Cousins a Couple Times Removed

Disclaimer:

I do not own Supernatural

Timeline:

Starts at the end of the Season 5 Finale

Inspired By:

My best friend got me into Supernatural just this year. I watched it before but never enough to really get any of the big picture storyline. After watching Season 6 I was sadly unable to view Season 7 on TV (and am therefore waiting for it to become available for rent) so I began mentally taking apart the plot of Season 6 and decided it could've been done better. My best friend agrees with me so I wrote this

Pairings:

Hints/Implied/Pre-Slash Dean/Castiel (not that the pre-slash isn't practically cannon anyway)

Implied Azul/Amara

Summary:

There were some things they couldn't just stand by and allow to happen: Dean spending the year with Lisa? Hell no. A soulless Sam walking around? Not happening. Allowing Dean to blow up a dragon sword? Yeah, sure, it shouldn't be high on the list of priorities but as long as they were there, why not save that too?


Chapter 11:

Of Sunken Ships and Flaming Birds

While Dean, Sam, Bobby, Rufus, Samuel and Gwen were following The Mother's trail Barkiel and Ambriel were busy having a talk with Balthazar.

"Really Balthazar? You really wanna save the Titanic just because you hate the movie?" Amy asked him.

"Yes. Honestly that God-awful Celine Dion song makes me want to smite myself." He told them.

The black-haired angel pouted. "Hey! I happen to like that song!"

Balthazar snorted. "Yeah, well, you would. I bet the two of you even saw it on a date when it first came out."

She blushed slightly, "It wasn't a date."

Barkiel rolled her eyes. "You two are missing the point. The Titanic cannot be unsunk."

"Sure it can."

"No. It can't. Because if you unsink the Titanic Atropos is gonna be pissed enough to take out Dean and Sam," the angel explained to him.

"Besides," Ambriel added. "The only reason you would save the ship in the first place is because Cas allowed it and you know he won't be happy if it makes Dean a target."

He sighed, put out. "Alright, fine. I won't save the ship."

"Yay!" The two of them hugged him.

"Wanna see the videos of Cas we brought back from the alternate reality?" The blonde asked.

Balthazar chuckled and hugged them both back. "You two are really something else."

"I'll take that as a yes."


So the Winchesters and Bobby were set on killing the Mother after Samuel, Gwen and Rufus being killed during their last run in with one of their creations and as Samuel had been Sam and Dean's grandfather Ambriel and Barkiel figured it was only fair if they showed the boys the Campbell library.

It was Bobby that finally found something. "Any of you jokers ever heard anything about a Phoenix?"

Unnoticed by the others Amy's eyes went directly to the blonde before focusing on Bobby.

"River, Joaquin, or the giant flaming bird?" Dean questioned.

"It says here that the ashes of a Phoenix can burn the mother." Bobby told them.

Barky bit her lower lip.

"Great. Where do we get one?" The older Winchester asked.

The blue-eyed angel cleared her throat. "Um, Bar-"

"No," the blonde cut her off.

"But-"

"No." [Do I ask you to get your familiars killed?]

[You made me personally kill a turkey.] Amy pointed out.

[You never complained about killing them before.]

"Guys?"

[That's because we couldn't buy food at a store. You made me kill the last one for yours and Dean's amusement knowing full well how hard it is to do so when it's unnecessary.]

Barkiel sighed. [I didn't make you and it wasn't like we didn't eat it. You could've said no.] When she didn't hear a reply she added. [I'm sorry I made you kill the turkey. I promise not to do it again.]

"Amy? Barky?"

She smiled. [Apology accepted.]

"Guys!" Dean shouted at the pair who shot him glares.

"There's no need to yell Dean. We're right here." Ambriel told him.

"So do you guys know where we can find a phoenix?" Sammy asked before his brother could do anything more than narrow his eyes at the angels.

"No," they replied together, earning an eye roll and silently muttered 'idgits' from Bobby.

"What was with all the staring?" Dean asked.

"We were having a discussion on boundaries that shouldn't be crossed."

He stared at them, obviously suspicious. "Through just staring?"

Barkiel gave him a slightly surprised look. "I'm surprised Dean. I would've thought with all the staring between you and Cas that you two did the same thing."

Amy giggled as the hunter glared at her, obviously a bit embarrassed.

"We don't stare at each other," he muttered, making Sam snort. Dean glared at his brother. "Shut up, we don't!"

"Uh huh," the blonde said in amusement.

Bobby sighed in exasperation. "Can we please get back to finding something on phoenixes?"


This time it's Dean that finds something. "Hey guys, check this out. March 5, 1861. Sunrise, Wyoming. Gun killed a Phoenix today. Left a pile of smoldering ash."

"Huh, the journal of Samuel Colt," Amy says, reading the title written on the front of the book. She looks up at Barkiel. "Go figure."

The angel rolls her eyes.

