Another End
So this chapter is gonna be fun. We'll get to find out a lot more about Alice. It's gonna take place during Fallen Idols and have some of that in it as well.
The ride to Ohio was awkward.
Mostly because Sam was in the front seat while Alice slept in the back. Since her little glowing eyed power display, despite how tired she had been, she hadn't been sleeping right. The boys were doing whatever they could to make sure she got to sleep whenever possible. Dean's level of protectiveness over his girlfriend had doubled since the hell hound once he realized it was after her and didn't care for himself or Sam. He planned for separate rooms tonight, having gone the last few days with one room and two beds which lead to no sex since Sam hadn't really gone out for too long.
Dean wanted to trust his brother, he really did, but something was keeping that from happening. He thought they had to do a restart, build it all back up again, and he hoped like hell that it worked.
Alice didn't wake up until after they had pulled up at the police station and Sam and Dean had a quick conversation about letting her sleep. They had been inside for five minutes before the girl woke and looked around. She was a bit surprised to find them in the parking lot of a police station but after a quick little reach she relaxed, feeling Dean not far from herself. She didn't get to take too much comfort in that for long when she noticed something felt wrong. She reached for the handle to the door, thinking it was just the emptiness of the car that made her uncomfortable. When her hand passed straight through it, she flew into panic.
"This isn't something I can do." Alice said. Her hand waved around, passing through the seats in front of her. With a particularly strong arm wave, she toppled over and fell straight out of the car.
"Hello precious, come here." Alice froze at the voice and slowly rose to her feet. When she turned around, she didn't see a parking lot or a police station or even the Impala. She saw a garden. In that garden there was Dean, herself, Sam and, a few paces behind Sam, another Dean. Alice's eyes flew wide as she took in the other Dean's appearance and knew he was dead. Something strange passed through her as a little girl walked right by her. She only saw the back of the blond pigtails, white dress and purple bow on the sash.
"Oh God." Both Alice's said, watching Sam pick up the little girl. The other Alice was holding a hand over her mouth as she cried. Alice didn't know what to do or how to feel but something twisted inside her chest and she didn't like it.
"Not quite." Sam said. Alice finally recognized that this wasn't Sam, this was Lucifer in Sam's body. Her stomach clenched up as she realized the living Dean was hers and this was the future he had seen...but she didn't know this part. He had told her everything but why did this not seem familiar? "I'm sure you're wondering about who this is because...by the looks of things...you weren't told the whole story." Sam/Lucifer's eyes drifted from Dean to the Future Alice as the little girl's head rested on his shoulder. "Why don't you tell him?"
"Alice?" Dean asked. Alice tore her eyes off the girl to see Dean looking at the other version of her. There was no way he was going to get a verbal answer out of her, not in that state. Alice felt tears prickling the corners of her eyes. "Is she...she the real reason you left?" The future Alice nodded slowly. "Cas didn't call you back just because you were needed. He called you back to keep her away from him...but it didn't work." Again, a nod was his response. The tears slid down Alice's cheeks as Dean's furious gaze shifted to Sam/Lucifer. "Why? Why her?"
"You haven't figured out what Alice is yet have you?" Sam/Lucifer asked. "You have no idea." His eyes turned to the little girl he held in his arms. "No idea what power brews in these women." He looked back at Dean. "I'm sure you'll find out soon enough. Good bye Dean...Alice." As he turned and started to walk away, Dean took a step towards him.
"You better damn well kill me now." The hunter yelled.
"You'll never say yes to Michael." Sam/Lucifer said, stopping in his tracks. "And you'll never kill Sam." He looked over his shoulder at Dean. "No matter what you do...you'll always end up here. We...will always end up here." Something happened and Alice turned her head slightly to notice her future self gone. "See you in five years Dean." Sam/Lucifer vanished as the Angel from the motel appeared where future Alice had once stood. Dean turned around and the Angel put fingers to his forehead.
Alice was alone.
