FuriePhoenix

Supernatural - Hell On The Horizon

NATALIA (AND PARTIAL CASON COLLAB)

When Nat just got silently enveloped in by Dean's arms, she went a little wide eyed before instantly squeezing her eyes shut to stop herself from crying. Sure, they had grown closer over time, but nowhere near the level of herself and Sam, so when Dean showed this level of comfort to her it always took her aback. She gripped the back of his shirt rightly in her fingers as she hugged him back, trying to hold it together. "Yeah....I do remember him being there...he's the only one who showed me kindness Dean.. he kept me watered and fed...even against the others wishes" she told him. Then as she was soaking in his hug, Cason came charging out of her room and ranting like a child having a tantrum.

She pulled her head out of the hug and looked at him, "Cason! Where you going?!" She called out, worried Esme had made him leave her.

Cason stopped for a moment and took a deep breath as Nat's eyes caught his, “I have been recruited.”

He said the words in a way that made Dean flinch. If Cason was this upset, he could only imagine what Esme said to him.

“Anna apparently ran away from your brother in the middle of the night. And I have been manipulated into finding her.”

She looked at Cason with surprise at what he just told her. As surprising as it was that Anna ran away....again, it wasn't nearly as surprising as hearing Esme manipulated him. She slowly let go of Dean, giving him a single hand wave and gesture to say 'be right right back' and then walked over to Cason. "You'll come back though...right?" She asked him.

Nat's words caused Dean to narrow his eyes, as she stepped away from him and over to Cason. Cason stared down at his feet for a moment before turning his eyes back up to her face with a smirk, “If I survive. Yes.”

Cason's words did not reduce her worries whatsoever, if anything they made them worse. She did not just unfog some of her memory and somewhat gain trust and security in Cason, just for him to leave her. "I'm serious Cason, come back to me, alive. I need you" she told him honestly.

Cason sighed, a small smirk creeping onto his lips as Dean groaned in the background, shaking his head and wiping a stressed hand down his face.

“I should be back tonight. If I’m right, maybe sooner.”, Cason confirmed, reaching a hand up to push a strand of hair behind Nat's ear, eliciting another miserable groan from Dean that made Cason chuckle, “I promise.”

Nat closed her eyes as he swept some hair behind her ear and nodded lightly. "Okay. I'm holding you to that" she replied reopening her eyes to look at him straight on, deciding to ignore Dean's groaning for now. No doubt he'd bombard her with questions the moment Cason disappeared.

Cason smiled, stepping back from Nat, “I fully expected you to.”

With a chuckle, he disappeared, leaving no more time for him to change his mind.

As Cason did his disappearing act, Natalia sighed heavily as she felt more than one set of eyes falling on her. Her guess was it wasn't just Dean staring at her, but it was also Mika and Sam. Cason smiled, stepping back from Nat, “I fully expected you to.”

With a chuckle, he disappeared, leaving no more time for him to change his mind.Ignoring the others, she turned to face Dean first, she still felt like she had a way to go to make it up to him. "Go on then....I know you got questions rattling round in that head of yours so may as well get it over with" she told him.

MIKA AND SAM

Mika felt glad that if her hunch was correct, Dean and Natalia could indeed patch things up. She knew deep down that Dean cared for the youngest Winchester more than he ever let on, she had heard plenty of ranting of worry from him about Nat before he got taken from them all for four months. So she had faith in them and their sibling connection. "Yeah, he cares about her more than he lets her realise. Hopefully this can be the start of letting her in on that." she replied.

Then came the door slamming and a very pissed off Cason exiting Nat's room, which made her also wince slightly. Things clearly did not go as well or calmly as they were hoping it to. Maybe sending Esme in wasn't the brightest idea they had after all she thought to herself.

She noticed Esme leaving the room shortly after and going to Sam first to give him the answer he and they all were waiting for. Cason's temper tantrum and yell told her that he had agreed but it wasn't under any polite circumstances, and then came the movement that surprised her and made her cock an eyebrow in curiosity. Natalia actually let go of Dean and went over to Cason. Not only that she was witnessing Nat begging him to come back to her. "well well..." she muttered under her breath, but still heard what Duke said to her.

"Good luck Duke" she said to him as he walked off to follow Esme and try and patch things up. It honestly felt like everyone was needing to patch things...everyone except for her and Dean that is.

