Carry On My Wayward Son
Previously on Winchester Trouble –
Sam and Dean posed as teachers after a mysterious phone call from Claire's mom, shouting at who she thought was John. They later discovered that Claire Winchester was their half sister and she was in serious danger. When Ellen and Jo died she finally accepted that she had a gift. Since then they also discovered that she was pregnant, and have been on the road with them. Protecting her, and getting emotionally tied. Lucifer has jumped Sam's bones, and Claire had a weird episode at the time. Also Matt her very first and only boyfriend went missing, that's all we know on that subject. But now we're here, with Claire's, her waters just broke.
Claire layed on the ground, cradling her stomach as she felt the surging pain running through her whole body. Dean was being continually pelted by Lucifer, he could take the hits, he knew it amounted to all the pain he had caused Sam over the years. He just needed to get his brother back.
"It's ok, it's ok I'm not going to leave you," he pleaded as he took another hit, his face already covered in blood and bruises. "I'm not going to leave you," Dean urged. Lucifer raised his fist about to take another hit, when the sun glinted off the Impala and into his eyes. He looked through the window to see an old army man stuffed in the compartment box, he frowned as a flood of memories came to mind. Dean and him playing with the toy soldiers, making stories, and fights. Carving their names into the car where their Dad couldn't see. Then for some unknown reason, Sam stuffed the army man into the compartment, and it was still there today however it was next to his sisters' favourite bracelet – one like Sam's and Dean's. More memories came to mind, the first time they met, the gazing at the stars on the Impala with Dean, the dancing, and the talks they had before they fell asleep at night. More memories came, Dean stuffing the Lego into the fan system at the front, Sam complaining about the old cassette tapes after Dean picked him up at college. All three of them in the car raving to metal music, banging their heads with the tune. All the times they sang with the music together, the times when Claire was about one month pregnant and they stole credit cards, and went on their first hunt when she was three months gone. Dean and Sam close to tears as they parted and close to tears when they joined again. The happy and sad memories continued to flow through Sam's head of his big brother and little sister.
Dean waited for the next hit, and Claire had developed a sweat as she continued to scream her way out of the pain, she felt lucky she was wearing a long top. She sucked up the pain for a couple of seconds and managed to shrug out of her jeans and pants, before the next wave of contractions hit.
Lucifer frowned and Sam's fist unclenched. He took a deep breath and pushed himself away from Dean, this was Sam returning both Claire and Dean could feel it, but were unsure if it was exactly true.
Sam breathed heavily as he looked at Dean. His eldest brother's eye was all puffed up, and his face streamed with blood. "It's ok Dean, it's gunna be ok, I've got him," he squinted in pain and Claire let out an ear piercing scream. "I'm sorry," he panted looking over too Claire. Sam felt through his pockets and grabbed the four rings chucking them on the floor next too him. Sam said the correct words and the ground sank further down taking the rings with it, creating a wide dark hole. The wind increased with tremendous speed, Claire's hair whipped all over the place as she started to push out the baby. Dean sat there feeling defeated, unable to move from the agony of his broken, warped face.
"Sam!" Adam's voice shouted through the wind. "It's not going to end this way, step back!" Michael breathed heavily.
"You're going to have to make me!" Sam spat.
"I'm going to have to fight my brother Sam! Here and now, it's my destiny!" Michael urged. The veins in Sam's face sprang up as he continued to fight against the devil in his head.
Claire let out another ear piercing screech, and Sam's head snapped towards her. His sisters' face was dripping with sweat, and her legs were wide open, he knew if he jumped into the pit, he would save her…he would save everyone. He looked to Dean breathing heavy, trying to gear himself up for what he was about to do. He examined each and every bruise, bump, and cut his fist had created on Dean's face. He nodded and took a deep breath in, extending his arms at the same time, he slowly let himself lean back.
Michael gasped and ran towards him grabbing his shoulder and trying to pull him back up. Instead Sam grabbed his wrist as he fell, trying to shove him away, Michael wouldn't let go. Slowly they fell into the pit together, falling into the darkness, falling, and falling.
Claire screamed a violent scream as the pit made a massive light explosion, filling the entire land with light, then quickly shrinking away leaving an ordinary patch of grass.
Claire's P.O.V
Dean knelt by the rings, looking at them as they glowed from the heat.
"It's coming!" I screamed, unable to think of anything else but the heat I was experiencing. I was drowning my face with my own tears, I couldn't feel Sam's presence anymore, and the wind had died down completely.
"We need to help her," a voice appeared by Dean.
"Cas, you're alive?" Dean asked looking up at him.
"I'm better than that," he mumbled touching Dean's forehead and all of his cuts, bruises, and bumps disappeared.
"Cas, are you God?" Dean asked his lips trembling.
"That's a nice compliment, but no," Cas smirked.
"Dean!" I screamed with sobs.
"You need to help her," Castiel smiled and disappeared, reappearing at my side.
"You're really making the use of those new wings," I chuckled a little.
