Chapter 11: The Leviathans Strike Back
Dean and Castiel took longer than they expected on the job, the creature was constantly moving from a place to another. The good thing was that it didn't go far, so Dean and Castiel were able to follow it. As days passed Dean got worried about leaving Sam alone, even thought he called his brother every day. But it was about to end, they had already identified the creature; it was a werewolf and they knew the person. They had been following the guy, waiting for him to go to a more private area. They had to finish him that day, before midnight.
The guy went to a house that seemed to be abandoned. Dean found it odd. Why would he go there? But they still followed him. The guy opened the unlocked door and Dean came behind and pushed him inside. The man tried to escape but Dean grabbed him and pointed him a gun. "Who are you?" He asked scared and then he saw Castiel also with a gun. "What do you want with me?"
The guy didn't know what he was in reality nor what he had done to those people he had killed. "You're a monster," Dean said. "Sorry." Dean shot him in the heart. The man's body fell on the floor but then they noticed something strange. Dean crouched to take a better look and he saw the blood, that was coming out of the wound, wasn't red… it was black.
The man, supposed to be dead, opened his eyes and quickly grabbed Dean by the neck. "You're a leviathan." Dean said and the creature smiled.
Castiel punched the leviathan and made him let go of Dean. As Dean tried to catch his breath, another leviathan appeared. "Here goes nothing…" Dean said in a low voice to himself. He had no weapons that would work on the beasts so he punched him.
Castiel kept fighting the other leviathan. The gun he carried wouldn't work so he changed his weapon to his angel sword. He wasn't sure if that would work but it was the only thing he had. Castiel, after some attempts to strike him, managed to make a deep cut. But it didn't affect the leviathan, only black fluid came out of him. "Not bad for a dead angel." The leviathan said before attacking Castiel again, so hard that made him let go of his sword. One more punch and Castiel started to bleed. During his disorientation, the leviathan grabbed Castiel's sword and stabbed him with it. Castiel fell on the ground and from the cut on his chest came a bright light. "Now we're even." The cut hadn't been deep enough to kill him fortunately, but it had wounded him badly.
"I believe that is enough." Another leviathan said. But that one they knew, it was Dick. "Bring them to me."
One leviathan took Dean and the other took Castiel to another division of the house. Suddenly the house didn't seem so old, it had been reconstructed. They stopped in front of Dick and it was in that moment Castiel saw Dean's state. He had bruises on his face and he was bleeding from his mouth, but surely he had more wounds on his body. Castiel wished he could do something, but with the wound he had he wasn't able not even to vanish.
"I don't believe you fell for that." Dick laughed to them and at them. "It was a bit hard to make it look like werewolf attacks, even harder to convince my boys not to eat them but it was worth it."
"So why so much trouble just to kill us, dick?" Dean sent him a hateful look.
"I know you're responsible for the almost genocide of my specie. You sloughed them." Dick said angrily.
"Technically they sloughed each others." Dean corrected him, like he didn't care for what had happened to those monsters.
"You know, I was about to just kill you." He came closer to Dean. "But then I've heard about the existence of a little creature… a nephilim. I didn't know what it was, but then I learned of how powerful they are… Right when I needed an extra add to my army, aren't I lucky?" Dick smiled, but obviously no one answered him. "I was even luckier when I knew that that creature was with my pain in the ass humans."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Dean told him. But inside he knew this wasn't going to go well and he got worried about his brother and niece, although she wasn't human she was still his niece.
"Dean, please… Don't dare to lie to me." Dick warned him with a serious look. "I suppose your brother has it… So where is he?"
Neither Dean nor Castiel said anything, so Dick punched Dean. "Where?" He asked again.
"He's at Ellsworth, Kansas." Castiel said to Dean's surprise, and looked at him. Castiel had given him the wrong information. Sam wasn't in Kansas but he thought it was better that way. If he refused to tell Dick, they had other ways to get Sam's location, compromising his safety.
