And the ground caved in between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
Dean looked at his look alike and knew that this guy was Jensen. He looked at the other guy and knew that that was Jared. He turned and looked at Sam. Sam was shocked and just stood there staring at Jared. Dean looked at Jensen and wondered what it was about this guy other then the fact that he looked like Dean and was incredibly good looking that attracted Kat to him.
"So... Fancy meeting you here," he said earning him glares from Sam and Jared. Jensen looked at him and shook his head.
"Dick," was all he said.
"Well, you're a stupid ass," Dean countered.
"Excuse me?"
"Kat figured out that she's a witch," Jared said bringing all eyes on him.
Sam nodded, "Yeah, she did. I... She wanted to come with us but someone nixed that idea," Sam glared at Dean.
"Dude, we are not having this conversation again."
"You hit her!"
"What? You hurt Kat?"
Jared held Jensen back when he lunged at Dean. Jared pushed Jensen aside and saw the look on Dean's face. Dean looked amused with this. Jared looked at Jensen and shook his head. Jensen looked pissed but Jared wasn't going to let him try to give a beat down to Dean. That would just be too weird.
"I hurt Kat? Now there a laugh. If you want to know who hurt Kitten, just look in the mirror there bucko," Dean said.
"Dean, enough," Sam said.
"No. I met your girlfriend, Jensen and let me tell... I didn't want to have sex with her. Me, which should tell you something. Oh, and another thing I kind of broke up with her for you. No thanks needed but they are appreciated."
Sam and Jared both laughed at that causing Jensen to glare at them both. Jared coughed and looked down knowing Jensen didn't want to hear it but he was glad that Dean was the one saying it. Jared had thought it many times and he knew Jensen's friends thought it too.
"You leave Danneel out of this. And why should I believe anything you say? And how dare you break up with my girlfriend?!" Jensen asked.
"Cause I just spent the past two months learning things about Kitten you wished you would know. And believe me; you are better off without her. Everyone is."
"Look, can we not argue about this, whatever the hell we are arguing about," Jared said looking from Jensen to Dean but not seeing any difference between them at all. It was kind of creepy.
"Kat is fine, knocked out but fine which is why we are stuck here," Sam said looking around the room.
"What is here anyway, Sammy?" Jensen asked.
"Hey, only I get to call him Sammy, ass," Dean said.
"We are in a waiting area. Kat has to say one more incantation and it finishes the spell," Sam said glaring at Dean telling him to behave himself with his eyes.
"And if she doesn't say it?" Jared asked.
"The spell reverses itself. We go back to Kat and you guys go back to our world."
"And genius over here hit her which means this could all be for nothing," Jensen said itching to punch Dean's light's out.
"Dude, shut up. You know jack squat about what was going on between Kitten and I."
"Her name is Katerina."
"Really? Then why do you insist on calling her Kitty Kat like she's five years old?"
Sam stepped closer to Jared. He let Jensen and Dean go on arguing about Kat. He looked at Jared and almost freaked out. It was like looking into a mirror. Jared looked at Sam and Sam knew he was having the same reaction. Sam shoved his hands in his pockets and watched Dean and Jensen in case either of them looked over to where Sam and Jared were standing.
"Katerina and Dean... They shared something," Sam whispered.
"Shit. How much of something?" Jared asked watching as Jensen went to hit Dean. Dean ducked and moved out of the way laughing at what he called Jensen's "girly punch."
"I... I know Dean and I know... He fell in love with her and Kat fell in love with him. She told me how she felt and... Listen, Jared, I know she is going to need someone to be her friend and looking at Jensen without thinking about Dean is... She'll need you," Sam explained hoping Jared would be there for Kat.
"Fuck. Alright, thanks for telling me. Did... Did Dean really hit her?"
"Yeah, he did."
Dean looked at Jensen and felt anger towards him again. He didn't know anything about the guy except that Kat cared deeply for him and he knew that that was what was setting him off. Jensen would get to go back to that world and see Kat every day, be close to her every day and the asshole would never see how much Kat loved him and wanted him. Dean clenched his hand in a fist and shook his head. He looked at Jensen and knew that he was just jealous. Jealous that if Jensen choose to, he would spend the rest of his life with Kat. Dean ran a hand though his hair and looked at Jensen.
"I'm not going to fight with you," Dean suddenly said.
"Why not?" Jensen asked.
"Cause Kitten would hate it. And she already hates me enough right now, so I really don't want to make it worse."
"What happened-?"
"It doesn't matter what happened between her and me I just... I need you to do something for me. Watch over Kitten."
"Dude, she's my friend of course I am-."
"No, man stop being a douche for a second and think about it; think about her. Look after her, please. I won't be able to do it and... She loves you," Dean said even though it killed him to say it. It really did. He didn't want to think about this other man with Kat but he had no choice. He wanted Kat happy and knew that Jensen could give that to her.
