A/N: And here is the next part for this chapter!
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Dean poked his head out of the shack he was cuffed in, his eyes looking out for anyone who might see him. He walks out and begins to look around the camp.
"Hey, Dean. You got a second?" Chuck said, coming up and standing next to him.
Dean looks at him and was hesitant for a bit before looking over at him, "No-yes. Uh, I-I guess. Hi, Chuck."
"Hi. So, uh, listen, we're pretty good on canned goods for now, but, we're down to next to nothing on perishables and-and hygiene supplies. People are not gonna be happy about this. So, what do you think we should do?" Chuck finished.
Dean began to look around, a little nervous about all of this. "I-I don't know. Maybe, uh, share? You know, like at a kibbutz."
Chuck narrowed his eyes on confusion, "Wait a minute, aren't you supposed to be out on a mission right now?"
"Uh yeah absolutely. And I will be." Dean said.
Chuck nodded his head, still a little confused about Dean. "Uh-oh" Chuck murmured.
A woman suddenly came up behind Dean and tried to throw a punch at him. Dean saw this and was able to block the hit.
"Whoa! Geeze! Take it easy lady!" Dean called out. He ducks again and hides behind Chuck.
"Risa." Chuck said.
Dean looked at him and then back at the woman, "Risa?"
Risa stood before the two of them, her arms folded across her chest, "You spent the night in Jane's cabin last night didn't you?"
Dean looked genuinely confused and gazed over at Chuck for assistance but didn't get any. "Uh, what? I-I don't-did I?"
Chuck looks at Dean and nods his head. "I thought we had a 'connection'." Risa said, air-quoting the word connection.
Dean steps out from behind chuck timidly, "Well, I'm sure that we do."
"Yeah?" Risa questioned.
"Hi Risa." Chuck chimed in.
"Screw you." Risa said before storming off.
Dean shook his head in confusion, "Oh, geeze. I'm getting busted for stuff I haven't even done yet."
Chuck looked over at Dean, "What?"
"Uh, never mind. Hey, Chuck, is...Cas still here." Chuck nodded his head towards a cabin a little bit away from them.
"I don't think he's going anywhere." Chuck said and began to walk off when Dean stopped him.
"Hey Chuck, wait...do you know who...well you haven't met her yet but I suppose now you did...do you know Natalie?" Dean asked.
Chuck's eyes fell and he nodded his head, "Nad? Yeah, of course."
Dean sighed in relief, "Good, that's good. Do you know where she is? I can't seem to find her."
Chuck scoffed and shook his head in what looked like disappointment. "That really isn't funny Dean." He said before walking off. Dean's brows furrowed in confusion. What the hell is going on?"
Dean walks into the cabin that Chuck had motioned towards and finds 2014!Castiel sitting in a circle with several women.
"So, in this way. We're each a fragment of total perception-just, uh, one compartment in that dragonfly eye of group mind. Now, the key to this total, shared perception-it's, uh, it's surprisingly physical." 2014!Castiel turned and spotted Dean standing near the doorway.
"Oh, excuse me ladies. I think I need to confer with our fearless leader for a minute. Why not go get washed up for the orgy?" Dean's brows raised in surprise as the women get up and leave the cabin. "You're all so beautiful." 2014!Castiel said watching them leave.
Dean approaches him with a confused yet amused look on his face. "What are you, a hippie?"
2014!Castiel stood up and stretches his back, "I thought you'd gotten over trying to label me."
"Cas, we got to talk." Dean said.
2014!Castiel turns around, "Whoa. Strange."
"What?"
2014!Castiel points towards Dean, "You are not you...well not now you, anyway."
Dean stared at him, stunned that he figured it out, "No! Yeah. Yes, exactly."
"What year are you from?" 2014!Castiel asked.
"2009." Dean answered back.
"Who did this to you? Is it Zachariah?" He questioned Dean again.
"Yes." Dean affirmed.
2014!Castiel nodded his head, "Interesting."
"Oh, yeah, it's friggin' fascinating. Now. Why don't you strap on your angel wings and fly me back to my page on the calendar?" Dean asked.
2014!Castiel laughed and shook his head, "I wish I could just, uh, strap on my wings, but I'm sorry, no dice."
