Secrets Will Kill You The Sequel

So…Sam and Brit did their homework. They explained how two meteorites, blending together, vanished in the night sky over northwestern Ohio in March of ‘85. It was sighted nine months before Anna and Adam were born in that same part of Ohio. Then there were two other meteors, blending together, over Kentucky…it may have been their graces. Then, they told us how six months after Adam and Anna fell, in an empty field outside the town of Union, Kentucky, there was a full-grown oak tree. Said, it looks like a century old at least…and Anna and Adam became confident that it was their graces. So, that’s where we headed.

We got to the field and Adam, Anna, Brit and I got out of the truck as Ruby, Sam and Dean got out of the Impala and we saw the tree…it was beautiful to be honest. Adam and Anna could feel how their graces touched down here but they weren’t there anymore…someone took them. Night fell and we all got to a nearby abandoned stable to talk.

“We still had the hex bags. I say we head back to the panic room” Dean said. “What, forever?” Ruby said, sarcastically.

“I'm just thinking out loud!”

“Oh, you call that thinking?”

“Hey! hey, hey, hey. Stop it” Sam said. “Yea, cut it out, guys” Brit added lightly.

“Anna and Adam’s graces are gone. You understand? They can't angel up. They can't protect us. We can't fight heaven and hell. One side maybe, but not both. Not at once”

“Um...guys? The angels are talking again” Adam spoke. “What are they saying?” Sam asked.

“It's weird...like a recording...a loop. It says, ‘Dean Winchester and Melissa Stern gives us Anna and Adam by midnight, or…’” Anna started.

“Or what?” I asked.

“Or we hurl him back to damnation…”

“And she’ll be joining him” Adam finished.

My eyes widened as I felt my chest tighten up and everyone fell silent. “Anna, Adam…do you know of any weapon that works on an angel?” Brit asked.

“To what? To kill them?” Anna asked and both Brit and Sam nodded. “Nothing we could get to...not right now” Adam answered.

“Okay, wait, wait. I say we call Bobby. We get him back from hedonism” Dean said. “Dean, what's he gonna tell us that we don't already know?” Sam stressed a little.

“I don't know, but we got to think of something!”

I felt his eyes on me…but I couldn’t process much at the moment…I just got threatened to be thrown in Hell.

~~

I was back in the bed of my truck, staring up at the stars, laying on the blanket. “So, is this a normal thing you do or something? You always just lay there by yourself, staring up at the stars?” Adam asked as he jumped up on the tire to look in at me.

“Not usually…” I started and he climbed in to lay beside me so we were doing the same thing that we did last night. “But, lately…I’ve just liked to stare up at them…it’s something I used to do with my dad” I said and he nodded as he just looked up at them with me.

“Are you holding up okay?” I broke the silence. “Yea…” he said but I could tell he was lying.

“And how about Anna?”

“She’s trying…we’re a little…scared, I guess. I wanted to thank you”

“For what”

“You guys didn’t have to help us…”

“Please don’t give me a thanks for trying speech. Participation certificates suck ass”

“It’s just…Anna and I disobeyed. Lucifer disobeyed…maybe we have to pay…maybe we don’t deserve to be saved…”

“Don’t talk like that…and we’ve all done things we’ve had to pay for”

He was silent at first. “I know you have dreams about what was done to Dean in Hell…what he did in Hell…” I turned my head to look at him.

“It isn’t his fault…I wish he would forgive himself…” I said and felt tears rise up. “He’s not alone…” I added.

“I know” he whispered as his face was suddenly closer to mine. “You’re here for him…it’s what he needs…” he whispered and I looked down at his lips. Then, in a second, his lips were on mine.

“What was that for?” I whispered.

“You know...our last night on earth...all that…and plus, I didn’t get the chance to do when we thought it was the last time we were seeing each other so I’m not about to pass up the opportunity right now” he added with a small sexy smile.

“Well, you just have such a way with words” I smiled and started to kiss him back.

