So did you. .. . touch it?
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"So basically there's a demon out there who's your evil half looking for a way to do you in without. .. doing you in." said Dean, trying to understand what she'd just told him, as he looked over at Abby who was staring at the ground.
"Yeah, turns out if I die, so does she, the only reason either of us exists is because of the other, something to do with cosmic balance and the way our souls were created. Well soul in my case and demonic essence in her case." said Abby. "She's also the one who tried to turn me into a cat, but somehow it worked on you instead. She's also the one who kidnapped Lily and tore Ryan apart."
"I get it, if you're a cat, you're basically neutralized and the prophecy that says you're going to destroy her never comes true." said Dean, nodding thoughtfully. "The seer didn't say exactly how you're gonna wind up destroying her?" questioned Dean.
"Nope, I'm not even sure if all this is true, she seemed a bit cuckoo for coco puffs, said her underwear was made of snake skin and asked if I wanted to pet it, said if I touched it right, it would hiss." said Abby with a laugh as she dropped her head in her hands and ran her fingers through her hair. Dean chuckled as he ran a hand over his face.
"So did you?" asked Dean, raising an eyebrow at her, a large grin on his face.
"Did I what?" asked Abby in suprise as she looked at him, catching his grin which set off little fireworks in her stomach.
"Did you touch it?" asked Dean.
"It was suprisingly soft." said Abby with a laugh as she wiped a blob of ketchup off the front of her shirt. "And no, it didn't hiss, guess I didn't do it right."
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Cas watched as Lily stirred, yawning as she woke up. She jumped when she felt something warm and solid in her arms and realised she was sitting on the stairs next to Cas, his arms wrapped around her, holding her steady.
"Good morning." said Cas as he stared down at her, a soft smile gracing his lips.
"Good morning." said Lily with a sleepy grin. "Sorry I fell asleep. Did you sit here all night?" she asked in suprise.
"It was only a few hours, you looked comfortable, I didn't want to move you." said Cas, slowly letting go as she leaned back, watching as she stretched her arms over her head and yawned. "I quite liked it." he added under his breath.
"What was that?" asked Lily.
"I said I liked being next to you, watching you sleep is. .. nice." said Cas. Lily chuckled as she tried to hide the blush that crept up her face. Suddenly there was a loud thudding sound outside, accompanied by Sam's panicked voice and they both looked towards the door.
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"Dean! We gotta go!" called Sam as he ran over to the porch where Dean and Abby were sitting, both staring at him in concerned confusion at the wild look on his face.
"Where? Why? What's going on?" asked Dean as he stood up, a bit taken aback by the desparation in Sam's voice.
"Willow's disappeared and we have to find her." said Sam.
"Disappeared?" asked Lily, worry washing over her, as she and Cas walked over the broken door.
"Yes disapeared, one minute she was right next to me and then next thing she's choking and gasping for air, saying she can't breathe and then she's gone." said Sam in a rush, not sure what he was going to do but desparate to do something, anything to find Willow, he couldn't lose her, he just couldn't.
"That's the same thing that happened to me when that demon kidnapped me." said Lily. "We need to get her back now, where's the spell you guys used to summon me when I was taken?"
"Bobby's looking for the book now." said Sam.
"So where exactly are we going?" asked Dean.
"I don't know, but we have to do something." said Sam, running his hand through his hair in frustration.
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"Wiiiilloooww, Wiiilllooooowww." echoed a female voice in Willow's head as she slowly woke up, her vision blurred, a foggy image hovering in front of her.
"Where am I?" asked WIllow as she blinked, trying to clear her vision, frowning when she realised she couldn't move her hands.
"Disneyland, now tell me what I need to know or I'll set that octupus lady from the little mermaid on you." said Myra as she sat on the chair across from the one Willow was tied up in.
"She wasn't all that scary, too much laughing, Jafar was a lot creepier." said Willow as she looked around the room trying to figure out where she was.
"Enough talk, tell me what I want to know." said Myra as she leaned closer.
"If I'm not supposed to talk, how am I supposed to tell you?" asked Willow. "And what exactly do you want to know?"
"I want to know where the sword of Aries is." said Myra, smiling as Willow's eyes grew round in fear.
"Why don't you ask Aries that himself?" asked Willow, attempting to grin carelessly, but inwardly panicking as she realised this was probably the person that had kidnapped Lily the first time and she had the scars on her back to let her know this probably wouldn't end well for her.
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"Got it!" called Bobby as he grabbed found the book Willow had used to summon Lily.
"The circle is drawn." said Sam, trying to do as much as he could remember from the last time while they'd been looking for the book.
"Great, Bobby could you. .. " began Lily as she skimmed through the spell.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, you want me to do the hokey pokey." grumbled Bobby, but moving quickly to stand at the border of the circle, they all remembered what had happened last time one of the sisters had been abducted by the demon.
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"I know all you nymphs know the location, now tell me where it is." said Myra as she pulled a metal box out from under her chair.
"Dryads, we're called dryads, why does everyone forget that." muttered Willow.
"Tell me what I need to know or your next breath will be your last." growled Myra.
"If you know so much about us, you know that if we tell that secret to anyone other than Artemis where the sword is we automatically die, so it's lose-lose for me." said Willow, raising an eyebrow at Myra.
"Here's the deal, either you tell me and die a quick, painless death, or I torture you until you tell me." said Myra matter-of-factly as she opened the box, revealing a mass of knives and other sharp instruments that Willow didn't want to think about.
"So why don't you tell me why you want the sword?" asked Willow, trying to stall for time. The others had to be looking for her, sooner or later they would try the summoning spell and she'd be out of this monster's clutches. . . . .hopefully.
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"Dammit! It's not working!" said Lily in frustration as she snapped the book shut, they'd done the spell three times and wound up with a big, steaming pile of nothing.
"Maybe you said it wrong, try again." said Sam as he began redrawing the circle.
"I don't think so, I think the demon wised up and is somehow blocking the summoning spell." said Lily, racking her brain to think of something else they could try.
"Don't worry man, we'll get her back." said Dean as he patted Sam on the arm.
"We have to Dean, we just have to." said Sam, running a hand through his hair.
"Artemis!" exclaimed Abby, raising her head so fast bits of ketchup splattered the wall. Cas put a hand on the back of her head and in the blink of an eye she was ketchup free. "Thanks."
"That's right, she could probably help us, we do kinda belong to her." said Lily. "Bobby, could you and Sam keep trying the spell, the four of us will go find Artemis."
"Wait I. .. " began Sam, but Cas, Lily, Abby and Dean were already gone. Sam gritted his teeth as he grabbed the book again. He prayed that wherever she was, Willow was ok. "Hang on baby, we'll get you back."
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"Cas and I will go this way and you guys go that way." said Lily as she grabbed Cas' arm and they took off in one direction as Dean and Abby took off in the other direction to find Artemis. Cas couldn't teleport into the forest because it was the goddess' domain, not only would it be bad form, but the forest was magically protected from powers other than that of the godess.
"Don't worry, we'll find your sister." said Cas as he followed Lily. She was about to reply, but her words turned into a muffled scream as a minotaur stepped out into their path, teeth bared, growling, weilding a large axe.
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Sooo know what happens tomorrow! SEASON 7 starts YAY!
I gotta say thanks to all the scrumptiously nummy people who reviewed :)
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