CHAPTER 2

Nathan was stunned for a few seconds as his eyes adjusted from the brightness that was there one second and gone the next. He blinked black dots from his eyes, wondering what had just happened. He looked at the two men who were acting like nothing was a miss. The smaller one- Dean, started to wipe off Audrey's desk with tissues. It was when Dean used one of those tissues to clean his knife that Nathan finally realized what had happened. These men had attacked Audrey, he looked around the office for her and noticed she was gone. They had made her disappear. The idea had been in the back of his head ever since she told him she was Lucy Ripley, the notion that she could one day just disappear. It was his worst fear that she would leave him and he wouldn't know about it, but he did know. He knew these men had made her leave, they had said so himself, and he realized that knowing how she left, was no better than not knowing. They both led to the same amount of questions and they both ended with no Audrey. Having no Audrey to keep him together Nathan finally snapped and charged the two men.

He punched Dean in the gut, causing the smaller man to bend over to catch his breath. Nathan's victory was short lived, as soon as Sam realized his brother was under attack he grabbed Nathan. It was harder to keep the man in his grasp than it was the woman, but Sam managed it, and Nathan ended up pinned up against the wall.

"What did you do?" He spat at Dean. "What did you do to Audrey?" He asked desperation in his voice.

"I sent her back where she belongs." Dean answered finally catching his breath.

"She belongs here in Haven." Nathan said struggling against Sam's iron hard grip, "she was helping people. She was going to end the troubles. She can't just disappear, not like Lucy did, not right now. Not after she shot the Rev. it'll make her look guilty of something."

"Wait," Sam interrupted Nathan's ramblings, "what do you mean she can't disappear like Lucy did? I thought she was-is Lucy."

"She shot a Reverend?" Duke asked at the same time as Sam was speaking.

"She is Lucy, but she's also not. I mean," Nathan sighed, "it's hard to explain. Audrey thinks that she's also Lucy but she doesn't remember it, but then we know she's not really Audrey Parker since the real Audrey Parker showed up a few months ago. Audrey or Lucy, or whoever she is only shows up after the Troubles do and she tries to help people who are Troubled, but for some reason the Troubles only come around every 27 years and then they just leave, and she leaves with them." He shifted his gaze from Sam to Dean as he continued, "And yes she did shoot a Reverend. She was trying to save some Windego children."

"Windegos? You mean she actually tried to save monsters?" Dean asked confused as to why a person, let alone an angel would do such a thing.

"That's what she does, she helps the Troubled." Nathan noticed Sam's grip had slackened and he pulled himself free. "Now tell me what you did to her or I'll kill you."

"Wow, she said she would lock us in jail, and you're jumping straight to murder." Dean said shaking his head with a smile, "I guess you really like her."

That was the wrong thing to say. Nathan punched the shorter man square in the jaw and he fell to the floor out cold. Nathan looked down at his hand, even though he couldn't feel it, it appeared to be broken in many places. Audrey was going to be upset with him for getting hurt again that is if Audrey ever came back.

Nathan turned to face Sam and was met with his fist. Sam heard the other man's nose crunch and watched as he took a step back, not in pain but more of surprise. Nathan charged Sam and pinned him against the wall like he was earlier.

"Where is she?" Nathan asked with as much hatred as he could.

Sam no longer doubted this man would and could kill him and Dean both, he would do anything for this woman, and by sending her away they had taken the only thing he had to live for. For the first time since he had been brought back from death, Sam was afraid for his life.

"I don't know." He answered honestly. Sam saw the light leave the man's eyes, blood was pouring freely from his obviously broken nose and he didn't even seem to care. Nathan released Sam and took a step back, just as Dean plunged his knife into Nathan's shoulder blade. Nathan made no move to remove the knife as he sat in Audrey's chair and put his head in his hands. It was all too much, she couldn't be gone, he couldn't be alone. He began to cry, the tears he had not shed at his father's funeral were coming now.

