I was looking out the window as Dad, Sam and Dean were sitting at a desk with a pile of books in front of them. Sam is sitting in a chair in the opposite corner talking
to Dean. We were arguing for like about an hour,
"Well, then tell me what else it could be." Sam asked as I scowled at him,
"Look, all I know is I was not groped by an angel." I yelled as Dean just chuckled then shook his head at me, I growled at him,
"Okay, look, Jace. Why do you think this Castiel would lie to you about it?" Dean said making me look at him then scoff as I rubbed my arm,
"Maybe he's some kind of demon. Demons lie." I said as I looked at my dad who looks up from his books at the boys then at me.
"A demon who's immune to salt rounds and devil's traps... and Ruby's knife? Jace, Lilith is scared of that thing!" Sam said as I laughed then looked dead at him,
"Don't you think that if angels were real, that some hunter somewhere would have seen one... at some point... ever?" I said as I looked outside the window,
"Yeah. You just did, Jace." Sam said smiling as I rolled my eyes,
"I'm trying to come up with a theory here. Okay? Work with me." I said as Dean got up and walked to me and wrapped his arms around me.
"Jace, we have a theory." He said as I smiled, "Yeah, one with a little less fairy dust on it, please." I said fluttering my eyes at him,
"Okay, look. I'm not saying we know for sure. I'm just saying that I think we -" Sam started but I got out of Dean's arms and stood my ground,
"Okay, okay. That's the point. We don't know for sure, so I'm not gonna believe that this thing is a freaking Angel of the Lord because it says so!" I said
waving my hands in the air,
"You three chuckleheads want to keep arguing religion, or do you want to come take a look at this?"Dad said getting all our attention, we look at one another then
walk over to Dad's desk.
"I got stacks of lore - Biblical, pre-Biblical. Some of it's in damn cuneiform. It all says an angel can snatch a soul from the pit." Dad said as I looked at the books,
"What else? " I asked him as he scoffed at me,
"What else, what? " Dad asked what else I wanted to know,
"What else could do it?" I asked as Dean just put his head on my shoulder.
"Airlift your ass out of the hot box? As far as I can tell, nothing." Dad said as he just shrugged his shoulders at me,
"Jace, this is good news." Sam said smiling as I quirked my eyebrows at him,
"How?"I asked the younger Winchester,
"Because for once, this isn't just another round of demon crap. I mean, maybe you were saved by one of the good guys, you know?" Sam said making me
chuckle then I cleared my throat,
"Okay. Say it's true. Say there are angels. Then what? There's a God?" I asked as I shook my head at the three,
"At this point, Vegas money's on yeah." Dad said as I felt Dean's lips ghost my neck.
"I don't know, guys." I said as I looked at my father,
"Okay, look. I know you're not all choirboy about this stuff, but this is becoming less and less about faith and more and more about proof." Sam said as I
looked around to just be confused,
"Proof?" I asked really confused,
"Yes." Sam replied as I felt Dean's hot breath making me a bit distracted,
"Proof that there's a God out there that actually gives a crap about me personally? I'm sorry, but I'm not buying it." I said as I felt more confused about all
this angel crap,
"Why not?" Sam asked as I twisted my head towards him,
"Because why me? If there is a God out there, why would he give a crap about me?" I said as I carefully pulled myself from Dean,
"Babe -" Dean started but I shut him up quickly,
"I mean, I've saved some people, okay? I figured that made up for the stealing and the other things I've done. But why do I deserve to get saved? I'm just
a regular girl." I said as I took a few steps away,
"Apparently, you're a regular girl that's important to the man upstairs." Sam said as I rolled my eyes,
"Well, that creeps me out. I mean, I don't like getting singled out at birthday parties, much less by... God." I said as I chuckled,
"Okay, well, too bad, Jace, because I think he wants you to strap on your party hat. " Sam said making me laugh, but I shut up and sighed.
"Fine. What do we know about angels?" I asked Dad who then picks up a pile of fat and weighty looking books and puts them in front of me.
"Start reading." Dad said as I looked at Dean and pouted, Dean looks at the pile of books, and turns towards his brother.
