Chapter 18: Lucifer Rising.
Seven months pass by and many things have changed for Jean and Nick. Jean gets a new pixie undercut hairstyle and is now a manager at the gun shop where she works. And Nick has been slowly packing away some of his deceased family's belongings and storing them in the basement.
One Thursday night, Nick and Jean are in the middle of oral intimacy when her cell phone rings. At first she just ignores it, but when the phone rings for a second and then a third time, she finally answers it. Nick stops lavishing attention to her nether regions and lays down next to her on the bed causing her to sigh in slight disappointment. "Hello, Sam."
"How did you know it was me, Jean? I'm calling from a new cell phone."
"I actually heard God laugh."
Jean hears Dean say in the background, "No, Cass, she was only joking. Sit back down."
Jean laughs, "So, what's going on? Whatever it is, tell me about it as quickly as you can."
"Uh, sorry, did I call at a bad time?"
"The worst," Jean replies to Sam. She then tells Nick, "From now on, no more phones in the bedroom." Nick nods in agreement.
"Uh, okay. You're, uh, you're not gonna believe this, but Dean and I stumbled across a series of books called 'Supernatural' and they're based on our lives."
Jean is confused, "What do you mean, based on our lives?"
"Everything that has happened to us starting from when Dean came and got me from Stanford and ending with Dean dying and going to Hell is in these books."
"Huh," Jean gets up from the bed. She looks over at Nick, "I'll be right back." She walks out of the bedroom and down the stairs to the living room. "Are these books just about you and Dean or am I in them too?"
"As far as we've read they're mainly about me and Dean, but you're in some of them too. Why didn't you ever go into details about those nightmares with dad or one of us, Jean?"
"With everything that was going on at the time a few measly nightmares didn't seem worth mentioning. What else do the books say about my nightmares?"
"Just that you finally managed to talk to the man the night when Jake killed me. Why? Is there something else we should know about these dreams?" Sam asks suspiciously.
Jean rubs the back of her head, "I, uh, can't tell you right now. I don't want Nick to overhear."
"Dean and I are on our way to Kripke's Hollow in Ohio to confront the author, Chuck Shurley. Do you want to join us?"
"I don't know, Sammy. I can't just drop everything and leave on such short notice now. I'm a manager at Pistols 'N' Rosas and we have a big sales event coming up. I have to be there."
Sam sighs, "Okay, I understand. But the next time we see you, you owe us an explanation."
"You have my word. The next time that I see you boys, I will tell you everything you need to know." She then hangs up before going back upstairs to bed.
Almost two weeks later, Jean receives another call from Sam while she and Nick are lying on the couch watching 'Million Dollar Baby' on their new TV. She picks up her phone from a new black stained wooden coffee table, "Hiya, Sammy."
"Hi, Jean. Listen, this is important. Dean and I are in Windom, Minnesota. Yesterday, a teenage boy named Adam Milligan called one of dad's old cell phones. He told us that his mom has been missing for almost a week and he called dad for help."
Jean frowns, "Okay...but why call me about this? I'm done with hunting and I want nothing more to do with it."
"Yeah, I know, but this is really important. Jean...Adam is our half brother."
"What?!" Jean shouts and accidentally rolls off of the couch in surprise.
Nick quickly sits up on the couch, "Are you okay, Wonder Woman? What the hell did your brother tell you?" Nick first started calling Jean Wonder Woman after she lifted him off of the ground when they had just started living together.
"What happened? Is everything okay?" Sam asks Jean, sounding worried.
Jean picks herself up off of the ground then sits down next to Nick on the couch. "Yeah, I'm fine, I just rolled off of the couch in surprise." She says into the phone before telling Nick, "Apparently, I have a half brother that no one knew about, but my dad."
"Did he just call her Wonder Woman?" Jean faintly hears Dean ask Sam, "Why didn't we ever think of that? Jeanie's about the size of a damn Amazon woman."
Jean rolls her eyes at Dean's remark, "Back to the matter at hand. I'd like to meet Adam, do you think that we can meet up tomorrow or the next day?"
"Sure, it shouldn't take us more than a day or two to finish this hunt and then we can meet you afterwards."
"Okay. I'll call you sometime tomorrow, Sam."
"Bye, Jean. I'll talk to you later." The other end of the line goes dead as Sam ends the call.
Jean hangs up and puts the phone down on the coffee table. "I can't believe it...I have a little half brother. I'll leave early tomorrow morning."
Nick kisses Jean's forehead, "Do you want me to go with you?"
She shakes her head, "No. I'm just going to meet Adam and catch up with Sam. I should be back by Tuesday night at the latest."
"Alright, but promise me one thing, baby."
"What?"
"Promise me that if your brother is hunting someone, that you will stay out of it." Jean opens her mouth to object, but Nick stops her. "Jean, please...for me. No more bounty hunting."
"Okay, I promise. No hunting." She promises before climbing on top of him and straddling his waist. She kisses him passionately and things quickly become heated.
After they make love, Nick falls asleep, but Jean stays awake thinking about her half brother Adam. Slowly her mind begins to drift to other things; like what displays she will put up for the new knives they just got at work and her relationship with Nick. She glances down at Nick's left hand, which is resting on her hip, and stares at the wedding ring that he still wears. Jean sighs, wondering if Nick will ever remove the ring or if Lucifer was right and she will have to live in the shadow of Nick's deceased wife forever. For a few moments, Jean considers returning to her brothers and becoming a hunter again. She immediately feels guilty at the thought of leaving Nick because she really does love him, even if he is still in love with his dead wife. She cuddles closer to him, nuzzling her head under his chin. He tightens his arm around her and sighs in contentment. An hour later Jean shakes Nick awake and the two head upstairs to the bedroom.
The next morning, Jean wakes up early and starts to pack a duffel bag with everything that she'll need for her trip to Minnesota. After she's done packing, Jean takes a shower and fixes her hair before getting dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a T-shirt with a chibi Loki on it and the words 'Cute but evil...so things even out' written below the chibi.
