I Know.

It's Been Since Forever Since I Updated.

Truth Was, I Was Depressed Over Not Having My Truck.

Sounds Silly, But True.

But She's Back Now, All Shiny And Fixed.

So To Celebrate, I'm Updating.

Its A Long One.

So I'm Expecting A Lot Of Love From It.

More Mysteries.

And A Peek At The New Case.

Rome stumbled back onto one of the beds and sat there in a daze, staring off into space. Dean looked from her then back to Sam. "I think she's in shock." Sam merely stared at Rome.

"What should we do?" Dean asked as Sam went to shrug but remembered his shoulder this time.

"I dont know. Leave her be."

Dean never liked this approach. He walked over to Rome and sat on the bed next to her. "Rome, you okay?"

She nodded slowly. "I really dont understand."

"Its okay," "No, its not. I didnt call for him, he didnt call to me, I dont know how I knew, I just, my gut started twisting and I knew something bad was coming for us."

"So you went on autopilot, thats not a bad thing."

"It is when I dont know why my fight or flight response kicked in."

"Lets just take a step back, not look at how shitty this room is compared to the one we were just in and get some sleep for right now, okay?" Rome nodded, doubting she was going to be able to get any sleep.

Sam looked at her puzzled. "Rome?"

"Yeah hon?"

"What did you mean by calling Cas?"

Rome looked down for a moment. "You know in the moment when youre pretty sure youre going to die and youre like, god help me out here?" Sam nodded. "Well I told Cas to get his ass down there when whats his face tried to make me into a chew toy." Dean smirked at her. "And he came. He doesnt know how he heard me and we've tried since, hasnt worked."

Sam nodded and started going through theories in his head as Rome looked at the boys; she knew that between Cas telling her she was right about something and him leaving that Dean and Sam had already forgotten about what he had said to her, but Rome knew she couldnt keep this from Dean and Sam any longer. As much as she wanted to protect them, this was on thing that she could not protect them from.

Rome turned to them and took a deep breath. "Do you remember what Jimmy told you?" she asked as they stared at her, not remember the name of who Cas used to be. "Cas's vessel? How he told you about how everything went down?"

Dean nodded; how could he forget. "Well, Cas and I have been playing with a theory, one that he just told me was right."

"What theory Rome?" Sam asked as she looked down at her hands.

"About why its always you two, why Azazael chose you, why Dean had to be rescued from Hell."

Rome took a deep breath and tried so very hard not to start breaking down; she didnt want to be the one to tell them this. Sam could see her struggling and patted her knee, "Its okay, you can tell us." Rome closed her eyes and nodded. "When Azazael started his plan, it was on orders from Lucifer himself, and you both know how he found the children he was going to need. For a long time, I had been trying to get inside the minds of the writers, about why all of this was important, then Cas and I got talking.

The one leader they needed wasnt going to lead the demon army awaiting them, whoever it was, was meant to be a vessel for Lucifer. Only certain people have the genetic disposition to be able to take something as powerful and supernatural into their body, such as an angel. Especially an arch angel. If they rod a normal person, Cas explained to me what it does to your body and its not a good thing."

Sam stared at her. "So, because i'm the last of his special kids, i'm suppose to be Lucifers vessel?"

Rome nodded. "From what we can gather, his true vessel. Which was why you were the one who had to open the cage, because he needed you to be there." Sam just stared at her and she wished there was something she could say to make all of this better, but she knew there wasnt; it was a lot to take in.

Rome turned towards Dean now. "There's only one angel who has ever been able to take Lucifer down, his big brother Michael."

Dean bit his lip. "And i'm what, his vessel?"

Rome nodded. "Cas and I figured it out when we were trying to figure out some angel activity he was avoiding. They all think he's still dead, so he couldnt make himself known, but they were looking for Michael's weapon on earth."

"So now i'm a weapon."

Rome nodded. "You're the only one who can take him in and not die. And he's the only one who can truly take Lucifer down."

"So, how long have you known about this?"

"Not long, like I said, this was all speculation until five minutes ago. Fuck, this is not something I ever wanted to be right okay? Why the hell would I want something like this for you guys? Everything sucks enough as it is, why would I add this?"

"Rome, its just,"

Rome ran her hands through her hair. "I wish I had more to tell you, but right now, thats all Cas and I have figured out. I'm sorry." Rome was tired; emotionally and physically tired, she was so done right now. She stood from the bed and started pulling her jeans off. "Umm,"

"I'm getting ready for bed. Ive seen both of you basically naked, you both have seen me, and we're all adults, most of the time." For once, not caring about being neat, Rome threw her jeans, letting them land wherever before laying down on the bed face down.

