November 12, 2008
After putting Pamela back on a plane they loaded up into the car and were on their way to Kentucky. The brothers found where Anna's magical grace touched down, however it was now missing. Unable to turn Anna back into an angel they were at a loss for how to handle the very dangerous problem of both angels and demons looking for them. And the angels were now threatening if they didn't give up Anna that they would send Dean back to hell. They took shelter in barn on an abandoned farmstead. There were old gray bales of hay left over, some rusted tools and a lot of junk, but the roof was sturdy and the inside dry.
Lady would sit on the hay, then stand back up when she got poked by the stiff straws, then sit back down. It continued several times until, out of embarrassment for her, Dean threw his leather jacket down on the bale so she had something to sit on.
"We're so far up shit creek," Dean uttered. He looked hopelessly at Sam, "We need Bobby. We need help."
Sam shrugged, "We tried, Dean. Wherever he is, we can't reach him. He's so far off the grid there we can't get to him." Sam looked at Anna, "Do you really think they'll send Dean back to hell?"
Anna shrugged, "I don't think so, not after all the trouble they went through to raise him from hell. I think it's more likely they'll threaten those he cares about before doing something so drastic."
"Well, that's even better," Dean huffed.
"And what about Alastair and the demons?" Sam looked at Ruby.
"Alastair is one scary dude," Ruby said. "He won't stop, not until he has Anna or she's dead."
"We are between two unstoppable forces, Sam. We are screwed," Dean said.
Sam looked thoughtful for a few moments, "Well…maybe we don't have to be. Why can't we just pit them against each other and get the hell out of the way?"
"That might work, but how do we even get them together?" Ruby asked. Her face fell as she figured out Sam's plan and what her part would have to be.
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Dean needed a break and went outside the barn they were using as shelter and was leaning against his car. After several minutes Anna came outside to see him. She found him looking at an old leather-bound journal with a flashlight. He closed the book and shut off the flashlight when he noticed her approaching him.
"Holding up okay?" he asked.
"A little scared, I guess," she admitted. "Dean, I just wanted to thank you guys, for everything. You guys didn't have to help me."
"Yeah, well, you can't say we did the best job here," Dean said bitterly.
"That's okay. You know, maybe I don't deserve to be saved," she said sadly.
"Don't talk like that," Dean said.
"I disobeyed. Lucifer disobeyed. It's our murder one, and I knew it. Maybe I got to pay," Anna said.
Dean could understand that. "Yeah, we've all done things we got to pay for."
"Dean, I got to tell you something. You're not gonna like it," Anna said.
Dean looked a bit surprised and asked, "What?"
"About a week ago, I heard the angels talking...About you...What you did in Hell. Dean, I know. It wasn't your fault. You should forgive yourself," Anna said softly.
Dean's eyes widened, and then he looked away. "Anna, I don't…uh, I don't want to…I can't talk about that," he managed to say.
"I know," Anna said with compassion. "But when you can, you have people that want to help. You are not alone. That's all I'm trying to say."
Anna looked up at him expectantly, seeing the pain brewing just under his eyes. She stretched up and lightly kissed his mouth. When he didn't return it she pulled back and looked him over.
"Dean, this could be our last night on earth," Anna said.
Dean looked away and thought about what Anna was offering. He had never had trouble with women but he had always appreciated those that skipped all of the bull that usually went into a hookup like Anna was doing. However no matter how tempting it was he had to shake his head. "I can't."
Anna looked surprised at his rejection, but then understood. "Because of Lady?"
"Yeah," he answered.
"Sorry," Anna said, moving back and giving him more personal space. But she didn't leave him alone. She casually leaned against the car and asked, "What is she like? When she's normal."
Dean cracked a smile, "Well, she's never normal, for starters. Other than that, I don't know. She's just Lady."
Anna smiled, "I bet she's funny."