Then, he grinned as I grinned back at him and we both jumped down from the bed of the truck and he opened up the door for me. I got in but my face dropped as I saw through the window that Dean and Anna were getting into the back of the Impala. He saw me too…and for a split second, we held each others eyes…but then at the same time, we turned away from each other and I faced Adam with a smile on my face as he got in the back of the truck with me and he shut the door. Steam started to fog up the windows quickly as I laid on the back seat on my back and as I took my shirt off, Adam took his off and he came slowly over to me to kiss me. It was intimate…it was nice…but I couldn’t help but have Dean’s face in my head…I couldn’t let him ruin the moment though…even though he is the one I wanted to be with in the back of my truck…and I wanted to be the one with him in the back of the Impala. I actually did like Adam a lot…but I was just in love with Dean….

~~

I walked into the stable through the back door and looked straight ahead to see Dean come through the front entrance. I stared at him for a moment as he stared back at me. “Look at that. It's so cute when monkeys wear clothes” a voice said and Uriel was standing in the middle of the stable, separating Dean and I.

“We’re dreaming” I assumed and Dean made his way around Uriel and over to me.

“It's the only way the three of us could chat...since you're hiding like cowards"

“Don't normally see you off leash. Where's your boss?” I quipped.

“Castiel? Oh, he, uh...he's not here. See, he has this weakness. He likes you both…time's up, kids. We want the girl and the boy”

“Wouldn't try that if I were you. See, they got their grace back. Full-blown angels now” Dean lied.

“That would be a neat trick, considering...I have their grace right here” he said and pulled out two necklaces that had glowing diamonds hanging from them. “We can't let hell get their hooks into them”

“Well, then why don't you just give them back their angel juice?”

“They committed a serious crime”

“What? Thinking for themselves?” I snapped.

“This is our business, not yours. They’re not even human...not technically”

“Yeah, well, I guess I just like being a pain in the pooper, then” Dean said and I made a face at him.

Was that the best one he could come up with? It wasn’t the time to call him out on it though. “No. There's more” Uriel started to grin creepily. “You cut yourself a slice of angel food cake huh…you both did” he chuckled and I felt my face flush as I felt Dean tense up slightly.

“What do you care?” Dean questioned. “You're junk-less down there, right? Like a Ken doll?” I quipped.

He laughed. “Well, it's your last chance. Give us the girl and her brother or…”

“Or what? What, you're gonna toss me back in the hole? You're bluffing” Dean said.

“Try me…this is a whole lot bigger than the plans we got for you, Dean. You can be replaced…you both can be replaced. Is that what you want, Dean? You want Melissa to join you in Hell?” he smirked and Dean became tense again.

“Ya know what? Stop taunting and just do it already. Throw me into the pit” I narrowed my eyes. “Melissa” Dean whispered and shook his head at me.

“You're just crazy enough to go, aren't you”

“What can I say? I don't break easy”

“Oh yes, you do…you both do. You just got to know where to apply the right pressure…and I see I’ve already applied the pressure to Dean. It’s obvious…and so are you”

~~

My eyes shot open and a blanket was covering my naked body with Adam’s naked body hugging me close to him. I started to move carefully, lifting his arm off me and I got my bra and my underwear back on. I jumped into the passenger seat up front and slipped on my jeans and I opened the door slowly and jumped to the ground. I shut the door slowly, trying not to make much sound or movement and I didn’t even care that the door didn’t shut all the way. I turned to see the sun just starting to rise but I also saw Dean get out of the Impala in his jeans, with no shirt on. His eyes held mine as we just stood there, staring at each other.

Then, I threw on my shirt as he did the same and we both made our way back to the stable, keeping a far distance away from each other. We got to Sam and Brit and she came over to me.

“Hey” I breathed out and then held my breath again as I kept my eyes on her and she eyed me. “What?” she whispered.

I brought her closer to whisper in her ear. “I had sex with Adam” I whispered. Her jaw dropped as I backed up to look at her face and my eyes kept twitching over to Dean.

“And is there a problem?” she asked, incredulous, completely unaware of my point I was trying to make. “Yes…the problem is…”

She crossed her arms, smirking, causing me to stop talking. “You wanted it to be Dean” she stated. I just looked at her.

Then, I saw Dean sit down on a block of hay and drink some booze from his flask. I walked over to him, took it from him and downed some of it. He didn’t even object and look up at me. He just averted my eyes and took the flask back from me when I handed it to him and walked a few feet away from him and Brit was at my side.

