Disclaimer: I do not own the concept or characters from the show "Supernatural." Any other characters not related to the show or the Nightwold series, however, are mine and are not to be used in any other fan fictions. Some concepts were also borrowed or loosely adapted from L.J. Smith's "Nightworld" and "The Vampire Diaries" series. This fan fiction starts a week after "Lazarus Rising" and this chapter has information on the episodes up until 11/27/08. I will not include any spoilers for future episodes of Season 4 until they are released on TV. This is the third story in my trilogy: "Possession" and "Broken."

The words repeated in her mind as the world briefly stopped turning.

"I saw it, Ab."

Abby cocked her head at him, perplexed at how Dean could see an angel get killed.

"But how…who?"

"Sam," he said with tears in his eyes. "Sam did it."

Abby laid on the couch as Castiel talked to Dean outside the cabin. Apparently, the less she knew, the better. She didn't know if she should be glad or take offense to it.

She stared up at the ceiling, wrestling with the muddled thoughts in her mind. It was jumbled; confused as to what the hell just happened. How could Sam do that? Well, she knew why he could do it. He was more than just fucked up in the head. The demon part of his psyche was clearly in control. But…how did he get such strong powers?

Abby played with the wool blanket over her as she recalled the conversation she had with Castiel shortly before Dean arrived. They had discussed their common enemy; Lucifer.

"Cas, you know, we're searching for him but he's probably already here on Earth," she joked. She knew that the only way to unlock him was to break the seals and for him to take a willing host. Apparently, Castiel didn't get the joke.

"That idea is intriguing, Abigail," he said, staring at her with intensity. "What brought you to this theory?"

"Well," she started cautiously, "It seems that he'd have to take a host on Earth, much like other demon's have, but would need a willing one to take over. Kinda like how Samhein came back. Don't higher ranked demons have more limitations? I know that's how it is in the vampire world."

"Is that why you have your sun allergy," he questioned.

"No," she chuckled, "Just an allergy like any other. I'm not ranked that high."

"That's not what I hear. I hear you are a descendant of royalty," Castiel stated.

Abby shook her head no, even though she knew there was a definite possibility. Most Lamia vampires were somehow related to Lamia or Maya, two of the first vampires. Lamia was the first to be given the gift of prophecy as a curse set upon her. Most vampires with that ability were related to her lineage, or so the legend went. She knew very little of her family line, except that her parents fled to the New World to escape the ridicule of their parents when they eloped. Supposedly, her grandparents were not pleased. She wondered if they were still alive in Europe.

"Nah, I'm not special. And, just forget what I said about Lucifer. I've just watched "The Exorcist" and "The Omen" too many times," she laughed.

Castiel stood and began to pace, his trench coat flowing gracefully behind with every movement. He was clearly deep in thought…and he was blocking her. He stopped and smiled at her once he realized she was trying to figure out what he was thinking.

"You could always just ask, Abigial," he smiled. "Didn't anyone tell you it's not polite to just go poking around people's heads?"
"I'm sorry. And yes, my mother did all the time."

"I'm still curious about your idea. It would make it easier if Lucifer was already here on Earth, but not able to use his powers until the seals are unlocked. But, in order to do that, you'd need a host to go down to Hell first for him to attach himself to until he was completely freed. And…there are only four people I know that have gone to The Pit and back alive."

She thought about his words; four people. Who were the four? Then it hit her…she knew all of them. Dean had been there and came back thank to Castiel's good graces. Her own children had been there for two and a half weeks and survived fully intact. And that left Sam. No one knew where Sam went when Jake killed him during Yellow Eye's sick version of "Survivor," but there was a definite chance that he could have gone to Hell because of the demon blood in his system.

"You think…you think any of them could be harboring Lucifer," she panted, feeling herself starting to get hysterical at the concept.

Castiel smiled and sat down beside her, taking her small hand in his own.

"I don't know. Please, don't feel sad or scared," he consoled.

She tried to grin back at him to placate his want for her to feel safe. Truth was, she didn't. Any one of her loved ones could be carrying with them the greatest force of evil imaginable.

"Abby, there's something else we have to talk about," Castiel started. "I have something to ask of you…"

"Hey!"
Abby snapped out of her memories to see Dean, staring at her like she was a lunatic.

'Could her kids be…no,' she decided. Being part vampire and part human, she didn't know if they could even be possessed at all. Vampires in general couldn't; but she knew nothing of hybrids.

And Dean? She gazed deep into his eyes. He flashed her that adorable smile she loved as he brushed the hair from her face.

'Hell no,' she thought, pun intended. There was absolutely no way, in her mind, that Dean was the next incarnation. And if he was, he was doing a frickin' damn good job of hiding it.

That only left one alternative and Dean's retelling of Uriel's demise was like a confirmation. If Sam was that far gone…if he was strong enough to kill an angel...it was going to end badly.

"How are you holding up," Dean asked with a smirk.

She forced herself not to smile back. There was another question on her mind and heart that she had to ask. With a deep inhale, she prepared herself.

"Dean, who's Anna?"