Chapter 2

Wow… Everyone wants Ruby dead~! Unfortunately, she's needed for a while longer… at least till Dean arrives. Don't worry, I really want her dead as well.

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Apocalypse Begin

Ruby shook her head. "We'll leave it with him. But if we ever do need it, we know exactly where it's at."

Sam sighed in bliss as he felt the blood course through his system. It was… well he couldn't say heaven but it was definitely empowering.

"Sam?"

"This… this is great. You're sure that with this blood I'll be able to exorcise demons purely by my own will?"

"Yep," she replied, popping the 'p', "It reacts with "Azazel's blood and multiplies the effects by ten. The more you drink the easier it will be to kill the demon instead of exorcising it."

Sam grinned and reached up to wipe his mouth on his sleeve, leaving a stain of brownish red. "It's great Ruby. Thanks."

"Of course Sam," she replied with a smile. "But we're running low on Holy water and you don't want to leave Illinois."

Sam hesitated. "Well… we could try pastor Star," he suggested slowly.

The grin on the demon's face was ominously predatory. This was the exact reason Sam tried not to mention him. For some reason Ruby seemed to be obsessed with seeing the pastor again. And even though she was helping him, Ruby was still a demon and it made Sam wary of her intentions with anyone other than him.

"Great! Let's go then."

"Um yeah."

"Sarah?"

The little girl turned and the tear tracks on her face were very visible. Immediately relief clouded her face and she pushed through the crowded mall and latched onto Harry's midsection.

"What are you doing here all alone," Harry asked softly.

Her replied was muffled into his flannel jacket.

"Hmmm. You know I don't speak the language of shirt or jacket. Could you repeat that in English please?"

A soft giggle followed by Sara lifting her head made him smile. She explained that she had come to the mall for her birthday and was looking at the stuffed animals that her mom said she could choose two of. Then there was something interesting in the corner of her eye (she held up the shiny pendant she had found at the end of the aisle) and turned back to show her parents but they weren't there.

"Shhh. It's okay. I'll help you find them. It was probably just a mistake."

The little brunette kept sniffling, though, so Harry crouched down, pulled her into his arms, and started humming a long forgotten tune.

Harry smiled slightly when he heard his brother's soft baritone echo through the air. He flew? to where the voice was originating and landed softly on the grass behind the eldest.

The song ended on a soft note and the man turned, his grey eyes glimmering and blond hair shimmering.

"Michael!"

"Hello little brother. Have you talked to him today?"

Harry blushed and his wings? shifted to curl around him slightly in embarrassment. A firm 'no' had Michael laughing melodiously.

"Well I do believe he is looking for you at the moment."

"Can you sing me a song before I go? I am nervous…"

"Of course," Michael replied in a soothing manor. A gentle hum built up and the vision faded to black.

Slowly Harry opened his eyes as the lullaby petered off. That was the clearest vision he had had yet…

"Okay now?" She looked at him in awe and nodded. He took her hand gently and led her back inside the Walmart. "Now what aisle were you in?"

She led him to the back of the store where the toys sat innocently on their metal shelves waiting for someone to buy them.

"Sara!"

Sara turned quickly and upon seeing her mother launched herself at her just like she had done to Harry. Mary leaned over her daughter, clutching her tightly as if afraid Sara would disappear if she let go. Which she probably would considering the pendant the eight year old was still clutching was cursed. Harry was just lucky he had seen her otherwise she probably would have disappeared like all the other little girls in the last two weeks.

Really ever since the demon attack a month ago supernatural happenings had popped up all over the place. First was a banshee on the outskirts of town, then a nest of vampires settling in the woods (which Harry had thoroughly eradicated seeing as they were killers and not peaceful ones), and now all these little girls disappearing.

"Sara, can I see that pendant you found?"

She turned and nodded, not letting go of her mother's hand, and handed over the silver and ruby on a chain. Mary blinked in bewilderment when her daughter's previously empty hand now held a beautiful necklace which was handed over to the pastor.

Harry nodded his thanks and accepted all the heartfelt gratitude from Mary and Kane (father and husband) when he came jogging up. Once the family was gone he turned his narrowed eyes back onto the innocent looking pendant. This thing had been found at every location a girl had gone missing but always seemed to be gone from evidence whenever someone went to get it.

Harry put down his wand (and really the Elder wand was so insistent that it be used as if it had attached itself to his very being… and he had never wanted to use it again but considering the circumstances, well…) and sighed. He had no idea what this curse could be. All he knew was that the girls found it and slowly seemed to disappear. When he had found Sara she was transparent and nobody else seemed to notice her. She also hadn't been truly solid, sure she had been able to latch onto him but when he tried to place a hand on her hair it went straight through her head.

