Chapter 11

We meet again little sister.

Angela straightened up to see the demon that she truly hated and it was a powerful emotion that she disliked feeling. She narrowed her eyes as she studied the demon in the damaged doorway. It had her wondering what was going on with Sam, Dean and Haley. They should have been able to hear the noise from that. Lenya was not exactly subtle when she got on the warpath.

As if she knew what she were thinking, Lenya grinned widely and said, "Oh don't worry about them. They are otherwise occupied."

When Lenya shifted slightly, Angela could see demons holding onto Sam and Dean. Haley was nowhere in sight and it had her wondering what the juju witch was doing. She shifted her gaze back to the demon. "What do you want?"

"You do have that annoying habit of asking a question you know the answer to," Lenya simpered and giggled that girlish giggle.

"I just like to be clear on what's going on. You know how much I hate beating around the bush." Angela pursed her lips like she was smirking at the demon but it was more to convey her dislike of the demon.

"Direct and to the point," Lenya sighed. She looked at her nails as she surveyed the room. "So just make it easy and hand over the Ashvins. Then we'll leave you alone to try and make a stand against Lucifer. You'll lose by the way. Sam will be his vessel one way or another."

Angela blinked slowly at that to reign in her temper. "And you know I can't do that. I won't let you corrupt the one good thing in this world."

"You don't get it do you?"

"Oh I do. The Ashvins are a prize in terms of tactics. They do have the power after all to heal the gods. I can only imagine what they could do with the demons. So fuck off before I add to that scar on your miserable face." Angela crossed her arms over her chest as she deliberately stressed her words, knowing that she was touching on a sensitive subject with the demon.

Lenya narrowed her eyes in anger. "And you are going to pay for that even if I have to take it out of Sam Winchester."

"Touch my brother and I'll rip your freaking head off, bitch," Dean groused as he struggled against the demon.

Lenya turned to look at Dean. "And I don't talk to former puppy chow though I will consider making you my plaything like I did in hell." She shot a look at Dean that conveyed exactly what she meant and smirked when she saw the look that appeared on the hunter's face. She turned back and looked at Angela, "The choice is yours little sister: the Ashvins or the Winchesters."

Angela twitched her lips. There was no way she was going to give up either. The only resort seemed to be violence and it was the choice Lenya was most inclined to especially after a dig at her marred face, upon which Angela had no regret marking up. She glanced where the twins were taking cover and then at the Winchesters. Her gaze lighted upon Lenya and she replied firmly, "No."

Lenya sighed, annoyed even though she knew that Angela was going to say it. IT was the same in the pit all those years ago. "Always one to resort violence aren't you? And I'd hate to be responsible for the death of a family member, wouldn't you agree?"

"I don't know what universe you're talking about but we are not family," Angela hissed in a low tone. "And you will not have them." She glared trying to keep that burning fuse from exploding.

"Always doing this the hard way."

"Mostly my way." Angela gave a grin as she eyed the Winchesters.

"And where has that gotten you?"

Angela gave a shrug as she grinned. She then pursed her lips and gave a high shrill whistle. The effect was immediate as three large dogs came up. Two grabbed onto the demons that were holding the Winchesters while the third made for Lenya. Xander got through the demon's defenses and grabbed her arms and yanked hard, dragging her to the ground. "Go!"

It was the cue for the twins to run out the door and they took advantage of it. They were out the door and they ran into Haley who took one look of the situation and did what she had to do. By that time Sam and Dean managed to take care of the demons holding them and all that left them with was Lenya.

Lenya was growling at Xander, furious that it had bitten her and she grabbed him by his scruff and shook him off hard. "Beast!"

As soon as Lenya threw the Wilder, her face was met with hard punch and Angela saying, "Don't hit my dog."

Lenya narrowed her eyes and punched back. "Then I'll hit you."

Angela took the punch and retaliated. She gestured for Sam and Dean to go though it was unnecessary. They were already gone leaving her and Xander to fight against Lenya. It would buy enough time to get them down the road enough. She locked her arms with Lenya's and growled, "How's the arm?"

Lenya growled and head butted Angela sending her back a few staggering steps. She looked at her and replied, "I've had enough games with you. Just give me the Ashvins."

"Not a chance," Angela replied as she panted and wiped her lip. "You can take that back to Lucifer while you're at it." It occurred to her that Lenya shouldn't have been able to find her. Then again the twins weren't protected from that. It was something to work out later.

Lenya shook her sore arm as blood dripped from the wound. "He will win one way or another. And he is still considering you." She flicked her wrist and ended up pinning Angela to the wall. "And here I thought you'd resist. You're getting soft."

It was more or less getting caught off guard on Angela's end as she hit the wall. She grunted and twisted her lip to indicate that it hurt and annoyed her. It also gave her a chance to see where her blade and chakram were. She turned to look back at Lenya and watched her inch forward like the predator she was. Angela twisted her lip as she tried to work out her plan.

