Cas sat in the driver's seat while Mary and Lucifer are at the back. For a while it was silent. Then the Devil grew bored. A bored Devil is not a good Devil.
At first Lucifer hummed a few tunes. Then the humming turned into singing. He sang Stairway to Heaven, Highway to Hell and A Bat out of Hell.
Mary buried her head in her hands she felt a headache coming on. Cas kept his focus on the road. The more songs Lucifer belted out the more annoyed Cas got.
Lucifer stops and looks at both of them with a frown.
"Nope not feeling it okay well how about..."
"NO!" Cas and Mary both yelled at the same time.
"No? Why?"
"It's annoying." Cas answered.
Lucifer gave his brother a 'really look'.
"You didn't think that when I used to sing upstairs." Cas sighs heavily. He wasn't sure how to respond to that. "How about Hey Jude?" Lucifer raises his eyebrow at the huntress. "Isn't that one of your favorites blondie?"
"No." Mary answered.
"You sure?" Lucifer grins. "I thought you used to sing that to your boys."
Mary didn't answer him.
"How about a duet? You and me." His grin widens. "I'll let you sing the first verse."
"No." Mary shakes her head. "No more singing okay?"
Lucifer sighs.
"Fine." He turns his head and stares out of the window. After a few minutes Lucifer spoke up again. "Eye spy with my little eye something beginning with...L."
"You." Mary sighed.
"You? That begins with a Y."
Mary rolls her eyes when she saw a smirk form on his lips.
" Lucifer please. " Cas says.
"Ah Cassie you got it right!" Lucifer grinned. "It is indeed Lucifer." He looks at Mary. "How did you not get that?"
Mary didn't bother to answer.
Suddenly the phone rings Cas pulls his phone out while keeping his focus on the road. He then presses the button.
"Sam?"
"Cas I just got a call."
Cas puts the phone on speaker so everyone can hear.
"From who?"
"From Jo."
Cas tensed up at the mention of his sister.
"What does she want?"
"She was attacked by one of Michael's monsters."
"What! Where is she now? Is she okay?"
"She's staying at a motel we're going there now."
"Okay." Cas nods. "I'll see you there."
The call ends and Cas puts his phone back in his pocket.
"Something happened to Jo?" Lucifer frowned.
"You mean Anael. Yes."
"Is she okay?"
"I don't know." Cas sighs. "I guess we'll know when we get there."
Lucifer leans back in his seat. Mary was surprised to see how serious the Devil has suddenly become.
Eventually everyone saw the sign of the motel. Sam is the first to pull in with Cas following behind. Sam sees Jo coming out of the room.
"You sure this a good idea?" Dean says. "This could be a trap."
Sam puts his blade in his pocket.
"Just in case." He says.
"I don't like this." Dean shakes his head. "This is Jo Lucifer's girl what if she is helping Lucifer."
"I don't think so. Dean Jo did help us when you were um..."
"When Michael took me for a ride?"
"Uh yeah." Sam cringed. "She gave us information. She gave us a lead! Dean...We were met with so many dead ends and false leads Jo...She gave the first real lead we had in weeks and..." He smiles. "We found you."
"I wouldn't give her too much credit." Dean says. "Michael obviously knew you were coming so he left me the moment you guys arrived." He leans back in his seat and sighs. "It all turned out to be part of his plan anyway."
Sam eyes his brother up and down.
"Anything from Michael?"
"Not since Maddie got his hands on him. I would call it a win but this is Michael we're talking about I'm not getting my hopes up."
"We'll find a way." Sam assured him. He opens the car door. "I would let you come with me but..."
"I get it." Dean shakes the cuffs. "We gotta be careful."
"Dean one last thing try not give Jo a hard time she may not be the most trustworthy person but she is useful when she wants to be."
Dean sighs.
"Fine."
Sam goes out of the car and closes the door behind him.
At the same time Cas gets out his own car and he rushes over to his sister.
"Anael."
Anael turns to him and nods.
"Castiel."
Cas slows down and looks his sister over.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." She then raises her eyebrow. "Oh! I see she's back."
Mary walks over and joins Castiel's side.
"So you're Jo." Mary says.
"You're Sam and Dean's mother." Anael smiled. "I heard about your adventures. Michael's world, the Empty I must say you do get around."
"Shame I didn't get a tan." Mary said sarcastically.
Anael chuckled at that.
"So? Did you find the kid?"
"No." Cas answers.
Anael frowns and looks at the huntress.
"Then how did you get out?"
"It let us go." A new voice replied.
Anael paled when she heard the familiar voice.
Lucifer strolls over with a big grin on his face.
"Hey Jo."
Anael shakes her head.
"No."
The angel turns round when she heard Sam coming towards them. Her eyes widen when she saw the older Winchester in the car.
Lucifer...Michael.
Anael grips her bag tight.
Screw this!
"He's in there." Anael points in the motel room. "He's been out cold for a while now but he should be okay when he wakes up hopefully you will get the answers you need. Now if you excuse." She forced a smile. "I got to go."
"Where are you planning on going?" Cas says. "Anael you're a target now..."
"I can take care of myself." She gestures to herself. "As you can see I'm still standing."
"Jo." Sam sighs. "Cas is right you are a target now. The werewolves more of them could come back you might have been lucky this time round but next time..." He shakes his head. "I think it's best if you come back with us that way we can protect you and see why the werewolves were targeting you in the first place."
