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"Why do you two always wear white to funerals?" Dean asks the two girls as they walk into the motel room. As far as funeral went it had been a small and private affair, quite the contrast to Pamela's personality, and had gone without incident. The ride back had been solemn, but now that they were out of the car he felt more inclined to ask the question that had bothered him for a while now.
"Because it's what Lilly tells me to wear?" Mae answers, as she turns to look at Lilly.
"Because it's the proper color for death…" Lilly responds with a shrug.
"Egyptian ritual?" Sam asks, intrigued.
"Tradition." Lilly corrects, blowing a strand of hair out of her face, wincing at the word ritual. Worst priestess ever… I try, I really do. Every time I touch a ritual it goes to shit...
"Dean, learn your cultures." Sam reprimands his brother. "Or at least Egypt's."
Mae walks into the little kitchenette area, putting water into the tea kettle Lilly had brought with them, grateful her sister had the foresight. It didn't matter how many funerals she'd been too, they were still taxing, even without her empathy.
"That was a ni-" Lilly pauses mid sentence as she feels energy, both familiar and foreign crackle over her skin. "Company." She warns before they find themselves staring at Castiel and Uriel as they appear in the room. She races over to Mae, the need to protect her sister overwhelming. As she blinks at the unfamiliar angel.
Mae stiffens at the angels entrance, her back to them as she fiddled with the tea bags.
"What the hell do you assholes want. We just got back from a fucking funeral." Dean growls at them as Sam and him step in front of the girls defensively.
Every fucking time… It's like they really are magnets. We've gone weeks without seeing this asshole. Ok, keep the angry Angel away from Mae and Lilly, this should be a fun game.
"Winchesters." Uriel greets smoothly his eyes alight with mirth.
Mae grips the countertop when she hears his voice, her legs giving out from under her as she falls into Lilly, her mind going numb even as her limbs went cold.
"Sssh it's okay. I've got you." Lilly whispers into her hair as she moves them both to the floor as gently as she could. Out of sight, out of mind mentality in full swing. "Mae… it's okay. Mae, just breathe, in and out, out and in. Breath." She gathers her breaking sister in her arms, pulling her to her chest protectively. "Sshhh. Focus on me, Harps. Just on me." She continues to whisper calmly.
Lilly begins singing softly, and runs her fingers through Mae's hair in attempt to sooth her sister, who had paled substantially, and looked torn between fainting and hyperventilation. The men and the angels in the background were not forgotten, just not her focus right now. The last thing they needed was for Mae to completely break down, and in Lilly's opinion the worst thing that angelic fuck needed to know was how deeply he had managed to affect her sister. If the fuck acted smug about it, she'd lose her shit and end up putting all four of them at risk.
"Why don't you just tell us what you're here for, so we can start telling you to fuck off." Dean states coldly, with an obstinate smile.
Uriel glares at the eldest Winchester. "We need you Dean. Angels from our Garrison are dying unexplainably. We have Alistair in our custody-"
"Good for you, do you want a cookie or something? Lilly makes awesome pies, you can buy one." Dean snarks back with a growl.
"I was not finished." Uriel continues ignoring Dean's outburst. "Heaven is not breaking him."
"Dean I do not want to ask you to do this-" Castiel starts before he is cut off by his brother's voice, shooting the kitchenette a concerned look. I did not anticipate Mae being here. She is praying very loudly. I do not know what to do.
"But heaven needs you to do this. You were his student once. We need you to work your master over. Get the information on which piece of low life scum is getting rid of our brothers and sisters." Uriel demands.
"Yeah right, get it yourself, I don't do that. Not anymore, and I certainly ain't for hire." Dean snaps at the angel, disgusted by his audacity.
"You do not understand." Uriel starts before he flaps his wings and flaps them again appearing in the already small kitchenette.
Mae lets out a terrified scream as she flinches away from the angel.
Lilly pushes Mae behind her and pulls a knife from her boot, flipping it open with practiced ease.
"I was not asking." He says reaching down and placing a hand on Mae. His eyes widen in shock when the tiny girl lunges and bites his hand holding it, while slamming her knife into his thigh with her free hand, apparently aiming for his vessel's femoral artery.
"Dean Winchester, learn to control your abomination." Uriel chuckles, as he swats Lilly away like a pesky fly. She goes flying into the wall behind her, missing the window by less than half a foot.
Castiel flaps his wings, appearing at Mae's side. He reaches down to grab one of her arms as he touches her forehead. He watches her slide to the ground unconscious, before he drops her arm.
