"We're not in Illinois yet." Kate pointed out later that afternoon when Dean pulled over at a camping ground.
"I know." Dean and Sam got out of the car. Sam grabbed two beers from the bag under his seat. Dean held up a hand and caught the bottle Sam tossed to him.
"Then why are we stopping?" Katie asked slowly, sticking her head out of the impala.
Sam smirked at Dean, "Waiting for Sebastian."
She scrambled out of the backseat and smacked Sam on the arm as he leaned against the hood. "And you didn't tell me, why?"
Dean laughed as Sam winced. "Because he asked us not to." Dean explained.
She looked at him for a moment with a scowl then threw her hands in the air. "Crap." She said wildly.
She shoved Sam over so she could look in the car mirror. SHe ran her fingers through her hair harshly and tried to fix her bangs quickly.
"How do I look? Fine?" Kate asked Dean.
Sam gave her a strange look and Dean laughed again. "Stop worrying you look fine."
Katie groaned in exasperation, "Why am I even asking you?"
Dean took a mock hurt expression, "And what is that supposed to mean?"
She gave him a duh look, "When's he getting here?"
Dean grinned.
"What?" She asked him exasperatedly.
A voice in her ear startled her. "Turn around."
She turned around blindingly fast.
"Whoa." He murmured before she tackled him with a scream.
"Sebastian!"
She felt him laugh and she laughed with him. She let go of him and ignored her brother's amused stares.
He held at arms length and pointed a finger at her accusingly, "You, never called."
She sighed with a sad look. "A lot has been going on."
He frowned as she looked away. He glanced at Sam and Dean who were staring in a tense silence.
Dean shook his head and downed the rest of his beer. "Time to go."
Sam held the seat up for sebastian to climb in. Sam let the seat fall back and walked to his sister's side where she stood staring at the trees.
"Come on squirt." He said softly guiding her with a hand on her back. She climbed in the car next to Sebastian. Kate leaned against his side and he laid his cheek on the top of her head. She pulled her stele out of her pocket and twirled between her fingers absently.
Sebastian didn't know anything that had happened since they had started hunting after her accident. She hadn't thought to call him and let him know when her mind was tied up with her gift and the ever closer reality of Hell. SHe couldn't tell him now when thinking about it caused her so much pain. Sam or Dean would have to tell him and she just hoped he wouldn't try to talk to her about it.
Sebastian sucked in his breath, "What is that?" He asked her pointing to the stele.
"My stele." She said quietly. She held it out to him to hold. "Don't touch the tip, it burns." She warned.
"And what exactly is a stele?" He asked peering at the stele closely.
"Show him your arm." Sam cut it in.
"I used that already. It's gone." Kate replied. "But I'll do another one."
She snatched the stele out of Sebastian's hand and shrugged out of her jacket. She rolled up her sleeve and next to the faint scar of the speed rune she lightly drew another dark swirling design about the size of a quarter. "Foresight." She whispered.
Sam nodded appreciatively but Sebastian still looked confused. While Katie slipped on her jacket Sam got Sebastian's attention. "We found out Kate is a Shadowhunter last week."
Sebastian looked surprised, "Angel warriors?"
Katie's head snapped up and Dean glanced back to look at him. Katie stared at him in amazement. "How did you know that?"
Sebastian seemed insulted, "I read you know."
"I didn't know you could read." Dean said seriously to a couple of amused chuckles from Sam and Kate.
"Ha ha." Sebastian retorted sarcastically. He turned to Katie who was wearing a small smile. "Did your parent talk to you?"
She looked at him impressed. "Yeah, he did. More than once."
"You never said you saw him again." Sam turned around in his seat to look at her.
"Well you weren't around for me to tell, were you?" She shot back in irritation.
Dean cut in with an even tone. "Well I was there and you didn't tell me."
She didn't reply and stared out the window.
"What did he say?" Sam asked impatiently.
She sighed, "He said that I was learning how to use my power and he said," She looked at her hands and her voice got a little deeper. "He said he was my dad."
Sam and Dean were silent and stared ahead at the road.
"But he said that Mom and Dad were my parents and you two are my brothers." She added quietly. "The day I fell from Heaven that he mixed his blood with mom's food so that I would be a Shadowhunter and not a normal human."
Dean looked pissed, "He fed mom his blood?"
"It never hurt mom, Dean." Katie said quietly.
No one said anything for a long time, when it started to get dark Katie yawned and yanked her ipod headphones from her ears. "When are we stopping?"
"Not long." Sam said looking up from the map in his lap. "There's a city coming up in a few miles where we can stay the night."
"Sweet, I'm hungry." She said and looked at Sebastian who was snoring lightly.
While the guys emptied the bags from the car Katie used a credit card with the name Katelyn Perry to pay for two rooms. Sam had managed to convince Dean into letting her and Sebastian share a room on the condition that there would be two separate beds. She smiled to herself walking back to the car with four keycards in her hand.
She handed Sam two of the cards, "Room 34."
She turned to Sebastian and took one of the bags on the floor in front of him. "And we are in 21." She said with a smile.
"Meet us at the car in 20." Sam called over his shoulder.
"Got it." She called back.
She slid the key card into the lock with a sly smile at Sebastian. They tossed their things on the couch and Katie walked over to bathroom. She turned on the water and washed her hands. Sticking her head back into the room she asked, "Which bed do you want?"
He pointed to the one on the left and she smiled. "Good." She plopped down on said bed and stared at the ceiling.
She felt the bed dip next to her as Sebastian laid down next to her. "So did your Angel say anything else?"
She rolled onto her side and propped herself up with her elbow. "Yeah he did."
He gave her a look that said go on.
"My name was Kalliel." She said softly and he gave her an interested look.
"Really? What is the Angel's name?" He asked her.
"Castiel."
"What's he like?" He asked quietly.
She frowned. "I don't really know." She said with a laugh. "I haven't spent enough time with him, he seems nice though."
Sebastian nodded absently. They lay there for a few minutes before Katie sighed and got up. "Sam and Dean will be waiting."
