A/N: Exams and papers are coming up, then graduation. This might be the last update for a while, but I will try to keep chapters coming at least once a week.
Bobby glared as he took Cas from John's arms. "You did the spell."
John nodded solemnly. Bobby started checking his boy's vitals, reassuring himself that the kid was not hurt. "Did you get what you wanted?"
"We found him. We can finally get him."
Bobby nodded. "Jody?" The woman, a cop Dean noted but not the sheriff, moved forward. Bobby handed Cas over to her. "He'll be alright in a bit he's just unconscious."
She nodded as she cradled the boy close and gently started to rock him. "You going to tell me what's going on Bobby?"
"In a bit Sheriff." Bobby said reassuringly. He then spun around and launched himself at John. John was bigger and in better shape but Bobby had the element of surprise on his side and a large dose of angry mama bear adrenaline coursing through his veins. He started whaling away on the other man while the woman shouted at him to stop.
"There is another child here Bobby. STOP!" She finally shouted, and this seemed to be the key. Bobby paused long enough for John to recover and push him off. Bobby grumbled but got off the ground and turned to Dean.
"You okay boy?"
Dean nodded mutely.
The woman glared. "What is going on Bobby. You call me in a panic in the middle of the night. Make me tear around town, you don't tell me what's going on. You owe me an explanation."
"You really need more of an explanation than this idiot took my son Jody?" Bobby demanded pointing at John.
"No." The woman's eyes softened and she held Cas closer. "But I need to know if this is involving one of your boogey monsters and if weird things are going to start happening any time in the near future."
John frowned as he dusted himself off. "You get the police involved in hunting Bobby?"
"I keep Officer Mills informed about goings on." Bobby snapped gruffly.
"The sheriff?"
Castiel started to stir so Bobby took him from Jody. "Will be one day. According to Cas. He wasn't to specific about when, so I figure I should get in the habit of addressing her properly early."
Jody eyed John suspiciously. "And you're just lucky I don't start beating the snot out of you too."
Bobby huffed a laugh. "To answer your question Jody, yes it's a boogey man. And it's a bad one."
"And he's on his way." Dean added. John was relieved, it was the first time Dean had said a word since they had started the spell and he had been concerned that it had done something to his boy.
Bobby closed his eyes and hugged his boy closer. "So expect weird things to start happening soon."
Castiel started thrashing and screaming, which surprised everyone. Bobby tried to keep a grip on him but the kid was struggling so hard he got out of Bobby's grasp and fell to the ground.
Dean was the first to get to Castiel, and the second he laid hands on his shoulder the thrashing stopped and Castiel went completely still, staring at Dean in horror.
Dean was just glad that Castiel's eyes were blue again. Inside Dean's head the bond was going crazy, thrashing against the box inside his mind the way Cas was. It only took a second for Dean to decide to break the box apart. Like last night he felt a deep inner peace that he instinctively pushed towards the bond and the other boy. He felt Cas calm down instantly.
"You shouldn't do that." Cas muttered. "We won't be able to break it."
Dean shrugged. He just couldn't let the other kid hurt himself, which he would have done if he'd kept freaking out. And the bond felt much more comfortable now that it was loose. He wasn't 100% he wanted to break it anymore. "It's not important right now. Are you okay?"
Bobby kneeled next to them and helped Cas sit up. "Easy kid. You okay to tell me what's going on or should we go home for now?" Castiel shook his head, grabbed fistfuls of Bobby's shirt and buried his face against Bobby's chest. Bobby sighed and scooped the kid up. "Alright. Let's go home."