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"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI

Dean's pointing to the holy water on tap, whilst also explaining about it, Lexi has to admit, she was incredibly impressed by the idea. “It is a pretty genius idea, more hunters should have this kind of set up to some degree” she replied, looking at it before he gestured to the clay bottles above the holy water canister. Now she felt like she heard everything, there were ways to trap angels? Lexi was beginning to think she had been hunting old school for far too long, but then again, she hasn't had a reason to be going after angels and learning about how to trap them. She definitely was going to need to up her research if she was going to be learning more things such as this. “Impressive” she replied once more with a smile, seeing how proud he was of what he told her as he pulled out some flasks and salt canisters to fill up with holy water. She continued to look through everything to see if anything else caught her eye on what might be useful to use.

Glancing back at him when he spoke up and mentioned what he thought of Cason's earlier words. Stepping back to him from round the shelving where she was, she thought on it, wanting to give him an honest answer and not just something he'd want to hear. “Honestly? I don't know. I'd like to hope she isn't getting her hopes up in getting her voice, but it's pretty clear how much of an optimistic person she is, so it's really hard to gauge what she expects to get out of this situation” she said as honestly as possible. “I don't want her getting disappointed and hurt if it doesn't go the way she wants, and quite frankly, I really don't think it will. If what Cason says is true, and well, a demon is going to know better than all of us what demons can and can't break deals, then it's not going to be in Anya's favor” she expressed. “I truly hope we're all wrong and some kind of miracle happens for the girl, she certainly deserves it, but I'm not holding my breath on it” she added, looking up at him.

She felt like all they could do is be there for Anya if, and it most certainly wouldn't, go the way she wants, and that Anya won't hold it against them all when it happens.

SAM

Sam wasn't expecting some miraculous turn of feelings towards him when he told Anna his honest truth. He was expecting her to really go for him, but she didn't. She just scoffed at him whilst remaining silent for him to just keep talking. He gave her what felt like so many options but none of it was remotely an option, judging by Anna's body language. He was glad that at least she had stopped stepping further away from him and I stayed stepped closer, close enough so he could have grabbed for her hand. He kept a hold of it as she instinctively placed her other hand on his chest. The dam was breaking and they were falling into their old ways, but at least they started the long talk that they had been overdue for for a long time. He gave a soft nod at her words, wondering if it would be truly possible one day for her to come back and nothing would be awkward.

Sam found himself leaning his head down as she leaned upward to meet her half way, and returned the light kiss. Pausing at the realization of what they did, he kept telling himself in his head not to fall into their old ways. Not to cave under the natural draw they had with each other. He may not have been with Anya long, but he didn't want to hurt her. Yet none of this internal screaming at himself to do the right thing and step back, he couldn't listen. He leaned back forward and kissed her with a bit more pressure into the kiss this time. If the dam was to break, and it had, they may as well get it out of their system, or so he thought.

NATALIA

As Anya mimicked what she was doing, Nat felt happy that Anya was seemingly understanding what she was teaching her easily enough. She could see how much more confident Anya felt holding the knife, and how much more secure the knife was in her hand. “Good” she smiled. If Anya kept understanding her instructions this well then it would be a breeze teaching her Nat thought. Nat couldn't help but think Anya had the markings of being a natural hunter, which although her brothers always found sad because they wouldn't recommend this life to anyone, Natalia saw it as a good thing. Even if Anya left the life, or decided she didn't want to be a hunter after all, she'd come out of this with good survival skills and a new knowledge of how to use her muteness to her advantage.

Nat gave her a reassuring smile when Anya initially shook her head, not wanting to come at her with a knife. “It's okay Anya, you won't hurt me I promise.” She spoke to her, having full faith in her own skills as well as Anya. As Anya gave a nod and squared her shoulders up, Nat gave a single nod to show she was ready whenever Anya was. Watching Anya's eyes as they scanned all over her body to find the best area to go for, before she lunged and stopped just in front of the center of her chest. Smirking, she was proud of Anya for going to the correct area on the chest. “Good! You'd be surprised how many people believe the movies and go too far left for the heart.” She complimented and explained to Anya. “I’m glad to see you know better,” she added. “Now, with the knife here, if your opponent stops you before you get the kill, I'm gonna show you a move on how to regain the advantage” she explained. Going step by step, Natalia lifted her hands up, using her own knife to knock Anya's onto the ground, acting like the enemy initially. “Okay, so the enemy has knocked your knife on the ground, this is what you're gonna do” she said, throwing her own knife on the ground for safety, the blade digging into the ground.

She spoke as she moved, making sure Anya could see every single action, swinging her right leg round and behind Anya's legs, she knocked her balance off, so she could grab a hold of Anya, and flip her onto the ground. “You're gonna want to shake your opponent’s balance, get them on the ground close to your weapon for yourself, but not them. With them pinned, grabbed your knife” she grabbed one of the knives and using the handle for safety pretended to stab Anya. “Obviously with the blade, not the handle. I'm showing for safety reasons”. She finished explaining. “So even when it looks bad, there's always an opening to regain control of the situation. It's about looking for that opening and guessing the enemy's next move before they even use it.” She explained as she stood up and held her hand out to help Anya up.

"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI

Lexi couldn't help but chuckle when Dean called the angels dicks. She may not have dealt with angels, at least, knowingly, herself but if they were as high and mighty as demons thought of themselves, then she could easily imagine angels being dicks. “Not hard to imagine” she replied, glancing at him as she inspected the blade. It truly was quite the piece of weaponry and she just knew if Owen was still alive, he'd have begged Dean for one to keep in his collection if he ever clapped eyes on it. Glancing up at Dean, she saw how he found her little random tidbit of information intrigued him. As he walked a little closer and took a blade for himself, spinning it on his palm, she couldn't help but smirk at the action. “Oh it does and I can most certainly work with one of these. Won't be my first time working with a blade. I can be quite resourceful when I need to be” she smirked.

She kept ahold of the blade she was admiring but looked at Dean and how he was watching the light reflecting off the blade as he held it up to the light. His next words caught her interest greatly, the idea of just stopping a demon dead with something that wasn't the Colt was quite the thought. It certainly made her like the angel blades more, “huh…well these just got more beautiful by the minute” she smiled, taking another look at the blade in her hand before making herself get back on track to the task at hand. Taking a look around the armory, she tried to decide what else she thought they might need. In theory if it was just a rogue demon, who thought they were higher up the food chain than they actually were, then they should be relatively easy to break into undoing the contract for Anya and giving her voice back. Which in Lexi's eyes meant, not too much fighting. But she also learned over the years not to underestimate a demon. So they truly had to prepare for every single possible outcome.

Sure the angel blades were powerful enough for them all, but could they really rely on solely that? Probably not. “See you got a good stock of holy water in here…might be worth taking that just in case.” She remarked.

SAM

Sam was honestly glad that Anna was good. That she has been doing good. It was all he wanted for her. Before he started word vomiting what he wanted to say to her, he gave her a nod to acknowledge her reply. It felt so different this time being so close to her now that he could actually speak to her.

As she replied to his first onslaught of words, he looked up at her sadly as she said nothing had been normal or even stable. It broke his heart to hear that as he had hoped leaving her with Duke and Esme, she would have had a stable life. He expected her to be upset for a while, but still had a stable life. He watched her as she sniffled and began to pace, her actions making him nervous but he knew it was inevitable so he just let her do whatever she needed to to process what he was telling her. When she finally found her voice and words, clearly angry still after all this time he flinched as she told him what Duke did for her, and what she still goes through every single night. Yet the thing that made him hurt the most? Hearing that she saw his face until her very last breath and everything faded to black when she died.

