Cousins a Couple Times Removed
Disclaimer:
I do not own Supernatural
Timeline:
Starts at the end of the Season 5 Finale
Inspired By:
My best friend got me into Supernatural just this year. I watched it before but never enough to really get any of the big picture storyline. After watching Season 6 I was sadly unable to view Season 7 on TV (and am therefore waiting for it to become available for rent) so I began mentally taking apart the plot of Season 6 and decided it could've been done better. My best friend agrees with me so I wrote this
Pairings:
Hints/Implied/Pre-Slash Dean/Castiel (not that the pre-slash isn't practically cannon anyway)
Implied Azul/Amara
Summary:
There were some things they couldn't just stand by and allow to happen: Dean spending the year with Lisa? Hell no. A soulless Sam walking around? Not happening. Allowing Dean to blow up a dragon sword? Yeah, sure, it shouldn't be high on the list of priorities but as long as they were there, why not save that too?
Chapter 12:
Mother's Revelations
From here on in things are going to get serious but neither Barkiel nor Ambriel can tell anyone because they both know they aren't supposed to be here, helping Dean, Sam, Bobby and Castiel. But they made an agreement with Raziel that allows them to be there as long as they don't change any major events, as long as God's, that dick Sam-I-Am's plan is mostly kept on track. Even though they wish they could keep their friends safe and fight their battles for them they hold back because they've seen the plan themselves and know their friends need to fight and become stronger. And honestly? Dean would probably be beyond pissed if they started treating him like a fragile human who needs protection.
Sam, Bobby, Amy and Barkiel walk into the basement to see Dean.
"How's it going?" The dark-haired angel asks, leaning against the table the hunter's working at.
"Five shells," he grumbles. "That's how it's going."
Sammy sighs.
Barky leans over his shoulder. "What kinda shell casings did you use? Ones for an elephant gun?" Because, hell, a bottle of ashes was a lot to fit in those shells Dean was using.
Green eyes glare back at her over his shoulder and she smiles back. "I just hope they work."
"Why wouldn't they work?" Bobby asked.
Barky steps back and allows Dean to turn around.
He takes some of the ashes and rubs them on his arm. "See, nothing."
"Whoa," is all Sam says.
No one notices the blonde angel taking out a bottle of holy water before it's suddenly being poured on Dean's head.
"Hey! What the hell!" He sputters, automatically standing up before using his shirt to wipe his face.
The younger Winchester snorts in amusement while Bobby looks exasperated.
"What the hell was that for?" Dean asks, glaring at Barkiel.
"Well, what do you know. Holy water doesn't work on you. Guess it only works on demons," she answers nonchalantly.
"Of course it doesn't work on me!"
"Exactly Dean, why did you think the ashes of a Phoenix would work any differently," Amy points out.
Realization finally dawns on him. "Oh."
"Idgit," Bobby mutters.
"Well, have you found Eve yet?" The green-eyed hunter directs his question toward Bobby.
"I've been looking, but I'm thinking maybe it's time you made a call."
He lifted up his arms in a what-the-hell motion and took a few steps forward. "Why has it always got to be me that makes the call, huh? It's not like Cas lives in my ass. The dude's busy."
Ambriel snorted and Barky smirked as Castiel appeared directly behind Dean.
The blonde angel bent over slightly and tilted her head as if actually trying to find some evidence to determine whether or not Castiel lived in Dean's ass.
This caused Sam to bit his lip in an effort to keep a straight face.
Dean, as always, sensed him and immediately spun around; not surprised by his presence but choice of the location of appearance. "Cas, get out of my ass!"
"I was never in your," he pauses when Dean gives him a look and the other two angels begin snickering. Instead he looks at Sam and Bobby and questions, "Have you made any progress in locating Eve?"
"Well we were gonna ask you about that." The old hunter admits.
"No, I've looked, but she's hidden from me. She's hidden from all angels." Castiel replies, his gaze slowly turning onto the other two angels.
Barkiel has a very amused expression as she looks at Amy who's looking everywhere but at the people looking at her.
"Amy?" Dean calls. "Will Raziel tell you?"
She huffs with a pout. "Oh fine," the black-haired angel nearly whines. "He wouldn't tell me where she was but he did give me a name on who would know."
