A/N: Don't own SPN, blah blah blah, been here, done this, moving on.

Alexandra let out a yelp and bolted back when the faucet she had been standing over spurted out brown water for the third time. "Jesus! This is supposed to be a safe house? This crap can kill us all quicker than whoever might be after us!" She huffed and turned off the water, turning it on again to attempt to let it run. It still remained an odd brown. She sighed and stepped away, staring at the stream. This was proving harder than when she attempted to not look anywhere but straight ahead at the wall when she changed. She wasn't giving the archangel the chance to see her half naked. No sir. Who thought rusty water would ever be seen as that obnoxious?

Naturally, Gabriel had a comeback. Being that whoever is after us might be a little more powerful than rusty water, I'd doubt-

"… I think now I'm pretty sure after this 'shut up', fifty percent of what I've ever said to you is that phrase."

Well, I appreciate the other fifty percent.

Alexandra laughed and rolled her eyes. "Uh huh. Now, how the Hell are we gonna fix… this, and everything else, when we're stuck in the middle of nowhere?" She pushed back and turned around, staring at the floorboards. The boards could break right out from under her and she felt she wouldn't have cared. It was just another added negative into her Hell Week so far.

Beats me. I think I'd worry more about the water and food situation then me stuck in you, huh?

"True."

"Guys! There is literally no service or internet out here! If something goes down, then how are we gonna call for help?" Hannah called up from the floor below them. The water and food situation was completely lacking on both floors. The place was starting to seem more like a safehouse for termites and vermin as opposed to people.

"My brother's an angel, kiddo!"

"… Not funny, Lex. I wish Nate was an angel."

"That was Gabriel, hon!" Alexandra called back. "He's ignoring the whole 'I'm in control and he sits quietly and waits for us to fix this' thing."

You make it impossible, and I wanted to save you from being the biggest asshole of the night.

"What's with you and that mouth, huh?"

Force of habit and we're all adults here, so why the Hell not mouth off?

Alexandra rolled her eyes.

I felt that. Gabriel countered.

"Screw you!" Alexandra scoffed.

Find a bed, then.

"Oh, bite me- NO!" She grabbed her hand before he could come up. He wasn't going to get away with that a second time, even if they were alone so it wouldn't look as odd as it did before.

Come on, you're gonna need some new material if we're gonna be stuck like this for a while until Cassie thinks we're outta danger. Gabriel snickered, and stopped when she started to as well from his action. The snicker didn't work out too well for her. Relax, it'll be fine. You may not wanna admit it, but I will. You and I are a good team. We'll get it.

"No, it'll not be fine! We're stuck in the middle of nowhere with no way of knowing what's going on back home or in the goddamn world, and no backup! Even you said we were screwed before!" Alexandra waved her arms and turned back around, covering her eyes with her hand.

"Well, not quite."

Alexandra froze at the new voice in the room. How many times were complete strangers going to pop up now? She kept her eyes closed, trying to visualize the area around her for any weapon. Gabriel?

If you let me at the faucet, I can break it so you can use it to hit him and that's two birds with one stone. Gabriel offered quickly.

"Alex? What's wrong, Love? Not happy to hear me, let alone see me?"

Alexandra stopped again. I know that voice. Her hand dropped, and sure enough, when she glanced up, a familiar face was looking back at hers. "What's with people just popping up whenever they feel like it? It's really starting to annoy." She turned. "And you should know how hard that is, Hael."

…Wait, Hael, as in the angel, Hael? So I'm not the only angel you've dealt with? Gabriel asked.

The white-haired angel across from them smiled, and his vessel's blue eyes sparkled in a way that would make one wonder how long the angel had used the vessel and how well the angel knew the man. "There's my goddaughter's smile. Good. You are happy to see me."

Goddaughter? How is that possible? Was this guy Castiel to your dad's Dean?

Basically. "Hael!" Alexandra launched herself at the angel, hugging him tightly. She eased up as much as she could, remembering that two people's strength in one didn't work out too well.

The angel smiled softly and pulled away from her. "Ah, yes. Still the beauty I remember. Let me have a look at you." He looked her up and down, and if anyone missed the fatherly affection in his eyes the first time around, they would have caught it now. He sighed. "It's been far too long. My brother, Castiel, sent word to some of us that you were in trouble. I couldn't let my goddaughter be in trouble, could I?"

