Chapter 12

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Dark Angel or Supernatural characters. For this fic I changed the DA time line. The pulse has already hit and Alec is out of Manticore in 2009. The characters of Lexi, Jake and Jackie are from a Supernatural AU Verse that I write. Sorry this as taken me so long to post but I hope you like it. Thanks to everyone that has been reading this story and thanks for the reviews. Reviews would be great!

December 2nd

It wasn't even officially winter yet and Sam Winchester had seen enough snow to last him a life time. December had rolled in with another snow storm. The news and weather people had coined the storm snowmageddon. They were forecasting at least three feet snow to fall throughout today and tomorrow with high winds. Him and Dean were outside shoveling off the porch and steps yet again while three young boys had their faces pressed up against the windows watching them work. Sam didn't understand why Dean had dragged him out here to shovel when the snow was still coming down hard and fast. It seemed a waste of time to him but before he said so his older brother turned to him grunting, "Get your ass in gear man. It'll be easier in the long run if we clear this every hour than try to do it all tomorrow."

"C'mon Dean they're calling for three feet or more."

"I know. That's why we're out here now. Unless you wanna try to shovel it all tomorrow when it's all iced over and frozen."

Sam huffed while pulling his scarf up to cover his nose and mouth. He swore once they've taken care of Lydecker he was moving back down south where he'd never see a snowflake again. He gritted his teeth and grabbed the shovel Dean was pushing towards him. They began to shovel in silence, which Sam was not about to complain about. The faster they got this done, the faster he could go inside and sit in front of the fire with a book. After what felt like an hour, Dean looked up at Sam leaning slightly on the shovel, "That's good for now, Sammy. You go on in and I'll salt the porch and the steps."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, man. I got this. Tell the boys they can come out and play now if they want to."

Three boys zoomed out the front door and down the steps a few minutes after Sam had gone back inside. Dean raised his eyebrow somewhat in amusement and somewhat in annoyance. "Hey, you boys better slow down before you break your necks!"

"We heal fast."

Dean closed his eyes and counted to ten. Alec was going to be the death of him. He always had a retort and was always pushing Dean's buttons. When he opened his eyes Alec was standing there looking at him with that shit eating grin on his face causing Dean's blood pressure to rise once again. "Just because you and Ben heal fast doesn't mean Jake does. Get that smirk off your face before I make you ALL go back inside."

Ben grabbed Alec's arm and began dragging his younger twin away before he could get them in any more trouble. Alec came reluctantly listening to Ben lecture him on being insubordinate. He really wasn't being insubordinate in his opinion. He was only messing with their dad but Alec had to admit he didn't look to happy. Alec shrugged his shoulders and followed his brothers around a stack of cars where they planned to build a snow fort without further argument. Truth was, for all the shit he gave Ben he'd much rather be outside playing with him than stuck in the house in time out.

Later that night

After Lexi put all three boys to bed she made her way down to the library. She found Sam and Dean sitting by the fire with a glass of whiskey in each of their hands. Dean turned in her direction when he heard her enter the room, he smiled and opened his arms gesturing for her to come over to him. She returned the smile and made her way over to where he was. He grabbed her hand pulling her onto his lap and nuzzled her neck. She ran her fingers through his short hair enjoying the slight boozy smell coming off him and the way his hot breath felt against her neck. He glanced up at her face and he knew something wasn't right. "What's wrong?"

"Where's Jackie?" Dean watched her face carefully. He knew this was more than her being worried if she wanted to talk to the three of them. He sighed and jerked his head towards the kitchen in answer to her question. Lexi nodded and resumed playing with his hair while whispering,"I wanna wait till she gets in here."

Once Jackie joined them in the library Lexi took a deep breath and laid it all out for the others. She had a vision while upstairs of Lydecker catching up with them. Of course Dean didn't want to hear anymore details but Lexi pressed on. She explained to them that it appeared that they were in a store getting supplies when Lydecker spied Dean in one of the aisles. "So, I won't go to the store for supplies, Lex." Dean interrupted. Lexi threw him a look but continued on, "He was alone, no back up and you and Sam..."

"We what?" Sam and Dean asked simultaneously.

"You guys took him to an abandoned building tortured and then killed him."

The brothers both looked at each other communicating silently before Sam spoke. "Lex, normally you know that I would say there's no way me and Dean would gank a person but Lydecker isn't leaving us a whole lot of options here. When he finds us, he's not just gonna take the boys and let the four of us walk."

Jackie raised her eyebrow as she stared at her husband, "So Sammy, you're saying we kill him."

"That's exactly what I'm saying. This isn't just about the boys. If he takes us all in and runs our DNA, well you and Dean will come back clean. I don't think my demon blood would throw up any flags but Lexi and Jake will. They'll know the two of them are different. What then? What would those monsters do? We already know they're capable of torturing and killing children."