Dean nodded, "Yeah, she is. She'd do just about anything for a laugh, too." Dean took a deep breath of the cool night air. "She was…everything. Smart, fearless, beautiful…everything. It was scary how fast she figured out some of the arcane things we came across, like an entire encyclopedia of the occult in her head." Dean chuckled, "But for the life of her she could not remember a damn phone number."
"I wish I knew her. The real her," Anna said longingly.
"Yeah, well I wish she was here now. I'd give anything to have that," Dean said quietly. Even though Lady was in the barn, sleeping on a bale of hay wrapped in his jacket, she wasn't really there.
Anna looked at him sympathetically. "I hope you get that some day."
Anna kissed his cheek in parting, and went back to the warmth of the barn. Dean felt like he still needed some time by himself climbed into the Impala. He didn't turn on the engine, there wasn't enough fuel for him to let the engine run. But he sat behind the wheel and enjoyed the feel of the vinyl seat, the familiar smells, the overall comfort of his favorite place on earth. And he fell into an exhausted sleep.
"Nice view," Lady said from the passenger seat.
Dean looked at her in surprise and immediately figured out what was happening. "I'm dreaming, aren't I?"
"Probably," Lady answered, giving him a smile and flipping her long dark hair. Dean returned the smile. "Don't get ahead of yourself, it isn't going to be that kind of dream."
Lady got out of the Impala, and Dean did the same. "What's this?" Dean asked, looking around their surroundings. When he looked back at Lady she was standing beside Uriel.
"Look at that. It's so cute when monkeys wear clothes," Uriel chuckled.
Dean scowled at the angel, pissed he was intruding on his dreams. "I don't normally see you off your leash. Where is your boss?"
"Castiel? Oh, he's not here. See, he has this weakness. He likes you," Uriel explained. The angel put a casual hand on Lady's shoulder. "Time's up, boy. We want the girl."
"Too late. She got her grace back," Dean bluffed.
Uriel gave him a cocky smile, "That would be a neat trick, considering I have her grace right here." Uriel showed Dean a locket that hung around his neck. "Now this is your last chance. Give us the girl, or…"
"Or what?" Dean snapped. "You're gonna toss me back in the hole? You're bluffing."
"Maybe so," Uriel smiled cruelly. He put his hand on Lady's head and as if removing a wig pulled away her hair, leaving it so it was only fuzz like it was now. "But you still have pressure points. Like this annoying little seer, for example." Uriel smiled cruelly, "What she is, it's barely living. Or your demon-loving brother. I wouldn't think twice about getting rid of both of them."
"Son of a bitch," Dean uttered, but wasn't entirely surprised at Uriel's threats.
Uriel's grin widened as he realized he had Dean exactly where he wanted him.
Dean woke up with the chirping of birds, his stomach twisting with worry.
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Dean went into the barn. Anna was sitting with Lady on the hay, lightly stroking the fuzz of hair on her head. Sam was leaning against a wall resting his eyes.
"Where is Ruby?" he asked.
Sam snapped alert immediately and got to his feet. "I don't know," Sam admitted. "Maybe we should…"
His words cut off as the barn doors opened. Castiel and Uriel walked in.
"Hello, Anna. It's good to see you," Castiel said in a pleasant tone.
Anna stood up straight. She looked at Dean, "You did the best you could, it's okay. I forgive you," she said, offering him the slightest smile. "Take care of Lady, okay?"
Dean nodded, "I will."
Anna stood facing Castiel, her heart hammering in her chest in fear. But then the doors busted open once again. Alastair and another demon, along with Ruby who was barely standing, came in.
"How dare you come in this room you pussing sore," Uriel snarled at the demons.
"Name calling? That hurt my feelings. You sanctimonious, fanatical prick," Alastair sneered back.
"Turn around and walk away now," Castiel warned.
"Sure. Just give us the girl. We'll make sure she gets punished good and proper," Alastair said. "Give me the dumb bald one, too. I'll fix her up nice and pretty for you, Dean."
