A/N: Well here you are my fine readers. ENJOY!
"You know what I find funny?" Eve asked as she stood in front of Sam and Dean in their mother's form. They looked at the woman, in disgust. She was going through the who spiel about why she's doing what she's doing, her justification is that she's just being a protective mother. But what surprises them both is who she's really after. Crowley. She tells them that he's a live, neither brother sure if they should believe it. "You would pass up a deal like this, c'mon we all want the same thing, Crowley dead"
"Yeah, except we tried working for a demon and it only bit us in the ass" Dean snapped.
"Dean" Sam said and Dean looked over to his brother surprised. He couldn't believe he was even considering this bitch's offer.
"Sam, no" Dean said. "The answer is no" they bother turned back to Eve.
"How about this Dean" Eve said walking over to stand in front of him. She quickly grabbed his left hand, Sam quickly placing his hand on his gun. "What if I tell you why that itch won't go away"
"What are you talking about?" Dean asked and the demon just smiled.
"C'mon Dean" Eve said letting go of his hand. "You don't think I would miss what's happening in the world" she turned toward the window. "That is the signs of someone very pissed off" she turned back to the brothers. "And I know why"
"What does it have to do with me?" Dean asked and Eve laughed. "What's so funny?"
"You are" Eve replied. "It's just I thought you of all people would be able to see through the veil that's been thrown over your eyes, but I guess not" she clasped her hands together. "You work for me and I tell you everything you want to know, even how to stop this" Dean looked at the woman long and hard debating which decision he should make, but he soon realized there was no decision.
"The answer is no" Dean growled and the smile fell from Eve's face.
"You say that like you have another option" she snapped.
"Maybe I do" Dean replied. "Maybe I don't" they're attention turned to the door of the diner as more Jefferson Starships walked in bringing Bobby, Castiel and Adam with them.
"Well, so much for your plan B." Eve says before turning and walking over to Castiel. "And you, wondering why so flaccid? I'm older than you, Castiel. I know what makes angels tick. Long as I'm around, consider yourself unplugged." She turned back to Sam and Dean. "Work for me. It's a good deal. Bonus, I won't kill your friends, or little brother"
"Alright, look. The last few months we've been working for an evil dick." Dean snapped. " We're not about to sign up for an evil bitch. We don't work with demons. We don't work with monsters. And if that means you gotta kill us, then kill us!" she smiles at him as she walks over.
"You don't work with monsters huh?" Eve asks and she glances over her shoulder to Castiel. "You have no idea how much of a lie that is" she turned back to Dean. "Dean you don't get it, I get what I want, you won't work for me willingly, I turn you and make you my bitch"
"Beat me with a wire hanger" Dean quips with a cocky grin. "The answers still no" Eve grabs Dean, turning him and slamming his face onto the counter. Sam gets up to help but is restrained by starships. Dean tries to pull himself free, but she strong.
"Don't test me" Eve growls in his ear. Dean sees something pass by his line of sight and soon there's a woman standing in front of him behind the bar. She's just standing there, smiling at him, her hand on her very prominent pregnant belly.
"See if I were here your face wouldn't be kissing a counter right now"
And in a blink of an eye, she's gone. It had to be some sort of trick, thatsthe only thing that makes sense.
"Bite me" Dean grounds out and before he knows it the demon's teeth are plunging into his neck.
"Dean!" Sam yells trying pull free from the demons.
"No!" Adam yells but its no use. Everything stops when Eve staggers backwards coughing. Dean lifts himself from the counter and turns to her.
"Phoenix ash. One shell, one ounce of whisky. Down the hatch. Little musty on the afterburn." Dean says and with a wave he says. " Call you later, Mom."
A light shines from Eve's chest. She morphs from Mary back to her brunette form. She chokes. Dark liquid comes out of her mouth and nose before she falls to the ground and dies. The Starships start attacking.
"Shut your eyes!" Cas yells before creating a bright ball of light inside the diner killing all the demons. They stand there in silence for a moment looking down at the dead demons that line the floor.
"We got to take you on more hunts" Bobby says and Castiel casts a glance to him.
"Dean" Adam says walking over to his brother. "You ok?"
"Cas, he's bleeding pretty bad" Sam says walking over to his brother. Castiel walks over placing a hand on Dean's shoulder, the moment he does a strange feeling creeps into Dean. Before he can even try to understand it, he's healed and the angel is releasing him. Dean just clears his throat brushing off the feeling.
"Alright, we're good." Dean says. " We got to go. Now."
"Why?" Cas asked. The angel was hoping now that Eve was dead he could find Crowley before it was too late.
"The kid. The little kid. He's one of 'em." Dean says.
"Unbelievable" Castiel replied and Dean looks over to him.
"Yeah, I know Cas, you told me, alright. Let's just go." Dean says.
"What's that?" Adam says looking out the window of the diner to see headlights. They all walk over to see a car pulling into the parking lot in front of the diner. "This isn't good"
"Cas you may wanna clean this place up" Bobby says looking out the window. The car stops and the headlight turn off but no one steps out. With a wave of his hand Castiel makes the bodies that lined the floor of the diner disappear.