Uriel looks to him, "Castiel, you know what our orders are."
"I do, Elizabeth was not a part of them." Castiel states firmly as he glares at his brother with murderous intent, as if daring him to try that again.
"But she is Castiel, whatever it takes." Uriel smirks smugly.
"Dean is dating the abomination." Castiel snaps at his wayward brother.
"But this one makes the most amusing comments and sounds as she is getting beaten." Uriel smiles, amused by his brothers reaction.
"God damn it, leave the girls out of this." Sam snaps at the angels, his eyes narrowing as he watches Lilly slide to the ground. You bit a fucking angel...
"Check on her Sam." Dean orders, as he moves to block the Angels from Lilly.
"But Mae is-" Sam says torn.
"Check on Lilly." Dean growls, his tone brooking no room for argument.
"I'm fine." Lilly wheezes from the wall catching herself on all fours as she falls to the ground; her head feeling like it was about to explode. "Mae." She pants. Gods that hurt more than I expected… Is that what Mae had to deal with… Fuck angels, no redeeming qualities there. Gods. Fuck. Ahmes lay off. Thoth, Maat; angel problems. We're dealing, but I'll keep you informed if it gets… Outta hand.
Uriel walks to stand with Castiel, sneering down at the peacefully sleeping Mae with disgust.
"I'll go. Don't fucking touch her." Dean snarls at the angels, not seeing another option.
"Dean no!" Sam shouts in denial.
"Dean! Don't! Fuck th-" Lilly cries out as she forces herself to stand, and attempt to race towards them; Sam catching her mid-stride, picking her up easily. He easily ignores her kicks as he wisely covers her mouth, carefully cupping his hand so she couldn't bite him too. He sighs when he realizes he can't help the slewing litany of curses underneath his hand as she vehemently spits out her opinions of angels in every language she knew. Her eyes molten gold glaring promise of retribution.
Castiel looks at the ground, his jaw set in a rigid line. I am not even sure this is the right thing to do. I do not disagree with the just Lilly's current assessment either. This is unpleasant to be a part of, I believe this is what shame would feel like if I were human.
"It's cute that you thought I was asking." Uriel states as his hand falls to Dean's shoulder and with a flap Dean and the two Angels disappear without another word..
"Fucking Damn it!" Sam shouts angrily. He drops Lilly before punching the wall she's been tossed into.
Lilly breaths in and out heavily, wishing she could punch an angel the way he'd punched the wall. Her migraine pounding at her temples as she raced to go check on her unconscious sister.
Sam turns and kicks the chair next to him. "Fuck!" He breaths for several long moments before digging his phone out of his pocket.
"Who are you calling?" Lilly asks looking up from where she was kneeled next to Mae.
"Bobby."
"If you think I'm fucking leaving with dickless and autistic the angelic clowns demanding Dean carve up his fucking teach, you have another thing fucking coming. I dare you to try and make me leave, Sam fucking Winchester. I. Dare. You." Lilly snarls at Sam, even as she tenderly reaches out and checks on Mae's pulse.
"I need you to get Mae out of here."
"Why, if they want to they can just find her. They've done it before." Lilly points at looking at Sam as if he were an idiot.
Sam snaps the phone shut, takes a deep breath and thinks. He kicks the table and lets out a slew of curses, running one hand through his hair angrily. He looks to Lilly with a glare and let's out a breath when he see's what she's doing. "Is she okay?" He demands.
"He put her to sleep. Her pulse is slow, but that's not necessarily normal for how deep she's under. When you're done goin' rock star do you mind moving her to the bed?" Lilly asks, with a passing glance at the irate Winchester. She certainly didn't blame Sam, not on any level, but she wasn't sure she could move Mae in her current state. That one hit from dickless, seemed to have injured a rib or two, and had given her clarity she didn't quite need on just what he'd done to her sister.
Sam sighs in relief, calming once he heard that Mae atleast was unhurt. He walks over to the girls and kneels down next to where Mae was crumpled on the floor. He gathers Mae into his arms carefully, before taking her over to sit on the bed, just holding his girlfriend close to him. He needed a plan.
Lilly watches Sammy intently as he curls around Mae. When she's satisfied her sister is safe in the irate giant's care, she stands and begins to pace. Her movements becoming increasingly chaotic, as she thought about their current predicament. At the moment, to her knowledge at least, the hunters had shit on injuring angels, and that didn't bode well. She was cursing the fact she hadn't dedicated more of her time researching a way to kill angels; but if she were honest where the fuck was she even supposed to start? She pulled at the roots of her hair as she cursed just how completely out of their depths they were, sending another prayer to her gods that they were in the clear, but the angels had given Dean one hell of an ultimatum. Her thoughts whirl and whip through her mind twice as chaotically as her increasingly erratic pacing. There had to be something they could do, every problem had a solution if you worked at it hard enough. She just needed an angle to start with, she couldn't allow Dean to do this. She wasn't sure what would come back to her if they didn't stop this mess.