Jean walks over to the bed and leans down to place kisses along Nick's gold-dusted jaw. He slowly wakes up, rolling over onto his back, then capturing Jean's lips with his own. She breaks the kiss to tell him, "I'm about to leave for Minnesota, handsome. I should be back in a couple of days. Enjoy your weekend."
"Are you taking my car or yours?" He sleepily asks her.
"Mine."
"Oh, okay. I'll miss you."
Jean places another kiss to Nick's lips, "I'll miss you too."
Nick smirks, "Actually, I was talking to the car." He jokes and Jean stands up straight, crosses her arms over her chest, and huffs in an attempt to appear upset. "Aw, baby. Don't be mad," he sits up and wraps an arm around her waist. "If it makes you feel any better, you're my second favorite ride." He playfully teases her.
"Only second? Let's see you ride my car like you ride me."
Suddenly, Nick pulls Jean down onto the bed causing her to laugh. He then rolls over on top of her, "I think I need another chance to compare how you both handle." He begins to nip and suck at her neck.
She giggles as he kisses a ticklish spot, "Nick, I've got to go, honey." He stops kissing her neck then looks up at her with a pout on his handsome face. Jean smiles lovingly at him, "I promise if you let me go now that when I get back...we can have sex in the backseat of Sally."
Nick wriggles his eyebrows suggestively, "I'm going to hold you to that promise, baby." He rolls off of her, allowing her to sit up.
Jean kisses him one last time before standing up from the bed. "I'll be back by Tuesday night honey." She grabs her bag and walks over to the bedroom door. She exits the bedroom, walks down the stairs, and leaves the house. She climbs into her Mustang, starts the engine, and begins the long drive to Minnesota.
Jean drives until noon then stops for lunch at a small restaurant at the Pennsylvania and Ohio border. While waiting for her meal, Jean pulls her cell phone out of her pocket and dials Sam's number. After the phone rings twice Sam answers, "Hello?"
"Hiya, Sammy."
"Hi, Jean. Are you on the way to Minnesota?"
"Yeah, I'm almost to Ohio. How's the case going?"
"Well, Adam's mom is definitely dead. Dean found chunks of her inside of the air vents of her house." Jean's face twists into an expression of surprise at how insensitive Sam sounds. Normally, Sam would talk about things like finding bits of someone with more finesse.
All of a sudden, there's the sound of arguing and some shuffling from the other end of the line before Dean's voice says, "Dad took him to a freaking baseball game on his birthday, Jean! A baseball game! Do you remember what he told us when we asked him to take us to a baseball game?!"
"Yeah, he refused to take us, calling it a waste of time and that he had more important things to do. I also remember that we snuck out of school and went ourselves. I always liked to think of it as our thing, you know? One of us would ask dad to do something with us, he would say no, then both of us would sneak off and do whatever it was together." A waiter brings Jean her food and she thanks him. "Now continue telling me what's going on with this case? And how's Adam? Have you told him about his mom yet?"
There's more arguing on the other end of the line as her brothers fight over the phone, at least that's what she assumes is the cause of the noise. Sam's voice comes back over the phone, "Adam's doing okay, considering everything that's happened. I'm teaching him about hunting." Jean raises an eyebrow in amazement that Sam would ever want to bring another sibling into the lifestyle of a hunter. "Dean and I think that whatever dad hunted in the 90's is still alive and wants revenge, so it's going after everyone that was involved in the case. We think it went after Adam and his mom to lure dad back to Windom not knowing that he's already dead." He pauses for a moment then asks Jean, "Do you think that you can make it here by tonight?"
Jean frowns, "I don't think so, Sam."
"Are you sure? It would be great for all of us to hunt together again." Sam tells her in excitement.
Jean is becoming more confused by Sam's attitude by the minute. First he mentions Dean finding chunks of Adam's mom in an uncaring, almost cruel way. Then he wants to bring a younger sibling into the lifestyle of a hunter. Now he's trying to convince Jean to start hunting with them again. All of those things are so very unlike Sam, that it immediately raises red flags to Jean. Suddenly, Jean can hear Dean in the background yelling at Sam. "What the hell do you think you're doing, Sam?! We agreed not to bug Jean about hunting again! That she's better off living a normal life with, uh, what's-his-name!"
"No, Dean! She's better off being a hunter! Ever since she started dating Nick, she has become an easy target for every monster that may want revenge on our family!"
"Enough! It's my choice whether or not I start hunting again." Jean tells them with venom practically dripping from her every word. "Sam, give Dean the phone. Now."
There's a lot of grumbling on the other end before Dean's voice says, "Hey, Jean."
"Dean, is the phone off speaker?"
"Hold on." There's a moment of silence, "Okay."
"What the hell is going on with Sam? He just said something that dad would've said!"
"I don't really know what's going on with him, but I'm pretty sure that Ruby has something to do with it."
"Is that bitch still alive?"
"Unfortunately. Listen, I've got to go. Sammy insists on teaching this kid how to hunt and I want to make sure he doesn't accidentally shoot Sam."
"Really? Sam wants to teach Adam to hunt and you don't? When did you become Sam and Sam become you?"
"I don't know, but I really don't like being the touchy-feely one."
Jean laughs, "Bye, Dean. I'll see you guys sometime tomorrow." She hangs up the phone and enjoys the rest of her lunch in peace. She then pays her bill and leaves the small restaurant. Jean gets back inside of her car and continues the drive to Minnesota. At 9 o'clock, she stops for the night at a motel in Lanford, Illinois. After getting ready for bed, Jean calls Nick and they talk for nearly an hour. She then turns off the lights and tries to go to sleep, but it eludes her. So she picks her phone up from the small bedside table and changes the ringtones of some of her contacts. She sets Nick's to 'The Fool' by Lee Ann Womack and Sam's to 'Heat of the Moment'. Jean's eyelids finally begin to feel heavy and she puts her phone back down on the table then falls asleep.