Then she continued on, needing to get a lot off her chest and it was the least he could give her. His heart knotted up even tighter as he listened to her words, listened as she told him how Dean promised to bring her back, that Sam himself would come round, and yet he didn't. He left her with Duke and never looked back. Just walked away, hoped she would move on from him and he got close to Anya. He broke her heart in ways he never thought he could have ever done and it made him feel sick at himself as she really drove that truth home. He stared at the ground until she squatted to gather herself and then stood up again, holding her hand out as she continued to lecture him about everything. He deserved it, he deserves every single bit of pain and anger she threw at him.

“I'm sorry…” he mumbled, forcing himself to look at her. “You're right, it wasn't me. I wasn't myself. Not in the slightest…the trials messed me up so much mentally that looking back, I don't think I even knew who I was or what I should have done” he sighed, trying not to cry himself. He toyed with the idea of standing up from her old bed and walking over to her, but he was honestly scared. As much as he felt she had every right to kick him out of the room, shout and hit him, he was scared of those actions. In the end he decided to face that possibility and stood up, stepping in front of her. “Look at me…please” he asked of her. “I know there's not much I can say to make any of this better. If hitting me will help, hit me. If screaming at me will help, scream at me…if telling me to leave will help? Tell me to leave” he said, the tears he tried to fight away, now spilling over and down his cheeks. “I don't know what to do to make any of this better” he added, reaching out and taking her hand without even thinking.

NATALIA

Natalia was glad that Anya didn't ask anymore questions about her family story, she felt like she had said enough. She was glad though that Anya was willing to move the conversation along and agree to being her mole in the bunker, smirking when she said about asking her own questions about Sam. “I’m sure I can accommodate that request. I can answer to the best of my ability” she agreed. She wasn't sure what Anya would want to know about Sam, but if it didn't delve too much into his history with Anna, Nat didn't see a problem in letting Anya know a few things. The last thing she would want was to scare Anya off so early before she knew how to defend herself. Lexi? Now Lexi she didn't mind scaring off in the slightest, Anya she was liking as a person.

As she moved the topic along and Anya then said her assumption about using a knife, Nat couldn't help but smirk and chuckle ever so slightly. “I mean…you're not entirely wrong. Yes, this end you use to stab” she said, pointing the blade as she walked over to Anya and handed her the knife, before then pulling out the second knife she brought. “But, you wouldn't have to hope for the best if you know where to stab and you learn how to do that without breaking your own wrist,” she explained. She gestured for Anya to watch her as she showed how to grip the knife at the handle properly, “you need to hold it like this or you run the risk of losing a grip on it” she said to her. Waiting until she was satisfied that Anya had understood what she was saying, she then moved forward with the teachings.

“Okay…so, come at me as if I'm an enemy. Just don't actually make contact with me. Show me where you think would be the take down with a knife” she instructed.

Supernatural - Hell On The Horizon

MIKA

No matter what the motives were for Castiel raising Dean, Mika was still thankful because he literally brought back the light of her life and the one person she saw a reason to live in. It still scared her how badly she fell mentally when he died thanks to Lilith's hounds, how willingly she let grief just rule her life and body for those four months he was gone. Just one of the many reasons she was more determined to be there for Dean and keep him alive. It was partially selfish of her, but she never wanted to feel that lost ever again. She now knew what it must have felt like when Dean thought she was dead as teenagers.

Seeing Cas turn his eyes away from her made her wonder if he was beginning to doubt the legitimacy of this whole plan. Could she really get through to him? Make him begin to think for himself and not blindly follow orders that she had serious doubts about? She didn't know, but not seeing anyone else in the room with them to try, she figured she had to. She listened to his reasoning and she didn't buy a single word that came out of his mouth. It didn't feel like it was just that simple. Especially when he mentioned how he only knew of the orders through what Uriel told him. It all felt too suspicious to her. She watched as he looked up at the ceiling, sensing something new in the building she presumed, or more than likely Uriel's return which meant she didn't have long to try and get through to Castiel. “Cas I get it, you wanna be a good soldier but can you seriously stand there and believe what Uriel has been instructing sounds remotely believable or normal of your superiors? It's so clear to me he's going rouge on this” she practically pleaded in her frustrated state of mind.

“As for if Sam is here? How am I meant to know Cas? We got no cell service down here and I'm actually keeping up my end of the bargain of not telling anyone where we are” she replied, with a sigh.

When Cason showed up a few minutes later, she wondered initially who Castiel was talking to, until Cason showed his face. She gave him a questioning look, wondering why he was here, only to have her silent question answered as he said to Castiel that he was there for him.

NATALIA

Cason reminding her that even on death's door, he still found his way back to her and saved her life single handedly, made Nat nod once more. He was right, and she had trust in him; he'd come back unscathed. At his words saying her staying back was the best help she could provide in keeping him alive, she gave him a small smile. “I'll stay here, for you” she replied as Sam's entrance just completely drowned out her words back to Cason. Sam's words made her go wide eyed, in disbelief that angels would burst into their motel room and kidnap Anna when they wanted Dean so much. None of this made any sense to her whatsoever.

She watched as Cason pulled away from her, her hands reaching out to try and stop him going towards Sam, but he slipped through her fingers. She didn't know what to do as she watched Cason push Sam and scream at him for letting angels take Anna. Yet it was the accusations of Sam being high on demon blood that shocked her the most. “Sam…no” she sighed, raising a hand up to her mouth. She didn't speak loud enough for anyone to really hear her, she couldn't even walk over and stop Cason from being aggressive with Sam, she was just too stunned to stop her two favorite people from going at each other verbally. Anna being hopped up on demon blood she always expected, but she didn't expect it from Sam. How could he keep such a big thing from her like this?! It felt like such a betrayal. If Sam had ANY kind of responsibility in Cason possibly dying as he said, she didn't think she could ever forgive Sam.

As Cason walked away from Sam, she looked at Sam with contempt and confusion in her eyes. She didn't know how to react to his current state of what he just declared to the room, whilst Duke and Esme had made a quick exit to the RV. “How could you Sam?” She asked him, eerily calmly, but she just watched him look away.

SAM

As Duke and Esme headed out, Sam stepped aside for them to leave, giving Esme a nod to acknowledge what she had said to him. “We have to” he simply said back as she left the room, only to have his focus rapidly go to the one person he was actually dreading seeing and hearing the news…

Cason storming over to him and shoving him was no surprise. He knew Cason would be angry at him when he said what happened, so he just took it. “It wasn't our plan okay? We didn't want to do it!” He replied to Cason about the demon blood consumption. “We couldn't get rid of Ruby no matter how hard I tried…she was forced feeding Anna and would have kept going if I didn't drink her blood, I had no choice” he explained. “Then this angel showed up after Nat called and before I could even get between him and Anna, she was gone. Said he had to get her away from me…take away my chokehold so not to distract me…” he said, trying to remember everything Uriel told them both. “That's all I remember” he finished, deciding to ignore the comments about being at fault for possibly breaking Nat's heart if Cason dies trying to fix his mess.