"They need to know who's killing the Angels. That's what they want from Dean. That's what they're willing to hurt you both over." Sam begins reasoning out loud, figuring Lilly was better than no one. He rubs his thumb against Mae's inner wrist, comforted by her pulse.
"Okay, so how do we find that out?" Lilly asks not pausing in her steps, as she squeezes the bridge of her nose. "He can't do this Sammy… he can't." She frowns.
"I know he can't." Sam says quietly. "Alistair broke him in hell, and he's not the same since he got back. He can't do what the angels are asking him."
"That's not what I meant…. I meant he can't torture someone like that." Lilly says looking Sam over with a sceptical brow. "He ain't that broken." She adds with a frown.
"He's just not the same, and he shouldn't be, he was in fucking hell for forty years. I'm worried about him." Sam corrects, quickly realizing his mistake. He couldn't talk to Lilly about this, didn't know why he'd even tried. She couldn't handle actually seeing what he could; part of Dean was gone forever, it died in hell.
"You should be. We've got to got him out of this. I can't lose him, not this way." Lilly comments biting her lip in concern as she turns on her heel again hugging herself closely. Her back sore from the impact to the wall, and positive a few ribs had been dislocated if not broken.
"He shouldn't have to do this. Fucking dicks with wings. I don't even know where to start looking for… Ruby!" Sam suddenly exclaims, pulling out his phone again.
"Your demoness friend?" Lilly asks still pacing, curious to see where Sammy was going with dragging a demon into an angel mess.
"Yeah, I can see if she can find anything out, or knows a spell or something that can help us, me find Dean." Sam quickly explains.
"Super. Look, I don't wanna go against Angels Sam, but I will. I don't want to get in your way. But I will do whatever it takes to help you get him back." Gods Dean, I am so sorry. So so sorry that we make everything so much harder for you. I can't believe how easily we're used against you… Shit, why didn't I see that sooner? I don't want you to have to do this. Lilly curses out slowly before she sends out a desperate plea; Maat, Thoth please, I know this is a lot but please watch out for Dean, please keep him safe. Please. Oh and thank you both for not being huge piles of fucking shit.
"Sorry Lilly, I didn't mean us go after him. I just want to know where he is." Sam quickly corrects himself, he'd never hear the end of it if he let her come along, and besides if it came down to it he'd just point out one of them needed to stay with Mae. She wouldn't argue him on that, in this he was absolutely positive. Most of the time he found it irritating, but it was certainly advantageous in this particular situation.
"I mean I will, but I know I'm useless in a fight, I don't have the training to cut myself off from this,I know I'm too close, and the last thing ya need is me losing my shit... Not to mention one of my souls has a severe allergic reaction to Angels." Lilly sighs as she rubs at her temple.
"Noted?" Sam gives her a questioning glance, pressing a few buttons on his phone.
"Nosebleeds and migraines… Not in that order." She explains, with a dismissive wave. She resumes her pacing; her eyes flickering between him and Mae, though she was tuning him out.
Sam nods in understanding, making a mental note to talk to her more about it later. "Ruby, I need your help."
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The knock at the door makes Lilly pause her pacing for the first time since she had started. She watches as Sam opens the door for the female demon before she starts back up again.
"You didn't tell me they were going to be here." Ruby complains.
"It wasn't something you needed to know." Sam replies, shutting the door behind her.
"Sup…Nice to see you too Ruby." Lilly greets caustically. "Can we just get to the finding Dean part please." Lilly interrupts not caring.
"What happened to Sleeping Beauty over there?" Ruby asks, as she sets her bag on the table.
"Angels." Sam answers simply, trying to speed everything along.
"Ok, well. I guess I had a good run. Lets get to poking angels with sticks huh?" Ruby comments darkly.
"Super, lets do that." Lilly says walking over to the table standing over it, not taking offense when the other girl shifts away from her, attributing it to her not having her amulet the last time they were together. "No worries. I have… I don't have that affect anymore. What are we doing?"
"Oh, you stopped hating yourself?" Ruby asks with a raised eyebrow.
Lilly tilts her head. "What? No that's still intact... So finding Dean?"
