Stuck in the Middle (With You) Part 1

5:20 PM

Angela, Dean, Sam, Castiel, Robert, Mary, and Wally sat at a table in Raul's Diner and were ordering dinner. On the way to meet everyone there, Sam, Angela, and Dean had dropped Grace off at Jody's place.

"Mandy," Dean greeted the pretty waitress. "That short for Amanda?"

"Duh." She side-eyed him.

"Yeah, I'll—I'll go with the cheeseburger," Dean muttered.

"Oh, yeah." Wally nodded.

"Hey, what's the, uh, Wi-Fi password here?" San asked curiously.

"Extra cheese," Mandy answered as she scribbled on her notepad.

"No, no. Just, uh, as it is, is fine." Dean told her after taking a sip from his coffee.

"That's the password. 'Extra Cheese.'" Mandy corrected.

"You know what, that sounds good." Wally closed his menu. "I'm gonna change mine to a cheeseburger as well. Extra cheese. I wanna carbo-load."

"Cheese isn't a carb," Mandy replied.

"Cheese isn't a carbohydrate," Castiel said simultaneously.

"Mm, well." Wally shrugged.

Mandy smiled at Castiel, confusing the angel.

"Steak and eggs. Bloody." Mary ordered.

"And how 'bout you, handsome?" Mandy looked at Castiel.

"What?" Wally's brows furrowed.

"Um, uh," Castiel stammered as he studied the menu. "Uh, Sunrise Special, please."

Mandy smiled brightly. "Nice."

Wally watched Mandy leave and Angela nudged Castiel with her elbow.

"Look at you, Cas," Angela smirked.

Dean leaned across the table, a smirk playing on his lips. "Oh, dude, she is into you."

"Mm-hmm." Wally agreed.

"Dean…" Mary warned.

"No, this is good," Dean assured. "We've been looking for teachable moments. This…" He clicked his tongue.

Suddenly, Robert looked down at his phone as it vibrated.

"Everything okay, Dad?" Angela inquired.

"Yeah, just a hunter, needs some help," Robert muttered.

"Another one?" Dean frowned.

"Can't have too many friends in this line of work." Robert shrugged.

"Okay…"

"The internet here sucks," Sam complained. "I downloaded all the bunker's files to a new archive, but we're not getting any signal, so I'm j—

Dean made snoring noises and pretended to be asleep. "Nobody cares. Cas, here's the thing you need to know about waitresses, okay? They get hit on all day long, so you gotta bring you're A-game. But, upside? They always smell like food."

Wally nodded along with Dean. "They always smell like food."

"Okay," Mary sighed.

"Is that really an upside?" Sam scoffed. "They smell like food?"

"Okay—okay…"

"Right?" Dean nodded at Wally. "It's great."

"Why would you want them to smell like food? I don't want Angie to smell like food."

Mary banged the table, causing everyone to go silent. "Hey. Screens down, eyes up, shut up."

"Sorry, Mom," Sam muttered sheepishly.

"Sorry." Wally apologized.

"Okay, here's what we know," Mary started. "Our target keeps a tight schedule. He leaves every day at 8:00 p.m. and gets back exactly at 8:45."

"What's he doing?" Angela asked.

"Night fishing," Wally answered.

Castiel frowned in confusion. "Wait a minute, you called us to—to kill a demon that likes to fish?"

"Yes, I did. Look, guys. This is all new to me, all right? You got a rugaru problem, hey, I'm your guy." Wally explained. "But demons? Hell. Look, I was just passing through and I heard about some cattle mutilations."

"Classic demon sign," Sam noted.

"I started to dig. A lot of virgins go missing around here, too."

"Classic horny demon sign," Dean muttered.

"Which is why Wally called us, asking for help," Robert replied. "So, are we all clear on the plan?"

Angela, Sam, Dean, and Wally all nodded in response.

"Incoming." Sam cleared his throat.

Mandy leaned between Mary and Castiel to refill a coffee cup, and Castiel leaned over to sniff her shoulder.

"Hey, Mandy. Question for you." Dean started. "My shy but devastatingly handsome friend here was, uh, just wondering, when do you get off?"

"Whenever I can." Mandy smiled at Castiel.

"Hey-o!" Dean yelled.

"Zing!" Wally laughed.

"Point one for her. Just dropped that on the table." Dean smirked.

"Right in front of all of us, too," Wally added.

"Ooh-hoo!"

"Wow," Sam shook his head. "All right. Internet's up. We're in business."

Wally cleared his throat. "I'm so nervous. I don't even know if I can eat."

"Everything's gonna be fine," Mary assured.

~/~\~

Later that night, Mary and Robert burst through a door in a dark room, helping an injured Castiel to a nearby couch. Castiel clutched his bleeding wound in his side.

"Where's Sam, Dean, and Angela?" Castiel grunted.

