That was it, the moment she encased the path she would take in that near future. She was going to die, she was sure of that. It was a surprise that the angels even allowed her in the house with the thoughts that she was having. Dying at the hands of a demon would be quick after trespassing into its territory, Katie knew that. There was no hesitation in jumping in after finding that out. Getting the knife and doing the research were just ways to ensure that Kim would believe she was serious in killing the cambion.
Those were never her intentions, she simply wanted to die. She had nothing left to lose; that was enough to feel worthless. After knowing that there were things creeping in the shadows she would never get peaceful rest. The paranoia would always be in the back of her head, reminding her that she and the rest of the people around her could die at any second by something that they could not explain. That was the most terrifying part, not being able to understand.
The door casually opened, the half demon entering the home without a worry in the world. His head had been turned to look at the small rack where he hung up his keys and then slipped off his shoes to set them on the floor beside the door. There were no sign that he remotely knew Katie was there, and she was standing in the middle of the hallway to the door.
It angered her. The sheer thought of knowing that this unprepared, oblivious creature was the thing that caused her sister's death was enough to get her blood boiling. But it was not just that, she also knew that he did not worry that she would come after him. He did not think that she had it in her to track him down after he killed the only person she saw as important. She was no threat to him, he had once thought, she did not have the experience to kill him like the two brothers did. She was insulted, enraged, and armed.
The man stepped into the devil's trap without a single care in the world, and just as he saw her across the hallway he had realized that he had been caught. A half demon was powerful enough to crack the floor underneath itself, which under the circumstances would destroy the trap and allow him the opportunity to kill his target. He was barely given enough time to blink, let alone summon the strength to crack the seal. The strange symbols on the knife glowed as the metal cut right through tender skin and into a beating heart. A bright light flickered from the cambion's eyes and mouth while a jolt was sent through the still breathing body.
Katie pulled the knife from the body, and it fell onto the hardwood floor. The knife was coated in a layer of blood, and soon after so was a small area of the floor. Pounding in her ears became more prominent as she noticed that her heart was racing in her chest. She was not dead, she had avenged her sister, and she proved that she was capable of doing so.
"I hope it was worth it, you son of a bitch." Katie said. She had to say something because the quiet around her started to suffocate her along with the sight of a lifeless body. Quickly, she ran the knife under lukewarm water in the sink and then escaped through the window that she had entered from rather than the door.
At the motel just on the outskirts of the suburban town, Sam sat awake while he stared at his phone. He thought of what his brother's angel acquaintance had said to him after they had arrived at the motel room. Dean had been taking a shower, leaving Sam and Cas alone in the cheap room. "You must not follow her. She has requested that she do this on her own, for her sister." With that, the man in a trench coat had left without any further explanation.
Sam was fidgety, anxious to get up from the thin mattress and go to the rescue of the girl who had never hunted anything before. He then remembered his first hunt, and also remembered that he had his big brother and father there to protect him if he ever got stuck. It only furthered his worry to think that the inexperienced girl was all alone. Just as Sam was about to stand up and leave the motel room his phone vibrated against his knee. Large hands quickly grasped the small device and answered the call from an unknown number at such a late hour. He knew just who it would be, or rather he hoped that he knew.
Thankfully, he was correct. The girl he was going to go search for was on the other end of the conversation, and her voice cracked when she asked he and his brother were staying to refresh her memory. Sam told her the name of the motel and thought that the conversation was going to end there. It did end, however neither of them hung up the phone. Katie had her phone plugged into stereo so that she could keep her hands off of the device while driving, meaning that she could not end the call herself. She could also not bring herself to say that she would see him in a few minutes because she wanted to keep him on the line for as long as she could. He was the first person she had communicated with after committing murder, and she needed someone there in some way, shape, or form. Sam had not hung up because she had not given any form of goodbye, and he knew just what it was like to latch on to someone after the first few hunts.
When Katie finally arrived at the motel, she hung up the phone which prompted Sam to stand up and leave the room quietly. He could see the expression on her face, she looked absolutely drained. Even in the dark of the night he could see that the little skin tone that she had before had turned pale in shock. She was slowly removing herself from the car when Sam had rushed over to ask whether or not she was hurt. Katie handed over the nice, slightly stained pink from the blood that had not been washed away in her rush to clean it off.
Because she was asked if she was harmed, she knew that she must have been acting strange. She turned to look at the rearview mirror on the side of the car and noticed how pale her skin had gotten. A deep breath calmed her down, and then she looked back at Sam, her side leaned against the impala, to explain exactly what had happened. Her voice was bitter as she explained that the half demon had just walked right into her trap. The much taller male is surprised by this comment, and is even more surprised when he heard that she had killed the cambion without asking a single question. "I suppose that gives a whole new meaning to shoot first and ask questions later." Katie joked, which caused Sam to chuckle and smile.
