But me and my husband must leave" and with that she walked toward the door, Dean was right behind her.
"You mind telling me what's going on?" Dean asked once they were in the elevator. "What happened back there?" Katie looked over to him. "What did you see?"
"Crowley" Katie replied as the doors the elevators slid open.
"OK" Dean said as they walked out of the building.
"He was torturing Samandriel" Katie replied was they walked over to the impala. "For names"
"What names?" Dean asks as they get inside. He looks over to Katie who is staring out the window. "Princess—"
"He said the next generation hasn't been born yet" Katie replied thinking out loud when an idea finally came to her. "son of a bitch"
"What?" Dean asked and Katie turned to him.
"He's looking for another prophet to read the tablet" Katie said. And that's when it made sense. "The missing people, it's him" she shook her head. "Of course it's him" she looked back over to Dean. "We need to get back to the cabin" Dean nodded before pulling off.
"We're not gonna find much out just sitting around" Sam said looking up from his laptop. "We have to check this out"
"We're babysitting" Adam said looking over to his brother.
"It doesn't take two people to babysit" Sam says closing his laptop.
"You're right" Adam says standing to his feet. "I'll go, you'll stay"
"Yeah, right" Sam says standing to his feet as well. "I'll go and you'll stay here"
"Why do I have to stay here?" Adam asks walking over to his brother.
"I'm pulling rank" Sam replies. "I've been doing this a lot longer than you and—"
"Cut the crap Sam" Adam snaps. "I'm a hunter, and I can do this, stop treating me like some kid"
"I'm not treating you like a kid" Sam said shaking his head. "Do you know how long it was before I went on my on solo hunt?" Sam sighed. "It's not personal, but you're just not ready yet"
"And who are you to—" Adam stopped and looked over his shoulder.
"What?" Sam asked and without a word Adam turned and walked away. "Dude, what's—" Sam followed Adam outside of Hope's room. "Adam, what's—" Adam held up a hand to his brother before reaching forward to push open the door. The moment they did they both stood shocked at the figure that stood staring at Hope's sleeping form. "Cas?" the angel turned to Sam and Adam.
"Where's Dean?" the angel asked.
The moment Dean pulled up in front of the cabin, Katie hopped out. Dean quickly followed almost running to catch up to her.
"Dean" Katie said when Dean moved in front of her. "What are you doing?"
"Finish it" Dean said and Katie looked to him confused. "What were you going to say back there?"
"Dean, we don't have time for this" Katie said trying to move around him, but he wasn't letting up.
"No, I don't care" Dean said and Katie shook her head. "Right, now all I care about is this moment, you and me and what you were going to say" Katie stood there for a moment looking back to him.
"You don't want me to" Katie said before sidestepping Dean and walking up the stairs of the house.
"Katie!" Dean called after her as he followed up the stairs just as she opened the front door and both stopped dead in their tracks once they stepped inside. "Cas?"
"You have got to be kidding me" Katie said looking over to the angel. She shook her head before walking past them stopping leaving the room. She turns back to the angel who is looking over to her. "How the hell are you here?"
"Yeah. Yeah, uh, I got to be honest." Dean says and they look over to him. He looks to Castiel like he's seen a ghost. Which is weird because he has seen ghosts before, but he's never looked as freaked out as he does now. " I-I-I'm thinking, how the hell did you make it out? I mean, I – I was there. I-I-I know that place. I know how we had to scratch and claw and kill and bleed to find that portal and make it through it, and it almost finished me. So, uh... so how exactly are you sitting here with us right now?"
"Dean, everything you just said is completely true." Castiel replies. "And that's the strange part. I... have no idea. I remember endlessly running and hiding from Leviathan, and then I was on the side of the road in Illinois. And... that was it." Castiel turns back to look at Katie and so does the others.
"I didn't do this one" Katie replies looking between their faces. She turns back to Castiel and walks over to him. "Are you alright?" the angel looks down to himself.
"I'm dirty" he replies simply and Katie nods.
"Adam—"
"Why don't I show him to a shower" Adam says standing to his feet and leading the angel away. Katie turns back to Dean who still looks freaked out.
"Are you ok?" Katie asks looking over to him. His eyes meet hers and she doesn't need him to speak to answer the question.