Sam and Dean looked at each other, they were not sure as to what had just happened, but they knew for sure they didn't want to be around this man when he realized Audrey Parker wasn't coming back. They headed towards the door only to find it blocked by two elderly men, one armed with a shot gun and the other brandishing a knife.

"Sam and Dean Winchester." One of the men began.

"We need to talk." The other one finished.

"Vince?" Dean asked obviously confused.

"Dave?" Sam asked, with a smile on his face.

The two older men entered the room and closed the door.

"Long time no see boys." Vince said.

"Wish we could have reunited under better circumstances." Dave said looking around Audrey's office noticing the blood and a very distraught Nathan.

"Would have been nice if you guys would have told us you had an angel problem." Dean said.

"We don't have an angel problem." Vince said confused as to what he was talking about.

"Not anymore you don't" Dean said with a smile.

"You don't mean…" Dave trailed off as he looked at Nathan, "you didn't"

"You mean Audrey?" Vince asked, "What did you do to her?"

"Sent her away." Sam answered.

"No you didn't," Dave answered, "the Troubles are still here."

"I don't know what you're talking about," Dean said, "but I sent her away with an angelic symbol and used her own blood to do it so she should be gone for a while."

As soon as the words left his mouth the office door opened violently to show a very angry looking Audrey Parker. Dean barley had a moment to register her sudden appearance before her hand connected with his nose.

"You son of a bitch! What the hell is your problem?" Audrey screamed at him angrily. She looked at Nathan, finally taking in his appearance, and all of her anger died away. He was there and injured, his nose and hand were broken and he had a knife in his back. "Nathan." She whispered.

She got on her knees in front of him and tentatively touched his face. He looked at her with confusion before his face broke into a giant grin and he grabbed her hand with his uninjured one. "Audrey," he sighed.

She reached up behind him and pulled the knife out; she glared at Dean with obvious hatred in her eyes. She grabbed his injured hand and gently touched his nose causing him to wince in pain.

"What were you thinking?" She asked in a light whisper.

"I thought I had lost you. I thought you were gone." He closed his eyes.

"I'm right here Nathan," she said as she felt her hands grow warm, "and I'm not leaving until I fix the Troubles. Hell, I'm not leaving you." She leaned in and kissed him, she pulled back when she heard a bunch of people gasp.

"What?" She asked standing up. She turned to the group of men that were now staring at her, "Dave and Vince, what are you guys doing here?"

"We were just making sure you were alright." Vince answered.

"Is there any reason why I wouldn't be?" She asked suspicious of their motives.

"No, we were just making sure." Dave said with an obviously fake smile.

"Ok," she said, "do you know who the hell these guys are?" She asked pointing towards Sam and Dean.

"Sam," Vince said gesturing towards the taller man, "and Dean Winchester."

"Well Mr. Dean Winchester," Audrey said stalking towards the man, "tell me why I shouldn't kill you right now?"

"Uh…because you're an officer of the law." He suggested.

"Right now I really don't care. You tried to kill my partner!" She yelled almost standing on top of Dean.

The air was thick with anticipation, the atmosphere became heavy. It seemed that the entire world was holding its breath to see what Audrey Parker would do next. Audrey and Nathan might not have realized it, but everyone else in the room was well aware of the power that was coming off of Audrey. They didn't know what she would do next and that was one of the reasons why angels were supposed to be emotionless because when they became attached to something-to someone they lost control over their power. Audrey could accidentally obliterate the entire state of Maine if she wasn't careful.

"Audrey," Vince said as he laid a hand on her arm, "look at Nathan. He's fine, he's not going to die."

"Please just calm down and we'll talk about this." Dave said.

Audrey took a few steps back giving Dean some room. She took a few calming breaths before she spoke again.

"Alright Dean, you've got ten seconds to tell me what you and Sam are doing in Haven before I change my mind and kill you."

Dean opened his mouth to speak and closed it again, for the first time ever he was at a loss for words. He was genuinely afraid of this woman before him and he couldn't find an answer to her question, he couldn't even think straight. His ten seconds were almost up and he still hadn't even uttered a word.