Dean glanced out the corner of his eye. Lady was sitting in the same spot, his jacket over her shoulders and a blank look on her face. Sam moved to position himself between Lady and everyone else, ready to grab her and run if needed.
"I won't say it again. Leave now, or we lay you to waste," Castiel warned the demons.
"I think I'll take my chances," Alastair chuckled.
The angels and demons began fighting. Sam left Lady in her spot, relatively safe, and went to retrieve Ruby who was too weak to protect herself. Dean provided some assistance to the angels by preventing Alastair from sending Castiel back to heaven. While chaos was going on Anna grabbed the locket from around Uriel's neck that held her grace and smashed it on the ground.
Anna felt her grace, the beautiful energy and angelic power, fill her. She screamed a warning for the humans to close their eyes, but she was unsure if they heard her before she became completely consumed with the raw power.
When the bright white light faded Alastair had vanished. Castile and Uriel stood there, defeated. "What are you guys waiting for? Go get her, unless you are scared," Dean taunted them.
"This isn't over," Uriel snarled.
"Looks over to me," Dean said, getting to his feet.
"Dean!" Sam called.
Dean looked at his brother urgently, expecting to see some serious and grave injury. "What?"
"Lady is gone," Sam said.
Dean looked and sure enough, only his leather jacket remained where Lady had been. He immediately looked at Castiel and Uriel accusingly.
"It wasn't us," Castiel said. Castiel looked at Dean seriously, "It was not us. But it is imperative we find her."
"I told you we should have taken care of that issue weeks ago," Uriel snarled.
Castiel cast an upset look at Uriel, "If at all possible we will find and return her."
Without warning Castiel and Uriel disappeared.
"Dean…what do we do?" Sam asked.
Dean ran a hand through his short hair, "Oh god, Bobby is going to kick our asses."
Sam and Dean immediately wanted to begin searching, but they had no leads. The best they could do was start driving towards Bobby's. After all they had been through the past week Dean was at the end of his rope, and it didn't take long for him to pull over to the side of the road and get out of the car.
"What's wrong?" Sam asked, following him.
"I quit. I give up. It's hopeless," Dean said without emotion.
Sam took a slow breath, "We're both exhausted. I mean hell, we barely made it out of there alive. Look, Dean, Anna cared about Lady. Maybe…I don't know, maybe she took her to protect her."
"Or maybe to drop her off a cliff, off on another planet. Or maybe Alastair grabbed her instead. We don't know," Dean countered.
"We head to Bobby's, there we keep searching. We will find her. And we are going to get her back. I promise you," Sam said.
Dean shook his head, not believing it. He didn't believe anything good could happen anymore. The world was going to hell, literally this time, and while he was trying to save it he kept getting crapped on. He was beginning to think maybe he should just step down, hand in his hero card, and let the world go to hell.
"Dean, are you with me?" Sam asked, as if he knew what his brother was thinking. As if he could sense just how close to giving up Dean was.
"You aren't curious how I knew Alastair?" Dean asked out of the blue.
"Uh…well, yeah, Dean, I'm damn curious. But you're not talking about Hell, and I'm not pushing," Sam said.
Dean couldn't believe what he was about to say, and looked away from his brother as he spoke, "It wasn't four months, you know."
"What?" Sam asked, confused.
"It was four months up here, but down there…I don't know, time's different. It was more like forty years," Dean said.
Sam tried to imagine in, and though he was no where close he uttered, "My god," in surprise.
