Infernal Debt, Part 25/?, PG-13, Dean, Sam, Bobby, Ruby, OFC
Title: Infernal Debt, Chapter #25: Angels and demons pt. II
Author: Mel aka mad_about_dan
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG-13, violence and cursing.
Timeline: Post-No rest for the wicked
Wordcount: 2308
Disclaimer: Nope, I do not own the boys or Supernatural. It belongs to the CW, WB and Eric Kripke.
Summary: It has been a month since Dean's death and Sam has had to find the stenght inside him to keep on fighting as Dean asked him to. So he finds himself on a quest against time to find Lilith and with her a way to bring his brother back to life.
Angels and Demons ptII
“No, more like a warrior” she said “Every person has a watcher but really few have guardians on their side. We are only sent to look after very special people, men or women whose fate will change the world around them and considered to be demon targets. That’s why we have several skills for fighting, as you’ve seen, that watchers don’t; for once we can make ourselves visible at will so we can remain present to our protected ones if we want to, but this can be double-edge sword, you are closer to your human which allows you to be more protective, but that same connection becomes so strong it turns into passion, you develop such feelings and connections with your human that his happiness becomes your happiness, his pain your pain… his death your death”
Dean felt a sensation of emptiness grow inside of him, wasn’t he only dragging Sam along to hell but Mia, too?
“I was sent to Earth to take care of Dean Winchester” she smiled briefly and her eyes seemed to produce a pale glow “First son of John and Mary Winchester”
Sam’s eyes widened just as he turned to look at Dean surprised.
“That’s my whole point! Why me?” Dean shook his head frustrated “I have done nothing worthy of this protection and I really doubt I’ll do anything soon” he breathed deeply and ran his palm down his face “why me? Why not Sam?”
Sam immediately turned to him, it really hurt Dean to see him like this, all he wanted was his brother to be safe, it didn’t matter if Dean was the one with an angel while he didn’t have one.
“He has saved my life more times than I can say… he plays an equally important part on this war and still I see no angels on his shoulder” Dean continued.
As soon as he said this, Mia’s expression changed completely, the calm and warmth disappeared from her face and were replaced by a cold feeling of emptiness making her look more like a sculpture or a mannequin than an angel. Not even Dean was sure of what it was that had had this effect on her.
“The fact that there isn’t an angel right now doesn’t mean there has never been one” her voice was a whisper “Samuel did have an angel guarding him, one of the best I might say” there was a brief pause “my brother”
Dean stood still, instantly knowing he had touched a nerve here. Nervously he ran his fingers through his hair keeping his eyes locked on Mia’s face.
“Your guardian angel was really powerful” she turned to look at Sam, who couldn’t disguise the shock that filled him.
“What-” Sam began but stopped himself mid sentence, not sure of what to say, he had prayed for help for so long, for a miracle or at least a little mercy and to know that his prayers had been heard no matter how long ago it made him hopeful “Where is he? what happened to him?”
“Ethaniel died” she continued “on November 2nd, 1983. Azazel went after you, but he didn’t go alone, there were at least fifteen other demons guarding the house. Azazel had learned from his mistakes” she threw a quick glance at Dean “He was prepared”
“So he killed him? How’s that even possible?” Sam said as a deep frown was drawn on his forehead.
“There are only two ways to kill an angel, or at least a guardian, you either kill their protected one” she threw a quick glance at Dean and then back at Sam “or use the dagger of the devil”
“The dagger of the devil?” Sam repeated
“Yes” Mia nodded “Archangel Michael faught Luficer and injured him with his spear” she leaned back against the chair “After that, God promised there wouldn’t be another war fought in heaven ever again and Michael broke his spear, he gave a piece of it to every guardian” Slowly she shifted her weight to her left, dragged a knife out her back pocket and threw it on the table in front of them.
Both brothers kept their eyes on the object. Its halt was made of silver and gold, and the blade seemed deadly sharp.
“Each piece was used, along with several other metallic compositions, to create daggers like this one” she continued “every guardian has one; sadly demons didn’t’ stay far behind. Apparently a part of Michael’s spear broke and was embedded in Lucifer’s flesh for centuries. By the time it was taken out the piece was so covered in poison and hate that it turned into the only lethal weapon against angels, it can hurt us as much as a normal knife can hurt a human being” she shrugged “so depending on how it is used it can barely scratch us or even kill us. Azazel used it to kill Ethaniel in 1983”
Dean looked down as he understood exactly where she was going.