The next day, Jean is woken up by the ringing of her cell phone and since the ringtone is 'A Wonderful Day for Pie' she knows that it's Dean calling her. Chuckling slightly at her new ringtone for her twin brother, Jean reaches over and picks up her phone. "Hello, Dean-o."
"Jean, I've got some bad news..."
She quickly sits up in bed, "What happened? Are you and Sam alright?"
"Yeah, we're fine...but Adam's dead. Turns out that he's been dead for a while and what we thought was Adam was actually a ghoul."
"Damn."
"We, uh, burned Adam's body last night then got the hell out of there."
"So where are you now? I'll meet you there."
"Good, cause we really need some sleep. We're staying at the Green Lantern Inn in Kilberry, Iowa. Room 129."
"Okay. I'll see you in a few hours. Bye, Dean."
"Bye, Jeanie."
Jean ends the call and gets out of the bed. She takes a shower, gets dressed, then repacks her bag. She checks out of the motel before climbing behind the wheel of Sally.
Five hours later, Jean arrives in the city of Kilberry. She stops at a grocery store and buys a twelve pack of beer along with a cherry pie for Dean. She also stops at a Pizza Hut and buys a couple of pizzas for dinner. While waiting for her pizzas, she asks for directions to the Green Lantern Inn from another customer. After receiving the pizzas, she follows the directions the woman gave her and arrives at the inn. She easily spots the Impala and parks next to it. Jean gets out of her car, grabs the pizza and the cherry pie from the passenger seat, then walks over to the door of room 129.
Jean knocks on the door and there's some loud shuffling from the other side; most likely her brothers hiding their weapons and other things from sight. The noise stops and the door opens to reveal a rather tired looking Sam. "Jeanie, you made it."
"Yep," Jean replies while walking past Sam into the room. "And I've brought an offering of pizza and cherry pie."
As she places the food on the small table in the room, Dean stands up from one of the beds and walks over to where Jean is standing. "All right, Jeanie!" He picks up the pie, "See, Sam...even after damn near a year of being apart, Jean didn't forget to get me pie." He puts the pie back down on the table.
Sam looks at Dean, exasperated. "Really, Dean? I forgot once and that was months ago. Are you ever going to let it go?"
Dean glares at Sam, "No." He turns back to his twin, taking in her appearance for the first time. "What happened to your hair? Did you get in a fight with a lawnmower and lose?"
Jean punches Dean hard on his left bicep. Dean rubs the spot where she hit him, "That's funny...The last time I saw you, you literally looked like you were the one who lost a fight with a lawnmower."
Dean stops rubbing his arm and smirks playfully at her, "Okay, I've gotta ask...are you knocked up? Cause it looks like you've put on a few pounds." Jean punches him twice in the same spot as before. "OW! Is this how you treat your boyfriend? Because if it is, I feel really sorry for the guy."
Jean places her hands on her hips, "Nick is smart enough not to say such stupid things to a woman. Now if you say anything else about my hair or my weight, I swear that I will toss this pie directly into the trash, Dean."
Dean fakes a gasp of horror, "You wouldn't dare!"
Jean laughs and pulls her twin into a tight embrace, lifting him slightly off of the ground. "I've missed you so much."
Dean tightly hugs her back, "I missed you too, Jean."
Jean looks over her shoulder at Sam, "Get over here and join us, Sammy!" Sam smiles and walks over to his older siblings and wraps an arm around each of them. In return, Dean and Jean wrap an arm around Sam and embrace him as well. "I've missed both of you," Jean tells them.
The three Winchester siblings release each other from their group hug. "By the way, there's a twelve pack that's still in my car."
Dean's face lights up in joy, "You brought beer too?" Jean pulls out her car keys and holds them in the air for Dean to take. He snatches the keys from her hand and then rushes out the door.
Jean laughs, opening one of the pizza boxes, and removing a slice of pizza. Before she takes a bite she asks Sam, "What happened to your arms, Sammy?" Jean nods towards his bandaged forearms.
"Oh, uh, the ghouls cut me. But I'm fine, so don't worry, Jean." Sam tells her when she looks concerned. He picks up his own slice of pizza and takes a bite.
Dean walks back into the room carrying the box of beer, "Beer, pizza, and pie...this is my idea of a good time. The only thing missing is the hot women." He sets the beer down on the table, opens the box, then pulls out three bottles. He hands one to Sam, another to Jean, and then twists off the cap of the last one for himself.
"So...fill me in on what's been happening since I've been gone. What happened when you confronted that Chuck guy?" Jean asks, opening her own beer and taking a sip.
For the next few hours, the Winchester siblings eat pizza and drink beer while Sam and Dean tell their sister about some of the hunts they've been on during the past eight months. Including what happened between them and Chuck, who turned out to be a prophet.
"Oh man! I can't believe I missed a drunk, porn-loving, giant teddy bear! That sucks!"
Dean chuckles while Sam tells Jean, "It wasn't as great as you think. The bear was suicidal, it ended up shooting itself."
Dean puts the last slice of pie on his paper plate then stabs at it with his plastic fork. "So how's things going with, uh, Nick?"
"Things are going fine. He's finally starting to pack away some of his former family's things. Of course, I would really like it if he would finally take off his wedding ring." She drinks the last of her third beer as Sam and Dean exchange looks. "Anyway, I'm now a manager at the gun shop where I work. Which reminds me, there's a new type of machete out that's very light and would be great for chopping off vampire heads."
The sound of fluttering wings suddenly fills the room and a man appears behind Dean. He has dark brown hair, a 5 o'clock shadow, bright blue eyes, and is wearing a tan trench coat, a dark suit, and a crooked blue tie. Behind the man is a pair of large, hot pink feathery wings. "Hello, Dean."
