AUTHOR'S NOTE I'd like to give special mention to Alex Megan who was kind enough to help me filter my ideas and her writing is INSPIRING to say the least and EVERYONE should read her work because it's simply perfect!
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There have been people who have taken issue with the story seeming to be more about the character Laney BUT I promise her role is important to the plot, also for people who like Firefly, Serenity, Fifth Element the character of Laney is based loosly on River Tam and Leeloo (Innocent, Chosen, Strong, With KICK-ASS Fighting skills). I promise things are getting more Sam and Dean centric as it i THEIR story but my O.C. is supposed to be (obviously from my stand point) just as big a part of the Supernatural series as the Wincester brothers as will be explained in the first "Episode" on this "DISC" I hop everyone can stick through to the end cause I'm thick with plot here..(and if it aired this way on the show you kow you'd go with it)
And here's a spoiler for my own story for those I haven't already told: Book Of Revelations from the Bible: 11:19-12:1-18 will be coming into play and is important to the plot (hence the character Laney's innocence (and importance), it has to do with her being chosen to be the mother of the prophesized child). Oh and Nephilim will plat a part in things as well.
Pretty much the whole thing's (The whole REAL Series really's) about self fufilled prophecies and how far angels, demons and "things" from purgatory will go to ensure the chips fall in their favor when all is said and done (because no one knows EVERYTHING that's REALLY written) (Oh yeah and let's just say the child everyone wants ahold of is "supposed" to be the "Comander And Chief" of a very big army... But since there's three (maybe more) armies vying for a leader...
Just food for thought...
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The first "Episode" on this "DISC" has a bit about Castiel (I'm not turning him into a bad guy people but I'm just telling about how he reached what points he reached in his existence.) AND I HOPE PEOPLE WHO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE STORY (AND EVERY SINGLE EPISODE ALL THE WAY BACK TO SEASON 1) OF THE REAL SHOW UNDERSTAND)). . . . Also the first "Episode" may seem IFY but it's ALL important to the plot! (And honestly we all know the REAL Series has a few IFY episodes of it's own and we go along anyway in hopes IT ALL MEANS SOMETHING!)
OH AND FOR ALL THE FANGIRLS THERE WILL BE SOME CASTIEL AND ANOTHER CHARACTER (not saying who!) SLASH LATER...JUST TO KEEP YOU GOIN...
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Pure Ones Supernatural
Season...?
"DISC" 5
Episode 15
"My blue eyed angel."
Chapter 1
NINE YEARS AGO...
Sarah Blake was a sweet girl with a good head on her shoulders and she had a number of charms about her. She was persuasive which was good for business at her father's auction house.
Sarah had what she thought was a good stable life built up and she felt she had a bright future ahead of her.
That was until Sam came into her life that was. Not long after meeting him she found out about the fact ghosts were not just scary stories.
Then abrubtly Sam and his brother were gone and it left a hallow feeling in her life.
Sarah tried to go on with her life as normaly as possible. But as time passed she would see signs that maybe ghosts weren't the only "things" out there.
Just watching the news or reading the paper she found herself seeing underlying hints of supernatural occurances all over the place.
And it started to eat at her, the fact that she knew about what was out there and it didn't sit right with her that she was just doing absolutly nothing about it.
Soon she was checking out books from the library and studying up on EVERYTHING that might possibly be out there and it was scary to say the least to see just how man "things" there may be.
Sarah started to dip her toe trepidaciously into the waters of hunting. She stuck to what she'd learned from Sam and Dean which was mostly hauntings and when that didn't feel like enough she started to expand her hunting horizons.
No matter what "job" she worked or how succeful it was Sarah always felt like an amature as she was ALWAYS messing up somewhere and it was almost the end of her a few times.
Seeing how dangerous this life was she wondered how Sam and Dean did this all on their own and continued to survive.
Now she honestly doesn't remember how the idea hit her or when, just that when she started to roll with it, it was SURPRISINGLY easy.
She started to track down not signs of where "jobs" were now but signs of where "jobs" had already been done.
Sarah tracked down several people who had witnessed the supernatural and convinced many them that they couldn't just do nothing now that they knew what they knew.
Many of those people were really all to easy to bring into the fold while others took a little proding and some it was just pointless to even try to sway them.
Most of the people who were easiest to convince were those with which Sam and Dean had interacted with, oddly the brothers just had that effect on people.
It was surprising for Sarah to find that Sam and Dean WERE NOT the only hunters out there besides her and those she gathered, but that just meant even more people for the cause.
Soon Sarah got bold and started to go for "NORMAL" people with usefull skills or in positions of authority... Well got a have a few people on the other side of the curtain to do damage control.
She broke the rules a bit in showing those "NORMAL" people PROOF of what was out there and then it wasn't hard to convince them to take up the fight. What DOUCHBAG just sits around while it looks like REAL monsters are taking over the planet?
As the number of people Sarah gathered grew she wondered how Sam would feel if he knew she was gathering what could be considered an army just because of him.
She knew the life of hunting was dangerous but she also knew that this world wouldn't last long if there weren't more people to fight the fight and that even though it may never be at their immediate disposal, in fact that they may not even know about it at all THIS ARMY Sarah had formed was for Sam and Dean's benefits just as much as it was for her own.
Then Sarah found the Supernatural book series written by Carver Edlund and she knew she had to find the author.
She spent years tracking him down and at first it was like he had "DISAPEARED OFF THE FACE OF THE PLANET" but then she found a storage unit full of his writings.
After reading everything she'd found she knew that Sam and Dean were about to be in a lot of trouble and she knew she needed the author of these manuscripts if she was going to stand a chance at helping the brothers even from afar.
It wasn't till after Sarah's purchase of the land at Camp Chautauqua did a man named Chuck Shurly came to her and told her HE was who she'd been looking for and he gave her the run down about how he was a prophet and soon with their common goal to help Sam and Dean with their journy even from afar they became friends.
With Chuck coming into "this line of work" it became SO much easier to track down all the people that would actually say yes to this kind of life.
And Sarah didn't know that at times, just out of sight a demented angel looked on as she tasked through her days and he was muttering to himself: "Playing to Destiny's tune makes US ALL dance round and round as WE are ALL ensnared by IT'S web and helpless to escape from IT as the web becomes the strings of OUR master puppeteer."
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THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO...
Castiel had been tasked as leader of his regiment of Watcher angels and he was finally awarded the privilege of having charges. He had been amongst mortals before and he thought he was educated well in the ways of Man.
BUT... What most don't understand that was Castiel's charges came with a few stings attached, A LOT of strings really. .
The mortals he was tasked to watch were troublesome to say the least. Their destinies were "SUPPOSED" to be written in stone and the only thing he was supposed to do was just keep watch...At first anyway...
He watched as the first of the brothers was born and as the second was placed into his arms at the age of four years old.
He watched as their mother was burned on the ceiling of their home and as their father took the next steps in the fufilling all of their destinies by bringing them into the life of a hunter.
The fact that the brothers were soulmates didn't matter apparently, didn't even regigester as it was ordered that the brothers be turned against eachother.
Dean wasn't supposed to be so close to Sam.
Even their birth signs were "supposed" to be meant for incompatibility.
Dean was purposely made to be an Aquarius and Sam was purposely made to be a Taurus. Both are fixed signs that weren't "supposed" to get along together and were never meant to waver from their natures and thus put in place to create a wedge between them.
Yet Dean loved Sam more than his own life and he was Sam's whole world and that in itself provided several complications and now Castiel was being ordered by his superiors to interact in various levels to create the needed tension between the brothers.
