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Part 17:
The drive back to Arlington, Virginia was a nightmare. Kae stopped once to stay the night in some rathole motel (it was even shittier than the ones she and the guys normally stayed at) in Fremont, Ohio before hitting the road again.
Going back to Arlington was surreal - she'd been away for so long that it felt strange to go back to where she'd been, well - semi normal.
She pulled into the driveway of her mother's house and put the car in park. She reached into her bag and pulled out the angel blade, tucking it into her jacket before getting out and walking up to the front door.
It wasn't locked.
"Mom?" she pushed the door open and stepped inside.
"You let her go face Anna alone?!"
Sam stared at Dean incredulously. The were leaving town after having killed the Whore of Babylon.
"Yeah. So?" Dean rolled his eyes and turned the key in the ignition. "She's a big girl, Sam. Anna's got her mom - do you expect her to take that lying down?"
"No, but why didn't you tell her to wait? We could've gone with her -"
"She's part demon. She can handle herself."
Sam stared at his brother incredulously.
"And you don't want to go back her up - at all. What's gotten into you? Lately if she gets in a bind you're running to her rescue - Oh my God." his eyes widened. "Last night. You came back looking like a kicked puppy. You told her, didn't you? You told her you had feelings for her."
"What? That's crazy -"
"Dude. Don't bullshit me - I'm not an idiot." Sam paused. "Her mom lives in Virginia, right?"
"Arlington." Sam pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number. "She's already there by now, Sammy. What good's it gonna do?"
"I'm not calling her." pause. "How far to Arlington?"
"Couple of days. Maybe less if -"
"Sam?"
Dean swore loudly and Sam nearly hit his head on the ceiling of the Impala. Cas was sitting in the back seat.
"Dean pull over." he said abruptly.
Dean glared at him, but did as he asked.
"Anna has Kae's mother, correct?" the angel said. Dean nodded as he put the car in park. "We won't reach her in time - Anna will kill Maxine Thomas and then Kae within the next couple of hours."
"Son of a bitch," Dean breathed. "Cas, we - I have to get there now."
Cas nodded and before Dean could do anything, the other man had placed his hand on Dean's shoulder and they both vanished, leaving Sam alone with the Impala.
Kae combed the house looking for any place that Anna could be holding her mom. The last place to check (which she was pretty sure was it) was the basement.
She'd been right: Max was tied to a chair, dark hair in disarray, blood coating the right side of her face and matted in her hair.
"Mom!"
Max did not look relieved to see her daughter. "Kae?! What are you doing here?"
Kae moved quickly, trying to untie Max's arms.
"Step away from her, Kae." Anna had materialized in the basement, mere inches from her.
"You let her go," Kae snarled, "She has nothing to do with this!"
Anna shrugged. "She let you live - that's reason enough."
Kae took a step forward, glaring at the angel. Anna was suddenly blasted off of her feet and back into the wall behind her. She got to her feet shakily, and made a sweeping motion with her hand.
Kae concentrated, knowing Anna meant to blast her back. Nothing happened. Kae grinned triumphantly. "Force field. Comes in handy, lemme tell ya."
"But it can't protect her, can it?" a silver angel blade slid out from under the sleeve of Anna's navy trench coat.
Kae let out a cry and tried to blast her again, losing her concentration and her protection in the process. Another power took hold of her, rooting her on the spot.
No!
"Kae!"
And suddenly, she could move again. When she looked for the reason why, she saw Cas and Dean running down into the basement.
Kae ignored Dean and moved toward her mother...just as Anna thrust the silver blade into Max's chest. Max let out a strangled cry and slumped forward, blood spreading rapidly over the plain white t-shirt she was wearing.
Kae felt like something inside her had snapped. She dove forward, hand outstretched. She didn't want to blast the bitch - this time she wanted to kill her.
"No!" she screamed, but suddenly someone had grabbed her around the chest and was dragging her away. It was Dean. Cas was moving toward Anna, holding a blade of his own. "Lemme go!"
"Kae she's gone!" he cried as he pulled her up the steps and into the kitchen. "I - I'm so sorry, Kae...she's gone."
She turned to face him, her eyes welling with tears.
"She's not gone." she choked out, pulling away from him.
Dean didn't know what else to say. There was no way to make this better - nothing that could bring Kae's mother back.
"I'm sorry." he whispered.
"She's not." Kae said again, voice cracking.
Dean pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. It was then that she broke completely, sobbing into his shirt. Cas appeared next to them a few minutes later. He gave Dean a small nod, which Dean took to mean that Anna was dead.
Good.
"You should uh...you should go." he told Cas. "We'll leave in a minute."
"We...we have to bury them," Kae said suddenly, looking up at Dean as she wiped her eyes on her jacket sleeve. "Dean -"
"We..." as much as it pained Dean to say it, he had to. "Kae we have to leave 'em."
"What? No!" Kae shook her head furiously. "I'm not leaving my mother's body to rot!"
"We can make an anonymous call, or something," he told her. "but there's no way we can bury them here without people seeing - and it's gonna look worse if we carry 'em out the front door in broad daylight." Kae sniffled and looked up at him pleadingly. "Look we'll go find a motel, and I'll make some calls...see if we can get any hunters in the area to take care of them, alright?"
After a moment, she nodded.
"Okay."
Sad ending is sad...but I had this happening in my head for a while now, so...yeah.
What'd you guys think? Constructive criticism is welcome.