Interesting Author's Note: Adam Milligan lived in Windom, MN and Bobby lived in Sioux Falls, SD. It's literally less than 2 hours away by car. CRAZY! And 1 day I plan on visiting Worthington, MN after all the research I did for this chapter.

Takes place instead of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and 'Heaven and Hell' (S04E09&10)

14. Safety

"The rising of Samhain was one of the seals."

Chloe ignored Castiel and stared in front of her out the windshield.

Castiel sighed and sat forward from the backseat. "You have to acknowledge me sometime."

Chloe reached over and turned the volume up on an Aerosmith song. She was on her way to Windom, Minnesota to do a little recon on Adam Milligan. The boys had gone to Bobby's early in the morning to help with a few things he had in the works. Dean had put up an argument when she'd said she needed to take a little road trip but she had eventually worn him down.

Her and Sam had also decided it would be best if he told Dean about the possibility of a younger brother. Chloe felt it was a family matter but decided to go ahead and look in on Adam to make sure he was who she thought he was.

Cas moved from the the backseat to the passenger seat between the blink of an eye and Chloe slammed on the brakes of the Impala, swerving to a stop in the middle of the deserted highway. Cas watched in his detached way as her grip on the steering wheel turned white knuckled and she seethed from between gritted teeth

"Get out, Cas."

"Not until you let me explain."

Chloe growled low in her throat and turned off the car then grabbed the keys and got out. She paced back and forth until she couldn't take it anymore and went around to Cas's door. She wrenched it open and grabbed him by the collar of his trench coat with her left hand and with her right she balled up her first and planted it in Castiel's face.

His nose immediately crunched and began spurting blood. Cas glared at her as he covered his nose with his cupped hands and pulled them away a second later to reveal it already straightened and healed.

"Feel better?"

Chloe released him with a shove and pointed a finger in his face. "I will never trust you again."

Cas looked at her imploringly and then nodded before he disappeared. Chloe, tears running down her face, knelt to the ground and wept.

-2 days earlier-
Concrete, Washington

After her and Dean's reunion he had passed out wrapped around her body.

Eventually Sam had knocked on the door and Chloe had extracted herself, made sure Dean was appropriately covered, and then dressed as quickly as possible. Walking to the hotel room door she couldn't help but grin at the ache between her legs and the rough patches of skin where Dean's stubble had scraped against her.

It felt amazing. And Dean hadn't once mentioned anything about God. If anything he had been more enthusiastic than normal and she wondered if he felt he had something to prove. She couldn't help but laugh as she thought of Dean trying to impress God with his sexual prowess.

She had let Sam in and she had walked out to where Cas leaned against the car. She was having a hard time keeping the satisfied smile from her face but then Cas said, "You are God's vessel. You should act more accordingly." And it felt like he was cheapening what she had with Dean so she had replied with, "Some angel you are. Dean remembers everything from Hell."

Cas had turned to her with a deepening frown and had said, "Dean remembers Hell?"

"Everything. He remembers every little detail."

Cas hung his head in thought. "I knew it was a possibility but I had hoped-"

"A possibility?" Chloe stared at Cas dumbstruck. "Cas! How could you?"

"He would have been more damaged if I had left him in there any longer. There was no time to find a perfectly fool proof plan."

Chloe stared at him open-mouthed. "You had 4 months!"

"Dean was not my only job at that time. If you remember correctly God also went missing right around then. The garrison had to go look for him."

Chloe looked away. "That's not my fault."

Cas pushed away from the car and came to stand in front of her. Chloe stared up at him, intrigued by the actual emotions playing across his face.

"No, Chloe. It's not your fault. It's his." He pressed a finger to her sternum and she froze in place. "God abandoned us."

"But even you said he couldn't be here when Lucifer rises."

"He could have told us where he was going instead of just not being there."

Chloe bit her lip in thought. "What if - what if we try a séance? To see if He will speak to you."

Castiel turned away from her. "No. I won't risk it." He looked at her over his shoulder. "I'm sorry about Dean retaining his memories, though."

