To the right of the foyer was the staircase that led to the bedrooms in the house. Dean made a hand motion to Sam that Willa didn't understand. Dean grabbed Willa's hand and they started up the stairs. Sam headed in a completely different direction. Dean let go of her hand and put it on his jacket as they headed up the stairs. She held on and did the best she could to keep up the pace with him. The room to the right was her parent's bedroom. She directed Dean in the room. He pushed the door open and they weren't there. There was no sign of them and no sign of any kind of struggle. Some relief washed over Willa but they still hadn't been found. The next room was the guest bedroom and they weren't there. Dread washed over Willa. It wasn't right. Nothing felt right. She whispered to Dean that her room was on the right. As they closed in they could see the door was ajar. Opening the door quickly he stepped inside. Willa's heart stopped when Dean dropped his gun and his shoulders. She stepped in the room knowing he had found what they were looking for.
"Don't." Dean said. She saw them before he could get the word out. Her father and mother lay on her bed. Their clothes soaked in blood. Willa stifled a scream knowing danger could still be in the house. She ran to her mother's side and Dean went to her father. Her mother's beautiful brown eyes were blank and no breath left on her full lips. Dean checked her father's pulse and shook his head sadly. Willa's chest sunk and the room began spinning. She wanted to grab them and hug them and shake them awake? Weren't they supposed to be happy to see her? What had happened? This was not life! Her beautiful parents were dead in front of her. She watched Dean pull out his phone. She was frozen in her place but Dean was moving. She stared unable to process what he was doing.
Dean was phoning 911. He could see Willa's wide eyes but wasn't sure if she was really with him. The look on her face was frantic and lost and he wished he could take that away. He wished none of this was happening. The poor girl had just lost her family. He knew all too well what that felt like. A moment later the operator was on the phone. He spoke softly as to not agitate Willa. When the operator asked the address he had no idea.
"Willa, what's your address?" He asked hoping to bring her back to reality.
She blinked thinking of her response. Was it hell? Was she still in hell and only thought she had been saved by these two men?
"Willa!" Dean shouted bringing her back to whatever reality this was. He made sure there was no blood on his hands and made his way to her.
"She's in shock." He said to the person on the phone.
Willa cleared her thoughts. "It's…36 Angeles way." She wasn't sure if she actually said it out loud until he repeated it.
Dean saw tears spill over her cheeks. He grabbed her and pulled her into an embrace. He stayed on the phone with 911 while she cried in his jacket barely listening to what he was saying. Her body shook with quiet sobs but she did her best to keep calm while he was on the phone. Turning her head she looked to her parents. She couldn't believe her they were dead. Her future, her children's grandparents were dead. That wasn't a future. What was it? How would her children ever know the loud laughter of her father and the quiet chuckle of her mother? When she had a bad day who was going to fix her tea and tell her everything would be alright? They were no more and her happiness was over.
Dean saw where her eyes were and turned her away from them. Wrapping his arms around her shoulders he pulled her out of the room. He shut the door as Sam was coming up the stairs. Seeing Willa's tears he knew it was bad. He moved to Willa quickly.
"Take her outside." Dean said to Sam.
Sam took Willa's free hand. She hesitated to follow him and hated having these feelings while her parents lay slaughtered. She looked at Dean who was answering mindless scripted questions to keep him on the phone until the authorities arrived. Allowing herself to go with Sam she let go of Dean and followed Sam. She told him where the back door was and they walked out to the patio. She let go of Sam's hand when she saw the pool that her mother loved so much. She began screaming obscenities at the top of her lungs. Hot tears streamed down her face as she cursed the skies, the heavens, and the hell below them. How dare they let this happen? What had she or her parents done to deserve such punishment? The pool furniture that was twenty feet away received the blunt of her wrath. She threw two chairs in the pool screaming the whole while before Sam grabbed her in an attempt to calm her down. She fell to the ground and Sam knelt with her. Her sobbing made her expel her lunch all over the patio with Sam doing his best to hold her hair.
She heard a sound and looked up to see Castiel standing a few feet away. She wiped her mouth as rage built up inside. She jumped up from her kneeling position and ran to him. She slapped him as hard as she could but he didn't flinch.