As Cason walked away to Bobby's desk, he looked at Natalia with apologetic eyes, but the moment he saw the way she was looking at him, he had to look away when she asked him how he could drink the demon blood. He didn't have answers for her, knowing this was her finding out what had been going on behind her back. That for the first time, he had pulled a Dean level move and kept her in the dark over something. He only looked up again when Cason walked back to him and slammed the post it note on his chest with the address of a warehouse on it. He just nodded at him, taking hold of the note and checked it over. “I'm getting them all back…I swear to you Nat…I'm ending this” he swore to her but Nat could only look away from him. “Get them back and maybe I'll talk to you again” she said coldly, walking away, into the main room and flopping herself down onto the couch, back to Sam. Sam sighed, knowing he deserved the cold shoulder treatment before exiting out the back door and decided to take Mika's impala again as Dean's was still out of action.

Getting in, he started up the engine and began the drive to the warehouse, hoping he would make it in time.

Supernatural - Hell On The Horizon

MIKA

Mika felt she had to force herself to not just take his hands and make a run for it. She wanted to remove him from this situation so much and protect him. She felt she could find an exit if she looked hard enough, but she also knew deep down that Castiel or Uriel would find them and retaliate if she tried anything. “See you on the other side” she replied, letting him go reluctantly and watching him take the cart of torture devices and head into the room, only for Castiel to close the door firmly behind Dean. Letting out a long breath, she turned around on the spot, lifting a hand up to her mouth, her other sitting on her hip. If Castiel wasn't here or she remotely trusted Angels, she would have prayed to them to keep Dean safe and protect him. She eventually turned back round so she was facing the door and Castiel, but the screams of Alastair's sent shivers down her spine. This felt so wrong on so many levels and she couldn't see any reasons for what Cas could say that would justify making Dean do this. So when he spoke up, she stared right at him. “You’re right, I don't trust you right now. I don't trust any of you angels. However, that doesn't void out how grateful to you I am for bringing Dean back from Hell, saving him at the asylum and healing Nat. My trust still needs to be earned but you have my respect for those three actions” she said to him honestly and oddly calmly for her, considering the situation she was in.

As more screams echoed through the walls, her shoulders tensed up more, as she forced herself to not cry at knowing what Dean was doing against his will. “Cas this isn't right. I know you say you will do what you can to get him out as unscathed as possible, but you don't know him like I do. Have you even truly made sure it's demons that are killing the angels? Truly done a deep dive into checking whatever is leading you to believe it's demons at play, is actually true? Because no offense, but I don't trust Uriel and what he says in the slightest.” She said to him, not afraid to talk about Uriel this way as he wasn't in the room with them anymore. “Actually, I correct myself there, I mean full offense when talking about that asshole. He had no right talking to my family the way he has. He's lucky I kept my mouth shut back at the house and here” she added. Sighing, she began to pace herself in the little spot she was in, playing by Castiel's rules and not going to the room Dean was in. She made a promise to behave herself and for the time being she had full intent on keeping it.

She didn't know what else she could possibly say to Cas so she continued her pacing as she tried to block out Alastair's screams, knowing they weren't Dean's which was the tiniest bit of comfort, but not enough for her to really acknowledge it. So much of her wished she could tell the others in a text or call what was happening and how much she was concerned, or take this burden off of Dean and do it for him, but she couldn't and it made her hands feel tied.

NATALIA

If things hadn't panned out the way they did in the barn the other night, Natalia wouldn't have been nearly as worried about being the only one left behind this time round. But things did happen the way they did before and the last time she was left behind, she got taken, almost murdered and Cason almost died as well. She had every valid reason to be hesitant about this upcoming situation. Of course she wanted Cason and the others to go get Dean and Mika and bring them home, more so now that she has finally begun to break through barriers with Dean the night before, but she didn't want that to be at the cost of losing Cason either. As he pulled away from her and cupped her face in his hands, she looked him in the eye to listen to what he was about to say to her. Instinctively, she grabbed his jacket and gripped it back as he spoke, nodding lightly so as not to move his hands from her face.

She believed his words when he said he wasn't going yet to get them, trusting him when he said he would do everything to come home to her. Closing her eyes as she felt his forehead pressed against her own, she let his words sink in before reopening her eyes. If he truly believed he was the only one who could do whatever crazy plan he had concocted in his head, then she was going to trust him on this. “Ok-” she began to say when she felt his lips on hers, kissing him back.

She stood there silently as he brushed his nose against hers, a rapidly becoming common sign of affection she noticed from him, as he then said he would remain here at Bobby's until he knew he had an opening. “I trust you. Wholeheartedly. I guess I'm just paranoid after…you know…” she told him with a sheepish smile. “But I know if any of you can do this, it's you.” She said honestly.

SAM

Sam was ready to go and get his family back from Alastair, he was ready to end Alastair for what he had done to Anna, all the torment and games. He didn't want Dean doing whatever it was the Angels wanted him to do, but he knew it couldn't be anything particularly good. Times like this, he was starting to believe that Angels were as bad as demons and there was no good guy in the fight to stop the apocalypse between them. As he pulled away in response to Anna's pulling away, the flutter of wings and an intimidating voice echoed in the room made him quickly turn around and stand in front of Anna protectively. “Who are you?” He asked, but Uriel just ignored him and spoke to them both like they were less than human. Then came the words that he was to take Anna away from him and his shoulders instantly tensed up, not being okay with that in the slightest.

“You stay away from her!” He warned but again, it all went on deaf ears and Uriel took Anna in a blink of an eye. “Shit!” He cursed, looking around wondering how to get her back. As he quickly gathered what things were still laying around, he grabbed the car keys and room key and exited the room, rushing down the stairs, dropping the room key in the drop box outside the reception and power walked to Mika's car, where he got in and began to drive back to the house.

Panic was overriding him as he didn't know how to explain to the others that some angel just came in and kidnapped Anna. Cason was going to be so angry at him now doubt because yet again, he failed to protect her. “I'm not gonna fail you again Anna…not this time” he swore out loud to the air as he sped his way back to the house, pulling up in the back lot and making his way inside. “Some angel took Anna” he simply said.

Supernatural - Hell On The Horizon

MIKA

It wasn't entirely surprising that Dean refused to look away from Mika, so she kept looking at him back, trying to transfer some kind of calm through her eyes to him. She had no empathy power like Esme, but she hoped if she could remain calm, at least on the outside, then hopefully Dean could find some comfort and calm for himself. It was times like this she wished she did have Esme's ability to share emotions with him, hating seeing him so terrified of what the angels clearly wanted him to do. When Castiel called out to him, she sighed, and even though Cas may have wanted to talk to Dean alone, there was no way she was going to let that happen. She needed to know exactly what they wanted Dean to do so she could be there for him when it was done. One glance through the window into the room from behind Dean, she instantly had a sinking feeling in her stomach as it all began to come together as to what they wanted Dean for. The only comforting words Cas said were how heavily bound Alastair was bound, and even then it wasn't a great amount of comfort. She didn't trust the fact that Alastair couldn't break free whenever he wanted. She didn't trust that Alastair wouldn't manipulate Dean in some way and get free.

