Chapter 16

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Eleanor

"Careful," she said softly as Dean once again moved his hand away from her, hissing slightly at the pain in his hand. "I need to remove all of it so just stop moving."

Dean rolled his eyes before holding his hand still again, making it possible for Eleanor to continue removing the pieces of glass that had gotten into the cut in his palm. She was quite focused on the task and she enjoyed being that focused as well. It made it possible for her to forget all that she was worried about.

"There…" she said, putting the tweezer she had been using to take out the glass back on the table along with a slightly bloodied cloth. "All done."

Both Dean and Eleanor simply sat there in silence for a while, Eleanor looking down at the cloth while Dean looked at her. Neither of them moved nor even thought about moving away from the other. The worry they both felt for Lily was enough to make them want to disappear, run away from Bobby's house with Lily and start a new life somewhere. The only problem was that Dean would always be recognized by demons and with Lily having a huge destiny like that, someone was bound to find them all.

"What are we going to do?" asked Eleanor after a while, her eyes looking up at Dean, seeing the emotions that were currently filling his eyes.

He shook his head slightly, keeping eye contact with Eleanor as they heard the soft footsteps of Lily running around upstairs. Castiel had left already and so, it was most certainly Sam that was playing with her since Bobby was in his office.

"We're going to fight. That's what we're going to do," said Dean, grabbing her hand with his unhurt one. "We're not letting Crowley touch her."

Eleanor nodded her head, tears starting to well up in her eyes as she saw the determination in his eyes; the urge to protect those he loved. She felt honored to be one of those he loved and she couldn't help but feel very attracted to that strong determination to always save those who were a part of his family, even if that meant that he sacrificed his own life.

A few weeks later

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you-"

Eleanor sat on the couch in the living room, her special knife in one hand and a shotgun laying, resting on the coffee table in front of her.

"Make a wish, sweety!"

Sam was located on the other side of the house, having an angel blade with him along with a shotgun as well. Dean, on the other hand, was located upstairs in Lily's room, his demon-blade with him and only that as he didn't want to scare Lily too much on her own birthday.

"You want some more cake?"

Bobby was patrolling the house, making sure every single window was secure and that nothing was creeping around outside. All of them had spent the entire day with Lily, making sure that she was with someone constantly and, although Lily simply enjoyed all the attention she was getting, it wasn't just because it was her fourth birthday that they were doing this. This was the day that Castiel had said that something was going to happen and whatever it was, they were going to be prepared for it.

"Everything good here?" asked Bobby as he entered the living room with a cup of coffee which he handed to Eleanor as she nodded her head at him.

"Nothing's happened yet… what about Dean and Sam?" asked Eleanor, taking a sip of the warm liquid.

"Nothing's happened there either," said Bobby with a sigh. "Either way, I'll keep walking around, just in case."

"Thank you," said Eleanor as Bobby was about to leave her again.

He turned around, looking at her as she placed the cup of coffee on the small, wooden table in front of her. For a moment, it looked as though Bobby was going to say something more to her, though he simply nodded before walking away from her.

She sighed, her entire body tense just like it had been that entire day. She was afraid that something was going to happen, but she was also afraid because of the fact that if there was something that was going to happen, she didn't have a clue as to what that thing was.

Suddenly, Sam appeared in the living room, Lily in his arms. He looked stressed as he walked over to her and she immediately stood up, knife in her hand.

"Bobby and Dean aren't coming back," said Sam as he handed Lily to her.

"What? Sam, wait, what's going on?" asked Eleanor as Lily pressed her face against Eleanor's neck.

"Dean took Lily downstairs, having heard something weird coming from her room after she'd been to the toilet. He went upstairs, but never came back downstairs. That was ten minutes ago. I told Bobby and he went upstairs. Hasn't come back yet either," said Sam quickly, Eleanor's heartbeat quickening as he told her all of this.

Sam was about to turn around when Eleanor placed a hand on his shoulder, making sure the knife didn't hurt Sam as she did this.

"Where are you going?" she asked, adjusting Lily so she was placed on her hip more comfortably.

"Upstairs," said Sam.

"No…"

"I have to see what happened to Dean and Bobby," said Sam, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Stay here with Lily. You'll be fine."

