A/N: Here we are everyone! The very last chapter for Distant Serenity! Once again, just wanted to thank all who have been with me on this journey from the beginning and to all of you who have just jumped on the bandwagon, WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR READING! I hope you all are just as excited as I am about the next story and I hope I am able to deliver for you all!

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The door to Bobby's home slammed open, crashing against the side wall, as Natalie stepped in, wide panicked, glazed eyes swept over the main hall in front of her, chest heaving with labored breaths and hair was slightly disheveled. The expression on her face...fear and if someone were to look closely, searing rage underlined her panic. Rage that she couldn't afford to truly deal with at the moment, but she could feel it simmering inside her. She was waiting for the moment where she would finally go off. Although, it was noted between Bobby and Dean that she was a lot more calm then she was about an hour ago. Granted, she was still panicking, but, her level of anger and panic had diminished to where she could function more properly.

Natalie was jostled when she heard Bobby and Dean struggling as they began to walk up onto the porch. "Dean. Where do you want him?" She called out, her voice giving away that she could break any moment.

"Panic room, Nad." Dean grunted as he and Bobby carried Sam onto the porch and into the house.

Natalie took off towards the basement door, threw it open and dashed down the steps, slightly surprised that she didn't trip over her feet with how quick she was going. Reaching the bottom, Natalie ran over to the panic room door, unlocked it and pulled the heavy chunk of metal open. Just in time, she turned to look at the steps, seeing Bobby and Dean carrying down Sam's body.

Dean and Bobby heaved Sam up in their holds, pausing in their walking to do so properly. Dean gave Bobby a quick nod as they quickly walked into the panic room and set Sam's unconscious form down onto the cot. Natalie wasted no time, she dashed into the room and was at Sam's side, moving his legs so they were lying straight on the mattress.

Natalie moved up to Sam's face, her hand bracing against his cheek and the other brushed across his forehead, her eyes assessing over his features. "Sam?" Natalie made gentle presses against the side of Sam's face, making sure to continuously brush his hair back. "Sam. Sam?"

Bobby and Dean had remained quiet during Natalie's little examination, although, they both were trying to fully absorb the events that happened only a few hours ago. But, as they continued to watch Natalie, in her vain attempt to get Sam to respond, Bobby knew that there was nothing she could do.

"Nad." Bobby reached over and gently took hold of her arm, prompting her to immediately look up at him. "There's nothing we can do."

Natalie moved her gaze back down at Sam and slowly leaned away from him. The finality of the situation finally sunk in and the pent up anger she had been holding back on the ride back here, it was being let out and Natalie had to bite down on her bottom lip to avoid from lashing out.

"I swear the next time I see Cas..." Natalie stopped herself, not finishing her sentence and, instead, slowly shook her head.

"You and I feel the same way Nad, but, that's not the main priority we have right now."

Natalie casted her gaze over at Dean, who was still keeping his focus on his unconscious brother. "He broke down his wall like it was nothing Dean. He didn't even hesitate. And here I thought Cas was supposed to be helping us."

"Nad." Dean looked over at her. "Just try not to worry about Cas right now. We need to focus on Sam."

"Yeah, sorry, no. I'm not just gonna wait around hoping for some miracle to happen. Whatever is going on in Sam's head, it needs to be dealt with...now." Natalie looked at Bobby and Dean, then down at Sam. "I'll be right back."

Natalie stepped out of the car, curious eyes looked around her as she closed the car door. Looking over at Bobby, the three other hunters followed him down an alleyway and Natalie stuffed her hands into her pockets. Bobby had received a call from Dr. Visyak or Eleanor, but Bobby calls her El, asking for him to meet her...in an alleyway.

That was the first thing that seemed to set Natalie off. Why an alleyway? Not a restaurant or perhaps she had a place for them to meet. Either way, Natalie felt it was a little to weird for Eleanor to ask to meet up with someone in a place like this.

"Do either of you think it's a little weird that she would ask to see us here? I mean, there are probably a few other good choices she could've chosen from." Natalie finally spoke up.

Dean shrugged, not thinking much of it. "Not like we haven't been down these places before."

Natalie pulled her arms closer to her body. "I don't know. Something doesn't seem right."

"You always seem to think that Nad." Dean commented offhandedly. "Where is she anyway?"

Bobby looked at Dean and shrugged. "She said to meet her here. I'll try calling her again."

Pulling out his phone, Bobby quickly dialed out her number and place it up to his ear. The four of them continued to walk down the alleyway, but all of them stopped when they heard a phone going off. They were standing in the middle of the alley that was now splitting off into two different parts. When the ringing continued, it brought the hunter's attention to the alleyway to the right of them. Bobby pulled the phone away, keeping the call going, as the four of them began to make their way towards the direction where the ringtone was coming from.

As they rounded a dumpster, they came upon Eleanor, who was leaning up against a thing of wooden crates that were resting against the wall of a building. Bobby, quickly putting away his phone, knelt down in front of her, hand resting on her shoulder.

"El?"

Natalie, Dean and Sam all stood back, behind Bobby, their eyes glued on her, all three of them gawking at what they were looking at. Natalie knew something didn't feel right.

Eleanor, tiredly, opened her eyes and looked over at Bobby, her hand holding her jacket close to her body. "Hi. You were right. I need your help after all."

"What happened?"

Eleanor pulled her coat away, revealing a huge blood stain on her shirt. "They took me. For a while, but, then I was able to get away."

"Oh, Ellie." Bobby brushed away a strand of her hair, tucking it behind her ear. "What have they done to you?

"Everything." Eleanor pulled her coat back towards her body and huffed out a laugh. "The demon was pretty easy for me to handle...I had that under control. It was only when the angel stepped in..."

