Chapter 13

Angela looked around. She was sitting in the back seat of a car that was not her Dean's beloved Impala. Her hands were tied at the wrists and the rope was hurting her wrists. She sat still since she had been told by Sam and Dean to stay seated in a car especially when it was moving. But she didn't like being there and she didn't like the man that was taking her away from her Dean and Sammy.

Her thoughts went to Sam and wondering if he was okay. She was supposed to run away like he told her but she didn't. She had been scared especially when the mean man hurt Lilah and then he started hurting Sam. She didn't run but stood there, too scared to move and the man came with his knife and he was coming towards her.

It was Sam that grabbed her. He saved her but he got hurt. It made her angry and scared. It was like watching the blood come out of Dean's hand when he cut it but it was coming out of Sam's side. There was a lot of it and she tried to help but the mean man picked her up and took her away and even kicked Lilah hard. He took her away from her Sammy. And she didn't like it at all.

Angela looked around as she rode in the car. She tried to see out the windows but because she wasn't in a booster seat, she couldn't get a good look out of the window. Her wrists were hurting and she couldn't get the rope off. She did try though and tried to undo the knot but it wouldn't budge. She ended up hurting her fingers.

She tried again to look out the window as the car she was in drove by. It was fast but she managed to see a little bit but what good was it going to do? She worried her lip as she looked around and tried to pick the ropes again.

"You won't be able to untie them little one."

Angela looked up front. The man that had taken her seemed to be looking at her through the rearview mirror. She narrowed her eyes slightly at him and defiantly started to pick the ropes again. "Youse not good," she muttered

The man laughed at her. "I never thought that I would be hearing the great Absolution talking like a child. It's hilarious."

"Nots funny. Let me go. Now!" Angela had her eyes narrowed down into a glare and sat up defiantly.

The man ended up jerking the wheel a little and skidded to a stop. He turned to look at Angela. She glared back and repeated, "Let me go."

"I am impressed," the man said. "Never thought I'd bag an alpha too."

Angela glared at the man but he didn't do what she said. He merely laughed at her and got back on the road. She narrowed her eyes in anger. "Put me down."

"Sorry I can't do that. Someone wants to talk to you pretty badly."

Angela narrowed her eyes. She broke Sam and Dean's rule and unbuckled herself and launched herself forward. She grabbed a hold of the man and started swinging her arms even though they were tied. She growled at the man and actually felt her teeth elongate. She was overcome with an urge and she went with it. She sank her little teeth into the man's neck.

She had wanted him to stop before and her bite actually contributed to that. When she sank her teeth in, she sank it into the soft part. She felt the sanguine taste of blood in her mouth but she didn't let go. She squeezed her jaw tighter on the man's neck. Her tongue reflexively lapped at the blood that was dripping and her little hands held on.

The car began to lurch from side to side. The force was enough to force Angela to fall, her teeth ripping the flesh of the man. She fell and landed on the backseat as the vehicle swerved. The man had one hand on the wheel and one on his neck as he tried to regain control. Angela got back up and tried hitting him again and got a lucky hit on the spot where she bit him.

The man swung his arm back and hit her. At the same time the wheel jerked and when he tried to right it, overcompensated. The tires skidded on the ground. The force of the skid knocked Angela to the floor of the backseat and she couldn't get up because of the force of the skid. She was pinned to the floor by the inertia and whimpered slightly since it was rather scary.

The car hit something with a loud crunch and the shattering of glass. Angela had collided with the back of the driver's seat while on the floor. Since she was so small, she had fallen into a space that essentially protected her from the collision. She wasn't even hurt but she was scared because the car had crashed and she was alone.

Looking up one the car stopped, she coughed just a little since the smoke was all around. She heard the tinkle of broken glass everywhere and she could smell fire. She knew what that smelled like since Bobby lit the fireplace a couple of times and one time Dean lit a candle and she played with it; that was their secret since Dean said that Sam would ''flip out" whatever that meant. She continued to cough as she got up and looked around, whimpering slightly when she cut her hand on a piece of glass.

It was cold outside and she didn't have a jacket as she looked around. The man was slumped over in the front seat and smoke was coming from the engine. Angela looked around and saw a big building not too far away and there was nothing on the road. And her hand was bleeding; she could feel the sting from the cut and she held her hand with the other whimpering, "Where are youse Sammy?"

"Aww… did little sister have an accident?"

