What We're Meant To Do

by Ginevra-Summers

Post-S4. Bela is saved from the pit by someone who needs her help. But being back is harder than it looks as Bela struggles to let go of the memories of what happened there.

7. Chapter 7

Title: "What We're Meant to Do" Chapter 7

Author: GinevraSummers

Rating: PG-13/Light R

Summary: Bela returns from hell with a mission of her own.

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural.

Authors Note: The timeline is currently around 5x10 of Season 5.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Thanks for reading!

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On the night before Carthage Bela doesn't sleep much. She knows that tomorrow. It has the potential to be bad. Really bad.

When Bela finally acknowledges that sleep is not going to come. She gets dressed. Vaguely thinking that this might be the last time she gets dressed.

When she gets downstairs. It's tense. It's the only word that comes to Bela's mind. Gabriel and Sachiel are out back. Dueling each other. Getting ready to face Lucifer and, if they don't succeed. Death. Anna is long gone. Bela could hear her leaving when she finally closed her eyes for sleep around 6 this morning. When she asked Gabe where Anna had gone. Gabriel had shrugged and said he wasn't really a stalker. Which earned him a glare.

It still annoyed Bela that Gabriel knew her so well. She had only been back about a month. And yet he could read her so well. So when the meeting had ended and the angels had all left. Gabriel had grabbed Bela's wrist and quietly asked that if she didn't want to go, she didn't have to. But Bela had already decided. She had to. So she just shook her head and said she was going. Not matter what. Even if it meant running into Dean. It was just a risk she was going to take.

The plan was to head out at noon. That would give The angels and Bela twelve hours to stop Lucifer from doing the ritual.

Knowing that Lucifer would have multiple demons patrolling the town. They knew flying into the small town was out of the question. So they decided to take a few cars. Thinking that hopefully they could get into the town without being seen.

When Bela returned to the living room an hour later. The sight that greeted her slightly surprised her. Every single angel there was in full gear. Swords that Bela knew were the angel blades were strapped to their waist . Gold armlets and anklets joined the swords. They were all wearing what looked like togas. Except they were dark grey. Bela quickly glanced at Gabriel, noticing that Gabriel and Assasiel's swords were a little different. She knew the change was due to the fact that they were both Archangels. So they had Archangel swords. They were also decked in gold armor. Without even seeing them. Bela knew that they all had the wings spread out. After giving them all a once over. Bela couldn't help but think that they looked like the warriors that they were.

They arrived in Carthage around one pm. After quietly getting out of the two cars. They split into groups. Assasiel would take Rachiel, Sachiel and Seraphiel. Gabriel would take Bela, Anna and Amabiel. If they ran into other angels. Their orders were to get out before they could be recognized.

The first thing Bela notices it is that it's completely dead there. Cars are abandoned on the street. Houses look like they haven't been lived in it. No one is around but them. No sounds are heard but their shoes on the ground. The silence is eerie. You know. Bela's always hated silence. Nothing ever good came from it. She knows this personally. She's halted from her thoughts and moving when Anna puts her hand in front of Bela. Silently telling her to stop moving. Whatever Anna's noticed. Gabriel's noticed to. His sword is out and ready to strike "Hellhounds."Gabriel quietly murmurs. Glancing at Anna he continues "There must be at least ten of them." Oh God. Hellhounds.

The last time she saw hellhounds. She was their snack. Bela grimaces at the memories and shakes her head to clear the memories from it. A noticing Gabriel's concerned look, she nods her head. Silently telling him she's fine. She looks ahead knowing that they're there. The hellhounds. With what seems like only a second, Gabriel suddenly moves, swiping at air. A quick smirk of satisfaction and hearing the hound yelp. Bela quickly loads her shotgun, shooting to where she knew the hellhounds were with salt bullets. Might be stupid. But hey, it works. Hearing her bullets hitting them gives Bela a quick feel of satisfaction. To give them back the pain she suffered. She glances at Gabriel and Anna and is amazed at how well they work together. When Anna ducks, Gabriel swings. When they use a move that Bela thought only actors in movies could pull off. Bela instantly thinks of it as dancing. The steps so perfect and in sync with each other.

When Gabriel and Anan stop fighting. Bela releases her grip on her shotgun. Knowing that all the hellhounds are dead. They're all gasping for breath. Gabriel catches his breath before smirking and says "Damn we're really out of shape. If we live through this. Hello gym." The laughing is short lived. Hearing the sounds of fighting, they instantly stiffen, automatically sobering up.

Anna looks at Bela and says "Get your game face on Bela" while wiping her sword on her jacket. "It's time to"- Anna cuts off. Bela follows her glance to the rooftop of a building, "Reapers?. God there must be over a hundred of them" Anna nods at Gabriel, knowing exactly what he's thinking. "We already know why they're here. Let's go."

