The Future Part 2

Fall River, Massachusetts

There was a knock at Castiel's motel room door. He directed Kelly to the bathroom and opened the door with the Colt at the ready. When Castiel opened the door, he saw that it was Dean, Angela, Sam, and Grace.

"Yeah, that's mine." Dean took the Colt and stormed inside. "What the hell were you thinking, huh—

"Dean?" Sam called out when he noticed Kelly in the bathroom doorway.

"What?!" he snapped.

"Dean!" Angela gestured to Kelly.

"Kelly?" Dean's eyes widened slightly.

"Hey." She greeted.

"Hey," Sam replied.

"How did you find us?" Castiel demanded.

"Well, while you were scamming me for the Colt, Sam put a tracking app on your phone," Dean answered.

"Cas, when you came back, you didn't even look us in the eye. You wanna explain what's going on here?" Angela asked.

"Yeah. I found Dagon."

"And?" Sam asked.

"Did you kill her?" Dean added.

"No." Castiel sighed, earning a look from Dean. "She's difficult to kill, okay?"

"Yeah. You think?" Dean scoffed in annoyance.

"All right, so what are you doing here, then?" Sam inquired.

"I," Castiel sighed in embarrassment. "My truck broke down."

"Then—Then why didn't you call us?" Sam asked in confusion. "Cas, we could've helped you."

"I know. I wanted to keep you out of this. I-I was trying to keep you safe."

"You're not our babysitter, Cas, okay? That is not your job." Dean retorted. "And when in our whole lives have we ever been safe?"

"This is my responsibility because it is my plan," Castiel argued.

"Your plan?" Dean quirked a brow.

"He's taking me to Heaven." Kelly chimed in.

"You—You're taking her to the sandbox?" Dean deadpanned.

"Yes. I'm ending this, once and for all. Kelly and her baby have to die."

"No, they don't," Angela stressed. "Listen, we found another way."

"And you would know that if you would answer your phone," Dean added.

Castiel's brows creased in confusion. "Wait, what are you talking about?"

"What you did with me, with—with Gadreel, remember?" Sam asked. "The—the grace extraction. We take the grace from the baby, from the Nephilim, and then the baby just becomes—

"Human." Castiel finished.

"Human." Sam nodded.

"Wait a minute," Castiel frowned. "That extraction, it nearly killed you."

"Yeah, but it didn't," Sam argued.

"Because we didn't finish it. We don't even know if this would work."

"There are kinks, yes, but it's a plan." Dean cut in. "And it beats the hell out of certain death. Am I right?" he asked Kelly.

"No." she replied as she shrugged on her jacket and walked out of the room.

"Hey, Kelly," Sam tried to stop her as they all followed her out. "Kelly. He, wait, wait. Wait a second, look. We—we can't imagine what you've been through, okay? But we promised we'd find another way, and we did. We found a better way. This can work."

"I'm going with Castiel," Kelly replied.

"No, Kelly, if you go with Cas, you die. Your baby dies." Angela argued.

"I go with you, you take away the thing that makes him special." Kelly snapped.

"How does that matter if you're both dead?" Sam demanded.

"That's the only thing that matters." She stressed.

"Okay, this girl has lost her mind." Dean rolled his eyes.

"Hey, Dean." Castiel reprimanded.

"Meanwhile, can we take this conversation elsewhere, guys?" Sam asked. "We're kind of sitting ducks out here."

"Sam's right. Dagon is after Kelly. Your truck is broke down. Why don't we get in the Impala, we'll head to the bunker, and we'll talk?" Dean suggested. "We'll figure it out."

"Right." Sam nodded.

"Okay, we'll talk." Castiel conceded.

"Great." Sam and Dean sighed.

"Gracie, why don't you go with uncle Cas?" Angela told her daughter.

'Kay, mommy." Grace smiled as she held Castiel's hand.

"It's like herding cats." Dean shook his head as Castiel, Kelly, and Grace walked to the Impala.

"Yeah." Sam agreed. "Okay, so what? We—we go back to the bunker and we just try to convince them to stay there forever?"

"Dean!" Castiel gestured to the door. "Locked."

Dean tossed Castiel the keys, and the angel opened the passenger door for Kelly. Kelly sat down and exhaled sharply, while Castiel buckled Grace into her car seat.