Bobby gives Ambriel a look. "You're not surprised they're the relatives of Samuel Colt?"

She mirrors his look. "You mean to tell me with how involved these two were with the apocalypse and such that you are surprised?"

He seems to think about it. "Not really. At this point I don't think I'd even really be surprised to find out unicorns exist."

Amy grins at him. The old hunter had no idea.

"Would you boys stop fiddling over that book and tell us what he says about the Phoenix? What does it look like? Has it got feathers?"

Dean shoots one finale glare at his brother as he cradles the journal. "It just says Phoenix."

"Did he say where he tracked it?" Bobby tries again.

He frowned. "No."

"All right, so I guess we got to find one of our own, whatever it is." Sammy says, disappointed they're not really any further than they were before. Well, at least it was proof Phoenixes existed.

Then Dean gets this grin on his face. "I know where we can find one. March 5, 1861. Sunrise, Wyoming. We'll "'Star Trek IV' this bitch."

The dark-haired angel brightens up. "I love that movie! Spock was hilarious." Suddenly she looked thoughtful. "Actually, now that I think of it he was rather a lot like Castiel."

The older Winchester frowned, mentally comparing the two. "Huh, weird." Because Cas had been rather similar to that in the beginning.

"Is somebody gonna explain what you two are talking about?" Bobby questioned.

Barkiel sighed. "Essentially he suggests to time travel to the past, meet up with Samuel Colt, hunt the Phoenix and haul back its ashes."

"That's a reasonable plan?"

"We got a guy who can swing it." But he pauses just before deciding to pray and looks at the other two angels. "Unless you two could…"

The blue-eyed angel sighs in exasperation. "Dean, do you not recall what happened when Cas tried time travel when he was cut off from heaven?"

He frowned. "Oh, yeah. Guess not then." It didn't hurt to ask though. So he looked up and started to pray. "Castiel. The, uh, fate of the world is in the balance. So, come on down here. Come on, Cas, 'I Dream of Jeannie' your ass down here pronto. Please."

An angel appears in the vessel of a blonde business woman.

Barkiel and Ambriel shared a brief glance before watching her.

"Jeannie?" Dean asked.

"Rachel," she corrects. "I understand you need some assistance? How can I help you?"

The hunter actually ponders this. He doesn't want to have to bother Cas but then again he didn't know if this woman was trustworthy enough. So he glanced back at the other two angels in the room to see them both watching Rachel in a way that, to someone who hadn't been on the road with them for so long, didn't look suspicious so much as merely focused. He knew immediately that for whatever reason the two of them didn't trust this angel and that was more than good enough for him. "Well, uh, we kind of need to talk to the Big Kahuna."

"I'm here on Castiel's behalf."

Barky rolled her eyes and muttered, "Obviously."

"Where is he?" Sam asked, curious.

"Busy."

Dean gave her a look. "Busy?"

Ambriel snorted. Again, obviously but Castiel was pretty much always busy. It'd never stopped him from coming down before.

"Yes," Rachel replied, her eyes moving over to the two angels who weren't looking directly at her anymore. She'd heard the rumors, that those two weren't angels. Castiel said they were trustworthy and were staying with the Winchesters to protect them but she wasn't sure she quite believed him either. Not after what she'd heard he might be doing.

"Well, we've got a line on the mother of freaking everything, so –" The hunter tried explaining before he was cut off.

"I'm sure your issue's very important." She said, eyes returning to the human. "But Castiel is currently commanding an army, so –"

"So we get stuck with Miss Moneypenny." He comments.

Rachel turns stern. "So you need to learn your place."

It's at this point Amy immediately stand, eyes narrowed at the angel. "And you need to learn that humans are not to be looked down upon. If you knew anything about Castiel you'd know this."

"And if you're really Ambriel you'd know how strained things are with the war," she shot back. "He cannot afford to come down here every time these petty, entitled little pie-"

"Rachel. That's enough," Castiel says, having just appeared.

Rachel turned to him. "I told you I'd take care of this."

"It's all right. You can go."

She almost gives him a look. "You're staying?" Over his shoulder she sees Barkiel sticking her tongue out at her.

"Go," he commands calmly. "I'll come when I can."

Rachel disappears with the familiar sound of flapping wings.

Dean snorts. If he'd had any doubts about Amy and Barky disliking Rachel they were now gone after the faces the two had been making at her behind Castiel's back. Of course now that Cas was facing them they took on completely innocent expressions. "Wow. Friend of yours?"

"Yes," he replies, looking around as if embarrassed by the other angel's behavior. "She's, uh, my lieutenant. She's… committed to the cause," he tells them in an attempt to justify her presence before deciding to change the subject and pretend like he doesn't hear his sisters laughing. "Now, what do you need?" After hearing the plan he admits to himself that with something as important as this he would've come down anyway.