Katie's humor in the situation allowed Sam to loosen up. He had forgotten about his worry towards her mental and emotional state because he knew that someone who could crack a joke at a time such as that was going to be just fine. Sam also took the time to point out that Katie had flawlessly carried out her first job, "Guess you're a force to be reckoned with." The shorter female stared up at him after that statement, a wonder of what he could mean by that spreading across her face. It was obvious to Sam that after the past two days Katie would become a hunter herself. There was no saving her from that decision, she had lost her sister and had gone to the extent of destroying the culprit single handedly. Sam almost believed that it would be a waste to keep Katie from the field.
Sam offered to assist Katie in anyway, and while he was listing the things he meant by anything his eyes had wandered over her head. Katie turned around, seeing the black tie and tan trench coat of another tall man. Her body spun around and she took one step back to keep her distance from the stranger. In her surprise, she had yelled out, "Christ." In response to the title directed towards him, the angel said, "No, I'm Castiel."
A familiar, much smaller angel stepped from behind the coated male. Katie looked at Kim's sweater, and then at Cas' trench coat. She contemplated on pointing out with some snarky joke; however the thought was quickly forced away when the man in front of her held out his hand. "You made a very wise decision today." He began to speak, "Despite not getting the answers you hoped for, you thought carefully and knew what you were up against. Your assistance is commendable. Thank you, Katherine." The more Katie listened to his voice and tried to match it with his appearance, the harder it became to realize that the angel in front of her was the owner of such deep vocals.
"Call me Katie." The female smiled softly and reached forward to give Cas a firm handshake, but instead the angel turned his hand so that hers was laying in his palm. He then placed his other hand over hers, gripping her hand in between both of his with a grateful squeeze. Behind the swaying trench coat, Kim was smiling up at her mentor. She was glad that he was praising the girl who was meant to be her human, and also glad that she was a lot more open than Dean and Sam were when they had met two new angels.
Cas released Katie's hand and let his arms fall to his sides. As he did that, he turned to Sam and gave a simple, meaningless nod. This gesture confused Katie so she looked at Sam. He was standing behind her and when she turned back around to look at Cas, he was gone. "He does that a lot." Sam explained, lifting his shoulders only slightly in a tired attempt to shrug.
The brunette sighed while she bowed her head and reminded herself that she would have to get used to those kinds of things. As soon as she thought of that, it hit her; the realization that the one supernatural thing that she had ever found in her entire life was gone. She had no chance to get used to any factor of being with this group of people, because she could return to her normal life.
Before she got the chance to disagree with herself on everything she had just thought, Kim tugged on Katie's sleeve while she waved at Sam as he went into the motel. Kim lead Katie to the hood of the car, and Katie took the chance to rest her feet by leaning her weight against the hood of the car. The angel continued standing, just a step away from Katie. The human adjusted her glasses as she immediately asked the question that she needed to know, "So, why'd you disappear like that?"
Obviously the question had made Kim slightly uncomfortable, but the expression on her face also said that she knew that it was coming. She took a deep breath. "Cambions are capable of destroying all angels with a single word. If he were to know this word and I were to be there, it would be likely that I and all of my kind would have been destroyed." Kim stared straight through Katie, somehow looking at her yet avoiding eye contact. The angel's strict tone and careful placement of words gave Katie an odd feeling.
Things began to connect in the human's mind. She understood why the new angel had felt so grateful towards her, because she had gotten rid of a threat for all the angels. Kim had not put up much of a fight when it came to keeping Katie away from, potentially, her death. Hell, she even gave me every reason why I should jump in, Katie thought. Hazel hues sparked with a hint of doubt, she hoped that the theory that was forming in her head was completely false.
"Did you plan this?" Katie's voice was hesitant, quiet. The frown that had appeared on Kim's face when she saw that Katie was figuring everything out grew, and then suddenly went up to form a straight line while she went expressionless. "I did not plan this, I am simply following orders." Kim's voice is robotic, like she was trained to say those words. Something snapped inside Katie, the doubt in her eyes was replaced with full rage. Katie stood away from the car and turned her body so that she was facing Kim. She was no longer biting her tongue, "Orders, were you ordered to let my sister die?"
"That was not anticipated." Kim retorted immediately, her voice not changing.
"Then what was?"
"When the archangels saw the courage you had in the bookstore, they knew that you would be useful."
Katie raised her hand to Kim, index finger pointed out while the rest of her appendages were curled into her palm. "Don't you dare call me useful, I'm not a pawn." Kim's expression faltered at this. If the other angel's saw her friend as a pawn she did not know that, but she knew for a fact that she had never once believed Katie to be any sort of tool. "Why couldn't the two demon hunters do it? It's what they do for a living!" Katie hissed, her voice began to get louder the more her rage kicked in.
"Please stay calm," Kim began, and no longer did she sound like some monotone drone, "The cambion was expecting the brothers. He was keeping an eye on them and had forgotten about you. That is how you were able to infiltrate so easily. He thought you would have stayed as far away as possible, not go looking for him." Everything the angel was saying made complete sense for a strategic plan, and that was what made Katie even angrier. Her hands were shaking in a fit.
