During the drive, Mark's cell phone rang. When he saw that is was the same 'Unavailable' that Henry had been calling from, he growled. After hitting the answer button, Mark screamed into phone, "Where is she?!"

"You know, I'm surprised at you Mark. I didn't think you had it in you. Wait until I get my hands on Jen again. I'm going to make it slow..." Henry teased, a sinister but amused undertone.

"Cut the bullshit Henry, I know you have her!"

"Oh trust me, If I had her, you'd have stumbled across her dead body by now. I do wonder though, who this man is that's with her right now. They looked cozy at the club. I knew she was a slut."

Mark hung up on him.

"What did he say?" Connie asked, having watched him during the whole conversation.

"He's claiming Jen is supposedly with some guy at the club. We're going to check it out, just incase."

"You're not worried it's a trap?"

"I don't give a damn. But you stay in the truck, just incase."

"Oh come on..."

"I'm serious, Connie. Please." Mark pleaded, glancing over to her.

Connie sighed in defeat and nodded, "Fine."

Once they arrived at the club, Mark wasted no time in rushing inside.
Connie did as she was told and remained in the locked up truck.

It was quite a busy night. The club was even more packed than when Jen and Castiel had been there earlier. Mark wasn't even on the dance floor and was already having to kind of push a way through people, apologizing to any he bumped. He had started heading for the bar, to see if maybe the bartender had seen Jen, but halfway there he paused. There were a couple of guys nearby who seemed to be arguing over some event that one of them had witnessed earlier.

Guy 1: "Dude, I'm telling you... this IS what I saw!"
Guy 2: "Shut up. You're just too fucking wasted, man. You're seeing shit."

Mark got a bit closer, hoping to hear them better.

Guy 1: "I'm telling you, someone upstairs was trying to kill someone down here! I saw a hammer fly toward this couple, but the guy stood up and froze it in midair just in time! Voodoo shit, dude, I'm telling you."

The conversation ended there as the second guy broke out in laughter.
"Fuck you." The first guy responded, downing the last of his beer bottle now.

"Excuse me..." Mark spoke up, approaching the men now, "...sorry to butt in, but I'm looking for someone and I think the woman from this couple you mentioned might be her. Did she have longish brunette hair?"

The first guy nodded, "I overheard the man she was with called her Jennifer at one point."

"That's her!" Mark said hopefully, "Did you happen to see where she went?!"

The second guy had settled down and was no longer laughing. He just stood and listened.

"That's the thing... I know this is going to sound crazy," the first guy began, then glanced over to his buddy, "and this asshole here's just gonna' laugh again, but... they vanished.. into like fucking thin air!"

He was certainly right about his buddy.
The laughter came again, even louder than before.

"Oh shut the fuck up." Guy 1 replied.

Mark said no more. He turned and ran from the club.
This was very bad. He didn't like the sound of this guy that Jen's with.

Connie noticed Mark rushing back to the truck,
"Hey, what's up? What happened?"

After starting the engine, Mark looked over to her.
"A guy in there said he saw Jen, but I'm not liking the sound of this guy that's with her. Apparently he stopped a hammer in midair, which is good because at least it means Jen wasn't hurt, but then they vanished. Like magic."

"What? No way..."

"We're heading back, I feel like checking again..."

xxx

Back at Mark's place, Jen and Castiel now sat in the living room talking.

"Jennifer, there's something you should know. When I saw Henry back there, I felt something. A sense. He's not quite himself."

"Has he ever been himself?"
Jen asked, not understanding what Castiel was saying.

"No, what I'm saying is that there's something extra inhuman about him."

She stared over at Castiel, head tilted curiously.

He noticed this and continued, "There's something about him. I think, at some point, he may have made a deal with the darkness."

"What does that even mean...?" She asked, still just as confused.

Castiel's mouth opened again, ready to answer until he suddenly paused and glanced toward the front door, vanishing afterward.

"What the...? Hello?!"
Jen was frustrated now at her angel's sudden unexpected exit and she stood from her seat on the couch, looking around until the sound of the doorknob being unlocked and turned caught her attention.

