I wrote this one a while back and wasn't really happy with it, but I decided that since I don't have anything else, I'll post it anyway. I'm still kind of meh about it. I used the aswang legend for this story (I got this one from watching Grimm though I'm surprised it hasn't showed up on SPN yet). It's a pretty cool and creepy creature so I encourage everyone to look it up if you haven't heard of it yet ;)

Also, I'm pretty much at the bottom of the barrel with my Cas fics for the moment so if anyone has any ideas, send 'em my way :)

Title: Cas Delivers a Baby

Setting: Season 5

Warnings: non-graphic childbirth (and awkward midwife Cas)

Cas Delivers A Baby

Set Season 5

Castiel might have been a warrior but there was definitely something different about being a hunter than an Angel of the Lord. As an angel he usually just received his orders and went out to complete them, but as a hunter there was not only the long distance driving but also the long hours of research and waiting for the monster of the day to show up or to strike again so you could find it.

And then sometimes you found yourself running for your life with a very pregnant woman who had just gone into labor.

Castiel had been helping Dean on hunts for a couple weeks now since Sam had decided they should part ways for the time being and Dean needed an extra hand on the hunt now that Bobby was an invalid. With his own powers reduced, he felt that hunting might help him feel useful again, and while he could never replace the years of experience Sam had shared with Dean, Castiel had come to see that he and the elder Winchester did make a good team—as long as Dean did most of the talking. He could still fight at least, if nothing else.

That was how they got wind of an aswang attacking pregnant women in a town in Ohio. After a few days of searching, they had finally found that the aswang was disguising itself as a nurse in the maternity ward of the local hospital. Unfortunately, before they could take it out, it had snatched a pregnant woman, Sarah, and ran off with her, leaving Dean and Cas in quick pursuit. They cornered it at it's own house, only to find it had a mate. Dean shot the first one and they rescued Sarah, but as they were leaving, they realized too late about the other aswang, just when Sarah started to go into labor and Dean discovered that the aswang had slashed the tires on the Impala. In short, they were in quite a bad situation at present.

That left them running for shelter, knowing that the other aswang had to be close, and even angrier now that they had killed its mate. As of now, it seemed to have disappeared into the surrounding forest, and Dean and Cas were lucky enough to find a foreclosed house down the street they could hole up in.

"What do we do?" Sarah asked as Dean helped her sit down on an abandoned sofa. "This baby's going to come in a come sooner rather than later, we have to get out of here!"

"Just try to calm down," Dean attempted to soothe the distressed woman, wishing Sam had been there with his nice-boy eyes and sappy reassurances. "We'll get this thing and get you to a hospital. I'll try to call an ambulance."

But as they had found out before, there was little to no cell signal where they were so far outside of town, and there seemed to be none inside the house. Dean cursed as he threw the phone down. "Dammit, okay, Cas, help me barricade the windows with what we can find. I only want one entrance for the thing to get inside."

Together, they gathered all the furniture they could find and stacked it against the openings. They were just moving a heavy bookcase in front of the window when a crash sounded on the door and Dean spun around, his gun at the ready, but the aswang hadn't broken through quite yet. Sarah was panting heavily, sounding panicked. Dean hurried over to her, and gripped her shoulder reassuringly.

"It's gonna be all right, you just need to calm down, okay? Breathe!"

But it was easier said than done, as Castiel could plainly see. The woman was terrified, and the aswang kept slamming into the door, possibly with a hammer or axe now. A board splintered and Dean cursed as he backed up, readying himself for when the creature broke through. Castiel had his angel blade at the ready. He wasn't sure if it would kill the creature, but thankfully they had been able to gather what they needed for the weapon before this had happened.

"Oh God, I think it's coming!" Sarah moaned, clutching her stomach.

"Don't worry, Cas and I will get it before it gets to you," Dean assured her.

"No, I meant the baby!" Sarah cried before screaming in pain and curling onto her side.

"Uh…" Dean cast a horrified glance between her and Castiel. The angel looked back at him with a frown. "Cas, go…figure that out. I got this."

The angel was taken aback. "I'm not a midwife, Dean, I don't know how to birth a baby."

"Dude, you're an angel, doesn't that make you qualified?" Dean demanded, glancing back at the door, a board of which had splintered now, showing the aswang outside. "You're better at this kind of crap than me!"

"Help, it's coming!" Sarah cried.

