Dean woke up to Sam on top of him, "Sam I can't breathe!"

Sam rolled off and yawned, "Well we better make them breakfast."

They heard a crash from the little kitchen and when Sam and Dean got there the three were trying to make pancakes from a mix. Mini ran over and held up his hands, "Sorry we spilled things, it was a surprise…please will you go out and come back later and act surprised?"

Dean looked at the disaster of cooking oil dripping down the counter and baking mix all over, "Its ok, let's get breakfast somewhere and then we can hit the thrift store and see if we can't find you some clothes."

Sam stared down at Mini's dirty, sore feet, "Dean we can't buy them shoes at a thrift store."

"Fine we can get them shoes at a regular store."

…..

They pulled up in front of the mall and Dean dropped Sam off with the three of them all wearing some of Sam's clean flannel shirts with the sleeves rolled up but the trio looked like orphans with their bare feet and legs.

A couple stopped and the woman glared at Sam, "Why don't those kids have shoes?" Before Sam could answer the man chimed in, "That's child neglect!" They both eyed Sam and then left.

A group of teenage girls stopped to look at them. They all babbled questions directed at Sam and not them, "Oh my god they are sooo cute! How old are they like twelve or something… are they triplets…why don't they have shoes on…they have pointed ears!"

One of them pinched Lola on the ear and he squeaked at the pain but didn't do anything to stop her. He was made to be docile and not fight, Sam pushed her hand away, "Hey stop touching him, go away."

The group moved on after the girl mumbled something about Sam being an asshole. Sam rubbed the red tip on Lola's ear and then made sure their hair was covering their ears, "Are you ok?"

"Yes, she pinched me Sam."

"I know but you can tell people to stop doing things if you don't want them to do it."

Lola shook his head, "No I'm not allowed."

Sam sighed and bent down on his level, "It's ok, I'm here for you guys. No more ear pinching on my watch."

"Thank you Sam!"

….

Dean leaned over the counter and smiled at the woman with the tightly wound bun and everything else from the looks of her, he hitched his thumb over to a bench in the store where the three angels were sitting, "My brothers need some shoes…cool ones."

She looked over at them sitting next to the giant, "They aren't wearing any."

"Exactly that's why we're here…shoes, anything else obvious you need help with?"

She brushed past Dean and bent down to measure their feet, "well you all take the same size," she looked at them with their delicate features and long beautiful heads of hair, "Would you like girls or boys shoes?"

The sales woman had gotten a brief glimpse under Mini's shirt when she was bent over and knew they weren't kids and definitely male but they appeared so androgynous she didn't know what they wanted. She pointed to a huge wall of shoes, "Pick out what you like, I can help you choose."

Mini saw them and he thought his heart would burst, there sitting on a box were a pair of glitter pink chucks, "Could I get those?"

Dean picked them up and examined them, "These are girl shoes and your boys pick some classic black chucks."

Lola had on red high heels in a ladies size 5; he walked around carefully in them then up to Dean and balanced on one foot, "These are pretty."

Dean looked down at his shapely little leg, "Sam I like these."

"No…no high heels, Dean stop being a pervert."

Dean elbowed Sam and chuckled, "He wouldn't have to walk in them just point those suckers toward the ceiling while he gets that little ass tapped."

The sales woman helping Rahmi try on some black chucks looked up at Dean, "What a disgusting thing to say!"

Rahmi beamed with happiness as he stuck out his feet, "I love them."

One grueling hour later they left with a pair of normal black chucks and hiking boots each, Dean let them also each pick out a pair of weird shoes as Sam called them. Mini got his pink glitter high tops, Lola got his red high heels and Rahmi opted for a pair of yellow wellies. The hunters sprung for a dozen pair of socks for them and blew the budget.

…

They sat in the food court, Lola and Rahmi wearing black chucks and Mini in his glitter pink high tops.

Rahmi was perched on his chair like a little raven eating pizza. Sam and Dean were talking about angel repelling spells when a mall security guard stopped at the table, "Hey, tell your kid to sit on that chair and cover up!"

Sam looked over and Rahmi's junk was showing, "Oh god…Rahmi sit normal!"

He immediately did as he was told and finished his pizza as quietly as he could.

"Sorry I didn't mean to yell."

He flinched when Sam went to touch him.

…..

Aquila slammed his fist on the Naomi's desk, "I want my whores…I want Rahmiel the most that one is mine. Castiel and Leo along with two humans took them to The Pines and vanished!"

