1 Week Later.

Bela tried to take Dean's advice and relax some. She spent time getting some house decorating done and even read a novel instead of doing research. However, sitting and doing nothing wasn't really her style. She'd given up and started looking through some of the old books she'd picked up.

Then there was the food. Bela guessed this was time for the cravings to start. According to articles though, hers were nothing compared to other woman. A few individual tubs of ice cream here and there, she absolutely loved Nutella, and Hummus and crackers. She'd always taken pride in healthy eating...but the last one sort of just hit her lately. I mean, she figured she'd be craving gross stuff or unhealthy foods, but she certainly wasn't complaining about the Hummus. She'd take healthy over gross anyday. Granted, she wasn't sure how healthy it was if she ate half the container at one time.

Bela made herself a cup of hot herbal tea and was about to go sit down when her cell rang. She looked at the name before answering.

"Yes Dean?"

"So just had a near miss with Lucifer...and also recieved some information on how to stop him."

"Sorry what?"

"Weird just got weirder. We got pulled into this huge meeting by a bunch of Gods...and Goddesses of every friggin' lore out there because they wanted to use us to figure out a way around Lucifer and the Apocalypse."

"Gods?" she asked incredulously.

"Yep."

"You do realize how crazy you sound right?"

"Yeah I know, Gabriel showed up."

"Gabriel, the angel who pretended to be a trickser that you told me about?"

"One in the same. Listen, we convinced him he needed to stop being a deuce, and he stood up to Lucifer."

"Why was the devil there?"

"They uh...sorta told him they had us."

Bela sighed heavily.

"Don't worry we're fine. Gabriel got us out of there, fought with Lucifer, and also gave us a message."

"What kind of message?"

"We can't kill Lucifer."

"I thought you said a minute ago you had new information on how to."

"No, he said we can't kill him...but we can trap him back in the cage he came out of."

"Really? Well you called me for more than just to talk, what do you need me to do?"

"Gabriel said we need all 4 horseman rings. We only have 2."

"So find the others? Which is Pestilence and Death."

"Yep."

"Okay, Pestilence I see going okay...but you Dean you really think you boys can just mess around with Death?"

"Well I don't see another option so far."

"Fine. I'll look into it."

"Great. Got Bobby looking into it. I say we track him by disease as well."

"Sure. I'll let you know when I find something."

"Yeah thanks."

Bela was about too hang up but Dean stopped her.

"Hey, you doing alright?"

She laughed. "Yes Dean, same as when you left just over a week ago. Stop worrying."

"Hey not worried, just trying to be attentive."

"Uh huh. Well I'm fine. Look you and Sam go do your jobs, I'll do mine here."

"Alright grumpy."

"I'm not grumpy. I just...maybe you should keep your mind on the job not me right now."

"Hey don't okay? I can do both. You tell me to stop worrying when it sounds like exactly what you're doing. I am focused on this, but I'm also not going to pay any less attention to the fact that we'll be parents in like 2 months. That's what's getting me through all this right now, I need it."

"Yeah. Sorry."

"We'll be fine. I'll call you later okay?"

Bela agreed and hung up. She understood him. She really wanted to make sure his mind was on the mission and not her...but she knew him, knew he was a good hunter. Now that he was ready more than ever to fight she'd noticed he was even better at the job.

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2 Weeks Later.

Impala. Day.

Dean and Sam had Bela and Bobby both on speakerphone at the same time. They'd just checked into a location where they figured Pestilence might be.

"So...another swine flu?" Bobby asked.

"Yep." Dean said.

"This doesn't make any sense." Sam commented. "It really seemed like Pestilence was here, I was almost sure."

"And why swine flu when there's that whole Croatoan thing I saw." Dean said.

"Well this is the fourth town he's been at if what we've found is correct." Bela stated.

"You guys have any pattern whatsoever? Any idea about the next target?"

"No, nothing we can see."

"Seems there was a few newscasts and he's headed East." Bela replied.

"So head East." Bobby told the boys.

"East, well Bobby we're all the way in West Nevada. East is all we have." Dean replied.

"Well then keep driving." Bobby said.

Bela laughed. Suddenly her and Bobby heard yelling and swerving. Then the phone connection was lost.