"You do see something—" Dean trails off as he takes a seat in the chair neat him. "Severely wrong here, right?" he looks back over to his wife. "I remember every second of leaving that place" he shakes his head. "When you pulled me out, I remember the heat, the stink the pain, the fear, I have the whole ugly mess—" he taps his head. "Right in here, and he says he has no idea how he got out" Dean shakes his head. "I'm not buying it"
"So you think he's lying?" Sam asks looking over to his brother.
"I'm saying something else happened." Dean replies looking over to Sam. "I saw the shape that he was in. I mean, there was no way he was fighting his ass out alone. No way."
"So who or what got him out?" Sam asks.
"Exactly" Dean replied.
"What do you think?" Sam asks looking over to Katie who remained silent through the whole exchange. "Did you sense anything off about him?" Katie looks over to Sam.
"I don't think I'm in the position to be to answer that right now" Katie says shaking her head. "My head is in a million places right now-" she looks down to the dress, the lie she's wearing. "I need to get out of these clothes" she looks over to Dean. "Fill them in on what I saw" Dean nodded before Katie turned and left.
"I know now might now be the best time" Sam said looking over to his brother. "But how did it go?" Dean looks over to Sam.
"I think Adam was right" Dean says and Sam looks over to him confused. "I think I should probably come up with a plan to save my marriage"
"That bad?" Sam asks and Dean sighs standing to his feet.
"I think so" Dean says as Castiel walks back into the room, now dawning his signature suit and tie, and his tan trench coat.
"He pulled a Houdini" Adam replied walking in as well. "He walked in a homeless bum and walked out a tax accountant" Castiel looks down to his clothes before lifting his head to the brothers.
"Better" he says with a slight nod.
Katie changes out of the dress into a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt. This time when she stairs in the mirror, she recognizes the woman staring back at her. The hunter, the witch, the woman who has crap thrown at her everyday.
"Mama" a tired voice says and Katie turns to see her little girl rubbing her eyes.
"Hey there sugar plum" Katie says sliding beside her daughter in the bed. Hope slides over into her mother's arms. "I missed you like crazy today" Katie placed a kiss on top of her daughter's head. "You know if you don't mind, I think I just want to lay here with you, is that ok" she felt her daughter nod and Katie smiled. She closed her eyes, not closing going to sleep, but just taking a break from it all. Even for just a little while.
"Hun—gee mama" Hope whispered after a while.
"Ok" Katie sighed sitting up from the bed her daughter in her arms. "Let's go find some food" Katie carried Hope out of the room into the kitchen, sitting the sleepy eyed girl in her high chair. "What are we in the mood for?" Katie walked over to raid the refrigerator.
"Pizza" Hope says and Katie looks over her shoulder to her daughter.
"Really, pizza again?" Katie asks and Hope nods. Katie sighs as she closes the door and turns to see Castiel standing there. He looks over to the little girl and Hope looks up to him. "I don't think you two have been formally introduced, Cas, this is Hope Winchester" Katie looks over to his daughter. "Hope say hi to Cas"
"Hi Cassy" Hope says with a wave of her small hand.
"It's Cas" the angel replies.
"It's no use" Katie says and the angel looks over to her. "You're Cassy now, you should get used to it"
"I'm sorry" Castiel says looking over to Katie.
"Me too" Katie replies looking over to him.
"Pizza!" Hope yells and Katie turns to her. "Pwease?"
"Better" Katie replies as Dean walks into the kitchen. He looks over to Katie who turns away, before walking over to pick up his daughter from her high chair and putting some distance between her and the angel. "Your daughter wants pizza"
"Well what my baby wants, my baby gets" Dean says before placing a kiss on the girl's head. "I'll go pick it up" he looks down to the little girl. "You want to tag along with your old man" Hope nods and Dean looks over to Katie. "Lets go get your coat" Dean walks off with Hope in his arms. Katie turns back to the angel who eyes seem to be studying her.
"Something's wrong" Castiel says.
"You're a little behind" Katie says walking past him out of the kitchen.
Dean and Hope sat waiting for their pizza to be ready. He held her in his lap as he glanced up to the television that hung in the corner of the parlor. He looked down to his daughter who was playing with his necklace and smiled.
"Hug mama" Hope said out of the blue. Dean looked down to her confused. "Mama sad, want hug"
"I'm sure your mama's alright pumpkin" Dean replied. He thought they were keeping what was happening between then away from her, but maybe they weren't.
"Hug mama" Hope said again looking up to her father. Dean looked into her green eyes and just gave her a nod.
"Alright" Dean replied when the sound of a bell signaled that their pizza was ready.
