Chapter Three
This Pain Is Just Too Real
By: Gumby Girl and DeansFallAngel36
Authors Note: Sorry about the wait on this you guys. As you can see we were busy with our stories and other upcoming fun stories from us! Hope you enjoy!

The four of them fallowed Bobby down the motel stair and out to the parking lot. Candy had her arms wrapped tightly around her as she slowly made her was down the step Once at the bottom, Lys turned around and looked at Candy who seem to be in her own little world, "Hey sis, you alright?"

Candy looked over at her sister and softly smiled, "Never better. Are we going or what?" Candy said as she walked passed Lys and passed Sam Dean.

"Ok guys, She's about four hours down the Interstate. Try to keep up." Bobby said as he climbed into his car.

"I assume you'll want to drive." Sam said to Dean. He pulled the keys out of his right pocket and tossed them at a smiling Dean, who caught them easily. "Oh, I almost forgot!" He walked closer to the impala and ran his hand and along it lovingly, "Hey, sweetheart, did you miss me?"

Lys looked over at Candy who just rolled her eyes, "I swear if it was legal he would marry that damn thing."

"Well, he may be a little surprised when he gets in." Lys smiled as the both climbed in the bar.

Dean got in the driver's side and settled in. He saw an iPod plugged into the stereo, "What the hell is that?" Dean asked as he gave Sam a dirty look.

"That's an iPod jack."

"You were supposed to take care of her, not douche her up."

"Dean, I thought it was my car."

Lys leaned over and whispered to Candy, "Told you he would love it." Candy just smiled as Lys leaned over the seat, "Ok Dean, the important thing is to remember to breath." She laughed.

"Ha Ha Lys. Damn kids and no respect for their elders."

"The car is my elder?" Lys asked.

"Yes she is and you should respect her." As Dean turned the key in the ignition "Vision" by Jason Manns began to play. Dean rolled his eyes and glared at Sam again, looking more irritated, "Really?"

Sam just shrugged innocently. Dean ripped the iPod out of the jack and tossed it in the back seat, "Hey watch it." Lys said after the jack hit her in the face.

Candy laughed lightly, causing Dean to look at her in the rearview mirror. He had missed that sound more than anything. When she saw he was watching her, Candy just smiled at him and looked away. Dean knew he needed to do something or they would never make it back to what they use to be.

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Once they got to Pamela's they all walked up the steps and knocked on the door. It wasn't long before Pamela opened it with a smile, "Bobby!" She said and pulled him into a hug.

"You're a sight for sore eyes." Bobby said and the four just stared at the two.

Pamela stepped back from Bobby and looked over to two couples, "So, this is them?"

"Sam, Dean, Alyssa and Candace. This is Pamela Barnes, best damn psychic in the state."

"Hey." Dean said it was obvious to Candy he was slightly checking her out but she didn't let it get to her.

"Mmm-mmm-mmm. Dean Winchester. Out of the fire and back in the frying pan, huh? Makes you a rare individual." She said and looked over to Candy, "And Candace Thompson…well lets just say you are ever more special."

"If you say so." Candy said as she looked at the woman. Lys could see that Candy still had her jealousy streak in her and that somewhat comforted Lys that her sister wasn't all gone.

"So are we just gonna stand here all fucking day or are we going to do this?" Lys said and Candy's head whipped toward her sister, "Lys!"

"What? Sorry it's just hot out here."

"Alright well y'all come on in."

Once inside, Pamela spread a black tablecloth covered in symbols over a small table. Candy was beginning to get a little nervous about what she might see and grabbed Lys, "Hey maybe we should be doing this Lys."

"Candy don't you want to know why you are Dean are all of a sudden walking around like nothing ever happened? I mean you died months ago and as happy as I am to have you both back I for one want to know who pulled you out and why." Lys said and walked up behind Sam.

"That's what I am afraid of." Candy whispered.

Dean was standing there and cocked his head as Pamela squatted in front of a cabinet, revealing a tattoo across her lower back that reads: Jesse Forever. He looked behind him for a minute to see Candy standing there looking at him. He turned away from her and looked at the tattoo once again, "Who's Jesse?"