Natalie immediately tensed, her eyes moving over to Sam and Dean, seeing the equal realization cross over their faces.

"I told them Bobby. I told them everything. They have enough to crack Purgatory wide open."

"Tell me, El. I need to know."

"They need virgin blood. That's practically a milk-run for them. And they need the blood of a Purgatory native and well, guess you can say they have plenty of that."

"Have they open it yet?" Dean asked, but it garnered Natalie's attention when his tone sounded a little to harsh.

Eleanor shook her head, weakly. "Tomorrow. There's an eclipse." Her gaze went over to Bobby, her guilt pouring from them. "I'm sorry Bobby. I'm so sorry."

Bobby shook his head, placing his hand against her cheek. "No. It's okay, you don't need to apologize. Tell us where they are."

Eleanor looked like she was trying to tell Bobby, strumming up whatever strength she had left in her to do so. Instead, her eyes slowly closed and her head fell to the side. Natalie sucked in a silent breath, eventually closing her eyes and looking away from the scene.

"El?" Bobby's voice was filled with utter hopelessness as his eyes searched over her features.

"I'm sorry this had to happen."

The four hunters turned around, the recognition in the voice was to easily detected and their eyes were staring directly at Castiel, who seemed remorseful for what happened to Eleanor.

"Crowley got carried away." Castiel finished.

"Yeah, right. I bet it was all Crowley you son of a bitch."

Bobby tried to make an advancement towards Castiel, when Natalie quickly stepped in front of Bobby, her hands grabbing onto his arms, gently pushing him back. "Bobby. Don't." Natalie only let go of her hold when he finally backed off.

"You don't even see it, do you?" Dean turned to Castiel, once he knew that Bobby had calmed down. "How totally off the rails you are right now!"

"Enough!" Castiel tiredly interrupted Dean. "I don't care what you think anymore. I've tried to make you understand...tried to make all of you to understand. Neither of you will listen."

"It's kind of hard to Cas." Natalie pushed in her input. "Dean is right. You are completely out of your head with this plan."

"Let me make this simple then." Castiel began. "Please, just go home. All of you. Let me stop Raphael. I won't ask again."

"Well, then good. Because you already know what our answers are going to be." Dean answered.

Castiel sighed and lowered his gaze. "I wish it hadn't come to this. But, rest assured, when this is all over. I will save Sam, but only if you all stand down."

Natalie, on instinct, moved closer to Sam, her hand reached out and gripped onto his arm. "What the hell are you talking about? Save him from what?"

Her question was only met with Castiel disappearing from their sight. Natalie and the others looked around them, her grip on Sam's arm never loosened and when she felt him turn she followed in suit and saw, just in time, Castiel raising his hand to Sam's head. Natalie felt and saw Sam, instantly, collapse and she followed him down, her eyes widening as his body made impact with the ground.

Natalie knelt down next to Sam, her hand rested underneath his head, to give some kind of support, while she used the other to tap the side of his face. "Sam!"

Dean had copied Natalie's reaction, as he quickly knelt down next to Sam, assessing his brother's now limp and unconscious form. "Sammy?"

"He did something to his wall." Natalie quietly informed, her teeth digging into her lip. "The son of a bitch tore down his wall."

"Okay." Dean went to work with trying to start getting Sam off from the ground and he looked up at Bobby. "Bobby come on. We need to get him to the car."

Bobby, after gently getting Natalie to step away from Sam, began to work with Dean and they both eventually got Sam off the ground and secured in their grips. After adjusting their holds, they began to, quickly, walk out of the alleyway back towards the car.

Natalie paced back and forth in the living room, her teeth were gnawing on her finger as she began to question where Caden was. She had prayed to him...several times actually. And he hasn't shown up yet. The last time she had seen him was when he took them to the location Crowley was holding Lisa and Ben. After that, he was M.I.A. Most likely, he was still standing by Castiel's side, even though Natalie knew Caden didn't like what he was doing.

Natalie let out a low growl as she began to think about Castiel and her mind was cluttering with this intense anger she had towards him. She stopped her pacing, hands pressed against her face and she began the process of taking deep breaths. With her anger towards Castiel and now her annoyance with Caden, it was all emasculating into this huge bubble that was getting ready to burst.

"Natalie?"

Natalie looked up quickly and saw Caden standing under the threshold in the kitchen, his curious eyes looking at her. Huffing out a breath, her arms hung limply by her side. "You took longer than usual."

"I am sorry. Castiel has been keeping a tighter hold on things. He knows that some of his followers are beginning to question his motives."

"And you happen to be one of them." Natalie remarked.

"I told him that I was still with him..."

Natalie raised her brows at the skepticism in his voice and she tilted her head. "I know that's not how you really feel about it."

"No. I don't want Castiel to continue on with this."

"Then why are you still with him?"

"I decided it would be best if I remained with him, so that I could try and keep my eye on him. Maybe I could get him to stop..."

Natalie scoffed loudly. "Well, it's not doing any good, is it?" She ran a hand through her hair and Caden narrowed his eyes when he began to see her eyes brimming with tears.

"What's wrong, Natalie?"

Natalie's eyes closed, holding back what tears were about to fall and she took in a deep breath before looking up at the angel. "Cas has officially crossed the line. He...he broke down Sam's wall."

"Sam's wall?"

Natalie huffed out, realizing that Caden never knew the story. "Yeah, um, I'm assuming that Castiel told you that Sam was soulless?"

Caden merely nodded.

"I was able to strike a deal with Death, to get Sam's soul out of Lucifer's cage. And he put up this wall in Sam's mind, so that he wouldn't remember anything from Hell. And Cas...he tore it down." Natalie pointed towards the basement door. "Now, Sam is lying unconscious downstairs with all of his memories spilling out and...you need to do something!" Natalie's tone had turned into desperate pleas.