Both Jackie and Lexi focused on Dean to see if he agreed with Sam's plan. He nodded his head and cleared his throat but when he spoke he spoke directly to his wife, "That's the plan. Lex, I promised you I would protect you from Yellow Eyes and I did. I promised you I would get Jake back when Sammy went dark side and took him from us. I did and I bound both yours and Sammy's powers to save you two. I promise you Lydecker is not gonna be a threat to you or our family. I'm gonna kill him."

"But Dean there's more of them..."

"Me and Sammy don't think so. We think he's just looking under any rock like Victor said but they'll go exhume the body. Once they do and see that the body in St. Louis has my finger prints and DNA they won't give Lydecker support to hunt me down. So, we'll take care of him and get rid of his things. We're still gonna have to look over our shoulders because of the twins but hell, we do that everyday. This is just a different kind of monster we gotta look out for."

December 12th

Lydecker sat in front of The Committee attempting not to show any signs of nervousness or weakness. It was difficult to say the least with the way they were all staring at him unflinchingly. He knew they were not happy with the reports he had sent them. The recapture numbers were terrible, below fifty percent. Of course, he would have to shoulder some of the blame but what it came down to was man power. He was simply out numbered. Not only that, he wasn't dealing with run of the mill soldiers. These kids were bred for subterfuge and they were no longer taking heed of the satellite message to regroup. They had stop showing up at the rendezvous weeks ago.

The seven members of the Committee were now reviewing the reports Lydecker had sent to them while talking amongst themselves. He didn't like the way they were eying him. His gut reaction was to reach for his gun but they had taken his weapons from him before entering the meeting. His eyes darted around the room making note of the exists in case he had to make a quick get away.

"Colonel Lydecker," the woman in the middle barked at him, "these statistics are horrendous."

"I know, Ma'am."

"Do not interrupt me. Like I was saying these statistics are horrendous. We expected better results from you. Since you can't yield the results we are looking for at the borders you will go into the cities and round up the soldiers that are hiding in plain sight."

"Yes, Ma'am."

"Also, and listen very closely Colonel Lydecker, you are to stop your inquires and search for Dean Winchester. He is dead. Your kids, as you like to say, X5-493 and 494 can not be with their donor. You are not to focus your search only for those two soldiers. If we find out otherwise, it will be your head on the chopping block. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, Ma'am."

"Good. You are to start rounding up the soldiers beginning in New York City. I trust you will find plenty of our soldiers hiding out there."

December 15th

Dean woke up earlier than usual, he had lots to do today. Slipping out of bed quietly, he made his way downstairs. Today's Lexi's twenty sixth birthday and he was going to make sure it was a good one even with him on lock down. He was surprised but pleased to find Jackie already in the kitchen making breakfast. He poured himself a cup of coffee asking Jackie again if she was going to get Lexi out of the house for him.

"Yes, Dean. I'm going to take her to lunch and then to the nail salon for a mani/pedi. We'll be gone for a couple of hours. That should give you plenty of time."

"Sammy's gonna go get the cake right?"

"Yes."

Dean nodded before taking a sip of his coffee. He wanted this surprise party to go off without a hitch. It had been a challenge the past two weeks to just to keep Lexi in the dark about the party with them being in such close quarters. He even had to resort to enlisting Alec and Ben's help in causing enough of a diversion to keep Lexi away from him and the rest of the adults while they made their plans. Sure, Dean felt a little guilty about having the boys as his accomplices but Alec loved it. Any reason for that kid to kick up some trouble and Alec was in. Jackie placed a plate of sausage and biscuits in front of Dean before she sat down across from him with her own plate. She took a sip coffee then asked him,"What did you get her?"

"Well, seeing as the world's in the toilet right now I didn't think me buying her jewelry was a gang banger idea. Remember that wedding picture we had? The one she thought we lost?"

"Yeah, the one of you guys in front of the cake."

"Yeah, that one. I found it a couple weeks ago in the bottom of my duffel. The frame was all messed up though. Sammy took it into town for me and got it re-framed even put the wedding date on it."

"She'll love that."

After breakfast Dean went back upstairs and slipped back into bed pulling Lexi close as he did so. He felt her shift against him but didn't wake up. Dean closed his eyes as he inhaled the scent of her hair. He loved the smell of her hair, it was always fresh and clean with a slight flowery fragrance. He had no idea what brand of shampoo she used but he could recognize the smell of it right away. He sighed letting his hands move down to rest on her stomach; where with in a few seconds he felt a kick. He couldn't help but smile, not even out of the womb and she was already making her presence known. In that moment, Dean wanted to give their daughter a name. They've only talked about it casually but he thought it was about time they nailed something down for her. He made a mental note to ask Lexi once she woke up. He burrowed deeper under the covers and before he knew it he was fast asleep.