At first Castiel thought it would be easy to manipulate the brothers through their father John as he found John could perceive his true visage and hear his true voice.
And he'd whisper to John how Sam would become dangerous if he was not kept in check and that served to make a tense dynamic for John and Sam but it only strengthened the bond between Sam and Dean.
Now as time went on and the brothers grew Castiel began to become attached to both of his charges and it began to pain him to know a great deal of their destiny.
He began to try to do things for their benefits, small things at first.
One time Dean had to go and electrocute himself and Castiel was ordered to find a way to heal Dean without laying hands on him himself. So Castiel guided Sam to a man who's wife had a reaper on a leash and he guided that "faith healer" to chose Dean and he helped Sam be victorious in saving Dean's life and he was the one who ushered the reaper back to it's station when it was all over.
He helped their father acquire the much coveted Colt that was said to be able to vanquish any creature. And while it could in deed put an end to the much hated Azazel there were "things" the weapon COULD NOT kill and Castiel had to save Sam's life as John shot the vampire Luther.
Castiel gave a gruff "You shouldn't have done that." to John as Luther did not fall. Of course John misperceived those words as he shouldn't have saved Sam's life.
So now Castiel had to clean up the mess or Sam would die and John would think The Colt useless and Dean would fail to stop Azazel.
Castiel went to the Luther's side, placed his hand on the vampire's head and pulled the creature's malevolent spirit from it's shell and with a barely visable flash of wings he was gone. John thought the bullet from the magic gun had done it's job and all was well, the brothers were safe The Colt was in play and of all things Destiny was still on track.
Then his charges sat in front of the home of the next in line to be targeted by Azazel and he rode on the wave of Azazel's Electro Magnetic Interferance to try and tell the brother's "Stay where you are." And he heard his voice come over the radio of the Impala yet the brothers ignored him. Castiel knew they were not yet ready to take on a being such as Azazel and he had tried to stop them and maybe if they had listened who knows maybe Destiny would have been derailed then and there. But that wasn't the case as they still barged in despite his efforts.
Castiel was powerless to stop what seemed to be the runaway train of the brothers' destinies as Dean lay in a coma and John sold his soul. As Sam lay dead and Dean sold his.
Castiel watched and shared Sam's grief when Dean was ripped apart by the hell hounds and he was confused as to why he wasn't allowed to raise Dean from perdition until after he had broken in hell enough to be made to torture.
Castiel still followed the orders of his main superiors even when it was apparent that not all angels were playing on the same side of the board and once again he was helpless to watch as Sam took another step in the path Destiny had already mapped out for him and freed Lucifer from his cage. And he even did as he was commanded and tried to place another wedge between the brothers again to help guide Dean into accepting Michael when he took Dean's necklace RIGHT after he was hurt by Sam's betrayal and then in giving it back and calling it worthless RIGHT after Dean was hurt by what he saw in Sam's tampered with heaven.
But then the brothers did what Castiel did not think was possible.
At times it almost, ALMOST seemed like Destiny was being kept at bay as the brothers pulled together, became stronger than ever and Lucifer was cast back to where he belonged. And then when the brothers' destinies still seemed to be not only unchanged but still wrought with horrors Castiel did not want his charges to suffer. Castiel did his damndest to sway Destiny in the favor of his charges by going against Raphael when he wanted to re-jumpstart the apocalypse.
But even Castiel had played his part and even though he wasn't aware of it at the times his doing EVERYTHING he did had been destined and he had played his part SEVERAL times.
Now of all things Castiel had become deranged and he had never even been aware angels could lose their minds. Maybe it was a side effect of having something like Leviathan let lose inside him or maybe it was the discovery of: That EVERYTHING he'd done had, had it's purposes and that he DID NOT derail Destiny. That instead his actions had only helped propel IT into fruition.
It was maddening to certain degrees in either case and in what clear moments he had Castiel could ascertain that it was propably, mostly the latter that had driven him insane.
In his maddness Castiel had taken to wondering about the Earth looking for answers, for hope and for the possibility of redemtion...
Yes Castiel WAS insane now, but he still had a desire to be good, to be true, to be loyal and above all things he desired to right the wrongs that Destiny had inflicted on him and his charges. . . . .
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Walt and Roy were hunters. It was the only life they knew how to live. So when they heard rumors that an abonination that they were certain they had killed, not only walked the earth again but had possibly sired a child with yet another abomination, it was intolerable to say the least.
Soon Walt and Roy gathered their friends with "like minds" on the subject of what defined a monster...They were ALL going to hunt Sam Winchester, his freak of a mate AND their freak offspring down...
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When they had first started to see into eachother's heads it had taken Dean quite a bit of time to adjust to seeing the creatures Laney was able to see through her mind. One of the hardest things to deal with, at first was what she saw slumbering in Sam and the same yet slightly less developed looking thing slumbering within herself. But after Gabriel had touched Sam and Laney what Laney saw in Sam and herself became different. In Sam the creature still slumbered but now a thin wisp of a silver veil encased it and in herself her silver veil was more pronounced and thicker.
There were so many things different after Gabriel had touched Laney and Sam. One thing was: Sam was now some kind of weird interferance to Laney's defenses against Dean being inside her head and it made her unable to register Dean's thoughts or get into Dean's head as easily as she used to. But that was only when Sam and Laney were in the same vicinity after a certain range away from Sam Laney's defenses along with her ability to hear Dean thoughts and get in his head were as strong or even stronger than ever.
After FEAR Laney's once dark brown hair had turned stark white in places and it made her look well beyond her years and it was hard for Dean to know that Gabriel had been around except RIGHT when he was needed. Then the angel just had to be absent? Right as what he claimed to be his charge was nearly killed? And what about the assault on Laney? Where was Gabriel then? And what better things did he have to do than to be there and protect her? Everything about what had happened screamed Gabriel was an irresponsible prick that could have done something at ANY time to keep ALL of the things that had happened from happening and Laney agreed for the most part that Gabriel probably couldn't be trusted.
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Gabriel knew he was toeing a very dangerous line. He hadn't been lying to the Leviathan or two different groups of demons when he promised them a piece of the pie.
He had just failed to mention exactly what pieces of what pies they'd be getting.
He really was on the right side...Or at least he liked to think he was...As he was sure that as long as he had faith and followed his orders like a good soldier should...That EVERYTHING would turn out okay in the end...
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Castiel had wandered aimlessly about the Earth...And he delved into realms that weren't meant for any of GOD'S creations...But he always found himself coming back to Sarah Blake...for whatever reason...
Right now Castiel stood just outside the camp's gate and he was staring up at the sky listening for the sounds of his brethren...But there were none...He hadn't lost his grace...It was torn yes but not gone, so Castiel did not why he could no longer hear the hosts of heaven...When he was halfway lucid Castiel would ponder that perhaps it was because he had been tainted and that was why he could not return to heaven or hear the voices or feel the presence of his kind any longer...
Then he started aimlessly musing over the cloud above his head and how it resembled a turtle, or maybe it looked more like a rabbit?...And he was lost in the wonders before him and had a semi-lucid thought of " Creation is beautiful and conected...Why would any question how it comes to be?...Why can't we ALL just be glad it's here and enjoy it while it lasts?"...
Castiel stared at the sky completely oblivious to the fact that he had physically materialized and he was visible for all the world to see...
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Chuck Shurly didn't really know alot...Even about himself...He had memories of his childhood, his family and his life...but they felt dissociated like they were not really his...And he had been losing time...Without knowing where he had been or what had heppened to him during those times...All he did know was that when he "came back" from "wherever" the last time, he had been "gone" for over a year...And this last time when he "came back" from "wherever" he knew where he had to go..he just didn't know really why, but he went anyway and he realized that he had come to find his purpose in this life...
