(A/N) I would still call this an introduction, but read yourself ;)

Sam and Dean were discussing about the plan, saying yes to Lucifer, then dragging him back into his cage. Sam agreed with Dean that the plan was stupid, but on the other hand Lucifer wouldn't jump into the hole if they'd just ask him nicely. Dean nodded slightly as Crowley appeared once again.

"And… scene. There's something you need to see." He handed Sam a newspaper and the hunter started reading.

"Niveus Pharmaceuticals is rushing delivery of its new swine-flu vaccine to 'stem the tide of the unprecedented outbreak.' Uh, shipments leave Wednesday."

"Niveus Pharmaceuticals , get it?" Crowley asked "You two are lucky to have your looks. Your demon lover Brady? V.P. of distribution, Niveus. Ah, yes, that the sound of the abacus clacking? We all caught up?"

And yes, the boys got it: Pestilence was the cause for swine-flu. Crowley added that he knew – he even staked his reputation – that 'that vaccine was chock-full of grade-a, farm-fresh Croatoan virus.'

Fiona watched the scene from a few meters behind, leaning against a car's body, as she decided to ask what they were talking about. A few meters before she arrived the men noticed her. "So, boys, what is it about here?"

"Zombie apocalypse. Croatoan Virus in the swine-flu vaccine." Crowley explained shortly and she nodded.

"Well, then we should turn on our brains and work out a plan." Dean suggested and got nodding as response of his brother and the huntress, the spot on which Crowley has been standing was empty.

"So… we branch out, I would say" Fiona rubbed her temple "Two of us against Death, the other two against the Zombiecalypse."

"Oh, then I'm taking Fiona." Dean grinned, she rolled her eyes "What?"

Castiel and Bobby were preparing the truck for their departure, Dean and Sam the Impala and Fiona drove into town for getting ammunition, rock salt and alcohol.
Half an hour later they were ready for leaving.

"All right, well… Good luck stopping the whole zombie apocalypse." Dean said.

"Yeah. Good luck killing Death." Sam responded.

"Yeah."
Then the younger Winchester asked his brother asked his older brother if he remembered hunting things like wendigos. Dean denied it. Sam wanted to give him the knife with which you can kill demons.

"You might need this" he said.

Fiona rolled her eyes as Crowley's voice piped up for the – in her count – third time. "Keep it" he said and handed dean a scythe "Dean's covered. Death's own. Kills, golly, demons and angels and, rumor has it, the very thing itself."
Fiona had to admit that that wasn't all bad. She accepted him as her team member, what didn't mean she wouldn't like him. She wondered if it was discriminatory not to like him just because he was a demon. She didn't really finished thinking, hadn't got an answer, as Castiel pulled her out of her thoughts.

"How did you get hat?" he asked.

"Hello – King of the crossroads." So, he wasn't one of these casual crossroad-bitches. Okay. "So, shall we? Bobby, you just gonna sit there?" Crowley was about to leave as he turned to Bobby again.

"No, I'm gonna riverdance."

"I suppose if you want to impress the ladies. Bobby, Bobby, Bobby. Really wasted that crossroad deal. Fact – you get more if you phrase properly. So, I took the liberty of adding a teeny little sub-a clause on your behalf. What can I say? I'm an altruist. Just gonna sit there?" As the demon finished his speech Bobby looked at his feet and started moving him. Immediately a smile was visible in Fiona's face. It even grew as Bobby stood up completely.

"Son of a bitch" Bobby muttered.

"Yes, I know. Completely worth your soul. I'm a hell of a guy." Fiona still didn't really know what to think, but she was happy for Bobby who now thanked Crowley. "This is getting maudlin. Can we go?" he asked and turned around again.

"Seems like our teams of two changed into teams of three" Fiona shrugged, then put a hand on Bobby's shoulder "So both of us on our first mission after a while" she chuckled then followed Dean and Crowley. "Good luck guys!"

Fiona decided to take the Impala's backseat from where she observed Crowley for a while. As the crossroads demon noticed her looks she turned them away from him, out of the window. "You two aren't nice partners for a conversation…" She muttered after another fifteen minutes of silence. "Actually traveling with you is pretty boring."

"Then what should we do to to entertain the lady?" Crowley asked, annoyance audibly in his voice.