Dean jumps in surprise and starts to choke on the bite of pie that he just took. Sam hits Dean repeatedly on the back until Dean stops coughing. "Damn it, Cass! I told you to stop doing that." He turns to face the angel and is now almost nose to nose with him. "We've talked about this too, Cass." When the angel just looks at him in confusion Dean continues, "Personal space."
"My apologies," Castiel replies while taking a step back away from Dean.
Jean joyously laughs, "I take it this is Castiel. I like him already."
"Cass, this is my twin sister, Jean. Jean, Cass." Dean vaguely introduces the two.
Castiel turns his head to look at the female Winchester and his wings rise into a mating display when he sees her. He looks over his shoulder at his own wings in surprise and confusion. Jean giggles, "Aw, he's adorable."
"Cass? Are you okay?" Sam asks the angel.
"I do not understand...Why I am displaying for Jean."
"Displaying? What are you talking about, Cass?" Dean asks, unable to see Castiel's wings.
"His wings are raised in a mating display for me. Don't worry about it, Cass. This seems to be a common response when a male angel is around me." Jean tells her brothers and the still confused angel.
All three men look at her, "You can see his wings?" Sam asks her in astonishment.
"Mating display?" asks Dean, stepping in front of Jean to try to block her from Castiel's sight.
Castiel tilts his head, "How many other angels have you met?"
"Yes, I can see an angel's wings. Cass' wings are actually very pretty. The feathers are hot pink like a flamingo's." Castiel's wings open wider and the feathers fluff at Jean's compliment. Jean looks at Dean, "And you need to relax, Dean. It's not like Cass is going to pounce on me and fuck me in the middle of the room. As for how many angels I've met...Not counting Castiel...one. Unless dreams count. Do dreams count?"
Castiel nods, "Yes. When an angel appears in a person's dream any interaction between them is real."
"Then two. One appears to me in my dreams and the other I met a few years ago." She walks past Castiel to sit on one of the beds and the male angel catches her scent. His wings flare open to their fullest extent, the feathers ruffling, and he moans in arousal. Castiel begins to follow Jean, persistently brushing the tips of his primary feathers against her. Jean can feel Lucifer's grace stirring inside of her, beginning to react to Castiel's presence.
"Are you talking about the man from your nightmares?" Sam eagerly asks.
Jean nods, "Yes. As it turns out he's an angel."
"Wait a minute...Cass, you told me that angels have no interest in Jean! That as far as they're concerned she's just a normal human. So why are they appearing to her?" Castiel seems not to have heard Dean, he's too busy following Jean around trying to impress the young female. Jean grins to herself before changing course and walking aimlessly around the room. Castiel continues to follow her around like a lost puppy, "Cass?" Dean exchanges worried glances with Sam before shouting, "Castiel!!"
The male angel stops and looks at Dean, "I'm sorry. What did you say?"
Dean exchanges glances with Sam again, "You told me that the angels aren't interested in Jean. So why are they bothering her?"
Castiel shakes his head, "I know that Zachariah and Michael have no interest in Jean." He turns back to Jean, "Did you happen to get the angels' names?"
"I promised not to reveal the identity of the angel I met years ago and I have every intention of keeping that promise."
"And the angel that appears in your dreams?" Castiel asks her, flaring his wings for her yet again.
Jean sighs, "Do you have something much stronger than beer because you guys are not going to like what I'm about to tell you." The brothers exchange worried looks again.
Dean walks over to the mini fridge, opens it, and removes a large bottle of Jack Daniel's. "That bad, huh?" He asks her while grabbing three red plastic cups. He pours whiskey into each of the cups then hands one to his twin and the other to his little brother.
Jean takes a sip of her whiskey before saying, "Yes. I promised I would tell you everything, so let's start with the reason Cass is following me around like an adorable duckling. It's because I'm what the angels call an unbonded etam."
Dean and Sam are both confused, but Castiel is shocked by the news. "That's not possible. Heaven would know if you were an etam."
"Not if the Big Guy didn't want you to know. Check in the, uh, Hall of Records, is that right?" Castiel nods, "You'll find that my record is blank after I turned 18. At least according to my angel buddy's Heavenly contact it is."
"Wait...what's a...whatever you said?" Dean asks.
"An etam is a human female that is meant to be the mate of an angel." Castiel explains to the brothers, "They are extremely rare, only two are known to have existed, and if Jean is indeed an etam she would be the third. And the only one to go unbonded after she's come of age," his wings rise into another mating display when Jean passes close to him. Castiel catches her scent again and starts to move towards Jean, but Dean blocks him from getting any closer to her.
"So what, Jean's supposed to be some angel's bitch?" Dean asks Castiel.
Jean chuckles, "That's exactly what I asked when I first found out about all of this."
Castiel tilts his head in confusion, "I don't understand. What does a female dog have to do with this?"
Jean laughs and walks closer to him, "You are absolutely adorable." Castiel's feathers fluff at her compliment and he moves his wings towards her. He begins to stroke his primary feathers over Jean's body causing her to shudder and Lucifer's grace to react violently inside her. She reaches out to touch his wings, but he moves them out of her reach.
Castiel asks her, "If you are an etam, why hasn't your ugear bonded with you?"
"What do you mean by bonded?" Sam asks Castiel.
"It's where an angel bonds their grace with the etam's soul."
"Basically, it's angel marriage. Only it really is a permanent union, unlike actual marriage." Jean adds.
Castiel nods, "Yes, that is a simple way of putting it."
Jean takes a deep breath then downs the rest of the whiskey in her cup. "And the reason that my ugear hasn't bonded with me yet," she walks closer to Castiel and Dean moves to stop her, but she waves him off. As Jean gets closer to Castiel, Lucifer's grace begins to react more aggressively, not liking how close she is to another male angel. She stops inches away from Castiel and reaches out to fiddle with his blue tie while looking down at the ground. "Is because he's currently trapped in a cage deep, deep inside of Hell." She looks up and her eyes; the irises now crimson; meet with Castiel's bright blue ones.
