This Broken Gospel

by Emilia Christine

Sequel to Distant Serenity. The wall put up in Sam's head by Death has been broken and the Leviathans have been let loose from Purgatory. Natalie and the Winchesters must now find a way to stop them from wreaking havoc. All the while, Death's warning to Natalie will come to a head in a way no one thought possible. Season 7. [DISCONTINUED]

9. Go Where I Send Thee

A/N: Hey! So an update that didn't take me over a month to put up! I am actually glad that it didn't take me that long to get this next chapter up. This is another original case and someone else returns in this chapter. Also, just to ensure this is known, the case in this chapter is inspired by an episode of Sleepy Hollow. Now let's get on with the chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Supernatural.

---

Caden casually paced back and forth, hand secured under his chin in contemplation. He had made a mistake. Well, it wasn't a mistake in his eyes. But, according to Sarah, it was possibly the worst thing he could have done.

"Tell me again." Sarah said, she needed some more clarification. "What exactly did you tell them?"

Caden resumed his pacing. "I said that I wasn't going with their plan anymore."

That's what she was hoping not to hear again. Sarah allowed her head to hang down. "I am sure that they didn't take that too well."

No response from Caden.

"Why did you do it? I thought that we were all on the same page."

Caden paused and looked at Sarah. "I thought I was too. But, then they told me exactly what they planned on doing to her."

"But, that's if she doesn't cooperate, right? I mean that's what you just told me."

However, Caden wasn't hearing none of it. "This is Natalie that we're talking about, Sarah. I know for a fact that she won't agree to this."

"She has you. She trusts you, right? As long as that is tangible, it should be fine. So, what now you're backing out all because you're loyal to her?"

Caden calmly surrendered to Sarah's question with a small shoulder raise. "What if I am? Natalie, she's a good person and someone who I trust, completely. And she's loyal. All I've been doing is going behind her back."

Sarah let out a vain, silent scoff.

"I told you, what the angels we're going to do to her. And I don't care if that's their plan for when she doesn't cooperate. I know our kind, Sarah. We're absolutely vicious with how we do things. You can't stand there and tell me that you're completely okay with their plan. It will breakNatalie, piece by piece."

If Sarah were to tell Caden that she was completely fine with it, she would be lying to him and herself. It was quite clear that Sarah wasn't Natalie's biggest fan in the beginning, however, Sarah was able to see, from the sidelines, what human beings were capable of. During the power struggle between Raphael and Castiel, Sarah found herself caught in the middle. She was so loyal. How could she pick one brother over the other? However, being some of the youngest angels, Sarah and Caden were always a duo. And because of this, she followed Caden with his decision to side with Castiel. Sarah was exposed to Castiel's appreciation for humans and she could see the good that they can achieve, when they're not ripping each other's throats out. Sarah was skeptical about Natalie at first, but she has seen everything this young woman has done, some of it was questionable, but a majority of it was good. She was flawed, like every single human being on this earth. And it has taken hearing Castiel's wisdom and witnessing Caden's loyalty to realize that there is something about humans that is still pure.

"I'm not sure." Sarah finally complied. "Caden, they never told me what the whole plan was. They just wanted you and I to get Natalie to cooperate. Now that I know...I don't know anymore. If this does work out, do you know how much everyone would benefit from it?"

"Sacrifice Natalie's own sanity, in order to achieve this ardent plan? I can't do that. I'm not going to turn into another Castiel and let some plan over take what I know is right."

Sarah remained silent, her eyes locking down on Caden as he began to pace once again. She didn't particularly know how she felt about this but the angels won't handle it very well.

"What do you think is going to happen now?" Sarah finally questioned. "We have been in this, with them for quite some time. They are not going to like the fact that you just bailed on them."

Caden halted and turned sharply to Sarah. "Then they will just have to deal with me. You know, maybe I should just surrender myself. Stop with the hiding. They will find me eventually."

"Do you think Naomi is going to let Daniel know that she has had some form of contact with you?"

"Maybe." Caden sauntered over to the worn down couch and leaned his hands on the backrest. "All that I know is that the leviathan are still out there. I'm going to help them get this under control...and then I'll face the consequences of what I did."

"What if you don't get to help them?" Sarah challenged. "What if they are able to get you before any of this is over?"

Caden shrugged, limply. "Then so be it."

Sarah could hear it in Caden's voice, this was final. He didn't care what happened to him, he just wanted to make sure that Natalie wouldn't have to go through that kind of hell. Sarah didn't know where she stood on this argument. Neutral was probably the best answer. She agreed with Caden, the treatment the angels would put Natalie through is, ironically, inhumane. But, she wasn't going to be hasty and choose a side. Truthfully, she was full on confused, which she has never experienced before. But, Caden and her had always been their own team. She wasn't going to leave his side.

"What are you going to do about the other angels?" Sarah asked the question that was eating away at both their minds. "I can guarantee that they are not going to just leave her alone. Natalie is supposed to do all of it. It has to be."

"Well, it's not written down as any prophecy." Caden bit back. "They can find someone else just as easily if they are so eager to get this done."

"Would you really allow them to choose some other unfortunate human?"

"What else can I do Sarah?" Caden was growing frustrated. "It is going to be me against all of them. If I could fully stop them, I would."

Allowing his head to hang, Caden knew that he was at a standstill. The best decision he could think of was to tell Natalie everything. Even if it meant that it will break their trust, he would rather have her angry at him and safe, then in the hands of his kind.

"I'm going to have to tell her. Tell her everything."

"What good is that going to do?"

Caden finally looked up and shook his head, he was so unsure about it. There was nothing else he could do."I don't know. But, if I tell her, at least she will be informed about the situation."

"You think she is going to be able to put up a successful fight against them?"

"She's good at putting up fights. Plus, she has Sam and Dean with her. They're not going to let anything happen to her." Caden was saying this as more of a way to convince himself. "I regret this so much. I should have never agreed to be apart of this."

"The one thing I am worried about is...will they release the information that Naomi has been contacting you? We can't have nearly all of the angels out for you. And trust me Caden, more than half of the angels despise you. Daniel's false accusations of you working with Castiel to open Purgatory are full fledge. Nearly every angel believes it."

"I don't think Naomi would release that information." Caden sounded fairly confident that it made Sarah feel less optimistic. "If the other angels know that she's been contacting me, her vouch for the win will be over. She'll look just as guilty."

Sarah shrugged out her doubt. "I hope you're right."

Caden and Sarah both went silent, each of them trying to think about what they needed to do next. But, there was no answer to that. The only thing they really can do is to wait and see what the angels will do. And whatever outcome branches from that, Caden will deal with it.

Their silent mulling was cut short. Caden's cell phone began to go off and Sarah stared at the device, curiously. She had never took it upon herself to learn to how use a phone. She didn't see the need for it. Caden took the phone out of his pocket, quickly seeing that it was Natalie who was calling.

"Yes?"

"Wow. You answered a call in record time. Guess you're not having that much trouble with it anymore."

Caden didn't try to the suppress the smile that appeared. "I have gotten better at it. How are you Natalie?"

"Um. Fine, I guess. We just got back to Montana and...something has happened."

"Well, you usually don't call unless you have something to tell me. What's wrong?"

"Okay. Well we were at our last job, a leviathan attacked Sam and Dean."

"A leviathan." Caden turned to look at Sarah, who was just as equally curious about the conversation. "Are they hurt?"

"No. Actually, we're all fine. However, Dean managed to behead the thing and we drove all the way back here...with it."

Caden hesiated and blinked a few times, making sure he understood her correctly. "Wait. You brought the leviathan back with you."

"Yeah."

"Why would you do that?"

"Well, Dean made a good point. If we brought the Leviathan back to Bobby, he might be able to figure out what makes this think tick. You know, try and find its weakness."

"I suppose that's a fair enough plan."

"Anyway, I was calling to see if you and Sarah wanted to zap on over here and take a look at this thing for yourselves. Maybe, you can even offer some assistance."

"Of course, we'll be there soon." Caden pulled the phone away and stashed it back into his pocket. "We must go and see them. Maybe we can offer some assistance."

Sarah shrugged. "Fine, by me."

---

It was kind of a crazy thought the more all of them simmered on it. They had a damn Leviathan chained up in the basement of the cabin. They had been hiding from these things for weeks and now, one was sitting in their clutches. They could do whatever they want with it. At least, they were hoping that it could tell them what would be this species Kryptonite. When Caden and Sarah arrived, they both were speechless at seeing the creature sitting in front of them. Sarah had not encountered these things since before God stashed them away into Purgatory. And Caden can barely remember the confrontation he had with the one down in Omaha. Regardless, these creatures were not ones they hoped to greet again. Sarah made sure to place a binding spell on the creature, weakening its strength. Bobby, of course always being left out of the loop, had to ask several times who Sarah was before he received an answer, Another angel. He was less than optimistic about putting too much trust with these two, but it wasn't the time for him to deny their help. They were scant with who they had as valuable allies. Any kind of help would do.

They had left Bobby to do his work with Chet, which they had learned from constant questioning. Using any kind of tactic he could think of to get the thing to talk. Literally, nothing that Bobby used had any effect on the thing. Not even so much as a twitch. Bobby was simply dumbfounded. He had never encountered a creature that wasn't bothered by holy water, salt, iron, or anything. There was a heavy weight that crushed down on him during his treatment. All of it was doing nothing. He had this small sense of hopelessness. That usually isn't the way Bobby handled situations, but this was different. From what he has been able to gather from this little interrogation, there is no way in killing these things. No way to weaken them either. He started to think whether they could even win this war against the leviathan. Humans were vulnerable. No way to defend themselves against these creatures. And here was Bobby, who was a hunter, who had all of this information and different ways of killing monsters. And yet, there is one who manages to defy all that he knew about this world.