"Well, it wasn't forever." Pamela laughed.

"His loss." Dean said and Candy glared at him. What was he doing?

Pamela stood up with several pillar candles in her hands and stops in front of Dean with a smirk. "Might be your gain." She said to him.

Lys smacked Dean on the back of the head, "Ouch Lys!"

"Don't make me cut your balls off." She warned him and the she saw Pamela walk up to Sam, "You're invited too, grumpy."

Lys glared at the woman and them looked over to a smiling Sam and cleared her throat, "What are you smiling about? You're not going anywhere."

Sam wiped the smiled from his face and grabbed Lys by the hand, "Wouldn't dream of it baby." He said and they walked into the other room.

Dean looked over to Candy who had her arms crossed, "What?" he asked her, "Jealous?"

Candy just rolled her eyes, "Far from it but thanks for trying Dean." She smiled and walked passed him and into the other room and took a seat at the table.

When they were all seated around the table, Pamela began, "Right. Take each other's hands. And I need to touch something our mystery monster touched."

Pamela slid her hand along Dean's inner thigh and he jumped, "Whoa. Well, he didn't touch me there." He said and Candy looked over at Pamela and was beginning to get annoyed, "My mistake." Pamela said and winked at Candy.

Dean looked around, nervous then took off his outer shirt, pulled up his left t-shirt sleeve to reveal the Brand. Both Sam and Lys stared at it and now worried about what could have done this. Candy gave Dean a reassuring smile before they continued.

Pamela laid her hand on the hand print. They all closed their eyes as she began to chant, "I invoke, conjure, and command you, appear unto me before this circle, I invoke, conjure, and command you, appear unto me before this circle, I invoke, conjure, and command you, appear unto me before this circle."

As the television flicked on to static, Candy and Lys opened their eyes and looked at each other as Pamela continues, "I invoke, conjure, and command... Castiel? No. Sorry, Castiel, I don't scare easy."

Candy wasn't sure why but she knew that name from somewhere and it sent chills up her body, "Maybe we should stop this." Candy said but no one listened.

"Castiel?"

"Its name. It's whispering to me, warning me to turn back." The static continues, and the table began to shake, "I conjure and command you, show me your face. I conjure and command you, show me your face. I conjure and command you, show me your face. I conjure and command you, show me your face." Pamela said over and over.

"Candace is right, Maybe we should stop." Bobby said.

"I almost got it. I command you, show me your face! Show me your face now!"

Suddenly the candles flare up several feet in the air and Pamela began to scream. Her eyes fly open and all filled with a white-hot flame. She collapses; the rattling, white noise, and flames die out, "Oh my God!" Lys cried out.

"Call 9-1-1!" Bobby told someone. Sam ran out of the room as Lys and Candy stood up and watched Bobby and Dean run over to help Pamela.

Dean crouches over Pamela and Bobby. She is conscious, but bleeding and burned. Her eyelids fly open to reveal black, empty sockets, "I can't see! I can't see! Oh god!" Pamela sobbed.

Dean looked at Bobby before turning his head to see a frightened Candy standing with her sister.

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After leaving Pamela's, the four went into a small diner. Sam and Lys went to call and check on Pamela while Dean and Candy sat down on opposite side of the table. It was clear to Dean she wasn't yet really comfortable with being close to him yet. "What can I get you guy?" the waitress asked.

"Just a slice of pie for me. Candy do you want anything?" Dean asked and she just shook her head. She wasn't feeling well at all.

"Ok well be up in a jiff," The waitress said and walked off.

Dean looked over at Candy who was looking out the window, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm just not feeling that great." She said just as she saw Lys and Sam walked back over to the table. "How's Pamela?"

"Stable and out of I.C.U."

"And blind, because of us." Dean said.

"And we still have no clue who we're dealing with." Sam said.

"That's not entirely true."

"No?"

"We got a name. Castiel, or whatever. With the right mumbo-jumbo we could summon him, bring him right to us."

"You're crazy. Absolutely not." Lys said. "I am not risking my sister life to find this thing."

