AN: So happy to see another Sunday. Hope you all enjoyed the release of season 13, as well as Friday the 13th. :)
We last left Lilly with Bobby, after she received a hard reunion from the Dean she's not at all affectionately referring to as TFG Dean. (To Far Gone.)
47.
Dean shakes his head as he walks next to an even more haggard Bobby and hippy Castiel. What in the hell had they done? Lilly, Mae, and Sam were dead. He was apparently insane and in charge of his own resistance with the two flanking him. If they hadn't killed the devil in the five years that they'd been trying, what made them think that they could now? But oh no, apparently he didn't trust himself, couldn't be bothered to tell himself the plan. He lets out a deep sigh. The thoughts were giving him a headache. Why the hell had Zachariah sent him here to marinate in this shit? And why was his future self so pissed at his appearance? He rubbed his bruised jaw. He hadn't even said anything before he had sucker punched him.
"So, why couldn't we talk in Cass's love shack?" Dean asks as he shoots both men a look of suspicion.
Bobby and Castiel share a look. "It's best we talk in my cabin. Cass always had people stopping by, and yer gonna confuse em." Bobby grunts with a shrug.
"Yeah, I bet he has people always stopping by." Dean chuckles as he claps Castiel on the shoulder. "And just think, we just took you to your first nudie bar a few days ago."
Castiel chuckles as a lazy grin spreads across his lips. "I remember… Was not so smooth with the ladies at that time." He nods.
"Nah man, I hear all girls love to be told they have daddy issues."
Bobby shakes his head. "Idjits, takin' an angel ta a damn strip club."
"Oh come on Bobby. There was a huge chance we were gonna die… Again. He was a virgin. I couldn't let my buddy die like that." Dean shakes his head.
Bobby shift his eyes to Dean and shakes his head. "So ya hire the damn angel a prostitute?"
"No. He made me speak to a girl calling herself Charity. I was told not to order off menu." Castiel snorts and shakes his head. "By the way Dean, I understand what that means now."
Dean chuckles as he claps Castiel on his back. "Again, up to the daddy issues you were good man."
"Idjits." Bobby snorts, but can't hide his smile. He sighs when they reach the stairs of his cabin. "This is it." He sighs with a gesture as he shares a look with Castiel.
Castiel takes a deep breath. "Alright Dean, there's something else we need to tell you before you see for yourself."
Dean tilts his head as he looks to Castiel. "Oh yeah, what's up?"
Castiel shakes his head as he looks Dean over. "Uh… You're not our first visitor from oh nine this week." He smiles sheepishly.
"What?!" Dean looks between Bobby and Castiel before he tears up the stairs. "Who the hell is here with me? Is it Sam? Did they find him too."
Bobby and Castiel follow him up the steps at a more casual pace.
"No." Castiel responds lazily.
Dean skids to a halt when his eyes land on Lilly sitting in the middle of the floor on pillows and blankets. Lilly in a skirt and ripped up band tee. "What the fuck?" He asks as he just stares at her in disbelief; she looked completely unconcerned and ethereal in with the ribbons of smoke rising from the incense. It was almost surreal.
Bobby grimaces as he shuts the door behind him and Castiel.
"We found her during a raid." Castiel shrugs as his eyes scan Lilly lazily. He walks over to her and bends down to pluck the remaining blunt off off a plate. "She's such an odd kid." He shakes his head as he pockets the remaining half and walks over to lazily lean against the wall.
Dean's eyes narrow. "How long has she been here?" He asks as he continues studying her his eyes lingering on the bruises covering her wrists.
"Bout a day." Bobby grunts. "Give or take a few hours." He adds with a shrug. "She did not take it as well as you are." He admits as he scratches the back of his head, his eyes studying Dean.
Castiel chuckles sardonically. "Has she ever?" He asks as he eyes Dean curiously.
"What is she doing meditating in the middle of this?" Dean asks as he looks from Lilly to Bobby in confusion.
"Told ya, she didn't take it as well." Bobby gruffs with a shrug of his shoulder.
"Ah." That made sense. This was something Lilly did when she felt overwhelmed. "Okay then. What's the plan? We have a plan right?"
Bobby and Castiel share a look, before they both shake their heads.
"Not really." Bobby admits. "We still don't know why ya jits are here, or how long."
"My thoughts are Zachariah wanted you to see how things panned out when ya don't say yes to Michael." Castiel offers with a thoughtful tilt of his head.
"He said something like that. Told me to marinade in this." Dean rolls his eyes.
Castiel nods. "No fuckin' idea why she's here though. It's not like she has much of a choice one way or another, unless he's thinking she'll talk ya into lettin' Michael in." He shrugs.
"I guess he doesn't know Lilly that well then. She'd never want me to say yes." Dean shakes his head as he turns back to watch Lilly again.