"You're gonna get us some pie." Dean said pointing to Sam as I then grab a book from the top of the pile. I saw my dad go out to get more books, so I just
yawned and decided to take a nap, but I feel very cold all of a sudden, I woke up to see some flashing like ghosts, but soon Sam and Dean came home and
guns cocked and ready.
"Bobby? Jacy?" Dean calls out, I walked to see Dean look at my Dad's iron poker on the ground.
"I'll go. You two check outside." I said as they nodded,
"You be careful Jace" Dean said before kissing me, I kissed long and hard, I went upstairs I opened doors,
"Dad?" I asked as I was looking around my house, a door opens, slowly, no one is visible. I look as I hold my gun in my hand,
"Come out, come out, whoever you are." I sing out but soon see a woman with shoulder-length brown hair appears behind me,
"Jace Singer. Still so bossy. You don't recognize me?" She says with a smile, I quirk my head then I flashback,
"This is what I looked like before that demon cut off my hair and dressed me like a slut." She said making me remember her name,
"Meg?" I said a bit worried,
"Hi. It's okay, I'm not a demon." She said with a smile,
"You're the girl the demon possessed." I said as she walked towards me a bit, but I began walking back.
"Meg Masters. Nice to finally talk to you when I'm not, you know, choking on my own blood." She says as she holds up her hands,
"It's okay. Seriously, I'm just a college girl. Sorry - was. I was walking home one night and got jumped by all this smoke. Next thing you know, I'm a prisoner..."
Meg says as she places a hand on her head,
"in here. Now, I was awake. I had to watch while she murdered people." She growled a bit, I gulped,
"I'm so sorry" I said as I was nervous,
"Oh, yeah? So sorry you had me thrown off a building?" She growled at me,
"Well, we thought -" I started but she growled at me,
" No, you didn't think! I kept waiting, praying! I was trapped in there screaming at you! "Just help me, please!" You're supposed to help people, Jace. Why
didn't you help me?" She yelled at me, I felt a tear go down my face as I shook my head,
"I'm.." I wanted to apologize but Meg slaps me me while knocking me to the ground. She throws me across the room but before doing so I saw a mark on her
hand,
"No... You just attacked. Did you ever think there was a girl in here? No. You just charged in, slashing and burning. You think you're some kind of hero?" Meg
growled at me,
"No I don't" I growled at her,
"You're damn right. Do you have any idea what it's like to be ridden for months by pure evil... while your family has no idea what happened to you?" Meg says as
she punched me, I spat up blood, but a mouth full.
"It wasn't just me, Jace. I had a sister. A little sister. She worshipped me. You know how little siblings are, right? How they'll do anything for you. She was never
the same after I disappeared. She just... she just got lost. And when my body was lying in the morgue beat-up and broken..." Meg said as I got up holding my ribs,
"Do you know what that did to her? She killed herself!" Meg screamed before kicking me in the gut upside,
"Because of you, Jace! Because all you were thinking about was your family, your revenge, and your demons! 50 words of Latin a little sooner, and I'd still be alive.
My baby sister would still be alive. That blood is on your hands, Jace!" She said sadistically but kicks me again. I groan but I aim my gun at her,
"Come on, Jace, did your brain get french-fried in Hell? You can't shoot me with bullets." She smiles at me,
"I'm not shooting you ya dick" I growled at her before I
aims my gun and shoots at the ceiling causing a chandelier falls and lands on the ghost,
"Iron, Bitch" I growled before getting up, my hands were shaking, no I won't
let Hell's memories keep their hold at me. I walk to the study downstairs to find Dad, Sam and Dean,
"Daddy" I said as I darted to him, "Jace what" He asked as I cried in his arms,
"I saw Meg" I said as Dean came over and held me,
"So, they're all people we know?" Sam asked as I nodded but still groaned as my ribs were hurt still,
"Not just know. People we couldn't save. Hey, I saw something on Meg. Did she have a tattoo when she was alive?" I asked Sam, he shook his head as I was
thinking,
"It was like a-a mark on her hand - almost like a brand." I told them as I looked for a piece of paper,
"I saw a mark, too, on Henriksen." Sam told us as I just found a pen,
"What did it look like?" Dad asked as I found the paper, I began to draw the symbol, after I was done I showed Sam,
"That's it." Sam told me as I saw my dad get up,
"I may have seen this before. We got to move. Dad" I said as he nodded at me,
"Follow me." I told Sam and Dean, they looked confused,
"Okay, where are we going?" Dean asked as I chuckled,
"Some place safe, you idiot." I told him as I cupped his cheek, Dad and I pick up some books and leads Sam and Dean to a basement room, which is made entirely
of iron and covered with pentagrams and Devil's traps.