"What, are you stoned?" Dean asked.
"Generally, yeah." 2014!Castiel confirmed with a proud smirk on his face.
Dean shook his head, "What happened to you?"
"Life."
Dean left the cabin, a little on edge about his talk with Castiel. It was strange seeing him like that. He certainly wasn't the Castiel he remembered from his time, which was just five years ago. He sees a jeep arrive and 2014!Dean and some soldiers climb out.
2014!Dean grabs two beers and tossed one to a soldier. They both take a drink when 2014!Dean pulls out his gun and aims it at the soldier. Dean sees this and decides to intervene.
"Hey. Hey! Watch out!" Dean called out but the other Dean shoots the soldier and everyone is looking between Dean and 2014!Dean.
"Damn it." 2014!Dean mutters. He turns to the soldiers, "I'm not gonna lie to you. Me and him-It's a pretty messed up situation we got going. But believe me, when you need to know something, you will know it. Until then, we all have work to do." He finishes and walks over to Dean, taking a hold of collar on his jacket, taking him back to one of the cabins.
2014!Dean shoves Dean into an empty room and shuts the door behind him. "What the hell was that?"
"What the hell was that? You just shot a guy in cold blood." Dean accused.
"We were in an open quarantine zone. Got ambushed by some Croats on the way out." Dean stared at 2014!Dean, his expression asking for more of an explanation.
"Croats. Croatoans. One of them infected Yeager."
"And how do you know?" Dean questioned.
"Cause after a few years of this, I know. I started seeing symptoms about half an hour ago. Wasn't gonna be long before he flipped. I didn't see the point in troubling a good man with bad news." 2014!Dean finished.
Dean scoffed, "Troubling a good man? You just blew him away in front of your own people. Don't you think that freaked them out a little bit?"
"It's 2014. Plugging some Croat, it's called commonplace. Trading words with my friggin' clone-that might have freaked them out a little." 2014!Dean admitted.
Dean sighed and raised his arms, "Look man I'm sorry. I'm not trying to mess you-us- up here."
"I know." 2014!Dean takes out two glasses and pours them both out a drink.
"It's just been a really wacky weekend." Dean added, taking a drink from his glass.
"Tell me about it." They take a moment to drink from their glasses, none of them bothering to mutter a single word.
"What was the mission anyway?" Dean finally asked. 2014!Dean pulls out a gun; it's the colt.
Dean's brows furrowed, "The Colt?."
"The Colt."
Dean picked it up and moved it around in his hands, "Where was it?"
"Everywhere. Took me five years to track it down, but I finally got it. And tonight I'm gonna kill the devil."
"So that's it? That's the cold?" Risa questioned with skepticism in her voice.
"If anything can kill Lucifer, this is it." 2014!Dean responded.
Risa sighed and leaned against the wall, "Great. Have we got anything that can find Lucifer?"
2014!Dean eyed her curiously, "Are you okay?"
Dean stepped forward, towards the table, "Oh, we were in, uh, Jane's cabin last night. And, apparently, we and...Risa have a connection."
2014!Dean glared at Dean, "You want to shut up?" Dean raised his hands in surrender and backed away from the table.
"We don't have to find Lucifer. We know where he is. The demon that we caught last week, he was one of the big guy's entourage. He knew." 2014!Dean confirmed.
"So, a demon tells you where Satan's gonna be, and you just believe it?" Risa questioned.
"Oh, trust me, he wasn't lying." 2014!Dean admitted.
"And you know this how?" Risa asked.
"Our fearless leader, I'm afraid, is all too well schooled in the art of getting to the truth." 2014!Castiel chimed in.
Dean eyed 2014!Dean, "Torture? Oh, so, we're-we're torturing again." Dean scoffed and began to pace, "No that's-that's good. Classy."
2014!Castiel laughed, earning a glare from 2014!Dean, "What? I like past you."
"Lucifer is here. Now. I know the block and I know the building." 2014!Dean continued.
"Oh good-it's right in the middle of a hot zone." 2014!Castiel began to complain.
"Are you saying that my plan is reckless?" 2014!Dean accused.
"Are you saying, we, uh, walk in straight up the driveway, past all the demons and Croats and we shoot the devil?" 2014!Castiel asked.