The interrogation was going on a little too long. Sam, Dean and Natalie had waited upstairs with the angels, when Natalie finally decided that she was done waiting. There wasn't much that they could hear from the basement. No screams. Nothing. Natalie made her way down the basement steps, with Sam and Dean trailing behind her. Caden and Sarah vouched to stay out of the basement for now. Natalie stepped off the stairs and saw the Leviathan slowly turn his gaze at them. She didn't give him the benefit of eye contact. Instead, she walked right over to here Bobby was standing, a few syringes were laid out on a small tray. Natalie spotted one that was nearly full and picked it up.

"What's in this one?"

"Fruit from the poison tree."

Natalie raised a brow and side eyed Bobby. She nodded and slowly turned to look at Chet. "Okay, then." Natalie walked over to Chet and stuck the needle into his thigh. Pulling out the needle, they were all met with an unsatisfied response.

Chet smacked his lips together and pouted his lips out. "Hmm. Not back. It doesn't have that sour after taste like holy water or rock salt."

Natalie exhaled heavily as she went over to the table and placed the syringe back down on the tray. "Okay, so, fruit from the poison doesn't do crap."

"I've tried pretty much everything. And he's still not saying anything." Bobby cleaned up the table and disposed of the used syringes.

Dean pulled a stool over to where Chet was and sat down right next to him. "Alright. Enough is enough. How did you find us?"

"Oh. I just simply used pattern-recognition software and basic algorithm to track down your aliases." Chet gave a dramatic roll of the eyes and a sigh, trying to convey boredom. "It was so tedious."

"And how did you know what our aliases were?" Dean asked.

Chet gave Dean a look. "From your angel friend, Castiel. While we were all camped out inside him, we were able to get all of the details. A full download."

"Then why are you even answering his questions?" Natalie interrupted. "You must stupid to be giving out information."

"Oh, please." Chet blurted out. "I'm not scared of any of you. You are the ones that feel threatened, because you have no idea how to kill us. And we're everywhere. Edgar was just the first for you two." He motioned over at Sam and Dean.

Then, his eyes turned to Natalie, locking down in an uncomfortable stare. "And Matt was just getting started with you."

Natalie's brow creased, she didn't recognize the name.

"Maybe the mention of Omaha will spark your memory."

Chet's statement did just that. Natalie's expression fell at the memory of the leviathan that attacked her and killed Alex's uncle. The thing that literally destroyed Alex's life.

"You all can keep me down here as long as you want. But, I'm not the only one you need to be concerned about. My entire kind are looking for you three...and they will find you. Just wait."

"Then, we'll have to make some back up plans." Natalie commented. Giving Bobby a quick glance, Natalie quickly headed back up the basement stairs. When she walked out, Caden and Sarah were standing near the kitchen table when Natalie strolled over to them.

"Nothing works." She offered the information quickly, it took Caden and Sarah a few seconds to process what she had said.

"Nothing." Caden repeated. "I don't know why I'm surprised, but...well, I am."

Sam and Dean made their way over to them, but Bobby never came up, telling the group that he was still down there. Possibly thinking of other treatments that might work.

"Caden." Sam began. "Is there anything at all about the leviathans we should know? Do you know anything that might be helpful?"

Caden shook his head, pure sincerity emanated from his eyes. "I don't. We were there when God created them and we saw what kind of mayhem they caused. God quickly created Purgatory and shoved them in there." Caden casted a quick glance over at Sarah, before resuming. "None of the angels were able to truly study these creatures."

"So, you have nothing on them that could tell us their weakness." Sam clarified.

"I'm sorry, I wish I did. Like I said before. The information that the scribe wrote down on the tablets will most likely give you answers. But, even then I don't know what is on those tablets."

"Would you possibly have any kind of inkling of where it could be?" Dean asked. Sam had told Dean back at Clara's cabin what Caden had told them when he and Natalie spoke with him. But, Dean just thought there might be a possibility Caden might've remembered knowing something.

"No. None of the angels do." Caden replied, much to their dismay.

"We're just gonna have to stick to our limited basics then." Dean concluded.

"Yeah and that includes reading through multiple books and coming up empty handed." Natalie added. "Bobby has tried nearly everything, none of them work. We have the books that he picked up from the house and I guarantee, nothing in them will help us."

Dean could only shrug at Natalie's words. There was really nothing he could say because he felt almost the exact same way. It was annoying to think that even with a leviathan chained up in the cabin, they were still on stage one. They haven't moved forward.

"Well, the best thing we can do is to just keep on reading and researching." Dean finally settled on his answer and began to sift through the books on the kitchen table.

"Something that we all want to do." Natalie replied, sarcastically.

Natalie, Sam and Dean pulled random books out of the pile. Even Sarah helped herself to one, which Natalie found to be a little amusing. It's not everyday she gets to see an angel read at their own free will. However, Caden had his own plan. He wanted to get Natalie out of the room and somewhere else so he can talk with her.

Caden quickly walked over to Natalie. "I need to talk to you."

Natalie looked up from her book and gave Caden a questioning look. "About what?"

Caden hesitated for a moment. "We need to talk...in private."

That was something Natalie didn't expect to hear. She could see the seriousness in his eyes, making her think that the subject was very important. Natalie slowly nodded. "Okay." Turning to Sam, she placed her hand on his shoulder and informed him that she would be right back. Natalie then led Caden out onto the front porch and closed the door behind them.

When she looked at Caden, his back was turned towards her and he was looking out across the front yard. As she went to stand next to him, Natalie could see a harsh contemplating look on his face. And a little hesitation. Like he was struggling with the choice to actually tell her what he needed to or not.

Natalie crossed her arms over her chest and stared at the angel. Although, he started to behave a little differently. When he turned to look at her, he looked like he was going to combust from whatever kind of tug-o-war thing that was going on in his head. He repeatedly would open his mouth, as if he was attempting to say something and then close it, deciding not too. He did that repeatedly, and each time, Natalie gave him an expectant look, thinking she was going to hear something from him. After about the fifth time of doing it, Natalie finally decided to actually get the conversation going.

"What's wrong Caden, because it really looks like you need to tell me something. So, just tell me." Natalie actually hoped that she didn't come off as too annoyed, but it was just ridiculous seeing him do that.

"There's something that's going on, that you really need to know. And it's about the angels."

"Oh god." Natalie closed her eyes and pinched at the bridge of her nose. This was the last thing she wanted to hear right now. "More angel drama." She groaned out. Sniffing, she looked back up and showed that he had her full attention. "Okay, what's going on with the angels?"

"There was a plan that was developed, just a little after the leviathans escaped. And—" Caden had to stop. He was looking right into Natalie's eyes, how was he supposed to just come right out and tell her what he's been doing? Going behind her back, being apart of this plan that he wished he never agreed too.

"What is it?" Natalie pressed the matter further.

Caden had decided to do this because he wanted Natalie to be informed of the situation. He stated that, even though this might destroy what trust these two had, it would be much better that way. However, that's not what Caden wanted. He wanted to keep this trust with Natalie, she was part of a very slim group of allies he had. Out of that entire group, only Sarah and Natalie were the ones that Caden felt he could rely upon. He didn't want to ruin that and he was being selfish.

"Caden?" Natalie tried pressing him a little more. "What is it? You made it sound like it was really important."

"The plan...was something that Sarah and I had information on."

Natalie nodded, but Caden could see her brows furrow with growing suspicion.

"But, we had no idea of the full scale that the angels were planning. And we only just found out."

"Wait a minute," Natalie shook her head. "Does this plan have anything to do with the whole heaven deal that's been going on? What, did one group of angels come up with some sleazy plan to knock out the other challengers?"

Caden shook his head. "No, it has nothing to do with what's been going on in heaven. It actually has to do with what's going on down here."

"The leviathan?" Natalie's eyes then widened. "Wait, are you saying that the other angels have a plan to defeat them?"

"No. Well, not exactly. I just don't know how to give you this information."

"Well, you seem really nervous." Natalie inquired.

"It's because I know that all that I tell you...it will change everything. For everyone. And I don't think I want that to happen."

Natalie was confused. Caden was making some sense, but now he has just lost Natalie. He's acting very cryptic about this information and internally, Natalie didn't like that one bit. It will change everything for everyone, what the hell does that mean?

"Caden, what—" Natalie paused when her phone began to go off and she quickly pulled it out, seeing that it was Jake calling her. Looking up at Caden, she offered an apologetic smile. "Sorry. Just give me a minute."

Natalie walked a few feet away from Caden and answered the call. "Hey, Jake. What's up?"

"Are you busy?"

Natalie furrowed her brows at his question. "Um, it's about fifty-fifty. Why?"

"I need you to come out to Larson, Oregon."

"Oregon?" Natalie repeated. A look of exhaustion washed over her face and the sense that she didn't want to go anywhere "Jake, that's like a twelve hour drive for me."

"Well, I think I got something down here and I need your help with it."

"Wait, why are you alone? Where's your dad?"

"Can you make it down here?"

Natalie rolled her eyes at Jake's light impatience. Leaning her head back, Natalie blew out a breath and groaned. "Fine. I'll be down there soon." Natalie turned back around to Caden and gave him a small shrug. "Sorry, but, I'm gonna need to head out."

Caden merely nodded.

"You going to tell me what I need to know?" Natalie decided to press the matter a little bit. See if she could squeeze the info out of him before leaving.

Caden's lips cinched to the side and he finally shook his head. "No. Some of the plan is still a little unclear. I'll let you know when Sarah and I have it all sorted out."

Natalie gave Caden a cautious look and raised her brows. "Alright, then."

Caden and Natalie made their way back into the cabin, seeing that Bobby had finally come back up from the basement. Natalie made the quick announcement that Jake needed her down in Oregon. Of course, they wanted an explanation, but all Natalie could give them was that he needed help on a case. Natalie went into her room and picked up her duffle bag, which had not been unpacked from the last trip and walked back out of the room. She quickly motioned for Sam to follow her, which he did without question. After announcing she would call when she made it down there, Natalie and Sam both walked out of the cabin and towards her car.

"There was a reason why I wanted you to come out here with me." Natalie finally began to explain.

"What is it?"

