To Be Alice
And TA DA!! Here's the big chapter since practically everyone has figured it out. And I realized last chapter when Alice was in the future that I had it that she didn't know Chuck and then I remembered my original plan called for her knowing Chuck so let's just pretend that didn't happen.
Alice stood in the shower, hot water running over her body, and thought about what she had seen. She ran her hands through her hair, dragging out the suds from the shampoo. She was amazed by how few questions Dean asked. As far as she knew, he didn't know that Sam knew what she was. She did know that he knew she would tell him at the right time. And tell him everything.
The list had grown since being in the future and talking with Michael.
The bathroom door opened and it only meant one thing. Dean was awake. It was still early, Alice knew, it had only been about seven in the morning when she gave up trying to sleep. Neither of them said anything. The sound of clothes rustling was only slightly louder then the fan going and soon Dean had stepped into the shower behind Alice, his arms wrapping around her wrist, bringing her wet body to his dry one. She sighed and leaned against him, her eyes closing as his hands ran softly along her sides and stomach.
As always, Dean's fingers followed the slightly raised skin that was the scars. Alice's head leaned back onto his shoulder as he kissed her own. All of his actions were gentle, meant for soothing. He knew that while he and Sam had panicked over her non waking state earlier, something was going on for her. He also knew not to push the subject. It amazed him how content he was to wait on things Alice had to say or do.
"You clean enough darling?" Dean asked. Alice nodded her head before lifting it from his shoulder. Dean watched her bend over to turn off the water before he opened up the curtain. He quickly grabbed a towel to put around his waist before he grabbed another one and wrapped it around Alice. She was surprised when he lifted her up and carried her from the bathroom. She was grateful though, all his soft attentions had made her come to terms with just how tired she really was. Somehow Dean managed to dry her off a fair amount before he put her on the bed. The towel was tossed aside and Alice got the pleasure of getting to watch Dean dry himself off.
"How do you make everything look so good?" She asked.
"I just do Ally Cat." Dean said, tossing his towel. "I just do." he crawled over on top of her and Alice leaned up to press her lips against his. Tired as she was, she still craved being with him. The kiss was returned slowly as a hand reached up to brush softly against her cheek. Her hands lifted to run up his stomach, his chest, and over his shoulders to sweep across his back. Dean pulled his mouth from hers slowly and Alice blinked her eyes open. "You're wanting this now then?"
"We've come no where near doing it every way possible." Alice said, smiling. Dean gave her a crooked smile before lowering his head to place barely there kisses along her neck and down towards her chest. His hands moved along her thighs, slowly massaging. His mouthed moved, placing kisses over each scar.
Joshua stood beside Michael, both Angels watching Dean and Alice's slow love making. Joshua kept shooting sideways glances at Michael, expecting him to show some sort of emotion or reaction. The Archangel, for his part, remained relatively expressionless, watching his intended vessel move so sensually over the woman with the purple streak of hair.
"You know...unless you manage to promise no death or harm to him...she'll oppose you for taking him as a vessel." Joshua said.
"Hmm?" Michael asked, barely paying attention to anything that wasn't in front of him.
"Alice is on Earth for a reason." Joshua said. "What you had with her is as nothing compared to what they clearly have."
"I understand your concerns but there is no need for them, brother." Michael said. Joshua raised an eyebrow. "She was once a large part of my life, as she was for most of us. But that time has past."
"And you're alright with it?" Joshua asked.
"I do not feel jealousy and anger if that is what you're asking." Michael said. His gaze was on his angelic brother before it turned back to the couple. "I'm glad she was finally able to find that for which she had searched so long."
"It is nice." Joshua said, relaxing finally. "I'm happy she's happy. It's been too long since her eyes last sparkled in such a way."
"I hope she understands what she is to do." Michael said.
"Give her some credit." Joshua said. "I have things to do. Excuse me." He walked away, leaving Michael alone to watch.
"I love that sound." Dean said, sighing deeply.
"What sound?" Alice asked, lifted her head off his chest.
"That sound you make right after sex." Dean said, smiling. "And the ones you make during...and before...and generally most sounds you make." Alice giggled and laid her head back down. She shivered as Dean ran his fingers slowly up her back. She was glad their room door was locked because they didn't need anyone barging in through it and seeing them uncovered.
"Don't wanna leave this." Alive muttered. "Never wanna leave this. Can't we just hide here forever? Forget the apocalypse, forget Lucifer. Just stay in this hotel room until we get old?"
"God, darling, you have no idea how much I wanna agree to that." Dean said. He sighed, his fingertips still moving along Alice's back. "I wish we could. Sounds pretty damn...perfect right now." He felt the girl sigh against his chest. Her skin suddenly felt cold and Dean kicked the blanket up to a grabbing distance before he pulled it over top of them. He held Alice close to his body, his eyes starting to sting. He bit his lip and kept his eyes up on the ceiling, feeling wet drops hit his chest. "Oh man, come on baby, don't cry."
