"Right.." Sam breathed.
His heart ached from losing Tia, they'd been through so much together while Saliene was gone, all of them had. They had a hole in all of their hearts, but they had to carry on, she wouldn't want them to grieve for her death in the middle of a war.
"So what now?" Dean asked. Saliene stood up, standing beside Dean. She was the one to speak up, it felt so good to hear her voice again.
"Now we track down Pollux and let him see what we're made of."
"What ever happened to Paris and Torren?" Sam asked from the passenger seat. They were driving back to Saliene's house now, all anxious to see what condition it was in after Alphard and Pollux had it out all over the estate. When Saliene offered to return Alphard hadn't said a word, he looked ashamed for ruining her home. She had said it was okay, but Alphard still felt bad, and remained quiet the whole way there, seated next to her in the back of Dean's car.
"Not sure, they never called or came back." Dean said.
"Maybe we should give them a ring when we get back then." Saliene said. The boys nodded. They were on Marina Drive now, headed East towards where her house was. Pulling up to it, it looked completely fine.
"Uh, Alphard, where's the damage at?" Dean asked.
"You will see.." Was all he offered. The boys exchanged a glance, but said nothing and got out of the car, followed by Saliene and Alphard.
They walked up briskly to Saliene's house, all anxious to see if it was still habitable. Saliene raced up in front of all of them, Dean right behind her, trailed by his brother and the star. Saliene swung her arms out and the doors slammed open, and she continued to run into her living room. She was astonished at the interior. Her TV was smashed to bits yet again, the counters looked like old ruins, pieces of the ceiling hung down in some places, holes allowing a view of the upper level. There were breaks in the flooring, you could look down and see the cement foundation underneath. All the furniture was shredded to bits. It was like this throughout the entire lower level, some of the damage obviously affecting the upper part when a blast or swing hit the ceiling. Over all, it sucked. Her heart ached even more now than it had when she handed Tia's soul over to Pollux just a few hours previous to this tragedy. This had been her home for over one hundred years... She couldn't begin to imagine how many repairs it would take to get it back to normal again.
Dean had stood behind her as she walked around the room, going into different parts of the ground floor, with out a word. Dean stood shocked standing still in the entrance area, taking it all in. Sam and Alphard came in behind him, Alphard looking down and Sam sharing Dean's expression.
"I can't believe.." Saliene whimpered. Dean felt horrible allowing the stars to battle it out here, it took a huge toll on Sal, and for what?
"Alphard, you better have given that bastard a DAMN good bruise for all this." Dean said through gritted teeth. The star looked up at Dean, who turned to face him.
"I did manage to slice his right arm." He admitted. Dean wasn't exactly satisfied with that answer, but it was better than him not doing any damage at all.
"Do you think that will slow him down?" Sam asked. He looked at the boy when he responded.
"It might, or it might not do a thing. Pollux is much more powerful than me now, it would take a God we all lack to get rid of him permanently Which is why Vindemiatrix was feeding her power into Saliene's soul, so SHE could put an end to this." He explained. Saliene clenched her fists tight, she was unbelievably angry. She felt the rage flare up inside of her. Her hand went to the choker that had appeared around her neck after she had clawed her way out of Hell. She never found out why or how it had gotten there. Maybe, it had something to do with what Trixi had told her..
"We can still do this." She said through her anger. The group looked towards her.
"I can still become God." She told them. Dean was curious, and stricken. If she became God.. Wouldn't that mean, she'd be leaving him?
"Then why did we hand Tia over to Pollux if you were just going to give up anyways?!" Sam shouted. Dean looked over at his brother, he'd obviously missed something while Sal and all them were inside his brother's head. He turned his head back towards Saliene, awaiting her response. She sighed.
"I am NOT giving up, I am FIGHTING. And this is the only way to do it, we stand no chance alone." She said. Dean shook his head.
"We're not alone Sal. You have US, we're ALL in this together." He said.
"I know that Dean, but you have to understand his power overrides all of us, combined or separate." She explained. Dean couldn't believe what she was saying, she was just going to leave him?
"So, that's how it's going to be, huh?" He asked, tears threatening him.
"Dean.. Believe me, if there were any other way.." She trailed.
"How would you know if there was or not?! You haven't even looked!" He shouted back at her.
"Oh really?! And what exactly do you think I was doing all the time we were apart?! Twiddling my fingers?!" She yelled.
"Guys!" Sam called over from behind Dean, they all turned to him.
"Look," He began more softly.
"It won't do any good fighting between ourselves. Saliene, let's ALL look together, then, if we can't find anything.. Then you can try and do what ever it is you think is best. But for now, let's just get some rest." He suggested. Dean nodded, Saliene did too.
"I'll return in the morning then." Alphard said, and disappeared.
*Author's Note: Hey every one! Sorry this took so long to get to you, I've been working hard in school lately, I really don't want to fail Math again x( Hope you all like how it's comin' along here.. There's still a lot more to go! I promise, you won't expect the ending.
~Super