"It's a spell. I just say the words, light the map, and the fire burns away all but the place dean is at.
"Great. Lets do this then." Sam comments even as Lilly starts clearing off the table, and cleaning it for the ritual.
"Maybe she should do the spell…" Ruby comments after a moment watching the short girl clean up the table while humming lowly.
"Why?" Sam asks eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Incase the Angels are keeping an eye out for people searching for Dean. I didn't know she was here till I saw her. I think it'd be best for her to do it. She's brimming with energy anyways, I don't know how I missed it before." Ruby responds as she looks over Lilly appraisingly.
"Um… Kay? I kind of fuck up rituals." Lilly chimes in with a quirked brow.
"Good fuck up or bad fuck up. I can make either work." Ruby shrugs with indifference.
"She usually out performs the rituals." Sam supplies.
"Oh, well that won't be bad then. The more precise the better."
"Super... Tell me what to do." Lilly says rocking on her heels. Fuck it… We need to find Dean.
"Right just," Ruby starts explaining, pulling out a map. "Can you read latin?"
"Yeah, I can manage." Lilly affirms as she flattens the map on the table.
"Well ok then, aren't you full of surprises." Ruby comments with a raised brow.
"So I read the incantation then flip the match?"
"Light it with the candle." Ruby corrects, handing her a candle bound with mugwort.
"Super." Lilly holds her hand out, taking the candle from Ruby. She whispers a quick cleansing prayer in egyptian. Her hands shake as she works; sweat begins to bead along her forehead as she prays for guidance. The last thing she needed to do was fuck up this ritual.
"What is she doing?" Ruby whispers to Sam, who just shushes her.
Lilly looks over the map and starts reciting the spell in perfect latin before she lights the map with the lit candle. The fire nearly blinds all of them with it's intensity as it almost instantly eats away the map.
"Whoa, that was amazing. You weren't kidding." Ruby says, walking over to check the map out.
"Yeah well it didn't leave much of the map" Lilly blinks, as she leans over the table at the tiny circle left on the table.
"That's a good thing." Ruby comments absently, as she touches the small circle of map. "He's in an abandoned warehouse basement not far from here.
"How do you know it's the basement?" Lilly asks with a quirked brow.
"Different spell."
"Huh. Nonverbal? How Harry Potter of you." Lilly comments with a tilt of her head.
"Maybe I could teach it to you." Ruby offers with a smile.
"No thanks." Lilly squeaks out as Sam snaps out a firm "NO."
"Alright, time to call Bobby so he can come back and keep an eye on you two." Sam comments as he pulls out his phone.
"Super. Go get Dean. I'll call Bobby. I'll give him the rundown." Lilly assures him.
"Sam, you can't be serious. You're not strong enough to do this alone." Ruby says, blocking his path to the door.
"I'll be serious for him. Sammy go fetch Dean." Lilly snaps crossing her arms over her chest.
"Wait, no. Sam, you know I'm right." Ruby says cryptically.
"Ruby you're coming with me, Lilly stay here and watch Mae. You better call Bobby." Sam orders, as he grabs the demoness and heads for the door.
"Got it, watch Mae, call the babysitter. Understood dad." Lilly says unamused.
Sam gives her a look of derision as he grabs Ruby by the arm and escorts her out of the room.
"Like hell I am." The demoness growls even as she lets the man manhandle her out of the motel room.
Lilly sighs and pulls out her phone as she cleans up evidence of the spell off the table. She quickly dials Bobby's number as she sits at the table with a frown, her eyes darting towards Mae with concern.
"Lilly? Since when do you call? What's wrong this time?" Bobby asks gruffly.
"The angels swooped in and grabbed Dean, after putting Mae to sleep. Sam's on his way to go get him now. They want him to… They needed him for something." Lilly responds wincing as the man on the phone lets out a slew of curse words.
"Fuckin' damnit, are you and Mae safe?" Bobby finally growls out.
"As safe as we can be… I mean Mae can still be found and I'm where I was when they snatched Dean." She responds honestly.
"And where is that?" Bobby asks.
"Um… give me a minute." She says looking around when she notes the address of the motel and gives it to him.
"Right I'll be there soon." Bobby comments before the line goes dead.
"Super." Lilly flips her phone shut with a groan. She looks over to her sleeping sister, quickly realizing that she was proverbially by herself for the first time in a long time. She starts cleaning the motel room in a frenzy; anything to keep herself from thinking about the silence. "FUCK ANGELS!"