Dean thought that would be enough to show Sam that he had suffered too much to continue. But with that small piece of information more just came out. "They, uh, they sliced and carved and tore at me in ways that you…" Dean paused, there was no way people could imagine things in Hell. Things happened in Hell that couldn't physically happen outside of the pit, there was no imagining it for someone who had never been there. So instead he continued with more information than he originally wanted to give out. "Until there was nothing left. And then suddenly I would be whole again, like magic, just so they could start in all over. And Alastair, at the end of every day, every single day, would come over. And he would make me an offer to take me off the rack…if I put souls on. If I started the torturing. And every day I told him to stick it where the sun shines." Dean let out an unhappy chuckle as he remembered his righteous defiance, and another chuckle to try and ward off the threat of sobs building up in his chest as he began to really fall apart. "For 30 years, I told him. But then I couldn't do it anymore, Sammy. I couldn't. And I got off that rack. God help me, I got right off it, and I started ripping them apart. I lost count of how many souls. The things I did to them…" Dean couldn't talk any more as he began to lose the battle against his emotions. What he'd been holding in for so long and drowning in alcohol was coming loose and hot tears escaped his eyes.
Softly from behind Sam said, "Dean…Dean, look, you held out for 30 years. That's longer than anyone else would have."
"This…inside me…I wish I couldn't feel anything, Sammy. I wish I couldn't feel a damn thing," Dean hung his head. So ashamed and sickened by himself. He pushed off from the car and began walking away.
Sam stayed back, feeling so much sympathy for his brother but unsure how to help him. He knew Dean enough to give him space and time first. And Sam needed time himself to try and absorb what Dean had told him.
Sitting in the car Sam got a phone call from an unknown number. Without thinking it was strange he answered it, "This is Sam."
"Hey, you idjits get a chance to check in on my cats?" Bobby asked him.
"Uh…" Was all Sam could reply with right away.
"I'm still in the Dominican and these international rates are killing me. Talk already," Bobby barked.
"The cats are fine," Sam said, looking around for Dean. "Are you on your way back to the states?"
"As soon as I can. And I'm fine, by the way. Thanks for asking," Bobby gruffed.
"That's great, uh, Bobby, I have some important things to talk to you about," Sam said. "And you aren't going to like it."
November 16, 2008
Bobby and Maxine were relieved to be back in the States, but were not enjoying the cold November weather. Though the gray skies and threat of snow matched the gloomy mood they both had.
They met Sam and Dean at Bobby's house. There they let the brothers tell them everything that had happened since they'd been gone. From Lady and the wishing well, to her recent disappearance.
"Don't beat yourselves up over it," Bobby said, taking the slab of stone. "If we hadn't been taking the scenic rout we might have beat Lilith there." Bobby then told the brothers about their trip and the decimated village. With a huff of disappointment Bobby poured them all a round of drinks. After everything they'd been through they deserved one, or four. He sipped at it as he hit 'Play' on his answering machine and began checking his messages.
November 13, 2008 (Intentionally went back in time a few days, it will make sense why in a minute)
Anna was on the run carrying an unconscious Lady while she herself was just a wavelength of energy. At the moment she became an angel again she didn't know why she should take Lady, just that it felt right to do. While human Anna and Lady had taken care of one another, and now that Anna was a powerful angel she couldn't quite shake that protective bond she had developed toward Lady. But Anna believed that fate shined on both of them when she was able to see things in Lady's broken mind that gave her an idea to help them both.
When they were relatively safe Anna made sure Lady was okay, and was surprised that Lady could look right at her without her eyes bursting to flames. And even listen to her voice without her ears bleeding. Lady was a rare human that could withstand the true sight of an angel. It was a fascinating find and it made Anna want to keep her safe even more. To preserve her and keep her safe from angels and demons alike.
An angel had many abilities depending on their level. Since Anna was a fallen angel she was low on the totem pole, but she was still a force to be reckoned with now that she had her grace back. And she still had some level of telepathy. Anna gently probed into Lady's mind, finding a crazy jumble of memories. It wasn't an easy process and just when Anna decided it was unnecessary she came across a memory in Lady's mind that just may save them both. Anna gathered information on a powerful entity that she recognized and gained the information to locate him right inside Lady's mind.
