So here you go! Second chapter tonight and even though its late and i have school tomorrow i dont know i just DONT WANT TO SLEEP. Sorry, i'm just like tired all day and like sleeping in all classes and i get home exhausted and without going to sleep at all it becomes like eight o'clock and then i become less tired. By nine i'm wide awake and i was supposed to be sleeping by ten but its ten to eleven and now im hyper. I'm honestly concerned a bout myself yet no one beleives when i tell them i'm naturally nocturnal. Pfft. Anyway! Enjoy while i go be hyper somewhere else...

-Alix

Allie walked slowly and silently into the empty school, following Dean like he had said and watching out for any signs the witch would be around, although she didn't know what she was looking for specifically. She also watched Dean closely, which way he was going and in case he saw something or told them to do something. This the most involved she'd ever been in a case like this and she was not going to ruin her chance. They got to the art room without incident, the new weight of her knife hanging from her belt and tucked under her shirt.

Dean walked over to the kiln right away and Sam moved over to the teacher's desk.

"So Tracy used the kiln to char the bone, what's the big deal?" Dean asked, frowning slightly as he looked into the kiln. He walked over to Sam, who was going through the things on the desk.

"Dean, that hex bag turned up in our room, not after we talked to Tracy-"

"After we talked to the teacher" Dean finished, realising. Allie frowned, noticing a drawer by Sam's feet with a lock attached. She tapped him on the shoulder, pointing down at it.

"Huh" He muttered, leaning down to get a closer look. He glanced around and pointed on the table behind Zoe.

"Pass me that" He asked her, pointing at the hammer beside her. She handed it to him and he hit the lock a few times until it broke open. Allie scoffed.

"Yeah keep a hammer right next to the padlocked drawer, smart" She muttered. Sam smiled slightly as he opened the drawer but his smile faded instantly, as did Allie's. Inside the drawer was a small wooden bowl containing a handful of tiny bones, one was charred like those in the hex bags but the rest weren't. Sam stood slowly.

"My god" He muttered under his breath, then louder. "Those are all from children" Allie swallowed nervously.

"And I'm guessing he's not saving them for the dog" Dean commented.

Allie followed closely to Dean, glancing to her side as Zoe followed Sam as per the plan. If they were to split up last second they could do so quickly. She found herself surprisingly exited for her first full hunt, actually going to be involved in killing something this time, but she was also unsurprisingly scared. If she could remember the details better it might help things, as far as she knew the seal was broken and Allie wasn't sure how to stop it. They had told the angels they would and letting them down now would make the whole thing pointless.

Allie held her knife tightly, also feeling the reassuring weight of the gun she had in her belt. Dean had given one to her and Zoe, making it perfectly clear that they were only loans and had to be given back. They were their FBI issue guns, ugliest guns in the world and nothing but practical, but hey, at least she had one if only for an hour or so. The sound of muffled screaming drifted down the otherwise silent building and the guys started moving faster. Dean stopped by an open doorway, glancing in and motioning for Sam to join him. The girls stayed put on silent order and waited.

They moved quickly, jumping into the room and firing three bullets. Allie heard the body fall and the screaming stopped. Zoe was about to join the boys when Allie remembered something. A spell that powerful, that big. No witch could do it alone. Allie quickly caught Zoe's sleeve, pulling her back and motioning for her to keep quiet. She looked at her questioningly and Allie gave her a quick signal she had designed especially for moments like this.

Trust me Zoe nodded and waited, listening as Tracy talked.

"How sloppy his incantation was?" Zoe's eyes widened and Allie nodded slightly to herself. She'd been right. "My brother always was a little dim" She shouted an incantation suddenly and quickly and Allie held her breath, hoping it wouldn't happen to work through the wall. There was a thud as both brothers flew back, hitting the ground in the other room. Zoe looked at Allie again, eyebrows raised and expecting her to do something. Trust me

She was waiting for a certain line.

"You know, back in the day this was the one night you kept your children inside. Well tonight you'll all see what Halloween really is"

There it was. Allie turned the corner, gun already cocked and in hand and aimed. Tracy shouted her first incantation again just as Allie fired. Pain exploded in her stomach and her knees gave out, making her miss and the bullet hit Tracy, who was facing the other direction, in the shoulder. She cried out and turned, glaring at her.

"Did you just shoot me?!" She shouted in rage. Allie just managed to look up, barely holding a mild glare in her direction. Tracy smirked, her anger seemingly gone and she turned back around, shaking her head. She started a new incantation, louder and longer. Sam started moving out of the corner of her eye and Allie looked up at him, the pain fading ever so slightly. She watched as he dipped his fingers in Don's blood, smearing lines across his and Dean's faces. He glanced down at Allie, who moved slightly towards him and began to do the same. He gave her a short quick now as she covered her face partially in blood and then Zoe's, despite some protest. Zoe glared at her weakly. Trust me

Samhain had arrived.

