CHAPTER 3

Castiel turned on Dean, he was angry at the human. Angry that he thought Castiel was his servant, angry that he was called in to fix any problem the brothers came across, but mostly angry that Dean didn't tell him that he had found her.

"Why did not you tell me it was her?" He asked in a calm, but firm voice.

Dean didn't know why the angel was angry, wasn't it a good thing he found her before her powers got out of control and she did something she'd regret.

"I didn't know who it was. I just knew that she was an angel, how do you know her? Can you see threw her vessel?"

"She is not in a vessel." Castiel replied his anger draining away into exhaustion.

"What do you mean she's not in a vessel? I thought in order to leave Heaven you had to take a host." Dean said.

"Ariel means 'lion of God'." Castiel said like that fact alone should explain her presence her on Earth.

"Meaning what exactly?" Sam asked.

"Her name literally means 'lion of God', but most people just know her as the angel of protection." Dave said.

"So?" Dean replied, that wasn't a very good explanation.

"It means she can be summoned for protection against evil. She does not need a vessel because she has enough power for her soul to take on a physical form." Castile said.

"I didn't know you could summon an angel." Dean said.

"Oh, it's very difficult," Vince said, "you need to be in the immediate threat of evil, and you need the angel's consent."

"It works very much like a demon summoning, except no one has to get possessed, or anything." Dave added.

"Why would you need the angel's consent?" asked Sam.

"Because the angel would not be allowed to leave until they had either defeated the evil or died trying." Castiel said.

"What if the people that summon the angel die?" Dean asked.

"It matters not; the angel would still have to defeat the evil. No matter how long it takes."

"Twenty seven years." Nathan whispered finally understanding somewhat what they were talking about. When he was answered only blank stares he continued voicing his thought, "Audrey, or whoever she is appears when the Troubles do. About every twenty seven years, I don't know where she goes when they leave, but they always come back, and she's never too far behind."

"That's right, Nathan." Dave said excitedly.

"How did we not see it before?" Vince asked.

"What?" Sam and Dean asked at the same time.

"Like he said every twenty seven years a woman appears. She looks exactly the same every time, maybe a different hair color and style, but it's always the same woman. We knew she was an angel, but we didn't know she was summoned."

"We just thought she was the town's guardian or something. We didn't know she was actually an archangel."

"You guys knew this entire time?" Nathan asked standing up, "You knew all about her past, and you didn't even tell her. This whole time she thought she was losing her mind, she thought she was Lucy, and then the real Audrey Parker showed up and she began to question herself even more. I can't believe you hid this from her, even after she practically begged you for answers after she killed the Rev."

"Come on Nathan be reasonable." Vince said.

"How would you react if someone told you that you aren't even a real person, the memories you have aren't real, oh and by the way you're not even human. You're an angel and you're stuck in a loop, like the Troubles until you can find a way to stop them completely. And if you finally figure out how to stop them we don't know what will happen to you, and if you don't stop them we don't know what will happen either, but we're pretty sure we'll see you again in twenty seven years." Dave said in a rush.

Nathan stood, he was going to leave and find Audrey. He didn't know yet rather or not he was going to tell her the truth, but he felt that this was a conversation she deserved to hear and he didn't want to take part in it without her.

He was almost to the door when he felt someone grab his arm. He turned and saw that it was the man who had appeared out of thin air, the angel- Castiel.

Castiel's eyes showed surprise, at what Nathan wasn't sure, but he was shocked by something.

"You have been touched by an angel." He said simply. When Nathan's eyes showed nothing but confusion, he continued, "Someone has used angelic powers on you."

"Audrey healed him a few minutes ago." Dave supplied.

"It goes beyond that." Castiel said, "She loves you. You can feel her."

"Of course he can feel her. I'm pretty sure he's felt a lot of her, if her reaction to him being hurt is any indication." Dean snapped.

"Yes, I can feel her. Only her." Nathan whispered.

"Then perhaps this time she will have something to come back to." Castiel turned his attention to the Teagues brothers. "When is the first time she appeared?"

"Well according to legend it was sometime in the late fifteen hundreds or the early sixteen hundreds." Dave said.

"Back when the first settlers started to come from Europe." Vince elaborated.

Castiel opened his mouth to speak, but then looked up at the celling, "I have to go attend to something else. Dean and Sam you two look into what happened in the area back in the fifteen hundreds. Look for information pertaining to a demon summoning, or a cross roads deal. I don't care how small it is look into it, it could be the reason the town is cursed right now. You two," He said looking at the Teagues brothers, "you know most about the town so find out who the cursed people are so she'll have something to do. She's stored up too much power and if it is not released it could have dire consequences. I feel that she doubts herself right now, so you Nathan will have to act like nothing has changed. Treat her like you always do and make sure she has a reason to come back."

"Come back from what?" Nathan asked his concern was clearly evident.

"You will see." Castiel answered as he disappeared.