Chloe walked up to Cas and wrapped her arms around him, thankful for the heartfelt apology. "I'm sorry God abandoned you." She pressed her cheek to the lapel of his trench coat and blinked back tears as his arms wrapped around her tight, seeking comfort. "Don't be angry at God, Cas. Please."

The idea of him holding a grudge hurt her deeply. Castiel was so good. She didn't want anything negative marring him.

Cas pressed his chin to the top of her head and sighed, "I rescued Dean so he could be Michael's vessel."

Chloe stiffened and then relaxed and forced a laugh. "Dean is supposed to save the world, Cas. How can he do that if he's Michael's vessel?"

"He's not." Cas loosened his hold on her as she stepped back to look up at him. "He's going to defeat Lucifer and be destroyed."

Chloe blinked up at Cas and then shook her head. "No. That's not how this works. I'm supposed to save Dean."

Cas's eyes shifted away from her her and Chloe backed up another step. Her body shaking in horror. "Cas?"

"That was before you were the fail safe. Now it is your duty to destroy Dean. And Sam."

"Sam isn't going to host Lucifer. And Dean is not going to be Michael's meat suit. I might not have had a choice but they sure as hell do."

Cas shook his head. "They will play their roles. And when the fail safe is activated they will be destroyed."

Chloe narrowed her eyes , "You told me you chose me because our souls are compatible."

"I did."

"You didn't know I was The One when you chose me."

"I didn't have to. If Dean had to choose between his life and yours, who's do you think he'd spare?"

Chloe blinked up at Cas in shock, letting the implication register. "You chose me so that he would fall in love with me and when the time came he would sacrifice himself?"

Cas lifted his head in acknowledgement.

Chloe face crumpled as she turned and ran back into the hotel room, shutting the door behind her and leaning back against it heavily. She pressed her hands to her mouth to keep the hysteria at bay.

She breathed in through her nose deeply and swallowed back the sobs that threatened to choke her.

Sam shifted in bed in his sleep and Dean said quietly, "Chloe?"

Chloe rubbed her face with her hands. "I'm here."

She cleared her throat and locked the door then made her way to bed, stripping down to her shirt and panties. Dean pulled back the sheet and welcomed her back to bed. He situated her over him so her arm was wrapped across his chest, her breast pressed to his side and her leg hooked over his naked hip.

He pressed his face to her hair and inhaled deeply before whispering, "I love you."

Chloe burrowed deeper into his side and tried to ignore the fact that she would ultimately be his demise. She choked back tears and rubbed her cheek against his shoulder. "I love you too, Dean."

He smiled against her and tightened his hold on her before he slipped back to sleep.

Chloe lay awake trying to think of a way out of their predicament before exhaustion finally won out and she fell asleep, her body pressed as close to Dean's as she could get.

-Now-
On the side of I-90

Chloe crouched on the side of the road, the rage building up inside her nearly intolerable. Just as she would have tilted her head back to scream out her frustrations a darkness crowded her vision and she went dead still before falling over in a faint.

Sioux Falls, SD

"She's not answering."

Sam glanced up at his brother before returning his attention to the open books around him. He was currently looking for a spell that Bobby needed to ward his house. "She probably forgot to charge it."

Dean clenched the phone in his fist with frustration, pretending to strangle it. "What the hell is in Minnesota anyways?"

Sam ducked his head and got busier, pretending to not have heard the question. Dean watched him carefully and then said, "What did she tell you?"

Sam looked up but his eyes strayed away from Dean's to look over his shoulder. "What makes you think she told me anything?"

Dean made a face and replied, "Because you two are like besties or whatever the hell she called you the other day."

Sam rolled his eyes and went back to flipping through the books. "She did not. And besides, she asked me not to say anything to you until she checked out a few things."

Dean grumbled and tried Chloe's cell one more time. After it went to voicemail he dropped his voice to a whisper and left a message. He glanced up to find Sam regarding him with a smile on his face. "Shut up."

"Jerk," Sam replied, grinning.

"Bitch." Dean slumped into a couch and grabbed a book, flipping through it while he worried.

It was only later that night while Dean shifted uncomfortably in bed that he thought about calling out to Cas. If anyone knew what Chloe was up to and whether or not she was safe, it would be the angel.

The idea of Cas protecting her put Dean at ease and with his phone within arm's reach he finally dozed off.

