A World In Which I Was Me

Chapter 16

This wasn't real. This couldn't be happening.

That was all Jasper could repeat to himself as Avis laid dead in his arms. Her blood had already coated his shirt and hands, but the thing that made him more concerned than anything were the last words she had said to him

All part of the plan, Mimic. She had started calling him Mimic when he first arrived at the Institute. Jasper had been fighting with Alex, copying what she did like a child, and it was the only bad nickname Ace could come up with at the time.

Jasper was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he didn't even hear the panicked footsteps behind him, notice the tears streaming down his face, or even Cas examining Avis.

"Jasper!" Cas yelling broke him out of his trance and Jasper looked at him, trying to control his breathing "What the hell happened?"

"Avis s-she" Before he could continue, he noticed Dean and Sam. Sam had a sad expression and Jasper could see his eyes tearing up, but Dean looked more angry than anything else "Who are they?"

"That's Sam and Dean, the friends I told you about" Cas spoke calmly and picked Avis up, out of his arms. He gently carried her to the med room, placing her on the bed "How did she uh die"

Dean flinched hearing the word. This could have all been avoided. If Avis had just told them her plan and let them help, they could have protected her from this.

"It was Reid. Ace was getting ready to fight Lucifer, but she came out of nowhere and stabbed her" Jasper's eyes seemed to be far away, his eyes were fogged. All he could do was replay that memory in his head "But..."

"What?" Sam furrowed his eyebrows, not being able to look at the bed

"Before she died, she said the weirdest thing" He let his eyes fall to her and looked at the small hint of a smile that still laid on her body "She said it was all a part of the plan. What plan?"

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me" Dean let a dark laugh escape his lips "She got herself killed for the plan. That's just perfect" 

"How does that even work? She can't kill Lucifer if she's dead, how is she planning on getting out of heaven?" But Dean's mind went to a darker place. What if she was in Hell? 

He had barely survived it; sure, Avis was stronger than him, but he felt like being there would break anyone.

"Unless that's not where she went" Jasper breathed out recalling a memory 

***

"Just uh tell me a story Ace" Jasper leaned against their connecting wall with his eyes open. He couldn't fall asleep and Avis always knew the right thing to say

"Alright...uh have I told you about the first time I died?" Jasper raised an eyebrow but shook his head and Avis smiled "Well I had been on a mission with my friend and things went wrong. One thing led to another and I ended up getting shot. I didn't have a grasp on my healing abilities yet, so I died. But the thing was I didn't end up in heaven or hell, I was in the Underworld"

"I know it seems obvious right?" She continued, smiling "But I was shocked. I simply stood in front of a massive throne where my Uncle sat, looking down at me with confusion and admiration in his eyes. At least that's what I like to tell myself" She adjusted her position, lying down on her bed "But he said to me 'Niece you have more to do' and that was it. The next second I was waking up it had been almost a week since my friends watched me die"

"So, he brought you back" Jasper questioned, and Avis nodded. A few minutes passed, neither speaking when Jasper finally asked, "What did you need to do?"

"No clue, I just hope next time I die, I still haven't done it." She laughed, Jasper, joining.

***

"What do you mean?" Cas raised an eyebrow and Jasper smiled

"That's what she meant! Crazy bitch..." Jasper shook his head, but the others just started looking at him like he was losing his mind

"Mind filling us in?" Dean gave an annoyed look and Jasper ran a hand through his hair, a smile forming on his face

"God she is the worst. She wanted to die" Everyone looked at him more confused now, "Ace told me a story about the first time she died and basically how she ended up in the Underworld and met her Uncle-"

"Her uncle?" Sam walked a little closer, his eyes drifting to Avis

"Hades. Anyway, he brought her back to life because he said she still had something to do, some sort of prophecy to fulfill" Cas, Dean, and Sam all looked at each other, pieces beginning to fall into place 

"Hades knew about her destiny to kill Lucifer..." Cas muttered, and Jasper nodded 

"So, she let Reid kill her so she could talk to him" The only problem was that they didn't know how Hades could help or how she even knew that her plan would work.

"Well, whatever she's planning it better work," Dean stated and left the room, having no interest in standing around her dead body