Anael stared at him for several moments. Then she chuckled soon the chuckling turned into laughter.
"How is this funny?" Cas frowned.
"How is this funny? Castiel it's hilarious." Anael says. "You seriously think I would be safe with you. I mean hello! Lucifer is back." Her eyes go on the Impala. "And Michael. You do remember these two once tried to destroy the world?
"Michael is on lockdown." Sam says. "Dean is in control...He's wearing cuffs."
"That is supposed to make me feel so much better." Anael said sarcastically.
"Jo." Lucifer says. "We can talk about this."
"We? There is no we there is no us! Me and you those days are over."
"Look." Lucifer raises his hands. "It was all a misunderstanding."
"Right so attempting to kill me was a misunderstanding huh?"
"I didn't mean for it to go that far. But in my defensive you were the one who started it."
Anael snorted with disbelief.
"I started it? Umm excuse me I wasn't the one who lied to the angels. I done nothing wrong. I gave you a chance and you blew it. That's on you."
"So what do you want? An apology? You want me to say sorry?"
"I don't want your apology. Why bother apologizing when you will only go and do it again. You are the Devil, Father of Lies that will never change, you will never change."
Castiel grips his blade and looks at his siblings with a tense expression. Sam and Mary both stood with anxious expressions. Dean wanted to get out of the car he didn't like where this was going and he especially didn't like that his mom and brother are in the middle of it. As Dean goes to find a way to remove the cuffs Lucifer lowers his head and says.
"I know." Everyone looked at him with surprise. Lucifer looks up. "You're right I will probably screw up again. It seems that's all I'm ever good at." He then sighs. "It's like a cycle I just can't get out of. Then...It is not all my fault you guys are to blame as well. You guys won't give me a chance. I am here to help my son but you guys can't seem to accept that you always think I'm up to something you always think there is catch you always think I'm going to betray you. In the other world I chose to stay and fight Michael just so you guys can get through the rift what did I get in return." He looks at Sam. "You left me with HIM." He glares at Dean as he said it. "Because of what you did Sam Michael got through if you let me come with you that day maybe just maybe we wouldn't be in this mess."
"So you are saying this is my fault?" Sam glared .
"What I'm saying is you can't put the whole blame on me." Lucifer shakes his head. "We all screwed up whether you like to admit it or not. Right now I just want to do this one good thing. I wanna help Jack. I don't expect us to be best friends but can we just put all this crap behind us and focus on the present? Is that too much to ask?"
"He's right." Mary nods. "All this fighting it has to stop. Jack needs us. Let's just put our differences to the side and work together. Okay?"
Sam sighs and nods. Deep down he knew his mom is right. Cas also nods.
And you." Mary looks at Anael. "If you don't want our help that's fine but if the werewolves come after you again don't even think about calling us we have other important matters to deal with. It's your choice." Mary then turns to Sam. "Lets get the werewolf."
Sam nods and follows his mom inside the room.
"Wow." Anael says. "That was unexpected."
"Mary does make a good point." Cas says.
"You trust the Winchesters?" Anael raises her eyebrow. "With your life?"
"I do." Cas nods. "Anael they will protect you I promise."
Anael thought about it for a few moments. She then sighs.
"Okay. I'll admit I am curious if this is Michael's doing I will seriously tell him to fuck off." She then smiles. "Is the offer still available?"
"Offer?" Cas frowned.
"You offered to give me a ride."
Cas smiles.
"Yes I did. Last time I asked you...You turned me down."
"Well...I can't exactly call a cab this time."
"True."
"I guess I'm driving shot-gun." Anael smirked.
"Hop on board the angel mobile sis." Lucifer grinned. "There's room for everyone."
Anael didn't look at Lucifer as he said that. She instead turns away and walks towards Castiel's car. Lucifer sighs.
"And she's still pissed at me."
"You can't expect her to forgive you just like that." Cas replied.
"I know but now the journey is going to be even more awkward." Lucifer groaned.
Mary and Sam place the werewolf in the trunk. Sam shuts the trunk and sighs heavily.
"You okay?" Mary asks.
"Yeah." Sam nods. "Yeah I'm fine."
"And Dean?"
"Getting on to that now."
Sam goes and opens the car door. He lets out a scowl when he saw Dean's wrists full of scratches and cuts.
"You tried to escape?"
"Can you not blame me? When I saw Ariel over there having a meltdown I thought a damm war was gonna happen. You really think I would sit here while you and mom are in the middle of a celestial fight?"
"No but nothing happened I'm okay mom is okay Cas is okay we're all okay."
Dean nods and looks out of the window.
"So she's coming with us?"
Sam looks up and sees Anael waiting by the car.
"Seems like it."
Dean rolls his eyes at that.
Mary leans through the window.
"Everything okay?"
Sam nods.
"Yeah." He slides into the driver's seat. "We're all good here. You sure you don't wanna join us?"
"And leave them on their own." Mary shakes her head. "Sorry guys but someone needs to be there to stop them from killing each other."
"They act like kids." Dean says.
Mary smiles and her eyes sparkle with amusement.
"See you at the bunker."
"See ya."
The huntress waves then walks over to the angels.
"Werewolf is in the trunk. We're ready to go?"
"Yes." Cas answered.
Anael and Cas get into the front while Mary and Lucifer go into the back.
"So." Lucifer raises his eyebrow. "Wanna do another round of eye spy?"
"NO!"