Nicole woke up the next morning and stretched. She rubbed her eyes and looked around the room as she slowly woke from her haze of sleep. She lay there for a few minutes trying to gather herself and remembering the dream that had seemed so real. She lifted her hand from her flat stomach and looked at her naked fingers. She then looked toward the corner of the room where in her dreams a crib stood. The corner held only a chair and a small bookshelf. She rose from the bed and went to the closet and threw the doors wide where she was met with only the sight of her own clothes and shoes. Her shotgun rested in the corner and her pistol was on the shelf above that. She decided to shower to try and clear her head.
After the shower Nicole dressed and made her way into the next room. Everything looked just as it should except not anything like her dream. She remembered D and Sam and little Sammi Jo. Why was she remembering all of this but it wasn't here? There had to be some explanation besides a dream. She walked into the kitchen and looked around. She was hungry but she was too confused to really care about eating. Nicole then heard Ghost barking harshly and went to the window to look out onto the driveway. A huge Cadillac was pulling into her driveway. She didn't recognize the car but decided to go out and find out what was going on. She made sure to keep Ghost between herself and the car as it pulled to a stop in her driveway.
A portly man climbed from the backseat. Nicole placed her hands on her hips and stood her ground. "Can I help you?", she asked tartly. "Yes my name is Zachariah. I was hoping maybe you could help me." Ghost growled low in his throat and the hair on his shoulders stood on end. Nicole knew to be aware of Ghost's attitudes toward people. He was right most all of the time. Nicole raised one eyebrow, "I'm not in the habit of helping strangers. What is it that you need?" Zachariah smirked at Nicole and almost looked down his nose at her. "I have it on good authority that you had a very interesting dream. How would you like to know what that was all about?" Nicole knew she should amp up her suspicion of this man that just shows up on her lawn. Ghost never breaks his stare on Zachariah and Nicole continues to stand behind him.
"Could you call off your guard dog there.", Zachariah said looking down at Ghost. Nicole crosses her arms over her chest. "I will when I know that I'm safe around you. I tend to listen to him over someone I don't even know that just shows up suddenly." She sets her sights on Zachariah and waits for him to answer. "Very well then.", Zachariah says with a smirk and then suddenly Ghost is whining as if he's in pain. Nicole looks down at Ghost and then falls to her knees beside him laying her hands on him and trying to comfort him. She looks up at Zachariah with her green eyes hard. "What the hell did you do to my dog? Stop it now!", she challenges. Zachariah smiles and snaps his fingers. Ghost stops his whining and slinks off to the corner of the garage. "Now if you'll invite me in we'll have that discussion." Nicole isn't comfortable with inviting Zachariah in but what choice does she have? She steps over to the French doors and opens one side gesturing to Zachariah to come inside.
Inside the house Zachariah makes himself at home in Nicole's living room. He looked around at the quaint farmhouse and Nicole settled on the edge of the couch arm and waited for Zachariah to speak. She itched to run to her room and grab her pistol but she had a feeling that it wouldn't do any good against him. She felt like he was something otherworldly since he caused Ghost some kind of pain. Zachariah finally spoke, "So I guess you somehow have dreamed of that maggot Winchester and his brother. I'm here to make sure they carry out our plan." Nicole looked blankly at him, "Plan? What plan is that?" Again she crossed her arms over her chest and held her ground. "Why, my dear, the plan of heaven. Your precious Dean is Michael's vessel and little Sammy is the vessel for Lucifer. I aim to see that they do what they're told." Nicole stood from her perch and glared at Zachariah, "You're as crazy as you look if you think they're going to do what you want!", she spat. Zachariah laughed, "They will if they know what's good for them."
And with that he stood and snapped his fingers. Nicole was back in bed and D was beside her. She sat up abruptly and looked toward the corner of the room and saw the crib with Sammi Jo sleeping peacefully and sucking on her thumb. She threw back the covers and sprang from the bed. Throwing her bedroom door open she stepped into the next room and smelled breakfast cooking. Walking into the kitchen she saw Sam and Nancy working side by side at the stove. Sam fed Nancy a piece of bacon and then Nicole wheeled and made her way back to her room. She walked over to the bed and threw herself down onto the bed and covered D's face in kisses.
