A/N: Go nuts: p
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Dean stared at the girl dressed in a plain white dress. 'What did Serena say her name was? Oh, right Eve. Who the hell is that?' Dean thought to himself, his eyebrows furrowing in a puzzled frown. Serenity shifted to stand more in front of Dean, and Eve let out a bark of laughter that was better suited for a dog then a human.
"Really Serenity, do you think that will save him from me?" asked Eve.
Serenity shrugged as if she didn't care what Eve said, "It'll slow you down," she replied winking at Eve.
Eve chuckled in wry amusement, "Still haven't changed I see Serenity in 10,000 years. I believe that's when we first met right?"
"Give or take," Serenity smirked at Eve dangerously.
Dean stared in open shock at the girl that looked no older than 15 or 16 in front of him. You would think he would get used to meeting monsters that were hundreds of years older than he was, or in this case, thousands; but his mind still sometimes got thrown for a loop.
"Wait I'm sorry but your 10,000 years old?" asked Dean to Eve.
Eve stared at him coolly as if she was best trying to figure out how to answer him, "No I'm far older than that."
"You always a 15-16 year old blushing school girl, or am I just being spoiled today with all these girls?" asked Dean smirking at Eve. Serenity rolled her eyes, even though her back was turned to Dean. She knew of his audacity comments but seriously?
Eve smirked at Dean, "Actually it's part of the criteria to raise thank you very much, but I can assure you she's no blushing virginal school girl anymore."
Dean seemed to turn a nice shade of green and turned his head slightly, scratching the back of his head again, "To much info," he muttered to himself under his breath.
"You asked for it," remarked Serenity pointing out the obvious.
"Whose side are you on?" asked Dean frowning at her.
"Well you technically did ask for it," persisted Serenity, "But I'm not surprised that came out of your mouth to begin with," finished Serenity crossing her arms and rolling her eyes skyward again.
Dean this time caught her rolling her eyes, since her head was slightly turned, mirroring his pose almost.
"What are you? A fricken mime? And quit rolling your eyes at me," huffed Dean.
Serenity gave him a small smile, and Eve laughed across from them. Serenity turned with a glare set on her features and stared long and hard at her. It seemed to Dean that if she had fur it would be standing on edge and if she really was an animal her teeth would be bared…scratch that she was showing them slightly in a growl. 'What is it with these guardians?' Dean thought to himself.
"Priceless," said Eve, "She's even starting to mimic you Dean, you should take that as a compliment coming from a guardian, it means she likes her charge."
"Wait how did you know my name?" asked Dean.
Eve was opening her mouth to answer when Serenity cut across her, "Enough! I don't have time for your games Eve, now either tell us why you're here or get lost."
"Oh how eloquently put Serenity, glad to see you have your manners still intact," Eve replied her face scrunching slightly in distaste. Serenity growled lowly at her, which caused Dean to raise his eyebrows at the small girl beside him. Eve rolled her eyes this time, "Fine, fine, I'm here for Dean personally."
Serenity frowned at her and Dean mimicked the guardian.
"Why did you come here for Dean?" asked Serenity raising her fists.
Eve raised her eyebrows at the display of aggression Serenity was displaying, "Really Serenity? Going to fight me?"
"If I have to knock you out till next Tuesday don't think I won't Eve," snarled Serenity, "Your treading dangerous ground right now, I suggest you walk away."
"Hey I'm not some helpless damsel! I can help you to!" Dean exclaimed moving to stand side by side with Serenity. She gazed at him from the corner of her eye. 'Was that worry?' Dean thought to himself. As soon as he thought it was there, it was replaced with rage directed at Eve.
"No offense Dean, but you'll only slow me down," said Serenity moving her body into a fighting stance. Her arms raised to the level of her face and her feet braced apart, knees bent slightly.
Eve threw back her head and laughed at this long and hard, "This is so precious!"
Dean looked at her aghast and turned to Serenity, "Umm am I missing something?" he asked her.
Serenity stared at Eve in confusion wondering where this was coming from. Eve turned her gaze back onto the two people standing across from her.
"You really don't know do you Serenity?" asked Eve a light of mirth dancing in her eyes.
"Know what?" asked Serenity wearily. Dean was staring between the two women in confusion.
"You can't use your powers," explained Eve crossing her arms across her chest, "Really I'm surprised that you haven't realized that sooner Serenity, you must still be groggy from that 2,000 year long slumber in Pandora's vase."
Serenity and Dean stared at Eve in shock. "You knew that Serena was in that vase?" asked Dean.
Eve smiled at both of them, as if she was a mother trying to explain a simple thing to her children. "Yes Dean I did."
"How?" he asked.