Mika saw how he shuddered and looked around once more for an exit door, only for Castiel to tell him there was nowhere for him or her to go. She grabbed his hand back with both hands, using her thumb to rub the back of his hand in an attempt to be a soothing influence on him. When Uriel appeared once more in front of Dean, declaring how Angels were dying, Mika was tempted to say how they didn't give a rats ass about angels dying. Dean just got there first, and she squeezed his hand back. She didn't want him doing this anymore than he didn't. This wasn't in the least bit fair on Dean, especially when he was still dealing with the trauma of Hell in his head. As Uriel finally agreed to leave them alone, she exhaled a breath she didn't even know she was holding, glad that Uriel was gone. He really gave Mika the creeps which she found ironic considering he was meant to be an Angel, a being that people found comfort in the idea of seeing.

She let Dean and Castiel discuss the gravity of what the angels were asking Dean to do and when Cas turned to her, making her just look at him as blankly as possible, but that wasn't enough as her annoyance and disapproval of this request was still written all over her face. She wanted to just take him away from this place, find an exit herself and pull him to safety and it upset her that she couldn't do that for him. She always swore she would pull him from the brink anytime he found himself there and it felt like the angels were making her break that oath to him. As he pulled her across the warehouse just far enough for Castiel not to hear them have a discussion, she listened to him speak.

She shook her head, “I'm not going anywhere Dean. I won't watch if that's what you want, but I won't leave this place. If you come out not the same person as standing in front of me now? Then I'll bring you back. I have always said to you I will bring you back from the brink when you need to be brought back. That oath to you will not change now.” She started to say, lifting one hand up and wiping his tear off his face. “I know you can come back from this because this time you got me. I love you and I need you to keep that in your mind when you're in there okay? Don't let Alastair in there destroy that one little part of your mind that's full of love and protection. Remember, we have gotten through a lot, you have been there for me through some of my hardest times and now it's my turn to do that for you” she said, looking him straight in the eyes as she spoke. She had to drill it into him that whatever happens in there, she was going to bring him back off that mental ledge no matter what and no Angel or demon was going to stop her.

“I got you..I got you” she said once more, leaning in and pressing a firm kiss on his lips before pulling away.

NATALIA

Nat's back was turned to Cason, Duke and Esme as she got through to Sam on the phone and she had to admit, he didn't sound right. He sounded almost high and she knew that wasn't like him. This was not something they needed to be dealing with right now, if what he sounded like on the phone was remotely near to the truth of how he was in person at the local bed and breakfast. When Sam said they will head back, she sighed with relief, “thanks Sam. Cason thinks he knows where they were taken to, but I got a really bad feeling about this. So hurry back” she replied to him, “I will, we will. Just hang tight” Sam's voice said back down the phone and with that Natalia hung up. Pocketing her phone once more, she turned round to see Cason speaking very quietly to Duke and that sent her down the path of worrying what he was planning. ‘please don't be thinking of doing anything stupid’ she thought to herself before walking back to the group, or who was left of the group. *They're heading back now but uhh…Sam sounds kinda like..he's high” she warned them all.

She watched on as Duke walked over to Esme and knelt down in front of her, talking with her and it kept the anxiety of what was happening just build up more in the pit of Natalia's stomach. She reached out and grabbed Cason's hand, resting her head against his shoulder, not knowing if she would ever get the chance again if he decided to go after Dean and Mika. “You're going to go with them…aren't you?” She spoke up, glancing her eyes up towards his face. “I'm not stupid Cason, I can tell by your body language.” She commented. She really didn't want him going, she couldn't bear the thought of losing him after she almost lost him once already. Only this time angels were involved and Uriel made it abundantly clear how he feels about Cason and herself. “I know nothing I say is going to make you change your mind and Duke and Sam will need the backup but I won't lie to you and say I'm not scared of losing you. You cannot, and I mean CANNOT tell me you love me last night, only to go and die in me today okay? Promise me you'll fight to come home to me?” She requested of him, for once, being mature about the situation.

SAM

Sam had tried his hardest to sound completely sober on the phone, but there was something in Nat's tone that said she was concerned about his state of health. He was trying to block out the pulsing of Ruby's blood coursing through her body, as he focused on what Natalia had been telling him. She sounded terrified and he knew they had no choice but to go back to the house briefly, get Dean and Mika's location and head straight back out. The real test was being able to do all that without attacking Cason, something that Anna voiced, whereas he just thought it.

“We just gotta try our damndest to not do that. But Nat sounds incredibly scared about the situation. We have no choice but to go” he replied to Anna, walking back to her and taking her hand, linking their fingers together. *If you want you can wait outside and I'll fill you in once I get the information” he suggested, deciding it was better to give her another way to deal with this. “This is bigger than us” he said.

*Got that right handsome” Ruby chipped in, only to get a stern look from Sam as if to say ‘I didn't ask you’, which made Ruby smirk, “well then, I'm outta here, you know how to contact me if you need a boost” she told him, then disappeared in a blink of an eye, to not come back. Sam sighed and walked over to Anna, taking her hands, “I know you're scared to hurt Cason, but the angels have taken Dean and Mika to Alastair. Nat is terrified but Cason swears he knows where the others are. We have to go help. This could be our only chance to do what Ruby wants- kill Alastair.” He said to her softly but urgently. Leaning down, he kissed her forehead after wiping his mouth once more of any blood around it, so as not to leave a bloody mark on her head, pulling her into his arms and hugging her. They both felt so hot to the touch but it couldn't be helped, not after drinking so much demon blood that shouldn't be even remotely possible. Hugging her tightly for a few moments, he tried to compose himself before pulling away. “We gotta finish getting sorted and leave.” He said once more, despite the risks of them both going back to a house that had a demon inside it, and a demon his sister was very much in love with at that.

"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI

Dean's words to her stuck in her mind instantly as he tried to reassure her about Natalia. At his first words, she simply gave a nod before he leaned in closer and promised her nothing will screw up what they got going on, and Nat is only being like this because she's being over protective of him basically. It made sense, she could have imagined if she stuck around and got anywhere near Owen's family, they would no doubt be just as cautious of Dean as Nat was of her. If anyone would be able to get through to Natalia, then it surely would be her brothers. She trusted that Dean could get through to Natalia whenever Nat got back from starting Anya's training, even though she knew it was probably important to keep being nice to Nat, so as not to give the girl more ammunition against her.

When Dean said about how he wasn't holding out on her about the angel blades, just making sure he could trust her, she had to smirk at the taunting. The way he winked at her made her heart flutter and skip a beat, glad that he was willing to entertain her attempts at changing the subject. Walking with him, she stood back when they reached the large metal door to the armory, letting him open it up before stepping inside and seeing everything. It felt familiar in so many ways and new at the same time. It was an impressive collection and she instantly spotted the angel blades, guessing it was them from the design of them. “You were kidding about the amount you collected” she remarked, as he commented about Natalia once more. Dropping her smile briefly, she looked back at him and smiled softly with a nod. “I trust your judgment Dean” she replied simply before looking back around the armory and walking over to the angel blades. She couldn't help picking one up and testing the weight distribution of it, “impressively balanced” she commented. “Gotta say, whoever upstairs is their blacksmith has incredible skills” she half chuckled, knowing it probably wasn't even a blacksmith, but it still impressed her.

“And yes…I know a good weighted blade when I see one. Owen was a bit of a nerd for these things in his spare time, so I kinda picked up a few things, which came in handy for our line of work” she smirked, before the smirk grew a somberness to it. She remembered the day Owen got his first fantasy sword in the mail and he was so ecstatic about it, it was like watching a kid getting their first Pokémon plush or their very first lightsaber toy for Christmas. She had intended on buying Owen said item herself, but Owen went and bought it for himself anyway, which started a snowball avalanche of collecting. Sadly, once he died, apart from the one she insisted on burning his body with, she sold the entire lot of them to be able to leave town. Something that Owen probably wouldn't have been happy about, but she couldn't take looking at them at the time. It brought too much emotional pain.

