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So I don't know why but I've been listening to Citizen Soldier by 3 Doors Down, ok I know why I've been listening to that, but any way.. The song motivated me to continue with another chapter! Hope you like it!
Everyone slept pretty well that night. No one woke up screaming or crying or any other crazy things that had been going on before the kids were brought back. It honestly was the best and longest nights sleep any of them, teens included, had gotten in the longest of time. It was like one of those sleeps where even the next morning your still really comfortable and don't want to move so you don't and you end up being that creeper who stares at the other persons in the room. That person just so happened to be Dean the next morning.
He was the crazy staring person as he watched from his own bed as each and every archangel in the room simply looked at their children, like it had been years since they had seen each other last. That might have been the case considering the look of fulfilled longing had been extinguished since the arrival. He still thought about the event last night, for example, how they had managed to jump off the cliffs like they did or how they had been able to literally hide within the rocks. Or, for another example, what exactly their weapons were covered in considering it made even Abaddon, a trained and hardened Hell Knight, scream in pure ill-concealed agony.
But he was too comfortable to even move, let alone make his inner questions outer questions. So Dean Winchester, usually the one to jump head first, simply laid there and watched in a comfortable still half way between sleep and consciousness state as Gabriel looked down at the still sleeping Jackson's face, finger lightly tracing a scar that Dean hadn't noticed before. As Michael let his inner child shine through and played with the smaller fingers resting beside the kids face on his chest. Lucifer twirling the blonde curls around one of his fingers and Raphael played the his kids ear. They looked so, so, so human, that it was almost like a dream except not a dream.
Daniel mumbled something and reached over Gabriel to smack Jacks arms to which his brother responded to by punching him in the arm. All the while, Gabriel simply looked at the with amusement before quieting them down again. The archangel kept looking at Daniel concernedly as he scratched at his chest every couple seconds. There was a slight mumble and Gabriel had to lean closer to actually hear him.
"Daddy it burns"
"What burns?"
Daniel scratched at his chest again and Gabriel's hand gently gripped his shoulder as he turned the brunette teen over and lifted the shirt up enough to look. The red blotchy skin almost made Dean shoot up and disclose his wakefulness, almost, but he stayed still as he saw Gabriel grasp something in his hand silently before pulling the object up and over Daniel's head. He dangled the necklace in front of him for a moment and Dean was able to get a good look at it.
Nothing to special, just some old worn out gold looking horn. He hadn't the slightest idea as to why it would burn Daniel unless..
"Danny where'd you get this?"
Daniel mumbled.
"Daniel"
"I found it in a pawnshop.. Knew it was yours when I laid my eyes on it... Couldn't let no one touch your horn Daddy"
Gabriel cursed and Jack dropped onto the bed as Gabriel sat up abruptly. The other small families looked up at the noise and as the former trickster pulled the rest of Daniel's shirt up to reveal the true extent of the hidden injury.
"Raph should this happen?"
"What?"
The healing archangel sat up slightly to get a better look at the burn Gabriel was looking over. His eyes narrowed at the way Isaiah seemed to be looking anywhere but at his uncle, cousin, and father. Dean took a look a round the room at the other teens, who, for some reason, found random objects more important and interesting then their family for the moment. Jack sat up and leaned heavily over Gabriel's shoulder practically laying over it, with a skilled 'not-the-first-time-this-has-happened' kind of way. The shorter twin wrapped his arms around the archangels neck and looked over the shoulder at the burn before smirking at Daniel who glared in response.
"Told ya he'd find out"
"Shut. Up. Jack"
"Oh no", Gabriel turned his head to look his son in the eyes and a hand came up to keep his from moving, "You better start talking Jackson"
"Yes, it is normal, however why my nephew would continue wearing it even after the fact he undoubtedly knew what was happening is beyond me"
Raphael had long since stopped looking at the two, his focus returned to Isaiah who was pointedly ignoring his gaze. Jack physically flinched at his full name, locking into an eye battle with Daniel who inevitably didn't beat their fathers apparent righteous 'answer-me-right-now-young-man-or-so-help-me' gaze and not even five minutes later Jack was ashamedly ratting out on his brother. Gabriel snapped at them in enochian which they seemed to understand Dean noticed as they looked down chastised and Gabriel laid a hand over the burn. Looking around once more Dean noticed how, Lucifer had abandoned twirling the curls around a finger and was examining Adam's hands as he muttered something that sounded oddly familiar to what Gabriel had just said and healed the wounds.
"You two knew didn't you?"
Michael was looking between his own son and Isaiah who was still pointedly ignoring Raphael's gaze until the healer reached under his chin and forced him too look into his eyes by hand. Austin simply covered his eyes with his hands.
"Austin answer me"
He never said anything but he nodded his head. Michael sighed and pulled him back down against his chest.
"Danny, while I appreciate you not wanting anyone else to touch my horn, you are still a dead young man"
However, judging by the way Gabriel backed his words up with laying back down and pulling both teens back into his sides, Dean wasn't sure if he was being completely serious. Lucifer had gone back to twirling the blonde curls around his finger and hummed in thought.
"Although I am somewhat curious on how you found my pitchfork. Didn't I leave that upstairs in the armory?"
"Uncle Balthazar is one heck of an awesome Brit dad"
Lucifer chuckled in response to the comment. Adam on his part didn't move from his original position and Dean became well aware that when they were together, this position was something that was a common sight. The hunter would never say it aloud, but seeing the Devil twirling blonde curls around his finger was diffidently somewhat on some levels kind of cute, and he'd never use the word cute aloud either.