Castiel takes a few steps backward in shock and his wings quit displaying, folding tightly against his back in trepidation. "Lucifer...Your ugear is supposed to be Lucifer."
"What!?" Dean and Sam both exclaim.
Jean turns towards her brothers, "Yeah, you remember the whole glowing eyes and Incredible Hulk strength thing?" Sam and Dean nod, "Turns out it's caused by a small amount of Lucifer's grace that's inside of me." She walks across the room to put distance between her and Castiel to calm Lucifer's grace down. "And his grace is inside of me to protect me from danger. Lucifer can also use this 'connection' to appear to me in my dreams."
"So the angel that appears in your dreams is Lucifer?" Sam asks her and she nods.
Dean slams his fist down onto the table, "Damn it! Can't we ever catch a fucking break!" He shouts, "How long have you known about all of this, Jean?!"
Jean has to think for a moment before replying, "Since the mystery spot."
Dean looks at her, extremely pissed, "You've known for that long that you're supposed to be the devil's bitch and you never told us?!"
"First of all, we were kinda busy trying to save your ass from the pit at the time, remember? Second, would you have believed me if I had told you back then? No, you would've scoffed and said that there's no such thing as the Devil or angels."
Dean huffs, refusing to admit out loud that she made some very good points. Sam turns to Castiel and asks him, "Cass, what will the angels do if they find out Jean is Lucifer's mate?"
"Since they haven't bonded yet, she isn't in any danger. Although, they will most likely try to bond with her and claim her as their etam before Lucifer can." Castiel tells them.
"And if they do bond?" asks Dean.
Castiel shifts, uncomfortable with what he's about to tell the three siblings. "I don't know. Normally, an etam is protected by the laws of Heaven and no angel would be allowed to harm her. However, if Jean bonds with Lucifer, there is the very real possibility that Michael will try to kill her."
"Well, that's just freakin' fantastic!" Dean yells, grabbing the bottle of whiskey. He removes the lid and drinks a large mouthful directly from the bottle.
"Calm down, Dean. We can still stop the rest of the seals from breaking and prevent Lucifer from being released. Lucifer can't bond with Jean while he's in the cage or he would have done so already. Right, Cass?" Sam asks looking from Castiel to Jean and then back again.
"That is correct."
Jean's cell phone rings, playing Lee Ann Womack's 'The Fool', and she answers, "Hi, handsome. How was your day?" Jean walks out of the motel room to have some privacy while talking to Nick.
While Jean is outside, Sam and Dean argue about whether or not they should try to convince her to start hunting with them again. They turn to ask Castiel for his opinion, but he's already gone. They finally decide against it as Jean walks back into the room. "Jean, do you want to stay with us tonight?" Sam asks her. "You've had quite a lot to drink."
"I would like that. Let's spend the rest of the night drinking to forget about the Apocalypse and the fact that I'm the bride of Satan." Jean takes the whiskey bottle from her twin and pours some into her cup.
The three siblings drink until they pass out in the early morning hours of the next day. Jean sleeps on the couch while her brothers take the beds. At some point, Jean wakes up and crawls into bed with Dean, who wraps her up in a protective embrace.
Jean wakes up at nine o'clock then wakes up her brothers to say goodbye. She then begins the almost 16 hour drive back to Delaware.
Three weeks later in a church located in the city of Ilchester, Maryland an intensely bright light emerges from a seal on the floor formed by the blood of the demon Lilith. The two Winchester brothers watch in horror as Lucifer is released from the cage that he's been trapped inside of for several millennia. All of the sudden, Dean and Sam Winchester disappear, but Lucifer doesn't really care about those two at the moment. He has bigger things on his mind; like getting to Delaware where his etam is.
Once his large, serpentine body is fully free, Lucifer releases a piercing shriek of victory. A long, blue forked tongue flicks out of his mouth and, even from hundreds of miles away, Lucifer catches his etam's scent. He spreads his six colossal wings and in an instant he's outside of Nick and Jean's house. After making himself much, much smaller, he easily slips inside of the house like a ghost and makes his way to the master bedroom where he sees Nick spooning with Jean. Growling softly, Lucifer uses his powers to remove Nick's arms from around Jean's waist and then flings him out of the bed. Lucifer takes Nick's place behind Jean, happily wrapping his body around her. Of course, he can't physically touch her, but that doesn't stop him from trying. "Mine," he purrs in enochian.
There's a loud 'thud' as Nick's body hits the floor causing Jean to roll over onto her other side so that she's now facing Lucifer. Even though he knows that she can't see it, Lucifer flares his wings and fluffs his feathers as he instinctively displays for her. "Nick? Honey, are you okay?" Jean sleepily asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Nick replies while getting up off of the floor and laying back down on the bed. "I must have rolled off the bed in my sleep."
As Nick moves closer to Jean, Lucifer growls again, his feathers bristling. Jean yawns, "Goodnight, Nick."
"Goodnight, baby." He kisses her forehead causing Lucifer to snarl at him.
Jean and Nick quickly fall back to sleep. Lucifer stays by Jean's side and throughout the night he uses his powers to slowly pull Jean away from Nick and towards himself until she's not touching Nick at all. His forked tongue darts almost constantly from his mouth, the tips running over Jean's body.
Jean is dreaming that she's sitting at the shores of a large lake that has a gorgeous waterfall cascading down to it from a tall flower covered ledge. The light of the sun reflects off of the surface of the lake and hits the falling water creating a small rainbow. All around her are beautiful sunflowers each facing towards the sun.
She puts both of her feet in the water then leans back onto her elbows to soak up the warmth of the sun. A cold breeze blows past her causing her to shiver. She can feel a presence near her, but whatever it is, is choosing to stay invisible. "You may as well show yourself. I know you're there."
