Authors note: Congrats to Akira Darkness for guessing chapter 19's reference which was Gabriel telling Jane she wouldn't be able to stash the kid in the cupboard under the stairs and forget about him! That is of course a Harry Potter reference! Ok, onward, with Chapter 21.
Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize. Now onto some heavy weight douche nozzles.
It was mid morning in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Ellen, Jo, Castiel, Sam, Dean, Bobby and Jane were convened in the living room hashing out a plan on how to take out the devil. So far, they'd retrieved the Colt and extra bullets from a demon named Crowley. They'd also heard of a town where some serious demon activity was taking place.
It had been decided that Ellen, Jo and Castiel would go in first. Cas would use his 'spidey senses' as Dean put it to scope out the demon levels. Sam and Dean would trail behind and jump in with the colt when the time was right.
"Who am I going with?" Jane asked realizing she had been left out of the equation.
"Come on, Janie, you can't go. It's too dangerous. You stay here with Bobby," Dean said grabbing a beer from the refrigerator.
"Everyone else goes but I can't? That's not fair. I'm sick and tired of being treated like I'm some delicate breakable object. I'm pregnant! Not crippled," Jane said throwing Bobby an apologetic look. "Sorry, Bobby," she added for good measure.
"Janie," Dean started not wanting to argue with his sister. Jane continued to protest until Castiel slammed the book he'd been flipping through on the desk. Everyone in the room jumped. Jane let out a little squeak in surprise.
"That's enough," he said in a deadly quiet voice. "You are not going," he said turning his head to look at Jane.
"Castiel," Jane began but he cut her off.
"No."
She tried again to reason with him but he wouldn't have any part of it. He now stood right in front of her towering over her petite frame. Jane stood indignantly with her hands on her hips, belly protruding almost touching her husband. They still hadn't told anyone about the late night marriage ceremony yet.
"Dorothy Jane, this is not up for discussion. You are not going. You are going do as I say and stay here with Bobby."
The room had grown a little darker as the argument escalated between the couple. After a few more minutes of arguing, the room was dark enough to need a light. Castiel growled angrily. The other occupants of the room had never seen the usually composed angel so angry before.
"I said, no. You do as your told or I'm going to have you locked in the basement. Do I make myself clear?"
Jane nodded biting her lip trying to conceal the fact she was devastated. Seeing he'd upset her, Castiel sighed, putting his hands on her arms and placing a kiss on her forehead.
"Be safe, Dorothy Jane, I love you." He whispered. He placed his hand on her stomach before turning and marching out the door. He turned in the door way, "she is not to leave this house." He grunted before closing the door behind him. Ellen and Jo moved from their spot on the couch filing out behind Castiel. Jane waited until she heard the car drive away then she grabbed her bag.
Dean turned to her. "Jane, didn't you hear what Cas said? You're not going."
Jane stopped filling her bag and turned to her brother. "You can either take me with you or I can go by myself but I'm not going to stay here."
Her brothers sighed defeated and didn't say another word as the three Winchesters packed the car. It was almost a full twenty minutes after Ellen, Jo and Castiel before Dean hopped into the driver seat of the Impala.
When they pulled onto the small road leading into the town which was crawling with demons Jane saw Ellen's car was already pulled over against the curb. Castiel had just appeared outside of the car. Jane's stomach twisted into a little knot as she looked at her husband. She knew he was going to be mad but she didn't care. She could be useful here and she'd be damned if she was going to let the three most important men in her life try and fight the devil without her.
Castiel looked over at the Impala as it approached. His face instantly darkened when he saw Jane sitting the back seat. Dean had just put the car into park when the angel wrenched open the back door.
"I told you to stay home," he said angrily reaching for his pregnant wife. He grabbed her hand pulling her roughly from the car. She stumbled and Dean told Cas to calm down. He'd be damned if he was going to let this angel man handle his sister.
"Stop, let go of me, you're hurting me," Jane said angrily pulling her hand free of Castiel's. She started rubbing her wrist knowing she'd have a red mark from his fingers. "Who in the Hell do you think you are?" Jane yelled advancing on Castiel.
"I'm your husband. It's my job to protect you, to keep you safe." Castiel said just as angrily trying to use his height to intimidate her. This caused Jane to fluster. Her face reddening in anger. She hated it when men tried to use their height to intimidate her. Beside the couple, the other four people were looking at each other confused. Had he just said husband? That was news to all of them. A topic for later.
"Listen to me you self righteous bastard," Jane begin. Behind her Dean smirked at his sister's choice of words. "I was hunting demons long before I met you and I'm still alive. I can take care of myself."
Castiel looked absolutely venomous. He sighed looking towards the ground counting to himself, trying to calm himself. He was feeling very edgy lately and his concern for her and her blatant disregard for it was upsetting him. When he looked back up at Jane again, some of the anger has left his face.
"This isn't a demon hunt, Dorothy Jane. This is the devil, an angel, my brother. This is my area of expertise, now. Let me do my job." He reached for her hand which she hesitantly gave to him. "Stay with me and don't do anything stupid."
