` It had a couple weeks since the Becky incident and only a few days since the time Gabe took Alec back into his custody. Clara, Sam and Dean were all tired from just sitting around in the house. So Dean took it upon himself to ask Castiel If he would want to go on a quick hunting trip and Sam and Clara decided to have bonding time with Madison. Cas agreed excited to have some time with Dean.
"alright, see you in a few days" Sam said leaning into the window of the Impala.
"don't do anything too fun while alone. Remember, you are with madi." Dean half joked and was half serious.
"same goes for you" Sam joked. Dean glared at his younger brother. He drove off with Cas in the passenger seat.
"so, what now?" Sam asked to kneeling down to get to madis level.
"I don't know" she said. Shrugging her shoulders.
"you got any ideas?" Sam asked looking up at Clara.
"not one" Clara said.
"hey, what about a movie?" madi suggested.
"yeah! That sounds like fun!" Clara agreed.
"Okay, anything you want to see?" Sam asked.
"The Last Exorcist" madi yelled. Sam had no clue what to say, neither did Clara. They kinda just looked at each other. Madi looked at them waiting for an answer.
"well... Uh.. Mads. I don't think that would be a good idea" Sam said.
"oh, what about Frozen" madi suggested agian.
"Okay," Sam said not quite sure what it was. He looked at Clara for confirmation and she nodded.
"do you ever come up for air?" asked madi.
"WHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT? " Clara asked.
"I heard Dean say that, right after that weird, crazy lady left" Madison explained.
"LET IT GO, LET IT GO!" Sam has already heard enough of this song. He glanced over at madi she was mouthing the words and making the hand gestures. Sam glanced at Clara who also looked very annoyed with this whole thing. He leaned towards her.
"we should have seen the other movie" he whispered.
"totally" she agreed under her breath. She squeezed his hand, they were holding hands under the armrest so Madi couldn't see, they have been since the little girl wanted to build a snowman.
"So uh, find any cases" Dean asked the angel.
"Not any i can gather…", Cas responded.
"So you wanna talk", Dean asked.
"Not preferably"
"What would you like to do?"
"It's getting late don't you need sleep" Cas said concerned.
"I'm not really tired but…we should find a place to rest...I mean I can rest", Dean went back to driving. They drove on the highway for about an hour, till Dean founda motel and pulled got out of the car.
"Alright I will go check in you wait here", Dean said walking to the entrance. It was five minutes. Dean came walking back to the car and grabbed a couple of bags.
"come on cas" he said. The angel followed him into the room. It was broken down and the paint was coming off.
"it has an odd stench to it" Cas said sniffing the air.
"you'll get used to it" the hunter said. Dean placed his bags on one of the beds. And sat down on it.
"hey Cas? Wanna play a game? " he said.
"Uh" Cas said. He didn't really know any games. He frowned and tilted his head like a confused puppy. Dean smirked.
"come on it's easy I'll teach you!" he said.
"will. It be like the time we played hide and go seek with madi?" Cas asked.
"no" Dean stated quickly. "it's called" Dean started walking over to the bathroom sink. "soak the angel!" he yelled as he pointed the sink sprayer at Cas and shot water at him. Cas was confused.
"am I supposed to start you?" Cas asked standing there letting Dean spray him.
"come on Cas! Don't just stand there!" Dean yelled
"uhh is there any other games?" he asked he was totally lost with this one.
"oh you're no fun!" complained Dean.
"we could play hide n go seek" Cas suggested because that was really the only game he knew how to play.
"sure! What ever! But let's go somewhere fun! There's no where to hide here " Dean said.
" where do you suggest we go?" Cas asked.
"um, how about a forest!" suggested Dean.
"okay" Cas said as he placed his fingers on his forehead.
"ready? You hide first!" Dean said like an excited kid.
"alright" he said as he walked away.
