Two
Orphan cont'd
Dean made the 20-hour drive from Syracuse to Sioux Falls in just under 10 — even with a stop in Chicago to get breakfast. They were both silent most of the way as Dean drove and Sam looked up 더 많이 information on the Lilin.
The good news was that everything Cas had said was true. They were Lilith's children. The bad news was that was all Sam could find out on the subject. There was very little lore on the Lilin, and most of what Sam did find only repeated what he already knew. It was no wonder no one — not even Sam had thought of it when he'd met Mary. It proved she wasn't evil yet, especially since she'd tried to protect her parents. Whatever Cas knew, it was going to have to fill in a lot of holes. At least that's what Sam was hoping.
It was noon when Dean and Sam pulled into Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It had been over a week since they'd been here, and it hadn't been for any of the right reasons. They'd barely had any time to visit Bobby, even though they'd stayed nearby to keep an eye on things. Cas had actually been on some "secret" mission the last several weeks — Sam was just now realizing why. He wondered how Cas had been able to find them. Maybe it was because of Mary. But that also begged the 질문 as to why Cas had been watching Mary.
The iron chain-link fence gate was now well-fortified with Devil's traps and Enochian sigils meant to keep out Angels. Cas was the only one able to pass through them, and it was only because he now knew ways around the rules of his limitations. He was always careful not to allow anyone uninvited into the Salvage yard. The road leading to the house was also lined with protective charms and sigils. Bobby was still kind of proud the place could still be of some use to their cause.
Dean approached the house slowly, spotting the one person he was dreading to see standing on the porch with a 맥주 in his hand. The moment Dean saw him, he sighed heavily, glancing at Sam miserably.
Sam and Dean both got out of the car reluctantly, and Sam glanced at Dean before he moved toward the porch slowly, facing the house's newest occupant with regretful eyes.
"Sorry we couldn't call," Sam said softly.
"What else is new?" was the usual reply. Then he added, "She's inside."
"Thanks, Adam," Sam whispered apologetically, lifting his hand to his half-brother's arm and then moving inside the house slowly.
Dean followed, facing Adam silently and following Sam into the house where Cas was sitting at Bobby's 책상, 데스크 with Mary, 읽기 to her.
"President Clinton awarded the FBI agents the bronze 별, 스타 for their valor — citing an impossible situation that was handled both brilliantly and fortuitously to the benefit of all 100 passengers aboard flight 2485. Only seven passengers were injured, and all six of the hijackers were overpowered before any damage could be done to the 선실, 캐빈 of the plane. The 747 landed safely outside Bethlehem, Pennsylvania this morning just after seven a.m."
"More bad news, Cas?" Dean asked sarcastically.
The oblivious look on Cas' face only intensified as he answered. "She slept a few hours upon arriving in the care of your half-brother, and when she woke, she asked about Sam. I saw fit to keep her distracted until your arrival. Is that not right for her benefit? She is, after all, only a child."
Dean only sighed, folding his arms stubbornly.
Mary seemed able to ignore the exchange, smiling up at Cas and then turning her attention to Sam. "Sam!" she exclaimed, leaving Cas' arms and sprinting across the room to where Sam was standing.
He lifted her in his arms automatically, like he'd been doing it for years. Dean was unimpressed, and as Adam entered the room, he spoke again.
"Okay, Cas," Dean said. "We're here. We're all safe. What's going on?"
Cas was quiet for only a few seconds, rising slowly and speaking as he moved around to face Dean. "Perhaps," he said, "it would be best not to expose the child to anymore of this. She's seen enough for now."
Sam didn't release Mary, but Adam stepped 앞으로 after half a 분 and spoke softly.
"I'll get her some lunch," he said, and Sam reluctantly put Mary down. "Come on, Mary."
He took her hand, pulling her out of the room slowly. Cas waited until he was alone with Dean and Sam to speak again.
"I wasn't the one who found Mary," Cas told them, still looking at Dean. "She was still in her mother's womb when she was discovered. But when I was assigned to keep an eye on her, I knew what would need to be done. I also knew what would happen."
He stopped, and Sam spoke. "What happened?" he asked softly.
Cas stepped away from Dean, moving to lean against the front of Bobby's desk.
"Exactly what should have happened," Ca said unemotionally. "Her mother was physically drained throughout her pregnancy. She should have miscarried. It is what normally happened. Bearing a child of Lilith is never supposed to be easy for a Human. But Mary's mother was stronger than most. She was . . . special. She was able to carry Mary to term."