"You really are out of practice. I wonder why," Lenya said as she sauntered up. She grinned as she looked at Angela while getting as close as possible. "It couldn't be after that business with Famine now, would it? Or is it something else?" She got close and took a slight sniff as she put her nose close to Angela's neck. "Hmm… scent is…"

Angela felt her throat convulse since she detested the woman. She also knew that it was one of Lenya's tactics to get her to reveal things that she would never tell. Like her feelings for Sam though that was kind of moot since she had demonstrated she cared for both brothers. So the best thing to do was to resist and minimize potential tells but it was damned difficult. "I don't swing that way, bitch."

"I know," Lenya simpered and sniffed.

Xander growled but was warned off by Lenya threatening worse things. He backed off when Angela gave a command. Her lip twitched since it was uncomfortable and Lenya knew that and was doing everything she could to exploit it and find out what she had kept a secret from most of the world. She huffed as she looked at the demon and said, "This is going to end badly for you Lenya."

"No. It will for…" Lenya leaned in close and then she grinned like the cat caught the canary. She leaned back and commented, "Well I never. So that is what you are hiding."

Angela wasn't going to take the time to find out what was going on. It was at the back of her mind that Lenya found out about her true feelings. It wouldn't have been too difficult and she wouldn't put it past the demon to know or even find out in that way of hers. It did make her worry and she wasn't sure about what she would do if something were to happen to either brother; she actually did if she cared to remember back in Oregon a couple years ago and chasing Lupei. So she did what was best and that was denial, "I have no idea what you are talking about."

Lenya grabbed Angela under the chin and slammed the back of her head into the wall, "Don't even try lying to me. I know you."

"Not as well as you think."

At that moment Lenya screeched from the sudden pain in her back and baked away. Angela felt herself become freed and reached out and grabbed her blade and chakram. It gave her the opportunity to see that it was Sam there holding the demon knife and he had pissed Lenya off since the demon had turned towards him. And she looked ready to kill.

Angela did what she did best and that was to be a pain in the ass and interfere. She couldn't stop the demon from backhanding Sam into the wall and crushing the furnishing in the process. But she was able to grab a hold of the demon and with more thrust than necessary she literally threw the demon into the bathroom, shattering the door. It was enough to distract the demon and she helped or rather dragged Sam to his feet and hauled ass out of the room just as Dean pulled up in the Impala.

Dean had the car ready to go the moment Sam and Angela dove into the car and put pedal to the metal. He wanted to put the motel out of their rearview mirror and wasn't going to spare the speed. "You alright?" He kept his eyes on the road but spared a glance at his brother and wished he had eyes in the back of his head.

"I'm fine," Sam replied as he rubbed his head. He looked at the knife and lowered it.

"Angie?"

"I'm good," Angela replied as she blinked and took a couple of deep breaths. "Haley?"

"Took the kids and Deanna and bolted. Oh and Zep and Moira are with her"

"Good." Angela took a couple of deep breaths as she put her blade and chakram down on the seat and rubbed Xander's head. She pulled out her phone and called. When the other end picked up she said, "Hale, you okay? Good. Listen, meet us at…"

In the meantime Lenya pulled herself out from the debris hissing from the pain in her shoulder. The knife stung like a bitch. At her paygrade, she didn't sweat it but it left its mark pretty much and it pissed her off that her beautiful skin was once again marred and by Sam Winchester no less. That put him on the list to be dealt with and in a painful way. She stood up and walked out of the trashed room and stood in the parking lot looking in the direction the Impala had taken off in. She knew that Angela would be more careful and use every means available.

There was a slight breeze but Lenya didn't move. She continued to stare and said in annoyed voice, "There is a reason why you were summoned Devraj. Why didn't you do your job?"

"You asked me to grab the Ashvins. At the time it wasn't feasible. The witch is something to contend with," Devraj replied as he moved to stand beside Lenya. His eyes flickered black and they glittered in the night light.

"Still you could have done something."

"I wanted to see this one you call Little Sister in action."

"You saw that when you followed the Ashvins to that dump. What more do you need?"

Devraj didn't say anything but continued to look down the street. He blinked for a moment before saying, "the only way to defeat an opponent is to know what they are."

"It's her. The Malachi." Lenya growled as she said it more from the factthat her shoulder still ached. She looked in the direction that the pisacha was looking at. "She's going to be more vigilant and hide."

"I know where she is going."

"Really? And where is that?"

Devraj said nothing but he turned and looked at the demon that gave him this job. He knew exactly where his target was going. He gave a slow smile that would have creeped anyone else out and slowly turned to look down the road. His face flickered slightly to reflect the origins of his kind.

"You sure this is a good place to stay?"

