A/N: Most of this isn't mine.

Chapter Eleven

"Should we wait for Ranger?" I asked as Dean put the presents in front of me.

"We already talked to him about it. He said to go ahead and that he'd be here as soon as he could." Sammy told me.

I didn't need any more reassurance. Sam handed me one of the larger boxes first and I tore into the wrapping paper. My eyes widened when I saw the box. It was a MacBook Pro with a 13 inch screen with everything on it!

"I took it out of the box and set everything up. It's ready to run." Sammy said as I looked up at them box.

I was still in shock as my mouth gaped open. "Thank you!" I sputtered out finally.

"You're welcome. Now keep opening!" Dean exclaimed.

When I was finished with all the presents, I had my laptop, a carrying case, a printer, a camera, a scrapbook and accessories (including a printer!) to go with it, an iPod Touch, several gift cards to clothes stores, and ten homemade "Rissa gets to drive" coupons. I sat there surrounded by all of the presents and the discarded wrapping paper and wondered where they had gotten the money to pay for this.

Sammy must've read the expression on my face because he said, "Don't worry about it Rissa. This makes up for the birthdays we missed."

"Yeah, but it's still way too much…" I trailed off as I heard Ranger's car pull up.

He walked into Bobby's house with a moderately sized box wrapped in silver paper. He grinned and handed me the box.

"Open it." He instructed.

I stuck my tongue out at him and opened the box. I pulled out a handcrafted emerald amulet and looked up at him.

"It'll protect you from possessions. And I thought it was pretty." He replied to my questioning look.

I smiled, put the amulet on and continued going through the box. I pulled out a very old looking book that had "Half-Demons" on the front.

"And I thought that you might wanna read that…" he trailed off as I pulled the last thing from the box.

I bit my lip as I pulled a dog collar from the box. I raised an eyebrow and looked over at him.

"What the hell dude?" Dean asked as he stood up. "Is that for the reason I think it is?"

Ranger started laughing and then he whistled. A German Sheppard ran into the house and stopped right beside him.

"Oh my god! He's so cute!" I squealed as I dropped to my knees beside the dog and started petting him.

"He's yours. He's one year old, house and car broken, trained to protect, and also trained to detect demonic and supernatural beings. An EMF dog." Ranger said proudly.

"No." Dean said and I turned to see him standing with his arms crossed.

"Really Dean, he's car trained. He'll protect her." Ranger demanded as he put his hand on the dogs head.

"Sam and I can protect her. No." Dean seemed final in his decision.

"Fine. I'll get Ris her own car and she can follow you guys." Ranger declared as he pulled out his phone.

"No!" Dean's voice was sharp. "Fine, she can have the damn dog. But if he pisses in my car one time, I'm shooting him. "

I squealed and hugged the dog tight. He licked my face and laid his head down in my lap.

"Now, what will I name him…" I pondered.

"You could name him Dean so that you can tell him no." Sammy laughed when Dean punched him on his shoulder.

"Nah. What about Mick?" I asked. "Do you like the name Mick?"

The dog looked up at me and licked my face.

"Mick it is." I laughed.

I stood up and hugged and kissed Ranger. It went into more than just a thank you kiss and I heard Dean cough behind me. I grinned as I pulled away from Ranger.

"Thank you." I said as I kissed him one more time.

"You're welcome." He grinned down at me.

I went and hugged Dean, Sammy and Bobby and thanked them for my presents. I swallowed hard at the thought of not being able to thank dad, but I pushed the sadness down. I started gathering up my things and Ranger helped me. I started to head upstairs but looked back at my brothers.

"How long before we leave?" I asked, looking Sammy in the eye.

"Well, we cracked dad's voicemail and he had a message from a woman named Ellen. We were gonna go check that out once you woke up…" Sammy trailed off.

"I'll be ready when you want to go." I said and then turned to head up the stairs.

Ranger followed me with the rest of my presents and Mick followed him. Mick jumped up on the bed and made himself comfortable so Ranger and me put the presents around him on the bed. Ranger wrapped his arms around me as my eyes watered.

"I wish he was here." I whispered as I laid my head on his chest.

"I know. I'm sorry sweetie, I wish he could be here." Ranger replied as he squeezed me.

Mick got up, walked over to me, and nuzzled my hand. I giggled and scratched the top of his head. Ranger turned around, taking me with him, when we heard a knock and someone clearing their throat. I saw Sammy standing in my doorway.

"We're, uh, we decided that it'd be quicker if we just went and found Ellen today… if that's okay with you?" Sammy asked as he avoided looking at me.

"Sam, he's just holding me. It's not like we're having sex." I giggled at how ridiculous he was being.

"Is leaving today okay with you?" He asked, ignoring my comment.

"Yeah, we'll be down in a minute." I said as I turned back to the bed.

I heard Sammy's footsteps fade away and I started packing. I set the laptop in its carrying case and found out that my iPod, camera, scrapbook, and most of the stuff that went with it could fit in the bag. I started packing an overnight bag and froze when I saw Ranger holding something out of the corner of my eye. Dangling from one of his fingers was a red lace thong. One of his eyebrows was raised and he grinned at me as my face heated up. I grabbed it out of his hands and shoved it down in my bag.

"So I take it the brothers didn't buy that for you?" He asked and I glared at him.

"My brothers haven't shopped for me in years." I replied as I slung both bags onto my shoulder and turned to look at him. "Are you going with us?" I asked as we walked down the stairs with Mick following us.

"I don't think I can. I have a job lined up for the next couple days and I just can't abandon her. Plus, I think this might be a family thing…" he trailed off as we walked into the living room.