He stood, in Don's body. Moving towards Tracy. Sam and Dean had both gone still, laying on the floor with their eyes closed, the girls followed their lead, off to the side of them. Samhain turned after killing Tracy, his gaze passing over each of them before turning and walking out, closing the door behind him. Allie opened her eyes, seeing Dean already had and was looking at Sam.

"What the hell was that?" He asked, whispering.

"Same question here" Zoe added, also whispering.

"Halloween lore" Sam answered. "People used to wear masks to hide from him, so I gave him a shot"

"You gave it a shot?!" Dean stared a Sam in disbelief and turned to Allie, doing the same to her.

"What?" She scowled at him, not in a very good mood. "He didn't know, I did. That's got to count for something" Dean thought for a moment and glanced back at his brother. Seemed he agreed.

"Come on then" Allie told them, climbing to her feet with a grimace. "Damn witches" She muttered under her breath. She holstered her gun and slipped her knife back into its sheath. She reached down and grabbed Zoe's hand, helping her stand. Both boys stood and put away their own guns, heading to the door. Allie saw how Dean pointedly looked back as he walked through the doorway, checking that she was following. Allie shook her head to herself as she followed, he was not going to let that go.

The group of four headed out to the car, glancing around outside as they went.

"Where the hell are we gonna find this mook?" Dean asked, wiping the blood off his face. Allie realised that seemed a good idea and did the same, landing her with a bloody leather sleeve.

Great

"Where would you go to raise other dark forces of the night?" Sam asked, turning back to him.

"The cemetery" Dean answered, though it sounded more like a question. Allie smirked to herself, he looked like a kid in a pop quiz.

"Yeah" Sam nodded, climbing in his side. The girls rushed to get in as Dean climbed in himself.

After an uncomfortable topic of conversation in the car the tension was even higher when they got to the graveyard. They pulled up just in time to see Samhain walk into the mausoleum and were lucky enough to remain unnoticed. They jumped out of the car and Allie managed to get to the trunk and pull out a couple full handgun clips before joining the others halfway to the door.

"I taught you how to reload a clip right?" She asked, handing one to Zoe. She nodded and took it, placing it carefully in her pocket.

"What do you need an extra clip for" Dean asked, frowning at her.

"Zombies" She said quietly. Dean raised his eyebrows at her.

"You're scared of zombies?"

"No" She defended quickly. "But… zombies" She seemed to be at a loss for words. Dean laughed slightly.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you" He smirked.

"Shut up" Allie muttered, checking her clip. Zoe ran just behind Sam, checking her own clip. Screaming started and they boys broke into a run, the girls lingering behind momentarily.

"Ready?" Zoe asked.

"No"

"Me neither"

They entered the mausoleum and quickly found the source of the screaming, a large group of teenagers were locked behind a gate where the crypts were shaking and breaking off. Allie's eyes widened. Just her luck.

"Help them" Sam ordered Dean.

"Dude, you're not going off alone" He protested.

"Do it!" He insisted, turning and following the way Samhain had gone, Zoe followed close behind, then moved so she was at his side. Making sure he knew she was there. He glanced at her and kept going, letting her follow.

Allie watched them go before turning to Dean who had just shot the lock open. Allie pulled open the other side, letting the group of kids out. A crypt door fell and a zombie crawled out, followed by another, and another. Dean pulled something out of his jacket, what actually killed zombies?

"Bring it on, stinky" Dean called out, watching them approach.

"This is gonna be fun" Allie muttered quietly. Sarcastically of course, because it wasn't going to be fun at all.

Zoe followed Sam quickly, looking around quickly for any sign of the demon. Nothing so far. Sam went to turn a corner and stopped, looking back at Zoe. He gave her the silent order to stay put and she nodded. He walked around the corner and a bright light shone from just down the hall.

"Yeah, that demon ray gun stuff? Doesn't work on me" There was the sound of fighting and final slam and Zoe was almost certain that was not Samhain dying. Zoe quickly loaded and cocked her gun, it wouldn't kill him but it should give Sam enough distraction. She quickly peeked around the corner to see Sam getting him with the knife before he lost it. Sam was thrown into the wall across from her and she stepped silently around the corner. She raised her gun and fired. Once. Twice. Samhain paused and turned to look at her. Just as she had expected, he was pissed off.

Samhain began to walk towards her but stopped, and that was when Zoe noticed Sam. He stood now, hand outstretched towards the demon. Two pairs of running footsteps came from down the hall and Dean rounded the corner, closely followed by Allie. Zoe didn't take her eyes off Sam however, watching with the others as he concentrated harder and the demon began to cough. Sam's nose started bleeding and he held a hand over his head.

Samhain started coughing up smoke and was gone in a matter of moments, Don's body falling lifelessly. Sam lowered his hand, not looking up at any of them, his gaze fixed on the ground. Zoe continued to stare at him sadly, knowing exactly where this led him, but she couldn't tell him now. After a moment of silence a hand grabbed lightly onto Zoe's jacket sleeve and Allie pulled her closer and almost behind Dean. Sam finally managed to look up and froze, seeming both hurt and surprised when he noticed the stance of the three in front of him.

