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Chapter Fourteen
Cassie dreamed about the angel the same night that Dean was freed. She saw the same person with wings whom she assumed was angel. His serene features, pale skin and blue eyes calmed her at first. He opened his mouth but she heard him in her heart. "You will save him," he said. Cassie's mouth opened to ask why but he held up his hand. She noticed for the first time that she was huge with child. She suddenly was in labor, she fell to her knees as she looked at the angel with anguish. "Help me," she said. "I'm Castiel, you and your child will save him," the angel said before he disappeared. She woke up.
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Dean woke up in a box. "SAM," he screamed. He could only sigh, his brother was officially a moron. He should have burned his bones but no, he thought. He reached in his pocket to find he had a lighter, okay not so much a moron as hard headed, Dean amended his thought. I half hour later he climbed out of the box to find the sun shining on what looked like a field. Dean stood up, looked around and thought that he was at the sight of a nuclear attack. The trees were all down he didn't think any longer he only ran toward the tree line. Whatever had happened he didn't want to be in the middle of it if they came back.
Dean felt better as he walked down the road. He didn't see any cars only a long stretch of road. It took a half hour before he saw a store, a convenience store that was empty. He went inside the open door to look around. He wondered how long he had been away and picked up a paper that was on the rack. He was surprised to see it had been four months but he would have sworn it had been years he had been in hell. He had no idea who had let him out or why but he hoped it was for some type of second chance.
The room began to buzz and he ran into the bathroom. Just as a second thought he raised his tattered shirt to find a hand print. He had no recollection of anyone touching him and it looked painful but didn't hurt. It was almost like a tattoo ofr some sort of mark. It was huge but had five fingers like a man. He left the bathroom with thoughts of Sam and Cassie in his head. He didn't know what had happened but he hoped they were fine. He grabbed a few supplies then went in search of a phone or a way to get to his family.
After another half hour he found a pay phone, luckily his pants had change in them. He thanked Sam for leaving him in intact this time. He dialed Sam's number and his brother hung up on him twice. The third time it went to voice mail. "Sam its Dean I know it is hard to believe but it's me. I need you to come pick me up about an hour from where I was buried, not far from a convenience store. That sounds weird but please come," Dean said as he voice broke, "I want to come home," Dean ended.
Dean put the phone back then prepared to wait. He thought he would give Sam time to call back or show up maybe a couple of hours. If he didn't come by then he would call Bobby and try to convince him. He saw there was a vehicle if he wanted to hot wire it but he needed to see if his brother would show up. If he was getting a second chance at life he would try to learn patience. He sat down on the ground with his head down against the booth.
He hoped Cassie was okay. He would have called her but she didn't' need to be upset in her condition. He looked forward to being a father though he was terrified he would do a horrible job. He didn't want his kid to have his life just something normal and maybe even a little boring he thought.
He had a flash of hell go through his mind and it brought tears to his eyes. The things he had done he never wanted anyone to know about. He had a good cry but when it was done he never wanted to look back. He didn't want to be evil he wanted to move on and do things better. Someone somewhere thought he had potential, he wanted to believe that. Why else would he have escaped, he wondered.
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At the house Cassie worked on her current assignment. She had gotten back into the flow of things after a month or so. She missed Dean but she knew she had to move forward to be healthy. She had told Cash about her dreams but Cash hadn't been very understanding. Cash wasn't a person to believe in symbolism but Cassie thought they meant something. From then on she kept her dreams to herself. She was outspoken about the rest of her life as usual but when it came to believing in angels it had become personal.
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Sam had begun to disappear about a month after Dean died. He had begun to meet up with Ruby to try to get Lilith back for killing Dean. His personality had begun to change but it was not perceptible it was something only he realized. He still love Cash but he lied to her most often saying he was having a hard time with the loss of Dean. He didn't like lying no matter how he changed but he didn't want to have to explain Ruby to Cash. Ruby had become the devil on his shoulder but he was blinded by his desire for revenge besides he believed he had things under control.
He began to suck Ruby's blood from the start. The first time, it happened the night Dean died. Ruby had comforted and encouraged him that if he could get strong enough he could kill Lilith. Sam resisted at first but with Dean out of the picture he didn't think it would really matter so much. He wanted to save people with all his heart but he also wanted revenge. Sam refused to do anything else with Ruby and as soon as he had what he thought he needed he would go back to Cash every time.
Cash loved Sam but she sensed a change in him about two months after Dean died. He was absent minded and they fought over small things. Sam always apologized afterward with Dean as a ready excuse. Cash didn't take it to heart but she didn't consider that Sam was up to anything, either. She was disappointed that they began to hunt together less often. Sam would say that Cash needed to stay at the house to watch over Cassie despite Cassie hating being cared for like a child.
That was the first rift in the relationship. Cash was a strong woman and often took off to hunt by herself. Cassie didn't try to keep Cash at home she actually encouraged her because she knew that if it were her she would feel the same. She never liked when Dean had held her back from hunting. Cash did return with injuries a few times which led Sam to insist she not go alone. Cash would admit, but only to herself, she liked that he cared enough to lay down the law.
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Dean was about to give up when he heard the sound of the Impala behind him. Sam stopped at the phone booth then got out. He walked over to meet Dean but instead of hug he grabbed him by the neck and used a silver knife on his arm. Dean screamed out in pain. Sam was satisfied until he pushed Dean on the ground, reached in his jacket and pulled out a vile full of holy water. He through the holy water on Dean before Dean shook his head to get the water out of his eyes.
"I hope you are satisfied that is me because I am bleeding here," Dean yelled.
Sam looked at him wide eyed before he helped him off the ground.
"Dean, man it's really you?"
Dean nodded as he grabbed Sam's jacket tail to wipe some of the water off his face.
"Yeah I said it was me, but I get that you needed to proof it to yourself," Dean said before he was smothered in a hug by his tall brother.
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In the car, Dean couldn't wait to find out what Sam had done to get him back but Sam insisted that he had not been able to make a deal.
"Sam don't lie to me, I know you did something," he said before he showed him the mark on his shoulder.
Sam looked dumbfounded at the mark. He had no idea what could have made it.
"I don't know what to tell you and what you said about the area around the grave I have not seen that when I visited," he said when he realized Dean wasn't paying any attention.
"Sam, what did you do to my car?" Dean asked when he saw the ipod holder.
"I thought it was my car,….. I mean Cassie and Cash have their own cars," Sam said with a look of annoyance.
"I never thought you would douche her up, he is sorry," Dean said to the car before he ripped out the ipod holder to through it in the backseat.
Sam shook his head as they took off toward their home.
TBC