Suddenly, Jean finds herself surrounded by a wall of dark red, almost black, snake-like scales. The wall of scales starts to move, uncoiling from around her, becoming narrower and narrower until the end of the tail appears. Jean looks to the right, the direction that the tail went, and her breath catches in her throat. She finds herself staring at a humongous serpentine dragon. The dragon is so huge that it easily makes Burj Khalifa look like a miniature. Its entire body is covered with dark red, bordering on black, scales except for on the belly, these scales are larger and a beautiful bright scarlet color. Around the glowing crimson eyes and the mouth of the short snout are scales of the same shade of red as the belly scales. From the top of the dragon's head sprouts two golden horns that spiral backward; the roots of the horns are hidden by a mane of long, flowing blonde hair. Its arms resemble those of a human's, with the exception of the fingers of the hands ending in crimson colored claws. Farther down the body, the legs are muscular and resemble those of an eagle, especially the huge talons. The body continues into a long tail that looks like it can be used as a whip or to wrap around something and crush it. Six colossal feathery wings emerge from the dragon's back; the first pair of wings are located above where the arms are and the third set emerge from the center of the midsection just below the second pair. The feathers of each wing are a stunning hot pink, like the breast feathers of a Pink Robin, only the dragon's feathers brightly sparkle.
Jean is in absolute awe at the beauty of the creature before her. She swallows nervously, "Please tell me that's you, Luci."
"So, you can indeed see me in my true form, kitten." Jean blinks and jumps when she sees Lucifer's massive snout just inches away from her. "The power of my true form just obliterated an entire convent and yet you are capable of seeing me as I truly am without any repercussions. What a very peculiar creature you are, Jean Winchester, but you are my peculiar creature." A blue forked tongue emerges from his mouth and the tips flicker over Jean's body, slightly tickling her.
Jean giggles, "Stop that, it tickles."
"Soooo, what do you think about my true self? Am I just as gorgeous as you always thought I would be?" He flies far enough backwards in order to give her a better view, flares all six of his wings, and fluffs his feathers into a mating display.
Jean chuckles at Lucifer's showboating. "You are truly gorgeous, Luci." Lucifer swells with pride at her compliment. "Are you always this big?"
"No, I can appear as big or as small as I want." Lucifer replies, suddenly making himself small enough to wrap his entire body around Jean's. Much to her surprise, his scales are incredibly smooth against her bare skin. An involuntary moan escapes her mouth causing Lucifer to chuckle. "Somebody is aroused…" he teases her and she blushes. "There's no need to feel ashamed, my dear. I am your ugear, you're supposed to feel arousal for me."
The next morning, Nick wakes up before Jean and, after using the bathroom, he goes to make breakfast for the two of them. As Nick passes by the old nursery, Lucifer decides to mess with him and creates the sound of a working baby mobile. Nick freezes outside of the door and the sound stops. Nick shakes his head then continues to head downstairs to the kitchen. Lucifer laughs at his own trick before returning his attention back to his sleeping etam. Jean sighs happily in her sleep and Lucifer is curious about what she's dreaming about now that is making her so happy, so he decides to return to her dreams. He is absolutely delighted when he discovers that she's having an intimate dream and he decides to insert himself into the dream.
A few minutes later, Jean is woken up by the smell of bacon; much to Lucifer's dismay. She yawns and gets out of bed, dressed in only a pink camisole and white cotton hipster panties. She makes her way over to the bathroom and afterwards down the stairs to the kitchen. Lucifer follows closely after her. His feathers bristle in jealousy when Jean wraps her arms around Nick and presses herself up against his back. "Good morning, handsome."
"Good morning, Jean. Breakfast is almost ready. Also, your phone has been doing one hell of an imitation of a vibrator this morning."
Laughing, she kisses him on the cheek then walks back into the living room. She picks up her phone, disconnects the charger, and sees that she has 30 new text messages as well as 15 new voicemails. "Damn." She checks her texts first, all of which are from either Sam or Dean. The same thing with the voice mails except Jean can hear the panic in their voices. They tell her to call one of them immediately and she dial's Dean's number.
The phone rings only once before Dean answers, "Why the hell haven't you been answering your phone, Jean?"
"Well, hello to you too, Dean. I didn't answer the phone because I have to do this thing called sleep. So what's going on? Why are your panties all in a bunch?"
"You need to get to Bobby's immediately, Jean. The last seal was broken...Lucifer was released from the cage last night. Chuck said that Lucifer headed straight for you."
Jean frowns, "Nothing strange has been happening around here."
"Just get your ass to Bobby's."
"No, Dean. I'm staying here with Nick. Lucifer isn't going to hurt me even if he does show up. He needs my permission in order to bond with me and he's not going to get permission by hurting me."
"Damn it, Jean! This is serious! I will come to Delaware and drag your ass to Bobby's myself!"
At Dean's threat, Lucifer's wings flare-up protectively and wrap around Jean. "I'd like to see you try, jackass! I kicked your ass when we were younger and I can kick your ass now!" She hangs up on him then walks back into the kitchen.
Nick is placing scrambled eggs on both of their plates when Jean re-enters the kitchen. He looks up at her and asks, "Is everything okay? I heard you shouting."
Jean runs a hand through her short hair, "Yes, everything is fine. Just a little sibling spat." She sits down at the table and grabs a few pieces of bacon. Nick sits down across from her and they enjoy breakfast together. After they're done eating, Jean runs her foot up and down Nick's leg. "How about we go upstairs and take a shower together?"
Nick smirks, "After you."
Jean stands up, smiles mischievously, then strips off her camisole before tossing it at him. Half naked, she takes off running upstairs with Nick close on her heels. Lucifer snarls in anger and jealousy as he follows them upstairs. Jean walks into the bathroom, but Nick goes to the nightstand by his side of the bed. Realizing that Nick is no longer behind her, Jean calls out "Are you coming or not?"
Nick replies, "Yes, I just have to get a condom."