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Lilly finds herself jolted awake by a heart wrenching scream; It takes her a moment to realise she was also screaming. She quickly clamps her mouth shut and rolls over to look at Mae. She reaches out to assure her everything was okay, but her touch only makes Mae scream louder. Lilly watches helplessly as her quivering sister curl into the fetal position.
"Shit. Sorry Mae… Mae. It's fine, the Angels aren't here it's just you and me…" Lilly assures her sister as she crawls over to her side slowly before she tenderly gathers her sister to her chest once more, whispering soft words of assurance.
"What happened. He, he was here. He was here Lilly. Where did Dean and Sam go?" Mae asks wildly grabbing Lilly's hand to lace their fingers together.
"Yeah… They collected Dean, Sam's out getting him back. It's okay Sammy's got this." Lilly hushes her sister. "Bobby's on his way as well." Lilly coos when there's a new crackle of energy that settles over her skin, a few moments later the flap of wings announces the arrival of another angel. Her back stiffen, this was distinctly different energy than what she was used to.
Mae screams and throws herself from Lilly's arms, tipping off the bed, taking Lilly with her. "Ow." Lilly mumbles as she feels her ribs shift.
"Girls? Mae? Lilly?" An unfamiliar female's voice calls out softly.
"Do I know you?" Lilly asks peeking her head over the bed still straddling her sister, not bothering to get off with the new threat. At the very least she'd be able to protect Mae, with her life if she needed too.
"Lilly right? What's wrong with Mae?" Anna asks, walking around the bed to get a better look at the two of them. Her eyes examining them with a quizzical expression.
"Yeah…And uh you." Lilly answers her eyes narrowed. "Well not you… But the wings, and the flapping, and I'm guessing your an Angel, and I'd threaten you, but there's literally nothing I can do to you so… If you're here to kill us, I'm just warning you it's not going to be that easy." Lilly hisses out defensively.
"I see. I had heard about Uriel's use of force. I'm sorry, I know that can't even begin to make up for it, but I am. I'm Anna. Do you know of me?" She asks softly, her eyes watching the two girls curiously.
"Mmmhmm. Well hi Anna. Mae…You remember her right? She's the fallen one the guys helped." Lilly whispers to her sister softly, not blaming Mae in the slightest for her hesitation. Even if the Winchesters had helped her, there was no guarantee this new angel wasn't a threat.
Mae nods, her breathing beginning to slow to a normal pace.
Anna gives the two girls a small smile. "I'm sorry to bother you."
"Better you than one of your brothers I s'pose." Lilly comments, unsure what else to say. Fallen in this case is good right?
"Really? You are not happy with the way Castiel protects the two of you?" Anna asks, holding her hand out in offer of assistance.
"I think I bother his core beliefs. Honestly… He gives me a headache. Please don't touch Mae." Lilly says as she grunts getting off her friend, still sore from her hitting the wall earlier. She helps Mae stand and helps her back on the bed, standing next to her protectively, never letting Mae's hand go. With the strength her sister was gripping her hand, she was fearful what would happen if she even tried.
Anna backs up, giving the girls a large berth, and leans against the table by the kitchenette. "I'm sorry, I really mean no harm. Actually, I came to offer my help, and ask a favor." She says softly her hands up in attempts of putting the two at ease.
"Uh huh… Gods I'm not, can we wait for Mae to settle out of her panic please, cause. I'm really trying to not hate you on principle." Lilly comments bluntly.
"I understand. Would you be more comfortable if I found you again later?" Anna asks curiously.
"Mmm no, cause there's no guarantee that I'll be there when you find Mae… She'll snap out of it soon enough." Lilly answers honestly her thumb making soothing circles on her friend's wrist as she waits anxiously for her sister to calm down.
It takes about ten minutes of tense, awkward silence before Mae relaxes her hand and she starts looking around the room. "God I'm so useless." Mae sighs, dropping her head in defeat when she realizes what's happening around her.
"Nah you're straight, don't worry about it." Lilly assures her with a smile, as she ruffles her working hand through her sister's hair tenderly. It was going to take a while longer for the blood in her other hand to return. If Mae ever got pregnant, Lilly was going to make sure she was not the one on the receiving end of that death grip.
"I'm glad you're feeling better Mae." Anna says softly, not leaving her place on the table.
"Thanks?" Mae responds looking towards the angel with apprehension as she moves to stand next to Lilly, feeling more confident with her sister at her side.
"Yes, I'm a full blown Angel, Grace and all." Anna says with a small smile, after reading Mae's confusion.
"Ah, the guys thought you were dead…" Mae volunteers, hesitantly.
