Tell me would you kill to save a life
CHAPTER 2
By: Wolfa Moon
Summary: AU after S04E20 'The Rapture'. Castiel comes back in Claire and remains there. But that is where it all changes. Truths come out and friends join together. Misha is Castiel but always wondered what if?
Disclaimer: No Own, Wish.
No matter how many deaths that I die I will never forget
No matter how many lives that I live, I will never regret
CHAPTER 2
Everyone starts at the new invader
"Trickster!" Dean and Sam stand up defensively. Sam obscuring Castiel from sight. "What are you doing here?" Dean demands.
"Can't a brother," he vanishes to reappear behind Castiel. "Visit his sister." Castiel turns to see the new intruder. Her eyes focusing in and out. Then her eyes made contact.
"Gabriel." Smiling wide he takes the towel away. Moving his hand over the bleeding wound he heals it.
"There we go, all good."
"Wait you're an angel?" Dean asked defensively. Standing up to get ready to grab the branch.
"Bitch please. I'm an archangel." He inspects his work. "There we go all better. Word through the grapevine was an angel being stuck in a child. Poor Castiel."
"Gabriel." Castiel speaks looking at him. He claps his hands on her shoulders.
"Don't worry Cas, I'm not gonna be playing any games. Anna found me on her underground tour. She informed me of what the others are up to. Idiots."
"You can say that again." Gabriel looks to Bobby. Smiling at a fellow cynic.
"Good to see you again."
"Can't say the feeling is mutual."
"AW come on Bobster. We're having a little bit of fun."
"Killing Dean over and over again was fun for you."
"No that was a lesson you needed to learn. Castiel on the other hand has to learn so much more. As do you, Sammy boy." Sitting in a chair that wasn't there before. "So Castiel how's it feel to be in a teenager?"
"I'd rather not be." Castiel fidgeted in her chair. She hated being scrutinized. Always her elders watching her critiquing her. Sam saw the way Cas collapsed in upon herself. Getting younger under her older brother's gaze. Knowing the feeling all to well.
"So what are you doing here?" Dean voiced as he stepped closer to the archangel.
"Anna called and told me what was going down and bam I'm here. Which reminds me." He leans forward touching Castiel on the chest. She groans and bends in half. The brothers stepping up to defend. Bobby cocking a shotgun aiming it at the tricky angel. "Easy, easy lemon squeezy. It's just a protection so angels can't find her."
"I think I'm gonna be sick." She had seen the brothers do this before. Not relishing it she began to move. Dean grabbed her steering her toward the bathroom.
"What the hell?" Sam gets defensive. Gabriel pops a lollipop in his mouth that came from nowhere.
"She's fine. Safer now too." He eyes Sammy, "unless your gonna drink from her again." Sam feels slapped. Gabriel comes over to him. His power radiating. Reaching out his hand he touches Sam chest. Sam's pain radiates on his face then moves away.
"What the?"
"Same treatment. Need you boys to protect my sis." Turning to her as she comes back out. Dean stepping up to help little Cas. Taking the towel from her as she moves back to take a seat or to stand beside her brother. "So sis, how are you holding up?"
"Where is Anna?"
"Gathering troops." The blue eyes look to her older brother. He looks back. "Oh no no no, NO." he backs up a little from her. Everyone watching the stare down. "Castiel, you have to sit this one out."
"I am not a fledgling anymore."
"No, but you are a symbol." Shock fills the air instead of the previous tension. "Castiel don't you see what you have become. You stood up to the big boys. Put it to the man. You my dear young sis averted the rising of our fallen. And Anna would rip my wings out if anything happens to you."
"I don't understand." She sits in the chair.
"Free will." The brothers look to one another. The small family looking at the angels. Gabriel turns to Dean touching his chest. He stumbles back thought coming back ready to fight. "You're welcome."
"Gonna brand my ribs too angel dick." Gabriel laughs at Bobby.
"Well everyone up there knows who she'll be with." He motions to the brothers. Moving toward Bobby. Bobby shows his weapon. "Well?"
"Fine," Gabriel brands his ribs too.
Sam leans over to Castiel. Dean stands behind her. Gabriel turns to them. Smiling he comes to Castiel. Castiel looks up at him. They both smile.
"Till we meet again. And don't be shocked if another brother comes along?"
"How will we know if he is a friend?" Gabriel glares at Dean then takes a look to the small angel.
"She'll know." Poof, and just like that he is gone. Dean turns on Cas.
