Natalie and Castiel were sat on a blanket near a beautiful, clear lake. There was nobody else around and it was a peaceful place. The only sound that could be heard were the chirping of birds. Natalie was sat between Castiel's legs with her back to his chest and his arms were wrapped around her. "This place is so magical. Promise me you'll take me here again Cas." Natalie said, turning her head to look at him.
Cas smiled lovingly at her before replying. "Of course." He looks out to the lake and his arms tighten slightly around Natalie's waist. Castiel had never loved anyone as much as he did Natalie. She truly was a wonderful, caring, beautiful person. He had been thinking a lot about his relationship with her and he couldn't see himself with anyone but her. He had been nervous about taking the next step with her but an old friend of his wisely said that if the two of them loved each other as much as they claimed and were meant to be, then taking this next big step would be completely natural. After that, he done some research into the matter and felt confident that when he approached her about it, he wouldn't make a complete idiot of himself. Natalie snuggling closer to him brought him out of his thoughts. "The lake is quite beautiful." He then looks down and into her emerald green eyes, "But not as beautiful as you." He then captures her lips in a loving, passionate kiss. Natalie closes her eyes and raises her hand to cup the back of Castiel's head as she loses herself in the kiss. The ringing of Castiel's cell phone causes them to break the kiss. Natalie is annoyed at whoever interrupted their moment of bliss. Castiel looks down at his phone to see who's calling him. "It's Dean." Cas says to her before answering his phone. Natalie continues to look out at the lake while Cas talks to her brother. Trust Dean to interrupt us when were in a liplock, Natalie thinks to herself. "I will be there right away." He says before hanging up.
"What did Dean want?" She asks Cas.
"Your brother has found the demon Crowley and wishes me to scope him out." He replies as he stands up, taking Natalie with him.
"Oh ok." Natalie is disappointed that she can't spend anymore time with him. They rarely get to see each other because he is still searching for God.
Castiel, who notices the look of disappointment on her face, puts his hands on her shoulders. "I will not be long Natalie and then we can spend the rest of the day as you wish."
Natalie's face brightens up at this statement causing Cas to smile. "Ok then." She gives him a quick kiss.
"I will drop you off with your brothers and I will try to be as quick as I can." He then puts two fingers to her forehead and she immediately finds herself standing in front of the impala with her brothers facing away from her.
She decides to be sneaky, so she tiptoes round the impala, her brothers oblivious to her presence, when she's close enough, she yells boo causing her brothers to jump in fright. They turn to face her with their hands clutching their chests. Natalie bursts out laughing at the looks on her brothers faces. "Sorry about that boys." She says once she calms down. "But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to scare you two clowns."
"Ok. Where were you anyway?" Sam asks her.
"I was spending some time with my boyfriend, Sammy."
"Sorry that I had to interrupt your time with him, sis, but we got a lead on Crowley and I thought Cas should check it out." Dean explained to his sister.
"That's ok. He's going to make it up to me later."
Sam steps closer to his brother and sister. "So, you and Cas still going strong?" He asks his sister.
"Yeah we are Sam. We've never been better."
"You guys are getting pretty serious." Dean says to her.
"Yeah we are. He's the best thing that's happened to me in a long time, Dean. I love him."
"At first we weren't sure about the two of you being together but we can tell that he cares about you and as long as he treats you right then we're fine with it." Sam states.
Natalie smiles at her brothers before engulfing them in a sisterly hug. "Thank you so much. I'm so glad that you guys approve of Cas."
Dean's phone then starts ringing. He takes it out of his pocket and looks at the caller id. "Speak of the devil." He says before answering his phone. "Hey Cas what's up?" He holds his conversation with Cas. "Ok." He says once he hangs up and turns to his younger siblings. "Cas followed Crowley back to his place but he can't get in because there's enochian sigils protecting the place. So I told him that we'd handle it. I'm going to call Ellen and Jo. They can help us out on this one."