Dick also turned his attention to him. "Castiel… I was surprised when I heard you had survived. You're tough, after all the things we did to you… Don't worry, we won't make the same mistake again. You'll die properly… if you don't tell me where Sam is."
"I told you…" Castiel was about to repeat but Dick interrupted him.
"Spear me the speech. I know you're lying." Dick told him. "I've worked with some human and I have to tell you, you're a bad liar. So you want to try again?"
Castiel didn't answer, he wasn't going to turn Sam in. If they found out, it wasn't going to be from him.
"No?" Dick asked him. "You know I have other ways to get that information. Like… Oh, look what I have here." He showed them his bloodied hand. "Dean's blood. I believe it's enough." Then he shifted to Dean's form. "Well, let's see…" He said while he searched through Dean's memory. "Got it. Whitefish, Montana." Dick returned to his usual shape.
Dean looked upset. He had Sam's true location.
"How about we pay him a visit?" Dick asked to the other leviathans. They looked glad.
"You son of bitch! If something happens to them, I swear I'll kill you." Dean threatened Dick.
"I believe you had already said something alike when… oh yes, Bobby…" Dick shook his head. "You shouldn't make promises you can't keep."
"Oh, I don't. You'll be dead at the end of day, trust me." Dean said convict.
"We'll see about that." Dick said not believing in Dean. "First…" he walked to the house's basement and the other leviathans made them go too. There were two cells made of iron and they locked Dean in one and Castiel in the other. "I'll say hello to your brother for you." Dick said before he and the other leviathans left.
"Fuck." Dean said as he passed a hand through his hair. "Cas, are you ok?"
"I've been worse." Castiel responded him, sat on the ground.
Dean couldn't see him but he knew Castiel wasn't in a good shape. "Can't you zap out of here?"
"My 'batteries' are almost drained. Even if they weren't, this cell is covered with Enochian sigils. I can't get out. Sorry." Castiel said taking deep breaths, trying to control the pain he was feeling.
"We have to find a way to get out of here. We've got to warn Sam, at least." Dean tried to give some encouragement, to Castiel and himself.
Half hour had passed and Dean hadn't come up with any idea to get out. He was getting anxious, Castiel could notice. It was during Dean's desperation that he had an idea; there was a high probability of failing but it was the only thing he could do. The time was running out. "Dean… I'm getting us out of here."
"How?" Dean asked. As Castiel didn't answer, Dean had a feeling it would be dangerous. "Cas, what are gonna do?" He asked worried.
"Just… close your eyes." Castiel said simply.
"Why?" Dean asked.
Then he saw a light coming out of Castiel's cell and he heard Castiel screaming. As the light became more intense, so did his screams; they changed from human screams to the overwhelming sound of the angel's real voice. Dean covered his ears with his hands but he was still able to hear the sound of some windows breaking. The light filled the place and Dean could feel some kind of force, ready to be unleashed. Then he heard some sort of explosion coming from Castiel's cell and the light turned too bright to look at it so Dean closed his eyes. Something came out of the cell next to his and the light started fading.
When the light completely faded, Castiel opened the door of Dean's cell. "Cas…" Dean grabbed him, Castiel could barely stand up. "What did you do?" He got out of his cell and he saw the door of Castiel's had been projected to the wall and it was dented.
"The cell was angel proofing… So I ceased to be an angel." Castiel said breathing heavily.
"You ripped your grace?" Castiel only nodded with painful expression. "Oh, God…" After the shock, Dean tried to focus. He put Castiel's arm around his neck. "Come on, we gotta go."
They took a few steps in direction of an old door at the bottom of the basement. "Dean, I can't." Castiel couldn't walk any longer.
Dean let him sit on the ground. "Come on Cas, don't give up."
Castiel heard steps coming closer, it should be the leviathans. "They're coming. You've got to go, Dean." Castiel tried to make like an order but his pain influenced the sound. "Leave me…"
Dean shook his head slightly. "Cas…"
"You've got to help Sam. Go!" Dean saw a tear falling down Castiel's cheek, he just didn't know if it was from pain or sadness. "Dean… I love you." Dean replied to the confession with a tender kiss on his no longer angel. "Go." Castiel said in a whisper.
