Chapter 12

Safe and Sound

Megan flipped through the channels on the TV, waiting for The Powers to return with information about where the Water Tablet was. Megan sighed, her mind drifting back to the night before with Exarp. She couldn't stop thinking about it and she didn't know why. She really wanted to punch something.

Megan stopped channel surfing and decided to watch the news instead, which she normally wouldn't do because the news is boring, but she was playing Tiny Tower on her iPod so she was only half paying attention when they news reporter said, "There was a break in today at a local Michigan bank that is still underway. A few men got inside the bank and are holding the people inside hostage." Megan perked up when she hear that. The safe house was located in Michigan, where she was now. The bank was only twenty minutes away. "The robbers only said one thing to the police when they were asked what they wanted. They said 'we have the rings. Come out and play'." Megan sat straight up, turning off her iPod, when she heard that. The Demons took over the bank. She scowled, silently cursing at Rylie.

"Guys, you're gonna want to see this!" she called. Soon everyone was downstairs watching the news report.

"You think Demon's took over that bank?" Sam asked.

Megan nodded. "They said something about the rings, they're definitely in there. We have to stop them before they kill all those people," she said, standing up from her seat and heading towards the door.

"Where do you think you're going?" Megan spun around to see The Powers, Oro giving her a stern look.

"Rylie took over a bank and has people hostage. I have to go and help," she said.

"You do realize this is a trap, do you? It's to distract you from getting to the Water Tablet that we have to go and retrieve now," Oro said.

"I don't care!" Megan snapped. Anger started rising in her as she narrowed her eyes on Oro. There was no way in hell she was going to let people die because of her. And if she had to sacrifice one Tablet then so be it.

"I have an idea," Balthazar said. "We split up. One group goes to the bank and the other goes and gets the Water Tablet."

"Sounds like a good idea," Dean said. Megan knew already that Dean would rather go to the bank than to where the hell the Water Tablet was.

"Okay, who wants to come with me to the bank?" Megan asked. Sam and Dean stepped forward to stand next to Megan as well as Castiel. To her surprise Exarp walked over to her too.

"Exarp, what are you doing? Your job is to help find the Tablet with us, not to save some petty humans," Oro said. Megan clenched her fists at that comment.

"Well, I figure they could use some more Angle power since Gabriel can't go with them," Exarp explained. Megan had to suppress a smile.

"Fine," Oro spat.

"We would go with you Megan," Jinx started, "But it looks like these two bozos need all the help they can get."

Megan smiled and nodded as Jinx and Balthazar walked over to the two remaining Powers.

"We'll pick Gabe up on our way there," Balthazar said and the four disappeared.

Sam and Dean quickly left to grab their shotguns, leaving Megan, Exarp, and Cas alone to wait for them.

"Thanks," Megan whispered to Exarp who smiled and nodded in return.

The brothers soon returned with guns and holy water. Megan then teleported all of them to the inside of the bank, the police unaware of their arrival. She took a moment to take in everything about the bank and look around. The place was trashed, computers knocked over and unfinished bills littered the floor. When she took a look over at the desks her heart dropped down to her stomach. There were three people lying down on the floor, motionless. Megan quickly walked over to one of them, a tall woman with long black hair holding doll in her hands. She must've been a Mom. She checked the women's pulse. Nothing. Megan closed her eyes for a few moments out of anger, hating Rylie more than ever.

"Where are they?" Sam asked, gun at the ready.

"I sense them. They're in the vault," Cas said, nodding over to the back of the bank. The four nodded and slowly started walking over to the vault. It was quiet. Too quiet. Just as they reached the vault door Demons jumped out at them from nowhere. Sam and Dean started shooting rounds at the Demons but they were horribly out numbered. A Demon sprang onto Megan holding his hand over her mouth and holding back her arms. She was just about to blast the fucker back when the Demons pushed her into the vault along with Sam, Dean, Cas, and Exarp. The vault was full of people, works and costumers, all cowering in fear. Megan shot out her hand to blast the Demon back but nothing happen. She tried it again. Nothing. Megan quickly looked down and to her dismay saw that horrible symbol that trapped her and disabled her powers.

"Megan! Good to see you again!" Megan looked back up to see Rylie standing at the entrance of the vault door. "Looking for these?" Rylie help up his hand to reveal the horsemen rings. Megan scowled. "Now I hate to be a party pooper but I'm afraid I'm going to have to keep you guys here. Can't risk you getting another Tablet."

"We still have the others going after the Tablet. Good luck beating them," Megan countered, anger rising in her.

Rylie glared at her and said, "If any of you Angels leave this vault then my little pal over here will personally kill everyone in here." Rylie pointed over to a Demon who was anything but little. "Ciao," he said and closed the vault door, trapping them. His Demon friend smiled at them while he stood guard.

"Ass hat!" Dean yelled, crossing his arms with a huff.

"You guys have your weapons?" Megan asked Sam and Dean.

The brothers frowned and shook their heads. "No, they took them when they pushed us into the vault," Sam said.

