Chapter 2: Don't Fear the Reaper Part 1.
Scene: Hospital Stairwell
Dr. Wilson: "Get away from him!"
The Reaper turns to glare and growl at him refusing to back off the patient.
Dr. Wilson has no weapons on him so he tries to push the Reaper off the dying man.
The Reaper is incorporeal like a spirit so Sam's hands go right through it.
The Reaper: "Back off boy! This is his time to die! Don't make it yours too!"
Dr. Wilson: "No! Leave him alone!"
The Reaper telepathically throws Dr. Wilson down the stairs. He bangs his head really hard against the wall and is knock unconscious.
Several minutes later Dr. Sheppard comes into the stairwell searching for the reaper, but instead finds Sam's unconscious body still lying on the landing of the stairwell between the first and second floor.
Dr. Sheppard: "Sammy? Sam!"
Dr. Sheppard rushes over to wake him and check to see if he's okay.
Dr. Wilson groans as he opens his eyes, blood covers his eyelashes immediately seeping down from a deep gash on the top of his forehead.
Dr. Sheppard helps Dr. Wilson to sit up and frowns with worry as he looks at the gash on his brother's head.
Dr. Sheppard: "Hey Sammy, you alright? What happened?"
Dr. Wilson touches his hand to the cut on his head and it stings quite a bit so he stops touching it then finally looks up at his brother.
Dr. Wilson: "The Reaper was here Dean."
Dr. Sheppard: "You actually saw him?"
Dr. Wilson nods
Dr. Sheppard looks around them, but the Reaper is long gone now. The patient Sam was trying to save's body lies still on the stairs above them.
Dr. Sheppard gets up and checks the patient's pulse for any sign of life.
Dr. Wilson looks at the body and painfully stands up to his feet.
Dr. Wilson: "Anything?"
Dr. Sheppard shakes his head indicating to Sam that unfortunately it's too late the patient is dead and there's no pulse left. He frowns now angry that people are already dying.
Dr. Sheppard: "What were you thinking going after this thing alone Sam? It could have killed you!"
Dr. Wilson: "You went after it by yourself so don't yell at me my head hurts. Besides I just sort of ran into him here I was planning on fighting it and it wasn't much of a fight anyway.
Dr. Wilson frowns.
Dr. Sheppard is still upset, but decides it's not fair to take it out on Sam just because he got hurt.
Dr. Wilson: "We've got to stop this before he kills dad too. But, how do we kill a Reaper it's practically impossible to kill death right?"
Dr. Sheppard nods and frowns still not sure how they are going to stop this Reaper, but he has no intention of letting it get their dad.
Dr. Wilson walks with Dr. Sheppard up the stairs and they both go to the second floor to call somebody about the body in the hallway.
Dr. Wilson stumbles a bit on the last step.
Dr. Sheppard frowns at him.
Dr. Sheppard: "You may need stitches Sam that looks pretty bad. You sure you're alright?
Dr. Wilson crankily replies back.
Dr. Wilson: "I'll be fine! Let's just find Nurse Sullivan. She's says there are patients here suffering from ghost sickness.
Dr Sheppard's frown grows even deeper.
Dr. Sheppard: "Seriously here! Ghost sickness?"
Dr. Wilson nods.
Dr. Sheppard: "Oh well that's just great! Like we don't have enough crap to deal with already. Where are they?"
Dr. Wilson: "I don't know that's what we need Kate to tell us. I left her in the nursery with baby Eric."
Dr. Sheppard: "Kate huh? You're already on a first name basis with her? Why should we trust her?
Dr. Wilson: "Yeah, well she helped me deliver the baby, she's from Kansas too and she needs our help with this. It's what we do Dean."
Dr. Sheppard stares at his brother's puppy dog eyes not sure if Sam knows what he's getting them involved in. He decides to wait and see for himself what's going on, but the idea of ghost sickness in the hospital makes him very nervous. He doesn't want to catch the disease again ever.
Dr. Sheppard: "So is the baby human?"
Dr. Wilson: "I'm not really sure it looks human, but his eyes glow green."
Dr. Sheppard: "They glow? Well that ain't good!"
Dr. Wilson: "Also, I think he may already have some psychic abilities. It was weird I never thought I be able to do deliver a child like that."
Dr. Sheppard: "Well you know what we have to do, don't ya?"
