Ashes || Book 3 of 'I Caught Fire Series'

Chapter 10 - The Future

It's been a few months since our incident with Ramiel, and so much has happened. The most significant thing is that we found out that Mary has been working with the British Men of Letters for awhile now. In fact, it was her mission to go to Ramiel's and retrieve the colt, the mission that cost Wally his life and nearly mine. Sam was beyond angry with his mother for nearly killing me, but Dean took it the hardest.

I've been working with Cas, the two of us desperately searching for Kelly Kline. After what Ramiel said, we believe that she has been taken by Dagon after we tracked down a lead. A alien obsessed conspiracy theorist got footage of Dagon kidnapping Kelly in an alley after she was attacked.

So Cas and I were called upon by the angels for help, where we met up with our brother named Kelvin. The angels want Cas and I to come back and help them take out the baby. He explained to us that the new leader of heaven is Joshua, and he wants us to help.

Kelvin as told us that if we were to help the angels, that Cas and I would be welcomed back into heaven despite our past transgressions. That I could even become the leader of heaven again, like it was intended. I denied that immediately, knowing I could never rule heaven. But I know that Cas wants access back to his brother's and sisters. So we agreed and went back to heaven.

It's been a few weeks since we've been back home to bunker, but we need to go back. I hate that we have to lie to the boys, but we have to kill Lucifer's child, and they can't do that.

We walk in through the front door of the bunker, and onto the landing in the war room. We look down over the edge and I see the guys down at the war table, Sam having a bunch of writings in front of him.

"Avery? Cas?" He calls up, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Hello." Cas calls out and I smile down at him, missing him so much, "Hey, babe."

There's a hidden look in his eyes as he watches me, speaking with a tight voice, "Hey, you're alright. Um... Where have you been?"

We come down the stairs and Dean speaks up, "Let me rephrase that for Sam. Where the hell have you been? And why have you both ignored our phone calls?"

"Where we were, the reception was, uh poor." Cas explains truthfully.

"No bars?" Dean scoffs, looking back at his brother, "No bars. That's their excuse. Wow."

"We were in heaven. We were working with the angels." I state, coming to a stop by the table.

The eye us warily and Cas speaks up, "When I saw Dagon captured Kelly, I... We thought they could help."

"And?" Sam probes, causing me to shake my head, "Nothing."

Sam looks down before a tight smile comes over his lips, "Well, at least you're back. We're glad you're back."

I smile at him, leaning down and giving him a kiss, but Dean's angry tone pulls us apart, "Really? No, I'm sorry. Okay? Cause while you both were striking out in heaven, we had a shot at Dagon and we lost."

"We know. We... Received your messages." Cas states and Dean raises his eyebrows, "Oh you did, you did receive the messages? Okay, that's good."

"Dean." Sam says in warning, but Dean continues on his rant, "So not only were you ditching us, but you were also ignoring us? That's great. Cause we really could've used the back up."