"And?" Bobby questions when she doesn't immediately say anything.
Ambriel glances at the blonde briefly before looking back at the humans. "Do you know someone that goes by the name Lenore?"
"Lenore?" Sammy frowns. That name felt familiar.
"She's supposed to be a vampire," she added.
"A vampire? Raziel expects to ask a vampire for help?" Dean asked, obviously not likely the idea.
Barkiel frowns. "He wouldn't suggest her if he didn't think she'd help."
His expression darkened, "I didn't exactly benefit the last time he sent us after vampires."
Amy rolled her blue eyes, releasing a frustrated sigh. "He didn't send us after those vampires and if it weren't for him you'd be dead. Besides, one vampire is hardly a danger with three angels in the room."
Sammy and Bobby frowned, wondering what that story was about.
"Fine," he said begrudgingly. They did have a point.
Castiel appears in the basement with Lenore in his grasp.
"Lenore," Sam says, finally recognizing her as the vampire who refused to feed off humans.
Lenore freaks out and tried to run away.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hey, hey. Lenore, stop. Look, we're happy you're here," the taller Winchester reassures her.
She stops struggling and Cas releases his grip on her.
"Been a long time. You remember us?" Dean asks her. He's glad that if it had to be a vampire that it's this one.
"I remember. Your hunter friend almost killed me," the vampire replies, still tense and uneasy.
"Well if it makes you feel any better, uh, he turned into a vampire and I chopped his head off," Sam tells her.
"Yeah. With razor wire. Wicked," Dean adds, not really feeling all that sorry about the guy who'd tried to kill him.
"Well, that's something." Lenore mutters more to herself than anyone else. "What's going on? Why am I here?" Because, wow, she never thought these two would have an angel helping them. They must've been through a lot.
"Eve," Ambriel answered. "We have it on good authority that you know where she is."
The vampire gave them a look. "You've got to be kidding me. You want me to tell you where she is? You do know she could be listening to us right now. I might as well be a video camera. What are you thinking?"
Bobby says, "So we don't have the element of surprise, we're still going in."
"You're crazy." She replies, shaking her head. "I can't help you."
"Can't or won't?" Sam questions. "Look, it's clear as day. You still give a crap. You don't wanna kill. And don't want this whole planet dead."
Lenore looks at them and seeing their confidence asks, "You actually believe you can stop her?"
"Just tell us where she is." The younger Winchester says in response.
After a moment of hesitation she tells them, "Grants Pass, Oregon." She closes her eyes and hopes they really can take her out. "And now she knows you're coming."
"Well let's go see," is all Bobby says as he turns around to head out.
She opens her eyes and takes a step forward. "Hold on. I didn't tell you this out of the goodness of my heart. I need something."
"What?" Sam asks.
"Kill me." Lenore tells them without any hesitation.
Amy and Barkiel lock eyes.
[Can we save her?] Ambriel asks.
[Did Raziel okay it?]
She tilts her head in a nod. [Yes, he even suggested it as a way to make the Mother aware of our existence.]
Just as Castiel tilts his head toward them with a frown, Barky replies. [So be it then.]
"I'll do it again. I can't stop, not anymore. You have to. Please." The vampire says before the blonde angel steps forward, grabs her and disappears.
Dean and Sam give Ambriel a what-the-hell look.
"We'll meet you there," is all she says before she's also gone.
"You think Vampira was lying?" Bobby asks as Dean, Sam, Castiel and himself all sit together in a diner.
"I'll search the town," Cas volunteers. "Give me a moment.
Dean stares at him when nothing happens. "Cas, we can still see you."
"Yeah, I'm still here," he says, not allowing his surprise to show.
"Okay, well you don't have to wait on us, you –" But before he can finish the angel closes his eyes and makes a strained expression. "Well now it just looks like you're pooping."
He opens his eyes, worry showing on his face. "Something's wrong."
Dean frowned. "What, are you stuck?"
"I'm blocked. I'm powerless."
"You're joking?" Because seriously, what the hell?
"Something in this town, is, uh, it's affecting me. I assume it's Eve," Castiel replied.
"So wait, Mom's making you limp?" Dean asks.
It only takes him a second to realize this is a metaphor and he's the slightest bit happy he recognizes it as one. "Figuratively, yes."