"Look we don't have time for this" Dean says turning to Cas. "We gotta go"
"Crap" Adam says and they turn to him. "I dropped my gun, when those bastards brought us in here" he looked to his brother. "My prints are all over it" he turns back out the window. "Look you guys go find the kids and I'll grab my gun, just come back for me" he turns. "Ok" Dean and Sam share a look debating if leaving their brother behind is a good idea. "I'll be fine, trust me"
"Fine" Dean says finally. "Get your gun and hide out somewhere, we'll come back for you" Adam just nodded before Castiel teleports them away leaving the youngest Winchester in the empty diner. Adam turns back to look out the window when the mystery driver finally steps out of his car, and to his surprise he recognizes the man. Adam makes his way out the door, stopping right in front of the man.
"Adam?" Chuck says trying to positition his hood over his head, so he doesn't get too much water to the face. "What are you doing here?"
"What am I doing that here?" Adam asked shaking his head. He'd only really seen the man once, and that's only when Dean and Sam skyped the man to see if he had any insight to their whole Eve deal. "What are you doing here?" Chuck shook his head.
"Can we go inside?" the writer asked and Adam nodded before they turned and walked into the diner. Chuck closed the door behind him, the first thing he noticed was that the place was totally deserted. "Where is everyone?"
"Dead" Adam replied turning to the man.
"Eve?" Chuck asked and the young man just nodded. That only confused him even more. He wondered if Eve was the reason he felt the need to get here.
"Chuck, what are you doing here?" Adam asked.
"Good question" Chuck replied. "Where's Sam and Dean, I get the feeling I'm going to need their help on this one"
"They're gone" Adam replied. "Trying to tie up loose ends, what's up maybe I can help" Chuck looked to the young man. He'd written about him often, and what he knew is that the youngest of John Winchester's sons was not the one you turn to in a supernatural problem. He was still too inexperienced for Chuck's liking.
"No thanks" Chuck replied. "This is definitely something I need your brothers for" Chuck just scoffed before noticing the folded paper hanging from Chuck's pocket.
"What's that?" Adam asked and Chuck looked down to the paper before pulling it out.
"This-" Chuck said unfolding the paper. "-Is why I'm here" he sighed looking down to the picture, when an idea popped into his head. "I wonder…"
"What?" Adam asked and Chuck just turned the picture around.
"You ever seen her before?" Chuck asked and the young man is silent as he stares at the drawing of the woman on the wet paper. "Adam are you-" before he can finish his sentence, Adam is taking the picture from the writers hands. "Hey!"
"Chuck, who is this woman?" Adam asks not taking his eyes from the picture. Why does she look familiar?
"Do you know her?" Chuck asked looking at the way the man looked to the picture.
"I don't think we've been formally introduced" Adam heard the woman's voice as clear as Day. "I'm Katie"
"Katie" Adam said looking to the woman. Chuck's eyes widened at the sound of her name. Maybe he was supposed to be here. "This is Katie" Adam finally looked from the picture to Chuck.
"Yes!" Chuck said excited. "Who is she exactly?" Adam just furrowed his brow turning back to look at the picture.
"I don't know" Adam says trying to rack his brain. "I don't even know how I know her name"
"I think it's because you know her" Chuck says and Adam looks over to him. "We all do and for some reason or another, now we can't"
"I don't understand" Adam says and Chuck sighs.
"Someone made her nonexistent" Chuck says. "And now we can't remember her"
"If we're not supposed to remember her how did you get this picture?" Adam asked.
"I saw her" Chuck said. "In my head, like a vision or something. I had a friend of mine sketch this from what I could remember"
"I thought you couldn't remember what you wrote" Adam asked trying to make sense out of all of this.
"That's just it" Chuck replied. "I didn't write this, I just saw it and I remembered seeing it" he shook his head, he still couldn't make heads or tails of it. "But it only started when Balthazar bust into my living room"
"Wait, did you say Balthazar?" Adam asked and Chuck nodded. "He was at Bobby's earlier, dropped caramel corn on the desk and said something about someone going too far"
"I think he may have meant whoever did this to her" Chuck said looking to the picture. "Because whoever made her disappear caused that" the man said pointing outside to the rain. "And to every other disaster that seems to be happening"
"Why?" Adam asked and Chuck turned back to the young man. "I mean why would someone do this, what could she have possibly done?" They both turned at the sound of cars. Walking over to the window, they looked out to see not one but four cars pulling into the parking lot.
"Is this place like popular or something?" Chuck asked looking out the window. "What the hell is going on?"
"I don't know" Adam replied looking over to the writer. "And I still forgot to grab my gun" chuck just shook his head before turning to look out the window.
"Uh, boss?" Tony asked looking up to the diner and around the car as more cars pulled in along with them. "Where are we?"
"I don't know Tony" Gibbs said keeping a watchful eye around them. He didn't know why he was doing what he was doing. He didn't know where he was going and why it lead him here.
"Is that a shot gun?" McGee asked looking out his window. The agents looked out the window and spotted the gun. "I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this"
"You're not the only one McObvious" Tony said when he heard a door slam shut.
"What are you doing Bridget?" Lacey asked as she ran to catch up to her sister in the rain.
"I'm going into this diner, until this storm calms down" Bridget replied as they made their way to the diner.
"Yeah, except it's late and I don't know if this place is even open" Lacey replied.