"Lys what other choice do we have? He saved De…us so I have a feeling he isn't going to kill us until he gets what he wants." Candy said

"We'll work him over. I mean, after what he did?" Dean said.

"Pam took a peek at him and her eyes burned out of her skull, and you want to have a face to face?" Sam said

"You got a better idea?"

"Yeah, as a matter of fact I do. I followed some demons to town, right?"

"Ok"

"So, we go find them. Someone's gotta know something about something."

As the four continued to argue about whether or not to summon Castiel, the waitress pulled up a chair and plopped down at the end of the table. They all stopped talking and Dean glared at her as he smirked, "You angling for a tip?"

"I'm sorry. Thought you were looking for us." Her eyes go demon-black for a moment; a as well as everyone else in the diner. "Dean and Candace. To hell and back. Aren't you two a couple of lucky ducks."

"That's us." Candy said.

"So you get to just stroll out of the pit, huh?" she asked and looked at Candy, "Well not you but that's a different story now isn't it?" She smiled and looked back at Dean, "Tell me. What makes you so special?

"I like to think it's because of my perky nipples. I don't know. Wasn't my doing, I don't know who pulled me out."

"Right. You don't."

No. I don't."

"Lying is a sin, you know."

"I'm not lying. But I'd like to find out, so if you wouldn't mind enlightening me, Flo..."

"Mind your tone with me, boy. I'll drag you two back to hell myself."

Sam and Lys were staring daggers at her and flinched at her but Candy grabbed her sister arms and Dean held his hand up to stop them. "No, you won't."

"No?

"No. Because if you were you would have done it already."

"I'm going to reach down your throat and rip out your lungs."

Candy had enough. She got out of her seat and walked over to the demon. She threw a right hook at her, which she takes. Dean smiled as he threw another. She still does nothing but glare at them, looking more and more nervous.

"That's what I thought. Let's go." Candy said.

They all get up and the demon sits there, fuming. Dean pulls a roll of cash out of his pocket and carefully peels off a ten dollar bill. He holds it up and drops it on the table like an insult. "For the pie." He said before they all walked out.

"Holy crap, that was close."

"We're not just going to leave them in there, are we?" asked Lys.

"You are joking right Lys?" Candy asked, "We are lucky to be alive right now."

"You are the one who bitch slapped her."

"Yeah and it was stupid of me. We aren't going back."

"Dean come on." Sam said.

"There's three of them, probably more, and we've only got one knife between us."

"We've been killing a lot more demons than that lately." Sam said.

"Not anymore because the smarter siblings are back in town."

"Dean, we've got to take 'em. They are dangerous."

"They're scared. Okay? Scared of whatever had the juice to yank us out. We're dealing with a bad mofo here. One job at a time."

"Deans right. Lets just go get a room and think about what our next move is going to be." Candy said as they all climbed into the car.

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Later that night, Lys watched Candy roll over on her side into Deans arms fast asleep. The two needed a good night sleep after everything. Sam walked out of the bathroom and nodded to her. She got up from the chair and the two walked out of the motel room.

A few minutes later Dean began to have nightmares of Hell. He could hear screaming, but most of all he could hear Candy's scream loud and clear.

Dean opened his eyes and looked around. He sat up a little to find Candy sleeping against his side. Her hair was blocking her face. He pushed it behind her shoulder and just stared at her. He just wanted things back to the way they were. He wished she would just look at him the way she used to, say her dirty comments towards him, hell even fight with him. Something that was just what they use to be so he knew they were going to be ok.

"I'll fix everything…I promise," he whispered before kissing her lips softly and caressing her cheek with the back of his hand.

Candy let out a deep breath and slowly opened her eyes to see Dean. She gave him a small smile but before they could say anything the TV flipped on to static. Both of them sat up quickly as Dean shut it off and it came back on.

"Dean," said Candy as he grabbed her hand pulling her off the bed.

The high piercing noise started low and both of them grabbed their ears crouching on the ground. The noise became louder and the room began to shake. Blood started to come out of their ears.

Dean looked up at the ceiling seeing the mirrors on it cracking. He looked at Candy and then threw his body over her as the mirrors shattered into pieces falling over them.

"Dean! Candy!" yelled Bobby running in and the noise stopped.

