Thank you again for everything NCSUPNATFAN has helped me with. Thank you for those who followed and continued to read this. Makes me feel really good about this. I hope you all remain to see the conclusion of all this. Not the story but this nightmare of a ride I forced it on you. Thank you. -DSCWIN
Chapter 14
Dean let out a sigh as he watched from afar as Devin made his way towards Cassandra in her work place. He had been confused where Dean and Sam had been as when he had looked for him earlier they couldn't be found. But he did ask them both to come and help as he finally made his way in town to talk with Cassandra. Dean had given Devin an earpiece that was hidden in Devin's ear and had one in his own. Now Dean stood watching Devin holding up a small bouquet of daffodils and wearing a lime green button up shirt walk into the store. If Devin needed any help, Dean would be able to talk to him.
"Alright, you can do this Dev." Dean encouraged standing in the alley way looking inside the boutique's windows. "Now just ease your way towards her, don't rush it. You don't want her to think you're desperate."
"But I am." Devin said quietly through clenched teeth.
"Do want to make this work?" Dean pressed and saw Devin's head slowly nod. "Then you take it slow."
"You're going to ruin this for him." Sam groaned having to be forced to stand in the alley too.
"No I'm not dude." Dean hissed his eyes shooting him a glare. He looked back and saw that Devin was now standing in front of he figured was Cassandra. "Okay, start off by smiling and saying hi."
"Lame." Sam mumbled but Dean had heard and glared at him.
"H..Hi." Devin's stammer said over the headset. Dean couldn't see Cassandra's face was obscured by a glare from the sun but he noticed the slight turn of her head and the relaxed body language so he decided things were good.
"Hi." Came a very soft reply from the headset. "It's good to see you again."
"Alright, now say how nice she looks."
"Y-you look really pretty today." He said and could almost hear the slap on the forehead over the earpiece. "I mean...Uh..."
"Devin are you alright?" Cassandra asked as Devin gave a worried glance towards the window before smoothly removing the earpiece and stomping on it causing some back feed into Dean's ear.
"Sonova..." Dean hissed rubbing his ear much to Sam's amusement. "Not a word." Dean growled as he glared at his brother before looking back towards the boutique's window.
Cassandra's arms were wrapped around his neck and they were kissing, long and passionately, much to the amusement of the cheering crowd inside.
"Guess he spoke from the heart." Sam said as his cellphone buzzed in his pocket. He looked down at the screen and nodded slowly. "Now we need some help with Robbie. Come on."
Dean nodded still grumbling as he rubbed the inside of his ear and stretching his jaw to try and get the ringing to stop.
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Lark stiffened when she heard her door open only to find Castiel standing there waiting for permission to enter her room. "Is everything alright, Cas?" Lark asked as she had thankfully grabbed one of Dean's button ups from the chair and slipped it over her pajamas. "Shouldn't you be watching Owens?"
"He's unable to fulfill his threat." Castiel said still standing in the doorway. "I touched her soul inside him. I wish I could grab it out of him but I can't."
"Cas, why don't you come sit down?" Lark asked, gently patted the bed seeing he wasn't making any attempt to enter her room. Castiel nodded silently and sat down his blue eyes full of emotions Lark had trouble reading. She was good at reading most people, but didn't have any experience with angels.
"When you're with Dean..." Castiel said slowly his eyes looking down at his feet, "What do feel when you're with him?"
"Does this have to do with Christy?" Lark gently pressed and saw the angel slowly nod. "Cas let me ask you that same question. When you're with Christy, how does she make you feel?"
"That's why I asked." Castiel said his usually gruff voice soft. "I'm not sure if it's me that's feeling it or my host's body."
Lark nodded slowly feeling sorry for assuming anything. "Let me ask you this, I know you're possessing this body, but is his soul still in it?"
"No, he has gone to heaven."
"Then wouldn't it be you feeling?" Lark questioned. "Tell me how she makes you feel."
"My body feels like it's twisting. Mostly in my stomach region. I feel my chest start to hurt as if someone's been stabbing it harshly without remorse."
"So why did you lay next to her? Why did you pull her to your side and wrap your wings around her?"
"You saw my wings?" Castiel asked and Lark nodded. "I guess that's just a reflex of mine when I'm like this. Like what you call a security blanket. It senses I needed something to secure me."
"You're dodging the other questions. What made you lay next to her?"
Castiel looked into Lark's eyes and then back down to the floor. "My chest hurt seeing her laying there, however when I laid next to her I felt comfort. Something inside that stopped the pain I felt, but it wasn't my grace."
