Jael walked up to Sam, her eyes focused on him. She reached up and touched her hand to where the the knife had cut into his skin. Sam flinched back, and Jael cocked her head at him.
"Don't move."
Warmth came from where she placed her hand, and Sam noticed the pain going away. He looked down to see the cuts fading, and noticed that the cuts on her own body were gone as well. She stepped back and turned toward the desk. She began to search it.
"You're an angel."
"Don't say it with such venom," she said as she continued to search the desk. "You know, not all of us are supportive of this apocalypse."
"Why didn't you just use your powers to get out of here? What the hell are you even looking for?"
"Those rags they had us tied up in were marked with angel warding sigils, which can render us temporarily powerless, kind of like devil's traps are to demons." She paused as she pulled out the long silver blade from earlier. "And this is what I was looking for," she said triumphantly. She picked up Ruby's knife and gave it to him.
"We need to get going." She grabbed his arm and began to close her eyes. Sam yanked his arm away from her. "Go where?"
Jael sighed. "We need to stop Lucifer and Zachariah from finding your brother."
"No. I'm going to find Jo."
She cocked her head at him again. "Jo...Joanna? Joanna Harvelle?" Sam nodded his head slowly.
Jael's gaze seemed to stare through Sam. In a moment, she grabbed his arm again. "I know where she is. I shall take you to her."
With that, they disappeared.
"Wake up, Joanna. I am bringing Sam to you."
Jo woke with a start. She looked around the Impala, then relaxed. Dean was nowhere to be seen, but that was normal. The first morning when he wasn't there, she nearly freaked out. But Dean had appeared, and calmed her down by telling her it was hard to stay visible and he went invisible man sometimes to 'recharge his batteries'.
She noticed a pain in her neck, and instantly regretted sleeping in the car all night. Sure it saved time and money, but it was a hell of a way to wake up. She began to yawn as she stretched. She hadn't even closed her mouth when Sam Winchester appeared right next to the car.
"SAM! WHAT THE HELL?!"
Jo got out of the car and grabbed the collar of Sam's shirt. "What the hell you think you're doing, appearing next to me like that?" Sam's face went red.
"I-uh...it wasn't m-me," Sam stuttered as he pointed to a young girl standing next to him.
"Well who is she? A demon?" The girl stepped forward and stuck her hand out towards Jo.
"My name is Jael. I am an Angel." Jo eyed Jael's hand suspiciously, and the Angel looked down at it.
"Is it not customary for humans to greet this way?"
Jo pulled Sam aside. "What the hell is she doing here?" she whispered violently.
"She saved me, and said she could bring me to you, and then she zapped me here," he responded, equally as harsh.
"I can hear you, you know," she said. Jo turned to her. "Look, no disrespect to the Man Upstairs or anything, but y'all haven't really been all loving and helpful."
"I can help you protect Dean."
"Dean's dead."
"Yes, but he is here, is he not? In fact," she said, stepping closer, "he is here with you. Don't act like he isn't, I can see that he is. I can see your thoughts."
"Wait... you can read my mind?"
"Yes. I can also see..." she glanced over at Sam. "Nevermind." Jo felt her cheeks turn red, and she turned away so that Sam couldn't see.
"Well, how can you help us protect Dean?" Sam asked. "I need whatever it is that he is attached to." She looked back at Jo. "You must give me the necklace."
"Like hell! I don't even know if I can trust you. I ain't givin' this to you!"
Jael sighed. "I cannot make you. Therefore, I will stay with you and protect you."
Jo laughed. "No no no no no. That ain't happening either, sister. I can take care of myself, thanks."
"But do you want Dean to be taken? Once Lucifer and Zachariah find him, and they will, they will take him with force. And you won't be able to do anything about it."
Jo was about to reply when Dean appeared next to Sam. "I heard someone talking about me."
Sam was shocked, to say the least. He stared at Dean in amazement.
"Sam," Dean joked, "You look like you've seen a ghost."
Dean wrapped his arms around his brother. He then looked over at Jael. "Who is she?" he asked.