"There are other possibilities as well." Castiel shrugs. "Michael was not a fan of her. They may have taken this as an opportunity to just dump her somewhere in hopes of it changing her attitude. It would be risky but…" His eyes narrow in thought as he trails off for a moment. "They do not enjoy insubordination. The risk might've been worth her obedience."
Dean shakes his head, appalled by the idea. "And what? If she died she died? What if he couldn't find her again?"
Castiel shrugs. "Then it wouldn't be their fault if she just up and disappeared, with her conjoined souls it would be easy to claim that a mistake was made and she was lost..."
"And the prophecy? The whole reason we're all in this mess?" Dean ask as he throws his hands in the air in disgust.
"I'm sure there are contingency plans. It's not like many angel's have personally met Samara Lilly, it would be easy to scoop up any human and scramble them enough so they claim to be her."
"What. The. Fuck. Cass, they can, could-," Dean shakes his head in disbelief before he rubs his bruised jaw, "In my time they can do that?"
Castiel shrugs. "It wouldn't be difficult."
"Then what's the big fucking deal? Why does it have to be them?"
Castiel shrugs. "I'm not sure. We were never sure. I was a grunt. They were never even assigned to Michael or Lucifer in the prophecy, but then you all got marked. And it would have been… Problematic to switch after that." he frowns before he continues, "But, according to the prophecy, it had to be them."
"Ya think?" Dean rolls his eyes and takes a deep breath. This was getting him nowhere but angry.
"Well I'm not sure." Castiel shrugs. "It's been nothing but speculation for a couple a years now…"
"Cass here managed to find a few books on the prophecy, but the best we could ever come up with was the fact that archangels couldn't mate with just any human the way other angels could. What makes it have to be Mae and Lilly is what they are. Mae's half Fae and Lilly has the ability to withstand the energy of two souls. Apparently it means they're strong enough to bear such powerful children."
Castiel nods. "So, I mean yeah, easier if they just accepted their fate, but I'm sure Michael would be willing to experiment until they found someone that could bear his prodigy in Lilly's place. If that's what's happening here, then it appears that your timeline is already different than ours."
Dean takes a deep breath and shakes his head. "And you're completely grounded?" He asks Castiel with a frown. He just needed to find a way to get them both back.
"Yeah. Sorry man, no dice on the wings." Castiel shakes his head and crosses his arms in front of his chest.
Dean nods and turns to Bobby. "Any books, man? Maybe we can find a ritual or something..."
"Most of 'em are gone. My house was raided after Lilly was taken. They destroyed my library in the process. Most of my back ups are gone too, damn government was droppin' bombs on cities. And then travel became something of a problem when the virus became a pandemic." Bobby gruffs. "If we found a workin' plane and enough gas, we could head to Japan, but to be honest we don't even know if it's still there."
"What about Thoth?" Dean asks, at this point he was desperate enough to trust Lilly's gods.
"Dead. Maat as well. They tried to rescue our Lilly." Castiel admits with a frown, his eyes dropping to the ground.
"Holy shit. We were really the only three to make it?" Dean lets out a heavy sigh as he sinks into a chair. Sammy, Mae, Lilly, her gods. All he had left was Bobby and Castiel. "This is fucking awful."
Castiel and Bobby share a long look over Dean's head. Bobby frowns and tilts his head to Lilly. Castiel sighs and nods.
"Eh-" Castiel sighs. "Sam and Mae…" He clicks his tongue.
"Yeah, I know. They died in detroit. Sam went to rescue Mae with Lilly and Michael showed up-"
"That's what you tell yourself." Bobby sighs with a shake of his head.
"That's not what actually happened." Castiel exhales.
"What do you mean? What actually happened?" Dean looks between the two men. "Did I lie to myself?"
"Oh like that's anything new." Bobby grunts. "He said yes. 'Parently that one-" He nods to Lilly. "And Sam had a plan the rest of us knew nothin' bout. They failed. Sam said yes. Michael took Lilly. That's all we know."
"So Sam…" Dean stands up and paces. "Lucifer is in Sam and he has Mae…"
Castiel and Bobby both nod.
"Yeah. She used ta contact Cass, but after Lilly…" Bobby shakes his head.
"Haven't heard from her since." Castiel confirms with a frown, as he crosses his arms over his chest.
They're interrupted at a hurried knock at the door, before Chuck races in. "He's back!" He calls out as he looks around. He freezes when his eyes land on Dean. Fear flashes across his features. "Uh, uh, that is to say- Dean, leader. Hi..." He greets as he shifts nervously.
"Hey Chuck." Dean greets, too startled to respond any other way.
Bobby curses. "Already?" He asks as his eyes sweep over Chuck.
"Calm down man, this is oh nine Dean." Castiel walks over and claps Chuck on the back "We got a set here."
