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Part 11:

"Talk? You want to talk?" Kae looked at him incredulously. "Th-There's nothing to talk about!"

Lucifer chuckled and reached over to tug a strand of hair playfully. "That's where you're wrong - we have so much to discuss." he checked his watch. "And only a little time to do it. I'm on a schedule."

"What on earth could you possibly have that's so important?" she asked, trying to inch away from him, but unfortunately didn't have much success. Her body was just in too much pain to cooperate with her mind.

"Oh...you know. Apocalypse type stuff - but you can ask the Winchesters about it. Or Cas for that matter." Kae's eyes flicked briefly to the angel silently watching them before they went back to Lucifer. "But there's one thing I find very interesting about you."

"And that is?"

"How since you met Dean Winchester, you've never given any sign that you're attracted to him." Lucifer said, amused by the look of disbelief on her face.

"I don't -" she started, but he cut her off.

"You keep feelings like love buried deep under everything else." he observed. "Don't lie - especially to me. I know, Kae. I've been in your head."

She shook her head adamantly, trying to deny his words. All she'd ever seen Dean as was a dick, to be honest. Romantic notions be damned. She was something he'd sooner kill than even entertain the idea of being with - regardless of the fact that he was hot as hell, but then looks had never been top of her list.

"Denial is an ugly thing, Kae." Lucifer was watching her closely. "He hides it as well as you do. I'm not even sure he realizes it...but he will eventually."

Tears stung in her eyes as she turned away from him. "Fuck you." she whispered thickly.

"I'll just leave you here then. You need to think, right? Much like Cas here. I'll give you some time."

And then he was gone.

Dean swore silently as he got the voicemail on Kae's cell. Behind him, the hardware store he, Sam, Ellen and Jo had hunkered down in following being ambushed by Meg, who'd set a pack of hell hounds on them was in flames.

Flames were good; they meant the trap that had been rigged for the hell hounds had worked. Dean threw the makeshift trigger aside and ran a hand through his hair. Behind him Sam was pressing a makeshift bandage to the wound left by one of the damn mutts in Jo's side. She needed a hospital fast.

The only thing that was preventing Dean from moving to get them back to their car was the fact that Kae wasn't picking up her phone. He'd tried her at least ten times while trapped in the hardware store, and inbetween calls to Cas's phone, had been trying to crush the panic welling up inside him.

She was a cambion - all powerful. She had to be fine...right? Well...she was a cambion that Lucifer wanted as a concubine.

Shit.

"Sam you get them back to the cars." he said as he pulled out his cell phone and tried Kae again.

No answer. Fuck.

"Dean -"

"Not leaving -"

"Don't argue with me!" he exploded, and both Jo and Sam fell silent. "Get back to the car. Wait for us."

"You don't even know where she is," Sam protested.

Dean shrugged and pulled the demon killing knife out of his jacket after making sure the Colt was safely tucked away in the back of his jeans. "I'll figure it out - just get them back to their car, alright?"

Sam clearly was not cool with the current plan, but it didn't look like Dean could be deterred from it - extremely weird for him and Kae constantly bickering at each other.

But then the bickering could be something else.

That thought almost made Sam smile before he moved to help Ellen and Jo back to their car.

Dean waited until the others were out of his sight before taking off down the empty street.

"Kae?" Cas watched the barely conscious creature stir feebly and turn her head to smile at him.

"Cas?" she said quietly, her brow furrowing. "...out?"

He shook his head. "No I didn't get out." he looked at the ring of fire that still surrounded him. "Stay awake, Kae - Sam and Dean will come and find us."

She shook her head slowly, whimpering a little.

"No. They're gonna kill Lucifer." she mumbled. "more important."

"Kae you've got to stay with me alright?" he said urgently. "Stay awake, please."

She could barely breathe let alone listen to him.

"Kae?" she heard him yell as she lost consciousness. "Kae!"

Thoughts? No flames please.