"Yes."
"Alright, if you don't like the word 'reckless' then I will use 'insouciant." 2014!Castiel stood up from his chair and stretched out his arms.
2014!Dean sighed and shook his head. "Cas, you and Risa go and get ready."
Dean whistled and turning to 2014!Dean, "Dude, seriously you have just gone down hill. I'm surprised Nad didn't keep me in line." Everyone in the room stopped and stared at Dean. Risa's eyes grew hard and 2014!Castiel simply shook his head.
"I mean seriously where is she? I can't find her. Is she like playing some sort of game?" Dean continued.
Risa walked towards the door before turning back to Dean, "You are really in for a rude awakening. And don't ever talk like that about her." She walked out the door with 2014!Castiel right behind her.
Dean turns to his future self, completely confused to everyone's reaction to him mentioning Natalie. "Okay, seriously, what the hell is going on? Every time I mention Nad everyone freaks out? oh and why are you taking me?"
"You'll be fine, besides, Zach is looking after you right?" 2014!Dean answered the later part of Dean's question.
"No, that's not what I mean. I want to know what's going on." Dean said.
"I am taking you because I want you to see our brother."
Dean appeared confused and shook his head. "Sam? I thought he was dead."
"Sam didn't die in Detroit. He said 'yes'." 2014!Dean confirmed. A long silence between the two of them. Dean couldn't believe that Sam would say yes to Lucifer.
"Why would he say yes?" Dean asked.
"I wish I knew. But now we don't have a choice. It's in him, and it's not getting out. And we've got to kill him, Dean. And you need to see it-the whole damn thing, how bad it gets-so you can do it different."
Dean nodded his head then decided to press further. "You never answered my question about Nad." 2014!Dean froze and his demeanor changed. His eyes hardened yet Dean could see that there was a deep pain seared in them and his shoulders slumped. "Where is she?" Dean asked once again.
2014!Dean bit the inside of his cheek, keeping his emotions in line and his eyes look up right into Dean's. "Nad is dead."
Dean could feel his entire body go into shock and his eyes focused on future Dean. Nad was dead? Dean tried his best to process the news but it was no use. He knew that this wasn't his time, she was still alive back in 2009. But, is her death just one of the many outcomes if he continues to say no to Michael?
Dean swallowed several times to rid of the lump in his throat, "How? How did she die?"
2014!Dean shook his head, "Now, that part, you don't need to know."
"No, actually I want to know. Tell me. How did she die?" Dean declared.
2014!Dean looked him right in the eyes, his stare made it seem like he was looking right into his soul. "No. Dean. You really don't want to know."
A chill went down Dean's spine and he began to think about how Natalie died. How brutal was it? Did he do anything to try and save her? Though, depending on when she died, Dean gathered from how he turns out, he probably didn't, which really pained him.
Dean stepped back in defeat and ran a hand down his face. "That's why when you get sent back...say yes to Michael. If you say yes than none this will happen."
"If I say, then Michael fights the devil. The battle is gonna torch half the planet! Dean exclaimed.
"Look around you. Half the planet's better than no planet, which is what we have now. If I could do it over again, I'd say 'yes' in a heartbeat."
"So why don't you do it?" Dean asked.
"I've tried! I've shouted 'yes' till I was blue in the face. The angels aren't listening! They just left...they gave up. I want to change my decision, so that I didn't have to witness all of this...especially what happened to Nad." 2014!Dean grabbed his things and made his way over to the door.
"There has to be some other way." Dean insisted.
"Yeah that's what I thought. I was cocky. Never actually thought I'd lose. But I was wrong Dean. I am begging you. Say. Yes." 2014!Dean gave him one last look before heading out the door.
Dean leaned against the wall, he felt like he was about to be sick. If Sam says yes, he loses his brother forever and if Dean says no. All of this would happen and Natalie wouldn't make it. He would be all on his own. But, he was still fighting this decision inside of him. Do I say yes or no?
Dean is riding shotgun with 2014!Castiel driving the car. Dean had been quiet the entire time. He felt beaten down, first it was Sam saying yes now learning that Natalie dying was in the near future as well. Just thinking about losing both of them was unbearable for Dean.
