A.J. took in a large breath and began talking herself up. "You can do this, A.J., just get your ass back to the bunker before you die." She calmly told herself as she turned her body over and cringed in pain. She used her arms to push herself off the ground and slowly stood up.
She screamed loudly in pain as it echoed through the trees; and she forcefully brought both her hands to the wounds on her stomach. Blood was continually seeping out from between her fingers as she balanced herself on a tree. Tears began to freefall onto her cheeks as her lips began to quiver as worry set in. She let out large heavy breathes as she rested her head against the tree. Her eyes began to feel heavy due to the loss of blood and she was constantly fighting to keep them open.
"Hey, Dean, have you seen A.J.?" Sam asked as he walked into Dean's room. Dean opened his eyes and stared at Sam as he lay on his side.
"She went for a walk I think." Dean said as he rolled to his back and started rubbing his eyes.
"How long ago," Sam asked as he ran a hand through his hair, "Because I haven't seen her for a while." He said with concern.
Dean shrugged his shoulders still rubbing his eyes, "I think about 10 minutes ago." He said as he peered at his clock and slowly sat up in his bed.
"I'll go find her." Sam said as he shook his head walking out of Dean's room and headed down the hallway with a quick pace. He raced up the stairs of the bunker and quickly walked out the front door. The bright sun light greeted him as he stood in the grass.
"A.J.?" He yelled as he looked into the distance squinting while putting his hand above his eyes to shield them from the sun. He continued to yell her name as he jerked his head from side to side.
A.J. groaned in pain as she heard a familiar voice and turned her head quickly in the direction of the voice. Her eyes were severely squinted as the swelling was beginning to take over her whole face. She cleared her throat and opened her mouth,
"Sam!" She yelled frantically as she took a bloodied hand off her wound and waved it. Sam quickly jerked his head in the direction of her soft voice and began running.
"A.J.?" He yelled again.
"Right here!" She yelled again waving her bloody hand seeing Sam in the distance. Sam quickly ran to her side and took her face into his hands.
"A.J., what the hell happened?" He moved her face from side to side taking in all the black and blue bruising around her eyes and nose. She quickly pointed down to her side as she slowly lifted up her shirt that revealed the stab wounds to Sam. She winced in pain as Sam stood in shock as two different stab wounds caught his eyes. He quickly took his hand off of her face and picked her up and A.J. placed her arm around Sam's neck and hung on tight.
"Kat," She said as she took a large breath almost gasping, "The demon attacked me, but I killed her." She said as she leaned her head against Sam's shoulder as her body bounced up and down due to his frantic running.
Sam ran as fast as he could with A.J. in his arms and threw open the bunker door,
"Dean!" He yelled frenziedly as Dean walked into the library looking up at Sam with a confused look on his face. He raised an eyebrow as he looked at A.J. in Sam's arms.
"Dean, she's hurt we need to go to the hospital." Sam said frantically as Dean shook his head and quickly ran to the garage and got the impala out.
"Where's Cas?" A.J. whispered as she looked up at Sam as he shook his head,
"I haven't seen him," Sam said as he sighed, "Did you pray to him?" He asked as she shook her head against his shoulder.
"Continually." A.J. said as a tear escaped onto Sam's shirt and she began to worry that he would never come.
Sam jerked his head as he heard the Impala outside and a honk echoed through the bunker. He quickly threw the bunker door open and ran to the Impala. He held onto A.J. tight as Dean opened the passenger side door for them and Sam got into the back seat still holding A.J. Dean quickly ran around the car and got into the driver's seat quickly pressing his foot hard into the gas pedal.
"What happened?" Dean asked looking back at Sam through the mirror. Sam raised his eyebrows and looked down at A.J. as her breath was becoming more labored.
"A demon attacked her." Sam said as he placed his hand onto A.J.'s cheek and began stroking. He watched as her eyes were fluttering rapidly, trying to close.
"A.J., no you can't fall asleep!" He said as he slapped her cheek a little, "We are going to be there soon, I promise." He was starting to get worried that they weren't going to make it.
"Castiel, Castiel, we need you like now!" Dean yelled impatiently in the front seat as he turned around and looked at Sam in the backseat. Sam shrugged his shoulders and looked back down at A.J.
"A.J.!" Sam yelled again as her tiny body jumped with surprise. She looked up into Sam's eyes and tried to force a smile.
"I'm still here," She sighed and grimaced in pain, "I'm not going anywhere." She gave a reassuring smile.
"What's going on?" Sam's whole body jumped as he looked over and saw a very confused Castiel sitting next to him. Castiel was staring down at A.J. with his eyebrows raised.
"Right on time." Dean said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes. Castiel continued to look down at A.J. as his mouth fell open. His eyes scanned her bruised and bloodied body as he stared at her in horror.
"Give her to me." He said simply as he gestured for Sam to hand her over to him.
"Ok." Sam said as he gently lifted his arms and handing her over to Castiel. She whimpered in pain as she laid her head against Cas' chest. He looked down lovingly at her and gently kissed her forehead.
"You're going to be ok now." Cas said as he laid his hand on her wound and a bright light shown through her wounds. A.J. felt a warm sensation run all throughout her body as Cas' hand still rested on her stomach healing her. Cas looked down at her with a smile as her eyes met his gaze.
"We will be at the bunker." Cas' said abruptly as he zapped him and A.J. to her room.
Sam stared at Dean through the mirror in shock as Dean shrugged his shoulders.