Caden slowly shook his head, actual sympathy pouring from his eyes. "Natalie. I can't."

Natalie remained silent, her eyes fixed in a stare, a new round of tears were already about to spill. "No. No, don't tell me that. Caden, please, you have to help Sam...you have to do something for him."

"Natalie. From what you are telling me, Castiel tore down Sam's wall, then there will be nothing for me to fix. I can't do anything for him."

Natalie shook her head, refusing to accept Caden's reasoning. "No. This can't be happening."

"I'm sorry."

"No. I don't want to hear your apology!" Natalie quickly snapped. "You know I thought angels were supposed to help people, not endangering their lives to pursue some crazy plan!" Her voice boomed around the room.

Caden remained quiet, only long enough for her to settle herself. "Castiel truly believes that this is going to help everyone in the end."

Natalie belted out a quick, singular laugh. "Don't tell me that you're starting to defend him."

"I'm not defending him Natalie. I'm not saying what he's doing is right, because it's not, but, I'm telling you that's what he believes."

Natalie laughed, showing her doubt. "You know. I had to be Death for a whole day, as part of my deal with him. That was one of the worst experiences I have ever had. That wall was supposed to keep him safe, Castiel knew that. And look what he did...he broke it down, putting Sam's life in danger and he didn't even hesitate!"

Caden simmered in his own thoughts, once again, allowing Natalie time to actually recover from her outbursts. "Is there anything that I can do to help?"

"I want you to tell me where Cas is."

Caden gave Natalie a cautious look. "Natalie. I don't think that is a good idea."

"Oh, now you're telling me what's the right thing for me to do."

"Natalie, what Castiel did, obviously shows how desperate he is. And if this is you trying to go after him for what he did to Sam, then no. If he was willing to do that to Sam, I don't want to think what else he might do."

Natalie cinched her lips into a mocking smile. "That's so sweet Caden. You sound so caring. But, you know what, I could care less about what Cas might do to me, the only thing I'm concerned about is Sam."

"I realize that. But, you really think he would want you going after Castiel like this?"

Natalie went silent, keeping an even gaze on Caden until she finally sighed, signaling her relent. "Listen, we really need to know where Cas is." Natalie raised her hand up at Caden, when she saw that he was about to argue with her. "He's trying to open Purgatory. We can't let him do that. So, I need you to tell me where he is, that way...Dean, Bobby and I can try and stop him."

"I can't do that."

"Why? Because you'll be breaking your loyalty to him?"

"Any loyalty that I had for Castiel is nearly gone. But, I can't take the chance of him doing anything else to you or to Dean. I'll do it. I'll try and talk him out of it."

"You really think that he's going to listen to you? Like you said, he's desperate."

"Well, then, hopefully, the Castiel I know, is still in there somewhere."

Natalie's lips twitched into a faint smile. "You really are the younger brother aren't you? Always having some kind of faith in your older siblings. It's understandable."

Natalie didn't receive any kind of verbal answer from him. The only thing she got was a nod from the angel before he disappeared. Natalie stood in the room, simmering in the silence that Caden had left her in. Her eyes still fixed on the spot where he was standing just a few seconds ago, the barriers she had put up to hold back what she was truly feeling were finally falling apart. Her face scrunched up, eyes shut and hands flew up to her face as she sat down in the chair behind her.

Caden stepped into the lab and stopped halfway when he saw that Castiel was standing with his back to him, most likely he didn't know that Caden was going to be here. But, Caden took a quick sweep of the room to make sure that Crowley wasn't here as well, which he wasn't. Caden then stepped fully into the room and walked quietly towards Castiel.

"I didn't summon for you." Castiel suddenly spoke, but it didn't stop Caden from his advancement. "So, I suppose you are here for something else." Castiel turned fully around to him.

Caden finally stopped when he was standing just a few feet away from him. "Castiel. I know what you did to Sam."

Castiel turned away and sat down on one of the lab table, not fully able to believe that he allowed himself to stoop that low. He tore down Sam's wall, effectively putting his life in danger, not knowing if he will even be able to help Sam once this was all over.

"I'm assuming that you went to them or you were prayed to."

"Natalie prayed for me." Caden answered. "She's terrified Castiel. I've never seen that much desperation and fear in her before and you are the reason for it."

"I told them to stand down, to allow me the advantage of stopping Raphael, they were continuously getting in the way. They weren't listening to me."

Caden silently nodded. "Just like you. Everyone telling you to not do this...to not go forward with opening Purgatory. And yet, you are so determined on doing so."

"I've already explained to you Caden. With those souls, I'll be able to sustain enough power to win this."

"Right. To win this war. No I understood you the first time Castiel. I just thought that you would have been a little more merciful about it."

"Time is running out Caden. There really isn't any time for genuine mercy. I'm done with trying to get them to understand, right now I just need to focus on ending this. It's better for everyone."

"By endangering the lives of not only your friends, but everyone else. That's better? The Winchesters and Natalie, they all trusted you Castiel. Put their faith into you, taught you how to make a choice, create your own stance. And you repay them...by tearing down the only thing that was keeping Sam safe. Driving Dean and Natalie onto this panic, desperate road, not knowing whether he's going to make it."

"Enough, Caden." Castiel spoke, his voice harsh. "I don't like what I did to Sam. But, if they stand down, I will help Sam, once this is all over."

"And how sure are you, that you will be able to help him? That wall, was put there for a reason Castiel and you cracked it. Now, everything is falling apart in his head. How can you repair that? Even I knew, that I wouldn't be able to repair that wall."

"I will find a way to help him, I always do. But, if they try to stop this, I won't be able to. I gave them my final warning, it's up to them whether they want to break it or not." Castiel said.

