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Author's Note: This is short, I know, but I wanted to get something up for y'all. Hope you enjoy!
Part 13:
When Kae woke later, she found herself standing on a beach, a nine-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl building a sandcastle at her feet.
She looked around and saw her mom and Danny watching them from beach chairs a few feet away.
"Kae help us finish the sandcastle!" the boy begged.
Aiden...
Layla...
Oh God. She remembered this. The beach had been their family vacation when she was thirteen.
Cas felt like he might have a heart attack - well, like his vessel might have a heart attack. Driving was definitely something he would have to master in time. Of course he could probably tap into Jimmy Novak's knowledge at some point...but that wasn't important right now.
Kae was important.
It wasn't until they were at least thirty miles away from Carthage that Cas pulled the Impala over (narrowly avoiding crashing into the Honda in front of them) to the side of the road.
Kae was silent in the back seat. He had to act fast - he just hoped a reaper hadn't gotten to her yet. It was a good thing he felt his power coming back.
"Hang on, Kae." he muttered as he set the car in park. Kae didn't notice when he got into the back seat with her. He took a deep breath and placed his hand carefully to the side of her face, breathing a sigh of relief as the cuts and the blood vanished, and her ribs and ankle mended.
A few seconds later, she opened her eyes and stared over at him.
"Cas?" she said. "Where are - ?"
"I took you from Carthage so that I could heal you." he responded.
Kae blinked and looked around. "Dean...Sam...where are they?"
"They went to take care of Lucifer."
She smiled a little. "So you committed grand theft auto to save me? I'm touched."
Cas frowned. "I didn't steal Dean's car. I borrowed it."
"He's gonna kill you if he finds out." she said as she climbed over him to get out of the car.
"I doubt that."
She rolled her eyes and got into the front seat. "Yeah. Whatever. Any word from them on whether Lucifer's dead?" He shook his head. "Alright then - let's go help 'em out."
When they got back into Carthage, they didn't stay long. They stayed long enough for Dean and Sam to run up to the car, Dean yell at Kae to get in the back seat (she was sure he'd tear into Cas for taking the car, but he didn't), and for him and Sam to get into the driver and passenger seats.
Dean's foot slammed on the gas and they tore off down the highway, leaving Carthage in the dust.
"So...is he dead?"
They were about fifty miles away from the Oklahoma state border when Kae finally got the nerve to ask Sam what had happened. He and Dean hadn't said a word since they'd left Missouri. Cas had left them about an hour ago - for what he hadn't said.
"No." Sam said finally. "The Colt didn't work."
She frowned. "You said -"
"I know what we told you...but nobody told us there were things the Colt couldn't kill."
"Five things." Dean said bluntly. "and Lucifer is one of them."
"What?" Kae slumped back in her seat, eyes widening in shock. "So the bastard can't be killed?!"
"We'll figure something out," Dean's eyes found hers in the rear view mirror. "Okay?"
She didn't like the lack of confidence she heard in his voice when he said that, but what else could they do?
"Kae?"
Sam had turned to look at her. "You alright?"
She shook her head.
"No."
Thoughts? Constructive criticism is welcome.