Chapter 10- I Know What You Did Last Summer

Her name was Anna Milton and Ruby had informed them that she had escaped from a locked ward. Apparently she was very important because the demons wanted her, and they wanted her alive, meaning the Winchesters were now standing in a church, looking for this mystery girl.

The three day drive had been awful in all respects. Sam and Dean argued the whole way there about why Sam is so keen on Ruby and what Dean is hiding about Hell. They were so engulfed in the argument that they hardly paid Elizabeth any attention. Which was fine with her, because when Dean wasn't looking at Sam like he was a broken doll, he was looking at her, and it made her fidget uncomfortably every time.

The thing was, Elizabeth knew that he was doing what Dean did best, worry. She knew he somehow chalked this all up to being his fault and now he was worrying about her. At times he would ask her about her powers and how she was feeling and she would always lie and say they were fine in order to spare his feelings.

He couldn't know that she had been practicing moving items in her room with her mind.

He defiantly couldn't know that Castiel and her had kissed, thus irritating the situation more and unlocking a very significant portion of her powers.

Her only problem was that she didn't know how to use them.

But she was learning.

Secretly of course.

"Nobody is here, this is a wild goose chase." Dean said

Sam let out a sigh and for a second Elizabeth thought they were going to start arguing again, however before he could respond to Dean, a thin framed girl with pale skin and bright red hair came around the corner.

Elizabeth was instantly taken aback by her sullen eyes and sharp cheekbones.

"Anna?" Sam questioned

The girl hesitantly took a step forward and then proceeded to take three steps backwards and run to hide behind a stain-glass window.

"Whoa, hey it's okay, we aren't going to hurt you…" Sam said as he stopped walking forward.

Anna didn't respond, and Dean glanced over at Elizabeth with a questioning look. She responded to the look by shrugging her shoulders and letting out a small breath of air.

"Anna, look.. My name is Elizabeth. These are my brothers, Sam and Dean.." Elizabeth began

"Certainly not Winchester?" Anna quickly said in a lightly toned voice.

"Uh yes actually." Elizabeth responded.

This caused Anna to come out from behind the window and stare at the three strangers standing in front of her with a shell shocked expression plastered on her face.

"Dean, as in the Dean?" She whispered.

Dean smirked slightly and Elizabeth could practically feel his confidence oozing out of him.

"Well yeah, that's me." Dean responded.

"Oh my god, I can't believe it's actually you. The Angels talk about you all the time, and you... Elizabeth" Anna said as she walked closer to the three.

"The man pulled from Hell by the Angel Castiel and the Antichrist. Standing in the same place, from the same family. How funny life is. I feel like I know all three of you, some Angels really don't like you Sam, and some Angels are very scared of you Elizabeth.. But Dean, they believe Dean can save us." Anna continued.

Elizabeth was growing very uncomfortable with how close Anna was to them now. She didn't know whether to shoot this girl or to shelter her because she obviously knew the kind of information that could get one killed.

"So wait.. You talk to Angels?" Dean asked.

This made Anna's eyes grow wide, and the skin on her cheeks reddened slightly.

"No way, they probably don't even know I'm here , I just kind of overhear them." Anna responded.

"…. You overhear them?" Elizabeth questioned

Anna smiled slightly while her eyes widened even larger make Elizabeth question just how big her eyes could get.

"Well they sort of talk and.. Well I just you know, listen.. In my head." Anna replied.

There was a beat before anyone answered.

"Like… Right now?" Dean finally questioned.

"Not right now, but I hear them all the time, mostly, and I can't shut them out because there is so many of them." Anna answered quickly with one breath.

Sam and Elizabeth exchanged a small look as Dean raised his eyebrows at Anna. No one knew exactly what to say, or if they should even believe this girl, but she knew them, their names, their stories, but so did many other supernatural creatures.

"So, you're telling me that you got locked up with a case of the crazies when really, you've just been tuning in to angel radio?" Dean questioned with a humorous tone.

Anna looked confused for a slight moment as Dean's joke settled into her body.

"Yes.. Thank you" She finally breathed out.

"Anna- when did the voices start?" Sam asked before Dean could respond with another sarcastic yet humorous answer.

"Oh I can tell you exactly! September 18th!" She piped.

This made Sam, Dean and Elizabeth share worried looks. They all knew that day, because that was the day that Dean was pulled out of Hell by Castiel.

