It's Not Suppose To Go Like This
Chapter 10
Complications
Hazel could hear Sam calling to her and thought she might have been dreaming. But when he touched her face she knew he was really there. The only problem was she couldn't open her eyes, or move her body. It was as if her mind was working fine but the messages weren't getting to the rest of her. She heard a loud bang and angry voices telling Sam to drop his weapon and get down on the ground.
She felt herself slipping back to the black but she fought it, there was no way she was going to just roll over and die. Slowly the pressure of Sam holding her and the voices began to fade. She became aware of the darkness closing in and wondered if this was what dying felt like.
"Of course this isn't what it feels like to die," a voice said to her. "At least I don't think so."
Hazel was able to open her eyes, she was standing back in the room Gordon and Victor had taken her to. There were no tables this time, just a man with snow-white hair and a slick suit. Hazel swung her head around. "Where am I?"
The man uncrossed his arms and took a few steps towards her but stopped when Hazel stepped back from him. "It's alright Hazel. No one is going to hurt you. Right now you're in the abyss. Think of it as a waiting room for those who aren't meant to die."
Hazel kept her distance from the man, "Then who are you?"
He smiled and unlike Victor, this smile was genuine. "My name is Gabriel. I'm simply here to let you know that you're not going to die."
"Well that's comforting." Hazel crossed her arms and felt the lump that had become so familiar to her gone. "My Baby!" She fell to her knees, still grasping her stomach and felt Gabriel slip an arm around her shoulder.
"It's alright Hazel, she's alive."
"But where is she! Oh god, where's my baby!" There were tears falling down her face as what Meg had whispered in her ear came back to her. Besides you won't have her for much longer. "She took her," she whispered. "That thing took my little girl."
Gabriel took hold of Hazel's shoulders, "You're daughter is safe. She's being kept safe. You can't let the loss of her get to you just now. You'll have to visit those emotions later. You let it get to you Hazel and you'll loose yourself to them. Now look at me." Hazel lifted her tear filled eyes to him, "I promise you that she will be fine. Concentrate on getting back in yourself."
Hazel closed her eyes, spared a final thought for her baby, then looked back at Gabriel, "But where is she?"
Gabriel helped Hazel to stand, "She's with Railean. That demon transferred her to Railean."
Hazel sobbed but quickly regained her composure, "You swear she's safe?" He nodded. "Then how do I get back?"
"That's the stuff."
Railean couldn't move straps were holding her wrists at her side. She twisted her head to the side but could only see black. She knew her eyes weren't covered; she couldn't feel anything on them. A flutter in her stomach brought her crashing to reality. She looked down at her now very augmented belly. "Oh my god!"
Her limbs felt like lead and no matter how much she tried, Railean couldn't get anything to move. The fluttering in her belly was back but so was excruciating pain. "Oh god," she cried out.
"Yea, Meg said it would be painful," a voice said off to her right. "It'll pass." Railean turned her head as best she could, she still felt so weak. Gordon was leaning against the wall arms crossed.
"What did you do Gordon?" she asked her voice raw and sore. Gordon said nothing and Railean felt the pain come back. Her entire abdomen felt as though it was being pulled apart. She cried out again and would have loved to turn onto her side, but the straps were preventing that. "Damn it Gordon, what he hell did you do!"
"Oh stop your whining, Railean. Hazel didn't complain this much."
Railean was a little stunned, was he kidding her. "Hazel didn't have another women's baby forced into her body," she told him through gritted teeth. There was no way for her to measure the amount of pain she was in.
Gordon looked down at her, "You know for a Winchester you sure are being a baby about this."
Railean decided that trying to get Gordon to explain what the hell was going on would be as easy as burning a car to ashes. She took a deep breath, "What did you guys do with Hazel? Is she alright?"
Gordon looked off to the side; Railean hoped he would answer her. "Come on Gordon you could at least tell me that much."
He sighed, "As far as I know she was taken to a hospital, while Sam and Dean were taken into FBI custody."