"I have my ways," Eve replied twirling a finger around a strand of dark hair.
"Your wrong I can still use my powers," said Serenity confidently standing to her full height and glaring at Eve.
"Really? Then knock me into next Tuesday like you said you would," mocked Eve bowing low in a gesture of humiliation towards Serenity.
Serenity gritted her teeth and raised one of her arms palm outwards as if she was saying halt. Her face at first appeared to be peaceful, but slowly as the seconds ticked by her expression changed from peaceful to a grimace, and then to a downright frown. As this was happening, Eve stared at her with a smug look of satisfaction growing across her face, as Serenity could not accomplish what she was trying to achieve. Dean was staring at Serenity becoming slightly worried.
"Hey Serena give it a rest, you look like your constipated or something," said Dean quickly stopping her placing a hand on her shoulder.
Serenity gasped out a breath and placed her hands on her thighs and bent over panting, it sounded as if she had just ran 10 miles non-stop. She looked up to Eve who stood directly across from them and winked to them.
"What did you do?" panted Serenity glaring at the woman.
"Absolutely nothing that's the beauty of it," said Eve showing her teeth in a mocking smile.
"Liar," gasped Serenity doubling over again. Dean grabbed onto both of her shoulders and helped support her.
"Ok take it easy girl, whatever the hell you just tried to do your mojo isn't working so don't strain yourself," said Dean.
"I'm not lying Serenity, even though you probably don't believe me," said Eve, "For some reason your powers are all drained up, sterile, non existent," said Eve and as she said all this Serenity's face became a ghostly pale.
"It's kind of sad and ironic because if God really did send you to protect these boys, you can't even do your job properly," she smirked at them.
Dean glared at the woman, "Hey lay off! At least she's not a dick like you!"
Eve laughed at Dean and Serenity stared at him from the corner of her eye. She could not help but feel a rush of gratitude towards the hunter for sticking up for her, yet at the same time she was mad at herself for letting this happen. She should be the one protecting him not the other way around. Serenity closed her eyes and sent a silent prayer in her mind to the girls still in Bobby's house.
"That's so sweet he's taking over your role Serenity as guardian, cute, maybe that's where your heavenly mojo went," suggested Eve smirking at the helpless duo in front of her. With Serenity not being able to throw an ant at her with her powers they were free game. No one was standing in her way to using Dean.
"Nah I don't have heavenly mojo, just a give them a lot of hell attitude and that's all I need," smirked Dean.
"Well I'm afraid to break this to you Dean but your going to need more than a "give them hell attitude" to scare me off," replied Eve. As she smiled, her teeth seemed to get thinner and pointier. They grew slightly longer and her eyes became a deep red.
Dean gulped at this. 'Shit' he thought to himself and Serenity tensed slightly. Finally, Serenity stood to her full height and gently took Dean's hands off her shoulders. She stood directly in front of him so that Eve did not have direct aim at him. "STOP!" Serenity called out in a clear commanding voice.
Eve stared at her and snarled at her ferociously. "You still haven't explained why you want Dean," said Serenity.
"It doesn't matter, but lets just say that there's something that he's going to give this world that it hasn't seen in thousands of years, and I want to make my own twist of it," smirked Eve as best as she could around her very lethal teeth.
"Well if you're not going to explain in more detail then you can get the hell lost," called a voice down to them from the top of a heap of cars.
Dean and Eve stared up towards the cars in shock. Serenity looked up and a wide genuine smile split her mouth open.
Standing on the heap of cars was Sasha. Around her stood Kiwana, Lolita, and Glacia, even Cass and Gabriel were there. Dean's heart skipped a beat as soon as he laid eyes on Cass, but just as fast, his throat became tight and his palms turned clammy. 'What was wrong with him? He thought to himself frowning down at his hands as he opened them. He shook his head and stared up at the angel again pretending to himself that nothing was wrong.
Cass stared back at him, and when blue and green eyes clashed, Dean let a wide smile light up his face. Cass stared at him and Dean could have sworn that he saw the corners of the angel's mouth quirk up slightly. Dean instantly felt better but there was still that nagging feeling in the back of his mind that he could not quite get rid of. Kind of like an itch that he could not scratch.
Eve snarled at the guardians and the angel and archangel standing above her.
"Wow Eve what the hell happened to your face? Oh I'm sorry you've just always looked that gruesome my mistake," said Sasha waving her hand in a dismissive gesture.
Eve snarled loud and low at Sasha, which made Sasha glare down at her, her blue eyes seeming to get more vibrant.
"Hey now let's not act like a bunch of dogs or I'll throw you in the pound Eve," winked Gabriel down at her, seeming to not take any of this seriously. 'Then again,' Dean thought to himself, 'When did he ever take anything seriously?'