A noise from behind her made her jump and spin around, falling over in the process. A wounded Castiel came into view, leaning on a large potted plant. Alice stared at him and wondered for a moment if he could see her at all since no one else seemed able to. His eyes were on the future Dean's body before they slowly slid to the blonde girl on the ground.
"Alice." Castiel said, sounding confused.
"You...you can see me." Alice said.
"Yes, of course, you're right..." Castiel didn't finish. He dropped to his hands and knees, trying to take in deep breaths. Alice scrambled to his side and helped him sit back against the flower pot.
"Cas? Cas quick, what do I do?" She asked, looking over his wounds. She knew without prompting that this Castiel was no longer an Angel.
"You're not my...our Alice." Castiel said, ignoring the question.
"I...I don't know where she went." Alice said, shaking her head. She explained things quickly while she tried to patch up the wounds as best she could.
"She's been moved." Castiel said. "Hidden. Dean's dead...they won't...won't trust us to...guard her now. Everyone that...came...they're dead."
"Castiel please..." Alice begged, tears streaming along her cheeks. "Please please tell me what to do to help you. I don't...I don't know how." Castiel just laughed lightly then coughed. "The girl...was she..."
"That was...is...your child." Castiel said.
"She looked...so old." Alice said. She knew the ex-Angel knew what she meant. "Am I...is she..." She looked down and placed a hand on her stomach, trying to feel for something that resembled a new life."
"If...you can't feel...feel it." Castiel said, his voice growing weaker. "Then it...she...isn't...not yet."
"Why am I here?" Alice asked. "I knew...knew what Dean saw."
"You only...came...now." Castiel said. Alice nodded. "He...he didn't tell...you...about the girl." She shook her head slowly. "You...had to...know."
"Why?" Alice asked.
"I...don't know." Castiel said. "You can't...can't prevent...yourself...falling pregnant. The child...she...she's meant to be." His hand, covered in blood, lifted slowly to rest on Alice's stomach. "From He-Heaven...and...Earth."
"Cas?" Alice asked.
"I'm sorry I...I couldn't...couldn't keep...my promise." Castiel said. "I've...failed...so much."
"No...no no no." Alice said, grabbing his hand and ignoring the blood. "You don't...you never failed." She could barely see him through her tears. She leaned closer to gently hug him. "Please...can't you tell me...how to save you?"
"It's too...late." Castiel said. "Just...stay." His arms slid around her and for a moment Alice knew that he had forgotten she wasn't the future version. She could let it happen though, she could pretend for his last moments to be who he wanted her to be. Her hand rested on his chest and felt his heartbeat slow down. She lifted her head to watch his eyes close, the smallest of smiles on his face as he died.
"I hope you find your peace." Alice whispered. "I will do what I can." She gently disentangled herself from him and rose to her feet. Looking between the two bodies she wondered vaguely what she should do with them. Coming to the decision that she wasn't going to leave them there, she pressed her hands together and closed her eyes as if she were praying. Slowly the bodies rose and begin drifting. Alice followed them, her eyes now open and glowing, out of the garden and the building that housed it, down abandoned streets, to where a few SUVs sat. She gently maneuvered the bodies inside one and stared at them for a few minutes before closing the door and climbing into the driver's seat.
Alice didn't know where she was going but she let her feelings do the guiding and within the hour she had come across a camp. Slowly driving the SUV through the gates that were opened by men, she gazed around at the people watching. It didn't take much thought to figure out what they were thinking. Five SUVs go out, one comes back.
"Alice what happened?" A man with a scruffy beard and mustache asked as she climbed out of the vehicle.
"Everyone's dead." Alice said. The man opened the back door to look at the bodies of Dean and Castiel. "I didn't know where anyone else was."
"Oh God." The man said. He called for people to take the bodies to get cleaned up then he gently took Alice's arm and led her to a cabin. He sat her on a chair before pulling one over in front of her. "Alice?"