Natalie opened her car door and threw her bag into the back seat before turning towards Sam. "Um. Caden and I just had a pretty...weird conversation. He was trying to tell me something, but he was having a hard time getting it out."

Sam hummed. "Did he give you any specifics?"

Natalie shrugged. "No. Not really. Only that the angels have some kind of plan devised. For what? I have absolutely no idea. So, I just want you to keep an eye on him. He seemed really bothered by it."

"Yeah." Sam nodded. "I'll watch him. Don't worry about it."

Natalie closed her eyes and groaned, rested her head against his chest to which he answered by wrapping his arm around her back. "I really don't want to drive all the way down to Oregon."

Sam's chest vibrated from his laugh. "You want me to go with you?"

It was tempting. Sam could possibly drive down there so that she could sleep in the passenger seat. But, usually when it came to Jake, she had to deal with him on her own. Plus, it's been a while since she's been able to have time with him. "No. I appreciate it, but Bobby is going to need as much help as he can with this one."

"Fine by me."

"Oh and make sure that Bobby doesn't try and drill into Sarah. I mean, I'm not really on great terms with her. But, I think the last thing Sarah needs is to be grilled by him."

Sam couldn't help but smile. Natalie's face was pressed up against his chest and it jumbled her words around, almost making it sound like she was drunk. He found it amusing. "I'll keep an eye on him. She seems quiet though. Not really one to engage much in our conversations."

"Well, we hardly know the angel. Maybe you three will be able to earn a lot from this quality time with them."

"Can't wait. Quality time with angels. Been a while since we've been able to have those kinds of sessions."

"Okay. Well, Larson is about a twelve hour drive, so I better head out."

"Okay." Sam waited for Natalie to pull away, but she didn't. She just remained next to him, head resting against his chest. "Nad."

Natalie gave a small groan as she finally pulled away from him. But, when she did, Natalie noticed Sam's eyes were scrunched closed and she could read discomfort on his face. "Are you alright?"

Sam brought his hand up to his forehead and blew out a breath. Natalie just remained in front of him, her hand taking a comforting hold on his shoulder, allowing him to run through this episode in his own time. Finally, the pounding ceased and he opened his eyes, taking in a sharp breath.

"Are you okay?" Natalie tried again.

"Yeah." He quickly breathed out. "Yeah. It was just a little...headache. I'm fine."

"We still need to try and fix that." Natalie sadly commented.

Sam was quick to shake his head. "I'm fine Nad. Really, it was just a headache. Nothing more than that."

Natalie cinched her lips to the side and then wrapped her arm around his neck, bringing him close to her and resting her chin on his shoulder. She was just so worried about him. He had been doing fine for the past few weeks. It wasn't until now that Natalie began to think that some more might be going on in his head. If she became too pushy about the matter, Sam wasn't going to talk about it at all. She resulted to just giving him the opportunity to talk whenever he felt like it. But, she knew that it was going to backfire, badly.

Sam was actually grateful for this right now, having her in his arms. The little episode was more than just a headache. Lucifer was belting lines from some song that he had no interest in trying to figure out who it was from. Sam had found out early on, that Natalie was his own personal anchor. She always brought him back to reality and that is what she was doing right now. He pulled her closer to him, nestling his face against her neck, trying to take in as much as he could.

"You're going to be fine." It was Natalie's turn to give her own reassurance to Sam. It was always him telling her that he was fine, that he was doing okay. Even though that was probably farther from the truth, Natalie did it to not only help Sam but to help her as well.

Sam nodded and said, "I know." His breath brushed against her neck, which made her faintly smile.

Natalie breathed out an 'okay' and they both loosened their holds on each other, but Sam placed a quick kiss against her forehead.

"Drive safe."

Natalie nodded and brushed her hand through his hair one time. "I will."

---

A twelve hour drive. Natalie should be used to it by now. She has driven for long hours before, this should have been a piece of cake to her. However, Jake had called her at a really bad time. They had wrangled up the body of a leviathan and drove all the way back to Montana. She was exhausted. About six hours into her drive, she was beat. Natalie had found a small path that led to an abandoned house in a wooded area. But, she didn't try to seek refuge inside the worn down structure. She simply parked the car and passed out in the front seat, which isn't the most comfortable place in a car to sleep in. Actually, a car is never comfortable to sleep in. But, Natalie had been too tired to make a valid decision.

Natalie was woken by a message that was sent to her phone. Reaching her arm over to the passenger seat, Natalie pulled the phone out and roughly brought it towards her face. She immediately squinted her eyes closed from the phone's light and after blinking several times, Natalie was able to read the message that Jake had sent her.

"Not surprised that you pulled over for the night. Meet me at Howell's bar once you reach town."

Natalie stared at the message and exhaled a heavy sigh, after checking the time, she tossed the phone back into the seat. 5:30 a.m. She still had six more hours to go, she might as well get going. After picking up breakfast and some much needed caffeine, Natalie headed back onto the highway. It was halfway into the second leg of her drive when Natalie realized that she didn't call Sam to tell him that she was pulling over. She didn't have any missed calls from them, so that told her they didn't seem too concerned. But, she did place some money that one of them would call her before the drive was over. Just as she had predicted, a call came in about three hours into the drive and Natalie decided to ignore it. She wasn't that far out from the town. She'll call them back once she gets to the town. Seeing the towns greeting sign made Natalie blow out a relieved breath. Finally, this drive was over and finding the bar proved to be easier than she thought. Especially when the location has a big old sign to mark its location. Natalie pulled her car into a parking space, shifted the gear into park and picked up her phone to call back Sam. As usual, she received his voicemail and she didn't want to call back several times to try and reach him.

"Hey, Sam. Sorry I didn't answer your call earlier. But, I'm in the town now, yeah, it took my a lot longer because I pulled over last night and passed out in the car. Anyway, I'm fine and I'll call back later with updates. Okay...I love you. Bye."

Natalie felt a little ridiculous at the full on smile she was showing off after she ended the call. She and Sam had barely said that phrase, only on the occasion where they felt like they needed to voice it. For both of them, it was very easy to read it from their expressions or by small gestures. They didn't need to vocalize what they meant to each other every time. However, in this moment, Natalie just had the strong urge to say it. After seeing his little migraine episode before leaving, she thought that saying it would help him in some way.

Shoving her phone into her pocket, Natalie got out of her car and made her way into the building. Immediately she was met with music being played from the antique jukebox in the corner, Rag Doll by Aerosmith. Dean would probably approve. Groups of people were gathered around the two pool tables and countless others sitting at the bar and dining tables. Her eyes finally settled on Jake, who was sitting at the bar, pulling out files from his bag. Natalie smiled and made her way over to her and clasped down on his shoulder, which made him jump and he visibly relaxed when he saw Natalie.

"That is a really firm grasp you got going on."

Natalie gave him a tight squeeze as she sat down next to him. "Well, you're the one who insisted I drive twelve hours down to Oregon. I'm a little tired to say the least."

Jake offered a sympathetic smile. "Sorry."

Natalie simply shrugged off his apology, telling him that she wasn't being too serious with him. "Why did you call me anyways? I thought your dad would be the one to help you with a case."

Jake gave a half shrug and laughed. "You would think. But, he got a call from a hunter who needed his help with something. Didn't give me any specifics. So, since he couldn't help me with a case, I decided to call you."

Natalie hummed. "It's been a while since you and I went on a case together." At this, Natalie raised her brows and smiled. "I'm curious to see how we manage to screw this one up."

Jake gave her an over the top offended look. "Hey. We are really good at doing cases together."

"Right. Do I need to bring up the ghost in New Orleans? Or how about the werewolf up on Pennsylvania?"

Jake shrugged off Natalie's questions. "I don't what you're talking about."

"Yeah, sure." Natalie replied, feigning forced annoyance. "We almost got killed on those cases."

"It was just simple mistakes that we made." Jake tried to fight back.

"Excuse me?" Natalie questioned. "I think you mean the mistakes you made."

"We all makes mistakes." Jake feebly attempted to defend himself.

"In our line of work, that isn't something we can afford because it can literally get us killed."

"Whatever you say Ms. Debby Downer." Jake pulled the folder over to him and gave Natalie a quick glance. "Are you ready to hear about the case?"

Natalie gave an enthusiastic nod. "Hit me with it." Jake shook his head at Natalie's phrase and opened the folder to pull out the newspaper clippings he had received.

"What can I get you two to drink?"

The question made both of the hunters pause in their movements, their eyes glued on the folder sitting in front of them. Natalie recognized the voice immediately and her entire body froze. Jake was already looking at the woman and Natalie could see a sense of surprise cross over his face. Finally, she allowed herself to raise her head and her lips pursed together at who she saw.

"Alex." Natalie managed to whisper.

Alex offered both of them genuine smiles and even though she had spotted them from the other end of the bar, it was still surprising to see them sitting in this place. "Hi." she offered timidly.

The bar was full of music and mindless chatter, however, the silence that permitted between the three of them was all they could hear. Jake spared a look over at Natalie and saw that she didn't really know how to address Alex. That whole ordeal was still a sensitive subject for Natalie and she thought that she would never see Alex again. Why would she?

Alex could sense this and cleared her throat. "It's good to see you both. Although, I never expected to see you two down here in Larson."

Jake saw that Natalie couldn't exactly articulate words at the moment, he then decided to carry on the conversation. "Yeah. We are here on a potential case."

Alex nodded. She gazed down and saw the newspaper clipping. "You two are hear about the disappearance of Mia Carter."

Jake looked down at the file and nodded.

"You think it's a potential case?" Alex asked.

"It seemed a little strange to me. A young girl just up and disappears. No trace. It got me a little curious I will admit."

Alex nodded sadly. "Well, I hope you two will be able to find something. It's really sad that it had to happen to her family."

"Do you know the family?" Jake asked, curiously.

"Well, not exceptionally well. But, this town may look big, but everyone seems to know each other. I haven't been here that long, but I've been able to become acquainted with the townspeople. And Mia was the sweetest little girl you could ever meet."

"Have you noticed anything...strange perhaps?"

