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To say that the atmosphere in Magnus' home was tense would be an understatement. What with everyone, including the Winchesters in varying states of worry and concern over the injured ginger that was currently being tended to by the warlock himself and Dorothea. Luke and Jocelyn were sitting on the sofa, the former with his arm around the latter. Grace was on her feet, fiddling with her fingers, eyes fixed on the door. Maia's gaze kept flitting between her soulmate and the door. Dean was busy pacing as he just couldn't sit still while his brother stayed put in an armchair, his hands clenching and unclenching repeatedly as they rested on his knees.
Derek was still in his wolf form, he'd refused to turn back as did the other two, Isaac and Cora. Though Magnus' home was the most safest place they could possibly be, all three werewolves felt that they had to stay on high alert. And being in their wolf forms meant that they were ready to protect the others should they be attacked by other hunters in retaliation for what they did to get Clary back.
Zoe was sitting on the floor leaning against the reddish brown wolf form of Cora. The she wolf sat there supporting the young warlock while her senses remained highly alert for any sign of danger. When the door to one of the spare rooms opened and Magnus stepped out with Dorothea, everyone stood up, eager to hear the verdict. "Clary is fine", he said and everyone breathed a sigh of relief "she's awake and she's asking for Sam and Dean". That had Sam on his feet and moving toward the doorway Magnus was standing in, Dean following.
Inside the room, Clary was sitting up in bed, several pillows behind her back keeping her propped up. "Hey guys", she said trying to sound chipper but they both could hear the tiredness in her voice. The brothers went over to the bed, both sitting on either side of the ginger.
"Magnus said that you asked for us", Dean said.
"I did", Clary confirmed "I just wanted to thank you both for helping my family rescue me. And to say…'I'm sorry'".
"Sorry for what?" Sam questioned.
"For not telling you about my family", Clary said "but they're not bad", she quickly added "Yes, they may have killed some people but that was only in self-defence. Those humans were hunting the wolves. They'd never hurt an innocent. I swear!"
The younger Winchester placed a hand over hers as she was getting worked up in defence of her family. "There's no need to be sorry", he said gently "and we know your family isn't bad. They're the exception to any other supernatural creatures we've met".
"He's right", Dean agreed "they may be werewolves and warlocks but they aren't monsters. They're the complete opposite" he touched her shoulder "if other hunters come snooping around wanting to harm them, we'll make sure to set them straight".
"You'd do that?" Clary asked, hope in her eyes.
Dean nodded "of course we would", he replied.
"Thank you", the young woman said sniffling slightly. Before the brothers knew it, their soulmate had started to cry.
"Hey, whats wrong?" Dean asked as Sam rubbed her back. Clary didn't say anything, she just shook her head, tears rolling down her cheeks. The brothers exchanged looks figuring that she was emotionally wrecked by what she'd just been through and quite rightly so. Anyone would be a mess after being tortured like that. The older carefully put an arm around her and the ginger shifted slightly, burying her head into his neck. Her free hand reached out for Sam, who took it and moved closer to her. Trio stayed like that until Clary had no more tears to shed.
"Would you guys mind staying here tonight?" the ginger asked quietly. She didn't particularly want them to leave, not after what happened hours ago.
"Yeah, we can stay", Dean answered. To be honest if she hadn't asked for them to stay, he would've told her that they'd spend the night. He didn't know about his brother but personally, he was loathed to have her out of his sight.
There was a soft knock at the door "come in", Clary called. The door opened and Zoe entered "hey sweetie", the ginger said patting the bed so that the youngster knew she could sit with her. The brothers moved away so that Zoe could hop up next to Clary. The young woman winced as the little warlock settled down against her side.
"You ok, Clary?" Zoe asked looking up at her "you still hurt?"
"I'm fine sweetie, just a little tender", Clary assured her which was enough to make Zoe relax. Sam and Dean decided to leave the pair to it even though they were highly tempted to stay.
"I like Sam and Dean", the brothers heard Zoe say as Sam pulled the door closed.
"I like them too, very much", Clary agreed.
"Is one of them your soulmate?" Zoe asked, curious. She saw the way they were all sitting together on the bed when she entered and it was clear to her that one of them was Clary's soulmate.
"I'd love to tell you but I can't", Clary said "unless…you're very good a keeping secrets".
"I'm the best at keeping secrets!" Zoe proclaimed.
"You pinkie swear?" Clary asked holding out her little finger. Zoe immediately hooked her finger around the gingers.
"I pinkie swear", she said as seriously as possible.