SAM

Sam was ready to walk away when the door opened and Anna was standing right in front of him and looking up at him. He really took in her new look, how much healthier and fit she looked, clearly living with Duke on the ranch had done a lot of good for her. Then there was the hair change, which kept taking him aback every time he looked at her, but he liked it. It somehow suited her more than he ever thought it could, even though he still had a soft spot for her natural brunette hair. He also was under no illusion that she probably thought very similarly about him. He knew the last time she saw him, he looked ill and practically on death's door. It was a miracle back then that he even had the body strength to take her to Duke's with Dean's help and walk away. But the time apart meant he could work on himself, get fit again, get healthy again and overcome the side effects of what the trials brought onto him.

At her question, he gave a sheepish nod and at her gesture and permission, he stepped inside into her room and saw that Dean had left it exactly the way she had it, with nothing overturned. Following her toward her bed as she wrapped her fingers around his wrist, he did as she asked and sat on the edge, whilst she remained standing. As he listened to her say about the temptation to ask him to let her come home, his heart pulled tightly in his chest. So much of him wanted to fall I to old habits, but he knew if they did then he'd never get out what he needed to say to her, so for now, he would do the talking first then see where it led them.

“I am…for the most part” he replied to her, “well, you know as good as anyone can be when they're trying to keep Dean from drowning in self pity and alcoholism” he gave a sad smirk. “You look good too,” he then said. “Anna, I want you to know none of what happened between us was your fault” he sighed, knowing he had to get it off his chest as soon as he could. He looked down at his hands in his lap, his foot tapping constantly and rapidly out of nervousness. “It was…IS all on me. I truly thought I was doing the right thing letting you have a chance at a normal life with Duke and Esme on the ranch. You deserve all of that Anna” he said, glancing up at her then back down again so he could get his words out. “I want you to have stability in your life, and I can't give you that… I couldn't give you that, back then. It wasn't fair on you for me to keep you nearby when I was dying, and I couldn't take the thought of seeing you die again. It was too hard to deal with. We have dealt with too much death in this family….” He explained, trying to hold it together but it was proving more and more difficult by each word that left his mouth.

NATALIA

Nat knew it would take a little longer for Anya to reply to her, having quickly noticed back in the bunker that she needed her phone to communicate. In Natalia's eyes it was actually quite smart that she could use a phone to still have a voice when she couldn't use her own. Though, it wouldn't be very convenient on a hunt if she had to remain either silent or be quick with communication. So she hopes Anya would get her voice back to make life so much easier for her. When the message was done being typed, she listened to the phone explain the story of how Anya met Sam and hearing it was in an electronics store made Nat smirk and half chuckle. Of course they met in a geeky store, she thought to herself. She gave an intrigued nod at the rest of the story, curious to who that hunter was. “I see” she replied, “Sam is always willing to help people so you were certainly lucky you bumped into him. Even if it wasn't hunting related, knowing him, he'd have helped if he could” she added, whilst Anya was typing something else out.

As the next message played and Anya was mentioning Lexi, she sighed but listened anyway. The moment Anya said about how Lexi had gotten Dean to eat and lower his drinking, she raised an eyebrow. So Red was actually helping Dean out of his grief out of the goodness of her own heart? Interesting, she thought. “You're right about him struggling. He lost the love of his life, his endgame you could say. That woman was like a sister to me, bordering on a mother figure. She was so important to us Winchester's, especially Dean. They had known each other since they were about 13 years old. Been through so much together. So when demons killed her with a unique blade, it hit us all hard. I was convinced that Dean was going to kill himself to be back with her for a while…” she sadly explained to Anya, to give the woman more context as to why she was so uptight about Lexi.

“and I can tell you're close with Sam, it's sweet.” She added as they made it to their desired destination in the fields and Anya asked about what was first, and she was willing to be a mole for her. The very notion of her own little spy in the by ker made her chuckle. “First up, knife work” she instructed, pulling out one of the knives she brought with them, handing her one, handle first. “And I might take you up on that offer of being my mole on the inside. Think Cason would prefer it to be someone else too” she laughed.

“Okay, so, have you ever used a knife before? And not for chopping foods” she asked, wanting to know how much Anya knew.

"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI

Lexi didn't even notice initially that Dean was as close to her as he was. She thought he was further behind than he was, until he spoke up and she suddenly saw that he was right beside her. She briefly closed her eyes at his soft touch of sweeping a strand of her hair behind her ear and out of her face. She thought she had hidden her cues of needing a breather well enough, convinced that it hadn't been long enough knowing Dean for him to not see said cues, but he proved her wrong by picking up on them instantly. Looking where he was tilting his head, she followed him to the deeper part of the corridor, squeezing his hand back to try and convey that she was okay deep down. She looked up at him when he spoke to her, practically giving her the okay to vent to him no matter what it was, something she appreciated. “It's not that…well, not entirely. I'm just computing everything discussed whilst feeling like I've been put in the position to prove myself to your sister like some kind teenage girl.” She admitted to him. Now she had said it out loud, she came to the conclusion it sounded absolutely ridiculous, she was older than Nat, her own person, and knew Dean wouldn't have gotten close to her if he didn't want to. So why was she letting herself feel like this?

“It's stupid I know. I just don't want Nat's judgment of me to add to the tension that's around the bunker right now. We don't have time to be piling on the tension and I just wanna help Anya.” she explained with a sigh, briefly looking down at the floor between herself and Dean before she looked back up at his eyes. “Natalia seems like a great sister, truly, I just don't want to come between you both, but I also don't want to sacrifice our happiness for what we've got going on either.” She finally said, lifting her hands up and stroking his arms as a way to soothe herself more than anything. She wanted him to know she would be okay, that he didn't have to worry about her when they had so much work to do.

Then it dawned on her what he said before this heart to heart in the corridor. “Did you say you had Angel blades in the armory?” she questioned with an raised eyebrow. “You've been holding out on me!” She smiled once more.

SAM

With Natalia having guided Anya out of the bunker for some basic training, Lexi and Dean leaving the library and Anna walking off, Sam saw it was just simply himself and Cason in the library. He pondered what to do, should he really go after Anna or should he focus on the job at hand? Thinking about it, he decided on the former choice. The girls were right, he did have to talk with Anna even though he knew how it would probably end up. Heading towards the corridor, he paused to look over his shoulder at Cason, “if you're hanging around for a bit before asking around, there's drinks in the kitchen or I'm pretty certain Dean has a secret stash somewhere in this room” he said, then walked off down the corridor. He couldn't see Lexi or Dean but didn't worry about where they went, assuming they already made it to the armory and were packing supplies. He searched for Anna, not finding her initially, but then he remembered the one place she would have gone to. Walking to her room, he stood out her door for a moment, hesitating for what felt like hours, but was in fact only about a minute. Plucking up the courage, he lifted his hand up and using his knuckles, he knocked on the door.

