A/N: Who's ready for an update? I sure am!

Disclaimer: I still wish I was EK.

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"Dean, I don't think you understand how serious this is." Castiel nearly yelled as he paced around, trying to get through Dean's think skull.

"What, some little baby is going to bring about the apocalypse? Please." Dean muttered sarcastically.

This time Castiel couldn't restrain himself from rolling his eyes. "Dean, you must listen to me. If that baby doesn't die, Lucifer will be freed. There will be hellfire."

At that moment, all three Winchesters stared at Castiel. "What?!" They all questioned in unison.

"That child that is growing inside you Annie is very dangerous. It'll be out of you before you know it, and it will kill everyone you've ever known or loved. Then it will slowly kill you, carving you up like a Thanksgiving turkey, which your father could vouch for, I'm sure."

Dean flinched as a chill ran up his spine at the memory of his time down under. Annie noticed. "Dad?" She questioned. Dean had never confessed to Annie what he had done, and he didn't intend to now; he acted as if he hadn't heard her.

"Anyways, the child must be stopped. After it kills you and your loved ones, it will break the remaining seals and set Lucifer free. Lucifer will then kill the child and use its body as a host."

"And this is the only way?" Sam questioned, not sure if he believed Castiel.

"Yes."

"No. I refuse to give up my baby. I'd rather die." Annie whispered softly.

Castiel walked up to Annie and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I want you to listen to me. You don't have a choice, we either remove the child from you, or we will have to kill you both. There aren't any other options."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Relax Cas, it's not like the little monster is going to be popping out anytime soon. Until it does, give us a chance. This is my family, and I say no one is killing anyone right now."

"You're wrong. The 'little monster' is popping out in a week's time."

"You owe me." Dean reminded him.

"I suppose I can give you three days. After that if you can't find anything, the child must be killed." Dean nodded in acceptance.

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Two days had come and passed and Dean and Sam had found nothing. Dean glanced up at Sam. He, Annie, and Sam were on the living room in the sofa. Annie's stomach had become more swollen ,and more disgusting looking by the second.

"What if we purify the child?" Sam questioned.

"How do we do that?"

"I'm not sure. Maybe if we baptize Annie it can calm the child until it's born, and then we can baptize the child."

"Baptize it? That's it?"

"Well, not in any river or anything. There is one place specifically. Legend has it that there is a secret spring in Florida that can purify anything. The only problem is that to get Annie there, we will have to fight and kill the guardian."

"Guardian?" Dean and Annie questioned.

"Yes. The guardian of the secret spring is a high ranking demon. It's stronger than any demon we have ever faced."

"And too powerful for you to kill." Castiel finished as he appeared before them; Dean flinched.

"There are some things I just don't miss." Dean muttered to himself.

"What do you mean too powerful?" Annie questioned.

"Just exactly as I said. This demon is too powerful. Don't you think I would have told you about this if I knew you could save the child this way?"

"How do you know? Uncle Sam has powers, and Dad is the best when it comes to hunting demons. You should know that better than anyone, shouldn't you Cas?"

"This demon is stronger than Lilith."

"So? We ganked her a long time ago." Dean commented as a smirk came to his face. He was so relieved when he had finally killed her. It was in fact Dean who had stolen the colt from her, and then shot her in the heart, saving the world. He had the battle scars to prove it.

"Besides, what about you Cas? You're a warrior of God; surely you're strong enough to handle this demon?" Dean sarcastically questioned.

"Even if I was, I am needed elsewhere. If you are to succeed you must do this on your own. Heed my warning. This will be no easy feat. Annie will get much worse before this gets better."

"I know, but do you really think I'm gonna get that child out of my bull-headed daughter?"

"You're her father."

"That maybe so, but killing a life before its had a chance to do something wrong doesn't fly well with me. We're going to purify that kid." Dean said determinedly.

"I wish you the best of luck, I truly do." Castiel whispered as he vanished. Dean looked around and saw Annie was gone. He glanced over to Sam for a second, and then went upstairs to find his daughter. He stopped at the door when he heard Annie.

"Ow!" She winced as she felt the baby kick. She ran her hand over the lump soothingly as if she was reassuring the baby. "Take it easy kid, you're hurting me." She whispered. Dean could hear her clicking through her address book in her cell – phone.

"Aaron?" She questioned as he picked up.

"Yeah?"

"I think you need to get her fast."

"Why? What's wrong?! Are you hurt?" Aaron questioned, the flurry of questions rolled right off his tongue drenched with concern for Annie.

"Depends on what you mean." Annie said drowsily, an overwhelming sensation of drowsiness rolled over her.

"Annie? Are you okay? You sound like crap."

"Thanks…" Annie trailed off as she dropped her cell phone on the floor, falling asleep. Dean made his way slowly into the room. He could hear Aaron screaming for Annie into the phone. Right when Dean was about to answer him, Aaron hung up.

Dean helped Annie into a comfortable position on the bed. She looked ghostly pale, and he noticed her freckles. Her cute little freckles that she had inherited from himself. He couldn't help but smile when he remembered when she was younger. So care free and innocent. Now as he looked down at her, he saw stress and worries all over her unconscious face. He just wanted her to be normal. It's all he ever wanted for her; for Sam. It pained him to see Annie and her grotesque lump.

Right then Dean had decided that since he knew Aaron was making his way over here that he would wait. The more hunters they had to take down this damn demon the better. Plus, Aaron was the father, so he should get his hands a little dirty too, and see what he and Annie had done.

He couldn't help himself as he felt so alone and helpless. He felt like Annie was slipping away from him, and no matter how hard her tried he couldn't hold on to her. He sat on the edge of the bed as he gently stroked her burning forehead. No matter how hard they tried they just couldn't get her fever down. Soon it would be time for another dose of medicine, which would manage it until it wore off. He couldn't imagine any part of Annie harming another living soul. Annie was afraid of killing cockroaches for goodness sakes!

He watched as Annie rolled around a bit, her face distorted in pain. He saw tears rolling down her cheeks as she whimpered in pain.

"Daddy!" She cried out as she bolted upright, tears running down her face.

"Shh. I'm here; I got you now." Dean soothed as he took her in an embrace. She cried into his chest; the pictures of her nightmare wouldn't leave her head.

'Don't worry baby, I won't let you die…' Annie thought to herself. She couldn't pull herself together. The thought of someone killing her baby terrified her. And as if Dean could read her mind, he reassured her.

"I'm not gonna let anyone kill this baby, you hear me?" Dean whispered softly as he let his daughter cry until exhaustion.

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A/N: So, what'd you guys think? I'm slowly unraveling what will happen, bit by bit.