"Day you got out of Hell." Elizabeth whispered.

"Yes- and the first words I heard, as clear as any bell was, Dean Winchester is saved." Anna replied.

More silence filled the church, as the three Winchesters let the information sink in.

It seemed like every time they turned around they were dealing with Angels, or Demons. None of them could go a day without thinking about the apocalypse and every time a new encounter with the Angels occurred, they all felt the growing pit of fear in their stomachs enlarge.

"What do you guys think?" Dean asked

"I don't know man, it's above my pay grade." Sam responded.

"Same here.. At least we know why the demons wanted you so bad." Elizabeth said.

Anna turned her eyes too look at Elizabeth, she looked scared for a split second, but then composer wiped over her face and she was back to staring at them like a deer in headlights.

"Yeah, she is like 1-800 angel. They could hear everything the other side is saying." Dean responded with another akaward joke.

Elizabeth glanced up at him and slightly shook her head while Sam smirked.

"Hey, do you guys know if my parents are okay? I didn't go home I was afraid." Anna quickly said after she was done smiling at Dean's joke.

Before anyone could answer, and before Elizabeth, Sam and Dean had even saw her, Elizabeth felt her. The pull of a cold and angry force, and for a split second she thought it was radiating off of Anna, but as the doors behind them flew open, Elizabeth knew that this was not the case.

"You found the girl? Good, let's go." Ruby said quickly.

All four of them turned to look at the demon and before any of them could ask what the rush was, Anna screamed out in horror.

"Oh, her face!"

Elizabeth and Dean let a small smirk spread over their faces as the offended look on Ruby's face brought them pure joy.

"No, no, it's okay, she's here to help." Sam said to Anna as he outstretched his hand towards her.

"Oh I wouldn't be so sure." Dean responded.

"Look we don't have time for this, we need to go, now!" Ruby replied.

"Why?" Elizabeth asked.

Ruby looked over at her with an exasperated expression.

"Some big wig Demon is coming! We can fight about this later guys but seriously we need to leave!" Ruby pleaded

"Oh how convenient, you show up just as we find the girl and you pop in with a story about some big demon on your ass?" Dean replied roughly.

"This isn't a joke, I didn't bring him here, you did. He followed you from her house, now we have got to go!" Ruby said.

Elizabeth went quiet beside Dean as the sickening cold feeling that she felt coming from Ruby, grew stronger. There was another demon out there, and Elizabeth could tell that this one was not playing around, this one was strong. Very strong.

"She isn't lying I can feel it." Elizabeth whispered.

Dean glanced over at her with an almost fearful expression planted on his face.

"Feel it?" He mumbled back at her.

Elizabeth turned in order to get a better look at him but before she could reply, the white ceramic statue behind Sam began to cry blood.

"Dean, Sam…" She whispered pointing at the statue, which caused everyone to turn their attention to it.

"It's too late… He's here." Ruby whispered, confirming what Elizabeth already knew. She glanced over at the demon, worry and fear were etched into her face and Elizabeth could feel her own panic mounting as she heard Sam take Anna and hide her in the nearest closet.

"He's strong." Elizabeth whispered more to herself than anyone else.

"Very." Ruby responded, just as Sam came around the corner. His hand reached inside his jacket pocket and pulled out the flask that contained holy water. Dean pulled out his gun from under his waistband and cocked it as he stared at the blood on the statue. Elizabeth, who had been paying attention to the sensations she was feeling, finally snapped into hunter mode as she heard Dean's gun click, in turn she pulled out her own gun and cocked it while her eyes stayed fixed on the door that Ruby had came through moments ago.

"No Sam, you have to pull him right away." Ruby said.

"Whoa, whoa, no way!" Dean replied harshly which made Elizabeth glance over her shoulder. Her eyes locked onto Sam's and there was a new understanding in them, one that someone who only possessed demon powers could recognize.

The thing that Dean had failed to realize that Elizabeth had finally realized was that, if they had to power to do something, why not use it. Why stand there and act helpless if they had the strength to beat this demon.

"Look now is not the time to go bellyache on Sam going dark side and using his powers. He does his thing and excursuses that demon, or we all die… Right Elizabeth?" Ruby said.

Dean tore his eyes away from Ruby to look at Elizabeth. His eyes were wide, and they dared her to agree with Ruby, and the fact of the matter was that she did.

"I'll try and help Sammy, but I don't know exactly what I'm doing." Elizabeth responded.

