All You Did was Save my Life

With or Without Your Help

            Sam and Dean arrived in Nebraska later that night and immediately began looking into the town. They discovered the deaths all linked back to a four year old boy named Jesse.

            "What are we gonna do?" Sam asked.

            "I dunno," Dean shook his head, "What can we do? Everything that's happened comes back to Jesse, but he's just a kid-"

            "He is not child," a voice said and Sam and Dean both jumped. They spun around and saw Cas standing there.

            "Cas!" Dean exclaimed, "What the hell are you doing here?"

            "Balthazar started looking into the strange occurrences and found Jesse," Cas told them.

            "Yeah, Jesse, the four year old child with freaky powers," Dean said, "That still doesn't explain why you're here."

            "While Jesse may appear to be a four year old child, he is much more than that," Cas said, "Jesse is, in fact, the antichrist." Dean and Sam stared at him for a moment in disbelief.

            "Cas, you want us t believe that the four year old kid who can't even tie his own shoes... is the antichrist?" Sam said slowly.

            "That is correct," Cas nodded.

            "Cas, can we talk?" Dean said and pulled the angel aside, "I thought we agreed you'd sit out the cases for a while?"

            "Yes, unless they involved fighting Lucifer," Cas said.

            "We're not fighting Lucifer here Cas," Dean said.

            "The antichrist will be Lucifer's greatest weapon," Cas said, "Part-human, part-demon, if Lucifer finds him it will mean the end."

            "So what do we do?" Dean asked, stepping back slightly to look at both the angel and his brother.

            "We kill the antichrist," Cas stated.

            "I'm sorry, did you say we have to kill Jesse?" Sam asked.

            "We need to kill the antichrist, yes," Cas nodded.

            "Cas," Dean said and the angel turned to him, "We can't kill a kid."

            "Dean, if Lucifer finds Jesse it will mean the end of everything," Cas said.

            "He's a four year old kid!" Dean said.

            "He's evil!" Cas replied, "And he must be eliminated before it is too late!"

            "We're not killing him," Dean said firmly, "We'll figure out a different way to keep him away from Lucifer."

            "Dean-" Cas started.

            "I said no Cas!" Dean shouted, "I am not killing a kid! What if it was Ben? Or Jamie? It's not happening!"

            "I'm sorry Dean," Cas said, "But Jesse needs to be stopped and I will do it with or without your help." With that, Cas vanished.