Echo on the wind Chapter 13
Chaos: Temple vs Nathalia, New winchester
Dean pov
"Dean?" I hear Nathalia right beside my bed all of the sudden, cracking my eyes open I see it's about one in the morning and she's leant against the edge of my bed looking back at me.
"Hm?" I grunt, she lets out a sad sigh. "Can I climb in with you?" She asks, I've noticed in the last month she hasn't been sleeping well. Even when we first returned to the village she was restless, tossing and turning every few minutes.
She's used to sleeping by my side at night from traveling around looking for Kevin, I reach out for her and she slides into bed next to me allowing me to pull her as close to my side as possible.
"Dean, I love you." She whispers out to me, I'm about to return the words to her when there's a horrendous banging on the front door.
In a flash both of us are out of bed and running for the door.
"Temple escaped and the midnight patrol just made an urgent return, Temple is about to allow demons into the village. We don't know that she's gotten to the demons yet." Alison informs as soon as the door is open.
"Dean, go get your father and brother-
"Dean! You're mother is in labor!" Rachel's loud scream pierces the night. "Nat, I can't leave my mother-
"Go, I've got this…Alison, put together the best guards on the team and get the peace keepers….and Charlie." Nat orders to the young red head, she nods, the red head streaks off into the night going to fetch everyone Nathalia ordered her to.
"Nathalia, you can't-
"Dean, I have a village to help protect. I may end up having to kill Temple, if I do, you're going to have to set the village straight. Half of them think I'm guilty." She urges giving me a pathetic look.
"I will not let them think you're guilty….be careful, and do what you have to in order to live another day?" I reply to her, I press a kiss to her lips and she tears off into the night wearing nothing but a sports bra and a pair of jogging shorts. The only weapon she has is the forty five I brought out of the bedroom and the demon knife off of the dining room table.
Nathalia pov
By the time I reach the outer gates the team has been organized and is on high alert.
"Where's Charlie?" I ask. "Rachel says she's still to injured to go into battle. It's just us." Alison explains trying to sound apologetic and less demanding.
"Okay, everyone is armed?" I ask. "Of course." One of the guards announces sarcastically, hearing that I take lead out the slightly opened gates.
"She ran down this way, she's down by the fish pond." Tanner, one of our senior guards informs. "Let's go." I order taking off bare foot and barely armed into the dark forest, this probably wasn't my best idea ever, let's go out into battle not wearing any kind of protective gear, hardly any weapons and bare foot to face off an enemy you know is armed plus a team of demons.
Alison pov
Just as we're rounding the corner down into the fish pond Nathalia stops, down below near the pond stands Temple and about six demons. All of which are crossroads, Temple stands watching up at us with a huge smile on her face.
"It was a trap, she wanted to be seen." Nathalia informs. "I'm sorry." I whisper to her, she shakes her head no.
"Don't be, this had to end eventually….we're going down there into battle. Be strong." Nathalia urges, with that she's running again and I can't help but think how much like Dean she is. Even I feel nervous as I follow after her, but she seems fearless.
Dean pov
"She's fine Dean, it's not gonna be a pleasant night though." Dad says as I reach the front porch. "Why? Is something wrong?" I demand trying to get around him. "No son, you're mother is going into labor with absolutely nothing to ease the pain." Dad explains as he guides me over to Sam who's sitting with a very nervous Anna both waiting for any news on mom and the baby.
"Where's Nat?" Sam asks. "She just lead a team of guards out of the gates, Temple is trying to lead demons here." I inform, Sam's eyes get wide.
Nathalia pov
Another demon drops to the ground dead at the same exact moment Alison and two guards drop the last one. The only person not amongst the dead is Temple, looking back to the path leading down here I see Temple standing there with a yellow eyed demon, a very familiar yellow eyed demon.
"The baby." I gasp as my blood runs cold. "Nathalia wait!" Alison screams after me as I take off after Temple and the yellow eyed demon.
I'll never beat them back to the village, but maybe, just maybe I can get Dean's attention and warm him.
Dean pov
"Do you guys smell smoke?" Anna asks looking around; I sniff the air and cringe. "I do." I reply looking towards the gate Nathalia left through. Far out in the night I see a massive pine tree fully ablaze, instantly I believe Nat is trying to warn me of something.
"Dad gimme your gun." I demand of him, he looks confused but hands me his gun anyhow. I fire off three shots into the air and then wait.
"What's going on?" Dad asks. "Nat's out there trying to warn us of something." I inform, just as I finish speaking I hear the distinct sound of the colt ring out into the night.
Demons, I think she means demons are heading back this way, but how?
Nathalia pov
I got two reply shots fired as I ran back towards camp, now I'm bursting into the village to see a huge fight going on outside the cabin. Mary's pained screams can be heard all the way outside the city walls, the villager's are locked inside while demons and hunters are in the village fighting each other.
The yellow eyed demon is at the back corner of the Cabin holding a torch near the room Mary is in.
"NO!" I scream taking off towards the cabin. "Dean, Alistair is about to Torch you're mother room!" I scream as I tackle Temple to the ground. Dean turns back for the cabin running around the outside as John and Sam finish taking down another few demons with Charlie's help.
John runs back for the water pump that pulls water from the water to the cabins and fills up a few buckets handing them off to the three hunters we call family. Samuel is here now with Mark, and Gwen, they get in on helping to get the fire out as Temple kicks me in the stomach sending me flying back.
