Saliene woke up before the sun had risen. She sat up from the floor of her room, where she had apparently passed out. Slowly she got up and trudged over to her bathroom, lazily stripping to take a shower. As she was undoing her shirt, she glanced into her mirror and her jaw dropped.

She was covered in dried blood, and by the scent it wasn't hers.

It wasn't even one lone person's, it was from many. She felt whoosy, what had she DONE last night? She remembered talking to Dean, storming off, Aster stopping her then her reaching for her patio door and.. Nothing.

"Great.." She breathed, removing her shirt at last and the rest of her clothes to get into the shower. She turned the water on, quietly sulking under it as it washed all the evidence away.

What is happening to me?

"So, Dekka, you have decided what you will choose?" Saliene heard Alphard ask her grandmother as she walked down the stairs. She saw Alphard standing in front of Dekka flanked by Sam and Aster, Dean stood leaning against the Northern wall, arms crossed. God, she thought to herself, why did he have to be so sexy. She shook her head, this was so not the time for those kind of thoughts.

"Yes." She said, watching Saliene stand beside her. Dean quirked his eyebrow, had Saliene decided as well?

"And you, Saliene?" She paused, exhaling hard before she said,

"Yes, let's do this. Make me a superkitten." The gang were shocked, Saliene the Vampire was about to become Saliene the Angel Tiger?

"Sal, are you serious?" Dean asked. She nodded, glancing at him quickly. He and the rest of the group were still wary of her because of yesterday. They all knew something was wrong with her, but she had no idea.

Saliene chose to become an Angel Tiger to inspire Dean to want to become human again. She could only hope it worked.

"Okay, let's take this out back then."

The group stood gathered out in Saliene's back yard, Saliene and Dekka standing off to the East with Alphard in front of them and the rest behind him. Sam and Dean shared a nervous look. Aster however was excited, her friend would join her and maybe now they'd get along better but.. There was still the issue of Saliene's waning sanity. And unbeknownst to her, Dean's as well.

"Are you two ready?" Alphard asked the pair of Ally Turah. They glanced at each other and nodded, turning back to the Super Nova.

"Okay, then let's begin." He replied, holding both his hands up palm towards each of them. his hands started glowing a bright silver color tinged with neon blue stringing through it. The glow raced up his arms, trailing off of him like smoke. Dekka's body began to be enveloped in a similar red mist, while Saliene's was being covered by a green one. It curled around them until they could no longer be seen, and the smoke started spinning fast, like mini tornadoes.

Soon they flashed brightly, and when the light faded the smoke's spiraling broke, and the misty remains fanned out slowly.

Dekka looked quite different now, her skin wasn't as pale but it was still light. She had bright hazel eyes flecked with what looked like red. Her hair, still waist length, was a striking white color with stripes of black going through it. She had the eye liner tattoos and the under the eye one, which was strange because most female Angel Tigers didn't unless the were in the military. Of course, her body shape remained the same. She smiled brightly, her fangs were a lot shorter now, but still there. She looked over to her grand daughter.. Dean's heart would have stopped just then.

Saliene, she was.. Gorgeous.

Her transformation had been a little more dramatic. Her hair was also white, but with stripes of black and red crossing through it. It fell a little past her waist though. Her eyes were still their same brilliant green, but she also had the eye tattoos as well. Her skin had gained more color too, but was still fair and flawless. Her fangs had also shortened, but not as much as Dekka's had.

Saliene 5.0. Angel Tiger copy. Demon bugs still unfixed.

"Sal.. You're.." Dean trailed. She was still just as beautiful, if not more. But the red streaks.. Why had they remained? Was it a sign of, her demon side? And the choker, it was still there as well. What did it mean?

"What?" She asked, she couldn't tell if her liked the new her or not.. She hoped so, she didn't think there was a return policy for what you did to your soul. Hers was mortal now. The realization hit her hard. She could die, like any other Nelcian. She'd live for maybe another ten thousand years, fifteen if she was lucky.. And then, who knows. Heaven? Hell again? Who could say. Maybe even back to Purgatory. And since she wasn't a Vampire any more her aura wouldn't be as intimidating.

"You're breathtaking." She blushed. Then gasped, her hand rushing up to cover her face. She could blush, she felt blood actually move to her cheeks, staining them red. Dean smiled, she was embarrassed. He'd never been able to tell that before, but she was blushing fiercely.

