In the hotel room, Sam was still sitting by Ella's side when a figure appeared in the hotel room. He looked up and his eyes narrowed as he stood up and walked over to him, roughly grabbing the lapels of his khaki trench coat and shoving him against one of the walls of the hotel room. "Bring her back." He pulled him away slightly then shoved him against the wall again. "You are the reason we were here in the first place. You and the rest of the angels could have handled this! You sent us here and got her killed! So bring her BACK!"
Castiel stared at Sam calmly as he was pushed against the wall and shook his head. "I'm sorry. I can't. She was a seal. I have no way of bringing her back. I'm not allowed to."
Dean crossed his arms over his chest, leaning against the opposite wall. "You're not allowed to? You're an angel, I was under the impression you little nerdy angel guys could do whatever you wanted."
"No," Castiel said, glancing up at Dean. "We cannot do whatever we want. We have rules just like humans. I cannot bring her back. I am sorry." Sam glared at him then released him with a jerk and walked back over to the bed where Ella's dead body laid. Castiel stepped away from the wall.
"So what now, you're just going to let her body rot here because you're too afraid to break a couple rules?" He shook his head. "You're pathetic."
Castiel turned to look at him and walked toward him. "You do not understand. I can't bring her back, Dean." He said in a low voice. "Disobedience for us is suicide…" He paused a moment then continued. "Dean, I dragged your soul out of Hell. I can throw it back in. I deserve some respect."
Dean clenched his jaw and looked away from Castiel, glancing over at Sam and Ella.
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Oshea looked up as the man walked toward her. She lifted a hand and brushed the tears from her eyes, not taking a step toward him. "If you knew I was coming, then you know why I'm here," She said quietly. "I need to make a deal." She sniffed and swallowed hard, rubbing her arm.
"Oh really? I just thought you were standing in the middle of the crossroads at four in the morning for fun. Of course you want to make a deal," he said sarcastically. "So, you want lil' sis back, eh?"
She lowered her eyes a little and sighed. "Yes." She whispered. "I want my sister back."
He nodded. "Well, I suppose that can be arranged. But it's the apocalypse, as you know, the end of days. Times are tough, so I'm afraid we've had to raise our prices a bit."
"What do you mean?" She asked, looking up at him.
"I'll bring lil sis back. Good as new. But you don't get ten years. You don't even get one year, like Dean did. All you get, is enough time to go see Ella one last time, and then my little pet here," he said, patting the air next to him. "is going to drop by and say howdy."
Oshea's brows furrowed and she swallowed hard, glancing toward the air beside of him before she nodded. "Alright…," She whispered. "That's fine. Just… bring my sister back… please?"
He arched a brow. "You're sure?"
"If I don't do this, Sam will, and Dean can't live without Sam. He'll try to get him back and end up back in Hell himself, and I can't let that happen." Oshea said, shaking her head. "It's better if I do this first. So yes… yes, I'm very sure."
"Oh yes, the Winchesters. I've yet to have the privilege of meeting them," He said with a wry smile, then he nodded stepping over to her until he was standing directly in front of her. "Ready to seal the deal, doll?" He smirked.
Oshea took a deep breath then nodded, tilting her head up and resting a hand on his shoulder as she leaned up to kiss him. The demon placed a hand on the back of her neck and deepened the kiss. After a few moments, he pulled away. "It's done. Your sis is safe and sound, back at the motel. You'll go there and see her, have a happy little reunion montage, and then meet me back here. Unless you'd rather have my pet here rip you to shreds in front of lil sis. Either way is fine with me."
Oshea looked up at him as he spoke and shook her head slowly. "No… no, I'll… I'll meet you back here." She said shakily. "Thank you." She said over her shoulder before she walked back to the Impala and climbed in, driving back to the hotel.
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Ella shot up straight in bed, gasping loudly for air. Sam jerked up off the bed, staggering back a few steps as he looked down at Ella his eyes wide. "Ella?" He rushed back to her and placed his hands against her cheeks. "Ella… Ella, are you okay?" He said, looking her over.