“Where’s Ruby?” Sam asked. “Hey, she's your hell buddy” Dean said, drinking some more.

“Little early for that, isn't it?” Anna voiced as her and Adam came walking in and I saw Dean avoiding Anna’s eyes as I was avoiding Adam’s. “It's 2:00 a.m. somewhere” Dean replied.

“You okay?”

“Yeah, of course”

“Are you okay?” Adam asked me. “Yea, why wouldn’t I be?” I smiled at him and he just smiled back at me.

But, then the doors flew open and Castiel and Uriel came walking in and Dean shot up from his spot and we all spun to face them as Dean was next to me and we were both tense.

“Hello, Anna. Adam. It’s good to see you” Castiel greeted. “How…how did you find us?” Sam asked, incredulous and Brit was the same way.

Castiel just looked at me and Dean and we kept our focus off everyone else. “Dean?…Mel?” Brit questioned. “I’m sorry” we both murmured.

“Why?” Sam asked.

“Because they gave them a choice” Anna started. “They either kill us…or they kill you and Brittney. I know how their minds work” Adam finished and stood in front of me, looking down at me since he was slightly taller.

I looked up at him with sad eyes. But, he just smiled lightly at me. Then, he kissed me. “You did the best you could” he said and caressed my cheek.

I was almost embarrassed by the PDA…but I wont deny that I liked the feeling I was getting. I saw Anna kissed Dean quickly. “We forgive you…both of you” she spoke and smiled a warm smile at me.

I tried to smile back but I think it was an epic fail. I saw Adam and Dean make eye contact and they were speaking some kind of guy code and then Adam and Anna turned to face Uriel and Castiel.

“Okay…no more tricks” Adam said. “No more running…we’re ready” Anna added. But, I don’t think I was ready.

“I’m sorry” Castiel spoke. “No, you’re not” Adam replied. “Not really. You don’t know the feeling” Anna said.

“Still, we have a history. It's just…”

“Orders are orders. We know. Just make it quick”

But, then the back door behind us flew open and Alastair came walking in with two larger men behind him and the two larger men were holding up a very badly hurt Ruby. Her stomach was bleeding and if the large men were holding her, she’d completely collapse to the ground.

“Don’t you touch a hair on those poor kids heads” Alastair pointed.

“How dare you come in this room...you pussing sore” Uriel spat. “Name-calling. That hurt my feelings...you sanctimonious, fanatical prick” Alastair shot back.

“Turn around and walk away now” Castiel ordered, stepping forward.

“Sure. Just give us the girl and the boy. We'll make sure they get punished good and proper”

The two big men, threw Ruby to the side. I say it would be a good time to get out of the way. I gripped onto Brit to pull her to the side as I made Anna and Adam follow as well and then Dean and Sam followed my notion.

“You know who we are and what we will do. I won't say it again. Leave now...or we lay you to waste” Castiel threatened as the demons and the angels started to close in on each other.

“Think I'll take my chances”

Then, in the blink of an eye, Uriel shot forward and threw one of the big men to the side and then knocked the other one to the side as well and Castiel went to attack Alastair. He hit him with the palm of his hand.

“Sorry kiddo…why don’t you go run to daddy?” Alastair hissed and then threw Castiel to the ground.

I saw Uriel fight off the big men and their yells filled the air but then I saw Alastair had Castiel pinned to the ground and he started to chant some kind of Latin and I saw it was hurting Castiel in some way. It seemed like he was almost exorcising Castiel. I went forward as I heard Dean try to stop me but I swung my leg around and kicked Alastair right in the face so it threw him back. But, then he recovered quickly and threw me into a pillar and that’s when I saw Dean step in with a crowbar.

“Dean, Dean, Dean...I am so disappointed. You had such promise” I heard him say.

Everything was moving so fast. Uriel was taking out the other two demons, Sam and Brit went to Ruby’s aid…and then I saw Adam and Anna run to Uriel, ripping the necklaces off his neck and throwing them to the ground. I saw Dean came flying at me and he flew right into me but I didn’t even acknowledge him. I just gripped onto his arm as he moved to the side slightly and we stared at the light of Adam and Anna’s graces.

“Shut your eyes!” Adam grunted. “Shut your eyes!” Anna screamed and the light from the grace started to make their bodies glow. Dean spun around to cover my head with his arms and he held me close as I shut my eyes tight.