Sam gave Esme a simple nod at what she said to him, appreciating what she had done for him. He didn't even care that Cason was having a temper tantrum like a child because of it. All he cared about was having Anna back and him having a moment to prove to her he did love her and he didn't want her leaving when things got confusing to her or tough.

He let Esme and Duke leave, which made his attention turn to his sister talking with Cason and somewhat managing to calm him down, even make him smirk again. He glanced toward Mika then Dean as if to say 'we are seeing this right?', not sure what he was witnessing was even real. He couldn't tear his eyes away, unable to think of anything other than 'if he so much as does anything to her I'm having him'. He wasn't in the mood for Cason's antics and like Dean, he was still convinced Cason was manipulating her because she was the youngest in their group.

He only let out the breath he was unaware of holding when Cason left and Nat turned to Dean first. "He isn't the only one who has questions" he said loud enough for everyone left outside to hear.

"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI AND SAM

Lexi found herself rolling her eyes at Dean calling Anya a small angry woman. She was thankful for not smirking as Sam explained that this woman could hear everything and was just simply mute and why she was conversing with Sam in whatever way she was able to. Seeing her cross her arms, Lexi knew Dean hadn't helped matters when it came to calming her down.

She also decided this was something she was mostly going to try and stay out of it and let Dean and Sam figure this one out. Even if the idea of demons coming after a mute girl didn't sit well with her in the slightest. She let the brothers discuss the situation between them, when Dean surprised both Sam and Lexi in agreeing to help Anya, albeit not via training her to become a hunter.

"Then I guess we're helping her out. What do the "aquaintances" want anyway in this deal?" she asked, making air quotes with her hands.

"......the Colt" Sam hesitated in replying for a moment before he dropped the verbal bomb, imagining how Dean was going to take that news. "And before you say anything, I've already told her its not retrievable anymore" he added, looking his brother in his eyes. He was dreading telling Dean, but when Lexi asked the question, he couldn't exactly not say anything.

"Even if it was, that's a big ask that would never happen" Lexi remarked after widening her eyes for a split moment hearing the legendary gun be mentioned. Of all the things to be said, she was not expecting that to be one.

"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI AND SAM

Lexi found herself watching on as it seemed whatever this girl had been communicating with Sam over, it clearly was weighing heavy on him. She clearly seemed rather angry at him and wondered how on earth Sam could make any pissed off, he was such a sweet giant of a man who couldn't intentionally hurt anyone who didn't deserve it.

She let Dean take the lead and when Anya signed her name, Lexi tried to catch on, which luckily she did. She didn't know much sign but she somehow remembered the basic alphabet in ASL, something she didn't think would ever come in handy until now. Sam was about to confirm what her name was, when Dean turned to face Lexi with such a look that got him a slap on the arm.

"Dean that's rude! Don't be a dick or albelist." she told him before looking back at Anya with an apologetic look on her face. She then turned back to Dean, "if my very vague memory of ASL is correct, she said her name is Anya" she explained, looking toward both Anya and Sam for confirmation on if she was right or not.

"You're right. This is Anya, she's mute, not deaf so watch what you say Dean and she needs our help" Sam explained, looking them both in the eyes. He also wanted to quickly make it clear that Anya wasn't deaf and if Dean opened his mouth without thinking again, she would hear everything he says and would no doubt get on the wrong side of her personality, like he sort of has already.

"Help with what?" Lexi asked.

"Getting into the business and breaking a certain deal with her old....aquaintances" Sam said, using the old code for hunting and demon deals whilst they were in public.

Supernatural - Hell On The Horizon

NATALIA

Part of her wanted to stay around and hear what Esme had to say, but the fact that Cason also came to the door and asked her what she wanted, she wasn't sure she wanted to know. For all she knew it was to do with something from the kidnapping incident and getting her car back, especially as Nat noticed she was wearing some of Mika's old clothing.

Giving Esme a chance to say something first, she then decided to just hold her hands up and go and apologise to Dean as she could see him watching the door like a hawk with the others. "I'm gonna go talk to Dean...if you need me holla okay?" she told Cason for two reasons, 1) to let him know where she was and 2) to tell him she was there for defend him if it was required. She may not owe him anything, but she still felt like she could lend her skills to something to help him out every now and then. Group member or not.