Dr. Wilson grabs a towel off a cart in the hallway to wipe off the blood on his face.
Dr. Wilson looks at Dr. Sheppard and can tell by his stare what his brother is thinking.
Dr. Wilson: "We are not going to kill this kid Dean! We don't have all the facts yet! Besides Gabriel told us we need to protect him.
Dr. Sheppard: "Please Gabriel is always full of crap don't tell me you believe him. He's the one trapping us here. Our duty is to save dad! He's dying remember. Not to mention his ghost is somewhere roaming the halls along with this reaper who is planning to kill him and maybe even a bunch of patients suffering from the same disease I had. I'm not about to let that happen Sam. This kid is dangerous to this entire hospital and we don't need anymore problems."
Dr. Wilson: "Dean I promised Chastity we can't! Please let's find out the truth about him first. He's just a baby I don't think he'll harm anyone yet."
Dr. Sheppard rolls his eyes.
Dr. Sheppard: "Yeah right, a baby that may be the new antichrist for all we know! I'm going to call Castiel he can take the baby and Chastity someplace safer while we figure this out at least."
Dr. Wilson: "You didn't tell me Cas was back?"
Dr. Sheppard: "Well I just did. I sent him to check on dad."
Dr. Sheppard pulls out his cell to call Castiel's phone.
Dr. Cox comes around the corner and sees her interns standing in the hallway talking when they were suppose to have reported to her a couple of hours ago.
Dr. Miranda Cox is a tough as nails bawdy lady. Miranda was born in the hard knocks streets of Harlem and raised by a single mother. She had to deal with a lot of gang violence in her neighborhood and she's even been shot at many times before. Fortunately, she escaped the harsh streets due to her extreme determination and intelligence. She got a scholarship to go to Harvard Medical School and left home for Cambridge. Dr. Cox has been working at Mercy Grace for four years now and just became an attendee a few months ago. She's had an outstanding record with interns so far as strict, but fair. She loves students who are eager to learn, and pity the fool that crosses her.
She doesn't take back talking and anyone who refuses to obey hospital policies and rules gets chewed out bad sometimes literally. Oh yes that's right Miranda Cox is a really a vampire. No one else at Mercy Grace except for Dr. Sexy knows this about her and Miranda would like to keep it that way. She's already suspicious of Dr. Wilson and Dr. Sheppard snooping around her hospital as she knows they didn't come here the traditional way interns usually arrive so that must mean trouble. As a vampire she can smell them very well and she recognizes the pungent smell of demon blood on Sam. That makes her more nervous as to who they really are and why they are here so she's already preparing herself in case there's a fight about to happen.
Miranda walks over and immediately starts yelling at them because she is angry they didn't do as instructed by the other attendee on duty Dr. Sexy.
Dr. Cox: "What are you two doing up here? You were supposed to report to my office hours ago!"
Sam and Dean turn to face her both not sure what lie to tell her just yet.
Dr. Cox stands with her arms folded glaring at them as she waits for one of them to answer her.
Dr. Wilson: "Sorry we just got distracted. I had to deliver a baby and."
Dr. Cox interrupts him.
Dr. Cox: "You did what! You aren't an Obstetrician! Who authorized this?"
Dr. Wilson puts his head down he knows he's in trouble and isn't sure how to answer her.
Dr. Sheppard comes to his defense.
Dr. Sheppard: "I did. I mean I'm the one who told him to do it he had to the patient was in serious distress and the baby was coming."
Dr. Cox: "Are you both crazy! In my office now you had no right!"
Dr. Sheppard: "Okay look be mad at us all you want, but we've got serious problems going on here."
Dr. Cox: "Unbelievable you think you can just come in here and start breaking rules and no one's going to call you on it. I don't know how you did things where you're from, but here at Mercy Grace there are procedures to how things are done. You will follow each and every one as long as you are under my care is that understood?"
Dr. Wilson nods at her not wanting to get slapped again.
Dr. Sheppard: "Well what does the procedure say about there being a dead man in the stairwell?"
Dr. Cox eyes open widely shocked at what he just said.
Dr. Cox: "A what?"
Dr. Sheppard walks back over to the door leading to the stairs and opens it so she can see the body.
Dr. Cox: "Oh my God! What have you done? You killed him?"
