"Squirrel, don't. Give me the blade and we can go on and get that pretty sister of yours. Moose is with her. I bet they're planning the family reunion as we speak!" Crowley said backing away slowly. Dean lunged at the man. Within the blink of an eye he had the demon up against the wall by his collar. Dean started having second thoughts. He hated this man, hell he wasn't even a man! He was a demon, the King of Hell! He had to be killed. Then again, Crowley had helped the siblings out many times, he always kept Dani safe, and most of the time he was useful. Dean's eyes darkened another shade as he lifted the Blade.
Dani woke up with a scream. Breathing heavy she wiped the sweat from her forehead. Sam took two large steps and was beside her wrapping her in a hug. "Shhhh. It's okay. It was just a dream. You're okay" He soothed as he rubbed her hair. She gave her brother a small smile as she rubbed her face again. The same dream had haunted her for months. Each and every night she had the same dream. Cain. His gruff voice telling her that he would be with her forever, that she had to follow her own path of the Mark, and that his brand would forever be on her skin. It wasn't necessarily a nightmare, it just left her feeling on edge.
Dean lifted the Blade and brought the handle down on the crown of Crowley's head. The man was knocked out instantly. Dean let him drop and made his way out the door. He jumped into his stolen truck and made his way towards the town that his siblings were currently in.
The drive was less than 45 minutes. He was pulling into the parking lot when "Bad Moon Rising" starting playing. He sat in the white Ford and listened to the song. He laughed as he thought back to his sister making his birthday cake last year as she danced and sung in the kitchen to this song. He wiped a tear from his face, took a deep breath and opened the door.
Cas knocked on the motel door as he glanced nervously over his shoulder. A habit he had picked up as of recently. All of Heaven and Hell wanted the angel dead. Having his grace back was a huge stress lifted. Now he just had to face the Winchester sister. The door swung open pulling him from his thoughts. He looked straight ahead, expecting Sam's towering figure to greet him. Instead he had to look down to see Danielle standing there looking at him with tears in her eyes. "Castiel" she said in a sigh. She stood on her tippy toes and threw her arms around the man that she had been thinking of these past few months. His arms snaked around her waist and pulled her closer. She smelled the same she always had, vanilla and honey. It made his chest tighten. "Cas" Sam nodded to the angel. "Sorry to break this up, but we need to hurry. We've gotta finish this spell and get my brother and sister back to normal" Sam said smiling at his little sister. Danielle's heart broke. She hadn't told anyone of her little parting gift from Cain. She was still trying to process. Once the siblings had located Dean and cast the spell, she guessed she would have to explain why it didn't work on her. She sighed as she watched Castiel hand Sam a midnight black feather.
Dean made his way across the gravel parking lot and opened the door to the closed bar. In the corner sat the man who he was looking for. "Hello Dean! Do come and try these nachos. They're delicious." The deep voice of Death called to the hunter. Dean took a deep breath as he made his way towards the offered food.
"So let me get this straight.. you want me to take you somewhere far away so you can't keep killing? Dean I'm not saying that I don't love the idea of taking you out of this world, but why the sudden change of heart? You killed even before you got this Mark." Death questioned as she slurped his glass of Coke. "I killed monsters. Not slaughtered. Especially not innocent people. The Mark has changed me. Turned me demon, and even after I was cured, it's starting to turn me back down that path. I felt it today when I was using it." Dean said twiddling his thumbs. "No." Was his reply. "No?" Dean questioned. "That's correct. The answer is no. We both know how this goes... You die, Sam and Dani bring you back, something bad happens because of that, and the cycle starts over again. Dean Winchester your ticket was punched a long time ago. You were suppose to be dead for years. Your family keeps bringing you back. It gets old! Do you know how valuable my time is boy?" Death questioned looking Dean in the eyes. "I know. That's why everything has to change this time" Dean said smirking. "Go on" Death said leaning in to listen to the plan.