"Hello Dean. My name is Jael."
"She's an angel," Sam added. Dean frowned.
"Oh no, I promise I am not one of those, as you put it, 'douchebag' angels. I am here to help you," she quipped.
"How in the-"
She reads minds, apparently," Jo said. "Which is weird because you don't actually have one."
Dean laughed sarcastically.
"Ghosts can still process thoughts, and any form of thinking I can read, so he does have a mind, in a sense," Jael said.
"It was a jok... you know what? Nevermind."
"Hey, what's Sammy thinking of?" Dean asked. Jael looked at Sam again and cocked her head quizzically.
"I cannot read his mind. I don't know why."
Jo was growing impatient. "Hey! can we please focus here? We have a Heaven-Hell duo on our asses, and I'd rather not see Satan again until I can blow his head off, thanks."
Jael looked around. "It is not safe here. We need to converse at another location."
"Rufus has a cabin not far from here," Dean said.
"I can take you there," Jael said.
"Sorry sweetheart," Jo said as she spun the keys to the impala around her finger. "But we're driving."
She opened the door and jumped in the driver's side. Jael looked at Dean. "Hey, don't look at me. I follow her everywhere. Don't got a choice." In a flash, he was sitting in the back seat of the Impala. The angel turned her gaze at Sam. He shrugged and got in the passenger seat.
Jael sighed and stepped into the car.
"Oh, and if you're coming with us, new rule; no mind reading. Capiche?"
Jael didn't mind sitting next to a ghost, it was just the silence that had settled in the automobile that she found unnerving. However, since she felt she had no right to start a conversation, she turned her head and gazed out the window. She loved the scenery of Earth, and how different every single place was. Rolling hills gave way to seas of prairie grass that seemed to change color with each gust of wind. The sky was cloudless and strikingly blue, and if one cared to use imagination, they might think it looked like a sunset over an upside down ocean. Jael could see the hills and grass stretch for miles. Her thoughts became lost in them.
Daydreaming. That was one of the few things that Jael envied, and learned, from the humans in her time she had spent on Earth. It helped that her vessel, a girl named Holly from northern Georgia, was a creative and imaginative girl naturally. Jael had come to realize, that in the past weeks, she hadn't been able to bask in the creation of her Father, and again felt wondrous curiosity about the world around her...
"Hello! Earth to Angel?!"
Jael jerked her head up. "What?"
Jo sighed. "So what did you do that made that dick want to tie you up and beat you like a rented mule?"
"Dick? Oh, you mean Zachariah. You see, a few of my brothers and sisters did not agree with the Apocalypse or the rising of Lucifer. So they began to find other angels that did not wish the destruction of Earth, and called them down here so that we may stop it. Or at least delay it for as long as possible." Her voice seemed to catch in her throat a bit. "The man tied up with me, that was my brother Nathanael. He and I were supposed to be tracking Zachariah, because we had suspected he was helping Lucifer somehow." She paused. "A few centuries ago, I caught him in the act of helping demons. He was punished, and never forgave me. So when he caught us, he wouldn't let Nathanael go. No matter how much I begged. He set a trap for us!"
The car was silent.
"It is my fault Nathanael is dead. Zachariah is working with Lucifer, and my brother is dead." Jael looked back out the window.
The one human emotion that she had learned and hated was sadness. She vowed to never let it affect her, even when she saw the worst of things.
Sam Winchester turned his head just in time to see a silent tear fall onto the angel's cheek, which she swiftly wiped away.
FIRST OFF: I want to apologize SOOOO much for not updating for such a long time! I am in the process of taking finals and EOC's, as well as the ACT. That is no excuse, but please try to understand the struggle of a procrastinating High school student :) Thank you for all the love and for sticking with me through this!
CHAPTER OVERVIEW: Did you like seeing Jael's character development? I wanted y'all to get to know her a little bit more. Also: Dean and Sam reunite! Finally! But not all is well. Please keep reading and reviewing! I love you all!