falling like the stars, sam winchester [ 3 ]

013. breaking wall

Sam, Miranda, and Bobby walk into the basement where Dean is.

"Hey. How you doing?" Sam asks his brother.

"Six shells. That's how I'm doing." Dean says.

"Well, you know, it's a hell of a lot more than what we had last week." Sam says.

"Maybe." Dean says.

"Meaning?" Bobby asks.

"Meaning I just had myself a little mishap a few minutes ago and, uh, well, here, look." Dean says, rubbing some ash on his arm and nothing happens to him.

"Whoa." Sam mumbles.

"Huh." Bobby hums.

"I mean, this stuff is supposed to burn the bejeezus out of Eve, doesn't even give me a sunburn." Dean says.

"Lore says it works." Bobby shrugs.

"That's always reliable." Dean says.

"It's probably just like silver and iron -- hurts them, but not us." Miranda says.

"Maybe, but a fat lot of good it does us till we can find the bitch." Dean says.

"I'm looking, but I'm thinking maybe it's time you made a call." Bobby says. They all turn to Dean.

"Why has it always got to be that makes the spell, huh? It's not like Cas lives in my ass. The dude's busy." Dean says. Miranda notices Cas appear behind Dean. The hunter turns, jumping when he spots the angel. "Cas, get out of my ass!"

"I was never in your--" Cas stops himself. The two stare at each other. "Have you made any progress in locating Eve?"

"Well, we were gonna ask you about that." Bobby says.

"No, I've looked, but she's hidden from me. She's hidden from all angels." Cas says.

"Awesome." Dean rolls his eyes.

"You know, what we really need is an inside man." Sam says.

"What do you mean?" Dean asks.

"Something with claws and sympathy." Sam says.

"Like a friendly monster?" Dean asks and Sam shrugs. "Those are in short supply these days, don't you think?"

"Sure, but we've meet one or two, right?" Sam asks.

"Maybe."

"So, we can find one."

~ ~ ~

The four hunters are waiting when Cas appears with a woman.

"Lenore." Sam greets. She tries to run. "Wait, wait, wait, wait. Hey, hey. Lenore, stop. Look, we're happy you're here."

"Been a long time. You remember us?" Dean asks.

"I remember. Your hunter friend almost killed me." Lenore says.

"Oh, uh, yeah, not-- not really our friend." Miranda says.

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, uh, he turned into a vampire and I chopped his head off." Sam says.

"Yeah. With a razor wire. Wicked." Dean smiles.

"Well, that's something. What's going on? Why am I here?" Lenore asks.

"Well, um, that's Cas." Sam points to the angel. "He's our friend. And we need to talk to you. About Eve."

"Eve? I have nothing to say about Eve." Lenore says.

"You sure about that?" Dean asks.

"I'm trying to stay away from her, believe me." Lenore says.