Lucifer finally loses control of his temper and lashes out at Nick. He creates an illusion of a body laying on the bed, covered by the sheets. Blood appears to be soaking through the sheets and forming a pool of blood on the floor. Nick freezes on the spot when the blood reaches his bare feet. He looks over at the bed and cautiously pulls the sheet back. He lets out a loud shout of distress when he sees the mutilated body of his deceased wife. He cries out again when Sarah's head turns towards him and she says, "I thought you loved me, Nick. Why would you sleep with another woman?"
After hearing Nick shout, Jean hurries out of the bathroom and sees him just standing there staring at the empty bed in horror. "Nick? Honey, are you okay?"
Nicks looks at Jean and when he turns back to the bed, the body and all of the blood is gone. "Yeah...I'm okay. I must just be tired." She walks over to him and goes to hug him, but he pulls away. "Don't touch me," he snaps at her. Jean looks hurt and Nick immediately regrets his actions. He cups her face with his hands and places a gentle kiss to her forehead. "I'm sorry, baby. I didn't mean it. Why don't you go ahead and take a shower. I need a moment to myself."
Jean looks at him in concern and tells him, "You know that you can talk to me about anything, right?"
"Of course. Now go take your shower, I'll be alright." As soon as Jean disappears back into the bathroom with Lucifer right behind her, Nick grabs a small bottle of scotch from his nightstand and takes a large gulp of the alcohol.
Over the next few days, Lucifer stays close to either Jean or Nick, but mostly to Jean. Whenever Jean isn't around, Lucifer torments Nick by making him see and hear things related to his dead family. Like making Nick hear the crying of a baby over a baby monitor or making blood appear inside of the crib as Nick is packing away his deceased son's things. However, after every one of Lucifer's tricks, Jean will comfort Nick and she basically undoes Lucifer's attempts at getting Nick to say yes to being his temporary vessel. Lucifer finally decides to get Jean out of the way for a few days. So he temporarily leaves the couple's side to give orders to the demon Meg.
The next day, Jean is at work when Sam calls and tells her that Bobby is in the hospital in critical condition after stabbing himself with the demon knife while he was being possessed.
Jean immediately takes off from work and drives home to pack a duffel bag. She calls Nick's cell phone and when he doesn't answer she leaves him a message telling him that she has to go to Buffalo, New York because her uncle has been stabbed. After packing, she leaves the house and gets into her car.
Three hours later, Jean walks through the entrance of the hospital and makes her way to room 113. As she approaches the door, she can hear Bobby yelling, "Unlikely to walk again?! Why you snot-nosed son of a bitch! Wait 'til I get outta this bed!" The door flies open and a doctor runs out of the room, "I'll use my game leg to kick your frickin' ass! Yeah, you better run!" He looks over at Dean and Sam, "Can you believe that yahoo?"
"Screw him. You'll be fine," Dean tells him.
Jean knocks on the doorframe and the three men look over at her, "Hiya, boys. Did you miss me?"
"Red? What are you doing here? And what the hell have you done to your hair?" Bobby asks her.
Jean rolls her eyes, "Sam called and told me what happened, so here I am. And why does everyone seem to hate my hair?" Jean pouts.
Dean and Sam walk over to their sister and give her a hug. "Jeanie, how have you been? Any sign of Lucifer hanging around you?" Sam asks.
Bobby is alarmed, "What? Why would the devil be hangin' around your sister?"
Jean shakes her head, "No, I'm pretty sure Luci hasn't been around me. I mean Nick has been acting a little odd, but that's because the anniversary of his wife's death is approaching."
"What the hell's going on?! What does Lucifer want with Jean?"
The three siblings exchange looks before Jean tells Bobby, "I'm supposed to be Lucifer's mate."
Bobby's mouth drops open, "Excuse me?! Are you telling me that you're the devil's fuck buddy?"
Jean rubs the back of her head, "More like his wife..."
Bobby starts to yell again, "Why the hell didn't any of you idjits tell me about this! If I had known I'd have dragged your ass back to my house and locked you up in the basement!"
Jean becomes angry and tells the three men, "Okay, I'm going to say this only once so listen carefully...I am not going to live in fear of something that may or may not happen! If Luci shows up, I'll deal with it my way. And if I choose to bond with him, that's my decision. Luci has already proved that he isn't going to hurt me, by saving the sight in my left eye and using his grace to save me whenever my life has been in danger. I don't need you guys trying to control my life all the time. I'm still a Winchester, damn it, and I will deal with anything that comes at me the way all Winchesters do...recklessly and, more likely than not, drunk!"
Sam and Dean chuckle at Jean's joke and even Bobby cracks a small smile. "So let me ask the million dollar question," Sam scoffs before continuing, "what do we do now?"
"Well," Bobby says, "we save as many as we can for as long as we can, I guess. It's bad. Whoever wins, heaven or hell, we're boned."
"What if we win?" Dean asks and the other three look at him. "I'm serious. Screw the angels and the demons and their crap Apocalypse. Now if they want to fight a war, let them find their own planet. This one's ours and I say they get the hell off it." Dean starts to walk around Bobby's bed and comes to a stop beside his twin. "We take them all on. We kill the devil, hell, we even kill Michael if we have to, but we do it our own damn selves."
"And how are we supposed to do all this, genius?" Bobby asks Dean.
"I got no idea," Dean replies while shrugging his shoulders. "But what I do have is a GED and a give-em-hell attitude and I'll figure it out."
"Damn, Dean. Paint your face blue and white and start talking with a Scottish accent and you could be Mel Gibson in Braveheart." Jean jokes and Dean smirks at her.
Bobby looks over at Sam and Sam nods his head in agreement with Dean. He then looks back at Dean, "You're nine kinds of crazy, boy."
"It's been said." Dean then turns to Jean and asks her, "What do you say, Jeanie? Are you in?"
She shakes her head, "Nah. I promised Nick that I wouldn't hunt anymore."