He calls them and arranges to meet Jo at Crowley's place and Ellen would meet them at Bobby's. Jo distracts Crowley's guards. Sam and Dean kill them while Natalie cuts the power. They head in to confront Crowley.
"So the great Winchester trio have finally found me. Took you three long enough." He then looks at Natalie with pleasure written all over his face. "Natalie, Natalie, Natalie. I have been dying to meet you. You're a pretty special individual." He says as he walks towards them but suddenly stops in his tracks. He bends down and lifts up the rug, looking under it and sees the devil's trap. "Now which one of you ruined my expensive rug?"
Demons grab the siblings from behind. Crowley pulls out the colt. "So this is what it's all about." He says while admiring the gun. Then out of the blue, he shoots the three demons holding Sam, Dean and Natalie. "We need to talk in private." He then takes them into a room and closes the door with a wave of his hand. "I could have buried this gun. There's no reason why anyone should know this exists. But I told."
"Why would you tell us anything?" Sam asks the demon.
"Well I want you three to empty this gun into Lucifer's face."
"You're a demon. Why would you help us kill Lucifer. What's in it for you?" Natalie asks him.
Crowley smirks at her before replying. "I'm doing it for survival, darling. Lucifer hates humans. So if he manages to kill you all of, us demons are going to be next."
"Why would the devil kill you. He created you." Dean says.
"To him we're just servants and once he's done with humans, he'll start with us." He holds out the Colt for them to take. "So how about you help me and kill the devil, huh."
Sam reaches out and takes the gun. "Any idea where we can find the devil then?"
"On Thursday, you'll find him in Carthage, Missouri." He gives them some ammunition for the gun and disappears.
The Winchesters head back to Bobby's to meet up with the rest of the gang. Natalie immediately heads into Castiel's open arms. "I've missed you." She kisses him on the lips then turns to Ellen and Jo. "It is so good to see you two again. It's been a while." She says hugging the two women.
"You got that right kid." Ellen says and looks over to Cas. "Care to introduce us to you're friend there Natalie."
"Oh right of course." Cas approaches them. "Ellen, Jo, this is my boyfriend Castiel. Cas, this is Ellen and Jo Harvelle. They're good friends of mine and my brothers.
"It is nice to finally meet you." Cas says shaking their hands. "Natalie has told me so much about you."
"All good things I hope. So Castiel, are you a hunter like Natalie?" Ellen asks the angel.
"Actually, I'm an angel of the lord."
Jo looks to Natalie and says, "Woah Nat, You bagged yourself an angel. Nice." She high fives Natalie and they join Sam and Dean for drinks. After a few drinks, Bobby calls them through for a group photograph.
"Come on Bobby nobody wants their picture taken." Ellen says as the group come into the room.
"Hear hear." Sam says.
"I'm gonna need something to remember you're sorry asses by." Bobby says as he wheels away from the camera. Natalie stands to Castiel's left with their arm around the others waist. Sam has one arm around Castiel's shoulder and the other around Ellen's shoulder. Dean has his arm around Jo's shoulder and she puts her hand on Bobby's shoulder.
"Well it's good to have somebody who's so optimistic." Ellen says.
"Tomorrow night, we hunt the devil. This could our last night on earth." Cas says causing the smile to fade from everyone's faces as the camera goes off. The group disperse after the photo is taken. Cas grabs hold of Natalie's hand. "Can we talk in private?" He asks her.
"Sure we can talk in my room." She leads him into her room, closing the door behind her and they sit on the bed. "So what's on your mind, babe?" She says still holding his hand.
Castiel looks her in the eyes. "Natalie you know that I love you and I always will." Natalie nods her heads at this. "Tomorrow we face the devil. This might well be our last night together and I wish to take our relationship further."
Natalie was surprised to hear that. "Are you absolutely sure this is what you want, Cas. We don't have to go that far if you're not ready."
"I am ready Natalie and I want to spend my last night on earth with the woman that I love."