~/~\~

Outside of the house, a woman attacked Wally and pinned him against the wall while Sam fought with a man and they fell through the porch railing. Wally was losing his struggle, while Sam stabbed his attacker with the demon blade.

"No! No!" Wally yelled.

"Wally?" Sam frowned. "Is that a—No!"

The demon shoved the blade through Wally's chest and then turned to Sam with black eyes. "I'm gonna be famous. The demons that killed Sam Winchester." She mused as she sauntered toward him. "They're gonna tell stories about me."

Suddenly, she screamed and fell to the ground, revealing Dean and Angela.

Dean pocketed his now bloody angel blade and shook his head. "Oh, no, they won't."

Angela helped Sam up, and they all noticed that Wally was dead. Sam slumped against the porch railing to catch his breath.

~/~\~

The Wounded Angel

Organ music played as Castiel sat in his truck and listened to the radio.

"Each of us has a time the physical body dies," the pastor on the radio preached. "We all face God's judgment in the end. There's not one of us alive walking on this earthly plane that will not pay the consequences for their actions."

The Impala pulled into the parking lot, momentarily distracting Castiel from the radio.

"The Lord will hold us in the palm of his hand, and he'll weigh our souls. Brothers and sisters, are you worthy?"

Castiel shut off the radio and got out of his truck.

~/~\~

Earlier

Mary and Robert got out of the Jeep to greet Sam, Dean, and Angela.

"Hey, Mom. Robert." Sam greeted.

"Hi, Dad." Angela hugged Robert. "Hi, Mary."

"Sam. Dean. Angela." Mary gestured at Wally. "Wally."

"Hi." Sam greeted.

Wally shook Sam's hand, then Dean's, and lastly, Angela's.

"Hi." Dean and Angela nodded.

"Sam and Dean are my sons," Mary noted.

"And Angie's my daughter," Robert added.

"Glad to meet you." Angela smiled warmly at Wally. "We've heard a lot of good things."

"Yeah, right back at you." Wally nodded. "Mary and Robert are real proud of y'all."

"Cas." Dean greeted as the angel walked over.

"Thanks for coming," Mary told the angel. "We know you're busy."

"Well, not really." Castiel sighed defeatedly.

"So, what?" Sam frowned. "No luck with Lucifer's kid?"

"No, Kelly Kline, it's like she's—just disappeared."

"Lucifer's kid. That's a joke, right? The…" Wally trailed off as he earned blank stared from everyone. "It's not a joke."

"All right, ramblers. Let's get rambling." Dean commanded.

"Lucifer has a kid," Wally muttered.

~/~\~

"Hey, what's the, uh, Wi-Fi password?" Sam asked Mandy.

"Extra cheese."

"Everyone is clear on the plan?" Mary asked.

"At 10:45, demon comes home. Sam, Angie, and I will be waiting for him." Dean recapped. "Angie will paint a devil's trap just in case, I'll pop him with a devil's trap bullet."

"I'll finish him off with the demon blade," Sam added.

"And I will wait at the back with you in case he comes in that way," Castiel noted.

"Cool, cool." Wally nodded. "What do I do?"

"Keep a lookout. Don't die."

"Everything is gonna be fine," Mary assured.

~/~\~

Outside of the house, Castiel was keeping a lookout. Meanwhile, inside, Angela was spraying a devil's trap under a rug while Dean loaded devil's trap bullets into his gun.

"Angie, should you be using spray-paint?" Sam frowned in concern. "I mean, can't the fumes affect the baby?"

"Sammy, it's okay. Really." Angela assured.

~/~\~

Suddenly, ominous whistling could be heard and Castiel dropped his angel blade into his hand and put his back to the wall as Mary and Robert checked their guns and stood with their backs to the opposite wall. Meanwhile, Dean was ready with his gun and his back to another wall while Sam and Angela were crouched by the door, demon and angel blades in hand. Dean moved to the center of the room ready to fire as the door swung open. Dean shot the demon, but the man was unfazed by the gunshots.

"You mind explainin' why you broke into my house?" the demon drawled as Dean shot him again. "I know it wasn't just to ruin the evening catch," he chuckled as he kicked the rug off the devil's trap. "Hunters."

Dean fired repeatedly into his chest, but the demons kept walking forward. Sam moved up behind and stabbed the demon in the side with the demon blade. The demon elbowed Sam and he was thrown into the wall, and Angela immediately went to check on her husband. Dean just watched, shocked as the demon pulled out the knife and examined it.

"Well, that didn't work." The demon taunted.

Mary and Robert walked into the room while Castiel stepped around the wall from behind Dean, ready to fight.

"Angel." The demon sneered.

The demon elbowed Dean in the face before attacking Castiel. He drove Castiel into the kitchen and threw him harshly against the cupboards. Sam, Dean, and Angela tried to join the fight, but he used demon powers to shut the door in their faces, leaving Mary and Robert to stand alone.

