Chapter 15

"You're lying," Dean growled as he pulled Ruby's knife to her neck. Sam's voice flooded his ears telling Dean to let her go but Dean didn't care anymore, "Let some stupid son of a b*tch archangel come and protect her. I'd like a word with them myself."

"Dean. She's not lying let her go!" Castiel ordered. It had been almost a year since he lost his grace, but the sheer power of his voice never diminished

"You knew?" Dean said turning around to his friend. "You knew all along that we had a sister. That SHE was our sister and you never thought to mention it? It's a wonder I trust you at all Cas with everything you haven't told us.

"Dean calm down," Sam told him clearly not freaked at all by the news that he had other siblings. It was almost like he'd expected it. "We knew it could happen. God we know it did with Adam. What's to say it didn't happen again. You were born what 1998? Dad left us in Boston for weeks in '97. He never did say what he was up to and those pages were ripped out. I don't like it any more than you do, no offence, but it's possible."

"How did you even know?" Charlie asked Cas nonchalantly, "No creature I've ever met has. Archangels and God excluded."

"All the angels know. When it looked like Dean wasn't changing his mind and accepting Michael it was time for plan B. We needed someone from John Winchester's bloodline and besides Sam and Dean you were the only one alive. No one knew why your name was shot down so quickly by the archangels but I'm guessing it's because they didn't want to endanger their Prophet. " Cas informed her formally.

"Any other siblings we should know about or is she it?" Dean asked very, very annoyed.

"I'm it. Honest. And that my brothers brings us to our problem."

"Wait. We never said we were going to help you. Sure I always wanted a kid sister but I never expected... this. You're what half my age and not even human?" Dean scoffed causing Sam to glare at him.

"Help me, don't help me, it doesn't really matter just hear me out first," Charlie pleaded. When no one tried to kill her she took it as a sign to continue and began speaking. "First things first. Kevin. You have to understand that there are always 8 prophets on this earth. 7 normal ones and then the one who is like me. Not every prophet will be activated though in their lifetime because not everyone is needed. It's hard to explain but it doesn't really matter. All that matters is each prophet who is activated has a special set of skills. Kevin is a reader of the word. He reads God's tablets that's it. Even hearing the angels is weird for him which is why they must be forcing their voices into the mind of every prophet active or not.

Chuck's gift was seeing the future. But he didn't just see any future he saw the Apocalyptic future. A prophet like him is needed when Lucifer is free... or the 4 times that's happened. However, none of the other unactivated prophets have that gift, and no prophet can be activated with Kevin alive basically..."

"What she's saying is that my brothers are going to be looking for Kevin again, but not to protect him this time. They will kill him so they can bring back Chuck who's gift is better suited for this time," Castiel completed sounding more and more like his angel self in the presence of the Prophet.

"Is that true? Do the angels now want me dead too?" Kevin asked having snuck up on the others without them noticing. Dean was about to yell at him to get back to the angel proof room when 3 figures appeared.

"Thank you Charlotte," the leader, a 6 foot brown haired business man told the cowering girl. "How nice of you to go right to your brothers . All we needed to do was blast the angel radio into Kevin's head and you two ended in the same place."

"Ariel," Cas said through gritted teeth, "I should have known it would be you who would come and kill Kevin. That always was your style.

"Castiel. Last time we spoke you very much approved of my style as it helped you win the war in Heaven. Look where that got us both. Me, on grunt duty, and you... how's that search for your grace going?" Ariel let out a mischievous grin that caused Cas to bellow in fury.

"Where is it? Where are you hiding it?" Castiel demanded.

"Oh please brother like I'd be allowed to keep your grace from you. They know better than that. Actually... your dear friend Chamuel had it last I heard, but apparently Michael has already put him to rest so I'd assume it's with him."

(Everyone was too preoccupied to notice, but at the mention of Michael's name Charlie and Dean had a contest to see who could shiver in fear and anger more.)

"Oh and Sam. Don't even think about pressing your bloody hand to the banishing symbol on that door. I'd suspect being both banished and trapped wouldn't be too good for young Charlotte's health," Ariel warned without even looking away from the Winchesters. "Now, Kevin. I really don't want to kill you, I don't. Honestly you seem like a nice boy. But I'm sure you've been missing your mom and your girlfriend very much. Really it won't hurt a bit. You don't even have to technically die. I'll just rip your soul from your body and bring it with me up to Heaven. Though let me warn that anyone who tries to stop me will have their own souls ripped out and cast in a very different direction. I know a very nice reaper who'd be willing to bypass the usual system and give any Winchester a one way ticket to the oncoming 3 way civil war." Every angel Dean had ever met, Cas included, had gone nuts at one point or another, but from the sickly smile on Ariel's face Dean knew that there was no 'going nuts' for him. Just bat shit crazy.

"I could stop you. I will stop you to protect Kevin Tran." Cas growled in warning obviously not afraid of Ariel's soul ripping threat.

"Cas don't," Kevin said looking at Ariel not with fear but with hope, "Don't get hurt over me." Kevin turned to the Winchesters as he spoke, "I'm sorry but I'm not like you. I'm just Kevin Tran. I was in AP and I'm done. I miss my mom. I miss my girlfriend. There is nothing here for me but constant running and hiding and fighting. I don't want to see the Apocalypse. I'm just done. I'm sorry."

With that and a flash of light Ariel reached into Kevin's chest and disappeared. Sam arrived to grab Ariel just as Kevin's soulless and lifeless body hit the floor.