"I don't know why I'm here." Alice said, fresh tears springing into action as she gazed hopelessly at the man in front of her.
"I...what?" He asked.
"I'm not your Alice." The blonde girl said. "She disappeared. Cas...Castiel said...that they moved her. Hid her because they couldn't trust all of you to watch her anymore."
"The Angels did that?" The man asked. Alice nodded slowly. The man watched her and stood up carefully. She knew what was coming as he moved to a box and reached inside it. Quickly closing her eyes and mouth she felt water hit her face a few seconds later.
"I'm not a demon." Alice said, opening her eyes.
"Had to make sure." The man said, looking apologetic. "So you're like that other Dean? The one from 09?"
"Yes." Alice said.
"Where's he?" The man asked. Alice explained the Angel that had shown and took Dean back home. "That would be Zachariah. I'm Chuck by the way."
"The one that writes the books." Alice said, remember hearing about them.
"I used to." Chuck said, laughing slightly. He sat back down. "Do you have any possible ideas as to why you've been brought here?"
"Castiel said, before he died, that I needed to know about the child." Alice said, her eyes lowering down to look at her stomach. "Dean didn't tell me that part." She looked up at Chuck. "What happened?"
"I had a vision." Chuck said. "While you were gone from us. It involved Lucifer stealing her away from you. Cas tracked you down and begged you to come back. We thought we could change things but...it didn't work out that way." There was a noise the Alice knew well and knew that it only meant one thing. It came from behind her and she didn't bother turning even as Chuck's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open to stare.
"Leave us Chuck." The voice behind her spoke, rich and deep. The prophet nodded slowly, still staring in wide eyed bewilderment. He rose to his feet and stumbled out of the cabin. Foot steps moved behind Alice, coming up alongside her to go to the vacant chair. Just as the body that owned the feet came into her sight, Alice turned her head to look away.
A pause. A deep sigh. A heavy thud as the person dropped themselves into the chair. Purple eyes remained averted. Another sigh and then a hand reached forward to gently take one of Alice's bloodied ones. The hand was rough against hers and could really only be described as masculine.
"Alice." The new man said. The blonde didn't want to acknowledge him even though she allowed her hand to remain in his grasp. "Alice please look at me."
"Why?" Alice asked, keeping her eyes firmly on the door.
"I'm not in his body." The man said.
"You can't...he's dead." Alice said.
"Please." The man said. Alice sighed and slowly turned her head to look at him. Golden blonde hair fell into hazel eyes which almost held a sparkle. A plain white t-shirt and black jeans made up his outfit, black markings on his arms were visible below the sleeves of the shirt. "Three hundred years ago, you wouldn't have been this way."
"Three hundred years ago, things were different." Alice countered. "Three hundred years ago, I was different."
"You're not understanding what this means are you?" The man asked.
"I'm the meant to be mother of the prophetic child of balance." Alice said. "Where is there to understand?"
"Many things will happen Alice." The man said. "Are you ready for them?"
"Yes." Alice said.
"Are you sure?" The man asked.
"I love Dean." Alice said, her purple eyes locked on the man's hazel ones. "Nothing you say will keep me from him. If you leave me here I will find my way back. I will do what I can to keep this future from happening."
"There was once a time where you were this devoted to me." The man said. "We, however, were no where knew this...connected."
"Why have me here?" Alice asked.
"You've seen what needed seeing." The man said. Although he had been holding Alice's bloodied hand, when he released it to place his hand on her cheek, it was clean. She felt the old tingle here his fingertips touched but all she could do was nod slowly to statement. "You have changed. I hope you know what you're doing Alice."
"Can I go home now?" Alice asked, her eyes sparkling hopefully.
"Yes...now you may return home." The man said.
"Thank you...Michael." Alice said, closing her eyes as his lips pressed to her forehead.
"Hey, hey Dean, she's coming to!" Sam's voice bounced around her head. There was a shuffling noise and then the squeak of bed springs as someone moved next to her.