"I would hope not." Alexandra replied, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

Okay, Alex. Talk to me, think to me, whatever. How do you know this guy- this… brother of mine?

Hael frowned. "Hold on… there's something…" His frowned deepened. "Wait a minute…"

Oh, great. He's onto us. This'll be good. Alexandra went to object and explain the whole ordeal to her family friend, only to let out a yelp when an invisible force knocked her into the opposite wall. Having two people sharing one body ended up leading to twice the disorientation. One she looked back at Hael, his soft smile was gone, replaced by a scowl.

The angel started advancing. "I'm going to give you one warning, because I am not that cruel of a man. You have ten seconds to get out of my goddaughter's body, or you feel my wrath, and if you don't know, an angel's wrath is hardly something you'd care to experience."

While Gabriel merely started babbling, Alexandra held her hands out. "Hold on, Hael! Really, it's me! I swear to God- bad example, sorry, but... it's me, it's just… I ran into an angel recently and… well, yesterday I woke up with him in my head- literally."

"ALEX? GABRIEL?" Hannah came charging up the stairs, having heard the crash from the first floor. She started open mouthed at her sister crumpled on the ground, the crack in the thin drywall of the wall, then the familiar face of the angel that had been a family friend since she was a child. "What the HELL?"

Hael frowned. "Hold on- did I hear that right- Gabriel?" He turned back to his goddaughter. "…No! The Gabriel? You're stuck with the archangel in your head?"

"Long story…" Alexandra pushed herself upright on the wall. "You know you can trust me. You'd sense it if something was wrong or I was possessed by a demon or something. Gabriel isn't using me as a vessel… well, I guess he kind of is-"

Hey! If he finds a way to rip me out of you and smites me just for your word slip, I'm haunting you. Gabriel honestly sounded worried, now. I've met this guy once or twice before, and he worries me. He's bipolar, I tell you. Bipolar!

Haunting me won't get you far being that you're already doing it. Now shut it so I can talk to him. Alexandra sighed. "Look, Hael, my point is that there's no harm coming to me. Just relax." She pointed at her head. "You know, Castiel took a look to check my story. You wanna do it? Go."

Hael sighed. "No. That was proof enough. You've always been paranoid, 'specially after the accident. I believe you." He turned his attention to Hannah. "Hello, Love. Everything's under control."

Hannah whimpered and forced out a sarcastic laugh. She had a feeling she had walked in during the wrong moment. There was no way she could get the whole story, now. "Really…?" She looked at the other two, who didn't look like they were going to give up information any time soon. "… I'm gonna go check on Julie now."

Hael nodded, then looked at Alexandra again. "Still, honestly... Gabriel? As in one of my commanders?"

Lemme handle this one, Xanie. It's only fair, Gabriel offered, sounding more smug than eager-to-please.

Alexandra could almost see the smirk on his face, and she prayed it wasn't coming through on hers. I respect him, Gabriel. Don't go doing anything stupid. He's family, as far as I'm concerned.

Babe, I've heard it all from the Winchesters about Castiel. "Hey, Gramps. I'm taking over your goddaughter for a few seconds." He ignored Alexandra's protests. Hey, you just let me take over. You lose this time. "Yeah, I'm the archangel Gabriel. It's Hannah's fault, she messed around with stuff she shouldn't have, and here I am, well, I didn't start off here in our girl, but outside with her… until yesterday."

Hael seemed to take the information in strides. "Well then, forgive me, sir," He bowed his head, and Gabriel would've been lying if he denied thinking that wasn't pretty awesome.

"It's okay… Hael, was it? Sorry, I've been gone so long I lose track of who's up there." His shrug didn't come off as passive as it did when it was Alexandra's shoulders that were doing the shrugging.

Hael looked down. "Yes, well, I can imagine."

Gabriel blinked. What was that supposed to mean? "Oh?"

Hael started to pace. "Fallens usually end up losing track of their origins. Sad, to say the very least. Not to mention in extremely bad taste."

Gabriel snorted. Well, at least her snort came out with a little more sarcasm than his own. "Little two faced, don't you think? Being all respectful then taking a cheap shot?" He tuned out Alexandra objecting all over again.

"Doesn't matter, as far as I'm concerned." The angel straightened out his tan blazer. "Now, feel free to tell me what you've done to get yourself into this mess."