"Finally, someone other than me gets it." Ruby said.

Elizabeth avoided making eye contact with Dean as she made her way over to stand by Sam. She didn't want to see the betrayed, kicked puppy look in Dean's eyes. She knew he was worried about them, she knew that the Angels had forbidden them from knowing about and using their powers, but right now she didn't care. Right now, all she wanted was to protect Anna, Sam and Dean from the demon that was kicking open the door and standing in front of them.

Sam raised his hand and quickly felt the power surging out from inside him.

Elizabeth followed suit, and tried focusing her thoughts and ridding the demon from his meat suit. She screamed the exorcism over and over in her head and for a split second, she could feel a tingling sensation in her fingertips and she could see the demon being pushed backwards ever so slightly while he gasped for air.

His white eyes flicked over and instantly Elizabeth was reminded of Lilith.

Sam and Elizabeth had him for all of two seconds, their power was strong, but without practice and use, they didn't know how to access it and quickly the demon stopped choking for air and smiled at the four of them.

"You two… Obviously need some work. You don't have the juice to take me on!" The demon taunted in a condescending tone.

Then- with a flick of his wrist, the demon sent Sam flying forward, and tumbling down the stairs. Elizabeth's head felt like it was going to split open as she dropped her hand to her side and took a few steps forward, brandishing her gun in her hand and pointing it at the demon.

"Oh please Elizabeth, you're new at this, don't waste my time!" The demon said as he once again flicked his wrist and sent the gun that Elizabeth was holding sliding across the floor.

"Maybe I'll teach you a thing or two!" He continued.

Before she knew what was happening, Elizabeth's feet were kicked out from under her and she went soaring through the room and slammed hard into the wall. Her head connected with the wood and she slowly slide down it and landed hard on the ground.

She could hear the demon fighting with Dean, she desperately wanted to help, but her vision was blurry and her head throbbed even more now that she had cracked it against the wood.

"Alastair." Elizabeth heard Dean whisper.

Once again, she tried to stand, and this time she was successful. Her vision was still slightly impaired but she could see enough to make out Alastair and Dean. The glint of the knife on the ground caught her attention and quickly she ran and picked it up.

It only took her a moment to gain up the courage to run at Alastair and plunge the knife into his chest. Quickly he dropped Dean with a thud and grabbed onto the sides of Elizabeth's jacket.

"Oh you're going to have to do a lot better than that sweetheart." Alastair said as he pulled her in close and then flung her over to the end of the church, by the stain-glass window. She landed hard on her shoulder which made her bite down on her lip hard in order to stop herself from screaming out in pain.

She rolled over and pushed herself up with much complaint from her shoulder.

Sam had now rejoined the fight and was picking Dean up off the floor. Quickly he looked up at Elizabeth and then looked at the window with Dean. She didn't need to ask questions, all she knew was that before Alastair could pull the knife out of his chest, the three of them were jumping out of the window and landing on the hard dirt ground painfully.

"MMM Son of a bitch!" Dean hissed out as Sam popped his shoulder back into place. "I said three!" He continued

"Yeah well, tough." Sam responded.

Elizabeth shook her head as she pressed a washcloth onto the large cut on her cheek. It stung as soap and water entered the wound, making her wince in pain. Her eyes glanced down to look at her green combat jacket that she had on, the collar was covered in blood along with the white shirt she had under the jacket. She sighed and let out a small curse as she knew getting these stains out would be a pain.

Apart from the large gash on her cheek, Elizabeth had a nasty bruise on the side of her face where her head had connected with the wall after Alastair flung her into it. Her ribs hurt along with her shoulder and her ankle was slightly sprained from landing on it wrong when they jumped out of the window.

"I need to stitch that gash up Lizzy." Sam said from behind her.

Another sigh escaped Elizabeth's lips as she turned around and looked at Sam and Dean. Sam had just finished stitching together a pretty nasty gash on his upper bicep, his face was bruised slightly and his grey v-neck T-shirt was also covered in blood. Dean, who had just got his dislocated shoulder popped back into place, had black and blue marks all over his face. His lower lip was busted and blood drenched the collar of his flannel shirt. It was very obvious that their fight with Alastair had really beaten them up.

"I know, I'm coming.." Elizabeth whispered as she shuffled over to sit on the edge of the bed by Sam. She had been trying to delay the stitching up process as long as she could because it always hurt like hell.

