A Little Slice of Kevin Part 1

The Impala sped down the forest road. Dean was driving while eating a bag of chips. Dean noticed a man wearing a trench coat walking on the side of the road. When Dean got a closer look at the man, he noticed that it was Castiel. Dean slammed on the breaks and reversed down the road. He frowned when there was no sign of Castiel.

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Sam and Angela were at the kitchen table using the laptop when Dean walked in. Sam was drinking a beer while Angela was drinking water.

"Hey." The couple greeted simultaneously.

"Hey," Dean replied, standing in the middle of the room holding a six-pack and a paper bag.

Angela turned to look at Dean. "You look like you've s—well, I was gonna say, 'You look like you've seen a ghost,' but you'd probably be stoked." She commented. "Uh, you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm cool," Dean replied somewhat uncertainly. "What's up?"

"Well, this kid went missing from a preschool," Sam noted.

"That sucks. And?" Dean raised his brows.

"And at the same time he vanished, a surprise tornado hit, lasted maybe 20 seconds, then, uh… shazam!" Sam explained. "Back to perfect weather."

"Hmm. And they pooh-pooh climate change." Dean retorted.

"Yeah." Sam chuckled as Dean put the beer in the fridge.

"Well, similar wackiness has happened over the past few weeks in other places, uh, Tulsa, a bus driver vanished and a river gets overrun with frogs," Angela explained. "New Mexico—a mailman disappears, the Earth splits open."

"Alright." Dean nodded. "So, uh, you guys thinking demons?"

"Yeah, possibly," Angela sighed. "But… I mean, this stuff was major. These folks have nothing in common—no religious affiliations, different hometowns, all ages. Why would demons want them?"

"Why do demons want anything?" Dean retorted. "Uh, so, we on this?"

"Yep." Sam nodded.

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Sam, Dean, and Angela, in their FBI apparel, walked up the steps to the front door. Angela knocked on the door. Mrs. Hagar appeared in the entryway. Angela held up her FBI badge so she could see it through the glass pane in the door. Mrs. Hagar opened the door but didn't undo the chain.

"Mrs. Hagar?" Dean asked. "Agents Roth, Malloy, and Cherone. We want to speak to you about Aaron Webber's abduction."

Mrs. Hagar sighed. "Like I told the police, one minute I was taking Aaron to get cleaned up, and the next minute… I woke up in a park three blocks away."

"And you have no memory of what happened?" Angela questioned.

"No. He was just gone." Mrs. Hagar confirmed.

"Can you think of any reason why somebody would want to harm him? Um, any enemies?" Dean inquired.

Mrs. Hagar raised her brows. "Enemies? He's five."

Sam held his phone up to his ear. "Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus…" he spoke quietly.

"Excuse me?" Mrs. Hagar frowned.

"It's, uh, code for your own safety so that you can't reveal anything under enhanced interrogation." Dean covered. "Now, when you woke up on the floor, were there any signs of struggle?"

"No." Mrs. Hagar shook her head.

"Smell like sulfur?" Angela asked curiously.

Mrs. Hagar looked surprised at the question. "How did you know that?"

"Lucky guess. Thanks for your time." Angela replied.

Mrs. Hagar closed the door, and the three hunters walked down the steps.

"No reaction to the exorcism," Dean noted.

"Yeah, not possessed at the moment." Sam agreed. "But, I'm willing to bet a demon got ahold of Aaron Webber."

~/~\~

Sam and Angela were asleep in their bed, Sam spooning Angela from behind. Dean was sitting on the other bed reading articles about the missing persons on the laptop. Lightning flashed. Dean looked up to see Castiel standing at the window.

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Dean closed his laptop and walked to the window, frowning when he saw the no one was there. Angela woke up at the sudden noise and sat up.

"Dean? What's going on? Are you alright?" she asked sleepily.

"I don't know. I just saw something." Dean admitted.

"Uh, you saw what?" Angela asked, standing up and walking over to Dean.

Sam blinked his eyes open at the sudden shift in the bed. "Babe?"