Then, it was completely silent. Dean started to loosen his grip on me and he stood first, helping me up. Alastair wasn’t there anymore but I saw Ruby’s knife on the ground. Dean picked it up as Brit and Sam were helping Ruby stand and we faced Castiel and Uriel.

“Well, what are you guys waiting for? Go get Anna and Adam…” Dean started. “Unless, of course, you're scared” I added, narrowing my eyes.

Even though I said that, I still wasn’t able to process anything…it kind of just came out. “This isn't over” Uriel narrowed his eyes back at me.

“Oh, it looks over to me, junkless” Dean quipped, enforcing my own quip. Then, Uriel and Castiel just vanished in the blink of an eye.

Dean and I looked at each other but then we looked at Sam, Brit and Ruby as they walked over to us. “You okay?” Sam asked Ruby. “Not so much” she breathed out.

“What took you so long to get here?” Dean demanded.

“Sorry I'm late with the demon delivery. I was only being tortured”

“I got to hand it to you, Sammy. Bringing them all together all at once…angels and demons. It was a damn good plan” I sighed, nodding.

“Yeah, well, when you got Godzilla and Mathura on your ass, best to get out of their way and let them fight”

“Now, you’re just bragging” I crossed my arms. Yep…it was a plan that Sam had cooked up…and it wasn’t just a good one. It was a freakin good one.

“So, I guess they’re some big-time angels now, huh” Brit spoke. “They must be happy...wherever they are” Sam added. “Doubt it” Dean and I both spoke. We exchanged a look…but still…said nothing.

~~

The sun got higher but it wasn’t bright out, it was a little cloudy and we all pulled off to the side of the road in a gravel spot, near a river, there were no trees around and I could see a bridge a little ways away. We stopped for just a little break to just stand around. Brit and I got on the hood of the truck as the boys were leaning against the Impala right in front of us so we were facing each other.

“I can't believe we made it out of there” Dean commented. “Again” Sam, Brit and I all voiced and just smiled lightly as we raised our beer bottles to one another.

There was silence as I hugged my knees to my chest. “I know you heard him” Dean said but it was directed at Sam.

“Who?”

“Alastair. What he said...about how I had promise”

“I heard him” Sam confirmed.

I knew Brit and I weren’t part of the conversation…at the moment…but I was completely curious as to where this was going…and I knew Brit was feeling the same because I could tell she was listening intently.

“You're not curious?”

“Dean, I'm damn curious. But you're not talking about Hell, you’re not letting Melissa talk about you being in Hell…and I'm not pushing” he said and I just rested my chin on my arm.

Dean looked at me and I stared back at him to nod slightly so it wasn’t even noticeable. He took another drink of his beer. “It wasn't four months, you know” he started.

“What?”

“It was four months up here, but down there...I don't know. Time's different. It was more like 40 years” he explained and I saw how he was now addressing Brittney as well.

“Oh, my God” she whispered.

I analyzed him as I saw how he was struggling to find his words…how he was struggling to even think about it…I felt a tears build up as a lump was stuck in my throat. We waited patiently…this would be the first time I would even hear him explain the full story.

“They, uh...they sliced and carved and tore at me in ways that you…”

He stopped. “Until there was nothing left. And then, suddenly...I would be whole again...like magic...just so they could start in all over…and Alastair...at the end of every day…every one...he would come over…and he would make me an offer. To take me off the rack... if I put souls on...if I started the torturing…and every day, I told him to stick it where the sun shines” he stopped again, shaking his head, laughing under his breath without humor.

“For 30 years, I told him. But then I couldn't do it anymore, Sammy. I couldn't…and I got off that rack. God help me, I got right off it, and I started ripping them apart. I lost count of how many souls. The…the things that I did to them” he finished and started to get choked up.

I felt a tear start to slip down my cheek but I wiped it away with my finger. “Dean...Dean, look, you held out for 30 years…” Sam started.

“That's longer than anyone would have” Brit said, gently.

“How I feel...this...inside me...I wish I couldn't feel anything…I wish I couldn't feel a damn thing” he finished and he his tears just came pouring out. I ached inside knowing he was in pain…knowing he went through that pain.