Alex shook her head at Jake's question. "Not that I'm aware of. But, the fact that you two are here, tells me that I'm not that well educated with these things. But, I can say that this isn't the first time this has happened."

Both Natalie and Jake gave Alex a confused look. "What do you mean?" Jake asked.

"Well, from what I've heard from my friend, there have been a few cases in the past where kids have gone missing. None of them have been found. Not sure if that is of much help."

"No, it's fine. Actually, that might come into use for us later." Jake assured her even though he was deep in his own contemplation.

Alex turned her focus over to Natalie, who had been quiet during the entirety of her and Jake's conversation. And, Alex noticed that Natalie was trying to avoid from making real eye contact with her. Alex didn't know Natalie that well, yet she knew why Natalie was behaving like this. It all had to do with Omaha. She couldn't blame her for acting like this. If Alex was in Natalie's shoes, she'd be acting the same way as well. But, Alex decided to try and break the ice with her.

"How have you been Natalie?"

Alex's question caught Natalie a little off guard and she stared up at her, eyes slightly widened. But, Natalie was only met with Alex's signature smile.

"Um. I'm fine."

Alex gave a nod at Natalie's mundane answer. "How are Sam and Dean?"

"They're good. They're just, um really busy with...stuff."

"The whole leviathan thing."

Natalie nodded.

Alex leaned her hand on the counter and shifted her weight onto her right leg. "Is that whole situation even close to being dealt with?"

Natalie gave a half shrug. "Well. We managed to capture one of them. Brought it with us to see if we could determine what makes it tick. Nothing so far."

Alex's lips cinched to the side. "I'm sorry to hear that. But, I'm sure you guys will come up with something. All of the searching can't be for nothing."

Natalie only gave Alex a timid smile before focusing her gaze back on the news articles.

Alex let out a silent breath and looked at Jake, who seemed a little irked by Natale's behavior. "Is there anything I can get you guys?"

Jake looked over at Natalie, who only gave him a shrug. Get us whatever. Natalie took the file and pulled it closer to her. "Just get us two Coronas."

Alex gave a single nod. "For the record, I hope you two solve this case."

Jake offered her a smile as she went to get their drinks, then he turned to Natalie who was occupying herself by reading the article. "Well. That wasn't awkward at all." He sarcastically commented.

Natalie gave an eye roll and stared at Jake.

"Oh don't give me that look." Jake scolded, not wanting to have her giving him that kind of attitude. "You hardly said anything to her."

Natalie gave a sheepish shrug. "I didn't expect to see her. Plus, after everything that happened...I thought she would never want to see me again."

Jake smiled, kept himself from saying anything as Alex finally gave them their drinks before going to take care of the other customers. "I don't know about you, but it seems like she's completely fine around you."

"It's really easy to put up a fake front, Jake. I think I've mastered that skill."

Jake pushed Natalie's beer towards her before taking a drink from his own. "So, what you think Alex is just pretending to be all nice to you?"

Natalie shrugged. "I'm not saying that. I just think there might be more to how she feels about seeing me here."

"I think you're just being paranoid."

"Can we please get off the subject?" Natalie was annoyed. She didn't want to stay on the subject any longer because she knew that Jake was right. "Let's focus on this case, please."

"Fine." Jake took another drink. "So, a few days ago Mia's parents called in that their daughter was gone. There was no trace of her. She literally just disappeared into thin air."

Natalie narrowed her eyes before closing the file and picking up her beer. "Okay. So, what did the parents say when they were questioned?"

"Well, we still have to go down to the station to talk with the detective. But, from what I was able to gather, they had no idea of what happened to her. They didn't hear anything while they were sleeping. Nothing."

Natalie nodded. "Okay. I must admit, I'm not too sure if this is a case. I mean, it could've been forced entry. Someone came in and took her."

"The police are looking at that as a possible scenario."

"Alright." Natalie began to chug at what was left of her beer and placed the bottle back down. "Let's go check in at the motel, change into our outfits and head down to the station."

Jake quickly finished up his beer, while Natalie left money for the drinks, which Jake had offered to pay for. They both drove down to the nearest motel and checked in. It was actually a rather nice place, compared to the other motels that these two have stayed at in the past. They got their motel room and agreed to be ready within ten minutes—they got done in about six minutes. They piled into Jake's car and then made the drive down to the police station. After speaking with the officer at the head desk and waiting for about ten minutes, they were finally granted the meeting of the detective who was the head of the investigation. James Hansen was his name and Natalie was silently waiting for him to be like Turner. Someone who had brushed into a few hunters—that wasn't the case with him, which Natalie was a little grateful for.

"We didn't really expect to see you that soon." James motioned at the two seats in front of his desk. "Please, take a seat."

"Thank you." Both Jake and Natalie murmured as they sat down in the chairs.

"We were just wondering if you would be able to run through what you were able to find at the home." Jake said.

"I'm pretty sure that I sent out the report to your branch. You should have received it before arriving in town."

"Right. Our system sort of had a small failure. We weren't able to get the information." Natalie offered, giving both her and Jake a good save.

James nodded. "Right. When we arrived at the home, we found nothing out of the ordinary. We checked the girl's bedroom, no sign of a struggle, not foreign footprints—only hers. There was no sign of forced entry either."

That shoots down my kidnapping theory. Natalie thought.

"The rest of the family were sleeping when the event occurred. We're not sure exactly what time Mia disappeared."

"Is it a possibility that Mia might have just wondered off in the middle of the night?" Natalie asked and the look on his face made Natalie realize that she would have to elaborate. "I realize that a young eleven year old girl just leaving the home might not seem like a normal thing to happen, but it can."

James shook his head. "I know this family. I knew their daughter very well. She wasn't that kind of kid."

"How have the searches been going?" Jake went onto ask.

"We have dispatched several units to go searching through the woods at the family's property. They haven't been able to find any kind of trace from Mia. It's literally like she just vanished."

"Detective Hansen, we have been informed by a few of the people that this isn't the first time a child has gone missing like this."

James' expression immediately fell and a heavy exhale followed it. "There have been cases like this in the past. Still unsolved. And that's why I want to make sure that we find her."

"Would it be alright if we checked out the family property?"

"No that's perfectly fine. My team are still down there trying to collect samples."

---

Natalie and Jake stepped out of the car, their eyes scanning over the vast home in front of them, the front yard was still crawling with several officers. And there were several groups walking in and out of the woods. As they walked up, they showed their badges to the officer who was about to stop them and they were granted access.

"You want to fill us in on what's been going on with the searches?" Natalie asked the officer as he began to guide them down a hill, towards the woods.

"We set up a 200 foot perimeter in the woods and branched out from them. We weren't able to find any footprints, aside from animal tracks."

"So, you only scouted out about 200 feet?" Jake asked.

The officer nodded. "These woods are vast, as you can see. But, since we didn't find any of her footsteps, the possibility of her being lost in there would be low."

They had finally made it towards the edge of the property where the woods began. Natalie took a moment to look back to see how far the house was, it was a good few hundred feet, not to mention the hill they had to walk down.

"We've already called out the report to the neighboring states. It's probably more likely she's out of state."

Natalie and Jake took the information, but they were not satisfied with what they received. The officer excused himself, leaving Natalie and Jake at the mouth of the woods. Giving each other quick looks, they stepped into the area and began their walk. It was huge and vast, this family lived in a very rural part of the town and by the looks of it, Natalie felt that it would be very easy to get lost in this place. Entering the woods was simple enough, the terrain was very flat, but when they walked deeper in, the ground suddenly dipped into a small decline. Making sure to take easy steps, they finally made it to the bottom and were greeted with only flatland and lots of trees. Natalie exhaled loudly, her breath forming into small clouds in front of her face. It had rained earlier, before they had reached down and it brought down the temperature tremendously.

"This place is enormous." She gazed around them. "You think that she might have possibly wandered off into here?"

"What?" Jake turned to her. "At eleven o'clock at night? I don't think so."

"Well, she is a little kid. Kids sometimes do things that they're not supposed to. Like wandering off."

"I don't think she would do something like this." Jake stated.

Natalie shrugged and branched off towards the left. She was making her way towards a small bundle of branches when she felt something underneath her foot. Stopping, she gazed down and stepped back, seeing something sticking out of the mud. Natalie knelt down and pulled the object out of the mud. It wasn't covered entirely, enabling Natalie to identify the object. When she did, her eyes widened in shock.

"Jake." Natalie's voice was tense, which garnered Jake's attention quickly. "This is...a bone. It's a human bone."

Jake stood next to Natalie, his eyes assessing the object that was being held between her thumb and index finger. And when he looked at her, Natalie seemed like she was going to freak out. To save her from that, Jake gently took the object from her to which Natalie answered with a disgusted groan. Jake turned around and walked over to the small creek and began to wash off the mud.

"I can't believe I just picked up a human bone. Who knows how long that thing has been there." Natalie held her arms close to her chest, an unsatisfied look was painted all over her face.

Once the object was decently cleaned, Jake took a minute to inspect it and then let out a hum. "That's interesting."

"You think finding a random human bone is interesting? I'm starting to worry now, Jake."

"No." Jake sighed. He got up and walked back over to Natalie, holding the bone out to her which made her back up. "It's...okay, yes it's a human bone...but look at it."

Natalie gave Jake an unsure look before finally allowing herself to fully examine it. "What are those little holes?"

"This whole bone is hollow." Jake showed her the ends which enabled them to see through the thing. "The way these little holes are positioned...it's an instrument."

Natalie paused, eyes glued on the object in his hands and her mouth formed into a pout. "That's disgusting."

"It can be a clue for us Nad." Jake clarified. "There is no way this was just lying here on purpose. Something or someone must have dropped it."

"Someone?" Natalie repeated. "Oh great, are we going to have to deal with some kind of cannibal? Because I don't really have the stomach to deal with that again."

"No. I don't think it's a cannibal. But, it is our only clue to finding out what happened to Mia."

"You really think that this has to do with her disappearance?"