"I-I thought Nelcian blood was, silver?" She stammered. Aster smiled wide.

"Yeah well, you've seen me blush, haven't you? You're still a magical being, dummy." Saliene nodded. She felt so awkward, like a baby taking it's first steps.

"Oh, right." Dean gulped, could they quit talking about the blood that was pumping through Saliene's body? He could.. Hear her heart beating. He'd never heard it before.. He twitched every time it thumped in her chest. Saliene the Nelcian noticed her heart beat as well, it scared her.

"What the Hell?!" She shouted, hands over her chest. Dekka looked at her, amused.

"That's called a heart beat Sally, creatures that age and die have them."

"I-I knew that! I've just.. It, feels so odd. So, weakening." She whimpered. Had she chosen the right path? Wasn't this a downgrade in power? Alphard caught her thoughts, which now that she wasn't a Vampire he could hear.

"No Saliene, you are not any less powerful." He began, she and every one else turned to him.

"In fact, this is like a promotion. You may not be able to bend reality to your will, which I know will take some getting used to, but you have a TCF now." He explained. Dekka sharply turned to Saliene at the same time she turned to her and they smiled wide.

"Sweetness!" Dekka exclaimed.

"Yeah but, how do we do it?" Saliene asked, looking over to Aster. Then they all did.

"How did you use your powers before?" Feel the power flowing through you, call on it, let it take you over. they understood.

"Saliene, Dekka, do you really think it best to turn into giant white flying tigers in the middle of a residential area?" The duo shared a confirming look, then Dekka replied,

"Hey, we aren't going to live forever, you know. We have bucket lists now too twinkles." Dean snickered at the degrading nickname along with Aster while Sam shook his head, Saliene remained smiling and Alphard looked at his feet.

"Ready Sally?"

"Never been more ready, gramma." Dekka felt something course through her when Saliene called her that, gramma. A nick name she hadn't heard since.. Alice was still alive. If she could see Saliene now.. She'd be proud.

They did what they knew to do, let the power take over. Dekka's body flashed red while Saliene's flashed green. Their souls respective colors. When the light died down, ten foot white angel tigers stood on all fours in their places. Dekka slightly larger than Saliene. Their striped patterns were different, but their eye color remained the same. They gang were in awe, even Aster and Alphard who had seen Angel Tigers all their lives.

Saliene turned her feline head towards Dean, he almost felt like she was.. Telling him something.

Follow my example, Dean. He heard in his head. He realized she had telepathy, like he did.

He knew he'd regret thinking this, but he did it anyways.

What example? And with that, he turned and walked back into the house. Sam and the others watched after him, Saliene scoffing in a way that frightened Sam, she was HUGE! She could just EAT Dean if she wanted, or step on him. What the Hell, he thought. He was the only one of this group of freaks that had no special ability. He was just a human. He thought about his demon powers, but there's no way he'd go back to that. No, it had cost him last time.

He'd find another way to join the club of the supernatural.

Alphard decided this was a bad time to stick around.

"Enjoy your long awaited release from your curse, Dekka and Saliene. I will return when I am needed." The tigers nodded slowly, and he vanished.

Aster seeing Dean storm off took it upon herself to follow after while Saliene and Dekka returned to their human forms.

She stopped him with her hand on his shoulder before he began walking up the stairs. He turned his head slowly to look at her.

"Yes?"

"Dean, why would you walk off at a time like this? Saliene's finally gotten what her family has been after for thousands of years.. You act like you don't even care about that, what it means. She's FREE, Dean. She doesn't have to live with the mistake her ancestors made anymore. That's a huge accomplishment, you should be congratulating her and kissing her until she can hardly breathe, because she actually needs to now." She explained. He looked off at a wall, listening but not really caring. Saliene had said yes to get him to say yes to Alphard returning him to his human form.

Aster was concerned, there had to be a reason for Dean's actions. She couldn't believe that through and through he was nothing but an asshole. Saliene wouldn't fall for someone like that.

"Dean, what's that matter? You can always talk about it. I hear you don't do much of that. It's bad, bottling things up." He shook his head, he didn't need a Nelcian shrink, he needed Nelcian alcohol.

"Nothing, how may times do I have to say that?"

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Are you positive?"

"I have it under control, I'm fine." Whoa, she thought. His voice was practically DRIPPING with denial. Damn, a Vampire against drinking blood. Weren't many of those walking around.