"Castiel, this is exactly why I am going to ask you this. Please, you need to stop this. Don't open the door to Purgatory. You know what's in there...the kind of vile creatures that inhabit that land. Eve was able to slip through just one of the cracks...you're talking about opening the whole thing."

"I know what I'm doing Caden. And I know what I need to do in order to harvest the souls." Castiel said.

"You're just basing this on assumptions. Anything can go wrong. Anything can slip by. And if that happens, this entire world will in jeopardy. Castiel, making yourself a nuclear reactor, is not exactly a reassuring thought."

"It will work. I promise, I'll stop Raphael and then, everything can start to make its way back to normal." Castiel said.

"You may believe that...but I don't."

Castiel turned his head, his brows creasing with confusion.

"I joined you thinking that you would be the one to stop it. I was convinced by your talk about doing the right thing on your own terms. Helping those who need it, being merciful. That's who you were Castiel, not this. You are so clouded by your obsession with stopping Raphael, you're not seeing the damage that you are inflicting on people you care about!"

"I know what my actions have caused...and what they will bring about. I know exactly what I'm doing Caden."

Caden's eyes filled with grim despair and the tension in his shoulders released with a small huff. "Well, then...you truly are lost Castiel."

Caden's words filtered into Castiel's thoughts, his hand moving to rub at his forehead. He was tired. Tired from trying to explain himself to everyone, and he thought that Caden was on his side with this. He should've known better though. With Caden's new found loyalty to Natalie, Castiel was a fool for thinking that Caden would be entirely with him on this. "Are you with me or not Caden?"

Caden gawked at Castiel's question, by the way he asked, it seemed like Castiel had just dismissed all Caden had been saying. Him trying to get Castiel to stop this, to not open Purgatory. Caden truly believed that he would be able to get through to him, but he can see. Castiel was beyond reachable. He wasn't going to turn back, not now since he was so close to ending this. That seemed to be Castiel's only drive. Getting those souls, using them to end this war was the only thing that was keeping him on this path. Any kind of repercussions that might come after this was nowhere in his mind.

"No. I can't do this anymore Castiel. I thought…you were still reachable. That I would be able to get you to stop all of this. But, you won't do that. You're not listening to me. You are willing to risk everything, the lives of many people, your friends...I can't be by your side anymore. I have people that I need to protect and look after."

Castiel lowered his gaze, giving a brief, faint shake, wishing that Caden would see his side…his reasoning for turning to such a dire decision. "Your loyalty to Natalie, that's your issue...the reason why you can't understand why I'm doing this."

"I'm choosing to go against you, because I know what's right and what's wrong...and this isn't right Castiel."

"Then you're against me..." Castiel responded, making it sound like an assurance to himself that he was no longer on his side.

"It appears that way."

Castiel raised his gaze, his expression now stern and his jaw clenched. "Then know this, if you tell the Winchesters or Natalie where I am, if you betray me any more then you've already have…you will suffer from it."

Caden dropped the stoic persona and huffed out in his disbelief. Castiel was threatening him? "So this is what it has come to for you? Threatening your own brother."

"I will do what I must."

It was a challenge now, between two brothers. All the cards were on the table now. Caden could feel that whatever kind of loyalty he had towards Castiel, any kind of respect he had for the older angel, it was all gone now. Castiel was lost in his own self determination and no matter how hard people have tried, no one call pull him out of this, only himself. The older brother Caden looked up to and admired for so long, he was no longer there.

Caden took a few slow steps forward, till he was standing right in front of Castiel, faces just inches from each other and eyes set in a hard glare, he leaned just slightly towards the angel. "And so will I."

Castiel's eyes narrowed at the challenge he heard in Caden's voice. "You are really going against me aren't you?"

"It was from you that I learned how to think for myself. I learned from the best. And if you come after me...then come after me. Because I am willing to suffer at your hands, if it means that you can be stopped."

"Don't make me have to do this Caden." Castiel warned. "I've already been losing angels in all of this."

"This is all on you Castiel. If you can't see, what you've become, then go ahead and do whatever you want me with me when this is over." Caden slowly backed away from Castiel and disappeared without saying another word.

Natalie raised her head against from her hand, which she had been currently resting against and wrapped her arms around her knees, pulling them closer to her body. Her head tilted to the side, her eyes still fixed on Sam, as she leant over and brushed Sam's hair back, away from his face.

"How do you think he's going to be when...if, he wakes up?" Natalie allowed herself to finally ask the question.

Dean sighed heavily, running his hands down his face. "I don't know. I know I usually say that a lot but...I really don't know, Nad."

Natalie leaned back against her chair and blew out a sigh. "I never would've thought that Cas would actually go that far. Break down the only thing that was practically keeping Sam up on his feet."

"I don't exactly have a reason for it Nad. I guess...he's desperate. Plus he's so far into this...he's not gonna back out now."

Natalie hummed to herself as she looked up at Dean. "You know. I never thought that I would ever be angry at Cas. He's stubborn, yeah, but this...I'll even take it a step further and say that I hate him."

Dean sighed and lowered his gaze from Natalie. "I don't blame you if you do."

Natalie pressed her hands up to her face and groaned. "I prayed to Caden." She said into her hands before pulling them away. "Asked if he could help Sam, he said that he couldn't. Whatever Cas did to Sam's wall, it's not something he can just fix up. But, he did tell me that he was going to try and talk with Cas." Natalie scoffed at those words. "Like that's going to do any good. We tried talking to him and look what he did." She finished with a gesture to Sam.

"Let's just hope that we find out where he's at. Then, we'll just take it from there."

"You know this all makes me think about when I made that deal with Death and all that I went through to make sure that Sam got his soul back, along with that wall. I mean, I'm glad he got his soul back, but..."

