Over the next couple of weeks, Sam and Dean had gone to visit Garth, his wife and their twin sons. They'd also ended up stumbling on a case in the process. During that case, they'd realised that, with God no longer on their side, their luck had run out. The case had taken a turn for the worst and Garth had had to step in, saving the day. With a phone call to Eden, Sam had told her that they were headed to Alaska. Apparently, Garth had spoken of a pool bar where they could play to get their luck back. They'd met a Goddess there and succeeded with said luck.
They had no idea just how much luck was coming to them...

"So... How was gambling your lives away?" Eden asked, watching them come down the stairs to the War room.
She was sat at the map table with her feet up, one hand on her ever-growing, fifteen week old bump and the other wrapped around a glass of blood that she brought to her lips.
"Why don't you ask these scratchers?" Dean replied, throwing down six winning scratch cards. They weren't winning them the full jackpot, but it was to get them by for the next few cases, at least.
Eden's brows raised.
"Nice. Welcome back, boys." She hummed.
"We didn't win the lottery, but we had no car trouble, our credit cards are working again and, oh! Back to back bacon, double cheeseburgers didn't kill Dean, so-"
"That was beautiful, by the way." Dean pointed an outstretched finger to his brother after placing his overnight bag down on the table. "I'm just saying, it wouldn't have killed her to give us a little extra."
"Well, she thinks we're 'real heroes'. Maybe they don't get shortcuts." Sam offered, following Dean into the library.
Eden took her feet from the map table and also walked over to the other room, where Castiel came out from around the corner, looking rather pensive.
"Pigeon. When did you get back?" Eden frowned.
"Is everything okay?" Sam asked.
The Angel simply stepped aside and out came...
"Jack..." Eden's blood drained from her face, making her porcelain skin turn grey.
The boy held up a hand.
"Hello."
"It's really him." Cas told them.
Sam approached the Nephilim, immediately engulfing him in a hug. He then held him by the shoulders as he looked him over briefly, then made way for Dean. He cupped the side of Jack's face and dipped his neck to look him directly in the eye before turning to Cas, who gave a sympathetic smile. Dean nodded, also taking the boy into a hug.
"My turn, bugger off." Eden breathed, nudging Dean's arm.
He stepped back a few paces as the Dark Angel wrapped her arms around his neck and Jack's fell around her waist.
"You have no idea how happy I am to see you." He mumbled into her hair.
"Believe me, I've got an idea, Sweetheart..." She replied, her voice shaky to accompany the tears she shed.

Jack had ended up healing Willow out of the unconscious state Chuck had put her in. Their reunion had been a private one in her room.
But eventually, all six of them were sat around the map table with beers and blood.
Jack was telling them about what he'd been up to since he returned from the Empty. Cas then explained that Billie had kept him there until Chuck went off-world.
Jack had also told them that he needed to stay hidden from Chuck, mostly through fear of Chuck trying to kill him again, but also that Jack now knew that Chuck was afraid of him.
"If I do exactly what Billie says – if I follow her plan, then I'll get stronger and... I'll be able to kill God." The Nephilim concluded, wearily looking around the table at everyone's equally shocked expressions.
Everyone's shocked expressions, except for Eden's, who simply looked deep in thought as she cupped her bump.
"What's on your mind, Vampy Pants?" Dean asked.
"Killing God is great and all... But what about Amara? Come on, we don't seriously think she's just going to sit there and watch her brother be killed, do we?" Eden sighed, sitting forward to rest her forearms on the map table. "I mean, we know they have family issues, but they're still going to be there for each other. Not to mention the 'imbalance of the universe' broken record we seem to keep playing on repeat."
Everyone looked to Jack.
"I don't know. Billie hasn't said anything about her or the balance." He replied.
"So, Death's got you on a need-to-know basis and you're supposed to just go with it?" Dean scoffed.
"Yeah, basically." Jack shrugged.
The older brother groaned, running a hand down his face.
"Okay, yeah. We've all got questions. But right now, this looks like the only plan we've got. I don't trust Billie, but I believe in her. I've seen what she's capable of, I've seen her library, she was right about Rowena... She's all we've got."