"Bobby, is this..." Sam said as I patted the walls,
"Solid iron. Completely coated in salt. 100% ghost-proof." I said as I leaned against the walls,
"You built a panic room?" Sam asked my Dad as he nodded at him, "I had a weekend off, Jace chipped in.' Dad said with a smile as I watched Dean holding up a
shotgun,
"Bobby. Jace" Dean says as my dad turns to him,
"You're awesome." Dean says as he sees a picture of a swimsuit model,
"Dean no" I said as I slapped his ass, he groaned as he nudged me a bit in temptation. I was in a far corner making Iron Bullets laced with salt,
"See, this is why I can't get behind God." I said as I put my arms up but placed a bullet next to the others,
"What are you talking about?" Dean asked a bit confused,
"If he doesn't exist, fine. Bad crap happens to good people. That's how it is. There's no rhyme or reason - just random, horrible, evil - I get it, okay. I can roll with
that. But if he is out there, what's wrong with him? Where the hell is he while all these decent people are getting torn to shreds? How does he live with himself?
You know, why doesn't he help?" I said as I ranted, my dad turned to me,
"Found it." Dad said as I got up,
"What?" Sam asked as I looked at them,
"The symbol you saw - the brand on the ghosts..." Dad said as I looked at him,
"Yeah?" Sam said as I shook my head,
"Mark of the Witness." I said as Dad nodded at me,
"Witness? Witness to what?" Dean asked as I smiled, I rubbed his head and pressed a mark on his neck,
"The unnatural. None of them died what you'd call ordinary deaths. See, these ghosts - they were forced to rise. They woke up in agony. They were like rabid dogs.
It ain't their fault. Someone rose them... on purpose. " Dad said as I rolled my shoulders,
"Who?" Sam asked as I looked at him dumbfounded,
"Do I look like I know? But whoever it was used a spell so powerful it left a mark, a brand on their souls. Whoever did this had big plans. It's called "the rising of the
witnesses." It figures into an ancient prophecy. " Dad said as I groaned,
"Wait, wait. What - what book is that prophecy from?" Dean asked as I kissed his cheek,"Well, the widely distributed version's just for tourists, you know. But long
story short - Revelations. This is a sign, boys and daughter." Dad said as I shook my head, he looked at me and smiled,
"A sign of what?" Dean asked as I put my hair in a bun,
"The apocalypse." Dad and I said at the same time.
"Apocalypse? The apocalypse, apocalypse? The four horsemen, pestilence, $5-a-gallon- gas apocalypse?" Dean says a bit scared, I shake my head,
"That's the one. The rise of the witnesses is a - a mile marker." Dad says as Sam stands up,
"Okay, so, what do we do now?" Sam asked as I looked at memories from the salt covered room,
"Road trip. Grand Canyon, Star Trek Experience. Bunny Ranch." Dean says smiling, but I shake my head at him,
"What?" Dean asked as I hit his head,
"Ow" He said rubbing the spot,
"Lets survive ya dick" I say as I shake my hips,
"Great. Any ideas aside from staying in this room until Judgment Day?" Dean says as I cough hard but stand again, "It's a spell to send the witnesses back
to rest. Should work." Dad says as I gruff,
"If translated it correctly. I think I got everything we need here at the house." I said as Dad smiles,
"Any chance you got everything we need here in this room?" Dean asked as I shake my head,
"Damn" He replied as I smile,
"So, you thought our luck was gonna start now all of a sudden? Spell's got to be cast over an open fire. " I said as Dean groans,
"The fireplace in the library." Dean said as I smiled,
"A for knowledge baby" I told him as he smiled,
"That's just not as appealing as a, uh, ghost-proof panic room, you know?" Dean said as I got the Salt ready, The four of us make salt rounds and iron rounds,
Dad looks at me concerned but i shake him off, once we are prepared,we decide to leave the panic room.