Lark gave a soft sweet smile towards Castiel as she gently placed a hand tenderly on his shoulder. "It's because you're in love with Christy. Or at least something inside you is. Can angels fall in love with humans?"
"Yes, but I have never experience anything like this. Or at least I don't believe I have."
A knock on the door made both occupants look up as Bobby stood there. Looking flushed and had a mix of worry and excitement. "Christy...she has color in her cheeks."
Lark and Castiel rushed inside Christina's bedroom and saw her cheeks slightly pink against her sallow skin. Bobby was smiling and Lark felt tears stinging her eyes as she was so happy to see her friend coming back. She turned and saw Castiel who looked down at Christina with odd curiosity. With soft fingers he brushed against the color and felt warmth on his tips. His hand retracted as he stood up.
"I'll...be right back." Castiel said before he left the room, leaving both an excited Lark and Bobby confused as what Castiel was needing to do, but they went back to be excited that Christina this was a sign of her coming back.
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Sam and Dean arrived near closing time for the gift shop and they saw Robbie standing out in front of his house holding a folder with loose papers inside. Several members of his family stood in front of him looking confused as Sam and Dean stepped out of their vehicle.
"This is a private family matter!" An older woman said her black hair was streaked with gray and her brown eyes were small and vicious as she watched the Winchesters approach and stand off ten feet away from the group. "You two need to leave."
"I called them here, Mother." Robbie said gently but firm enough to warrant any negative feelings towards the brothers. "Sam, it's good to see you again. This must be your brother correct?"
Sam nodded and Dean looked confused. He wasn't sure what was going on between the group in front of them.
"Alright, what is in that folder that is so important that we needed to have this family meeting?" A slightly older male said looking tired from a hard days work.
"These are pictures I sketched. I've sent these to different art schools in the country." Robbie looked over at Sam and smiled. "It's because I had help from these two brothers that I want you to see what I created. Why me leaving would be not only helpful for me to experience the world but for the world to experience what we as a tribe live." He handed the folder to the eldest in the group who flipped the cover open and scanned the contents.
"These are..." The older man said looking from the pictures to his grandson. "Incredible."
"I'm glad you feel that way, Grandfather because of Sam's help I was able to apply for a scholarship so that I may continue my work. I will not forget who I am. Or where I came from. For Sam also told me that no matter if I were to run away from where I come from..." he stopped as he smiled at Sam nodding a small thank you towards him. "I will always come back to where I started."
The grandfather turned and looked at Sam, his graying eyes narrowed as he took quick steps towards him and looked inside Sam's soul. Sam felt his stomach twist as he was afraid of the older man seeing what he was. "You have a good soul." The older man said firmly gripping Sam's shoulder. "But there is darkness inside you. A darkness you did not bring on to yourself. What you spoke to my grandson is the truth. Thank you for helping him." The grandfather turned slowly towards Dean who looked nervous of what he would say about him; instead the older man turned and headed towards the truck. He said a few words in his native tongue to his family who all started to chuckle even Robbie.
"What about me?" Dean grumbled feeling a little left out as he watched the older man drive off in a old red pick up truck.
"Dean, it's not that important. Relax." Sam mumbled as he walked up to Robbie who shook Sam's hand a large smile on his face.
"Thank you..." Robbie said his own brown eyes filling up with tears. "Because of what you said I...I couldn't wait and tell them I wanted to head for school. Now they're letting me go! I've now got to get accepted and get a scholarship and I'll be set!"
"Well, I'm glad it all worked out there, Robbie." Sam said patting the young man on the back. "I'm sure you'll bring much joy to your family. And for your tribe."
"Oh I don't doubt it." Robbie said reaching in and grabbing two pictures that looked familiar. "The other one you have is for you to keep but would you give these to Lark and Christina as payment for helping me?"
Sam took the pictures and was amazed how detailed they were. It was almost like a different photo with emphasis on Lark or Christina in the different photos. There was slight coloring to the figures almost making the photo seem like a snap shot.
"These are beautiful. Thank you and I'm sure the girls will love them." Sam said with a sincere smile as he shook Robbie's hand once again. "It would give them remembrance of their time here. You take care."
"I will. Now that I know my family will support me. Thank you again."
Sam was taken by surprise as Robbie wrapped his arms around his broad shoulders and patted him twice on the back. Dean had already lumbered back over to the car and was sitting in the driver's seat.
"Hey, got a question, what did your grandfather say to you after he glanced over at Dean? Dean's in a foul mood about not knowing."