In a suburb of Austin, TX a series of deadly pranks were happening. That was how Anna was able to recognize where this entity was. Instantly she and Lady traveled there, but instead of cornering the entity once they were close that entity cornered them. A hundred times more powerful than she was she was trapped and knew that this entity could destroy her within seconds. "Brother, please, I beg of you," Anna called out to him.
"Shut up!" Gabriel appeared to her within his vessel. "You want the others to hear you? How did you find me?"
"Her," Anna replied simply.
Gabriel noticed Lady within the bright essence of the angel Anna, her eyes open but unharmed, and her brain not exploding from the sound. "So that's the thanks I get for not killing her all those times," he uttered. "I can fix that."
"Please, brother…Gabriel," Anna pleaded. "Help us."
He shook his head, "I got my own gig these days, and it isn't charity."
"No, it's calling yourself Loki. Or The Trickster. All this time we thought you abandoned Earth, but you've really been playing down here. Hidden among the lowly pagan's. Actually rather brilliant. But if you…"
Anna went silent, and Gabriel noticeably cringed. They both felt the presence of a nearby angel, no doubt looking for signs of Anna. "Since that first damn seal broke you idiots are everywhere," Gabriel grumbled. "It's fine, anywhere near me and they can't see you. Ah, but that's why you found me, isn't it? To hide under my umbrella. Forget it, leave."
"I fell, Gabriel. They'll kill me."
"You chose to fell, you knew what would happen," he answered in a bored tone.
"Yes, but I want to help. After being human I understand so much more, I know so much more, than an eternity of being an angel. I have to help them stop Lucifer. And nothing else can save me from being persecuted by my brothers and sisters. And with Lady I can. She saw the vision of Lucifer rising, and I think she may be able to help us stop it. Please, brother, help us with this."
Gabriel frowned deeply, "I don't even know why I'm falling for this," he uttered, but snapped his finger. The tiny bits and pieces of flesh, some as small as molecules, were drawn together and reanimated. Anna's human body came back together and back to life. And then Anna let out a howl of pain that vibrated the earth and would eventually cause earthquakes in California. Her angelic self was stuffed into her old human body to use it as a vessel. It felt different, and it drained what little power she had away making her pitifully weak.
"Having a vessel wasn't exactly what I was asking for," she said weakly.
"You want in on the fight, you need a vessel," Gabriel answered. He walked up to Lady and looked into her eyes. It wasn't the first time he'd probed her mind and caught her thoughts or memories. He indeed saw her vision of Lucifer rising and wondered if she could really stop it. The chance was next to none, he knew what fate had in store for Earth and he was more than happy to sit back and let it happen. But that slim chance called to him. Maybe it was all the time he spent with humanity that it sort of rubbed off on him, that desire to gamble against high odds for that massive payout.
"Can you fix her?" Anna asked.
Any other angel would have been at a loss on how to fix Lady. But Gabriel had the benefit of an understanding of the ley lines and Lady's visions. However like any other angel he was at the same disadvantage that he could not use ley lines. But he had not survived undetected on Earth for so long without being able to think outside the box. He took Lady's hands and looked into her eyes. "Yeah, I think I can."
"You think?" Anna asked.
"Either she'll be back to normal, or her head will explode. We'll find out which in a second. It'd be nice if you were quiet until then," he said.
It was some of the most complicated work he had done, it was so much simpler to just turn Lady into a dog, and much more amusing. After several dedicated minutes he released her and looked at Anna. "You have twenty-four hours, if you aren't out of here by then they'll find you," he warned her. "And if you tell anyone about me…"
"Yes, of course. Thank you, brother," Anna said weakly, she didn't need to hear any threats.. "What about Lady, will she be…" Anna began to ask. So far Lady was unconscious and she couldn't tell. But instead of answering he vanished.
November 14, 2008
Lady was being blinded by this extremely bright light, but she couldn't look away. It was so bright and beautiful, she had to keep looking. She knew if she kept her eyes on it something amazing would show itself.