"one!... Two... Three... Four... 5...6...7...8...9...10...30! READY OR NOT HERE I COME"dean yelled and started off to look for Cas. He walked around do a few minutes. But he eventually saw a flash of tan from Cass trench coat. He thought. He smirked and headed quietly headed towards it. He was confused when he got to where it was. This is the tree is was behind wasn't it? Dean thought. He was caught off guard when something threw him into another tree.
"what the hell!" he exclaimed trying to see what did that. "Cas?" he called. It wasn't Cas.
The creature picked Dean up and ran up a tree. Dean struggled trying to fight this thing! He didn't even know what it was. Maybe choosing a forest wasn't such a great idea. The creature stopped and dropped Dean on a branch. He grasped the branch tightly. He looked up at the creature.
"what the hell?!" Dean yelled around shocked to see it. It was like a huge very Harry person! The only thing that came to dean's mind was Bigfoot. He reached for his gun and shot at it. The creature only got angrier.
"CAS!" screeched Dean at the tip of his lungs.
The angel perked up and looked in the direction of the yell. He disappeared because it was faster and appeared in front of the tree where he heard Dean scream. He looked up and saw movement about 25 feet up he appeared up there behind the creature. The angel took his knife and stabbed at it in its back. He aimed for the heart section and got it spot on. Dean watched as Bigfoot roared and spun around to the angel picking him up and pinning him again the trunk. Dean got up carefully and shot the beast in the head. Bigfoot dropped Cas to the very strong, apparently, branch. The beast collapsed and fell through the tree and landed hard on the ground. Dean frantically looked at Cas, who was getting up trying to balance on the branch. When he was standing Dean went towards him and pushed him against the trunk of the tree and kissed him. The angel was shocked but he kissed back and transported them both back to the room. They parted and Dean realized they were back in the room. He leaned in again and kissed him again closing his eyes.
Sam quietly opened madi door slightly. He looked down at her sleeping soundly. He smiled a little and stared at her. He never wanted her to go back he wanted her here forever, safe where she was loved. He closed her door lightly and checked on Clara. When he saw that they were both fine he went into his room. He never realized how many rooms this place had. They were all small rooms, but there was a lot of them. He crawled onto the bed and he closed his eyes.
"Sammy?" spoke a soft voice.
"huh? Mads?" he called. Madi walked up to the side of his bed.
"can I sleep with you?" she asked.
"did you have another nightmare?" he asked concerned. She looked fine when he checked on her a few moments ago he wondered what was wrong. She gave a small nod. Sam lifted the covers and scooted over allowing madi to get on.
"I love you" she said right before she fell back asleep.
"I love you too" Sammy said back quietly and kissed her on the cheek. He fell asleep not long after.
Castiel looked at a sleeping Dean. He was bored he's been waiting for him to wake up for 6 hours. Dean stirred and turned around. Cas smirked at him.
"hey" Dean yawned.
"hi dean" Cas greeted.
"what time is it?" Dean asked.
"after ten" Cas responded. Dean stretched and got up, and went into the bathroom. When he got put Cas was turned around looking out the window. Dean smiled and crept up behind him. Dean spun Cas around and took his face in his hand and kissed him. His hands dropped down to the angels waist and around to his back. Cas wrapped his arms around Dean and they just kissed. It felt like forever, but not long enough when they broke apart, Cas thought. Dean smirked at him. The angel pushed Dean to the nearest wall and kissed with passion. Dean was surprised that the angel did this. He wasn't expecting it.
"I love you" Cas whispered into dean's ear.
"you too" Dean said after a moment of shock.
"Sammy! Wake up!" madi yelled into Sam's ear. He sat up quickly scared half to death.
"Madi! What's wrong!"he asked looking at her.
"it's morning!"she said happily. Sam groaned and flopped back down on his back.
"come on!" madi said trying to push him off the bed. Sam pretended to be asleep. He gave a fake snore.
Madi jumped on the bed trying to get him up. Sam was trying not to laugh.