"The lights are on, so we're going in" Bridget retorted as they reached the door and walked in. The sisters walked in to find two men who only stared back to them. "Are you guys open?" Chuck and Adam just shared a look before turning back to the women, both nodding a yes. Bridget turned back to her sister. "See I told you" she turned back to the men. "I'll take a double shot cappuccino with crème, no milk" and with that she turned to find a seat. Chuck and Adam just looked at each other nervously. Lacey just shook her head.
"She'll have a coffee" the woman said and she saw them sigh in relief before she followed after her sister.
"Well you better go get that coffee" Chuck said giving Adam a pat on the shoulder. Adam just looked over to him his eye brows almost to his hairline.
"Why do I have to make the coffee?" Adam asked his voice a whisper. "We should just get out of here"
"Look, trust me, just go make the coffee" Chuck said.
"Fine" Adam said turning and spotting a menu on the counter. "If I'm getting the coffee, you're playing waitress" Adam pushed the menu into the writer's hands, before turning and walking behind the counter.
"From writer, to waitress" Chuck muttered before walking over to the two women.
"Mom, you sure we should be stopping here, with this storm getting as bad as it is?" Jason asked as he and his mother looked ahead at the diner.
"Yes" Elizabeth replied looking at the diner. "C'mon, let's get some food" and with that she grabbed her umbrella and got out of the car, Jason following. As began walking they watched as a group exited the car next to them. Elizabeth and Jason looked over to them, and knowing just from that look that these people we're from around her. Before Elizabeth could reach for the door, there was already another hand on it. She looked over to the gray haired man standing next to her as he opened the door from her. "Thank you" she said with a smile.
"You're welcome" the man replied as she walked into the diner. He watched her for a moment before he looked over to see a young man glaring at him.
"Yeah, thanks" Jason said walking through the door behind his mother.
Gibbs looked back to see his team making their way to the diner. Gibbs walked in scanning the small diner, his eyes falling on the familiar face that was taking a someone's order.
"Isn't that, that guy?" Tony asked as he shook water from himself. "I thought he was a writer, since when is he a waiter?"
"I guess that's what we're going to figure out" Gibbs asked before walking over to the man.
Once again Chuck had the undeniable feeling that someone was coming toward him. He looked up to see the gray haired agent, from the last diner, walking toward him. Without a word Chuck began moving backwards away from Bridget and Lacey.
"Um, excuse me I wasn't finished" Bridget snapped as the man moved from their booth. Chuck didn't know how far he was going to get, when his back hit the wall, he realized he wasn't getting that far.
"I can explain" Chuck said as the agents surrounded him.
"We're listening" Gibbs said. Chuck gulped as the four agent's eyes pierced him.
"Uh, well you see-" Chuck started but he was saved… by a scream. All the agents grabbed their guns turning to see three new faces.
"Ok, so did not expect this" Dean said as he, Sam and Bobby held their hands in the air and looked to the guns pointed their way. He turned his head toward his youngest brother who was behind the counter. "Adam, you mind telling us what the hell is going on"
"Chuck?" Sam said and Dean turned his head to see the writer behind the people with guns pointed at them. "What's going on?"
"Better question?" Bridget said now seated next to Lacey. "How did you guys just appear out of nowhere?" they looked over to the woman, and Sam recognized the woman next to her.
"You!" Sam and Lacey said in unison.
"You two know each other?" Dean asked looking over to his brother.
"Yeah, we met back in Sioux falls" Sam replied still looking at the woman. "What are you doing here?"
"Says the man who just did a Houdini in the middle of the diner" Lacey snapped.
"We should get out of here" Jason whispered over to his mother.
"You aren't the least bit curious, how those guys appear?" Elizabeth asked.
"Well it's supernatural, so no" Jason replied. "We've been through this, I want nothing to do with that life"
"But it's who you are" Elizabeth said looking over to her son. "You can't run from that"
"Will everyone just stop talking!' Gibbs snapped his hand still firmly in his gun. "Now where did you three come from?" Sam and Dean share a look, before both turned to Bobby who glared to him.
"What the hell you two idjits looking at me for" Bobby snapped before turning back to the people with guns. "Look we could tell you, but I doubt you'll believe us"
"Try me" Gibbs snapped. Bobby looked to the brothers before turning back to agent.
"Bobby you can't tell him" Dean said looking over to the man, his hands still up. "They'll think we're crazy"
"Dean's right" Sam said.
"You do know we can hear you don't you?" Tony asked looking between the three faces. There was a roar of thunder, paired with a strike of lightening, knocking the power out for a second, once the lights come back on there's a new face standing in between the agents and the hunters. "Seriously why are people just popping in here?"
"Balthazar!" Dean snapped and the angel turned to him. "I should've know this had you written all over it"
"I'd love to take credit Dean, but this-" Balthazar said looking around to the faces. "-has nothing to do with me"
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked looking over to the angel. Balthazar just turned to the writer who was still cowering in the corner.
"I'll let the prophet explain" Balthazar replied and they all turned to Chuck. The angel looked to the ceiling. "Damn, look I got to fly" he turned back to Chuck. "Fix this now, before it's too late" and with that the angel disappeared, gain a squeal from Bridget.