"So- we lost the magical knife." Dean said as Sam began stitching up Elizabeth's face.

"Yeah, saving your ass. Sorry." Sam replied as Elizabeth winced in pain.

"Take it like a man Lizzy, anyway- we need to find Anna." Dean said as moved into the bathroom and put the ice pack that was sitting on the counter on his shoulder.

"I'm sure Ruby has her and that they are safe." Sam responded softly as he focused in on finishing the last couple of stitches.

"You're sure about that? Because what if she brought Alastair to us and took Anna.. It's just as reasonable don't you think Sam?" Dean said as he came back into the sleeping area.

Elizabeth wanted to respond but she couldn't due to the fact that Sam had a needle in her face, so she silently sat there and watched Sam's expressions go from focused to annoyed.

"No, she wouldn't do that. I trust her." Sam said

"And why do you trust her Sam?" Dean questioned.

Sam didn't answer as he finished stitching up Elizabeth's face. He took a step back, poured some alcohol on the washcloth Elizabeth had in her hand and then shoved it on her wound. The stinging sensation hit her hard, and she bit down hard on her lip and furrowed her eyebrows in pain.

"A little warning Sam?" She hissed.

"Yeah he doesn't do that. Just like he avoids answering questions." Dean piped up.

"Dean- seriously. Drop it, if Sam doesn't want to talk about it he shouldn't have to. It's not like we aren't all hiding things." Elizabeth said as she dropped the bloody washcloth.

"We are all hiding things?" Dean questioned

"Yeah Dean, we are. Sam with Ruby, and you with Hell." Elizabeth responded defensively.

Dean folded his arms over his chest and looked down at Elizabeth. He could feel his frustration mounting with her, despite his attempts to keep his emotions in check.

"And what are you hiding? Oh wait, you don't even have to say anything because I know you and Castiel have been running around together. It's the only explanation as to why you were even a little bit able to use ANY sort of power you might posses!" Dean yelled.

Elizabeth stood up quickly and took a step towards Dean as her anger spiked.

"You wouldn't know because you don't bother to ask because you don't care because you think I'm some sort of monster!" Elizabeth yelled back.

"Guys!" Sam exclaimed

"I never said you were a monster Elizabeth!" Dean responded

"You didn't have to Dean, it's the looks you give me, the hesitations in your voice, the questions upon questions. You don't trust me, you don't trust Sam! You barely trust yourself!" Elizabeth hissed.

There was a beat of silence as Elizabeth and Dean stared each other down.

"Alright enough! I'll tell you about Ruby… So we can attempt to repair this… Trust issue." Sam said which made Elizabeth and Dean break their eye contact and look over at him.

It was a proclamation that satisfied both Dean and Elizabeth, because their harsh gazes dropped and were replaced by soft understanding ones.

They all took a seat, and Sam told his story.

They now stood outside the door of some broken down looking cabin. After Sam had finished his story about why he cared so much about the demon, Ruby, inhabiting a maid, entered their motel room and told them exactly where to go and how to get there.

Elizabeth was torn, between absolutely hating and not trusting Ruby, and wanting to hug and thank her for making sure Sam didn't go off the reservation while Dean was in Hell. In all truth, ever since Dean had been saved from Hell, all Elizabeth ever felt was a flurry of many different emotions that if she let herself pay attention to, would suffocate her.

"Glad you could make it." Ruby said as she opened the door and let the three Winchesters in.

"Yeah well thanks." Sam said as he walked over to Ana.

"Anna- are you okay?" Elizabeth asked as she broke away from her thoughts and followed Sam over to the red headed girl.

"Yeah- I'm good. Ruby, she isn't like other demons, she saved my life." Anna replied.

This tugged at Elizabeth's conflicting emotions and made her lean more towards wanting to thank and hug Ruby.

"I heard she does that…" Dean began. "Look, I guess I owe you a thanks for you know.." He continued.

Elizabeth could hear the straining in Dean's voice as he tried to thank Ruby for saving Sam, and it made a small smile cross over her lips.

"What?" Ruby asked

"I owe you a thanks for you know… Sam. And you know." Dean replied.

Ruby raised an eyebrow and glanced over at Sam.

"Well don't strain yourself Dean." Ruby said.

"Alrighty then I won't. Is the moment over? Great, because that was akaward." Dean replied quickly as he cleared his throat.