Chuck's hand comes over his heart. "Oh thank god. "He sighs in relief. "But they're back." He rushes out, his eyes landing on Lilly. "So you should…" He pauses his face pulling into a grimace. "Cuff her or-"
Bobby shakes his head. "No. I ain't cuffing her up again. I told her I'd keep her safe." He walks over and shakes Lilly. "I'm getting her out of here."
Castiel shakes his head. "Dude, maybe we should think about that."
Bobby glares at Castiel. "I've understood having a cause Cass. But if he has the colt, he is going to go kill Sam and Mae and the kids."
"I'm sorry, I'm what now?" Dean demands in disbelief.
Castiel clicks his tongue. "They aren't the same Dean."
"How the hell would you know? You said Mae stopped contacting you." Dean argues, unable to believe that any version of himself would be okay with slaughtering his family. And kids? What the fuck was future him's problem?
"She hasn't been the same for a while." Castiel frowns.
"She's still family. He's my brother. What the fuck?" Dean shakes his head, his brow drawn up in concern. "Are you two really okay with this?"
Castiel wrinkles his nose. "No, we're not, but we weren't leaving you. And you're you. You don't win arguments with you, Dean."
"What the fuck is my problem?" Dean asks in a huff as he runs his hands through his hair.
"Bad parenting." Chuck offers with a half shrug.
"Thanks Chuck." Dean rolls his eyes as he walks over to help Bobby rouse Lilly.
"Lilly, ya gotta wake up." Bobby grunts as he gives Lilly a good shake.
"Lilly? Hufflepuff wake up we gotta go." Dean kneels in front of Lilly.
Castiel rolls his eyes and walks over, pushing Dean out of the way before he crouches down to smack Lilly in the face. "Wake up!"
Lilly's eyes shoot open as she jumps to her feet and looks around alert. When her eyes land on Dean she takes a step back. "I'm still fuckin' here, ya need to back the fuck off." She snaps as she crosses her arms defiantly.
"Whoa whoa whoa. Oh nine me." Dean quickly assures her from the ground with his hands up defenselessly.
Lilly lifts a brow as she looks over him, stopping when they reach his bright green eyes. "Fuckin' thank gods. Okay-" She sighs, lowering her guard. "What's going on?" She asks confused.
"We can talk later. Apparently I'm back and we need to leave." Dean stands and looks around the room.
"Heard." Lilly nods. "We should do that." She agrees as she steps closer to Dean.
"I'm coming with ya." Bobby nods as he moves off to grab a bag he'd already packed.
Lilly looks over to Bobby, and can't help the frown on her lips. "Are you sure?"
"Don't be dumb jit." Bobby gruffs as he shoulders the bag.
"I'm coming too." Castiel affirms. "You two are much more reasonable."
"Right." Chuck nods. "I'm out. Didn't see anything. Didn't hear anything. Imma lie the fuck outta this. Good luck." He adds before he quickly slips back out the door.
"So, what now?" Dean asks as he pulls Lilly closer to him.
"Hi, I'm Bobby Singer, paranoid hunter. And it's the end of the fucking world. You think I don't have a contingency plan?" Bobby rolls his eyes and walks over to the bathroom.
Lilly smiles at Bobby's tone. "Great. Let's talk about plans on the way then." She says as she shifts with nervous energy.
"Ya coming?" Bobby asks as he lifts a trap door in the closet of the bathroom, before he heads down the steps of the ladder.
"Cool." Castiel smiles as he follows after Bobby.
Dean looks at the trap door and groans before he looks at Lilly.
Lilly looks down after Castiel watching as the darkness consumed him, fear gripping at her chest.
Dean grabs Lilly by the shoulders and turns her away from the hole to look into his eyes. "Lilly, look at me!" He whispers to her.
Lilly looks up at Dean with a frown. "I can't." She whispers her entire body already trembling.
"Do you trust me to keep you safe and not let anything happen to you?" He asks with his heart in his throat. He didn't want to do this, hated that this was probably the only way he could do this; but he also knew he couldn't just walk her out the front gate.
"That's not fair." Lilly frowns as she backs away slowly. "I can just distract too far gone Dean. I'll be fine."
"I love you Lilly. And I'm going to do whatever it fucking takes to get us home." Dean lets out a sigh as he reaches out and pulls her amulet over her head. "Lilly stop." He barks.
Lilly stops; her heart beating hard in her chest as she looked at Dean, with disbelief.
"Breath." Dean orders.
"Jit's! Hurry up." Bobby hisses from the tunnel.
"Lilly can't. I've gotta use the amulet." Dean calls back to them.
Curses great that response. "Great."
"Dean, you've gotta activate it!" Castiel calls up at them. "Samara Lilly Ahems Samira!" He yells after a moment.
