All You Did was Save my Life

Angels and Reapers

            Balthazar and Castiel arrived in Missouri and immediately froze. Surrounding them were hundreds of reapers.

            "Find Sam and Dean," Cas said quietly, starting to walk in the direction the reapers were facing.

            "You can't go after him alone!" Balthazar said incredulously, but Cas didn't stop.

            "Find Sam and Dean," he repeated and Balthazar threw his hands up in exasperating. He turned and headed in the opposite direction. It did not take long before he came upon a demon and several hellhounds standing outside a shop.

            "Well, whatever's inside must be important to them," he said and flitted inside. He saw Dean standing there and rolled his eyes.

            "Of course you two would get yourselves locked in here when there are-" he stopped, finally noticing that Dean was covered in blood.

            "Jo's hurt," Dean said thickly, "She's gonna die if we can't get out of here."

            "Show me," Balthazar ordered and he followed Dean to the back of the shop. He stopped short at the sight in front of him. Ellen was kneeling next to her daughter who held a hand over her abdomen. Jo's clothes were soaked in blood and she was white as a sheet. He knelt on her other side and his hands hovered over her stomach.

            "Can you help her?" Ellen asked desperately, tears shining in her eyes.

            "I might be able to," Balthazar nodded, "Move your hands, there you go." Jo moved her hands slowly and reached over to grip her mother's. Balthazar laid his hand over the wound and it began to glow. He removed his hands a few seconds later and, despite all the blood, they could clearly see the wound was better.

            "You're not fully healed," Balthazar said, "And I can do nothing about the blood loss you've already sustained. But you will no longer need to hold yourself together."

            "Thank you," Jo said quietly and Ellen nodded vigorously, kissing her daughter's forehead. Balthazar felt someone touch his shoulder and looked up to see Dean standing there.

            "Take them back to Bobby's," he instructed.

            "Are you sure?" Balthazar asked.

            "Yeah, Jo needs help and she can't get it here,"  Dean said, "Take them back to Bobby's an get her the help she needs."

            "Dean, no," Jo protested, "You guys need all the help you can get. My mom can stay here and Balthazar can take me back to Bobby's and then come back here."

            "Jo," Dean said quietly, "You need help, alright? It's better for both you guys to go back to Bobby's and for Balthazar to stay with you to help keep you safe."

            "Dean," Ellen said, standing and gesturing for him to follow, "I promised Bobby when I came back it would be with Jo and both you boys."

            "Ellen, Sam and I will be fine," Dean assured her, "Just get Jo back to Bobby's and look after her." Ellen stared at him for another moment before pulling him in for a brief, but warm hug. She did the same to Sam before walking back over to her daughter and Balthazar. The angel carefully lifted Jo into his arms and then looked at Dean.

            "Cas followed the reapers," he said.

            "Cas is here?" Dean asked.

            "Yes," Balthazar nodded, "We got here and there were hundreds of reapers standing in the streets. Cas went to figure out why they're here. Find him before you go anything, alright?" Dean nodded and then Balthazar, Ellen, and Jo were gone.

            "Come on," Dean said, "We got an angel to find and a devil to kill."