With Willow, Jack and Sam doing their own thing, Eden, Dean and Cas sat in the library, the boys drinking whiskey in a couple of the armchairs.
"We knew it, Dean." Cas started. "When Eden and I were with Jack's mother, she- You know, Kelly just had faith that Jack would be good for the world and we felt it too – we knew it. And when everything went wrong and God took him from us, I was lost in a way I've never been before because, I knew the story wasn't over. I knew Jack wasn't done. And I was right."
"I felt it, too." Eden nodded. "When Jack died, it felt wrong. It felt twisted... Or unfinished. There had to be something more. I thought it was just my grief... I'm glad I was wrong."
"Well, here's to being right." Dean smiled, holding up his whiskey glass that clinked with Castiel's and Eden's blood glass before each of them took a sip. "And, here's to payback. Come on, revenge doesn't sound good to you?"
"What sounds good to me, is Jack fulfilling his destiny." Cas countered.
"Agreed." Eden sighed.
"Okay, yeah, but... The icing on the cake." Dean smirked, earning one back from the celestials. "I mean, Chuck wanted Cain and Abel, but we're going all biblical on him. Killed by his own grandson. That sounds right to me."
Just as he took another sip, the Winchester's phone rang on the table between him and his Angel.
"Heya, Jody." He greeted, putting it on speaker phone.
"Dean... I'm in trouble." The Sheriff kept her voice low. "Route Eleven, Fletcher Farm, the old barn. If you don't come, I'm dead."
Eden and Castiel leaned towards the phone with deep frowns.
"Jody?" Dean went to pick up his phone just as the line went dead.
"Go time?" Eden went to stand up.
"You're not going anywhere. You're fully showing now. Whoever's got her can use that against you." The Winchester said.
"Like Hell am I letting one of our friends – our family – go through this while I just sit back and rest my feet." The Dark Angel argued.
"I don't care what you do. But you're not coming." Dean ordered. "You Google maps the place, see if there's any vantage points that could catch us off-guard. I'm getting Sammy."

Castiel and Jack were playing a game of 'Connect 4' in the War room as Eden impatiently waited for an update on Jody.
She was knocked out of her thoughts when Cas lightly punched the table and sighed.
"You have four of the same colour connected, so... Given the name of the game, I assume that means you won."
The boy gave a proud smile as Cas triggered all of the coloured disks to fall.
Just as the plastic clammering stopped, the Bunker door opened, prompting the three to stand.
"Jody." The Angel greeted.
"Hey, Jack, Cas." She smiled.
"Nice to finally meet you in person." Castiel nodded.
"There's my favourite arresting officer." Eden grinned, making her way around the map table to hug her.
"Woah, look at you!" Jody exclaimed, holding her waist as she stared, wide-eyed at the girl's baby bump.
"Fifteen weeks today. Feels like forever." Eden chuckled.
"Believe me, you'll be wishing you were pregnant forever by the time you've got that baby in your arms." The Sheriff smiled, gently rubbing the bump with her knuckles as Dean and someone else came down the stairs.
"So, what happened?" Cas asked.
"Long story." Dean grumbled, turning the other person slightly to reveal someone entirely unexpected.
"Hello, Jack." Kaia, the Dreamwalker who had helped them get to Apocalypse world, said, her eyes fixed on the Nephilim.

With Kaia sat at the map table, the six Hunters stepped away to cover options.
"This isn't our world's Kaia." Dean explained. "She's the one from Kaia's bad place; the place Sammy and I got trapped in when that spell went to crap."
"Our Kaia didn't die." Sam continued. "She stuck there just like this one's stuck here. This... Dark Kaia wants to get back to her world before it dies."
"Why is it dying?" Eden frowned.
"I'd place my bets on Chuck." The younger brother replied. "We need a portal to get her there. Which means she needs Jack."
"Jack can't help her." Cas hissed.
"Yeah, we know that." Sam sighed.
"I already told her he's off-limits." Dean added.
"We'll find another way. I mean, Kaia is there because of us." The younger brother nodded.
"Alright, so you and me, we'll hit the lore." The older suggested to his sibling.
"Yeah. Cas and Jody, why don't you dig through our stores. We might have something in our inventory we haven't thought of yet – something that could help us jump worlds." Sam offered.
"Yeah." Jody uttered.
"I'll call Sergei as well, he may have more Archangel Grace." Cas said.
"No you're bloody not. He almost killed Sam, remember?" Eden scoffed.
"Other than Jack, it's the only thing that's worked for us before." The Angel countered.
"It's a good idea." Sam sighed.
"We're running out of time." Dark Kaia called back to them, making everyone turn to look at her. "He's standing right there. He could bring us there now."
"Hey. Not Kaia? Not helping." Dean shook his head.
"I can help in other ways." Jack offered. "Research..."
"Sure." The older brother uttered. "In the meantime, what are we gunna do with her?"
"Well," Jody started, taking a few steps towards the girl. "She killed a prized heifer just to get my attention, then she jumped me, beat me up and threatened to kill me."
"Cool. She's all mine then. You guys get to work before our dear Sheriff knocks the seven bells out of her." Eden clapped her hands together.

