Part 19 – Friendship and Loyalty &
Lack Thereof
It had only been a
couple of days since Emery had left but to Dean, it seemed liked ages. Every minute that passed made him more and
more paranoid. He hadn't heard from
Emery at all, she wasn't answering any calls either. Dean was barely hanging on and Sam understood
that. Truth was that Sam wasn't doing much
better either. It had been awhile either
of the Winchesters had cared this deeply about someone and not being right next
to her when she was fighting the biggest battle of her life was excruciatingly
painful. The Winchesters always
protected the people they loved and not being able to do that was hard for both
of them, almost as if they were going against a strong part of their nature.
Dean was returning
home after checking around in search of Emery.
He was still regretting the moment he agreed to let her go. He had a bad feeling about all of this. Emery shouldn't be alone with Ghazer. She was strong. Hell, she as the strongest woman he knew but
evil monsters like Ghazer didn't only use strength. Ghazer was cunning and he didn't exactly play
fair, his kind never did. And Dean just
couldn't bear seeing Emery hurt. Knowing
that he could have done something to help her but didn't was even worse. Upon entering the bat cave, Dean saw Sam
working away on his laptop.
"Got anything?" Dean
asked hopefully.
Sadly shaking his
head, Sam replied, "Not much. Everything
around seems normal. No suspicious activity
that I can detect." Dean sighed, a bit
furiously. "Dean, Emery doesn't want to
be found. Maybe we should respect that."
Dean looked at Sam incredulously. He couldn't believe Sam had just said
that. "That was a mistake I've already
made, Sam," Dean replied in his deep, no-nonsense tone.
"Dean, I know you're
worried. Trust me, so am I. I would do anything to help Emery. But she doesn't want our help. She made it quite clear."
"Sam, there have been
plenty of times we both wanted to do something by ourselves, when "we didn't
need any help,"" Dean added exaggerating with the quotation marks gesture. "But did that ever hold either of us back?" Dean was referring to the many times he and
Sam had decided to solve something on their own, when they made it clear that
they would do it on their own, but no matter what, they never left each other
alone. Because they were family. And family sticks together.
Sam smiled. "You really do love her that much." It wasn't a question. Sam knew that Dean was in this hard but this
was the first time he had said out loud in front of Dean. The fact that Dean didn't flinch or tried to
make a joke about it said a lot. Dean
held Sam gaze stubbornly, almost as if he wanted his little brother to know
just how much. After a few seconds, Sam
raised his hands in air, declaring defeat.
"We both have been trying to locate her, Dean, but so far we've only hit
dead ends. Cas is who knows where, what
are we supposed to do?"
"Where the hell is
Cas?" Dean spit out angrily. Just a
second later, the boys heard the familiar flapping of the wings.
"Right behind ya,"
Sam responded shaking his head.
Dean turned around
and gave Cas an angry look. "Cas, man,
where have you been?"
"I was doing exactly
what I said I would," Cas responded, then added with a proud smile, "I've found
a way to end Ghazer."
"Good. Now we just need to find Emery," Dean said.
With wrinkles on his
forehead, Cas inquired, "Where is Emery?"
"She left," Sam
replied.
"What? She shouldn't have. It's not safe for her..." Cas would have
continued had he not seen all color disappear from Dean's face. Dean had been trying hard not to think about
the worst all these days. Now hearing
the worst spoken out loud hurt.
"Cas, please, you
gotta find her. She's not answering her
phone. We've tried everything but we can't
locate her. Please, Cas!"
Cas wasn't very aware
of human emotions but somehow he understood Dean's desperation. He nodded gravely and disappeared while Sam
and Dean shared a worried look.
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When Ghazer had decided
to pursue the worst and most dangerous task, his pagan friends had quietly
shunned him. Most Norse gods didn't
believe in hurting the humans, besides, even if they did, hunters would come
after them. So even more than a morality
issue, it was about self-preservation. So
when Ghazer called a meeting after all this while, none of them were thrilled.
Freyr, one of the
gods known for bringing peace and pleasure to mankind, was particularly
furious. "What do you want, Ghazer?"
"Oh, Freyr, that's no
way to welcome a friend," Ghazer replied sarcastically.
"We are not friends,
Ghazer. And you know that. Why are you?"
"Well, I've run into
some problems and could use my kinds help," Ghazer responded with a lot of
pride. No matter what happened, he never
felt anything but.
"You failed. That's your problem. We warned you before."
"I have not failed,
nor will I. In fact, I found some sigils
that will keep the angel out. He's the
main road block and I've taken care of him," Ghazer said almost like a spoiled
brat.
"You have no idea but
you're in it way over your head," One of the older, wiser gods added.
"Really? Who's gonna
stop me? Those useless humans?" Ghazer's
over confidence was one of his worst flaws.
"If you had even
spent half the time watching 'those useless humans' as you did watching that
little witch, you would know that they are THE Winchesters."
"SO?"
"SO? The Winchesters are the best hunters. They have killed several of our kind without
blinking an eye. Anything that hurts
their family doesn't live long to tell the tale. And you, you have hurt his brother and the
girl he's obviously in love with. How
long do you think you have?"
"Even if they are as
good hunters as you're making them to be, they can't do me any harm. I'm far more powerful!" All reasoning was lost on Ghazer when it came
to his pride. He thought he was
unbeatable.
"But we can't risk
it. You are on your own." Everyone in
the room nodded and muttered in agreement.
"FINE! I don't need
your help anyway. I'm far more powerful
than all of you combined. But you will
regret this decision." Giving them a
last menacing look, Ghazer disappeared.
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The sun was just
waking up and Emery was looking at it sitting on a bench in a park. She felt a familiar energy before Cas
materialized. She was used to his sudden
appearances and hence, wasn't startled.
Her eyes were still focused on the sky in front of her when she said,
"Hi, Cas."
"Emery," Cas said
nodding. Then, he too focused on the sky
in front of them. "Sunrises are
beautiful."
Emery's lips turned
up in a weak smile. "Dean asked you to
come after me, didn't he?"
"I... Um..." Cas knew about Emery's decision to face
Ghazer alone and didn't really know what to say.
"Don't even try to
lie, Cas. You suck at it."
Sighing, Cas nodded,
"Even if Dean hadn't asked me, I would have come."
"Why?"
"Because that's what
friends do, right?" Cas asked, looking
in doubt and Emery had to smile.
"Oh, so we're
friends?" Emery teased.
"I wasn't aware we
weren't," Cas responded gravely and Emery had to laugh. Still not understand the teasing, Cas looked
doubtful when he added, "I can help."
"No, you can't,
Cas. Ghazer knows about you now. He's too smart to not have implemented any
sigils against angels." After a few
moments of silence, Emery added, "Besides, Ghazer's made a lot more enemies
than just me. And one of them revealed a
very important secret to me. I know how
to kill him and you were right. I have
to do it."
Cas looked at her a
little surprised. "Then I can help you
get whatever you need." Emery was about
to argue when he added, "I know what you need and I also know that it'll take
you a very long time to acquire everything.
I promise I will only help you prepare and not interfere
afterwards." Emery looked at him and
seeing how serious he was about it, she hesitantly nodded. Both focused their attention back on the sky
which was turning in all sorts of beautiful colors as the sun was trying to
break through the clouds to start another day.
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