"You got my brothers arrested, you son of a bitch!" Railean struggled against her bonds for a moment before the pain was back. Alright, so I fight and it hurts, got it. She could feel the baby kicking and bit back another cry.
"It's not like they didn't deserve that. They left me tied to a chair for three days, Sam got me arrested and if it wasn't for Agent Hendrickson I would still be in that place."
Railean smiled at that, it was always her favorite story to hear from Dean. "Yea I remember that story, god I laugh my ass off every time Dean tells me that story. Oh and the part where he runs your head into a door jam, priceless."
Apparently Gordon didn't think it was funny. He pressed on her stomach and she cried out. He smiled, "What Meg doesn't know won't kill her." He turned and walked out of the room.
Railean took a few deep breaths, trying to get the pain to stop. "This so sucks." After a few minutes, which seemed like hours, the pain started to subside. She immediately thought of what could be happening to Dean and Sam. "Please let them be alright," she prayed. "And if it's not to much trouble help them find a way to get to me."
Dean sighed, "For the hundredth time, I didn't kill anyone." The agent across from him rolled his eyes and Dean just sat back in his chair. They had been playing this game ever since he and Sam had been taken into custody. No one was answering his questions regarding Hazel, and he hadn't seen Kalika or Reid when they brought him out.
"What I don't get is why you're even bothering to deny it," the agent, who had introduced himself as Agent Peterson, started. "It's not like we don't have you on tape at that bank job, you know the one where four people were killed."
"Yea one of them by your sharp shooter," Dean stated resting his hands on the table, "the other ones by something else. Out of curiosity, how is the guard that was let go?"
Agent Peterson stood up ignoring Dean's inquest. "Look Winchester we have enough evidence to not only put you away for life but if we wanted to we could ask for the death penalty. So why not just come clean with us?"
The door to the interrogation room opened and Dean nearly smiled. It was Kalika. "Sorry to interrupt Agent Peterson, but this interview is over. Dean, follow me."
Dean made to stand up but Agent Peterson stopped him, "Hold on! Just who the hell are you?"
Kalika flashed her badge, "Special Agent Moore of Special Technologies. If you have any other questions I suggest you direct them to your supervision, but right now Agent Winchester is coming with me. My partner Special Agent Reid has already gotten Sam so Dean we can go."
Agent Peterson's jaw dropped, "These two are FBI agents?"
Dean stood and walked past Kalika as she shut the door, "Don't say a single word Dean," she whispered to him. They walked past a few of the other Feds who were there when Sam and Dean were taken. Every single one of them had a look of pure rage. Once they got past them, Dean could see Sam standing with Reid gathering his stuff from lock up. Dean was dying to ask how they had managed to bluff their way in but decided to wait. He gathered his stuff from lock up and was about to head for the front door but Kalika stopped him.
"We need to talk with the head guy for this precinct; you and Sam kept your mouth shut and let us do the talking. Oh and do not act surprised by anything we say, understand?" Dean and Sam both nodded.
Reid and Kalika lead the way back through the offices, stopping in front of the last door. Reid opened it and let Kalika, Sam and Dean enter. A man dressed in a plain black suit was sitting behind the desk reading a file in front of him. He didn't look up until Reid shut the door.
"I've been told that what is said in this room is to stay in this room," he started glaring first at Dean and Sam; then moved his gaze to Reid and Kalika. "Just what kind of operation do you run there in Special Technologies, that warrant's the," he glanced down at the file, "desecration of graves, bank robberies, and my personal favorite, murder." He looked up at them all and Dean was tempted to roll his eyes at the man.
Reid stepped up to the desk, "What we do in our department is classified, as for Agents Winchester and Winchester your men should count theirselves lucky that girl was already found. Had they come in any sooner they could have very well scared off the man who had taken her," Dean noticed Sam stiffen at the mention of Hazel but he said nothing.
"So you're telling me that these two have been working under cover for the last two years? And your bosses expect me to believe that, I am not an idiot."