Leaving the room, she awkwardly wandered over to Duke, Dean and Mika, seeing Sam in his own little world opposite them. "Uh...Dean, can we....can we talk?" she asked, running a hand through her hair, feeling the most nervous to talk to him since the day Sam tried to convince him to let her stay with them. She rocked back and forth on her feet for those few moments waiting for Dean to agree, then walked slightly off away from the others, unable to even look anyone else in the eye. Even Duke and she didn't even yell at him.

"Dean I'm sorry for how I spoke to you last night. I wish I could excuse it but what I said about you and Hell was well below the belt...." she verbally vomited out at him. "I was drunk and hurting....it's not an excuse but an explanation. But...there's more....Cason is the one who got you to me...dropped the clues and hints for Sam to find me. That's why I feel comfort from him, despite everything...." she sighed, swallowing deeply to stop herself from crying all over again.

"I hate that this is a reality, but I need him as much as I need you and Sam... Dean I've been vile to you because I can't get my shit together, I'm so sorry" she continued before she couldn't talk anymore.

SAM AND MIKA

When Natalia exited the room and headed straight for Dean, Mika perked up and stood upright, wondering what was going to happen and mentally preparing for another sibling argument, but instead she witnessed Nat just not look at any of them except for Dean and ask quietly for a private word. The clue that an apology was coming or something along similar lines.

"I think what she said to him is weighing heavily on her" she commented to Duke. "They had quite the argument last night" she clarified.

Sam still couldn't look anywhere but the door where Cason stood with Esme, though he did still unknowingly glance every now and then at Natalia and Dean in case he had to stop anything between them. He was a mess right now, his sister was hurting and he wasn't wanted by her and now the love of his life was also missing and left him as well. It just too much right now.

"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI

Seeing Dean's bright and wide grin at her agreement to coffee made Lexi smile just as widely back. His smile just feeling incredibly contagious and considering how he was when she first showed up at the bunker, it was so refreshing that he looked brighter. She let him drive to the coffee shop he had in mind and glanced at him as he spoke about the home comforts that they got for the bunker.

Something told her not to believe him when he said he was mostly fine being alone in the bunker and that it was Sam who got lonely, but she wasn't going to call him out on it...yet. As he finished parallel parking, then continued rambling. The next thing he said made her chuckle back, as it did amuse him but she also wasn't surprised that that's how Sam had been the last few months. She knew how worried he had been about Dean over these last few months and she was still slightly convinced that Sam had wanted to bring her to the bunker for a while to meet Dean, but she would never say that out loud.

"He's just been worried about you, that's all" she countered, trying to give Sam the benefit of the doubt to a certain degree, just as he got out the car and looked over the roof and into the coffee shop window. She opened the door, but didn't fully exit the car as she was curious what Dean meant by Sam was with a girl. He certainly hadn't mentioned to her about anyone being on the scene for him, so she was confused about who this girl would even be.

Stepping out of the car and closing the door, she looked in and smiled, "well well, that's a surprising turn of events" she replied before walking into the coffee shop with Dean and when they were close enough, she couldn't help but try and eavesdrop on the conversation but noticed she could only hear Sam talking.

Intrigued, she watched more then saw the signing and it clicked into place.

SAM

Sam hated that Anya was telling him she was going to learn no matter what and that worried him greatly. He didn't trust many hunters and he certainly didn't like the idea of someone like Anya learning all on her own about the ways of being a hunter. His eyes flicked toward the door when it opened, and noticed Dean and Lexi walk in and he wondered if this moment could get any more complicated.

"Anya wait" he requested of her as she signed her farewell, standing up to try and stop her from leaving so soon. "If I agree to try and help you in some areas, will you stay?" he asked of her, his eyes pleading almost as he really didn't want her to get into serious trouble with anyone, especially demons. "Look...my brother and friend have just walked in, maybe we can discuss this all together or something? I can't guarantee you much but I can at least try and help you stay safe" he reasoned with her, hoping it would be enough to begin with.