"Hm, so then, when's the last time you fed?"

"When I was human, I think it was that meatless soup Sal made for me. Pretty sure I tasted some Vamp spit in there, too."

"No Dean, when was the last time you drank a human's blood after being turned?" He fell silent. Why did they always have to ask him this crap?! He was FINE! He could control himself!

"Not too long ago."

"When, Dean?"

"Does it seriously matter?"

"Do you think your life matters?" He paused.

"A few days ago."

"A few? Like, two? Three?"

"Seven! For fuck's sake it was seven, I haven't drank any blood since the day I turned myself, happy?" He shouted. Aster's blood drained from her face. This was bad, new borns shouldn't go that long without blood. It made them highly.. Unpredictable.

"You have to drink blood Dean. Like it or not that was the clause in fine print you signed with your soul when you drank Saliene's blood. Now, hold up your end, or Destiny will take what your souless body won't need when you die, for good." She tried to tell him.

Thump thump, he could hear her heart beating faster, she was getting pretty upset. Which meant even more delicious blood would be running through her veins.. He wondered what Nelcian blood tasted like.

It was probably better than human blood, he thought to himself, leaning in towards Aster. She backed up towards the wall that was under the stairs, was Dean trying to seduce her? No flaming way. Saliene was going to maul him.

"Dean,"

"Yeees?" He said, she shivered, he was totally using his powers the right way. He had figured out how to make his voice sound like it was inbetween a persons ears, inside their head. It made human women swoon when he opened his mouth. Not like they didn't already before he was a Vampire. But now it only took a,

"Hey," And they were practically on top of him, which he took advantage of by biting into their necks and taking their power source he craved so badly. He was about to do the same to Aster, she clearly wasn't immnue.

"Are you trying to rape me?"

"Rape? Who said that word? Rape is for the unwilling."

"Willing? Who ever said that?"

"I never said that word, Aster."

"Ugh, fuck you."

"Hmm.. I'll think about it."

"God, you really are a pig."

"To taste your blood, I'll be whatever you want, baby." She shivered again, back now pressed against the wall. Dean put both his hands against the wall on either side of her, trapping her. Like she'd be able to run, anyways.

"Dean, don't," She breathed. Was she about to die? Were her two-thousand-seven-hundred-eleven years on Nelco the only ones she'd get? She'd never even.. Fallen in love. Well, she had. With the human who had helped her defeat the Invisible Man so long ago but... He died, he was human, after all. She hadn't loved since. She certainly didn't want the last intimate thing she did to be with Dean Winchester.

She was probably alone on that, though.

"Why not? You'll like it."

"No I won't, I can't even move Dean, you're using your powers to hold me here against my will." She retorted, Dean lowering his mouth to her neck regardless. She was panicking, how could she get out of this one?

"Dean please, what ever you want just not this." She cried out. He didn't care, he sunk his fangs into her neck, she gasped, it hurt more than when the I.M. stabbed her in the shoulder with a heated sword. And that had taken a whole Nelcian week to heal up. She tried to struggle, but her body was losing any and all energy fast. Dean was ravenous, her Nelcian blood was everywhere. On both of them.

"Aster?" Saliene called out, walking in though the second back door by the bar area. Saliene, Aster thought, save me.. Dear, God, please..

Saliene walked around the North wall under the stairs, about to go up them when she heard some odd noises from the South side of it. Peering around the corner, her newly obtained Nelcian blood flushed from her face.

Dean, Aster, blood.

Oh, dear God.

"DEAN!" Saliene screamed, yanking him off of Aster. She dropped to the ground, unconscious. Blood continued to pour out of her neck. Saliene slapped Dean across the face, some of Aster's blood getting on her hand. She felt like crying, but also snapping the stupid Vampire's neck like a twig.

"WHAT were you THINKING?!" She yelled at him. He couldn't meet her eyes, he felt so torn. Sam and Dekka upon hearing raised voices, entered the bar area, walking around until they found the source of the yelling- Dean and Saliene.

"Come on, Dekka, fix up Aster."

"Sally I,"

"What?"

"I don't know how to do that, anymore." Saliene paused, that's right. They didn't have the same powers now. Crap.

"Call Alphard then, don't let her die on me.." She trailed, dragging Dean out back.

Saliene forced Dean to walk with her out of sight from any point of the house so they could talk about his God damned thirst.

"Why Dean?"

"I.. I lost control."

