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Chapter 10

Later that evening the three sat around the kitchen table as Bobby cooked and Sam slept on the couch where Dean could still see him as they discussed where to go from here.

He watched Cas stare at Meg like she was an insect about to be dissected and grinned to himself as he turned to Bobby, "What do you think?"

"I think your all idgits." Bobby said sarcastically, not even glancing at Dean as he said it.

Meg told Bobby honestly, "I see why you love them so much. They are very loyal."

Bobby's head jerked up to stare at her, "Uhm." he said has he went back to cooking. Love... what did a demon know about love? he thought silently, narrowing his eyes as he watched her out of the corner of his eye while pretending not to watch her.

"When are you leaving?" Dean finally asked Meg, breaking the stareage going on between her and Bobby.

"As soon as you give me the rings." Meg told him bluntly staring Dean in the eye.

Dean reached into his pocket only to halt his hand in mid-motion at Bobby's tone, "Boy."

Dean looked at Bobby, waiting for him to continue.

"Are you sure?" Bobby asked quietly with a quick glance Meg's direction.

Dean nodded and Bobby turned away as he said under his breath, "I hope you know what you're doing."

Dean agreed with Bobby's level of worry, wondering the same thing. What if he totally fucked this up by handing over his only leverage to a demon. The exact same one that had tried many times to fuck up their world.

Dean pulled out the rings, but asked before moving them towards Meg, "Are you going to let out Lucifer?"

"I'm sure that will be Michael's decision." Meg told him as she waited for his decision.

Dean nodded his understanding. "What about Adam?" Dean asked suddenly.

"Michael is still wearing him, but he mentioned Adam's opinion of his treatment of Sammy's soul. So I'd say he's still around." Meg told him truthfully.

"Ask Michael to take him with him. He wanted to go to heaven with his mom. Will you make sure?" He asked as he watched her face.

"Yeah," She said with a slow grin, "I can throw that in… what the hell." She shrugged as she told them, "If I don't come back, you'll know I'm rotten in hell somewhere."

"What?" Cas asked, finally getting into the conversation as he looked from Meg to Dean.

"There's always a chance that this will backfire. It's why I tried to get Sam's soul first. When I go back, they may both get out and put me in their place. I don't know. They seemed to have a love hate kind of thing going on with each other." Meg said bluntly, watching Cas as she told him what she thought.

Cas frowned as he said, "Then I will go with you."

"No." She yelled just as vehemently as Dean when he snapped it out at the same time.

They looked at each other, shocked at the other's response.

After several seconds of stunned silence, she looked at Cas, "I'm not sure how I feel about this new… these…" She struggled to put into words what she wanted to say, "Feelings I am being bombarded with…" She sighed as she continued as the insane thought of 'in for a penny in for a pound' raced through her brain. What the hell did that even mean? She thought, random… shit. Aloud she continued, "But I won't risk you… um…" shit she thought, shut the fuck up! Out loud she tried again, "You can't go." She told him firmly.

Cas' chin jutted out when he clinched his jaw as he snapped, standing, "I am an Angel of the Lord and the sheriff of Heaven. I can go where I want." He told her stubbornly.

"Well, la de da… I am a demon of Hell about to defect to the other side. You still can't go. Right, Dean?" Meg stated, not backing down.

"Uh… right?" Dean wasn't sure how to feel about the current events. Was she going to betray them like Ruby? She'd done so much more than Ruby had to them already. Where as Ruby kept them guessing until the end when she revealed her true goal, after it was too late for Sammy or Dean. Dean was confused…he couldn't straighten out the two. With Meg he was willing climbing in bed... so to speak... hell, both claimed wanting to change, be good, but… He ran a hand through his hair, they needed to be cautious, he decided. But she wasn't bringing Cas into danger. So what did that mean?

"Dean." Cas snapped, annoyed with Dean's own show of defection. Dean was suppose to have his back like he did for Dean.

Bobby cleared his throat as he asked, "How can we be sure that you really brought us Sammy's soul? That could just be nothing but a ring." Bobby nodded towards Dean's pinky where he had placed the ring from Meg.

Dean watched Meg as she frowned, "Well, Cas can check it again. Pull him out, but don't let him get away. He's scared." She rambled before she finally convinced herself to shut up. He's scared? What was she thinking telling Dean that!

"What if we put his soul back now?" Dean asked, considering the possibilty.

"What would you do with a six foot four six month old? Are you going to change his diapers?" Meg demanded, crossing her arms across her chest.

"Gross… that was a visual I didn't need. Now it's etched into…" Dean began only to be interrupted by Bobby.

"Cas… is Sammy in that ring?" Bobby demanded to know, wanting a definite answer before things progressed any further.

Cas nodded as he told them, "I checked when she first called me."

"Well, hell Cas you could have said something." Dean sighed as a hand ran through his hair in aggravation.

"I tried… you wouldn't let me tell you…" Cas said with Dean-like stubbornness.

Dean glared at Cas. Cas opened in mouth to say something else only to be interrupted by Bobby.

"So, your plan is to waltz in there, release Michael and walk back out?" Bobby asked pulling the pan off the hot burner, moving it to a cooler one.

"Yep, that about sums it up." She said bluntly.

"Sounds suicidal to me." Dean muttered as he thought about the plan.

"You got a better plan, Dean? Cause I would love to hear it. What I've already done is the easy part. This time around I have to convince Michael to fix this, take Adam with him and let me live, topside. Oh, and keep Lucifer caged." She tilted her head as she waited.

Dean sighed, considering something before he told her, "I could go with you, watch your six."

"Like hell!" Bobby snarled, throwing a dish rag at him.

Dean gave Bobby a shrug and a grin, to which Bobby picked up another towel and looked ready to launch that as well at Dean.

"No." Meg said as she smiled when she thought, who would have thought, Dean Winchester offering to watch my back. I did shoot him… She crinkled her nose, hindsight…

Cas interrupted her rambling thoughts with a glare and a statement to Dean, "If I can't go, you sure can't."

"Why's that?" Dean asked curious, really interested in the answer.

"You're only human." Cas said flatly, with a dash of superiority in his tone.

"What the hell is that suppose to mean?" Dean demanded standing as well.

TBC