NicoleR85: it'll be interesting, that's for sure
MadWomanWithABlueBox: (chapter 5) no, I suppose you don't want live with them too long. Especially in this story.
Crowley was the first one to wake the next morning. He smiled down at Tessa, brushing some of her hair from her face. Last night was the closest he would get to heaven. "Morning", he greeted when she finally stirred.
"Hm…morning", Tessa hummed, shifting closer to him. There was a knock at the door and the blonde groaned, burying her head in his chest "tell them to piss off", she mumbled and Crowley chuckled.
"I will", he promised and slid out of bed, pulling on some pyjama bottoms as he did so "this had better be important", he grumbled. His demons knew not to bother them when they were together so this had to be something that couldn't wait until they were properly up and about. "What?" he snapped.
"I'm sorry sir but there was a young lady who was pretty insistent in seeing Miss Nightingale", the demon said apologetically "said she had something important to say".
"Is the young lady still here?" Crowley asked.
The demon shook his head "no. When I told her that she would be able to see Miss Nightingale, she just gave me the message to pass on and left", he explained.
"And…?" Crowley gestured for him to relay the words that he was told.
"'The Michael sword is on Earth. The angels lost it. It's in a hill made of 42 dogs'" the demon recited.
"Thank you. Now, do not disturb us again", Crowley ordered.
"Yes sir", the demon said and left. Crowley shut the door, turned to the bed only to find that Ghost had snuck into the bedroom and was curled up with Tessa. He sighed. So much for a quiet, relaxing morning he thought as he made his way to the bed. He had been hoping for a few hours of cuddles and maybe…just maybe a round two and three. But no. He was blocked by the dog. As he got into bed, he could've sworn the Hellhound pup gave him this look that pretty much said 'na, nana na nana'. The demon just glared at Ghost.
"I'll get you back later", he vowed and dog just ignored him.
"Tony? Are you challenging the dog?" Tessa asked, amused.
"No, of course not", Crowley replied quickly and she just raised a brow at him, not believing him.
"So what did that demon have to say?" the blonde questioned.
"Oh, nothing important. Just letting me know about some souls that need collecting soon", Crowley lied.
Tessa sighed "I know that's your job but I wish you didn't have to send souls to hell", she said.
"Me too", Crowley admitted. He wasn't too thrilled with his standing in Hell, he would much rather be the demon rebel he was back in his own world. However, at least he was a Crossroads Demon so he garnered more respect than a normal demon.
Tessa sighed as Ghost tugged on her trouser leg for the 6th time "I can't play right now, I'm busy", she said, gently pushing him away with her foot. She had been trying to revitalise her Stargazer Lilies as they were looking a bit poorly but it was being proven difficult when she had a somewhat lively pup bothering her. Ghost raised his paw to 'bug' her again when he turned around, growling at the angel who'd appeared. Tessa glanced at the new comer and groaned "seriously? Why can't you celestial asshats leave me alone?" she complained.
"Tessa I…" Castiel started.
"Save it", the blonde snapped "I don't want an apology off of you. You bastards lied to me. That demonic bitch killed me in order to let Lucifer free. And by some miracle I've been brought back to life. So I'm going to have a normal (ish) life with my dog, my plants and Crowley until such time I'm reunited with the love of my life…after that…well, I guess we'll have to see. Sadly, none of that involves you or those other feathered douchebags. Good day Castiel". She turned back to her flowers, continuing her work until the angel spoke again.
"Tessa you cannot have this 'normal' life that you want, not without stopping Lucifer"
"I'm not helping you guys do that. You manipulated me once. You're not doing it a second time", Tessa said angrily.
"I know you won't believe this but I didn't know the prophecy was a fake", Castiel admitted.
Tessa scoffed "no, you're right, I don't believe you", she said.
"I can prove it", the angel insisted, showing her a piece of parchment "this is the real prophecy". The blonde took it from him and started to read aloud.