Immediately after he had said this, he turned around and walked out of the living room towards the stairs. She heard his footsteps go up, but after that, everything went quiet.

"Sammy…" whispered Lily as Eleanor sat down on the couch, her fingers shaking slightly as she stroked her daughter's hair, trying her best to comfort the little girl in her arms as she seemed just as scared as Eleanor.

When a sudden thump was heard from upstairs followed by silence, Eleanor stood up from the couch and placed her daughter on the floor again. The little girl wrapped her arms around her mother's leg, following her as Eleanor started to walk towards the doorway that led into the hallway where the stairs were as well as the front door. The front door was still locked and secured, the demon trap in front of the door not having been tempered with in any sort of way which made Eleanor feel slightly better about the situation. However, the lights on the upper floor were turned off and the hallway above the staircase looked like an empty, black hole. There was no sign of either Dean, Sam or Bobby and she knew something was going on.

Turning towards Lily, she crouched down so she was the same height as her daughter who was standing there in her pajamas, her eyes wide and frightened though at the same time confused as she ones again didn't quite understand what was happening.

"I want you to stay here, sweety. Alright?" asked Eleanor, regretting the decision immediately. Though, was there even a decision to make? She had to see if Dean, Sam and Bobby were alright. She couldn't just leave the house with her daughter and start a life somewhere else away from them. Not without knowing that they were all okay. "Mummy's going up there to find daddy and after that, we can all have a nice sleepover down here, alright?"

Lily nodded her head slowly before Eleanor pressed a kiss to her forehead. "I love you, sweety."

And with those words said, she turned around and started walking up the stairs. Each step she took, creaked loudly and she winced each time one of the staircases creaked, wanting to get up quietly without alerting whatever was up there about her presence. She held her knife in her right hand with such force that she was afraid that she'd break the metal handle she was holding, or at least she was afraid that she was going to never be able to use her fingers anymore. Her heart beat so fast that it was almost all she could hear apart from the creaking of the stairs though at the same time, she was sure that there wasn't much to hear since it was very quiet in the house.

"Daddy!" she heard Lily whisper from downstairs.

Eleanor was about halfway up the stairs when she heard her daughter say this and at first, she didn't think about it much and simply continued walking up the stairs, however, when she heard the front door opening and closing, she whipped around, nearly losing her balance. Down the stairs, was no one. Her daughter had just gone outside even though the door was supposed to be locked and panic filled her. Everything in her vision apart from the door turned into a fuzzy, white substance as she ran and stumbled down the stairs, her eyes wide.

"Lily!" called Eleanor as she nearly broke through the door, having missed the doorknob and simply ran straight into the door. Though it had opened and she was now outside.

But the things she saw outside was something she had wished that she had never seen.

There were multiple people standing outside of the house, most of them wearing dark suits and grins on their faces. Crowley was standing there as well, hands in his pockets and an amused look on his face. In front of him the Ark was standing, the top opened. Dean, Sam and Bobby were all being held by demons, the three of them being placed on their knees while multiple demons held them in place. Lily was standing in front of the Ark, looking up at Crowley. Eleanor couldn't see her face and therefore, she was confused as to why Lily was just standing there. Had she been able to see her face, she would've been able to see the fear she was feeling upon seeing the man with the strange voice again, hence the fact that she simply stood there, not daring to do anything else.

"Hello, darling," said Crowley, a smile finally spreading to his lips. "Nice of you to join us as well."

"Lily get out of there!" called Dean before a demon hit him in the head, causing him to groan and look back down at the grass.

"Lily…" said Eleanor stretching out her hand to her daughter although there was a lot of space between the two of them. "Come to me, Lily."

"Oh, I don't think so," said Crowley.

The sound of wings fluttering filled Eleanor's ears and before she knew it, Castiel was standing before Lily, gently picking her up into his arms. For a moment, Eleanor felt relieved and let her hand fall down to rest beside her hip again, the grip on her knife loosening slightly. Castiel had her daughter, she was safe now.

However, when Crowley's grin didn't disappear and when none of the other demons flinched at the fact that an angel was there, all four hunter's faces fell into one of distraught. Slowly, and without making eye contact with any of the hunters, Castiel made his way towards Crowley.

