Notes:

Once again it has been a really long time. Life and writer's block got in the way of this one.

This is a bit of a different chapter because it starts in the year between season 5 and 6, and ends somewhere mid season 6, and Andy isn't with the boys at all. I never liked season 6 so I decided she wouldn't be there for it. The next few chapters are honestly not my best because I don't have a lot of inspiration for this part of the series. Hopefully it will pick back up. As always to those who read this ridiculous project of mine, I thank you so much and I hope you enjoy

Four Months Later

In Aarhus, Denmark in the basement of a pizza parlor, lay the gate to Hel. Not the strangest place she expected it to be, but not one she had thought of. Then again, if a room that was part of heaven was in warehouse in Van Nuys California, why can't Hel be in a pizza parlour in Aarhus. The first thing she noticed was the cold. It cut through her leather jacket with ease and seeped into her bones. She looked around her. The landscape was dull, grey, and snowy. There were skeletal trees scattered around. There was a distinct path cut through the snow drifts. For lack of a better plan Andy followed it. The monotonous grey of the world made the journey feel like it took forever, but eventually Andy came to a building. Andy stumbled her way to the door and knocked. It swung open and she pushed her way inside. The Hall was dark except for a small brazier burning at one end. Andy could just make out a figure, sitting on a chair and one end of the hall.

"Who is it that enters my hall?" A voice that had a musical quality, but sounded inherently dissonant.

"My name is Andy Connor, I'm looking for someone. I think you may know him. His name is Dyson. Dyson Connor."

"Ah, you seek my golden warrior. Sadly I also seek him. He has not crossed my threshold in far too long."

"You mean he's not here?"

"As I have just said."

"If he isn't here, or in heaven, or in Hell where is he?" she asked frustrated.

"Why would he be in any of those wretched excuses for realms?" The half face goddess answered. Andy looked at her confused.

"Because he's dead…" Hel rose swiftly from her throne.

"No, my golden warrior, never. Beside's he is still sending me souls. He can't be dead. Maybe he just left you. After all, you my dear are nothing remarkable."

"What? How is he sending you souls, I saw him die." Hel's face fell slightly.

"This only just happened? He sent you to me, to bring me the news. Oh my Warrior," she wailed and sobbed. The noise was grating. "How, how did he fall?"

"Lucifer and Michael killed him."

"Damn those celestials. I guess I owe you thanks for coming straight to me." Andy shook her head.

"It took me months to find you." Hel stopped pacing and whirled on Andy.

"Months? Months! Then once again little girl you are mistaken. He is not dead. He sent me several souls just days ago. Ugly creatures, monsters really, but a soul is a soul. How dare you come to my domain and bring me such sorrow. Be gone from my realm."

"No wait please, I saw him die! His body is still on Earth, Midgard, but I don't know where his soul is. I want to save him!"

"You tire me girl. But if you are right, he is not in heaven or the Devil Hell, look to whence the monsters go in death. Look to Purgatory. And when you find him, tell him to come to me. I long for his company."

"Seriously, Purgatory…that's a place." Hel just smiled, raised her rotting hand and then Andy blacked out.

Andy woke in the middle of a blizzard. Well this is just great. Andy looked around quickly, and was grateful that Hel had at least let her keep her backpack. She pulled out her thermal sweater and her windbreaker from her bag and put them on. Purgatory. How the hell am I supposed to find Purgatory. She thought. She looked around her. There was nothing but driving snow and rocks. She knew she couldn't stay where she was. So she picked a direction and started walking. It took four days to find any kind of evidence of civilization. It was nothing more than a shack, but it told her that she was at least in some populated part of the world. She stayed there for a few days resting up getting ready to keep going. The blizzard stopped and she started walking again. She hopped from shack to shack for two weeks. And then she found a house. It looked like a farm house, but there was a light on in the window. She was almost out of food, it had started snowing again, and she was dead tired. She knocked on the door. A large man opened it looking surly.

"Please, I need some help." her voice was hoarse from disuse. The man cocked his head at her. He didn't understand. He looked back into the house, then beckoned Andy in.