"Too late," Dean muttered behind them. Jane turned to give her brother a scathing look.
"What is it, Cas?" Ellen said causing the small group to look at her then at the angel. Castiel's hand tightened around Jane's. She looked up at his face. His eyes were searching the ground around them. She looked out into the street but didn't see anything.
"This town's not empty," he said quietly still looking around. "Reapers," he said equally as quiet walking a few steps forward pulling Jane along with him.
"Reapers? As in more than one?" Ellen asked watching him as he walked forward.
"They only gather like this in times of great catastrophe, Chicago fire, San Francisco quake, Pompey. Excuse me, I need to find out why they're here," he told the group. He started walking forward almost absent mindedly still looking around the seemingly empty street. Jane went with him since he still had her hand in an iron like grip. Jane turned back towards her brothers shrugging her shoulders.
As they walked, Castiel kept tugging on her arms as if he were trying to keep her from running into something or someone. She couldn't see anything but she let him pull her along like a rag doll. Suddenly, he stopped moving and looked up into the high window of the building next to them. He took two steps towards the building then glanced down at Jane apologetically. Before Jane had time to think about it he'd teleported them into the room three stories up.
Her stomach flipped the same as it always did when he teleported her. This had never happened before she'd been pregnant. She used her free hand to cover her mouth, closing her eyes willing the churning feeling in her stomach to go away. It wasn't going to. She felt her breakfast coming up her esophagus. She had a moment to pull her hand away from Castiel before heaving on the carpeted floor beside them. With a wave of his hand, the pile disappeared. Jane wiped her eyes and her mouth with her sleeve. She mouthed an apology to Castiel. He reached for her hand again.
They walked down the hallway towards the far door. As they reached it Castiel stopped. Jane heard someone say "Hello, brother,". Castiel put his hand over Jane's eyes to shield her from the large light that filled the hallway.
Castiel was standing in a ring of holy fire. Jane lay in a crumpled heap right outside of the flames. He'd been standing there almost twenty minutes and she still hadn't moved. He called out quietly a few times and still nothing. Lucifer had yet to show himself although Castiel was sure it was his voice he'd heard before the light show. He was beside himself with worry for his female companion. He didn't want to show too much emotion for her though. He wasn't sure how much Lucifer knew of their situation.
He turned in another circle. He seemed to be in the basement of the building. As he turned to the left he noticed a man leaning casually against the wall. "Lucifer," he said acknowledging the man.
The man nodded then began walking forward circling around the holy fire, "so I take it your here with the Winchesters?"
Castiel fought not to look down at the still unmoving form laying right outside the holy fire. "I came alone," he said uneasily trying to be convincing.
Lucifer stopped walking. He was standing right beside Jane. "Loyalty, such a nice quality to see this day and age. Castiel, right?"
Castiel nodded.
"Castiel," Lucifer said again shaking his finger at the much younger angel. "I'm told you came here in an automobile."
"Yes," Castiel said apprehensively. He wasn't sure why Lucifer was making small talk.
"What was that like?" Lucifer asked crinkling his face in disgust.
"Um," Castiel began daring to look down at Jane who had begun to stir, "slow, confining."
"What a peculiar thing you are. Even more peculiar, however, is why you were dragging along this human. Who is the special little lady?" Lucifer said grabbing Jane's arm trying to pull her up. Jane's head rolled around her hair covering her face. Lucifer used his free hand to wipe the hair out of her face. "Oh, I know who this is. Jane Winchester, Sammie's twin sister. Now why are you so worked up, Castiel?"
Lucifer turned to look at Castiel while still holding onto Jane's upper arm. She was slowly starting to regain consciousness but her knees felt week. Her lips was split, blood was trickling down her chin in a small red line. Castiel stood at the edge of the holy fire ring, his clothing close enough to catch fire. His breathing was heavy, his facial expression full of rage.
"Oh wait, I know why," Lucifer said placing an outstretched hand over her abdomen. Castiel pushed against the constraints of the holy fire again. He cried out angrily as it singed him. Lucifer smirked at his brother then tsked. "I thought you'd be more clever than this, Castiel. You should have kept her hidden."
"She was hidden," Castiel whispered his voice low and furious.
"Obviously not well enough," Lucifer replied arrogantly.
Ok guys. This is just a mini chapter to hold you over. It's going to be a while until I can post again as I have finals coming up. Never taking summer classes again! Hope you enjoy. Also I've set up a website for 'interactive viewing' of this story. That means the images/songs etc.. I use to write the story with are posted write in the chapter. Something you can't do on FFNET and that upsets me. It's not quiet finished yet. I hope to have it done by the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed this one. REVIEW!
Oh and please do not be put off by the fact that Castiel is being a little mean. Remember he kicked Dean's ass when he thought he was going to say yes to Michael. He's an angel. They aren't all clouds and fluffy wings. He has a mean streak.