Mary sat on the hood of her car and stared at the three men in front of her. Her first day out on a job and she was ready to crawl back into 'retirement.' Sam and Dean had weary looks on their face and the other one, Castiel, was passive—which seemed to be normal for him. They were trying to decipher what Gabriel meant by her being important as well, and she still wanted to be filled in on what in the hell was going on.
"We screwed up and basically...we jump-started the apocalypse." Dean said leaning against the Imapala. "Cas here is an angel." He supplied as an after thought. "and Sam and I are supposed to be Lucifer and Michael's vessels for the big showdown. Ya know, just your basic run-of-the-mill bullshit." Dean shrugged and looked at Mary. "Still have no idea where you came from. At least now you know what happened to all your boyfriends." Mary sighed and put her head in her hands and let out a groan.
"This is all insane guys. I should have just left it well enough alone." Mary looked up at Cas. "Hey, trench coat with wings, what the hell was Gabriel talking about." Cas looked nervous for a moment and eyed Mary.
"I cannot say." He replied at last, looking pained.
"What do you mean?" she asked getting fired up. "You have to know something." She demanded.
"I'm afraid I do not. I had no knowledge of a Mary Willhem." He said at last.
"That's just great. We have an Archangel on our ass to say yes to Lucifer, and now we have Black Widow girl over here added to this whole mess." Dean said angrily. "This just keeps getting better and better." He growled out.
"Look, I'm going to head to South Dakota to chill with Bobby and do some research, you two can figure out this whole Satan thing on your own. I have bigger fish to fry it seems." Mary said hopping off her hood. "You know where to find me." She added nodded to the brothers who nodded back.
"Stay safe." Sam added forcing a smile that came out more like a grimace.
Mary had been driving for 5 hours and took a much needed break at a crappy gas station. She sat on the hood of her car and opened her honey bun and prepared to take a bite when it was snatched out of her hands, much to her annoyance.
"Careful there, short-stop. Sweets are bad for you." Mary turned to see Gabriel sitting beside her, taking a bite out of her honey bun.
"Hey, asshole. You should really ask first." she shot back, snatching the sweet out his hands. He gave her a goofy grin.
"Someone is touchy." He remarked.
"What do you want, Gabriel? Are you going to give me any answers or are you just going to annoy me." Mary asked annoyed taking a bite out of her honey bun.
"Well, I can tell you that it is my responsibility for you to remain safe from harm." He jumped off of the hood. "Not many people get that kind of protection." He added. "A lot of people sell their souls for only half of it."
"So, I basically have a headache attached to me?" Mary shot back to him causing his smile to falter slightly. "Why are you protecting me anyway." She asked the archangel.
"Sorry sweetheart, can't let you in on that little secret." He replied. "Dad's orders." He whispered to her at the end. Mary scoffed and hopped off the hood of her car and walked back to the driver door.
"Well, then I have no used for you. I'll be at Bobby's if you start feeling chatty." She said entered the car, turning it on and driving off, leaving a smirking Archangel in the dusty parking lot of a gas station.
"This is going to be fun." He smirked before disappearing.
Mary arrived at Bobby's in the early hours of the morning, but was relieved to see the lights still on in the house. She slowly climbed out of the car and stretched, hearing the satisfying crack of bones as she lumbered towards the front door. She could hear the faint sounds of the television playing and knocked on the door politely. Mary heard shuffling and grunting and saw Bobby opening the door with an annoyed look on his face.
"You know the policy, girl. Always open." He said turning around and plopping back on the couch. There were books piled high around the rooms and stacks of ancient looking papers. "Picked up a few things I figured you could use." He remarked motioning to the piles of articles that now took over the house. "All about angels, the Virgin Mary, the whole rodeo." He said standing up and stretching. "I'm hitting the hay. Waited up all night for your ass to get here." Mary chuckled lightly.