Both Sam and Elizabeth shook their heads. Elizabeth knew that Dean wasn't much for feelings, expect for when he was really passionate about something- like earlier. Thinking about their earlier argument made Elizabeth cringe internally. She hadn't meant to say any of those things to Dean, but as soon as he started accusing her of running around and purposely unlocking her powers, the words began to flow out of her like a river.

She made a mental note to talk to him later.

"Guys, can I borrow someone's phone to call my parents and let them know that I am okay?" Anna questioned.

Everyone gave each other quick glances, each wondered who was going to break it to Anna that her parents had been murdered by demons.

"Anna…" Elizabeth finally began breaking the mounting silence. "Your parents… They.." She continued as she carefully thought about her words.

"No…" Anna whispered as her eyes grew wider.

"They were murdered." Elizabeth finally managed to choke out.

This realization made Anna double over in tears, animalistic noises drug themselves from her mouth as her body shook fiercely. Elizabeth swallowed down the lump that was beginning to form in the back of her throat as she watched Sam move closer to Anna, and wrap his arm around her shoulder in a comforting way.

"They're coming!" Anna said suddenly in a shrill voice.

Elizabeth knew who Anna was talking about before she even said anything, and before the lights in the cabin began to crackle.

The Angels.

The Angels were here, and Elizabeth could feel their warm and holy presence radiating off the walls of the cabin. She could feel the electricity pulsing through her as she had felt so many times before. She could sense the wind outside blowing hard as Sam hid Anna in the back room. She could feel everything, the fear, the nerves, the excitement, the power, and then the door blew open and Sam and Dean cocked their guns as Elizabeth stood beside them, ready to attack with the knife she pulled out of her boot and held in her hand.

The wind blew into the room fiercely, and it was followed by two very familiar faces.

Castiel and Uriel.

Everyone made eye contact with each other for a split second and then slowly the Winchesters lowered their weapons as the Angels came more into the room.

Elizabeth locked onto Castiel's eyes, and for a brief moment, he felt like a stranger. His expressions were different, his body language was different, even the light that was present in his eyes a week ago was gone.

This was the Castiel that presented himself to her, Dean and Bobby in the barn.

This was the all business, no play Castiel.

"Please tell me you are here to help, we've been having demon issues all day?" Dean asked.

"Yes I can see that, do you mind telling me what you are doing having that stain in this room?" Uriel questioned as his eyes trailed over to Ruby.

No one had an answer as they all looked between each other and then gazed back over at Castiel and Uriel.

"We are here for Anna." Castiel finally said in his signature husky voice.

Of course they were here for Anna, everyone was here for Anna. This whole day had been dedicated to Anna.

Finding her.

Saving her.

Getting their asses kicked by a demon for her.

"Like, here for her, here for her?" Dean asked. Elizabeth rolled her eyes at the implication that Dean was making.

"Stop talking." Uriel said fiercely.

"Screw you buddy, we can talk all we want, and we can also tell you that we're not giving you Anna." Elizabeth said as she took a step forward.

"Oh not this again. Seriously Elizabeth we don't need round two of the Uriel and Elizabeth fight." Dean said from behind Elizabeth.

Of course Elizabeth had heard Dean, but the last thing she did was care. She didn't trust the look in Uriel's eyes when he talked about Anna. She didn't like how his voice dripped with superiority, almost as if he owned Anna. Something about the two angels standing in front of her was off.

Cas wouldn't look at her, and when he did, he held a stone cold emotionless expression.

Uriel was even more demanding than usual.

Something was definitely wrong.

"Are you going to help her?" Sam asked

There was a beat of silence before Cas spoke up and said the words Elizabeth never expected him to say.

"No- she has to die."

Die? They were going to kill her. That's why they looked like the mafia busting in here. Castiel was going to kill an innocent human being.

An innocent human being that heard angel radio.

No- this had to be Uriel's doing.

Cas wouldn't? Would he? Then again, maybe he would, how well did she really know this angel standing in front of her? Could she defiantly say that Castiel- angel of the lord, would never kill an innocent soul.

She knew that she couldn't say that because she knew she didn't know Castiel all that well.

She knew his lips well. But not him.

"You can't kill her!" Elizabeth heard herself say

"That is not up to you, now move out of the way or I will move you myself." Uriel replied.

"I wasn't talking to you Uriel, and if you try to move me, so help me God." She responded, as she turned to stare Uriel straight in the face.

