Broken Barriers (Croatoan AU) [YAAW]

IV

Broken Barriers 4

Third Person's POV

Taylor slid down against her door, her heart ramming into her chest. The erratic beat not slowing as she took in gasp of oxygen. "He wasn't here. You're okay." She repeated trying to convince herself.

Dean couldn't get the stupid grin off his face. He had almost forgot about everything bad. He still didn't know what was wrong with Taylor and it was eating him alive. He would get an answer.

"All squadrons meet at the camp gates." Taylor woke up late. Today was the last invade on the Crotes. "You better hurry or they will find out about your-" Sam stood at the edge of her cot. "condition." He tapped his temple. "You're not real." She stood trying to stop her hands from shaking. "I thought we already covered this." Taylor lets out a sigh and starts to get her clothes. "Don't mind me." He smirked as she undressed. "F*ck you." She didn't know where the new confidence came from but she knew if Sam was seeing her, she needed to be strong for him. "This isn't the quivering mess of a girl I saw last night. What happened?" He questioned teasingly. "Can you just screw off you dick wad?" She picked up all of her weapons strapping them to her body. "Okay, I will leave you alone, for now." Then he was gone. A shaky breath leaves her lips. Her hands shaking bad enough she couldn't pick up her ammo. "D*mmit!"

Arianna watched as the men lined up, she hated seeing them leaving. Castiel grabbed her hand. "I will be back again." His small beard tickling her cheek. "I know. I love you. You, Dean, and Taylor take care of each other." He nods planting a kiss on her lips before going over to Dean who was checking off people on his clipboard. "So are we using Taylor's plans?" Castiel ask and Dean shook his head. He raised his eyebrows. "What are you doing?" This made Castiel look at him. "I might have a lead on Sam." Castiel looked at the ground. He should have known. "Men." Taylor acknowledged their presence. Dean pulled her to the side, behind a tent. "What do you think you're doing?" She rolled her eyes. "What do you think I am doing? I am leading my men." Dean scoffs. "You are not in any condition." Taylor let out a laugh. "Shut up." She kissed him. He did shut up the tent blocking them. Her hand curled his shirt up in her fist. When they break apart she smiled. "C'mon they will get suspicious." Taylor said walking out from behind the tent. "D*mn." Dean said running his thumb across his bottom lip.

Arianna watched Taylor carefully. Her eyes were scanning the lines of men. "Peyton! Get in line for f*cks sake." A small graced her lips. Taylor spots her and walks over. "Hey." She says still checking every role of soldiers. "Hey, how are you feeling?" She shrugs. "Peachy."

"You are to stay on this path, between the fences. Only open fire if necessary. Remember, sound. You guys cant be making so much noise. Got it?" Taylor ask and they all nod. "You're a pretty good commander." Sam said leaning on her truck. "Break up into your squadrons!" She looked over to where he was at and mouthed 'f*ck you'. He grinned. "Sometimes I wish you were my vessel. So feisty." Dean walked over to Taylor. "Be careful." He muttered. "You too." They had to keep their relationship low profile, or the men would get doubtful.

The trucks and humvees pulled out of the camp, Taylor driving Lucas sitting shotgun. Her vision was intact the blur hadn't come back since she hit her head. "Ma'am, are you okay?" Lucas ask eyeing her forehead. "Yeah. You know the plans, right?" Taylor ask shifting in her seat. "Yeah, we are going in the building." She almost hit her brakes. "What?" He grabs at the dashboard. "What the hell?" He ask looking at her incredulous. "Who told you that?" Taylor speeds up weaving between Dean's men's cars. "Dean announced it before we left. He said he cleared it with you." She let out some muffled curses and gripped the steering wheel tighter. Her truck speeds up passing the humvees one by one. When she had caught up to the front she swerved in front of Dean at an angle. He slams on the breaks. Taylor throws open the door and watches as he gets out also. "You f*cking son of a b*tch!" She met him hauling her fist back punching him. "What the f*ck?!" Dean yells, his tongue running over the split in his lip. Lucas hurriedly got behind Taylor trying to pull her away from Dean. She throws her elbow back hitting him in the nose. "Don't touch me." Dean spit out the blood from his mouth eyeing Taylor warily. "What the hell was that about?" He ask her. She let out a humorless laugh. "Like you don't know. We went over the plans, you know sending men into that building is only going to kill them. We all agreed sending them through the pass where it is safest. Now you tell me what is so f*cking important, that you are going to risk their lives. I don't care if you are their leader I will put a bullet through your head before I let you sacrifice them for some self righteous power trip." Men started to filter out from the vehicles, silence spread throughout. "You don't know what you're talking about." Dean said glaring at her. "Then tell me what are you doing, Dean? I can't let you do this. Not this." Her words were making hot fire burn his veins. "Why should I tell you? What is wrong with you? You will not even tell me what is wrong with you, so tell me why I should tell you a d*m thing about what I am doing?" Taylor smiles trying to cover up the tears filling her eyes. "I have a brain tumor you peice of sh*t!" Dean is taken aback, his breath caught in his throat and his brain running wild with thoughts. Taylor's heart was ramming into her ribcage. "Taylor-" she cuts him off. "Now, tell me what you are doing. It is only fair." She crosses her arms. "I can't tell you in front of them." He whispers lowly and she nods. "All soldiers get in the humvees and stay there." They all hesitantly get back into the vehicles. "Alright, now tell me." He sighs looking at her face, she looked done. "I found a lead on Sam." To say Taylor wasn't expecting this was an understatement. She fumbled back a few steps. "You're positive?" Dean nods, spitting out some blood in his mouth. "Yeah, now do you get it." She did understand, but she still couldn't let him do it. Taylor before Croatoan would have let Dean take the lead, rush in no matter what to save Sam. "Yes, but I still can't let you send them into the building. What about Cas? Me? Do you not even care?" Dean's head snaps up. "I do care! I wouldn't let you get close to that building." His voice was sincere but the cold feeling in her chest still there. "Dean, why do you do this?" Her hands shoved into her pockets and the sheen of tears over her eyes getting heavier. "I need to get Sam back. I never wanted this for us. You know that." She nods and lets out a sigh. "Okay, we will get Sam back but you need to rethink this. Do you have your map? Also get Cas." Dean nods and goes over to his hummer, grabbing something from the inside the door. Castiel gets out from the other side walking around. "Okay, we can't risk that many people. Where do you think Sam is?" She ask and he points to a portion near the building. "There is no other otherway." Dean says his eyes burning into her's. "We have to find one. Sam wouldn't want us to risk all of this." She looks at the map and bite her lip. "Okay. So instead of sending them in the building let have them flank it, then throw in an explosive. While the building it being blown into bits, Dean and I can make it to Sam. By the way how do plan on getting him back? You do realize Lucifer is possessing him, right?" She didn't mention that she had seen Sam. "Yeah, but we have this." He said holding the Colt. This made her uneasy. "What about me?" Castiel ask looking fairly buzzed. "You are going home to Arianna." He looks to Dean, who nods.