Dean and Hope walked back into the cabin to find Sam and Castiel sitting in the living room.
"It's true isn't it?" Dean asks.
"They're prophets" Sam replies. "Cas named the whole list without even looking"
"Crowley?" Dean ask and Sam nods. "Right, here help me out" Sam stands to his feet and takes Hope from his arms and follows Dean into the kitchen.
"Where's Katie?" Dean asks looking over to his brother.
"I think she's out back" Sam replies.
"Adam?" Dean asks.
"I think he's trying to talk to her" Sam replies with a shrug. Dean nods before taking off his jacket and heading for the back door. He walks out to see Adam and Katie talking.
"Adam, please just stop" Katie says. "I don't want to talk about this"
"Look you obviously want to talk to someone or you wouldn't have went to the shrink" Adam said and Katie cut her eyes to him. "I'm here, I'll listen, so just talk"
"I can't talk you about me and your brother" Katie replied shaking her head.
"Why not?" Adam asked.
"Because no matter what you think, this really is none of your business" Katie replied. "You're not going to get in the middle of this" Dean cleared his throat and Katie and Adam turned to look at him. "Good, the pizza's here, c'mon" Katie and Adam began walking back to the house when Dean moved to stand in front of Katie. Adam stopped and looked over to them.
"Adam you think you could give us a minute?" Dean asked looking over to his brother. Adam looked over to Katie.
"It's fine" Katie replied. Adam nodded before going back into the house. "Dean, what—" Katie was cut off by Dean's arms wrapping around her in a tight hug. At first she was shocked and confused, but then there a familiar sensation. Before she knew it her own arms wrapped around to his back and they just stood like that.
"Stop waiting for me to come back princess" Dean whispered into her ear. "I'm right here" Katie pulled back to look into his eyes. "I'm right here princess and I'm not going anywhere, not again"
"Ok" Katie replied before bringing her arms back around him. The hug lasted a couple moments longer before Katie pulled back again. This time Dean could tell something was up from the look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Dean asks his hands still holding on to her.
"Someone's calling me" Katie says closing her eyes trying to focus on the voice.
"Who?" Dean asks.
"I'm trying to—" Katie's eye snap open. "Mrs. Tran, it's Mrs. Tran" Dean lifts his head and before he knows it, they're standing in the middle of an empty bar. Katie turns in Dean's arms to see the woman's back to them. "Mrs. Tran?" the woman turns to then surprised.
"You're here?" Mrs. Tran says. "I didn't actually believe it would work, but Kevin said if anything were to happen—"
"Mrs. Tran, what's wrong?" Katie asks. She looks around the empty bar. "Where's Kevin?" Katie turns to the woman, and knows the answer from the woman's worried eyes. "Crowley found you, how?"
"I hired a witch" Mrs. Tran replied.
"You what?" Katie snapped taking a step toward the woman. "Why, I mean who—" Katie shook her head and took a deep breath. "You hired a witch?"
"Yes, we thought that she would be like you" the woman replied. "That she would be able to help us, but she ratted us out" she turned and picked up a notebook. "Here are Kevin's notes" she shoved them into Katie's hands. "You can find him right?"
"I—" Katie looked down to the notebook before looking back over to Dean. "Maybe" she looked back over to Mrs. Tran and held out a hand. "Come with us" Mrs. Tran looked down to the woman's hand cautiously before looking back up to Katie's eyes. "Trust me" Mrs. Tran nodded before taking Katie's hand, and before she knew what was happening they were standing in the living room of the cabin.
"Oh my—" Mrs. Tran says collapsing on the couch.
"Don't worry the feeling will pass" Dean says looking down to the woman just as Sam, Adam and Castiel walking into the living room. "We have a problem?"
"I'll be back" Katie says dropping Kevin's notes on the table before moving past them lock herself in her bedroom. She closes her eyes and begins pacing back and forth. "Alright, Katie it's time to get this in control" she sighs. "Where are you Kevin?"
The others waited impatiently for Katie to return. Dean was the first to stand to his feet.
"It's been too long" Dean says heading to her room. He pushes open the door and the moment he does, he finds the room empty. "Damnit!" The others follow his voice and walk up as well.
"Please tell me she didn't" Adam says walking into the room. "What is she thinking?"
"Where did she go?" Mrs. Tran asks.
"She has a hero complex" Dean says shaking his head before turning to Castiel. "You know where she is?" the angel nods a yes. "Alright then"
Crowley walks out into the warehouse to find the bodies of his demons lying lifelessly on the ground. He sniffs the air and a smirk comes to his lips.