Supernatural - Hell On The Horizon

NATALIA

Engulfing Cason into a hug wasn't something Nat would ever have thought she'd do but right now, in her eyes and in mind, he was the ONLY one who knew what she went through in that asylum. As far as she knew, no one else in the group went through what she did or even saw the true horrors of that place. No one except for Cason. She was aware of his hesitancy at first but the moment he held her back and weaved his fingers into the back of her hair, she just wanted to remain clinging to him.

She listened to him speak, understanding his reasoning for it but she was glad he had finally told her he was the person she could sort of remember but was a blur up until now. It gave her a little bit of peace to start trying to move forward from her past. He even made her break the tiniest of smiles for the briefest of moments when he told her she didn't owe him anything. Every part of her wanted to insist she owed him her life, her freedom but those words alone made her know it would be pointless in doing.

She frowned ever so slightly when he pulled her back to make her look at him, raising her hands to place them over his on the sides of her face. She gently shook her head when he offered to leave her for a while. That was the very last thing she wanted from him right now. "No... I don't care if they wont listen to your side of the facts, or even accept them. I need you here. You're something solid and affirming for me right now. You were a comfort to me then, and you're that to me now. If my brothers can't accept that then that's a them problem, not mine or yours." she replied to him.

Then came a knock on the door which made her jump as she wasn't expecting one so soon, not only that she was focused so much on Cason and their conversation she had completely forgotten that someone would come knocking for her. Esme's voice coming through the door made her sigh with relief and relax again beside Cason, "bloody hell" she sighed slightly annoyed. "Guess this...moment of calm is over" she told him, lifting his hands off of her face and crawling out of the bed to open the door.

"What is it? Tell my dumb headed brother I'll be out soon" she complained, leaning on the door as she held it open.

SAM AND MIKA

Sam sighed and nodded when Dean told him not to blame himself. He listened to both him and Mika telling him that wasn't normal for Anna to do, but all he kept thinking was that this wasn't the first time she just upped and left him. It gave him bad memories of when Mika would up and leave Dean all those many years ago, then just pop back into his life again. He didn't want to go through that emotional turmoil that Dean did, he knew he wouldn't be able to handle it when there was so much already on all their plates.

With Esme and Duke still beside them in very questionable clothing choices this morning, he decided he would listen to them and like the others he did not approve of the bounty hunter option, no matter how much Duke tried to convince them of otherwise. He even did a little wince when Duke suggested just killing Cason. That would NOT go down well with Natalia in the slightest, even if he wouldn't complain about seeing Cason no more but Dean was right when he said Natalia would cut Duke's head off or similar if she heard what was just suggested.

"Dean's right, as much as I don't like him being near Nat, she's somehow finding comfort it seems in him. Cason is off limits" he agreed, just before the others continued all their conversations and coming to the conclusion that it was Esme who would have to go as no one would be suitable for the task. What did surprise him however was Dean barking the order of loaning clothing to Esme at Mika. He gave her a look of 'just don't argue...please?' which Mika knew all too well.

Mika then sighed and huffed in annoyance, but nodded when Dean said 'please' slightly nicer but still with a hint of sarcasm in his tone. "Fine, I'll be right back" she said flatly, trying to play nice as she was aware Duke didn't know about all the tension between her and Esme. As she turned on her heels to head to the room, she leaned into Dean's ear and whispered "you're lucky you're hot when youre bossy" then walked back to the room, where she shuffled through her clothes, purposely grabbing her oldest pair of jeans that she barely wore now and a t-shirt, then headed back where she shoved the clothes into Esme's hands. "best I could find that would fit you" she told the woman, trying her hardest to play civil.

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As Esme went to Nat's room, she stood with the boys waiting to see what would come of this moment. "We'll find her Sammy, if it's the last thing I do, I will find her" she told him, to which Sam gave a small nod and hugged her briefly from the side before letting go and looking toward the door that was now open and he just about saw a tiny glimpse of Natalia from his angle, still in last night's clothes.

"Cason better help, if he still cares for Anna" he commented.

"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI

She had to agree that not hearing from Sam was equal amounts of weird and not weird. Dean continuing on from her little wifi quip made her glad that she wasn't the only one who noticed that about Sam. Him calling it 'nerd power' just made her chuckle all the more. "Oh my god right?! I've only witnessed the connection to wifi in the middle of nowhere once with him but it was so freaky. Whereas I could only get connection on my phone if I need emergency services." she told him whilst showing that she was jealous of his brother in that occasion.