Mark and Connie stepped in and looked to her, relieved.

"Jen! Thank god!"
Mark shouted and rushed over to embrace her.

"Sorry to worry you."
Jen said softly as she embraced him back.

"What the hell happened? And were you out with someone? This guy at the club told me what he saw-"
Before Mark could finish everything he was going to say, there was that sound of wings flapping and his attention was now drawn to the figure standing behind Jen. Connie's eyes widened too. Castiel had reappeared and was choosing to be visible to them now.

"Hey wait a second... I remember you!" Mark screamed angrily, "It was you who knocked me out!"

Jen held both arms out at her sides, as if she was protecting Castiel, because Mark did look ready to make a move at him, "Mark, listen..."
But her words would now be interrupted by the angel standing behind her, "In all fairness, I think you did deserve it."
Jen shot a glance of disbelief back at him.

"Excuse me?! Who the fuck are you?!"
Mark screamed, his anger almost at the limits now.

Castiel vanished and reappeared behind Mark.
At this, Connie backed away, putting as much distance as possible between herself and this. It was truly freaking her out.

"I am Jennifer's guardian angel..." Castiel responded, now causing Mark spin around and face him, "...who are YOU? Where was your assistance to her after this girl attacked? You embraced the attacker, Jen was left in pain."

That was it. Mark was fuming now.

"Oh you've got a LOT of nerve! Some guardian angel! Where were you when Jen was-!"
But Mark stopped himself, realizing Jen was still standing there behind them and it was probably best not to bring that up. He glanced back at her and noticed it apparently didn't matter. He stopped, but it still affected her because her eyes were now on the floor.

Castiel shook his head, his whole tone now changing to regret and shame, "You're right. I should've stepped in before that happened and prevented it. But there were rules, and I wasn't allowed at the time. There are things - sometimes awful - that need to happen... that are supposed to happen... that are meant to. I wasn't allowed to interfere."

"NEED to?! SUPPOSED to?! MEANT to?!" Mark yelled, grabbing the angel by his shoulders and shaking him angrily with the next question, "Tell me, what in the hell would make her deserve that?!"

Castiel just stood there, letting Mark handle him without a fight.

"Mark, stop. Let him go."
Jen spoke up, finally looking to them again.

"Did you hear all this shit, Jen? He's supposedly your guardian angel, but he just stood by and let Henry hurt you!"

"Let him go Mark." She requested again, and he obeyed but still glared at Castiel.
"Castiel, repeat what you were telling me about Henry."

Brushing off his coat a bit, Castiel looked to Jen and repeated, "Henry has darkness in him."

"That's nothing new, I've known that for the last fifteen years." Mark stated.

"This is different. i believe he made some kind of deal. Sold his soul."

"He had a soul?" Mark asked, which normally would be a joke, but it was obviously serious in this case.
"Wait..." He added, "Is that how he's back?!"

"Likely." Castiel said.

"This is all so weird." Connie spoke up, still at a distance.

"So what's the best thing we can do? If you know this about him, you must know a weakness or something we can use against him." Mark asked, determined to get as much info as possible.

"I didn't sense that he had any special powers. I believe he's still just a human."

"Well, that's a relief then." Jen sighed as she then started heading for her bedroom.

"Are you okay, Jen?" Mark wondered.

"Kind of sick, just want to rest a while. Sorry."

Mark only nodded, waiting for her to go in and shut the door before he whispered to himself, "Why does she keep shutting me out?"

Connie frowned.
She could tell even from a distance how troubled her cousin was right now.

xxx

Jen cut the light on and slowly and gently climbed into bed to lay down.
She wasn't lying. She did currently feel pretty sick and exhausted.

"I hate this. I hate suffering because of what Henry did to me..."
And with those words, came tears. She sobbed a bit, softly.

Castiel had appeared by her side again, of course.
"What if I told you I may be able to fix it?" He asked, looking down at her with care in his eyes.

Jen looked back up at him curiously.

"Would you let me?" He added.