"No… No, you bastard!" screamed Eleanor as she started running towards them, two pairs of strong hands grabbing her arms and hindering her from moving any further. Instead, she fell to her knees as tears streamed down her cheeks.

How could he have done this to them…?

One of the demons grabbed her knife and threw it away from her grip, the knife landing in the grass a few meters away from her. Lily pressed her face against Castiel's trench coat when he neared Crowley who simply smiled at the little child.

"Now, shall we begin?" asked Crowley, not waiting for an answer as he took out his hands form his pockets and grabbed Lily from Castiel. Her petit hands held onto Castiel's coat for as long as she could but eventually, Crowley managed to get her away from Castiel. "Move back, Cas. We don't want you to get hurt, now do we."

Castiel gave him a look of confusion before taking a few steps back. Which was his big mistake. A ring of fire suddenly appeared around him and a worried look appeared on the angel's face.

"We both know that you're not doing this for me or for heaven," said Crowley, still holding Lily in his arms. "You're doing this for them. For the child. Rather pathetic actually. So, we can't have you having second thoughts about this."

"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Sam, earning the attention from Crowley and Castiel.

"Oh, you thought that the little angel here was on my side?" asked Crowley before turning back to Castiel. "Don't think you can trick me like that, Castiel. I kept an eye on you. I saw the affection you felt towards Eleanor and Lily. And you thought you could fool me into believing you were going to just let this happen?"

Castiel said nothing for a while until Crowley rolled his eyes and turned towards the Ark, placing Lily on her feet inbetween him and the Ark.

"I was going to let you do it," said Castiel, making Crowley turn back to him, his hands holding a tight grip on Lily's shoulders. "But not to save Hell."

"To save her?" asked Crowley, looking down at Lily. "I really don't see what you see in this miniature Human."

"She doesn't have to go through this if you succeed," said Castiel, seeming to be looking at Eleanor as he spoke though she only shook her head at him, showing him how disappointed she was.

"He's going to kill her!" cried Eleanor. "How is that better than this life!?"

"Kill her!? Now, now… you really do think bad about me," said Crowley, smirking slightly. "I'm not going to kill her. The power's not going to work on a place where someone's been murdered and, I need her."

Eleanor furrowed her eyebrows.

"So, you'll let her go afterwards?" asked Dean bitterly which caused Crowley to start laughing.

"You really don't know, do you?" asked Crowley, the amused look returning to his face. "Well, Cas did a good job."

"Do you mind telling us your evil plan before you go through with it?" asked Bobby, glaring at Crowley.

Crowley sighed, placing Lily's hands on the Ark and since the little child was too scared to do anything else, she kept her hands on the box. "As you know, this child here will be able to take out Hell later on in her life. So, I want to stop that."

"How?" asked Sam.

With a roll of his eyes, Crowley looked over at Sam. "With the help of the Ark of course. With it, I can wipe things away from reality… I can make things disappear."

"Are you going to make Lily disappear?" asked Eleanor quietly, though loud enough for Crowley to hear.

"No," he said, placing his hands on top of Lily's as he leaned forwards. "God's powers can't do that… but they can do something else…"

As he closed his eyes, a bright light appeared from the Ark, spreading over the garden and the people, blinding everyone, even Castiel. The last thing Eleanor saw before the light became too bright for her to see anything, was Dean's green eyes looking over at her.

When she shut her eyes, the light seemed to become warm as it touched her skin. Though the warmth soon turned into heat and she felt herself become lightheaded, a dizzy feeling appearing in her head. She didn't know what was up or down, all she could think about, was Sam, Dean, Bobby and her daughter; Lily until she blacked out.

Guys... I only have one more chapter left... I'll update that later tonight but... wow... I'm nearly done. I know this story isn't all that long but since I lost interest in it I just wrote the plot I had without adding extra things. Obviously, I could've added more things in between her birthday and so but, I feel like I want to focus more on the other stories I have running now since I actually have motivation and such for those stories. I hope I'm not disappointing anyone but... well... There's not much I can do about that, I'm afraid.