Slowly a shadow appeared within the light and grew closer and closer. Until finally she saw a pretty young woman with long chestnut hair, the bright light a glowing halo around her. But then the glowing halo around her dulled and was recognized to be a strip of fluorescent lights.
"Lady, can you hear me?" the woman asked.
Lady blinked a few times and managed to look away from the light.
"Lady, I need you to speak to me if you can. Right now," the woman said firmly.
"Yeah…yeah I can," Lady said.
"Good. Can you move?"
Lady slowly moved to sit up, her head swimming and her stomach clenching with hunger pains so bad that she felt sick.
"Can you move faster?" the woman asked with urgency. "I don't want to scare you, but we aren't exactly safe. Our time is almost up."
Lady leaned against a wall and took a few large breaths as her head and stomach settled. "Who…who…" Lady looked at her with wide eyes.
"No, Lady, stay with me," she said urgently, afraid that Lady was slipping away again.
Very slowly a smile spread across Lady's lips. "It's okay, I'm okay," she said, and unable to help herself began grinning as she recognized her future-sight had returned to her.
Finding a secure position to sit in and a glass of water Lady listened to Anna's brief explanation. "So, you are a fallen angel. Protecting me from being destroyed by your brothers because eventually Lilith is going to figure out I'm needed for a ritual she wants to do. And you were able to snap my head out of my vision?" Lady absorbed the information Anna quickly gave her.
"Pretty much," Anna answered. Maybe she didn't tell Lady that Gabriel was involved, but he'd kill them both if she started telling everyone his secret identity. "Now please, we need to get moving."
It was obvious that Anna was having difficulty moving around, she seemed weak and tired. "Where are we?" she asked Anna.
"A store backroom, I think. Somewhere in Texas," she said.
"I've just been everywhere lately," Lady mused. "Ok, we'll need a car, supplies…clothes," she looked at the boxes that were stacked on shelves. She grabbed one and opened it, it was stuffed with t-shirts. "Oh…clothes," she said, almost giddy. "But…these aren't new," she added in confusion. She looked around again and uttered, "Oh, we're at a secondhand store. Nice. Couldn't drop us off at the Gap or something?"
"Are you serious?" Anna asked her harshly.
Lady was 100% serious, but decided to just shut up for the time being. "Okay, just hang tight right here, I'm going to look around and see what I can find for us."
It was four in the morning and pitch black as she moved from the backroom to the store front. Her first stop was the bathroom, she felt like she was about to burst. And it gave her a private few moments to make sure she was okay. She was thrilled her future-sight was back, and even better she didn't seem to be all that dirty. At the sink she washed her hands and face. First she noticed her hands were different. Scarred and crooked fingers were unmarred and straight. Then her wrists, the decade of criss-crossing scars were completely gone.
Stunned Lady poured over her face and body and discovering that like Dean she had also had her scars magically erased. She quickly deduced that when Anna had fixed her mind, she had also fixed her body. It was too bad that Anna hadn't fixed her hair, because she still only had the light fuzz on her head.
Energized and thrilled she went into the store. Luckily since it was a secondhand store there was almost nothing for security, Lady didn't even spot a camera. She found an ugly tote bag, grabbed a few sets of clothes that would fit her and a pair of tennis shoes, the money from the cash register and a really cute necklace. She went out the back door to the parking lot. Across the street was pawn shop with several cars parked out front for sale. Most of them looked boring and junky, but there was one bright yellow '90's Mustang. Lady knew that she should steal one of the boring cars, they were less likely to be noticed. But she couldn't help herself.
Using a wire hanger from the secondhand shop she unlocked the car and slid into the driver's seat. She ducked down and found the panel to the wires had previously been opened so she had easy access. A minute later the car roared to life and she was cruising back to pick up Anna.
Lady helped Anna to the car, "I need to call Dean, find somewhere we can meet him," she told the angel.
