Now that explanations were over with it was time to get down to business. I was so glad that I had got everything of my chest. It had been bothering me keeping the information from Dean. Not that keeping it from him had been my intentions; I just hadn't had the chance or known how to tell him. Knowing that Dean was okay with me however made things so much easier. Sam had let go of my hand once he knew Dean was okay with me; I sighed missing the warmth and closeness I felt holding it. "So now that's over, what did you find on Anna?" Dean asked. Truthfully we hadn't found much which was disappointing and had made me even more curious about the girl. "Not much if we're being honest." I told Dean. He looked over at me feeling as disappointed as I was.
"Her parents were, uh, Rich and Amy Milton, a church deacon and a housewife." Sam answered. "Riveting," Dean replied. "Isn't it though?" I said just as sarcastically as Dean had. Dean chuckled then went back to listening to Sam. Sam had smiled at me before he continued giving Dean the information we had; "Yeah. But there is something here in the report. Turns out this latest psych episode wasn't her first" Truth be told that was the only thing we found. It turns out miss innocent was prone to mental breaks. "No?" Dean asked. "Yep for sure," I replied before Sam said, "When she was 2 1/2, she'd get hysterical any time her dad got close. She was convinced that he wasn't her real daddy." Which was interesting what on earth made a two year old think that their dad wasn't their dad?
"Who was? The plumber, hmm? A little snaking the pipes?" Dean asked. I just about died laughing at that one. "I think I saw that one once." I told him. Dean smirked while Sam looked at me a little confused. What he wasn't saying and probably didn't want me to feel; he was curious and slightly aroused. I didn't say anything, but his arousal was getting to me. All the feelings I had been getting from him plus my own were about to push me over the edge. "Dude, you're confusing reality with porn again. Look, Anna didn't say. She just kept repeating that this real father of hers was mad. Very mad, like wanted-to-kill-her mad." Sam told Dean. "Cause that's not creepy at all." I said. And as far as I was concerned it was, a two year old shouldn't be saying things like that and from what we found on the parents they didn't plant those kinds of ideas in her head. The more we found on Anna the more I felt we couldn't trust her. Things just didn't seem to be adding up and I didn't like it. What bothered me more was I could feel Dean getting closer to her and while I didn't see him falling in love I could see him sleeping with her; I didn't like the idea of what the repercussions could be.
"That's kinda heavy for a two year old." Dean said. "Well she saw a kid's shrink, got better and grew up normal." Sam said. I looked at Sam with a raised eyebrow, like really Sam normal? "Yeah she's so normal." I told him as sarcastically as possible. "Until now that is. What's she hiding?" Dean asked. I had been asking myself that same question since we met the girl. Of course it hadn't gotten me anywhere yet. "Why don't you just ask me to my face?" Anna said from behind us. While we were talking we hadn't noticed that she had walked upstairs to where we were. We turned to Ruby kind of miffed that she had let her come up here when she was suppose to stay in the panic room. "Good job watching her." Dean and I said. "I am watching her," came Ruby's reply. I snarled at her wishing I could get my hands around her throat.
"No you're right Anna. Is there anything you want to tell us?" Sam asked. And he was right we shouldn't be sneaking around the girl's back plus it wasn't getting us the answers we wanted anyway. "About what?" Anna asked. "They angels said you were guilty. Why would they say that?" Sam asked. "Yeah we just want to know what those dickbags are goin' on about." I told her. She looked at us and the turmoil she was feeling was almost enough to suffocate someone. "You tell me. Tell me why my life has been leveled...Why my parents are dead. I don't know. I swear. I would give anything to know." Anna answered. I looked at her feeling sorry for her, hating how much pain she was going through, and for what; because she was kind of freaky and tapped the angels' signal? "Well let's find out." Sam said. I looked at him knowing exactly who he was going to call for help. "How?" Anna asked; she didn't get an answer though.
Sam, Ruby, Anna, and I waited downstairs as Dean helped Pamela down. "We're here." Dean yelled downstairs. "Pamela, hey." Sam greeted her. "Sam is that you?" Pamela asked. "I'm right here." Sam tells her. At this point she has made it over to where Sam and I are standing. My hand is barely brushing up against his, I wanted to hold his hand and I knew he wanted to hold mine, but we didn't want to bring attention to ourselves at the moment. "Oh. Know how I can tell?" she grabs Sam's ass, "That perky little ass of yours. You could bounce a nickel off that thing. Of course I know it's you, grumpy. Same way I know that's a demon, and that poor girl's Anna and that you keep glancing at Cassidy's rack." Dean smirked at me knowing Pam was right. Sam and I both blushed. It was weird and kind of cool to be around someone with such strong senses.