“And to hurt me in 1979” she whispered “Leaving a poison inside of me and an injury that never heals, at least not completely”
Sam’s eyes widened and his mouth fell half open. He stood motionless for a couple of seconds, at first not believing Azazel had actually killed an angel, his guardian angel just to pour demon blood on his mouth; then, barely seconds later he came to the realization of what Mia had just said, Azazel had attacked in 1979?
“What?” he thought out loud.
“He didn’t just go to our house in 1983, Sammy” Dean’s voice was husky and low “he went… looking for me in 1979”
Sam simply shook his head slightly.
“He attacked while dad was on an event for former marines, mom was alone” Dean continued, despite Sam’s reaction “Mia was there”
“You knew about this” Sam whispered angrily “and you didn’t say a thing?”
“Sam-”
“What, Dean? You thought I didn’t deserve to know?!”
“I just found out about it! you were on the edge of dying, Sam! What did you expect me to do?” Dean said angrily “say wait Sam, don’t die yet, oh and by the way the yellow eyed demon came for me when I was little?”
“He’s right, Sam” Mia continued “I told him two days ago, he couldn’t handle it and that’s what triggered his demon transformation”
Sam just looked down and took a deep breath.
“I should have told you both sooner, and I’m sorry but let’s not waste time on arguments” Mia continued “Now is there anything else you want to know?”
Dean and Sam stood still, each deep inside his own thoughts.
“Why does Ruby have a knife like yours?” Dean whispered.
Mia raised her eyebrows in surprise; she clearly wasn’t expecting that question.
“Well…” she began “After Azazel came for you and I was attacked demons dragged me to hell” her voice become a shaky whisper in those last words “I was kept prisoner there for 28 years” Mia looked away and shook her head slightly as if trying to shake off an old memory “The things they do to you down there are very difficult to forget, but in the middle of my solitude and desperation I met a soul, a tortured, broken and lonely soul” her eyes were fixed on a corner of the room, it almost seemed as if she was seeing something they weren’t “it got my attention how she didn’t seem to corrupt no matter how hard she was scourged or how many times she was burned, her attitude remained the same. So I talked to her once… her name was Ruby and unlike the rest of the demons the only hate inside her heart was for what she was becoming, demons disgusted her and she was afraid of fully becoming one”
“So you gave her your knife?” Sam asked curious, still looking down.
“No, I didn’t even have the knife with me, I left it with your mom”
Sam shook his head slightly. This just felt unreal, for the last years he had only wandered why all this things had happened to them, when would some help come their way and what had happened to Jess and his mom; but to have all those questions answered in just one moment was just too overwhelming.
“The day the gates of hell were opened I was weak” Mia continued “poison had almost filled every inch of my body and destroyed most part of my wings but Ruby helped me out. We managed to escape the chaos that crawled up the only way to freedom, but I wasn’t in the condition to go looking for you, so I asked her to go to Lawrence, Kansas and go to the house of old friends of mine to get the knife; once I told her everything she even agreed to protect you both while I was recovering, to help you on your fight against hell”
“But still, I saw Ruby with the knife and then you… it couldn’t have been in two places at once” Dean insisted.
“That is because Ruby didn’t find one, but two knives in the old Winchester’s house in Lawrence; apparently Ethaniel and I were more alike than I thought” she half smiled “I don’t know how but his knife ended up there as well, so I let Ruby use it while she was looking for you”
Dean nodded slightly in understanding and turned to look at Sam.
“Is the knife powerful enough to kill Lilith? Is there anything that can kill her?” he whispered.
“No” Mia whispered “As I said before: the knife is made of just a piece of Michael’s spear, one single piece is not enough to kill a duke”
Sam sighed desperate; he knew things wouldn’t be that simple.
“But…” she continued “There are other ways”
Both brothers turned to look at her immediately.
“I’ll try to send her back” she said looking from one brother to the other “Angels do have certain strengths against demons, so I’ll do my best to exorcise her, but she’s stronger than me so I’ll need your help”
“Ok” Dean whispered.
“How about my powers?” Sam whispered.
Dean and Mia turned towards him abruptly.
“No” they both said at the same time.
“You can’t control your powers yet” Mia shook her head “You saw what happened last time”
“That won’t happen again”
“It’s too risky, Sam, we’ll go on with Mia’s plan” Dean cut him off.
“I can control them” Sam stood up so quickly his chair fell to the ground.
“But you can’t sent them straight to hell, yet. You’ll just absorb them” Mia stood up to “We are not talking about just a random demon, Sam, we are talking about one of the strongest demons in hell. She won’t just hurt you, she’ll tore you apart in order to escape”
Suddenly the door swung open with a bang and a young woman stepped in, her hair was brown, short and so straight it seemed spiky. Her green eyes scanned each of the hunters in the room and finally smiled at Mia.