Dean couldn't help it, "Could have fooled me," he whispered a little too loud.
"Listen you little punk, I've been working this job long enough to spot a bunch of bull shit." He held up the file, "and as far as I'm concerned this is bull shit."
Kalika stepped in front of Dean, "I truly hate to tell you this Caption, but it's not your concern. As of now Agent Winchester and Winchester are no longer under investigation. How you deal with that is none of our concern." She nodded to Reid. "Let's go."
She held the door open and all three walked out of the office, "You just had to say something didn't you Dean," she told him once they were out of the building.
"Sorry."
"No you're not."
Dean grinned at her, "Yea you're right, and I'm not."
"If you two are done flirting," Reid interrupted them opening the car door. They both glared at him. "Come on we have one more place to stop." They all gathered into the car and Reid drove to McDavis hospital. "I had them move Hazel here. I have more umm… connections here. She'll be better protected."
"How is she, is she alright?" Sam was leaning over the seat asking.
"Sorry Sam," Reid told him glancing in the rear view mirror. "We don't know. We were a little busy getting you two out of there."
"So you care to explain how we became FBI agents?" Dean asked hoping the change of subject would take Sam's mind off Hazel, if only for a little bit.
"Kind of the same way I did, but yours' is a little different. According to their records," she pulled two files out of her bag and handed them to Sam and Dean, "you two have been working deep undercover for the Special Technologies Department. About six months ago we were informed of a leak in the department and had to break off contact with you. If you read into it you'll see we deliberately made it read as if we suspected Agent Victor Hendrickson of being the leak."
Sam read over his file, getting a kick out of not only the information but also a few of the pictures they had included. "So who did these, they look real?"
Kalika smiled as Reid pulled into a parking spot at McDavis hospital, "I know a little mouse that was all too happy to create these, but they should look real because they are. Reid's department sort of owed me. As of now your two are official UCO for Special Technologies."
Dean grimaced, "You mean we're feds now, oh Dad would have loved that."
They got out of the car and Reid cleared his throat, "If you read a little more you'll find a little something regarding him."
Dean read on and Sam watched as his eyes got bigger and bigger, "You guys can do that?" Sam started reading over his shoulder.
"Well," Kalika told them as they walked into the hospital, "we figured after all he gave to fight those things he deserved some kind of recognition, not to mention his serves record was excellent anyway."
Sam read the file out loud, "Their father, Captain John Winchester, was given full honors following his death, for the dedicated work he showed in life. But Dad wasn't a Captain, he was a Sgt."
Reid flashed his badge and they continued to the elevators, "He was promoted to Captain a few years after he started working." He pushed the fourth floor. "My bosses figured they could give him retro-active credit from the time of your mom's death. Granted I guess it was pretty hard to figure out all the things they could accredit to him, guess he was known to keep a lower profile then his boys."
The doors opened before either Sam or Dean could respond to that, a young looking man dressed in scrubs met them. "Hey Anthony,"
"Hey David," Reid shook hands with the guy. "How are Hazel and the baby?"
The man's face fell a little and Sam felt as if his legs would give out. "Let's talk somewhere private." He showed them to a little room marked Meditation Room and had them sit down. "Well the good news is that Hazel is in good physical condition, she's been resting." Sam took a deep breath, waiting for the other shoe to drop. David took a moment, "Anthony we did a complete, and I mean complete examination of her, I'm sorry but she's no longer carrying the baby."
Sam felt the world spinning, "She lost the baby!" He stood up quickly, "I'm going to find Gordon and this time I'm going to kill that son of a bitch!"
David quickly shook his head, "No, no, no. We don't believe the baby's dead. Hazel just isn't carrying it anymore." He placed his hands on Sam's shoulders finally realizing he must be the dad. "When I said we did a complete examination, it's not just a medical one. We also did a magical one. There are remnants of some pretty dark magic around her. Like I said she is physically fine but we were a little worried about her mental health. Her brother is in sitting with her, she hasn't woken up since she's been here." He told Sam the room number and let Dean and him leave, but held Kalika and Reid back.