Nobles County Police Station in Worthington, MN

Chloe stared catatonically at the wall across from her. The doctor in his pristine lab coat crossed his arms in front of him. "So you don't know what happened?"

Chief Parker leaned against the wall, his eyes shifting to the young blonde in the interview room. "We got a call about an abandoned vehicle, a late model Impala parked in the middle of 90. Plates trace back to one Robert Plant with a Lawrence, Kansas address. Dead end. Prior to that it belonged to one John Winchester. Deceased." He looked back at the doctor. "I don't know how but she took out 4 officers. Two squads reported to the scene. One patrolled a little ways down the street and found her walking along. She opened her mouth to answer them and at that point both my men and the camera mounted in the car blacked out."

The chief moved to stand beside the doctor and they stared in at the blonde together.

"The other patrollers got there after seeing what they thought was a blinding flash of light from nearly a mile down the street. They tried to apprehend the suspect and she tried to speak once again, same results. Knocked unconscious. When they all came to she had cuffed herself and gotten in the back seat."

"She hasn't spoken since?"

"No, sir."

Dr. Clarefield nodded his head toward the TV. "Can you wheel this into the room with her?"

"Sure," Parker said with a shrug.

After wheeling in the TV and getting a chair set up for the doctor, he played the feedback of first one patrol car.

Chloe shifted her eyes from the far wall to the TV as it flickered to life. It was taken from inside the car, through the windshield. She watched the car pull up to her. Vaguely heard their voices asking her to halt and asking if she was okay. Her hands were up above her head and she looked curiously from one policeman to the other as they stood just outside the car, their doors open in front of them as a shield. She opened her mouth to respond and the camera shut off.

Parker then relayed the footage from the second car. Through the windshield you could see Chloe still standing there, arms above her head. Her eyes were filled with tears and her lip trembled as she looked from the downed bodies to the police that actively got out and drew weapons on her. She slowly got to her knees and placed her hands behind her head as instructed. Then the guy read her her rights with one hand in cuffs and Chloe opened her mouth to say she did not understand and both men fainted and the camera went black.

Now, sitting in the interview room, Chloe was buried deep in her psyche. She was no longer in charge of her body. He was. And He would not hurt any more of his children.

The doctor asked questions to which He could not and would not answer. Eventually He was led away and transported to the hospital. He would protect Chloe at all costs.

Sioux Falls, SD

Dean woke up to Castiel staring down at him. "Are you serious?" He rolled over and muttered, "Stalk much?"

"I prefer not to." Cas grabbed Dean's shoulder and rolled him back over. "Chloe needs help."

Dean was up and pulling dirty jeans on over his boxers in no time. "What's wrong? Where is she?"

Castiel put two fingers to Dean's forehead and transported him to the steps outside Worthington Regional Hospital.

"Something traumatic happened to her and she was taken into custody. Then she was brought here."

Dean looked up at the establishment and then down at his bare feet. "Uh, Cas?"

Castiel looked down and then widened his eyes. "Oh, right." He was gone for a second and then back, handing Dean his boots and leather coat.

"What happened to her that made her have a break down?" Cas looked away guiltily and Dean groaned. "From now on can you please wait to tell her any important information until we're together. She tells me anyways."

Cas nodded thoughtfully and followed Dean up the steps, through the door to the receptionist.

"I'm here for Chloe Sullivan."

The woman looked him over and then Cas. "Visiting hours don't start until 8." She pointed to the wall behind her at the clock. That left half an hour.

"Can you check to see if she's even here? She would have been brought in some time last night."

The woman frowned from behind the desk and picked up the phone, dialing the doctor's office. "Sir, we may have a positive ID for our Jane Doe."

"Jane Doe?"

She ignored Dean's question and spoke a little longer to the doctor before hanging up. "If you two could take a seat, Dr. Clarefield is on his way down to meet you."

Dean sat in the hard chair, Castiel trying to get comfortable to his right. Dean looked over at Cas and said, "What exactly did you say to her?"

Cas gave up trying to get comfortable. "A few days ago I told her you were chosen as Michael's vessel."

Dean jerked his head back in surprise, "The Archangel?"

