The End

Lisa had to sit down when she got the news. Erica standing over her, fuming and crying. "Pop said there was a bunch of signs. They were going to check it out. Mom said it was the honeymoon they forgot to take… just roaming around, hunting stuff and being free from children."

Dean sucked in a breath. "Where were they?"

"Wyoming. Pop wanted to check out the train tracks. Cause of Colt." She bit her lip, hard.

"Sweetie, sit." Ben tried to tug her down but Erica stayed on her feet.

"What was it?" Dean prompted.

"Demon. Sulfur everywhere." Erica wiped at her eyes. "Opal and Emerald are already on the case and… they've never seen what demons can do. They're scared… I'm scared."

"I'll be back." Dean walked out of the bunker stood outside for a long moment. "Henri."

"It's been a long time, Dean."

"You were right." Henri told him. "If Ben killed Crowley, something had to happen to someone."

"We had a pact. She was on my list. Crowley and I had a deal."

"Fine print. You specified names. Surnames." The Reaper cleared his throat. "She took his name."

"She married him and changed her name." Dean shut his eyes. "Does this do it? Correct the balance or whatever?"

"That is the plan."

"Then we just… live like people when he's gone."

"Well, you'll live like hunters."

"Is he back?"

"Not quite."

"Does killing Crowley bring him back?" Dean turned to face Henri.

"In a manner of speaking."

"So, it has to be done."

"It's a necessary cycle. Humans go to hell and become demons. We need hunters to cull the demons. We need reasons for hunters to be."

Sam found Dean long after Henri had gone. They sat in the car and didn't say anything for a long time. Dean fiddled with the steering wheel. "It's not fair. I… our family put that bull's eye on her."

"No… she was already in demonic sights." Sam shook his head.

"She just got married."

"Two years ago and they'd been together for six."

"It's not fair."

"No, it's not… but… that's life." Sam pointed out. "I know how close you and Lisa are… were to Claire and I started to really see what it was that made you and Dad make her family."

"Shut up."

"I'm going to miss her. I want… Crowley to pay but… Dean… this fight… it's for Erica."

"She's never going to meet her grandkids." Dean swiped a hand over his face. "She shouldn't have changed her name."

"We didn't know, Dean. We didn't. She changed her name because she loved him. I'm glad she got to have him."

"He was her soulmate. She finally got to have that. It's not fair."

"Maybe they're sharing a heaven, Dean."

It was a long while later that John found them. "Erica's inconsolable. Ben can't load guns fast enough for her. She's destroyed about seven dummies already."

Time went still. John in the backseat, Sam in the passenger seat. Dean saw him in the rearview mirror. Henri was back. Dean stared at him, hard. "Demons have no respect for order. Chaos is the name of their game." Dean nodded that he understood that. He looked down at his fake Mark. "I know what this means for you. It's the way it should be."

"He's got an entourage of hunters that are going to follow him to his dying day." Dean declared.

"You're right." Henri nodded. "Erica is going to chase him. She's going to have her new husband by her side to avenge her mother. Conrad's girls are going to join in to avenge their father… and you've got your fake mark to keep Crowley to his word on everyone else."

"Is the big guy really back?" Dean asked.

"He will be soon. I think reaping Crowley will go a long way to restoring him."

Then he was gone and John got out of the car. Dean followed suit and opened the trunk. He started checking the weapons and soon enough, everyone was standing around him, around Baby and her arsenal. Erica stepped up to Dean and took the shotgun. "I've never hunted anything this big."

"We have." Dean told her. Lisa and Lou were still crying. Erica's eyes were dry and red and mean. "We'll help. We all will."

"What's the plan?" John pulled Mary close.

"First things, first. Get the twins on the line. I want them still until we can get to them." Dean took a breath and looked to his brother. "Everyone gets tattoos, even the children. We take over old Campbell homesteads, we find the Colt homesteads. We get Emma back from Oz. We need Ellen."

"Dad…" Ben started.

"I know. I guessed." Dean looked at Erica. "You got a little one coming into the world, we don't put you at undue risk. I need Adam and Claire back in the fold. I need change of name forms for anyone who needs the umbrella of our protection."

"Boys." Mary took a breath. "We've got work to do."

The END