Jake raised his arms. "It's the only lead that we have so far. We might as well take it."

Natalie gave a visible shiver as she stared down at the bone instrument. "If you say so."

Jake nodded, satisfied that he was able to get Natalie to agree with him. However, when he looked down at the bone in his hand, he started to feel a little uneasy. "Yeah, you're right, this is really creepy."

"Why don't you try playing it?" Natalie commented, the sarcasm was a little faint in her tone.

Jake gave her a look and resumed to search the area where Natalie had found it. There might be something else that she didn't spot.

Natalie wandered a few feet away, not wanting to stand near the area anymore. In the distance, Natalie could hear very faint music, a single instrument and it didn't take her long to identify it as a flute. Before she could say anything, Natalie felt an eretheal peace come over her. She was focused on nothing except for the music. The music, which was distant at first, was now clear as day, like someone was playing it right next to her. She began to take quiet, gentle steps towards the direction where it was coming from, her vision blurred at the edges and her mind was focused on nothing else, except for finding the location. She had no idea where she was going, she just had the urgent need to find it. There was this nagging feeling that she had to follow it. She had to. Natalie walked through the creek, the water soaking the bottom hem of her pants, allowing dirt and bits of leaves to stick to the wet fabric. Her hearing had filtered out every noise, aside from the music.

Jake finished going through the dirt and exhaled. "Well, there's nothing else here, aside from this." He looked down at the flute and his brows creased. "Okay, the more I look at it, the more creeped out I become. I mean, not that finding a human bone is creepy enough, it's just—" Jake turned to look at Natalie, finding that she was no longer behind him. His mouth twitched into a frown. "Nad?" He turned a little and saw Natalie wandering off farther into the woods.

"Nad." Jake called out and stood up. "Nad!" He tried again, but she just kept on walking, acting like she didn't hear him. That alarmed him. Jake broke out into a jog, making a small jump to avoid the creek and picked up his pace until he managed to grab hold of her arm.

"Nad!" Jake tried turning her towards him, but Natalie was fighting against his hold the entire time.

"No." Natalie only whispered as Jake tried to stop her advancement.

He kept his hold on her arm and swiveled around until he was standing in front of her, his hand taking a firm grasp on her other arm. "Nad." He gave her a quick shake and that seemed to snap her out of it.

Natalie looked around until her eyes settled on Jake. "What are you doing? What happened?"

"I turned around and you were wandering off."

Natalie only shook her head, confusingly.

"You don't remember just...walking off?" Jake asked.

"I don't know. There was just this random music that I heard and I just...I don't really remember much. I just had this incredible urge to find something."

"Find something?" Jake asked. "And you heard music? What kind of music?"

"I don't know." Natalie replied. "I'm not a music expert. But, it did sound like some kind of flute music."

"Well, I didn't hear anything."

"Are you serious?" Natalie's eyes widened. "That music was clear as day."

Jake turned to look in the direction where Natalie was walking towards and shrugged. "I didn't hear anything Nad."

"Okay." Natalie began to take a few steps back. "This place is officially getting to me."

Jake began to follow in suit, seeing the disturbed look on her face. "Okay. Let's just get out of here. See what we can find on this thing here."

….

The little event in the woods had slightly shaken Natalie. She was already uneasy with the fact that she and Jake were in possession of a flute made from human bone. Add the fact that Natalie was practically being lured by something, it isn't at all surprising that they both were a little on edge about this. Despite this, Natalie and Jake decided to split up the research. Alex had told them that this isn't the first time the town had gone through this. Natalie needed to try and get documentation of the town's records. More specifically, information that would tell her how far back these disappearances have been occurring. Jake returned to the motel and began to find information on the flute that Natalie had found in the woods. Needless to say, the fact that he had "flute made from human bone" a thing in his search history wasn't exactly the most reassuring thing. But, the job required it.

Natalie made sure to make a call out to Bobby. Even though she knew he was busy with the leviathan, she wanted to exhausted him as a possible resource. Of course, Bobby had no idea what could be behind the disappearance. He was even a little more stumped by Natalie's statement about the flute they had found. He hadn't encountered something like that and he couldn't think of anything that would involved both a bone flute and missing children. Natalie should have known, if she and Jake never heard anything like this, what made her think Bobby would. Well actually, Bobby would be the person to know something she didn't. But, this was just way to bizarre, even for her, which was ironic.

On the way back, Natalie made sure to stop and pick up something for them to eat and then headed back to the motel. Natalie silently prayed that Jake would have something when she walked through that door. Natalie slid the key in and opened the door, seeing Jake was still on his laptop and with the most aggravated look on his face. Just seeing that look gave Natalie her answer.

"You haven't found anything, have you?" She asked, allowing the door to close behind her.

Jake pressed his hands to his face, let out a frustrated groan and then leaned up more in his chair. "No. I just contaminated my search history looking for information on flutes made from human bone and I haven't hit anything that would help us."

Natalie pursed her lips together as she set the bag of food and papers down on the table.

"All I was able to find was tons and tons of articles of ancient instruments made from animal bone. But, not human."

"Not gonna lie, Jake. I'm actually kinda glad that you haven't been able to find info this thing." She picked up the flute momentarily before setting it back down. "I mean, it would actually be very worrisome if you found info on something like this."

Jake gave a single nod. "As much as I agree with you on that, it still doesn't help us with this case. I mean, who would just leave this out in the woods? The thing was just sticking out of the ground, like someone had left it there."

"Well, I'm not entirely sure about that thing. However, I did strike some gold at the library." Natalie sat down at the table and pulled the small pile of papers towards her.

"Good." Jake pushed his laptop away from him. "At least that's one win. So, what did you find?"

"Okay. So, I asked the people there if they had any of the town's records, deaths, missing people, etc." Natalie laid out the sheets of paper. "I was able to find a complete list of people who lived here, a census I guess if you want to call it that. And I was able to narrow down the search to missing children and I found this..." Natalie picked up one of the papers and handed it to Jake. "Alex was completely right. Not that I doubted her."

Jake raised his brows Natalie to continue.

"These records date all the way back into the mid 1800's. Any records from farther back were not available to me. But, children have been going missing since then. Every ten years, a child disappears, they were unable to find them. They just vanished, just like the case with Mia. And then, I looked at recent records. The last disappearance...ten years ago, the victim was a eleven year old boy named Joshua Morgan. Ten years before that, Allison Jackson and then it just goes on and on. Ten year increments between each disappearance."

"There's also another similarity with the disappearances." Jake scanned over the papers and pointed at various names. "Each of the victims were eleven years old. Every single one of them. Mia, Joshua, Allison, the victim before her, Michael was eleven. What's with the number eleven?"

Natalie and Jake both sat in silence, their eyes glued on the copies of the records. "Okay." Natalie began. "This thing...whatever it is, only comes back for a child every ten years and they have to be eleven years old. What kind of thing does that?"

Jake was contemplating and Natalie could see that all too familiar look on his face. It was the type of look he made when he caught onto something. Sure enough, he went typing away at his laptop. But, there was something about the information that was just bugging her. It sounded very familiar, like she had read about something like this somewhere. It only took a few more seconds before she had a flash of clarity. Natalie stood up from her chair and rushed over to her bag. After shuffling through it for a while, she finally pulled out her father's journal and plopped back down on the seat, skipping through the pages. Finally she found the page she had been looking for and read through her father's writing. It was then that Natalie's lips curled into a smile.

"I think I may have found what we're looking for." Natalie spoke up, the sense of accomplishment was evident in her voice.

Jake looked up from the laptop and raised his brows at her. "What did you find?"

"I knew that information sounded familiar to me. My dad wrote it down in his journal. He got it after talking to a few hunters. He made it clear in here that he never actually hunted one of these things." She pointed at a section of the paper, which didn't look like it contained much.

"What is it?"

Natalie only smiled and let out a laugh of disbelief. "You're not gonna believe this, but. My dad wrote down that there is no official name for this type of creature, but everyone who has confronted it has dubbed it...a Pied Piper" Natalie finished and gazed up Jake, waiting for his reaction.

Jake remained frozen, his brows creased and his eyes narrowed slightly. "Wait, did you just say Pied Piper?"

Natalie nodded.

"You mean like the Pied Piper of Hamelin?"

"If you even want to compare this to that tale." Natalie let out another laugh. "Apparently, this creature, uses a flute to play music and lure children to its location. Hence why they call it a Pied Piper. I mean from the story, the Pied Piper takes the townspeople's children after they refused to pay him for his services. And the child that it abducts serves as one purpose. It uses their bones to fashion out their instruments. Hence..." Natalie then pointed at the flute on their table.

"Oh my god." Jake leaned back against his seat.

Natalie made a face as she continued to stare at the instruments. "That thing was made from one of the children it abducted."

Jake's face turned grim and he nodded. "I honestly don't know how exactly to take this."

Natalie felt like her stomach was churning and she was going to be sick. They had found a piece of bone that belonged to an earlier victim. She couldn't help but feel this sense of guilt, they were going to find Mia, but they couldn't help the other victims. It was unfortunate to say the least. Natalie shook her head and cleared her throat. "Alright. So, my dad wrote down that it kills its victim by starving them."

"What about killing the actual creature?" Jake asked.

Natalie skimmed down the page and then stopped. "My dad just has that a stab to the heart will kill the thing. It doesn't say whether it has to be iron or what. It just says, a stab to the heart will kill the creature."

"It sounds simple enough."

"It uses music as its weapon and also to lure in their victims. So, this flute. It was probably used as a instrument to lure victims to him. And it probably has a dozen more."

"That would explain the music that you heard in the woods earlier." Jake brought up. "I mean, it was really nice music, right?"

"Yeah." Natalie nodded. "It was actually really beautiful."

"It was using that particular instrument to lure you."

Natalie skimmed over the scant information and let out a laugh. "I can't believe that they call this thing a Pied Piper. I mean, I can see why they did, but it's just so unlikely. Who would've thought that a creature could impersonate a character from a tale."