"Um," Castiel said, flustered and fixed a smile onto his face to Dean's coaxing, as he hurried over to Sarah and crouched down, setting his blade aside. "Let's…let's get you comfortable."

"Dude, give her your coat," Dean told him.

Castiel hurriedly shrugged out of his trench coat and spread it over her as he got her situated properly; he tried to remember exactly how things went. Of course he was familiar with the mechanics of birth as such, but he had never actually helped at one, and hadn't really witnessed one up close. He was afraid he was going to do something wrong, and with his depleted powers he would be unable to heal either Sarah or the baby should something happen.

"Have you ever done this before?" Sarah asked him as he rolled up his sleeves and crouched beside her, wondering what he was supposed to do next.

"No, I've never done this," he said truthfully before he wondered if he was supposed to have lied.

"Well, I'm glad you're honest," Sarah said before she screamed again and gripped the couch cushion.

"Cas, you're supposed to tell her when to push!" Dean shouted.

"Push?" Cas asked just as the door exploded inward and the aswang burst inside. Dean put several bullets into it hoping to phase it for a moment as he readied the other weapon, the flail with the stingray barb on it that was supposed to be able to kill an aswang.

"Is the head showing?" Dean yelled out, glancing over at the screaming woman and the confused angel.

Castiel scrambled to look, wishing there was more light in the place. "Yes," he finally said.

"Then tell her to push and get ready to catch!" He raised the weapon, but the aswang lunged forward and threw Dean backwards through one of the barricades, sending chairs scattering everywhere as the hunter tumbled into the next room. Castiel wasn't sure whether he should help Dean or not, but he was shocked to find Sarah's hand gripping his wrist tighter than he would have expected from a human.

"It's coming!" she gasped and threw her head back with a scream. Castiel hurriedly got ready, feeling what he thought might possibly be panic as he waited for the baby to come, all the time listening to the aswang throw Dean around the next room.

"Push, Sarah," he coaxed. "You're almost there."

With another scream, Sarah pushed and a thin cry sounded out as Castiel caught the baby and held the tiny squalling thing in his hands. He quickly cut the cord as Sarah lay panting and then bundled it into his trench coat, gazing down at this small new life that he had helped bring into the world. A smile touched his lips as he rocked the baby slightly.

"Hello little one," he said softly.

A scream was heard in the other room and he looked up sharply as the sounds stopped. He heard a grunt and then heavy footsteps as Dean staggered back into the room, clutching his side and looking worse for wear.

"Dean," Castiel asked, standing up with the baby still in his arms.

"Got it," Dean gasped out, then smiled as he saw the baby. "Hey, look at that, you're a right midwife, Cas."

"Cas," Sarah said. "Can I hold my baby?"

"Oh, of course," the angel said, putting the tiny thing into her arms as she reached up for it. "It's a boy."

Dean limped over and grinned as he watched the mother and child. "Congratulations, Sarah."

"Thanks," she said. "And thank you for saving us." She smiled up at Dean and then Cas. "You did good, Cas."

The angel smiled a bit bashfully. "I'm just glad it went all right."

"Well, let's get you out of here and back to the hospital," Dean told Sarah. He was finally able to find reception to call an ambulance and they waited until it came, Castiel insisted Dean go as well to get his injuries looked after.

"I'm fine," Dean grunted, but Cas had already determined that he had several cracked ribs and a possible sprained knee.

"We'll have to get new tires for the car anyway," the angel reminded him.

Dean huffed but didn't feel like arguing anymore. An hour later he was bandaged and medicated, and he and Castiel were ready to leave the hospital when Sarah met them.

"Thanks again, both of you," she said with a smile, then handed Cas his coat back. "I thought you would want this."

"Thank you," the angel said, even as Dean opened his mouth in protest. "Have you thought of a name yet?"

Sarah smiled. "I'm going to call him Cas. It will be an interesting story to tell him about how he came into the world."

The angel was stunned but smiled genuinely. "I wish him a happy life."

"Take care, Sarah," Dean said as he leaned against Cas' shoulder to take pressure of his knee while they headed out to the parking lot. He grinned at his friend. "Look at that, Cas. You should go into the business."

"I'm just glad I could help her," Castiel replied as they reached the Impala that the local mechanic had brought there for them with new tires.

"Oh, and dude," Dean said, wincing as he got into the driver's seat. "You need to clean that coat."

Castiel gave a slight smirk at Dean's face, but felt content inside. At least he could still help people. That was all that really mattered to him.