Authors note: So the last couple of chapters were pretty easy to write and it's starting to dawn on me that these next episodes will really be a pain in the ass to write. Also just to clarify: This is the first time we see Rowena and Valerie together (I completely forgot to write Rowena into the story, until I looked up this episode and realised that she is in it, so sorry about that)
Disclaimer: I do not own anything even remotely related to Supernatural:)
Chapter 16- Hell's angel
I was 6 am and Valerie saw no point in trying to get more sleep, so she rolled out of bed and almost tripped over her wheelchair. She had gotten out of that chair the day before, and she could not be more excited to finally be able to do things by herself.
Stepping into the kitchen, she saw that Dean was already sitting at the table, researching
"Good morning", she said
"Morning", he answered
"So, you're up before 9 that's unheard of", she said in an attempt to joke, although it didn't seem to take
"Yeah I couldn't really sleep", he said, taking a sip of his coffee
"You worried about Castiel?"
"Yeah", he sighed
"Don't worry, you'll get him back", she said, and in a rare display of affection, she put her hand on his shoulder and he leaned his head against it. They stayed like that for a few seconds, before Sam walked into the kitchen, "I see that we are all up before 9 that's quite an accomplishment, don't ya think?", Sam said in a light tone before noticing that the two weren't laughing, "what's wrong?"
"Nothing", Valerie said before getting up, "I am going to go get dressed", she said since she was still in her pajamas and robe. She left the two brothers alone and Sam looking very confused.
Valerie and Sam were in the kitchen eating lunch, when Dean came into the room, "hey guys uhh, so Crowley called me", he said, Sam and Valerie looked up
"Really? What did he say?", Sam asked
"He wanted us to meet him, he says he might have a way of getting Cas back"
"Well that's great, isn't it?", Valerie said, looking between Sam and Dean
"Yeah, it is. It's just… Crowley", Dean said and Sam gave a slight nod
"Right, he's the king of hell", Valerie said, "I get it, but if he says he might have a way of getting Castiel back, shouldn't we at least hear him out?", the two brothers looked at eachother
"I guess, sure", Dean finally said and Valerie nodded
"Great, so where did he tell you to meet him?", she asked.
Sam, Dean and Valerie were walking to the abandoned warehouse where Crowley had told them to meet him.
"Well I gotta hand it to him, Crowley sure has a flair for the dramatic", Valerie said as they were walking through spiderwebs and piles of dust, "I am pretty sure i have swallowed at least a pound of dust", she said as they finally got to the room where Crowley was waiting with his back turned to them. Sam was struggling to shake some spiderweb residue off of him, so Valerie stepped in to help, and as they were doing that, Dean approached Crowley
"Nice digs, the crypt keeper out of town?", Dean said. Crowley turned to him, just as Sam and Valerie caught up to Dean
"I'm lucky to be alive", Crowley said, "Lucifer had me trussed up like a dog in my own palace"
"Palace? Oh you mean the abandoned nuthouse", Dean said
"He kept me in a kennel! And he turned all his demons, my demons, against me", Crowley said as the trio chuckled, "they scour the earth, day and night, looking to kill me. He has to be dealt with", the trio stopped laughing and instead, Dean and Sam looked at eachother
"So this is why you brought us here? Some lousy grudge match with Lucifer?", Dean asked the king of hell
"Yeah, where is this, uhh, Hand of God you were talking about?", Sam said. Valerie was keeping quiet, just observing
"I'm getting to that", Crowley said, "Your only hope of subduing Amara is to match the level of power that she possesses"
"No kidding. And?", Valerie said, speaking for the first time
"Oh who is this? A new addition to the 'Moose and Squirrel saving the world' club?", Crowley asked, looking at Valerie
"I'm Valerie, and I asked you a question", she said, looking directly into Crowley's eyes, her gaze unwavering.
"Fine, I have the Horn of Joshua", Crowley said, looking away from Valerie and over to Sam
"Joshua?", Sam said, "as in the Joshua that won the battle of Jericho?", Crowley nodded
"And I'm willing to entrust it to your capable hands", he said. The trio looked at each other with skeptical looks
"What? I just said i'd give you the thing", Crowley said as he saw the looks the three sent each other
"If…?", Sam, Dean and Valerie said at the same time
"Is this how you say thank you? You think these thing grow on bloody trees?", Crowley almost yelled
"Cut the crap, Crowley. With you there's always an 'if'", Dean said
"Fine. I will give you the horn, if you help me exorcise Lucifer from Castiel's vessel, and then return him immediately to the cage"
"Oh, thats all?", Valerie said, still skeptical
"Huh", Sam said, and Valerie looked up at him
"Okay, and where is this horn?", dean said, and now Valerie looked at him with a questioning look, Sam just looked at her with a look that said to trust them.