He stopped again, folding his arms over his chest. Sam glanced at Dean, wondering what happened next, and Dean spoke, confirming Sam's fears.
"She didn't make it, did she?" he asked. "Mary's mother died having her, didn't she?"
Cas bowed his head. "She did die. As most bearers do. But what happened 다음 was most unexpected."
Another pause, and Sam spoke this time. "What did 당신 not expect?" he asked.
"Love," Cas said simply. A few 초 passed, and he began again. "Mary's mother loved her, and with her dying breath blessed the baby with goodness and protection. We had no choice."
"What did 당신 do?" Sam asked, glancing at Dean and then into the 부엌, 주방 where Adam had disappeared with Mary.
"First, we had to make for certain he was worthy of protecting. We had to be certain of her purity, and once that was established, we moved her to a 안전한, 안전 location until an appropriate family could be found to keep her. The Thompson's were a resourceful, reliable pair of hunters, unable to have children and willing to help us — even if they were unaware of our identities at the time. We did not tell them of Mary's origins."
He stopped again, and Dean took his cue, speaking quietly. "Why?" he asked.
Cas looked at Dean. "Would 당신 want to care for a child destined to be evil?"
"No, I mean, why protect her? If 당신 knew she would become evil, why put her in a 집 with a family and a dog and a white picket fence? Why didn't 당신 just kill her? If 당신 knew. 당신 wanted to kill Jesse. He was half-Demon."
"A mother's 사랑 is powerful," Cas said seriously. "And in this case, binding. And Mary's mother believed that if she was loved and protected, she wouldn't turn evil. 의해 blessing Mary, she's made it impossible for anyone to hurt Mary. Even one of us. Therefore we decided to protect her."
"How did her mother bless her?" Sam asked. "How did she even know how?"
"How do most humans bless anything?" Cas inquired. "And God was paying Humanity much 더 많이 attention eight years ago, so of course, we were bound. And for eight years, she was completely hidden. She was a normal Human-looking child."
Neither Sam nor Dean wanted to find out how Mary had discovered, 또는 at least been told, what she was. For all she'd know for the first eight years of her life, Mary had been a normal girl. She'd probably never once wondered if was bad 또는 caused bad things. Until now.
"When did that change?" Dean asked.
"About three weeks ago," Cas informed them.
Sam stood up straight, looking at Dean as he also made the connection. "That was when the kidnapings started," Sam remembered.
"Yes. It's part of the ritual to resurrect Lilith from death."
"Well, what's the ritual?" Dean asked.
"A child of Lilith must be bathed in the blood of six pure children, unpurified and defiled 의해 a Servant of the Devil before she reaches adulthood at midnight on a Full Moon between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox — when the world is at rest but before it reawakens."
"The 다음 Full Moon is in four days," Sam revealed. "Well, three and a half."
"So we have three and a half days to find out who these Demons are, find out where they are and how to kill them before they find Mary, deflower her and use her to bring Lilith back to life — 또는 back from the dead, because let's not forget she was the one who freed Lucifer the first time," Dean reiterated.
"Yes," Cas agreed. "That is basically the list of transgressions about to occur. But we've hidden Mary from them. They'll have to 검색 for her now, and their deadline will pass before they can find her. As long as nothing happens to her until then, we'll have 더 많이 time to replace her with a new family — one that will be fully informed of her past and given the tools they will need to keep her safe."
"Right," Dean said, not believing it would be that simple. "Like I'm gonna sit around here and wait for them to come for her. We need to find these Demons, and we have to kill them. That's the only way any of us are going to be safe."
"But Dean," Sam interjected. "We don't know where to start. And we have just under 80 hours to figure out what's really going on. There's only two of us here who've even seen these Demons. One of them could show up here while we were away, and no one would know it. How are we going to find them?"
Dean looked around the room at the 책 lining the walls, and he looked at Cas. "We're in the best place to get that done," he said. "And Cas can tell us what he knows about the Lilin. Like what they're like when they're all grown up and not straight-out-of-the-womb dewey-eyed babies."
"I'll tell 당신 what I can," Cas promised.
"Then let's get started. Right after lunch."
With that, he made a b-line to the 부엌, 주방 where Adam was currently feeding Mary turkey sandwiches.
