A New Problem

Chapter 11

Dean arrived back at the motel feeling like he accomplished nothing. There wasn't much to go on and once again Castiel hadn't made it any easier for Dean to do his job. The angel had a more of an attitude than usual and the threatening behaviour didn't help.

Sam was once again sitting in the dining area of their motel room, poring over his computer and trying to figure out some kind of plan to get the girl out of this town before the massacre would happen and both knew it would happen if they didn't do their job properly.

"Hey what happened?" Sam looked up from his computer long enough to see the look of conflicted thoughts on his brother's face, knowing that something had indeed happened. It was not that hard to read his brother as he had been doing so for his whole life. Even if Dean put on this heavily dented emotional armour, eventually he would crack and break and Sam could not afford for that to happen right now unless it was in a less deadly and harrowing situation.

"Castiel turned up again, threatening that he wouldn't be responsible for his own actions if this girl got hurt." Dean told his brother, sitting down at the booth next to his brother. His head hurt from thinking about what the angel could really do if he was pissed off that badly.

"Well we just need to find this girl and then we won't have to deal with pissed off angels." Sam told his brother, who seemed to now stop thinking about what the angels could do to him and more on the mission at hand. Sam was good at putting things in perspective for him and that was exactly what he needed right now. Some perspective to keep him going and not adrenaline and to not be held back by fear and pain.

Castiel came out of nowhere once again. It was like whenever he was mentioned, he felt the need to show up and be annoying like he was getting to the Winchester Brothers. But it wasn't intentional and now this was a down right serious situation and enough was enough.

"What now?" Sam almost shouted at the angel, frustrated with his behaviour.

"There is work to do." Castiel told him, not even noticing the anger emanating from the younger Winchester. It was something he chose to ignore, not even giving a damn that he could make the situation that much worse.

"You can't just keep coming in and out as you please and screwing with our heads, the way that you have been doing. What is it that you want for us to do, Castiel?" Dean demanded of the angel, who didn't respond to these words whatsoever.

"I do not intentionally 'screw with your heads'. I was merely gathering the information that I needed to be sure that you can handle the seriousness of this mission." Castiel responded to Dean's words. He hadn't moved not at all threatened by the menacing look in Dean's eyes.

"What is it that this mission is aside from rescuing a girl that we have no idea how she will respond to being taken away from her life here? What is it that you want with her?" Dean asked of the angel who seemed to actually look like Dean's words this time bothered him a little.

Castiel thought about how to answer that question, because it could indeed be his way of actually getting them to do what he wanted instead of fighting it all the way.

"That isn't important. What is important is that..." Castiel started when there was a loud banging on the door.

Sam opened the door and a youngish looking woman came through the door and immediately pinned Castiel to the wall with her arm across his neck. It didn't hurt much or anything because he was an angel and he didn't feel it.

Both Winchesters were soon plastered to the wall by the woman in question.

"Hello Amitiel." Castiel spoke to the woman in a slightly strained voice because of the position he was in.

"You have located Ranieh Caren?" Castiel said almost fishing for information on the girl.

"I have always known where she was, then again I have always been here, keeping her safe. Because she needs me and now she knows the truth." Amititel said back to her captive.

"You told her the truth?" Sam demanded from behind Amitiel. How could someone be so stupid and expect this girl to just take it, even if she was aware of the angels and the demons?

"The last time I saw her was 20 minutes ago. She asked me to and I couldn't refuse her the truth. The two days are up and she needed to know before it becomes too late." She shot back at the younger Winchester. She wasn't having their attitude and disdain.

"What is today? Why today and why now?" Dean was getting sick of all the angel bravado because in the end he and his brother were the ones in the warzone, the soldiers if you will. The angels and the demons were the ones who mostly held the cards and only showed them when they wanted to.

"It's her birthday at midnight tonight. She'll turn 18 years old. Everything changes for her because she is an adult. She can't hide anymore and must face her fears head on or they will kill her. I can't protect her from this and you have to get her out of here in order to save her life and that of everyone in this town, before its too late." Amitiel then disappeared leaving Castiel sloping against the wall.

"Now will you do as I ask?" Castiel asks them, almost grateful for being pinned against the wall by another angel. There were things he wasn't ready to tell the Winchesters about the girl just yet, there were things he needed to know as well.

He left the Winchesters to make their decision, even though it wasn't as though they really had a choice. This was what they did, it was who they were, it was in their blood, had been for 3 generations. They were Hunters and this was their mission.