Everyone except Castiel is surprised when the Ambriel and Barkiel insist on staying. He knows they understand the magnitude of power required to do this and that they merely wish to extend Dean and Sam's time to find the phoenix. What does surprise him though is when they tell him they're going to be following him but will not interfere until he needs them. This naturally causes him to worry because undoubtedly they know he will need them but despite his concern he does not ask. It is unlikely they would tell him when the knowledge came from Raziel. The moment he feels the summons he knows that this is most likely it, the reason Ambriel and Barkiel decided to follow him.

"We need to talk," Rachel says as they stand in an empty warehouse.

"You summoned me here?"

"Castiel, I've been hearing things. Things I don't want to believe. Just tell me if it's true."

To his credit he remains visibly unmoved. "If what's true?"

"You know. Your dirty little secret," Rachel tells him.

It is then he sees Barkiel behind her.

"Which one?" She questions with a sly grin.

Rachel whirls around to face her only to catch sight of Amy.

"Too true Barky. Which one? Off the top of my head I can think of two, maybe three." The dark-haired angel smirks.

"And would that include the two of you?" Rachel asks them.

"Oh Rachel, Rachel," Ambriel sighs, shaking her head.

"Ye of little faith." The grey-eyed angel adds, clearly laughing as they both begin to circle her. "Tell me, what is the universe coming to when angels don't even have faith in those they choose to follow?"

She tenses, now knowing that these two –whatever they may be- are loyal to Castiel. "What he is doing is wrong."

Castiel watches them as they continue circling Rachel like a pair of predators on a hunt.

Amy tisks. "Whatever he is doing, we cannot interfere. Even now we have only appeared to stop you from merely injuring him. You were never meant to win your attempt at taking his life."

Rachel narrows her eyes. "And what are you? I don't believe you are really Ambriel or she Barkiel. They died in the war."

Barkiel laughs, "Faking one's death merely requires a bit of creativity, something you seem to be surely lacking in."

Castiel sees an angel sword slip into Ambriel's hand and it goes unnoticed by Rachel who has her attention of Barkiel. He does not wish Rachel to die but he knows it cannot be helped for his sister would seek to kill him should she live.

Ambriel makes it quick. She simply runs up behind Rachel, grasps her shoulder and stabs her in her heart before slowly lowering her down to the ground.

He frowns, now recognizing the sword as Raphael's. "How did you get Raphael's sword?"

The blue-eyed angel shrugs. "Kinda stole it when we escaped from her."

Bringing Sam and Dean back goes smoothly but unfortunately the idiots forgot the ashes.

"You gotta send us back," Dean starts when Barkiel hits him with a rolled up newspaper.

"Sam, why don't you go answer the door," Amy suggests, much to the confusion of all the humans in the room.

"The door? But no one's at the-"

Suddenly there's a knock and everyone stares at her.

"Sam, door!" She reminds him, grabbing Barkiel's rolled up newspaper to smack him over the head.

"Oh, right," he says, leaving to answer it.

Ambriel just grins at Dean who is currently giving her a what-the-fuck look. "I'm psychic," she jokes.

When Sammy comes back he's holding a package and opening a letter. "Dear Sam, I got this address and date off your thingamajig, and I thought the enclosed might come in handy. Regards, Samuel Colt." He opens the package to reveal a bottle full of ashes.

"Is that what I think it is?" Bobby questions.

"Ashes of a Phoenix," Dean answers with a smile. "Which means we can take the fight to her."

Ambriel and Barkiel exchange looks.

[You think he could've sent more but instead he sends this one little bottle? What the hell did he do with the rest of it?]

Barkiel inwardly shrugs. [Maybe that was all that was left after it was reborn.]

Amy tilts her head, the image of a naked man rising out of the ashes causing a look of disbelief to appear on her face.

The blonde gives her a look. [Don't be stupid. If anything came out of those ashes afterwards it was a naked baby.]

The angel stared at her friend for a moment before they both burst out laughing, much to the confusion of everyone else.

Cas frowned slightly in confusion, having no idea why the idea of a naked baby rising out of the ashes, sprouting wings and twirling around after gurgling happily would be so humorous.


For a list of some youtube videos Amy and Barkiel showed Balthazar check my profile. Sorry about the bad link in the last chapter. Hopefully it's fixed now. And if not, well, I'll make sure to fix it next week. Also, I've made a story that takes place in a 'world where Supernatural is a show'

Jensha

Summary:

Misha's thoughts on Destiel and Andrea and Atlanta plot


Next time

Chapter 12: Mother's Revelations

Amy is tired. Not exhausted thank god but still actually physically tired. Because she's been walking all day to get into town. True, she didn't have to. Eve or no Eve that field she erected around the town and a couple miles out of town would've slowed her down but definitely not have stopped her and honestly it would've only slowed down one method of travel. Still, she needed a good walk considering what would have to be done once she gets to the police station. Plus, the fact that both her and Barky's cover will be blown tonight once they encounter Eve.