"Over here," Angela whispered before looking up at Dean. "Dean, what did you see?"

"Cas." Dean breathed. "I saw Cas."

Sam got up, rubbing the sleepiness from his eyes. He walked over to stand next to Angela and looked at Dean in confusion. "Cas? Where?"

"Right there." Dean gestured to the window. "And—and—and earlier, on the road. I feel like I'm seeing him."

"That's… not possible. I mean, you said it yourself." Sam reminded. "You made it out and he didn't, right?"

Dean shook his head. "I tried so damn hard to get us the hell out of there." He muttered, turning away from the window and walking a few steps away.

"We know you did," Angela assured.

Dean pursed his lips. "You know, I could have pulled him out. I just don't understand why he didn't try harder."

"Dean," Sam sighed. "You did everything you could."

Dean turned to face the couple. "Yeah, but why do I feel like crap?"

"Survivor's guilt?" Sam suggested.

"Hmm."

"If you let it, this is gonna keep messing with you. You got to walk past it." Angela commented, squeezing Dean's shoulder gently before walking to the bathroom. "Get some sleep, boys."

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Benny, Dean, and Castiel were walking through the forest.

"We're getting close," Benny assured.

"Really?" Dean scoffed. "I don't see crap. I mean, what the hell is this escape hatch supposed to look like?"

"He doesn't know." Castiel cut in.

"Hey, you just drug me into the fire. Please tell me you know." Dean looked at Benny.

"It's here. They promised." Benny assured.

"Oh, they?" Dean raised his brows. "Well, that's comforting."

"Well, even if it does exist…"

"Broken record, Cas." Benny rolled his eyes.

"Dean, it's human portal," Castiel noted quietly. "There's still no proof that an angel can pass—

"Stow it, Cas." Dean interrupted. "You're coming. That's final."

"I'm just saying…" Castiel put a hand on Dean's shoulder. "If it doesn't work… thank you for everything."

"Save the Hallmark. Okay? It's gonna work. Nobody gets left behind."

~/~\~

Sam and Angela were using the laptop at the kitchen table.

"Hey, so, it's not just Americans who are vanishing," Angela commented. "Uh, this guy, Luigi Ponzi disappeared walking between two subway cars in Rome. And right above ground, there was a freak hail storm."

Dean was washing his face in the bathroom. "So, we going to Rome? Wouldn't be too shabby."

Suddenly, Castiel appeared in the mirror in the bathroom. Dean immediately straightened up and turned to face Castiel.

"Hello, Dean." Castiel greeted.

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Sam, Angela, and Castiel were now sitting at the table while Dean leaned on the kitchenette counter.

"Unbelievable, man." Sam smiled. "I-I cannot believe it. You're actually here."

"Yeah, I've been trying to reach out, but for whatever reason, I wasn't at full power. So, I couldn't connect with you." Castiel explained.

"That must be why you kept seeing him." Angela looked up at Dean. "I mean, you think?"

"Yeah," Dean muttered. "Yeah, uh, I got to be honest. I-I-I'm thinking, how the hell did you make it out? I mean, I—I was there. I-I-I know that place. I know how we had to scratch and claw and kill and bleed to find that portal and make it through, and it almost finished me." Dean explained. "So, uh… so how exactly are you sitting here with us right now?"

"Dean, everything you just said is completely true." Castiel agreed. "And that's the strange part. I… have no idea. I remember endlessly running and hiding from Leviathan, and then I was on the side of the road in Illinois. And… that was it."

Dean's brows furrowed. "And that—that was it?"

"Yes." Castiel nodded. There was a long pause between everyone before Castiel spoke again. "Oh." He looked down at his clothes. "I'm dirty."

"Yeah, well, Purgatory will do that to you," Dean muttered.

Castiel got up and walked towards the bathroom. Dean stared after him, confusion evident on his face.

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"Maybe you were lied to," Castiel commented. "Maybe there is no seam."

"I lie. I don't get lied to." Benny retorted. "Aren't you guys all about faith?"