"Sammy! Sammy! Sammy!" she chanted. Sam still pretended to sleep. Finally madi sat on his chest and kissed him on the cheek. Sam opened his eyes and grabbed madi and started tickling her.
"no!" she burst out laughing trying to get Sam to stop. She was laughing hysterically as Sam tickled her. Madi tried to curl up to make it hard for Sam to get to her. But to no avail Sam continued to tickle her.
"you're mean to children" Clara said leaning on the doorframe.
"mommy! Help me!" madi laughed. Sam growled playfully. Clara came over and joined the tickling match, but she tickled Sam instead trying to get him to stop.
"oh god!" Sam shouted as he realized that Clara was going to tickle him. He started laughing like crazy as madi was freed. Madi helped Clara defeat Sam. Sam tried helplessly to tickle the other two but it was no use. Madi was on top of him tickling his stomach and Clara was leaning on the bed getting at his sides.
"NO! STOP!" he could barely talk he was laughing so hard.
"what in God's name is going on in here" asked Bobby looking into the room hearing all the commotion. Nobody heard him though. Bobby looked at them and realized how much of a family they looked like. He was glad and happy they were. He was so proud of them and he smiled to himself. He walked back downstairs not wanting to disturb them.
Sam grabbed madi s hands and whispered something softly In her ear so Clara would hear. Madi beamed and nodded. They turned at glared at Clara. Clara eyes got wide realizing what they were planing on.
"no!" she demanded but it was too late Sam pulled her onto the bed and started tickling her. Madi joined. They were all laughing now. Clara did everything in her power to stop the madness but it was no use. Clara tried to grasp at their hands, but everytime she tried they moved.
"no! Please! Stop!"she yelled helplessly. They continued to tickle.
"nooo!" she laughed in protest.
"we will only stop if you make us breakfast" Madi said.
"Okay! Fine!" Clara laughed desperate for this to stop.
"okay" Sammy said smiling and let clara up.
"we win!" shouted madi slapping Sams hand.
"yes! Alright!" he yelled happily.
Dean was driving back home. He figured it was enough of a hunt running into bigfoot. Plus he missed Madi.
"Dean, are we going back to Bobby's?" Cas asked,
"yeah, think so…..unless you wanted to stay away for another night" Dean said
"we haven't been on a hunt" Cas pointed out.
"I know, well not a real hunt was that creature thing", Dean looked down.
"Why so eager",Cas asked.
"I have reasons", Dean was anxious to get back.
"Is it about her", Cas read Deans body language. "Because i can assure you she's fine", Cas finished.
"Yeah I guess", Dean smirked. There was an awkward pause, there was only silence the two looked away from each other.
"Your love for her is something I know I can't surpass", The angels eyes met with Deans for a split second then they looked back at the road. Dean was curious as to why Castiel pointed this out but he decided to concentrate on the road rather than small talk. Dean wasn't sure if what he was saying was out of jealousy or happiness.
"Why am i here with you", The boy looked at Gabriel.
"Madison needs some time with her family", Gabriel looked at the boy.
"Oh", Alec felt hurt, he wanted to be with his friend, he never ever EVER had a friend before. The feelings he had with her, he felt ok. He didn't have to be obedient he could be himself. He longed for a friend and now that he had one, he needs her. Gabriel went about his business keeping Alec in watch but he could sense something, just an unsettled feeling coming from the boy. He tried to ignore it for a while but he couldn't anymore.
"what is is?" Gabe sighed.
"what?" Alec asked.
"you have an uneasy feeling. Just tell me" Gabe pushed.
"she's my only friend. I miss her, please take me to her" Alec said simply. Gabe sighed looking down at him. He knelt down to him and grabbed his shoulders.
"I'm sorry" he started "I can't do that. At least not right now"
"why!?" Alec shouted.
"I can't explain it! I just can't" the angel started to yell but he caught himself and calmed down.
"try!" he insisted.
"I can't" Gabe felt bad, but he knew he couldn't do anything about it. "I'm sorry" he said and pulled Alec into a hug.