Pamela may have lost her eyes when she tried to see Castiel, but in a sense she could still see and hadn't lost any of her wit. "Uh.. ," was all Sam could articulate. He was caught and he knew it. I smiled knowing he was embarrassed about being caught and a little nervous about the questions he knew his brother was going to ask him. "Aw don't sweat it kiddo she don't mind. And I still got more senses than most." Pamela told Sam. "I don't mind." I said low enough for only Sam to hear. "Got it." Sam said but whether or not it was to Pam or me I wasn't a hundred percent sure.
"Hey Anna I'm Pamela." She introduced herself once she was in front of Anna. "Hi." She replied. Anna was feeling confused about the whole situation. She didn't understand how Pam was supposed to help her get answers, but she was willing to try whatever we came up with. "Dean told me what's been going on. I'm excited to help." I smiled knowing she was telling the truth. I was still standing next to Sam and since no one was paying attention to us I grabbed his hand. Something about being around him and touching him even in such a small way comforted me, made me feel wanted and less alone; he felt the same way reinforcing my feeling of not being alone. Anna looked at Pam a little surprised that someone was so excited to help. "Oh that's nice of you." Anna said. I chuckled and said under my breath, "She ain't doing it out of the kindness of her heart I tell ya that." Sam heard me and squeezed my hand letting me know he agreed.
"Oh, well, not really. Any chance I can dick over an angel, I'm taking it." Pam told Anna. "You'll get no complaints from us." I told her. Anna looked at me and down at mine and Sam's hands she smiled, but didn't say anything to bring attention to us. "Why?" Anna asked turning back to Pam. While the rest of us knew why Pam hated the angels, Anna was about to get a bit of a shock. "They stole something from me," she said taking off her sunglasses, revealing white eyes, "Demon-y, I know. But they're just plastic. Good for business. Makes me look extra-psychic, don't you think?" she laughed before continuing "Now...how about you tell me what your deal is? Hmm? Don't you worry."
Anna lay down on the cot in the panic room so that Pam could begin. She had Anna close her eyes so they could start. "Nice and relaxed. Now, I'm going to count down from five to zero. When we're at zero, you'll be in a deep state of hypnosis. As I count down, just go deeper and deeper, okay? 5... 4... 3... 2... 1. Deep sleep. Deep sleep. Every muscle calm and relaxed. Can you hear me?" Pam asked. I looked at Sam and Dean hoping this would work and we could get some answers. "I can hear you." Anna replied.
Their conversation continued back and forth after that. "Now, Anna, tell me... How can you hear the angels? How did you work that spell?" "I don't know. I just did." Of course she didn't know that would just be too easy. "Your father... What's his name?" "Rich Milton" "All right. But I want you to look further back... When you were very young... Just a couple of years old." "I don't want to."
I felt like this wasn't getting us anywhere; however I kept my mouth shut not wanting to mess anything up. Sam squeezed my hand in reassurance even though he wasn't feeling all that sure himself. I was grateful for the sentiment either way. "It'll be okay. Anna, just one look, that's all we need." Pam told her. "No," Anna refused which pissed me off. Why would she refuse when she wanted answers just as bad as we did? It honestly made no sense so I let out a huff in anger. Sam then wrapped his arm around my shoulder. He knew that holding my hand wasn't going to cut it anymore and he wanted to be there for me. Dean wasn't exactly happy either, but kept his mouth shut for the time being.
"What's your dad's name? Your real dad. Why is he angry at you?" Pam asked. Anna then started freaking out. "NO, NO, NO!" Anna yelled before letting out an ear piercing scream. Pam tried to calm her down but she was having none of it. "He's going to kill me" she said. Well who in the hell is he and why is he going to kill you? "It's alright Anna." Pam tried to reassure her. I looked at Sam and Dean wondering what was going on. "Anna?" Dean questioned walking toward her. He was worried about her and wanted to help, but I wasn't sure he should. "Dean don't" Pamela said giving voice to my concern. Anna threw Dean across the room and I went to him to make sure he was alright.
"Wake in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Anna... Anna? You all right?" Pam asked once Anna had awakened. I was worried about her, but I wanted to make sure Dean was okay first. "Thank you, Pamela. That helps a lot. I remember now" Anna said looking at us. Sam and I looked at each other before he asked, "Remember what?" We all looked to her waiting for her answer. "Who I am," She replied. Dean was standing at this point and looking at her wearily. "I'll bite who are you?" he asked. This was the moment of truth we were finally going to find out why Anna was so freaky and could do the weird things she did. "I'm an angel." She replied. What in the holly hell?
My mind was reeling after Anna's little revelation. We were trying to get rid of the angels not invite more into our life. I swear our lives are never easy. Dean and Sam were both shocked, Pamela was shocked and unhappy and Ruby, while I couldn't give two shits less, she was a little worried. "Well that's a twist I wasn't expecting." I told the boys. They nodded their agreement. "Don't be afraid, I'm not like the others" Anna tried to reassure us. "I don't find that very reassuring." Ruby said. "Neither do I," Pamela said at the same time I said, "I agree." While I hated Ruby with every fiber of my being I couldn't stand the angels for all the shit they gave Sam, plus being okay with sacrificing innocents.