2014!Castiel pulls out a bottle of pills and takes a few. Dean looks over and holds his hand out, "Let me see those."
"You want some?" 2014!Castiel offered.
Dean takes the bottle and begins to read the label, "Amphetamines?"
"It's the perfect antidote to that absinthe." 2014!Castiel added.
"Mmm. Don't get me wrong, Cas. I, uh. I'm happy that the stick is out of your ass, but, what's going on...with the drugs and orgies and the love-guru crap?" Dean asked.
2014!Castiel laughs causing Dean to narrow his eyes, "What's so funny?"
"Dean, I'm not an angel anymore."
Dean stared at him with shock and confusion. "What?"
"Yeah, I went mortal."
"What do you mean? How?" Dean questioned.
"I think it had something to do with the other angels leaving. But when they bailed, my mojo just kind of-psshhew-drained away. And now, you know, I'm practically human. I mean seriously I'm all but useless. Last year, broke my foot, laid up for two months."
"Wow."
"Yep."
Dean shrugged slightly, "So, you're human. Well, welcome to the club."
"Thanks. Except I used to belong to a much better club. And now I'm powerless. I'm hapless, I'm hopeless. I mean, why the hell not bury myself in women and decadence, right?" It's the end, baby. That's what decadence is for." Dean pursed his lips and nodded his head towards Castiel's statement.
Dean, 2014!Dean, 2014!Castiel, Risa and a few other soldiers walk down the street, carrying their guns and scanning the area. Dean knew that his head wasn't in the right place for being here. He was to occupied thinking about Sam and Natalie and the thought of having to say yes to Michael. He still didn't know if he was going to agree to it or not.
They come upon the Jackson County Sanatorium where Lucifer was hiding out. "There. Second-floor window. We go in there." 2014!Dean said.
"You sure about this?" Risa asked.
"They'll never see us coming. Trust me. Now, weapons we're on the move in five."
Dean inched closer to 2014!Dean, "He, uh, me. Can I talk to you for a sec?" 2014!Dean sighed and nodded. The two of them walk off to the side, Dean made sure none of the other could hear them.
"Tell me what's going on." Dean demanded.
"What?"
"I know you. You're lying to these people and to me." Dean accused.
"Is that so." 2014!Dean folded his arms over his chest.
"You see I know your lying expressions. I've seen them in the mirror Now, there's something you're not telling us." Dean said, trying to reason with himself, which actually seemed kind of weird to him.
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Oh really? Well, I don't seem to be the only member of your posse with some questions, so, I'll just take my doubts to them." Dean began to make his way back towards the others when he was stopped.
"Okay, whoa, whoa. Wait."
"What?"
"Take a look around you, man. This place should be white-hot with Croats. Where are they?" Dean looked around, "They cleared a path for us. Which means that this is-"
"A trap. Exactly." 2014!Dean affirmed.
"Well, then we can't go through the front."
"Oh we're not. They are. They're the decoys. You and me, we're going in through the back.
Dean stared at him with wide eyes, "You mean you're gonna feed your friends, even Cas, into the meat grinder? Use them as a diversion?" 2014!Dean looks away and Dean could feel something in him drop. "Oh man, something is broken in you. You're making decisions that I would never make. I wouldn't sacrifice my friends."
"You're right. You wouldn't. It's one of the main reasons we're in this mess actually." 2014!Dean accused.
"These people count on you. They trust you."
"They trust me to kill the devil and to save the world. That is exactly what I'm going to do."
"No man not like this. I'm not gonna let you." Dean declared.
"Oh really?" Dean nodded in affirmation. 2014!Dean grabbed him by the collar and laid a punch across his face.
Dean finally comes back to his senses and finds himself lying on the ground. Rolling onto his side, he pushes himself up, and heard gunfire coming from inside the building. Dean gets to his feet and runs towards the building. Thunder begins to crash and lightning dances across the sky, Dean comes to a small entrance to what looks like a yard.
He sees 2014!Dean on the ground, his neck was being held down by someone wearing a white shoe. His eyes open and they fix upon Dean. That someone shifts their weight and 2014!Dean's neck breaks. The person turns around and Dean is completely shocked. It's Sam. Well, not Sam but it was Lucifer. "Oh. Hello, Dean."