"Bobby? Did you..."

"No idea. Don't fret, I'll call them back."

"That didn't sound good."

"Maybe it was a deer or somethin."

"What in their lives? Right. I'll try Dean, you try Sam."

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A couple hours later. Impala.

Dean finally called Bela back, after realizing she was probably going to kill him. The phone only rang once.

"Damn it Dean."

"Sorry."

"What was that? Where the hell are you?"

"In my car."

"My my never begged you to be this whipped." Crowley stated.

"Who was that?"

Dean glared at Crowley.

"Oh you know, the little demon problem from earlier."

"Demon?"

"Hello." Crowley said louder.

"Oh dear God, was that Crowley? What is going on?"

"Well, he's helping us get pestilence, but we have to get to pestilence by getting another demon first."

"You're not serious."

"I know, it's crazy okay. We don't have much choice here."

"Alright hang up with your lover their, we're here." Crowley said as Dean pulled into a business parking lot.

Dean shot him a look. "Listen, Sam said he'd call Bobby and explain...so just call Bobby or something. Or I can tell you later."

"Much choice? Dean, we don't work with demons anymore remember? Figured you and I both learned our lesson...then there was Sam, it never leads to anything good."

"Well I didn't say I trusted him...look just trust me I'm fine. If anything he gets a Colt bullet in his head."

"Hey I really don't appreciate your..."Crowley started.

"Oh shut up." Dean told him.

Bela sighed. "Whatever. Just don't get yourself killed."

"Don't get killed. Got it. Call Bobby. I'll talk to you soon."

Dean then hung up.

Impala. Next Evening.

Bela made her way to the counter to answer her phone.

"You're not dead."

"Nope. Even better, we got a location where pestilence will be and how to get him."

"Crowley?"

"He left. I'll give you all the little details later."

"No demon deals? Nothing I have to worry about that's going to come and bite you in the ass for working with him?"

"No, well other than Sam getting all worked up over the demon we had to chat up and then kill."

"What?"

"Past history, said demon was an old friend of Sam's, was possessed that whole time to watch over Sam several years ago."

"Wow. Your brother angry?"

"He was, he's okay now." Dean said, looking over at Sam sleeping in the passenger seat."

"Okay, listen...I know you want me home and not stressing...but I'm going to Bobby's. I can't just sit here and wait for your calls to stay in the loop. We'll be safer and stronger if we stay closer together."

"Bela.."

"No. I'm going."

"Okay no you're right. Just be careful."

"You're not one to talk."

He laughed. "Guess not."

"Jo's on her way there too. Guess Bobby called her."

"Won't hurt. When it comes down to it...I think we're gonna need all the help we can get."

"Yeah. I'll let you know when I get to Bobby's."

"Okay." Dean agreed. They said goodbye and hung up their phones.

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Bobby's. 2 Days later.

Dean had decided to drive to Bobby's first before going after Pestilence. Bela was there and Jo showed up not too long after that. Of course Dean was a little pissy at the moment after learning on the drive over what Sam had asked Bobby the day before.

The five of them were in the study, with the girls seated on the sofa.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Dean asked Sam. "And you...you knew?" He then asked Bobby.

"What? Sam's new idea to try to cram the devil down his throat? He mentioned it." Bobby said.

"Thanks for the heads up." Dean yelled.

"Hey don't yell at me I didn't come up with it. Or agree."

"Sam, you can't do this."

"Yeah, I get it Dean."

"Great, then no more discussing it."

Dean's phone rang. Jo had got up and grabbed 4 beers and a water from the kitchen and came back in the room. She handed everyone a drink.

"Cas?" Dean asked.

Bela looked up. Sam walked closer to Dean.

"He okay?" Sam asked. Dean put his hand up to quiet him.

"Dean."

"We thought you were gone. Where are you?"

"A hospital." Cas said, and explained how he just appeared somwhere.

"You're just in time, we have a way to stop Lucifer."

"How?"

"Uh long story, but we have to go after Pestilence now...if you want to just get over here and we'll go."

"I cannot appear anywhere Dean."

"Huh?"

Cas explained.

"What, you're outta angel juice completely? Now?"