"I want to see her" Alec said sadly.
"I know" the angel said hugging him tighter. "I know"
"when can I go back?" Alec asked. Gabe pulled back and looked at Alec sadly.
"I don't know" he said. "not for a while" he told him.
"do I have to stay here?"
"well, I don't know. You're not exactly supposed to be here, but I'll figure it out if you want to"
"what about my mom and dad?" he asked. He knew they were bad. He didn't like that they were bad and he didn't like what they did, but they were his parents.
"you can be with them if you want to. It's up to you" Gabe said sympathetically. "I don't know" Alec said unsure. "which is better?"
"that's for you to decide"
"i- I don't know... If I stay here, will I see her again?"
"maybe, I don't know."
"can I say good bye to my parents?" he said. Gabe felt a rush of happiness. He wanted him to stay here with him. He smiled.
"sure" Gabe smiled. They disappeared.
"can I ask you something?" madi asked to Sam.
"sure" Sam said looking at her.
"where has Alec been?" she asked
"well," Sam started picking her up and sitting down with her on his lap. "he's Uh, not here because he's spending some time with Gabriel" Sam explained nicely.
"oh, thats cool Gabby it nice", Madison give her signature most adorable smile on planet earth.
"yeah he is" sam said. "but uh listen, you guys might not see each other for a long time."Sam explained.
"Why?" madi was confused. why couldn't she see her friend?
"Because, we don't think its a very good idea. at least for a while" Sam said in a way that she would understand.
"why?" she asked.
"we think that i might be a little hard for him to be around"
"why?"
Sam sighed, not really knowing how to answer. He thought he'd change the subject.
"hey, how bout some ice cream?" he asked.
"Okay!" Madi said enthusiastically. Sam got up and walked into the kitchen.
madi skipped after him.
Cas hated being in a car it was slow and confined. But he was ok since he was with his hunter.
"We're almost there", Dean could sense Castiel's growing anxiousness.
"So you tell me", It had been the twelfth time in the past 2 hours. All of a sudden there was someone in the middle of the road standing. It was almost night time. Dean hit the breaks abruptly knowing that something was out there. Dean got out of his car to see who it was. He couldn't make it out. Then it disappeared. Dean looked at Cas then he felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Who...MEG", Dean yelled.
"Missed me I sure missed you Clarence", Meg looked at Cas.
"what the hell are you doing here", Dean gritted his teeth,as cas was happy to get out of the car.
"i wanted to ask a favor" she said.
"why the hell should we help you?" dean asked sharply
"because, if you want your little girl safe, i suggest you hear me out" she said slyly.
"so what is this, a deal?" dean asked confused.
"i think of it more like a favor. but, you have to do something for me" she said.
"what do you want?" dean asked
"dean, i don't think this is a good idea" cas said
"what you need to do" she started ignoring the angel "is kill Clara"
"alec?" Mercy said looking down at her son who was standing in front of Gabriel
"mom." the boy said flatly.
" what are you doing here" the demon asked looking to gabe
"i'm just using transportation" he smiled
"im here to say goodbye" alec said.
"what?" Mercy asked kneeling down to him.
"wheres dad?"
"MICHAEL! COME HERE!" she yelled. a few moments later he walked in.
"Gabe." he said acknowledging his brother.
"i'm leaving" alec said simply
"what? you're not going anywhere" michael said reaching for him. gabe pulled him back gently away from him.
"where?" mercy asked
"hes coming with me" gabe said speaking up. Alec nodded.
"i just wanted to say bye" the boy said.
"you are not" his father demanded.
"he is" gabe insisted as the boy grabbed Gabriel hand and teleported with him. Which surprised Gabriel that he'd done this, Gabe couldn't but some how Alec was able all of sudden.
"Damnit", Dean hissed as Meg had gone.
"Why would she want Clara", Cas asked.
