The story takes place right after the season 10 finale, after Dean killed Death, the Mark of Cain was removed and Darkness was released into the world. I mentioned before, new characters will be added and thrown in the story and I will bring back several former characters from the show in the upcoming future.
Chapter 74 A Change In Plans
"What do you mean you want me to remain behind?" asked Sam still in disbelief that Dean suggested that he and not Ava should stay behind, afterall their partners in this all the way.
"Yeah, I wasn't expecting that, I mean I don't have a problem staying behind" said Ava who was just as confused as Sam.
Dean just swallowed as he was about to explain.
"Look, Sam as I said before, I feel more comfortable if one of us remains behind to look after Rowena and the ladies here just to be cautious because of our past experience with her. Well I also think it would be best if the person remaining behind was someone familiar with Rowena, who had past experiences with her and that is us" Dean explained.
Sam still wasn't processing all of this and seemed conflicted.
"So that's why you want me to remain behind?" he asked.
Dean just nodded his head.
"Yes, I mean you had her chained before to work on that book and we both know a bit better than Ava, so it makes more sense one of us remains behind and watch out for things I figure it would be you" said Dean.
"Well why not you?' asked Sam kind of annoyed.
"Well, like I said before you dealt with her before, I mean you had her chained up all that time and without me even knowing so I feel it be better it was you so you can just make sure she doesn't manage to escape again" Dean said.
"Hey, to be fair I think I am quite capable of babysitting this witch even if I haven't had the past experience with her like you guys do, I have dealt with plenty of powerful and dangerous monsters before, so she is not such a impossible task" Ava added.
"Yeah, I know I'm not saying you can't handle her Ava, but I mean I just want to be extra cautious here. I mean if we didn't have her here with Gwen and Madame Bess, then I wouldn't have a problem with you remaining behind, but with them here, I feel better I don't want to take any chances, especially since she got away before taking the Book of Dammed with her and there is telling what she would do if she somehow managed to escape again" he said.
Then he paused a bit and went on. "Like I said before, Sam and I have dealt with her in the past and Sam with you here, you can be better prepared on how to handle her to make sure she doesn't escape this time" he finished.
Dean turned to both Ava and Sam and saw that they still didn't seem too convinced.
"Hey, just trust me on this when I say it would be better that someone who has dealt with Rowena before to remain here to watch over things, I mean I would call Cas and asked him to babysit but he's tied up with working with Hannah and their army of angels preparing for battle so I think it should be you Sam" he finished.
Sam looked conflicted at first as he still didn't like any of this, being told to remain behind but after much thinking he can see where Dean was coming at. He too wouldn't feel too comfortable leaving Gwen and Madame Bess all alone with Rowena not after what happened the last time he had her chained up in that abandoned building and with Castiel and Crowley an angel and a demon watching over she still managed to escape from them. Besides, Dean was right, Ava doesn't have the experience with Rowena like the two of them do so maybe it would be better if one of them stayed to watch over her and the women to keep an eye on things. After much thought, he suddenly agreed with Dean even though he still didn't like that Dean selected him to remain behind rather than himself but not too surprised as Dean always has to be the one that doesn't get stuck behind even though it's okay for him to be but that's big brothers for you. Sam turned to Dean and nodded his head.
"Maybe you're right, I get what you're saying, I too wouldn't feel right leaving you ladies alone with Rowena and I know her much better than Ava in what she's capable of I mean, so if anybody gets to babysit her it should be me" he said.
"Hey, are you sure about this, like I said before I don't mind" said Ava.
"No, it's okay I mean after thinking this over I agree with Dean now, I'll stay behind" Sam told her.
"Okay" said Ava kind of relieved she didn't have to remain behind although she did feel a bit bad that Sam was.
"Well, I'm glad one of you will be staying behind, makes me feel much safer for both of us" said Madame Bess.
"Same here" said Gwen.
Ava turned to Dean and said, "Well I guess that means it's just the two of us for this mission then".
Dean kind of felt awkward but tried to hide it.
"Yeah, that is if you're up for the job" he replied sarcastically.
"Hey, I have dealt my fair share of the most dangerous monsters including a pagan god over nine feet tall, I think I can handle a human-looking dragon" she told him smirking.
"Well, I have nothing to worry about but understand I am the one who slays the dragon once we get into their lair" he told her.
"Why you?" asked Ava.
"Because I've done it before and know how it's done" he told her.