“It’s show time, ladies” Ruby half smiled.
Sam cocked and eyebrow as he followed every step of the girl with his eyes.
“It was about time. Is everything done?” Mia said.
Ruby nodded “Hello, Sam” she said passing by him.
“Ruby?”
“In the flesh… well” she shrugged slightly “maybe that’s not the best way to say it, but yeah it’s me”
“I thought you were-” Sam began but she cut him off.
“Death” she nodded “Not quite, but I must admit I was closer to than I’d like to admit” her eyes quickly turned to Dean “is blondie back to his senses or do I need to start throwing punches? cause believe me I’m totally up for it”
“Calm down, Ruby” Mia stepped in between the two of them “He’s back to himself. How did everything go?”
Ruby kept her eyes fixed on Dean’s for a couple of seconds; she clearly wasn’t over what had happened the previous day.
“Everything worked out just fine” she turned to look at Mia “Half of the demons are now in Arizona, while another group of them are now following a black 67 Impala on it’s way to Chicago”
“Ok. Now’s the time” Mia walked over to a small bag by the bed where Bobby was laying.
“How many demons are there with Lilith?” Dean asked as he walked towards his own bag, followed closely by Sam.
“Around thirty” Ruby moaned “You know, this has to be the most stupid thing we’ve done”
“We are out of any other solution” Mia took two small bottles, put one inside the pocket of her jacket and tossed the other to Sam “The boys only have hours to left, which means we must act now or never”
“So what’s the plan?” Sam said holding a shotgun on his right hand while he put the holly water inside the left pocket of his jeans with the other.
“I’ll take the four of us to the apartment complex” Mia walked towards the other three and threw a quick glance at Bobby apologetically.
“It’s ok, go” he said “I’m not in the condition of be of any help”
Mia nodded “We’ll break in and kill Lilith. Ready?”
Dean and Sam looked at each other and then nodded slightly. Both brothers along with Ruby were now forming a triangle and Mia was standing in the middle of it.
“Hold on tight, it’s going to be a long trip” Mia whispered.
Immediately a blinding light appeared in the space where Mia used to be standing and quickly spread all over the room, making it impossible for Bobby to keep his eyes open and with a powerful flash of light they were gone.
Author: Mel aka mad_about_dan
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG-13, violence and cursing.
Timeline: Post-No rest for the wicked
Wordcount: 2308
Disclaimer: Nope, I do not own the boys or Supernatural. It belongs to the CW, WB and Eric Kripke.
Summary: It has been a month since Dean's death and Sam has had to find the stenght inside him to keep on fighting as Dean asked him to. So he finds himself on a quest against time to find Lilith and with her a way to bring his brother back to life.
Angels and Demons ptII
“No, more like a warrior” she said “Every person has a watcher but really few have guardians on their side. We are only sent to look after very special people, men or women whose fate will change the world around them and considered to be demon targets. That’s why we have several skills for fighting, as you’ve seen, that watchers don’t; for once we can make ourselves visible at will so we can remain present to our protected ones if we want to, but this can be double-edge sword, you are closer to your human which allows you to be more protective, but that same connection becomes so strong it turns into passion, you develop such feelings and connections with your human that his happiness becomes your happiness, his pain your pain… his death your death”
Dean felt a sensation of emptiness grow inside of him, wasn’t he only dragging Sam along to hell but Mia, too?
“I was sent to Earth to take care of Dean Winchester” she smiled briefly and her eyes seemed to produce a pale glow “First son of John and Mary Winchester”
Sam’s eyes widened just as he turned to look at Dean surprised.
“That’s my whole point! Why me?” Dean shook his head frustrated “I have done nothing worthy of this protection and I really doubt I’ll do anything soon” he breathed deeply and ran his palm down his face “why me? Why not Sam?”
Sam immediately turned to him, it really hurt Dean to see him like this, all he wanted was his brother to be safe, it didn’t matter if Dean was the one with an angel while he didn’t have one.
“He has saved my life more times than I can say… he plays an equally important part on this war and still I see no angels on his shoulder” Dean continued.
As soon as he said this, Mia’s expression changed completely, the calm and warmth disappeared from her face and were replaced by a cold feeling of emptiness making her look more like a sculpture or a mannequin than an angel. Not even Dean was sure of what it was that had had this effect on her.