"You ready?" Dean asked as he stood up and pulled out his car keys.

"Yeah. But we have to stop somewhere and get food for Mick." I said as I looked down at the dog.

"I put a large bag of dog food, a food bowl and a water bowl in the back of the Impala. It should last Mick a couple weeks." Ranger said as he leant down to kiss my forehead. "I'll talk to you later."

"Okay. Please be careful." I warned as he walked to the door.

He turned back and grinned at me. "Always am."

Ranger left and I turned to look at my brothers. Sammy grabbed some papers off the table, we said bye to Bobby, and climbed into the Impala for the ride to Ellen's. Apparently, we were going to "the Roadhouse" which is where she works. Mick lay down beside me in the back seat and I got on my new laptop and started downloading songs for my new iPod. It passed time pretty quickly and was fun at some points because I'd turn up the volume and make Dean mad because of what song I picked. He especially didn't like "Tick Tock" by Kesha and said it sounded like a stupid girl trying to sing. I didn't particularly like the song, just liked the beat. We pulled up in front of the bar and I was made to stay in the car. As soon as Dean and Sammy went inside, I grabbed my Bersa 45, stepped out of the car, and headed around the back of the bar. Mick followed me and we snuck in the back through to the front just in time to see a woman stick a rifle into Dean's back. They exchanged banter for a minute, then Dean tried to take the gun away from her and she nailed in him the nose. I stifled my laughter and started out behind her. Dean called out for Sammy and he walked out with his hands up and another woman pointing a gun at him. I cocked my Bersa and held it to the younger woman's head.

"You let my brothers go, and I won't blow little miss sunshine's brains out." I said menacingly.

Of course I would never hurt an innocent human, but they didn't know that.

"Sam? Winchester? John's kids?" the older woman asked as she lowered her gun slowly.

"Yeah. I guess you're Ellen?" Sammy asked as he turned to look at her.

"I am Ellen, and that's my daughter, Jo." Ellen said as she went behind the bar. I lowered my gun and then Jo did the same. "I'll be damned. I guess John finally sent y'all here. Took him long enough."

Jo disappeared into the back while Dean and Sam followed Ellen to the bar and sat down. I, on the other hand, stood back. We didn't know who the hell this woman was, and my brothers were drinking with her.

"Do you want to sit down?" Ellen asked me.

"I'm gonna take a walk." I replied as Mick and I walked outside.

The sun was starting to set as I leant against the Impala and Mick lay down at my feet. My dad was dead, Dean was avoiding his feelings, Sammy was trying to get Dean to talk, and I… well I was messed up. I was grieving for my dad, confused about this whole half demon business, confused about Ranger, and excited to be back hunting. It was all messed up. I looked up at the sky and wondered if there really was someone up there making all of this happen. I mean, was there someone to blame for all of this?

"Why did you do this? Why our family?" I whispered towards the sky and then let my chin fall to my chest.

I was tired of not knowing. I was tired of being confused. I just wanted to know what was going on.

"This was going to happen no matter what."

My head shot up and I looked around for the source of the voice. There was no one out there except me. And of course Mick, but he couldn't talk.

"It was your family because that was the Winchester family destiny." The voice came again.

"Okay mysterious, bodiless voice, either you show up, or I'm going to find you and banish you, kill you, or whatever the hell I have to do to get rid of you." I growled as I looked around slowly.

I heard a soft chuckle to my right and I turned to see a man standing there.

"I see you Winchesters aren't the receptive type." He said as he walked towards me.

I pulled the Bersa 45 out and pointed it at his forehead.

"Keep walking." I dared him.

"Your gun won't work on me, but I'll stop." He replied as he stood there and looked at me. "I'm an angel, here to look after your brother. I will not harm you."

I gave him a skeptical look and started laughing.

"An angel? There's no such thing as angels." I said, but I lowered the gun slightly.

"Oh? You also thought there was no such thing as half-demons." He answered my skeptic look with a grin. "If you don't believe me, why don't you call Ranger and ask him about angels. I'm sure he'll tell you all about us."

The man was gone in a blink of an eye. Disappeared. Gone. Whoosh. I turned around quickly trying to find him again, but he really was gone.

"Wait! What's your name?!" I called into the empty air.

"Castiel." Was the reply.

I was going to ask more but the door to the Roadhouse opened and Sammy walked out.

"Hey kiddo. There's this guy named Ash that's a friend of Ellen's, and apparently, he's a genius. So we gave him all the information that we have on the demon and he's going to set up a search that will alert us if the demon rears his ugly head again." Sammy informed me.

I kinda nodded my head, still processing what the angel, Castiel, had said. Sammy raised his eyebrow at me.

"Ris, you okay? You look like you've seen a ghost… or, well, something that we don't see every day." Sammy chuckled.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit overwhelmed I guess." I replied as I looked up at him. "So, are we going back to Bobby's?"

"Dean thinks he's found us a gig. We were gonna go check it out, if that's okay with you?" he said as he opened up the passenger door.

"Where is Dean?" I asked as I climbed into the back with Mick.

"Saying bye to Jo, I guess. He'll be out in a minute."

I snorted and slammed my door. Leave it to Dean to woo a girl that he'd just met. Even though she had a rifle jammed into his back about an hour ago. Dean came out of the Roadhouse a few minutes later, started the car and sped out onto the highway. I needed to talk to Ranger, but I wasn't ready to tell my brothers about my meeting with Castiel. I decided to wait until we were at a motel for the night to call Ranger and talk to him. Then I would decide how to talk to my brothers about the angel.