"My body was, but that is a long story. Mae, I'm sorry to do this, but have a favor to ask of you." Anna says quickly. "If you'll hear me out." She adds as she notes the look of disapproval on Lilly's face.
Is she fucking serious? Lilly blinks at the girl leaning against the counter feeling Mae shrink behind her shifting in discomfort.
"Um, ok." Mae says, ready to listen.
"Don't just agree. At least listen to what it is first." Lilly groans wiping a hand down her face in exasperation.
"That's what I was doing, agreeing to hear her out." Mae says, tearing her eyes away from the redhead to look at Lilly.
"Mmmhmm." Why can't she just tell her to fuck off...
"Thank you Mae. I know you have gotten to spend a lot of time with Castiel. He has always enjoyed listening to you. I think he feels connected to you. He is beginning to doubt, to question. Just as I did. I even believe he is beginning to feel emotions, though he does much to hide it."
"Uh huh, and the favor is…" Lilly demands impatiently, wanting the woman to just spit it out.
Mae looks down at her hands on her lap. "He does, I've felt them. He keeps saying he can't, but I can- could feel his them."
"That's great." Anna smiles softly, "He's, Castiel is a good soldier, but I think he can be a better individual. He called to me after Dean was taken. He tried to call this whole thing off, but 'orders' came down, and now Uriel is in charge." She explains with a look of disgust.
"Great." Lilly chimes in as Mae tries to cut off all blood flow to her fingers again. "That favor?"
"Right. I want to ask that you try to help him out if he does decide to disobey. I have no guarantee, but I know him well enough to see how much this situation with Dean and Alistair is weighing on him. He is considering it, but I'm not sure what his tipping point will be." Anna explains.
"Fuck, I'll help him if he disobeys. Your chain of command is very lacking, and fucking pathetic." Lilly snaps.
"It is. I suspect it is actually chaos with our superiors. I do not believe my Father is still in Heaven." Anna speculates.
Lilly flinches as Mae grasps her hand once more and squeezes it tighter at that last comment. What the fuck is wrong with Christianity? Great. Super. Fan-fucking-tastic. I fucking feel like this is going to be a bigger cluster fuck, than it already is. And there goes another tenet. Fuck it, Imma fuckin' get eatin by a snake when one of these assholes finally off my ass.
"I'll help if he wants. But he's an angel, you're an angel. What could I possibly do?" Mae asks sadly, looking lost
"Story of our fuckin' lives." Lilly grumbled lowly.
"You have had this conversation before?" Anna asks with a smile.
"Similar enough. Except my gods weren't asking me to take care of a socially stunted creature that could kill, sorry-" Lilly holds up her free hand. "Smite, me with a snap of its fingers."
"Castiel would not hurt you Lilly, from what I understand the orders are to leave the two of you alone." Anna corrects Lilly gently.
"That's what he said about Mae too, apparently right before she got ragdolled." Lilly snaps at the angel. "And Uriel obviously doesn't give a fuck one way or the other."
"I find myself confused over his disobedience. And Heaven's rewarding of the circumstances."
"That's some fucking bull shit. He flicked me into a fucking wall earlier." Lilly says with a skeptical eyebrow. "I don't even believe in your god, your father, whatever the fuck he is to you. Mae on the other hand practically lives by the damn book. Ya'll motherfuckers need ta get your shit straight. Someone rewarded insubordinance, and that's some fuckin' bull shit. If a biker pulled their shit there'd be punishment, fuck if someone in the military pulled that shit, there'd be fuckin' hell ta pay- Figuratively."
Anna nods her head somberly. "This is all very strange. I'm attempting to investigate Uriel, to prove his disobedience. I'm not sure why the orders are like that, that's just what they are. I was only tapping into the angel network, I wasn't hearing everything they were communicating before I remembered who I was. I wish I had more to tell you, since I'm asking so much of you."
"Fucking super." Lilly responds glad her gods didn't dick her around like the Angels dicked around her family.
Mae and Lilly both jump as they hear a banging on the door. "It's me girls." They hear Bobby shout.
"You can use the door and not flap out of here." Lilly warns the angel.
"Till next time." Anna says, walking over to the door and opening it.
Bobby stares at her bewildered, "Who the hell are you?"
"Anna, pleasure to meet you Robert Singer, but I have to go." Anna nods walking past the old hunter rounding a corner and making sure she was out of hearing range before she disappeared with a flap of wings.
"Anna?" Bobby asks, coming into the room, shutting the door and locking it behind him.
"The fallen angel isn't dead." Lilly supplies helpfully.