"Will you stop that" Lacey said before turning back to the hunters.
"There was a man there, and then poof he's gone" Bridget said her breathing hitching. "I think I'm having a panic attack or something"
"Calm down Bridg" Lacey said rubbing her sisters back. Jason looked over to the two women, unable to explain the urge to make sure they were alright. The room was silent when everyone turned to Chuck again.
"What the hell was he talking about Chuck?" Dean asked and suddenly the writer had an idea. He looked at the faces that stare back to him. What if he was meant to be here, with all of them?
"I think I know what's going on here?" Chuck asked. "Do any of you who aren't related, know anyone else in this room?" they all looked around to each other, all of them shaking their head no. "Does anyone in this room, who've you never seen before today seem unexplainably familiar?" they all looked around again, each able to agree with the question.
"Chuck what's going on?" Dean asked again and Chuck reached for his pocket.
"Easy" Ziva spoke. Things were getting weird, but she was still an agent, trying to keep whatever was happening under control. Chuck slowly reached into his pocket pulling out the picture.
"Do you mind?" Chuck asked gesturing to the counter. The agents just moved aside as the man walked over and unfolded the picture on the counter. "I think the reason we're all here is because of her" The agents placed their guns in their holsters as everyone in the diner gathered around the picture. The water from the rain, wrinkled the paper, but she was still there. Dean, Sam and Bobby found themselves in the back of the group unable to get a good look of the picture. "Her name is Katie" The moment the name hit Dean's ears he froze.
"First things first, I'm Katie. Just Katie. No nick name, and because you are so rude no last name either." Dean heard the voice again. This time it was more clearer than ever before. He closed his eyes. "You're Sam and you're Dean" When he opened his eyes he was back in that hospital room standing next to Sam, and there was a woman in front of him, she was dressed as a nurse. He looked down to see the face of Alison Marks, someone he hasn't seen in years. He remembers being here, trying to question her, what he doesn't recall is this woman. " Don't ask me how I know this because that doesn't matter right now. All that matters is finding out what Alison knows."
"Dean" Sam said placing a hand on his brother's shoulder. Dean turned to him, and Sam couldn't recognize the look in his brother's eyes. "What's wrong?" Dean turned back and pushed his way toward this picture Chuck had pulled out. Once he was he finally saw it, he knew it was her. "Dean who is it?" Sam asked. Dean couldn't bring himself to look away from the beautiful woman from the drawing. Sam shared a look with Bobby before turning to him brother.
"Will someone please tell me what's going on here?" Tony asked. "What does this picture have to do with why we're here?" Chuck sighed.
"It's not the picture" Chuck replied. "It's the woman, the woman someone made disappear" That made Dean snaps his eyes to the writer. Chuck looked over to the eldest Winchester, seeing a flash of anger in his eyes.
"I'm sorry did you just say make her disappear?" McGee asked and Chuck nodded. "Do you mean someone killed this woman?" Chuck shook his head.
"I mean made her disappear" Chuck said sheepishly.
"That makes no sense" Ziva replied. "You can't make people just disappear"
"What did it?" Elizabeth asked and everyone turned to her. The word, "What" catching everyone's attention.
"Angel" Chuck replied and then everyone turned to him.
"Ok, Lacey get your stuff, we're getting the hell out of here" Bridget said grabbing her sister's arm. "This place is filled with crazy people"
"Bridget, let me go" Lacey said. She wanted to hear more.
"Did you just say angel?" Tony asked and Chuck once again nodded.
"Who?" Dean asked.
"What you believe him?" Gibbs asked speaking up and Dean looked over to him.
"Trust me old man, angels are the least weird thing out there" Dean said gaining a glare from the agent.
"Look we know how this sounds, trust us, but yeah angels are real" Sam said. "So are a lot of things"
"Like what?" Tony asked not convinced.
"Like witches" Elizabeth spoke and they turned to her.
"Mom, don't" Jason said and his mother just took his hand.
"It's ok" she replied before turning toward the counter. With a flick of her hand she made everything that was on the counter float in the air, Bridget screamed again.
"Bridget!" Lacey snapped turning to her sister. "I swear if you do that again, I'm going to hit you, now shut up" Lacey pushed her sister back into her seat so she could calm down. When she turned back around she saw guns pointed at the lady with the cool magic trick. And it wasn't just the people in suits this time, it was the guys who appeared out of nowhere. She watched as the dark haired man who came in with the woman moved to stand in front of her.
"Do not point guns at my mother" the man growled. "Because this crazy night will go a whole lot crazier" they all stared at the man and they all realized that if these two were really witches than maybe guns were not a good match. They all lowered their guns, putting them away. "Thanks"
"How-How did she do that?" Tony asked and Elizabeth looked over to him.
"I am a witch" she replied turning to Sam, Dean and Bobby. "Not an evil witch, but a witch none the less" Dean looked at the woman.
"Look first of all, I'm not evil, a bit of a bitch maybe but not evil. Second who says I'm not here to help you two."
"She's a witch" Dean says and they turn to him.
"Dean" Sam replied noticing that look in Dean's eyes again. "Yeah, that's what she just said"
"No" Dean said. "Not her" he looked back down to the picture in his hands. "She's a witch, Katie" he looked over to his brother. "And we've met her before" Sam looked down to the picture, and had to admit she looked familiar but couldn't remember meeting her. Sam shook his head.
