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A.J. watched as everyone in the room disappeared. She frantically looked at the floor eyeing Cas' still lying there unconscious.
"Castiel!" She hoarsely yelled still looking at him; he didn't make a move or a sound. She hit her hand on edge of the tub making large banging noises, trying to get Cas to wake up or Kevin to find her.
A.J. sat back in the tub and ran her fingers up and down the angel blade that was still sticking out of her chest. She took in a large breath and firmly grabbed the blade; she pulled it out of her body and let out a scream. Her chest rapidly went up and down with each breath she took as more blood seeped out of her wound.
She tiredly looked around the room and looked down at Cas again. Her eyes scanned the room as she tried to find the phone that had slid out of Cas' hand. She finally spotted it about 6 feet away from his still sprawled open hand.
She placed her hands on the edges of the tub and tried to pull herself up to a standing position. Her weak shaky legs slowly lifted over the tub and finally both feet landed on the cold bathroom floor. She put her hand up to her wound and tried to pressure on the bleeding. She whimpered in pain as she tried to scoot her feet along the floor; slowly making her way to the cell phone.
After what seemed like an eternity A.J. finally made it to the cell phone and dropped to her knees. She reached her blood soaked hand and picked the phone up. She looked down at the phone and began to cry as she searched through the contacts. She finally found Dean's number first and pressed the green button to call him. She put a hand over her wound again as the phone began to dial his number.
She looked around the room as more tears poured out of her eyes and she suddenly heard a familiar voice answer the phone.
"Cas, what's wrong?" Dean's voice said as A.J. hung her head.
"Dean," She meekly said as her breathing became more labored, "I need you guys here."
"A.J., what's wrong. We are on our way." Dean shifted his eyes to Sam as Sam stared up from his computer. Dean waved for Sam to start picking everything up as Sam quickly got up from the table. He started frantically packing his computer and everything they owned away. Dean motioned for Sam to hurry up as Dean exited the room and started heading to the Impala, with a bag slung over his shoulder.
"Dean," A.J. coughed out as she slowly lowered her body to the floor and stared up at the ceiling, "You guys are the best family." She said as her eyes closed involuntarily and her body slowly went limp. The phone that her fingers were laced around slowly opened and the phone quickly fell to the floor. Her breathing became more labored and then her chest slowly heaved one last time.
Dean shifted his eyes as he set in the Impala, still holding the phone to his ear. "A.J.!" He said frantically as his other hand rested on the steering wheel. He hit the steering wheel with his hand and yelled, "A.J., don't you do this to me. You hang on! We are on the way!" He yelled as he still had the phone up to his ear. He slowly let the phone slip out of his hands as he stared in front of him.
Dean jerked his head over toward Sam as he quickly piled into the passenger seat and ran a hand through his hair.
"What's going on?" He asked as he put his seat belt on. Dean just shook his head back and forth; quickly putting the key into the ignition. The loud roar of the Impala impaled their ears as Dean threw the shifter into drive and quickly took off the street; without an explanation.
Sam glanced over at Dean as he sped through town after town. He felt a sense of urgency in Dean's driving and was afraid to even ask what had happened. He knew something was wrong and was very afraid for A.J.
Dean darted his eyes back at Sam and saw the concern plaguing his face. "It's A.J." Dean simply said as Sam sighed and looked out the window. He dropped his head and said,
"It's something bad, isn't it?" Dean continued to look at the road and didn't answer Sam's question.
Cas slowly opened his eyes and used his hands to lift his body off the floor. He brought his hands to his head and groaned at the headache that was causing his head to pound. He rubbed his hands down his face and finally turned his attention to the tub; the last known place that A.J. was at.
He stumbled as he made his way over to the tub and saw nothing but pools of blood slowly trickling to the drain. He brought a hand to his mouth and gasped at the angel blade covered in blood lying in the tub. He slowly picked it up and noticed the bloody foot prints on the floor below him.
His eyes followed the footprints as his hands let loose of the blade, causing it to fall to the floor. A loud tinking sound could be heard echoing through the room as Castiel took off running toward A.J.'s body.
"Alexandria!" He yelled as he dropped to his knees while he scooped her head into his hands. He looked down and placed a hand on her chest to feel a heartbeat and felt none. Cas looked absolutely shocked as he stroked his fingers over her face. His eyes began to well up with tears and fell down his cheeks. He squeezed her body in a loving matter and continued to hold her while rocking back and forth as he heard footsteps and yelling coming from the hallway.
"In here." He yelled in a low voice as he heard the bathroom door fly open. Sam stood there and scanned the blood soaked room in horror.
"Is she?" Is all he could croak out as Dean finally walked up to Sam's side and peered in the room.
Castiel looked down at A.J. still in his arms and regretfully shook his head, "Yes, I do believe so." He couldn't take his eyes off of her face. Sam and Dean slowly made their way to A.J.'s side with heavy hearts. Sam fell to his knees next to Cas and put an arm around his shoulders as Dean stood behind the two running both hands through his hair.
"How?" Dean asked angrily as he turned his back to them. Cas looked over his shoulder and then back at Sam,
"Crowley he found her." Sam looked down and sighed as he took one of A.J.'s limp hands. A silent tear ran down Dean's face as he quickly wiped it away and started heading for the door. He stopped in the doorway and looked back at Sam and Cas as they silently mourned A.J.
He pointed at them and roughly said, "I'm going to kill Crowley. I'm going to send that no good son of a bitch back to hell. I'm going to make sure that, that asshole never comes back." Dean's face turned red with anger as he punched the wall and made a quick exit out of the room.
He walked down the hallway and walked into the kitchen and poured himself a large glass of whiskey. He tipped his head back and drank the whole thing within a minute.
Sam slowly got up from the floor and wiped his tears away as he patted Cas on the back.
"Come on, Cas, let's get something to drink." Cas looked up at Sam and sighed as he carefully put A.J.'s body back onto the floor. He got up from the floor and shook his head.
"Shouldn't we?" He asked as he pointed down at A.J.'s body.
"We'll take care of it. Let's just walk away for now." He clasped a hand onto Cas' shoulder and they walked out of the room full of sorrow.
They met Dean in the kitchen and noticed that the brand new bottle of whiskey was already ¾ of the way gone and could tell Dean had no intention of stopping. Dean nodded at Cas and Sam and silently grabbed two more glasses and they all raised their glasses.
"This is for Alexandria." And they all tipped their heads back and drank in her honor.
A.J. quickly opened her eyes and looked around. She pushed herself off of the ground and noticed she was in an all-white room. She frantically looked behind and in front of her; searching for something familiar.
"Sam, Dean, Cas?" She yelled into the room as it echoed. She suddenly remembered her injuries and looked down at her body and noticed she was wearing an all-white dress. She ran her fingers over her once injured shoulder and noticed it was gone.
"Alexandria!" She quickly lifted her head to see a very familiar woman sitting on a park bench and she smiled.
"Mom!" She yelled as she ran as fast as she could and wrapped her arms tightly around the woman.
The woman cupped A.J.'s face into her hands and smiled, "I'm glad you finally made it. I've been waiting to meet you here for some time." Her mom said as she kissed her forehead.
A.J. looked up into her mom's blue eyes and raised her eyebrows, "Where am I?" Her mom let out a giggle and said,
"Oh honey, you're in heaven." A.J. was taken aback and stepped back from her mom,
"But heaven is closed?" She watched as her mom shook her head back and forth,
"Was closed, Darling, you were the key." A.J. tilted her head and sat down on the park bench in shock.