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Chuck was venturing out of the camp when he saw a man standing in the middle of the field out to the side of the gates...
"Hey buddy this is private property!" Chuck shouted. But the man just stood there staring upwards...
Now Chuck walked up to the man...He was going to physically escort him away if necassary...
Chuck reached out, grabbed the man by the shoulder, and spun him around so that he could intimidate face to face...But when the man turned to face him Chuck was haulted in his tracks...
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It was close to the end of April and Dean had tracked down a hunt of the most stupendous of natures... Or at least he thought so..well it's not everyday that they had got to go up against things like a Hekatonkeire and he was saying things like "Come on it was a GIANT...AND it had a hundred arms...HOW COOL WAS THAT?"...
Adam and Sam rolled their eyes while giving slightly amused grins...
Sam could see Dean's mind and knew his big brother was just trying to keep his mind and their's off the fact that he was pretty sure the future he had seen was going to happen no matter what..He knew Dean was scared...
Laney stood in the kitchenette of the brothers' hotel room...She figured that since she was no longer in the field she could use her excess of free time to at least make sure that Sam, Dean and Adam had a clean "place" to live and ate proper "home" cooked meals...
"Smells good." Said Sam as he came in through the door and his brothers followed in behind him chiming the same.
Laney brushed a few stark white strands of hair from her face as she stirred the pot that sat simmering on the small hotel stove. "Thanks, it's just gulash though..I had to work with what I could get." She said, refering to the now dwindling food and supplies on the supermarket shelves.
"That's okay I'm starving." Said Adam.
Now Laney turned and took in the sight before her...The brothers were covered heads to toes in a reddish brown, watery fluid. She shook her and scolded "Nuh ah! You three go wash up first!" And she pointed towards the bathroom with "And clean up ya'll's mess after...Dean." She emphasized the last word towards the messiest brother who had just been told off the day before yesterday about always leaving his wet towels in the floor, his tooth brush still covered with goopy toothpaste on the bathroom sink and his dirty socks... well everywhere.
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With Sam being an interferance to Laney's abilities to read Dean's mind or defend her mind against his... Dean could read her mind so easily now AND he already knew how to get a rise out of her so easily anyway..And he liked to mess with her on purpose...
Sam and Adam thought it was comical..The playful smacks Laney inflicted Dean's shoulders or chest with when he got her riled and he was constantly getting her riled...
Adam only wondered when Dean would just stop the flirting and finally get serious... While Sam knew his brother WAS flirting he also knew Dean was just trying to keep her distracted as well...
Dean could feel her emotions and hear her thoughts and he knew he'd know if he went to far...
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Hunts were getting hard to come by and Dean was almost always antsy to kill something nowdays...And he was willing to point the Impala towards whatever jobs he could find...
It was a little after the start of May and there were demonic omens in Odessa, Delaware and Dean pointed the Impala East.
The Impala was just pulling across the line into the city limits of Rising Sun, Maryland when the four hunters inside the car noticed all the people making haste to pack up their vehicles in preperation for a mass exodus.
Dean rolled down his driver side window asking "What's with everyone?" from the nearest person as they ran past.
The young man probably barely in his twenties looked at Dean agast as if it were not possible he didn't already know. "It's all over the news! Anyone in places below certain altitudes are being ordered to evacuate the East Coast!"
"Why?" Dean asked.
"A piece of The Las Palmas Island in The Azores broke off and a tsunami over one hundred feet high is headed this way! It could wipe out ALL of the low lying areas on the ENTIRE East Coast! Don't you watch the news?" The young man yelled.
Dean shrugged. They'd barely found the demonic omens, it was just a blip really that they'd picked up and they had been driving non stop to get to Delaware and none of them had really been watching the news or reading the papers for the last couple of days. But who among them knew how fast the news could go from being about something called a Kardashian to actual real life changing stuff that actually made the papers?
"How long do we have to get out of the area?" Dean asked.
"Seriously dude? We don't have a lot of time at all! Like two hours at most!" The man screamed and now he was jogging away probably to get himself out of what was soon to be a path of devastation.
"Dean we should turn around." Said Sam.
"What if it's just some bluff Sam?" Asked Dean "I mean we find demonic omens now we're going to be chased away by something we don't know is more than just a rumor?"
"It was on the news." Adam stated.
"And monsters don't manipulate what's on television or in the papers? HERE I WAS THINKING THAT, THAT WAS WHY WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE TRACKING HUNTS IN THE FIRST PLACE!"
" You don't THINK for just ONE SECOND the monsters MAYBE want people away from this area for a reason? Or do you REALLY think they'd warn ALL these people to get out of harm's way?" Dean ranted.
Sam and Adam both tilted there heads, Dean had a point. Why WOULD monsters warn people about ANYTHING bad?
Dean could see that Laney had been thinking the same thing as him but she hadn't intersected because she felt it was no longer her place to put herself between the brothers when they bickered pointlessly over cases.
As the Impala neared it's destination the towns grew more and more vacant and all the people still vacating the premises shot looks that said "KIND OF GOING THE WRONG WAY!" at the car's occupants as the Impala drove past.
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The sky was growing darker as monsterous black clouds covered the noon sun.
Birds were flocking West by the thousands and they themselves caused their own dark cloud like mass.
"Dean I think there might REALLY be something to this tsunami thing!" Said Sam sounding a little scared.
"Trust me Sammy I have a hunch. Okay?" Dean stated.
Sam shrugged and looked to Adam as if to say "Nice knowing you man.".
Laney just rolled her eyes and leaned against the back driver's side door and just stared out the window trying to ignore that she didn't need to be able to read his mind to know that even Dean was probably starting to have doubts now.
As the four hunters pulled into the now empty town of Odessa, Delaware the air hung ominously silent.
There seemed to be no one except a short round man making his way down the sidewalk.
"I should've known." Dean growled as Crowley stopped and eyed the Impala looking amused.
"BOYS!" Yelled Crowley looking chipper. "Had a feeling you might try to rain on my parade!"
Dean stepped out of the car and now it looked like an Old West showdown.
Sam, Adam and Laney joined Dean as more demons began to come to the sides of the road.
Crowley raised his hand and calmly said "Stand down no need for anyone to lose life or limb."
"Seems you have more power in hell than you let on." Dean snarled.
"Oh them?...We're together for the joint effort of destroying the Leviathan since you litle humans seem incapable. We've got a way to end those cheeky bastards once and for all." Crowley stated smugly. Then he looked around Dean to Laney and smiled as he said "Aw.. Hello lovely... Where have they been hiding you?"
Dean's eyes narrowed as he took a fighting stance and hissed "Don't even look at her!"
Crowley's eyes widened at Dean's protective nature over anyone but direct family, he stepped to get a better vantage point of the girl behind Dean and then Crowley let out an exasperated sigh when he saw Laney's budding belly and he chidded in reprimand "Good god woman!... What have you gone and done?"
Then Crowley looked to Dean saying "I'm guessing you're the proud papa of the little abomination... Look at the set of brass ones on you!...Dean Winchester... you've gone and defiled a virgin and a Saint...honestly I never thought you the type."
Crowley caught Sam's momentary look of shame and reacted with a maniacal laugh saying "YOU AS WELL?"
Crowley looked at Laney and said "And they call me a whore! You couldn't stop at opening your legs for just one of them could you?"
"How SAINTLY to lay with not one BUT, TWO MEN out of wedlock!"Crowley ranted mockingly. "Honestly the other side sure knows how to pick 'em!"