"Cover each other. And aim careful. Don't run out of ammo until I'm done, or they'll shred you. Ready?" Dad says before we are about to go up the stair when we see
Ronald, I shoot him, but he vanishes,
"If you're gonna shoot, shoot. Don't talk." I growl as the four of us make our way to the living room. Sam creates a salt circle and Dean starts the fire, while I protect
my dad,
"Upstairs, linen closet - red hex box. It'll be heavy." Dad told Sam before he nodded and left, two girls appear in the living room and both Dean and I shot them,
"Kitchen. Cutlery drawer. It's got a false bottom. Hemlock, opium, wormwood." Dad ordered me, I nodded and rushed into the kitchen to look for the ingredients.
The doors to the kitchen close suddenly.
"Jace" Dad and Dean yell,
"I'm all right,Dad Baby! Keep working!" I told them but my breath showed, great now who,
"Victor." I said surprised, out of all the people I couldn't save he shows up,
"Jace." Victor said with a solemn look,
"I know." I told him,
"No. You don't." Victor told me as I shake my head.
"It's my fault you're dead. I left you behind. And the minute I heard about that explosion, I thought, "I should have known. " I should have protected you." I told him,
I went reaches for a gun behind him, but it goes flying across the room.
"Unh-unh. Not so fast. You think you left and Lilith came and we all died in a beautiful blast of... white light? If only. 45 minutes." Victor said to me as I was scared,
"What?" I said shocked,
"Over 45 minutes. Lilith said she wanted to have some fun. The secretary was first. Remember her? Nancy, the virgin. Lilith filleted Nancy's skin off piece by piece.
Right in front of us, made us watch. Nancy never stopped screaming." Victor said as I tear up, I shake my head as tear fall,
"I was the last." I told him but he shakes his head,
"Victor..." I said as he reaches inside my chest and grips my heart.
"Tell me how it's fair. You get saved from Hell - I die. Why do you deserve another chance, Jace? " He says as I groan, both Dean and Sam enters and shoots
Henriksen, Dean rushing to check on me as soon as Victor is gone.
"You all right, hun?" Dean asked as I got up,
"No" I growled as I got up and followed them, Dean was carrying the box I had searched for, Ronald appears as I reload,
"Ronald. Hey, come on, man. I thought we were pals. remember" I said with a reasonable smile,
"That's when I was breathing. Now I'm gonna eat you alive." Ronald tells me,
"Well...come on, I'm not a happy meal." I told him before cocking my gun and shooting him, but he disappears,Dad recites some Latin words and the windows blow
open and a wind fills the room. The wind moves the salt so they are no longer protected by it. Meg appears and Sam quickly shoots at her, as Dad continues to recite
the spell. Ronald appears and they shoot at him. Sam,Dean and I continue to fire as the ghosts appear. Victor knocks Dean's gun out of his hands when he is
reloading, and approaches him. Dean grabs another gun, and shoots it, only to find it empty. He quickly picks up an iron rod and hits at Victor, but Meg appears and
pushes Sam against the wall, trapping him there with a desk. I watch as Sam tries to push the desk away without success.
"Cover Bobby!" Dean yells at me, Dad continues to recite the spell and Sam keeps trying to get out from behind the desk. The two girls are sitting on the desk
waiting,
Meg plunges a hand into Dad's back causing him to drop the bowl with spell ingredients.