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Dean and Sam waited several minutes to make sure Rome was in fact asleep before pulling out the Jack and sat at the small crappy table. They stared at each other. "Well, here's to having yet again another crappy hand dealt to us," Dean said as he raised his shot glass, then drank it.

"Dean, I, I dont even know where to start."

"Then lets not talk about it right now."

"Its not going to make it go away."

"Sam, please. Just drop it right now, I cant even wrap my head about it." Sam nodded slightly; for once he was going to take a book out of his brothers page and think about something else; this was just too big for either of them to comprehend right now.

Dean looked over to Rome, then back to his brother. "There is somethin up with her man. This was weirder than weird Sam."

Sam didnt particularly like where this conversation was going to go, but it was better than the latter. "I know, i've been looking into this on the side."

Dean stared at him. "What do you mean 'this'?" Sam looked over to Rome causing Dean to shake his head.

"You've been doing research on Rome?"

"I dont want to Dean, trust me I would rather be doing anything else than trying to figure out who she is, or what."

"We know who she is." Dean said, even though he knew in his gut that they didnt know who she really was, only that she cared about himself and Sam.

"I know i'm not the only one with questions Dean. Hell I bet Rome even has them."

Dean took a shot of Jack before speaking. "Have you found anything?"

Sam shook his head, looking over to where Rome was sleeping on the bed. "No, and despite needing to know, I really dont want to find a damn thing."

"I know the feeling." Dean said as he took another shot, glancing over at Rome as the alcohol burned his throat.

Dean was now staring at Rome, as if thinking that staring at her was going to give him all of the answers. "Maybe she's something we havent heard of before, anything is possible right?"

Sam nodded. "Its true, or maybe she really just is a girl from Alaska." Even as he spoke the words, they did not feel right. He honestly was not sure what to think anymore. "Should I stop? I mean we know everything about her we need to know, right?"

Dean didnt know how to answer his brother; he had this kind of desperate tone that reminded him of when they were children and Sam looked at him for guidance; why couldnt things be that easy anymore? "I guess the question really should be Sammy is can you stay objective? If you find something you dont like, are you going to be able to tell me about, or do something about it? Cause I dont think I could."

Sam let Dean's words sink in as he took a shot of Jack, then sat there thinking; he didnt have an answer yet. He was still trying to make sense of what Rome had just told them on top of his and Sam's suspicions about Rome; it was just too much.

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Rome was stuck in a re-occuring dream that she had had since she was a child; sometimes elements of the dream would change, but others she would know the exact place she was suppose to be and why. Right now she was currently looking for a sword to kill an evil possessed doll that resembled Chucky when she saw Cas standing next to her. "Cas?"

"You dream about evil dolls?" he asked with that odd confused and curious tone she was so used to.

"Yeah, its an old dream, what are you doing here? Is everything okay?"

"I'm sorry I had to invade your mind, but its not safe to meet right now."

"Cas, what is going on? Why did you have to zap us out of there?"

Cas looked at her, as if trying to find something in her eyes. "The demons were gathering there because they were preparing for Lucifer coming to them."

A chair appeared behind Rome, she sat down and tried not to hyperventilate, if that was even possible in a dream. "He wants Sam now, doesnt he?"

Cas nodded. "But Sam is not the only thing he wants."

Rome looked up at him then started shaking her head. "No. No that's not possible."

"He was there looking for a whisper he heard about, a whisper about a new player, thats you."

"No. I am just a girl."

Cas knelt in front of her and took her hands in his. "We both know thats not true."

"Cas, I am human. I always have been."

"That you might be, but there is something different about you. Its why you were chosen to come here and its why Lucifer was in that town. He wants to know what you are."

Rome took a deep breath and pulled her hands from Cas's and ran them through her hair. "How am I suppose to do this when I dont even know what this is?"

"You're stronger than you give yourself credit for."

Rome took another deep breath. "What do you think he wants with me?"

Cas gave her a look. "No, dont even think about it."

"What if I could distract him from wanting Sam? Give him and Dean time to find out how to kill him."

"No Rome, you are too important."

Rome cocked her head at him. "You're sweet Cas, but if it can help them-"

"You need to stay with them." Cas stood. "You cannot tell Dean and Sam about this."

"Cas, I cant keep-"

"Yes you can. Its for their protection and yours. Please." Rome knew that it wasnt often Cas said please, mostly because he was still getting used to human costumes, but she nodded nonethless; he knew she would agree because he knew she would do anything to protect Dean and Sam. "Will you keep me updated?"

"Of course, but for next time,"

"Yeah?"

"Could you not be dreaming about the creepy dolls?"

Rome chuckled. "I'll try my best." Cas nodded before disappearing.

