Pass the time
Elevator Meeting
Summary: Stuck with four kids, Dean and a human Castiel need to survive. Games happen to distract the young ones from danger.
Authors Note: I wanted cute, warning I suck at writing kids.
" Mr. Angel," the youngest said as he pulled on the end of his coat, Castiel looked from where he was attending Dean to the young human. The elevator they had been riding in had the cable snapped and they were currently trying to make the best out of what they could.
"My name is Castiel, Adien, do you need something?"
"Sorry Casstael, is Dean going to be okay?" Cass felt Dean's hand on his arm and looked down, blood covered one side of his face, it wasn't a life threating wound just bleeding a lot but they happened to be stuck with four children that wasn't so use to blood.
"I'm going to be fine buddy, Cass here is just gonna fix me up. How about we play a game," the children couldn't hear the pain in his voice but Castiel knew that Dean was bothered by the head wound. He knew that in the past he had gotten sick after head wounds and he wished he had his powers to make it alright again. Instead he set to cleaning and wiping the blood, helping to stop the flow of new and sit Dean against the wall the children moving in around them.
One on either side of them, one in the middle and one between their legs, it was new but oddly welcome to the Angel and the children agreed quickly to the game. "How about some I spy," Dean prompted and smiled to Castiel as he looked around the room.
"Oh, I am the bestest at I Spy."
"It is actually-"
"Well let's see if that is the truth," Dean offered cutting him off and smirking at he glanced around again and a soft smile played across his lips. This was a look that Dean didn't see often but enjoyed when it did present itself, the children giggled and moved slightly closer eyes scanning the room.
"I Spy with my little eye, something that is crystal blue."
"Crystal?" one of the young females asked, Castiel believed her name was Makala.
"Like a diamond, or snowflake," Castiel offered after a long moment of silence having to think of what to compare it to for a young child. At least he knew that he preferred older humans to young ones. They were special, but not something he would crave to have around him all the time.
The young ones looked around for a few more moments before one by one their eyes turned to Castiel's, it was a little unnerving. He blinked and then the oldest who was perhaps eleven finally spoke up. "Is it Cass's eyes?" the little eyes looked up to Dean and one by one the others followed. Dean's smile widened and he nodded.
"Good job, your turn." He said with a nod, turning his head to look at Castiel's as the game moved on and the two had a moment to share a smile. The game of I spy worked for about thirty minutes before they ran out of almost anything that hadn't been used before.
"Okay, so what do you lot want to play now?" Dean asked looking at the four of them, Castiel had nothing to offer and Dean figured most of the games he knew required a moving vehicle of some type.
"The grocery game!" Rebecca the oldest female called out and Castiel saw the wrinkle on Dean's nose before he figured out what she meant.
"Okay, do you want to start?"
"Of course she does," chimed in the oldest male and Dean smirked.
"You two related?"
"Yeah, s/he's my brother/sister." They informed him at the same time and Dean's grin widened and the pain in his eyes faded for a second. "Twins." They stated a second later looking at each other than back to Dean.
"Who's the oldest?" Dean asked and the boy raised his hand.
"By like thirty seconds!"
"Still older," he replied sticking his tongue out to her before she crossed her arms.
"Can we play the game now?"
"Sure, let's get started." Dean pointed to her, keeping up the pointing trail so it was easier to follow for all ages and Angels.
"Apples,"
"Apples, oranges," Adien
"Apples, oranges, strawberries," Makala
"Apples, oranges, strawberries, pears," Jacob
"Apples, oranges, strawberries, pears, pie," Dean
"Apples, oranges, strawberries, pears, pie, milk," Castiel
This managed to make a few rounds before the youngest stumbled and frowned as they listened to the others go on. The list was getting a little long when the twins fell and Dean wasn't sure how many more he could add without failing. Of course this was drawing attention to the Angel who remembered every word. After Dean messed up the children carried on with a new version of the game. Just adding items and listening to Castiel repeat them back.
Dean let it happen and used the time to regain some of his strength. Closing his eyes he let his body feel the heat around him and drifted slightly until complaints drew him awake an hour or so later.
"We're hungry," came the complaint and Dean looked at his watch and then over to his Angel companion. It had been three hours and they were still stuck, Sam would have dealt with the supernatural problem which meant this was a human problem.