The others in the room looked at Dean. Well...this wasn't good.

"Human." Dean whispered. "Okay look uh..don't worry okay? We're all here...I can have one of us wire you the money to get here."

Bela nodded to Dean.

Cas then agreed and apologized to Dean about lack of faith and that he was thankful Dean said no to Michael after all.

Dean then hung up.

"Alright, we gotta go." Dean said to Sam. Bobby started working on research for what to do with the rings once they had them. Dean said goodbye to Bela and the boys took off.

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2 Days Later.

No one had left Bobby's while waiting on the boys to get back. Bela thought something was up with Bobby though, he was acting a little weird. They all heard the impala pull up, but were a little surprised when Cas walked in behind them.

"Uh..." Jo started.

"I took a bus." Cas said.

Bela looked at him. "Right." She turned to Dean. "So?"

Dean held up a cloth. "Got it."

She nodded.

They all gathered in the kitchen a little later and ate a pizza. Jo then took off on a near by hunt an hour or so away and Bela had went upstairs and crashed out in the guest room.

Next Morning

Bobby, Cas, Dean and Sam all stood around the living room trying to figure things out.

"Look, we're worried Pestilence left a bomb somewhere, I don't mean literally but the way he acted, well it was as if he knew something. So do you have any good news for us?"

"Wel...Chicago's about to be wiped off the map. Big storm, kill a couple million people." Bobby announced.

"I do not understand how that is good news." Cas said, confused.

"Death...he's gonna be there. Maybe we can stop him before and get the ring." Bobby replied.

"Well that sounds so easy." Bela said, coming into the room. Dean smiled briefly at her.

"Well it probably ain't...but I'm just trying to get a handle on it." Bobby said.

"How'd you put all this together?" Dean asked.

"I don't know...had some help."

Dean looked to Bela. She shrugged. "Don't look at me. I know as much as you do."

"Oh Bobby, don't be so modest." Crowley's voice rang out. They all turned to look at him. "I barely helped at all. Hello again." Crowley turned to Bela. "Well that's new...I mean I already was aware, but still."

"Seriously?" Dean commented, rolling his eyes.

"Bobby...tell us what exactly?" Sam asked. Everyone's eyes were on Bobby then.

"Right...well world's ending anyways, no use getting upset over one little soul."

"What?" Bela asked.

"You sold your soul?" Dean asked incredulously.

"Well, more like pawned it." Crowley added. "I fully intend to give it back, I just needed it for the spell I used to locate Death."

"Great, well give it back." Dean told him.

"Not yet."

"Did you kiss him?" Sam asked Bobby.

Bela laughed. Everything going on in here and that's what Sam focused on? Wow.

"Sam." Dean warned.

"What? No!" Bobby said.

Suddenly Crowley made a coughing sound. They all turned to look at Crowley holding his phone out, a picture of Bobby kissing him.

"Oh God." Bela commented. Dean couldn't decide whether to laugh or get sick.

"Why'd you take a picture?" Bobby asked dryly.

"Why'd you use tounge."

"What?" Dean asked.

"Kidding..he didn't." Crowley said.

"Damn it will you just give him his soul back." Dean said.

"I told you not yet."

"Why the hell not?"

"Leverage. You guys kill demons, I don't trust you. Your gigantic brother there has a temper too. So I'll return it, once you go fight the devil and I get far away from all of you."

Crowley than disappeared.

"Really?" Dean shouted.

Bobby shrugged and went to get himself a drink. Sam walked outside.

"And I was the idiot?" Dean asked, more to himself.

"Look if he doesn't give it back, than you find Crowley, make sure he can't leave that body and put the Colt against his skull okay? We'll figure it out." Bela said.

"I guess. Look, I need to go talk to Sam. Bobby ain't the only one with stupid ideas."

Bela nodded. "Here we worried about you saying yes."

"I know...I just, get where he's coming from too. He feels guilty, I can tell. I just got to make him realize this ain't the way to fix it."

"Yeah. Go easy on him okay? No repeats of last year okay?"

Dean nodded.

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Bobby's. Outside.

Dean was talking with Sam outside, which seemed to be going okay. Sam knew as well as Dean did how rare it was to be able to take control back, that he probably couldn't do it. They just weren't sure on other plans to make.