That was all Natalie needed to hear and the couple lost themselves in the passion of their lovemaking. After a few hours, the couple lay in bed completely spent. Natalie's head rested on Castiel's chest. "Wow." Natalie said as she got her breath back.
Castiel kissed the top of her head and wrapped his tighter around her. "I certainly found that to be an enjoyable experience."
Natalie giggles at this and snuggles deeper into Castiel's embrace. "Well if we survive this fight tomorrow then we can do this again."
"I would love that very much." Natalie falls asleep a short while later while Castiel, who never sleeps as he doesn't require it, watches over the love of his life as she sleeps.
The next morning, the group arrive in Carthage to find the place completely deserted. "Where the hell is everyone?" Natalie asks as she looks out the window of the impala.
"I don't know." Sam says as he and Dean try to get a signal on their phones. "I'm not getting a signal."
"Me either." Dean replies. He then signals for Ellen and Jo to stop. "Listen we're going to check the PD, you guys stay here and see if you can find anybody."
"You got it." Ellen replies and Dean drives away.
After finding nobody at the station, they meet up with Ellen and Jo. Natalie notices Cas isn't with them. "Hey where's Cas?"
"He went after the reapers." Ellen replies.
"There were reapers?" Dean asks.
"Yeah he kind of saw them everywhere." Jo says to him.
"Right I'm going to find are you lot coming with me or not?" Natalie says as she grabs her shotgun from the impala. The rest grab their guns and begin searching for Cas.
"We've been in town for twenty minutes and we've already lost our biggest weapon." Dean says as the group trudge through the town.
"You don't think Lucifer got him?" Sam asks.
"No." Natalie replies. "I'd know if something happened to Cas."
"There you are." A female voice speaks out. The group turn round with their guns pointed at the woman.
"Meg."
"You really shouldn't have come here." Meg says to the group.
Dean goes towards her with the colt and points it at her. "I could say the same thing for you."
"I didn't come here alone Dean." Growling and barking could be heard from something.
"Oh great hellhounds." Natalie groans out.
"That's right Natalie. Hellhounds you're brother's favourite." Meg says smirking.
"You bitch." Natalie steps forward to attack Meg but Sam grabs her arm to stop her.
"Now that's not a good idea Natalie. Unless you want your guts ripped out. Besides my father wants to see you all."
"I think we'll pass, thanks." Sam says to the demon.
"Your call." Meg says, shrugging her shoulders. "You can make this easy or really hard."
Dean looks back at Ellen who nods her head then turns back to Meg. "When have you ever known us to do anything easy?" He then shoots one of the hellhounds and the group take off running. Dean is tackled to the ground by a hellhound. Jo shoots at it and while she is distracted, a hellhound jumps her and rips into her. Ellen, Natalie and Sam rush forward to help and they all run into a nearby store. Sam and Dean barricade and salt the doors while Natalie and Ellen tend to Jo's wounds.
Meanwhile, Cas is still trapped in a ring of fire with Lucifer watching him when Meg makes an appearance. "I've got the Winchesters pinned down for the moment what should I do with them?" She asks Lucifer.
"Leave them alone."
"Are you sure? Shouldn't we…" She trails off as Lucifer approaches her.
"Trust me child. Everything happens for a reason." He then turns to Castiel. "Well Castiel you have some time to rethink you're decision. Oh bare in mind, choose the wrong one and your girlfriend will suffer."
Castiel grows angry at the fact that Lucifer is using Natalie to push him into doing his bidding. He curls his hands into fists. "Don't you dare touch her." Castiel growls out at him.
Lucifer and Meg laugh. "Oh I won't if you make the right decision." And he disappears, leaving Castiel with Meg.
Back at the hardware store, Sam, Dean and Natalie discuss their next move. "We've gotta get Jo out of here. She not getting any better." Natalie says to her brothers. "You two go see if there's anything that we can use like a stretcher or something."
"Guys stop." Jo calls out. The Winchesters turn to her. "Can we be realistic about this please?" They approach her. She gasps in pain before continuing. "I can't move my legs. I can't be moved. My guts are being held in by a bandage. We have to get our priorities straight. I'm not going anywhere."