Angela felt her eyes widened and she slowly turned around to see none other than Lenya, the mean lady with the white eyes, looking at her. She lowered her hurt hand; it wasn't hurt anymore and it wasn't bleeding. She blinked at the demon and gasped slightly. She didn't say anything but continued to stare at the demon.

Lenya looked at the little version of her adversary with great amusement. So seeing her that way in a dream wasn't a fluke at all but the real deal. She grinned at Angela in amusement. "Did you do that?"

Angela looked at the wrecked car and the men pulling out the bad man. She took a tentative sniff and they smelled just like the man that hurt Sam. She then looked back at the demon and it seemed that she had gotten closer. She took a couple of steps back to put some more distance between her and the demon.

The muteness was becoming annoying to Lenya but she got the feeling that the more she pushed, the more she would get a response. "Did you do that?"

Angela couldn't help it since the question had been uttered in a tone like Bobby or Ellen would ask if she did something wrong. She replied, "The man wouldn't let me go. N he hurted my Sammy."

Lenya was amused by the response and couldn't resist mocking her, "He hurt Sammy? What did you do?"

Angela started to tremble. She didn't like the tone of the demon and felt that she said more than she should have. She didn't realize that she still had blood from the man dribbling down her mouth. The effect made her look like she had a cut in her mouth or someone had hit her across the face. "He wouldn't let me go," she repeated and it came out in a whimper and sounded like she wanted to cry and she didn't want to in front of this lady.

"Well that's too bad. I'm sure you were bad enough that he had to hurt Sammy now. Huh?"

"He hurted my Sammy!"

"And now no one is going to come for you."

It dawned on Angela what the demon was saying. She was all alone and she didn't know what to do. She turned and started to run. She didn't get far when she felt her feet dangling in the air. She struggled and demanded, "Put me down!"

Lenya considered it in terms of dropping the little girl unceremoniously on the ground. That was in line with her nature but considering that her little sister was not herself, it didn't seem that much fun. Still she could taunt the little girl but she would have to be careful. She remembered full well what it felt like when she had been forced out of that dream. It was unpleasant but she was also impressed. Every encounter seemed to reveal more of what Angela could do since she was unsure about her in this current state.

She turned so the little girl was facing her at eye level. Her little limbs were dangling in the air and she looked rather cute glaring at her and demanding that she be put down. The force of the demand surprised Lenya as well since she had never sensed that level of power from Angela before and wondered if it was relatively new or it was just a result of any inhibitions she had as an adult being removed. It was interesting and it would be interesting to report to Lucifer about. He might even like it that he would get her and change the game plan.

Angela glared at the demon. She didn't like her and she wanted to hit her or do something to her. The problem was that she couldn't move. She couldn't help it and said, "Put me down or I kicks your ass."

Lenya had to laugh at that. It was the most amusing thing she had heard of. She was used to hearing it from the adult version. This was too cute beyond words. While it was wrong from a human perspective, she knew it was definitely her little sister. Spells may work to change things but they didn't change personality too much. She taunted, "My, my, where did you learn such language? Isn't that a bad thing for you?"

Angela knew that it was bad and she knew that Sam didn't like it when she said things like that but Dean told her that sometimes there are no words to describe what you are feeling. Sometimes they had to come out in swearing. It was how he explained why Bobby couldn't stop swearing and she accepted that. Right now there were no other words that she could use. "Youse a bisch n Sammy n Deanie are gonna kick your ass."

Lenya chuckled at that, "I don't think so little sister. I know that Sammy will be delayed and maybe even dead."

Angela felt her eyes widened. Sammy gone? That wasn't possible. She knew Sam was alive. He was when the man took her away. She protested, "No. Sammy will come n Deanie will come."

"Maybe… maybe not."

Angela started to struggle to get free. "Let me go! Youse hurted Sammy!"

Lenya chuckled as she motioned for one of her men to come. This would prove interesting. She knew that Sam Winchester was alive. If anything he would be stubborn enough come after little sister. Both Winchesters would since they thought so highly of her even with everything she had done. They would come for her and then she would serve Sam up on a silver platter to Lucifer. He will say yes and be Lucifer's vessel.

Lenya looked at Angela struggling and was amused since she was suspended in midair. "Now you're going to be comfortable. You see I lied. Sam is fine but he will come after you and when he does… There will be nothing you can do to stop what will happen."

Angela struggled and glared at Lenya. "Youse not touch my Sammy!"