"Crap," Megan said and leaned back against the vault wall.

"E-Excuse me." The five looked over to see one of the employees, her dark hair up in a ponytail, step forward. "Are you with the police?"

The five looked at each other before Dean said, "We're far from the police. But we're here to help."

That's when a man stepped up, he was somewhat short but buff, and said, "How the hell are you going to help us? You have no weapons and no means of escape."

"We're working on it," Dean said, looking around helplessly.

"Something's not right," Castiel and Exarp said at the same time.

"What do you mean?" Megan asked.

"I don't know, it's just a strong feeling, like someone's watching us who shouldn't be," Exarp said.

"Well, tiny over there is pretty threatening," Megan joked and saw the Demon standing guard shoot a glare over to her.

Suddenly Cas and Exarp started wobbling and falling towards the ground. Dean quickly grabbed Cas while Megan grabbed Exarp before they fell to the floor.

"I feel weak, something's draining my power," Cas grumbled, slowly getting back to his feet with the help of Dean.

"Me too," Exarp said.

"So, does that mean you can't zap Tiny over there?" Dean asked and the Demon shot him another angry look.

The two Angels shook their heads.

"What the hell are you lunatics talking about?" The man asked, his face growing red.

"Okay, everyone just needs to keep calm and keep quiet while we figure a way out of here," Sam said and the hostages groaned in agreement.

The five looked at each other, Megan still holding on to Exarp just in case he fell again.

"Miss me?" Megan had to suppress a gasp when she saw who appeared in front of her.

"What? Cat got your tongue?" Lucifer stared his ice cold eyes down at her. Megan gulped and Exarp shot her a worried look.

"Oh, that's right; you're the only one who can see me. Don't want to look crazy, huh?" Lucifer smiled and strolled over to Exarp while Sam and Dean took the awkward silence to sit down Cas against to the wall. "Exarp, Angel of Air. You like him, don't you?" Megan just glared at him, hoping that she didn't look like an idiot. "Now, I wonder what would happen if I did this." Lucifer tapped a finger to Exarp's head and Angel started to fall again in pain. Megan held onto him to make sure he didn't fall to the ground.

"Okay, you got me. I'm messing with the Angel's powers a bit," Lucifer said and Megan brought Exarp over to the wall to sit down next to Cas.

"So, we have no Angels, no chosen one, and no weapons. We're screwed," Dean said in a hushed, angry voice.

"We could always just wait until the others come back or wait until the police manage to get in," Megan said.

"Police up against Demons? I think we can rule that option out. And we don't know if Rylie will order Tiny to kill all of us at any time," Sam said.

"Sammy raises a good point there," Lucifer chimed in. "And Dean's right. You are screwed." The Devil smiled evilly and Megan quickly mouthed 'why' and hoped that no one saw it. Luckily no one did.

"Because it's fun messing with you. I do get bored in the pit you know. And I guess this is kind of revenge for killing my brother. How would you feel if someone dropped your brother's dead body into your home?" Megan stared at him, the tiniest bit of guilt starting to gnaw at her. No, she thought. Don't feel bad for him. He's the Devil.

"Okay, let's just wait it out for a little bit and see if anyone can come up with a plan," Megan said.

"Well, you know what they say, patients is a virtue. Or is it?" Lucifer smiled. Megan just ignored him and sat down next to Exarp. The rest of the people in the vault seemed to realize that they didn't have a plan so they did the same.

"This is all my fault," Megan said and looked down at her feet. "If I didn't insist on coming here we wouldn't be in this situation."

"Well, you're right about that," Lucifer said.

"No, it's not your fault. It's Rylie's. Megan, you did the good thing coming here. If you didn't then all these people would be dead already," Exarp said with a comforting smile.

"Thanks," Megan said and frowned when she saw Lucifer stick his tongue out in disgust.

"Excuse me?" Megan looked up to see a little girl, probably around six or seven years old with short brown hair and teary eyes. "I can't find my Mommy and my dolly."

Megan looked around the vault. There weren't many people in there so how could she have lost her mother?

"Come on, you're smarter than that," Lucifer said from behind the girl. Suddenly the pieces started to come together. The dead woman with the doll when they first entered the bank…shit.

Megan cleared her throat, trying to think of something to tell her. "Uh, we'll help you find her as soon as we get out of this vault, okay sweetie? What's your name?"

"Emma Clearwater. I was named after my great Grandma," she said. I saw Exarp's eyes widen but he didn't say anything so she just shrugged it off.

"Emma, I like that name," she said, trying to lighten the little girl's mood.

"Thanks," she said with a small smile.

"Here, you can sit on my lap while we think of a way out of here," Megan said and Emma quickly took up her offer.

Megan looked over to see that Exarp had tears in his eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing," he said and smiled weakly, brushing away a stray tear.

"I'm scared," Emma said softly, glancing over at Tiny for a second.

"Don't worry little one," Exarp said and brushed Emma's hair behind her ear. "We'll all be safe and sound."

Safe and sound. One thing that Megan will never be.