"You need to see this." Crowley said, appearing out of nowhere.

"Huh?" Dean asked.

Crowley put a newspaper down on the picnic table.

Sam read the article.

"So, Pestilence wasn't spreading the swine flu for kicks." Dean said.

"It's about the vaccine." Sam stated.

"I'll bet my life on it...the vaccine is actually the Croatoan virus." Crowley said. "Boys better get ready, if none of this works you'll be living in zombieland by next week."

An hour later.

Bobby was packing the vehicles. Crowley was taking Dean to find Death in Chicago while Sam, Bobby, and Cas planned to go stop the distribution of the Croatoan virus.

"I really don't like this." Bela said.

"I know."

"I feel useless."

"You're not." Dean told her.

"Oh really? You're going off with a demon to talk to Death...and likely to get yourself killed, all while I stay here doing what exactly?"

"Looking cute?" Dean tried, smirking.

"Not helping."

"I know, sorry."

"You're not the only one useless." Cas said. "This is it...and I have nothing except this." Cas said, raising the shotgun Bobby'd given him to load in the vehicle. "What do I even do with it?"

Bobby moved past him in his chair. "Point and shoot. Stop complaining." Bobby told Cas.

They all had everything ready and were about to leave.

"Alright, well goodluck stoping the whole virus thing." Dean said to them.

"Yeah, well good luck killing Death." Sam told Dean.

Bela looked at him, sighing loudly.

Sam tried to hand Dean the Knife.

"Keep it." Crowley said. "Dean's covered." The demon handed Dean a hooked weapon.

Castiel looked impressed. "How'd you get that?"

"King of the crossroads, now let's go. Oh, Bobby you going to just sit there?"

Bobby rolled his eyes at the demon. "Nah I think I'll go dancing."

"Bobby...you know if you phrase your deals properly you'd get more out of them. I added a little sub clause to our agreement on your behalf. So again I ask, you going to just sit there?"

Bobby suddenly paid attention to his legs, and noticed he could move his foot. He suddenly pushed himself up and stood.

"Son of a bitch."

"I'm a hell of a guy."

Bela shook her head, looking at Dean.

"Thanks." Bobby said.

"Can we please go?" Crowley asked, not liking the drama.

They all nodded. Sam, Cas, and Crowley got into the truck and drove off.

"Alright...I'll see you." Dean said, kissing Bela quickly before going with Crowley.

She looked down, hand on her stomach. If he didn't come back, she'd find a way to bring him back and kill him herself.

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Next evening.

Bobby, Sam, and Cas arrived ealier, which Bela was relieved at. However, Dean had taken longer and they all were starting to worry. So when they heard the impala pull up everyone had let out a breath.

"Hey." Dean said as he walked in.

"And?" Bobby asked.

Dean through the rings on the table.

"Death?"

"Still kicking...let's just say he actually wants us to ice the devil."

"What?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, Lucifer's got him on a leash, he wants freedom. Seems to be a theme."

"So now what?"

"We deal with it in the morning, I'm exhausted." Dean said.

They all agreed and headed to bed for the night. Dean grabbed Bela's hand in his and walked towards the stairs. The climbed into the guest bed and shut off the light.

"Dean...you look worried."

"Yeah. I know."

"Should I be?"

"It's just..Death. I had to make a promise to him in order to get the ring...and it's one I'm not sure I can keep."

"What?" She asked, panic rising to her face.

"Sam. He wants me to let him do it. Let Sam take Lucifer on, jump into the cage with him."

"No...I mean even if he could.."

"I know, Sam would be dead." Dean shook his head.

"One hit after another. So, you didn't tell anyone else."

"No, I just don't know what to do. It's the friggin' world, it's you and Delia...all of that versus one person, Sam. I mean, it isn't right to say no just to save Sam's life right? Yet I just..."

"If it doesn't work...if he says yes and this doesn't work that future you saw will happen and we'll all die eventually."

Dean nodded.

"And if it does work, you lose Sam. Neither sound good."

"I know."

"So?"

"So we deal with it tomorrow." Dean said. Bela turned over on her side facing away from him, and he moved in closer, holding her.

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