As the day progressed and they actually got out of bed, even if it was well after noon, Sam and Dean were least to say impressed with the kids skills. They had at some point unconnected from their fathers sides and seemingly just to piss Dean off were using the Impala as a seat while they messed with their weapons. Sam watched in some type of nerdy fascination as they did it, and they didn't even seem to mind when he asked questions. Adam was sharpening some arrow-tipped bow staff that had replaced the pitchfork Lucifer had reclaimed some time earlier that afternoon. It didn't come as much of a surprise when Dean saw Jack enclose and arrowhead in his hand and say some enochian spell or something.
"What's he saying?"
Austin looked up from sharpening his own dagger, as Michael had reclaimed the flaming sword around the same time as Lucifer had his pitchfork, took a look at Jack who completely ignored him then looked back at Dean.
"Well its either, enhance thy power and make this the light against the dark, or, Help some fat lady ate my puppy.. No ones ever really positive when it comes to Jacky.. but I'm gonna go with the first one"
Dean narrowed his eye at the smug look on Austins face. He wasn't sure if he was being serious or was simply being a smart-ass about it. The four fathers of the four menaces had left some time ago with a 'be good' and a 'talk to the arms dealer' they all had no doubts that the 'arms dealer' was actually Balthazar.
The kids seemed to get along pretty well, considering, and simply sat on the Impala while simultaneously ignoring Dean's glares for doing so, and messed with their weapons. Jacky was making new arrows, Danny was sharping the curve in his short swords, Isaiah and Austin were cleaning their own daggers. It was quiet, some might say a little too quiet, and it seemed to have the four on guard. Sam and Dean didn't forget about the threat Abaddon had left them with. She could attack at any moment and with out the archangel's here they'd be pretty out matched.
"What are you going to do do without Daddy here to protect you now?"
Dean watched in utter morbid fascination as the four jumped from his car and into fighting positions. Abaddon seemed to have though along the same lines as he had and thought this was the perfect opportunity to attack. She had returned with more demons and both sides didn't waste time in witty bickering as they dove into each other. Sam and Dean,as co-dependent as they come, had gotten back to back, Jack and Daniel were jumping and flipping in complete sync and agility that they easily took down their opponents. Austin was once again plowing through his own and Isaiah had taken to blending in like some freaking chameleon and surprise attacking his enemies, Adam simply touched the ones he could and dispatched them right back down to the deepest pits of hell, perks of being the Antichrist apparently. During the fighting Abaddon had all but disappeared until two echoing screams filled the air.
Everyone, and I mean everyone, stopped moving and turned to look at the source. There, clutching at his immensely bleeding abdomen was Jack with wide surprise filled eyes. Danny stood stock still in complete and utter shock. Abaddon smirked and dug the demon blade deeper in Jack's chest causing him to cry out and to fall to his knees with a gurgled shout. They stood there frozen as Danny looked up with flame filled eyes. Sam and Dean, along with the other nephilim, looked around completely shocked as the reality around them twisted and turned, as time itself seemed to bend at the angered twins' raging will.
"Love is a weakness kid, and, that, is going to be your weakest link"
She dug her sword in further and seemed to delight in the fact that she had Danny at her complete control and Jack falling to the ground in pure agony. For the first time in a time they'd rather not mention the two Winchesters felt utterly and completely helpless as the watched Jack wither in complete and utter suffering agony and Abaddon twisted the sword in the wound and Danny look like he was some kicked puppy. Jack's pain was his pain, his death would mean Danny's death. Daniel's natural light shaded green eyes darkened into a dark forest green and he all but snarled at the Hell Knight.
"Get. Away. From. My. Son."
Abaddon looked up just in time to see a fist flying in her direction, make contact, and send her flying backward. Gabriel stood there, fuming, over both of his children. Michael and Lucifer were standing behind Austin and Adam simply daring the demons to touch a single hair on their heads. Isaiah was standing behind Raphael as he knelt beside his nephew to examine his wound. Gabriel strode forward and lifted the Hell Knight off the ground with surprising strength. Eyes a light with a emotion neither Winchester could place, protectiveness, fatherly protectiveness?
"Get. Lost."
Thunder crashed in the cloudless sky to the archangel's temper. Gabriel threw here once again and she disappeared before she hit the ground, but going to the look of surprise on her face, it wasn't by her doing. Sam and Dean could vaguely wonder if she was stuck in T.V. Land, wasn't their a TV show called Lost? Gabriel had disappeared in reappeared next to Raphael in time to help him pull the healed to the best of his abilities teen off the ground and both into his arms like he had just a day previous. This time though, neither teen protested, they simply hung on to their dad for dear life.
Later that night, everything seemed to go back to normal. Michael was playing poker (and losing badly) with Austin. Raphael and Isaiah were having some type of 'medical term off'. Lucifer had taken to twirling Adam's curls around his fingers again as they watched some cheesy movie called Satan Baby or something, Adam found it a hilarious title while Lucifer merely rolled his eyes. Daniel, Jack, and Gabriel had gotten into a gummy worm eating competition and surprising to all who watched Gabriel had lost who in retaliation dug his fingers into each stomach until he had them crying tears of laughter and admitting that they had 'cheated'.
Sam and Dean came to a realization then, maybe hey weren't as dickish as they had thought.
Sooo! I was asked if the last sentence in the previous chapter was a hint, thank you Pippafrost! Your rock girly! It was indeed a hint! But I have no name for him! It will be a dude! So if you have any cool dude names for Cas's kid! Please share!