"Damn you both!" Claire yelled. She ran downstairs to her room in the basement and slammed the door. A few seconds later, loud heavy metal started playing. Hannah sighed. She had tried to reason with Claire, her pseudo stepdaughter, a condensed version on what was happening. Castiel had wanted to hide the truth from Claire, but Claire could see how scared everyone in the household was. She had demanded answers but no one wanted to tell her what was going on.
Jack was in his room looking for any signs of demonic and angelic activities on his laptop. Castiel had ordered him to do his homework, but Jack didn't want to. He was too worried about the world. He had called Sam and Dean but they had no luck either. They were too busy hunting. His uncles had come down to check on him recently, they had assured him that things were quiet at the moment and they will protect him and his family, Claire included if something happened. His father, Lucifer wasn't allowed in the house so Jack had called him on his phone to ask about things and to catch up. Lucifer was happy that Jack was talking to him, he was worried that his brothers turned Jack against him. He had told Jack he was keeping an eye on things in Hell, other than the usual demon attacks, no one there was involved in the recent events.
Jack just stared at the monitor. He felt so helpless. Why was his Grandfather, God destroying Creation? He had no clue. No one knew. He felt a tear going down on his face. He wanted to help, but he didn't know what to do. There was a knock on the door. Castiel poked his head in.
"Jack? Why are you not doing your homework? You know you have that test coming up. Your grades need to stay up for college in a few years."
"College, are you joking? The world is ending, and I have to worry about what school I get in? Fuck you." Jack cried.
Castiel sagged. He loved Jack like a son, but Jack was a moody teenager. He went up to Jack and put his arm around him.
"I know. But your uncle Michael will tell us if there is any changes. Gabriel and Raphael are searching the Universe and Earth for answers. They promised we would be the first to know if anything comes up. Who knows, maybe God changed His mind? There has been no visions from Michael or Lucifer. They had told Heaven that things have calmed down."
Jack was unconvinced. Castiel's words sounded nice, but he knew he was the reason God was angry. Why was God mad? Jack did everything he can to be good. He did his homework, was nice to people, he obeyed his relatives and Castiel and Hannah, and made sure he volunteered at the animal shelter every weekend, whenever he didn't have any school obligations. He even was nice to Claire, who was mean to him sometimes. He stared blankly ahead.
Castiel felt bad for Jack. He had come to live with him a year ago. Michael and his brothers, except Lucifer (who wasn't allowed) had wanted to raise Jack. He had come to visit Jack a lot while Jack was growing up. Before Jimmy Novak, he had a vessel, a woman. She was born sometimes during the 1800s and begged Castiel to take her as a permanent vessel when her lover, her father's married business partner got her pregnant. She was thrilled at the news but was devastated when he denied being the father and ordered her to stay away and threatened to tell her father if she bothered him again. The news devastated her and she had a tragic miscarriage. She lost the will to live and her heart gave out. She prayed to Castiel to take her to Heaven and offered him her body. Castiel agreed but the soul couldn't move on. The woman, Margaret stayed behind, she had felt too guilty to move on. She finally went to Heaven when Jimmy's reaper came to him and Castiel switched bodies. Sam, Dean and Castiel gave her a hunter's funeral. He wondered why Jimmy died, there was no point. He knew Jimmy was his true vessel, but it wasn't necessary for Castiel to take his vessel. But Fate had ordered it he assumed. Now with the events that was going on, he figured out why. Maybe things happen for a reason. He would sacrifice his own life to protect Jack and Claire.
Him and Hannah were together about the same time Jack was born. They knew each other since The Beginning. Hannah, Ezekiel, Balthazar and himself were members of the same garrison and fought together. All four were close. He was devastated when Ezekiel was killed during one of the wars during Lucifer's rebellion. Hannah was there and comforted him when Balthazar was too busy fighting. He suspected Balthazar was feeling guilty for leaving his friend alone so he can get more soldiers and Ezekiel was ambushed. He had since withdrawn from everyone and avoided Anael who was Ezekiel's lover. It wasn't until centuries later that he and Hannah fell in love.
Hannah's vessel was a young man. She didn't like possessing any human vessel, unless the soul was gone, but at the time it was necessary. He and Hannah had their first kiss in Heaven. When they got their vacated vessels he asked Hannah to marry him. He wasn't sure what the human custom of proposing was so he asked his friends, Dean and Sam for advice. They told him he needed a ring and to get down on one knee and ask for her hand. He wasn't sure why he needed one hand, what about the whole body. Sam just laughed and meant it was symbolic. The finger on the hand represented love. So he went to Hannah and asked her for marriage. She was very happy and accepted. They were married during a snowstorm, Sam and Dean were there as witnesses. Naomi had performed the ceremony. He wanted Jack there, even though he was a very young child. Michael had protested, but Gabriel had assured him that they will take every precaution to protect Jack. The ceremony was beautiful and even though the weather was terrible, everyone had a good time. They even lost their virginity to each other. They knew the rules of Heaven, no offspring of any angel will exist ever, not with any human or other supernatural creatures, even fellow angels. But having Jimmy and Amelia's daughter and Lucifer's son as their foster children, they felt like their family was complete. Now Castiel wasn't sure how to protect his family.
He stood up and kissed the top of Jack's head. He decided to talk to Hannah and tell her they needed to tell Claire what was going on. The news will make Claire hate angels even more, but he didn't have a choice. He went to talk to Hannah.