"I don't remember" Sam replied looking over to his brother. Everyone just turned to Chuck who had remained silent, hoping everything would just unfold on its own. Now everyone was looking at him again, waiting for him to just…do something.
"Balthazar told you to fix this" Dean said looking over to the writer. "What did he mean?"
"I uh… I don't know" Chuck replied and he could see the eyes on him get a little angrier. "He said being a prophet or whatever should be able to help me, help you" he shook his head. "I just don't know how, I mean I'm just a writer, I write, that's what I'm good at, that's what I know how to do, but this –" he waved his hands around. "I don't know what to do about all of this"
"Well this picture" Dean said holding it up. "How did you get this?"
"I had a vision I think" Chuck replied. "And I had a friend of mines draw it for me, from what I told him"
"What did you see?" Sam asked.
"You two were sitting in a diner" Chuck chuckled. "You two have really seen your fair share of diners I tell you, I mean-"
"Chuck I swear to God-" Dean snapped.
"Right, I saw you two sitting in a diner talking about, uh Carol's sister Alison" Chuck looked over to the brothers. "And then Katie walked in and Dean looked over to her"
"I don't-" Dean looked back to the picture. "I don't remember that"
"I know" Chuck said. "None of you remember her, because someone wanted it that way, someone wanted her not to exist and now she doesn't"
"Why?" It was Gibbs who spoke this time. He and his team were still shell-shocked from the magic show from earlier. But the more he heard, the more confused he was. "What did she do?"
"I don't know" Chuck replied. "She made someone very angry, angry enough to get rid of her" there was another roar of thunder. "And now all of this is happening because of it" The room was silent for a moment. Everyone still trying to process this information. There was a ring signaling the opening of the door, when three new faces walked in. They all stopped when they noticed all eyes on them.
"So stopping at the random diner in the middle of nowhere Oregon, maybe not a good idea" Isabel said as she looked at the many eyes that were on them.
"Maybe if we just back out slowly" Aiden said moving slowly toward the door.
"Wait!" Chuck called out to him. "This may seem weird but I think you're supposed to be here" they all looked at him like he was crazy. "All of are, we're here because we need to remember, I think remembering will bring her back" they all looked at him. "Well at least that's a theory"
"How do you remember something you can't remember?" Sam asked and Chuck just shrugged.
"How did I get that that picture?" Chuck replied rhetorically "They made her disappear, but I'm getting these flashes of her, hearing her voice, I mean has anything like that happened to any of you" everyone in the room remembers hearing a voice they couldn't explain, something they brushed off as just their mind playing tricks on them.
"I saw her" Dean said looking over to Sam.
"When?" Sam asked.
"Before, with Eve" Dean replied. "I thought I was going nuts, she was standing there behind the counter, and she smiled at me"
"Well then that leaves you and Chuck who've actually seen her face, outside of this crumpled piece of paper" Bobby said. "What does that mean?"
"Ok, what did we walk in on?" Ryan whispered.
"Cult maybe" Aiden replied.
"What's that?" Isabel asked catching a glimpse at the picture in Dean's hand. She walked over getting a closer look, Ryan and Aiden behind her. "This woman, I know her"
"Yeah, so does everyone else in this room" Dean replied. "Thing is no one remembers her" they all turned to Chuck once again. "Now we're just waiting for him to fix this"
"Calm down mate" Crowley said as he watched Castiel pacing back and forth. "It's just a storm, it'll pass"
"This will not pass" Castiel snapped. "This will get worse, we must bring her back"
"That can't happen" Crowley snapped. "Her being gone is what we need, it's what you need to beat old Raffy boy, you don't have anyone to worry about now"
"Who do you think is doing this?" Castiel asked walking over to the demon. "These storms, these earthquakes, tornados, who do think is behind this?" Crowley just looked over to him. "These are signs of the end, all happening at the same time, guess who shows up then?"
"It wouldn't by chance be your old man now would it?" Crowley asked and the angel just glared at him. "I think we may have to bring her back"
"Now, bring her back now!" Castiel yelled and the demon back away a bit.
"It's not that easy" Crowley replied. "Me and the fate sister had a deal, if she did this then I leave her be, I go back there wanting her to undo all this and she gets angry, starts talking, and that's not good"
"Do something" Castiel snapped. "Because if my father returns, then all of this, everything will not matter"
"I'll see what I can do" Crowley said. "But if I were you, I'd be looking into your brother, he's been poking at this since you've been out of commission, there's no telling what damage he's caused"
"I will deal with Balthazar" Castiel replied. "You work on bringing her back" the demon nodded before disappearing. Castiel turned and found himself back in the diner, where he was to pick up Sam, Dean, Bobby and Adam, but there were a few more people than expected. People who should not be in the same room.
"What is happening?" Castiel asked and everyone turned at the new voice. "Why are all of these people here?" Dean walked over to him and handed him the picture. The angel felt his heart stop at the sight of the woman. "Where did you get this?"
"Do you know her?" Dean asked. "Because none of us do, and relying on Chuck for any kind of help is pointless"
"Hey!" Chuck said but couldn't help but agree.