"Okay, okay, look we know she can hear angel radio but that's no reason to gank her!" Dean said with a slightly panicked voice.

"Don't worry- I'll kill her gently." Uriel said as he took a step forward.

"You're some heartless sons of bitches, ya know that?" Dean questioned

"As a matter of fact, we are. And?" Castiel replied.

Elizabeth wanted to scream. How could this man standing in front of her be so different than the man that had been kissing her only a week ago! How could he act so cold and barge in here and expect them to hand Anna over to her death?

"And Anna is an innocent girl!" Sam said

"She is faaaaar from innocent." Castiel replied.

He could hardly look at Elizabeth. She looked so taken aback and angry with him. Plus her face was bruised, beaten and stitched, making it hard to resist the urge to place his hands on either side of her cheeks and heal her. He knew that the Winchesters did not understand why they wanted Anna dead, but the orders came from Heaven, which meant they had to be followed. Without question.

He knew Anna wasn't innocent, he knew what she had done, and nothing that Sam, Dean or even Elizabeth said, would change the outcome of this visit.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Elizabeth questioned as she moved a little further away from Uriel.

"That she is worse than this whore Sam has been screwing. That she is worse than you- abomination." Uriel replied.

Elizabeth sighed and clinched her jaw tight. She knew why she was considered an abomination in the eyes of Uriel now, and despite hating what she was, she still felt a twinge of anger boil in her at the use of the word abomination.

"Now get out of my way, or give me the girl." Uriel said.

Sam, Dean and Elizabeth exchanged a quick look that was full of understanding. They weren't going to hand Anna over like a piece of meat. They were going to protect her, from the Angels, from the Demons, from whatever.

"Sorry, find another one. Might want to try Jdate." Dean said.

Elizabeth smirked, and then everything happened so fast.

Uriel grabbed Ruby and flung her into the window, he put his hand on her head in an attempt to smite her back to Hell, but Dean interrupted him by hitting him hard over the back with his gun.

The next thing Elizabeth knew was that Dean was getting pummeled by Uriel and Castiel had knocked Sam out cold. She found herself standing against the door that held Anna behind it. Staring into Castiel's expressionless face.

"Cas- please stop!" Elizabeth pleaded as he came closer to her. "What happened to you! What changed?" She continued.

Castiel stopped as he stood inches away from Elizabeth. Nothing had changed in him, he knew that last week, in a lapse of judgment, he told the Winchester's one of Heavens most valuable secrets and then proceeded to kiss the Antichrist. He knew that he had to follow Heaven's orders and kill Anna because if it looked like, even for a second that he was disobeying, all the Angels would come down on him with the holy iron fist.

He wanted to knock Elizabeth out so he could get to Anna, but he also wanted to grab Elizabeth by the shoulders and make her understand that he had no other choice. He had to protect her from Heaven by following Heaven's rules. He had to make it seem like nothing had changed between the two of them. That he hated her and only had one job.

"Elizabeth move." Castiel said in the most threatening voice he could muster up with her.

"No Cas, I'm not moving. If you want me to then you can do it yourself." She said with a swallow.

Castiel looked so threatening. His bright blue eyes were glossed over and he stood towering over her with a dominating look. His left hand was clinched hard in a fist, and if he was thinking anything, his facial features did not give that away.

He looked absolutely frightening, and suddenly Elizabeth felt herself almost shying away from him.

He took a step forward, unsure of what he was about to do in order to reach Anna.

"Don't…" Elizabeth pleaded.

He heard her pleas, but he couldn't stop his hand from reaching up and touching her cool forehead, he attempted to put her to sleep as he did Sam, but as if a wall was blocking him, he couldn't. He tried again, and hit the same wall.

It took only a fraction of a second to realize that her powers were overpowering his powers. Making it so that he could not knock her out.

His eyes widened, and he let his arm fall to his side in awe. He desperately wanted her to move, but now that she wouldn't budge, and couldn't be knocked out, he was practically out of options apart from using physical force. The last thing he could do was harm her.

He wouldn't...but he had too.

He let out a breath of air, and then, just as he was about to make his move on Elizabeth, lightening cracked over head, and a burning sensation began to spread through his body. A string felt like it was pulling on his true form and quickly, it dawned on Castiel what was happening.

Before he disappeared with Uriel into thin air, his eyes locked onto Elizabeth's and he whispered out a small "I'm sorry."