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Rome jolted awake and looked around; Sam was passed out on his bed and Dean was passed out beside her, she could smell the alcohol coming off both of them. She quickly looked both of them other and nodded to herself when she saw that they had thankfully taken their boots off; once Dean had forgotten to take his boots off and kicked her while they were sleeping, she didnt want that happening ever again.

She sat up and leaned against the wall, trying to keep her breathing even as her mind went through everything Cas had just told her. Rome quickly moved off the bed carefully, making sure not to wake Dean with her movements as she grabbed her bag off the floor and pulled her journal out. She opened to a new page and took a deep breath as she started writing.

{Cas just played invaders zim in my dream and told me something kind of scary; Lucifer is after me or at least interested in me. My mind floats back to all of the fiction I ever read about him and how he's not as bad as the Church makes him out to be. I'd like to believe that, but this isnt that kind of world.

I know that some time, maybe even some time soon, I am going to have to face him and that terrifies me. I'll put on a brave front and tell the boys i'm fine while all the while I am freaking out on the inside because I might die. There are a lot of times where I thought death was very near and I happened to escape it, but this is different, I just know it is.}

Several hours later, Rome climbed off the bed and stretched before looking around for Sam's computer; she felt like some mindless spending on itunes and she wanted to do some research about Lucifer. She knew that Bobby was already looking into, but just like everything else, Rome had a different view on things.

Such as if Lucifer is just now looking for her, the he must have finally found someone to say yes to him. When she had run the idea by Bobby and then by Cas, they both agreed that her speculation was correct; Lucifer had to play by angel rules to be able to find a host. Knowing how charming and seductive Lucifer could be, according to lore, she knew it was going to happen sooner or later, she had just hoped it would have been later, for everyone's sake.

Rome opened the internet explorer and stopped when she saw the last thing Sam had been googling; her. She looked over to where Sam was peacefully sleeping and how young he looked when he was sleeping and felt her heart drop; after all of her time with them, they still didnt trust her.

Rome clicked on the search history and found that all Sam had been looking at for the last week was about her. She let a tear roll down her cheek before wiping it away and opened a new search page. Rome was going to pretend she never saw this, pretend that this didnt hurt her and pretend that everything was normal, well as normal as her life had been since she met up with the boys.

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Rome was so enthralled in her research, that she did not notice Dean get up until she heard the toilet flush. She looked up when Dean walked out of the bathroom and smiled at him. "Mornin."

"Morning, what are you doing awake?"

"You really have to ask?"

"Still working on that code thing?"

Rome shook her head. "I decided to give my mind a break before it broke my mind. Right now I am skimming the internet for horribly unusual deaths and occurrences. Just something to keep us busy you know?"

"Anything good?"

Rome thought for a moment. "Well, with a loose definition of good, I found a couple of things. One is kind of close to here."

"What is it?"

Rome smiled widely. "You're going to love it."

This peaked his interests. "Please say its another strip club."

"Nope."

Dean walked over to look at the screen, but she closed it on him. "Oh come on, I want to know."

"All girls Catholic school."

Dean smiled widely. "I think we should work on that case, those girls need us."

Rome rolled her eyes. "Especially because they are being flayed alive."

"Oh shit."

"Yeah."

"Do we know anything that does that?"

Rome shrugged. "That's what I was looking into," Rome looked over at Sam for a moment. "Do you guys mind getting breakfast today?"

Dean looked at her for a moment. "And what are you going to do?"

Rome only smiled and grabbed her duffle bag and took it into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. "Okay, thats not odd at all." He muttered to himself as he walked over to Sam's bed and shook him awake.

Once Sam opened his eyes, Dean smacked his arm. "Up and at em Sammy, we're on breakfast duty and then we have a bunch of Catholic girls to save."

"What?" Sam was still half asleep but he was sure he heard Dean say something about Catholic school girls. "Rome found us a case involving innocent Catholic school girls getting flayed alive."

Sam sat up. "Holy shit."

"Yeah, come on sasquash, we're on breakfast."

"Where's Rome?"

"She's decided to be girly today and spend a couple of hours in the bathroom."

"Is she okay?"

"She's fine."

Sam merely nodded as he pulled his boots on and looked over to his laptop on the table. "Was Rome on here?"

"Yeah, its where she was, dont tell me you left research,"

"I dont think so." Sam took two big strides over to the table and opened the laptop. He sighed in relief; it looked as if Rome didnt even notice there was already an internet page open when she opened one herself. "We're in the clear."

Dean nodded as he grabbed his keys and knocked on the bathroom door. "We'll be back in a less than an hour."

"Okay." she yelled. Dean shrugged, giving Sam the thumbs up before walking out of the room.

And There We Have It.

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