Dark Kaia sat at the table in the kitchen, chained to it with a fashion magazine in front of her. Eden sat sideways on the bench with her feet up and her back against the wall, reading through a book on the theory of alternate universes.
When Dark Kaia shoved the magazine across the table in a huff, Eden looked up at her with just her eyes.
"What? Make-up not your thing?" She asked.
"Do I look like I need sparkly face paint?" Dark Kaia glared.
"I'm sure a little highlighter wouldn't do you any harm." Eden shrugged, placing her book down on the table to talk to her properly. "So, why did you threaten Jody's life? Why couldn't you have just gone to her or us like a civilised person and asked for Jack?"
"Kaia showed you. In her head. You've seen the place I come from. Does it look like a place where manners are a priority?" The girl huffed, leaning back in her chair.
"No, but this world isn't there. If you'd have simply asked, we would've helped you and you wouldn't be chained to a table right now." Eden countered.
Dark Kaia only huffed, rolling her eyes as she folded her arms and looked away.
Eden gave a small, triumphant smirk and went back to her book.

Later on, Jack appeared in the doorway, holding up his hand and uttering a 'hello'.
"What do you want?" Dark Kaia glared at the wall just passed Eden's head.
"I'm sorry, it's just... You look just like her... How did you-"
"I don't know." She cut him off, finally looking at him. "Do you have anything else you wanna say, off-limits boy?"
"Less of the attitude. It's not his fault." Eden growled, not looking up from her book.
"I'm sorry I can't do more..." Jack muttered.
"I saw you." The girl snapped. "You encouraged her. She was scared and you pushed her to cross over. You all did."
Jack shook his head, taking the two steps down into the room.
"I wanted to help her." He said. "She was in so much pain."
"She's in pain now." Dark Kaia countered. "And soon? She will die."
"Because of me..." Jack's voice turned small. Kaia rolled her eyes and looked away to glare at the wall again. Jack moved forward, perching on the end of the bench seat by Eden's feet. "Why... Why did you do it - come here?"
The girl stopped her glaring, looking down at the table in her sadness.
"I envied her." She replied, turning to him. "Her world looked peaceful. But this place is... Cold. I don't understand it, I don't know how to move through it. So I just find empty spaces and I hide. This world doesn't want me... And I'm done with it." She watched as, behind Jack's eyes, his brain was processing what she said. Then, she sharply leaned forward and took his hands with her cuffed ones, making Eden drop the book and put on her guard. "You can fix this. You can help us. Please? Please..."
"Alright, that's enough. Let go of him." Eden ordered.
Slowly, her eyes still begging at him, Kaia's hands went limp and Jack slowly took his away.
But then he raised them, putting his index and middle fingers to her temple. His eyes glowed gold, making his fingers, Kaia's temples and her eyes do the same.
"Jack, stop it." Eden took his forearm, trying to pull it away to no avail.
After a few moments, their eyes went back to normal and he sighed as he lowered his hand.
He then quickly vacated his seat and left the room, headed for the library.
"Bloody Hell..." Eden sighed, running a stressed hand down her face.

"So, hands up who knew that Jack had a Reaper babysitting him?" Dean announced as he hopped down the stairs into the kitchen.
"Excuse me?" Eden frowned.
"Yep. And not only is she doing that, but Jack's just blackmailed her into helping him switch Kaia's." He added. "But, she needs your help, apparently."
"My help?" The Dark Angel's frown deepened.
"Yeah. Apparently she's gunna use your Archangel juice to jump start our cosmic warding. Try and keep Chuck from sensing him."
Eden glanced to Kaia, who did the same back.
"Is it safe?" The Dark Angel asked, pointing down to her bump.
"Seems so. You willing to take a risk? It looks like it's gunna be our only option." Dean shrugged. "She tried with Cas, but she needs an Archangel and you're the closest we've got. She said it'd work."
Eden sighed, holding out her hand to get help up. Dean instantly stepped closer to assist.
"Right then. Let's do this." She sighed.