Robbie smiled and glanced over at Dean who was busy doing something on his phone. "He said your brother has a lot of air in his brain. Even though he is a skill hunter, he may not be a skilled person as he's afraid to confess his unspokedn feelings towards someone. That he's an idiot to not understand the deeper meaning of being with someone."
Sam nodded quietly knowing full well that everything was indeed true. But he now needed to head back to the Bed and Breakfast to gather their things before they left for South Dakota. "Well, you take care there Robbie. Keep in contact and please, don't read off any more spells."
Robbie laughed as he shook Sam's hand one last time. "You take care of yourself and tell both Lark and Christina, thank you for their help as well."
"I will." Sam said before turning and walking to the rental car as Dean had already started, ready to head back to the Bed and Breakfast and to get out of New York for a while.
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Dean fumbled for a few short minutes with the last of his clothes when a knock came from the door. Sam answered it and allowed Devin to walk in with Cassandra at his side.
"You guys leaving?" Devin asked and Dean nodded quietly zipping up his duffel bag.
"Yeah, got a plane to catch to take us home." He said and pulled out a small bottle from his jacket pocket opened it. Carefully he placed two small white pills into his hand before sliding them into his shirt pocket. When he returned the bottle back inside his jacket pocket he saw confused looks from both Devin and Cassandra. "Helps me relax on planes." Dean said forcing a smile.
"Dean hates flying." Sam said matter of fact before shaking Cassandra's and Devin's hand. "I'm glad you two worked things out."
"Well, it's all because of you two and your sister." Cassandra said sweetly smiling up at Devin. "You will thank her for us won't you?"
"Sure thing." Dean said gently pushing aside Devin and Cassandra and into the hall. "You two take care."
"You two as well. And if you're ever this way and need a place to stay stop on by. But give me heads up. I already have a full booking coming soon." Devin chuckled as he glanced down at the woman he held. "And now I don't feel like I have to do it all alone."
"You never did silly." Cassandra smiled kissing him gently on the cheek. "You have yourself a safe trip."
"We will." Sam said and left the room, followed closely by Dean. Both brothers were relieved that they were able to complete both steps and hoped this was one step closer in getting Christina back.
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Inside a room a fan lazily spun around filling the room with cool comfortable air. Christina Winchester lay undisturbed, her body not moving beneath the blankets that covered her. Instantly her chest slowly began to rise and fall as soft wheezing breath gradually became stronger until at last her hazel eyes opened quickly. She glanced around the room wondering silently how she got in that room as she tried to remember the events that led her to being alone in that room. Black murky fog was all she had running through her mind. As she slowly sat up she felt bandages on her face and saw faint scars on her wrists. She carefully lifted her hands not feeling any pain inside herself. Carefully she took the blanket off her legs and gently placed her feet on the floor beneath her. She hesitated fearing she would fall to the ground if she wasn't careful and slowly stood up and placed a hand on her desk chair she had nearby. She looked down and wondered who had changed her but didn't focus too much on it as she started to hear loud cries of pain from downstairs in the basement and two pairs of hurried footsteps.
She quietly made her way out her door and to the steps not hearing the usual creaks and moans as she walked and hoped she wasn't dead and was going to be seeing a reaper soon in front of her, but she was alone as she made her trip down to the basement.
The screams, she concluded, were coming from Spencer Owens, who was now being held up by Castiel who didn't have an ounce of sympathy on his face. He tried to pull away but was unable to break the hold Castiel had on him.
"Please, I swear!" He screamed through clenched teeth as Christina stood silently in the back behind Bobby and Lark. "I'm in a lot of pain! Please do something!"
"Bad case of indigestion?" Bobby sneered, even making Castiel smirk at the comment.
"Oh, take me now! I will be glad to die!" Spencer screamed large beads of sweat sliding down his face.
"My pleasure!" Castiel said looking up at the ceiling giving Spencer time to look at Christina who stared at him as he smirked just before he vanished.
Lark and Bobby both sighed in relief, looked at each other and turned around to see Christina standing there looking alive and slightly afraid.
"Ch...Chris..." They both stammered unsure what to say.
"Bobby..." Christina looked surprised as she could hear her voice again. "Bobby...Lark...I..." She couldn't speak before she rushed over and wrapped her arms around both their necks. As she held them she opened her eyes and could see that Castiel had returned and looking surprised at seeing her standing there.
The feeling of warmth filled his chest again as he looked at her, before vanishing again as he didn't feel comfortable telling Christina that he had feelings for her. He was still working on sorting out what he felt for her and wanted to be certain before speaking to her about them.