"I understand from Reid that their sister is still missing," he confirmed once the door had closed, "if the spell used is the one I think it is then it stands to reason that the baby is with her now, but there's a slight problem." He looked back towards the door. "Given the amount of time their sister had been missing, if they did perform this ritual, it could kill her. Her body hasn't had time to prepare itself for carrying a baby, much less giving birth to one. We need to find her and quick."
Reid and Kalika headed to Hazel's room, "Should we tell Sam and Dean the kind of risk Railean's in?" Reid asked once they reached the door.
Kalika thought about it for a moment, "We'll tell them we need to find Railean pretty quick, just leave out the why. Sam's got his plate full with Hazel and Dean is going to be worrying about Sam. We'll only tell them if we have to."
Sam had opened the door quietly but there was no need, once the door moved Annie let out a short bark and woke Max from his spot by Hazel's bed. Max jumped up and relaxed when he saw it was Sam and Dean. "How did you guys get Annie into a hospital?" Dean asked petting the dog on the head. She calmed down and padded her way back to the foot of Hazel's bed.
Max sat back down, taking Hazel's hand, "Agent Reid said it would be alright." Sam sat on the opposite side, watching Hazel's slow steady breathing. He couldn't meet Max's eyes, didn't know if he knew about the baby.
Dean leaned against the wall watching Sam and Max hover around Hazel. He sighed, "Guys if she's sleeping you want to grab a bite to eat?" They both shook their head so Dean left. He ran into Kalika and Reid, "I'm getting something to eat, it's not like they fed us."
"I'll come with you," Kalika said. "We can get the others something and bring it back."
Reid went in while they went to the cafeteria. He found Max and Sam on either side of Hazel. "Hey Max, nice to see you and Annie again. How's she doing?"
"She hasn't woken up since I've been here and David won't say why."
"Well keep in mind, her body has been through a lot. It just needs time to heal." Reid noticed Sam give her hand a little squeeze. "Don't worry, she's a tough girl, she'll make it through this." They both just nodded.
They all spent the next few days at McDavis hospital. Max and Sam barely left Hazel's bedside. The only time either of them would leave would be when Annie needed to go out, they each took turns with that, but were never gone for more then thirty minutes. It would have been shorter but it seemed Annie became a little shy while out side and took longer to go.
Reid, Kalika, and Dean were in and out of the room. They were concentrating on finding Railean but Kalika and Reid never found the right time to let Dean know they were working on a very small timetable.
The next time Railean woke up she noticed her arms were no longer strapped down. She tried to sit up but her body was still not responsive.
"Now you see why we have no problem untying you," Meg told her from the door. "You're not physical or mentally able to escape."
"At least the pain has lessened," Railean told her with as much sarcasm as she could. Her entire body felt tired and weak. "So how did you get Gordon to help you with this?"
Meg crossed over to her and started to raise her hand to Railean's belly. "I told him what he wanted to hear." Railean flinched, but Meg only kept her hand hovering above it. "He wanted revenge and I could help him get it."
"What about you, what do you want?" Railean asked even though she knew the answer.
"The same thing, revenge," she said as she lowered her hand.
"Oh," Railean started with a smirk on her face, "are you still mad that we killed your daddy?"
Meg pushed on Railean's belly and she screamed, "Oh I'm not mad, Rai." She pushed harder, "I'm pissed." She took her hand off and Railean panted to get the pain to stop. "You still don't get it do you? I could have simply kept Hazel, waited her to give birth, killed her and kept the baby. Now while that would have hurt Sam deeply and yes you and Dean would have been upset to see Sammy so upset, it still wouldn't hurt them as much as this."
As the pain started to subside it slowly dawned on Railean what Meg was saying, "This is going to kill me."
Meg turned to walk out of the room, "Yep and there is nothing Sam and Dean can do about it. See I get two birds for the price of one. That isn't even the best part of this but I'll leave that for later."
She closed the door and Railean felt it was alright for her to cry now.