Crowley had crossed the line.. maybe he knew about what LEGION had done...maybe he didn't. But Laney had been through to much to have to be called a whore and by a demon like Crowly no less and Dean didn't have to look back to know that Crowly's words had made her cry. Dean was going to kill Crowly if Sam didn't beat him to it.
The demons on the street shifted reminding the hunters of their presence as if they sensed the brothers' desire to do something stupid. In their present states of mind neither Dean nor Sam cared about the demons as they stalked towards Crowley.
"Mind you tempers now boys. Wouldn't want things to get bloody for "Little Miss Baby On Board" now would you?" Aked Crowley sounding smug.
To prove Crowley's point two demons advanced on Laney and reached to grab her by the arms.
That's where all the demons other than Crowley met their demise. And Laney never even moved a muscle.
A gold light eminated from the demons and the lifeless bodies they had been wearing fell hollow to the ground. Then Laney was moving towards Crowley with purpose. Her strides showing her intent to bring an end to him as well.
As she closed in on the now cowering Crowley who was pleading for his worthless life as he found he couldn't "POP" or smoke out.
Dean snapped out of his revelry and moved to Laney's side saying coaxingly "Take it easy, we can't kill him...YET.. let me make him talk first." Dean was unnerved by the way she had just killed all of those demons with her mind and without even blinking...But he understood that even on a subconscious level she had been serious about not letting ANYTHING come close to hurting her baby again...
Laney realeased her grip from Crowly's throat and shoved the demon scum to the ground saying "You're right... We need him to talk..But you CAN'T torture him."
Now Laney took deep calming breaths as she slowly took enough steps back to put herself at a safe distance from Crowley.
"Dean you can't let him make you into that." Laney said looking pleadingly to Dean. "There are other ways."
"How Saintly indeed." Crowley mocked. "You know you could always just ask me."
"Like you would tell the truth." Sam snarled.
"I have no reason to lie. And I wouldn't want "Miss Rightous Anger" over here to go all "Warrior Princess" on me again now would I?" Crowley stated.
"Fine..You get one chance...ONE..to have a halfway humane death...because you ARE NOT leaving this place alive. You don't talk or I think you're lying and I will show you the real meaning of suffering. Then you'll talk, tell the truth and die just the same only it'll be painful and bloody." Dean seethed.
"Oh well then..since the only options I get end with me dead." Crowley pouted and crossed his arms. "I might as well make you torture me.. at least I know then I'm getting to do SOME damage as well... Just think of how they've missed you in hell.. well you wouldn't really have to think on it for long because when you die you'll be heading right back there... And I'm sure everyone there would love to give you their own.. special... little welcome back parties."
Now Laney's eyes grew teary as she begged Dean not to stoop to that level.
And it gave Dean pause because he didn't want that part of himself to be what she saw from this day on.
"What do you want to do?" Dean projected into her mind.
"I want to call Gabriel...At least if he does something to Crowley it's not on any of OUR heads." Laney answered with an apologetic look on her face.
Dean didn't like the idea of bringing an angel into the mix after Castiel had practically sold them out to side with Crowley but he conceeded because he knew Laney was right.
When Gabriel "WHOOSHED" in at Laney's request the angel looked momentarily shocked to see where he had landed and with whom he was in the company of.
Gabriel cocked his head slightly taking in Crowley and Crowley gave Gabriel a knowing smirk.
Laney pointed to Crowley and said "He said he had a way to stop the Leviathan. Now he won't talk. I figured it might be better to let an angel handle what to do with him."
Crowley stared Gabriel down in challenge. The Crossroad's demon knew he could have the little double agent by the balls if he wanted.
Crowley gave Gabriel a smile and a look that said "Do you really want to be testing me right now? With your precious little Saint right there?"
Gabriel deflated a bit though it wasn't visible and addressed Crowley warily and being careful to show Crolwly that it would be "Mutualy Beneficial" if Crowley kept his mouth shut about certain things.
"How were you going to stop the Leviathan?" Gabriel boomed seemingly commanding for an answer.
"Well we obviously weren't going to let Leviathan have our piece of pie." Crowley said as he straigtened a bit, gave Gabriel a smirk and continued "We were expecting a delivery of sorts...In fact..It should be arriving momentarily."
As Crowley spoke the ground started to rumble and the sky darkened even further as the thunderous sound of a giant wave was crashing in on the group.
Crowley looked up at where the wave met the sky and said "Aw...Here it comes now."
Dean took in the sight with stunned horror as Adam pulled him to the Impala.
Laney grabbed the equally shocked Sam and as she guided him to the car she yelled to Gabriel "GET US OUT OF HERE!"
Gabriel touched the car and transported it, it's occupants and Crowley to a safe distance from the wave's reach.
As the wave settled a giant shadow could be seen swimming under the surface of the water and Crowley yelled sounding smug and chipper "Lady and Gentlemen I give you Behemoth!" Then Crowley used the four hunters' awestruck moment of distraction to "POP" away.
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Chapter 2
Dean was fuming that Crowley got away and that now there was yet another monster on the board to deal with.
As the water slowly recededed the huge mass under it's surface began to make it's way to shore.
"OH...That's not good." Said Sam sounding nervous as he and the other hunters began to retreat from the water's edge.
The beast was huge and resembled, quite honestly, a lot like the claims of what the Loc Ness Monster was supposed to look like, other than the fact that it had strong thick legs and thick padded paw like feet instead of flippers.
"Whoa." Was all Dean could say as he took in the colossal sight.
"What do we do now?" Asked Adam.
"Well if I may be so bold to make the suggestion that you all stop gauking at it and start figuring out a way to use it instead." Said Gabriel throwing in his two cents.
"And how would WE use it?" Asked Laney as she rounded on Gabriel and started stalking towards him.
"Alright don't go getting to big for your britches now missy... I'm just a watcher and a messenger I don't have an operation's manual for how to make the Titans clash." Said Gabriel but now he was taking a few percarious steps back as the look Laney cast upon him was full of wrath.
Laney haulted her advance and growled "I don't care about any of that...I'm not like you...Do you know how to keep it safe?"
"Well I don't know anyone that will know what to do with it or how to keep it safe either...BUT..I can make it easier to hide." Said Gabriel with a mischevious raise of his eyebrows.
Gabriel walked to Behemoth's side placed his hand on the creature and the beast began to glow with an emerald light.
Right before the eyes of the four hunters Behemoth began to transform. Soon the once twelve story tall massive monster became only two and a half feet tall from bottom of paw to top of head and it was now in the form of a yellow labrador retriever.
"Don't worry he'll be a good dog." Said Gabriel mockingly. "But you might want to drive with the windows down in case he gets car sick." And with a laugh and a flash of wings Gabriel was gone.
The dog cocked it's head and whined at the place where the angel had been standing. Then it looked to Dean and started wagging it's tail as it went to the eldest Winchester's side.
"Um.. Someone wanna call Cujo here off of me?" Said Dean as the dog nudged his hand trying to make him pet it's head.
"Come here boy." Said Laney patting her leg, going to a croutch and opening her arms and the dog bounded friendily towards her and into her open arms.
Laney gave a scratch behind the dog's ears as if she'd forgotton all about the fact that just momets ago the thing was a larger than life Biblical monster and Dean could see that Laney had never thought the creature bad and that she didn't care about whether or not it could really beat Leviathan. She was just happy to ensure the safety of yet another creature she felt didn't deserve to die, to be used or to be hunted for the rest of it's life.