Candy and Dean looked up at Bobby and Candy just turned around burring her head into Dean's chest. What was going on? What was after them?

Sam and Lys walked quietly into the dark diner. They sneak around and saw the cook from earlier face-down on the floor, his hands were bloody. Sam pulls Lys and they crouched as Sam turned the man over; he is dead, his eyes burned out and drying blood caked on his cheeks, "What the hell is going on?" Lys asked quietly.

"Just like Pamela." Sam said. They stood up only to have someone tackle Sam from behind, "son of a bitch." Lys jumped and saw it was the Demon waitress from earlier. They trade swings for a few moments until Lys finally pulled her away. She too had empty, burned out eye sockets and blood trickling down her face. She looks both terrifying and terrified, "Your eyes." Lys said/

"I can still smell your soul a mile away." The demon said.

"It was here. You saw it." Sam said. He knew it had to have been the same thing Pamela had seen earlier.

"I saw it."

"What was it?"

"It's the end. We're dead. We're all dead." The demon sobbed.

"What did you see?" Lys asked her.

"Go to hell."

"Funny. I was going to say the same thing to you."

Lys stepped back as Sam shuts his eyes to concentration. He extends his right hand towards the demon. She began to heaves and vomit black smoke into her hand. It wasn't long before she collapsed to the floor. Sam opened his eyes and crosses to the woman on the floor. He checks her pulse, sighs in disappointment, "Nice job Sammy." Lys said and walked over to him.

"Damn it. She is dead."

"Sam we cant save them all. At least that bitch is back where she belongs."

"Yeah well its not good enough."

The kitchen door opened and a woman came out. Sam and Lys looked up, apparently not surprised to see her, "Getting pretty slick there, guys. Better all the time."

They both just stood there as they all share a smoldering look. Sam looked down at the corpse at his feet, his face falling, "What the hell is going on around here, Ruby?' Lys asked.

"I wish I knew."

"We were thinking some high level demon pulled Dean and Candy out." Lys said to her.

No way. Human souls don't just walk out of Hell and back into their bodies easy. The sky bleeds, the ground quakes. It's cosmic. No demon can swing that. Not Lilith, not anybody."

"Then what can?" asked Sam.

"Nothing I've ever seen before." Ruby said as they all took a seat at a booth, So. Million dollar question, are you going to tell Dean and Candy about what we're doing?" She asked them.

Sam and Lys just looked at each other, "Yeah, I just got to figure out the right way to say it." Lys said.

"Awe is little Lyssy scared of her big sister?" Ruby mocked.

"Look you black eyes skank, we just need time, okay? That's all and just so you know, you are only breathing because you have been helpful so far."

"Oh I am so scared."

"Ok you two cut it out." Sam said and grabbed Lys by the hand, "You need to calm down."

Ruby just rolled her eyes, "Listen, all I am trying to say is they are going to find out, and if it's not from you they are going to be pissed and you know it."

"They are going to be pissed anyway. I mean, Dean so hardheaded about this psychic stuff he'll just try and stop me and Candy will blame me for dragging Lys into this."

"Sam you didn't drag me into anything. If I remember right it was all my choice." Lys said. She would never fully admit it to Sam but she craved the rush for having the power pumping through her veins."

"Look. Maybe I'll just take a step back for a while." Ruby said, "I mean, I'm not exactly in your siblings fan club. But they are your brother and sister and I'm not going to come between you."

"I don't know if what I'm doing is right. Hell, I don't even know if I trust you." Sam said.

"I know I am sure as hell on the fence with that one." Lys agreed. She didn't trust Ruby but Ruby was the one of the only people who could give her what she needed.

"Thanks for that guys." Ruby said and crossed her arm.

"Oh don't act affended." Lys said.

"Listen, what I do know is that we are saving people. And stopping demons. And that feels good so I want to keep going." Sam said.

"Hell you know I am all in with this." Lys said and leaned over to kiss Sam. Every kiss from his sent a ruch through her boby.

"Can you two not do that. I think I might be sick." Ruby said and Lys looked over at her.

"We're done here. We will call you of we find out anything."