"Alice?" Dean's voice was in her head this time. It forced her eyes open and for a second she looked around disoriented. She took notice to Dean and Sam looking tense before the relief in Dean's eyes shone out and she quickly grabbed hold of his shirt to pull him closer for a kiss. Dean was surprised at first and then he melted along into the kiss, more relief flooding from his system into Alice's.
Minutes later, after a brief information session to fill Alice in on what was going on and her demanding to come with them, the trio were standing in a wax museum. They walked through slowly, Dean holding Alice's hand and leading the way into an area that was closed for renovations.
"Is that her?" Alice asked, pointing at an unconscious girl on the floor. The three of them ran over and Alice checked for a pulse "She's alive...barely."
"We gotta get her out." Sam said.
"Okay let's..." Dean started. A blonde woman appeared and threw punches at Dean, knocking him back. Sam and Alice were thrown across the room. Alice hit a wall and fell into a bush. She stopped herself from groaning and stayed still as she watched the woman. She couldn't help the grimace as she recognized the appearance of Paris Hilton. Alice kept herself hidden as Paris dragged Sam to a tree to tie him up.
"Alright little girl, I know you're here, why don't you come out and play?" Paris asked. She started sharpening her nails with a knife as she looked around. "Come out come out wherever you are." There was a groan as the boys started waking up. "I'm so glad you're awake for this. This is gonna be huge." Alice crawled out of the bush as Paris went on about how people used to adore her but since her forest was cut down for a Yugo plant she had been wandering around. "Then someone tripped the Apocalypse and I decided to come out in the open and feast on the fans here in Canton."
"You're a nutty god you know that." Dean said.
"You people are the crazy ones." Paris said, walking over to Dean tied to a tree. "You used to worship gods. But this? This is what passes for idolatry? Celebrities?" She waved at herself and looked disgusted. Alice almost laughed as she pictured Paris Hilton being disgusted with herself. "What have they got besides small dogs and spray tans?" She tapped her fingers on Dean's chest. "Time for you to go cutie."
"You can't." Dean said. "I ain't a Paris fan. Good try though."
"No problem." Paris said. She moved away from Dean. "How about your dad? John Winchester." Dean broke free and attacked. His anger blinded him, letting Paris get the upper hand. She knocked him down and kicked him several times. As her leg drew back once more, she was suddenly thrown back and rolled across the floor. Alice moved over in front of Dean, eyes glowing. "Well there you are."
"Here I am." Alice said.
"About time you came out." Paris said, getting to her feet. "Couldn't do it? Couldn't watch your little boy toy get thrashed on?"
"Leshii." Alice said. "You've been allowed too much free movement. Too bad you had to make a scene." She tilted her head then lifted her hand and waved. "Bye bye."
"What?" Paris asked. Before anything else could happen, Sam brought an ax down, slicing off Paris's head. Alice turned and helped Dean up.
"Dude." Sam said. The pair looked at him. He looked at Dean and tried not to smile. "You just got wailed on by Paris Hilton." Alice giggled as Dean rolled his eyes.
They got the girl taken care of and Sam informed them that the sheriff had put out an APB on Paris Hilton. Alice leaned on the Impala and watched the brothers carefully.
"I'm gonna try to let up." Dean said. Sam raised an eyebrow. "I mean...neither of us could have known killing Lilith would be a bad thing."
"If we're going to go down...we should do it fighting." Sam said, nodding. "On the same level."
"Yeah." Dean said. He looked at Alice who was grinning at them. She nodded and Dean smiled before looking back at Sam and holding out the keys. "Here."
"Really?" Sam asked.
"Yep." Dean said. "I need some...PG-13 backseat time with my girl." Alice giggled.
"A simple, go for it, would have worked." Sam said. Dean laughed and climbed in the back seat with Alice while Sam took the driver's seat.
Ta da, more info on Alice. I actually am a bit proud of this chapter.