Angela shifted to look at Dean as he came back from spraying the sigils he had been instructed to outside the room the twins were sleeping in. She glanced around at the abandoned house they had taken shelter in once they were a sufficient distance away from the motel. She looked back at Dean and replied, "Better than nothing. At least there's beds." She gave a grin.

Dean put the empty spray can on a nearby table. "Yeah well… they're kids."

"Better than the backseat of a car." Angela gave a shrug and felt her throat as she crossed her arms knowing that it was rough for the twins and it had been for the Winchesters.

"Yeah, maybe you're right," Dean replied as he wiped his hands. He paused a bit, not sure of what to say next until he added, "So… still on for finding this goddess?"

Angela sighed and nodded, "Yeah." She shifted to look at Dean. "It's just a little harder. I get the feeling that Lenya and the pisacha know where we're going. And that is not a good thing."

"Won't you lead them straight to her?"

Angela would have said something but at that moment Sam came into the room with another empty spray can which he tossed onto the table. "Finished outside," he said, "Anything else?"

Angela shook her head, "No. Just about everything to mask where we are but… doesn't mean they don't know where we're going." She looked at Sam with a slight look and a shrug. "But Pavarati is still the best chance and we do have an advantage."

"Really?" Dean glanced at Sam who was merely staring at her and she was staring back. To him it looked like they were stuck in their own world. It felt awkward to him since he felt like the odd wheel out but he was drawn to just watching them. "How does that work?"

Angela was staring at Sam mostly because he was staring back at her and part of her took it as a challenge. The other part was something that she wasn't sure what to make of it but it felt okay. She barely heard Dean's question as she continued to stare at Sam until he gestured with his brow that Dean was waiting. She cleared her throat at the awkwardness that followed. "What?"

"How does it work? Advantage?" Dean gestured with his arms like it would help.

"Oh. Right. Well… it has to do with Lady Pavarati's nature and the fact that most beings wouldn't screw with Lord Shiva." She cleared her throat and shifted on her feet feeling like she had been caught with her hand caught in the cookie jar.

Sam decided to save her since he felt guilty for helping her not pay attention to his brother. Just seeing her with her hair down and held back by the braid that acted like a headband… it made him want to reach out and touch it and his thoughts went down a path that made him feel embarrassed. "What is it about Shiva that… uh…"

Angela gave a slight smile at Sam's attempt to help her out. She noticed the slight blush on his cheeks and explained, "Well Lady Pavarati is the wife of Lord Shiva and…" She smiled as she recalled everything when she first saw the pair together. "He is very devoted to her. A lesson he learned the hard way."

"So he's like Sam protecting your virtue and all?" Dean made a face at Sam when he noticed that he was starting to scowl at him.

"Pretty much," Angela replied with a slight chuckle. She pursed her lips as she moved to stare out one of windows. Even though it was boarded up, she could still see out of it. "And he was very grateful that I protected his wife when I did." She shifted on her feet and glanced back at them.

"Really?" Dean thought about it some while trying to keep Sam from overreacting… at least that was what he thought was happening. After all Sam had no reason to be jealous of a god. "Well you did mention that you dropped in and the guys were douchenozzles."

"Same song, different verse when ti comes to that but yeah." Angela looked down and cleared her throat since she had recalled that initial meeting with Lord Shiva after Lady Pavarati brought her to her place. It was enough to make one blush and just be flabbergasted. She was more or less feeling wounded since she had just left Karnak and was still fresh sober from demon blood. Guilt was a nasty thing. She shrugged, "The nice thing is that it gave me favor with Lord Shiva and is one of many reasons certain beings don't mess with me. He can be pretty terrifying if you get on his bad side and I don't mean the form with six arms."

"Always knew you had friends in high places Angie. At least from what Kess told me." Dean grinned at that. It was always a surprise to find out that there were beings that were pretty influential that owed his girl a favor or something like that.

"Well, it's special between me and Lord Shiva."

"How so?"

Sam's voice was quiet but even Angela knew that there was more to it. She knew him to be overprotective but this was more along the lines of jealousy. At least she thought so. It said a lot but she wasn't going to voice it and explained, "Lord Shiva is known for his philosophy on state of being, the ultimate that in the end we can transform into the energy around us or something like that. I think he was talking about souls but…" She shrugged since it was a little over the top for her. "There is one other thing he is known for and that is his prowess in battle. He defends the sacred realms and according to some really old texts… let's just say that when Rameses destroyed Syria, that was an accident. In the days before history he led his guard against the Ancients, fighting for humanity."

"So he's like an archangel if you get too close to a prophet?" Dean decided to clarify it a little bit.

"Similar but not quite," Angela replied after thinking about it. "The reason I am telling you this is because he created the Abhibhavak, the guardians. Every pantheon has some sort of guard. Lord Shiva's are of the Hindu pantheon and they are known to be some of the fiercest fighters. Comparable to Kess on a bad day."