"How?"
Cas puts out his arms in a how-should-I-know motion. "I don't know, but she is."
"Well, that's great, because without your power, you're basically just a baby in a trench coat."
Castiel gets this look on his face before shaking his head slightly and looking away, out the window.
Dean's face forms a what-did-I-do expression.
Sam looks up at his brother long enough to say, "I think you hurt his feelings."
"Well duh," a familiar voice says from behind Dean, causing the four of them to look up. "Calling him a baby is essentially the human equivalent of calling him a cherub because they're at the bottom of the hierarchy." Barkiel says, pulling over a chair from one of the tables to sit down. "Don't worry Cas. I still think you're a puppy."
He frowns before she explains.
"Unexpectedly dangerous for the level of adorableness."
Castiel tilts his head.
"Aww, see! Like that!"
Dean shakes his head. "So where's Amy?"
The angel laughs nervously, "Well, she was supposed to be right behind me but I'm thinking she got landed when Eve put up her little angelic power blocker. So, maybe a couple hours?" She shrugged. "I'm not sure how far this thing reaches."
He's about to ask what they did with Lenore but Bobby speaks up, having finally found some type of lead.
They split up to cover more ground; Dean, Castiel and Barkiel going to see a Dr. Silver at his office while Bobby and Sam go to the guy's house. The trio end up finding a body they end up burning and the other two have a run in with the Sheriff. When they meet up they decide to go to Ed Bright's house. What they find is a room full of Ed look-alikes, dead look-alikes. Luckily one of them stays alive long enough to tell them about a bar on 8th street and a girl in white. The bar is littered with corpses of hybrid monsters who appear to have all died from a fever. Before they can find out more the Sheriff and two cops come in and arrest them.
Dean's the only one lucky enough not to get caught and dragged down to the station.
Barkiel doesn't know whether to consider it bad luck or good luck that the officers are Jefferson Starships and therefore, things they're allowed to kill.
It doesn't take long and Sam has to stop Dean from killing the Sheriff because, hey, they have to question someone.
"Well, I'll say this, you're the healthiest looking specimen I've seen all day," Bobby tells the hybrid after they get the Starship into an interrogation room.
He sneers, "I take my vitamins."
Sam and Dean watch from behind the window, both thinking of how it's kinda nice to be on the other side of it.
Barky glances over at Castiel and in her boredom starts to wonder what would happen if she poked him.
"So you boys are, uh, Eve's cleaning crew, is that it? You, uh - you come around to clean up the bodies? Make sure the word doesn't get out, huh? Is that why you snatched up the doctor?"
The Sheriff sighs. "You're so wasting your time. You stupid head of cattle." Then he laughs like the last bit was a good joke.
"You think she'd actually give them a good sense of humor," Barkiel mutters, unimpressed.
Amy is tired. Not exhausted thank god but still actually physically tired. Because she's been walking all day to get into town. True, she didn't have to. Eve or no Eve that field she erected around the town and a couple miles out of town would've slowed her down but definitely not have stopped her and honestly it would've only slowed down one method of travel. Still, she needed a good walk considering what would have to be done once she gets to the police station. Plus, the fact that both her and Barky's cover will be blown tonight once they encounter Eve.
The blonde angel turns her attention away from the interrogation just before Sam and Dean hear a noise, causing them to look at her for guidance on this. "I've got it. You guys just stay here."
Dean wants to argue but is silenced with a look. Barkiel's a damn good hunter so he knows even without her angel mojo she should be all right. Still, he just can't help but worry as he watches her leave.
Barky enters the prison cell area just in time to see Ambriel finish slicing off the second boy's head. She grimaces, knowing her companion hates to kill children as bad as allowing a familiar to suffer, even if they are monsters. [You should've let me do it.]
She shakes her head. [It was whoever gets here first. We agreed.]
The grey-eyed woman frowns. [You should clean up before we join the others.]
Amy looks down at herself and laughs. "Yeah, well, walking all day will do that to a person." In the blink of an eye her clothes and body are cleaned though she still appears a bit ruffled.
"Hey Amy, you all right?" Sam asks, the first one who spots her coming in with Barkiel.
She glares at him. "It took me all day to walk here Sammy. How would you feel?"