"Right." Dean nods before he turns back to Lilly. "Samara Lilly Ahmes Samira. Breath!"
Lilly takes a deep breath, and looks up and Dean with fear.
Dean takes a deep breath. "Lilly, don't argue with me. Shut your eyes."
Lilly shuts her eyes at the command, her heart still beating hard against her chest, her mouth snapping shut, the words on her lips instantly dying.
Dean walks over to her and picks her up, tucking her head into his chest. "Keep your head here and eyes shut babe. I'll keep you safe. Just wrap your arms around my neck and let me get us out of here." He tells her, waiting for her to follow his instructions. When he's sure she's secure he sighs, and pockets the amulet before he starts down the ladder, shutting the trapdoor behind him; the space around them instantly consumed by darkness. "Believe me, everything is okay."
Castiel and Bobby nod once Dean reaches them at the bottom. The soft light of an old flashlight their showing the serious expressions, before Bobby turns and leads them through the tunnel.
Dean keeps one hand on the back of Lilly's head as he runs, the other keeps her pressed to his chest. He hated himself for using the amulet against her; but after the way his future self had treated him, and knowing himself well enough to know he'd never want to lose Lilly, he knew they couldn't stay.
Lilly's fingers dig into Dean's jacket. She kept eyes shut tight as fear and terror grip her, making her shake in Dean's arms. She could smell the musky scent of damp earth, and struggled to breath. She could feel her scream building in the back of her throat, the fear of being crushed, suffocated overwhelming as tears fell freely from her eyes. When she feels something wet hit the back of her neck, she can't stop the cry of fear.
"I've got ya Lilly. But ya have to be quiet." Dean adjusts her, holding her tighter to his chest.
"Just make her sleep, Dean." Castiel sighs as he looks back to both of them.
"Lilly, go to sleep." Dean doesn't even think about it, he just tries and hopes it works. He could feel her shaking and felt shitty for making her do this anyway. She was never going to trust him again. He lets out sigh of relief when she goes slack in his arms.
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Lilly's eyes widen as she gasps into wakefulness, fear and adrenaline still pumping through her as she starts struggling. Images of suffocation and being held captive race through her mind when she's met with something restraining her. The sudden light blinds her, fueling her confusion as she tried to place where the fuck she was and what was happening. A litany of multilingual curses leaving her lips about shitty situations and what she would do to do to the people touching her.
"Lilly. It's okay babe." Dean assures her as he grabs one of hands. "We're out of the camp and in a jeep, driving... somewhere."
Castiel turns around in the front seat and looks Lilly over. "Here kid, have a blunt. You sound like you need it." He holds out a bag and a lighter for her.
Lilly blinks, instantly freezing when everything hits her. A blush sweeps across her cheeks and down her neck when she remembers what was happening and goes slack in her seat. "Ah." She looks down at her hand in Dean's, then over to Castiel and the offered drugs, before they land on Bobby driving. "I'm good, thanks Cass." She breathes out sheepishly.
"You sure? That was a lot of threats. I'd personally like to keep my extremities from being ripped off and shoved up my ass." Castiel smiles as he continues to offer her the bag.
Lilly looks down her blush quickly turning into hives, after she snatches the bag. "Drop it." She grumbles.
Dean shakes his head and lets Lilly's hand go. "I put your amulet back."
Lilly just nods.
"I'm sorry."
"It's fine. It needed to be done." Lilly sighs as she looks at the contents of the bag as if they were the most fascinating thing in the world.
"Doesn't make it feel any better." Dean admits with a sigh as he leans back into the seat and faces forward.
Lilly looks over at him, and reclaims his hand, squeezing it. "So, the plan?" She asks the car, hoping to effectively change the subject. She places the bag on her skirt, sighing as she gives up fighting the urge; her hand comes up and finds the amulet tucked back under her shirt.
"Well. We escaped. Yay us. Now we need to find a way to get you two back to your time." Castiel looks up for a moment. "He has the colt and is looking for me." He says after a moment with a frown on his lips.
"I bet he is." Bobby grunts with a frown.
"He wants to know where the hell you and Lilly went." Castiel lets out a sigh.
Lilly chews her lip as she thinks about that. How much danger had they put Bobby and Castiel in? Did it matter? If they got back home, it wouldn't… Okay time travel was confusing. "Well, he's going to be busy with his master plan. He's not going to just put that off to find us."
Bobby lets out a sigh. "No. He'll realise we're gone when Cass doesn't show up and he'll just continue with the plan. Which won't take him long. The entire camp is ready to go bust down Lucifer's door and finally end this."
Dean frowns at that. Was he really like that? Would he really pick killing Lucifer above finding Lilly. His nose crinkles in distaste.
Lilly looks over at Castiel. "So, Cass… Can you tap?" She asks curiously.