With the car unlocked and Dean opening the passenger door for her once again, she smiled and got into the car, sitting back and being comfortable once again. In her mind, a car this old shouldn't be this comfortable but it was. With Dean now in the driver's side, she found herself smirking and sniggering at the gardening comment as she couldn't even picture Sam doing such an activity.

At his suggestion of grabbing a coffee before heading back to the bunker, she was about to reply to him when he planted a strong kiss on her lips. A kiss that she gladly returned just as tightly before reopening her eyes and smiling at him, "coffee sounds good" she replied finally.

SAM

Anya rolling her eyes at him made Sam see that she clearly had been told this sort of spiel a few times before and she took great offence to his words. 'good going Sam, offend a pretty woman in less two hours of meeting her' he thought to himself, rubbing his hands nervously on his thighs, wondering how he can dig himself out of this situation as she angrily wrote on the notepad and made it very clear, she was not taking his current advice for an answer.

When she was done writing and showed him what she put, he read it and visibly flinched at her words. He didn't need to hear her voice to tell that she was practically yelling these words at him to make a point. "I'm sorry I offended you, that wasn't my intention" he began to explain, holding up a hand to show her he wasn't done talking just yet.

"I'm sorry for everything that's happened to you- whatever that may be. I recognise that those moments in your life have brought you into this world to a certain extent. It's just..." he sighed, "I guess I'm just concerned for bringing someone else into this life after I've not long lost my sister in law..for good this time by her being a hunter. Which is a crazy ass long story I won't get into. What I'm trying to get at is that....I guess I wanna know just how much you've thought this through" he explained to the best of his ability.

He also knew if he just brought this girl back to the bunker and declared she's a hunter in training, Dean would absolutely have his head on a pike. So he had to play it safe...for now.

"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI

Lexi thought nothing of Dean looking around as they headed to the till points, but the moment they got there and he playfully pushed in front of her and slapped the cash on the counter to the cashier before she barely even got her fingers gripped round her wallet in her jeans pocket. "Dean!" she said in surprise, but an amused look was on her face. It was such a playful and innocent moment for her to witness that just made her feel so normal. "You damn well will let me buy you a beer next time!" she said determined to not let him back out of that statement.

She took the receipt from the cashier with a smile and thanks before jogging to catch up to Dean once again, so they could exit the store to get back to the impala and put the shopping in the car. When Dean pointed out that Sam hadn't text him once since they've been out, she even laughed when he described just how clingy Sam was normally. It even made her check her own phone in case she missed anything from Sam herself. "Likewise, I haven't had anything either" she replied.

"It's gotta be a library or compute somewhere no doubt. I swear that guy has some kind comic book super power when it comes to finding wifi" she chuckled, taking out the shopping from the cart and placing them into the trunk of the impala, once they got there and unlocked the car. "He's gotta be alright though, he knows to check in if he's in any kind of problem" she reassured him.

SAM

Sam wished he had better information for her, but even then he was certain that she wouldn't like what he'd say even if they did have the Colt still. That gun couldn't get in the hands of demons, no matter what and it's one reason he was glad it was well and truly gone for good. He watched her body language and all the facial expressions she was possibly giving to try and read her but he couldn't, so he just let her take the notepad back and write once more.

He waited for it to be passed back to him and when it was, he read it carefully once more. He saw the scribbled out word and just knew what it was she was now asking. He sighed, he didn't exactly ever approved of getting into the hunting world as there was quite literally no getting out of it. He knew that more than anyone after getting out for a short period throughout the years and it always brought him back.

"I'm not sure you really wanna get into this job lifestyle Anya. There's backing out once you're in and it's a lot more dangerous than you probably think it is. Even the most seasoned hunters d--" he sighed as he stopped himself from completing that sentence due to instantly thinking of Mika as an example.

"You'd be safer not in this world and not getting tied with demons. Myself and Dean... that's my brother and other colleague, we can try and help you in some way to get this deal broken to no danger to yourself, but at the moment, that's all I wanna offer you" he told her truthfully. He just didn't wanna see another decent innocent person die in the lifestyle he and others lived.

