Devil's Bargain Part 2

That night, Sam, Angela, Dean, Castiel, and Grace drove up to Elgin Hall in the Impala. The hunters and Castiel burst through the doors while Grace slept in the car. They all had their angel blades drawn and came face-to-face with Ketch.

Ketch chuckled lightly. "It's only you."

"What the hell are you doing here?" Dean demanded.

"Do you we really have to do all of this again?" Ketch retorted. "Last time we were together I saved your lives and you shot me. Doesn't that make us even?"

"No, I guess not," Angela replied.

"Dean asked you a question," Sam reminded. "What are you doing here?"

"My sources tell me Lucifer's back, he's weak and he's—or was—in this wonderful little slice of Americana," Ketch explained. "I was going to try and kill him. As were you, I assume."

"Okay, who are you working for?" Angela questioned.

"Isn't it possible that I am simply trying to strike a blow for the good of humanity?"

"No," Castiel replied bluntly. "That's not possible."

"Truth be told, taking out Lucifer would be an enormous feather in the cap. My business model is very, um, word of mouth."

"Alright, so if Lucifer isn't here, where is he?" Sam asked.

"Ah, excellent question. I propose we team up," Ketch suggested. "Share intel. Cover more ground. Hmm? Huzzah!"

Castiel reached out and touched Ketch on the forehead, knocking him out.

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Ketch was loaded into the trunk of the Impala and Dean slammed the trunk shut.

"Alright, I say we take dickbag back to the bunker and find out what he knows, put a bullet in him, and burn his bones and flush his ashes," Dean muttered.

"I like that plan." Castiel agreed.

"Hey, check this out," Sam showed a video of Sister Jo on his tablet.

"That's Sister Jo, the faith healer?" Angela raised her brows.

"No, that's not a, she's an angel. Her name is Anael." Castiel informed.

"Alright, so say Lucifer drained her and killed her, where's her body?" Sam asked.

~/~\~

Sam got an alert on his phone as Dean drove. "No way."

"What do you got?" Dean asked.

"So I set an alert up on my phone," Sam started. "It looks like Sister Jo just used her credit card."

"Where?" Castiel leaned forward from his spot in the back seat.

~/~\~

The Impala pulled up outside of the motel where Sister Jo and Lucifer were staying.

"This is it?" Dean asked.

"Yep, last place Jo or someone used her credit card," Sam answered. "Checked in last night."

"Do you think Lucifer is with her?" Castiel asked.

"Or she's dead. One way to find out." Dean muttered.

Angela turned in her seat slightly. "Gracie, stay here, okay? We'll be back. Do you have your coloring book?"

"Yeah." Grace nodded, pulling it out of her little backpack.

~/~\~

The hunters and Castiel stood outside of the motel, and Sam spoke to Sister Jo on the phone.

"Hello?" her voice rang through. "My card? Of course, it's good."

"Yeah, okay," Sam replied. "You know what, our system must be screwy. Do you mind bringing the card back so I can run it again?"

"Okay. Just a minute."

"Sure. I'll be here. That's great. Thank you." Sam hung up. "Well, good news, she's alive."

~/~\~

Sister Jo walked towards the motel office when Castiel stepped out.

"Anael."

"Castiel," she frowned. "What are you doing here?"

"We're going to ask you the same thing," Dean replied as he, Sam, and Angela appeared behind the angel.

"We're looking for Lucifer," Angela started. "Have you seen him? Do you know where he is?"

"Yes, he's in the room."

"Has he hurt you?" Castiel asked concernedly.

"Not yet," Sister Jo answered. "He's threatened. He wants to drain my grace."

"So he's still weak?" Sam raised a brow.

"Very," she nodded. "You have to help me."

"We will," Dean assured. "But first you're going to have to help us."

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Lucifer was lying on the motel bed, reading the Bible. "Dad's been stealing my best lines, man."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and Sister Jo spoke, "Lord Lucifer? Can you let me in? Sorry, I forgot my key."

"Lord Lucifer…" he chuckled as he got up. "I likey," he opened the door. "Booya."

"Morning, sunshine." Dean greeted.

"Sup, Gents? Angie." Lucifer greeted and turned around to see Castiel. "Ah… oh… Cas… You're alive. That's awesome." He muttered sarcastically.