"You stupid bitch! How could you do this to everyone?!" Temple screams as thunder slams over head.
"I didn't do this and you know it, and now the whole village knows!" I shout at her, she glares back at me.
"You're lying Nathalia, I went to the river to get the knife I left there earlier only to be captured by demons that you sent out here!" Temple shouts back stringing a bow with an arrow aimed right for my heart.
"You're a fool Temple." I scoff pulling the colt out, but I realize the colt isn't loaded, fuck, armature mistake.
"Forget something?" Temple taunts holding up my desert eagle, she tosses it out onto the ground between us and then gives me a challenging grin. If I go for my gun she'll fly the arrow, if I stand here she'll fly the arrow, it's just a matter of who's faster on the draw.
I can hear the other's distracted with Alistair and unable to help me now, which is exactly what Temple wanted.
"Dean! Go to Nathalia!" I hear John shout to Dean just as I decide to take my chances and go for the gun, I catch the gun, the snapping of the bows string tells me the arrow is set free. The next thing I hear is Dean yelling for me as an arrow stabs into my back. I leap back just as Temple strings another arrow and flies it at me, but I pull the trigger on my gun. However, two shots ring out.
My shot actually misses her but the shot from Dean's nine millimeter gun strikes Temple right in the heart.
She makes a choking sound as she looks to Dean. "You shot me, how…how could you, she did this." Temple chokes out touching the blood gushing from her chest.
"She's innocent, we've all known since the moment you started this." Dean replies then fires another shot into her head. She hits the ground, rain comes pouring down around us, just when I fear that this night has ended the worst way possible.
I hear the screaming of a new Winchester Child, Mary has successfully beat the odds once again and brought another child into the world.
And people say I'm amazing?
Dean pov
"Nathalia?!" I shout her name as I get to her side; she reaches back and pulls the arrow out of her back, her sports bra slides forward barely covering her now.
"And you said you hated bra hooks." Nathalia laughs sounding more relieved than amused, I glance down to the arrow where the heavy duty metal of the hooks has almost completely stopped the arrow from hitting her in the back.
"Dean…Come meet you new baby sister. Elizabeth." Dad calls from the front porch. Okay this night went from chaotic and terrible to wonderful. I have a baby sister, lord help me I have a little sister….I HAVE A BABY SISTER! YEAH! The thought takes a few tries to sink in but when it does I'm feeling excited beyond words, I haven't been this happy since Sammy was born.
"Here." I say to Nat as I hand her my jacket, she zips it on then takes my hand as I drag her towards the cabin.
Mary pov
My new daughter is currently in Sam's arms when John returns with Dean and Nathalia, my father and cousins are looking on as well with smiles on their faces.
"Aw, she looks just like you Mary." Nathalia squeals excitedly, looking at me. "Is everything okay out there?" I ask her, she smiles. "Everything is fine, congrats." She says to me as Sam decides to hand Elizabeth to Nathalia.
The warrior tense up the same way I did when Dean was first handed to me but just as I did she relaxes and instantly falls in love.
"Elizabeth Winchester…aren't you just the most gorgeous baby girl." Nathalia whispers as Dean moves in closer to see his baby sister, he's the one John and I are worried about, he wasn't happy about Sam at first, and according to Sam he was pissed when they found out about Adam.
"What's that Lizzy? Sammy's not the baby of the family anymore?" Dean teases as Nathalia hands her off to Dean. "Thank god for that." Sam mutters. "Yes but we're still gonna call you Sammy, okay big brother?" Nathalia teases leaning over the bed to hug Sam, he returns the gesture as John steps out the door to greet the villagers who are outside waiting.
"It's a girl! Elizabeth Winchester!" He announces proud as I've ever seen him in a long time.
"I don't think this night could have ended any better." Anna squeals excitedly as it's her turn to hold Liz.
"Actually, it can. I decoded the tablet." Kevin says entering the cabin behind John, we all look his way with wide eyes.
"Already?" Charlie questions as Rachel is re stitching some of the wounds on her shoulder caused by the bear and continuous attempts at trying to fight.
"This had best be the last time I stitch you up, got it?" Rachel growls, she goes ignored for the time being.
"Yeah, and now that Temple led the demons here. We have everything we need to work the spell, now it's not what we thought. It won't lock demons back in hell, it won't put heaven back, but it'll destroy the virus for good, and it will replace the lives that we're lost due to the virus and put everything back the way it was before we screwed things up." Kevin explains.
"What about all this? Does it all go away?" I ask in a panic at the thought of losing Elizabeth so soon after she's born.
"No, every child born after the disaster will stay, everyone that has a reason to remember all this will remember, those who simply wish to forget will not remember anything. However, that's only pertaining to things that are entirely human." Kevin says looking at Nathalia who's got a smidge of Dominatrix blood running through her veins.
"Do you know what happens to things that aren't?" I ask. "No, there's nothing like that written in the fine print sadly. It just says all that is human will remain as they we're or shall forget if they so chose." Kevin explains to everyone, Dean and Nathalia look at each other and give a sad look.
"Dean, I'm certain that this is the end of the road for us….we knew it was a possibility." Nathalia says, and tears well up in my eyes, how could this happen? Those two have been through so much already, Dean will remember her but she won't remember him? That's terrible.
"Then we won't-
"Dean, we have to. The way I see this, if we were meant for each other, then even when things are fixed we'll find our way back home." Nathalia amends, Dean doesn't argue he just nods once…