"We're here because there's weird things going on in Haven, and we…uh, want to help." Sam said.

"Really? You came to Haven to help the Troubled and you attack me? I've been trying to help the troubles for a few months-"

"Years." Dean interrupted her speech.

"Excuse me?" She exclaimed, "but what the hell do you think you know about me. I'm fairly sure I haven't been in this town more than a few months."

"You were here like twenty seven years ago. You were-are Lucy Ripley." Dean answered.

Dean awaited her answer, but once again was met with her fist. He didn't even see her move, he just felt her curled up hand meet his face. This time he didn't pass out, but he was momentarily stunned.

Vince and Dave quickly grabbed Audrey's arms to keep her from charging and hitting Dean again. For a few frightening seconds she looked like the avenging angel she actually was. They knew that holding her back wasn't a very smart thing to do, if she was angry enough she could kill them by accident, but grabbing her seemed to bring her back to her senses. While they were busy holding her back, Sam quickly pushed his brother behind him. No matter what Sam would protect Dean, even if it was in a fight he would eventually loose.

"Audrey, are you ok?" Nathan asked, he was concerned he had never seen her so angry before. She seemed to just be glowing with anger.

"I don't think so." She answered honestly. She didn't know what was going on, Nathan was fine, she could see that for herself, his cuts were healed, but she was angry. She had a reason to be angry, but not this angry. She had never threatened to kill anyone before.

Nathan took a step towards her.

"No, stop." Desperation was clear in her voice. "Please Nathan, don't come any closer. I don't want to hurt you."

"What are you talking about Audrey?" He stopped walking. "No one is going to get hurt."

"I don't know how to explain this Nathan, but I can feel it. Something is about to happen, something big, and I don't want you to get hurt because of me. What I really want to do is hurt Dean Winchester for hurting you." She said the last sentence with such venom that Nathan was actually frightened for Dean, even if the man did stab him, no one deserved whatever punishment Audrey had in mind. She had murder in her eyes.

Dean was suddenly and uncontrollably frightened. He had never seen an angel so angry before, hell he'd never seen anybody so angry before.

"Cas!" He yelled causing everyone, except for Audrey to jump, "Cas, get your ass down here, we have a problem that requires your assistance. In fact I think we got a rouge angel that you might be looking for. This one's got quite a temper."

"Dean." Sam said in warning nodding toward Audrey.

"I hate to break it to you buddy, but angels aren't real."

"You live in this town and you're telling me you don't believe in angles or demons?" Sam asked calmly.

His calm nature seemed to calm her a little bit, she was still angry, but it didn't look like she was going to lunge at Dean. Dave and Vince let go of Audrey and moved towards Nathan. If something was about to happen like Audrey had said they needed to keep Nathan away from it, or face Audrey's wrath later.

"No, I'm just saying I'm not one. I'm pretty sure I'd remember that." She said in her usual snarky manner.

"Is there a lot you don't remember?" Dean asked with a smile, and when her expression changed from calm back to angry he immediately regretted his words. Apparently she did have memory issues, go figure. "Cass I mean it, if you don't get down here right now I'm pretty sure Sam and I will be gone, along with the entire eastern seaboard."

A man suddenly appeared behind Sam and Dean. Nathan and Audrey jumped in surprise but it appeared that Dave, Vince, Sam, and Dean were expecting this.

"Dean, what is so important…?" The new man's sentence trailed off when he saw Audrey. She was not in a vessel, she was just there. She looked exactly like she had in Heaven the last time he saw her, except for the blood on her arm and the angry scowl on her face. "Ariel?"

"Castiel?" Audrey asked in wonder, "I-I have no idea how I know you, I have no idea how I speak Latin, I have no idea who the hell I am! I don't remember anything." She took a deep breath as she shook her head and threw her hands up in defeat, "I have to go." With that she left the stunned men and the even more confused angel in her office and went to go wander around town, hoping for answers, but not expecting any.