Katrin, come in the kitchen please. Andy recognized the language. Icelandic. He was speaking Icelandic.

Thank you, for inviting me in. Andy said to the man. He looked at her surprised.

You speak Icelandic? Andy nodded. Well, why don't you tell us where you came from and why you were out in this storm?

That is a long story, but let's just say I didn't intend to be out here. I'm also not really sure where I am, do you have any maps?

Olav and his wife Katrin helped Andy figure out where she was, and how far to the closest major city she was. They didn't ask too many questions. Which Andy thought was a bit too perfect, but she figured that she wouldn't look that gift horse in the mouth. They had also told her when she was. Apparently Hel time runs a bit slower. She had spent 6 months walking through and talking to Hel. Needless to say she was less than impressed about that. Olav and Katrin lent her an old snow mobile which she fixed up and she went on her way.

Eventually Andy made it to Akureyri, and from there managed to book a flight to Reykjavik. Once she was there she had to stop and figure out what her next move should be. She had no idea about where to start looking for Purgatory. She guessed Bobby might know something, but she wasn't ready to go down that road yet. Then she thought of Castiel. She knew it was a long shot. She had never been Cas' favorite person. But she figured, maybe she would get lucky.

She prayed that night to Castiel. To her utter shock, he appeared.

"What do you want?" he asked roughly.

"I need to know how to get to purgatory." The look Cas gave her was surprising.

"What do you know of Purgatory?"

"Not much, just that it's were Dyson is." Cas nodded.

"Yes, that makes sense, he is a dragon after all." Andy raised an eyebrow.

"So can you help me?"

"No, but maybe you can help me. I am also endeavoring to find purgatory. Heaven is at war. Purgatory can provide the power our side needs. Will you help me find it?" Andy agreed emphatically. "Good. I will take you back to your…motorbike." Without waiting for a reply, Cas zapped Andy back to Seattle, where she had parked her bike.

"Well that sure beats flying coach." she said. Cas gave her a puzzled look. "Never mind. Thanks for the lift, but what now?"

"Now, darling, we find monsters." The lilting accent chilled her. Andy turned to see none other than Crowley.

"You…" she looked at Castiel. "What the hell is he talking about."

"Crowley believes that if we can find the Alphas, the first monsters, that they can tell us how to get to Purgatory." Cas explained.

"And you believe him?"

"Yes, he does. We're business partners. But, I'm not sure how you're fitting into this picture girly."

"I just want Dyson back."

"Ah yes, lover boy. I suppose that can be arranged."

"It already has been arranged Crowley. She will be working with you."

"Oh great, I just can't contain my excitement."

"Now now darling, respect your elders." Crowley said. Andy scoffed.

"Elders, Crowley, I'm almost 500 years older than you. You have nothing on me." Crowley's eyes widened.

"It's true," Cas said, "She's 833."

"Well…then. Beg pardon. Shall we get down to business then. Monsters to catch and all."

"Yes, we should get to work." Cas said and vanished. Crowley gave Andy a smug little smile and vanished too. Andy sighed. This was going to be a complicated year.

Two Months Later

Andy was nervous about going to Bobby's. She hadn't talked to any of them for almost a year. Dean hadn't tried to reach her. Bobby was angry with her for leaving. She knew it. But she was also getting close to finding this damn alpha. She just wanted some extra info and she thought maybe Bobby had something buried away. She'd had to ride hard through the night to get to Bobby's in the day light. She pulled in, parked and sprinted up the stairs. Her insistent banging was answered quickly.

"Bobby I need anything you have on Skin Walkers. Older the better, if you can." She said in a rush. Bobby looked at her amazed, then guarded.

"Andy now is not a good time." He said glancing back into the house.

"Why the hell not Bobby? I-" That was when a pretty dark haired woman came down the stairs. Andy swallowed hard and stared. She could guess who it was. She had seen her in a few visions, and Dean had told Andy about her at some point. She glanced at Bobby who shrugged.

"Everything ok?" Lisa asked looking from Bobby to Andy.

"Yea. This is Andy, old friend of mine." Lisa nodded a bit puzzled. "Andy, this is Lisa. Dean's girl." Andy's breath caught. Lisa offered her hand to shake. Andy hesitated for a moment then took it.