D blinked his eyes open and smiled up at Nicole. "What has gotten into you?", he asked with a chuckle. "I had a really bad dream…at least I hope it was a dream.", Nicole answered. D wanted to know what it was about but Nicole thought it best to share it with Sam and Nancy as well. It was just a feeling she had. She suggested they get up and shower and go talk to the others. D agreed so they both got up. Nicole fed Sammi Jo while D showered and dressed and then he took her while Nicole showered and dressed. They made their way into the kitchen just as Sam and Nancy were finishing up cooking. "Hey guys, Nicole needs to talk to us.", D says as he sits Sammi Jo into her bouncy chair beside the table. She was content to play with the little rattle toys above her head while the adults sat to talk. Nicole relayed the dream and everything that Zachariah said to her to a very captive audience.
When she was through Sam sat back in his chair and shook his head slightly. He looked to Nancy and took her hand because she looked scared. "Listen Nicole we're not going to let this dick force us to do something that we do not want to do. I'm not planning on being Lucifer's vessel and I sure as hell am not going to fight with my brother to the death!", Sam vehemently added. His hazel eyes sparkled with intensity and Nicole knew that he meant what he said. D took her hand and squeezed, "We're going to take care of this. I'm going to shiv Zachariah if it's the last thing I do!", D declares.
Six months later…
After not hearing anything else from Zachariah for all this time and no more freaky dreams or weird things happening Nicole had nearly forgotten all about her discussion with the angel. One day while she and Sammi Jo sat in the sunshine enjoying the last few days of nice weather before the rain of the fall set in. D and Sam had run to pick up a few things to do some work on the barn and Nancy had to work today. As they sat with Nicole in her swing and Sammi Jo cooing and playing quietly on her pallet on the lush grass a gust of wind blows through. The next thing Nicole knows, Zachariah is squatting over her daughter on the grass in front of her. He looks up at her with that smug grin, "Well hello there Nicole. She's absolutely beautiful." He then stood and snapped his fingers and he and Sammi Jo both were gone! Nicole stood and began to scream, "Nooooo! No no no no no! Bring her back here you son of a bitch!"
Nicole grabs her phone from her back pocket and quickly dial's D's number. He answers on the third ring. "Hello….Nicole what is wrong?" Nicole sobs into the phone and tells him that Zachariah has been here and that he took Sammi Jo. Sam looks concerned at D with a look of questioning on his face. D frowns over at him. "I'm going to kill him! I swear I am!" After a few minutes D and Sam pull into the driveway. Nicole ran to him as he climbed from the car and threw herself into his arms. D hugged her tightly, "We're going to get her back. I'll do whatever it takes." Nicole looked up at D with a look of fear, "No D do not do anything crazy!" Sam lays has hand on Nicole's shoulder. "I won't let him do anything too crazy Nicole but we've got to get my niece back." Nicole nods and knows that the guys are right and she would do anything if she can.
The group make their way into the house and D walks to the middle of the living room. He puts out a call to get Zachariah to show up. "Hey Zachariah you bag of dicks, why don't you bring Sammi Jo and pick on someone your own size?", he taunts the angel out loud. Sam stands back and Nicole wrings her hands as they wait. "Come on you coward! I'm ready to make a deal! Just bring my little girl back!" D turns and within seconds Zachariah is back and Sammi Jo is sitting in her bouncy chair. "Well well well, I thought that might get you attention.", Zachariah says. "I'm ready to deal.", D growls at Zachariah. "But I have a few requests before I give you what you want. I want Nicole and Sammi Jo left alone. I want them to live a life without you dicks interfering.", D's eyes flash as he waits on Zachariah's response. "And Sam? Is he going to cooperate as well?", Zachariah says as he turns to look to Sam. Sam nods his head. "I'll do what you want. Just leave our family out of this."
Zachariah smiles, "You have a deal." He begins to call Michael to come take over D's body and while he has his back turned D slips an Angel Blade from the back of his jeans. He steps forward and grabs Zachariah by the shoulder and spins him toward himself and shoves the Angel Blade upward in one swift move. Zachariah looks shocked as his eyes and mouth go wide and a bright light erupts from them. As his body falls to the floor D says, "I told you I was going to shiev him at some point!" He turned toward Sam who had Nicole in his arms and she held onto Sammi Jo. He stroked her hair and soothed her. "Shhhh Nicole it's all over now. We're all safe."
THE END!