"Too late little sister."

Angela felt a pair of arms wrap around her. She continued to kick and use her little fists to try and break free. She wasn't going to make it easy to go along with it. She was even prepared to bite the arm wrapped around her chest. She could feel her teeth elongate again. She felt the urge to bite. If she did, she could get away and try to get back to Sam and Dean and away from the mean lady. So she went with the urge and sank her teeth into the arm of her captor and tasted the same taste that the man who took her had in his blood.

"Ow!"

Angela stopped struggling and looked up. She found that she was in the building that she had seen when she peeked out of the car. But that wasn't what had her attention. It was the man that was holding her. She squeaked, "Nick?"

Nick looked at his arm while he held onto Angela. He didn't expect her to bite him but in all fairness she was only reacting to a situation that was unfamiliar to her or scaring her. He could make out the bite impression that matched a normal human's except for the two eyeteeth punctures and it was bleeding pretty badly. He looked at her and replied, "It's okay Angie. I won't hurt you."

Angela looked at Nick. She wasn't sure what to think. She knew Nick as a friend but what was he doing with the mean lady with the white eyes. "What youse doing here?"

Dean stared at the pendant that had been sewn onto the teddy bear's neck. He couldn't believe that he hadn't noticed it before. Then again neither he nor Sam had been paying attention much back then. And he thought it was something that was a part of the bear. So they had the Eye and now the heart and that bitch Lenya was after it or more likely after Angela and now… He tried not to think of it since his brother was already on edge over it. "So this thing is supposed to amplify powers?"

"In simplest terms, yes," Castiel replied looking at Dean as he looked at the amulet. "I am… not familiar with the specifics except that the last human to wield it died a long time ago."

"Oh well that's comforting," Dean muttered as he dropped the bear like a hot potato. It landed face up and looked up at him with that happy face. "So what about you? I mean you're not exactly connected to the angel charging station. And I'm not about to endure the wrath of Angie if anything happens to you."

Sam took the moment to interrupt, "Dean, the only reason that person died was going down in the fight… And all three were used together."

"Oh and that's even better." Dean still wasn't sure about this.

"Dean, it's an amplifier. The staff takes life. The Eye… I'm guessing apart from healing, restores life and…" Sam gestured at the bear.

"The heart amplifies both but it can also up the ante with any ability," Bobby interrupted as he rolled forward in his chair. "So get to it Feathers."

Castiel looked at Bobby before picking up the bear. He looked at it like it was the strangest thing in existence. "Well certainly Angela's humor hasn't diminished nor has her propensity for hiding things in plain sight." He held the bear at arm's length to examine it. He noted the scarab embossed onto the smooth stone and the cartouche that accompanied it. Focusing, he tried to find his charge, letting the amulet do its work after speaking a few words of Enochian.

While Castiel was trying to work with the amulet, Sam felt his phone buzz in his pocket. Frowning, he pulled it out and checked the caller ID. He didn't recognize the number and it wasn't an ideal time to be getting a call for a job but… Sighing he left the study, passing Christian who was staring at nothing in particular and Akira was in the kitchen making coffee. The dogs were doing what they did best and Lilah was on the couch. The knife wound had been deep.

Sam walked onto the porch and answered, "Hello?"

What the hell have been doing to my girl?

Sam narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth, "She is not yours, Nick."

Well guess who's in my company now and we're having a keen time.

Sam started pacing on the porch. His throat was convulsing while resisting the urge to throw his phone against the wall of the house. He knew that Nick was saying things to get a rise out of him and now was not a good time. He felt the urge to wring the warlock's neck. Putting the phone back to his ear, "I'm not in the mood for your crap, Nick."

You should be. You know I think she likes me. She gave me a pretty nice nip.

"Do you have something or are you going to waste my time?" Sam felt his throat convulse with anger. He was aware that his hand was gripping the phone tightly. His knuckles were turning white. "And none of your crap."

Ease up there Sam. You're still in the running. Seems like you've stepped up and now I have serious competition.

"Nick!"

Alright, alright… Look I'm calling because I'm telling the truth here. I have her here with me and it's a bitch because queen bitch is pleased.

Sam stopped pacing trying to calm himself down. The warlock rankled him and he knew why. It bothered him and he didn't like the fact that Nick picked up on his change in response. It allowed him to pick up on what Nick was saying. It effectively stopped him from his pacing. "Wait. Are you saying Lenya is there?"

