Thank you for those who have stuck with me from the start, I have made a lot of mistakes and I gave up a long time ago trying to please everyone. I know this story doesn't suit all tastes and I can live with that but it was my first fan fiction ever so I was testing the waters and getting the feel.
I really thought that this would be my only fiction story so I got a little carried away trying to cram too much into one story. Now I know better.
I hurt Dean a lot but in my defense I stated it clearly in my summary and I don't get why people who hate the Chronicles still read the whole thing? Anyway just a jump hop and a skip and it will be over.
BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD
Will sat at his desk annoyed that he was late for dinner surprised that Grace had not called him to make sure that he was alright. He hated not being home to sit down to dinner with his wife but as in every town he had to deal with idiots that did the stupidest crap imaginable.
The door to his office swung open and he eyed Jenny the dispatcher because everyone knew to knock before entering his office.
"Sorry Sheriff Taylor but we just got a 911 call."
"My day is over Jenny send the night boys." Will growled.
"Will it was from Grace and it didn't sound good, it was….." Jenny gulped. "I heard a lot of screaming before the line went dead."
Will moved faster than he had in years grabbing his jacket and running for the door already dialing his cell to Grace and got no answer. "I'm on my way send every unit to follow and an ambulance just in case." He told Jenny as he bolted out the door. He dialed everyone that was staying at his house until finally Revin answered.
"Revin what's going on son?"
Revin sounded dazed. "Ambush sheriff we're all down, no one's moving I think Colt is dead." His voice broke. "He covered me to take the brunt of the glass."
"Gracie?" Will whispered.
"She was downstairs." Revin murmured. "Sheriff I think my brother is dead." He sobbed.
"Son help is on the way ok?" Will jumped in his cruiser hitting the siren and the lights; he could see the other officers running for their vehicles. "Revin?" There was no response. "Son of a bitch." He called the dispatcher and told her to send more than one ambulance.
The drive to his house even at nearly an hundred miles an hour never seemed so long.
Seven cruisers screeched to a halt in his front yard and they all jumped guns drawn not knowing what to expect. Will stared agape at all the shattered windows and his heart raced. He was afraid of what he would discover. With gestures he sent the other officers to flank the rest of the house as he made his way up the steps slowly. Officer Davy following him covered him as he quickly opened the door and aimed his gun all over trying to catch movement. His breath caught when he saw Grace lying on the floor the phone still clutched in her hand. She was bleeding from cuts all over.
Will kneeled besides her feeling for her pulse and breathed again when he found it and he heard the ambulances arriving. He was relieved to see her open her eyes and look at him she grabbed his hand.
"Will it was pure evil." She gasped.
"It's alright darling I'm here now."
The paramedics rushed in and Will let them take over making his way through the rest of the house. Cody lay motionless at the bottom of the stairs and half way up was Shane. It looked as if he had tried to crawl up the stairs; Will couldn't believe the blood that was splattered everywhere.
He checked for pulses and was relieved that they were both alive too. He found everyone else scattered through the hallway, his heart skipped to see Colt over Revin. He said a quick prayer and checked Colt and thanked the Lord that he was alive but bleeding badly.
The others all looked as if they had been heading to Dean and Arandi's room, they were all alive. Will felt his knees weaken at the sight in the room, Sam and Jade were by the door and Sam looked as if he had bled tremendously from his nose. Will had to stand for a minute as he looked at the still forms of Dean and Arandi, large shards of glass were imbedded in the wall and by looks of the blood under the couple they had to have been cut worse than anyone. Dean had done his best to put his body in front of hers.
Will never got near them calling out to the paramedics that he had severe injuries upstairs and they came running.
"Coward." He called himself but they were alive and he could really breathe, everyone was alive.
He went back to Grace and sat with her waiting for news as everyone else did their job.
Finally Officer Davy and Jace the paramedic came up to him.
"What are Dean and Arandi trying to break the world record for most hospital visits in Pepper Ridge?" Jace huffed.
"Worldwide actually." Will answered. "How are they?"
"They are cut up mostly Dean but they escaped serious injury, they'll need some stitches but….." Jace cut off looking at Officer Davy.
"What is it?" Will asked afraid of the answer hoping against hope that it had nothing to do with the pregnancy.
"Well Sheriff by all rights most of the people should be cut to ribbons especially Dean and Arandi glass that's imbedded in the wall and then there is more that seems to have just stopped before stabbing into them as if there was something else in the way and all that blood it just doesn't make any sense." Officer Davy offered. "Who did this sheriff do you have any idea?"
Will knew that it was nothing good and he was going to have to join heads with the others to come up with a story that would fly so no investigation would be needed. "Freak tornado?" He tried.
Jace smiled at him. "What you working for the Enquirer now?"
"Freak tornado caused by aliens wearing bat boy costumes." Will added hoping to get these men side tracked. "So will anyone need to stay in the hospital?"
"Colt may be the only one, he's got a large piece of glass in his back probably has to be surgically removed so he won't bleed out otherwise I think once everyone is stitched up they will be good. Sam and Jade didn't get cut at all; Sam just seemed to have developed a bad nosebleed."