Dean got up and ran through the door. Castiel closed his eyes and breathed in relieve; at least Dean was safe. When he opened his eyes again he saw Dean running back at him. Castiel was about to ask why had he came back, but Dean said instantly "I can't lose you again." He grabbed Castiel in his arms and carried him out.
Fortunately they hadn't left the car too far. Dean put Castiel in the passenger seat, got in the car and drove away from that place. Dean tried to call his brother but his phone's battery was discharged. He threw the phone to the back of the car, frustrated. With nothing else he could do, he drove as fast as he could.
In the afternoon, Sam had just finished feeding his daughter and he put her down in the crib when she fell asleep in his arms. Ten minutes later he heard Aurea crying. There was no reason for her being crying, unless she missed Lucifer again. But Lucifer had been only gone for two days. When Sam picked her up he had a sudden bad feeling, a feeling of danger. Aurea didn't seem like she was missing anyone; it seemed like she was scared of something and she was warning him.
Sam peeked out of the window and he saw two men approaching the house. There was no way they were just ordinary people that were lost; the house was in a recondite place, only who knew the location could find it. Aurea shifted in his arms, sobbing. Sam tried to calm her down as he looked from the back of the house to see if he could escape from the backdoor, but there were another two men in there.
"Crap." Sam said when he saw Dick approaching the front door.
Sam picked up a blanket and wrapped it around Aurea. They couldn't run away, but Sam had to protect his daughter. So he decided to hide her in the office, inside a wood box ,with openings to held it, that was hidden behind a curtain.
"Shhh, everything's gonna be alright." Sam whispered to calm her down, or to calm himself. "Just… don't cry, okay?" He asked, even though she wouldn't probably understand him. She had to be quiet not to attract the leviathans' attention. Sam held her tight and kissed her in the forehead. "I love you." Then he put her inside the box, closed it and went downstairs.
Sam grabbed some weapons to fight them as long as he could. He thought in calling Dean but it was too late; the leviathans had got in the house. In a short fight against two of them Sam managed to hurt one, but then he was forcefully immobilized. Then Dick got in, he threw away Sam's sword and then ordered the two leviathans to leave.
"This is the part you eat me?" Sam asked when Dick got close to him.
"No, not yet. There's something I want first."
"What?"
Dick made an evil smirk. "I believe you have a little nephilim with you. So where is it?"
"I don't-"
"Don't deny it! I know it's here. And I want it." Dick took a step forward.
"Why?" Sam asked.
"You can call it a consolation prize. After my specie being almost killed, I think I deserve it."
"What are you gonna do with her?" Sam wasn't sure if he wanted to know.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt her. I'm only gonna use her against my enemies. I could even make her kill you… but that would take some time." He didn't plan to make Sam last so long.
"I'm not gonna give her to you." Sam said convict.
"You think you have a choice?" Dick grabbed him by the collar and planted him an unexpected kiss. During the touch Dick transferred himself to Sam's body. Sam tried to step back but he couldn't. When the transference was complete Dick Roman's body fell on the ground.
Finally Dean had gotten to Rufus' house. He left the car in a hidden place with Castiel unconscious inside. As he approached the house he saw one leviathan; Dean got close quickly and quietly and with a swing he chopped his head off. Then other leviathan appeared. While Dean was fighting him he saw another leviathan approaching, he couldn't fight two at the same time. Suddenly when the leviathan was very close to him, ready to attack, Lucifer got between them and killed the monster. Dean made the other fall on the ground soon after, just like the last one outside the house.
Dean and Lucifer got in the house, both holding a sharp sword.
"Sammy, are you okay?" Dean asked, seeing his brother.
"I am. Sam… not so much." Dean saw the dark veins on Sam's face. He got scared; he thought Dick had shifted to his brother's form but then he saw his old vessel dead on the ground. "You son of a bitch, let go of my brother!"