Orphan cont'd
Dean made the 20-hour drive from Syracuse to Sioux Falls in just under 10 — even with a stop in Chicago to get breakfast. They were both silent most of the way as Dean drove and Sam looked up 더 많이 information on the Lilin.
The good news was that everything Cas had said was true. They were Lilith's children. The bad news was that was all Sam could find out on the subject. There was very little lore on the Lilin, and most of what Sam did find only repeated what he already knew. It was no wonder no one — not even Sam had thought of it when he'd met Mary. It proved she wasn't evil yet, especially since she'd tried to protect her parents. Whatever Cas knew, it was going to have to fill in a lot of holes. At least that's what Sam was hoping.
It was noon when Dean and Sam pulled into Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It had been over a week since they'd been here, and it hadn't been for any of the right reasons. They'd barely had any time to visit Bobby, even though they'd stayed nearby to keep an eye on things. Cas had actually been on some "secret" mission the last several weeks — Sam was just now realizing why. He wondered how Cas had been able to find them. Maybe it was because of Mary. But that also begged the 질문 as to why Cas had been watching Mary.
The iron chain-link fence gate was now well-fortified with Devil's traps and Enochian sigils meant to keep out Angels. Cas was the only one able to pass through them, and it was only because he now knew ways around the rules of his limitations. He was always careful not to allow anyone uninvited into the Salvage yard. The road leading to the house was also lined with protective charms and sigils. Bobby was still kind of proud the place could still be of some use to their cause.
Dean approached the house slowly, spotting the one person he was dreading to see standing on the porch with a 맥주 in his hand. The moment Dean saw him, he sighed heavily, glancing at Sam miserably.
Sam and Dean both got out of the car reluctantly, and Sam glanced at Dean before he moved toward the porch slowly, facing the house's newest occupant with regretful eyes.
"Sorry we couldn't call," Sam said softly.
"What else is new?" was the usual reply. Then he added, "She's inside."
"Thanks, Adam," Sam whispered apologetically, lifting his hand to his half-brother's arm and then moving inside the house slowly.
Dean followed, facing Adam silently and following Sam into the house where Cas was sitting at Bobby's 책상, 데스크 with Mary, 읽기 to her.
"President Clinton awarded the FBI agents the bronze 별, 스타 for their valor — citing an impossible situation that was handled both brilliantly and fortuitously to the benefit of all 100 passengers aboard flight 2485. Only seven passengers were injured, and all six of the hijackers were overpowered before any damage could be done to the 선실, 캐빈 of the plane. The 747 landed safely outside Bethlehem, Pennsylvania this morning just after seven a.m."
"More bad news, Cas?" Dean asked sarcastically.
The oblivious look on Cas' face only intensified as he answered. "She slept a few hours upon arriving in the care of your half-brother, and when she woke, she asked about Sam. I saw fit to keep her distracted until your arrival. Is that not right for her benefit? She is, after all, only a child."
Dean only sighed, folding his arms stubbornly.
Mary seemed able to ignore the exchange, smiling up at Cas and then turning her attention to Sam. "Sam!" she exclaimed, leaving Cas' arms and sprinting across the room to where Sam was standing.
He lifted her in his arms automatically, like he'd been doing it for years. Dean was unimpressed, and as Adam entered the room, he spoke again.
"Okay, Cas," Dean said. "We're here. We're all safe. What's going on?"
Cas was quiet for only a few seconds, rising slowly and speaking as he moved around to face Dean. "Perhaps," he said, "it would be best not to expose the child to anymore of this. She's seen enough for now."
Sam didn't release Mary, but Adam stepped 앞으로 after half a 분 and spoke softly.
"I'll get her some lunch," he said, and Sam reluctantly put Mary down. "Come on, Mary."
He took her hand, pulling her out of the room slowly. Cas waited until he was alone with Dean and Sam to speak again.
"I wasn't the one who found Mary," Cas told them, still looking at Dean. "She was still in her mother's womb when she was discovered. But when I was assigned to keep an eye on her, I knew what would need to be done. I also knew what would happen."
He stopped, and Sam spoke. "What happened?" he asked softly.
Cas stepped away from Dean, moving to lean against the front of Bobby's desk.
"Exactly what should have happened," Ca said unemotionally. "Her mother was physically drained throughout her pregnancy. She should have miscarried. It is what normally happened. Bearing a child of Lilith is never supposed to be easy for a Human. But Mary's mother was stronger than most. She was . . . special. She was able to carry Mary to term."