"Alright, that should be it. Go get Dean and we'll cast this spell" Rowena said with the roll of her eyes. This was boring. Sure she was excited to be in possession of the Book of The Damned, but it wasn't the same when you had a lumberjack smacking your hand every time you try to sneak a sneak a little peek. Sam nodded as he picked up his phone to call his older brother. Just as he picked up the phone it rang. "Dean? I was just getting ready to call you" Sam said into the receiver. "Yeah she's here. Where? Okay. We'll be right there. Why? Uh, okay I guess?" Sam hung up with furrowed brows.
"So Dean just called. He wants Dani and I to come to the bar down the road.. alone. He insisted that Cas isn't around." He said glancing at the angel. Cas stood stonic. Something seemed off. "I guess grab your coat Dani. Let's go grab him and get rid of this Mark. It's making Dean weirder than he normally is" Sam said with a chuckle.
The siblings parking the Impala beside the stolen truck that they assumed their brother was driving. They both glanced at each other when they were at the door getting ready to head inside. Dani gave her brother a small smile as she opened the door.
Dean sat at the bar sipping on a honey colored whiskey with a few ice cubes floating around. His back sat straight up in the chair. He wasn't relaxed at all. His thoughts were on his father. John had raised the three in an unorthodox fashion. He lived and raised his kids by a code. If Dad were here he would understand. He would know that the greater good of the world mattered more than three siblings. John would understand that Dean was a danger to everyone and that he would need to stopped. Permanently.
Dani and Sam slipped into the seats on either side of Dean as they both grabbed the glasses that their older brother had already poured for them. "Dean. It's good to see you" Dani said as she looked at her big brother with such loved. She had missed both of her brothers like crazy, but Dean the most. She had always been closest to the oldest Winchester. He slowly turned towards his little sister and looked at her as she sipped her drink. She looked so much like Dean did when he was her age. She even had the look of seeing far too much in her eyes. "I'm sorry" he whispered as the man walked out of the back room.
"Something is wrong. We should go to the bar" Castiel said as he paced the musky motel room. "Relax hot wings. They're fine! Dean just wanted to talk to them about everything that has happened in tha past few months. They'll laugh, they'll cry, then they'll be back. Now sit down before you start making me nervous!" The witch hissed as she kept her eyes on the pacing angel. Castiel didn't sit, in fact, he grabbed the witch by the arm and tugged her out to his own stolen car. "You expect *me* to ride in *that*!?" Rowena gasped as she looked at the ugly car before her. "Either get in or go into the handcuffs and get locked in the bathroom. Your choice" Cas said as he opened the passenger side door looking back at her. She didn't pause as she ran to the car and jumped in. She had saw the state of that bathroom when they had first checked in. She'd rather go on a pointless errand with an angel.
"Dean? What's he doing here?" Sam asked getting up from the bar stool. "Sam, it's good to see you. You as well Danielle" Death said nodding to both. "We've actually called this meeting to talk to you two about something that is happening in the next few minutes." He stated flatly. "Dean?" Dani whispered from behind him. He grabbed her arm as he pulled her to stand next to Sam. "Listen.. this needs to happen. This *has* to happen. I'm a danger to the world. I've turned into something that I use to hunt and I'm not even talking about the demon part. I've turned into a cold blooded monster. It's that simple. What do we do with monsters? We get rid of them" he said looking between his siblings. "Dean we're not killing you! You know how that ended!" Sam hissed as he looked out of the corner of his eye to his sister. "Nobody said anything about you killing him boy" Death said filling his plate full of chicken wings. "That's what this is? A suicide Dean? You brought us here to say goodbye while you have him kill you?!" Dani screamed. No. She had lost him to the Mark once. It wasn't going to happen again. Beside, she had the Mark so she was safe around him. "You're not going to watch him kill me Danielle. Stop being so dramatic" Dean said with a roll of his dark green eyes. "You... You never call me Danielle. That's the first time in my life you've ever called me that" Dani said as she took a step back from the stranger that was her brother. "He quiet right Danielle, he didn't bring you here to watch me kill him." Death said standing next to Dean. He pulled out his scythe and handed it to Dean.