Stronger Than Ever Δ SPN [3]

018. MAX AND ALICIA AND TASHA BANES

"Okay, so last night... that Super Mario power up crap? That wasn't Cas. That freaking baby isn't even born yet and it sock puppeted him. Think about it." Dean says as the five sit in the library. "Cas said that he had faith in Lucifer Jr. What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"I don't know." Sam says.

"Well, obviously, it means he has faith in the baby. Maybe he thinks it won't be evil." Libby says.

"It's Lucifer's kid! Of course it's gonna be evil." Dean states.

"Not necessarily. We're not always copies of out parents. I mean, look at us. You're a dick with anger issues and I'm not." Ophelia states, earning a glare from Dean.

"Dad's a nerd, I'm not." Libby adds.

"My parents are dead." Nathan says.

"I mean, look, this doesn't make any sense to me either, Dean. But if we wanna have some shot at finding Cas, then we have to... I don't know. Uh, try and think like him." Sam says.

"How? Seriously, I mean up until now if Cas messed up, if he did something wrong, but he thought it was for the right reasons, I got it. Right? But last night, when I looked at him, I did not recognize the guy staring back at me."

"That's seems like your problem." Ophelia says.

"He looked fine to me." Libby says.

"How is that my problem?" Dean asks.

"Maybe you should just trust Cas." Ophelia suggests.

"Trust Cas? You do remember all the times he's gone behind our backs and done stuff. Deceived us." Dean says.

"And you two are perfect?" Ophelia asks, glancing between her dad and uncle. "I mean, Uncle Sam, you know. Sure. He was manipulated into consuming that much demon blood and you can't really blame him for getting pulled out of Hell soulless."

"But you? Gadreel, turning your back on Sam because of the demon blood instead of being there. Using me to kill demons when Ben and Lisa got kidnapped. Would you like me to continue?"

"Ophelia--"

"I trust you, don't I?" She asks her dad, cutting him. "Even after all the crap you've pulled. So just try to trust Cas and maybe this whole thing won't go to hell."

Ophelia gets up and leaves, Nathan and Libby looking at Dean.

"Yeah, yeah, you two agree with her, shut up." Dean tells them. Nathan shrugs, following his girlfriend.

"I trust Cas. You should too." Libby states, leaving.

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Max and Alicia Banes called, Alicia wanting help in finding their mom, even though Max insisted their mother's fine.

They get to where Tasha is supposedly staying.

"Well, her car's here." Alicia says.

"Well, no one's trying to hide it. That's good news." Dean says.

"Yeah." Sam agrees. They hear a noise and turn to see a man who just walked out of a cellar. They stare at the man who stares back.

"Not weird. At all." Max sarcastically mumbles.

Sam waves to the man who continues to stare until he turns and walks away. Sam awkwardly puts his hand down.

"All right, look, anything happens, you guys stay behind us." Dean tells the twins. Alicia pulls out a knife with rune son it.

"Yeah. Sure." She says, heading for the front door.

"Alicia." Max follows her.

"Honestly, I think you might wanna stay behind her." Ophelia says.