He stopped again, folding his arms over his chest. Sam glanced at Dean, wondering what happened next, and Dean spoke, confirming Sam's fears.
"She didn't make it, did she?" he asked. "Mary's mother died having her, didn't she?"
Cas bowed his head. "She did die. As most bearers do. But what happened 다음 was most unexpected."
Another pause, and Sam spoke this time. "What did 당신 not expect?" he asked.
"Love," Cas said simply. A few 초 passed, and he began again. "Mary's mother loved her, and with her dying breath blessed the baby with goodness and protection. We had no choice."
"What did 당신 do?" Sam asked, glancing at Dean and then into the 부엌, 주방 where Adam had disappeared with Mary.
"First, we had to make for certain he was worthy of protecting. We had to be certain of her purity, and once that was established, we moved her to a 안전한, 안전 location until an appropriate family could be found to keep her. The Thompson's were a resourceful, reliable pair of hunters, unable to have children and willing to help us — even if they were unaware of our identities at the time. We did not tell them of Mary's origins."
He stopped again, and Dean took his cue, speaking quietly. "Why?" he asked.
Cas looked at Dean. "Would 당신 want to care for a child destined to be evil?"
"No, I mean, why protect her? If 당신 knew she would become evil, why put her in a 집 with a family and a dog and a white picket fence? Why didn't 당신 just kill her? If 당신 knew. 당신 wanted to kill Jesse. He was half-Demon."
"A mother's 사랑 is powerful," Cas said seriously. "And in this case, binding. And Mary's mother believed that if she was loved and protected, she wouldn't turn evil. 의해 blessing Mary, she's made it impossible for anyone to hurt Mary. Even one of us. Therefore we decided to protect her."
"How did her mother bless her?" Sam asked. "How did she even know how?"
"How do most humans bless anything?" Cas inquired. "And God was paying Humanity much 더 많이 attention eight years ago, so of course, we were bound. And for eight years, she was completely hidden. She was a normal Human-looking child."
Neither Sam nor Dean wanted to find out how Mary had discovered, 또는 at least been told, what she was. For all she'd know for the first eight years of her life, Mary had been a normal girl. She'd probably never once wondered if was bad 또는 caused bad things. Until now.
"When did that change?" Dean asked.
"About three weeks ago," Cas informed them.
Sam stood up straight, looking at Dean as he also made the connection. "That was when the kidnapings started," Sam remembered.
"Yes. It's part of the ritual to resurrect Lilith from death."
"Well, what's the ritual?" Dean asked.
"A child of Lilith must be bathed in the blood of six pure children, unpurified and defiled 의해 a Servant of the Devil before she reaches adulthood at midnight on a Full Moon between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox — when the world is at rest but before it reawakens."
"The 다음 Full Moon is in four days," Sam revealed. "Well, three and a half."
"So we have three and a half days to find out who these Demons are, find out where they are and how to kill them before they find Mary, deflower her and use her to bring Lilith back to life — 또는 back from the dead, because let's not forget she was the one who freed Lucifer the first time," Dean reiterated.
"Yes," Cas agreed. "That is basically the list of transgressions about to occur. But we've hidden Mary from them. They'll have to 검색 for her now, and their deadline will pass before they can find her. As long as nothing happens to her until then, we'll have 더 많이 time to replace her with a new family — one that will be fully informed of her past and given the tools they will need to keep her safe."
"Right," Dean said, not believing it would be that simple. "Like I'm gonna sit around here and wait for them to come for her. We need to find these Demons, and we have to kill them. That's the only way any of us are going to be safe."
"But Dean," Sam interjected. "We don't know where to start. And we have just under 80 hours to figure out what's really going on. There's only two of us here who've even seen these Demons. One of them could show up here while we were away, and no one would know it. How are we going to find them?"
Dean looked around the room at the 책 lining the walls, and he looked at Cas. "We're in the best place to get that done," he said. "And Cas can tell us what he knows about the Lilin. Like what they're like when they're all grown up and not straight-out-of-the-womb dewey-eyed babies."
"I'll tell 당신 what I can," Cas promised.
"Then let's get started. Right after lunch."
With that, he made a b-line to the 부엌, 주방 where Adam was currently feeding Mary turkey sandwiches.