Dr. Sheppard holds up his hands
Dr. Sheppard: "Hey we didn't kill him we just found him like that I swear."
Dr. Wilson: "We have reason to believe he died of yellow fever. Are there other patients here suffering from the disease?"
Dr. Cox looks at Dr. Wilson surprised he knows about yellow fever.
Dr. Cox: "Just get out of here now! Go wait for me in my office I'll take care of this you two stay out of it!"
Dr. Wilson: "Uh but, we want to help."
Dr. Cox: "I said go!"
She glares at them both very close to revealing her fangs and attacking them she's so angry about this.
Dr. Wilson frowns at her then sighs.
Dr. Wilson nods at Dr. Sheppard and they both head off away from her so she want keep yelling or worse call the cops. They still have no idea she's a vampire.
Dr. Cox watches them leave then she goes into the stairwell and stairs at the patient's body.
Dr. Cox checks for a pulse, but there isn't one so she sighs then her fangs come on.
Miranda thinks to herself, he's dead already no sense letting good blood go to waste.
Dr. Cox bites down on the man and sucks out his blood for her lunch then quietly disposes of the leftovers of his body in the hospital incinerator.
Scene: Surgical room
Dr. Sexy is still working on John Winchester's brain trying to stop any hemorrhaging and repair the damage caused by the stroke.
Castiel watches him work and impatiently rolls his eyes.
Castiel thinks to himself, that humans are so slow with healing and how he wishes he could just heal John quickly and get out of there.
Dr. Sexy doesn't notice at first that Castiel is in the room as he's made himself invisible to the human eye. But, Dr. Sexy isn't all human so when he finally looks up to ask for another scalpel he is shocked to see an angel in a trench coat is in his operating room.
Dr. Sexy stares directly at Castiel which makes him nervous.
Castiel wonders how it is that Dr. Sexy seems to be able to see him.
Castiel doesn't want to take any chances so he disappears out of the room before Dr. Sexy says anything. He reappears in Chastity's room and finds her sleeping quietly.
Castiel comes closer and watches her sleep.
Castiel: "I'm sorry I offended you that wasn't my attention. I was only trying to help, but you humans have so many regrets."
Castiel whispers these words into her ear, but Chastity doesn't wake up. She just keeps dreaming so Castiel decides to take a peak inside her dream to see if he can find out more about baby Eric and God.
Scene: Inside Chastity's dream
Chastity is dreaming about her mystery lover. She is wearing a long silky white nightgown and lying on a big king size bed covered in all white. The room is mostly dark except for bright moonlight from the balcony shining onto the bed. Chastity's long blond hair falls across her pillows as she waits for God to return so they can be together.
Castiel stands off in a corner of this imaginary bedroom staring at her and also waiting to see what will happen in her dream.
Chastity can't see him, but can feel his presence in the room which upsets her.
Chasitity: "What do you want? Go away!"
Castiel stays in the shadows so she can't see him, but speaks to her softly.
Castiel: "Chastity I am so sorry I never meant to hurt your uh feelings."
Chastity: "You need to leave he'll be here any minute."
Castiel: "Who God? I really need to speak to him too. See there is this holy war apocalypse going on and."
Chastity interrupts him.
Chastity: "Be quiet! You aren't even supposed to be here. He is going to be angry if he thinks I have another lover."
Love is a Battlefield by Pat Bentar begins to play as the curtains around the windows start to blow and a bright green light appears on the balcony.
Chastity smiles and sits up on the bed. She quickly slides down the straps to her nightgown willing and ready for God to take it all off and make love to her.
But, as Castiel stares at the green light he sees someone appear that is not God at all.
He frowns concerned this must all be some trick and stands prepared for a fight.
Anteros the Greek god of requited love appears within the light.
Anteros is the son of Ares and Aphrodite and was given to his brother Eros as a playmate. Anteros and his brother Eros are very close and represent the bond of brotherly love in Greek mythology. He has long curly dark hair and beautiful butterfly wings that rival that of any angel. Anteros is very handsome strong and though he is thousands of years old he appears youthful to the naked human eye. Castiel knows however that Anteros is far from an angel, he is a god and although consider one of the good guys its forbidden for a lesser god to impersonate God himself which is what Castiel assumes Anteros is doing here with Chastity.
