YOU BUILD ME UP, YOU BREAK ME DOWN-10
Dean and Sam sat in their room, looking over hunting cases in the area. None of them had been focused ever since finding about what happened to Gabriella. They hadn't even met her- Michael had sent Castiel to tell them. It had been horrifying. Dean had never stopped blaming himself for it. Sam had been utterly shaken. They now knew exactly why Lucifer was the Devil.
They had assessed the jail the very next day after Gabriella's disappearance.
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The door to the cell had been wrought open. There were bloodied footprints from the cell door to the main door, and then they ended. As for the cell- Walls were smashed, the floor was shattered. There was blood all over the place. An angel blade lay forgotten on the floor. The floor bore clear imprints of a body being slammed into it many times. The windows had been reduced to dust. After some enquiry, they had discovered that the prison had been closed since almost 2 years after being described as a torture cell more than a Juvenile- Punishment home.
Lucifer had done a very good job – It was all a preset trap. The killings were a fake report. The black goo- Prank Slush. The blood- taken from a hospital's blood bank. The Officer-in-Charge and the Inspector had all been mere pawns- Demons. Gabriella's cell number, ironically, was 666- The Devil's number.
Michael stood in Heaven's battlefield, examining it with interest. A young buy entered the area. He was comparatively shorter, with pale blond hair and grey eyes. He had a sword by his side.
He moved and stood behind Michael, "You called?" Michael turned and said, "Stefan- I need some help. It is a mission."
Stefan nodded, "Do you want me to alert the Hosts?" Michael shook his head, "I want this favour from you Stefan, only you. It is regarding the apocalypse. Are you willing to help?"
Stefan nodded, "Of course I am Michael. Just tell me what to do."
Sam and Dean stood by the sides of the Impala, talking. Sam was speaking, "Dean, are you sure that it is the right thing to do? Is it going to work?" Dean sighed, "Look Sammy I don't know. But it is the thing that can, at the end of the day, kill—JESUS CHRIST!"
"Kill Jesus Christ?" Dean shook his head as he calmed himself down and said, "What is it with you angels. Can't you even tell once before-"
He looked up to see Gabriella in front of him, smiling. She was wearing a red tank top and white jeans. She looked almost like her normal self. Dean smiled and went forward and hugged her tightly. Gabriella hugged back, but immediately stiffened when Dean's nails lightly touched her back.
Nails digging in her back, drawing out blood.
She pulled back immediately. She mumbled out a sorry before moving over and hugging Sam, who was careful not to hug her too tight. Dean noticed fading bruises on her arms, as well a couple of bite marks at the base of her neck. He shuddered.
Gabriella turned to them, looking annoyed-"The least you can do is call. I mean you didn't even come once. Am I that easy to forget?" Dean laughed and said, "We would have come Gaby, had it not been for Mr. Overprotective of the Year." Gabriella punched him, "He isn't that bad." Sam laughed.
She asked him, "So- What's new?" Sam gulped and looked at Dean. Dean looked down. Gabriella groaned, "Oh come on! Don't hide things from me now." Sam spoke, "We met Crowley- Kind of made a deal." Gabriella's eyes widened in shock- "Oh you didn't-"
Dean spoke, " Nothing of what you think. He gave us the Colt. I return for-" Sam completed, "L-Lu-Lucifer's dead body." Gabriella stopped for a second and the nodded, composing herself- "So what is the genius plan?"
Sam said, "He has been located. He is going to raise Death today, from what we have heard. Cas is getting us the exact location and then we'll roll." Gabriella beamed, "OK I am in. Let's go." Dean stopped her, "Oh no Gabriella- That is not happening. You are going to stay right here. You are not going to go anywhere near-"
Gabriella lost her cool, "I can read minds you know? Stop treating me like a damn infant! I am going to come- You actually think that I am going to want to miss this. Hell, I would love to be the one to shoot him in the-"
Dean calmed her down, "Okay okay. But 3 conditions. I shoot him. You stay a bit away from the location- and no arguments. Also, I pick the music, no one else."