"The horn is safely hidden, naturally", Crowley said
"Yeah", Dean scoffed
"Crowley, even if we could exorcise Lucifer out of Cas, the cage is damn near impenetrable", Sam said, "it took a spell from The Book of the Damned to spring Lucifer, and Rowena hid the book"
"And we would need the book and her to even have a shot", Valerie chimed in
"Did I say this would be easy? No, I did not", Crowley said
"Do you even know where Rowena is?", Sam asked
"Rotting somewhere, I assume", Crowley said, "Lucifer snapped her neck", Sam, Dean and Valerie all looked at each other, this was news to all of them.
"Hold on, okay let's just put it in reverse. We will put Lucifer back in the cage, after we put Amara back on ice. It has to happen in that order, otherwise there will be no Lucifer, there will be no cage, there will be no nothing", Dean said
"He spent years in that cage, just marinating in hatred, against us. he has to go", Crowley said with a slightly sour expression on his face.
"Problem is…", Sam started
"We may need him", Valerie finished, crossing her arms over her chest
"He's been down this road with Amara before", Dean said, "he may be the only one powerful enough to use the Horn against-"
"He had me cleaning", Crowley interrupted Dean, "with my tongue. He called me puppy. He made me beg".
Sam, Dean and Valerie shook their heads, and Valerie dropped her hands to her side
"All right, come on. Is this what this is about, huh?", Dean asked Crowley, "your stupid ego? The fact that he dissed you in front a bunch of low-rank demons? Come on you're better than this!"
"Deans right. Priority number one is to put the Horn in Lucifer's hands and set him loose on Amara", Valerie said
"After we exorcise Lucifer out of Cas, and put him into another vessel", Dean said, and Valerie and Sam both turned to him
"What?", Sam said
"Really?", Valerie said, the two looked at eachother
"Yes really. We can't just send Lucifer into battle inside Cas, what if he doesn't make it?"
"Dean, it's a strong vessel, it has held Castiel for years, and you know what it has been", Valerie tried saying, but Dean didn't seem to want to listen.
"It? It's not an 'it', Valerie, its Cas"
"And Cas wanted to do this", Sam interjected
"Even if it kills him?", dean said looking between Sam and Valerie
"Its killing me. I would rather claw my eyes out than listen to you three bicker like children for one more second! I gave you the terms of my deal. Lucifer goes back in the cage, or the Horn stays hidden", Crowley said, looking at the three.
Sam, Dean, Valerie and Crowley were standing in the warehouse, when a loud crashing came from the outside, "okay what the hell was that?", Valerie asked, looking at the others, who looked just as confused as her.
They all went outside, looking at the sky, which was stormy.
"You know what, guys? I think thats her", Dean said.
They went back inside, "okay now we've all seen what happens when shes in a bad mood, which, apparently, she's been since the dawn of time", Sam said
"Yeah, I think she just rattled heaven with a snap of her fingers", Dean said.
Valerie felt a chill going down her spine, feeling as if someone was watching her. She turned around but no one was there, thinking that she probably was just making it up, she turned her attention back to the others, who continued their argument.
"Yo, Crowley! You with us?", Dean said
"The crux of your dispute is your contention that Lucifer, and only, lucifer can use the Horn to beat Amara, right?", Crowley said
"Yup", Dean said
"Well that would only work if you were in possession of said Horn, which you are not", Crowley said
"Yes, but you do", Sam said sounding frustrated
"Exactly! I do! This isn't a negotiation. I hold all the cards". The men all continued arguing, but Valerie had started to notice something odd. It appeared to be some sort of spell work appearing on an old safe. "Guys", she said, they didn't hear her, "guys! look at this", they turned to her and saw the same thing she did. It was words that read; BACK FROM THE DEAD FERGUS!
They were at a church. Dean was spray painting sigils, and Sam was holding a cross. Valerie walked over to Rowena, who was standing in a dark corner
"Hello, Kat", Rowena said
"Rowena", Valerie stated
"What? No love for your bestie?", Rowena said with a smirk
"We are not friends"
"Oh really? You're hurting my feelings", Rowena frowned mockingly, "as I recall, we were, what some would define as friends, back during the first world war"
"Yeah well, as I recall, you ended up betraying me, and every single other human being we were with"
"Exactly! They were humans, we are so much better than them, we don't need them"
"Rowena, they were innocent"
"Sure they were-"
"Hey guys! We are ready", Sam interrupted. Rowena and Valerie walked over to where the three men were standing
"-The hand that giveth can so quickly taketh away", Crowley said
"Yes we getteth it", Dean said, shaking his head at Crowley.