Dean jogged over to me, he must still ache. "It's ok," he told me oddly, like he was out of breath. "I'm here," he nodded.
"Nothings changed; he's going to take me! Take the baby and go to Lisa!" I urged more tears falling, if that was possible, I wasn't sure why I was saying what I was saying but I felt it was true.
He frowned. "Sam's…"
"I know," I panted and let out another scream. "I've got…this….feeling!" I urged grabbing Castiel's hand tightly and beginning to push.
"It's ok," Castiel said in a soothing tone. I nodded quickly and he held out his other hand for me and I took it. "I'll be right back," he said and glanced at Dean.
"Dean!" I urged suddenly feeling alone again I reached my hand out for him.
His face glum he took it. He also took the pain as his whole hand cracked when I squeezed it. The sound of Castiel's wings appeared and Dean sighed with relief.
"Here," he said moving my hand to his.
"Idjut!" Bobby's voice muttered and I found myself laughing.
"Thanks," I panted looking up at Castiel.
"Right let's have a look," Bobby sighed lifting up my long top. He gasped and put it back down again.
"What?" I asked worried.
"The head," Bobby nodded. "You're going to need to push, hard," Bobby nodded lifting my top up again this time placing it over my belly.
"You'll need a jacket, or a blanket," Castiel warned as he held my hands still. He looked down at me and blew on my face, I think this was his efforts on calming me, either way it was irritating.
"Sure," Dean said shrugging off his jacket and giving it to Bobby. Bobby placed it in-between my legs ready to catch the baby.
"On three," Bobby nodded. I looked to Castiel who nodded, and then to Dean who seemed to be staring at his jacket. "One, two, three," Bobby shouted. On three I screamed and pushed as hard as I could.
"Bet you wish you never had sex now," Dean mumbled once I had finished.
"Not the time," Bobby mumbled and looked up at me again. "Three," he nodded which I knew meant PUSH AGAIN!
"Ok," I panted and pushed. Suddenly cries of a baby were in the air and Bobby held up a bloody, messy, baby in Dean's jacket. I sighed with relief as the surging pain didn't seem as bad any more.
"It's a boy," Castiel beamed.
I nodded, my head feeling light and my vision getting blurry.
I looked to Dean who seemed to be smiling and held his arms out for the baby. Bobby passed it to Dean. My big brother began wiping it down as Bobby grabbed a carving knife and cut the cord. I frowned and my eyes became wide.
Castiel let go of my hands and stroked my hair. "You did it," he mumbled emotionlessly before gasping.
I nodded as goose-bumps covered my skin and I felt incredibly cold. Suddenly I was shaking uncontrollably. I heard a scream as I closed my eyes then…coldness.
Dean held his nephew in his arms. As he looked into the massive blue eyes of this child, he felt like he had a new chance, a new Sam. He wouldn't cock up this time; he would take Sam's wishes and go to Lisa, living a normal happy life with Claire.
Bobby looked into the child's eyes, and he saw the hope it gave Dean, suddenly the event didn't seem as sad. He looked to Claire who was looking up at Castiel as he mumbled to her "You did it!" She nodded emotionlessly that's when she started to shiver. Bobby frowned and gasped as her eyes turned an electric blue/green. Her ears dripped with blood and her eyes became blood shot. Then out of no-where she screamed, little sparkly lights twinkled around her and she disappeared.
Dean was so transfixed with this baby's eyes, it took him a while to process what happened. He held the baby a little tighter in his arms and stared at the empty space where Claire had been. "Where the hell did she go?" He urged breathing heavily.
"I-I don't know!" Castiel said his eyes huge.
They all stared down at the baby in Dean's arms stuck on what had just happened.
Dean and Castiel glanced at each other as Dean drove the Impala down the highway. Bobby managed to get an expensive baby car seat, and a blue outfit for the baby who was now silently sleeping in the back where Claire used to sit. Dean felt awkward, he knew how to take care of a baby, but not at the first week. He only knew how to handle Sam when he was about three months. This was completely fresh off the press.
"What do you think happened to her?" Dean spoke quietly as he stared at the road.
Castiel shrugged. "God bought me back, maybe he took her away, kept her safe," he sighed. The angel thought he had fixed all that he can, but then she goes and disappears.
"What are you going to do now?" Dean asked after a couple minutes of silence.
"Return to heaven I suppose," Castiel replied.
"Heaven?" Dean questioned sceptical.
"With Michael and Lucifer in the cage I suppose it's total anarchy up there." Castiel replied quickly and emotionlessly.
"So what are you the new sheriff in town?" Dean smirked as he looked at Cas waiting for an answer.
Castiel laughed to himself a little. "I like that, yeah I suppose I am," he nodded.
"Wow! God gives you a brand new set of wings, and suddenly you're his bitch again." Dean mumbled shaking his head as he stared at the road.
"I don't know what God wants, I don't know if he'll even return, it just seems like the right thing to do," Castiel shrugged.