"So any idea of what is happening?" Dean asked looking over to the angel.
"Sure you do Cas" Everyone turned to see Balthazar appear once again.
"Ok, that just happened?" Bridget asked just gaining a shush from her sister.
"Boss, this seems way above our pay grade" Tony said.
"Will you shut up Tony" Ziva snapped keeping a watchful eye on the apparent angels that were in the room.
"Why aren't you a little more freaked out Ziva?" Tony asked. "I'm mean I'm seconds from a heart attack, McGee's about to go into shock, and I think the boss's head is going to explode soon"
"Maybe all of this isn't as much of a surprise to me as it is for you" Ziva said glancing to her partner. "I've heard stories, and that's what I thought they were, maybe I was wrong"
"Tell them what you know about her" Balthazar said and everyone turned to him. "Tell them what-" the angel stopped when he noticed no one in the room moving. They were all frozen and he looked over to his brother. "No, you can't do this"
"I understand what you're doing" Castiel replied. "And I understand why"
"Do you?" Balthazar asked. "do you see what you've done, what this war is doing to you?"
"I'm fighting for us!" Castiel snapped walking over to his brother. "I'm doing what I have to do so you and the rest of my brothers will not have to fall subject to Raphael's tyranny"
"So noble aren't you Castiel" Balthazar said glaring at his brother. "Is that what you had to say when you decided to work with a demon, is that what you told yourself when you let that evil bastard talk you into trying to kill her, oh I bet you repeated it to yourself when he convinced you that making her disappear was for your own good"
"Shut up Balthazar" Castiel snapped. "You've tried sabatoging me for the last time"
"You think its going to work don't you?" Balthazar asked. "You can't erase her from the prophet, and I don't think you can erase her from Dean either, the others maybe they'll forget all of this ever happened, that she was ever even here, but she will never truly be gone" Balthazar stepped in front of his brother. "And as long as I'm around I'm going to make sure of it" and with that the angel was gone. Castiel grit his teeth wanting to go after him and finish him once and for all, but his number one priority was getting the people in this room as far away from each other as possible.
Dean's eyes snapped opened as the light shining in…, scratch that there was no sun light just the rain as it clattered against the window. he got up from the couch, looking over to see Sam asleep in the chair across from him, while Adam slept on the floor. It was a long night after finally defeating Eve and finally getting back to Bobby's. He stood from the couch and stumbled into the kitchen. He walked over to the cabinet grabbing a bowl, but he stopped when he felt someone behind him. He turned and there stood the most beautiful woman he'd ever saw just looking at him.
"Who-Who are you?" Dean asked sitting the bowl on the table. If he learned anything from being a hunter it's that a pretty face could hide anything.
"Who am I Dean?" the woman asked as her hand fell to her very pregnant belly. "I mean c'mon, I'm not the easily forgettable, am I" he looked over her features, and he knew he'd seen her before. "You got to remember me babe, you have to" She walked over and stood right in front of him. She grabbed his hands bringing them to her waists. "Remember" she brought her lips to his for a ghost of kiss, so brief and in an instant she was gone. He heard a crash in the living room and quickly ran in to find Sam and Adam both awake and backing away as Balthazar stood in front of them, a scared Chuck next to him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Dean asked.
"I'm giving you your life back Dean" Balthazar snapped before turning to Chuck. "Do you remember?"
"Yeah, I do" the writer asked. He found it weird that he ended up back at his house after all of the craziness from the diner. He realized that whoever sent Katie away was trying their best to keep her that way by keeping the people in her life apart.
"Good" Balthazar said. "Now show them"
"Show them?" Chuck replied looking over to the angel. "How?"
"Use those prophet powers of yours" Balthazar snapped before looking to the sky. "Damn it" he looked back down. "Do it now" Chuck just turned to the three Winchesters in front of him.
"I don't- I don't know what to do" Chuck stammered. He closed his eyes and the three brothers looked over to him confused.
"What in the hell is going-" Bobby walked down the stairs when suddenly everything was moving.
"It's happening!" Balthazar yelled as the earthquake continued rocking the house. "Chuck, look this is happening because she's gone, make them remember her and bring her back!"
"Yeah, that's easier said than done!" Chuck snapped trying to hold something to keep from falling over.
Castiel stood on top of the empire state building as he watched chaos insue when the earthquake started.
"We have a problem" Crowley said and Castiel cringed at the words. He turned to the demon his eyes dark. "Clotho wasn't really into undoing the deed, apparently she's looking for a commitment and I'm just not ready-"
"Bring her back!" Castiel growled. "Do you see what's happening!"
"Yeah, I do" Crowley replied. "And I figure all hope isn't lost, not when you have that prophet down there" Castiel remembered Balthazar words. It was true no matter what he did he could never erase her from Chuck's memory. "The only fear is that if he brings her back and she tells everyone what we've been up to-" Castiel turned his back to the demon. "I guess I don't have to tell you, though I would at least keep an eye on things, if your brother is really hell bent on revealing your secrets to the world the first thing he's going to do is put Chuck and Dean in the same room"
"Chuck, if I were you I'd get to doing your prophet thing" Balthazar snapped as the windows in the house shattered. "Like now!"
"You say that like I really know what you mean" Chuck snapped back but turned when he heard laughing. He turned and there she stood just looking at him.
