Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 2 of Where the Lonely Ones Roam. This chapter proved interesting to write. So I hope that you guys enjoy this.

Skellington: I know that it seems a bit odd that Sam is asking a woman he hardly knows to stay with Dean. We shall see if she leaves the men of letters. I hope that you enjoy this next part.

Romance Lover: I'm glad that you think she's different. I know that you're probably hoping she becomes a hunter permanently, we shall see. I hope you like this next part.

Kitty-Chan: Yes, I know very heartbreaking and I'm sorry. I hope that you enjoy this next part.

Chapter 2

Long Days

Greeley, Pennsylvania

August 22, 2009

Dean closed the trunk of the Impala with Rosa right next to them. Both of them wearing suits. He hid a long knife under his coat as the two of them walked into the hospital.

Rosa walked with him slowly knowing that this was probably hard for Dean to be away from his brother. She slowly pulled her Pennsylvania State Police ID to the doctor the same as Dean did.

"Hi, Detective Bill Buckner and Detective Brosnan." Dean said introducing them to the Doctor.

"Yes. How can I help you, Detectives?" The doctor asked looking wearily at them.

"We're here about those patients, the exsanguinated ones."

SPNSPN

Dean shoved a man down onto the hard ground.

The man bared his fangs at him.

"Dean!" Rosa called tossing him a knife.

Dean caught the knife with ease and held the man down. "Eat it, Twilight!" Dean said bringing down the knife on the vampire's neck. He hacked as it as blood splattered up onto his face.

Rosa came over to him blood on her cheek from where the vampire had hit her.

Dean wiped his cheek smearing the blood all over.

SPNSPN

Rosa sat in the motel room as Dean dampened a washcloth to clean his coat. Rosa looked up when she heard a thunk of Dean's hand's hitting the sink.

"Don't do that." Dean snapped at someone.

Rosa slowly got up to her feet.

"Hello, Dean."

Dean turned around looking at Castiel only to see that he was only a few inches from him. "Cas, we've talked about this. Personal space?"

"My apologies." Castiel said stepping back noticing a woman in the room with him.

Dean picked up his jacket moving towards the bed. "How'd you find me? I thought I was flying below the angel radar." He questioned as he rubbed his ribs to get the point across.

Rosa blinked a few times in confusion.

"You are." Bobby told me where you were." Castiel said nodding his head towards Rosa in greeting.

Rosa nodded her head lightly to him.

Castiel looked around the room and noticed that Sam wasn't there. "Where's Sam?"

Dean put his jacket on without looking at the angel that was in the room. "Me and Sam are taking separate vacations for a while. So. You find God yet? More importantly, can I have my damn necklace back, please?" Dean questioned as he looked at Castiel with an agitated look on his face.

"No, I haven't found him. That's why I'm here. I need your help."

Rosa pursed her lips together and crossed her arms. Having an angel in the room was still slightly shocking to her. She had heard stories from her older brother and she never thought that she would live to see the day a real life angel was in front of her.

"With what? God hunt? Not interested." Dean shook his head, he wasn't interested in trying to go on a God hunt.

"It's not God. It's someone else." Castiel said looking at Dean.

"Who?"

"Archangel. The one who killed me."

"'Scuse me?" Dean said looking at Castiel with confusion in his eyes.

"His name is Raphael."

"You were wasted by a teenage mutant ninja angel?"

Rosa let out a soft groan rubbing her face. She could tell that Dean was trying to be a smart ass, but what was going on, wasn't wise.

"I've heard whispers that he's walking the earth. This is a rare opportunity."

"For what?" Dean questioned. "Revenge?"

Rosa slowly cleaned hergun some.

"Information."

Dean went back to the sink and picked up his knife and washcloth and began to clean it. "So, what, you think you can find this dude and he's just gonna spill God's address?"

"Yes, because we are going to trap him and interrogate him."

Dean paused and turned to Castiel. "You're serious about this?"

Castiel turned to face Dean.

Dean dropped the washcloth and walked back towards Castiel. "So, what, I'm Thelma to you're Louise and we're just going to hold hands and sail off this cliff together."

Rosa simply shook her head as she went back to cleaning her gun.

Castiel stared at Dean with a look of confusion on his face.

Dean went around Castiel. "Give me one good reason why I should do this."