Their fates intertwined
The snake and the nightingale
She of four and the deceptive original
But light and dark,
Screech Owl and Flycatcher
With their blood intermingled
The father of lies
The lord of flies
The last seal is broken
And Lucifer returns
And declares the world is mine
When she finished, she looked up at Castiel who was watching he expectantly while Ghost still continued to growl and him. The Hellhound pup wasn't going to make a move though unless Tessa asked him to or if the angel became a threat. "Who knew about this?" she whispered, anger beginning to bubble up inside of her.
"I don't know how many of my brothers and sisters know for sure", Castiel admitted "though Uriel…" Tessa's hands tightened around the parchment "and Zachariah".
"Where are these bastards now?" the blonde demanded. She was going the rip them apart!
"Uriel isn't the concern right now", Castiel replied "Zachariah is" he held out his hand "I can take you to where he is right now", he offered. Tessa set the parchment down and took his hand. The pair disappeared.
"I'm telling you this now, I am not holding back", Tessa stated to Castiel as they appeared at their destination. Some random storage facility. "So don't even try to stop me".
"I won't", the angel promised.
"Good" Tessa removed her necklace and rolled her shoulders "lets kick some angel ass", she declared and strolled into the building.
It didn't take them very long to find who they were looking for since they could hear Dean shouting. Castiel made quick work of the nearest angel, using his blade to kill him. While he dealt with the other, Tessa casually strolled towards Zachariah who was staring at her wide eyed. So was Dean. Sam couldn't really on the account that he was too busy struggling to breath since the angel had taken his lungs.
"Y-you were destined to die!" the angel exclaimed "it was written!"
"What can I say? I flunked the written", Tessa said with a somewhat cheeky smile. It was quickly replaced with an I-want-to-kill-you look making the angel even more afraid. "You…manipulative piece of shit", she growled, grabbing him by the shirt and shoving him into the wall "do you have any idea what it was like to slowly bleed out while Lilith prances around rubbing the truth in me face!" she punched him, hard enough to break her hand. But she didn't care, she was too lost in her fury. "All I wanted was to have a nice, quiet life with my boyfriend, raising our child together. But no", her hands started to heat up "Instead I'm ripped from that world and thrown into this hell hole all to prevent Lucifer from rising. And for a moment I was happy to accept it. Then I lost my baby, flames erupted from her fingers, crawling over her hands, burning the angel's shirt a little "To make it all worse, I found out that the 'key' that I'm supposed to be is utter bullshit!"
She was about to burn the angel alive when she was interrupted by Dean choking out her name "T-Tess…"
The blonde glanced at him, seeing that he really didn't look so good. Her eyes went to Sam who appeared to be the same if not worse. Tessa brought her gaze back to Zachariah "you fix those boys and get the hell out of my sight", she ordered, letting him go. The angel wasted no time doing exactly as she said. Tessa let out a shaky breath, putting her necklace back on.
"Tessa", Dean said again "you were dead".
"And now I'm not", she said "call it whatever you will but I'm gonna take this second chance and give Lucifer more than what he bargained for". She was originally content to stay out of the way, let anyone else…aka the Winchesters sort out this mess. But now she had seen the real prophecy, there was no way she was allowing the King of Hell to bring about the end of the world.
"Where the hell did you go!" were the first words Crowley said to Tessa when she came back "I told you not to go anywhere without me. It isn't safe".
"I can take care of myself Tony", Tessa shot back "besides this was something I had to do".
"What did you have to do?" he demanded "and why does it stink of angel in here?"
"One, I had to give the bastard Zachariah a piece of my mind and two, Castiel showed up. He told me that he had no idea the prophecy was faked. He then showed me the real one", the blonde argued "he says some of the angels knew about it and I know Lilith was aware", she took a step closer "but where you? Did you know I was going to die?"
"No!" Crowley exclaimed, his heart constricting at the thought she believed he would want any harm to come to her "I didn't know. I'd never want any harm to come to you! Never!" he took her hands "Tessa", he added in a softer tone "I care about you so much. You are everything to me".
Tessa's lip quivered and she burst into tears. "I'm sorry", she sobbed as the demon drew her into his arms. She shouldn't have accused him of being aware of the faux prophecy. She was just so angry over learning the truth.