Dean stood closest, watching him sadly with maybe even a hint of fear in his expression. Allie was half behind half beside him with a small amount of sadness but more than not apprehension. Zoe stayed where Allie held her behind both her and Dean, her expression nothing but sadness and maybe even empathy. That was the three of them in a nutshell he supposed, though for any other person Allie and Dean would have swapped.

Zoe couldn't imagine how Sam was feeling right now.

Zoe sat at the edge of the park, a good way away from Dean and Allie both. Dean sat on a park bench, watching kids play and the mothers chasing the ones who had evidently decided to leave the playground. Zoe sat on the grass halfway between the road and where Dean sat. Allie sat closer to Dean but off to the side, standing and leaning against a tree. Zoe watched Dean closely, wondering exactly what he was thinking. Sometimes she wished she knew. A child on the playground turned and ran towards the grassy area when her mother let go of her hand to help what looked like her little brother. The mother looked over and panicked, running over to chase after her. Zoe smiled, getting up as the little girl ran closer to her. She moved to the side slightly, catching the girl as she tried to run past. The girl screamed happily and giggled at having escaped. Zoe laughed, picking her up and walking the last few paces to her mother. She passed the girl on to her mother, smiling at her. The mother thanked her smiling back and started telling her how grateful she was.

Zoe nodded, telling her to go back to her son, it was nothing. The woman gave her one last grateful smile and waved before walking back to the playground. The little girl sat forward in her mother's arms and waved over her shoulder. Zoe smiled once more and glanced over at Dean, realising he wasn't alone any more. Castiel sat on the park bench beside him and the two both looked out at the playground, glancing at each other every now and then. After a minute or two Castiel stood, walking over from Dean to Allie. Zoe frowned. What was that about? He stood beside her for a second and Allie turned, watching him. They seemed to start another conversation, seemingly much like the one between him and Dean.

Well Dean may not tell her but at least Allie could tell her what he was talking about.

Allie sighed, looking out at the children playing, sure another seal had broken. Even though Allie knew it was going to happen she knew she wasn't going to let this town die for the rest of the world. It wasn't even a thought, she never considered it. She heard someone walking over and at first she thought whoever it was would walk past her. But then the walking stopped just beside her and she recognised his grace before she looked.

"Hey Cas" She greeted quietly.

"Hello" He responded. Allie looked over at him.

"This isn't an 'I told you so' is it?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. She noticed the small smiled that appeared when she asked that.

"No"

"What's so funny?" She asked, frowning. He watched her a moment longer before responding.

"You and Dean" He responded vaguely. Allie waved a hand saying 'go on'. "You're just very alike" Allie shrugged.

"I think that a lot. But we have quite a few differences if you look for them" Allie was staring at the ground now.

"You're referring to you not being human" Castiel guessed. Allie nodded slightly. "I have to tell you-"

"You're real orders were to follow Dean's orders and you were hoping he would chose to save the town" Allie stated, looking out at the playground. She glanced over at him, watching as he tilted his head in slight surprise.

"No" He responded evenly.

"No?" She frowned, realising a second later how she tilted her head in confusion. Same as he did.

"Our orders were to follow your orders, and to follow Dean if you said nothing" Allie blinked.

"Wha-? Mine? Why mine?" She stuttered, fully aware how lame she seemed right now.

"You and Dean are both equally important to heaven right now. Both of you were being tested, to see how you could perform under-"

"Do not say battlefield conditions" Allie cut in, turning to him. He remained silent, looking out at the playground. Allie groaned quietly, hanging her head. "Of course it was" She muttered to herself. "So tell me something" She began, looking back up at the playground. "You know the scores? Fail or pass?"

"I don't know. At the moment you have not been graded"

"What is that supposed to mean" Allie looked at him and they watched each other for a moment.

"You're following orders from Dean. To be accurate you need to be graded on your own. However that may take some time" He explained.

"Like me hunting alone? Or calling the shots for the others? You want to see how I lead, decisions I make"

"Yes" His gaze lingered on hers a moment longer before he turned back to the playground. He seemed to think for a moment before talking again.

"Can I tell you something if you promise not to tell another soul?" He asked genuinely, glancing at her. Allie looked over, nodding slightly.

"I promise" She agreed. He seemed to hesitate still.

"I'm not a… Hammer as Dean said. I have questions, I have doubts, I don't know what is right and what is wrong anymore. Whether you would have passed or failed. But in the coming months both of you will have more decisions to make. Even shared I don't envy the weight on your shoulders, I truly don't"

It was the same familiar line. He was meant to say this to Dean. Did he tell them both? Or just her?

"Be careful" He added, and with a flutter of wings, he was gone.