Walk on the Beach

As expected Ben was most outraged with everything Castiel had to say. Ben was mostly angry he wasn't informed about the talk Castiel had with Dean and that he wasn't informed of his own father's state of mind. Now he was missing, with the slight chance he just up and walked away from his family. Ben kept his mouth shut for as long as he could before exploding. "How come it wasn't important enough to tell me?"

"Ben hun, it was Dean's place-" Ashley started before she was cut off.

"No, it was everyone's place! No privacy, no secrets right? Isn't that what you guys preach?"

"Look," Sam cut in "you can be as mad as you want with us, but it's not helping Dean!"

Ben looked over to his uncle shocked he raised his voice. Sam never raised his voice towards Ben or Justin; he only got loud when he was angry with Ashley or Dean. "You're right" Ben sighed before turning towards Castiel again. "So, any clue what that 'entity' is?"

"It has similar qualities to that of a demon, yet it is more powerful" he answered matter of factly.

"Well it's not Crowley, we know that. And hellhound?" Ashley asked the angel.

"No, did not have any animalistic properties."

"Hm, well what about another knight?" Sam pondered out loud.

"Dean's the only one left" Ashley rebutted.

"That we know of" Sam threw in.

"Alright, Cas can you look into it more? We'll also search around here" Ashley ordered nicer than Dean often would, but still with enough authority to kick everyone into gear.

Dean

I thought I was the last knight when Cain transferred over the mark and got rid of Abaddon. Once I finally ditched the reaper, I decided to wait for Sam by the car. As I leaned up against Baby's bumper, I could sense someone walking up towards me- I could tell by the way my arm started to burn it wasn't Sammy. "What the fuck do you want, whoever you are?"

"We want you to join us, Dean Winchester" the man answered as he came closer to where I was. "My name in Baal."

"Baal, as in that weird man, cat, toad thing?" I asked, racking my brain for exactly what Baal was.

"I see you've read up on your dreams" he chuckled. "I am one of the seven princes of Hell. My brothers and I would like to talk with you."

"Right, I'll have my people call your people" I growled as I turned to find out what was taking Sam so long. Unfortunately Baal got the jump on me and transported me to this old warehouse. Why does everyone think warehouses are the perfect meeting place?

"Dean, we only want to offer you an excellent opportunity. You take care of some trash for us and we can remove the mark, for good" a beach blond said from a long table of only 5… things.

"And who are you, bro?" I taunted in an attempt to earn my exit faster.

"Belphegor."

"So, Belphegor, what is it you want me to do?" I growled once he stood up from in between Baal and the strangely vacant seat.

"Kill the remaining knight" he replied coolly.

"Who? Abaddon? We haven't heard about her resurfacing. I don't even know where the First Blade is, this mark is useless without!"

"We know where both are," a Dick Roman look alike spoke up "but the blade will only be delivered once you have the knight in your possession."

"And the mark, Dick?" I replied once again letting me tongue and anger get the best of me.

"Ah, so you do remember me, Dean" Dick sneered "do we have a deal?"

"Fine" I replied on my way out of the warehouse. I had to get back to the hotel before Ash took off Castiel's head and Ben made a lunge for Sam's.

Ever since reviewing the phone call from Dean, the Winchesters had relaxed slightly. Ashley curled up around Tara while she took her afternoon nap. She kept thinking about the deal Dean had to tell everyone about. "What do you think it is?" she asked the quiet room.

"Hell if I know," Sam responded "anything is possible."

Ben continued to stare at the door waiting for Dean to come through it at any moment. When he called, Dean said he was close to Oceanshores. "I'm going to head down to the beach, tell me when he gets back."

"Sure" Ashley said the same time Sam nodded.

Dean stood at the edge of the beach and watched Ben, Ashley, Sam, Justin, and Tara. He had messed up his family so much; they actually looked relaxed without him. Ashley was sun bathing on her stomach while Sam sat close by reading some old book in shorts and no shirt. Dean's son was standing at the water's edge with Tara playing next to him. Dean followed Ben's gaze and saw Justin playing in the waves.

That is exactly what he wanted, to see his boy take care of his younger brother and cousin. Of course the responsibility wouldn't all fall on Ben's shoulders, but Dean was happy to see him step up to the plate.

Dean finally made his way his way over to where his siblings were sitting. He wasn't sure what he would say or how he should even feel about this deal, but as he got closer to his siblings dean began to feel his burning mark less and less. It was probably Ashley's calm energy and seeing Sam safe and unharmed. "Hey" Dean sighed nonchalantly as he relaxed on the towel Ashley was tanning on.

"Dean?" Sam grinned as he closed the book he was reading and Ashley sat up.

"You're back" she replied "you okay?"

AN: What do you all think? I had to do some research, so apologies if there are conflicting Wikipedia pages. Tell me what you all thought, deeply appreciate it!