"Thanks Bobby." Mary said sincerely. "I'm too wound up to sleep, so I will start reading up." She said. Bobby gave her a grunt before retreating to the bedroom. Mary collapsed on the couch and pulled the closest books into her lap and sighed before cracking one open and scanning for anything that could give her a clue as to what was going on with her life.
Mary read for what felt like years, but the sun had risen high into the sky before she stretched out on the couch and groaned in frustration. After piles of books, texts, theories and random scribbles she had come up with nothing. Glancing at the crooked clock on the far wall Mary stood up and stretched. Her mind was going a mile a minute and knew sleep would be impossible in the daylight, so she quickly grabbed her keys and headed out the door, intending on gong to the library to check out more books.
The sun was hot and made her feel uncomfortable as she crawled into the stuffy interior of her car, glancing at the discarded honey bun wrapper from her trip. Mary contemplated calling Gabriel to force some answers out of him but just sighed heavily before pulling out of the dusty road and making her way to the public library.
Pulling out her phone Mary decides to give Sam and Dean a call, telling them of her failure at finding any answers, hoping they might be able to point her into a better direction.
"Hello?" The gruff voice of Dean came through the phone. Mary pulled the phone away from her ear when she heard the loud chatter of background noise.
"Where the hell are you? Why is it so loud?" Mary asked. Dean scoffed and she heard the noise lessen.
"Ya know, just at a convention about my life." Dean said sacastically. "I will explain it later, whats up?" He asked, concern lacing his words.
"I dug through as many books as I could stand. Found nothing useful. All I can find is stuff about Lucy and Mikey wrestling and destroying earth." Mary said, with annoyance.
"So? What do you want me to do?" Mary sighed.
"Point me in a direction. I'm not very good a this. Tell me something to look for, I don't know. Harass the trench coat guy or something." Dean snorted.
"Okay. Start with Gabriel. There has to be something about that dick written somewhere." Dean suggested. Mary shrugged, but then realized Dean couldn't see her.
"Alright, fair enough. Have fun at your... convention." Mary said, unsure of herself.
"Yeah, yeah. See you at Bobby's." He said before hanging up. Mary huffed in annoyance and tossed her mobile into the other seat.
Mary sat hunched over a few books at the library, sighing every now and then, trying desperately to learn everything about the Archangel Gabriel, getting few bits and pieces on Michael, Lucifer and Raphael as well. Mary looked up and glanced around the library and saw only a few other people, one person reading a novel by the window and the old librarian putting books back on the shelves, a rather dull setting.
This was why it was surprising for the seat across from her to creak and become occupied by a man. She has never seen him before and studied him quietly. His eyes were cold and almost hollow, and his face was set and stern. He had a basic short haircut and was just in jeans and a T-shirt.
"Uhm, hello?" She asked in a hushed voice. A creepy grin erupted on his face and he leaned in closer. Mary's heart began beating fast as fear crept up her spine.
"Mary Willhem." He said in a chilling voice. "My boss would like a word with you." He said reaching across the table at her. Mary jumped back and tripped over her chair. The library started to rumble and the man across from her looked around with a frown. His eyes glazed over black as he reached for her again, but Mary felt something warm envelope her. In the back of her mind she heard a shout. The voice sounded familiar but she knew she had never heard it before.
"Close your eyes!" It shouted and Mary couldn't help but do that. The last thing she saw as the black eyed man reaching for her before everything went silent and warm and suddenly very very bright. Laying in a ball on the ground Mary felt hands on her and she screamed and jolted up, pushing whatever was on her away.
Looking around, Mary was dumbfounded. There was a scorched mark where the man used to be and the table and chairs were destroyed. She looked around for the librarian and other reader and didn't see them. Grabbing one or two of the books that were scattered Mary backed away slowly, reaching to her pocket for her phone and then ran madly out the door.
"Pick up the fucking phone." Mary shouted to the dialing sound, scrambling madly to get to her car.
"What?" came Dean's annoyed voice.
