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Part 12:
It took him over an hour of combing the town, but before long Dean managed to find them. Cas was standing in the middle of a ring of holy fire and Kae was lying by the wall unconscious. One look at the sizeable hole in the ceiling told him she'd fallen through while looking for Cas.
"Dean." he flinched as Cas said his name, and turned his attention back to the angel.
"Give me a sec," he managed to say, "and I'll get you outta here, alright?" he looked at Kae again as he pocketed the demon-killing knife. "What happened?"
"I - Lucifer captured me," he replied. "I don't know if Kae was looking for me, or if she was - She was." he sighed as Dean nodded in confirmation. "She talked with Lucifer - I don't...I couldn't hear what was said. There was a barrier. He didn't do anything to her." he added at seeing the ugly expression on Dean's face at the mere mention of Lucifer. "She remains infertile."
Dean looked around the room, trying to see if he could find something that would break the circle of flames so Cas could get free. His eyes settled on a rectangular, metal beam on the other side of the room.
"Alright...hang tight." he said abruptly before going to grab it.
It took him a few minutes but he managed to drag it over and drop it directly in the circle. It seemed to work in cutting a path through the flamesas Cas stepped up on it and walked quickly across it out of the fire ring.
"Thank you." he nodded at Dean.
Dean merely nodded and moved over to check Kae's injuries.
"Kae?" he said tentatively, reaching over and gently shaking her shoulder.
She whimpered and slowly opened her eyes. "D...?" she said thickly.
He couldn't help but smile in relief as she tried to lift her head. "Hey."
"Cas..."
"He's right here, I got him out." Dean assured her. He looked up at the angel. "Can you heal her?"
He shook his head. "Unfortunately, my powers are blocked."
Dean swore silently before looking back at Kae. "Alright, we gotta get you to a hospital...or at least out of this town. Can you stand?"
She shook her head. "Tried...ankle."
Damn it. "Alright. We're gonna get you up, okay? Cas, you're gonna take her to the edge of town - if Sam didn't go with Ellen and Jo to the hospital, I'm pretty sure he's still there. Get her to the car and have Sam drive you two as far as from Carthage as you can. Then you heal her."
Cas nodded. "Okay...but what about you?" Dean pulled out the Colt and his eyes widened. "You're going after the Devil on your own? It's suicide!"
"We don't have any other options, Cas!" Dean snapped. "He's setting Death free and that can't happen!" Cas looked like he was going to argue, but decided against it. Dean let out a long sigh and moved to lift Kae, carefully sliding one arm under her knees as he wrapped his other around her back.
She winced at the movement and tried not to cry out as he stood up, but it was hard. She couldn't stop herself when Dean put her in Cas's arms
"Hey, it's okay." Dean was going to fucking murder Lucifer. It didn't matter if he hadn't caused the injuries she had now - he was the reason - add in the fact that he intended to, well, fuck her in Sam's body and he had all the more reason to kill the bastard - besides of course that Lucifer wanted Sam purely because he was the 'true vessel'. "We're gonna get you outta here and Cas'll heal you. You're gonna be just fine."
She looked up at him through half-closed eyes and moaned softly. He thought he heard an 'okay' mixed in the sound but he couldn't be sure.
"Let's go."
Kae wasn't sure how she managed to stay conscious as Dean led her and Cas out onto the street and back to the Impala. Sam was leaning against the driver's side door, gun in hand.
"What the hell happened to her?" he asked as Dean quickly opened the back passenger door and Cas carefully set Kae on the leather seat.
Dean ignored him and looked at Cas. "How you feelin' now, man?"
He shrugged.
"Not as stifled...but it's not a huge change. I need to be farther from the city in order to heal her."
Kae opened her eyes and glared at the two of them. "Not dead yet...Sam...go..."
Dean shook his head.
"No." he looked at his brother. "Get her and Cas as far away from here as you can."
Sam's eyes narrowed. "What about you?"
Dean shrugged. "Someone's gotta do it." he checked the ammo in the Colt.
"Not alone." Sam argued. "You're gonna end up dead if -"
"Sam's going with you," Kae said wearily. "We'll...wait here. You okay with that, Cas?" Cas gave a half shrug, and Sam pushed off of the Impala.
"Alright that's settled." he said. "Let's move."
Dean groaned but didn't protest. The brothers took off at a run back down the road.
Kae.
...
Kae.
"Sh...Lay...tryin' t'sleep." Kae mumbled. A hand brushed her hair back off of her forehead. She reluctantly opened her eyes to see a girl around fourteen that had dark brown hair staring down at her.
"Layla." she said thickly, lips curling into a smile. Her half-sister's bright blue eyes lit up at the sound of her name. "M...Missed you..."
In the front passenger seat of the Impala, Cas's head jerked around and he watched Kae reaching a trembling hand toward nothing but thin air.
He may not be an expert on human health, but given the extent of the injuries she'd suffered, he was certain that Kae was running out of time.
Cas glanced down at the driver seat, and to his shock saw that Dean had left the keys sitting on the leather cushion.
He knew that Dean was beyond particular about his car, and that Dean would probably kill him if (no, when) he found out. He also didn't know how to drive so there was higher risk of him getting into a wreck.
It couldn't hurt though...and Kae couldn't die. Not like this. He just needed to get far enough that his power would kick in again, that was all.
He took a deep breath and reached for the keys.
Thoughts? No flames please.