"They made me." Sister Jo swallowed heavily. "They forced me to tell them how weak you still are."

"Well, great seeing you. It's been a long time. Eh, nice jacket there, Dean." Lucifer complimented. "Your hair, Sam, it's magnificent. Is that a leave-in conditioner you have there? And Angie, you're so… pregnant."

"We got this. Go." Sam whispered to Sister Jo.

"So what do we do now? You gonna kill me?" Lucifer asked.

"Mmm, eventually." Dean held up the angel cuffs.

Suddenly, Sister Jo attacked Sam and Angela while Lucifer got the jump on Castiel and Dean.

"We need to go!" Sister Jo told Lucifer.

"I just want to enjoy this for just a minute," Lucifer smirked devilishly. "That's good. That's really good."

Out of nowhere, Ketch showed up at the door with a demon bomb, and Lucifer and Sister Jo vanished.

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"Wait, wait, wait, wait, did you just—

"No, they vanished before it went off," Ketch replied. "But you're welcome."

"Baby, are you okay?" Sam helped her up.

"Yeah," she grunted as another pain shot through her abdomen, this one a little stronger. "Aah!"

Sam's brows furrowed slightly. "Did he hurt you?"

"No," Angela shook her head. "Just another false contraction."

"Baby, I don't know if they're f—

"They have to be," Angela stressed. "I'm… the baby isn't ready to come out."

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Sam helped Dean and Castiel up.

"Congratulations, you just helped Lucifer escape!" Dean glared at Ketch.

"Put another way, I opted out of my own escape and put myself in harm's way to save your lives. Again."

"Alright, alright." Angela sighed. "How did you get out of the trunk?"

"I'm Ketch." He shrugged. "I found the demon bomb in your weapons cache and I thought with Lucifer's weakened state it might make a dent."

"Well, it seems his weakened state may have been greatly exaggerated," Castiel muttered.

"Yeah, exactly, and Jo? What's the deal with her?" Sam scoffed.

"I don't know," Castiel shook his head. "In Heaven she was nothing. She was a low-level functionary."

"Yeah, well, now she's Satan's gal pal," Dean replied. "That's awesome."

"This may once again fall on deaf ears but I shall have another go," Ketch started. "Clearly Lucifer is more dangerous than we thought. I propose we pool resources and go after him together."

"Dude, why would we ever trust you?" Sam crossed his arms.

"Fine, as proof of my sincerity, I shall come clean. I'm working for Asmodeus. Happy?"

"Whoa, what? How is that supposed to make us feel better?" Dean snapped.

"It's not. It's supposed to present an opportunity. If I'm working for him then I can pass information on to you."

"Oh, right. And you would do that for us?" Castiel asked skeptically.

"For everyone. I know you think I'm a monster—

"Because you are." Dean interrupted.

"But even I must draw the line somewhere. And letting Lucifer free upon the Earth? Well, as it turns out, that's my line." Ketch continued. "Not to mention the whole Michael situation. I know you want to kill me. I know you can't forgive me but if you think about it, I'm the lesser of, well, at least three evils. All I ask if that you wait to murder me until after I prove useful. Hmm?"

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Lebanon, Kansas

Dean, Sam, Angela, Castiel, and Donatello sat at the table in the bunker.

"So, Ketch, can we trust him?" Angela asked.

"Not even a little," Dean answered.

"Of course not," Sam agreed. "But we need him. For now."

"Right. And when we don't?" Castiel asked.

Dean cocked his gun and set it down. "Guess."

"Donatello?" Sam asked. "You're doing great. It looks like you made a lot of progress."

"It's like pulling friggin' teeth!" he yelled before he sobered himself up. "I'm… working my way through the ingredients."

"Right. Okay." Sam cleared his throat. "At least we know the spell we need is in there and we have a plan."

Angela shifted uncomfortably. "You know, I think a slight wrench has been thrown into our plan."

Sam's brows furrowed in confusion. "What do you mean, baby?"

"I mean," she took a deep breath and groaned in pain. "My water just broke."

A/N: Hey y'all, I hope you liked this chapter! In the next one will be introduced to the second Baby Winchester! :)

sutton2001: thank you! i'm so glad that you like it!

~Emily