"Alright Davy see about getting them rooms at Marjorie's Bed and Breakfast tell her the county will pick up the bill and get one for Gracie and me too, I don't think we need to be here tonight."
"Yes sir." Officer Davy said and walked away.
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Hours later the sun already rising everyone but Colt and Revin made their way to Marjorie's, dragging from exhaustion and meds.
No one said a word about what had happened too tired to deal with it at the moment just relieved that everyone was alive and as safe as they could be.
Dean and Arandi didn't say a word to each other as they lay down on the bed. Dean wrapping himself protectively around her and she melted against him asleep within seconds and he was right behind her.
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A whole day later they sat eating breakfast in Marjorie's now rested and feeling better they discussed what had happened.
Arandi told them what she had seen and heard, Dean held her close full of anger that his children had been threatened.
Sam told them what he had seen.
When Will walked in he was surprised to see the looks of determination on everyone's face. They would never run from any fight especially when loved ones had been threatened.
Dean watched Arandi eat and she pushed her plate away. He had to bite his tongue and she got up and walked away without saying a word. He stayed where he was for a grand fifteen minutes before he was about to come out of his skin.
He walked into their room and she was sitting on the bed cleaning her gun and looking pissed. 'Anyone smart would walk away.' Dean thought but he smirked this was his woman the pissed off fire breathing lioness that would defend her family to the end. This demon whatever hadn't scared her just made her more dangerous than she already was and man did he love her.
Arandi didn't look at him. "I'm sorry."
"You have the pregnancy as you defense." Dean sat beside her.
"You are the last person that I should take out anything on Dean, you protect me take care of me and I was royal queen bitch to you."
"A little extreme don't you think, I mean I guess I would get pissed too if you hovered over me for every little thing."
"I want you to be there at every turn Dean I really do because even I forget when to stop." She put her gun down and leaned her head into his chest.
"Darling wild horses couldn't drag my fine ass away." He declared wrapping his arms around her.
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Dean and Sam left to go pick up the Impala with Will but first they stopped to see Colt and Revin.
"I guess your crazy ass rubbed off on my brother." Revin huffed at Dean. "Throwing himself in harm's way for me."
"Well you guys need to get back on your feet soon, how are we supposed to get married without our best men?" Dean grinned. "We really didn't want to leave anyone out so all you guys are included, hell Winchester's marrying Remington's on the beach might as well make a wedding to remember."
"Hell yeah." They said together.
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Dean and Sam walked to the church to get the Impala.
"What are we going to do?" Sam asked.
"We prepare, stand and fight like always Sammy." Dean sighed. "We know damn well he's coming."
"Yeah but who is he?"
"His name is Aero." Castiel suddenly stood in front of them.
Dean and Sam had their weapons out. "Damn it Cas!" They both said.
"He is Varian's father and he will not stop until he gets what he desires."
"Which is our head on a silver platter." Dean grumbled. "Well he can try but it takes more than a demon to scare us away."
"He is very powerful Dean not just any devil's trap will capture him." Castiel offered.
"Was it you that protected us at Will's house?" Dean asked.
"No it was not, I am not sure who or what protected you, it is not clear."
"We're getting married Cas." Sam declared happily.
"Congratulations." Castiel smiled sincerely.
"Will you be there?" Dean asked.
"Are you inviting me?"
"What little family we have needs to be there." Dean said staring at his boots.
Castiel's mouth slipped open. "I will be there." He was gone in the next breath.
Dean and Sam kept walking until they got to the church. Daniel was outside trimming a bush.
"Hey guys how are you doing?" He asked.
"Alive." They answered at the same time.
Daniel laughed. "That's a great start."
Dean and Sam opened the doors to the Impala to get in and Daniel walked up to them. "See you guys at the wedding." He grinned.
Arandi had suggested that he be the one to marry them and they had asked and he had agreed to it, the best sign being that he was able to do so in the state of Texas.
Daniel glanced into the Impala. "Where did you get that replica of the God amulet?"
Dean and Sam both looked struck speechless seeing the amulet Sam had given Dean as children for Christmas and Dean had thrown it away when he had lost faith in the world, in his life, and in Sam. It glittered in the sun light hanging from the rear view mirror.
Dean got in the car and reached for it, it was warm to his touch and he felt a zap go through him and suddenly he was standing in a world full of devastation, he looked around, he had been here before, the end, the end of everything.
A mist covered the ground, in the wind he heard the word salvation whispered, and five beautiful figures appeared from the mist walking in complete confidence side by side, three young men and two young women. As they moved things regained life and color filled the world. Dean only stared and then he was blinking with Sam in his face calling to him.
The amulet was now around his neck where it never should have left. He told Sam what he had seen. Daniel had gone to get Dean some water thinking that he was having a heat stroke.
Dean told him that he was fine just tired and they left back to Marjorie's. Dean kept his fingers close to the amulet wondering why he had had this vision instead of Sam.
At dinner they told everyone what had happened.
"Is this a good sign?" Cody asked.
No one answered.
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Dean had rented a very spacy comfortable SUV and bought pillows and all sorts of things for Arandi's comfort.