Dean continues to stare at Lucifer, not knowing how to handle this situation. "Aren't you a surprise." Lucifer said.
"You've come a long way to see this, haven't you?" Lucifer taunted.
"Well, go ahead. Kill me." Dean lamented.
Lucifer's brows furrowed, "Kill you?" He gazes down at the body of 2014!Dean, before looking back over at Dean, "Don't you think that would be a little...redundant?" Lucifer sighs. "I'm sorry. It must be painful, speaking to me in this-shape. But it had to be your brother. It had to be."
Lucifer reaches out to touch Dean's shoulder, only to cause him to move back. "You don't have to be afraid of me Dean. What do you think I'm going to do?"
"I don't know. Maybe deep-fry the planet?" Dean accused.
"Why? Why would I want to destroy something this stunning thing? Beautiful in a trillion different ways. The last perfect handiwork of God." Dean remains silent. "You ever hear the story of how I fell from grace?"
"Oh, good God, you're not gonna tell me a bedtime story, are you? My stomach's almost out of bile." Dean offered.
"You know why God cast me down? Because I loved him. More than anything. And then God created..." Lucifer smirks as he stares at Dean, "You. The little hairless apes. And then he asked all of us to bow before you-to love you, more than him. And I said, "Father, I can't." I said, "These human beings are flawed, murderous." And for that, God had Michael cast me into hell. Now, tell me, does the punishment fit the crime? Especially, when I was right? Look at what six billion of you have done to this thing, and how many of you blame it for me."
"You're not fooling me, you know that? With this sympathy for the devil crap. I know what you are." Dean said.
Lucifer cocked his head to the side, "What am I?"
"You're the same thing, only bigger. The same brand of cockroach I've been squashing my whole life. An ugly, evil, belly to the ground, supernatural being piece of crap. The only difference between them and you is the size of your ego."
Lucifer smiles, not really affected by Dean's words, "I like you, Dean. I get what the other angels see in you. Goodbye. We'll meet again soon." Lucifer turns to walk away.
"You better kill me now." Dean called out.
Lucifer turned back around, a surprised look on his face, "Pardon?"
"You better kill me now. Or I swear, I will find a way to kill you. And I won't stop." Dean threatened.
"I know you won't. I know you won't say yes to Michael, either. And I know you won't kill Sam. Whatever you do, no matter what you change, we will always end up here. Me taking over Sam...and Natalie out of the picture..."
Dean glared up at Lucifer, his eyes growing hard, "Don't. Ever. Say her name."
Lucifer smirked, "I win. I always win."
"You're wrong." Dean said.
Lucifer nodded his head and smirked, "See you in five years, Dean." Lucifer disappears and Dean turns around to see Zachariah behind him. He reached forward and pressed two fingers to his forehead.
Dean sits on the edge of his bed and it was his actual motel bed. The clock wasn't destroyed and the room was not a mess. Zachariah stands before him. "Oh, well, if it isn't the ghost of Christmas screw you."
"Enough Dean. You saw what is going to happen, right? Now say yes." Zachariah lamented.
"No. How do I know that wasn't just one of your angel tricks to get me to agree?" Dean asked.
"Just say yes to Michael. We can strike before lucifer gets to Sam." Dean begins to think about this for a moment and shakes his head, "Nah, I'm good."
"No? You haven't learned your lesson? Well then I'm not gonna leave until you do agree." Zachariah declared.
Dean gets up from the bed and walks over to the fridge, pulling out a water bottle and taking a quick drink out of it. "I don't think you understand. I'm not—' Dean turned around and stopped, seeing that Zachariah was no longer there.
The door to the motel opened and Natalie walked in with breakfast that she went out to get for the two of them. She saw Dean standing near the counter and she gave him a small smile. "Oh good you're awake. Got you some food." Natalie set the bag down on the table.
Dean stared at with her wide eyes and slowly walked over to her. Natalie turned around and jumped slightly seeing Dean before her. Dean quickly wrapped his arms around her and Natalie froze in surprise. "Uhm, Dean...w-what.."
"Just go with it Nad." Dean said.
"Uhm. Okay." Natalie said before hesitantly wrapping her arms around Dean. Natalie was truly confused by all of this. Dean was acting like he hadn't seen her in months.