He winces but doesn't say anything though he does take a quick glance at the other female angel to see her also casting a worried glance toward Ambriel.
In the blink of an eye though Barky's apparent concern has disappeared as she turns toward the others. "Okay, either Cas or I need to go in and interrogate this guy cuz Bobby's not getting anywhere."
Castiel takes one look at Barkiel and volunteers. He doesn't know why but for whatever reason Ambriel needs comfort and Barkiel would be the best candidate for that.
"Wait, why you guys?" Dean asks, a little put out him and Sam aren't included. "I mean, you don't even have any mojo right now."
"I do not need…mojo to get an answer from an abomination," Castiel replied before going in to take Bobby's place.
Barky sighs. "Yeah, well, we best start getting ready to head out. With Cas on the case it won't take long."
The Winchesters frown but follow the two angels out into the hall and meet up with Bobby before they hear the Sheriff scream. They don't even have time to leave the hall before Castiel comes out, wiping blood off his hands.
"Eve's at 25 Buckley Street."
They've only got five shells and there are six of them but both Ambriel and Barkiel refuse to take one, saying Dean should keep the extra.
"We're not gonna need it," Amy tells him.
He gives her a look. "You know how this is gonna turn out, don't you?"
She frowns. "To be honest, I'm not too sure but I do have an idea."
They find out the address is to the diner the group was at earlier and although Dean's plan to lure Eve out isn't really a plan and is really unnecessary both Amy and Barky go along with it, waiting outside with Cas and Bobby.
The two Winchesters find out quick that they're the only humans in that diner but before they can leave Eve does approach them.
As it turns out Eve says she's just defending her children.
Some Starships, on Eve's orders, destroy Sam and Dean's guns.
After changing herself to look like their mother she tells them she doesn't want them dead, just Crowley.
"Well you're too late there - that little limey mook roasted months ago." Dean tells her.
"Crowley's alive."
"That's impossible." Sam says but he's starting to doubt this.
Eve scoffs, "I see his face through the eyes of every child he strings up and skins. Any idea why he's hurting my babies?"
The older Winchester slightly shrugs. "He wants Purgatory, right? Location, location, location."
The Mother laughs. "Is that what he told you? It's about the souls."
Sammy scoffs. "What about 'em?"
She gives him a look, one similar to the one Amy gave him when she talked about what an arrogant ass he was being. "Their power, you simple little monkey. Fuel. Each soul a beautiful little nuclear reactor. Put 'em together, you have the sun. Now think what the king of hell could do with that vast, untapped oil well. How powerful he'd be. Now Crowley wants to siphon off my supply, and torture my children to do it? Okay fine. I'll quite playing nice. I'll turn you all. Every soul, mine. Let's see how hot his hell burns when everyone comes to me. He asked for it."
Dean gives her a skeptical look. "You know, last I checked, there were a few billion of us. That plan might take a while."
Eve raises her arms up. "What exactly do you think I'm doing here? I'm building the perfect beast."
Sam frowns. "Wait a second, all those - all those things we've been finding."
"Call it beta testing." She says with a smile.
"Well, I think your formula might be a little off. They're imploding all over town." Dean informs her.
"Oh, there were a few unfortunate failures. But I think I eventually got it right. Quiet, smart, inconspicuous. It can spread through a whole town in under a day and while I'm not entirely sure I feel pretty confident it could pass by a hunter undetected." She sighs, dejected. "It's such a shame I never got to know for sure but then again they were never made to stand against something like the-" She smiled. What do you know? It seems their secrecy magic still didn't allow her to say what their kind was called.
Dean and Sam frown at that.
"Anyway, I have an offer to propose. Crowley. As you know, not so easy to find. So, here's the deal. You find him, bring him to me - I let you live." Eve tells them with a smile.
"Pass," Dean answers automatically.
"Dean."
"Sam, no. The answer is no." He says stubbornly.
"Well, if you won't maybe they will."
Starships bring in Amy, Barkiel, Bobby and Castiel.
Eve doesn't even look at Bobby or Cas as she turns to the two women. "Surprise, surprise. I didn't think your kind got so involved in major events anymore."
Bobby, Castiel and the Winchesters frown.
Ambriel snorts. "Well, we've always been a little different."
