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Chapter 5: Apple pie life (15x20 + Epilogue)

When Jack returned to the land of the living his body ached all over. Michael and Lucifer had left him, leaving him worn down and tired. He laid on the ground. Mud under his fingers, under his cheek. It's coldness waking him up in a kind of relaxing way. How good it felt to breathe again. To feel a heart beating in his chest and the coldness on his fingertips.

A soft breeze brushed past his ears and a small smile crept its way on his face. He blinked his eyes open.

They had won. They really won. Wow.
Jack turned on his back, the mud drenching his back but he didn't care. A shiver went down his spine and he chuckled. They won. For what had seemed like only seconds to the world.
It felt like an eternity for Jack.
He couldn't put a finger on how long exactly, but long enough for him to be delighted to be back. No sleeping. No eating. Nor any kind of break. He supposed he didn't need it anymore...

He raised himself to a sitting position. His eyes darted around the crowd, longing to catch a glimpse of his family. Fearful expressions stared back, waiting for any kind of confirmation.

Chuck awoke with a gasp for air. Jack sighed and got to his feet. Deal with this first. Reunions later. With every step he took he could feel his power growing, pulling him towards Chuck to finish the job. Lucifer had pinned him down, but Chuck was already beaten either way. He knew it too.

"So what are you gonna do now? Kill me?" Chuck asked. "for once. I don't know what's gonna happen next."

"No I'm not gonna kill you." Jack said as he loomed over him. He reached a hand to the side of Chucks face and absorbed that last bit of God in him. Chuck was 100% human now, no trace of his past and no guarentee for his future.

"The only place where you could ever find solace would be mortality. You need to learn what it's like to never know what will happen next. You need to know what it's like to fail and get back up. Once you've experienced this. I'll decide what to do with you."

Chuck's face went pale at the realisation.

"Wait..." Jack turned around and his eyes searched the crowd for Sam and Dean. "Jack wait."

He spotted them not too far. He smiled and started walking.

"Jack!" Chuck called out but Jack kept going.

Next to Sam stood Eilleen. She waved at him and Jack waved back. Sam looked contempt and happy, his eyes were on Dean. Jack's gaze shifted on Dean and that's when he saw Cas.

Wait... Dean and Cas, holding hands? Jack couldn't believe his eyes. He smiled and picked up the pace. He might be a God now, but in the end of the day he wanted to be with his family. He had missed them. So much.

Cas stepped forward, welcoming Jack in a hug.

"I'm so proud of you Jack" He said into Jack's hair.

Jack closed his eyes.
"I missed you." He mumbled, not letting go off the hug.

"Ah fuck it. The no-chick-flick rule has been thrown in the trash years ago, C'm here kid."

"You love Chick-flicks" Sam added and joined in.

For once Jack knew that things really would be okay. At least for a while. There was no more bad guy. Not another problem around the corner. Sam and Dean could actually breathe. Jack would make sure it stayed that way.

And it did.

First there had to be a lot of cleaning up to do. The list was endless, but he had Amara to help him out. Especially with the God part of being a celestial. Jack doubted if the Winchesters knew. Amara had been a great help when the final fight came, fighting Chuck from the inside. She had seen Jack's potential, she had seen what the world could become under his hand. Jack had immense respect for her. It must've hurt, fighting against her brother. On the other hand they didn't really have the ultimate brother and sister bond.