"Friggin Saints." Dean thought, as he knew Laney was going to beg they keep the dog with them and the fact that he knew he was going to give into her.
The dog really wasn't a hassle and Dean hated to admit he actually kind of liked the thing, when he let down his guard enough to forget it was actually a monster underneath, that was.
Whatever Behemoth was, under it's dog form it just looked like the same green light that it had glowed as it transformed to Laney.
Sam and Adam seemed to soften to the mutt and every so often Sam would absent mindidly take to petting it as it sat between him and Laney in the backseat.
Dean pointed the Impala North-West. He didn't want to go there but he felt he had no choice. He needed answers, he needed to talk to Chuck.
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CAMP CHATAUQUA, NEW YORK...
SEVEN HOURS LATER...
The Impala pulled up to what looked like a gated hippie commune and Dean stepped out as a man from the gate gestured at him to do so with a very unfriendly wave of a rifle.
"What's your business here?" The man called gruffly from his post.
"We're hunters. And I'm not talking the kind that shoots up wildlife." Called Dean as he kept his hands visible.
"If that's the case you know the drill." The man called back.
Dean pulled out a pocket knife raised his sleeve and made a slice just above the bend of his elbow.
"We good?" Dean asked the man as his blood shone red.
The man nodded towards the car "Gotta check everyone son we can't afford to go on just your blood."
Laney stepped from the car and produced her own knife and made a slice similiar to what Dean had done. Dean winced as she flashed all the scars caused by LEGION and tried to look away before she noticed the disgust on his face.
But to no avail she caught it anyway and exactly like he feared with Sam acting as inteference she mistook the disgust to be for her and she pulled her sleeve back to her wrist hurridly and cast her eyes down in shame.
Sam and Adam also conducted the acts of slicing their upper arms to show their blood was also red.
Now the gate swung open and the man stepped back to allow them entry.
"Not so fast buttercup...You forgot to prove you're human to." Said Dean taking a defensive stance.
The man chuckled and proved himself human as well and said "Daylight's wastin either come in or don't."
Dean nodded and got back in his car along with Laney and his brothers and pulled in through the gate and they followed the man to a place they could park.
"Is there a Chuck Shurly here?" Dean asked the man as he cut off the Impala's engine.
"Oh yeah...he's quite a character if you ask me. I'll go see if I can round him up. Who do I say is asking for him?" The man asked.
"Just tell him Sam and Dean need to speak with him he'll know who we are." Dean replied.
"HOLY HELL! Not THE Sam and Dean?" Asked the man looking shocked.
When Dean nodded the man looked flabergasted. "Chuck used to talk about you two ALL THE TIME! It's an honor to meet you...I'm Kyle." The man extended his hand and after Sam and Dean both shook it he pulled himself out of his revelry and said "Right I better go get Chuck for you fellas."
Dean approached Laney and tried to apologize for the misunderstanding. She just smiled sadly and didn't meet his gaze as she told him she'd be fine. But he could see how everything over the last few months was starting to really wear thread bare against her soul.
He hated to know she was suffering and that Crowly's words were eating at her more than she let on.
When Kyle returned Chuck was at his side along with another couple of familiar faces...
"CAS?" Dean yelled as he came to an abrupt offensive stance and looked like he might start swinging.
Chuck stepped in between Castiel and Dean and said "Whoa!..Whoa!...Dean just calm down and listen!"
Sarah looked at Chuck then to Dean...She knew that there was some bad blood between Dean and Castiel but she wasn't made aware it would be this bad if they were ever in the same vicinity...
"WHAT IS HE DOING EVEN ALIVE...I WATCHED AS LEVIATHAN PRACTICALLY MELTED THROUGH HIM!" Dean yelled. Then he charged passed Chuck towards the angel, grabbed the front of Castiel's shirt and screamed "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE?"
"YOU LET LOSE THE LEVIATHAN...AND THEIR LEADER KILLED BOBBY! THAT MAKES YOU JUST AS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH AS THEY ARE!... SAMMY ALMOST DIED BECAUSE WHAT YOU DID TO HIS MIND... AND LEGION WALKS THE EARTH BECAUSE OF HOW YOU RIPPED OPEN HELL AND PURGATORY!...DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID?...TELL ME WHY I SHOULDN'T JUST TAKE ONE OF THE ANGEL BLADES I'VE GOT IN MY TRUNK AND RUN YOU THROUGH!" Dean ranted furiously.
"Dean please!" Chuck yelled as he tried to pry Dean away from the horror struck Castiel.
Dean pushed Castiel away. He didn't care that the angel had tried to do one last good deed, had tried to prove his friendship and loyalty at what he'd thought was the last as he released the souls back into Purgatory. All Dean saw now was a traitor.
"Dean it wasn't his fault!" Chuck yelled as he guided Dean away from Castiel who was now on his knees with his face burried in his hands. "He was really trying to help you when he did what he did..If you knew what he'd known you would understand that!"
"AND WHAT WAS THAT?... WHAT COULD HE HAVE KNOWN THAT MAKES EVERYTHING HE'S DONE...EVERYTHING HE'S CAUSED... SOMETHING I'D EVEN CARE TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND?... WHAT'S HIS EXCUSE THAT MAKES EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED BECAUSE OF HIM FORGIVABLE?" Dean yelled as he tried to charge at Castiel again. Now Sam and Adam helped to hold him back.
Laney looked at the broken Castiel and took pity on him and went to his side.
What she saw was the same sort of silvery humanoid that she had with Gabriel only Castiel's light didn't glow as brightly and the silvery wisps of his wings were tattered and frayed.
Castiel beamed up at the girl who had given him the grace of forgiveness and said "Blessed art thou for thou art with child." And he placed his hand to Laney's stomach.
Dean lost it at the sight of this and screamed "DON'T TOUCH HER!"
Castiel withdrew his hand and looked down guiltily as he understood that Dean didn't believe he deserved forgiveness and Castiel believed that Dean might be right.
"Look I know you think that what he's done is past forgiving...But at least try." Chuck begged.
"He thought what he was doing was right..And if he hadn't done what he had...Raphael would have brought on the apocolypse again... Plus everything from Purgatory would still have been released and the world would be in an even bigger mess than it is now because you and your brothers would be dead and there'd be hardly anyone to defend humanity against all the things that are out there now."
"Castiel was just trying to save the world..THE WHOLE WORLD..which last I checked..that as important as you are to the survival of Mankind..DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU, YOUR BROTHERS OR ANYONE'S HURT FEELINGS OVER WHAT'S BEEN DONE." Chuck stated in a reprimanding tone as he shook his index finger scoldingly at Dean.
"WELL DESTINY SEEMS TO DAMN WELL BE CENTERED AROUND US!" Dean screamed as he threw his hands in the air in a point over Sam's shoulder and he made to try and climb over his brothers to try to charge Castiel again.
"DEAN WINCHESTER!...LISTEN TO ME NOW!" Chuck yelled above the choas.
The brothers grew still and Dean stopped struggling as Chuck lowered his tone and continued. "Dean I'm trying to tell you that your destinies wouldn't have changed...And Raphael could have tried to force them to fruition just as easy as any other player on the board...Once you and Sam were dead the angels could have reanimated your shells to walk around souless automitons that would have been completly under their control if they wanted."
Dean took a deep breath and tried to stave off his anger at Castiel...Then he turned his back to the fallen angel and stalked back to the safety of the driver's seat of the Impala.
Sam and Adam gave Chuck and Sarah apologetic looks as they went to join their brother. Laney stayed at Castiel's side running her hand soothingly through the broken angel's hair as Chuck approached her.