An hour or so after Dean had rejoined her in bed, Lexi woke up to a pair of green gold flecked eyes with long, thick eyelashes staring at her. Dean's face was so close to hers that she could count the freckles that ran over the bridge of his nose. He pressed his lips to her forehead, her eyes, the tip of her nose; saying between kisses, 'Happy Birthday, Baby.' before finally reaching her lips. He nipped at her bottom lip until she opened her mouth slightly allowing him to slip his tongue into her mouth. Dean slid his hands under the satin Victoria's Secret baby-doll she was wearing as he rolled on top of her. "Dean...c'mon stop."

"What? Don't you want birthday sex?"

"Not at the moment."

"But we always..." Dean mumbled not bothering to hide his disappointment. They had this unspoken rule about birthday sex and even though it wasn't HIS birthday he had been looking forward to this morning. Lexi reached up tangling her fingers in Dean's hair as she dragged him down for another kiss. "Rain check...tonight after the boys are asleep. I think you forget I'm five months pregnant." Dean leaned down placing soft kisses along the top of her chest, "I'm holding you to that rain check." He slid his hands up from her hips resting them on her stomach, "Since you brought up the subject, we need a name for this little one."

Later that day

The moment Jackie and Lexi pulled out of the driveway Dean got to work. He pulled open the bottom drawer of Bobby's desk emptying it of the construction paper and art supplies he had hidden there. He then motioned for the boys to follow him into the kitchen. Ben and Alec eyed their dad but followed him into the kitchen. They weren't sure what he had planned but Jake seemed to know. Their little brother was hot on their dad's heels bouncing and talking a mile a minute. The boys watched as Dean placed everything on the table and then helped Jake into a chair. Ben took a seat across from Jake, his curiosity now peeked, "What's that for?"

"You three are gonna make your mom birthday cards and a present."

"What kinda present?" Alec blurted out before taking a seat at the table.

"I thought you boys could make her a bracelet. Your Aunt Jackie went and got the leather and some clay for you to make charms with."

Once they got the clay into the oven to bake, Dean, Sam and the boys began decorating the kitchen. Alec was still miffed that he had been regulated to blowing up the balloons since Uncle Sammy said he was the one full of hot air. He didn't get the joke at first but when Ben explained it to him, Alec vowed to get some revenge in the form of Nair in his uncle's shampoo.

Dean kept checking his watch after Sam went to get the cake. He paces the kitchen and kept muttering to himself things like, 'He better get a chocolate cake.', 'He better not be late. He'll ruin the whole surprise.' Alec found the whole thing very amusing, especially the way Uncle Bobby kept up a steady stream of jabs while preparing dinner. Alec really wanted to join in but kept working on his card in case his dad decided to turn his wrath on him. Once the chocolate birthday cake was safely in the fridge, the presents wrapped, the cards made and the decorations hung did Dean finally relax. He slumped into one of the kitchen chairs checking the clock one last time before addressing his three boys, "They should be here any minute now. When they your mom walks in here you scream, 'Surprise', okay?"

Lexi and Jackie walked through the door about ten minutes later to screams of surprise. Lexi stared at Jackie then at Dean totally at a lose of words. She was not expecting much of anything for her birthday and couldn't stop the tears from welling up in her eyes. Dean was across the room before she knew it wrapping his arms around her and whispering in her ear, "It's your birthday, no crying, ok?" She nodded her head and squeezed him tight in response, then pulled away from him feeling slightly embarrassed. Dean gestured her over to the couch telling her to sit before he sat next to her. Jake scrambled over to them and climbed on the couch waving the card he made for his mother proudly in his hand. "I made this for you."

"You did?"

"Yup! Daddy only help a LITTLE."

Lexi reached over pulling Jake onto her lap. She kissed the top of his head while Alec and Ben decided to squeeze on either side of her. They both handed her homemade cards, their faces lighting up when she told them how much she loved the cards they made. For her, it was one of the best birthdays she ever had. She loved the cards the boys had made her along with the bracelet that had charms of their initials that they had made. Then, their was Dean's gift. She wasn't expecting him to get her anything and was caught off guard when he handed her the badly wrapped gift. This time she didn't bother to hide her tears. The wedding picture that she had thought they had left in New Orleans was sitting in the box in a new frame. She looked up at Dean who shrugged at her while smiling. She leaned over kissing his cheek and whispered, "Thank you. I thought I lost it. This is the best birthday present ever."

I made a manip of a the wedding pic but I can't figure out how to link it at the end here. If you want to see it PM me and i'll send you the link.