"C'mon Chuckie, you're more than just a writer" she said. "You're a hero"
Then it hit him. Dean was the first of them to lay eyes on her. That moment she walked into the diner, he looked at her and then she was erased. He looked over to Dean who like the others were struggling to stay on his feet.
"Quick, get down to the panic room!" Bobby yelled and they all ran toward the stairs. Closing the door behind them the house continued to shake, until it just suddenly stopped.
"Is it over?" Adam asked looking around to the small room.
"No" Balthazar replied. "It's just beginning, and I don't even think we've seen the worst of it" he turned to Chuck. "This is all you prophet" Chuck just nodded before turning to Dean.
"You saw her and then she was erased" Chuck said.
"Who-" Dean snapped. "What's going on here, what are you talking about" Chuck walked over to him.
"Katie, Dean" Chuck said. "She's important, and I think she's especially important to you" he looked down to his hands. "I think I know what to do" Dean looked at the man confused for a moment. Chuck looked back over to Dean. "Just so you know, I have no idea if this will hurt or not" before Dean could ask any questions Chucks hands grabbed the sides of the hunters head.
Then everything seemed to make ! There was a flash as if someone had just taken a picture with a giant camera. BOOM! There was a crash heard from upstairs. BOOM! The house seemed to begin shaking furiously before the light above them shut off and they were just standing in darkness. A silent darkness, as everything stopped moving.
"Everyone still alive?" Adam asked and then the light switched on and everyone looked in shock as everything that was moved by the earthquake was now back in its place. "How the hell did this happen?" Sam and Bobby brushed off the comment as they turned to Chuck and Dean who were standing there just looking at each other.
"Dean?" Sam asked looking over concerned for his uncharacteristically quiet older brother. "Are you ok?"
"Do you remember her?" Dean asked his voice unintentionally quiet. He cleared his throat and looked away from the prophet to his brother. "Katie, do you remember her?" Sam looked at his brother and then turned away, a smile coming to his face.
"Yeah, I do" Sam replied before turning to Adam. "You?" Adam looked back over to Sam and nodded a yes. They all turned to Bobby who nodded as well. "How did this happen?" they turned back to Dean and Chuck.
"Remebering something that doesn't exists, make it… exist" Chuck says with a smile, but just as quickly as it came, it went. "Now we have a bigger problem?"
"Problem?" Adam asked looking over to the prophet. "Bigger than the end of the world kind of problem?" Chuck turns to the young man.
"Depends on what-"
"Yes" Dean says interrupting the prophet.
"I guess it's a yes" Chuck replied glancing over to Dean, who soon began moving to the door, Bobby and Chuck behind him.
"What's going on?" Adam asked grabbing Sam, before he could follow the others. "What's this problem?"
"Our memories of her are back" Sam replied. "But she isn't" A realization hit Adam and his eyes grew dark.
"We have to go" Adam said before walking past Sam up the stairs. Sam was about to follow when he stopped and turned back to the panic room.
"Where'd Balthazar go?" the young hunter thought. He shook his head. They had more pressing matters, so he turned and ran up the stairs.
"Where do we look?" Adam asked watching Dean pace back and forth asking himself the same question. "I mean we remember her, does that mean she's back back or just-" the young man shook his head and turned to Chuck. "You're the psychic or whatever, where is she?"
"You think if I knew that we'd be standing here" Chuck snapped.
"Who did this?" Sam asked looking over to the writer and Chuck looked over to him and sighed.
"I don't know, Balthazar never gave me a name" chuck replied. "He did call him his brother"
"So an angel did this?" Sam asked and Chuck nodded, when Dean finally stopped.
"Where's Balthazar?" Dean asked and everyone was quiet. "He was here and now he's just not"
"Don't know" Chuck replied. "But whoever did this probably isn't too happy with our friend Balthazar at the moment." Everyone stood silent for a moment.
"Ok, so if remembering her brings her back to existence, then she's somewhere right?" Adam asked and everyone gave a nod, trying to figure out where he was going with this. "And she almost never goes anywhere without her cell phone"
"You want to call her?" Sam asked and Adam just shrugged.
"It's worth a shot right?" Adam asked and Sam nodded. Dean took out his cell phone punching in the familiar number, before placing the phone to his ears. Everyone's ears perked up when they heard a familiar song in the distance. "It's here" they all began walking trying to locate the phone. They ended up at the bottom of the stairs. Dean was the first one running up the stairs following the ringing. He stopped right outside of her room, or at least he hope it was. He now had conflicting memories that were placed there showing the room behind this door nothing more than a storage room filled with boxes of Bobby's old crap. He reached for the door, and twisted the knob and pushing the door open. Everyone stopped and looked at bedroom, the familiar pictures and books around. They heard the ringing phone, this time spotting it on the bedside table.
"Ok, I'm confused" Chuck said breaking the silence. They all stood still when they heard the toilet flush in the bathroom, followed by the sound of running water. "You don't think-" the bathroom door swung open and out walked as startled and confused Katie. She definitely didn't expect to see the crowd of men huddled in her room.