"Why the fuck did you and your heaven let this happen?" She screamed
"You're family has been branded Willa. Angels can't see them to help them." He replied so calmly and matter of fact. Willa wanted to hit him again. She looked up and screamed. Before she knew what was happening Castiel touched her and it was if someone turned all of life's lights out.
She awoke with Castiel touching her forehead again. Hoping it was all a bad dream her eyes darted searching for something to make the nightmare she had just lived untrue. Sam's sad face was standing next to her and Castiel was on the other side.
"The police are her." He said informing Willa and Sam
"Thanks Cas." Sam said to him and the angel vanished.
Willa looked up at Sam squinting in the bright sunlight
"My parents?" She asked
Sam shook his head. She nodded in response and stood up from the patio chair that hadn't made it in the pool.
"I was hoping it was a nightmare." She said sadly. Sam wrapped his arms around her. She hesitated with her return embrace but he still felt good and right. As they let go of one another Dean was coming out of the back door with police officers in tow.
Willa's next hour was filled with questions. She hoped she was answering with a believable story. No one would believe she had been kidnapped by a demon so she kept it as close as possible to the same story she told the officers in the hospital a few hundred miles back. She had spoken previously with Sam and Dean about how the story would go. They left her after collecting her parent's bodies and stories from all of them. The officers insisted she submit DNA to find her kidnapper but she wasn't sure what she was going to do. She wanted to cooperate but there was no need when it was an unarrestable demon.
After the police left Castiel appeared again.
"I think it will be safer for you in a hotel tonight." Dean said. "Cas can you take her wherever she wants to go? Sam and I want to check on a few things here."
Willa nodded. "Do me a favor and don't take anything. I plan on rewarding you plenty. There's things in there that are sentimental." She said knowing her words were harsh but she really didn't care at the moment.
"We would never steal anything from you." Sam said.
Willa shrugged. "I don't trust anyone." She replied looking him so hard in the eye that he had to look away. He looked to Dean who shrugged. She was correct there were plenty of items in the house that were valuable.
"Do you want us to bring anything to you?" Dean asked
"Just my bags that are in your car." She replied
"We'll meet in a couple hours then." Dean said
"Where would you like to go?" Castiel asked Willa
Willa pulled out her phone and looked up the address of her favorite nearby hotel. After letting him know what the address was he put his hand on her shoulder and they appeared outside of the hotel.
"That was amazing." Willa said.
They entered the lavish hotel where she booked the best suite they had available. They were taken to the room and Willa tipped the bell hop well even though he hadn't carried any bags. She ordered a few bottles of wine, fruit, and chocolate covered strawberries. The man left with her order and promised it would be there quickly. This left she and Cas in the room together.
"So you're on babysitting duty again huh?" She asked
"Dean asked me to protect you." He replied
Willa rolled her eyes but she knew she needed the protection.
"Dean likes pie." Castiel said
Willa looked at him with questioning eyes about his random statement.
"Like food pie?" She asked
"There's other pie?" Castiel asked
"Yes….lady parts." Willa answered
"They put Vagina in pie?" He asked with a Cas version of an exclamation.
"No." Willa laughed "They call a woman's lady parts pie. You know like you're eating pie."
Castiel nodded. "Dean likes food pie and vagina pie."
Willa facepalmed and laughed at the angel. She pulled out her phone and text Dean and Sam the hotel information. She then made sure to add an order of pie from room service.
"You want to learn more about pop culture." She asked Castiel
"Yes it's intriguing." He answered
Willa turned on the television in the large living are of the suite. Guy Code was on. Willa was sure that would give Castiel plenty of new exciting things to learn about if he could keep up. Willa sat on the couch with him watching the show. She tried to pay attention but she wasn't interested. The only thing that interested her at the time was having her parents back. Doing her best not to lose it again in front of Castiel she decided to take a shower. She handed Cas some money and instructed him how to tip. She got in the shower and before she even turned the water on she broke down in tears. This was only the first of many times it would happen for the rest of her life. She didn't even get to ask them any questions about what was happening. Maybe they had no clue either but she was afraid they knew more than what they ever told her. Now she would never hear their voices again much less get to hug or kiss or laugh with them.
