The Story of US

Chapter 30

Dean was already there, having come out from where ever it was that he went before a fight. His face lit up like the sun when he saw Castiel, causing an instant smile to mirror back to him. Dean walked over and handed Castiel his shirt and jacket, then leaned over and lightly kissed his cheek. " Cheer loudest?" he whispered in Castiels ear. Unable to respond, because his voice just forgot how to work, Castiel nodded, a deep red blush on his cheeks. Dean never worried what people thought of them, if he wanted to kiss him, he did. Castiel loved that about him, among other things.

 Turning back to the ring, the fight was just taking off and Castiel could see Rowena on Crowleys side and as he saw her, she blew him a kiss. Shivering from the utter creepiness that was that woman he focused on his very handsome boyfriend. He could see the two fighters exchanging words here and there, but for the most part Dean was smiling as he floated around Crowley. Landing a hit here and there, you could tell he was playing with the man, and it was steadily getting to Crowley. After a very high impact moment the two men got tangled up and looked like they were hugging in a weird way but when they separated Crowley was laughing and the smile had left Deans face. Castiel watched as Dean looked from Crowley to Cas and back again and then as if a bomb had exploded Dean tore into the shorter man like a wild animal. Crowley wasn't even trying to fight back, he was laughing in a sick and twisted way as the guys that called themselves security stepped in and pulled Dean off of the crazy laughing man.

Chaos was erupting around them. Two men were trying desperately to hold Dean while others were shielding Crowley to get him to safety. The entire scene was surreal. Crowley was covered in blood, his face swelling so bad on one side you wouldn't be able to tell who he was from that angle. Dean was growling and spitting profanities and threats of death at the beaten man, his owns hands broken and bleeding. His face was deep read and he looked as if he might actually explode at any minute.

Castiel was then being pushed and pulled away from Dean. Meg had his hand but their grip was slipping and she was lost in a sea of faces all too soon. He could hear Sammy calling his name but couldn't tell which direction it was coming from, there was too much happening at once. Castiel couldn't breathe with all the bodies pushing in on him and then suddenly the man standing in front of him was pushed violently to the side and Benny grabbed his hand.

"What...?" was all Castiel managed to get out before the strong man was pulling him through the crowd and towards the trees marking the surrounding forest. When they past the tree line, Benny released his hand and started pacing, looking through the trees.

"Thank you Benny" Castiel choked out between rapid breaths.

"Tis my job" Benny grumbled back at him and that was the end of their interaction. Castiel was trying to get his breathing under control but he could feel the panic washing over him despite his best efforts.

Sammy and Jess were the first to arrive followed quickly by Meg, Charlie, Ash and Garth, but no Dean. The guys were talking quietly while the ladies were staying close to Castiel, trying to help him calm down, but each passing second that failed to produce his boyfriend was agonizing. Castiel was in a full blown panic attack when Dean finally came through the trees. Looking til he found Castiel, Dean crossed the space between them in three steps and gathered Castiel into his arms. Dean's embrace was so tight Castiel thought he might faint, but it felt so good to have Deans arms around him. Castiel had buried his face in Deans chest but he could feel everyone looking at them, when after a moment Sammy asked what they were all thinking.

" Dude." He said to his brother, " What. The. Hell?"

Dean remained quiet for a few moments longer before he answered, stroking Castiels hair and keeping a tight grip on his shaking boyfriend.

" I don't even.." Dean started, Castiel could feel every muscle in his body tensing up again so he tightened his grip on him, not really caring to hear the story of why right now. All he cared about was that he was with Dean and they were both okay. Castiel was being gripped by a fear he had never felt before and the only thing keeping him from losing it completely and screaming into the trees was the man holding him.

Dean cleared his throat " I think we need to go home and have this conversation"

"But Dean..." Sammy started but was cut off

" No Sammy, we can't do this here. Let's get back to the apartment and I will tell you what happened, but right now we have to get Cas out of here and I mean like ten minutes ago. " He told his younger brother.

"He's not safe here" Dean concluded and released his hold on Castiel to simply holding his hand. Dean was pulling him away from the group and towards where they had parked Baby on an old dirt road away from everyone else.

"We'll meet you guys there" Was the last thing he called over his shoulder as they left their group of friends behind in utter confusion. Castiel couldn't blame them for how they felt cause he was just as confused, but he trusted Dean more than anyone in this world. If he said get the hell outta dodge, then that's exactly what they were going to do.