"My you get to have all the fun" said Ava sarcastically.
"Hey, you can still be my backup, I trust you to hold your own" he told her with a sly look on his face.
"Hey, speaking of dragons, you better call up Cas for that favor regarding the sword" Sam reminded him.
"Oh, that's right, I'll do that right now" Dean said.
Then he pulled out his cell phone from his pants pocket and got up and headed for the kitchen so he can talk with Castiel a little more privately. Dean dialed the number on his cell phone and after a few rings, Castiel answered.
"Cas, I'm calling for a quick favor I need" Dean said.
"Dean, this is not the best time to ask for a favor, we're having a problem right now as there is some tensions in the army as more are becoming divided among what the best course to take regarding Darkness and of course Michael and Raphael aren't helping each wanting to take over the whole army and Hannah is becoming more frustrated that they're not respecting her position as being in charge. It's just getting to be a quite antagonizing I might say" Castiel ranted.
Dean wasn't in the mood to listening to Castiel's bitching and just cut him off.
"Hey, Cas this is really important, this could help stop Darkness once and for all" he replied.
"Dean what it is?" asked Castiel.
Dean went on to explain.
"Rowena found a spell that could put the Mark back on me" he told her.
"Really, that is great Dean I can't wait to tell Hannah and the others about this great news" said Castiel.
"Yeah about that, you see one of the ingredients to make the spell is a dragon's heart" said Dean.
"Oh, that is interesting" said Castiel.
"Well that means I'll have to go back to that dragon's lair and slay one of those creatures and cut out it's heart and you know the only way to do that is for me to use the Sword of Bruncvik" Dean said.
"I'm aware of this but where do I fit in your mission on this?" asked Castiel.
"That sword is back at the bunker and I need it to be retrieved and brought to us" Dean said.
"I don't know Dean, I mean I normally couldn't just take off right now but if I told Hannah about how this could help defeat Darkness maybe she will allow me to leave" said Castied but Dean cut him off before he could finish.
"No Cas I didn't mean you, thought you could ask Hannah if she could you know just teleport into the bunker to get the sword and then bring it to us" said Dean.
"You want Hannah to get the sword for you? asked Hannah who actually sounded a bit hurt in his tone that he didn't choose him for this big favor.
"Yes, I mean with you it would take hours to make the journey, at least with Hannah she can appear and disappear within seconds and it would save you the journey and you don't have to leave your army" said Dean.
"I don't know Dean, I said before Hannah takes her duty as of being in charge of our army very seriously, she may not leave her position for any reasons" said Castiel.
"For goodness sakes Cas, all she ahs to do is pop in there to retrieve the damn thing and then pop in and out of where we are staying to give us the sword and she'll be back to her army within seconds. Besides, you say she wants to get rid of Darkness just like we do so, I think she would be willing to do anything to do that" said Dean.
"Okay Dean, I will ask her and be sure to inform the all the benefits that you mentioned of doing this little favor and pray she agrees to it" he told him.
"Thanks Cas" said Dean.
Then Castiel took the time to go find Hannah and Dean could hear little of their conversation as he told her about Dean's plans and soon there was a discussion although didn't hear every thing they were saying but it sounded like they were debating the issue. Then Castiel was back on the phone.
"Dean, I discussed the situation with Hannah and she has agreed to go to the bunker and retrieve the sword and even left me in charge in her short absence" he said.
"Perfect, I'm glad you got through to her.
"Me too, she was willing to try anything that helps ends the Darkness sooner and would spare the other angels from having to possibly risk their lives in any battle if it can be avoided" Castiel continued.
"So, I'll just give you the address and she can, you know pop in once she's gotten the sword, of course I'll have to phone Adam and let him know" said Dean.
"That would be the must helpful" said Castiel.
"And thanks again Cas" said Dean.
"Anytime" said Castiel.
Then Dean gave Castiel Madame's Bess Address and even described the house so he could pass on the info to Hannah and soon they said their goodbyes wishing the other good luck. Afterwards, Dean quickly phoned Adam.
"Hello Adam?" he said.
"Dean, this is sudden you never call this soon during the day" said Adam.
"Well, I got to tell you something" he said.
"What is it?" asked Adam.
"Well, Hannah will be dropping by to retrieve something we have" he said.
"What?" asked Adam.
"Yeah, we have a sword at the bunker and she will need to drop in to fetch it so don't be surprised if….." suddenly Dean heard Adam cry out, "Woah".