Dick smirked. "Or what? What are you going to do? Kill me? You can't kill me without killing Sammy…" He knew Sam was Dean's weakness. As long as Dick had him, he was untouchable. Dean would never kill his brother.
"And you…" He turned to Lucifer. "You're pathetic, you know. You created quite a reputation… After all you did and said about humans, which I agree, you ended up falling for one." Lucifer just looked at him with his calm expression. "I know what happened." Dick pointed to Sam's head, reminding him that he could see Sam's memories. "And it's disgusting."
"You're not any better." Lucifer said with his dark voice to the ugly beast.
"So would you kill me? Would you kill Sammy?" He paused. "What moves you, angel? Hate… or love?"
For the first time Lucifer had doubts of what to do. This was an example of how his affection for Sam could impair his judgment, of how it made him weaker. For years he had done the most painful and awful things to the creatures he didn't like and now he was reluctant in killing that monster because it implied to kill a human. Maybe he was pathetic… but it wasn't any human they were talking about.
"So Dean, are you going to keep your promise?" Dick said with a smile remembering Dean's threat. "Will you kill me? If it matters to you, Sam is asking to kill us." Dean tried to keep a straight face although he was crying inside. "Come on Dean, after all the things I did… killing Bobby…" He kept teasing Dean, but Dean said nothing. "No? I guess I won't die until the end of the day." He made a victorious smile.
Dick was about to go upstairs, probably coming to get Aurea but then Lucifer took a deep breath, held his sword and decapitated Sam.
"No! Sammy!" Dean screamed as Sam's body fell on the ground. "What did you do?" He turned to Lucifer with a death glare.
"Dean, I'll bring him back." Lucifer said. "Trust me."
Yeah right… Like if he was going to trust the devil… But then he looked at Sam, with black fluid coming out of both parts of his separated body.
Lucifer knelt down next to Sam's body. He made a scan of Sam's body, passing a hand from his feet to his neck and more black fluid came out; Lucifer only stopped when it became red. He did the same to Sam's head. Then Lucifer said a spell in enochian and the black puddle was consumed by flames until there was nothing left.
Lucifer joined Sam's head to the rest of his body and, putting a hand in his chest, he brought Sam back to life. Lucifer rose up, but Sam still hadn't opened his eyes.
"Sammy." Dean called for him. He knelt down when Sam took a heavy breath and opened his eyes. "Sammy, are you okay?" Dean hugged him.
Sam took a few seconds to be able put the things back together in his mind. "Dean…" He said, recognizing his brother. Then suddenly "Aurea." Sam said scared and got up immediately.
"She's fine." Lucifer appeared with their daughter in his arms. Dean hadn't even noticed Lucifer's absence.
Lucifer handed her over Sam, knowing he wanted to hold her. Sam kissed her gently and confirmed she was okay, only a bit scared. She had little tears running down her cheek that Sam whipped out; it looked like she had been crying for a while… but in silence. Perhaps she had comprehended Sam wanted her to be quiet.
Then Lucifer cleaned the house from the leviathans' trace, while Dean took Castiel into the house. After Dean explained what had happened Lucifer said "I'll search for his grace."
"Why?" Dean asked.
After all he had done Dean still questioned his actions… But Lucifer didn't say anything about that. It had been a stressful day already. "Because I need him and because you need him."
Dean didn't say anything else so Lucifer stepped away from the couch where Dean had laid Castiel.
"Wait." Sam called him and made Lucifer following him to a place far from Dean. "So, is it over? The leviathans… they're all dead?"
"Yes, Sammy. I believe they are."
Sam got close and kissed him passionate and desperately. By instinct Lucifer held Sam's hip subtly as he assured him the bad times had passed. "Thanks." Sam whispered. Lucifer smiled at him and then disappeared.
Sam thought they were out of Dean's sight but Dean saw the whole thing without Sam noticing it.
Sorry for the wait, longer than usual, but as you can see this was a longer chapter. I hope you liked it and that you didn't mind destiel.
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