Dean tossed a match into the potion they had been preparing, to begin the spell. Dean was reading from a piece of parchment, "In nomine magni dei nostri Satanas, introibo ad altare Domini Inferi. I summon you to make an offer. The weapon by which its bearer can crush the Darkness forever". Thunder crashed, Valerie looked around, and Rowena, terrified, left to hide behind a door. Suddenly, Lucifer appeared, standing inside the painted warding, "Valerie now!", Dean yelled, and Valerie lit a match and tossed onto the holy fire, entrapping Lucifer, who was smirking, looking at Sam, who was also terrified. Valerie stepped to Sams side, a little in front of him as if she was subconsciously protecting him.
"Im sorry, your prayer sort of implied that I would be joining the team", Lucifer said, "but im just feeling the warm and fuzzy", he noticed the Horn, "ah! there it is, powered up by dad himself. Well that plus me ought to take her out all right", suddenly, Dean cut his hand and pressed it against a spell etched on the wall, and Lucifer started to shake as Castiel woke inside of him.
"Cas! Castiel, show yourself!", Dean said
"Dean? What are you doing here? What's going on?", Castiel said
"Cas listen, we don't have a lot of time. You gotta-", before Dean could finish his sentence, Lucifer regained control.
"Whoo! You almost had me there for a second", Lucifer said
"Cas listen to me, you have to expel him", Dean said, trying to break through to Castiel.
"Oh please, Dean. He said yes to me, he's quite happy with the arrangement, I think", Lucifer said in a mocking tone
"Cas!", Dean yelled, desperate
"Cas!", Lucifer mocked
"Hand over the weapon, huh? Or we can just wait for the warding to fail and i'll take it myself"
"Bloody hell", Crowley said, and before anyone could do anything, he smoked out of his meatsuit and entered Castiel
"Damn", Valerie muttered under her breath.
"You know, he's been gone for quite a while now", Valerie said, looking at Sam and Dean, "I mean, what do you think is going on?"
"I don't know. I mean you said it yourself, Cas wanted this, maybe he doesn't want to expel Lucifer", Dean said
"Can't you people do anything right? Look! The warding is starting fail, we're losing time!", Rowena interjected
"Come on, Cas", Dean said quietly.
Suddenly they heard a sizzling noise, turning to Crowley's meatsuit, Valerie saw words burned into the forehead; HELP ME. Sam grabbed a cross and started reciting words from his memory "Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas", he chanted, he continued while Valerie walked over to Crowley's vessel. Suddenly, red smoke emerged from Castiel and went back into Crowley's vessel, who sat up and gasped.
"Crowley", Valerie said
"Lucifers hold on him is to strong", Crowley said, looking uo at Valerie.
"Guys!", Rowena called, "the fire!"
"You know, I could have been your warrior", lucifer said, "well, it's just like Crowley to leave right as the party is getting started. Have a seat", and with a motion of his hand, Valerie, Sam and Dean were forced to sit.
"As much as I enjoy playing with you two, every relationship has run its course… So…", he once again motioned with his hand, and Valerie, Sam and Dean started choking. suddenly, there's an explosion, and Lucifer turns to see Amara enter
"Oh Lucifer, my dear nephew. I think you and I need to have ourselves a nice, long chat", Amara said, she cupped Lucifer's face in her hand, and they disappeared
"Cas?", Dean yelled as they vanished.
Sam, Dean and Valerie were sitting in the map room, Dean and Sam drinking beer, Valerie having a glass of water in her hands.
"So Rowena and Crowley… Like mother like son, huh? They both bolted the split second things started to go south", Sam said
"Yeah", Valerie scoffed
"Hey, speaking of Rowena, how do you know her?", Dean asked turning to face Valerie
"Well, we met during world war 1, we were sort of friends, I guess. Anyways, she ended up betraying me and everyone we were with, I don't wanna get into details though"
"Oh"
"So, we are back to square one", Sam said
"Yup", Valerie said, taking a sip of her water
"Well… let's go find that idiot and bring him home", Dean said.
Authors note: Jesus friggin Christ this chapter is long! The exact word count is 2521 words (that's the longest to date!) I can't promise that i'll ever write a chapter this long again, cuz it was friggin hard, and it took me, like a million years to do it. So I really hope you enjoy it! Also, Im still trying to figure out how to use this website, so Im sorry if anything regarding the layout changes from chapter to chapter, Im just trying to figure things out:) Until next time:)
