No One's POV
As Dean, Sam, and Castiel discussed how to take down the Whore of Babylon, across town in the church, the congregation had gathered to hear what the false prophet, Leah, had to say.
"The angels… I don't know why they've chosen us. But they have. And today… Today, they told me the most important thing yet. Tonight, at midnight… I'm sorry. It's just that we knew this day would come, and it's here- the final judgement. Now, we need to do this right. We don't have much time. They angels said we're not ready. There are still a few elements that need to be taken care of. Sinners." Leah announces without much inflection or emotion.
The congregation had begun to get anxious at Leah's announcement, murmuring to each other.
"Now, uh, now, everybody calm down. Just hold on." Pastor Gideon says to the group.
"Leah, you're scaring these people." Pastor Gideon says to Leah.
"Now, I don't want us to panic, but we have to hurry." Leah continues.
"Stop it." Pastor Gideon says firmly to Leah.
"I've been given instructions, names." Leah continues anyways.
"Wait. Let's go. What are you doing? Stop it! You're going to get somebody killed." Pastor Gideon says, looking firm.
"Let me go. Or the next sinner I name will be you." Leah says defiantly.
Pastor Gideon walks out of the church, feeling confused and lost when Castiel suddenly appears.
"Pastor David Gideon." Castiel says gravely.
"Yeah. Who are you?" Pastor Gideon asks.
"I'm an angel of the Lord." Castiel announces.
"Yeah, sure." Pastor Gideon snorts disbelievingly.
And within a second Castiel teleports both him and Pastor Gideon to the motel room the Winchesters are staying in.
"What the hell was that?" Pastor Gideon asks, looking around.
"Yeah, he wasn't lying about the angel thing. Have a seat, Padre. We got to have a chat." Dean says.
"No. She's my daughter." Pastor Gideon says, looking at the cypress stake and shaking his head.
"I'm sorry, but she's not. She's the thing that killed your daughter." Dean insists.
"That's impossible." Pastor Gideon says, not wanting to believe Dean.
"But it's true. And deep down, you know it. Look, we get it- it's too much. But if you don't do this, she's going to kill a lot of people. And damn the rest to hell." Sam says, looking at Pastor Gideon seriously.
"It's just… Why does it have to be me?" Pastor Gideon asks as Dean picks up the stake and hands it to him.
"You're a Servant of Heaven." Castiel answers.
"And you're an angel." Pastor Gideon says confused.
"Poor example of one." Castiel sighs, looking more depressed, if that was even possible.
Exiting the motel, Dean heads towards the Impala, walking towards the driver's side to grab a bottle of aspirin.
"Heads up." Dean says, tossing the bottle to Castiel
"How many should I take?" Castiel asks, catching the bottle
"You? You should probably just down the whole bottle." Dean says, looking amused.
"Thanks." Castiel says, looking grateful.
"Yeah, don't mention it. Yeah, I've been there. I'm a big expert on deadbeat dads. So… Yeah, I get it. I know how you feel. And you know, if you want to talk- um well- Sam said something, that you mentioned- something about your uh- sister?" Dean tries to offer, looking awkward.
"She- she's the weapon. The weapon, the answer you were looking for, to use against Michael and Lucifer. That is why Joshua sent us." Castiel says softly, looking at the ground. "I thought I had lost her. It has been centuries since her death. And I have mourned her every day since. How do you manage it?"
"I'm sorry, Cas. I'm not- sure what to say." Dean says, unsure how to proceed; he wasn't really good with emotions, not his own, certainly, so how was he expected to help with someone else's?
On one hand, he was thrilled they had found an option to end the apocalypse, which didn't include him or his brother becoming a meat suit to the two Archangels. But, it was possibly at the cost of Castiel's sister. Though he wasn't really sure what it meant by Cassiel, or rather Erin, being the weapon or answer.
"But, on a good day, you get to kill a whore." Dean jokes, attempting to make light of the situation they were going into.
As the Winchesters, Castiel, and Pastor Gideon prepare to stake Leah, the congregation is goaded into preparing for the final stages of what Leah has told them the angels have commanded them to do in order to gain entrance to paradise.
"Rob, Jane, please! Come on, it's me! It's Elise!" Elise begs.
"Sorry. Really. But you know we have to do this." Jane says.