"Alright", Clary said "they're both my soulmates".
Zoe stared up at her eyes wide "are you serious? Both? How is that even possible?" she asked.
"Yes, I'm very serious", Clary replied "and I have no clue how its possible. But they both have the same soul mark that I do" the ginger sighed and shifted slightly "Honestly, I don't even know how this is going to work".
"You're smart Clary, you'll figure it out", Zoe assured her. Clary smiled at her little cousin.
"Thanks sweetie", she said ruffling her hair.
"You wanna see a cool trick?" Zoe asked.
"Sure", Clary replied. The young warlock waved her hands, her eyes turning electric blue as she released magic into the air, creating a flurry of colourful butterflies. "That's amazing Zoe!" the young woman exclaimed.
"You really like it?" Zoe questioned, her eyes shining with happiness.
Clary gave her a gentle squeeze "I love it", she confirmed "it's just what I needed after the last few hours…" she yawned, barely able to suppress it.
"I should go, let you get some sleep", Zoe said. She kissed her cheek "Goodnight Clary", she said.
"Night sweetie", Clary said back, yawning once again. The ten year old slid off the bed and padded out of the room, casting one last glance back at the ginger who was starting to doze off.
"I wouldn't go back in there guys", Zoe said to the brothers "she's very tired". Sam and Dean both nodded in understanding.
About an hour or so later everyone else was heading off to bed too. Magnus had offered the Winchesters one of his many spare rooms but they'd declined, opting to stay in the living room. If they couldn't be in the room with their soulmate, then they wanted to be as close as possible.
The pair had only been asleep for a short while when they were awoken by a scream. Immediately they were on their feet and in Clary's room. The ginger was tossing and turning, whimpering and mumbling inaudibly. She was having a nightmare. "Clary. Clary wake up", Dean said gently shaking her shoulder.
"Clary you're having a nightmare", Sam added. A split second later, she awoke with a gasp.
"Sam…Dean", Clary whispered, looked at her soulmates before she burst into tears. The pair sat down either side and put their arms around their sobbing soulmate. As they held her, Clary tried to tell them about the nightmare but she was crying too hard that they couldn't quite catch everything she was saying. Though they did understand the gist of it from the little they did manage to hear. The nightmare was about Kate and Jack hurting her.
"Its ok", Sam said softly "you're safe now".
"He's right", Dean agreed "and nothing like that will ever happen to you ever again".
"You promise?" Clary sniffled.
"I promise", Dean swore.
"Me too", Sam added.
The ginger cracked a smile "Thank you, both of you", she said wiping her eyes "can you guys stay in here?" she requested "I don't want to be alone".
"Sure", Sam said "We'll just get our stuff".
Clary shook her head "no, I meant in the bed", she corrected.
"If that's what you want", Dean said exchanging a look with his brother.
"Please. I just…need you close", the ginger admitted quietly.
"Ok", Dean said. He and Sam slid under the covers, laying either side of their soulmate. Now that she had both brothers with her, Clary felt safe enough to fall back to sleep. Sam and Dean followed soon after.
A couple of days later…
Dean sat on the bed, legs outstretched, arm around a slumbering Clary. The TV was playing an old western with the volume down low as to not disturb the ginger. But Dean wasn't really watching it, he was playing more attention to his soulmate. She'd been mostly sleeping these past few days to allow her body to heal from the torture that had been inflicted on her by Kate and Jack.
Sam sat in a chair close to the bed, laptop balanced on his legs. Despite the fact that they were reluctant to leave their soulmate, they still had a job to do. "Anything?" Dean asked.
"There's a man in Colorado, local man named Daniel Elkins, was found mauled in his home", Sam explained.
"Elkins?" Dean repeated "I know that name".
"Doesn't ring a bell", Sam said.
"Elkins...Elkins...Elkins", Dean muttered under his breath, brow furrowed as he tried to think of where he knew name from.
"Sounds like the police don't know what to think", Sam remarked, scanning the webpage "At first they said it was some sort of bear attack and now, they've found some signs of robbery" he looked up at his brother "could be our kind of gig".
"Maybe", Dean agreed "hey, pass me dad's journal". Sam held it out to him and Dean took it, taking care not to jostle Clary. He flicked through the pages until he came across what he was looking for. "Check it out", he said, showing Sam the page
D Elkins 970-555-0158
"You think it's the same Elkins?" Sam asked.
"It's a Colorado area code", Dean pointed out "so yeah, it's a high possibility".
"You think we should tell…" Sam nodded to their soulmate.