"Its ok", Crowley said, softly "its ok".
Anthony sat at the bar, but this time he was more anxious. Though it had only been a few days since he had learned that his love was safe, his contentment to find out where she was 'eventually' had rapidly dwindled into being eager to find her now. "I wished Tessa had stayed", he heard a man say, making him perk up. He scanned the crowd to find the source; two men sitting at a booth, one with sandy blonde hair and the other with dark brown. Without even realising it, the demon's feet were moving toward the humans. "We could really use her mad awesome powers"
"Excuse me?" Anthony spoke up, gaining their attention "This Tessa you're talking about…is it Tessa Nightingale?"
"Depends", Dean replied, wary of the newcomer. After the incident at the lockup, they'd kinda patched up their friendship so he was going to be a bit protective of her "Who wants to know?"
"How about the father of her child?" Anthony shot back making the brothers exchange looks.
"You're Anthony", Sam stated "Tessa said you and her friend was here".
"That I am. Now do you know where she and my baby is?" Anthony questioned "the angel in the trench coat didn't exactly say".
"We…uh…don't know where they are at the moment in time", Sam replied, a little nervously which the demon picked up on, making him frown "but they're safe, I promise".
"What aren't you telling me?" the ginger demanded "and don't lie otherwise I'll something very unpleasant to your friend", he threatened, nodding to Dean.
"Tessa IS safe as far as we know", Sam admitted "but…"
"She lost the baby, I'm sorry", Dean confessed. Anthony felt like the breath had been knocked out of him. He grabbed hold of the edge of the table, gripping it tightly.
"How?" he grit out, doing his best not to lose it there and then.
"Tessa was badly injured and the doctors did everything they could…but they couldn't save your kid", Sam explained quietly. The demon let go of the table and stormed out of the bar, his entire frame trembling with fury. He let out an angry shout, slamming his fist into the brick wall.
"CASTIEL!" he hollered into the night "GET DOWN HERE!"
There was a flap of wings and the angel appeared. Before he could say a word, Anthony shoved him against the wall, hard enough to leave a dent. "You're upset", Castiel stated.
"A bloody understatement", Anthony growled "I want you to take me to were Tessa is, now".
"I told you she was safe", the angel said calmy.
"Safe…" the demon repeated "SAFE?! How can she be safe if she got hurt enough to lose our baby! How does that make her safe! So I'm going to tell you one more time before I really lose it…take me to her".
Castiel sighed "alright", he agreed, somewhat reluctantly. Anthony released him and the angel grasped his arm, making them both vanish.
Tessa lazily stirred the spoon in her mug, her thoughts drifting. "Tessa?" she heard someone call. She gasped, nearly dropping her mug. She knew that voice.
"Anthony", she whispered, hastily setting her mug of tea down on the side and racing out of the door "Anthony!"
Anthony's ears perked up when he heard he call back. "Tessa!" he shouted, starting to run, following both the sound and her scent. He stopped when she suddenly appeared, hardly daring to believe his eyes. "Tessa", he breathed, starting towards her. The woman met him half way where he swept her up in a massive hug. "Whats wrong?" he asked as she sniffled.
"Nothing", Tessa replied, quietly, glancing up at him "these are happy tears. I've missed you so much" she stepped back "but I do have to tell you something. Its about our baby".
"I know", Anthony said, surprising the blonde "someone told me".
"Oh…" Tessa said, her voice barely audible.
"It's not your fault", the demon was quick to add "alright? You're not to blame".
"Yeah, ok", Tessa mumbled wishing she'd not mentioned the baby now as it was kinda ruining the reunion. Anthony stroked her cheek.
"It's not your fault", he repeated and kissed her "I love you", he murmured against her lips.
"Love you more", Tessa lightly countered, cracking a small smile.
Anthony smirked at her "now, I know that's not possible and I can prove it", he said and scooped her up, bridal style "Uh…which way?"
Tessa laughed and told him where the bedroom was. She giggled even more when he quietly literally ran while following her directions.