Castiel shrugs. "Don't know, never tried after the angels sealed Heaven. Seemed stupid to hurt someone when it might not work."
"Heard." Lilly sighs as she looks over at Dean and studies him for a moment. He seemed lost in his thoughts. She frowns before she turns back to Castiel. "Wanna try?" She asks.
Castiel turns around in his seat and eyes Dean for a moment before he looks to Lilly. "Even if it were to work, I wouldn't be able to get you two back."
"No, but you could go to Bobby's base in Japan and check that out right?" Lilly asks.
"Maybe? I guess we won't know if we don't try." Castiel slowly admits as his eyes flick back to Dean.
"I'm up for it, if you are." Lilly offers. "It would atleast give us a starting point. Which, we currently don't have."
"Are you okay with this?" Castiel asks Dean.
Dean lets out a sigh. "Well, isn't this turning into a 'how much can Lilly take' kinda day…" He sinks back into his seat.
Lilly shoots him a look of concern. "Do you have a better idea?"
"No, not really." Dean let's out another sigh. "It's up to you though, I ain't saying yes or no to this." He'd already taken her free will away from her once today. Quota filled.
Lilly frowns. "Unless anyone had a better idea, I'm up for trying at least." She sighs. "I don't mind being the jumper cables to Cass…" She adds as she looks back to Castiel. She remembered his warning the last time. It was a dangerous game to play but they needed to get the fuck home. She had no idea what Zachariah had been thinking by dropping her and Dean off here, but she'd risk this over finding out. "Assuming yer up for it."
"If we're gonna do this I suggest we pull over." Castiel suggests as he turns to look at Bobby.
"Yeah. Sounds safest. We'll hit a rest stop in a few miles we can use to get off the road." Bobby nods as he speeds up.
49
Dean paces in circles. It had worked, Castiel and Lilly were now halfway across the damn planet looking for Bobby's damn books while he and Bobby were left sitting on their hands. It had been difficult to watch, and Castiel had to try several times before he had actually been able to focus enough to get his hands into Lilly's soul. It had been… Rough to watch, and left Lilly with several burn marks on her chest, but she had just kept insisting for him to keep going. Then he'd just taken her like a damn battery pack. He wasn't sure he'd ever forget the glee on Castiel's face when he had finally managed to zap some energy off her.
"Boy, yer gonna walk yerself inta a damn trench." Bobby grunts from where he was leaning against the jeep. His eyes following Dean.
"Yeah well, what the hell am I supposed to do Bobby?" Dean asks as he turns to walk back over to Bobby.
"We could start thinking about the next step." Bobby rolls his eyes. "If they get the books, if they don't. He's not gonna be able to bring em' all back. It's gonna take a bit to find any relating to time."
Dean nods. Right, they needed to be thinking ahead, planning. "So Cass can't take us back, even after tapping Lilly. And if they don't get the books…"
"Then we'll find somethin' else." Bobby shrugs.
"What else is there?" Dean asks as he suddenly realises that he has no idea what's left in the world.
"There are still demons. Witches." Bobby shrugs. "We can start huntin' down the ones that survived. And that aren't working with Lucifer."
Dean nods. "Okay. So if we can't research a way home, we'll hunt a way home. Sounds like we got a plan." He stops pacing as an awful idea occurs to him. "But what about you and Cass?"
"We'll be back in oh nine, with no clue ya'll even left." Bobby shrugs.
"No, I mean this you and this Cass. What the fuck are you two gonna do?"
Bobby face palms. "If ya figure somethin' out then, ya don't have ta worry bout us now. It's how it works. It's stupid an' complicated an' that's why it shouldn't be fucked with." He gruffs. "It's a damn headache."
Dean nods again, not entirely sure he believed that was how it worked. Was this simply the future, or had the angels come up with an even more wacked out plan? Was there something more fucked up than time travel? Bobby was right. This was a headache. "Goin' inta the past is easier to navigate."
Bobby frowns at that. "The fact that ya have the ability to compare the two…" He shakes his head. He suddenly looks back to the road, cursing.
Dean turns as well as he hears the sound of cars approaching, quickly counting six. "Shit. Is that-?"
"Yep. We've already been seen, no use trying ta outrun you." Bobby groans, going silent for a moment. "Zachariah came an' took Lilly. I went lookin' for her with Cass an' we ran into you." He finally tells Dean. "We brought ya with us cause we couldn't very well just leave ya to wander the camp. Cass wandered off into the woods, feelin' somethin' but told us to stay."
"Right… think it'll work?" Dean squares his shoulders and crosses his arms in front of his chest.
"Best I got." Bobby shrugs. "Jus' be convincin' or we'll end up on yer table." He adds with a grunt.
Dean turns and looks at Bobby with wide eyes. "Are you fucking serious? I'm torturing again?"