"Yes", Dean said and proceeded to gently shake the ginger awake "Clary…Clary", he softly called.
"5 more minutes", Clary sleepily mumbled snuggling into his side more. Sam shook his head, highly amused as was Dean.
"Sweetheart, you need to wake up. We caught a case", the older Winchester said quietly. That made Clary stir.
"What's the case?" she asked looking blearily up at him.
"Some guy in Colorado was mauled in his home", Dean replied.
"And I'm guessing you want me to stay here while you two check it out", Clary stated sitting up, shifting away from Dean.
"We don't want you to get hurt again", Sam told her.
"I know. Still sucks though", Clary admitted.
"I doubt we'll be gone long", Dean said "few days tops".
"He's right, we'll be back before you know it", Sam assured her with a smile "and we'll call/text/email so often you'll get sick of it".
"Impossible", Clary said "I'd never get sick of it". She held out her hand to Sam who took it. Clary tugged him toward the bed and he sat down. "Promise me you'll be careful", the ginger said "both of you".
"We will", Sam promised.
"Yeah, absolutely", Dean vowed.
Several days passed since the Winchesters had left on their case and they still hadn't come back. Though Clary was ok with it as the brothers had explained in their many messages that they'd been reunited with their dad and were going on cases with him.
Then suddenly while she was making a cup of tea for herself, Clary felt her soul mark burn with a white hot pain as if someone had stuck a burning poker onto it. The mug slid from her hand, crashing onto the floor, the ginger following suit as she screamed in agony.
"Clary!" Jocelyn cried rushing into the room "sweetie, what happened!"
"My mark!" Clary exclaimed, tears running down her face "it kills!"
"What's going on? I heard screams", Luke said coming in.
"It's her soul mark. Its really hurting her", Jocelyn said.
"Well, we gotta get her off the floor", Luke said and gingerly picked her up "I'm really sorry kiddo", he said when she whimpered, hating the fact the moving her was causing her even more pain but like he said, she couldn't stay on the floor.
"I'll call Magnus, see if he can lessen the pain", Jocelyn said rushing out of the door. Luke carried Clary to the sofa and laid her down on it.
"They must be seriously injured. Never hurt this bad last time", Clary sobbed into the cushion.
"They?" Luke asked, confused.
"I have two soulmates", the ginger confessed.
"What?" the werewolf questioned, even more confused "that's…"
"Impossible, I know and yet it happened", Clary cut in "Sam and Dean", she added with a mumble, her eyes starting to close.
"Sam and Dean Winchester", Luke repeated. Honestly, he should've seen it coming. Not the two soulmates thing but the fact that the brothers were her soulmates. They certainly cared for his step-daughter that was for sure. And they were certainly willing to do anything for Clary, even go as far as working with his werewolves to rescue her when she was taken. Despite them being hunters. You'd think that would go against everything they stood for but not Sam and Dean. They were definitely the perfect soulmates for his little girl.
"Yeah, them", Clary confirmed before she passed out.
"Right, I called Magnus and…" Jocelyn trailed off when she saw Clary unconscious on the sofa.
"She's just passed out", Luke told her.
"I don't like seeing her like this but I suppose it's better than her screaming in pain", Jocelyn said stroking her daughter's hair. Luke opened his mouth to agree when a portal appeared a foot away and Magnus stepped out.
"I came as soon as I could", the Warlock said "I see she's resting now".
"More like passed out", Luke corrected "and she said something before that happened".
"What?" Jocelyn asked.
"Clary admitted that she's got two soulmates", Luke replied.
Looks of surprise appeared on Jocelyn's face. "That's impossible", the ginger haired woman stated.
"Incredibly rare, yes. Impossible, no", Magnus corrected.
"What causes someone to have two soulmates?" Luke questioned.
"I'm afraid to say that I'm still trying to figure that out", Magnus confessed "without much luck. But back to the matter at hand". He went over to his goddaughter/niece and checked her soul mark. The skin around it was angry red and it was really hot to the touch. "Her mates must be very seriously hurt", he commented. His eyes became yellow and cat like as he started to chant a healing spell. After a while, he stopped. "This'll help for the moment but we need to get her to her soulmates", the Warlock stated "Do we know where they are now?"
"I'm afraid not", Jocelyn replied, regretfully.
"What about using Clary's connection to the Winchesters to track them?" Luke suggested.
"That could work", Magnus agreed. He turned back to the ginger and held out his hand over her soul mark. He chanted a second spell over it. The Warlock looked up at Luke and Jocelyn "I know where they are. Sioux Falls General Hospital", he said.