"Yes. He's going to fight Lucifer."

"You've got to be kidding me." Dean thought back a few days. "When did you tell her?"

Cas seemed thoughtful and then said, "The night Sam died. While we were in Washington."

"Oh. After we…"

"Yes. After you…"

Dean cleared his throat and looked away uncomfortably. "So I'm Michael's vessel. Like Sam is Lucifer's."

"Yes."

"Like Chloe is God's?"

"Precisely."

"Except Sam and I have a choice, unlike Chloe."

Castiel glanced away and admitted reluctantly, "I suppose so."

"Right." Dean thought back to her calm reaction of Sam being a vessel and how she had been the voice of reason. "What else did you tell her? She knows I wouldn't agree to being any angel's meat suit. Archangel or not."

"I also have told her she'd be used as a bargaining chip to assure your cooperation."

Dean's muscles tightened as she sat a little straighter. "You did what?"

"Dean-"

"Excuse me, sirs?" They both stood and turned to look at the older gentleman. "I was told you had information on our Jane Doe?"

Dean stepped forward. "My…girlfriend, " He swallowed tightly and decided after a brief pause that that was exactly what she was. His girlfriend. Dean shook his head. "My girlfriend went for a drive last night and didn't come home."

"And Chief Parker tracked you down/"

Castiel stepped forward. "Yes. I am Robert Plant."

Dean shot Cas a look before composing himself. "We were told she was taken here." He looked around the lobby of the hospital. "She had an episode of some kind?"

The doctor chuckled and shook his head. "You should probably follow me."

He led them to his office down the hallway and then shut the door behind them. "Her identification says her name is Chloe Sullivan. Her address is listed as Metropolis. We had it checked out but between that and the car registration we couldn't make a positive ID so we had to list her under Jane Doe."

He signed into his computer and made a few notations in her file. "So her name is Chloe Sullivan?"

Dean lifted his head in a nod. "Yes, sir." He looked from Cas to the doctor. "What happened exactly?"

The doctor relayed the sequence of events as closely as he could.

Dean listened in awe while Castiel seemed to zone out as if he were listening to something from far away. Afterwards Dean was speechless and looked to Cas in case he had any idea how to play this out. Cas suddenly stood and said, "We must see her now."

The doctor shrugged and pushed his chair back. "I can only allow one of you to visit with her at a time. And you have an hour." He led them to the elevator and rode up with them to the 4th floor. "The visit will be monitored of course." Dean looked down where Cas's hand was on his arm as the doctor prattled on ahead of them, reciting a list of rules.

"I'm going in first. When the doctor excuses himself I need you to leave immediately. Chloe will be waiting for you back at Bobby's."

Dean looked wide eyed at Cas. "How the hell am I supposed to get back to Bobby's? You zapped me here, remember?"

"Your car is in the impound lot."

Dean shut his mouth as the doctor turned around to study them curiously. "Have you decided which one of you would like to go in first?"

Dean pointed at Cas as Cas raised his hand. "I'll go first."

The doctor studied the guy in front of him carefully. "Okay. Just be very careful. She doesn't seem to be physically dangerous but we haven't studied her too closely."

"I'll be fine," Castiel said reassuringly and then waited through the pat down before he was shown to a room. Dean glanced through the tiny window in the door and could just make out the top of Chloe's disheveled hair.

"You're the boyfriend, correct?"

"Uh, yeah." He strained to hear any part of the conversation going on on the other side of the door.

"So who is the guy in there now? Mr. Plant?"

"Oh." Dean shot him a look and smiled, "Good ole Rob. That's her brother." He thought about their last names and shrugged, "Well, half-brother." The doctor nodded and then turned his attention to the pager that went off at his belt. "Excuse me a moment."

Dean watched the doctor walk away and then hurriedly stood on tip toes to see inside the now empty room. Dean booked it out of there and was out the front doors to the hospital before the sirens started going off.

It took some maneuvering but he rescued his baby from the impound lot and had her stripped and hotwired and on the road before a full hour had passed. His foot was pedal to the metal as he sped off towards Bobby's, anxious to have Chloe back in his arms. Where he planned on never letting her out of his sight again.

TBC