"I think I have something in my bag." Dean motioned for Castiel who grabbed the supplies bag and handed it to Dean who sorted around the weapons and found a box of energy bars. "Any one get sick when they eat any types of food?" he asked as he pulled out two and opened the. There was a shake of heads and he looked them over asking a couple other questions to be sure.
"Peanut butter?" no's filtered to him, "eggs," another shake of the heads. "Milk?" another round of no's and he was finally splitting the bars in two he handed half to each of the children. They whined first then realizing it tasted like chocolate dug in, thankfully it was more filling. After they were feed and settled in for another round of games the hunter and Angel knew they would need to come up with another plan. They went to work on a spelling bee allowing the children to work as a team as they planned themselves.
When the spelling bee ended Dean handed them a bunch of his markers for traps and set them to the walls for tic-tac-toe as he and Castiel set to pulling the doors open. The elevator swayed slightly when they moved the doors but they were almost flush to a floor and could step into the space to open the next set of doors. The children had looked up from their now distracted game, it had turned into some form of art that was over the walls and floors of the elevator. Dean almost felt bad, almost. He would feel worse if the whole elevator hadn't tried to kill him and all those in it.
"Okay kids, its time to get out of here. You ready to go?" he asked knowing that the building was probably not safe to be wondering around and grabbed his bag and then took a hand of the oldest twin.
"Join hands, Adien take Cass's. No one lets go, okay." He got a nod from all of them, even the Angel and they stepped out of the elevator together. They moved towards the stairway and Dean smelt the smoke before the others. "How about another game," he turned them and moved them faster to the stairway they had to get out before the fire reached them. They had ten floors to go down and Dean wondered if they could carry them all. Castiel seemed to have read his mind as he pulled them to a stop.
"And a ride for everyone," he stated with a friendly smile and Dean figured this had been for the best, Castiel pulled the twins up into his arms and Dean did the same for the other two.
"Okay, so let's all tell a story together." Dean said remembering a really old one, one he had played with his mother when John had taken off for days on end. "Just add a line to it when its your turn, ready?"
"yeah!" Adien cried and Dean was happy that someone could be distracted the other children seemed to have sensed or smelt something was amiss. Pulling them closer they made for the stairs and Dean started their tale.
"Once upon a time, in a land far away there was a kingdom, and in that kingdom there were two princes-"
"They fought monsters and saved everyone and made sure that no one could ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, be hurt." Adien added as they moved down the first flight and then it was Makahala's turn.
"They helped with the farms and played games with everyone and it was perfect." She whispered as they took another flight Castiel picked the story back up.
"These brothers were well known over the land, when evil tried to hurt them they called for their friends to help them protect their kingdom."
Rebecca took over before her brother could speak, "They called forth the brave and great knights of Westport, who were the bravest of them all."
"They sent the four best knights to protect the princes' and it was enough to push back the evil that would attempt to hurt any of them." They were half way there, less than four flights at the speed they were going and thankfully the fire and smoke was fading, not failing but fading as they ran away from it.
"With the help of the brave knights the princes won and they were able to start to rebuild their kingdom and the people started their celebrations." Dean almost stumbled he wasn't able to really think at the moment with two children in his arms and two more in the Angels arms behind him that he was responsible for at the moment.
"The dragons and fairies came to celebrate with the princes and everyone was able to see a good side of magick." Dean didn't correct the boy and gave Castiel a pointed look, it was good that the young have their illusions for the few years they got it.
"Unicorns too!"
"Oh and drawfs, and witches the good ones only."
"And all the people, and all the families even if the people aren't around anymore."
Dean and Castiel were almost side by side and let the four children chatter away as it distracted them and let Dean and Castiel breath more and run a little faster as they reached the lobby and ran out the from door into the street.
Lights and sirens greeted them then people were beside them taking the children and Dean almost fought them off but held off when Castiel pulled him back into his arms as the children clung to their parents.
"Sirs, can we get you checked out?" a EMT was offering and Dean shook his head and Castiel did the same as they waved to the twins and melded into the background, fading backwards towards the impala and into the night to pick up Sammy from the graveyard. No more elevators for a while.
END