"So...Castiel, Uriel, they're the ones that came for me?" Anna asked. She may have known the angels were coming and sent them away, but she hadn't been in the room with us to see them. "You know them?" Sam asked. I was curious about that myself. "We were kind of in the same foxhole." Anna replied. I cocked my head to the side, "Like military?" I asked. Before she could answer Dean asked, "So, what, were they like your bosses or something?" If she had disobeyed an order, them being her bosses would explain why they wanted her. "Try other way around." Anna answered Dean completely ignoring my question. "Don't mind me." I whispered. Sam smiled at me and said, "It's okay ya got me." While I was miffed about being ignored my heart was bursting with elation thanks to Sam. "Look at you." Dean said flirtatiously. The attraction coming from him and Anna was ridiculous.
"But now they want you dead?" Pam asked. It was a good question if she was their boss why would they want her dead. "Orders are orders. I'm sure I have a death sentence on my head." Anna replied. I couldn't believe how nonchalant she was about it. The coldness of the angels was unbelievable. "Why?" Pam asked. We all looked to Anna wanting to know the answer. "I disobeyed... which, for us, is about the worst thing you can do. I fell" Anna told us. I looked at her and said, "Wait what?" Dean was just as curious as I was because what she said made almost zero sense. "Meaning?" Dean asked. The answer didn't come from Anna though it came from Pam, "She fell to earth, became human."
I looked up at Sam and mouthed 'Human' letting him know just how confused I was. "Wait a minute. I don't understand. So, angels can just become human?" Sam asked. I leaned into Sam's side as I was still under his arm; since I could tell how much Dean and Anna wanted each other I didn't see a point in hiding our affection. "It kind of hurts. Try cutting your kidney out with a butter knife. That kind of hurt. I ripped out my grace." Anna explained. I cringed and said, "Sounds painful." Anna nodded in reply. Dean however was still confused. "Come again?" he asked. I could understand his confusion because I was confused as well on what 'grace' was. "My grace. It's... energy. Hacked it out and fell. My mother, Amy, couldn't get pregnant; always called me her little miracle. She had no idea how right she was." Anna further explained. "Welcome to Angel 101," was my reply. Sam and Dean both had a laugh at that. "So, you just forgot that you were God's little Power Ranger?" Dean asked. I chuckled loving his sarcastic attitude, it was one of the things we had in common.
"The older I got and the longer I was human, yeah I forgot." Anna replied. "Talk about some wicked amnesia." I joked. Ruby didn't find it funny however and said, "I don't think you all appreciate how completely screwed we are." I looked at her with a 'who gives a crap what you think' look. I really hated that stupid demon. "Ruby's right, heaven wants me dead." Anna said. I rolled my eyes and sighed. An angel and demon agreeing with one another; it was definitely the end of the world. "And Hell just wants her. A flesh-and-blood angel that you can question, torture, that bleeds. Sister, you're the Stanley Cup. And sooner or later, Heaven or Hell, they're gonna find you." Ruby told Anna. "I hate to agree with her, but she's right Anna has a target painted on her back." I told the boys. "I know they all want me that's why I plan to get it back." Anna informed us. "What?" Sam asked. "Yeah what?" I asked as well.
"My grace," Anna told us. I looked at her like she was crazy. "You can do that?" Dean asked. I was just as curious as him; grace didn't seem like something you could just find laying around. "If I can find it." Anna told him. Well seemed like a good idea. I may not like the other angels, but now that I understood why Anna was so weird I don't have a problem with her because clearly she didn't agree with the other angels or she wouldn't have fell. "So, what, you're just gonna take some divine bong hit, and, shazam, you're Roma Downey?" Dean asked. I chuckled that was one way to put it I guess. "Something like that." Anna replied. Dean nodded his head and said, "All right. I like this plan. So, where's this grace of yours?" It was a good plan if we could find it but it had been years since Anna lost it. "Lost track. I was falling about 10,000 miles per hour at the time" Anna answered. I looked at her and said, "What the hell?"
Sam stood up a little straighter and I could tell his mind was working. "Wait. You mean falling, like, literally?" he asked. I had an idea where he was going with this and I was curious to if it would work. "Yes." Anna replied. Sam smiled and was getting giddy at the thought of being right. "Like the way a human eye can see? Like a comet, maybe, or a meteor?" Sam asked her. I knew he was thinking the same thing I was if she could be seen maybe we could find her grace. "Why do you ask?" Anna asked. Instead of answering her we went to Bobby's library.