"Joanna Beth you stop talking like that." Ellen warned her daughter.
"Mom. I can't fight. I can't walk. But I can do something." Everybody starts tearing up at this point. "We've got propane, wiring, rock salt, iron nails. Everything we need."
"Need for what?" Natalie asks.
"To build a bomb."
Everybody looks at Jo in shock. "No Jo."
"You got another plan Dean. There are hellhounds out there. They have our scents. They won't stop hunting us. We let them in, you guys make for the roof and head over to the next building and I can wait here with my finger on the button. It'll give you guys a headstart."
"No." Ellen says with tears in her eyes. "I won't let you."
"If I can get us a shot on the devil, we have to take it."
"No." Ellen says and she looks to Dean. "That's not….."
"Mom, this may be your last chance to treat me like an adult. Might wanna take it." Jo smiles at her mother. Ellen sobs and Jo tries to comfort her mother.
After she's shed her tears, she turns to the siblings. "Well you heard her. Get to work."
They get to work on building the bomb. After they are done with that they all say their goodbyes to Jo. Natalie kneels down next to Jo and takes her hand. Both girls have tears flowing down their eyes. "It was good knowing you Natalie and I wish I could be there to see you and Cas grow happy together. He's a good guy."
"I wish things didn't have to be this way." Natalie sobs out squeezing Jo's hand.
"I guess this is how it was always meant to be. You take care of yourself and your brothers, ok." The girls hug each other. Natalie joins her brothers.
Ellen takes her daughter's hand and the two have a silent conversation. "No Mom."
"Someone's gotta let them in. You've got me. I will not leave you here alone. You three better make a run for it."
"Ellen." Dean says.
"Just go." The Winchesters look at the Harvelles for the last time before heading for the roof. When they are safely away, the bomb goes off. They look back at the building with extreme sorrow before they head off to make sure Ellen and Jo's sacrifice wasn't in vain.
They find Lucifer digging with a bunch of people surrounding him. "That must be the townspeople." Natalie said as she wiped some tears from her face. "Let's go in there and kill that son of a bitch." She growls out.
Sam calls out the devil to distract him while Dean shoots him. Unfortunately, the colt failed to kill him. He sends Dean and Natalie flying with a wave of his hand and they hit a tree knocking them out instantly.
While all that happens, Cas is still trapped in a ring of fire with Meg for company. "I just knew we were going to win. Call it a gut feeling." She leans on a pole. "You know, I was thinking of getting a new meat suit once Lucifer takes over heaven. This girls getting a little boring. I think you're little girlfriend will make a fine substitute."
"I'll kill you before you touch her." Cas threatens.
Meg is about to say something when she is suddenly hit with a large pipe and thrown into the ring of fire. Castiel grabs her and attempts to exorcise Meg. "What you gonna do now Clarence."
"This." He says and drops Meg into the fire. She screams in pain as Castiel walks over her and disappears. He reappears in front of the Winchesters and transports them all back to Bobby's place.
The hours pass by and nobody says anything. They quietly mourn the loss of two friends. Castiel takes Natalie into his arms as she silently sobs. Bobby tosses the photograph in the fire and they all watch as it burns slowly.
I apologise for the long wait. Things came up that kept me busy. I try to update once every week. Thank you for all the faves and alerts. A big thank you to CalistaSalvatoreHarlemCarlyle, superloudean, Maddy Love Castiel and FurionKnight for their awesome reviews. You guys are the best. Hope you all liked this chapter. I cried when I wrote it. Jo and Ellen are the best and it's a shame they were killed off. But have no fear. You haven't seen the last of them. In the next chapter, our favourite group of hunters come to terms with Ellen and Jo's death. Sam and Dean are put into the nut house. Natalie takes a small break from hunting as Ellen and Jo's deaths bring back memories and Castiel will be there to support her. Happy Reading.
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