They had the Colt and they had reached the location. The place was chock-full of demons. Sam, Dean, Cas and Gabriella stood behind a tree, waiting. Suddenly, there was restlessness among the assembled demons. They all made way as 2 figures walked through. A medium- statured girl came in first, leading the way. Behind her, he came. All the demons sat down on one knee in sync. Lucifer came and stood in front of the gathering, and started addressing them. Dean moved forward, flowed by Cas and Sam. Sam turned around to see Gabriella at the weakest he had ever seen her- Her eyes fixed at him and she was shaking badly. She looked at Sam and gestured him to leave. He did as told.
Suddenly, there was a rustling of leaves behind her. She turned around quickly.
"Stefan?" A boy of her height stood in front of her. He moved his hands through his pale blond hair and bit his lip nervously. He looked up at her, his grey eyes filled with worry. "I am breaking a thousand rules by doing this. Michael is probably going to kill me but I need you to know this."
Gabriella moved forward- "What is it Stefan?"
He sighed and spoke, "Michael is planning on attacking Lucifer tonight, alone. Today, with the amount of power Lucifer has, Michael doesn't stand a chance." Gabriella glared at him, horrified.
Stefan moved and kept a hand on his shoulder, "You need to stop him before he goes kills himself. Please Gabriella- You are the only one who can help."
Dean's attempt to shoot Lucifer had gone completely awry. It hadn't worked- The Colt couldn't kill him. Dean lay pinned to the tree behind him, nose broken. Sam was in a similar position, unable to move. Castiel had been sent off somewhere with a snap of Lucifer's fingers. All the demons had been killed and Death had been released. Lucifer alone stood in front of them.
"Valiant Winchesters. Trying to bring the Devil down. Don't you idiots get it. You can't kill me." Lucifer jeered before moving back-"I can kill you 2 right here. Not Sammy the dearest of course. Dean- Let's see. Neck broken or knife in stomach or the plain old torture."
Lucifer kept his foot on Dean's leg. Dean let out a groan.
"Get away Lucifer." Lucifer turned around, surprised. Michael stood there, looking at him. He looked enraged as he moved towards his younger brother.
He grabbed Lucifer and threw him into the tree behind him. Michael snarled, "How dare you even touch her, you little-"
Before he could complete, Michael found himself slammed on the ground, Lucifer towering over him.
"Do you mean her," came a voice from behind. All of them turned to look there. A girl moved, holding another struggling person. The first ray of moonlight fell across her face.
She was wearing a short black dress, silky straight black hair falling till her shoulders. Her cold black eyes glared at the small party. The moonlight accentuated her sharp features and her pale complexion. She laughed a cruel laugh as she stared at her mirror image, struggling against her hold- "What fire you have sister! I am surprised it still hasn't been put out." She laughed again.
Lucifer looked at Lilith and Gabriella. A smirk spread across his face. He bit his lip and started walking towards the duo. Michael seemed to struggle against some invisible bonds as he shouted out, "Gabriella!"
Lucifer moved, "Be polite Lilith, we are not this rude to visitors." Lilith sensed something and moved back, leaving Gabriella alone. Gabriella struggled to move but failed. Lucifer walked until he was in front of her. Gabriella was shaking uncontrollably as Lucifer kept a hand on her face- "Miss me love?"
He moved down but suddenly gasped in pain. Gabriella had her blade thrust right between his shoulder blades. He fell down, clearly in agony. Lilith moved from the shadows, lunging at Gabriella, who simply avoided the blow and pinned Lilith down. Gabriella ran towards Michael and picked him up. She snapped her finger and the Winchesters were sent back to their motel room. She held Michael's hand and got ready to leave before she heard Lucifer mumble these words-
Read again and again and it shall dawn upon you
Venus's heir shall be born through its own