Jake shrugged. "We do deal with strange things Natalie. There will always be something out there that we've never heard of before."

"I guess that's a luxury. Instead of just fighting ghosts, vampires and werewolves all the time, we get to have something new every once in a while."

Jake smiled. "Finding positives in this crappy life."

"You kinda need to." Natalie shrugged. "Well, the thing is in the woods somewhere. My dad never wrote down what kind of shelter this thing takes. But, if you're gonna keep a child captive, it has to be somewhere no one will look."

Jake nodded. "We need to keep that in mind. Let's pack up and head out there."

---

Jake and Natalie waited until the sun had almost disappeared completely before driving out to the property. They didn't want to drive up onto the family's driveway, instead, Jake parked the car near the side of the road, close to the woods. From the scant information that was given to them from the site, they had absolutely no clue where exactly this thing would hide out. It didn't give them any specifics. So, they both settled for looking for anything that would be ideal to hide a child and yourself. Armed with their flashlights, guns and machetes, they sauntered into the woods.

"Just what I needed, walking through woods in the dark." Natalie quietly commented.

"What is that a bad thing?"

"The last case I was on dealt with a wendigo. You could say that after that, I kind of wanted to venture away from woods for a little bit."

"How did that case go, by the way?" Natalie had only mentioned it briefly to him, but Jake never actually got to hear the full details.

"Well, since we are on a job right now. I'll just give you a quick rundown. Three girls go missing, their campsite was a complete mess. Oh and to top it all off, the leading investigator knew that we were hunters."

Jake shined the light at Natalie, forcing her to stop and stare at him. "Seriously?" Jake asked. "How did he know about hunters?"

"He'd encounter them before." Natalie then let out a huff. "And, he knew my dad."

"Your dad?"

"Yeah." Natalie's voice conveyed the same amount of surprise she had heard in Jake's question. "I was just as surprised as you are."

"But, he let you finish the job, right?"

"Of course he did." Natalie assured him, giving him a look, thinking why he would even as that. If Turner had announced the whole "they aren't agents" thing, Natalie probably wouldn't be walking through this creepy forest with Jake.

The sun finally dipped behind the horizon, not that long into their walk, and the entire woods grew nearly pitch black, with just their meager flashlights to give them some kind of guidance through the woods. However, walking around in the dark can do things with someone's vision and Natalie felt like the trees were growing taller and as they continued walking, it felt like the trees were growing in closer to them. It made her feel almost claustrophobic. They had made it towards the center of the entire area when they could hear footsteps.

Natalie threw her arm to the side, hitting Jake, forcing him to stop and he mouthed the word 'ow'. "Do you hear that?" Natalie asked.

Jake looked where Natalie was staring, which was the area directly in front of them. But, he could hear it. It sounded like heavy footsteps were crunching down on the leaves that decorated the ground. "Yeah."

"That sounds too heavy to be some animal." Natalie observed quickly.

They both scanned the area with their flashlights. The light beams hitting nothing but trees and various broken branches. Their beams finally met together, facing the direction in front of them and they caught the slight movement of something running from them. Natalie reacted quickly and began to chase after the thing.

"Nad!" Jake called out to her before reluctantly running after her. "You don't even know if that was it!"

"I'm gonna take my chances." Natalie called back to him.

Their pursuit eventually proved to showcase that Natalie was right. They were able to see the figure, doing a fairly good job with dodging their flashlights, but the few times that the thing was seen, it was able to ensure Jake and Natalie that they were chasing the right thing. It didn't take long for them to lose sight of the creature, but they still continued on with the same path that they had been running on. One thing that they both realized, this thing was really fast. Natalie had never encountered a creature that moved like that. Natalie and Jake had a hard time keeping up with it, only having their gut instinct to tell them which way to run. When they reached a small open patch, Jake finally decided that they needed to stop and try to re-orient their plan.

"Nad. Stop...stop." Jake reached out and grasped her shoulder, slowing down at the same time she did. The heavy breathing was coming from both of them was all that they could hear. Natalie looked around the area, a visible look of frustration was written across her face.

"Damn." She whispered. "We were on its trail. Then...I lost site of it not to far back."

"That thing was freaking fast." Jake exhaled, his hand rested against his stomach. He was never much of a fan for running, but he always manages to keep his own when it's required.

"There was nothing in my dad's journal about this thing being fast." Natalie said, a little exasperated by the fact. "Why didn't he write that down?"

"Well, like you said..." Jake had to pause and take in a few more breaths, feeling his sides starting to cramp. "Your dad wrote down that he didn't actually hunt one. It was just information that he gathered from several hunters."

Natalie raised her arms up. "What did the hunter forget to tell my dad that crucial detail? That this thing is a freaking speed runner." Natalie lowered her arms, allowing them to hang as she took in some deep breaths. "Did you get a good look at it?"

"Yeah." Jake's expression showed a hint of disturbance as he began to recollect what he remembered. "It looked way too human. I mean, the thing runs and it...it just looked like an ordinary person."

"Did you get a good look at the face though?" Natalie asked.

Jake shook his head, immediately turning curious when he saw the look on Natalie's face. "Why?"

Natalie huffed out a breath. "Just for a second, I was able to see its face. I didn't get to see much of the details, but...its eyes." She motioned at her face and her lips formed into a frown. "There was nothing for its eyes...it was just empty."

Jake gave a visible shiver, his heavy breathing had diminished fairly quickly. "And that thing is out here still. Or...it could be hiding. It knows that were on its trail...if I were this thing, I would be hiding out somewhere by now."

"But where?" Natalie's eyes narrowed as she scanned the area again. "Come on."

Natalie led the way, both of them venturing forward, in the same direction where they were about half sure the creature run in. The open patch was actually larger than they had originally thought. After walking for about five minutes, they found that the patch was starting to merge back into a thick brush. Natalie and Jake paused, shining their lights through the tightly compacted trees, barely able to see anything. Natalie quickly noticed the remnants of what looked like some kind of well.

"Jake." She walked over to the structure, pulling away the broken branches that were strewn across the opening. Once the opening was clear, they both shined their lights down the well, seeing that the drop wasn't that big. Natalie angled her light, trying to see as much as she could. "It actually looks like there might be something down there." She said, looking back up at Jake.

He patted his coat pockets and then held the flashlight with his mouth. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a flare, pulled off the cap and dropped it down the well. The flare bounced off of a small foundation and landed on the ground, which was probably only about a foot down from the foundation.

"There's definitely something down there." Natalie hoisted herself up onto the well's wall, her legs hung down the hole and then she pushed herself off. She landed on the foundation and crouched down, finding herself staring down what looked like some kind of tunnel. "Alright Jake, come on down." Natalie said back up to him.

Stepping off of the foundation, Natalie raised her flashlight backup and could hear Jake making his way down. He walked up and stood behind Natalie, both of them pulling out their machetes from their beltlines.

"You think the lovely Pied Piper is in here?" Jake's voice echoed throughout the tunnel, despite the fact he had kept his voice very low.

"Possibly."

"Well...after you then." Jake commented.

Natalie paused and turned to look at Jake, who gave her a faint shrug to which she only rolled her eyes. After leveling her flashlight, Natalie began to make the careful trek down the dirt tunnel. Her back was starting to act up, since the tunnel wasn't that high, they both were walking in a slight crouch. A few feet from the well's opening, Natalie and Jake rounded a corner and came upon and open room and it allowed them to straighten their backs. However, the site they were greeted with wasn't exactly pleasant. Several instruments were gathered together in one corner of the room, while everywhere else, there were broken bone pieces scattered about.

"I think we definitely found it's hiding place." Natalie commented, blinking slightly as Jake lit up another flare and tossed it to the middle of the room. Everything around them lit up in an intense red glow and when Natalie looked towards her left, she felt her adrenaline shoot up. "Jake." She quickly rushed over to a hole that had been dug into the dirt wall. There was Mia, her hands and feet were tied and her clothes were dirty from lying on cold dirt. Natalie crawled into the hole and pressed her hand against the girl's neck, feeling for any sign that she was still alive.

"She's alive. But, her pulse is pretty weak." Natalie then pressed her hand against Mia's cheek, feeling how cold she was. "She's cold. Jake we need to get her out of here. Do you have your pocket knife?"

"Yeah, here."

Natalie turned to look at Jake, when her heart stopped at seeing a dark figure standing behind him. "Jake look out!" Natalie called out.

Jake turned and was not able to fully take in the appearance of the creature before he was flung across the room, his body making a heavy impact against the dirt wall. Natalie, in her own surprise, dropped her flashlight and felt the creature grab her leg and dragged her out of the hole. As she fell against the ground, the creature braced its hand around her neck and lifted her up. Her machete was somewhere, she had lost the grip when the creature attacked. Natalie kicked as hard as she could, feeling her foot making contact with the creature's body, where exactly, she didn't know. The hold around her neck disappeared faltered only slightly and she was violently thrown into the wall, her body falling on a pile of bones.

She could feel the creature grab the back of her coat. In a quick act of panic, Natalie grabbed a piece of bone that had been the closest to her hand. As she was lifted up. Natalie stabbed the bone shard into the creature's shoulder. It didn't like it at all. A vain, chilling howl came from the thing and it threw a hit across Natalie's face, the taste of iron quickly flooded her mouth. Natalie saw that the thing was about to take another hit at her, enabling her to dodge it and she pulled the bone out of it's shoulder and stabbed it again, she assumed it might have been around the same area. When she went to stab it again, her arm was deflected and another hit grazed across her face. The blood that filled her mouth increased and she eventually had to spit some of it out.

Looking up, Natalie could see the thing about to have another go at her when Jake began to shoot off rounds into the creature's back. He had gained its attention and Natalie knew he was trying to buy her some time to find her machete. Jake's machete was somewhere in this room, but he had no time to look for it. While the creature was busy with Jake, Natalie quickly crawled back over to the hole, where Mia was and the whole fight had stirred her from her sleep, but she was only half conscious. Natalie stood up and took the machete, which was lying on the ground, near the entrance to where Mia was.