"I can't help it." Alice whispered. "I'm so...so afraid...terrified...of what's going to happen." Her hand clasped his tightly. She lifted her head up and Dean slowly slid his eyes down to look at hers. They were blue now, rimmed with red from crying. Her next statement sounded so hopeless that the hunter let tears slide free as well. "What if we don't win?"
"No." Dean said, strongly, after two minutes of silence. He put his hands on her head, firmly. "Don't think that. You and me...and Cas...and Sam...and everyone else on our side...we're gonna win this, you understand?" The blue eyes gazed in green and found determination. Alice nodded as much as Dean's grip on her head would allow. "We just gotta stick together." He pulled her head to his and kissed her hard, hoping to send through enough reassurance to calm her. They pulled apart and Dean sighed in relief to see her eyes purple again.
Blue equaled some form of upset when it came to Alice and he did not like to see it. Her eyes had to be purple for him to be relaxed.
"I love you, so much." Dean said. He brushed his thumbs across Alice's cheeks to wipe away the tears. "A bit weird to think it's actually happened...me being so in love...but it did. So long as you're with me, I know we can face this." Alice stared at him. For several minutes neither of them spoke.
"I'm an Angel." Alice said.
"You're...huh?" Dean asked.
"An Angel." Alice said. Dean's hands loosened on her head and she moved to sit up next to him, staring at the wall across from the bed. "I'm...higher...then Castiel. I'm even higher then Michael and Zachariah."
"But...you didn't...know Zach." Dean said, sitting up. "And...he didn't know what you were."
"Because I'm different." Alice said. "Biblical terms, I'm a Principality. Other terms, people sort of call me a muse."
"You mean those things that are supposed to inspire people to great...oh." Dean said. There was a small pause as everything processed in his mind. "You were doing that weren't you? Inspiring me."
"Sorta." Alice said. "It...wasn't really...supposed to get...this far. I'm just saying that because I want you to know that I didn't sleep with you or make you fall in love with me as part of a job. That's just why I was insistent on coming with you."
"So...you're just...different...and that's why Zach couldn't tell what you were? Who you were?" Dean asked.
"Yeah." Alice said, nodding slowly. She shivered and crawled out of the bed, finding her underwear and Dean's shirt to be closest and throwing them on before sitting back in her spot. "I have been...in my own area of Heaven...for four hundred and eighty seven years."
"You said you were..." Dean started.
"I've been on Earth for twenty three." Alice said. "I was born, really, to parents that Joshua found suitable. I was raised in New York and did two years of College in Massachusetts. And then..." She paused for a moment.
"And then?" Dean asked.
"And then...Chuck found me." Alice said, she looked at her hands. "He umm...had a vision. And since it had him in it, he went and tracked me down and told me everything. He told me about you, all the information I needed, told me the date and time you would be at the brothel, told me who to take clothes from to...fit in." She sighed and ran her hand through her. "Up until then, I didn't know what I had to do. Joshua had just told me to live a life on Earth. I though I was just something to have some sort of learning experience."
"Joshua?" Dean asked, not able to hold back the curiousity.
"He's a higher level Angel." Alice said.
"Why wasn't the big guy giving the orders?" Dean asked.
"Just because I'm higher then Archangels, doesn't mean I'm any closer to hearing from God. My orders are from the Dominions." Alice explained. She looked at Dean and was glad to see him looking at her. "The Angelic hierarchy consists of three spheres, or levels. Each level has three types of Angels. Dominions are at the top of the second level. I'm at the top of the third." She sighed and pulled her hand through her hair, annoyed slightly to find it still relatively damp. "The very highest are the Seraphim, followed by the Cherubim then the Ophanim finish off the first level. They're like the guardians of God's throne."
"And the second level have those dominoe dudes." Dean said.
"Dominions." Alice corrected. "Followed by the Virtues and then the Authorities. They're like Governors of Heaven."
"So...you, Archangels, and Angels make up the third level." Dean said. Alice nodded. "And what are you guys?"
"Messengers and soldiers." Alice said.
"So when we first...had sex." Dean said. "When the connection formed. You were surprised."
"Yeah." Alice said. "They don't usually form on their own. I've been making them since high school to help the other students that I knew had a lot of potential."
"Through sex?" Dean asked.
"No." Alice said, laughing slightly. "That would have meant sleeping with a lot of people. No, usually just any sort of...intimate contact forges them. And then I just pass through encouragement and kindness...stuff to make them feel better about themselves and willing to try and reach their goals. Or help them overcome their fears." She frowned and looked at the wall again. "It was always just that. One way, and only select things."
