Alice braced herself and waited for Victoria to strike. She held her stance and leaned back and forth slightly to keep herself on edge. Victoria didn't know exactly what to do at first. Her fist flew through the air and aimed for Alice's jaw, but Alice caught it with her uninjured arm. Her broken arm was in a sling. There was no way of getting around that. At least it wasn't worse. Victoria kicked her in the gut and thought that she had the upper hand. Truth was, she didn't. Alice knew she was going to throw a punch next, so she ducked and retaliated by pushing her into the table. This wasn't pro training like Alice was used to, but she had to start somewhere with Victoria.

Victoria hesitated and wiped some sweat away. They had been training for over an hour now. Her gray eyes peered into Alice's blue ones. "So I'm guessing the guy that brought me here doesn't like me?"

"Good guess," Alice remarked and watched her carefully. Alice's red hair was in a ponytail. She maintained herself enough to where she wasn't sweating yet, but her arm hurt like hell.

"Why?" Victoria simply asked. There were some things she had to know, especially when she heard what happened at the meeting all the way from the basement.

Alice didn't know whether to tell her or keep it a secret. For some reason, she felt like she had to open up to her and let her know. Something nagged at her and told her to make close connections with Victoria. "Your biological father was the one that tortured Dean in hell…" Victoria stayed silent and her lips tightened into a straight line. She didn't have a clue on what to say next, so she merely went to punch Alice in the arm. She dodged the move and pretended to strike to psych Victoria out. Then, she made her fist collide with Victoria's rib cage. "What happened to your brother?"

Victoria broke down in an instant and leaned against the table on the side of the room. She was out of breath and bit the inside of her lip to keep from crying. She could feel the pain like it was yesterday. "My brother died in an accident. I couldn't find the suspect. They just ran off…" She put one of her hands to her heart and looked at the floor. If she were to keep looking at Alice, she would surely break down and let the flood gates loose. "Dr. Blake said that he could revive my brother if I helped him. So I did."

Alice made a weird face before asking, "Do you know why Blake wanted to frame you?"

"No. I have an email from him, but I don't want to open it…" she whispered. She brought out her phone, but didn't open the email. She didn't know if she had the strength to do it.

"I'm right here. We'll go through with it together," Alice offered and lifted the corners of her mouth. She leaned against the table next to her and looked over at Victoria's phone. She nodded and opened the email. Except, there was just a video. Victoria pushed play.

Dr. Blake appeared on the screen and stared directly into the camera. He was in his office at night with only one single lamp lit. "If you're seeing this Tori, I've probably been dead for over forty eight hours." He joined his hands on his desk and sat up straight. "As you may know, your stepfather was a hunter. He killed my family. As payback, I came for his family. I caught him and tortured him for hours on end. He never begged for mercy, but just to leave his family alone. I slit his throat slowly and painfully as I whispered what I was going to do to you and your brother in his ear. He choked on his words and gagged on his own blood. Then, I went for his family. Your mother had sold her soul to protect her children. She signed a contract saying your father, Alastair, could never come in contact with you and I could never kill you or your brother. So, I hired someone to kill your brother." Victoria gasped and took in every word he was saying. "Since you did the job of slaughtering your precious mother, all I had to do was kill you. Now for you, I wanted you to suffer as I have. I didn't want to cut the crap and skip right to the death. That's too simple. Too easy. The only thing left to do was frame you for multiple murders. It was perfect. I would have seen you miserable in prison for the rest of your useless life, or even better, executed." The light in his eyes faded away and his face paled. "But…you've won. The only thing left to say is I hope you die a horrible, heart wrenching death and meet me in hell, you unforgivable bitch!" The video cut off from there.

Victoria's eyes widened and tears streamed down her face. She wanted to say something, but the words wouldn't force themselves out of her throat. She choked on a sob before she collapsed onto Alice and cried into her shoulder for the whole world to hear. Alice stroked her black hair softly and sat there until she calmed down. Victoria stood up, got in the center of the room, and put up her fists.

Alice stood up and didn't say a word. She deflected the heavy shots Victoria was aiming at her. Victoria grunted and cried out names as she punched Alice like a training dummy. Tears were still falling from her eyes and sweat formed on her creased forehead. Alice knew she was taking her sorrow and anger out on her, but she had to let her. Otherwise, who knew what she would do.

Alice laid in bed, staring at the ceiling because she couldn't fall asleep. She twiddled her thumbs, bit her lip, tried to see how many times she could roll her eyes before she got dizzy or got a headache. Alice was happy for her sister. She was finally engaged to the love of her life. But that only got Alice thinking. Would she ever get married? Have kids? Be any more joyful than the situation her relationship was in now?