"Fine." Rudy said and just like that she was gone.

Lys turned back to Sam and licked her lips, "Now…..where were we?"

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Candy, Dean and Bobby walked into an old ware house and got to work. Bobby was drawing symbols in white paint on the cement floor while Dean and Candy took care of all the walls.

"Dean, This is still a bad idea." Andy said as she went over to the table and started pulling every weapon they had out of a duffle bag.

"I know Candy. I heard you the first ten times." Dean said and looked over at Bobby, "What do you say we ring the dinner bell?"

Bobby just nodded and went over to the desk. He takes a pinch of herbs from a bowl, and sprinkles it into a larger bowl, which begins to smoke. As he began to chant, Candy walked over and behind Dean. Once Bobby was done, Candy looked over at him, "So what now?"

"Now we wait."

As hours past, the three just sat on tables, swinging their legs and looking around, "You sure you did the ritual right?" Dean asked and Bobby just gave him a look, "Sorry. Touchy, touchy, huh?"

All of a sudden, a loud rattling began to shake the roof. They all jumped up and arm themselves and took positions at the far end of the warehouse. The door bursts open and a man in a long jacket appeared in front of them, "Oh my God." Candy said to herself as she recognized the man.

The light bulbs above his head shatter in a shower of sparks as he passes them. As he approaches, the three, they began to open fire, but the shots do not even slow him down. Dean took his knife and as Castiel gets close, "Who are you?"

"I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition." He said and glared over at Candy who seemed to be frozen.

"Yeah. Thanks for that." Dean reared back and plunges the knife into Castiels chest. He just looked down, unconcerned, and pulls it out, dropping it to the floor. Bobby ran up behind Cas and Cas touched him on the forehead with fingertips and Bobby crumples to the ground, "We need to talk, Dean. Alone."

Candy ran over to Bobby and crouched over him, checking his pulse. She glared up at Castiel, "What the hell did you do?"

"Your friend's alive."

"Who are you?" Dean asked.

"Castiel."

"Yeah, I figured that much, I mean what are you?"

"I'm an Angel of the Lord."

"Get the hell out of here. There's no such thing." Dean said and looked over at Candy who was standing beside Bobby who was still on the floor.

"This is your problem, Dean. You have no faith." Cas said and looked over to Candy, "I would think you would be a little more believing Candace."

"Some angel you are. You burned out that poor woman's eyes."

"Dean maybe you should just listen to him." Candy said.

"Don't tell me you are believing this shit."

"I warned your friend not to spy on my true form. It can be... overwhelming to humans, and so can my real voice. But you already knew that."

"You mean the gas station and the motel. That was you talking? Buddy, next time, lower the volume."

"That was my mistake. Certain people, special people, can perceive my true visage. I thought you would be one of them. I was wrong. I assume since I was able to speak to Candace at one time that your would be they same."

"Whoa, hold on!" Dean said and looked over to Candy, "You know him?"

"Dean I don't really know." Candy said and watched him turn away from her. She watched the two men continued to talk and she felt a sharp pain in her lower stomach.

"And so what visage are you in now, huh? What, holy tax accountant?" Dean asked.

"This? This is... a vessel."

"You're possessing some poor bastard?"

"He's a devout man, he actually prayed for this. Its hard to find someone who can contain my visage."

"You know I have that same problem with women. Well all but one." Dean said and winked at Candy who gave him a warning look. "Ok so who are you really?" Dean asked again.

"I told you."

"Dean?" Candy said trying to get Dean's attention but he never looked up.

"Right. And why would an angel rescue me from Hell?"

"Good things do happen, Dean." Cas said and looked over to Candy as the pain got worse.

"Dean?" Candy tried again as she grabbed onto the table.

"What's the matter? You don't think you deserve to be saved?" Castiel asked him.

"Why'd you do it?"

"Because God commanded it. Because we have work for you but you need to have faith Dean. Good things will come." Castiel said once more before he vanished.

"Dean….Dean!" Candy yelled as she dropped to the floor.

Dean looked over and saw her and took off running to her side, "What's the matter." He said as he grabbed onto her arm.

"Dean something…..oh God! Something wrong."