Actually that would be her moment to make any stupid jokes, but she decided just to answer with a sigh, put her head against the window and closed her eyes.
She dreamed about her family, went through a few beautiful memories, how she haf her younger sister, Marie, in her arms on Marie's 4th birthday. She was a cute little girl, her blonde hair sparkled in the summer sun, her mouth was full with cake and next to the table stood a brand new bike. Fiona was fourteen then. She had a twin-brother, Neil and an older sister, Leslie. Her mother was a pretty woman, she always was Fiona's idol, she was from Europe, so a huge part of her family lived there.
Her father was a pretty tall man – something Fiona hadn't inherited.
Then the situation changed. Fiona told her family she would just go inside to get another present, but as she came back her family was gone. She ran back into the house, but the door was locked, so she had to run around the house. As she passed the driveway she saw her own car standing there, next to a brand new car that she didn't recognized on her first sight. As she looked into the glazing of the door she didn't looked into the face of a fourteen years old girl. She looked just as she did now, just her hair was longer, reached nearly to her waists. She pressed on the bell, no response, and after the third time she kicked the door in and ran into the living room, a horrific sight in front of her. The room was full of blood, it was everywhere and she looked right into the eyes of her brother. His throat was cut open, a puddle of blood around him.
Right next to Neil she found her elder sister, she wore a beautiful dress, it had been beautiful once, before it was full with blood, before it was ripped. Her pale skin showed deep wounds, parts were missing completely.
Her dead's neck was broken, his eyes and mouth open for a silent scream. It seemed like he wanted to protect his wife who lay in the corner of the room. Her face was defaced beyond recognition, her high cheekbones visible through the blood. Also Fiona could see several other bones through skin and skinless parts of the woman.
Marie was missing completely, just streaks of blonde hair and traces of blood leading up through the now opened door to the garden. If she had been quicker, if she just had been there earlier, they all would still be alive, she would still have her family and she wouldn't have found Marie's body in the garden. It was her fault. Just hers.
Sulfur told her who did that to her family.

"Wake up!" a voice called "You're dreaming." It was Crowley, who decided to wake her. Probably it was because he couldn't stand her sobs anymore. She moved her head before opening her eyes and looking straight at Crowley. She whipped over her eyes, slightly blushing of embarrassment for crying in her sleep in front of the two men.

"How long have I been sleeping?" she asked still tiredly and Dean told her it had been two hours, that they'd be in Chicago two more hours later and that he wanted to make a break at the next occasion. Fiona was fine with that.
A few minutes later the Impala stopped and Dean got out of the car. Fiona wasn't hungry and Crowley didn't really thought about food, so the two of them waited in the car.

"You should keep staying in the car" Crowley said finally "otherwise Death would whip you out with a wave of his hand."

Fiona frowned "Yeah, and he would do the same with Dean so…"

"No, he's a Winchester."

"And?"

"You don't get it, right?" Crowley sighed "It's in the bloodline, girl, this horseman won't touch a Winchester." He sounded pretty convinced. Fiona nodded and leaned back again.

"I don't have anything to lose, and if we fail the world ends anyway." Fiona looked out of the window and saw Dean coming back, ready for killing Death.

"Alright, then let's go." Dean sat down again and started the engine of his car. He wanted to take out a map, but Crowley told him he would know the way, so they arrived in an industrial area with multiple warehouses just a few hours later. The demon seemed to be pretty sure Death was there as they got out of the Impala. Everyone had his hands in his pockets, just Fiona tied her hair up to a ponytail that would be way more useful. A few times she caught herself glancing at Crowley who walked next to her. Actually he wasn't all bad for a moment she thought if there was a possibility that she could like him, what – of cause – couldn't be, no matter what would happen. But as he suggested they should go for getting a pizza she smiled anyway.

"Are you kidding?" Dean asked.

"Just heard it was good. That's all." Crowley defended. Fiona was – against her way of thinking – totally for this idea. It wasn't a good decision not to eat something at the last stop they made. "Up ahead. Big, ugly building. Ground zero. Horseman's stable, if you will."

"Can you find any more metaphors?" Fiona muttered "I mean every building here's big and ugly."

"But that's the only one up ahead, smarty pants. He's in there."

"How do you know?" Dean asked.

"Have you met me? 'cause I know. Also, the block is squirming with reapers. I'll be right back." Then Crowley was gone and left two hunters. Fiona wanted to ask Dean how much he trusted Crowley, but just as she took breath the demon was right back behind them. "Boy, is my face red. Death's not there."

"What do you mean 'Death's not there'?" Fiona hissed and glared at Crowley.