"I'm sorry for what's been done to you." Said Chuck as he came down to Laney's eye level.
Laney gave him a sad smile as tears streaked down her face as she asked "You know about that?"
"It seems your story has always been meant to intertwine with their's somehow..So I've prophesized about you to... You even have your own set of books. They were just never published as everyone in the test group thought you were to perfect. That's before I knew you were real of course. And by the time I found out about all of this.".. Chuck gestured to all of the hunters in the commune. "Being real...My publisher wouldn't touch the books that included you in Sam and Dean's lives as it was unpopular to most readers that female characters be in the Supernatural Book Series at all. They didn't care about how important you've always been to the story."
Laney gave a chuckle saying "It's gotta suck being a Prophet of THE LORD and having people tell you that your writings won't be published because they're not popular with readers."
Chuck smiled saying "It sucks REALLY BAD! But it has to suck even more for you. I mean here you are a Saint of all things with your own gosspel and everything..And hardly anyone will read it because you're a woman and the writing's considered unpopular and thousands of years from now a bunch of old white rich conservatives will probably tamper with what's written and your true story will be lost to time."
"Why does everyone keep calling me a Saint?" Laney asked.
"Well...because you are." Chuck replied.
"What make ME a Saint? Is it because I chose to try to be good and chose to try and have faith in GOD or is it because it's what I've always been destined to be?" Laney asked.
"A bit of both I think..I believe you were always destined to be good because you never would have chosen to be aything else... Even after everything you've been through..Even after knowing there's so much hardship still ahead..and you don't know what it's going to be..You'll ALWAYS... CHOOSE to be good... That's what makes you a Saint." Chuck answered placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Laney leaned into Chuck's hand pointed to the brothers and asked "What about them?"
"Let's just say the Winchester gosspel will BE FULL of Saints...THEY just have to reach a point where THEY can accept THAT about THEMSELVES." Chuck replied.
"I just wish there was a way we could avert our destinies or at least sway them to actualy benefit us." Laney whispered.
"I have a feeling things will work out in the end..." Chuck said as he gave Laney a comforting nudge.
"You're such an optimist." Laney joked.
Chuck and Sarah helped the pregnant Laney to a stand and together they helped Castiel to a stand and then Chuck and Sarah guided the angel to a place he could rest.
As Laney walked up to the brothers she took care to do so gingerly as she feared Dean would be angry at her for going to the angel's side.
Behemoth bounded over to Laney's side happily and she scratched behind his ears.
Sam looked up and started to wave her away because Dean was still fuming but Dean haulted him and said in a sarcastic and still angry tone "You done patching up poor little nerdy bird's hurt feelings?"
"You know Dean... Sometimes I wish you'd just stuff it." Laney snapped in frustration.
Now Dean came to a stand and both Sam and Adam looked worried.
Behemoth growled low and sounded menacing as he bared his teeth at Dean.
"GO SIT." Laney pointed to a tree and commanded.
Behemoth obeyed and Laney commanded "STAY."
Dean had his fist clinched in anger and his stance telegraphed his longing to punch something.
When Sam went to pull him back Dean lost it and started to swing wildly...blinded by his rage, his hate... EVERYTHING he felt about EVERY BAD THING that's EVER happened to those he cared for...all the guilt and blame he held on his shoulders for ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
Sam fell to the ground as Dean socked him in the jaw and Adam went to Sam's side.
Dean was still swinging wildly and Adam barely dodged being clipped as he duck ed protectively over the still dazed Sam.
Laney stepped in on Dean..blocking punch for punch as they came close to Sam, Adam or her ...untill she was able to securely grab his wrists.
She spun Dean around and forced his arms to cross over his chest as she held him from behind.
Dean was still infuriated and his eyes were glazed over with the pain and sorrow he was feeling.
"Do you want to keep at this?" Laney asked rasping in Dean's ear as her breath came quickly and her heart thudded so hard into her chest she was sure Dean could feel it in his own.
He threw his head back into Laney's face and slipped from her grasp. She had been trying to calm him down and trying to keep him from hurting anyone... Now SHE was FURIOUS...
They were both angry...they both didn't even really know or care why anymore and Dean felt he just wanted it to end. He charged Laney not even really seeing her..but instead all of the things he couldn't stand about this life any longer.
Laney's own eyes had glazed over with a rage of their own and she wasn't seeing Dean either..What she saw she wanted dead..and her maliced intent flooded into her as she put Dean to the ground hard.
Her foot came down to his throat..she was going to end the beast known as LEGION once and for all..She put just the slightest of pressures to crush IT'S throat...Then she saw Sam's saucer sized puppy dog eyes through the haze and they were begging her not to kill WHAT lay under her foot.
Her heart hammered in her chest as a memory from Dean's life hit her hard..This is exactly how Lucifer had killed future Dean RIGHT in front of past Dean..Laney's foot released the almost fatal pressure...
Dean was scared and angry...She was scared and angry...And the fear of what they both knew the future MIGHT hold weighed like the universe on both of their shoulders.
Laney blinked rapidly as she realized she was literally millimeters from killing Dean...Not LEGION...Not some other monster...Just Dean...She stepped back in horror at what she'd allowed to happen...This was the third time she'd lost control of her anger in just eight hours. She wanted to run..to never look back..How could Dean..How could his brothers forgive her for what SHE almost did?
Dean weezed as the pressure released and he scrambled to his feet and haulted Laney's fleight by grabbing her forearm and turning her to face him.
Laney stumbled towards Dean, not even attempting to struggle, she felt she deserved what punishment he'd inflict, as Dean pulled her into his chest pleading in a whisper "Don't run away.. Not before I can say I'm sorry."
He cupped the back of her head as he hugged her to him..And standing there he started to sway them in the comforting motion of rocking side to side...
Laney grabbed Dean's shoulders and said she was sorry for what she had almost done and said she'd understand if he or his brothers could never forgive her.
"I deserved every bit of it..I was being an ASSHAT in the most MAJOR sense of the word..I'm the one who should be sorry...I was going off on everyone...WHO knows how bad I could of hurt someone if you didn't stop me." Said Dean as he pulled Laney even closer and rubbed her back soothingly.
"Oh god... Did I hurt you?" Asked Dean sounding anxious and worried when the only response from Laney was sobbing.
"No...'Cept when you butted the back of your head into my face, you never even got a hit in." Laney answered.
Dean pulled back enough to scan her upturned face. Her nose thankfully wasn't broken..but a nasty bruise began to form over the bridge and it extended over her right cheekbone.
Placing a kiss on top of her head Dean whispered into Laney's hair "Never again...Okay?...You put me on my ass...If I so much as look like I THINK I might even try to strike you EVER AGAIN...And you don't hesitate to put an end to me."
Laney clutched Dean tight as an idea hit her and she whispered back "I don't think that's ever going to be necesary. IF I can get you and your brothers to agree to something."
"I don't know about Sam or Adam...But right now you can talk me into anything if it means you'll forgive me." Dean whispered against her hair.
"What about you guys?" Laney asked looking around Dean to his brothers.
"What are you thinking?" Adam asked looking wary.
"I'm thinking a blood pact... we vow that not our spirits, minds, nor bodies can ever be used to harm those whose blood we share in the pact...then we can never hurt or be forced to hurt each other, even if we're possessed by something or we're not in our own right minds WE can never intend to or be forced to hurt one another ever again." Laney replied.
"How would we share the blood?" Asked Sam and now he looked apprehensive as well, Because drinking blood was not something he do EVER again no matter what the purpose was.