After his lullaby (in which he had injected magic into his voice) she had become solid and visible again but the moment he let her go she started to disappear again. So he took her hand and kept pushing magic through her system to make sure she stayed. It was definitely enough for her to get to her mother and hand over the pendant.

Maybe it was draining their life force?

Harry blinked and sat straight up. How could he have not thought of that before? It could be draining their very existence instead of just their life force because that would leave a body. Right as he was going to run his wand over the pendant again there was a slight knock on the door.

Harry fumbled for a moment before sticking the elder wand up his sleeve and getting up to answer the door.

"Pastor Star? You've got some FBI here to see you," Head pastor Jinson said with a slight question in his tone.

What?

"Oh. Um…" he pulled the door open the rest of the way and nodded to his colleague. He glanced behind the older man and caught sight of Sam.

"Ah… Agent Denkel was it?"

Sam stepped forward as did his partner, the demon bitch. "Yes we just have a few questions about Sara and the missing girls."

"Sure, sure. Come in. Pastor Jinson I'll talk to you later about my next sermon." The man nodded in understanding and left, leaving Harry and the two crazy people alone.

Harry turned to go into the office but the demon cleared her throat. He turned an annoyed glare onto her before disappearing into the office and reappearing with the pendant about his neck. He didn't want to chance it vanishing while he was gone.

In the main chamber Harry raised a questioning brow at the two. Sam cleared his throat and asked, "So… you were the one who found Sara. Her mother said the same that all the other parents said in the beginning, that she just didn't care about where her daughter went. But hers differs slightly because she said that after thirty minutes it was if all the feelings of worry that was missing just resurfaced. Would you happen to know anything about this?"

Harry snorted. "I can't believe I didn't see it before," the pastor muttered to himself.

"Excuse me?"

"You're a hunter aren't you?"

Sam choked on air and Ruby smiled. "How-?"

"Well you know about these supernatural occurrences and while I'm sure the FBI might know something they just aren't as… experienced as a hunter. And you aren't really bothered that you're travelling with a demon."

"I see," Sam stated haltingly.

"So, other than the current case, what are you here for?"

"What?"

"I'm not an idiot. You came to the church looking for me and sure I can see the connection with Sara but that's it. There are no demons here so there's really no reason to bring your demon along with you."

"But I just wanted to come along. Couldn't leave my Sammy here alone with a person of God now could I?" Ruby smirked.

"Oh? But you've left him with me just fine before. What makes me so dangerous now, hm?"

The smirk slid off her face to be replaced by a frown. Harry smiled with false politeness.

"So other than your fake interest in this case, what are you here for?"

Sam let out a huff of air followed by a wry smile. "We're running low on Holy water. We were hoping you could bless some for us?"

"I'll ask the head pastor," Harry said with a frown.

"Hm? Can't you do this? Or are you not holy enough," the demon taunted mockingly.

Harry's eye twitched. "Fine! But only because Samuel saved my life."

Harry ignored the quiet 'It's Sam' and started towards his office. When there were no footsteps following he turned and raised an eyebrow. "You coming?"

Ruby watched from the doorway as the pastor started blessing the water. It was supposed to be regular blessing but she had not expected the man's green eyes to turn white and the language shift to enochian.

It burned her ears to hear the language of the angels but she was completely satisfied. He must be a human blessed by God! That's why those demons had been after him and why he had become a pastor at such a young age. Oh this was too good to be true!

After it was over Sam was staring in disbelief and the pastor looked as if nothing happened. "What was that?"

Star frowned in the hunter's direction, "What was what?"

"The language and the eyes-"

The man's eyes narrowed in confusion and Ruby cleared her throat. Sam glanced over and she shook her head. His eyes narrowed but he obediently stopped. The pastor just looked confused.

"You seem different." Sam stopped and turned to Star. "There's this darkness about you that didn't exist before. When you were here a month ago you were different yes, but that only seemed to be because you were special, as if destiny and fate were intertwined with your life. But now… now you're tainted. I hope for your sake Sam that you know what you're doing. This darkness… it could consume you if you're not careful."

Sam was confused. Could this man tell that he drank demon blood? What did he mean it could consume him?

Harry sighed as he plopped down in his office chair and pulled the pendant off his neck. When he had blessed the water it had burned terribly. And he could feel some energy leave him. It was why he got it over with as quick as possible. Now he had some time to look at it before he had to go and talk to the head pastor and answer his questions about the FBI. Another vision was pulling him under and he didn't fight.