Castiel rolled over next to her and sighed. "Why aren't you asleep?" His voice was deep and filled with exhaustion.

This was the first time he had spoken to her in a while. Alice enjoyed the moment and savored the sound of his voice as it rang in her ears. She propped herself up on her unbroken elbow and her red curly hair fell down onto the pillow like a pool of water. "My mind has been clouded with possibilities for the future. I just can't sleep…"

"What do you mean?" Cas set his arm on her waist gently, tugging her a tiny bit closer in the process. He hadn't felt close to her in what felt like forever. He actually felt a sense of longing. Castiel's chest constricted. He knew this conversation wasn't going to end well.

"What I mean is, are we going to ever have kids? Are we going to start a family of our own? Are we ever going to get married?" A smile came to Alice's face as she added, "Maybe we can get a kitten or two when we get our own house…" She trailed off and looked into Castiel's blue eyes. "Are we ever going to find happiness?"

"I'm happy with you right here, right now, Alice. What makes you think we aren't happy?" Cas scrunched up his nose. There was something in her tone that he didn't like. Is she really not happy with me? Did I do something wrong?

"Well, considering we haven't talked a lot in the past week. There has been this aura around us like we want to rip each other's throats out and it's really messed me up…I don't want it to be like that." Alice exhaled softly and words started flying from her mouth. "My sister is getting married soon. I thought I would be the first out of the both of us to get married. She's going to have children and everything I've ever wanted in life…"

"What, are you saying I'm not good enough for you? Because I don't want to start a family and have kids right now?" Cas started on the defensive side. He didn't want to think he was failing this bad at his first true relationship. That would be the disappointment of the century. Castiel would feel terrible for making her feel like this if he let her down before she died, and he'd have to live with that forever.

"No, Cas, I don't mean it like that. I'm happy with what I even have at all, but I kind of want something more. More to live for in my life. That way, I can live life to the fullest while I can." Alice felt a pang in her heart at his words. She felt guilty for saying all those things, but she meant them with her whole entire being. He was more than good enough for her. He was an angel for Christ sakes. "Why don't you want to start a family…?" She barely managed to whisper.

Cas bit the inside of his lip. This was where everything would go downhill. "I…" He paused to catch up with the millions of thoughts that raced through his mind. His eyes searched the room in an attempt for help, but knew he would find nothing. He sighed. "With what we do, our family will always be in danger."

Alice was taken aback by his answer. She knit her eyebrows together. "Are you saying we don't have the capability to protect our own family?"

"Anything can go wrong, Alice. That's the point. I don't want anything happening to you or our children…" Castiel trailed off and closed his eyes. He didn't want to see the dark expression masked over her face. The room was dark, but the moonlight lit it up enough to where they could see each other.

"I've spent how many years with you and given up huge parts of my life, and you can't give them back in return? All I want is a family. Is that asking for very much?"

Cas started saying, "Alice-"

She cut him off with a tinge of anger, "No, Cas, it's not asking for a lot. Does having a family mean anything to you? Do you not want kids? A house? Our own lives where we won't need to worry about anything?" She exhaled and lowered her tone. "We choose to be hunters. We can leave anytime we want. Right now, we look for any job we can get. What if we just stop looking?"

"There's an evil out there that's going to rise and destroy the world. Is that not enough reason to keep going with this lifestyle?" Castiel raised his tone and took his arm away from her waist. He sat up to stare eye-to-eye with her and huffed, "So what if Sam and Angel are getting married. They know the consequences. They know what's coming. We might not make it farther than the apocalypse. If they have children, the children will be orphans. Do you want that for our family?"

Alice sat up fully and brushed her hair back. A swirl of emotions went around in her head and heart. It was like a tornado of feels. "They aren't going to die. We aren't going to die. We will win the war." Bile started rising in her throat and she had to swallow it back down. Her stomach ached. "I think you're just afraid."

"Afraid of what, exactly?" Castiel narrowed his eyes. He nearly bit his words as they exited his mouth.

Alice had to nearly puke out her words, "Afraid of being with me for the rest of my life."

He wanted to rip out his hair. That's how frustrated he was with her statement. He opened his eyes as a fire blazed in them. Venom was detected in his voice. "You have the audacity to say that I'm afraid of being with you? Do you not know me well enough? I would give up everything to be with you. I want to give you the world, but it's difficult to when you are already my world…" Cas stopped himself from saying more gushy things. "If you want a family right now, then go on without me. Apparently you're too good to wait for me." Castiel left without saying another word.

Alice's mouth hung open. Her heart swooned at such loving words, but they were said in an argument. She felt terrible for saying all of those things, but there wasn't a way around it. She had to tell him sometime. Alice clung to her pillow and stared at the stars outside until she fell asleep under their twinkling light.