"No, like this Ivan." Anna smiled. She guided his hand away from the garbage and towards the puzzle in front of him. She's been volunteering here for a few weeks now and was glad her father's church suggested she work at the hospital for her charity good deeds calendar. She looked across the room towards the young woman. 'What happened to you?' Poor woman was gone, her shell left behind.
Phoebe sat in her chair staring blankly into space, not even flinching when a code was called when a patient started lashing out at the staff.
Anna read Ask Phoebe regularly. She often gave great advice and even had a guest spot on her favorite podcast. Whatever happened to Phoebe, Anna will swear to protect her. She gave her a silent prayer. She looked at the clock, it was after five. Her shift was over. It was supper time for the patients, and she herself needed to be home to see her parents for their weekly dinner plans. She said goodbye to the patients who waved goodbye in their usual happy selves, except for Phoebe who didn't move.
"See you tomorrow!" Anna waved goodbye to the staff.
After getting changed and getting into her car, she drove to her parents house.
"Mom? Dad?" Weird the door was open. Even out in the suburbs, San Francisco was a crime hotbed. When she walked inside, she started crying.
Her parents were massacred. Blood was everywhere. A neighbour came running in after hearing Anna's screams.
"Oh god. I'm calling 911."
The police showed up a few minutes later. They were asking so many questions.
"I was at the hospital. I live in the city with my two roommates. I come here every Sunday for dinner." Anna buried her head in her hands. "I should have came home more often." She sniffled. "I hope they made it to Heaven."
Anna found herself sitting outside her parent's front lawn. Who would do this? Why would a intruder go out of their way to make her parents die such horrible deaths? Her father was a church deacon, her mom a secretary. As far as she knew they had no enemies. Her parents went out of the way to help people. Even criminals. Her father preached at the prison every week after the Sunday service.
While she sat there, a black Chevy Impala showed up. Anna didn't notice, not until she heard a familiar voice. It was her ex boyfriend Dean Winchester and his brother Sam. She was incredulous. What the hell were they doing here?
"A break and enter? Some guy got startled when the owners came home and slit their throats."
"Maybe. But the person that called said they smelled sulphur."
"So much for Iowa." Dean didn't mind staying in the city, he was planning to head to Los Angeles later this week. "Demons tend to like this place for some reason." The Charmed Ones were always fighting evil.
Sam and Dean stayed in San Francisco, they insisted Castiel come to them, neither wanted to leave the city.
Sam and Dean wanted to see their new girlfriends before they left. Sam was going to stay with Piper at the manor, while Dean was going to take Baby and drive down to LA and see Jenna. A trip he wasn't looking forward to. Not about Jenna, but about the California traffic.
"So spill Cas. What's this big news you have?"
"You won't tell us on the phone, and won't say anything unless we were alone." Sam saw Castiel's face, he looked like he stumbled upon a great secret.
Castiel proceeded to tell them about a lost tablet that might hold God's secrets.
"A tablet. Okay. A tablet that keeps God's Secrets? What is it? His Diary?" Dean mocked.
"This is serious Dean. I flown on a airplane to see you. And paid with money."
"That bad huh."
Castiel refused to fly, he didn't want anyone to see what he was doing. He even shut off Angel Radio.
"What's so special about this tablet?" Sam asked.
"It's not the tablet itself, it's the writer. The Scribe. He may know what God is Thinking."
"Do you know where this Scribe is?"
"I do not."
"Wonderful." Dean got up to have a beer. "Whatcha looking at Sam?"
Sam was watching something on his laptop.
"A live feed of a crime in progress." Sam turned the laptop around. "You want to check it out?"
They decided to change clothes to their Feds suits. Cas declined to come, he said he had to find The Scribe.
It could be just a regular crime scene, or it could be demons. Things were as crazy as ever. They arrived at the scene and after showing off their fake badges, they were allowed in. But when Dean saw who was sitting on the front lawn, he flinched.
Anna just stared at him. Sam noticed her too, he paled. Anna just lost her parents, now she sees her ex? She wanted to punch Dean. 'How dare he show his face lol around here.' She went up to him and slapped him across the face.
The police standing around started snickering.
"Not here." Dean asked both to follow him far enough from prying ears.
"Anna, we are here on duty. What are you doing here?" Sam asked. Anna knew they had some kind of secret government job, but didn't press for details.
"My parents are dead."
Sam to his credit, bowed his head. Dean blushed in horror and embarrassment.
"I'm so sorry."
"Yeah. My parents were murdered Dean."
Anna watched as her parents were brought out in body bags. She teared up. Sam wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know her that well. As far as he knew, Dean and Anna had a very ugly breakup; Dean refused to say why. Sam thought it was because of Lisa, but Dean didn't want to discuss it.
"Um, I'm sorry Anna, but we need to see the crime scene, can we talk later?" Sam had to see the scene for himself.
"I already told the cops what I know. I was at work, I came to see my parents, and they were dead. That's all I know."
