Under His Wing: The Goddess War (Book Three)

Chapter 10- Don't Listen To Them

  It was all a blur. You were now standing in your driveway, in your robe, biting your thumb.
  Sirens blared from down the street, all of your neighbors looking suspiciously from their front lawns. Your eyes were puffy red as you stared at the ground, Castiel still in denial as he was being questioned inside by the police.
  You knew what had taken her; you knew the demons were involved... but for the slight chance that 911 would help, you called.
  Sandy runs out of her house, you look over at her as she makes her way to you.
"What happ-...ened...." she begins, but slows down as she notices the police dogs, sniffing one of Callie's shirts and roaming around your house.
  "...no...." she shakes her head and hugs you, you sob on her shoulder.
  In the distance, the famous black impala rolls up the street, stopping at the caution tape. Sam and Dean jump out of the car and run towards you, disregarding the police man that tried to stop them. Dean runs up to you and you fall into his arms, crying even harder as he hugged you, your feet almost off the ground as he held you tightly.
  "There was sulfur on her bed." You say to him, he sighs. You pull away and he wipes the tears off of your cheeks with his thumbs.
"We're going to find her." He says. As you lean on Sam, Dean goes inside to find Cas. You sniffle as he wraps his arm around you and rubs small circles on your arm.
  "I was right there..." you say in denial. Sam quickly grabs you and spins you in front of him, he looks into your eyes.
  "Don't even think about blaming yourself right now, Y/n." He says to you sternly, you wipe your eyes and nod.
"Okay... I won't, I'm sorry." You sniffle. As one of the police officers that had been interrogating Cas walks out the door you walk back to him quickly, he wraps his arms around you.

***

  After the next few hours at the police station, you and Cas are finally released and are able to go back home. Sam and Dean had been waiting there. You groggily walk in the door and toss your keys on the side table, avoiding everyone and going straight upstairs. You walk into Callie's room, taking a seat on her bed.
  It had all happened so unexpectedly. You hold her stuffed bunny in your hands, feeling yourself choke on tears.
  "... Shit." You wipe your eyes, placing the bunny back on her bed. You stand up, kicking the dresser angrily as you leave the room. While walking towards your room, someone grabs your wrist, you turn around to see Dean.
  "I'm not in the mood-"
"Don't pretend like your all alright, kid."
  "Well I'm not! I'm not fucking alright Dean!" You shout, making him shut up as you pull your wrist away and stomp down the stairs, grabbing your cars keys.
"Where are you going?" Cas begins to ask, you slam the the front door and get in your car.
  There were no words to explain it. Beyond furious. Beyond upset, or mad, or beaming. You wanted to find every last demon and torture them. Every angel apart of the whole scheme you wanted slain. You put the car into drive and sped away, all the way to your favorite lake. You and Crowley's normal meeting spot. The place where you and Cas spent your first anniversary under the stars, where Callie first swam, where you went on walks to clear your mind, or where you and Cas took her just to have a day out. You park your car in your normal spot, shutting the door shut and standing in front of the lake. The cold winter air freezing a thin layer of ice over the water.
"Take me instead!" You shout to the sky angrily, running your fingers through your hair.
"They don't want you..." you turn around at the all too familiar voice. It was Crowley.
"This is all your fault, you said you'd protect her! You swore to me that you wouldn't let another thing like this slip through your fingers but guess what, you did! And now my fucking daughter is being probed to do lord knows what with lord knows who!" You get in his face. He stays silent.
  "I can't even look at you right now." You spin away, sitting on the shore.
  "Y/n-"
  "Is it so hard for you to keep a fucking promise?! Just leave me alone!" You yell. You can feel his face turn smug.
"As you wish, you little pesk." He blips away angrily. You scream and throw a stone towards where he was standing.
Taking a seat back near the water, you lay your head on your knees and clasp your hands together. You begin to pray, begging that if anyone knew anything, you'd do whatever to get her back. You asked for answers.
You hear the flap of wings behind you knew it was Cas, and although you didn't show it, you were glad he came.
He kneels down behind you and slides his arms around you, holding you tightly in his embrace and laying his head next to yours. You hold his arm, relaxing yourself in his grasp.
"You heard my prayers...?" You ask through the silence.
"Of course I did."
You sigh and lay back on him, curling up and holding his hand.
"She's ok. I promise. If they need her like they said they did, they won't hurt her."
"That doesn't make it any better... She's scared, I can feel it." Your fists tighten, he kisses your forehead.
"She may be scared, but she is our daughter... She's brave." He attempts to soothe you.

***

  Back at the house, after Cas had finally managed to convince you to come home, you all sit around the dining room table. Lists, names, books, papers- They were all spread around.
  "So your saying that if we contact these people, they can get us leads as to where she is?" Sam taps from paper to paper, names to places that were written down. 
  "I believe so. You two should get on that now, I'll track down these three people, we'll meet back here when we've got something. Y/n, you need to rest." Cas looks at you.
  "But-"
  "Please, Y/n... I'll make you some of the raspberry tea and you can binge watch your Ghost Whisperer show. We need someone here Incase the cops get a lead anyways." Cas places his hand over yours. You sigh.
  "I-... fine." You give in. He wraps his arms around your shoulder and swaddles you.
   As Sam and Dean leave, Cas hands you the tea he promised, wrapping you in a blanket on the couch and giving you one last kiss.
"We're going to find her." He says. You look up at him before he walks towards the door.
  "I'll call you."
  After about an hour, your eyes began to grow heavy. You slowly nodded off, but unexpectedly your phone rings.
  You reach for it with your eyes barely open.
  "Yes..?" You ask, figuring it was Cas. Nobody answered.
  "Hello?" You ask.
  "...Mommy?!" You hear an urgent voice whisper.
  "Callie! Baby where are you?!" You fret.
  "I'm in a room, a man left his phone in here, and I remembered your phone number-"
  "Lovey, are you okay?! Did they hurt you??!" You question.
"I'm okay. Mommy I'm scared-" she says. You wipe your eyes.
  "Baby doll it's going to be okay, Daddy and me, and uncle Dean and Sam, were all coming to get you. What does the room look like, do you remember how you got there?"
"They flew like Daddy, it looks like your office." She tells you. Your heart was beating a mile a minute.
  "Just, Callie listen to me. If they try to tell you something, just agree with them. Pretend your going to do what they say."
"Mommy thy said I'm going to be a Queen."
  "They want you to be a bad Queen baby, don't listen to them." You say. In the background, you hear the voices of men.
"I have to go."
  "I love you munchkin, remember what I said!" She hangs up. You stare at your phone, you heart in your throat.
  You dial Cas's number.