"We're putting them in the storage unit." Leah says.
"No! No!" Elise screams, the rest of the crowd pushing behind trying to get out.
"Jane, is that everyone?" Leah asks.
"Yeah." Jane answers.
"Okay, then. Get the kerosene." Leah commands. "What?"
"There are kids in there." Jane says, suddenly looking unsure.
"The angels named them for a reason. Jane… Your son needs you to do this." Leah insists.
Later in the church office, Leah looks into the mirror, showing her true demonic face.
Suddenly Castiel appears, grabbing Leah and holding her for Pastor Gideon.
"Daddy! Don't hurt me!" Leah cries.
"Gideon, now!" Sam says.
"Pizin noco iad." Leah begins to chant, putting a spell on Castiel.
"Aah!" Castiel screams.
Leah manages to push Pastor Gideon, Sam, and Dean away, running out of the office as they lie on the ground, trying to get up.
"Gideon! Wait! No!" Sam says.
"Help me! He's a demon!" Leah cries, running into the church basement, causing the crowd to fight Pastor Gideon and him to lose the cypress stake.
"Light the kerosene." Leah commands.
"Come on, come on!" Dean says to himself as the crowd inside the locked storage room scream to be let out.
Sam tackles Rob before he can light the kerosene and throws the lighter across the room.
Leah uses her telekinesis to knock Dean to the ground as he scrambles for the cypress stake.
"Please. Like you're a Servant of Heaven." Leah snarls, goading Dean.
"Let me go!" Jane screams.
"This is why my team's gonna win. You're the great vessel? You're pathetic, self-hating, and faithless. It's the end of the world. And you're just gonna sit back and watch it happen." Leah goads Dean.
Finally Dean manages to grab the stake, punching Leah hard and staking her.
"Don't be so sure, whore." Dean snarls.
Leah's body shakes and the stake catches on fire, exploding as it leaves a burning hole in her body.
"But… I don't understand. How are we supposed to get to paradise now?" Jane says, looking lost.
"I'm sorry. Pretty sure you're headed in a different direction." Dean sighs feeling drained.
"Gotcha." Sam says to Pastor Gideon as he attempts to stand.
"Come on." Dean says, walking with his brother, Castiel, and Pastor Gideon up the stairs and outside the church.
"Dean, how did you do that?" Sam asks.
"What?" Dean asks, looking confused.
"Kill her."
"Long run of luck held out, I guess." Dean shrugs.
"Last I checked, she could only be ganked by a Servant of Heaven."
"Well, what do you want me to tell you? I saw a shot. I went for it." Dean shrugs again.
"Alright. Here we go." Dean says, helping Pastor Gideon into the backseat of the Impala, Castiel also sliding in.
"Watch your head, now." Sam cautions.
"Are you gonna do something stupid?" Sam questions.
"Like what?" Dean asks.
"Like Michael stupid."
"Come on, Sam. Give me a break." Dean snorts.
"How's the head?" Dean asks Pastor Gideon once back at the motel.
"I'm seeing double. But that may be the painkillers." Pastor Gideon informs dryly.
"You'll be okay." Dean says.
"No." Pastor Gideon sighs, looking lost and despondent.
"Where you going?" Sam questions to his brother as Dean walks towards the motel door, keys in hand.
"I'm just gonna grab some clean bandages out of the trunk. Relax." Dean snorts.
"There. How's that?" Sam asks, cleaning Pastor Gideon's cuts.
"Better, thanks." Pastor Gideon replies.
A moment later Dean walks back into the motel, clean bandages, a few ice packs, and aspirin in hand.
"See? Nothing to worry about, Sammy." Dean snorts with an eye roll.
"Jerk. And don't call me Sammy." Sam scowls at his brother.
"Bitch." Dean throws back at Sam. "And here, Cas." Dean adds, throwing Castiel an ice pack and more aspirin.
"Thank you, Dean." Castiel replies, catching the ice pack and bottle of aspirin gratefully.
"Look Cas, we um- can we talk? Privately?" Dean asks, casting a look at Pastor Gideon who is talking quietly with Sam, before sitting down on the bed, facing Castiel who sits in the chair at the table.
"Of course, Dean, what would you like to talk about?" Castiel says, leaning forward slightly.