"OK, um, Anna, we'll talk later. I promise you we'll find the bastards that did this." Dean says to her. He was uncomfortable, but he needed to be professional.
Sam and Dean went inside. Anna just looked at them. She knew they had a secret job, but FBI? Just when you thought you knew someone...
Sam and Dean after showing off their badges, smelled a familiar scent. Sulphur.
"Dammit." Dean swore. Looking around the living room, he saw pictures of the family. "Maybe he was killed for being a priest?" Dean knew that demons targeted certain people. Healers, church leaders, anyone that did good was attacked more often.
"Maybe." He heard of that doctor that died in the Halliwell Manor, the authorities concluded it was a gas explosion. Prue said that doctor was some kind of miracle worker. Every patient he had were cured. Even those on their death beds. She did also say he could have been targeted for some future patient he hasn't seen yet. "What are you gonna tell Anna?"
Even for a demon attack, this was brutal. The bodies were removed, but there were signs of extreme torture. There was blood and what looked like teeth on the furniture. Whomever was here wanted info.
"I gotta ask Anna some questions. Dean, I don't think she's out of the woods."
Anna had to get out of here. Luckily the police let her go, telling her they'll be in touch. Once she left her parents house, she decided to go for a drive. She declined to go to the morgue to see her parents to identify them again, she didn't want to see them on a body examiner's table. Once she got to her car, she jumped when she heard knocking on her window.
There was a unfamiliar blonde woman standing by her car. She was staring at Anna. Anna was wondering who the hell was she? Before she can ask, the woman knocked on the window again.
"Yes?" Anna asked. Hopefully she wasn't a reporter, Anna didn't want to answer anymore questions.
"Anna Milton? You need to come with me now. Your life is in danger. Your parents were not the target, you are. Come with me."
Before Anna could process her words, she heard two familiar voices.
"Get away from her you bitch!"
When Anna looked up, she saw Sam and Dean pointing their guns at the blonde. The blonde had looked up looking angry, but that wasn't the weird part, it was her eyes. They were black. Plus to Anna's horror, she saw a very twisted visage underneath the pretty face. She was horrified.
"Step away from the car, Ruby. If you try smoking out, you'll be dead before the second shot." Dean was holding up his gun.
Ruby just stared at them looking angry. But she knew she was outnumbered. She put up her hands. Sam walked towards her with supernatural handcuffs and cuffed her with her hands behind her back.
"While you two morons were picking your noses, she was about to walk in a trap."
"Yeah? We find the girl, she walks away, and you show up! Yeah. What a coincidence. Bitch."
Ruby stared hatefully at Dean.
Sam had stepped outside to talk to Anna. But when he saw she was gone, he rushed back inside and told Dean Anna may be in danger herself.
They jumped in the Impala and after asking the neighbours what Anna's car model and license was, they went driving around to looking for her. It was by chance that they saw the car. It was a very obnoxious shade of green. When they saw Ruby, they knew they had to save her.
Anna just sat in the driver's seat. She didn't know what to say. After Ruby was subdued, she was held by Dean, while Sam knocked on Anna's door.
"Anna, we have reason to believe your life is in danger. Please come with us. Your parents weren't the target, we think you are."
Anna just looked at him.
"Me? I didn't do anything wrong. What do they want with me?" She was terrified.
"I don't know. We are taking you to some friends of ours. They can keep you safe. We already called them. Please go to the Impala. Sit in the front with Dean, I'll stay in the back keeping an eye on Ruby."
Anna complied. She sat in the passenger seat, not caring Dean was inches away. She was wondering about her parent's deaths.
"Why me? I'm just a college student." Anna wanted to be a nurse, she wanted to save lives. "My parents were murdered because of me." She tried not to cry.
"Don't ever say you were to blame." Sam says from the back.
''The skank behind you, she probably knows who did it."
"Fuck you."
"Not my type whore."
Anna tuned out their bickering.
It was her fault her parents were dead. But she wondered why she was being targeted. She was more vanilla than her parents.
Dean at the moment couldn't care less that Anna was in his car, he was on a active case. They were planning on a mini vacation, but plans changed. There was a demon. But other than Ruby, who was at the moment arguing with Sam and Dean that she wasn't the enemy.
"I been downstairs. Whoever did this was a professional. I recognize the handy work."
Based on the brutally of the crime scene, this demon wanted answers.
"A demon that you are afraid of? Yeah right." Dean said sarcastically.
"I don't care if you don't believe me or not. You two, even with your precious Charmed Ones won't stand a chance against this demon."
"Did you say demons?" Anna stared at Dean, then Sam. When she saw Ruby's true face in the rear view mirror, she looked away in disgust.
"Long story." Dean sighed.
They decided they weren't enough together, they needed backup. So they headed to the Halliwells.
They had called earlier and told them to be prepared. But one thing they failed to mention, they had two people, one of them a demon. As they pulled up, Prue was standing at the doorway. She looked surprised at seeing Ruby and Anna, but she let them in. Ruby was nervous. She knew of the Charmed Sisters, but having the Winchesters there as well? She was screwed.