She smiled not daring to tell him it was too much. He was so proud of himself and no way in hell would she ruin that for him.
He nearly glowed as he showed her everything.
Dean, Arandi, Sam, Jade, and Bobby got ready for the drive to Texas. Everyone else was heading to their respective homes before heading to Texas for the weddings.
Everyone parted ways.
Will and Grace were already fixing the house barely phased now.
"I'm so sorry we brought this to you Will." Dean apologized sincerely.
"You don't let this worry you son, I knew what I was getting into besides it gave Gracie the perfect excuse to remodel."
Dean laughed. "Thanks for everything Will and you and Grace better be at the wedding."
"Wouldn't miss it." Will smiled.
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Arandi was never more grateful that Dean had been so attentive to her because four hours had been more than enough to sit in a vehicle no matter how comfortable it was. She had never suffered from motion sickness until now that she was pregnant.
At this rate they would reach Texas sometime in the next two years.
Their third day on the road Arandi couldn't even eat fruit her stomach raging war on her. They didn't make two hours on the road before Dean was pulling over at a motel insisting that she rest or he was dragging her ass the nearest hospital.
Arandi gave without an argument that's how bad she felt. She fell asleep a lot faster than she thought she could but she felt Dean hovering, his arms protectively around her.
She had lucked out how many men read books on what her body would going through while pregnant, how many men sat beside their women while they puked their guts out rubbing soothing circles and holding hair out of the way, how many men shaved their woman's legs and enjoyed it.
His over protectiveness could be over whelming but it was all love and who could not want that?
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They arrived in South Padre Island three days before the wedding. Colt, Sophie, Cody, and Cheyenne had arrived days before to make sure everything was in motion.
Arandi and Jade were in awe of what they had accomplished.
Reality crashed into Dean and Sam, now they were hugging porcelain with nerves. They were getting married.
Slowly everyone else arrived for the wedding, Julian and Emily, Revin and Koryander, Shane and Kristen, Will and Grace, Daniel and Melanie, and Randy and Bethany. And so that Bobby wouldn't be lonely they had invited Jody Mills.
The day before the wedding everything was rehearsed which Dean never understood but he went along with it. Then the two couples were pulled apart for the night told to kiss their soon to be spouses because they weren't seeing them again until the wedding.
The panic that filled both couples was almost comical. Dean held onto Arandi's hand like a vice but finally relented. They kissed as if they wouldn't be seeing each other for years.
They all stared at each other longingly until they couldn't see each other.
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Dean and Sam sat sullenly, the music was blasting and everyone else was having a great time at the bachelor party, their bachelor party.
"Come on guys have some fun." Cody said throwing an arm over each of their shoulders and staring into each face. "You're getting married tomorrow."
They began to relax little by little which meant plenty of alcohol.
By the time the party winded down they were buzzing nicely and everyone settled in to sleep all of them sharing the beach house where the party had been held.
Sam was almost asleep when he saw Dean step outside. Worried he got up to check on him.
Dean was standing on the deck staring at water.
"You ok Dean?" Sam asked softly.
"Yeah Sammy just thinking about everything, we're getting married tomorrow dude, married."
"Married." Sam repeated.
"And I'm going to be a dad." Dean whispered. "Sam I'm scared about all this as much as I want it all I can't get the what ifs out of my head."
"That's normal." Sam said patting Dean's shoulder.
"We're nowhere near normal." Dean mumbled.
"We can start trying, no harm in that."
They stood shoulder to shoulder staring at the water for a long time.
"I wish mom and dad could be here." Dean sighed.
"Me too." Sam replied.
Dean looked around.
"What are you looking for?" Sam asked looking too.
"Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts with this entire chick flick drama." Dean laughed.
"Beach Weddings starring Dean and Sam Winchester." Sam joined him. "You know Dean it's been a long hard road for us and we know that it is far from over. Still this is farther than either one of us expected to get all because my fool headed brother decided to walk into a vampire nest and nearly get himself killed but meeting the women that would take us for who we really are."
"Don't forget handsome." Dean smirked.
"What?"
"Fool headed handsome brother."
Sam rolled his eyes. "Hey is that a gray hair?" He pointed to Dean's head.
Dean's eyes widened. "Sam you want to be able to walk down the aisle straight right?"
"It suits you makes you look more mature even though we both know that is bullshit."
"You little bitch." Dean growled.
A huge smile crossed Sam's face and with a hoot he ran off the deck with Dean chasing him down the beach.
Their laughter filled the night until Dean tackled Sam to the sand right where the tide hit. They lay side by side panting and laughing and getting wet and sandy.
"Now this is a bachelor party." Dean grinned.
"Hell yeah." Sam agreed. "Who's the stripper?"
"Me of course." Dean scoffed. "You're always trying to see me naked Sammy."
"Dude I have seen parts of you that most mothers don't ever get to see." Sam shuddered.
"Now Arandi has seen parts of me that I …." Dean started wistfully.
"Dean shut up!" Sam groaned.
They stared at the sky for a long time, being brothers like they would always be no matter what came their way they were there for each other through the worst and the best.
TBC
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You're all invited to the wedding!
Thanks for reading!