"Dad" I scream as he looks at me,
"Fireplace baby girl" Dad orders me,
"Hey Ghosts Game Over" I yell as I then throw the bowl in the fire, which turns blue. The ghosts all disappear. Dad falls to the ground, Dean helps Sam by pushing
the desk away, freeing himself. I watched as Dean and Sam help Dad up. He nods, indicating he is okay. I tried to walk over to my dad, but stopped as I covered
my mouth feeling a bit sick, I stumbled over as I felt something rushing inside me, I fell on the couch,
"Jace are you ok?" Dean asked as I tried to get up,
"Yeah, I mean I don't know, I feel like I'm gonna be sick a bit" I said as I watched my dad looking a bit concerned for me,
"You need some sleep baby" Dean said as I nodded, he got the large air mattress so both he and I could sleep on the floor that the mattress was on, I was awoken
by feathers fluttering and I turn to see to find Castiel standing in the kitchen. I look at both Sam and Dean before taking Dean's arm off my midsection and stand up
, Dean turns over as he grumbles something,
"Excellent job with the witnesses." He says a bit in monotone, I sneer at the said Angel, but somehow I am starting to believe it,
"You were hip to all this?" I asked him as I leaned on the sink,
"I was, uh, made aware." He told me as I grunted at him,
"Well, thanks a lot for the angelic assistance. You know, I almost got my heart ripped out of my chest." I said pointing at my breathing chest,
"But you didn't." He reassured me
"I thought angels were supposed to be guardians. Fluffy wings, halos - you know, Michael Landon. Not dicks." I scolded him like a child,
"Read the Bible. Angels are warriors of God. I'm a soldier." Castiel tells me,
"Yeah? Then, why didn't you fight?" I asked him,
"I'm not here to perch on your shoulder. We had larger concerns." Castiel tells me, but I scoff.
"Concerns? There were people getting torn to shreds down here! And, by the way, while all this is going on, where the hell is your boss, huh, if there is a God?" I
asked him with sarcasm,
"There's a God." He tells me but I shake my head,
"I'm not convinced. 'Cause if there's a God, what the hell is he waiting for, huh? Genocide? Monsters roaming the earth? The freaking apocalypse? At what point
does he lift a damn finger and help the poor bastards that are stuck down here?" I yelled at him,
"The Lord works..." Castiel starts but I raise a hand,
"If you say "mysterious ways," so help me, I will kick your ass back to your so called Heaven. So, Dad was right... about the witnesses. This is some kind of a... sign
of the apocalypse." I asked as I calmed down,
"That's why we're here. Big things afoot." Castiel tells me,
"Do I want to know what kind of things?" I asked as he shakes his head,
"I sincerely doubt it, but you need to know. The rising of the witnesses is one of the 66 seals." He said making me question that,
"Okay. I'm guessing that's not a show at Seaworld." I tell him,
"Those seals are being broken by Lilith." Cas tells me, but I shake my head,
"She did the spell. She rose the witnesses." I tell him as he nods,
"Mm-hmm. And not just here. 20 other hunters are dead." Cas says as I yawn.
"Of course. She picked victims that the hunters couldn't save so that they would barrel right after us." I said as I cracked my neck, "Lilith has a certain sense of
humor." Cas tells me, I scoff again, "Well, we put those spirits back to rest." I said as i looked outside the kitchen window, "It doesn't matter. The seal was broken." I
told the angel, but he shakes his head, "Why break the seal anyway?" I asked as Cas looks at me, "You think of the seals as locks on a door." Castiel tells me,
"Okay. Last one opens and..." I asked a bit skeptical,
"Lucifer walks free." Castiel tells me, but I just shake my head,
"Lucifer? But I thought Lucifer was just a story they told at demon Sunday school. There's no such thing." I told the angel,
"Three days ago, you thought there was no such thing as me. Why do you think we're here walking among you now for the first time in 2,000 years?" Castiel asked
me,
"To stop Lucifer." I said as Castiel nods,
"That's why we've arrived." Cas tells me as I scratch my head,
"Well... bang-up job so far. Stellar work with the witnesses. That's nice." I tell the angel,
"We tried. And there are other battles, other seals. Some we'll win, some we'll lose. This one we lost. Our numbers are not unlimited. Six of my brothers died in the
field this week. You think the armies of Heaven should just follow you around? There's a bigger picture here. You should show me some respect. I dragged you out of
Hell. I can throw you back in." Cas tells me as he gets in my face, he vanishes, leaving me alone in the kitchen. Later I wake up and both Dean and Sam are awake,
Sam's up and about as Dean is still by my side, smiling at me, I smile back but go back to my normal face.
"You all right? What's wrong, Jace?" Sam asked me,
"So... You guys got no problem believing in... God and Angels?" I asked them,
"No, not really." Sam says as Dean kisses my cheek,
"Neither do I baby" Dean says as he continues to kiss my neck,
"So, I guess that means that you believe in the Devil." I asked them as Dean kisses my shoulder but stops when I mention the devil,
"Why are you asking me all this?" Sam asked as I was about to sit up, I just sighed as I looked at both my lover and his brother