They've been walking for about 10 minutes. Trying to find the others, when they hear it. A woman's voice. "Shouldn't have come here, boys." Bela doesn't recognize the voice. But Anna stiffens. Indicating she does.

"Hell, I could say the same thing for you." Oh god. That voice. The last time she heard that voice. It was dark. It was pain. No. Don't think about that Bela. Think about here. Now.

"Didn't come here alone, Deano." Meg replied.

Gabriel raised his hand. Silencing them both. "They are four hellhounds right down the street. Don't move. As long as we don't move. We won't be seen." He pushes Bela back into the wall. Anna is already scaling the building. Looking for the group. Bela focuses back on the view down the street.

"-ake this easy or you can make it really, really hard" Dean replies "When have you known us to ever make anything easy?" And before Bela can blink. Dean is shooting at the hellhound by Meg's feet. Telling Sam and the brunette woman that Bela vaguely remembers as being Ellen Harvelle and the third blonde woman that must be her daughter. They're all running away the hellhounds. Running right towards them, Bela realizes. Oh shit. Hellhounds plus Dean Winchester. Oh this is so not her day.

Bela turns to run. Hide. Whatever she can do before they reach her, and spot her. Bela gasps when she feels Gabriel touch her forehead and they're both on the roof. Bela looks at Gabriel. Damn. She's dizzy again.

"We can't interfere Bela. If that demon had seen us. She would have run straight to Lucifer. And all of our covers would've been blown." Gabriel is cut off by a scream. Bela runs to the ledge. Careful to not be seen. My god. The daughter is on the ground. Bleeding from what looks like a hellhound swipe. Bela ignores the twitch her body makes as her mind remembers the pain the hellhounds inflicted on her. Bela can only watch as Ellen screams and Dean scoops the daughter up and runs into the nearest store.

Bela knows. She knows just from being in this industry. That woman isn't going to make it the hour. She glances at Gabriel. He looks somber. As if knowing the same thing. "Why couldn't you do anything Gabriel?" He sighs. Like the question pains him. "What could I have done Bela? Zapped down there and saved her?. If I would've done that the demon would have seen me. I know Joanna Harvelle dying is a tragedy. But there is nothing I can do Bela. This is more important. " "More important that saving someone's life." Bela cuts in angrily "Oh I'm sorry. I thought that's what we do. WE SAVE PEOPLE." Bela stops.

She takes a breath and looks Gabriel right in the face. " You know. You really are a heartless son of a bitch. Just so you know that." Bella says. Before Gabriel can blink Bela's storming to the rooftop door "Bela wait. If you are seen.-"Gabriel is cut off by Bela. "I don't care anyone Gabriel. If I die, I die. It wouldn't be the first time. And it probably won't be the last."

With that. She heads downstairs. Not really a destination in mind. She gets to the bottom landing and opens the door. She's on the street now. Joanna isn't going to die. Not if Bela can help it. "Bela wait." She turns, expecting Gabriel to stop her, maybe take her back to the safe house. She blinks. She's caught off guard. Really not expecting Assasiel to be staring back at her. Assasiel gives her a small smile before she speaks."I know what happened. With that Harvelle girl. And yeah. I may be a heartless angel and a bitch. But I don't come without perks." She continues on. Not waiting for Bela to speak a word. "I know I'm not the greatest person here. But I don't want any innocent people to die. Not when they don't have to. I'm going to help you. Save that girl. I know the hellhounds have the Winchester boy's scent. Which is why we need to kill them." Assasiel takes a deep breath. "So. I know we haven't been anything but enemies. But I'm offering you my help. So what do you say? Want to go kill some evil sons of bitches?" Bela just smiles. "Let's do this."

They walked down the road. After Assasiel hands Bela a sword. She says with a smile "It's better than your shotgun, and no it's not an archangel blade. I'm not that stupid."Assasiel smiles at Bela before she continues "It's just an angel blade. Really good for killing these mutts." They're outside the hardware store when the hellhounds decided to attack. The first and second one are taken care of easily. The third one is tricky. Bela is dodging it. But the hellhounds faster. While Bela turns around to fight the fourth one. The third one attacks. Jumping at Bela it grabs her arm with its claws and drags it down arm from her elbow to her wrist. Bela screams. The pain is unbearable. She vaguely hears the talking inside stop. Shit. They know someone is outside.