"Nad." Dean interrupted. "If you think it wasn't worth it, it was. I mean, the wall wasn't perfect, but, it did its job, while it lasted at least."

"Yeah." Natalie practically whispered, it was so quiet that it was mistaken for a sigh by Dean, since he never said anything back.

Natalie moved her gaze back down at Sam, one hand resting on his stomach, while his other arm was on the bed, next to him. Natalie unhooked her legs and leaned over towards him, her teeth digging into her bottom lip. "Sam?"

Talking to Sam was probably pointless at this time. He was unconscious, there was no way that he was going to hear her or even wake up. Sam was forced to relive all of his hellish memories on his own, no way for Dean or Natalie to take in any of the psychological impact they would leave on him. Natalie felt helpless. Not being able to help him, only rendered to sitting next to his side hoping he would wake up. If only she could just get a hold of Death and force him to do something, but, even Natalie knew that Death agreeing to get Sam's soul, after she lost the bet, was a huge miracle in itself. Asking him for another favor, that had to do with Sam, would probably be out of the question.

"Sam? Please." Natalie went silent when she heard the break in her voice. Eyes casted downwards and her lips pursed together as her hand secured tightly around his limp one.

In her own declining, hope filled mind, she had expected to fell some kind of movement from him or to hear him say her name, anything that would tell her he was awake. Even Natalie knew that whatever crazy storm was brewing in Sam's head, it was going to leave him in some kind of mental state that Natalie couldn't even begin to comprehend. She wanted nothing more than for him to wake up…all he needed to do was come out of this. Whatever kind of repercussions that will come from Castiel breaking his wall, they all will face it head on…together.

But as she looked up, Natalie was only met with Sam's still form and she swallowed down what was her last, small sense of hope. "Sam, please…wake up."

"Well, I have to give you all credit, at least you got the angel-proofing right."

Natalie and Dean were pulled out of their view of Sam and they turned to see Balthazar peering into the panic room, a slight impressed look on his face. Then, his attention went to Sam, lying on the cot.

"How's the little Sleeping Beauty? Did you get to steal any kisses from him?"

Natalie sighed out her annoyance and shook her head. "Can you please stop with the mocking attitude?"

"Oh. Touchy, touchy."

"Where the hell have you been Balthazar?" Dean asked, once he had gotten up from his seat and walked over to him.

Balthazar gave Dean a look. "Honestly? I was having a lot of seconds thoughts. About whether I wanted to help you or not. I was thinking that maybe, it would be best if I just turned you all into little chunky pieces."

Natalie raised her brows and hummed. "That's a really nice visual."

"Well, what did you decide?" Dean asked.

Balthazar smirked and gave a dramatic shoulder shrug. "Well, guess I'm still on your side." He took put a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it over to Dean, who quickly took it. "That's where Cas and Crowley are. That's where this whole thing is going to take place."

Dean took a moment to look over the address and then nodded his head. "Okay, well, give us a few minutes, we'll get ready and you can zap us over there."

"Oh, no, no, no. I'm not doing you any favors anymore. I am betraying a very powerful friend. We all are. And I've already stuck my neck out to far for you so, good luck."

"Yeah, well you might be the only one with Cas on this whole thing then." Natalie suddenly said.

Balthazar casted her a look. "What are you talking about?"

"Caden. He told me that he was going to talk to Cas about this, try and get him to stop. My only guess, is that Caden is tired of following around Cas when he doesn't agree with what he's doing."

Balthazar seemed increasingly annoyed and displeased, but he tried his best to hide most of it. "You know, ever since Caden started hanging around you lot, especially you..." Balthazar pointed at Natalie. "He's been getting more and more into trouble. And now, most likely, he's on Castiel's personal hit list. Guess he learned from the best, hmm?"

Natalie pursed her lips together when she saw Balthazar give her a wide smirk before disappearing. Now, Natalie couldn't help but think about what Caden would be risking if he did go against Castiel. She never told him to do that, but he was going to make his own decision, Natalie couldn't stop him from doing that.

"So, what now?" Natalie asked, looking over at Dean and Bobby.

"We go see Cas, that's what we're going to do." Dean looked back at Bobby and then down at his brother.

Natalie nodded and followed Dean's gaze over to Sam. "I'll go start packing then." Natalie turned around and walked out of the room as Bobby patted Dean on the shoulder.

"I'll go and help her. You stay here with Sam."

….

Natalie picked up the back, swung the strap around her shoulder and walked out of the kitchen as Bobby started making for the front door.

"Why don't you go tell Dean we're ready?" Bobby offered as he pushed open the front door.

Natalie merely nodded as she made her way over to the basement door and walked down the steps. As she made her way towards the panic room, she could see Dean, sitting next to Sam, with the piece of paper in his hand and it looked like he was talking to him.

Stopping at the door, Natalie stood in silence, watching as Dean placed the note and a gun on a small table next to Sam. "Dean?"

Dean paused and looked up.

"We're ready to head out."

Dean quietly nodded and stood up from his chair, looking at Sam for just a brief moment, then quickly walked passed Natalie, out of the panic room and made his way up the steps.

Natalie stood in place though, her eyes moving over Sam's form as she walked into the panic room, dropped her bag next to the empty chair and sat down next to the cot. Her hands rested in her lap as she stared at Sam.

"I'm guessing Dean gave you the address...that's where we're going to be. So you need to wake up, okay? And when you do, you come find us."

Natalie reached over and pulled Sam's hand into her grasp, her thumb brushing over the top of his hand. "Please, Sam. You need to wake up. I know, your mind is probably a real mess right now, but the thing you need to do is wake up...and once that happens, we'll deal whatever happens together."