Wow and on the first try. Yes.

"Then get her out. What the hell is wrong with you?"

No can do.

"What?"

No can do… at least for now.

Sam didn't know if he wanted to seek Bobby out to say a spell that would set Nick's ass on fire or pound the pavement and do the honors himself in person. It seemed that the world was conspiring against him in putting him within the same hemisphere as the warlock that he didn't like but couldn't get rid of because he came through for them on a couple of occasions. Taking a breath he continued, "What do you mean by that?"

I'm on a job. Found a bunch of missing persons and… their family asked me to find them. Found out that it was a bunch of demons and hunters working together. Now that sounds sort of familiar doesn't it?

Sam huffed a breath. He didn't know if Nick knew what happened or not. And he wasn't going to give him any hints. He forced the conversation to stay on track, "So you're working a job and it just happened to be with Lenya? Of all the demons…"

Can't always choose Sam. Anyway, I'm on a job and Angie dropped into my lap. Just be lucky it was me that Lenya trusts to handle.

"Where are you?" Sam was trying not to lose his temper. It was at odds with his feelings of guilt over what happened to leading to Angela being taken. It was better to just keep to the situation at hand and get what he needed.

Keep your panties on Francis. I got the details here.

Sam listened as Nick relayed the information. It wasn't too far away in terms of the drive. It was a state over and no problem for Dean. The major problem was going in and getting her without there being anything to put her in danger. "Okay and do you know anything about Kess?"

Who?

"Don't fuck with me now."

And I'm being serious too, dumbass. Is it that angel or something?

Kess is nots Cas.

Sam straightened up and felt his breath hitch. "Angie? Are you there? Angie?" He listened for any signs of her grabbing the phone or saying something. He thought it pretty low of Nick to mess with him if that wasn't real.

Sammy?

Sam breathed a sigh of relief. He ran a hand through his hair to soothe his agitation further. "Angie, are you okay?"

I is okay. Nick watching me. He pretend to be with the mean lady but he nots. Sammy… I can smell Kess. Kess is here too.

The last part had come out as a whisper like it was an uncomfortable secret. Sam knew that she had been discovering new smells and some of them were less than complimentary when they went out. One time was on the waitress in a diner that they had stopped over for and Dean had been trying to hit on her. She had said that she had a smell on her and it smelled like toilet water. As it turned out she meant the scented water but it was embarrassing all the same. The waitress was nice about it and when Angela apologized with a teary apology. It didn't help when she said Dean really liked her and in that embarrassing cute kid way. Since then she would whisper when she caught a smell and it had Dean feel bad for that because of his reaction.

Sam knew she was only following what was a result of that. "It's okay Angie. That's a good thing," he spoke in reassuring tones aware that he was becoming calmer even though the situation was serious. "That's good because we have to find Kess and set him free."

Uh-huh. Kess is hurted. Youse n Deanie coming?

"Yeah, we're coming. Give the phone back to Nick."

I wants to go home Sammy.

"I know. Just be good for Nick and do whatever he tells you to do. Okay?"

Okay.

Sam took a breath and closed his eyes. It was a relief she was okay and if she had to be in the care of someone, it might as well be Nick. Granted that it was hardly an ideal situation to be in but as long as someone was watching out for her… it was okay. But it wasn't going to be completely okay until she was safe back with him and Dean. When he got Nick back on the phone, he said, "We got to get Kess out. Once he's out, it'll make things easier."

I'm for a plan and I just realized that the guy with the wings is who you are talking about. He's not in good shape…

"He'll come through." Sam felt bad for putting Kess on the spot like this without even discussing it but he knew that the guard would do what he had to do. It was just a matter of setting him free. "He's a member of the guard."

Guard of what?

"Not now," Sam replied through gritted teeth.

Fine, fine. I'm well aware of them even though I thought it was all fairy tales and hokum. Seems like you guys attract strange characters or maybe it's just Angie. I'll find out about that but you guys need to stay away.

"I'm not leaving her there."

Sam, it's not just her. It's you they are after. For Lucifer.

Sam paused a moment and looked back at the house through the window. Everyone was gathered in there and discussing what to do. Dean wasn't going to like it but he wasn't going to let her down again. Looking back out at the yard he replied, "I know."

A/N: Looks like Angie meets Lenya again and Sam comes up with a plan with Nick. What is he doing there? Stay tuned for more Memory Resolved...