"It's- about you know, um- Erin or Cassiel. Your sister. I- I figured we should probably talk about what we should do about her." Dean starts awkwardly.
"What we should do about her?" Castiel says flatly.
"Uh- okay. Bad choice of words. It's just- we have a chance, Cas. To end this. Everything. Joshua. He wouldn't have sent us there without some purpose. Right?" Dean says, trying to get Castiel to see.
"My sister, she is not a weapon, Dean. An alternative for you to use. I rebelled for you, for this. I gave everything for you. But I will not give you my sister." Castiel growls defensively. "Erin doesn't even know she's my sister. Besides, Gabriel will not allow it."
"Can't we- look, I'm not saying she is. Hell- I don't even understand how she's supposed to stop the apocalypse. But I understand, Cas, why you want to protect her, I do. Sam, he's my brother. Why do you think I'm so desperate for an answer? For anything but this." Dean immediately backs up, noticing Castiel's hostility.
Castiel sighs in resignation. He knew this conversation was inevitable. If there was one thing he knew about the Winchesters it was their thirst for answers and their constant need to watch out for each other, even at the cost of others. It wasn't their fault of course, they had lost so much, too much in their all too short human lives.
But Castiel couldn't help but feel a bitterness in this moment, what about him? He has lost everything. His life had been perfect before the loss of his twin. He had friends, he had family. He had belonged. Cassiel had been the glue to hold them all together. And then Cassiel had been brutally ripped away from them all leaving everything in shambles, left spinning out of control. Lucifer had fallen, Gabriel left, Michael turned cold, and Heaven forever changed.
"Cassiel- Erin is not a weapon in the sense that- Cassiel was- is Michael and Lucifer's mate." Castiel finally explains.
"I- I'm sorry. Did you just say that- Michael and Lucifer's mate!?" Dean inflects, looking flabbergasted, his jaw dropping. "Your sister!?"
"Yes. Michael and Lucifer loved my sister more than anything. When she- she was killed. It destroyed them. The bond they had, when it broke. Neither of them were the same after." Castiel explains, his eyes growing distant remembering the memories of past millenniums.
"So- okay, wait, wait, wait. Hold up here. So you're saying basically, all we need to do is somehow get Erin to meet Lucifer and Michael, and what? Apocalypse is over because? Boom they fall back in love with your sister's incarnation?" Dean says confused, waving his hands around as if he can't believe something like this would be that simple.
Castiel glares at Dean. His sister was not a carrot on a stick for the Archangels, not a treat to given for good behavior as if the Archangels were tiger cubs to be trained.
"Michael and Lucifer are the most powerful Archangels of the Heavenly Hosts, Dean. It is not that simple. They could hurt, Erin. She does not remember them. Or me. How do you suppose that will play out? They will expect her to remember. They will want her to remember. The Archangels were once my brothers, they are my brothers, Dean. Despite things now. I know them. I will not put my sister in danger." Castiel says firmly.
"Okay, then we figure out a way to get her to remember. Or we explain it to her. Fill her in." Dean tries.
"Gabriel has already tried. And he won't go for it. He is her Guardian angel." Castiel dismisses.
"Come on, Cas, this is our best choice. Do you see? If Michael and Lucifer are as in love with your sister as you say, they wouldn't hurt her. Do you really think they would? And you and Gabriel, you'd protect her." Dean tries to convince.
"No, they wouldn't." Castiel sighs.
"See? What's the harm in at least talking to her, right?" Dean continues.
"Fine. We will return to Murfreesboro. But you will allow me and Gabriel to explain things. I do not believe this is a good idea. I refuse to put my sister in harm again. But I suppose it is better than the options we have. You know Gabriel will not be easy to convince." Castiel finally agrees.
As you can probably see we are getting further and further from season 5 canon. Honestly I'm not sure if I'm doing anymore episode from the actual show since I'm about to diverge pretty drastically from canon in order to fit my story line and the current direction my story is going.
But I'm still up in the air about a few episodes, so we'll see I guess.
There will definitely be pieces however, from other episodes, that you'll be able to pick up on that will be woven into my chapters kind of like easter eggs. So don't you worry. I'm excited for you guys to read future chapters, and see if you guys can tell. ;)
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Edited 2/13/19