"Good, um… Good to meet you." she said her voice rough. Then a kid showed up at the door.

"This is my son Ben." Lisa said. Andy's eyes widened. She swallowed.

"Hi Ben. I'm Andy." Ben smiled at her. She looked from Bobby to Lisa to Ben and back. Andy shook herself and looked back at Bobby. "Books Bobby? Anything for me?" she did her best to fight the irrational waves of jealousy coursing through her. This is what she had wanted. Dean, with a girl, happy. But something was telling her if they were here, things weren't going so smoothly.

"Sure. Give me a second." Bobby said disappearing into the house. Andy stayed on the porch.

"So, how did you and Bobby meet?" Lisa asked.

"Umm, well I met Bobby through John, and uh, I met John…on a hunt." Lisa nodded.

"So you know Dean and Sam as well?" Lisa asked, honestly curious. Andy nodded. "Well they're just on a hunt, but I'm sure they would be happy to see you. You should come in and stay for a while." Andy opened her mouth, but nothing came out for a moment.

"I don't think that's a good idea." she said and looked away "we…uh…we didn't part all that well." Why the hell did I say that? There was an awkward silence. Andy pointedly avoided Lisa's gaze. Finally Bobby reappeared with a few books.

"This is all I got. Coming in for a drink?" he asked eyes suggesting that she should. Andy backed away.

"No, thanks. I…I really need to get going." She started down the stairs.

"It was nice to meet you." Lisa called after her.

"You too." Andy called back. She practically ran to her bike and booked it. She was in no way ready for an encounter with Dean. Specially with Lisa around. It took her until she got on her bike to register that Lisa had said 'they're on a hunt,' who was 'they?' Dean only ever hunted with Sam or John...Sam couldn't be… Andy passed it off as wishful thinking and kept riding.

The damned alpha skin walker gave Andy serious trouble. It took her three months to track it down another month to get a plan of attack together, and then the plan, didn't go so well. She ended up with four cracked ribs, a sprained wrist and a nice gash on her back that was going to scar beautifully. But she got it done. Per Castiel's orders…taking orders from an angel…great, Andy took the alpha to Crowley. Whom she guessed would be torturing him to try and get information. Andy had a feeling that nothing was going to come of this plan. She didn't trust Crowley nearly as far as she could throw him, and Cas…Cas was starting to scare her. She knew he was at war, and she knew what that did to people, but there were things, little things that were telling her he was starting to go farther than she thought he was capable of. Then again, she had never guessed he would stoop to working with the King of Hell. So, on top of her alpha assignments she was she was still looking in her own way for Purgatory. In her searches she came across a vague reference to the Mother of All a few times. She wasn't quite sure what that meant. Her best guess was some big bad monster, but where she was or what she was Andy couldn't tell. Cass sent her off to hunt another alpha. Dragons…seriously? But Andy took her sweet time. She wanted to look more into this Mother of all thing.

She dug pretty deep, but she managed to find some serious shit on this Mother of All. She was the creator of monsters. All of them, she birthed them all in purgatory and early in creation sent them out into the world to feed on mankind. This kind of shit needed telling. So she called Bobby.

Say that again?

The Mother of All, she's like big Momma Monster, she created everything. I was just looking for info on Purgatory but I think she's important. I think they're trying to bring her to here. I've been tracking these dragons, and they seem to be getting ready for something.

What is it with dragons this week?

What do you mean?

Never mind. You have any idea what they're up to?

Well…

Andy? I know you've got something cooking in that old head of yours.

Watch it Singer, I may be old, but at least I'm not a surly grump.

Yea yea, come on now give us the goods.

My best guess, and this is a total shot in the dark, but my best guess is that they want to raise this Mother. Like bring her to Earth. Why, I haven't got the foggiest, but if they're doing it they're doing it soon.

Balls

You said it. Look, I gotta go. Keep an eye out would you? This mother of all could be a pretty dangerous cookie.

Sure thing.

I'll talk to you later Bobby.

Hey Andy?

Yea?

You stay safe now y'hear?

You got it Bobby.