"So much for having it "Under control" then, huh?"

"I'm, sorry.."

"You're sorry? Aster could die because of your little mistake!" Dean flinched at Saliene's words. What had he become? He was no better than Pollux...

"You're right."

"Don't try and!- Wait, what? I am?"

"Yeah, I fucked up. Big time."

"Well, yes, yes you did." The couple fell silent.

"Dean.. You need blood."

"I know."

"I.. Here," She said, extending her left wrist out towards him. His eyes widened at it, was she trying to get him to drink HER blood now?

"No Sal, I can't do that to you. I don't know how to stop myself.."

"You don't need to. I'm still a big girl, I can shove you off of me." She said, walking closer, arm still outstretched. Dean stared at her wrist, then looked up at her, then back at her wrist. He gulped. Then he appeared right in front of her and pulled her close to him, crushing her in his embrace. Saliene exhaled hard, he was suffocating her. She really was going to have to get used to this whole, being alive thing. Breathing sure was inconvenient.

"Dean.. Can't, breathe," She managed. He cursed himself in his head, right, she had working lungs now. He stepped back from her, staring straight into her eyes. She looked so hopeful right then, like she thought he'd tell her exactly what she wanted to hear. Unfortunately, this was not the case.

"Sorry." He apologized for squishing her. She nodded, waiting.

"I won't do it Sal, I can never stop in time.." He trailed. Her eyes grew wide at those words. What did he mean? It couldn't be.. He'd fed before, and killing, and hadn't told her? Of course, she realized. That was it. Which is why she was just now finding out. Dean would never admit something like that to her, he'd probably been keeping it to himself this whole time. But how long was that?

"You, you've fed before, haven't you?" She asked him. His gaze was aimed at his feet, he remained silent. She nodded.

"You accidentally killed the people you fed from too, I see it now." Silence.

"How long ago, Dean?" No answer.

"Dean, you need to tell me."

"Seven days." Saliene gasped, how had he gone that long without blood? New borns always broke on the third day, max.

"I can't believe.." She trailed. If he wasn't a Vampire Dean would have been on his knees from the guilt in his heart, but since he was more or less dead, he was still standing. Though his thirst was about to do the job for him.

"I know, I'm a monster." She looked at him with sorrow he wished he didn't have to see.

"No, I meant that you lasted this long. Any other human I've turned broke no longer than three days in, including myself when I was young. Someone asking me to not drink blood for a whole week would have received my, "You're fucking CRAZY." look." She explained. Dean nodded. Saliene sighed, he couldn't stay like this. He was meant to be human, for crying out loud.

An Ally Turah was the furthest thing from that.

"Dean-"

"No. I won't be weak again."

"You're weak right NOW. Don't you understand? This isn't who you're supposed to be. You were meant to be human Dean.."

"Really? That so?" She nodded. He considered.

"Then explain that other dimension you were vacationing in, with the human version of your soul. In an alternate reality, I could have been a Vampire, just like her." He retorted. Saliene's eyes widened.

Human version of her? Alternate reality? HUH?

"What are you talking about? I was in Arizona."

"Yeah, another dimension over."

"I don't understand." Dean was surprised, so Ivory hadn't even told Saliene where she was sending her? At least she had told the rest of them, three days later. Saliene never even got the memo.

"Great. She didn't tell you either, huh?"

"Who didn't tell me what?"

"Ivory never told you that she sent you to another reality, where Earth never had a God, and you never became a Vampire.. She said you were a human, named.. Melody." Saliene's blood fell from her face.

Melody and her, were...

The same person?!

"WHAT?!"

"Now you know how we felt. She didn't even tell us until three days into your coma."

"Seriously? She waited THAT long to tell you what the Hell was happening to me?"

"Yeah. Not so nice, right?" Saliene scoffed, she did know the Queen of Safire Kingdom was a busy woman, she practically ran the whole world.

Actually, she kind of did. So maybe that was why.

But, still.

Three whole days?

"I need a drink."

"So do I."

Saliene's mind couldn't stop racing. So, that's what she would look and be like...

If she were human.

*Author's Note: Hey guys C:

Interesting turn of events, huh? Saliene and Dekka as Safireans.. Wonder how it'll play out ;)

I still have quite a bit of plot to work out here before the major action kicks back up, but I'll try to add nice dashes of action in when I can.

Well, check in again soon, I'll try and have another chapter up in a day or two.

~Super