He hoped he wouldn't have to call out to her, for fear of her refusing to see him or talk with him. In the end, he decided to just call out anyway, “Anna? Can we um…can we talk?” He said through the door, just wanting to try and make an attempt at putting some kind of closure to everything. She deserved that and deserved to finally hear why he did what he did. He stood still, waiting for her to make a decision whether or not to let him in, letting himself acknowledge that he hadn't been at her room since she was last here. The thought of being in the room was just too painful for the longest time. He knew one of the last times he was in there he was incredibly sick from the trials, he was barely surviving and she became a carer for him. He didn't want that for her. Then came the time she died and Cason had to bring her back and that was the last straw for him. He couldn't stand around and watch her die again, or have her watch him die. He was so convinced that the trials would kill one of them and he couldn't be with her when he thought it was going to happen.

But that was some time ago and the longer the time went by, the harder he found it to go get Anna back. Now they were at another moment of being near each other and thoughts and feelings were racing through both their minds all over again. He hoped she would answer the door before he decides to bolt it, but the longer he waited, the more he was convincing himself she didn't want to talk to him

NATALIA

Nat let Anya look over all the equipment and tools of the trade, knowing that sooner or later Anya would have to familiarize herself with every single one. She listened to the voice that came out of the phone, giving a nod of approval that she had some kind of self defense training under her belt. “Good because you'll need to remember all of it if you're seriously wanting to stick around in this biz” she replied. “You’re also very lucky you found my bozo brothers. They're the best in this world and I'm not just being biased in that. Once they set their minds to a case, they don't stop until it's solved, so if there's a way out of this deal of yours, they'll find it. Just as Cason will.” she explained with a smile. She really hoped a way out could be found because no one deserved to have their voice just stripped from them like they were in some kind of Hans Christian Anderson novel. Grabbing a couple of her knives and a flask of holy water. “Okay, think I got all that's required for now. So let's head out” she commented, stashing the tools away and closing the trunk.

“No need to take the car. You've no doubt seen the fields just opposite, that's where we're going.” She explained, leading the way out whilst also staying close to Anya. “So how'd you come into contact with Sam and Dean? If you don't mind me asking that is and if I'm ever prying too much, just tell me to shut up” she smiled at her. It was clear that Sam was doting on Anya and even though she always thought he and Anna were endgame, she also wanted Sam to be happy again and clearly Anya was being the right kind of influence on him. Sure it made her a hypocrite as Lexi was clearly making Dean happy but she couldn't help but find it being a completely different situation. Anna was still alive, Anna and Sam all but silently broke up, but Dean was looking at another woman when he had been so swallowed up in grief of Mika being dead. She just wanted to know that Lexi wasn't taking advantage of that or Dean wasn't using Lexi as a scapegoat to pretend Mika was never in his life. That's why she was suspicious of the redheaded woman. She was just terrible at explaining that.

—--

Over on the fields, she went to a pretty secluded area that had enough trees to hide them for privacy but also for targets to throwing knives. Close combat was one thing, but she already knew Anya would need to know how to do ranged attacks with melee weapons as well.

Supernatural - Hell On The Horizon

MIKA

Mika knew Natalia wouldn't take the news or decision to leave her behind well, but the way Nat was really trying to change their minds hit Mika harder than she initially thought. It broke her heart seeing the looks Nat was giving them, but it also made Mika's decision to not let her come along even stronger. Nat had been through enough and she didn't want the girl to get affected by Alastair's conniving ways or worse, hurt or killed. She finally noticed how Esme froze after touching Dean, whilst Dean asked her what she was seeing before he guided Esme back to Duke. She didn't like how Esme was after this new vision she had gotten, it drove more dread into her mind and soul about what she was about to follow Dean into, but she knew she couldn't let Dean go alone. She silently told Nat to go back to Cason's side, knowing she'd be safe with him. She gave Cason a simple look to thank him for keeping her safe even though he, not Duke or Esme, actually outwardly agreed to keep Nat at the house. If it came to it and she had the moment to, she would just ask Bobby to keep her at the house. She knew Bobby would keep Natalia safe and put her to work to keep her distracted if it really came to it.

As Dean spoke to Nat to explain exactly why neither of them wanted to risk Natalia coming with them, she nodded her agreement to his words. She wanted to speak up but the feeling of wings creating a breeze in the house caused her to tense up. It felt bigger than last night, and when she saw Castiel had brought another Angel with him, she realized why. She didn't like the vibe this other Angel was giving off, he struck her as a real stickler for the rules type and incredibly savage if it needs must. It felt like Uriel’s stare could kill them on the spot if one were to look long enough at him and that put her on edge. Her shoulders tensing. She couldn't recall seeing Uriel before, and yet he also felt familiar at the same time. She stepped up beside Dean, showing she was with Dean no matter what. Nothing or no one was going to keep her away. She could see Castiel’s eyes softening as he turned to Dean, seeing that despite Uriel's demeanor, at least Cas was trying to be more diplomatic.

Then Duke spoke up, and Mika couldn't help but exhale, wishing Duke didn't speak at this moment. She loved him dearly, but now wasn't the time to pick an argument with an Angel. Looking over at him, she gave Duke a look to say ‘please don't…it's okay’, but it clearly went over his head. Her head quickly turned to Uriel again when he threatened to kill Duke, anger bubbling up inside her as her protective sisterly feelings got triggered, but it was when he called Natalia a whore that really angered her. She was ready to really say something to him when Dean beat her to it and told Uriel to shut up in his own way. She stepped up behind Dean and helped Castiel to pull the two men apart from each other. “Dean…” she spoke softer, but that didn't stop her from shooting Uriel a very annoyed look. If she had it her way she would have punched the hell out of Uriel for talking to Duke and Nat the way he did. Even if she broke her hand, it would have given her great satisfaction for standing up to Uriel.

She gritted her teeth as Uriel then threatened to throw Dean back in the pits of Hell, his words just angering her even more, making her more determined not to leave Dean with this guy without her being nearby. She looked between the three men as they continued to discuss terms, glancing at Dean as he glanced at her before her eyes fell back on Castiel. “I'll stay back, I just can't let him go alone Cas.” She agreed to his terms, as Dean also agreed to them, watching as Uriel stepped up to her. Him reaching two fingers up onto her forehead made her flinch slightly before she couldn't help but close her eyes and disappear from the kitchen at Bobby's and finding herself in a warehouse when her eyes reopened. Looking around, she forced herself to focus on where she was and to try and find Dean, to steady herself as it felt a little dizzy for a few seconds from the form of travel. As Dean jogged over to her, she held onto him as he hugged her tightly. Part of her was convinced that Uriel would have taken her somewhere else entirely, so when Dean came into view and engulfed her in his arms, she felt so relieved Uriel kept the bargain.

As he pulled away enough to check her over, she gave a nod, “I'm fine, I promise I'm fine” she confirmed to him.

NATALIA

As Dean had also explained why neither of them could risk having her come along, she sighed. She didn't like it but she could also tell by the way Dean looked at her, he was asking this of her as her brother, not as a leader and so she knew she couldn't dispute or deny his request. Conceding to it, she gave a nod as she went back to Cason as the rustling of items around them happened and two angels stood in front of them all. She felt Cason's uneasy feeling grow by the sight of Angels, making her want to protect him as much as he wanted to protect her. She didn't like Uriel, she was worried about seeing her brother and Mika going off with him. He felt so intimidating and cruel to her even though all he had done so far was stand and talk. But she got really bad vibes off of him, bad vibes that were on par with the demons back at the once standing asylum. He didn't seem like an Angel who was actually angelic, or at least, fair like Castiel seemed to be. As Cason wrapped an arm round her, she wrapped hers round his back in reaction, gladly staying close to him.