"Well if you do see him, you tell him I'm coming for him next," Dean's jaw was tight as he spoke.
Castiel looked at him, examining his expression. "You're angry," he commented.
"That's an understatement," Dean muttered.
"He helped," Castiel began and Dean scoffed. "Maybe even more than you realise,"
"Well that's easy for you to say, he bought you back, but what about Sam? What did he do to Claire? And what about me? Huh? Where's my grand prize?" Dean questioned and Castiel looked back to the baby sleeping in the back seat. Castiel thought that would be a prize enough. "All I got is my brother in a hole! And my sister disappearing off the face of the earth!" Dean exclaimed.
Castiel stared at Dean, his eyes narrowed. "You got what you asked for Dean, no paradise, no hell, just more of the same." Castiel explained. "I mean it Dean, what would you rather have? Peace? Or freedom?" his eyes narrowed and once he knew Dean had taken the question in he disappeared.
The baby gave a little protest in his sleep. Dean snapped his head back to check he was still ok. "Castiel, you really suck at goodbyes do you know that?" he sighed looking at the roof of the Impala.
Dean winded up with Bobby at his place. Bobby gave Dean a lot of baby clothes he had been collecting for Claire throughout the months and gave it to him. Dean didn't question it, he didn't even want to think why he had been collecting it, he just accepted it and placed it in a bag next to the car seat that was now in the passenger seat.
"Come here," Bobby sighed giving Dean a massive bear hug. "I'll find her," he nodded and Dean's face screwed up.
"Don't," He sighed shaking his head.
"Boy," Bobby began but Dean cut him off.
"Bobby, Castiel reckons she's safe, that…God somehow has protected her. Either way he doesn't feel she's in danger, and if she's safe then we should leave her. That's what she told me to do anyways," Dean shrugged quietly looking to the floor.
Bobby was about to protest but decided against it, at the end of the day, Dean couldn't stop him. "Take care," Bobby nodded as Dean got into the Impala. Dean stared at his nephew before the engine rumbled and he drove off.
Don't get Dean wrong he wanted more than anything to find his brother and sister, and bring them back, every fibre in his body told him to do that. But he wasn't going to, because he made a promise to both of them.
He knocked on the wooden door, with the car seat over his arm, he waited patiently as the door swung open. Lisa stood there, her perfect brown curls, and clear face.
"Hey Lisa," he managed to squeak.
She looked at him speechless and managed to say something. "Thank God, are you alright?" She asked looking at him up and down. She noticed the baby, and the bag but decided against it to question him.
Dean thought about her question and sighed. "Yeah," he croaked awkwardly. "If it's not too late, I think I'd like to take you up on that beer," he croaked again this time nodding.
She nodded and stepped aside leaving enough room for Dean to come in. "it's never to late," she smiled.
He nodded and found that one simple, nice gesture, as extremely emotional. He dropped the bag and lightly placed the car seat on the side, making sure no-one would step on it. Dean moved closer towards Lisa and he grabbed her into a tight hug.
"Shh," she said soothingly and stroked the back of his hair. "It's ok Dean, it's going to be ok." She continued as Dean tried to hold in the tears falling from his eyes.
Someone once told me that war was just a test, it takes us to our extremes, and tests us on who we really are. War shows us our strengths, our values, our pain and our fears. You may not like the test, but it shows you who you are, which isn't always a good thing! The Storm will get violent. However after the storm, it's a different story. The storm settles and brings everyone in one place. It's tested us, and for some of us, it's bought us closer together, others far apart. We find ourselves in an unusual place we never thought we'd return too. For my brother, it was Lisa, the one person he saw himself happy with; and even though he didn't think of it as a reward, it was. Yes he would remember all the times he and his brother ganked some bitch and came home so that I could patch them up, but at the end of the day he would look back knowing he had done everything in his power to stop all the evil. He would teach my son the right way of life. And he would thank the storm for showing him the true meaning of life; Family. The End…right? Well at the end of the day, who says there is only one storm?
"You ok?" Lisa rubbed Dean's back as he sat staring into space on the table.
Dean looked up at her confused. "Yeah," he smiled nodding to one side as she placed a piece of bacon on his plate. Dean looked to Ben and smiled, he smiled in response chewing at his toast, he then looked to his nephew, the baby was sucking the bottle with all his might. "I think I am," Dean added smiling.
Lisa laughed and sat down; they made jokes around the table and laughed as they ate. The baby smacking the bottle down laughing with them.
Little did they know that they had a watcher. The only problem with this watcher was what he had just seen, would force him to make a decision; to make an appearance, or turn away and never look back?
A/N: So this is it! It's OVER! But as hinted is it really over? So yeah the answer is NO it isn't! :L There is a; What happened to Matt, spin off coming out involving his encounter with Crowley etc. Basically the world of the Huntington's whilst all the other crap is going on! And there will be a season six continuation when it comes to the U.K! So you'll find out what happened to Claire! Any issue's/question's ask in the Review or private mail me!
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