Saving Lucifer

We've Got Work To Do

A few days later Sam and Dean were home. As soon as I called and told them Cas was back, they dropped everything and came home.

"So, Lucifer is...?"

Sam and I were sitting at the kitchen table, I with a cup of coffee, him with a protein shake.

"I'm not sure. I reached out to him but the only response I got was 'I'm safe, tell Abigail I miss her.'"

His eyes looking around the kitchen at nothing in particular, he was thinking.

"Ange, are you sure he's not back to his old ways?"

"Am I sure? No. Do I trust that he isn't? Yes. I'll trust him until he gives me a reason not to."

Rising to his feet, he rinsed his glass, running the soapy sponge throughout it, rinsed again, and set it in the strainer to dry.

"I hope you're right, Bug. Just... maybe prepare yourself for the possibility." He sighed and quickly donned a smile as Azriel ran around the corner and into his arms.

"I'm going to go hang with Dean and Cas." Looking at Azriel he adds, "Want to come to see Daddy and Uncle Dean with me?"

This question gets an excited clap and bounces from Azriel, causing both Sam and I to giggle.

"I'm going to take Abbie out back for a little bit, have Cas call out if I'm needed."

Walking into Abigail's room, I find her on the floor coloring again. Catching a glimpse of a page colored mainly black, I pointed to it and asked,

"What's this?"

Looking at the page, she slid it out from under her pile and handed it to me.

"That's a black smoke chasing after Daddy."

The response was alarming. Kneeling to her level I took the page and studied it. There was a smaller drawing of a stick figure running from the black smoke.

"What made you draw this, sweetie?"

"I saw it last night when I was sleeping."

"Abbie, was Daddy in your dream?"

"No."

"So, this was just a regular dream with no visitors?"

"Yeah." Noticing the concerned look on my face, she stood so she was eye-level with me. "Is daddy in trouble?"

"I hope not, let's go find Uncle Cas." she took my hand as I headed towards the garage.

Sam and Dean were hunched over the Impala's engine while Castiel was holding Azriel so he could see what they were doing.

"And this is where the oil goes." Dean was explaining the engine to Azriel.

"Cas, can we talk?"

They all turned to look at me growing concerned when they saw the worry on my face.

"What's wrong, Angel" He asked as I approached.

Kneeling to Abigail as Castiel was setting Azriel down I pointed to the stall that Dean turned into a play area for them while I was gone. He filled it with toy cars, a race track, horses, and dolls for them to play with. There was a swinging door they pushed open to enter it but could be seen with ease by anyone standing near the Impala.

"Abbie drew Lucifer running from a cloud of black smoke. She said it was in her dream last night but he wasn't actually there." I explained.

"So?" Dean shrugged as he was wiping a wrench clean.