"You might as well show yourself darling" the demon calls. "I know you're there"
"And here I was thinking I had the upper hand" Katie says and Crowley turns to see the woman standing right and front of him. "Wait—" with a wave of her hand she sends the demon flying into a wall. "I do" she begins walking over to him, but in an instant he's gone.
"I'm going to feel that in the morning" Crowley says and Katie turns to see the demon stretching.
"No you won't" Katie replies. "You'll be dead in the morning" she takes a step toward the demon. "Before I kill you, tell me where Kevin is"
"I don't know what you're talking about" Crowley says.
"Prophet, you kidnapped, he's here I can feel him" Katie replies and the demon smiles.
"Oh, that Kevin" Crowley replies. "I think he's tied up somewhere" the demon smiles and Katie suddenly feels the presence of more demons. Soon she is surrounded. "And it looks like you're a little tied up yourself at the moment, I guess we'll have to wait for that fight to the death, huh?"
"We won't be waiting long" Katie replied. The demon gave her a nod before he was gone. Then demons moved in closer to her. "You know what's funny?" none of them said anything as they moved in closer to her. "You know who I am and you're still here" Katie holds out her hands as they and her eyes begin to illuminate a bright white light. "And here I was thinking my reputation spoke for itself" she sighed. "C'mon, let's get this over with"
Castiel, Sam and Dean appeared outside the warehouse.
"Is this the place?" Dean asks when suddenly he hears commotion coming from inside. Without a second thought he begins running inside. "Where is she?" Dean looks around, noticing the bodies that line the ground. He hears fighting, but doesn't see where it's coming from.
"It sound likes it's coming from that way" Sam says pointing down a set of stairs. Down the stairs, the sounds seemed to get louder and Dean swears one of the voices is Katie's. There's a door up ahead and he runs over to push it open. The moment he does he's shock by the sight of numerous bodies on the floor, while Katie stands in the center of the room still fighting. A demon grabs her from the back as another comes from the front. Katie kicks both her legs up kicking the demon in front of her. She then whips her head back with a snap, hitting the demon behind her causing his to lose his grip on her. The moment he does she holds her hands out to them and in an instant the lights flash behind their eyes and they just drop to the ground.
"Princess" Dean says taking a step toward her, noticing the blood dripping from her head.
"Behind you!" Katie calls and they all turn to see more demons heading their way. Katie watched Dean pulled out the knife and stabbed one of the demons, while Castiel reached out a hand to the demon's head smiting him, but the moment he does, the angel stumbles back.
"What the hell is going on?" Dean asks looking over to the angel. "You're not all the way back, are you?"
"Dean!" Sam calls and Dean turns to see a demon heading in Sam direction. He tossed over the knife and Sam quickly stabs the knife into the demon. "Thanks" Dean nods before turning back to Katie, only she isn't there. Sam follows his eyes. "Where did she go?" Dean shakes his head before running in the only direction she could've gone. They run until they see Katie stopped outside of a door another body lying in front of it.
"Sam" she says placing a hand on the door before continuing to walk. Sam walks over and opens the door and watches as a little boys face appears behind the table. Soon the faces of others appear.
"Uh, I'm here to help" Sam says.
"Princess, where are we going?" Dean asks when Katie suddenly stops outside another door in the warehouse.
"In there" Katie says looking over to the door. She reaches forward to push it open, but it's locked.
"I'll go in" Castiel says and Katie and Dean look over to him.
"Cas, no you're not strong enough" Dean says and the angel looks over to him for a moment before looking over to Katie who's suddenly gone.
"What the—" Dean says before turning to Castiel whose also gone. "Son of a bitch"
"Castiel" Crowley greets when the angel appears. "Fresh out of purgatory I see, I wish you would've called first" Castiel looks around the room and see Kevin in a chair, but no Katie.
"Crowley." The angel greets dryly.
"Which Castiel is it this time?" The demon says tilting his to the side as he looks the angel over. "I'm never sure. Madman or megalomaniac?"
"Kevin is coming with me." Castiel replies.
"I think not." Crowley replies looking over to Kevin and giving him a smile. "The Prophet's playing on my team now." The demon watches as a knife falls into Castiel's hand and soon produces one of his own.
"So this is how, its going to be?" Castiel asks as the pair began circling each other.