"Not particularly," Castiel admitted.

The three men watched a leaf, which seemed to be borne upwards by an air current. At the top of a cliff far above them, a patch of blue light shimmered and changed shape.

"Oh, ye of frigging little faith," Benny smirked.

Dean stared with wide eyes. "What the hell?"

"There it is." Castiel turned to Dean. "It's reacting to you."

Benny nodded to Dean. "Alright. Ready?"

"Just like we talked about." Dean nodded as he cut his forearm with a large knife.

"Putting a lot of trust in you, brother." Benny reminded.

"You earned it," Dean assured. He cut Benny's left forearm and they gripped each other's arms, solidifying the blood pact.

"I'll see you on the other side," Benny smirked.

Dean nodded. "Conjunti sumus, unum sumus." He chanted.

Benny looked upwards as his body stiffened. His left hand, which gripped Dean's arm, glowed with red and white light. Benny then appeared to be consumed by red and white light that flowed into Dean's arm. Dean grimaced in pain.

"Let's go." He looked at Castiel.

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Dean and Castiel hurried along the top of a cliff and upwards through the forest.

"Dean, wait!"

Something hit the ground in clouds of black smoke in front of them. As the smoke cleared, two balls of black goo morphed into Leviathans.

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"Dean?" Angela asked, snapping him from his trance.

"Huh?" Dean asked quietly.

"You alright?" Angela asked softly.

Dean sat down on the chair that Castiel had previously occupied. "You do see something severely wrong here, right?" he questioned. "Guys, I remember every second of leaving that place. I mean, I remember the—the heat, the stink, the pain, the fear. I have that whole ugly mess…" he tapped his head. "Right here, and he says he has no idea how he got out? I—I'm just not buying it."

"So, what, you think he's lying?" Sam frowned.

"I'm saying something else happened," Dean replied. "I saw the shape that he was in. I mean, there was no way he was fighting his ass out alone. No way."

"Alright." Angela sighed. "So, who… or what got him out?"

"Exactly," Dean muttered.

Castiel walked out of the bathroom. He was now wearing his usual suit and tie under his trench coat, which was now clean. His face was also freshly shaved. "Better." He smiled.

"Looking good, Cas." Angela smiled back.

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Sam, Angela, and Castiel stayed back in the motel room while Dean went out to get more beer. Sam sat at the table using his laptop, while Angela and Castiel sat next to each other on the edge of one of the beds. The TV was playing in the background.

Castiel rested a hand on Angela's stomach for a few moments. "I didn't quite expect you and Sam to conceive so soon…" he admitted.

Angela chuckled. "Well, neither did we, to be honest. So, what's the deal, is our baby happy and healthy?"

"She is very healthy," Castiel assured, a small smile on his face.

Angela's eyes widened, and Sam immediately walked over.

"What did you just say?" Sam's brows furrowed.

Castiel frowned in confusion. "Your baby, she is extremely healthy." He repeated, pulling his hand away from Angela's stomach. "I thought that would be good news."

"She?" Angela breathed.

"I thought it was customary to know the gender by now…" Castiel tilted his head slightly in confusion.

"Sam and I were gonna have it be a surprise, but… Holy crap!" Angela grinned. She looked up at Sam, happy tears in her eyes. "We're having a baby girl, Sammy."

Sam cupped Angela's face in his hands and leaned down to kiss her deeply. Angela wrapped her arms around Sam's neck as she closed her eyes. After a few moments, Sam pulled away and rested his forehead against hers, a huge smile on his face.

"We're going to have a daughter." His voice cracked ever so slightly. "And I hope she looks just like you."

Castiel smiled softly at the couple, not quite realizing how much they needed this happy news. With all the fighting going on between the three hunters, it was nice to feel truly happy.

A/N: Surprise! Sam and Angie are having a baby girl :) I'm going to put a poll on my profile to see what you guys want the baby's name to be. I really hope y'all enjoyed this chapter! Writing it was really fun. And thank you for the recent reviews. Love y'all :) Xoxo

~Emily