"Uh, Guys?" Katie said looking over their faces. She recognized the relief they all seemed to wear. "Is everything ok?" no one answered, as they continued stairing at her. "Ok guys you're scaring me, what's happening?" Without a response Dean walked over bringing her into a tight hug. "What I miss?"
"A lot princess" Dean whispered in her ear before kissing her gently, his hands falling to her belly.
Katie lay in the bed, Dean next to her, looking at him as he told her of the past 48 hours, and her nonexistence. The others had went downstairs to give to two some privacy. When Dean was finished, Katie placed her hand on his.
"Dean, it's ok now" she said. "I'm right here"
"Yeah, but you weren't" Dean snapped. "You were gone, someone took you and our baby away from me and there was nothing I could do about it"
"What do you mean there was nothing you could do about it" Katie replied. "You brought us back" his eyes came to hers. "Do you know what happened in that basement, what happened when Chuck touched you" he shook his head. "I exist in you babe, and there's no amount of magic that can erase that, you brought me back, you brought us back" Katie brought her hands around him in a hug.
That night Dean sat in a chair watching his wife sleep. He was tired but he wasn't going to go to sleep, not when the last time he fell asleep beside her, when he woke she was gone. He was her husband, and the father of their child. It was his job, no it was his duty to protect them and he failed. He let someone take them away from him. He heard the door crack open and glanced over his shoulder to see Sam walk in. Sam looked over to the sleeping woman in the bed before looking down to his older brother.
"So that was a weird couple of days" Sam whispered over to his brother.
"Tell me about it" Dean whispered back. He looked down to his watch. "Its late, why aren't you sleep?"
"Probably the same reason you aren't" Sam replied. "Probably the same reason Adam, Bobby and
Chuck are downstairs wide awake" he looked over to Katie. "Someone took her away, and they're still out there"
"Don't worry, I'll find them" Dean said staring at his wife sleeping form. "And I'll make them pay"
"Dean, an angel did this" Sam replied. "What could she have done to make an angel upset?"
"Don't know" Dean replied. "And really don't care, all I know is that I won't let what happened, happen again"
"Dean it's not your fault" Sam said. "You couldn't have seen this coming, none of us could, and even if we did, we probably couldn't have stopped it"
"Sam someone made her disappear from everything" Dean replied looking over to his brother. "You see that woman lying in that bed, that woman and that kid she's carrying, they're my life" he turned back to her. "Someone took my life away from me, and I'm going repay the favor" Sam stood there for a moment before placing a hand on his brother's shoulder and turning around and heading back downstairs. Everyone looked over to his as he walked back into the living room.
"How's he doing?" Bobby asked from behind his desk. Sam sighed.
"He's hell bent on pay back" Sam replied walking over and taking a seat in the chair in front of the desk. "And I can't say I blame him"
"Someone just erased her from existence" Adam said shaking his head. "Not just her though, the baby too, just made them disappear, who would do that?"
"And why?" Sam asked.
"Maybe she figured something out" Chuck said and they turned to him. "I mean you make someone disappear when you don't want them around anymore" he ran his fingers through his hair. "I mean she's good at finding out secrets, maybe she found out the wrong one this time"
"Like the angel's identity who did all of this" Sam said. "I'm still trying to figure out who that could be?"
"Maybe Raphael" Bobby suggested. "I mean he hasn't reared his ugly head in a while, but she did stop his angel from carrying out his hit list"
"Guys, I think we're looking past the one person no one ever suspect" Adam said and they looked over to him. "Someone desperate enough to make Katie disappear to save his own ass"
"Who are you talking about?" Sam asked.
"I'm talking about the angel who supposedly killed Crowley" Adam replied. Sam sighed in realization. It didn't make sense, but nothing was lately. "I mean this whole time he looked spooked, nervous, and I didn't know why, what if this explains it"
"He's the last thing I remember before ending up back at my house after the whole diner thing" Chuck said. "He appeared and then nothing" the writer turned to Sam. "It doesn't make any sense at all, but then again if he had something to hide that she figured out, there's no telling how far he would go"
"He said it himself this war he's fighting makes him do things he doesn't like, but it's for the good of heaven" Adam said. "What if thats what he saw getting rid of them as, for the good of heaven" Sam still didn't say anything. "Sam-"
"I hear you" Sam replied looking over to his brother. "But right now all this is, everything you're doing right now is speculation" Sam shook his head. "I mean this is Cas, he's helped us more times than I can count" he looked over to Bobby. "And he cares about her, probably more than the rest of us because of her connection to his father" he looked back to Adam. "Do you really think he could do something like this, I mean because what you're accusing him of is serious, when Dean hears this he's going to want solid proof, can we say that right now?"
"No" Adam sighed standing to his feet. "But I know what I feel in my gut, and I do not trust him and if you ask me who I think is behind all of this, my fingers point to that son of a bitch, so fine you want more proof, then we're all gonna get it"
"What do you mean?" Chuck asked.
"Katie knows something" Adam replied. "Maybe even who's behind all of this, and when she's ready, after her bed rest, we're going to ask her" he looked over to Sam. "And if she names him-"
"Then we'll handle it" Sam replied. "But only until then, not before" Adam just nodded before turning and walking out of the room.
A/N: Do you think Katie remembers? I guess we'll find out soon. Aww there's a couple more chapters until the end... wonder how it's going to play out?