"Friggin' angels." Dean said as he shook his head back in forth in disbelief. He brought the Impala to a slow crawl and carefully turned it around; heading back to the bunker. Sam furrowed his eyebrows and started crawling into the front seat.
"She said she prayed for him continuously," Sam said as he looked over at Dean with confusion in his voice.
Dean peered over at Sam and then back at the road, "I don't know, Man," Dean said as he sighed, "It doesn't make sense, since you know they're, well you know." Dean said shrugging as he rolled his hand trying to get Sam to catch his drift.
"Yeah, I understand, but what stopped him from coming?" Sam asked as he shrugged looking at the road ahead, "Looks like we need to talk to him when we get back." Dean shook his head in agreement as they were quickly making their way back to the bunker.
"Cas, what the hell?" A.J. said as she tapped her foot on the floor of her room, peering into his eyes intensely.
"Where were you, I needed you." A.J. said as she placed her hands on her hips trying to sound strong. A few tears escaped onto her cheeks as she continued to narrow her eyes at Cas.
"I'm sorry, Alexandria, I don't have a good explanation." Castiel said as he cupped A.J.'s healed face in his hands. He placed his forehead onto hers and gently kissed her.
She began to shake her head back and forth and pulled away from the sweet kiss. She was far too angry to except the kiss right now. She yanked Cas' hands from her cheeks and turned her back to him, while crossing her arms.
"I prayed for you over and over," She said as more silent tears fell onto her face, "I was dying Cas' I expected you to be there." She quickly brought her hands up to her face and wiped the tears away.
Cas sighed from behind her and took a step forward, "I was with your mother," He said as he placed a hand onto A.J.'s shoulder, "We were securing a plan to get your baby tomorrow." A.J. slightly turned her head and then turned her body around facing Cas.
"Really?" She asked as she raised her eyebrows, "You mean tomorrow is the day we bring him home?" She looked up into Cas' eyes again, but with no anger. Anger had completely left her mind as joy and anxiousness set in. This meant she was going to help the angels take Crowley down and bring home what was rightfully hers.
"Yes," Cas sighed sadly as he placed his hands on her shoulders again and looked into her eyes, "Tomorrow is the day that you have been working so hard for. So you need to get some rest and be ready because we leave at dawn." Cas bent down again and laid another sweet kiss onto A.J.'s lips; and this time there was no pushing him back. He only intended to give her a kiss goodbye, but he couldn't just leave it at that. She let him gently kiss her as their tongues connected moving all about.
He placed his hands onto her cheeks as the kiss began to deepen and the breathing got heavier. He had never felt like this about anyone before and had never felt any sensations like he did when he kissed A.J.
"Castiel! We need to talk!" Castiel quickly opened his eyes while still kissing A.J. and stared over at her open door. He slowly lifted a hand off of her cheeks and with flicked his wrist. The door quickly shut with a bang and locked; as Castiel ignored Dean's calls from the other end of the bunker and placed his hand onto A.J.'s face again.
He quickly shut his eyes and slowly moved his hands down wrapping them around her waist pulling her close to his body. A.J. wrapped her arms around his neck and began to gently run her fingers through his hair.
A.J. opened her eyes suddenly and pulled away from the heated kiss with a giggle, "Maybe I should get some rest." She said as Castiel placed his forehead onto hers,
"It would be wise," He said with a heavy breath, "But do we really have to stop?" He said looking into her eyes with desperation. She smiled wide and shook her head,
"You can rock my world another time," She said with a smirk as he smiled wide, "But right now isn't the time, I need sleep." She said as he shrugged a little. They stood in their embrace for several more minutes until she pulled away and started going through her drawers looking for some pajamas to put on.
Castiel took a step back and watched her cautiously as she change out of her blood soaked shirt and changed into an oversized grey shirt.
"You like what you see?" She said teasingly as she turned around with an eyebrow up.
He shook his head up and down with a smile, "Why, yes I do." She rolled her eyes and started walking toward the door as Dean called for Castiel again.
"I think you're being paged." She said as she opened the door and Dean's voice became louder. Castiel shook his head a little and started walking toward her.
"Yes, Dean and I need to talk." Castiel said as he gave A.J. one last kiss and disappeared.
"Yes, Dean?" Castiel asked nonchalantly as he reappeared right behind Dean's back.
"God, Cas, you aren't supposed to sneak up on me like that anymore!" Dean said as he turned around in a hurry.
"I'm sorry; I was just trying to get here as fast as I could." Cas said seriously as he looked at Dean's irritated facial expression.
"Yeah, took you long enough." Sam said with a smirk on his face as he stepped next to Cas.
"Anyways, Cas, why didn't you get to A.J. quickly?" Dean asked protectively as he raised his eyebrows, "I figured if any angel showed up quickly to protect her it would be you." Dean said as he watched Cas' expression drop to a worry as he looked to the ground.
"I wanted to, but they wouldn't let me leave until I agreed." Cas said as he looked back up into Dean's eyes as he stared at him.
"Until you agreed to what?" Sam piped in as Cas looked over at him hesitantly. Cas sighed heavily,
"I have to kill him." He said as Sam and Dean furrowed their eyebrows,
"Kill who?" They both said in unison as they eyed one another annoyingly.
Cas sighed heavily again not wanting to say it but he whispered, "A.J.'s baby."
Thanks for reading, sorry for the wait I had writers block lol. I hope you enjoyed the chapter!