"We're not sure. Like Xanie-"

"You're not actually callin' 'er that, are you? She hates that nickname. An old roommate of 'ers tried using that name, and she ended up being locked out of her dorm at random intervals since Alex kept changing the locks."

Gabriel snorted again. Girl after his own heart. Like he said, they made a good team. "So I've heard. Anyway, like Xanie said, we kind of… woke up like this." He motioned downward. "No idea how we got here, and we were trying to work out how to fix it. Next thing we knew, good ole' Castiel came up, going on about us being in danger, zapped us here, now here you are."

Hael arched an eyebrow, looked behind him, and waved his hand. A small armchair appeared, and he sat down on it. "Go on."

Gabriel shrugged. "Not much more to the story, bud. You think you can help us with this?" He pointed from head to toe again. "Castiel would, but the poor little guy's up to his neck in ass kicking."

Hael leaned forward. "I can't say I know the exact reason why you two are like this…"

"But…?" Gabriel rocked from heel to toe.

Hael shrugged. "In my… very, very little experience with these things, a... combination like this only comes from another incident, I guess like your…" Hael paused, then looked guilty for a moment. "Ressurection." He sighed, pressing his fingertips together. "But it's more… easily accessible. Hannah could not have done this."

"Who could've?" Gabriel asked.

"Someone totally unaware. Your situation never happens to people with experience who are completely aware of the fact that they're strong enough to do it. They just need a wish and very little experience in the… magical world, if you will."

Gabriel blinked and leaned forward as well. "Any way you can dumb that down, Jeeves?"

Hael glared, but sighed. "An inexperienced witch, a… toddler reading a spell book its idiot parents left out, the child of a hunter or something else coming into odd powers-"

"Julie!"

Hael frowned at the name, being that it sounded like two voices had said it. "Who? And can I speak with Alexandra again, please?" He waited when she was quiet for a moment, then looked plain angry.

Alexandra shook her head. Switching who had control was still an awkward task. "Okay, you have me back. Now, Julie is the girl we saved from the hospital back home… the town's being overrun by demons at the moment, and I think they were trying to get her for some reason… she's obviously more than just an unlucky victim to the fire during this whole thing, but…" she trailed off. "Hey, Hannah, can you bring Julie up here?" she called.

"Yeah, gimme a minute!" Hannah replied.

Alexandra nodded, then looked at Hael. "She's five. You think she'd even be aware that she did it?"

Hael frowned. "Depends on the child, really. What's so special about this one?"

"She's half human, half angel." Alexandra replied.

Hael raised his eyebrows. "And your man Gabriel is alright with that?" He saw something flash in Alexandra's eyes, and figured that was Gabriel reacting- it looked like he was getting quite a negative response from the arch.

Alexandra flinched. "He's not happy about what he did way back when. I think the girl's his saving grace, no pun intended."

Hael nodded, then glanced over his shoulder when Hannah came up the stairs with Julie in tow. He smiled at the girl. "Well, hello there, little one."

Julie offered a smile. "Hi!"

Alexandra laughed. The kid seemed to like everyone but Dean. She was curious why that was, but the reason could wait. "Julie, we need to talk, hon."

Julie blinked. "Am I in trouble?"

Not yet, kiddo, Gabriel deadpanned.

"Gabriel, stop!" Alexandra hissed.

Julie tilted her head. "Huh?"

Alexandra leaned down. "Julie, I think you did… something to Gabriel and I… this may sound really weird, but.. He's kinda stuck in me right now, and… my friend here says that you might've done it… not on purpose, though."

Julie blinked. "I knew that."

Alexandra wasn't quite sure how to handle that response, and judging by the complaining turned to sputtering in the back of her head, Gabriel didn't either. "You did?"

Julie huffed. "How else would you guys stop fighting?"

"Huh?"

… You know, regret can go shrivel up and die. This kid is five and she's giving us riddles. I wanna smite her!

Says the guy with the maturity of a kid her age. Not helping. Alexandra sighed and turned her attention back to Julie. "Talk to me. What do you mean by that?"

Julie shrugged. "Daddy always put his concents in mom when they argued. It helped a lot."

Concents? Did she mean conscious? It made sense that way. "How did you know how to do it?"

"He taught me." Julie replied.

Her dad's a nutcase. I wonder if I ever met this guy. She's five and she's getting angel training? Does he want another apocalypse? Gabriel scoffed.