Kim felt the need to try and console her friend, but the only way she knew how to do that was with words. "I know you are upset. That is natural. But your sister is in a-." Her attempts were ceased when an angry glare was shot directly at her. "Save it." Katie growled, throwing her hand up to dismiss the statement.
The angel bowed her head and bit her tongue in shame. Just a few moments later, despite feeling that Katie was growing calmer just by seeing her look so helpless, Kim lifted her head. Her focus to the space in front of her made it look like she was listening carefully to something. Katie tried to listen as well, however she heard nothing. She jumped slightly when Kim started to speak again, "You have a decision now."
All of the rage that Katie felt just a couple of seconds ago had vanished, replaced with curiosity at what kind of decision she would have to make then. Kim looked directly into Katie's eyes, explaining the decision quickly as if the answer was urgent, "Because of your help today, my superiors have decided to give you a choice. You can either continue doing this, being a hunter, or you can go back to your normal life. They, or rather I, want you to continue. I believe you can save a lot of people, Katie. But we also believe you should be given the choice to be able to return to your life, protected."
A scoff escaped Katie. The word 'protected' almost sounded like a mockery. There was no reason the brunette was going to believe that she was going to be protected if the angels could not protect her sister. With all derision aside, she thought about what it was like in her average, everyday life. She was reminded of the rut she had put herself in and how nothing special or contributive was ever done on her part. If she were to start hunting the supernatural, her life would mean a whole lot more than what it meant just sitting at home drawing and working on her car.
Chuckles left Katie, which surprised Kim. Those chuckles turned into a full, whole-hearted laugh. Through her laughter, Katie spoke, "If you were to tell me a week ago that all of this was going to happen to me, I would have thought you were absolutely insane." Kim tilted her head, wondering how someone's insanity was humorous. Katie went on, "I can handle understanding that you're an angel of the Lord or whatever. But to think that I would have killed a half demon and I was a tool of some angel plot. That's priceless." Tears welled up in the outside corners of Katie's eyes, causing her to bring a hand up and wipe away the drops.
Katie trailed off and her laughter subsided. A hand went over her stomach, indicating the nice pain that she felt from having such a good laugh. She looked down at the ground, her previously bright and large smile shrinking and becoming humble. "You think I can save someone?" She asked. The angel was still very confused at the sudden burst of laughter and how her anger could have vanished so quickly, however she nodded at the question without asking any of her own. "I believe you can save more than just one, but many." Kim said sincerely.
Thin hands were placed again wide hips, mocking a superhero stance as Katie lifted her chin to simply say, "Fine." She did not have to say anything else other than that one word for Kim to understand what she was implying. Kim was startled by this decision, until she remembered the selflessness that the human had showed at the bookstore when she had pushed herself in front of one of the employees to protect them. The angel could then see why the archangels had originally told her at the hospital where Katie found out that her sister was gone that she was going to be something great. It also became eminent to Kim that when her companion was angry or upset, she seemed to somehow make some kind of joke to lighten her mood in some way.
Without uttering another word, Katie stepped around Kim to get back into her car. The angel walks to the side with Katie and watches as she starts the vehicle. The lights flashed on towards the motel, specifically towards the room that belonged to the Winchester brothers. When Katie focused on the door of the room, she could swear that she saw it close which meant that it had originally been open. The brunette believed she had only imagined that because she was tired.
A lost, forced smile pushed onto Kim's expression while she waited for Katie to leave. Something told her that Katie would not want to spend any more time with her after being manipulated, so she would not pry and ask to stay with her. This still made the angel sad, the thought that she would not get to watch her human closely. The sorrow on Kim's face made Katie purse her lips together in exasperation. Katie was a sucker for a puppy face, and seeing the extremely adorable small female giving her such a sad look fiddled with her heart strings. A heavy sigh past her lips, "Get in; and this time, get in the passenger's seat."
The look of sheer joy and excitement brightened the sad, lost look that had previously occupied the angel's demeanor. Kim quickly vanished from the spot she was standing in, and Katie closed her eyes. She thought before she turned her head and guessed that the angel had teleported rather than simply walk to the other side of the car. The brunette slightly turned her head and opened her eyes; her thought was correct. The human shook her head and kept the snarky comment in her head to herself.
While Katie drove back to her home to rest for the night, Kim explained that she should speak to Sam in the morning and ask him to assist her by teaching her how to be a hunter. The angel went on to say that if Sam asked why or refused to do so, Katie could tell him that the angels wanted her to do it and if he would not believe her then Kim would convince him. She also mentioned that Katie should also get Dean to help her as well, since Dean was seen as a very experienced hunter. As Kim talked, a small smile grew on Katie's face. Katie knew that this would be the end of her repetitive lifestyle, and she was alright with that. She just hoped that with gaining a little excitement and leaving the comfort of home, she was also becoming the hero that Kim made her out to be.