Dean almost reached for his gun as the loud gasping broke the silence in the motel room, but he relaxed for a moment, before his eyes widened at Ella. Ella finally caught her breath, and narrowed her eyes at Sam. "Yeah, just peachy."
Sam chuckled a little and shook his head before leaning forward and kissing her forehead, pulling her into a hug. "I'm so glad you're alive." He said softly. He pulled back some and looked over to Castiel. "I thought you said you couldn't bring her back."
"I didn't." Castiel said as the door to the hotel room opened. Oshea stood in the doorway a moment, tears running down her face as she looked in at Ella. She forced a small smile and lifted a hand, brushing away the tears from her face with the edge of her sleeve.
"Ella…"
"My god, Oshea, tell me you didn't…" Ella's voice trailed off as she swallowed, her eyes starting to fill with tears threatening to fall.
Oshea bit her lower lip and swallowed hard, forcing her smile to remain on her face. "I'm glad that you're okay, Ella." She stepped further into the hotel room.
Dean stepped forward, walking towards her. "What did you do, Oshea?" He said, gritting his teeth, already knowing the answer.
Oshea let the smile slip away, and she sighed, lowering her eyes. "You know what I did, Dean… and you know why I did it." She glanced up at him, tears gathering in her eyes, then looked down again. "We both know that if I didn't do this, then Sam would have… and if he had done it, then you would have made another deal to get him out. I'm not going to let you go back to Hell, Dean…"
"So you just go sacrifice yourself the first chance you get. Without even telling us. And now you're going to Hell." His voice cracked a little as he spoke.
"How long," Ella asked quietly.
Oshea trembled a little as she curved her arms around her chest. "I… I have to go back and meet him as soon as I'm done talking to you…"
Ella's jaw was clenched as she turned away, a tear falling down her cheek. "I can't believe you did this to me, Oshea. I can't believe you did this to us."
"It was either me or all three of you playing musical chairs in Hell." Oshea said quickly. "This way, only one of us has to die." She took in a deep breath. "I need to go before he thinks I'm trying to get out of paying." Oshea lifted a hand and brushed away a tear from her cheek, turning toward the door.
Ella stood with her back against Oshea. Dean sighed heavily and bit his bottom lip. The room was silent. Oshea paused at the door and turned, walking quickly back into the room and over to Ella. She threw her arms around her from behind in a hug then released her and stepped over to Dean, leaning up and kissing him on the lips. She looked up at him, touching his cheek lightly before she turned and walked to the door.
A tear slid down Dean's cheek as Oshea left. Ella didn't turn around until she heard the door of the motel close behind her. And then she broke down crying. Sam sighed heavily and ran a hand through his hair, moving to Ella and sitting down on the side of the bed, curling his arm around her and stroking her hair back gently.
Oshea climbed out of the car and smiled a little, thanking the people that had driven her. She hadn't wanted to take the Impala and have the others have to come get it where her mutilated body would be lying. She watched as they pulled away and a few tears ran down her cheeks. "I'm back," She said, her voice cracking.
The dark haired demon reappeared, smiling. "So, how was the touchy-feely goodbye?"
Oshea was crying gently as she shook her head. "Not very touchy-feely." She whispered. "My sister wouldn't even look at me." She sighed. "Just… please let's just get this over with…"
The demon clicked his tongue. "Well, that's a shame." He looked over his shoulder. "Here boy!" He shouted, and the sound of the invisible creature's paws hitting the gravel as it ran towards them. The sound abruptly stopped and the demon patted the air in front of him, glancing up at Oshea and nodding his head. "Tell everyone I said hi, down there." And with that, the creature snarled, and lunged at Oshea.
Oshea looked up and stared at the air in front of him where she could hear the snarling. When it lunged for her, she fell back beneath it to the gravel. She screamed as it's claws tore into her, ripping her chest and neck. She twisted on the ground, writhing and crying out until blood filled her throat. She coughed up the red fluid and it ran down her cheeks and jaw to the gravel below her. Finally, her body fell still, her eyes open and staring up at the sky as her blood leaked out onto the middle of the crossroads.