"We just do a simple ceremony...perform a simple ritual...create a cut in the palms of our hands and we place our hands to each other's untill we've all shared our blood with everyone in the pact." Laney replied. "It's okay if you guys don't want to do it... It was just an idea."
"I think I can be okay with that. As long as that's all there is to it. If you think it'll work I trust you." Sam stated thinking it wasn't very different than a blood brother pact.
"Me to." Said Adam.
"Okay...I'll go get everything ready...Just don't freak out about how the ceremony looks...everything has a basis in something." Laney stated suddenly looking mischevious as she called Behemoth to follow her.
"Wait what does that mean?" The brothers called after her in unison as she walked off and didn't look back. But they could swear they could hear her laughing as she left and all Dean could gleam off her mind was "They are SO gonna freak out."
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Chapter 3
Dean toed the ground guiltily as the hours passed and dusk turned to the darkness of night. He was pretty sure Laney had taken off and he believed it served him right for the stunt he'd pulled.
Kyle came walking up smiling at Dean as he said "Quite the show your gal's got going...She sent me to get you."
"You have to put these on." Kyle said as he held out thin strips of fabric.
Dean pulled a piece of fabric from Kyle's hand and responded with "Uh...What exactly is this?"
"It goes over you eyes genius." Said Kyle as he rolled his eyes. "Your girl said they're part of the ceremony. You only wear them to the alter..."
"ALTER!" The brothers yelped in unison.
"It's a ceremonial alter...For the ritual ya'll are doin." Kyle responded in an annoyed "DUH!" type tone. "Geez now I see what the girl meant by you'd freak out if you were given to many schematics. Just put on the blindfolds and let me guide ya'll to the...Just either do this thing or don't... Now Kyle started muttering in frustration "Honestly you're a bunch of grown ass men and hunters to boot..You'd think doing something like this would be easy for people who've seen the Semi-Sudo-Apocolypse."
Dean took a deep breath. Laney said they could ALWAYS trust her no matter what right?
"Give me the damn blindfold." Dean said a little gruffer than he intended.
Dean tied the blindfold securely around his eyes and extended his hand to show he was ready to be guided...to wherever this crazy ass scheme was going to lead him...And on his mind was..."The things my big mouth gets me into."
Sam and Adam reluctantly took their blindfolds and tied them securely around their own eyes and then they extended their hands as well.
"Well I'll be damned.." Kyle muttered and he grabbed the men by the edges of their sleeves and tugged leading them forward.
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Neither of the three brothers knew how long the path that Kyle led them along was...Just that it had a lot of of random big steps to climb and a few random sharp turns that...Even though Kyle alerted them to every change... Kept taking them by surprise and kept making them want to reach up and snatch off their blindfolds just to see how the hell this path could be so seemingly complicated.
In the distance the brothers could hear murmured chatter of what sounded to be quite a few people.
Kyle gave the brothers a few final tugs until the brothers felt themselves against something like a table.
"You guys did good." Said Laney's voice from the other side of the blackness. "Just leave the blindfolds on till I remove them. Okay?"
Dean nodded and he could only assume his brothers did the same.
"ACTS OF FAITH!" Laney's voice boomed.
"Dean." Laney whispered next to Dean's ear. "I need an act of forgiveness. I know you don't want to..But you have to..And you have to mean it."
"It's okay.. I don't think there's anything to forgive you for anyway..Like I said.. I deserved it." Dean whispered back.
"Not me Dean...I need you to forgive Cas." Said Laney still trying to keep her voice hushed though sadness and fear were present.
"I did NOT agree to THAT!" Dean hissed and he made to pull away.
"I understand...I'm not asking you to fully trust him again right off the bat...But if we're going to keep the future you saw from happening Castiel needs to be part of the pact...so that you can never endanger his life even unintentionally." Laney pleaded as she glutched Dean's arm to make him stay.
Dean remembered the future he saw and how future him had willfully led Castiel and a group of other hunters to their deaths.
"Fine." Dean seethed.
"It's not going to work if you don't mean it." Said Laney "You have to go deep within yourself and find that part of you that can really forgive...It HAS to be TRUE forgiveness Dean and we CAN NOT settle for half assed."
Dean took a deep breath and stilled himself. Why did she have to go and put him on the spot like this?
Here he was blind to the world in front of what he was sure was at least thirty people if not more. And she had to go and spring this on him now? Of all things?
How was Dean supposed to forgive one of the only beings in the whole universe who he placed more blame on than himself?
But that was just it... When really weighed...The blame Dean placed on himself was heavier as he reflected on all of his own choices...And he was pretty sure that several times in his life he had been a hypocrit and Dean knew that if he couldn't find it within himself to forgive Cas that he himself would never deserve forgiveness.
Dean hung his head.
Sam was surprised to see his older brother's mind. Dean was actually PRAYING for the strength to REALLY forgive.
It felt like centuries worth of stone and ice were chisseled away from his heart as Dean felt the warm tug of the smallest amount of REAL forgiveness pulling at the edge of his soul.
Dean let it consume him and it chased away his fear and anger.
Dean nodded and whispered to Laney with a smile "It's easier than I thought it would be. Go figure..."
"Okay." Laney whispered sounding relieved.
"AN ACT OF FORGIVENESS!" Laney's voice boomed again and now Dean's blindfold fell away.
It took a minute for Dean's eyes to adjust to the newly offending brightness of lights.
He looked around and realized he was under the large roof of a brightly lit up, open to the night air gazebo, behind him was a brightly lit path that Dean could only assume had been the way he and his brothers had been guided up and along the path were several people holding lanterns. Sarah stood in the back towards the entrance of the gazebo, petting Behemoth's head. In front of him was a ceremonial alter draped in a white cloth, with candles and a silver blade resting on top of it. Behind the alter stood Chuck and he was passing Laney some kind of thin dehydrated looking vine.
Now Dean looked to his brothers who were also taking in their surroundings and to their side Castiel stood silently with his eyes to the ground.
And there was Laney standing in the middle of all of them. She was wearing a simply made white dress with flowers and vines adorning her hair. She looked...Beautiful.
"No jokes about the dress boys...It's part of the ceremony." Laney scolded as she noticed the brothers staring at her. "Untill the ritual's over I can still hurt you so you might want to keep that in mind." She seethed.
Dean smiled. Making fun was the last thing on his mind as he found himself mesmerized by her and it seemed both of his brothers were in the same states of mind.
"Okay hold out your left arms." Laney commanded to the men and the angel.
They all did as they were told. All of their hands met in the middle of the circle they formed and Laney began to wrap the vine around everyone's forearms untill they were all intertwined.
Laney whispered to the others in the circle they should repeat after her then she recited the words of the ceremony in a loud booming voice that had a commanding tone. "I STAND BEFORE GOD AND VOW... THAT MY SOUL OR IT'S VESSEL... WILL NEVER HARM THOSE WHOSE BLOOD I SHARE IN THIS PACT...NOT THROUGH ACTS OF ANGER, FEAR OR SADNESS...NOR BY INTENT... BY MISHAP... BY FORCE... OR BY POSESSION."
The others did as they were told and repeated what she said word for word. Then Chuck picked up the silver blade and sliced the palm of Laney's free hand then did the same to Dean, Sam, Adam and Castiel.
When all those intertwined in the vine had slices in the palms of their free hands and the silver blade was placed back to the table, Chuck grabbed Dean's wrist and guided his cut to Laney's then he did the same with Sam, Adam and Castiel. Then he guided Dean's cut to Sam's Adam's, and Castiel's.
The act of sharing blood continued untill all the individual cuts on everyone's palms touched all the other's in the circle.