Alexandra hated to admit it, but the archangel had a point there. Uh huh, but how would we handle that, you wanna smite him, too?

Pft, yeah. I might as well start a list. First Julie's dad, then Julie, then insert at least ten more, ending with Tom Cruise… well, he might be in the middle, really.

Alexandra wished it wasn't such a serious moment, because that would've gotten a chuckle. "Alright, Jules, can you… do you know how to switch it back so we're not together?"

Julie didn't look pleased. "You two are still fighting! I can hear both of you in there, you know."

Oh, so she knows I wanna kill her. Perfect!

Shush! "No, we're not fighting, we're disagreeing. There's a difference, Sweets." Alexandra offered. "Sure, we fought a lot, but we're good for the most part, now. We just have different… ways of thinking about certain things, like you. Hey, if you get us back to normal, we'll prove it. Or you can put us right back like this. Deal?"

Alex, what're you doing?

Alexandra just smiled, ignoring Gabriel's question. She hoped that the smile was reassuance enough. She fought back the sigh of relief when Julie looked satisfied.

"Pinky promise?" Julie offered her pinky finger.

Alexandra took it and looped her own pinky around the girl's. "You've got it."

Julie nodded slowly, then stepped back. She closed her eyes, and seemed to be mulling something over in her head.

All of the adults merely stared at her, until a few moments passed and rather suddenly, Gabriel and Alexandra both felt a sharp pain, then nothing, followed by the feeling that they were both falling to the side.

Meanwhile:

"Oh my God. Where's Alex when you need her? This is ridiculous! I can't do all of this!" Jane Reinello sighed, looking over all of the paperwork piling up on the reception desk. With the recent deaths in town, people were pouring in to find out how the others had died and check if theirs matched the non-existent symptoms. "She's so much faster." She filed the last two in the small pile she had in hand, then spotted James coming around the corner. "James! Any luck shortening that list?" She offered, trying to cheer up the visibly very stressed man.

James just looked at her, shrugged and grunted before going on his way.

Jane sighed and looked back at the papers. "Alright, which of you want to be my best friends next?" She spread out the piles, settling for eenie meenie miny mo. She failed to see the man approaching the desk before he was right in front of it.

"Um, pardon me, but I have a quick question."

Jane looked up and offered a sweet smile, then tried not to let her jaw drop. The man was gorgeous. He was tall, had a full head of brown hair, a come-hither smile, and blue eyes that made you want to die on the spot. "Um, sure?"

The man chuckled, then held out a picture. "I'm looking for this girl. I made some calls and found out that she might be here."

"Oh?" Jane glanced at the picture, recognizing the girl as the only survivor from that fire the other day- Julie or some similar name. "Uh, she might be here. Can I ask who's asking for her?" She offered another smile.

The man laughed. "The name is Christian Woods. Well, I'm her Uncle. "

Jane's smile faded. "Oh, I'm… I'm sorry for your loss."

Christian bowed his head. "Thank you. This whole ordeal still seems… so unreal."

Jane nodded sympathetically. "I can imagine. Here, let me take you." She headed out from behind the desk, then paused. "Oh, wait, she was taken to the hospital the other day."

Christian blinked. "The hospital?" Getting the information he wanted to know couldn't possibly be this easy, could it?

Jane nodded. "How'd you get here?"

"Um, bus, actually." Christian replied.

Jane scoffed. "You poor, poor thing. Come on. I'll drive you." She motioned for him to follow her.

Christian stared at her retreating back for a moment before he smirked. These modern girls were so gullible. The plan was going to work, after all. Imagine that. He glanced over his shoulder at one of his men, sitting in one of the waiting room chairs. With a curt nod, he followed the young woman. This was almost too easy.

A/N: Ha, not sure if I massacred or nailed Gabe in this chapter. My friend adored him here. What'd you guys think overall, and not just of that, but of everything? You know what to do. Oh, and because it's been asked, and my friend made stuff to go along with this fic, I might as well mention the dream cast for my Ocs in this fic. In case you're curious:

Alex: Jessica Napier
Hannah: Candice Accola
Roy: Tim Hutton
Julie: Elle Fanning (back in her Daddy Daycare days)
James: Charles Mesure
Hael: Michael Caine
Jane: Freema Agyeman
Eddie (He'll be back): Norman Reedus
Main Big Bad to be named later/Christian: Steven Brand