Naomi wouldn't admit it but she was always slightly intimidated by the Elite Guard, she had more power and control over the flow of things than they did but angels like Aquila were unpredictable and worse protected against disciplinary action. Not on paper but it was an unspoken rule they had privileges.

Aquila was the master, the lanista, he trained all of the Elite Guard in his facilities. They were used for games and entertainment but also played an important role as the ones that would do what the other angels wouldn't.

Naomi thought of them as frat boys with special ops skills.

All the angels were prone to war and violence in some way but if it could be avoided angels generally did. The Elite Guard thrived on bloodshed and inflicting pain.

Naomi looked at Castiel, "Is all of this true?"

"No."

Aquila sputtered, "What?! You and Leo did it!"

Castiel seemed set in stone, "Prove it."

"You killed my men there isn't any witnesses except for me, you little …"

Castiel turned to the huge angel and stared up at him, "You don't frighten me Aquila…you're a bully and beast. You have no honor or dignity and the thought of you having any sort of contact with those little whores is horrifying."

Leo smiled slightly and felt the urge to kiss the Captain again.

Aquila leaned toward Naomi, "Make him talk, I want Rahmiel back or I'll fuck Castiel and then Leo instead."

Naomi didn't flinch, "My hands are tied Aquila, it's your word against theirs…if you want the whores back then please by all means go get them but I have other things more important to worry about than the state of your dick."

Aquila towered over the captain and growled, "I'm not through with you or your lover. I'm taking my best hunters and we are going to find them."

…

Mini held his stomach, "I have to poop Dean, I ate a whole slice of pizza."

Dean pointed to the clothing store, "Take those two in Sammy I'll bring baby Legolas to the can."

He brought Mini into the men's room and pointed to a stall, "Go."

Mini stepped inside pulled up his shirt and sat down staring at Dean, the hunter went to shut the door and Mini panicked, "I don't want to be alone Dean please come in here."

Dean sighed and stepped in locking the door behind him, he turned away and waited as Mini sang a song Dean assumed he was making up as he went along, the voice was soft and actually quite pretty.

"Once we were lost in a dark forest glen,

But Sam and Dean gave us our sunshine again,

When others said we were worthless and bad,

Our heroes told us not to be sad,

Now we are happy and free as can be,

Life is so good for my brothers and me…"

Dean couldn't help it, he had instant tears in his eyes and wiped them away with the tail of his shirt. That was the moment Dean knew he would personally slaughter anything or anyone that tried to hurt them ever again.

The touching moment was ruined by a splash, "Dean I pooped but there's there more pizza in there, it won't come out yet."

Dean still had his back to Mini, "Well don't forget to wipe."

He heard the paper roll and a little grunt, "I'm done." Dean turned around and Mini had his butt stuck out, "Do you want to check?"

Dean got out a baby wipe and handed it to him, "Just get your adorable little button clean and go wash your hands. You're going to have to start going in stalls by yourself, I'll get you a pack of wipes of your own."

When they stepped out several men were there either peeing or washing their hands and had heard the conversation and Mini's little song, Dean blushed with embarrassment wondering what they thought he was doing in there.

"Alright remember to wash your hands good."

Mini didn't see a knob, "Just stick your hand under there and the water starts on its own."

Mini waved his hands under the faucet and the water came, he shouted, "Magic!" he bent over awkwardly to wash and Dean gave him a boost on his knee.

Mini was still wearing Sam's shirt and no underwear, "Mini giggled and looked back at Dean, "Good thing I used a baby wipe, right Dean otherwise you would have a chocolate doughnut on your jeans."

Dean couldn't help but chuckle over the comment, "You're a real comedian aren't you big boy."

Dean pointed to the big button on the air dryer, "Ok now push that." Mini pushed it but when the air started blowing and the noise began he screamed and ran out the door.

Dean chased after him as he dodged through people slipping in and out easily and then vanishing. "Mini…Mini!" Dean ran into the clothing store where Sam had a stack of clothes picked out already and they were trying on more.

Rahmi was hopping around in boxer shorts after he ripped open a package and tried them on, "Look Dean my bits are covered up!"

Lola looked around with a worried expression, "Oh where is Mini?"

Dean whispered to Sam, "He got away…keep them busy while I search for him." Before Sam could say anything Dean was off searching for Mini.