"The trickster is an angel?" reaffirming the fact with misbelief.
"I did not know him as the trickster and he is an archangel not my level angel."
"He's still a dick." Dean turns to look at Bobby. Bobby looking back seeing something in Dean's eyes. With a nod of the head Bobby moves from his post by the sink.
"Come on feathers lets get you to work." He begins to move toward his study. She looks at both brothers sensing something but unsure.
"Go on Cas, I need to speak with my brother." Looking from Dean to Sam. Sam smiles innocently. She leaves the room entering the study to have a book tossed at her.
"Translate this." It's not a suggestion. Flipping the book around she sees the Enchoian. Moving to take a seat Bobby hands her a notebook. "Into English please." She nods opening the book. Bobby smiles as she takes a seat and gets to work without protest.
Dean turns Cas' chair around taking a seat.
"What the hell man? Cas is in a child. Anna is being all motherly. And the trickster is a firkin archangel. Can this day get any worse?" Sam shakes his head at those famous last words. It always gets worse before it gets better.
"Dean, we have to do this."
"Do what let you become vampire for angel blood? Come on man. Sammy you have to stop."
"I will. Castiel said that demon blood wouldn't call to me anymore and I would still have my gift."
"Your physco mumbo jumbo. You'll still have it."
"I always have. She said I can still use it."
"And you believe her."
"Drop it Dean. Jeez, Castiel doesn't want to be in her anymore than you want her there. She is stuck Dean. An innocent angel, an innocent. What is your problem?"
"She's in a child."
"Claire said yes."
"To save her family."
"Are you any different?" Dean stares at his brother in shock then. His anger gone in a heartbeat. Shock evident upon his features. The things they have done for one another for family. Dean runs a hand through his hair. The world has gone to hell in a hand basket. Sitting more like collapsing back into the seat. His faith tested over and over again yet through it all he had family. He had Sammy. Looking in the other room he sees Cas leaning over the book. Her eyes tracking the words. Hand griped tight around a pencil moving in translation. The innocent angel trapped inside a child. Going to be forced to age so she can help and blend in more with them, humans, and hunters. Looking down.
"This is seven ways of sideways of wrong."
"When have we ever had the right."
"We are good Sam." Affirming that he and Sam are good and fighting for the right. The right of the world to have free will and live unknown to the monsters that goes bump in the night.
"And so is she."
"What about me?"
Everything stops. Everyone turns to the new arrival. "You don't call or write. Sammy a girls gonna think you've forgotten her."
"I should have never trusted you." Sam gets ready to attack.
"Sammy boy you need me." Ruby, the demon, steps toward him. "You left me waiting."
"No I left you without your true master." She moves back as if struck. Dean pulling out the demon knife.
"Whoa boys whatever you heard, whatever…" she pauses as she sees the child. Eyes raking up and down her, eyes going black.
"He will not kill her and open the final seal." Castiel taking steps closer to her. Ruby stepping back. Eyes looking to Sam for support. Sam's eyes staring back at her with daggers. She is screwed and she knows it. "You have failed."
"Sam I only did." What I thought was right, for her.
"Never again Ruby. Never." Recognizing defeat she backs up. Looking to the knife. Then someone is touching her. Her eyes go wide as she turns to see the child, the angel. Intense blue eyes stare at her before fire burns from her touch scorching her up with heavenly light. Sending her to the deepest darkest places where evil monster souls go.
The brothers and Bobby turn from the light that scorches from the body being burned of its wickedness. Looking back there is a body on the floor. Swaying on her feet she looks at them all.
"Castiel?"
"She is a lie." Turning she begins to go back to work yet not making it that far. Bobby catching her as she faints. Sam begins to move in but Bobby hefts her into his arms. She rests against his chest like the innocent angel she is.
"I'll take care of the angel, you take care of that." Dean moves to the body grabbing it.
"You grab the shovels." Underlying the words not near the demon blood. Bobby watches them exit. Sam staring Longley at Cas.
CH2
Bobby carries the angel up the stairs. Feeling how light she is, like air. Smiling he takes her into a guest room. One of the more girly ones. His wife's craft room now a pit stop on an hunter's journey. Laying her down he just looks at her. He has two sons in Dean and Sam. Now he has a daughter in Castiel. Stroking back her hair. What is he going to do? This family is the weirdest he's ever been in. Now a literal angel is part of it. So frail. Smiling again he looks upon her.
"You done good Castiel."