Hearing her name being called from upstairs, Natalie's time was up, she had to go. Taking in a quiet breath, Natalie stood up and leaned down, pressing her lips against Sam's forehead. Only for a small moment she allowed herself to hold that position and then pulled away, leaning her forehead against his, her hand reaching up to stroke his cheek.

"You come back to me Sam."

Natalie placed another quick kiss to his forehead before moving to pick up her bag. Slinging it back around her shoulder, Natalie took her one last look on Sam and then walked out of the room and ran back up the stairs.

Dean gently stepped on the breaks, the Impala came to a slow stop, just in the right place that allowed the three of them to get a good look at the building. The three hunters quietly stepped out of the car, making sure to shut the car doors as gently as they could. Bobby pulled out his binoculars and took a quick sweep of the area.

"From what I can see here...there are probably about a dozen of them...maybe even more."

Natalie walked over to Bobby, her brows creased as she looked over at the front lawn of the building. "Wait, like, a dozen demons?"

"No, angels."

"Angels? How in the hell are we supposed to take out a dozen angels?" Dean asked.

"Are you crazy? We don't." Bobby answered after he gave Dean a look. "We do the best thing...we ninja our way in."

"That's an awesome idea." Dean replied sarcastically. "That way the angels will be able to hear your knees squeak."

"Oh, shut up."

Natalie rolled her eyes and shook her head at their little bickering. She toned them out fairly quickly when Dean accused of Bobby of having "thin skin" and Bobby was retorting with something she didn't hear. Though, her brows creased when a very faint and low boom came out of nowhere. She listened for it again and heard the same boom, this time it happened a couple of more times.

"You two hear that?"

Her question silenced Dean and Bobby's little conversation as the three of them caught onto the, now, constant booming that was rippling through the air. The three hunters slowly turned back to look behind them, seeing nothing, except Dean notice that a small puddle was rippling.

"Maybe it's a T-Rex." Dean commented.

Right after Dean's words, the noise grew louder and the ground beneath seemed to start shaking, a lot more violently. They all looked up and saw a large demon smoke cloud and it was coming right towards them.

Natalie's mouth fell slightly agape. "Oh god."

"Get in the car. Get in the car!" Dean called out.

Natalie ran over to the passenger side, threw open the door and slid in. Looking out her window, Natalie could see the smoke cloud was gaining speed and it appeared closer then it was before. Leaning closer towards the window, Natalie could feel her stomach drop as she saw the smoke barreling right at the car.

"Dean!"

Natalie's voice alerted Dean as he looked out the passenger window, his eyes only managed to widen. The car soon was lifted and then toppled over its left side, before finally landing on the top of the car. The front windshield shattered, along with all of the car windows. Glass fragments decorated the concrete and shards of metal were dangling from different parts of the car.

Dean was the first to regain himself, he coughed loudly as he looked from side to side and felt himself disoriented since he was hanging upside down. He groaned as he tried to move his body around, didn't feel like anything was broken. Dean moved his legs around, until he felt himself fall out of his seat, but stopped when the upper part of his back made contact with the roof of the car.

"Bobby?" Dean grunted and coughed a few more times, enabling himself to find his voice. "Bobby!" Dean called out again, this time, effectively waking the older hunter. "You alright?"

Bobby groaned as he tried to loosen himself. "Yeah, I'm good."

Dean looked over at Natalie, seeing that her arms were hanging above her, touching the roof and he could see the stream of blood that was rushing down the side of her face. "Nad?" He reached over and shook her a couple of times. "Nad!"

Natalie gave a quick shake at the volume of Dean's voice and it didn't mix well with this terrible head pain that she woke up to. Natalie brought one of her hands over to the bleeding area and hissed.

"Nad, you alright?" Dean's voice came through again, this time a lot quieter.

"Yeah."

"Okay, come on."

Natalie looked down at her legs, which were being pinned by the crushed dashboard, her hands braced the demolished part as she quickly worked her legs out from underneath. Natalie groaned as her body fell against the roof of the car and crawled her way out through the open window.

Stumbling back to her feet, she turned around and saw that Bobby and Dean were checking each other for any serious injuries. There wasn't much. A few scratches on their faces where broken glass had gotten them. Natalie got the short end, with a nice trail of blood down her face, there were no other serious injuries.

Dean looked over at her and Natalie nodded at him, saying that she was fine. "Alright. Let's get in there."

….

Crowley's voice filtered out into the dark hallway as Dean, Bobby and Natalie got closer to where the source was. Natalie let out a small hiss at the stinging she still felt on her head and pressed her sleeve up to the injury, hoping that it would stop the blood from flowing out.

Dean looked back at Bobby and gave him a nod as he pulled out an angel blade he had swiped from one of the dead angels while they were walking in here. Dean pressed his hand against the half opened door and gently pushed it all the way open.

Natalie followed Bobby and Dean out onto the top of the stairs and in her dazed state of mind, she could hear Crowley chanting the spell, to open Purgatory, but she couldn't really focus on what he was saying. It all sounded kind of like gibberish to her. Natalie looked over at Dean, watching as he raised the angel blade and made his aim before throwing the blade at Raphael.

Natalie's eyes followed the sword only to see Raphael catch it and Natalie's eyes widened. Crowley and Raphael both turn around, spotting the three hunters at the stop of the steps. Crowley raised his hand at them and Natalie fell over the railing and landed right on one of the portable lab tables. Her eyes scrunched closed as she listened to Dean and Bobby being thrown around as well.

Choking out a cry, Natalie painfully moved to the side, only to have her body fall off and land on the ground. Natalie's legs pulled up against her chest, her breaking still screaming from the painful contact it had with a table just a moment ago.

"Sorry you three. I'm a bit busy at the moment." Crowley replied. "Be with you soon."

….