Bobby just nods with a grave expression coloring his face. He sweeps his eyes over the benches where Castiel and Lilly had left and gives a deep sigh.
"I really hope they don't come back soon." Dean admits as he turns to face the approaching vehicles.
"I gave Cass a quick run down." Bobby gruffs.
They wait in silence as one truck pulls up next to them. "What the fuck happened Bobby? I told you to fucking watch Lilly." TFG Dean grumbles as he steps out.
Bobby frowns. "Zachariah happened." He tells him. "Came in and left without so much as a word."
TFG Dean takes a deep breath and sighs before he turns to look at Dean. "And what the fuck are you doing out?"
Dean bristles. "Like I was gonna fuckin' stay in the cabin?"
"Cass and I ran into him while Cass was followin' the grace he felt. We figured we couldn't leave another you wandering around so we dragged him with us." Bobby shrugs before he gestures with his thumb over his shoulder to the woods. "Cass told us to stop here and headed into the woods. Haven't heard from him for about an hour now."
TFG Dean's eyes narrow as he looks around the rest stop, before he stops on Dean. "And you just listened to him?"
"They told me more than you did." Dean glares. "Why the fuck wouldn't I listen to Bobby and hippy Cass?"
TFG Dean's gaze turns to Bobby. "What the fuck did ya tell him?"
"Told him we were searching for Lilly, his Lilly." Bobby shrugs. "Also filled him in a bit more about how crazy the last few years have been."
"Great." TFG Dean curses. "Well, you're both coming for the ride then."
Bobby nods and walks towards TFG Dean. "We should leave the truck for Cass in case he finds Lilly."
"No, fuckin' stoned idiot shouldn't have wandered off." TFG Dean growls as he signals for the other cars to go. "You two are comin' with me."
"Yep." Bobby doesn't argue, just gets in the truck.
"You're gonna fucking leave Cass and possibly Lilly out here?" Dean argues, crossing his arms in front of his chest. He knew they didn't need the truck anymore, but still, he felt like he would be arguing this is Castiel really was out there looking for Lilly.
TFG Dean turns his glare to Dean. "Are you questionin' me?" He barks.
"Well yeah, guess I-"
"Get the fuck in the truck." TFG Dean growls as narrows his eyes at Dean, his eyes glinting with challenge.
"Dean, get in the fucking car." Bobby snaps.
"Awesome… Fucking awesome." Dean shakes his head as he joins the two. What the fuck else could he do?
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"Uh oh." Castiel tilts his head to the side as he looks around.
"Uh oh what?" Lilly asks as she looks over to Castiel worried. "If it's more fuckin' bot's I don't wanna hear it." She growls. Japan was fucking insane. They had machine gun droids and croats everywhere. It was like the worst anime ever. She drags her hand through her hair. Everything fucking hurt and the whole trip had been a gods damn waste of time. Apparently the US hadn't been the only country to resort to droppin' bombs in hopes of stopping the croats. Bobby's base here had also been destroyed. Crazy ass fuckin' goverments.
"Uh oh Dean and Bobby got picked up by the caravan on the way to the mission." Castiel grimaces.
Lilly groans as she hangs her head back to glare at the sky. "Of course they did."
"I mean, good news. Dean didn't kill 'em on sight." Castiel gives her a small smile.
"It's always the little things." Lilly rolls her eyes.
"Bobby managed to come up with a pretty convincing story about ol' Zachy taking ya and I went nuts trying to find you." Castiel opens the door behind them and rushes Lilly in ahead of him.
"Awesome. So what do we do?" Lilly asks as she looks over the angel. He wasn't looking much better than her. She was guessing drugs and grace probably weren't the best mix, and he'd barely held the energy long enough to get them here.
Castiel leans up against the wall and slowly slides to the ground. "There's nothing here either, it looks like a bomb went off in here." He groans and lets his head fall back against the wall.
"I noticed the theme." Lilly nods. "How ya holdin' up?" She asks as her eyes sweep over him.
"I'm not keeping the charge like I use to." Castiel snorts. "It's like my grace is rusty or something."
Lilly can't help the smile that tugs at her lips. "This is hopeless. We should just go and try to get back to the others… I don't want TFG findin' them in a lie."
Castiel shakes his head. "No can do Lillster. Ain't no way I can hit a moving target like that right now."
"Can't we head them off?" Lilly asks.
"Head. Them. Off." Castiel shakes his head before he looks back up at her. "You know where they're going right?"
"You know it's all of our futures on the line right? I don't even wanna think about that paradoxical nightmare if TFG kills my Dean in a fit of neurotic rage."
Castiel lets out a long sigh. "I don't know the way they plan to travel to get to Lucifer and Mae." He lets out another sigh. "But I do know where they'll end up. I could go talk to my brother or something…"
"I ain't lettin' yer ass talk ta satan on yer own." Lilly glances down at him thoughtfully her face pulling in distaste at the thought. "If that's where they're headin' I'm goin' with."