Castiel frowns and worries for Chastity's safety. He can't understand what Anteros is up to sleeping with Chastity in her dreams like this so Castiel waits in the darkness to hear what Anteros has to say.
Anteros: "Chastity is that you?"
Chastity smiles
Chastity: "Yes it's me my Lord."
Anteros looks at her and smiles brightly which immediately turns her on.
Anteros: "You are more beautiful than ever. How is our son?"
Chastity: "Oh he's perfect really, he has your eyes and I did as you requested I named him Eric."
Anteros walks over to the bed and softly kisses her lips.
Chastity falls even more madly in love with him as he holds her in his arms. She's never been kissed so wonderfully before and she is surprised at how sweet his mouth tastes.
Anteros pulls back to look into her eyes clearing her mind of any worrisome thoughts she might have lingering because the only thing he wants her to do is relax and enjoy his company.
Anteros: "Lie back."
Chastity does as requested and lies back against the bed anxiously awaiting another kiss.
Anteros doesn't kiss her, but instead sits on the edge of the bed takes hold of feet and begins to massage them gently.
Chastity sighs with happiness and enjoys every second of her massage.
Anteros: "Castiel I know you are watching us is that how you get your kicks?"
Anteros says this without ever taking his eyes off Chastity's body.
Castiel finally walks out of the shadows into the light closer to the bed to talk to him.
Castiel: "What are you doing here Anteros?"
Anteros: "I could ask you the same question. It isn't polite to go dream walking in other people's minds you know that."
Castiel frowns and stares at the god.
Castiel: "You shouldn't be here with her. That child it's not the son of God."
Anteros: "But, he is the son of a god so he is still very powerful. He is my son."
Castiel: "Why did you lie?"
Anteros: "I didn't lie. I'm giving Chastity what she's wanted and longed for her whole life for someone to love her unconditionally something her parents nor any other man she's been with ever gave her. I gave her a son. A son that will bring beauty and love into this world you really should be thanking me."
Castiel still isn't convinced he doesn't trust gods he knows they are arrogant and full of mischief.
Anteros moves his hands up Chastity's legs massaging them slowly as she moans in ecstasy.
Castiel: "This is dangerous and you know most of the human lovers die when they mate with gods and angels why would you put her in that position if you really love her?"
Anteros: "Everyone dies Castiel, that isn't a reason to give up on love."
Castiel: "I know that, but."
Anteros frowns and interrupts him.
Anteros: "Do you really? Have you ever been in love Castiel?'
Castiel stares at him not sure how to answer his question.
Castiel: "Well I never had occasion."
Anteros: "That's what I thought."
Anteros sighs in pity for him.
Anteros: "Come here and I will show what love is really like."
Castiel hesitates he's afraid of gods because they can be very lethal if they get angry but he doesn't want to appear weak so he slowly moves closer and stands by the bed right next to Anteros.
Anteros: "Kiss me and I will show you the true love."
Castiel frowns very hesitant about this
Castiel: "I'd rather not. I only came here to speak with God, but you're not him."
Anteros: "Why are you so afraid to love Castiel? Don't be afraid I won't bite."
Castiel takes a deep breath, he doesn't' really want to kiss this god, but he does want to know what a kiss feels like and he does want to know what true love feels like since he's not really sure.
Castiel slowly leans in towards Anteros face.
Chastity sits up in bed to watch surprised they are doing this now.
Anteros smiles and just waits for Castiel to kiss him.
Castiel stares into Anteros beautiful eyes and sees within them every lover on the planet who is making love or holding hands or spending time together somewhere in the world within Anteros eyes they are all there.
Castiel's lips make contact with Antero's and since this is his first kiss ever he barely moves not sure what to do.
Anteros touches Castiel's hair with his hand and pushes Castiel's mouth further on to his until Castiel sees the stars in heaven; he sees a beautiful forest and a field.
Castiel realizes this is a memory of some kind, a wonderful lovely memory that he's never seen before because it isn't his memory, but it feels him with joy nonetheless.
Castiel watches from the forest as he sees a young Sam Winchester lighting up fireworks and young Dean Winchester laughing as he watches his brother on the fourth or July.
Sam runs around in the field as the fireworks go off very excited then he runs over to his brother and hugs Dean.
Dean smiles and hugs Sam back. This is the same memory Dean later will see in Dark Side of the Moon.