Turning around, the flare was starting to grow dim and Natalie knew that she had to move fast. Taking in a quick assessment of what was going on, the creature had Jake pinned up against the wall and she had direct access to its back. Raising the machete, Natalie strode over and embedded the weapon into the creature's upper back. The grip on Jake loosened and he quickly slipped away from the creature enabling Natalie to push the weapon all the way through the creature's body. Natalie the pulled the weapon out and the creature slowly turned to look at them, causing them both to stumble back. It was dying, they both could see it, but it was taking a lot longer than they would like. The Piper's eyes began to drip with thick black ooze and the noises it was making sounded disgusting, like a garbling groan. Natalie gave the creature a disgusted look and then swung the machete at the creature's neck, slicing its head off. The head and body both slumped to the ground and noises ceased immediately.

Natalie turned to look at Jake and could see him giving her a surprised look. "What?" She asked, defensively. "The thing wouldn't die. So, I just sped up the process."

Jake saw her mouth covered in blood and he gave a small cringe. "Are you okay?"

Natalie wiped at the blood with her sleeve and nodded. "Yeah. It's not a big deal. How about you?"

Jake cringed and massaged at his right shoulder. "I think I might have bruised my shoulder pretty badly when it threw me."

Natalie gave his shoulder a small pat, immediately regretting it when she saw him cringe. "Sorry. Well, let's get Mia and get out of this place."

Jake and Natalie walked back over to Mia, who was still trying to regain full consciousness. After cutting the binds, Jake gently pulled her into his arms until he had her in a firm hold and then motioned for Natalie to follow. When they reached the opening, Natalie climbed out first and then waited for Jake to pass up Mia.

"You need help getting out?" She asked, with Mia in her arms.

"No. I got it." Jake commented and he was right. He was out of the well within a matter of seconds.

Natalie quickly took and assessment of Mia, feeling that she was a lot colder than before. "Jake, she's freezing."

"Here." He quickly pulled off his jacket and handed it to Natalie, who gently wrapped the eleven year old in the garment.

As Natalie was bundling her up, Mia was able to fully wake and she stared up at Natalie with wide eyes, clearly still scared from having been stuck in a well for two days. Natalie offered her a warm smile. "It's okay. We're here to help you. We're gonna get you out of here, okay?"

Mia seemed too exhausted to try and put up any kind of fuss. Plus, she seemed to trust Natalie enough. She secured her arms around Natalie's neck and Natalie stood up, her arms holding Mia in a firm hold. She couldn't help but smile at Mia resting her head against her shoulder. Looking around, Natalie blew out a breath. "You think that we'll be able to find our way back by ourselves?"

Jake bit down on his lip and then gave an unsure nod. "I think we might be able to find our way back."

"You think we should call the station. Let them know that we found her and they might be able to get to her parents as well."

"Yeah. I'll call them." Jake casted a quick glance at the girl in Natalie's arms. "I think it would be a good idea to get her to the hospital. I'll call the station once we get there."

"Okay."

---

Natalie was in a really good mood. They solved the case, found Mia alive and she was reunited with her family. Natalie was beyond happy. Granted, she was always happy when she finished a case with success. But, there was something different about this one. Seeing how relieved her parents were when they saw her at the hospital and having them thank her and Jake several times, it was something she would never forget. When it came to cases involving kids, Natalie always feels like the pay off is always a little more special. That's probably just the maternal side of her.

After hearing that Mia was going to be fine and was thanked one last time by her family, Natalie and Jake headed back for the motel. It was only about 10:45 and Jake was absolutely beat, not to mention the fact that his shoulder was killing him. Natalie forced him to get checked out by a doctor. They were at the hospital, might as well. Luckily, it wasn't fractured or dislocated, Jake was just going to have a really nice bruise there for awhile. Instead of going to bed, Natalie told Jake that she was going out for a bit, said that she would be back a little later. Jake would have put up an argument, but he was too tired and passed out before she even left.

Natalie drove over to Howell's bar. She knew that the place was open, but when she pulled into the parking lot, it was empty, save for about one car, which Natalie assumed was Alex's. Natalie had been thinking about what Jake said to her earlier. About how she was being paranoid about how Alex felt about seeing her and it bothered Natalie that she hardly exchanged words with her. If anything, that only made it seem like Natalie didn't want to see Alex and not the other way around.

Blowing out a sigh, Natalie turned off the ignition and got out of the car and walked up to the doors. Upon opening, Natalie saw that the place was practically empty, except for two people who were just getting ready to leave. She quietly slipped into the building and nodded at the people as they walked by her and made her way towards the bar. Natalie saw Alex, her back was facing her and it looked like she was cleaning glasses.

"Hey." Natalie finally spoke up.

Alex turned and flashed Natalie her brilliant smile. "Nice to see you back."

Natalie raised her brows. "Really?"

Alex pretended to look offended. "Yes, really." She smiled again and set the glass down. "So, how did the whole case go?"

Natalie nodded and went to sit at one of the bar stools. "It went well. We found Mia. Alive."

Alex breathed out a sigh of relief. "Thank god. So, who was culprit this time?"

Natalie laughed, she still couldn't get over it. "You're not gonna believe it."

"Try me." Alex lightly challenged.

"It was called...a Pied Piper."

Alex's reaction was a lot more expressive then Natalie's when she learned about the creature. Her eyes scrunched up and her lips curled into a smile, but Natalie could see the small disbelief cross over her face. "The Pied Piper?" Alex questioned. "Like, the Pied Piper from Hamelin?"

Natalie nodded. "Well..." She quickly reconsidered. "I mean it wasn't full on Pied Piper, but, it uses a flute to lure in its victims. That's how Mia was able to just walk out of the house and also why there was no sign of forced entry."

"Wait, was that thing responsible for the past disappearances?"

Natalie nodded.

"At least you got the thing." Alex replied, honestly. "So, where's Jake?"

"He's back at the motel. His shoulder got a little bruised so I told him to just sleep."

"Well. Since you were able to solve this case...what do you want?" Alex gestured at the bar. "It's on me."

Natalie smiled at the genuine offer. "You don't have to."

Alex merely shrugged off Natalie's statement. "Just a little treat. You like you could use it."

Natalie couldn't exactly argue with that, plus drinking something would help get the taste of blood out of her mouth. While at the hospital, Natalie had rinsed out her mouth and noticed that she had a fairly good sized cut on her bottom lip. It wasn't that big of a deal, she's been shot and stabbed before. A little cut on the lip is nothing compared to that.

"Fine." Natalie lightly relented. "Just a beer, I'm not ready to go back on the hard liquor."

Alex furrowed her brows as she pulled out Natalie a Corona and popped off the cap. "Is there a story behind that kind of declaration?"

"I had a really bad hangover a couple of weeks ago. It was probably the worst hangover I've ever had. Basically, I thought it would be a good idea to just...drown myself in alcohol that night."

"Oh." Alex hummed, sympathetically and then chuckled to herself. "I've had many of those before. Are you a lightweight?"

"Not really. But, I've learned to know where my limit is. It's just that one time, I just decided to go overboard."

"Well, I don't mean to be pushy, but, why did you come down here?"

Natalie gave Alex a confused look.

"Not to sound rude but you look really tired." That was actually putting it very lightly. "You should be back at the motel getting some rest, instead of drinking at the bar."

There was no harshness in Alex's voice, Natalie was only able to detect concern. Alex was an interesting person. She was acting like nothing had happened, there were no signs of leftover anger or hate. It was like she had moved on completely. Then, Natalie thought back to what Jake had said to her earlier about Alex having no problem being around her. Natalie was the one acting quiet and withdrawn. And, as much as it annoyed her to think it, Jake was right. Natalie was just simmering in her own paranoia and stubbornness. She came back down here to try and mend up the remaining patches.

"I actually came down here because I wanted to apologize." Alex looked like she was about to say something, but Natalie continued. "I know it seemed like I didn't really want to talk with you and I was being really...withdrawn. That's because I literally had no idea what to say. Honestly, I never thought that I was going to see you again. And then...Jake and I just happen to meet up at a bar where you are working at. I don't know. It just threw me for a loop."

"You don't have to apologize for that Natalie. And if it makes you feel any better, it was the same for me." Alex answered. "I never thought I would see you either. So, you can say I was beyond surprised to see you guys down here in Oregon."

"Why did you move down here anyway?"

Alex simply shrugged, trying to make it seem like it wasn't a big deal, but Natalie could see her eyes grow dark with pain. "Omaha became...really hard to live in. I sold most of his stuff, aside from a few personal items, which I put into a storage facility. The house is up for sale and I just felt like I was suffocating down there. Then, a family friend, who lives up here, offered to fly me out, just to have some time away from it. I ended up helping around here at the bar and I actually really liked it...so I moved and he offered me a job."

"I don't blame you for moving. It's actually really nice up here. Plus, I can't imagine staying in the same place where someone you loved died."

"I'm guessing you had the same kind of thought too."

"Kind of." Natalie sighed heavily. "My mom died and our house got destroyed. We really had no choice but to leave." A tightness began to constrict in Natalie's throat and she quickly cleared it away with a cough. "Still. I couldn't fathom staying there. It would've been too much."

Alex nodded solemnly. "Listen. Now that you're here, I need to apologize to you."

"What for?" Natalie asked, looking completely baffled by Alex's statement.

"When we were all at the cabin, I put all of the blame onto you."

Natalie shook her head, her eyes fixating on the beer in front of her. "You don't need to apologize for that Alex. Honestly, I deserved it."

"No, you didn't." Alex replied, adamantly. "Look. People always say that grief can make you do stupid things and make you say things that you don't mean. I just needed something to push all of my anger on. And considering the fact that I was still trying to wrap my mind around the whole, monster's are real, thing...you were next on the list."

"I still blame myself." Natalie tapped her finger against the bottle. "I haven't forgotten what happened and I never will."

"I know." Alex nodded. "But, don't blame yourself. It's been well over a month and I've had time to clear my head and think about what happened." Alex then let out a small laugh at a thought that suddenly came up. "Really. I owe Dean as well."