“The fact that there isn’t an angel right now doesn’t mean there has never been one” her voice was a whisper “Samuel did have an angel guarding him, one of the best I might say” there was a brief pause “my brother”
Dean stood still, instantly knowing he had touched a nerve here. Nervously he ran his fingers through his hair keeping his eyes locked on Mia’s face.
“Your guardian angel was really powerful” she turned to look at Sam, who couldn’t disguise the shock that filled him.
“What-” Sam began but stopped himself mid sentence, not sure of what to say, he had prayed for help for so long, for a miracle or at least a little mercy and to know that his prayers had been heard no matter how long ago it made him hopeful “Where is he? what happened to him?”
“Ethaniel died” she continued “on November 2nd, 1983. Azazel went after you, but he didn’t go alone, there were at least fifteen other demons guarding the house. Azazel had learned from his mistakes” she threw a quick glance at Dean “He was prepared”
“So he killed him? How’s that even possible?” Sam said as a deep frown was drawn on his forehead.
“There are only two ways to kill an angel, or at least a guardian, you either kill their protected one” she threw a quick glance at Dean and then back at Sam “or use the dagger of the devil”
“The dagger of the devil?” Sam repeated
“Yes” Mia nodded “Archangel Michael faught Luficer and injured him with his spear” she leaned back against the chair “After that, God promised there wouldn’t be another war fought in heaven ever again and Michael broke his spear, he gave a piece of it to every guardian” Slowly she shifted her weight to her left, dragged a knife out her back pocket and threw it on the table in front of them.
Both brothers kept their eyes on the object. Its halt was made of silver and gold, and the blade seemed deadly sharp.
“Each piece was used, along with several other metallic compositions, to create daggers like this one” she continued “every guardian has one; sadly demons didn’t’ stay far behind. Apparently a part of Michael’s spear broke and was embedded in Lucifer’s flesh for centuries. By the time it was taken out the piece was so covered in poison and hate that it turned into the only lethal weapon against angels, it can hurt us as much as a normal knife can hurt a human being” she shrugged “so depending on how it is used it can barely scratch us or even kill us. Azazel used it to kill Ethaniel in 1983”
Dean looked down as he understood exactly where she was going.
“And to hurt me in 1979” she whispered “Leaving a poison inside of me and an injury that never heals, at least not completely”
Sam’s eyes widened and his mouth fell half open. He stood motionless for a couple of seconds, at first not believing Azazel had actually killed an angel, his guardian angel just to pour demon blood on his mouth; then, barely seconds later he came to the realization of what Mia had just said, Azazel had attacked in 1979?
“What?” he thought out loud.
“He didn’t just go to our house in 1983, Sammy” Dean’s voice was husky and low “he went… looking for me in 1979”
Sam simply shook his head slightly.
“He attacked while dad was on an event for former marines, mom was alone” Dean continued, despite Sam’s reaction “Mia was there”
“You knew about this” Sam whispered angrily “and you didn’t say a thing?”
“Sam-”
“What, Dean? You thought I didn’t deserve to know?!”
“I just found out about it! you were on the edge of dying, Sam! What did you expect me to do?” Dean said angrily “say wait Sam, don’t die yet, oh and by the way the yellow eyed demon came for me when I was little?”
“He’s right, Sam” Mia continued “I told him two days ago, he couldn’t handle it and that’s what triggered his demon transformation”
Sam just looked down and took a deep breath.
“I should have told you both sooner, and I’m sorry but let’s not waste time on arguments” Mia continued “Now is there anything else you want to know?”
Dean and Sam stood still, each deep inside his own thoughts.
“Why does Ruby have a knife like yours?” Dean whispered.
Mia raised her eyebrows in surprise; she clearly wasn’t expecting that question.
“Well…” she began “After Azazel came for you and I was attacked demons dragged me to hell” her voice become a shaky whisper in those last words “I was kept prisoner there for 28 years” Mia looked away and shook her head slightly as if trying to shake off an old memory “The things they do to you down there are very difficult to forget, but in the middle of my solitude and desperation I met a soul, a tortured, broken and lonely soul” her eyes were fixed on a corner of the room, it almost seemed as if she was seeing something they weren’t “it got my attention how she didn’t seem to corrupt no matter how hard she was scourged or how many times she was burned, her attitude remained the same. So I talked to her once… her name was Ruby and unlike the rest of the demons the only hate inside her heart was for what she was becoming, demons disgusted her and she was afraid of fully becoming one”
“So you gave her your knife?” Sam asked curious, still looking down.