I am the fire - Constantine RP

The moment Trish started crying, Kay instantly felt out of her comfort zone. She walked over to the child and knelt down to her level before slowly enveloping the girl in her arms for a hug. "Hey..SHH...it's not your fault at all. It's what older siblings do okay? My sister Sam is only a few older than myself and we're not even biologically related but what I'm trying to get at is that even she stepped up the moment I was going through tough times and I lost my folks. If it wasn't for her, her folks would have never adopted me and I'd be without a home. Without a family. Josh did the same thing for you. His love for you is so much more important than anything else in the world and he's doing it all for you because he loves you, not to sacrifice anything else in his life." she explained, hoping she would understand.

Fia couldn't help but smirk at his comment about her dad. He wasn't wrong, even in their time John hoarded anything and everything, even information if it meant he could use it against his foes and have the upper hand. "you're not wrong there" she replied. "I've just never seen this book before that's all." she commented.

Josh paused still when she asked the question she did. It was a question he was in all honesty half expecting to be asked at some point. "If you want to be a thing with me. I'd love nothing more than to be your boyfriend." he told her with a soft smile.

Supernatural - Hell On The Horizon

NATALIA AND CASON (PART COLLAB)

Of all the people in their group, Cason being the one to tell her 'don't be too hard on Dean' was not the one she was expecting to hear those words from. Sam, Mika, Anna... even Esme she could picture any of them saying those words to her, but Cason? That was a new experience for her to say the least but feeling him shake from the withheld laughter felt comforting to her.

Nat also found it calming that he still stood by his words from last night and that he was determined to keep her safe and be there for her even though she hadn't done too much before last night to make him exactly like her. Or at least in her mind she hadn't. Not only that, he reassured her that she wasn't that much of a bitch to Dean and he would forgive her for what she said to him, and that her outburst was justified and valid, even if she thought it was uncalled for. She sighed in her hands until she felt him pull her hands away from her face and held him.

Cason's offer for her to get her apology to Dean out the way first was appreciated, but she didn't think she was ready to see Dean just yet. She needed to muster up that courage to look her eldest brother in the eye and truly apologise, not to mention, do so in fresh clothes and not the ones she fell asleep in. "I'd rather have our talk first. And judging by the faint talking I can hear, they're deep in conversation anyway out there" she replied honestly, after letting him remove her hands from her face and hold one hand. "Also if I put off our talk, I'm afraid I'll never have the courage to have it." She admitted.

Cason nodded, turning his head straight forward as he pondered the talk that they needed to have and how to even start the conversation. He knew it was likely better to rip off the bandaid. It wasn’t like he could make her situation much worse.

With a deep breath, he nodded, “Alright. So, where to begin…”

Cracking his neck, he glanced down at his own hands, and just bit the bullet, “I’ve known you…well…of you for a while. Like, a good while. One of my first assignments after my last little trip to Hell was to work undercover, I guess you could say, to drag information out of people.”

He took another deep breath, not even wanting to say the words, but with a wince, he blurted the words out, “As a nurse.”

The moment Cason turned his head to Infront of them both, she knew this talk had to be bigger than she ever realised last night. But there was no backing out of it now. So she did all she could do in this moment and listened to him. She listened as he said he knew of her for a long while and wondered how that was even possible. Wasn't he with Anna for years before this? She looked at him, even if he didn't look at her as he spoke, confused and curious as to where his words were going. Undercover? Dragging information out of people? It wasn't making an ounce of sense to her, that was until he said the last three words.

She froze in her spot on the bed, but unable to remove her hand from his grip, despite her blood running cold. "Y-you were at my...asylum?" She asked wearily. Her mind began racing a million miles a second as she tried to compute the true depth this talk was taking.
Cason cringed again as Nat’s brain finally computed what he was saying. He himself wanted to run away, which would be as simple as disappearing and leaving her on edge, but he honestly couldn’t do that. It was worth it to just get the information out, even if she hated him for it after.

“Y-yeah. I was there.”, he admitted, closing his eyes and shaking his head. Clenching his jaw, he continued, “But I never hurt you, like the others. I swear that to you. I came out of Hell, fully ready to just leave. Disappear. But I couldn’t leave without knowing that I did something to bring my own torturers down. That’s how it started.”