Then came the harsh words from Uriel, calling Cason an abomination, making her angry, but it was the calling her a whore that completely threw her off guard. She went wide eyed at how Uriel could say that about her, just because she was close to Cason. She wanted to say something, but for the first time in a while, she was stunned into silence and actually felt insignificant, looking down at the ground as Dean stood up for her and confronted Uriel about his words. She remained silent the entire back and forth Dean had with the angels until Uriel stood in front of Mika, which made Natalia lookup. In a blink of an eye the two of them were gone and Nat just stood there, trying to compute everything that just transpired. When Cason picked up her hand, she looked at him, suddenly mentally back in the room as he said he knew where they took Dean and Mika. She was ready to go, and if he hadn't been holding her hands, she would have made a bee line for getting her boots on and heading out.

Yet after he replied to Duke, he said the one thing she didn't want to hear from him. For her to stay behind. “You're joking right? There's no way I'm staying behind. They're my family. I can hold my own out there” she calmly protested, but it was clear from Cason's face that he wasn't going to back down on this. Sighing, she gave up fighting everyone in this situation, “...fine” she finally replied. “I'll stay here with Bobby…but it isn't fair and I don't like it” she told him, “I'll go call Sam” she then added, letting go of his hands and stepping away to call her other brother.

SAM AND RUBY

Seeing Anna's reaction to her words about killing Alastair, Ruby smirked knowing she was winning Anna over finally and getting her onto the side of the plan. Oh Lilith was going to be over the moon with how well Ruby's plan was working. But now wasn't the time to get too smug and excited about how well it was going for her, Ruby had to remain the way she was and not let anyone in on what her true motives were. She let Sam leave her when he had his fill and watched as Sam and Anna remained as close as ever and still very much all loved up. It made her want to vomit how sickeningly sweet they were but it was making it a lot easier to manipulate them both for the ultimate end game.

Sam closed his eyes when Anna told him it would be okay and pressed her lips against the side of his head, keeping ahold of her hand as she did so. He knew they would be okay if Anna said they would be. Just as he needed her to trust him, he too needed to trust her, and he did with his whole heart. “I know you are” he quietly said back to her, before he looked up at Ruby as Anna told Ruby they would do what she needed them to. The two blood junkies and their demon supplier. He was impressed at how confidently Anna was talking to Ruby, as well as how Ruby reacted to being called princess. “Oh I'll get you some fresh food bags” Ruby replied, having no remorse in calling her fellow demon kind food bags for Anna and Sam. With that Ruby disappeared in a blink of an eye, returning a few moments later with two demons under her grip before pushing them towards Sam and Anna. “There's more where that came from if needed. Drink kids!” She smirked.

Sam looked at one of the demons, the male with pure hunger in his eyes, making the demon uncomfortable and as he tried to turn around and leave, Sam practically pounced on him and began to drain him in a swift action by cutting the demon's throat with a knife that was concealed in his jeans pocket, and drinking straight from the source.

After a while, the demons laid dead and drained in the ground as Sam's phone started ringing. Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, he reached out for his phone and answered it.

“Nat what's wrong?” He instantly asked, having seen Nat’s name flash up on his screen. “What?! Okay okay calm down…we'll head back” he replied, acting like he didn't know through Ruby that it was all going down with Alastair, the Angels, Dean and Mika.

"From out of Nowhere" - SPN

LEXI

Now Natalia was walking away from them to go over to Anya, Lexi felt herself relax a bit and listened as Dean leaned in once more and spoke quietly to her and her alone. She had to agree, they did need people to gather supplies and it may as well be them as the others were occupied in one way or another. She saw how Anna was being at the bookshelf and it didn't bode well that things would remain quiet for long. “Sure, partners” she said back to him with a smile. She still would have preferred to train Anya herself as she promised Anya she would, but if it meant it kept Nat happy and kept the peace, she was willing to go gather supplies and tools for their upcoming trio, once Cason had got any relevant information on where they needed to go. Standing up from her chair, she glanced at Cason, “nice meeting you” she simply said before stepping towards the hallway and waiting for Dean to catch up. As she was briefly on her own, she let out a sigh that she had been holding back whilst in the library, wondering how she could possibly win Natalia over whilst also feeling like a teenager needing to make a good impression on her boyfriend's parents. It felt weird and alien to her as she didn't normally have to work so hard to show people she was a good person.

As she waited for Dean, she became aware of Anna suddenly walking into the halls and calling out to Cason about having used to live here at the bunker. She didn't say anything to her, but she did feel sorry for the girl, not that she could imagine Anna would want the pity, especially from a woman who she didn't know.

SAM

Sam honestly felt like an asshole asking Anya what he could even say to Anna. Yet he couldn't help asking her for her advice, hoping that because she was a woman she'd be able to give him an insight that he hadn't had before. He refused to ask Esme about it all as that meant risking hearing Anna in the background if he called, texting didn't feel right either and he certainly wasn't going to dump it all on his sister. Not only that, the one person he usually sought advice from and somehow always had the answers was dead. So he really only had Anya and it was clear his mind knew that. He waited for her to be ready to show him what she thought about the situation as he tried to not see Anna at the bookshelf, rummaging through books quickly, even though he also knew he couldn't exactly avoid Anna the whole time she was in the bunker and involved in this case. He really wished Cason didn't convince her to come, so much of him wanted to have a go at Cason for bringing her, but he also knew it would be absolutely pointless so he didn't even entertain that idea.

When Anya did show him what she typed, he read it and took everything on board. What she said made sense and hearing that Anna was seemingly full of regret and that's why she's hurting was a bit of a surprise to him. He figured it would be only him that had regrets. He regretted not being able to fully articulate why he left her at the farm house with Duke and Esme, he regretted hurting Anna so much, but that regret didn't stop him from feeling he still did the right thing. Anna didn't drive him away, and hearing that Anya thought that's what Anna could be possibly thinking, he knew he did have to talk with her no matter how painful it would be. “Thanks Anya…that helps a lot” he told her as Natalia came over and said she was tasked with training Anya some basics outside if she was okay with it. He couldn't help but wonder what happened to the idea of Lexi training Anya, but he kept quiet. Then Anna closing a book harshly made him flinch. She was struggling being in this room and he knew it was all because of him.

As Anna walked away ‘for air’ he sighed, glancing at Nat, “you can go out in the fields opposite, it's close enough to here if you have to come back for any reason but far enough away that no one will bat an eyelid at what you're teaching her. Mostly because no one will be around” he suggested to his sister, not wanting Nat to take Anya any further than that for his own peace of mind.

NATALIA

Hearing Anna leave the room and tell Cason she wouldn't get lost made her feel more guilty about letting Cason decide Anna should come. It felt like every moment that went by, the more guilty she felt. She was really starting to see Anna not staying very long at this rate even though Anna would be crucial as another body to help Anya out. Refocusing her mind, she gave Anya a nod, figuring that what Anya signed was agreement in heading out and training. Looking up at Sam, she listened to his instructions on where to go and it made her smile, “that's exactly where I planned on going. I've got some stuff in my car that we can use so we don't need any gear from here. And Sam?” She started to reply before continuing, “please go talk with Anna…this tension is a serious mood killer and you two need to get past all this tip toeing around each other. It's not healthy for either of you” she said, giving her own bit of advice. Sam took the advice on board and with a pat on Anya's shoulder to say she's safe with Nat, he went and followed Anna.