"Only?" Dean asked.
"With you...it's both ways." Alice said. "And everything. I've never had it that strong and self made." She looked at him, her purple eyes full of wonder. "Who are you Dean Winchester?"
"Michael's vessel." Dean said, absently.
"That wouldn't be the reason." Alice said. Dean raised an eyebrow. "I was never this close to Michael either."
"Really? Wait...what?" Dean asked.
"Four hundred and eighty seven years." Alice said. "Just because Castiel couldn't be bothered to do some...cloud seeding...doesn't mean others weren't."
"Does he know?" Dean asked. "Cas?"
"Yes." Alice said. "That's what he was showing me the day we first made...had sex. He was reminding me of what I had to do because he found out. And he knew we were getting closer. I think...he was just trying to test me." She looked at her hands, at the purple nail polish sparkling on her fingernails. "And Sam knows."
"What? Why? How?" Dean asked.
"For the last question...Castiel told him." Alice said. Dean frowned. "For the second, Cas thinks that if Sam were given such information and sense that he needed to ensure my safety, then he would not agree to Lucifer and instead remain true. As for the first question...well...that would just be repeating the statement that Sam knows." She earned the slightest of smiles from that.
"So...were you meant to inspire me to accept Michael?" Dean asked.
"Honestly? I don't really know." Alice said. "I was just meant to be around you, keep you from falling apart. That could have been what I was supposed to do but I don't want that."
"You don't?" Dean asked.
"No." Alice said, shaking her head. "I can't stand the thought that if Michael were to take you as his vessel...then I would never get you back."
"Can I ask...why you were meant to grow up here?" Dean asked. "Why not just take a vessel?"
"Only Angels and Archangels can do that." Alice said. "And God as well I suppose."
"How do your guys inspire people then?" Dean asked.
"Well it's fairly simple from Heaven." Alice said. "There's these...portals...you can see Earth and the people there. Then you just pull a little of your power and voila."
"You couldn't have done your job from there?" Dean asked.
"Guess not." Alice said. "I don't mind it really. Maybe it was my idea to come to Earth for this, I don't remember. You lose memories, going from Heaven to Earth." They were quiet for several minutes again. Alice started to fidget. "That's all I think. In case you had more questions." When she got no answer and felt a block when she tried reaching to see how Dean was feeling, she rose off the bed and picked up her jeans. She pulled them on and muttered something about breakfast before she headed for the door.
(((A/N: And how mean would I be to end it there? Lol, I'm not going to. Get ready for this everyone.)))
Something caught her arm just as she reached for the door. She was spun around and pushed against the plank of wood. Alice's breath caught in her throat as she found her head before forced up to lock eyes with Dean. She hadn't heard him move off the bed, let alone cross the room, but yet there he was, pressing his body against hers to keep her in place against the door. Strong hands held her face firmly but gently, angling her head. Sharp green eyes locked onto wide, unsure purple eyes. Dean moved slightly against her and she was made aware that he was still naked.
There was a small part of her that almost expected Dean to want his shirt back. It was so small and just a fleeting thought that Alice had a moment of confusion where she was able to remember to breath again.
"Dea-..." She only managed the one sound and two breathes before lips were pressed firmly to hers. The rest of whatever she was going to say was converted into a whimper of want as she latched her hands behind his head. One of his hands dropped to the button of her jeans and made quick work of it and the zipper. As his tongue invaded her mouth, his hand pushed down her jeans. Alice stepped out of the article of clothing, kicking it aside as Dean ran his hand along her thigh before grabbing the back of it to latch around his waist. A moan from both of them mingled between their mouths as He gave an almighty pull and lifted her from the ground to make their heads level. Her other leg joined the first around his waist.
"Who...said...that you...could leave?" Dean muttered, barely even bothering to pull his mouth from the one attached to the Angelic girl he had pinned to the door. She whimpered again, the tone of voice used in the question only succeeding to make her crave the hunter more. He pulled one of her hands from his head so he could hold it against the door, his fingers lacing with hers.
There was one thing Alice definitely had to admit as they finally moved back to the bed.
She loved how Dean always fixed her uncertainty by kissing her senseless.
So yeah, everyone guessed Alice was an Angel but I didn't wanna make her a typical Angel like Cas or an Archangel. So I looked up that Hierarchy thing on Wikipedia and used that. The one that I made Alice, the Principalities, actually made perfect sense for her. And it did remind me of muses. I added my own personal tweaking of course to fit along with the story, obviously I don't think they do that connecting thing, but that just had to go.
Next chapter is being dedicated to Brandofheroin-x because I sort of promised I would make a chapter with a suggestion that I was given.