"Adam, are you okay?" Dean cried out.
"Yes, speaking of Hannah, she just dropped in" he told him.
"Well can you put her on the phone?" asked Dean.
"Sure" said Adam.
After a couple seconds Hannah was on the phone.
"Okay Dean, where is this sword you want me to find?" she asked.
Dean then told her the location of the sword in the bunker and after a few she finally found it.
"Okay I have it now but it's broken" she said.
"Perfect, don't worry about that, can you put Adam back on the phone?" he asked.
"Okay" she said.
Adam was back on the phone within several seconds.
"Dean what is this all about?" asked Adam.
"No time to explain right now just that this is very important in our mission okay" he said. "Alright Dean" said Adam.
"By the way how is it going on there?" asked Dean.
"It's okay, a little lonely but I'll give Darcy a call later this evening, still wonder if I could use one of the other cars in the garage to go up and see her" he said.
"Uh, not now Adam, we'll discuss all that later" said Dean.
"Oh darn why not?" asked Adam a bit frustrated.
"Adam, like I said before this is not the time just go with me on this for now, we have so much on our hands already" said Dean.
"Okay, okay I'll guess I can just use the bus then" he said.
"Look Adam, just hang in there I promise you this will all be in time and everything will be alright" said Dean.
"Dean what do you mean by that?" asked Adam.
"Hey just trust me little bro can you do that?" Dean replied.
"I always trust you guys, anyway hope you get back here soon" said Adam.
"Me too, hey in the meantime you can keep practicing with our shooting in the shooting range, in no time you'll be quite good at it" said Dean.
"Yeah, as good as you?" wondered Adam.
"You may never be that good kiddo" Dean said teasingly.
"Yeah right anyway miss you guys just take care what ever you're doing" Adam said.
"We always do little bro".
They said their goodbyes as well and soon Dean put his cell phone back in is pants pocket and left the kitchen. Within moments of being back into the living room with the others, Hannah just popped in right in the middle of the living room in front of everybody. Both Madame Bess and Gwen jumped as they were quite shocked at her sudden arrival like some ghost while Ava and Sam didn't seem too surprised both being hunters and used to seeing the unexpected.
"Oh, I guess I should have just knocked first" she said as she looked around her surroundings noticing the shocked looked on Madame Bess and Gwen's faces.
"Oh, that's alright dear, Dean told us that he would contact you" said Madame Bess now calmed down a bit and no longer surprised.
Hannah had in her hand the Sword of Bruncvik and she was holding it down.
"Anyway, I have what you want right here" she said to Dean.
"Oh good, your timing couldn't be more perfect" said Dean who went over to take the sword from Hannah.
"I will say this thing doesn't look like it could be too useful" she said she was handing him the broken sword.
"Believe me, it is still effective" Dean replied.
"I just hope whatever you're planning on doing with that thing will be useful in bringing down Darkness like Castiel said" she told him.
"Don't worry this exactly what we need for our task that could eventually help end Darkness for good if we pull this off" said Dean.
"Great, my army will love this good news, it can save many of them the risk of possibly having to sacrifice their lives in order to defeat Darkness although I have many brave soldiers in my army willing go to battle and risk their lives for the greater cause if that came about" said Hannah.
"Well, if we're lucky, nobody will have to go to battle and it won't be too long for this to be over" said Dean.
"Oh, my this all seems so much, angels in army going to battle with Darkness" said Madame Bess who just shook her head upon listening to all of this.
"Well, like I said if we pull this off there won't be any battle to fight at all" Dean added.
"Of course, if you are able to somehow lock away Darkness with what you are all about to do, I'll still have to find Lucifer if we do find him, we will have to send him back to his cage but Castiel managed to convince me to hold him long enough for you to be able to transfer the Mark of Cain you planning on bearing again onto him. I'll send one of my angels to take you to him but to make sure he's subdued so he cannot escape from us" said Hannah.
"I understand but if we are lucky Rowena can find a spell in that book to trap Lucifer" said Dean.
"Yeah, in fact we have her looking for one right now" added Sam.
"That will be great if you do and would save us the trouble" said Hannah.
"If we do capture Lucifer first, we will be sure to contact you" said Sam.
Hannah just nodded.
"Well, I have to return to my army and relieve Castiel of his duty since I left him in charge" she said.