"Ah so this is where the fledgling has been hiding. How predictable." Bobby turns to see a middle aged man who is balding before him in a suite. "Anna should have hidden her better. Now we can finish what we started." Bobby turns to the intruder. Making sure his body is between Castiel and this new dick.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Hell has nothing to do with me. I'm Zachariah. That is mine to deal with so step aside."
"Or what?"
"Please, you think you can take on an angel." Bobby silently screams for Anna and even a little to the archangel trickster. "Let me have that scrap so we can deal with it."
"That scrap is the best angel I have ever met. So you can shove it."
"So protective. No wonder Castiel fought to protect you. Even though he has always been more partial to humans. You are insects to be crushed." Bobby just listens to him monologue. Hoping to get more time. Time for the boys to come back. Time for their angel pals to show up and kill this bastard. "She's one of you now. Ruining everything we have worked for. We are patient but we are severely losing it with you. Give me her."
"How'd you find her?" he scoffs as if Bobby is the most stupid creature on the planet.
"She used her grace to scorch that stain downstairs. And since I still have a piece of her grace it was easy."
"You," you hurt her. Zachariah's smile just broadens.
"Yup, me." He holds his hand out squeezing air. Castiel begins to moan, whimper and convulse on the bed. Bobby moves to help hold her. The new arrival just smiles more squeezing tighter. Her body jerking wildly. Bobby looks back to see the man squeeze tighter. Light filtering out through fingers and ash falling from his hand. The man squeezing on the fragment he posses of her grace pulling more from the area around him and destroying it in his fingertips.
"ANNA! DEAN! SAM! GABRIEL! BOBBY!" Castiel screams from the pain. Bobby needs to do something even if he is human. Pulling a gun from the nightstand he fires it at the angel. Zachariah stops to stare at him. Looking put out.
"You think a gun can hurt me. You pathetic…" a knife point came from the center of his neck.
"Your pathetic to think Cassy is ever alone." The point disappears. The body falling to the floor revealing another man. The man was slenderer and taller than the trickster. Short blond hair looking quite sexed. And a tight fitting grey v-neck shirt with a black velvet blazer over it. The light shines brightly signifying the death of Zachariah. Stepping over the body the man walks to sit on the other side of Castiel. Bobby points the gun at him. "Please, if I wanted to hurt you both I would have when," he makes a motion to the body on the floor. "Anna asked me here to babysit." Moving a hand he rest it on the thrashing Castiel. "Easy, easy Cassy." Running another hand through her hair. The hand on her chest glowing. "Don't worry just healing her up a bit." Castiel stops thrashing and begins to breath easier. "That's my Cassy." Bobby watches the affection roll off the new arrival.
"So who are you?"
"Balthazar." He looks down at Castiel smiling sadly. "I'll be around and don't tell her I was here okay."
"Why not?"
"Because they all think I'm dead and I'd like to keep it that way."
"But you just lost Cas' grace." Stating the fact of how broken their angel really is. Huffing he looks down at the youngest of them.
"Zach wouldn't have brought all of it here. You know, just in case. He was always good like that." The accented voice filled him in. "I'm guessing Raphael has the other half bit that Zach didn't just destroy." Bobby looks concerned down at the sleeping angel. "Cassy will need support. She'll be more human for a while till her grace heals up. And tell Sammy and especially Dean to take an easy on her, ok."
"Okay." The angel flies away. Body on the floor gone. He looks down at the sleeping angel. "Okay."
CH2
Dean and Sam enter the house seeing Bobby pouring over the writings that Castiel has done.
"Well now that all the work is done I'll think I'll grab a beer."
"Both you boys get in here." Dean grabs three beers before coming in. Sam looking up the stairs then to Bobby. Accepting drinks around Bobby begins to tell them of his little adventure upstairs. "And also Dean, get that stick out of your ass and take care of your friend." Dean sat back on that. Sam smiling at Bobby's words.
CH2
Dean felt terrible on another level as he stood in the doorway watching Castiel sleep. Cas has done it to him before but now. She's curled up on her side. Covers held in tight little fist.
"You guys need to get out of here." Dean jumps at the new intruder.
"Anna, I'm gonna get you a bell."
"Good luck trying to get it on me." She takes in the room looking at the wings. "Cas do that?"
"No. One of your other friends did?"
"Gabriel?"
"Balthazar."
"Balthazar, really." She smiles. "Always knew he had a soft spot for him, her." Dean smiles as she corrects herself. He leans more on the doorway to get more info. She leans on the other side of the doorframe. "Balthazar had faked his death a long time ago. I found him by accident. Yet when Castiel was a fledgling, Balth use to bring him to earth to visit. A big brother."