The two older hunters were thrown off when they saw the demon's eyes flash yellow, and he knocked their guns away. Sam, Dean, and Angela continued to pound on the doors, trying to get in.

"Hiya," the demon smirked devilishly.

"Run!" Castiel yelled as he tackled the demon.

Mary and Robert did as they were told and ran out of the back door of the house and Castiel was thrown out of the window just a moment later. Sam, Dean, and Angela ran out the front door and were joined by Wally running up the path from where he'd been keeping a lookout.

"Guys, we got a problem," Wally stressed.

"Yeah, we know," Angela replied.

"No, you don't." Wally shook his head. "Demons incoming." He nodded to two demons approaching.

"All right," Sam muttered. "Dean, Angie, get to Mom, Robert, and Cas. We got this. Go."

Dean leaped over the porch railing and helped Angela get down as safely as possible.

"You ready?" Sam asked Wally.

"First time for everything."

~/~\~

Sam hastily pulled out his phone and dialed Mary's number.

"Oh, Sam." Mary's voice rang through.

"Hey, where are you?"

"Farm down the road," she answered. "It looks abandoned. Take your first left and drive until you see a barn."

"Yeah, okay." Sam breathed out. "We're on the way. Are you okay?"

"No," Mary answered.

~/~\~

9:05 PM

Sam, Dean, and Angela barged into the barn where Robert, Mary, and Castiel were hold up. Castiel was slumped on the couch, bleeding profusely.

"What the hell just happened?" Dean demanded.

"Where's Wally?" Mary frowned.

"Wally, uh… I'm sorry." Angela apologized softly.

"Oh, God." Mary shook her head in disbelief.

"Cas?" Dean walked over to the angel, who grunted in pain.

"Where did those other demons come from?" Sam asked Mary and Robert.

"I don't know," Mary admitted. "I… The target. Did you see—

"No. He brushed off everything we threw at him." Sam interrupted.

"Did you see his eyes?" Robert questioned.

Sam and Angela looked at each other, confused by the question.

"What?" Angela asked.

"They were yellow, Pumpkin," Robert replied. "He had yellow eyes."

Sam's eyes widened in disbelief. "What the hell did you two get us into?"

~/~\~

"Hey, Mandy, when do you get off?" Dean smirked.

Mary just shook her head and Dean looked up at her while about to take a sip from his mug.

"Whenever I can." Mandy smiled before leaving.

"You meet them fancy Men of Letters?" Wally asked.

"British Men of Letters?" Sam raised his brows.

"Yeah, they got gear, but they tried to kill Sam and Dean," Angela replied. "We're not huge fans."

"All right. Internet's up." Sam chimed in. "We're in business."

"Everything's gonna be fine," Mary assured Wally, who just sighed in response.

~/~\~

8:23 PM

Castiel, Angela, Sam, Dean, Mary, Robert, and Wally stepped out of the woods near the demon's house.

"Doesn't appear to be warded," Castiel noted.

"Okay." Dean nodded. "Let's get to work."

~/~\~

Sam set down a bag of gear inside the house and sorted through various weapons.

"Sam?" Mary walked in. "Where are Dean and Angela?"

"Uh, they're out stashing the car."

"Okay." Mary turned to leave.

"Wait, Mom?" Sam stopped her. "Uh… I just wanted to make sure that, um… you're okay. I mean, I know you never really wanted this."

Mary pursed her lips and shrugged. "Since when is life about getting what you want?"

~/~\~

9:03 PM

Sam, Dean, and Angela barged through the door.

"What the hell just happened?" Dean demanded.

"Where's Wally?" Mary asked.

"Wally, uh… I'm sorry." Angela shook her head.

"Oh, God."

"Cas," Dean walked over to the angel, who was grunting in pain.

"Where did those other demons come from?" Sam asked Mary and Robert.

"I don't know," Mary admitted.

"Hey," Dean knelt down next to Castiel. "Wow. You look like hammered crap."

"Yeah," Castiel grunted. "That sounds about right."

"Let's see."

Castiel lifted up his shirt to reveal the wounds and Dean visibly recoiled, shocked before reaching out to cover it again.

"All right. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, hey, you know what? I've had worse." Dean tried to sound comforting.

"Oh, yeah? When?" Castiel retorted. "Dean, something's wrong. I… I can't heal myself. I think the… I think the demon's spear was poisoned. I don't… I-I think I'm dying."

"No," Dean replied firmly. "No, you just need some time, okay? You'll heal up the old fashioned way."

"What the hell did you two get us into?" Sam asked Mary and Robert.

"Sam. Angie," Dean called out.

Sam, Angela, Mary, and Robert walked over to see Castiel groaning and suffering.

"You idiots," Crowley said as he appeared behind the hunters. "You're all going to die."

A/N: Hey, guys, I hope you liked this chapter! This one was kind of all over the place and challenging to write, lol. Love you guys, xoxo :)

~Emily