Sam stumbled in his steps, finding it increasingly difficult to keep his balance in check as he took every step. His eyes landed on the demolished Impala, though at first it didn't look like the Impala. It wasn't until Sam stood next to the car and placed his hand on it, he was able to get a clear picture. Looking down to where the passenger window was, Sam could see a small trail of blood leading out and his eyes closed as he dropped to his knees, feeling another memory painfully making its presence.

A hand soon gripped onto Sam's shoulder, causing him to panic. He whipped around quickly, causing his vision to go blurry since the movement was to quick for him to keep up with.

"Sam." Caden's voice echoed throughout Sam's hearing and his eyes blinked up at the angel, until they were able to composite a, somewhat, clear picture of him.

"Caden..." Sam tried to push himself back up to his feet, but failed.

"Sam, just take it easy." Caden grasped Sam by the shoulders, making sure to help keep him at some kind of balanced level. "What are you doing all the way out here?"

Sam groaned at the burning that was wrapping around in his head. "Dean...address...left address..."

Caden looked up and saw the building, then back down at Sam when the hunter let out another painful groan.

"You have...to get me in there."

Caden shook his head. "No. That's not a good idea. Sam, you shouldn't even be here, not with your mind falling apart."

Sam reached up with one hand and gripped onto Caden's coat sleeve, his eyes were hardened and he was trying to say something, but was having a difficult time articulating the words. "Get...me in there. D-dean...nad...they need me."

Caden pursed his lips as he looked back up at the building. Knowing the situation, Caden should get Sam back to Bobby's right now, he was in no condition to be out here and frankly, Caden didn't know how Sam even managed to get himself here in the first place. But, Sam seemed like the kind of person who, even though their mind was falling apart, he would fight against you if you tried to stop him from doing what he wanted. Especially when it came to Dean and Natalie. Sam came all the way here, to get to them. To try and take that away from him would be foolish, even in his condition.

Caden looked back down at Sam, then pressed his fingers against the sides of Sam's head. "Sam. Just hold still for a moment."

He went searching through Sam's mind, he could see how Sam woke up in the panic room, by himself and miraculously made his way here. Then, Caden was able to find what was left of Sam's wall, seeing it crumbling into nothing, all memories of hell continuously spilling out. He saw it. The torture and pain that Sam went through. Being stuck in the cage and the senseless torment and agony that Sam was put through. He could physically feel it. The sense that you were never going to leave this place, that dread, filled Caden to his brim. But, the wall, just as Caden had suspected, there was nothing to rebuild. The structure of this mental dam was broken, nothing would be able to sustain it.

Caden pulled his hands away and looked down at Sam, seeing that the hunter didn't seemed to pleased with what he had just done. Well, at least, it seemed like Sam knew what Caden did. Infiltrated his memories.

"Get. Me. In. There." Sam commanded harshly and he wasn't going to take no for an answer. If Caden refused to get him in there, then Sam was just going to have to make his way in himself and the angel seemed to realize this. Caden sighed and grabbed onto Sam's arm, both of them disappearing from the wreckage.

….

Caden had gotten them into the building, just outside of the lab, which was good. If they had just shown up in that room, it probably wouldn't have ended well. The hallway was dark and the only source of light was streaming through the small opening of the lab door. Caden helped Sam up to his feet when a bright light emanated out into the hallway, garnering both Caden and Sam's attention.

Sam tapped Caden on the shoulder and motioned for him to go in, that he would follow in on his own. It was going to take Sam a while to actually find his balance.

Caden nodded and made sure that Sam was somewhat able to hold himself before slowly walking over to the door. As he slowly pushed it open, Castiel's voice filtered out.

"You can't imagine what it's like. They're all inside me. Millions upon millions of souls.

Caden peered in enough to where he wouldn't be noticed and saw Castiel's back was to him, with Crowley and Raphael standing in front of him. Looking over to his right, Caden spotted Dean, Bobby and Natalie, their eyes wide from what they had seen.

"Sounds sexy. Exit stage Crowley."

Caden looked back over, seeing that the demon had left and Raphael looked terrified. That was the first time Caden had ever seen Raphael show that kind of emotion before.

"What's the matter Raphael?" Castiel asked. "Somebdoy clip your wings?"

Caden pushed open the full, enough for him to slip in and began to slowly make his way over to the hunters.

"Castiel, please. You let the demon go, but not your own brother?"

"The demon I have plans for. You on the other hand..."

"Castiel." Caden's voice bounced off the lab walls, garnering every occupants attention. "That's enough."

Castiel slowly turned to him, his expression was calm and slightly off. "Caden." Castiel offered the angel a small smile before snapping his fingers causing Raphael to explode. "It's so nice of you to join us."

Caden's eyes were glued on what remained of Raphael, small and thick chunks of flesh and blood splattered all over the room. "Castiel. What have you done?"

"What I had always planned on doing. I now have the souls...and I was able to save their lives." Castiel looked at Dean, Natalie and Bobby.

"Yeah, you did Cas." Dean said. "Thank you."

"You all doubted me, fought against me, all of you..." Castiel returned his gaze over to Caden. "When I was right all along."

"Yeah, Cas, you were. We're sorry that we doubted you, okay?" Dean said, hoping to sound convincing enough. "Now, let's just diffuse you."

Castiel turned quickly to Dean and narrowed his eyes slightly. "What do you mean?"

"You're full of nuke. It's not safe for you to remain like this. So, before this eclipse ends, let's put the souls back where they belong."

"Oh no, they belong with me."

Caden took a few steps closer to Castiel, stopping when he looked over at him, "Castiel. It's over. You used the souls to defeat Raphael. That was your plan, right? To make sure that he didn't win the war, well you have that now. There's no more use for these souls, now you need to put them back."

"No, Caden. I'm not finished just yet. Raphael had many followers, people who went against me and I must punish them all."