"Get your ass to Bobby's now, please." Mary said in a rush. "Something really fucking weird just happened and I AM FREAKING OUT!" She ended hysterically, pulling sharply out of the parking lot, nearly hitting a tree on the way.
"Woah, woah. What's going on?" Dean asked, serious.
"I don't fucking know, man. Black eyed weirdo came after me and then WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM, a meteor or something got him, I just really don't know." Mary finished crying now.
"What? Black eyed? A demon? Where are you? A meteor?!" Dean started shouting.
"I was at the library."
"Get to Bobby's, tell him what happened." Dean said frantically. "Sam and I are about two hours out."
"Okay." Mary said weakly. "Just hurry." She said, gripping the steering wheel tightly.
"Be careful." Dean said before hanging up.
Mary slammed on her breaks when she made it to Bobby's house. She scrambled out of the car and barreled towards the door. She was frightened. Thoroughly frightened. Bobby met her at the door and ushered her in, looking around.
"C'mere girl." he said pulling her a chair out at the table. "Dean called me. Tried to explain but nothing he said made any sense." Bobby admitted. Mary took deep breaths and rubbed her face.
"I just. I don't know what the hell just happened, but it was weird and I want no part of it." Mary said.
"Just start from the top." Bobby said.
"I was at the library, ya know. Just reading up on Gabriel and this guy with black eyes just starts talking to me, saying his boss wants me. Then-" Mary took a breath and shook her head, taking the beer that bobby offered her. "I don't know. It was just suddenly really bright and warm and I closed my eyes. When I opened them again, he was gone. Just a scorch mark and I got the hell out of there." Bobby sighed and sat down.
"Well, ya just had your first demon encounter." Bobby said popping the top to his own beer. "Congrats, welcome to the club." He said solemnly.
"Did the demon, explode or something?" She asked. Bobby snorted and shook his head.
"You have an Archangel tethered to you, they tend to smite demons." He explained.
"Wait, Gabriel just smoked a demon?" Mary asked staring at the old hunter.
"I guess so, Sam and Dean will know more about it." He shrugged. Mary plopped her head on the table and let out a few sobs. Bobby stood around awkwardly and muttered 'balls' under his breath.
"So something just...scorched his ass?" Sam asked when Mary retold them of the encounter at the library. She just weekly nodded as she sat curled up on the couch. Sam glanced at his old brother and shrugged. "Guess he isn't half as much of a douche as we once thought."
"Sounds just like what Chuck was saying." Dean added. "Looks like you have your own little trump card." Dean joked with a laugh. His smile faded when he saw the unamused look on Mary's face.
"But I don't want this." She complained weakly. "I don't need golden boy attached to me. I don't want to be needed. I just want to be normal." She sputtered out. "I can't even get laid." She weakly added, burying her face in her hands. Dean coughed and shuffled awkwardly.
"Best you can do now is just lay low until Sammy and I bite the devil in his ass." Dean said gruffly. "We still have no idea how you play into this and don't want to be surprised by it." He confessed. Mary looked up and nodded at the eldest Winchester.
"I'll go back to Arizona and try and go back to the way it was before." Mary said weakly. "No boyfriends, and I'll try and keep away from the demons." She added at the end. Dean cracked a smile and nodded.
"This is a delicate situation." Castiel stood in front of Gabriel staring him down. The soldier angel stood strong against the Archangel, and watched as Gabriel paced the floor of the warehouse. The Archangel was running his hands through his hair and was growing impatient.
"Ya think?" He shot back at Castiel. "It's not easy ya know. Protecting the virtue of this girl. We might not even freaking need her!" Gabriel said annoyed at his brother.
"You were given this task by God himself." Castiel argued. "If Sam and Dean say yes, then she will be very important to the cause." Gabriel scoffed and spun around to face him.
"She is still just a stupid human." Gabriel said. "She has no idea what she would have to do." He added seriously.