"I don't know but i am not going to wait around to find out". Dean ran back to the car and Cas followed. Dean was even more determined to get home then he was before. But he couldn't tell Sam, that would just lead to Sammy telling Clara and he wanted to avoid problems. This decision killed him, This would mean that if he killed Clara. Madi could be safe. Intriguing but It wasn't worth it. He rather put his life in front of Madison's rather than some demon doing it.
"Goodnight", Sam and Clara walked out of her room turning off her lamp.
"I love you Mommy and Sammy", the little girl smiled and closed her eyes. Sam slowly shut the door.
"So what now", Clara glanced at Sam.
"She might be up, she doesn't sleep the whole night usually", Sam laughed a bit. Clara couldn't help but notice his eyes.
"Are you suggesting that we-", Clara stopped.
"Nevermind", Sam said. she grabbed his hand and pulled him down stairs, outside. Running.
"What are you doing?", Sam asked.
"Not you….ooh burn", Clara laughed dragging Sammy to the field near the salvage yard.
"Why are we here" Clara then tackled Sam to the ground laughing. Sam laughed a bit too. Clara rolled beside him so that were looking at the sky. She grabbed his hand and the looked at the stars.
"It's such a perfect night despite all of the crap we just went through, do you see those millions of stars", Clara said passionately.
"Yeah", He was happy, but he didn't understand.
"Everytime i look at the stars i feel safe", Clara leaned her head next to Sams. Sam put an arm around her. She leaned in more. Sam felt happy. Clara couldn't take it anymore. She sat up crawled over to Sam. The both smiled at each other and kissed. Tentatively Sam placed a hand at the nath of her neck and he rolled on top of her.
"I love you", Clara muttered.
"I do too", Sam smiled and kissed her again.
"Alright Alec", Gabe held out his hand waiting for a high five. Alec did as hard as could.
"I did what i had to", Alec bragged.
"Maybe i can see Madi now". Alec was eager.
"In the morning you need your rest", Gabe said. Leading him to the hay place that had a blanket and pillow ready for alec to sleep on. The boy nodded then crawled into the hay bed. Gabriel was kinda concerned that boy had mastered teleportation at his age. He watched over the boy until Anna appeared.
"I guess you're in trouble", Anna looked to her big brother.
"it may be amusing to you that my abilities are temporally useless but i can assure you its not funny", Gabe said flatly.
"What about Lucifers offspring she seems to be a hot topic with all the angels now", Anna said cockily.
"She under the guardianship of Castiel as well as Bobby the Winchesters and the Grimm."
"Winchesters and Grimm combo, monsters must be trembling at the thought of that", Anna smirked at Gabe/
"All im saying is watch out, the little girl is in grave danger, unless you can find your self a way down there. Heaven and Hell wants their greedy little hands on here and i doubt the weak angel and a few hunters can stop everyone"
"Thanks for concerning me Anna", The archangel said as Anna disappeared. he sighed and turned to look at Alec. What was he going to do with him.
Dean and Cas opened the door to bobbys. it was the middle of the night so he didn't call for walked up the stairs and checked on madi. she was sleeping on her side. he smiled a little as he looked at her all curled up in her cocoon of blankets and stuffed didn't want to wake her up so he gently closed her door. he thought he'd also check on Clara. he thought of what Mercy said. He was not going to kill her he knew. but the fact that Meg wanted her dead for some reason was something to keep in mind. he slowly opened her door and looked at her bed. he opened it fully when he noticed she wasn't there.
"crap" he muttered. He ran out of the room. He burst into Sams room to check and see if either one of them were there. they weren't. he assumed that they left somewhere. he started to get mad at both of them! why would they just leave Madi here? sure bobby was here, but really.
"oh sam! come on!" he said aloud.
"we should probably go inside" sam said still on the ground with Clara.
"probably" Clara agreed resting her head on sam's chest. Sam kissed her on the top of her head pulling her in close to him.
"the stars really are beautiful" Clara said.