"Back off Eve or we'll dispose of you," said Glacia in her always-present soul chilling voice.
"I would like to see you pipsqueaks try to take me down," snarled Eve.
"That can easily be arranged," said Sasha. Sasha clenched her hands into two tight fists. Her hands seemed to start to glow a dark cherry red and Dean could see steam rising from where her hands clenched tightly. Suddenly, Sasha's hands sparked into a roaring inferno of fire that encompassed only her fists. Dean jumped and stared at her hands his eyes wide open in shock and horror.
"What the hell?" he shouted in surprise. Serenity turned around and laid a comforting hand on the shoulder that also bore Cass's handprint. He jumped and looked down at her, at the same time he felt himself calm down from her touch. Serenity smiled gently at him.
"It's ok Dean," she said in a calm soothing tone, "It's Sasha's power, fire, it can't harm her or anyone else that she wishes for it not to harm."
"So that's one of your guys power then?" said Dean in disbelief.
"Yes, well hers anyways, everyone's different," said Serenity turning back to fully face what was unfolding in front of them.
Sasha seemed to glow with the power coursing through her veins. Her hair had seemed to turn an even deeper shade of red if that was even possible. In contrast to her raging fire for hands, her eyes looked like two blue chips of ice; staring down at Eve with a glacial look. She raised one of her hands slowly and placed it in front of her. Slowly a ball of fire formed in front of her open palm aimed directly at where Eve stood.
Sasha could not describe the power flooding through her veins and organs. It felt as if she was burning from the inside out. Even though she knew the fire was hot, it felt pleasantly warm against her skin and inside of her; as if it was just a warm summer's day. She could smell the scent of the fire. It smelled like campfire the pungent smell of smoke filling her nostrils. She breathed in deeply and shuddered from the power coming from the hands. She could hear the light crackling, popping and sizzling of the fire, as if it was eating her hands but Sasha knew that that was not the case. Years and years of practice had taught her many things and the top and foremost were to trust in her abilities. As she stared down at Eve, she felt a deep well of anger trying to explode inside her. This monster had threatened her baby sister and she would not get away unscathed if she had her way.
Eve snarled at her in a rage, sensing the threat that the guardian posed to her. While she might be able to take her on, on her own, she would not be able to stand up to all of them most likely. Eve grudgingly admitted to herself that on this playing field, she had a disadvantage and it was best to cut her losses and come back some other time for the hunter.
Her teeth shrunk back to normal and she smirked up at all the guardians.
"I'll be back," she said in a sultry voice, then turned to stare at Serenity and Dean, "Believe I'll be back for you Dean."
Before any of them could blink, she had disappeared in a rush. The wind whispered for a second and then it was calm in the yard. Sasha stared around from her vantage point, and when she could not see a sign of Eve, she allowed the fire to dissipate. Her hair eyes seemed to lose the heat that burned brightly in them slightly and she huffed out a breath.
"Good, that abominable monster is gone; thank you g-"said Sasha.
"Don't blasphemy," said Lolita quickly cutting her off before she could finish what she had wanted to say.
Sasha stared at her sister quietly for a second, then shrugged, and turned away. She disappeared with a whisper of crackling flames and reappeared in front of Dean and Serenity.
"What the hell was that all about?" asked Dean his tone slightly on edge, "What the hell did that Eve chick want? And who the hell is she anyways?"
Within the blink of an eye, the others gathered around them as well. Cass walked up to Dean and placed his hand on Dean's shoulder, exactly where his handprint rested. This time Dean did not flinch away from the angel, instead he leaned in slightly to Cass's touch. Cass seemed pleased and his eyes brightened slightly at Dean's acceptance.
"We do not understand her motives yet Dean or what she wants with you but believe me we will find out," Cass assured the hunter squeezing his shoulder slightly in comfort. Dean stared at the angel and smiled at him calmly glad for his presence.
"Yes we will try to help you guys to the best of our abilities and thwart whatever her plan is for you," Kiwana told Dean confidently.
Sasha stared at Kiwana with a look of disbelief written all over her face.
"Are job isn't exactly to help this bafoon Kiwana, or have you forgotten?" said Sasha her tone growing more and more heated.
Kiwana stared at Sasha coolly not even dignifying her with a response. Finally, Glacia grew bored of their constant bickering and stepped forward. It seemed her icy presence invoked feelings in Kiwana and Sasha, which made them back down.
"I believe our leader in our small group is Serenity, and if my memory doesn't fail me then she told us just short minutes ago that God gave her an assignment to look after Sam and Dean. I believe this constitutes as looking after them by helping them," said Glacia in cool icy tones that pierced through everyone gathered there. "Therefore, I shall be helping you, and when you two stop arguing you can join us."