Turning back to Anya, she gestured for the woman to follow her. “I hope you're a quick study like Red thinks you will be, because although I'm patient, I'm not gonna go too easy. You have the disadvantage of needing to learn a few things as quickly as possible.” She explained to her as she began to head towards the main room where the spiral staircase was to head on up. At the foot of the steps, she waited for Anya to catch up and grab whatever she needed to. Looking around, she had to admit she did kind of miss the bunker when she wasn't there, and being back in it she realized this was the closest to a normal home her brothers will probably have for the foreseeable future.

When Anya was ready, she headed up and pointed to her own car, “we'll grab some stuff from that car” she said, walking over to it and unlocking the trunk, opening it up and revealing the hidden compartment with her duffel and other supplies. “So I think we should focus on some knife skills for you and generic self defense skills” she said to her.

Supernatural - Hell On The Horizon

MIKA

Mika hated keeping Sam and Anna in the dark as much as Dean did but she knew it was for the best. Just as it was for the best that they convinced the others to keep Natalia at the house to the best of their abilities. The thought of any of them being wherever they are going terrified her more than anything. Then there her constantly feeling tense not knowing when Castiel was going to just appear out of nowhere for them both. "I agree, it's better for everyone it's the way we've decided on" she replied as Natalia and Cason appeared just before Duke and Esme did. She saw how Cason leaned into Natalia and said something to her before Nat made it close enough to Dean to ruffle her hair.

She too ate her breakfast as everyone regrouped once again in the kitchen area. It was rapidly becoming their normal place to group up and discuss everything it seemed. Mika tried to keep her nerves in control in front of the others, her only tell being that her foot silently was constantly tapping the ground as Duke brought up his assumption to why they were feeling rather uptight. She let the two of them briefly discuss everything, just enough to give information but not so much that it would cause any high emotions in the others. As they chatted, she gestured for Nat to come over to her which made Natalia raise an eyebrow, but do as Mika wanted and walked over to her, where Mika just pulled her into a hug.

"we're not gonna lie to you sweetheart, Cas is coming for us early" she told her as Esme came over to Dean after Duke said something to her. Despite standing next to Dean, she couldn't hear a single word that Esme was telling him but she could get plenty of ideas about what it could be. It wasn't difficult to figure that Esme was probably telling him not to do any of this alone or to be safe. One or the other as it pretty much standard words of warning when it came to Dean. Letting Natalia go, she kept her close, knowing she had to when she was about to break the news that she could not come with them. She waited for Esme and Dean to stop their private conversation before she looked at Nat, Cason, Duke and Esme.

"As Dean has stated, it's Angel related. Cas is coming this morning for Dean, but he's agreed to our terms about what he wants Dean to do. Those terms are that I go with him, but only me" she began to explain. "So that means we need you three-" she looked at Esme, Duke and Cason, "to keep Natalia here." she finished saying, "what, no!" Nat disagreed, "This isn't a choice Nat for you to make. It's going to be too dangerous for you to be wherever we're going and we can't risk you being there. We need you safe" Mika explained before looking back up at the others, "so please keep her safe here. We're trusting you all" she said, making it known that she truly did mean Esme as well. After the night before of knowing that Nat could confide in Esme, she knew Esme was a safe person to leave Nat with, other than Duke and Cason.

NATALIA

As they walked into the kitchen where Mika and Dean were, she felt Cason grab her arm and pull her back to him whilst telling her that he could something was wrong. She looked at him before looking at Dean and Mika and back at Cason. "If his body language is anything to go by...I agree. But right now it's just those two" she told him back quietly. She placed her free hand on top of his and lightly removed it from her arm. "Let's find out what" she added, giving him a look that she would be okay for the time being. There were no angels in the vicinity that they were aware of, taking a gamble in thinking if there was then Cason would know before the rest of them. Once she was free of his grip, she walked over to Dean who proceeded to fake a smile and ruffle her hair, making her grimace at the action and fix her hair when he stopped. Any other time she would have told him to get off, but it didn't feel like the right thing to say in this moment.

She stepped back as Duke and Esme walked in, going back to Cason, not liking the vibe that radiating off of Dean or Mika for that matter. "they're definitely not okay" she spoke quietly to Cason, confirming what he had assumed and getting extra confirming when Dean confirmed with Duke that it was Angels. She didn't like this at all, and every part of her wanted to help them, wanted to go with them, give them both extra backup. She looked around at the group, saw how Duke was letting Esme in on something to do with what Dean just said whilst Mika and he tried to eat their breakfast relatively quickly. Part of her was starting to think she should just beg them not to go at all, tell Castiel where to stick it and stay home. Yet she also knew that wasn't an option in the slightest.

As Esme walked over and spoke to Dean privately, she looked up as Mika gestured for her to go to her. Now she knew with absolute certainty that what was coming for Dean and Mika, it was bad. Mika never did this to her unless it was truly a dangerous situation that they were about to go into. It made her stomach sink and after a quick look to Cason, she walked over to Mika who just enveloped her into the tightest hug she had gotten from Mika in a long time. It took her off guard and she didn't like what this meaning. "Meeko?" she questioned, hugging her back before Mika finally let go just enough to talk to them all.

'Keep Nat here', the words she refused to accept, "what? no!" she exclaimed in defiance, but it wasn't enough. Mika continued to speak her reasons and practically beg the other three to keep her at Bobby's and as far away from wherever they were going as possible. Natalia had no choice but to accept the decision made. Folding her arms across her chest, she really didn't like being forced into a decision she didn't agree with.

SAM

Anna's words just fizzled out into a faint hum as he drank from Ruby, unable to stop and Ruby didn't want him to. She needed him strong, stronger than he had been before Anna came back onto the scene. Ruby just smirked at Anna's words, turning her head to the girl, deciding that she would speak on Sam's behalf. "Oh hunni...I'm not wanting you two kill Angels. No...I need you to kill Alistair and with how strong you both have been currently, it's no wonder you've not hurt him in the slightest. No, this is why I need you both so much stronger, drinking more blood than either of you ever have before in one go and with my help? I can help you both end Alistair's life. Not just send him back to Hell, actually kill him. Lilith needs him and so if we get rid of Alistair, then we've broken down Lilith's shield" she explained, saying anything to get the two of them on her side.

Sam soon reached a point where he couldn't consume anymore blood, pushing himself away from Ruby, stumbling backwards and onto the edge of the bed, wiping his mouth. He felt like such a failure and never wanted to go back to this addiction. He wanted to be a good influence and hopeful sign for Anna to remain demon blood free, but here Ruby was making him destroy all of those wishes in a single moment. "I'm so sorry Anna..." he said to her quietly but honestly. His whole body felt like it was vibrating with the demon blood inside his system, he looked down, unable to look at her because he was scared she would be so angry with him. He couldn't bear the thought of Anna being angry with him all over again.

Yet she reached out for his hand as she downed the bottle of Cason's blood instead. Taking it gladly, he held her hand tightly, squeezing it in the hopes that her touch can soothe him and his thoughts in this moment. "so what now?" he asked Ruby, refusing to look at her for his own self control. "You take a breather, then continue drinking. You're still not strong enough Sam." she said flatly.