"Great…" Bobby rolls his eyes, taking a seat at the table.
"Yep." Lilly agrees turning to look at Mae with concern. Her index finger gently poking her.
"Yes Lilly?" Mae asks.
"Just making sure you were still here." Lilly comments, as she lifts her hostage hand to her sister's face. She might have nerve damage from that last go around.
"I can't leave you two anywhere can I?" Bobby sighs heavily.
"No you can't. I'm so sorry Bobby." Lilly apologizes.
"Are ya both alright?" He asks, waving the apology away.
"Terror-ific." Lilly chirps.
"You mean terrific?" Mae asks
"No, no I meant what I said. Sam hasn't called and Dean's not back, and an angel, fallen or not, was just here. So no, I'm straight with terror-ific, Webster's defination of terrific's a fuckin' mess so I'm being more specific."
"And He was here." Mae adds quietly.
"Yeah, yeah he was, I'm sorry Mae…" Lilly agrees solemnly as she wraps her arm around Mae and pulls her close.
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"Yeah, I got it, meet you there." Bobby says hanging up his phone. "Gidjits come on, Dean's in the hospital."
"What do you mean hospital? Like dying hospital?" Lilly squeaks out pausing in her cleaning frenzy the minute Dean's name was mentioned. Her eye had begun twitching an hour ago; her nerves a new level of high strung. She drops what she's doing and rushes out the door bouncing on her heels as she waits impatiently for the others to follow. Her fingers tapping out an erratic beat on the hood of Bobby's car. Healing rituals… I know there have to be healing rituals. How bad can I fuck that up… Damn it… Gods I hope he's okay… Please let him be okay… What the hell is taking them so long...I wish I brought Khonsu… Why didn't I demand to drive him here?
"Come on Mae, before Lilly has a heart attack." Bobby gruffs, as he helps Mae get up.
"Oh, okay… I'm up." Mae mumbles sleepily rubbing her eyes.
"Uh huh." Bobby says, half carrying her to the car, locking the room behind him.
"Where are we going?" Mae asks as she stumbles her way to the car door.
"Dean's in the hospital." Bobby frowns.
"What, why? He was, what did the angels do?" Mae demands angrily.
"Now you're catching on, can we go? Now. Please." Lilly asks, her tone biting as she helped Mae into the car the minute the doors were unlocked.
Bobby slides into the car, starts it and pulls out onto the road, ordering the girls to buckle up.
It's silent and tense on the drive over. Lilly's fingers were constantly drumming on the dashboard, driving the other two passengers close to insane, though neither of them chose to comment.
When Bobby finally pulls up to the hospital, Lilly jumping out before the car came to a complete stop. She raced up to the large building, squeezing through the electric doors her eyes scanning for Sammy. She didn't hear the calls being made from behind her to stop, she was too focused on her goal. Where was Dean? Was he okay? What happened? Who hurt him? Was it the demon? Or was it an angel? Did it really matter? Should she have gone? Would she had been helpful? Or a hinderance? She was going insane with ignorance, and she needed to see Dean.
"Damn it Gidjit. Knock it off." Bobby says as he catches up with the girl who was flitting around the main entry way like a hummingbird.
"Lilly, we'll find him faster when we know where he is." Mae says in exasperation.
Lilly looks at them unamused, her fingers reaching up and clenching around her amulet. As Bobby walks over and talks to the receptionist.
"Got it, this way." Bobby calls out, as he looks back at the two of them.
"Super. Where?" Lilly demands shortly.
He leads them to an elevator and presses the eighth floor. Lilly's heart sinks when she realises they were heading to the ICU ward.
What the fuck did they do to him? Fuck what did they do? Lilly thinks frantically as she wipes her hands on her skirt trying to calm down, her heart feeling like it was about to beat from her chest. Her mouth set in a firm line, as she follows Bobby a lot more subdued.
Mae holds her hands in front of her mouth as she too realises where they are heading.
Three glass walled rooms down, Bobby turns them towards a door. Inside they find Sam sitting red eyed in a chair, watching a monitor attached to the person in the bed.
It takes Lilly a full minute to register that the black and blue form in the bed with a tube attached to his mouth and lines attached to his arms and chest was Dean. She pushes open the door slowly, tears falling from her eyes in shock and horror. She silently looks him over, noting every laceration, stitch and bruise. Her stomach turns as she slowly breaks at the sight of him. She walks to his side with a frown; oblivious to her own tears as she simply stares at him, her hand hovering above his arm before she drops it back to her side. He looked so fragile, she was too afraid to touch him. Without hesitation she sends out an anguished prayer begging for aid, her heart breaking at his labored breaths.