"So he's back now."
"Yes but you need to keep it quiet. Don't tell Castiel."
"Why not?"
"She'll feel hurt and she doesn't need the extra emotion right now. You need to leave though."
"Ok, but how do we hunt and explain her."
"Come up with something. I'll leave a bag of things for Castiel in your car." She leans up to kiss Dean on the cheek. Dean goes back to watching Cas.
CH2
The next morning Dean packs up his duffle. Packing up some more gear he looks around the room making sure he has everything.
"Here," Bobby comes over handing him some books, thick books.
"Um thanks Bobby you shouldn't have."
"It's for feathers, idjit."
"You really do like her?" he smirks packing the books. Bobby picks up another one hitting Dean on the shoulder before turning.
"Feathers never asked for any of this. Never asked for her family to drop her. No one ever chooses this life but are glad when we find a fellow spirit. And be glad we have an angel."
"An angel, Cas isn't even one anymore." Bobby grabs Dean so hard it hurts.
"That angel is family Dean. He saved your ass from hell. Defied her family and came to us. Helped us when everyone else told her NO. So grow a pair and if you ever call her anything every like that again I will whoop you ass and give the impala a pink paint job."
"Real men wear pink." Dean moves out of Bobby's arm.
"Yeah right. Remember my words." Bobby moves off filling up another duffle.
"Where are you going?" continuing to fill the duffle.
"This is for me, that one." Pointing to another backpack. "That is Cas'." Dean looks over at the bag. It's an old schoolbag.
"What did you put it in?"
"Stuff that she needs." Bobby had filled it with books some cloths, blankets and even some Oreo cookies that the angel loved. Smiling, remembering when he had given her one and her whole face lit up. Also introducing her to dunking them in milk. Learning the new addition is staying and a good one.
Both of them turn as their angel walks into the room. Her right hand holding a towel to her left forearm.
"Bobby where are the band aids?" she is learning human healing. Knowing right now to deal with what she's got. Bobby comes over to lift the towel off, cringing.
"Damn it Sam." Bobby yells. Castiel looks to him.
"He is requiring less and less."
"This is not alright Cas."
"It is a sacrifice I am willing to make."
"Along with everything else." Bobby taking the father role in this weird family. Castiel staring up at him looking. He pulls her into a hug. She stiffens at first then relaxes. Breathing in deeply Bobby calms himself before going to throttle Sam. Backing up she looks at him again. "Come on I'll clean it up but this time pay attention I'm not always gonna be around."
"You may outlive me." Castiel says seriously. He turns on her.
"Don't you ever say anything like that." She steps back. Bobby controls his anger. The only thing he can control. "I expect you to take care of them when I'm gone." He glares at Dean to say something. Dean just looks at the hens before turning back to his pack. Sealing it up and lifting Cas' bag in his arms to taking them to the impala.
CH2
Sam looks at himself in the mirror. He feels so different. The crave for blood that tasted, he realizes now, like sulfur fading. The rain tasting ambrosia though of Castiel is more intoxicating. True the cravings for that aren't as bad as the demon blood. Could you get addicted to angel blood? He asked Cas once but all she did was shrug unknowingly. Then he looked at her, the vessel. Fourteen year old daughter of Jimmy Novak, the man who said yes first. Now he is gone and his daughter is Castiel now forever. Yet when he looked into her eyes it is all Castiel not a trace of her. Always wondering what happened to the person and they had learned briefly of the religious family man. Yet now, the blood he let it flow with a switch of a knife against flesh.
No refusal. Sam felt great. Looking into the mirror he closes his eyes. Remembering his gift from before, would it come back? Could he or dare he try to use it. Doesn't matter they have to go. Coming down the stairs he sees Bobby have a supporting hand on the angel. Smiling proud at her then seeing him he looks to Cas. She looks between the both of them with concern. Turning she gives Bobby a hug.
"Thank you." Bobby had been hugging her a lot. Must be the vessel. He returns it.
"I'll see you around." She looks to Sam before exiting. Bobby stares at Sam as he watches her exit. This is can of worms that he really doesn't want to talk about.
"See yah around Bobby." Bobby opens his mouth to scold and tell him to watch his six and theirs.
Dean barges in.
"Chuck called we have to head there."
TBC…
I hope people are liking this I have no clue. TY all who are.