Cas had directed the group to the war room. Sam hoped that it was too far away for Syd to stumble across it; she might get a little freaked out that they'd brought one of Lucifer's minions into her only safe place. Although Sam couldn't really blame her, he thought it was a better idea for the experienced people to talk it over first before telling her. Sean had walked in before Dean could close the doors.

"So you guys are kidnapping people now?" Sean asked.

"We didn't really have much of a choice," Dean replied bitterly.

"Oh, so you two now have a pet fairy. How cute," Crowley said as Sean glared at him.

"It's better than being one of Lucifer's pets," Sean retorted and turned to Sam with Crowley throwing Sean a dirty look behind him. "And you let a demon in here? Aren't they after her on Lucifer's orders?"

"Look, Sean. It's… complicated," Sam explained. "Just know that he's on our side… at the moment at least."

"Thanks for the huge vote of confidence, Moose," Crowley quipped, and Sam rolled his eyes.

"So what do we do with Ranger Dan?" Dean asked around the room. "Keep him trapped in the dungeon so he can't get to Syd?"

"Get to Syd?" Cas asked with confusion.

"Yeah, he said that he made some kind of deal with Lucifer to bring back his brother in exchange for Syd," Sam clarified.

"Which just sounds fishy to me," Dean said. "I mean, the reason that Lucifer wants her so badly is so that he can use her soul, so why would Lucifer make a deal to not hurt her? He can't use its power without touching it, so how's he going to do it without hurting her?"

"We should give Daniel some tough love. Maybe then he'll give us a better story," Crowley offered with a smirk.

"Oh," Cas said as though he had an epiphany.

"What, Cas?" Dean asked.

"Syd told me about what happened the other night that unsettled her," Cas said with a look of unease. "Lucifer told her that he likes her."

The room went silent as everyone stared at Cas in shock. Sam hadn't expected that at all, and now he felt bad about going to get Daniel before talking to her. To be honest, he had been relieved that she hadn't been ready to discuss what had disturbed her, but now he felt awful. No wonder she'd been so shocked that morning. Even if it was a lie, the devil telling you that he likes you would be pretty alarming.

"What," Dean said evenly, but Sam could tell that he was worried.

"And he said that he's willing to work with us as long as he gets his grace back," Cas continued thoughtfully.

Sean, Dean, and Crowley all had the same look of confusion mixed with terror and anger on their faces. Under different circumstances Sam would have thought it was funny, but now all Sam could see was Syd's thousand yard stare from this morning. He wished that he had tried to talk to her earlier.

"So I guess, Daniel is Lucifer's plan A, and working with us would be his plan B," Sam said to break the silence.

"So could someone please explain to me why we're letting a potential kidnapper stay in the same place as his intended victim?" Sean asked angrily.

"Don't worry," Sam assured him, although he knew that Sean had a point. "Daniel can't use magic due to his restraints, but we should probably have a rotating shift watch him for tonight or until we can agree on what to do with him."

"And I'll put the bunker on lockdown, so if you've got somewhere to be, leave now. Not even the dungeon door with open once I start it, so we'll have to have someone operate the controls when we switch shifts," Dean explained, and no one left.

"Okay, I'll tell Syd. She has a right to know, and she might feel better if I'm the one to tell her," Cas informed them before walking out of the room.

Sean looked angry but seemed to think that Cas was right. Sam sighed as he got up to leave the room. It would take a couple minutes for Sam to get to the dungeon, so Sam asked Dean to give him five minutes before Dean pressed the switch. Dean agreed, and they started to leave the room.

"You two behave yourselves," Dean ordered and got a scowl from Sean and a smirk from Crowley.

As Sam walked down the hallway, he wondered what Cas was telling Syd. Cas was known for being especially blunt, but Syd seemed to take his brand of honesty pretty well. Sam got to the door and pulled it open. Behind the bookshelves was the dungeon, but Sam got an odd feeling as he approached. He soon realized what the feeling was when he stepped inside the room; it was dread.

The table was still secured in the demon trap, but Daniel was nowhere to be seen. Sam heard a sound from his right and moved just in time to dodge a punch. Daniel was still in the handcuffs but he had found a way to unlatch them from the table.

"Come on, Daniel. We can talk this out," Sam tried to reason with Daniel as he avoided another punch and backed away. His foot caught on a box, and Daniel landed a punch, knocking Sam to the ground. There was a small clink as the key to the handcuffs fell out of Sam's pocket to the floor.

Daniel quickly snatched up the key, and Sam picked himself up off the ground as Daniel bolted to the door. Sam almost made it before the door slammed in his face. Using his shoulder he tried to break down the door until he noticed the faint glow of red lights. The bunker was now on lockdown.

There was now a witch loose in their base, and Sam was now trapped. Sam quickly called Dean and hoped for the best.