Caden shook his head. "No. Castiel, you don't have to do that. The only thing you wanted, was for Raphael to be stopped. You stopped him. There's no need for you to go around punishing the other angels."

"Caden's right, Cas." Dean spoke up. "You don't need this anymore. So just let us help you."

"You're only saying this to me because I won...because you all are afraid."

Out of the corner of his eye, Caden spotted Sam walk up behind Castiel, an angel sword in his hand, but before Caden could stop him, Sam embedded the weapon into Castiel's back.

Natalie, who had been silent for most of the time, let out a sharp gasp at seeing Sam sticking the sword in Castiel's back. First, Sam was awake and he was on his feet. Second, he stabbed Castiel. Natalie's wide eyes moved from Sam to Castiel, as the angel pulled the sword out from his back.

"I'm glad you made it, Sam. But, the angel blade won't work on me, because I'm not an angel anymore. I'm your new God. A better one and you will bow down and profess your love unto me, your Lord. Or I will destroy you."

"Castiel." Caden tried again. "Please, this is not you."

"If I recall correctly Caden, you told me earlier, that me pursuing with my plan was me not being, 'Castiel'. Have you changed your mind again?"

The two angels did nothing but stare at each other, both of them silently challenging the other, which Natalie thought was ridiculous. Though, she had to give Caden credit, standing up to the new God like this, even she admitted that she wouldn't have the courage to do that.

"Well, alright then." Bobby said as he got down on his knees. "Is this good or do you want the whole, forehead to the carpet thing?"

Natalie furrowed her brows as she looked at Bobby, only to see him give each of them a look, telling them to do it. Natalie looked back over at Castiel as they began to slowly kneel down, except for Caden.

"Stop." Castiel said. "What's the point if you don't mean it? You fear me. Not love or respect."

Sam decided to test the waters and took a single step closer to him. "Cas, listen..."

"Sam, you have nothing to say to me, you stabbed me in the back."

Natalie stood back up and slowly walked over to Sam and grabbed onto his arm, after seeing the look on Castiel's face as he spoke to him, it sent her nerves on end.

"Castiel, please, you need to let all of this go. Don't go on and make things worse. There still has to be some part of you in there." Caden said.

"The Castiel you all knew is gone. There is no use in trying to stop me. You know you all are powerless and wouldn't dare to fight against me. That would be pointless and stupid of you. You all should be thankful that I don't kill you right now."

"Who the hell are you?" Dean finally asked.

"I'm God. And if you all stay in your place and obey, you may live in my kingdom. But, if you rise up, I will strike you down. Not doing so well, are you Sam?"

Natalie looked over at Sam, seeing that he was faltering in his stance like he was about to pass out. Her hold on his arm tightened as she tried to keep him upright.

"I'm fine...I'm fine." The last part Sam whispered, only Natalie was able to hear and she shook her head at him.

"You're not fine Sam."

Dean gave Castiel a look as he pointed at his brother. "You said that you would fix him. You promised Cas!"

"If you all stood down, which you hardly did."

Natalie looked up at Castiel and huffed out a breath. "Cas. Please. You have to help him, you can't just leave him like this."

Castiel turned his attention over at Natalie and although, initially, she gave a small shake under his stare, ultimately, she was begging him. Not verbally, but, Castiel could see it pouring from her eyes. The desperation that he saw was strong.

"You all will be thankful for my mercy. And I hope you never see me again, for you own benefit."

Castiel turned around back to Caden and slowly walked over to him, standing just a few feet from him. "You and I have a lot to talk about Caden. Let's get started then, shall we?"

Natalie pulled her attention away from Sam and saw Castiel standing in front of Caden. For the first time, she could see actual fear in his eyes. Perhaps not fear of what will happen to him, but fear of what Castiel had become. How crazy he was right now. In Natalie's mind, Castiel was completely psychotic right now.

Castiel raised his hand and gently placed it on Caden's shoulder before they both disappeared. Natalie's eyes widened in panic at the thought that Castiel now had Caden and he was going to do, who knows what.

What if Castiel starts torturing him? Kill him? Will she ever seen Caden again?

Natalie was brought out of her thoughts when she felt Sam stumbled and she looked over at him and lost her grip, allowing him to fall to the ground. Natalie immediately followed and heard Sam let out a small cry as he raised his hand to reveal that a shard of glass had embedded in his palm.

Natalie took hold of Sam's hand and gently pulled the piece of glass out and tossed it to the ground. "Sam?" Natalie leaned down more so that she could get of view of Sam's face, only to have him collapse against her, his entire body shaking. "Sam!"

Dean ran over and grabbed Sam under the arm and nodded at Natalie. "Come on Nad, help me get him up." Natalie moved up onto her knees and they both hoisted Sam up, enough to where Dean was able to wrap Sam's arm around his neck while Bobby supported Sam on the other side.

"How are we going to get out of here? The Impala is a total wreck." Natalie brought up as she led them to the lab door.

"We'll take one of the cars out front, saw a few on our way in here." Dean answered.

"Okay, well..." Natalie pushed open the door fully, allowing Dean and Bobby through first with Sam. "Let's just hurry and get him out of here."

Natalie went to follow them, but stopped and looked back into the lab, her eyes scanning over the area and they landed on the spot where Caden was last standing. Her lips pursed together as she thought about what exactly was he going through right now. He went against Castiel and now he was paying for it.

"Hope you'll be okay Caden." Natalie conveyed before walking out of the lab.

AND THAT'S IT FOR DISTANT SERENITY! WOW! CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S OVER!

So, the next story should be posted up, hopefully by this weekend, but I can't guarantee anything. When the new story is up, I'll post a author's note here to remind you all! Until the next story! Xx