He shrugged his shoulders, letting her know that at first, his motives for helping her weren’t for her benefit. He squeezed her hand, “But then I guess I grew attached to you being…alive. I decided that if I was going to take them down, I was taking you with me. I made sure you had food, water, and that your wounds were somewhat clean. I changed your clothes, and left the doors open for your brothers to find you. Once you were gone, I killed them all…well, all the ones that were left.”
She continued to listen, even whilst seeing him visibly cringe as her memories started to piece things together as he spoke. Yet at the same time it made so many more questions. Why her? Out of every victim in that dreadful place, why her? Why was she so special to get solace in such a place? She glanced down at their hands as he squeezed her hand, then glanced right back up at him as he continued speaking. His words coursing through her mind like a cannon ball as it tore through those walls in her mind, unblocking those memories she couldn't remember or at least, were fogged over.

It was then she began to see everything play out in her head clear as day. His face leaning down over her to help her sip water when she could barely hold her own head up. Or loosening her restraints as they cut into her wrists, causing bleeding and bruising. The door...opening and staying open on that night of freedom. The words spoken.... "It's freedom night. Shout for them Natalia" before he was gone from view and minutes later Sam showed up as she crawled to the door begging for help. Every time it was Cason's face. "you helped save my life...you guided Sam to me..." She realised, tears pricking at her eyes, her hands shaking.

Cason debated running everything that he said back as the silence overtook them for a moment, until Nat spoke again, her voice soft and he could hear the tears behind her words. He nodded in admission to her, and shrugged his shoulders lightly, barely moving them.

“I wanted to send a message and I wanted you to survive.”, he stated plainly, letting out a deep sigh, before slowly glancing over at her face, “And now you’re here.”

Nat's memories wouldn't stop replaying through her mind but it was like her present and past were weaving between each other in her head. She didn't know at first what to do, or how to react but she looked at him , truly looked at him this time. A hand reached up to his face as she let those few foggy memories clear up completely and now it made sense to her. Why him sweeping hair from her face and holding her felt so familiar. Why his scent smelled familiar and comforting to her. "You're the one who gave me hope that whole time. The only reassuring memories I have of that place." she spoke softly and slowly before just engulfing him in a hug. It was the only thing she could think of doing. "You gave me hope, saved my life and gave me family. I'm sorry I didn't remember until now" she told him.

MIKA AND SAM

Whilst Natalia and Cason were having their heart to heart discussion in their room, both were still very much involved in their conversation outside with the others. Sam let Dean read the note just after Mika had walked over to the two of them, before seeing his brother give it to Mika to read, which she did. He honestly didn't know what to say initially but once they read the note Anna had left him, he finally found his voice. "I don't know where she could have gone. I mean, over the years she's been all over the place like we have. The list could be longer than we even realise it is" he replied to Dean, seeing the power of Anna signing the note with her full name hit Dean as hard as it hit himself.

"I can't believe I messed up this badly to have pushed her away. I thought she knew how much I love her" he replied, seeing the look of utter sympathy on Mika's face as Esme and Duke made their way across to the three of them. "Sam you didn't mess up. I can't believe these are her real thoughts on the matter. She was all about staying close to you last night, this feels so out of character for her" Mika told him, rubbing his arm comfortingly.

Mika shot Duke a look of disapproval when he offered the idea of a bounty hunter to find Anna, after Dean explained what they were all talking about. She didn't need to say how much she disapproved of that idea so quickly to make her opinion known on that matter. She then looked at Dean as he glanced at her, followed his gaze to Nat's room and back at the group and it seemed that Esme was cottoning on to what he was hinting at just as well as she herself was.

"I hate to say it, but Cason is our only hope right now to finding out where she's got to." Mika spoke up, "If that's what Sam wants that is" she added, giving her pseudo baby brother another soft glance.

Sam gave everyone's comments and thoughts a real thought over before sighing and nodding. "Cason is the key but I don't feel comfortable going to ask him for help. Not after everything. It's hard enough knowing he's in there with Nat and he was wanted more than me as well as this situation" he admitted to the group, feeling like he could be open with them all. "So can someone else do it?" he asked of them, looking them all in the eye one by one.

"I don't think it's a good idea myself or Dean go. I'd prefer staying with you Sam right now. So that leaves you two" she said, looking from Sam to Duke and Esme, even though she wasn't exactly impressed with the choice of 'attire' Esme was currently in.