"She was picked for a reason, Gabriel. Just as were Sam and Dean Winchester." Gabriel rolled his eyes and continued pacing.
"The big baddies have somehow caught wind of her now too." Gabriel admitted. Castiel cocked his head in confusion at his brother. "Little goody two-shoes got corned by some demons in a library." Gabriel continued.
"You stopped them though." Castiel supplied.
"Well, yeah. I'm not sleeping on the job." Gabriel shot back, insulted.
"Mary Willhem will not be harmed." Castiel stated. Gabriel let out a huff and muttered the words mockingly under his breath.
Mary sat on her couch flipping through the channels on the television. It had been nearly a week since she had left Soux Falls and she hadn't had any strange happening since. No creepy men, no angels, and no phone calls. Something in her soul was starting to get antsy when she would think about picking up hunting again, knowing that she did in fact have a trump card that not many people knew about. She could easy wipe out a whole coven of vampires. Mary snorted into her cup at the thought of using Gabriel as her own personal weapon, but then shook her head, knowing he wouldn't be nearly as amused.
Tossing the remote down, the sounds of the news filtered through the speakers on the television. Mary watched in interest as the image of a teenage boy popped up onto the screen. Turning up the sound, she could heard the reporter speaking about the missing teenager and 4 other boys that had disappeared in the past month.
Curiosity sparked inside of Mary as she studied the 5 boys who were now missing. A gleam lit up in her eyes at the prospect of a case. Her brain went over the possibilities of what it could possibly be. She looked over at her phone, thinking of calling the Winchesters for help, but soon though against it, realizing they had a bigger fish to fry. The name of the town the boys are from pops up onto the screen.
"Carthange, Missouri." Mary said. "Roadtrip?" She asked to the empty house. Clicking the television off Mary laid across the seats of the couch and stared at the empty space of her living room. After being around Bobby, Sam and Dean coming home to her lonely existence grated on her.
"Hell, I even wish Gabriel was here." She muttered face first into the cushions of the couch. A breeze swept over Mary and she shivered slightly, wondering where it came from.
"Careful what you wish for, sweet-cheeks." In a flash Mary was sitting up and stared across the room at the man who was now standing in her living room.
"What the..." She trailed off, mouth hanging open. "Wait, I can just wish for you and you appear?" She asked confused. Gabriel cracked a smile and did a goofy bow.
"Well, the correct term is 'pray' but hey," Gabriel gave her a sultry look. "Your wish, is my command." Mary let out a short laugh and sat up straight, looking the Archangel over.
"You're starting to become a neat little party trick." She teased, and smiled when Gabriel rolled his eyes. The Archangel glanced around the space he was now standing. Taking in the few items he could see. A frown marred his face when he noticed the lack of personality the room gave off.
"Nice pad." He commented dryly. Mary shrugged, taking a glance around. She wished she had pictures of friends or items and sentimental things from the years, but being a lonely soul fearing the death of anyone close to her, she tended to not have many of those items.
"Well, ya know." Mary began. "When people close to you tend to have accidents all the time, people generally avoid you." she finished almost bitterly, but felt guilty when she saw Gabriel flinch slightly.
"Yeah, sorry about that." He said sincerely. "Some of them shit heads deserved it and you know it." He defended. Mary thought back on all 23 boys and couldn't help but disagree. She sighed and stood up from the couch and approached him.
"So, golden boy." Mary began. Gabriel quirked and eyebrow at her as she began circling him. "If you're an angel, where are you wings?" She asked poking him in the back, causing him to tilt forward slightly.
"Eh, the way meat-bags works is complicated." Gabriel answered with a shrug.
"Meat-bags?" Mary questioned. "Are you possessing somebody?!" She accused. Gabriel laughed and shook his head.
"No, no, no. Unlike my brother's here on earth, this body was made just for me. Part of the 'witness protection'." He clarified. "I'm 100% real, baby." He winked. Mary groaned at the archangel.
"You're 100% full of shit."