She grabs her arm and winces as she feels the blood run down her arm. Damn. The cut is bad. Groaning in pain she turns to Assasiel who's killing the last two hellhounds. Assasiel quickly grabs Bela and they're on the store next to the hardware store's rooftop. Assasiel grabs Bela's arm. Ignoring her moan of pain. Assasiel relaxes her grip and mutters under her breath words in a language that Bela doesn't understand. Bela blinks in surprise when the cut heals. Oh yeah. Angel healing powers. Stupid for forgetting. "There. Better?" At Bela's nod. Assasiel continues "All the hellhounds are dead. No hellhound has the Winchesters scent."

Bela can only breathe a sigh of relief. Dusting herself off. She heads to the door. She can't help but think déjà vu much?. Both of them head down the stairs, intending to find the group. Only to stop when Bela bumps into something. Something hard. She takes a silent breath and looks up. Only to see the hazel eyes of Sam Winchester staring back at her. Oh Crap.

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If there was one thing Gabriel didn't like. It was hellhounds. God those things were annoying. They were always whining. And then they ate you. They sucked. People leaving before he finished talking was another he didn't like. Hello. Just plain rude. Serves her right if she got eaten by hellhounds. Again. He doesn't care. He doesn't care about her. She's nothing but a human who he brought out of hell. Yeah right. He would never admit it. But he liked her. She's pretty cool. For a human. Gabriel is torn out of his musings by his little brother. Damn. Still hasn't ditched the trench coat. He's tempted to snap his fingers and change that, but he sighs instead. He watched Castiel glance at the reapers then- Oh. out of all the stupid things. He followed a reaper. REALLY?. Yeah. That's not gonna go bad. Gabriel sighs again. I guess it's up to him to go save little bro. Gabriel tucks his sword into his belt and quietly follows Castiel into the house.

Carefully cloaking his presence. Yeah. Like he's going to let Lucy sense him before he was ready. Pssh. He gets to the end of the hallway and glances in. Oh look. Holy oil. How unsurprising. Rolling his eyes. Gabriel uses the advantage of Lucifer being distracted to sneak in the room. Good neither of them saw him. Time to listen to the boring talk. Aand there it is. "Lucifer." Castiel says. Gabriel rolls his eyes. God that is so cliché. Saying the bad guy's name. You know, you get more points if you can say it in one syllable. "So I take it you're here with the Winchesters." Lucifer replies. Ignoring the cliché. (Good Move)Castiel replies "I came alone" Liar. "Loyalty. Such a nice quality to see in this day and age. Castiel, right? I'm told you came here in an automobile?" Really Lucy!. Gabriel snickers to himself. Lucifer's going to end the world by never shutting up. So the humans kill themselves in boredom. Good plan "Yes." Ah. The sticks still there. Gabriel quietly laughs again. "What was that like?" "Um. Slow. Confining." More syllables. How fun.

"What a peculiar thing you are." Gabriel silently agrees. For the first time in a long time. Castiel continues to stare at Lucifer. He narrows his eyes "What's wrong with your vessel?" Gabriel quickly glances at Lucifer. Holy hell. Little Bro is right. Lucy's riding that vessel. And he's riding it hard. "Yes. Nick is wearing a bit thin. Can't contain me forever. " Gabriel is silently impressed as Castiel gets as close to Lucifer as he can. He's even more impressed with the next words out of his mouth. "You are not taking Sam Winchester. I won't let you." Gabriel sighs. The monologue is getting boring now. "I'm just like you Castiel.

Betrayed by my brothers." Gabriel whips his head so fast he thinks he might've gotten whiplash. He got betrayed? More like he betrayed then. He focuses back on what Lucifer's saying " See I rebelled, I was cast out. You rebelled, you were cast out. Almost all of heaven wants to see me dead, and if they succeed, guess what? You're their new public enemy number one. We're on the same side, like it or not, so why not just serve your own best interests? Which in this case just happen to be mine?" Wow. That was deep Lucy. Gabriel thought. Almost brought a tear.

"I'll die first. "Wooo. Big words.

"I suppose you will".

Gabriel watches the demon stain walk into the room. Does she really think that she's gonna keep the Winchesters trapped? Yeah okay. Good luck with that. Those two could slip through anything that's thrown at them. He watches as they both leave. Leaving Gabriel and Castiel alone. Well. He may be a heartless bastard. But he's not going to leave his brother to fry. Well. No better time than the present. Gabriel smirks as he walks out from his hiding place. His smirk gets bigger at his little brother's surprised face. He waved his hand "Hey Bro."

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-Ack. Sorry for the cliffhangers. I promise the next chapter will make up for it. Promise.

So. The Winchester Bela met was Sam. Anyone surprised?. The next chapter will have more interaction. The next chapter will be up within the week. I hope to keep the pace of long chapters.

Thanks for reading. Also. Thanks for everyone that reviewed. It meant a lot to me when I read them.

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If you see any mistakes. Let me know. Thanks for reading! C:

-Ginevra