"She'll wake up. Give her time."
All River could hear was voices. Her vision was still blurry.
"I thought my part was over!" This obstinate comment sounded like Dean.
"No one called you in." Crowley replied.
"My E.M.F. goes off, I'm driving back with groceries! Lisa and Ben are-well mostly she is-freaking out and I don't blame them, given Lucifer keeps trying to kill them!"
"Dean, calm down-" Castiel's voice spoke up.
"And what's with you? Why aren't you in Heaven? How come you haven't done anything about Lucifer? Why are you helping this crazy girl?"
"Because-" Vera's voice snapped, "-She is Raziel. She is the one who can save your brother."
"Who is Raziel?"
Vera turned as River sat up rubbing her eye.
"A powerful ally and friend." The cherubim knelt next to her. "Are you alright?"
"Lucifer..." River whispered. "While Sam is reliving a life Lucifer is in complete control."
"Reliving a-" Dean grasped his forehead. "My head hurts."
Vera cast a glare at Crowley.
"You had them relive?"
"Only Rowena and Colt-and we didn't know the boy's mind would get caught in it." Crowley stated.
"Sammael and Raziel are bound by a red string! While they exist on the same plane of space and time they are connected by there very souls!" Vera snarled.
"It's not like she's this time's Raziel!"
"Then when is she from?"
Dean's question reminded them all he was still there. Crowley began swearing in Mandarin as Vera began barking at Castiel in a foreign dialect. River faced Dean and looked him straight in the eyes.
"Centuries in the future where we call this world 'Earth That Was'."