Castiel slowly pulls himself up. "You really aren't gonna like this."
"Oh, Crush, I haven't liked any of this." Lilly sighs as she runs a hand through her hair. "But I ain't alright sendin' you in there on your own. It'd be a death run."
"How are you holding up? We've already had to jump three times." Castiel shakes his head as he looks her over. "You have to be in some pain. I wish you'd let me try'n heal ya."
Lilly smiles at his concern but shakes her head. "That would be counter productive. You can barely hold the energy as is. I'll live bud. S'nothin' I haven't had to deal with before."
Castiel rolls his eyes. "I've never burned you before."
Lilly blinks, a blush sweeping over her face. "No. But, I wasn't-" She shakes her ass hurt so much more than the burns on her chest. "They're only second degree. It's not debilitating."
"If you're sure then." Castiel places one hand on her shoulder. "You ready?"
Lilly nods. "Go for it Crush." She assures him as she clenches her jaw shut, the increasingly familiar burning pain coming almost instantly after her go ahead.
51
"What do ya mean you don't have a plan?!" Lilly hisses between clenched teeth.
"What? You seemed down with it when I suggested it. I thought you had a plan." Castiel shakes his head before he runs his hands through his hair.
"I thought you had some type of accord with him." Lilly glares at the wayward stoner in annoyance. "Did ya think ya could just smoke a peace pipe with satan?"
"I do still have my pot, didn't bring a pipe though… You think that would work?" Castiel pats his pockets as if making sure he didn't have a hidden pipe.
Lilly's glare narrows. "No."
Castiel drops his hands to his sides. "Oh." He lets out a deep sigh. "Well uh. I could try appealing to Mae."
Lilly rubs her temple. "I don't like this."
"I did say you weren't going to like it." Castiel shakes a finger at her. "Not feeling wrong right now."
"Semantics Crush. I didn't know you were goin' in full retard. I thought you had a plan." Lilly snaps in irritation.
"I made sure we weren't too close to the house." Castiel defends himself.
Lilly takes a deep breath and releases it slowly. "Okay." She thinks as she rubs her temples. "What are the chances Lucifer felt that shift of power?"
Castiel shrugs. "I used up most of it getting us here. And the house is about a mile away. I don't think he felt it, unless he was out for a walk in the woods. But I don't feel him either."
"Well we need to come up with something quick." Lilly frowns. "Any updates from my Dean or Bobby?"
"They're about four hours out. Fearless leader isn't being to forth coming with details yet. So we have no way to intercept him." Castiel looks around as he sticks his hands in his pockets.
Lilly nods. "Okay. So we have some time..." She trails off as she thinks about it. She didn't know much about Sam or Mae in this future short of them having children. She knew next to nothing about Lucifer. She really didn't have enough to go off of. She sighs. "Alright. I think you're right. Mae's going to be the easiest to appeal to."
"Right." Castiel takes his hands out of his pockets and watches her carefully. "How are we appealing?"
"Well, I caught you off guard right?" Lilly asks.
"Very." Castiel nods.
"Then, unless Zach's workin' with Luci, they probably don't know I'm here." Lilly sighs. "That fact is either going to help us, or hurt us… Do you know what my relationship with Mae was like before I died?"
"You two hadn't seen each other since she was taken." Castiel rubs one hand over his face. "But I know she risked everything trying to rescue you. Though she was mad that you chose to leave her rather than go with her."
Lilly nods with a frown on her lips. Why was nothing ever fucking easy? If Mae was holding a grudge this could get nasty. "Do banishing wards still affect you?"
Castiel shrugs. "I dunno. Do we really wanna piss Lucifer off though?"
Lilly frowns at him. "Are you seriously stoned enough to go knock on Lucifer's door with zero contingency plans?"
"Good point. Should we try it out?"
Lilly frowns. "Where did you use to end up when they were used?"
"Far away, but somewhere on earth. It always took a bit to recover from it." Castiel explains with a shrug.
"Then, I'm not sure that's even an option on the table…" Lilly sighs.
"If it comes down to needing it, I guess it would be better for you to use it."
Lilly shakes her head. "No, if I go in there and banish Samifer there's no way Mae'll listen to me. I don't think I can hurt Mae if it comes down to it. The best I've got on her is salt." She frowns, her eyes narrowing in thought. She was about to face so much shit she had zero interest in facing. From Samifer, to what she was sure was about to be a TFG Mae, children- Gods her children. She winces a little at the thought, her conversation with Ahmes was still fresh in her mind. The priestess she shared a body with had been absolutely adamant that no harm should become the children. She'd even gone as far as threatening to kill TFG Dean. "What do you know about Lucifer and Mae?"