"It's nice to see you Nad." Dean said.
Natalie furrowed her brows, "Uhm...it's nice to see you too. Dean...I've only been gone for twenty minutes."
Dean laughed and pulled away, "Yeah, time is just a real bitch you know." Natalie nodded pretending like she understood what he was talking about. "How are you feeling Nad?"
Her brows raised at his sudden change, "I am feeling better. Are you alright though? Did I give you my fever or something?" Natalie asked putting her hand against his forehead.
Dean smiled and gently pushed her hand away, "No I'm fine. I have just been...thinking a lot."
Dean looked over at the food and then back at Natalie. "Hey what do you say we check out and hit the road? Kind of want to get out of here." Natalie nodded off handedly, still a little confused about Dean's behavior. "That's fine with me."
Natalie looked over at Dean and pursed her lips together. She focused on the road in front of them and sighed. "You know I overheard your conversation with Sam last night."
Dean faintly smiled, "Yeah, I figured that you did." Dean looked over at her, "I'm waiting for you to call me out on it."
Natalie sighed and shook her head, "I am not going to say anything. You had your reason for doing what you did. Even though I can't say that I approve of it. I think you should have given him another chance."
Dean's smile grew and he gazed over at her. Natalie looked at him, catching his gaze, "What?"
Dean's eyes focused back on the road, "Nad, have I ever told you that you really help keep me in line."
Natalie brows furrowed slightly, "I would like to think that I do."
"Promise me that you won't stop." Dean said.
Natalie furrowed her brows at Dean's random request, but, she nodded her head. "I promise."
Dean nodded and pulled out his phone and began to scroll through his contacts. Natalie eyes the phone then Dean, "Who are you calling?"
"I'm taking your advice." Dean said putting the phone up to his ear.
Natalie smiled, knowing that he was calling Sam. "Something definitely changed in you."
Dean shrugged, "Like I said...I had a lot of time to think."
The Impala was parked near a bridge, Dean and Natalie were waiting for Sam to meet up with them. Natalie was very happy, more like elated, that Dean was going to give this another go. In her eyes, it was a step in the right direction for the brothers. For them to get back to where they were before all of this went down.
Natalie sat on the hood of the Impala, her knees pulled into her chest. While Dean leaned up against the side of the car. Another car begins to pull up in front of them and Sam gets out. Natalie wasn't going to lie to herself by saying she was so happy to see Sam again.
Dean approaches, "Sam." Dean pulls out Ruby's knife and Sam begins to look nervous. He hands it over to Sam. "If you are serious and you want back in...you should hang onto this. I'm sure you're rusty."
Sam lets out a breath and takes the knife. His eyes were fixed on the knife, he doesn't try to even look at Dean.
"Look, man, I'm sorry. I don't know. I'm...whatever I need to be. But I was wrong." Dean said.
"What made you change your mind?" Sam asked.
Dean huffed and shook his head, "It's a long story and it also involves little miss 'right' back there." Sam looked past Dean, looking at Natalie who gave him a small smile. "The point is...maybe we are each other's Achilles Heel. Maybe they'll find a way to use us against each other, I don't know. I just know we're all we've got. More than that. We all keep each other human."
"Thank you. Really. Thank you. I won't let you down." Sam added.
"Oh, I know it. I mean, you are the second-best hunter on the planet." Sam nods and the two brothers stand in a brief silence.
"So, what do we do now?" Sam asks.
"We make our own future. Do it our own way." Dean offered.
Sam shrugs, "Guess we have no other choice."
Dean nods and turns around looking back at Natalie. "Let's hit the road." The two brothers walk towards the Impala, and Dean notices a big grin on Natalie's face.
"What are smiling about?" Dean asked.
Natalie shrugged and shook her head, "Nothing. Nothing." Natalie scooted towards the front end of the car and hopped off. She turns to both of them, "Just nice to see the two of you together again."
Natalie clapped her hands together and walked over to back door, "Well, should we get back on the road, gentlemen?"
Dean smirked and walked over to the drivers door while Sam walked up to the passenger side door. "Yes, ma'am."
So this was a long chapter. Decided that I would just finish everything in one chapter. Anyways how did you all like it? Don't forget to drop me a review! Xx