At this, Natalie shot her head up in immediate attention. "Why's that?"

"It's something he said back at the cabin. He told me that I had every right to be angry...but, I need to direct it at the right thing. That leviathan killed my uncle Natalie, not you. And it took me a while to fully understand that. I don't blame you Natalie. And I hope you can start doing the same."

"Maybe." Natalie murmured. "I've always been good at putting blame on myself. It's a little trait that I never got around to shaking."

"Maybe it's time for you to start trying."

How right she was. Natalie had been victimized by her own self-deprecating, ever since her dad died. She never made an attempt to think better of herself, or to stop blaming herself for everything that happened. Most people would probably think that she was trying to live in her own self-drama. That wasn't the case. She had lived with that kind of mindset for a while, she grew accustomed to it. Why would she want to change something that she was familiar with? Even if it meant being hard on herself.

"Let's try and move on from that subject." Alex's statement cut through Natalie's thoughts. "I was wondering, the research that my uncle did for you...was there any kind of results?"

"Not as much as I was hoping for. It was just this piece of paper with 'written word of' scrawled on it. Come to find out, he meant to write written word of God."

"Written word of God." Alex repeated the words. "Did you guys manage to find out what that was?"

Natalie nodded. "Yeah. And it actually gave us something fairly big. It refers to a series of tablets that the Scribe wrote for God during the creation period. Apparently, one of the tablets are about the leviathan."

"That sounds like it can be a really big help for you guys."

"Except." Natalie took a quick drink from her bottle and bit down on her bottom lip. "We have no idea what's on the tablet and better yet, we have no idea where it is."

Alex silently exhaled. "That is a big problem. Can't your angel friends find it or wouldn't they know what's written on them."

"Unfortunately, no. Caden told me that none of the angels know where the tablets are or what's written on them. The only people who know this is God and the Scribe."

"Just when you think that you have something, you get thrown back to the start."

"Tell me about." Natalie washed a hand down her face. "Bobby's gathered so many books and they've been going through them, trying to find something. Of course, there's nothing."

"Well, I'm sure that you guys will find something." Alex voiced her own assurance on the matter. "You all seem like a group of people who can figure anything out."

Natalie raised her brows and smiled. "I appreciate the enthusiasm."

Alex suddenly glanced down at her watch and frowned. "Sorry, I have to go and make sure that the back is locked up. I'll be right back."

Natalie nodded and settled for finishing up her beer. She wasn't exactly in the mood to be drinking at all, but it was a nice sentiment for Alex to offer it to her for free. Natalie vaguely heard the doors to the bar open, but she paid no attention to it. Although, her attention was caught when she saw a guy sit down right next to her.

"It's getting pretty cold out there." He cheerily commented.

Natalie gave him a faint smile when he looked at her, which was only for a brief moment. Her brows creased as she looked back at the liquor racks. At first, she felt a little perplexed, there were several other places for this guy to sit and he chose to sit right next to her. A little strange, but she wasn't going to raise hell about it. When she looked back over at him, Natalie noticed that the guy had a stoic stature about himself. It seemed a little odd to her.

"I don't think I've ever seen you here before." He commented. "You new in town? Or just here for a job?"

Natalie cleared her throat. "Just here for a job."

"Does it require you to travel?"

Natalie nodded and smile. "Yeah. I travel a lot."

"Yeah. I travel as well. Although, it's been taking a real toll on me, lately."

Natalie hummed. "I'm guessing the job isn't that easy."

"No." He shook his head. "I've been searching for this guy. He kind of blew me and my associates off. We're just trying to settle our issues with him."

"Sorry to hear that." Natalie said, trying to sound as sincere as she could before resuming her beer drinking.

"Although." The man spoke up once again. "I do think that you can help me find him."

Natalie paused her drinking and looked at him, perplexed. "I don't think that I would be able to help you. I don't even know you."

"Oh." The man shook his head and gazed down at the bar counter. "You may not know me, but you definitely know the man I'm looking for."

Natalie shook her head and was about to say something, when her eyes settled on the angel blade that was poking out of the man's jacket. Her expression fell and her entire face tensed. Time began to slow and her heartbeat pounded inside her chest, it was so loud she could here it pulsating through her ears. Placing her beer down, Natalie hesitantly stood up from her seat and began to slowly back away.

"This man killed my brothers and escaped when he wasn't supposed to. And he needs to answer for that."

Natalie felt her chest tighten and her breathing felt like it had become non-existent. Just the thought of exhaling seemed to be a bad choice right now. Usually, she never had this kind of feeling around angels. But, knowing the situation with Caden and the fact that pretty much all the angels hate him, made this extremely alarming to her.

The man finally turned in his seat to face Natalie. "I'm looking for Caden, Natalie. It's time for him to own up to his choices."

Natalie felt a pair of hands grab onto her arms and she looked back to see another man, knowing he was an angel and she couldn't help but roll her eyes. "This can't be happening."

"I'm sorry. But, it is." The man stood up from the stool and casually walked over to her.

Natalie gave him a hardened glare. "So, which angel are you?"

"Oh, of course. I can't forget my manners, right?" He flashed her a smile. "My name is Daniel."

Natalie's glare faltered and a look of recognition flashed across her face and it was easily detected by Daniel. He nodded his head, clearly pleased that she recognized him. "So, you know who I am. I'm guessing Caden was the one who informed you on what's going on."

"Only that a few angels are trying to win the big prize upstairs."

"Precisely. Ever since Castiel's violent rampage in heaven, it's been nothing but anarchy. With no one to lead us, all of the angels are lost. Someone needs to take the reins."

Natalie scoffed. "Please, spare me the same freaking speech. I get it. Angels suck at exisitng without having someone to hold your leashes. That's pretty pathetic in my book. Plus, I thought the only suitable person to rule you guys is God"

"Well, God is no longer in the picture. He hasn't been for quite sometime." Daniel retorted. "But, the whole bit up in heaven is not what I'm concerned about. Caden is. He's killed several of our brothers and escaped from heaven. He can't walk about earth without receiving his form of punishment."

"Seriously. Why don't you just worry about your heaven election? Caden killing those angels was probably justified. He was just trying to survive and get away from you crazy dicks."

"Caden." Daniel began, his voice had become louder and more stern. "He has done some questionable things. Such as, helping Castiel with opening purgatory. Unleashing this unfortunate force on all of us. You all down here have to deal with the leviathan while up in heaven, hundreds of us were slaughtered. And it's all thanks to Castiel and your little friend."

Natalie's eyes grew dark and she tried to launch herself at him, but the angel holding her was forbidding it. "You know that's not true. Caden had nothing to do with that whole thing."

"You're wrong."

Natalie ticked a half smirk. "No, I'm not."

"Well, you don't have a hold over the angels now do you. None of them are going to believe that. Caden did know what Castiel was planning on doing and he went right along with it."

"You are freaking insane." Natlaie blurted out. "That's not what he was doing. There was a reason why he stood by Cas."

"Not too keen on hearing what you have to say about that whole situation." Daniel shrugged and the smile he gave irked Natalie to her core. "I'm just trying to do the right thing for my kind."

"You know what I call that. I call that absolute bull shit."

"That is some very strong language for someone like you." Daniel lightly scolded. "But, I've been searching for Caden, for months. Came up empty handed every single time. So. You're going to help me find him."

Natalie raised her brow. "Am I really?"

Daniel gazed up in thought and then nodded his head. "Yeah. You are." He quickly raised his hand, pressed a finger against Natalie's forehead. Her legs gave out instantly and her body slumped against the angel that was holding her. She was out. Daniel looked up at the other angel and nodded.

"Hey, Natalie sorry it took me so long. There was this—" Alex walked back out from the back room and saw two men and Natalie, who was unconscious. Her eyes immediately went hard as she began to walk over to them. "What did you do to her?"

Daniel slowly turned to Alex, clearly unfazed by Alex's untimely entrance. He casted a quick glance down at the unconscious Natalie and then offered Alex a shrug. The man that had been holding onto Natalie, threw her body over his shoulder and secured her by wrapping his arm around her legs.

"What are you doing?" Alex asked again, this time she was making a fast approach towards them. "Put her down."

Daniel stood in silence, mentally thinking that it was amusing this woman was trying to challenge him. Once she was close enough, Daniel simply touched her forehead and Alex passed out, her body fell to the ground with a loud thud. Daniel inhaled and turned back to his assistant. "That was easier than I thought. Let's go."

The two men, with Natalie, suddenly disappeared, leaving an unconscious Alex splayed out across the floor.

---

So what did you all think?! The angels have Natalie! And what do you all think about the whole "plan" Caden was apart of? A lot is going on and it will only partially be resolved in the next chapter! Plus, Alex is back! I missed writing her. Also, the poll on my profile is going to stay up there for a while so don't forget to check it out!

Review Responses:

The-Effulgent-One: I am so glad that you like Nad! And I am super glad that you didn't find her story too cliche. That was one of the biggest worries while writing out her story. But, the fact that you got hooked from the start just makes me all the more happy. I hope you liked the little satalie moment in this chapter!

minstorai: I pretty much sent in a response through a pm, but yes, Turner wasn't exactly a character that I wanted everyone to fall in love with immediately. He just wanted to make sure that it got done right. That was the cop side of Turner. And the twist of him knowing Nad's father has been planned from the very beginning. They needed to have some kind of connection and I thought the appropriate connection would be her dad.

January Lily: Don't even worry about it sweetie! I totally get it! Life just gets in the way some times, I have had it happen to me on several occasions. But, I am so glad that you've finally caught up. I hate it when I fall behind on reading stories! I hope that you are happy with Alex being back in the picture! AND YES LET'S DO THE CROSSOVER WITH RILEY! I WANT TO DO IT SO BADLY! WE NEED TO START PLANNING! Satalie always gets me in a sappy mood, I love them do much and it hurts when I think about all the plans I have for them (almost all of them aren't good). But, I hope that you enjoyed this chapter!