Castiel takes a deep breath. "Mae's different, sure, but-" He watches her for a moment as if weighing something before he continues. "She got pregnant right after Lucifer took her. She fought him a lot at first. Tried to run away a few times, called out for help when she figured out where she was. He was always a step ahead of us though. I never managed to get to her in time. She use to pray to me constantly, especially the first year." He pauses as he looks away, his eyes distant and sad.
Lilly looks over Castiel with a frown as she steps forward and takes his hand, squeezing it. "Dude, I'm sorry. I know it's rough to talk bout this, but walkin' in blind is gonna get us both killed."
"Yeah, I know." Castiel wipes at his eyes before he turns back to her. "Lucifer had her three months before Sam and you went to try and get her on your own. Sam said yes. Michael took you. It broke her heart when Lucifer showed up in Sam, and of course he told her that Michael had you. She cried for weeks."
Lilly takes a deep breath, but waits for Castiel to continue.
"She had a boy first. I listened to her the whole time she was in labor." Castiel shakes his head. "It was awful, I don't think she even realised she was praying. She was mostly just screaming."
Lilly shifts in discomfort. None of this was particularly helpful, but she couldn't bring herself to point that out. It was like the proverbial train wreck.
"She started changing after that. She makes a good mom, but I think Lucifer was doing something to her. Her prayers got fainter and darker. She brightened up a bit when she got pregnant again. It became a pattern after a while. She was fine, almost herself when she was pregnant, but then she'd start feeling strange. She started talking like Sam and Lucifer were one person, and talked about how he made a great father. She would hope that we were safe, and I could feel guilt and sorrow behind the thoughts. I know she was making deals with Lucifer to keep us safe. And he held to them." Castiel shakes his head and looks away again. "She stopped praying to me all together after the failed rescue attempt. The last thing she said to me was there was nothing else she could do. She didn't have anything left to give."
Lilly's frown deepens as a shiver runs down her spine. She gives Castiel's hand one last squeeze before she drops it and begins pacing. Her mind ruthlessly ripping through his words to find anything of use. She couldn't be emotional over it. Couldn't afford to. She was going to be protective of the children, they both were. You didn't call someone a sheath, and then not give a fuck about the product right? That would be stupid. "What if we warn them?" She asks as her eyes sweep over Castiel.
"Warn them about Dean coming to kill them?" Castiel asks as he slowly turns back to look at her.
"Yeah, at least that way we can hopefully pull the children and Mae- I'm assuming she's pregnant, from this whole mess. Focus our attention on getting Samifer to help us. It's not going to be easy, but when the fuck is it ever?" Lilly asks as her eyes sweep over Castiel curiously.
Castiel nods his head. "It, it could work. I could offer myself to help protect Mae and her children. I mean, it wouldn't even be a lie. I never wanted Dean to kill them. Mae loves those kids."
Lilly frowns as she thinks about it. This whole situation was ludicrous, so why the fuck not just go with it? "Alright. Let's go try to appeal to Satan and Mae. At the very least we can get her and the kids out."
"Lucifer." Castiel corrects her. "Mae said he doesn't like being called devil or satan."
Lilly nods. "Heard." She wrinkles her nose slightly. "I'll keep that in mind." Her eyes scan over Castiel. "Do you want to go in as is…"
Castiel nods. "It would be best. If I'm going to offer myself up I'm going to have to pledge loyalty to him."
Lilly nods in understanding. She didn't like going in completely defenseless, but she really didn't see a way around it. The last thing they needed was to come off as a threat.
"Well, lead the way. I think the driveway is still here somewhere." Castiel nods towards her before he starts to search for the entrance.
Lilly nods as she looks around for the drive in confusion, and starts walking down the path that seemed the cleanest when she realizes she had zero clue on where they were going. He'd just popped them into the woods and asked her to lead.
"Here it is." Castiel announces as he walks away from her.
"Wha-" Lilly asks as she turns to look at him in confusion. "Oh, cool you found something."
"Yeah, I found your driveway." Castiel shrugs. "Unless you don't want to walk."
"My driveway?" Lilly asks as she begins following him. "Did I buy a house all hermit style or something?"
Castiel frowns at her. "We're at Mystic."
Lilly looks around in confusion. "Oh…" She clicks her tongue. "You'd think they'd take better care of the lawn."
"It's only one of several houses they use."
"Heard." Lilly nods as she starts heading in the direction Castiel had pointed in.
AN2: So... Hippy Cass right? We loved writing this chapter, because Cass and Lilly together is usually hilarious, but hippy Cass and Lilly... Anyways-
We do hope you are enjoying our take on 'The End', let us know how we're doing. We look forward to hearing from you. We'll be back next Sunday with the next chapter, where you'll get to see why Cass and Bobby seem to get deflated every time someone mentions Mae's name. :)