"No, you can't. It's not safe, the angels are watching him constantly," Anna warned. "Lady, there is no way to talk to him, or Sam, without risking you. We are in this, just the two of us."
Lady anxiously shifted on her feet before getting back behind the wheel. "I can't just leave them in the dark. Or be in the dark about them," she told Anna.
"For now we have to. Let me get my strength back, and make sure we are safe. Then we can see if it is safe. But right now it isn't," Anna explained.
Lady turned onto the highway and nudged the Mustang up to 80. The sun began to rise before her and she couldn't help but smile. Her head had been fixed, she had her future sight back, she got to be a part of breaking and entering, kleptomania, and grand theft auto. Throw in sex and it would have been the perfect day.
They drove throughout the morning and then the car ran out of gas. Lady managed to get it to a grocery store parking lot before it died on them. In the grocery store she expertly lifted a man's wallet and did a little skip when she saw he had a platinum credit card, she loved when things went her way. At the grocery store she picked up a few things for a cloaking charm to prevent them from being followed or traced. As she was walking out of the grocery store she passed a payphone, one of the good ones that accepted credit cards. She knew she really shouldn't, but for the first time in months she was free from her own mind, she was back to her old self, she just couldn't help herself.
Ten minutes later Lady left the store and went around to the back of the grocery store. There she found employee parking and no security cameras. She took a tan sedan, a common make and model and color, and picked Anna back up to continue their roadtrip.
"You have a look on your face like you are up to something?" Anna said tiredly as Lady drove.
"Don't worry about it, I normally look like this," Lady promised her. "Just rest, my feathery friend. All will be okay."
Lady switched on the radio as they got back on the highway. Aerosmith's 'Devil's Got a New Disguise' came on, making Lady grin to show her teeth.
November 16, 2008
Bobby wondered what hope they had left. They were all wondering that. It didn't really matter if hope was lost or not, they still had to try. With a heavy heart and a full glass of liquor he scratched on a notepad the name of a hunter and their phone number so he could call them back. Over twenty-five messages and nearly half of the idiots who called had known he wasn't going to be available to help. Now he had to call them back to make sure they hadn't gotten themselves killed in his absence.
Bobby heaved a sigh of relieve as his he reached his last message and got ready to take down the information. The female voice started and it took a few words before he realized who it was. "Hey, Bobby," Lady said chirpily. "I know you were out of the country but I was really hoping you'd be back by now. But that's okay, maybe leaving a message is better."
"It's a trick, right?" Sam asked, standing over Bobby listening as well.
"Sh!" Bobby hushed him angrily.
"So I know you are doubting this you paranoid old bastard, but it really is me," Lady's voice continued. "Long story short, I guess I made friends with an angel. I need you to do a few things for me, Bobby, and this is very important. First I need you to find anything and everything you can on the Stone of Seals, and more importantly the Eye of the Seer…my life is sort of depending on this. And the hardest part I need you to pass on to the guys…don't come looking for me. I'll get back in contact as soon as I can but right now I'm not safe anywhere near the Winchesters or you, or anywhere angels might trip over me." Lady let out a little giggle, "Happy hunting, old man."
The answering machine beeped to signal the message was over, and then an automated voice recited the time and date the message was from. It was just two days old, and Bobby saw the caller ID and saw she was in western Texas, however within two days she could be in any corner of the country.
Maxine's lips curled into a smile, "We just got our Lady back, boys."
A/N - Thank you for reading (and replying if you do because I appreciate those so much). I will admit I'm a little ashamed because I only have 10 chapters when I've been working on the story for so long. I'm sorry! My writing is just slowing down I guess. I'm glad this chapter is posted now, I was really excited to show how Lady gets to return. Not as dramatic as I wanted it to be but this is what I was able to write down. I hope you are enjoying the story, and I'm going to let you know that I am taking another break from posting weekly chapters. This is to give me a chance to write and edit future chapters. I will be back when I can. Thank you all, you rock!