Now Laney began to unwrap the vine from everyone's forearms and passed it back to Chuck and nodded that the ritual was over and started to take her leave. But Dean grabbed her arm and asked "So that's it?"
"I told you it wouldn't be so bad." Laney said grinning up at Dean as she gently pried his grasp from her arm.
"Where are you going?" Dean asked after her.
"To go change out of this ridiculous thing." Laney answered as she held up the hem of her dress looking disgusted and continued with "I only had to wear it because I was acting as priestess for the ceremony and ritual."
"You look really good in it...It suits you." Dean said with a genuine grin.
But with Sam acting as interferance Laney couldn't see Dean actually meant what he said and she jokingly replied "You just HAD to wait till I couldn't punch you in the face...Didn't you?" Then she turned around to stalk away in mock pout.
Sam put a hand on Dean's shoulder and smiling at his older brother he said jokingly "Marry that girl."
Dean actually blushed at Sam's words and chased after Laney saying "Hey hold up a minute I have something I need to ask you."...
And both Sam and Adam's jaws hit the floor as they watched their brother going to his knee at Laney's feet...
Laney looked down in shock at the kneeling Dean. He was taking this dress thing a bit to far and she was starting to get annoyed and as she started to move back from him he said desperatly "Just listen. Okay?"
"I know what we have couldn't be considered the most epic of love stories. But I care about you and I know you care about me and that's gotta stand for something in all the meanings of REAL love.. I understand there's things you won't be ready for and I can handle all of that...But I want to be more than just your friend...Maybe I've wanted that for a while."
"Dean you can't be serious...I nearly killed you less than five hours ago...You don't think it's a little to soon after all that to go declaring you want to be more than just my friend?" Laney asked looking apprehensive.
"I told you I deserved it." Dean stated.
"Dean..." Laney said looking down sadly and she tried to pull away as tears formed in her eyes.
"You don't forgive me.. for hurting you...do you?" Dean asked worriedly as he reached for her.
Laney sighed, took a step closer to Dean and put a hand on his shoulder saying "That's no fair...Dean it wasn't really your fault." Then Laney saw Dean's guilty look and she said reasuringly "Of course I forgave you..Ya big dummy."
"Then why can't I be serious about wanting to have something more with you?" Dean asked.
"Because what if it doesn't work out?...What then?..The fact we can't hurt each other doesn't mean we'll always like one another." Laney stated sounding scared.
"Well you keep showing me I can trust you...Can't you let me show you that you can trust me?" Dean asked.
"Dean I do trust you...I've proved a million times over that I trust you." Said Laney with an exausted sigh.
"Well let me prove I deserve for you to trust me." Said Dean.
"Well aren't you smooth." Said Laney as she smiled down at him. Now she came down to Dean's level and hugged him saying jokingly "The one time I dress up...And you have to go all goo goo eyes on me."
"So does that mean you'll give me a chance?" Asked Dean.
"Fine..Just don't go makin a big deal out of it...And I'm still changing out of this monstrosity before we do anything." Said Laney with a grin.
"Wow... Take the magic out of the moment..Why don't ya?" Said Dean laughing as he clutched at his chest and pouted out his bottom lip.
"Well just because I'm getting married doesn't mean I'm doin it in a dress." Laney joked back at him.
"You should leave it on." Sam said. Dean and Laney were never even aware that Sarah, Castiel and Dean's brother's had crept up on them and that they'd heard most if not all of Dean and Laney's conversation.
"Yeah...You really do look nice." Said Adam.
Laney rolled her eyes and huffed "Oh alright."
Now Laney used Dean's shoulder to bring herself to a stand and as she did her stomach gave a visible lurch.
"Whoa!...Did the baby just kick? Sam asked sounding shocked.
"Yeah..pretty strong... Huh?" Said Laney proudly.
"STRONG... I saw that from all the way over here!" Sam said excitedly and he rushed over to Laney's side.
Sam gave Laney a begging look as he stretched his hand towards her stomach and asked "Can I?"
"Of course!" Laney exclaimed beaming a smile at Sam. Then she looked around to Adam and Dean and said "Come here."
As Dean and Adam neared she placed their hands to her belly and now all the brothers stood there feeling the miracle of the life that lay inside Laney's blossoming belly.
"Wow." Dean said in an astonished whisper as he found him self mesmerized by the movements of the tiny little person that was seemingly just out of reach.
Sarah beamed a radiant snile at Sam and he turned bright red as he remembered how Dean had once suggested he marry her.
Castiel shifted nervously as he looked on and he stepped back retreating into the shadows. . . . . . .
Chapter 4
Dean and Laney waited until the crowd from the earlier ceremony dispersed. All they needed for this were those truely close to them. Sarah and the four hunters made their way back to the gazebo. Sarah gave Sam a few flirty nudges and his blushing went to blushing with sweaty palms and a very dry mouth with a humongous lump in his throat.
To the hunters' surprise Chuck was still standing behind the alter. Chuck gave Laney a knowing smile, pointed to his head and said "Looks like I have good reason for being an optimist."
"Looks like you do." Said Laney as she beamed a smile over her shoulder at Dean.
As a Prophet Chuck had the authority to perform a marriage and Sam acting as best man fashioned two rings from pieces of the same thin vine used for the blood pact.
Dean mussed over Sam's handy work as he was passed Laney's ring...It'd have to do till he could get her a proper one.
As the vows were said and the rings were exchanged the last of Chuck's words brought a hault to everything "You may now kiss the bride."...
Laney pulled back her eyes wide with fear..She'd completely forgotten about this part of things...Her heart hammered in her chest as she looked around for any means of a gracious escape.
"It's okay." Dean whispered as he kissed the back of Laney's hand in a very cordial and gentlemanly fashion.
Laney's panicked breathing began to slow, she swallowed hard and shakingly whipered "I wish I..."
"I told you I get that there's things you're not going to be ready for... And I MEANT what I said when I told you I CAN handle all of that... You don't have to rush anything for me... Just knowing you're my wife now is enough." Said Dean as he pulled Laney into an embrace.
"I just hope things don't go getting weird now." Laney joked.
"I think we surpassed weird when we watched something straight out of "Jurassic Park" get turned into "Old Yeller." Said Dean with a laugh as he looked over Laney's shoulder at Behemoth, who was now happily wagging his tail and dancing excitedly in it's spot like a NORMAL happy dog would do.
"I think we surpassed weird WAY before that." Said Sam with a chuckle.
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With the excitement of all that had happened Dean had almost forgotten why he'd come here in the first place.
"Chuck I hope maybe you can help us out with something." Dean stated and gestured to Behemoth...
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It was well past noon the next day and the four hunters had been listening all of these hours as Chuck revealed the horrific fact that the Leviathan had gotten ahold of water samples from River Pass, Colorado from back when WAR made a whole town full of people think they were seeing demons. Then Chuck told the hunters that those contaminated samples had been combined with the "Turduckin Goop" and the old Croatoan Virus and it made a new, stronger and more aggressive strain that was both demonic and devine in nature, with a mix of a Primortally, Purgatoried cocktail that would ensure for it to be incurable because it was something the world of mortal man had never incountered before... And now it was only a matter of time before it took the entire world by storm.
All Chuck could offer about Behemoth's role in things was that it was the ONLY THING that could REALLY beat the Leviathan once and for all...
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With all the threats now abounding that made it appear that the future Dean had seen had definatly been still on track the four hunters found themselves relieved by the fact that they had done the blood pact.
Now maybe THEY could start to rewrite the future and this time THEY would be the ones in control of the story.
If only that were true...
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