Eve hums.
"And which of us created you?" Barkiel questioned.
She smiled. "I was a playmate for young Zero. He had such wonderful ideas for me to bring to life."
The blonde rolled her eyes. "Well we wouldn't expect any less from the Prince of the Underworld."
"Why don't we cut right to the point? I have no doubt you two could find Crowley if you really wanted to or do you still abide by those horrid rules?" The Mother asked.
Amy sighed. "The rules have not changed. We cannot change what is meant to be."
Eve stares at her for a moment before waving at the two Starships holding the two of them. "Release them."
"What?!" Dean asks, shocked. "You just let them go!"
The Mother smirks at him. "You really don't know what they are, do you?"
Sam frowns. "I don't understand. You mean they aren't angels?"
Eve laughs. "Angels?!" She looks back at the two women for a moment. "Well, I do suppose they have the power to smite." Her gaze falls back on her hostages. "No, these two are more powerful than any angel."
Dean frowned. "What exactly does that mean?"
Castiel frowned. "I do not understand. Nothing is more powerful than angels except God."
"Exactly," she replies, smug.
Dean looked at the pair in disbelief. "Are you telling me those two are God? I thought there was just supposed to be one?"
"Eve," Ambriel hissed. "That's enough. You know the punishment for such a revelation!"
"If you didn't want me to know you should have just killed Lenore," Eve told her.
Barkiel glared at her and took a step forward. "You do not want to piss me off Eve."
She took a step back, eyes narrowing. "You can't be." She knew all of Them had different forms but this one surely couldn't be a phoenix, could she?
The grey-eyed woman smirked. "Oh, I so can. It was the first form I learned you know."
Eve grabbed Dean. "I'll turn him," she threatened.
"You don't have the-"
And she bit Dean's neck.
"No!" Sam shouted.
"Dean!" Cas called, struggling against the Starship holding him.
Then Eve staggered back, coughing.
"Phoenix ash. One shell, one ounce of whisky. Down the hatch." Dean announces, pleased with himself.
"You!" Eve glared at the two women who were smiling at her. "You tricked me!"
"Well, that's what you get for not watching what you eat," Barky says before Eve finally dies.
"Shut your eyes!" Castiel shouts as the Starships start attacking.
Everyone except Amy and Barkiel do so as Cas creates a blast of white light throughout the diner, killing all the monsters and causing a car alarm to go off outside.
"We got to take you on more monster hunts," Bobby says after seeing all the monsters on the ground.
Sam sighs. "Hey Cas, um, Dean's bleeding pretty good."
Castiel walks over to him.
"Yeah, I think she turned me into a Jefferson Starship. Could you clear that up too?"
The angel touches his shoulder and the wound is instantly healed.
"Alright, we're good." He turns to face Ambriel and Barky, "Now what the hell was all that… about?"
But the two fake angels were no longer there.
"I guess that means Eve wasn't lying about them not being angels. Do you think she was telling the truth about Crowley?" Sam asked.
Castiel frowned. "What about Crowley?"
"She said that Crowley's still kicking." Answered Dean.
"But I burned his bones, how c-?" The angel's frown deepens. "Was she certain?"
"Sounded pretty sure. According to her, Crowley's still water boarding her kids, somewhere."
"I don't understand." He says, looking conflicted.
"Well he is a crafty son of a bitch."
"I'll look into it immediately," Cas says before he disappears.
"Cas!" He shouts to the ceiling. "Let us know what you find out!" And Dean hates it when it becomes obvious that Sam and Bobby doubt Castiel because every instinct is telling him they're right.
Stronger Than Billions of Corrupted Souls
Summary:
Sequel to "More Pure Than an Angel's Grace." Castiel has demanded they bow down and profess their love which amazingly holds the answer to fixing things. Now if only Dean could just suck it up and stop pretending he doesn't have the power to do it.
Ah, the long awaited sequel. As promised, there will indeed be Destiel in it.
Next time
Chapter 13: Cousins a Couple Times Removed
"Give me a sign. Because if you don't...I'm gonna ju- I'm gonna do whatever I... Whatever I must." He looked up in surprise when he felt another's presence. "Father?"
Finally, the title comes up. But will you take the meaning as it is intended?