"Your house. It is lovely." Anna could sense something, magical? She looked at the women of the manor. Every one of them were radiating with power.
"Sam! What's going on?" Prue asked.
"This is a friend of ours." Anna whipped her head at Dean. Some friend. But they possibly saved her life.
"We have proof that a demon killed her parents, and may be after her."
"Do you know why?" Piper asked.
"I'll tell you, if Sam here can let me out of these cuffs."
"Go to Hell, bitch." That was Dean.
"Screw you!"
"Enough!" Paige exclaimed. "Can someone tell us what is going on?"
Sam and Dean proceeded to tell their story with Anna filling in the blanks. The sisters just stared at each other horrified. Looking at Ruby, they knew right away what she was.
"Try anything demon, and vanquishing will be your last worry." Piper warned.
"I always wanted to try this new power." Prue smirked at Ruby. "A immortal statue forever watching? You'll be a great guinea pig."
"A eternal prison locked inside a indestructible statue? We can save our potions." Paige mocks.
"Wait! I'll tell you everything I know." Ruby tells the room. "The demon that killed her parents is named Alistair. He is not just a normal demon. He is known as the Grand Torturer of Hell, Hell's Picasso of Souls. He is one of Hell's most frightening creatures, even other demons fear him. I'm not exaggerating on my description. He wants Anna for a reason. I don't know why. But he'll torture and keep you alive to watch him torture your loved ones in front of you. It is his entertainment." Ruby shuddered. "Before he kills you slowly piece by piece."
All of them were in disbelief. Anna spoke first.
"A demon. Hell? Just who are you people?"
Prue spoke first. "You know our names, I assume you know Sam and Dean, we're witches. We are known as the Charmed Ones. Protector of the Innocents. The macho boys here are hunters. They hunt evil beings like Blondie over here."
Anna just stared at them. She had nothing to say. What could she say? When she looked closely, she could *see* the magic radiating off the women. Funnily she couldn't see it at the hospital, they either suppressed it, or the house itself is making them 'glow'. As for Sam and Dean, she figured there was more to them then when they first met. Dean was always evasive about his job. He said he was a secret agent of some kind, now she knew. As for Ruby, she can see her true face even more. It was ugly and twisted. She got a headache.
"Can I lie down?"
"Sure honey. Paige can you get a pillow for Anna? Prue can you look at the magic book to see if this Alistair is in it? And Sam, can I talk to you?"
"Sure. Ruby you try anything, Dean will kill you." Sam warned.
"No worries, we have crystals. We can trap her ass." Paige after getting Anna a pillow was now holding crystals. The same ones that held Dean and Sam prisoner awhile back ago.
Dean smirked at Ruby. "Don't try to smoke out or call for help. The place is warded up the wazoo."
Piper gestured towards the kitchen while looking at Sam.
"Sam, when you called me, that 'Scribe' you were talking about. Tell me about him." Once they were alone.
"His name is Metatron. Cas told us he was missing for centuries, there is absolutely no trace of him, except he is believed he may have came to Earth. He hasn't used his angel powers since that day, no angel has been able to track him down. But his tablets may contain information about God. God may have a secret. His weakness, hopefully."
Piper shook her head. "You and Dean coming here, is it a coincidence that demons are after Anna? Right after you hear about a tablet? What does Anna tie into this? Plus that demon Ruby being exactly where Anna was going to be. This is too much." She sighed. "If only Phoebe was here."
She paled once she finished her sentence. Sam must have had the same thought.
"That demon, Alistair. If he knows we have Anna, he'll go after Phoebe. He'll want a trade. But not before he tortures her." Sam tells Piper.
"PRUE, PAIGE! We need to go now! Phoebe's in trouble!" Piper yelled.
"Wait! Piper! I know your worried about your sister, but we have a innocent here. Plus a demon."
"Its my sister, Sam. We can't leave her there!"
"I know. But you're a Charmed One. Anyone of you show up, those demons will take you for your power. God knows what Alistair will do to you. Dean and I will save Phoebe I promise."
Paige spoke up. "Can we call Michael, or any of the Archangels? They can kill Alistair."
Then Anna who was laying down suddenly started screaming no.
"No! NO! He's coming to kill me! Noooo! Stop! Arrrghhhhh!"
Suddenly everything in the room shook and every light blew up. It seemed like a earthquake went off in their living room. Everyone stood around, trying to keep on their feet. Then just as quickly, it stopped.
"Everyone alright?"
"We're fine Dean." Paige called out in the darkness.
"Sam?"
"I'm fine."
"Everyone else?"
The rest of the room called out yes, except Ruby. Who had escaped while the chaos was going on
"Fuck! Bitch is gone, Sammy we need to move. Girls, can you watch Anna?"
"No need Dean. I remember. I remember it all."
Anna was sitting up looking calm.
"I remember who I am...I'm an angel."