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Part 10:
They found what Kae assumed correctly to be the Harvelle's car parked at the edge of town. A blonde girl around Sam's age got out of the car as the Impala pulled up alongside it, followed by an older brunette woman.
"Thought you guys would never get here." the brunette told Dean. Her eyes fell on Kae. "Who's this?"
"Kae." she said simply, not keen on getting any other details out in the open. If they were working together on just this, there was no reason to let them know what she really was...but what else could she say? She looked at Sam for help, not sure what else to divulge.
"Met her back in Nebraska," Sam supplied. "Figured one more hunter couldn't hurt."
The brunette pursed her lips but didn't press for more details. She smiled at Kae and held out her hand, which Kae took.
"Ellen Harvelle." she introduced herself. "My daughter Jo." she nodded at the blonde.
"Nice to meet you guys." Kae smiled at Jo, who grinned back at her.
"Ellen where's Cas?" asked Dean.
She frowned.
"Thought he was comin' with you."
Kae felt her stomach clench uncomfortably. If neither the Winchesters nor Ellen and Jo knew where Cas was, something was really wrong.
"You don't think Lucifer knew we were coming, do you?" she asked.
"I wouldn't be surprised." Dean shrugged. "Though I have no idea what the hell he'd want with Cas." he opened the trunk of the Impala and took out a rifle before handing it to Sam and taking one of his own. Kae took a hand gun for herself and her old knife, as well as a machete normally used for beheading vampires.
She sucked in a long breath.
"You guys take care of Lucifer - I can find Cas -"
"Not happening." Dean said flatly.
Kae stared at him incredulously. "I'm sorry, when did you get the right to dictate what I can and can't do?"
"Kae -"
"Fuck you." she snarled before looking at Sam. "I'm going to see if I can track Cas down. Call me if you need to."
She turned and set off into town.
"She's here...with the Winchesters."
"Excellent."
"They're coming to kill you. Why not let me take care of them?" Meg looked uncertainly at Lucifer. "Or at least let me bring her to you?"
Lucifer shook his head, his eyes flicking from the demon standing before him to the angel trapped in the ring of holy fire behind her.
"No. She'll come to me on her own. The Winchesters may need some persuasion though. Can you do that?" he asked, touching her shoulder lightly.
Meg's face lit up at his request.
"I can do that."
Kae inhaled sharply and shrank down in an alleyway as several demons walked past. Her grip on the knife in her hand tightened and she exhaled after several seconds and got to her feet.
"Cas?" she called quietly as she moved further down the alley until she could easily go behind the next building. "Cas, it's Kae. You around, man?"
"'Bout time you showed up, darlin'." she whipped around to see a man grinning at her. "Our father wants to see you."
She rolled her eyes and took out her knife. "I have no reason to see Lucifer."
The man grinned, his eyes turning black as he reached for her. "He has your angel. Think about that, won't you?"
And he vanished right before her eyes.
"Son of a bitch." she muttered before taking off down the alley at a run.
"She won't say yes."
Lucifer could have laughed at the words that fell from Castiel's lips. "And what makes you say that, brother?"
Cas stared coldly back at him. "She never has. She would never allow such an abomination inside her - not even for me."
Lucifer grinned. "But she would for Dean Winchester." Cas's eyes widened. "You couldn't tell? I've been in her dreams, Cas. I've heard her thoughts. Buried below a mound of all that hatred, all that anger? A whole plethora of other feelings she's been burying since the day they met. I don't understand the attraction myself, but hey - who am I to tell her no? I want her happiness."
Somewhere up above them there was a loud crash and Kae suddenly crashed through the thin ceiling of the room Lucifer and Cas were in.
"Nice timing," Lucifer commented. "You know, I have to say, it's really nice to be outside of your head for once."
She bit her lip and got slowly to her feet. Her ribs ached and she had to use the wall to support her weight as pain exploded in her right ankle when she tried to put her weight on it.
"What do you want?" she asked through gritted teeth.
He shrugged.
"What I've always wanted, Kaelyn." he said quietly. "A family - with you." Kae tried to push off of the wall but instead collapsed against it when her ankle gave out. He calmly walked over and bent to help her up, but she shrank away, opting to sit (more like lean heavily) against the crumbling wall . "I'm only trying to help you, Princess." he admonished as he reached for her again.
"Go to Hell." she gasped, kicking at him with her good foot. It wasn't much, and it allowed Lucifer to get a hold of her calf.
"I told you I would never do anything to hurt you." he said quietly before lowering her leg to the ground. "Now how about we talk about this like civilized human beings?"
Thoughts? No flames please.