"It's all very West Side Story, but let's be logical." Crowley replies. "You look like hell, and I should know. You're not up for this." Suddenly a light shines from the angel that appears very blue. "Well maybe you can get it up, but you can't keep it up." The light intensifies as the shadow of his wings unfurling appear on the wall. Kevin stands to his feet and backs away when he feels someone grab his hand. He looks over his shoulder.
"Ok, so maybe I do have a bit of a hero complex" Katie says and with a wave of her hand the prophet is gone. Crowley looks over his shoulder and Katie simply waves.
"You're bluffing" The demon says looking back to the angel. "Neither one of you is at the top of your game" Katie walks over to stand behind him.
"Do you really want to take that chance?" Katie asks and Crowley turns so he can look between the two before reaching for the tablet on the table, but before his hands could touch it, Castiel was reaching forward and before they knew it the tablet and the table where smashed. Crowley, able to grab part of the tablet disappears as Castiel drops to the floor. Katie kneels to the floor. "You're an idiot" she looks up when the door burst open and in runs Dean. Katie looks back down to Castiel as the light that was once coming from his is gone. Dean comes over and helps the angel to his feet as Katie walks over and picks up the remain piece of the tablet. The moment she does the face of the man she can't place appears in her head. She looks down to the tablet and cocks her head to the side when a light bulb goes off.
Katie leans on the side of the impala looking down to the tablet in her hand. It was already morning and she doesn't even where the day went. She looked up to the sound of footsteps to see Kevin.
"I think this belongs to you" Katie says holding out the tablet.
"Keep it" Kevin replies. "I'm sure it's safe with you anyways" Katie nods. "I uh, my mom told me what you did, coming to find me"
"Are you about to thank me, because if you are I should warn you that, I will hit you" Katie said and the man laughed. "I got your back Kevin, there's no thanks needed" she looked down to his hand. "You should probably have Cas look at that before you leave"
"Leave?" Kevin asks.
"Oh, you and tiger mommy are going back into witness protection" Katie replied. "I think after the whole finding a witch on Craig's list thing, it's time"
"C'mon, I want to seal these bastards up!" Kevin says holding up his hand. "He took my finger"
"Calm down" Katie replies. "Don't worry, Crowley will get his, but until then you're going to lay low, ok?"
"fine" Kevin replies. He looks down to the tablet. "That one doesn't make much sense" Katie looks down to it. "It's like a resignation letter from someone named—"
"Metatron" Katie says and Kevin nods.
"I'm just not sure what it means" Kevin says and Katie nods.
"I'm sure we'll figure it out" Katie replies as she sees a truck in the distance. "And I think that's your ride" Kevin nods before walking over to Castiel.
She should be sleeping. It's what she tells herself that night as she sits in her room of craziness staring at her walls of mystery. She didn't looks over her shoulder, she knew he was there.
"Did he show you?" Katie asks looking down to the tablet in her hands. She stands to her feet and places it on the desk before turning to Dean. She can see the look in his eyes is different.
"You knew?" Dean asks and Katie shrugged. "You didn't think to tell me"
"I could tell you, but you wouldn't believe me" Katie replied. "And I'm not nearly comfortable enough with my powers to go into your head" she walks over to him. "But at least now you know"
"Yeah" Dean nods rubbing the back of his neck. He looks over to the tablet. "You get anywhere with that thing?"
"No" Katie says looking over to it as well. "But I did get somewhere with that" she points to the picture of the face she didn't recognize initially.
"Metatron" Dean says reading the name Katie has written under the sketch. "What does he have to do with this?"
"I'm not sure, but he does" Katie replies running a hand over her face.
"You should get some sleep" Dean says and Katie looks over to him with a cocked eyebrow.
"You're one to talk" Katie replies shaking her head. Katie turns back to the room, her back to him. "I'm fine, I think I'll—"
"Get some sleep" Dean says and Katie turns back to him to see him holding out his hand. "Both of us are" Katie looks down to his hand before back to his eyes. "C'mon princess" Katie smiles softly before taking his hand and letting him wrap and arm around her as they head out of the room. "You know what you did today was stupid"
"I know" Katie sigh leaning her head against his shoulder as they walked. "It was dangerous too"
"You have a problem princess" Dean replies with a chuckle. "We're going to have to work on this hero complex of yours"
"Good luck with that" Katie sighs.
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NEXT CHAPTER: After working so hard to keep the world in the dark about what is really out there, Katie realizes that maybe it wasn't good enough.