Serenity smiled gratefully at Glacia and Sasha and Kiwana nodded their heads in acceptance. Lolita beamed at all of them.
"We should head back to Bobby and Sam their probably wondering where we all took off to so quickly," smiled Lolita disappearing in a salty smelling scent of ocean waves.
The others all nodded and disappeared except for Castiel who still stayed with them. Serenity looked at Cass, and Cass stared back at her.
"So it's true, you can't use your powers can you," said Cass not even phrasing it like a question.
Serenity stared at Cass with a longing in her expression that was heart wrenching. Even Dean watching this exchange was moved by the raw emotion emitting from her, it legit seemed like she was missing a piece of herself. 'Well no duh,' Dean thought to himself, 'It's like when Cass was missing his grace somewhat and was basically human.'
Serenity shook her head at the angel, "I don't understand why Castiel, I just for some reason can't. I can feel it vaguely churning inside of me but whenever I try to reach and touch it, call it forth, it shies away from me and makes it impossible to do so," replied Serenity.
"Does it have some kind of a link to you being on Earth for so long do you suppose or…?" Cass trailed off, at a complete loss with how to comfort the guardian in front of him. He understood losing your grace. It felt like there was a hole inside of you that no matter what you did you could never fill it.
Dean looked at the dejected guardian standing in front of him and he could not help himself, he placed a hand on her shoulder again. Serenity looked up at Dean slightly startled and stared at him in puzzlement.
"I'm going to help you get your powers back Serenity mark my words," Dean said confidently in front of the two.
Serenity could not stop a wide smile stretch over her face, "Thank you Dean, but it may not be possible, if we can't find the reason."
Dean smirked at Serenity, "Hey my last name is Winchester, you must have heard of us, we don't take no for an answer. Believe me Serena we'll figure all this out."
Serena smiled gently and Castiel stared at their interaction. This was why he cared for Dean so much. He showed so much love and caring to others. Even though Dean did not believe that he was worthy of anything good in his life, he would help him see that he was wrong. His heart and grace swelled with happiness and pride.
"Should we head back to Bobby's?" asked Castiel holding out two hands for the hunter and guardian to grab onto. Dean nodded and clenched one of his hands, giving it a small squeeze. He smiled at Cass who returned the gesture. Maybe everything would be ok; Cass could not help that small thought flit through his head.
Serenity stared at Dean bemused for a second, and then before she grabbed onto Cass's other hand she asked him a question.
"Dean why do you call me Serena? You know my name is Serenity right?" asked Serenity smiling lightly at him.
Dean shrugged good-naturedly at Serenity and gave her one of his award winning grins.
"Well I gave Cass a nickname pretty early on," said Dean.
Serenity chuckled, "Yes but that's a nickname, me your calling me a completely different name."
"Well if you don't want me to or anything I won't," said Dean.
"No it's alright, I actually kind of like it," Serenity said smiling at him.
"Good, because I think it's important for all of us to get along somewhat at least, if were going to all be working together," replied Dean, "And besides that I like you, and I can't say that for many people I meet right off the bat so to speak."
"I'll take that as a compliment coming from you," smiled Serenity, "Well we should get going back."
She grabbed onto Cass's other hand and with a small flutter of wings the three had disappeared and reappeared in Bobby's house.
Within seconds of being in the house and loud shout rang out.
"SASHA YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT GET LOST!" shouted Kiwana.
Serenity sighed and lightly rubbed her forehead, while Dean stared at the two feuding guardians standing in front of him.
"So much for all of us getting along and working peacefully huh?" Dean laughed lightly turning to stare at Serenity again.
Serenity shrugged and smirked, "Well one good thing came out of this." She said pointing at the bickering guardians.
Dean frowned slightly, puzzled at what Serena meant that something good came out of this, "What's that exactly?" he asked.
"I think their hitting a new record on how many arguments they can do in half an hour," replied Serenity in a means to explain, smirking.
"Awesome," Dean deadpanned staring at the scuffle going on in the middle of Bobby's home. Gabe was sitting on the couch, eating a candy bar; his eyes alight at the drama unfolding before him.
Suddenly Bobby's voice rang out loudly over the shouting.
"If you idjits can't stop arguing for 1 minute, then you can get the hell out of my house and off of my property!"
As soon as he finished saying his sentence, silence reigned again in Bobby's house.
"So…" Sam started to say, "What exactly happened?"
A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter! I'm attempting to make them longer so there's more to read! I'm also going to try and update this story more frequently for the next couple of days so starting today expect another 2 or 3 chapters soon! Hopefully!