“No, I didn’t even have the knife with me, I left it with your mom”
Sam shook his head slightly. This just felt unreal, for the last years he had only wandered why all this things had happened to them, when would some help come their way and what had happened to Jess and his mom; but to have all those questions answered in just one moment was just too overwhelming.
“The day the gates of hell were opened I was weak” Mia continued “poison had almost filled every inch of my body and destroyed most part of my wings but Ruby helped me out. We managed to escape the chaos that crawled up the only way to freedom, but I wasn’t in the condition to go looking for you, so I asked her to go to Lawrence, Kansas and go to the house of old friends of mine to get the knife; once I told her everything she even agreed to protect you both while I was recovering, to help you on your fight against hell”
“But still, I saw Ruby with the knife and then you… it couldn’t have been in two places at once” Dean insisted.
“That is because Ruby didn’t find one, but two knives in the old Winchester’s house in Lawrence; apparently Ethaniel and I were more alike than I thought” she half smiled “I don’t know how but his knife ended up there as well, so I let Ruby use it while she was looking for you”
Dean nodded slightly in understanding and turned to look at Sam.
“Is the knife powerful enough to kill Lilith? Is there anything that can kill her?” he whispered.
“No” Mia whispered “As I said before: the knife is made of just a piece of Michael’s spear, one single piece is not enough to kill a duke”
Sam sighed desperate; he knew things wouldn’t be that simple.
“But…” she continued “There are other ways”
Both brothers turned to look at her immediately.
“I’ll try to send her back” she said looking from one brother to the other “Angels do have certain strengths against demons, so I’ll do my best to exorcise her, but she’s stronger than me so I’ll need your help”
“Ok” Dean whispered.
“How about my powers?” Sam whispered.
Dean and Mia turned towards him abruptly.
“No” they both said at the same time.
“You can’t control your powers yet” Mia shook her head “You saw what happened last time”
“That won’t happen again”
“It’s too risky, Sam, we’ll go on with Mia’s plan” Dean cut him off.
“I can control them” Sam stood up so quickly his chair fell to the ground.
“But you can’t sent them straight to hell, yet. You’ll just absorb them” Mia stood up to “We are not talking about just a random demon, Sam, we are talking about one of the strongest demons in hell. She won’t just hurt you, she’ll tore you apart in order to escape”
Suddenly the door swung open with a bang and a young woman stepped in, her hair was brown, short and so straight it seemed spiky. Her green eyes scanned each of the hunters in the room and finally smiled at Mia.
“It’s show time, ladies” Ruby half smiled.
Sam cocked and eyebrow as he followed every step of the girl with his eyes.
“It was about time. Is everything done?” Mia said.
Ruby nodded “Hello, Sam” she said passing by him.
“Ruby?”
“In the flesh… well” she shrugged slightly “maybe that’s not the best way to say it, but yeah it’s me”
“I thought you were-” Sam began but she cut him off.
“Death” she nodded “Not quite, but I must admit I was closer to than I’d like to admit” her eyes quickly turned to Dean “is blondie back to his senses or do I need to start throwing punches? cause believe me I’m totally up for it”
“Calm down, Ruby” Mia stepped in between the two of them “He’s back to himself. How did everything go?”
Ruby kept her eyes fixed on Dean’s for a couple of seconds; she clearly wasn’t over what had happened the previous day.
“Everything worked out just fine” she turned to look at Mia “Half of the demons are now in Arizona, while another group of them are now following a black 67 Impala on it’s way to Chicago”
“Ok. Now’s the time” Mia walked over to a small bag by the bed where Bobby was laying.
“How many demons are there with Lilith?” Dean asked as he walked towards his own bag, followed closely by Sam.
“Around thirty” Ruby moaned “You know, this has to be the most stupid thing we’ve done”
“We are out of any other solution” Mia took two small bottles, put one inside the pocket of her jacket and tossed the other to Sam “The boys only have hours to left, which means we must act now or never”
“So what’s the plan?” Sam said holding a shotgun on his right hand while he put the holly water inside the left pocket of his jeans with the other.
“I’ll take the four of us to the apartment complex” Mia walked towards the other three and threw a quick glance at Bobby apologetically.
“It’s ok, go” he said “I’m not in the condition of be of any help”
Mia nodded “We’ll break in and kill Lilith. Ready?”
Dean and Sam looked at each other and then nodded slightly. Both brothers along with Ruby were now forming a triangle and Mia was standing in the middle of it.
“Hold on tight, it’s going to be a long trip” Mia whispered.
Immediately a blinding light appeared in the space where Mia used to be standing and quickly spread all over the room, making it impossible for Bobby to keep his eyes open and with a powerful flash of light they were gone.