The Most Important People in the Universe

by it-will-be-anarchy

Castiel pulls Dean Winchester from hell with only one notion: this man is destined to be the Most Important Man in the Universe. Meanwhile, the Doctor gets a message from the angels (and not the weeping ones): they need his help to contact the woman who was once the Most Important Woman in the Universe, even though she's forgotten now.

12. Chapter 12

Dean landed…somewhere. He wasn't sure. It didn't matter anyway.

He had caught up to her. Lucifer. She was vulnerable now. He could feel her confusion because she didn't know where she was. Dean had learned quickly that where you were didn't matter. All that mattered was to keep running.

Dean confronted her.

She stared at him.

Moments passed.

Millennia passed.

Finally, words. "You're not Michael," she said.

"No."

"I'm meant to fight Michael."

"Well, now you're meant to listen to me."

She blinked. "Just listen?"

Dean raised his empty hands. "Just listen."

She was quiet.

The blankness around them occasionally swirled into scenery. Then it would wipe itself clean again. They passed through space after space, green eyes locked on hazel.

"You're not Lucifer," Dean said eventually.

"Yes, I am."

"Maybe partly. But there's some Donna in there too."

"You didn't even know Donna."

"No. But I heard stories of her."

"From whom?"

"From an angel."

"The angels never told stories of Donna."

"No, they didn't. They told stories of the DoctorDonna."

Lucifer's eyes flickered nervously.

Dean moved a step closer. "You've taken in Donna's memories as your own."

Lucifer twitched.

Another step closer. "Did you even realize just how powerful those memories were?"

"Yes. That's why I chose her."

Another step. "No, I think you underestimated their power."

"I am the devil. Mere memories cannot harm me."

Closer. "You're wrong."

Now they were face to face. Dean brushed back a flyaway strand of red hair behind her ear.

"What's more," Dean said, "is you underestimated the power of the DoctorDonna."

I don't know where I am. It's dark all around me, except for the big wall. The big wall sits in front of me. There are holes in it. I look in the holes and I see the Doctor. I see the Doctor, and I see Donna. But I want to see the DoctorDonna. That is me. I am the DoctorDonna. I am the DoctorDonna, and I want to remember. So I have to knock down the wall.

Lucifer's eyes widened. Something in them crumbled and crashed down. And for a brief, shining moment, it wasn't Lucifer anymore, and Lucifer was gone.

"Hello?" she said.

Dean held her hands in his. "I'm Dean Winchester."

She looked back at him with all-knowing eyes.

"I am the DoctorDonna," she said, "and this is how my story ends."

She burned up from the inside out until he was left with ashes in his hands.

The Most Important Man in the Universe and the Most Important Woman in the Universe meet for the first and last time.