"Okay, tell Cas that we wish him and all of you good luck" said Sam.
"I will and good luck to you all with your mission, hopefully we will accomplish our goal and defeat this threat to all of us" said Hannah.
Then within a few moments, she disappeared. Madame Bess and Gwen just looked their stunned.
"Wow, I still can't get used to that" said Gwen.
"Yes, indeed an angel and a witch in my house and yet it doesn't feel like anything out of the ordinary especially everything we've seen" said Madame Bess.
"We got the sword so now the next thing we have to do is head to Portland, Oregon" said Dean.
Ava went over and glanced at the sword curiously. "Wow, that thing is broken, how are you gonna be able to sue that?" she asked him.
"Don't you worry about that, as I told Hannah this thing is still effective don't judge a book by its cover" Dean told her.
"I hope so, so when do you want to leave?" asked Ava who was willing to go right away if Dean insisted.
"You two can head out tomorrow, it's been such a long day already" said Sam.
"Sam's right, so much as happened already, I insist you and Ava to at least stay the night and you can head out when ever you want tomorrow" said Madame Bess.
Dean just nodded his head in agreement.
"Okay but we will leave tomorrow morning" he said.
"That's fine by me" said Ava.
"You know Oregon is quite far off so you two will have to spend the night while on this trip" said Sam sort of teasingly.
Both Dean and Ava just looked at each other awkwardly.
"Well, I think we can handle that we hunters after all" said Ava.
"Yeah, it's no big deal or anything" said Dean still looking a bit uncomfortable.
"We can discuss all that later, excuse me I have powder my nose now" said Ava who walked away.
Dean just gave Sam his annoyed look as Sam and Gwen just looked on smirking. Later that evening, they all had dinner in the dining room and got another nice home-cooked meal which they enjoyed. They discussed a little about their plans which included leaving early tomorrow after breakfast and taking Ava's van since it has plenty of room for them to sleep in at night and Sam and the women will find the other ingredients needed as well as make sure Rowena finds a spell to trap Lucifer. After dinner, Dean brought what was leftover in the basement to Rowena followed by a glass of ice tea.
"Oh my, I didn't know you cared" said Rowena smugly.
"Hey, I'm not heartless, besides we need to keep you fit and healthy so you can perform the spell and find the other spell we need" Dean said.
"How nice of you to be concerned about my health luv" said Rowena.
"Only as long as you are useful luv" Dean fired back sarcastically.
Later, they gang decided talk about something else other than Darkness or supernatural in general. Madame Bess offered to play a game of cards but Ava was the only one interested so she played with Ava, while Sam and Dean played a game of chess and Gwen just watched the two which Sam won and later the gang just watched some TV. At 11p.m., they all headed upstairs to go to bed and said their goodnight to each other.
"Well, good night Sam and good luck with you and Ava tomorrow Dean" said Gwen to the guys as the were heading to the room they were staying.
"Yeah goodnight" said Sam.
"Same here and good luck to you all when we're gone but don't worry, you'll be in safe hands with Sammy here" said Dean patting Sam on the side of his shoulder.
Sam just looked kind of bashful. Gwen smiled and headed towards her room and closed the door.
"Come one lover boy time for bed now" said Dean who dragged Sam away.
They headed into their bedroom and closed the door.
"Hey, you know I still wish it was me going with you tomorrow" said Sam was he was heading to the bed.
"So do I but you agreed to remain behind to watch over things" said Dean.
"I know but it has been a while since we went on a mission without each other" said Sam.
"I get it Sam, but you know why feel it would be better for you to remain behind besides, I trust Ava to have my back she is a pretty good hunter" said Dean.
"And great to look at and it will be just the two of you on this trip alone together" Sam couldn't resist teasing Dean about Ava again.
"Oh shut up Mr. Dirty Mind lets get to sleep already it's gonna be a long trip tomorrow and I need the rest" said Dean.
Soon they two took of their shirts and shoes and socks but kept their pants on and got into the king-sized bed although neither were too comfortable sleeping in the same bed again. Dean just hoped Sam didn't hog up the covers and Sam hoped Dean didn't snore and within a half hour the guys were both sound asleep.
Just wanted to add that the reason it's been so long since I've posted a chapter is because I was recently away on a over a week long trip and I came back with a little cold. I might take longer than usual to post new chapters but be patient and keep reading and I still want to hear some reviews no matter how critical. Thank you.