"What? Are you saying what I think you're saying?" Jensen asked confused.
"I am. I guess ball is in your court now."
***
Kat blinked her eyes and moaned. She brought her hand up to her jaw and winced. There was a dull ache there and for a moment she couldn't remember what had happened. Then she did; Dean had hit her after he had told her that he didn't love her all she had been was nice roll in the hay. Tears threatened to roll down her cheeks at any moment. She bit her lip holding them back. Crying wasn't going to change the fact that she had sent the man she loved back to a world where he was going to die and go to Hell in. She sat up and raked a hand though her hair. She knew she still had to say the last incantation but every part of her wanted to forget it. Her heart was begging her not to say it so that Dean would come back. Her head was telling her that she had to say it to save Jensen. She didn't know who to pick.
She let the sob out before she could stop it. She pulled her knees up to her chest and sat in the middle of the candles and cried. She sobbed into her knees wishing she didn't have to choose. She stopped when she heard a noise come from down the hall. She wiped her face and bit her lip to keep the sobs contained as she listened closer. She heard the noise again. She stood up and looked around her. She saw the knife that Sam had left behind. She grabbed it and looked around when she heard the noise again. She stepped towards it quietly. She knew it was coming from around the corner of the hall. She didn't dare yell out not knowing who or what could be around the corner.
Kat creeped around the corner and held the knife out in front of her. She didn't see anything. She turned and yelled when suddenly out of the shadows a figure came at her fast. He held a huge hammer and aimed for Kat's head. Instead it got her shoulder and Kat dropped the knife on the floor. Kat fell against the wall and moved when the figure swung the hammer at her again. She turned and managed to get her way back down the hall even with the massive pain in her shoulder. She ran towards the candles and the symbols.
She fell on her knees surrounded by the candles and looked towards the hall. She was weapon less and scared out of her mind. She watched as the figure came around the corner and walked slowly down the hall. She cradled her arm in her lap and knew it had been dislocated by that shot. She looked around but didn't see anything that she could use to defend herself with. She looked up again at the figure as it stepped into the light. She froze on the stop not able to say anything.
"Hello, Katerina baby, Mommy has come to get what is mine," Diana said smiling down at Kat swinging a large hammer in her arms.
"No, you aren't here," Kat managed to say shaking her head.
"I am here and this time you aren't wearing that fucking amulet your bastard of a father gave you. Now I can do the ritual and have my power back," Diana said looking around the room seeing what she could use.
"No, I won't let you have them."
"Kat, baby, you don't have a choice."
Diana swung the hammer down again and Kat was too slow in moving. The hammer came down hard on her leg and Kat screamed. She was sure she could hear the bones snapping as the pain exploded in her leg. Kat felt tears of pain roll down her cheeks. She laid there on the floor listening as her mother moved around humming to herself. She felt powerless to stop her mother, she didn't have a weapon so what could she do?
Kat looked up and saw the book. She looked at it and the realization dawned on her that she did have something she could use to defend herself; her powers. She reached for the book but it was too far away. She moaned and heard her mother humming 'Silent Night' and Kat wanted nothing more than to get up and slap her mother around to get her to shut up. She reached for the book again but it was too far. She couldn't reach it which meant she would have to improvise. She looked at the cut at her arm; it had scabbed over and had stopped bleeding. She picked at it until it started bleeding again. She then smeared the blood on her hand and reached out to grab a hold of one of the candles. As a natural witch she had control of the elements.
"Please, let this work," she muttered.
She concentrated as much as she could trying to push the pain in her body aside. She felt the candle grow hotter. She concentrated harder. She wasn't going to die; not here and not tonight.
"Alright, Kat baby let's get this started," Diana said walking over to Kat.
Kat turned. She watched as Diana stepped inside the crescent of candles. Kat smiled and pushed herself up holding the one candle in her hand. She sat on the floor and looked at her mother. She brought the candle closer to her face and smiled.
"Yes, let's get started Momma. Let's start and finish this," Kat said.
"What the hell-."
Kat blew on the flame of the candle. Instead of the candle going out the flame blew out. It hit another candle and that flame grew higher and hotter. Diana watched in horror as one candle after the other the flames grew higher and higher until they surrounded her. She was trapped. Kat tossed the candle she held aside and pushed herself away from the circle of flames. She leaned against the wall and saw her mother staring at her as the flames moved closer and closer to her.
"Stop this this moment, Katerina! I mean it!" Diana yelled.
"Sorry, Momma but this ends here. I won't have you haunting me for the rest of my life. Goodbye," Kat said watching as the flames finally reached her mother.
The screams were horrible. She covered her ears as her mother burned in front of her. And the smell. Kat coughed and fell to her side. She closed her eyes and wished she wasn't alone. She then remembered she had one last thing to do.
"Ego solvo vos," she whispered softly.
I release you, Dean, was her last thought before the pain over came her and she passed out.