"It's not supposed to happen this way." Kelly murmured as Castiel climbed in the back and tossed the keys onto the front seat.

Kelly looked to the three hunters, looked to the keys, and started to slide across the seat.

"Kelly," Castiel frowned.

Kelly took the keys and turned the ignition, and the engine started to rumble.

"What are you doing?!" Castiel demanded as Kelly pealed out of the parking lot.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!" Dean yelled.

"Grace is in there!" Angela exclaimed with worry.

"Hey!" Sam yelled. "Hey! Hey! Whoa!"

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Dean was working on fixing Castiel's truck and Angela bit her nails nervously.

"It's going to be okay, baby." Sam comforted. "Cas isn't gonna let anything happen to Gracie."

"I just don't want her to be scared." Angela's voice cracked. "How did this happen?"

Dean scoffed. "What? The lying? The Heaven plan? Or the fact that I'm working on this stupid truck?"

"No, she means, what's wrong with Cas?" Sam questioned.

"Well, he hasn't exactly had a banner year," Dean muttered. "I mean, think about it. Between Lucifer, killing Billie, Ramiel, everything's been blowing up in his face. And he's so desperate for a win right now, he can't even see straight." He explained as he gestured to the truck. "Go ahead and give it a try."

Sam climbed into the truck and turned the keys into the ignition. The engine squealed a bit before rumbling steadily.

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Sam, Dean, and Angela pulled up to the park in Castiel's beaten-up truck. Sam got out and immediately started shooting at Dagon, but it had no effect. Meanwhile, Angela ran to the Impala to check on Grace.

"Gracie, oh my god, are you okay?" Angela asked worriedly.

"I'm okay, mommy." Grace nodded. "Just sleepy."

As Sam started to reload his gun, Dagon flicked her arm and sent Sam flying backward. Dean took aim with the Colt and Dagon teleported behind him, grabbing Dean's arm and snapping his bone.

"Yeah," she took the Colt. "Time to take this off the board."

"No!" Dean yelled as Dagon melted the Colt with ease.

Dagon dropped the melted pieces and smirked. "Okay. Who wants ice cream?" she asked as she approached Castiel. "Kid, come on. It's just getting sad."

Castiel breathed heavily and looked at Kelly. "Run."

Kelly just took Castiel's hand in hers and smiled softly. Dagon laughed loudly.

"Aw! Adorbs!" she mocked as a golden light surged from Kelly to Castiel.

"Cas!" Sam and Angela cried out.

"No!" Dean yelled.

Dagon went to smite Castiel, but he blocked her power, clearly surprising her.

"How—

"Call it a miracle," Castiel replied as he grabbed her and set her on fire.

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Sam, Dean, Angela, and Grace approached Castiel, clearly shocked by what had happened.

"Cas?" Dean breathed out.

"What was that?" Sam asked in confusion.

"It was, um, it was me. But it was also…" Castiel trailed off as he looked at Kelly. "You're hurt." He healed Dean's broken arm. "Thank you for coming to fight for us."

"Are you okay?" Angela asked worriedly.

"I am." Castiel nodded. "I've been so lost. I'm not lost anymore. And I know now that this child must be born with all of his power."

"You can't actually mean that." Sam frowned.

"Yes. I do. I have faith. We have to go."

"Hey, Cas," Sam pleaded. "Wait a second. Wait, hold on. Just—

"You have to trust me." Castiel interrupted.

"No, no, no, wait. Okay, whatever that thing did to you, we're not just gonna let you walk away." Dean argued.

"Yeah, that's not gonna happen." Angela scoffed.

"Yes, it is." Castiel touched Angela's forehead.

Angela inhaled sharply and fell unconscious.

"Cas, what the hell?!" Sam demanded.

Castiel touched Sam's forehead, and he fell unconscious as well. The angel turned to Dean, who shook his head.

"Don't," Dean pleaded as Castiel touched his forehead and knocked him out.

"Unca Cas?" Grace looked up at him with sad eyes.

"I'm sorry." Castiel apologized before he turned and walked away.

A/N: Hey, y'all, I hope you liked this chapter! Love y'all, xoxo :)

~Emily