"That means that Death is not in there."

"You want to cut the cute and get to the part where you tell us where he is?" Dean started getting really angry with Crowley, especially as he answered that he didn't know, turned around, and started to walk away. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. You don't know?"

"Signs pointed. I'm just as shocked as you." Again the demon turned around and waked on.

"Crowley, hold on!" Fiona yelled and ran after him.

"Bobby sold his soul for this!" Dean shouted what caused Crowley turning around again.

"Relax. All deals are soul back or store credit. We'll catch Death in the next doomed city."

"Millions, Crowley, millions of people are about to die any minute."

"And like it looks right now we're three of them." Fiona added and put her hands on her hips.

"True." Crowley confirmed "So I strongly suggest we get out of here." Fiona shrugged, there was nothing to say against it, the demon was right. She followed him back to Dean's car.

"Next street on the right. That's where he is." Crowley said after a few more minutes of silent driving.

Fiona narrowed at him and tilted her head. "Yeah, you sure? Because I really don't want to drive through the whole country, searching for a damn Horseman who will probably kill us and –"

"I am sure." Crowley interrupted her.

And this time it was true. Death was eating as they arrived. Crowley, of cause, didn't spend just one thought about going with them, just warned Fiona again. It would be a real pity if she would die, but damn, that girl was pigheaded. "Do whatever you think is right" he had said "but think about my bloody words when he kills you like the cockroach you are for him!" were his last words before he had gotten out of the car, vanishing into nothing but thin air.

"I never knew demons could to that" Fiona had muttered before they got in.
At the sight of the restaurant filled with dead bodied Fiona swallowed. Just then she noticed that Crowley had probably been right, that Death could easily kill her off. Anyway, if she would die it would be for a good reason.
Crowley watched the scene from outside, hidden from all human eyes, leaning against the Impala. Of cause it was unusual for demons to worry about anybody, but somehow he started to acquire a liking for the chestnut haired woman.

"Fiona Blend" Death said. He sat turned to Dean and Fiona, noticed them without even taking a glance. Fiona's heart started beating faster of fear. "Don't be scared," a dog, she thought, just like a dog that could smell her fear. "I won't hurt you unless you get out of here immediately."

Crowley narrowed. He didn't know what they were talking about, but wondered why Fiona now started walking backwards to the door, then stopped.

"I can handle this on my own" Dean said as he saw her questioning gaze "Get out of here"

Fiona continued walking backwards until she reached the door and got out of the restaurant, heading to the parked car. She got in and took a deep breath. "Crowley was right" she muttered, still very tensed.

"Crowley's always right, darling." With a drink in his hand the demon sat next to her. "Oh no, don't thank me, been through this with Captain Grimly already." Fiona gave a little grin.

"Coward." She simply answered without even looking at him.

"Hey! I-I've done enough for you okay, there's no need for me to risk my ass!" he defended himself with a frown on his face. "You can be happy he warned you."

"At least I tried." Fiona turned her head to Crowley, her heart still fastened from her 'near-Death experience' "And don't be so sure your ass is save now." She added through clenched teeth.

"Don't start with that again" Crowley rolled his eyes.

"Your insurance won't keep you save forever, Crowley. As soon as Bobby has his soul back – and I swear to you you will give it back – you're nothing less than a damn crossroads demon to me and I will find you and I will kick your ass down into purgatory."

'Purgatory…' Crowley thought 'Purgatory…' a slight grin was playing around his lips. This girl was a genius! The shadowish smile became a bright smirk "I really think I start liking you, Fiona Blend" then Crowley was gone again and left Fiona in the Impala with a still fast heartbeat, her thoughts, and the uncertainness about Dean inside the pizzeria.

It lasted long until Dean came out of the house, but he did. He got the ring and best of all he was alive. Because it didn't seem like Crowley would come back Fiona changed her seat and drove shotgun. "Okay, and now tell me: how did you survive?"

"Well, uh… We had a nice chat and then he gave the ring to me." Fiona narrowed slightly "What?"

"He just… gave it to you?" Dean nodded and started to tell her everything. Both realized that now that they had everything they needed to get Lucifer back where he belonged. Fiona wasn't sure if she really wanted to come with them, if she wanted to see Sam jumping into the hole. She didn't want to see him ending like this.

(A/N) So, that was chapter two, I hope you like it so far and that I keep them in character... Reviews or messages would be awesome :)