Rosa bit her lower lip as she looked up.

"Because you're Michael's vessel and no angel will dare harm you."

Rosa's eyes went wide looking up at Dean. She hadn't known that and that was something that now made her worry.

Dean looked at Castiel. "Oh, so I'm your bullet shield."

"I need your help because you are the only one who'll help me. Please. Besides her." Castiel said pointing to Rosa.

Rosa swallowed the lump in her throat.

Dean looked at Castiel considering. "Alright, fine. Where is he?"

"Maine. Let's go." Castiel said walking towards Dean and Rosa.

Dean leaned away. "Whoa."

Castiel moved his hand back. "What?"

"Last time you zapped me someplace I didn't poop for a week. We're driving."

Rosa took a soft breath as she slowly gathered her things up. She knew that this was going to be awkward.

SPNSPN

The three of them got out of the car looking around.

Dean looked over at Castiel. "And we're here why?" Dean questioned putting his hands on his hips.

"A deputy sheriff laid eyes on the archangel."

"And he still has eyes? Alright, what's the plan?"

"We'll… tell the officer that he witnessed an angel of the Lord, and the officer will tell us where the angel is."

Rosa blinked a few times. That was not a good way of trying to going to get information.

"Seriously? You're going to walk in there and tell him the truth?" Dean snapped looking at Castiel with a huff.

"Why not?"

"Because we're humans." Rosa said looking at Castiel as she made sure that she had it.

Dean pulled out another fake ID and stashed inside of Castiel's coat and then adjusted Castiel's coat and tie. "And when humans want something really, really bad, we lie."

"Why?"

"Because that's how you become President."

SPNSPN

Dean walked into the office with Rosa and Castiel. "Deputy Framingham?"

The Deputy turned around.

Dean held up his FBI badge as well as Rosa. "Hi. Alonzo Mosely, FBI. My partners, Judy Sullivan and Eddie Moscone." He noticed Castiel didn't do anything. "Also FBI." Dean looked at Castiel.

Castiel brought the badge out and had it upside down.

Dean fixed it for him. "He's, uh, he's new. Mind if we ask you a few questions?"

Castiel looked at the ID curiously.

"Yeah, sure. Talk here, though." Framingham said pointing to his right ear. He led them to his office. "Hearing's all blow to hell in this one."

"That happen recently?" Rosa asked looking at him.

"Yeah. Gas station. Why you're here, isn't it?"

"Yes, it is." Dean confirmed Framingham's question.

They all sat down.

"You mind just, uh, running us through what happened?" Dean questioned hoping that this guy wouldn' have a problem with it.

"A call came in. Disturbance out at the Pump and Go on Route 4."

"What kind of disturbance."

"Would not have believed my eyes if I hadn't see in myself. We're talking a riot. Full scale."

"How many?"

"Thirty, forty, in all-out-kill-or-be-killed combat?"

"Any idea what set them off?"

"It's angels and demons probably." Castiel said to Dean.

Framingham looked at Castiel and he looked back.

"They're skirmishing all over the globe."

"Come again?" He looked back at Dean. "What did she say."

"Nothing Nothing."

"Demons. Demons." Castiel said at the same time as Dean.

Rosa stepped on his foot causing Castiel to shut up.

"Demons, you know, drink, adultery. We all have our demons. Walt."

He looked back and forth between the three of them. "I guess."

Dean looked at Castiel. "Anyway." He looked back at the Deputy. "What happened next?"

"Freaking explosion, that's what. They said it was one of those underground gas tanks, but, uh, I don't think so."

"Why not?" Rosa questioned looking at him.

"Wasn't your usual fireball. It was, um…"

"Pure white." Castiel said looking at Framingham.

"Yeah. Gas station was leveled. Everyone was… it was horrible. And I see this one guy, kneeling, real focused-like, not a damn scratch on him."

"You know him?" Dean questioned.

"Donnie Finneman. Mechanic there."

"Let me guess, he just, uh, vanished into thin air?"

"Uh, no, Kolchak. He's down at Saint Pete's."

Castiel turned to Dean and Rosa. "Saint Pete's."

"Thank you." Dean said thanking the man.

SPNSPN

They looked through the hallway window of where Donnie was. They could tell that he was catatonic.