"not as beautiful as you" sam said smiling
"your such a-" Clara started but sam kissed her before she could finish
"we really should go inside now" sam said softly.
"yeah" sam got up and held his hand down to clara. They didn't let go of each others hands until they got to the door. they were about to open it when it flung open. showing a freaked out Dean.
"uhh" sam said
"WHAT THE HELL SAMMY!" he yelled softly.
"what?" sam said
"leaving madi" dean said furiously
"its my fault" clara said stepping up.
"clara, no" sam said
"its my fault!" clara repeated
"what the hell is wrong with you guys?" dean asked
"Dean, look, im sorry. but nothing is going to happen. bobby is in there with her" sam said
"how do you know?" dean asked
"nothing has happened in a few weeks, trust me shes okay now" clara said
"maybe her sure but what about-" dean started but stopped himself before he said you. he cleared his throat "anyway, get back in here" he demanded softly.
"hey, gabe?" alec asked the next morning
"yeah?" the angel answered
"you said i could see madi today" the boy said
"i did, didn't i?" gabe sighed
"yes"
"well, lets go" he said taking alec by the hand. they disappeared and appeared in bobbys house.
"GAH...Alec? Gabriel?", Dean jumped.
"Is Madison Awake", Alec asked.
"Not yet, i'm afraid", Dean said.
"Oh, okay i will wait i guess", The boy was slightly disappointed.
Clara came running down the stairs.
"Where Sam?", Dean asked Clara walked closer to him.
"He's with Madi, she woke up from a bad dream. Its really bad i mean she's in tears and everything", Clara looked at Dean, shaking a bit. Dean looked at her then ran up stairs.
"Clara just wait here with Gabriel and Alec", Dean ran up the stairs. He could hear her crying. She didn't normally cry after bad dreams. He slammed the door open. Sam was rocking her back and forth. Dean felt his heart break again. She was crying so hard and Sam was trying so hard to soothe her.
"Sam, go down stairs to Clara...NOW", Dean pushed he didn't want anything to happen to Clara. Sam nodded and walked out of the room handing Madison to Dean.
"Im right here baby", Dean pretended to be strong for her. When inside his heart was breaking for her. he stroked her hair and held her close. She felt warm. Really warm. He rocked her she was still crying. Very hard. She then got enough strength and gripped his sleeve pulling at it. She pulled back pulled back briefly stopping her crying, Dean felt her head with the back of her hand. She had a fever. It wasn't good seeing as nightmare are induced by fevers. He saw her red tear soaked eyes. He couldn't looked at them and longer so he hugged her close. She wrapped her weakly arms around him. She was starting to get shaky. The hunter could feel it. The shaking madison scared and then she cried into his shoulder.
"Why does the monster make me feel like this", She sniffled
"Awe baby, its not monsters, you just have fever. Your sick.", He picked her up She was sweaty. And shaky and she was grabbing dean as tight as she could but to dean it was nothing. He walked down stairs carrying her. She whimpered.
"Hey Sam, she has a fever could you go out and buy childrens medicine. Dean pulled the Impala's keys out of his pocket and tossed them to Sam. Sam caught them and ran outside in a hurry, Clara was talking to Alec and Cas was next to Gabriel. Dean sat down and help Madison in his arms. He wasn't going to leave her until she felt better. He rocked her gently. Madison started shaking uncomfortably. Madison didn't like what she was feeling or her thoughts. She kept reminiscing the pain from hell all of it. She climbed up and buried her face in Dean shoulder and whimpered. He wrapped one arm around her and stroked her hair and back.
"Is she ok" Alec asked anxiously as Madison grabbed Dean's shoulder as hard as she could.
"She's not feeling well, unfortunately", He thought that her grabbing his shoulder was sign for her to not show weakness in front of her friend. But Madison buried her face into Dean's shoulder and screeched. It was muffled and this Made Dean very concerned. Dean quickly pulled Madison back to look at her.
The toddler's eyes turned white