Dean pats Bobby on the shoulder, "Listen, you stay on the mend. We'll see you in a bit." He then turns back to his twin sister, "You be careful, Jean. Call us immediately if Lucifer shows up."
As Sam is walking past Bobby's bed towards the door Bobby calls out to him, "Sam. I was awake. I know what I said back there. I just want you to know that, that was the demon talking. And I ain't cutting you out, boy. Not ever."
Sam sighs in relief, "Thanks, Bobby."
"You're welcome. I deserve a damn medal for this, but you're welcome."
Sam says goodbye to Bobby and Jean before following Dean out of the room. When the brothers are gone, Jean turns to Bobby, "Well, it's just you and me now, you old coot." She walks over to one of the chairs in the room and sits her duffel bag down on it before settling herself in the other chair.
For the next week, Bobby keeps a close watch on Jean as she keeps him company. When he notices nothing strange happening around her, he tells her to go home. Jean reluctantly leaves Bobby's bedside to return to her normal life in Delaware.
Before she arrives home, she stops at a Victoria's Secret store and buys a sexy red and black lace babydoll lingerie set as a surprise for Nick.
Meanwhile, as Jean is on her way home, Lucifer appears in Nick's dream as his dead wife, Sarah. "Nick," Lucifer whispers. Nick is lying on his side, but when he hears someone whisper his name he sits straight up in bed and turns to face where Lucifer is standing by the balcony windows. "You're dreaming, Nick. But that doesn't mean this isn't real."
Nick swallows, "Sarah?"
"I'm not your wife, Nick. I'm an angel." Lucifer says while walking into the light so Nick can see the form he took better.
"An angel?"
"My name is Lucifer."
There is silence for about 30 seconds before Nick replies, "Sure. Naturally. Um, could you do me a favor there, Satan, and remind me to quit drinking before I go to bed?"
"I'm here because you're special, Nick. There's very, very few people like you."
"Is that so?"
"You're a vessel, a very powerful vessel."
Nick moves to sit on the edge of the bed, "Meaning what exactly?"
Lucifer moves closer to Nick, "I need to take control of your mind and your body." More silence, "To be honest, it will probably be unpleasant for you, but it is necessary."
"Okay. Look, if it's just the same to you, I think I'd like to wake up now."
"I told you this is real. Don't be afraid." Lucifer sits down on the bed beside Nick, "This is your choice. You need to invite me in."
"Even if this is real, which it's not, but assuming it was...Why the hell would I do something like that?"
"You people misunderstand me. You call me Satan and Devil, but do you know my crime?" Nick shakes his head slightly, "I loved God too much. And for that he betrayed me. Punished me. Just as he's punished you. After all, how could God stand idly by while that man broke into your home and butchered your family in their beds? There are only two rational answers, Nick. Either he's sadistic or he simply doesn't care. You're angry. You have every right to be angry. I'm angry too. That's why I want to find him and hold him accountable for his actions. Just because he created us doesn't mean he can toy with us like playthings."
"If I help you...can you bring back my family?" Nick asks, his voice breaking.
"I'm sorry. I can't. You can, however, start a new family with Jean."
Nick shakes his head, "No. Jean is great, but I could never love her like I loved Sarah."
Lucifer's eyes flash red when the man that his mate has wasted a year of her life with, so easily dismisses her from his thoughts. True, Lucifer would've been even more angry if Nick had actually considered having a family with Jean. "Then I can give you the next best thing...God did this to you, Nick. And I can give you justice. Peace."
"How do I know you're telling the truth?"
"Because contrary to popular belief, I don't lie. I don't need to. What I need...is you. Nick, I need you to say yes."
There is a moment of silence before Nick says, "Then...yes."
Ten minutes later, Jean pulls into the driveway and parks her Mustang beside Nick's truck. When she enters the house, all of the lights are off except the television, which is still on, but is only showing static. After relocking the front door, she turns off the TV, then makes her way up the stairs; turning on lights when she needs them and then turning them off when she's done. She enters the master bedroom and turns on the lamp by her side of the bed. She jumps slightly when she sees Nick sitting up in bed, watching every move that she makes; like a predator watching its prey. "Geez, Nick. You scared me. Why are you just sitting in the dark?" Her eyes drift over to his nightstand and she sees an almost empty bottle of scotch. "Ah, I see." Jean walks over to his side of the bed. "I hope you haven't had too much to drink," she lifts up the bag from Victoria's Secret. "I want you to be able to fully enjoy your present." She bends down and kisses him on the lips. Immediately, a jolt of what feels like electricity passes between them and Jean is taken by surprise since she's never felt this sensation with Nick before. As a matter of fact, she's only felt this with Lucifer in her dreams. "I'll be right back. I'm going to go change into your gift."
As Jean walks to the bathroom, she makes sure to sway her hips in a sexy manner. When she closes the bathroom door, three pairs of sparkly, hot pink wings burst from Nick's back, the feathers ruffling in arousal. Lucifer is surprised to discover that he can hide his wings from his etam, at least temporarily.
A few minutes later, the bathroom door starts to open and Lucifer quickly hides his wings again. Jean walks out of the bathroom wearing the red and black lace babydoll lingerie with matching black lace thong panties. She walks over to the bed then climbs on top of Lucifer, straddling his waist. She is thrilled when she feels his already hardening bulge pressing against her clothed womanhood. "So, Nick...what do you think?"
Lucifer's pupils dilate in arousal and it takes all of his willpower to not just take her. "I think that you're the most beautiful creature that I have ever seen and that I am indeed very lucky." He tells her, causing her eyes to shine in happiness and a large, beautiful smile to appear. Jean runs her hands under his shirt, pulling it over his head, and runs her hands over his now bare chest. "Before this goes any further, I have to tell you something."
Jean captures his lips with her own and once again a spark passes between the two. She then begins to kiss along his jawline, down his chest, and towards the waistband of his sleep pants. "Oh? And what would that be?" She asks in between kisses.
"I'm not Nick."