"I take it that's not Raphael anymore." Dean said looking at the man.

"Just an empty vessel."

"So is this what I'm looking at if Michael jumps in my bones?" Dean questioned looking at Castiel.

"No, not at all. Michael is much more powerful. It'll be far worse for you."

Dean looked away.

Rosa looked over. "Cas… that's not the best thing to be saying."

SPNSPN

Rosa looked through the book she had as Dean walked through the empty cabin, looking through John's journal. He set it down onto the table.

Castiel appeared out of nowhere with a jar in his hand.

"Where've you been?" Dean questioned looking at the angel.

"Jerusalem."

"Oh, how was it?"

"Arid."

Rosa rolled her eyes as Castiel put the jar down onto the table. "What's that?"

"It's oil. It's very special. Very rare." Castiel said as he sat down.

"Okay, so we trap Raphael with a nice vinaigrette?" Dean questioned not getting the whole point behind the oil that Castiel had brought.

"No."

"So this ritual of yours, when does it go down?"

"Sunrise."

"Tell me something. You keep saying we're going to trap this guy. Isn't it kinda like trapping a hurricane with a butterfly net?"

"No, it's harder."

"Do we have any chance of surviving this?" Rosa asked looking at Castiel hoping that they had a chance of survival. The last thing that she needed was to be killed by something in America.

Castiel nodded his head in Dean's direction. "He does and you do too."

"So odds are you're a dead man tomorrow." Dean said looking at Castiel.

"Yes."

"Well. Last night on earth. What are your plans?"

"I just thought I'd sit here quietly."

Dean looked at Castiel with wide eyes. "Come on, anything? Booze, women?"

Castiel looked at Dean and then away uncomfortable.

"You have been with women before. Right? Or an angel, at least?"

Castiel rubbed the back of his neck.

Rosa shifted nervously in her chair. This conversation was making uncomfortable.

"You mean to tell me you've never been up there doing a little cloud-seeding?"

Castiel looked up at Dan. "Look, I've never had occasion, okay?"

"Alright." Dean said grabbing his coat. "Let me tell you something. There are two things I know for certain. One, Bert and Ernie, are gay. Two, you are not gonna die a virgin. Not on my watch. Let's go." Dean went to leave the room.

Castiel stared after him.

"Go with him." Rosa said softly.

Castiel looked over at Rosa. "What about you?"

"I'll be fine." She said with a shrug of her shoulders.

Castiel left to go after Dean.

Rosa let out a soft breath rubbing her mouth. She slowly got up to her feet. She slowly picked up her phone. She dialed a number that she knew well as she tangled her hand in her hair.

"Hello?" Mick's voice rang out over the other end of the phone.

"You still certain that you want me doing this…"

"Rosalia, you know that you were the best choice…"

"I know I was…" Rosa let out a breath. "This is very dangerous Mick…"

"I know… but you can do this."

Rosa let out a soft breath. "Okay… bye…" She slowly hung up the phone and let out a soft breath. She threw her phone down onto the table. She didn't know how long she would be able to deal with what was going on. She was so afraid that one of them would find out.

SPNSPN

Rosa looked up seeing Castiel and Dean arrive back at the house.

"Dean, wait." Castiel to Dean.

Rosa moved back as a bright light filled the abandoned house.

Donnie was inside of the cabin, flaring with lightning in the shape of wings. The lightbulbs shattered around them.

Rosa held her hand above her head as the shattered glass fell around them.

"Castiel." Donnie said looking at him alerting them that he was now Raphael.

"Raphael."

The three of them walked closer to Raphael.

"And I thought you were supposed to be impressive. All you do is blackout the room." Dean said rolling his eyes a little bit.

"And the Eastern Seaboard." He said as lightning flashed outside. "It is a testament to my unending mercy that I do not smite you here and now."

"Or maybe you're full of crap. Maybe you're afraid God will bring Cas back to life again and smite you and your candy-ass skirt. By the way, hi, I'm Dean."

"I know who you are. And now, thanks to him, I know where you are."

"You won't kill him. You wouldn't dare." Castiel said looking at Raphael.

"But I will take him to Michael."

"Well then. Sounds terrifying. It does. But, uh, hate to tell you, I'm not going anywhere with you." Dean said as he grabbed a beer.