Mae slowly walks around the bed, her eyes never leaving Dean as she slowly makes her way to comfort Sam. He barely acknowledges her presence, he simply pulls her into his lap and hugs her tightly, his eyes still never leaving his brother.
Bobby takes in a deep breath looking around the room and leaning against the wall letting out a heavy sigh. Unsure of what to say to make this better, if he could make this better. He knew Castiel could heal, so why was Dean in this condition?
"It was for fucking nothing. Alistair had no idea how to kill an Angel. But he got free of their stupid enochian demon trap. This was Alistair, he's dead now." Sam finally says, his voice rough and thick with unshed tears.
Mae turns into Sam and wraps her arms around him. There were no words to comfort anyone in the room. So instead she offers Sam what little comfort she could, and hugs herself to him tightly.
Lilly clenches her fists at the comment but stays unusually silent. Her eyes committing every injury to memory. Glad to hear the demon was dead. Why didn't the damn Angels heal him? They've healed me, they've healed Mae… Why is he like this? What the fuck is this shit? Sekhmet… Please. I can't… gods I can't… He looks so fucking awful… How is he still alive...Gods, Dean...I'm so sorry… You never catch a break do you Tex? Thoth, Maat, is there any healing rituals I can use? Please? I can't, I need him, I just can't...
The room is silent as everyone continues watching Dean's labored breaths till a light knock is heard at the door. The noise startles the four conscience occupants. "Sorry to bother you, but I need to do the rounds." A nurse greets with a forced smile, her eyes dart across the room, landing on Lilly. "You his girlfriend hun?" She asks softly.
Lilly nods her head at the question but doesn't tear her eyes from Dean's form.
Lilly jumps when she suddenly hears, "Lucky for him huh." purred into her ear. The nurse's hand was warm on her shoulder as her own bruised ribs shift and her breath comes to her easier. She turns and watches as the woman does the normal hospital routine, but also checks his blankets, smooths a wrinkle here and a tangle there.
Sekhmet? Thank you. So many offerings I promise… Thank you. Thank you so much. Lilly prays to the woman, even as she mumbles a verbal offering in ancient egyptian under her breath. Maat, Thoth, thank you. thank you so much...She sends her thanks before stepping closer to Dean's form, tears still flowing down her face as she holds his hand, finally feeling confident enough to do so.
"I'll go ahead and call the doctor back in here, he seems to be improving." Sekhmet states with a wink at Lilly, before she ducks out of the room.
An hour later a young doctor enters the room and does a brief examination before he orders Dean to be taken of life support. He leaves the room with a nonchalant "He's quite the quick healer."
Sam suddenly looks up, alerting to something outside the room "I've got to use the restroom, I'll be right back." He says, scooting a somber Mae off his lap gently. He gently places her in the seat. Lilly looks at him and then at the hallway with a quirked brow, frown etched on her mouth but says nothing as she continued to rub Dean's hand with her thumb.
Bobby, noticing the other two's strange behavior, walks over to stand next to Mae, watching Dean carefully as he blocked her view of the hallway.
Sam exits the room silently, his eyes meeting Castiel's. "What the Fuck Cass, get in there and heal him. He's only like this because you can't manage a simple devil's trap." He snarls at him.
Castiel frowns and shakes his head. "I am sorry, I can not. Alistair nearly killed my vessel with the exorcism and drained me of my grace. I am sorry. I swear to you, I will when I can. As for the devil's trap, I do not understand how that happened. I made the trap myself. It must have been another demon."
"No, I know it wasn't. See this was all just a big fucking waste of time. Alistair said Lilith wasn't behind this, Alistair wasn't behind this. Your hit man isn't a demon." Sam exclaims passionately, barely containing his voice to a whisper.
"I am sorry, I will heal Dean as soon as I am able. But I have to go." Castiel explains, his eyes widening before he walks down the hallway, disappearing only when he feels he is out of the girls' range.
Sam just stares after him in outrage, turning back and walking back into Dean's room. "Fuck Angels." He growls.
"Angels?" Mae asks softly, her reddening eyes wide, as she looked to Sam for further explanation.
"Just in general." Sam assures her as he picks her back up and sits down hugging her tightly; ignoring the looks from Lilly and Bobby.
AN2: Well, we knew this part was coming up. Alistair really did a number on Dean and it is clearly having a toll on the girls. We'll be back with the fallout on Thursday. Leave us some love, we look forward to hearing from you. Hugs!