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Chapter 17
Sam and Cas looked to Dean when he returned for indication about what Charlie had said, but Dean let nothing slip. If he told them that he'd just agreed to say yes to Michael they'd lock him up just like the last time. For some odd reason no one objected to saying yes to Lucifer THE FR**KING DEVIL but saying yes to Michael who may or may not be good was completely out of the question.
As the boys sat trying to pinpoint where the angels would be keeping Chuck, a loud yowl sounded from where Charlie was. Everyone ran to find her standing half in, half out, of the devil's trap basically on the brink of death. Without a second thought Dean bent to the ground and broke the devil's trap which released Charlie to the floor where she lie on her hands and knees coughing up blood. Sam and Cas helped her to her chair as she tried to regain her strength. When the blood finally stopped pouring from her mouth Charlie looked up at her brothers and Cas guiltily.
"I thought," Charlie released another cough of blood," I could focus on my human and angelic qualities and I'd mitigate the demon enough to walk out of here." Charlie attempted a smile bit it got lost on her weak face. "It worked... sort of. But with practice I could do it, I could be basically human again. Now that I'm only split in thirds."
"What? What do you mean I thought you were in 4ths. Angel, Demon, human and vampire," Cas asked clearly worried about what it would mean.
Charlie shook her head. " Vampires can't go into Hell. A demon found a spell that would separate the bloods in my body so only the vampire could be removed. I'd expected to be 50, 25, 25 then but it didn't work out. All 3 bloods that remained replicated so now, even though I'm more human..."
"You're stronger than ever," Dean finished to let the girl catch her breath. What were the supposed to do with Charlie when everything about her just made things more and more difficult?
Charlie nodded tentatively. Everyone stood quietly for a moment around the girl before she finally felt well enough to explain what she'd been doing trying to get out of the trap in the first place. "I'm sorry for trying to leave. I wasn't trying to run away promise. I just needed to tell you something, something important and no one was hearing my yelling. Chuck got through to me and while he wasn't sure where he was I was able to pinpoint his location from the description... It's where they held me during the battle of Lucifer and Michael that never came to be. He's only a few hours from here in Topeka. I... I don't know if now is when we get him but I know he's with us in the future."
"How do we know we can trust you to actually be telling the truth and not just leading us into a trap? Maybe we're blood but you don't know our meaning of family," Dean asked warily. Sure, he'd say yes to Michael for her, but Dean wasn't going to risk Cas or Sam's life without good reason.
Charlie sighed not sure how to answer until a wide smile spread across her face, "I guess Dean you have to trust me for the same reason you trusted Jackie- because I know what's going on and am here to stay."
Dean let out a gruff sigh but finally agreed, "Okay. But we're fixing this Devil's trap and don't try to leave again because we won't help you next time. "
Cas and Sam exchanged confused glances as they wondered who on earth Jackie was and why she seemed to matter to Dean. Sam actually asked but Dean ignored the question not wanting to have to explain his complicated relationship with his conscience.
Charlie's look was so much like that of any other teenager Dean almost forgot she was only 1/3 human. "Come on. You're not actually going to leave me here. It's my intel!"
"Stop wining like a child, " Dean told her packing things up before Sam or Cas could suggest otherwise. "You're safer here and we're safer with you here. Unlike Jackie I can keep you away from me and so I plan on using that ability."
"Sorry Dean, but you're not leaving me here." Charlie said in such a matter-of-fact tone Dean should have expected what was to come next. "I mean you literally can't unless you know someone else who has angel blood which you need to even open the doors to the place. If you do then by all means leave me here to rot while you go off and get yourself killed because you thought you didn't need your little sister's help even if she is uberpowerful."
Dean glared, Sam chuckled, and Cas looked confused by her sarcasm. Finally Dean stepped aside allowing the girl to pass while muttering, "If you get any of us killed I'm going to kill you."
Charlie stuck her tongue out like the teenager she was before strutting confidently down the bunker halls like she hadn't just left a pool of blood in her wake. Leaving the baffled boys to wonder if the girl truly was that bipolar or just very, very messed up from her traumatic life story.
"This isn't going to end well is it?" Sam asked
Dean faked a smile as he replied to his rhetorical question, "We're Winchesters, when does it ever end well for us?"
