Chapter 21: The End of the Road
"Lumina, what did you do?" Dean gasped, grasping at Sam's limp body.
Lumina smiled, dropping the knife. "A simple knife coated with the venom of the Australian Brown Snake. You can buy anything off the internet these days."
Her gaze turned to Lucifer who only raised an eyebrow. "You know that won't save him. I can bring him back."
"I didn't do it to save him, I did it to get him out of the way." Lumina rolled her eyes. "Besides, I dare you to try and bring him back."
Lucifer quickly stood, walking towards her. "What did you do?"
"Lumina," Dean was still holding onto Sam, looking up at her with tearful eyes. "What are you doing?"
"I'm surviving, you idiot." She snapped, before turning back to Lucifer. "I want to be your vessel."
Lucifer chuckled. "That's not how it works kid."
"No," She said slowly. "You and Michael take vessels and you fight as you are. Or, you can do better."
Lucifer studied her quietly. "What do you mean?"
"I mean you're powerful, you truly are. But think about it, you're abilities mixed with mine. You would be unstoppable." She smiled wickedly.
"Why would you want this?" His face brightened. "You think you will be strong enough to resist me."
"Oh I know I won't be strong enough." She countered. "Do you think I really hopped with these idiots just to die?"
"Lumina," Dean begged. "Stop whatever you're doing!"
Lucifer looked down at Dean, studying him curiously. "You're not even going to beg for their lives?"
"Nope," she said, her face deadpan. "I want this over and I know which side will win. You can try to bring Sam back, but I bet you won't be able to."
His face was a mix between rage and curiosity as he stared at Sam. His eyes finally met hers, cold and dark. She felt the chills cover her arms but decided to ignore them.
"I'll tell you what, we'll try it your way and if doesn't work then you undo whatever you did to Sammy boy."
Lumina smiled deviously. "Deal."
"Lumina, no!" Dean yelled at one last attempt.
"I give you permission, Lucifer."
Dean carried Sam's body out of the building, the tears falling down hot on his cheeks. Bobby and Sam watched with horror expressions as Dean placed him in the backseat, closing his eyes.
"What the hell happened? Where's Lumina?" Bobby yelled.
"She tricked us," Dean finally managed to get the words out. "She used us to get to Lucifer."
"No," Castiel growled. "That's not possible! I know Lumina…."
"Yeah and so do I!" Dean screamed. "I knew the moment we found out who she was that she would be nothing but trouble. I should've killed her when I had the chance!"
Dean closed his eyes on the oncoming tears. His baby brother was dead and the woman he had seen as family had betrayed them all. Castiel walked towards Sam, placing a hand on his body but nothing happened. Something was blocking him from healing Sam.
"There's something we're missing."
Lumina screamed as hard as she could but Lucifer only laughed. She saw herself through the dingy mirror, yet it was no longer her.
"This is what you asked for." He said, pacing back and forth. Her body was covered in blood from the bodies he was slaughtering. "Doesn't the saying go be careful what you wish for?"
The only reason Dean was stopping the fight was for Sammy. He wanted to tear Lumina apart for what she had done and would kill anyone who got in his way. He gave one last look to his dead brother in the backseat before pulling up to the graveyard. Lumina, no Lucifer, stood there with Michael, both prepared to start the end of the world. Dean wanted to grin but he felt dead inside. He stepped out of the car, ready for anything to come at him. Death was okay now since Sammy was gone. He tried not to flinch when Castiel threw the bottle onto Michael to buy him time, but it was difficult not to after the new Lucifer glared at Castiel.
"You know," Lucifer said with a slow smile. "I'm getting really tired of this."
He raised a hand to send Dean flying against the tree. Dean felt something crack inside of him, but tried to ignore as he watched in horror as Lucifer grabbed Castiel and slammed him against the Impala. The punches came one after the other.
"You know," Lucifer said, stopping in mid-punch. "She's begging me stop in here."
Bobby tried to move, but Lucifer was ahead of him. A single snap and Bobby was dead. He turned his attention back to a bloody and disoriented Castiel.
"Lumina, please, if you can hear me," Castiel begged.
"Aw, does baby brother want his lover back?" Lucifer sneered. "Honestly Cassie, what do you see in these humans?"
Dean tried to stand, but something was broken. His head pounded and his heart was heavy with grief. Why had Lumina done this? She was supposed to protect humanity, not destroy them! He tried to think back of when everything went wrong but nothing matched up.
"You know," Lucifer continued. "You're girl really does have some power in her. I gotta say, I kind of like it!"
Lucifer kneed Castiel in the ribs, making Castiel cough up blood. He used his last bit of energy to reach up and snap the necklace off of Lucifer's neck. It was the sun gleaming off of it that did it.
She felt her mind pulling and stretching as the memories flooded her. It was the first time of seeing Castiel smile at her. The first time she completed her first hunt with the boys standing beside her. Bobby holding onto her as she cried herself to sleep after Dean's death. The day she realized she was meant for something more. It was like waking up, yet there were bits of fuzziness between here and there. Her fist unclenched as she realized she was in control for the moment.
In a haste, she kissed Castiel's bloody cheek before running to Dean. Her heart broke at the way he flinched from her, but she had to do this quickly.
"The rings, Dean." She yelled.
She watched as his eyes clicked as he realized what she was doing. He tossed her the rings and she quickly threw them on the ground and said the chant. As the ground began to crumble and the hole began to form, she turned to them with one last teary glance.
"I did it all for you." She whispered. "I did it so you could live."
She turned towards the hole, ready to jump when an arm pulled her away. She looked up to see Adam, or Michael's, face glaring at her.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"My job."
She grabbed his jacket at pulled them both into the ground.