"Surely you remember Zachariah giving you stomach cancer?"

"Yeah, that was, that was hilarious."

Rosa looked at Dean with wide eyes. She couldn't believe how he was acting with this angel. Was this something what he normally did?

"Well, he doesn't have anything close to my imagination."

"Yeah? I bet you didn't imagine one thing."

"What?"

"We knew you were coming, you stupid son of a bitch." Dean said lighting his lighter and dropping it onto the holy oil circle that was around Raphael. "Don't look at me, it was his idea."

"Where is He?" Castiel said looking at his brother.

"God? Didn't you hear? He's dead, Castiel. Dead."

Rosa pursed her lips together knowing that wasn't a good sign.

"But there's not other explanation. He's gone for good."

"You're lying." Castiel snarled looking at Raphael.

"Am I? Do you remember the twentieth century? Think the twenty-first is going any better? Do you think God would have let any of that happen if He were alive?"

"Oh yeah? Well then who invented the Chinese basket trick?"

"Careful. That's my Father you're talking about, boy." Raphael said as he looked at Dean with a dangerous glint in his eyes.

"Yeah, who would be so proud to know His sons started the frigging apocalypse."

"Who ran off and disappeared. Who left no instructions and a world to run."

"Daddy ran away and disappeared. He didn't happen to work for the post office, did He?"

"This is funny to you? You're living in a godless universe." Raphael snarled at him.

"And? What, you and the other kids just decided to throw an apocalypse while He was gone?" Rosa said looking at Raphael with a dangerous glint in her eyes. She didn't like that idea in the least bit. She could understand where Dean was coming from with this.

"We're tired. We just want it to be over. We just want… paradise."

"So, what, God dies and makes you the boss and you decide you can do whatever you want?" Dean snapped looking at Raphael with narrowed eyes not liking the idea.

"Yes. And whatever we want, we get."

The windows burst in causing glass to fly into the abandoned house.

"If God is dead, why have I returned? Who brought me back?" Castiel questioned at he looked at Raphael.

"Did it ever occur to you that maybe Lucifer raised you?"

"No."

"Think about it. He needs all the rebellious angels he can find. You know it adds up."

"Let's go."

"Castiel I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you."

"Maybe one day. But today, you're my little bitch." Castiel said leaving the room.

Rosa slowly went to leave the room.

Dean looked over at Raphael. "What he said." He said following Rosa and Castiel out of the abandoned home.

SPNSPN

Dean drove down the road with Castiel next to him and Rosa in the back seat. Dean looked over at Castiel. "You okay?"

Castiel remained silent, not answering the older Winchester.

"Look, I'll be the first one to tell you that this little crusade of your is nuts, but i do know a little something about missing fathers."

Castiel look at him. "What do you mean?"

"I mean there were times when I was looking for my dad when all logic said that he was dead, but I knew in my heart he was still alive. Who cares what some ninja turtle says, Cas, what do you believe?"

"I believe he's out there."

"Good. Then go find him."

Castiel blinked a few times. "What about you?"

"What about me? I don't know. Honestly, I'm good. I can't believe I'm saying that, butI am, I'm really good."

"Even without your brother?"

"Especially without my brother. I mean, I spent so much time worrying about the son of a bitch. I mean, I've had more fun with you and Rosa in the past twenty-four hours than I've had with Sam in years, and you're not that much fun. It's funny, you know, I've been so chained to my family, but now that I'm alone, hell, I'm happy." Dean looked over to the shotgun seat and saw that Castiel was gone. His smile falters some.

Rosa looked out the window knowing that Dean didn't feel that way about being away from his brother. She knew that he was hurting still from what had happened and she didn't blame him.

"You're not going to yell at me?" He questioned looking at the back mirror to look at Rosa.

Rosa slowly lifted her head. "And tell you what Dean?" Rosa questioned blinking a few times. "You and your brother…. You both deserve to be around one another…"

"What about you and your brother."

"What about me and my brother? He's far away hunting and I'm here… I'm trying to help you… but this…" She shook her head. "Sam needs you."

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This is the end of Chapter 2 of Where the Lonely Ones Roam. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please leave a review and let me know what you guys think of this chapter. Please let me know what you would like to see next. Until next time.