"This is your newest brother. Welcome Az*****."

A welcome was chorused throughout his new home as thousands of brothers and sisters responded.

Harry shyly looked up at his father through his lashes.

A while later he was by himself as everyone milled around. Or at least he thought he was. A hand on his should made him jump and spin around right into a chest.

"Ha! You are cute little brother~!"

The newest born glanced up into honey brown eyes filled with warmth and he releaxed.

"Already stealing the fledgling Gabriel?"

Harry turned and couldn't help but blush in the face of this new arrival. His hair was as fine as spun gold and gleamed like the sun and his sea blue eyes were easy to get lost in.

"Oho! Like him do you," a voice whispered in his ear. "I think he likes you too."

The man behind him straightened again and then slung an arm over Harry's shoulders. His tongue was sticking out and Harry wondered what it meant.

"Ever the childish one Gabriel," the older man said in amusement.

"Yeah and you are still the most beautiful, eh, Lucifer?"

Harry blinked the black spots from his eyes as the dream ended. Why in the world would he dream about the devil before he fell? He didn't want to think about that right now and pushed the still fresh images from his head.

Sliding his wand from his pocket, he placed the ruby pendant onto his desktop and instead of looking for curses or jinxes, he looked specifically for life energy.

…There! There were several strands that lead back to the owner. All he had to do was follow and destroy.

An hour later Sam happily carried his chocolate milk from the gas station and was about to enter his car when a huge explosion almost threw him off his feet. He looked up to the top of the apartment building across the street to watch black smoke rise and for a column in the sky. A quick glance caught Ruby's eyes and she nodded.

The demon hopped from the car and Sam's milk was left forgotten on the driver's seat. "Hang on tight!"

He looked at his companion in question but she only grabbed his shoulder and they both reappeared in the room next to the explosion. What they were not expecting to see was the pastor holding a wickedly curved knife away from his throat by the wrist of a middle aged woman.

"You stole my prey! Now your life force is mine!"

Harry grunted as another vision threatened to overwhelm him. He tried, he really tried to keep it back but it was no use and he was washed away in a tidal wave of sound and light.

"Don't worry this won't hurt us at all. Just like He said right? Love humans more than you love Him? Well how could one that personifies death ever love humans? You are an abomination! Die!"

Harry was barely able to stop the blade from entering his gut by grabbing the wrist of the human. He turned pleading eyes onto the other vessels holding his brothers.

"Help me Brothers! Please!" But they did nothing. Only watched as Harry struggled helplessly against the humans holding him down and trying to cause fatal injuries using his own blade against him. There was no sympathy in their eyes. No love.

"Zachariah! Please! Why? At least tell me why!"

The elder brother chuckled mirthlessly. "Why what little brother? Why the mud-monkeys? Because they fear you. Why do we not help? Because you do not deserve all that you have been given brother. That's all."

Harry could hardly breathe as the female was able to cover his throat and start to squeeze but tears still fell from his vessels eyes.

'I'm sorry Nathan. My brothers are restricting my powers somehow. I cannot fight back. I am so sorry. I did not want you to get hurt.'

'I would forever choose you over your brothers. Thank you for giving me the honor of being your vessel.'

'I can put you to sleep now. Would you like that?'

There was silence for a while before a quiet 'yes' rang out.

Harry painlessly put Nathan to sleep so he would feel nothing when they both died.

Harry could not breathe nor talk. He could not escape! The sharp bite of steel slid through his vessel and straight into his soul as Nathan's arm lost strength. It hurt. Why did it hurt so much?

Father help…

Harry awoke with renewed strength from his dream. He would not die! Not like the boy in his dreams.

"How could you prey on little girls!?"

With that distraction he wandlessly and wordlessly cast expulso sending the soul selling witch flying right into the room where the fire was still raging.

In the corner of his eyes he caught sight of two very surprised people (how the hell did they get in here when not even the police and firefighters banging on the door could?) but ignored them in favor of lunging into the room after the witch.

He had to break the connection she had over the children before she actually consumed them to grow more powerful and younger. It was pure chance that she wanted ten before she even thought of eating them because consuming them all at once served to be stronger than devouring them separately would.

Sara would have been the tenth. And it was this fact that made him lunge for the throat just as the woman had for him in his vision. The difference was he had magic so Harry wordlessly transfigured his hands into claws and ripped out the witches throat before any more could be said.

"The hell!?"

AN: I know I'm evil leaving it there but I couldn't help it. I personally hate to read cliffhangers but I love leaving them. I'm such a hypocrite… So how did you like it~? Review please!