Dean couldn't help but give a low whistle. That was something and it kind of gave context to why Bobby did what he did and said he didn't want an Avian blowing up his house. "And what does this have to do with you and Shiva?"

Before Angela could speak, Sam entered, "Because he made her one."

Angela's mouth was slightly opened more from surprise that Sam was actually talking when he looked like he wanted to storm out earlier and find the god and have a fist fight. She knew he was quick on picking things up; she never doubted his intelligence. "Yes. He made me into an Abhibhavak and to be honest I didn't want it. I was already named a daughter of Hapi and Satet and I was thinking at the time that it was because of that it was why he made me into one of his guardians."

"But that wasn't the case," Sam said more than asked.

"No. It was because I was me." Angela couldn't help but smile slightly and continued, "I wasn't respectful then and still not now. I think he likes it that I don't fawn like his worshippers or grovel like others. That and because I do what I do. Doesn't matter if you're a monster, god, demon, human, male, female, adult, child… If they are in trouble, I help when I can. And that is why we had some advantage since Lord Shiva and Lady Pavarati are not fools. They would take precautions and they always seem to know when an Abhibhavak is coming." She frowned as she said that as if she still couldn't figure it.

It was all pretty impressive and explained a bit more even though it didn't quite answer the burning question of why mention of the goddess made Angela blush and become like a shy schoolgirl. Still to Dean it was better than nothing and he could get why his girl thought it would be better to take the twins to this place. "Well, that explains a bit. Better get shut eye if we're going to make it to the boonies in Maryland." He smiled at Angela and gave a speaking glance to his brother before turning to join Haley where she was sleeping leaving the pair alone.

Sam watched his brother leave and turned to see that Angela had turned back to look out the window. He really needed to stop being an ass every time she mentioned a past guy she had met or met along the way. She wasn't like that and… He wanted to apologize but couldn't figure out how even though saying he was sorry was the easier said than done thing. So he did what Winchesters did and that was make nervous small talk, "Aren't you going to sleep?"

Angela sensed that Sam wanted to apologize for his behavior though she really didn't see the harm in it. It gave her some idea confirming that he was serious about their relationship as weird as it seemed to everyone else. She would give it. "Not for a while. Old habits."

Sam nodded in agreement and looked down more because he was having a hard time saying it. He did say, "We did what you asked. It should be okay."

"I know. Like I said, old habits. Didn't get much sleep when you and Dean were in trouble."

Sam cleared his throat slightly at that since there were probably multiple times she did that. A couple stood out prominently. "Just… don't hurt yourself." He wasn't sure if he should say anything else and feeling frustrated he decided to leave.

"Stay."

Sam paused and turned to look at her. She was staring back and she had an unsure expression on her face. He raised his brow questioningly at her and received a slight nod in return. It was enough to tell him that she wanted him to stay and a small part of him was wondering if she was giving him a leg to stand on. He turned around and walked towards her and stood in front of her. "I'm sorry."

"There is nothing to be sorry for."

"There is," Sam insisted. "I… I was a jerk when you mentioned Shiva and…" He felt his cheeks flush from the fact that he was admitting to jealousy.

"It's not a typical friendship with this particular pair," Angela admitted more to save Sam from feeling to uncomfortable. Also it was because she knew that she hadn't fully explained the nature of that relationship.

Sam gave a cautious smile and offered, "Well you kind of looked like you didn't want to talk about it. Is it bad?"

"No." Angela offered a smile and was pleased when Sam responded in kind. "Just… it's different and… I get why cupids are like they are." At Sam's expression she explained, "Lady Pavarati is the Hindu goddess of love."

"Of love?" Sam almost choked on that.

"Yes," Angela replied with a nod. She knew what Sam was thinking and was quick to cut him off, "But not like full on Aphrodite kind of thing. It's different and hard to describe. It's more felt than explained and to an outsider… it makes things awkward." She couldn't resist and picked up his hand more for something to do and because she wanted to hold it.

Sam watched her movements, deliberate and occasionally a nervous habit. "So… it's something to see then."

"Yes but it may give the wrong idea."

Sam was quiet for a moment and let her hold his hand. He noted she was nervous about the whole thing and realized she was thinking how it would look to them. It made him feel worse for his behavior since she was only doing what she always did and that was thinking about others. "I'll just have to remember that. And we've seen different ever since you dropped in."

Angela hummed at that and couldn't help but smile. "And trouble came with it."

"But you kicked ass like with Lenya."

A/N: Seems like demon trouble but the Winchesters escape and Angie gives a little more about her relationship with Lady Pavarati plus a Samgie fluff moment. Stay tuned for more Kind, Enlightened Giving...