…

Mini wandered the mall now lost and scared without Dean, people looked curiously at the petite blonde in the giant flannel shirt and pink glitter chucks but no one stopped to help him.

He wandered into a kitchen store and asked the lady behind the counter for help, "I need to find Dean…do you know where he is?"

"Go to the information desk."

Mini looked up at the person waiting behind him, " I don't know what that is."

"Read the map out there kid I'm in a hurry."

He walked over to the mall map and didn't understand it.

Finally Mini made his way to the food court and sat by the fountain. He decided a human's indifference was almost as bad as an angel's cruelty.

Mini felt self conscious about his ears and finger combed his hair over them to make sure they were covered then noticed how everyone else was dressed and tugged down the shirt he was wearing.

Mini thought he spotted Dean and got up, "Dean I'm over here!" When the stranger turned around his heart sank. The little elfin angel began to cry.

A young woman with a baby in a stroller stopped and sat next to him, "Are you ok?"

Mini shook his head no.

She pulled out her phone and handed it to him, "Is there someone you can call to come and get you…how old are you?"

Mini turned the cell phone around in his hands and touched the buttons, "I don't know how old I am," he held up the cell phone, "what is this?"

The young mother had no intention of getting sucked into anything that day but she heard him crying and thought he or she, because the woman wasn't quite sure, lost and alone in a mall was dangerous and tragic.

"Hey do you want some ice cream?"

Mini nodded, even though he wasn't sure what it was.

She came back with two cones and handed one to him, the young mother held out her hand but Mini just stared at it curiously, "My name is Beth…I like your chucks, they are very cool."

Mini kissed her hand, "Thank you Beth, my name is Mini. Sam and Dean bought me these, what does "Cool" mean?"

Beth licked her thumb and wiped ice cream off his lip, "It means they are very pretty just like you."

….

Dean finished the upper level and was working his way through the ground floor and spotted the food court, then saw Mini eating ice cream by the fountain with a woman and her baby.

Relief washed over Dean, he tried to approach as casually as possible and sat next to Mini. The angel squealed happily and grabbed Dean, "Dean you found me!"

He had chocolate ice cream around his lips, Mini stuck out the cone, "It's called ice cream Dean, it's very good but be careful because it's also cold."

Dean spit on a handkerchief and started rubbing Mini's mouth, "No thanks champ you have it."

The young mother got up to leave, "So you're his brother or…"

"Yeah I'm his big brother, thanks for the ice cream and sitting with him…oh I can pay you for the ice cream."

She smiled down at Mini, "No it was my treat."

Mini hugged her before she left, "Thank you, you are a kind human and your baby human is very cute." Mini touched the babies face and the infant gave the elfin angel a toothless grin.

She smoothed his hair with her fingers, "Thanks sweetheart, you watch yourself out there, no more wandering around without your brother. On impulse she whipped out a pen and wrote her phone number on a napkin then handed it to Mini, "Call me if you get lost again Mini." Beth had no idea why she was compelled to do that but somehow it felt like the right thing to do.

She walked away pushing the stroller and vanished into the crowd.

….

Aquila looked at himself in the mirror as he finished tucking in his chambray shirt, one of his angels admired him, "You look very normal…handsome even."

"I just want to get the whores back without attracting attention to us."

At six feet four inches tall, built like a mountain and handsome as a movie star there was no way Aquila was not going to attract attention but he was going to try his best.

The angel wrapped his arms around Aquila's waist and kissed his neck, "Why do you need these whores when I will give you any pleasure you could ever want?"

Aquila grabbed his wrists and jerked his hands off, "Because I like them, they are tiny and tight, when I beat them they cry and beg for me to stop and it makes me excited. I believe I love Rahmiel…will you do all that for me?"

The angel stepped back and lowered his head, "No, but it doesn't sound much like love. Aquila I could love you but I don't desire pain."

Aquila snorted in disgust, "Just as I thought, a coward like the rest."

….

Dean clutched Mini's hand tightly as they walked, "You had me worried Mini, don't ever run away from me again."

"I was scared…sorry Dean I won't." He stopped and stuck out his foot, "Beth said my chucks were cool…that means pretty."

Dean thought he was going to need an insulin shot, "Yeah she was right, you picked out very cool shoes."

They made their way to the escalator and Mini tried to step on it several times until Dean picked him up. Feeling the arms around his neck was comforting to the hunter.

People stared at them but Dean decided he just didn't give a crap.

TBC