Castiel smiles as he watches them as they watch the night sky then with a flash of bright green light the memory is over and Castiel is back in the bedroom with Anteros and Chastity.
Castiel pulls his face away from Anteros lips and stares at them both feeling confused not sure what this means.
Castiel: "That wasn't one of my memories."
Anteros: "No, but it was a memory. A memory of the two people you love most in this world. Now why don't you go back to them they could really use your help right now."
Castiel stares at him still not sure what to do with this new information. He never really thought he cared that much about the Winchesters, but he's starting to realize that maybe he does love them.
Castiel: "Dean is my friend and Sam too, but I don't think. I mean is that love?
Anteros smiles
Anteros: "There are many forms of love Castiel, you're an angel you should know that."
Castiel: "Well I'm a warrior angel not a cupid okay. Love is not something I'm all that comfortable sharing with others."
Castiel stands awkwardly not sure what else to do or say. He's slightly embarrassed to admit how he feels because it's not appropriate for an angel to have so many personal feelings or at least that was what he's been taught to believe all these years, so it's hard to break the habit.
Anteros laughs sensing Castiel's nervousness.
Anteros: "True, love isn't always easy, but it's important that you show it otherwise you lose Castiel."
Castiel: "But, what if I do and those I love don't love me back?"
Anteros: "Then you will die."
Castiel gasps in fear.
Anteros laughs again
Anteros: "Just kidding. Seriously you need to light up man go have some fun. Why do you think I trapped the Winchester in that hospital?"
Anteros smirks and goes back to massaging Chastity's body.
Castiel: "Wait, you did that? I thought."
Anteros: "You thought Gabriel did it didn't you. No he'd never pull the same prank twice. He's much too clever for that. I did it to allow the brothers to get more in touch with themselves and their own desires because soon they will have to face Lucifer and the horsemen it won't be pretty so they need to find themselves a bit first. Also, I want them to help my nephew he's a doctor at Mercy Grace."
Castiel: "You mean Dr. Sexy? He's your nephew?"
Anteros nods then frowns
Anteros: "Yes, but I'm afraid he's given up on love. He thinks turning his back on family will protect him from the pain of losing them."
Anteros sighs
Anteros: "Ever since his mother died he's gotten more cold and bitter. Its tragic and frankly an embarrassment to my brother. I can't let it continue on like this he needs to be protected."
Castiel frowns.
Castiel: "What does any of that have to do with Chastity and the baby?"
Anteros: "Well I am not going to be around much longer. I have a job to do, so do you. My son is going to need protection from Lucifer and you must see that he gets it."
Castiel: "Why would Lucifer try to kill your son?"
Anteros: "Because he's the devil remember! I represent love for all humans on earth don't you think he'd want nothing more than to see my entire family wiped of the map. My nephew can protect my son, but he's too stubborn. You need to get him to open his heart up again and realize he's true calling in this world."
Castiel: "This isn't my responsibility I should be focused on finding God this is all a distraction."
Anteros: "Love is a beautiful distraction the only one keeping this fragile world from falling apart. Now listen to me you may have rebelled against heaven, but I know what's in your heart Castiel. You are a terrible liar. You love God and you want to see his creations survive so do I. This is important and you can not fail otherwise everything will be lost and Lucifer wins."
Chastity is getting very impatient now so she finally speaks up.
Chastity: "Can we you know do it now?"
Anteros looks at her and gently smiles.
Anteros: "Patience my dear. Patience is another virtue that all lovers must endure. I hope the Winchesters have enough of it to finish what they need to here. Once they do I will release them from the hospital, but not until I know my family is okay."
Anteros begins to remove his clothes in preparation for sex with Chastity.
Castiel stares at him for a moment still trying to process everything that he's just discovered.
Anteros looks at Castiel once more a bit embarrassed for him.
Anteros: "Castiel do you mind?"
Castiel: "Oh uh sorry I'll leave you two alone now."
Castiel walks over on to the balcony and disappears from the dream.
Chastity: "Finally! I thought he'd never leave."
Anteros smiles once more then leans down kisses her and begins to make love to her.
Chastity: "I love you my Lord."
Anteros: "I know you do love is the most natural thing for you to feel never be afraid of it."
Chastity nods and kisses him again.
Chastity: "I wish we could stay here together forever."
Anteros: "I love you too."