"I hope you realise how much you scared the crap out of me." Sam mumbled as he curled into Eden that night in bed.
"If I could have anticipated the Alpha would go that far or that he'd pick up on my weaknesses that quickly, I never would've gotten that close to him. But, hey, I'm fully healed and my powers are all restored. Turns out, all I needed to do was die for five months to get them back." She sighed, wrapping her arms protectively around him. "But, I'm sorry you had to go through that."
"I'm just glad I have you back." He hummed, kissing her hand. "I never lost faith."
"I know you didn't." Eden chuckled. "It's one of the reasons I adore you so much."
Sam smiled, his eyes already closing.
"Are you gunna sleep?" He asked, his voice slurred from exhaustion.
"I think sleeping for five months was quite enough for me." Eden smirked. "But, don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. You sleep."
"I love you so much." He whispered.
"I love you too, Sam."

"So, where are we at with Lucifer's baby? Isn't the little Devil due to pop out some time soon?" Eden asked the next day.
She grabbed a blood bag from the cooler Dean had picked up earlier that morning.
"Well, we had her... And then we didn't." He sighed.
"Care to elaborate on that?" Eden cocked a brow as she shoved the blood bag tube into her mouth.
"We found her, but then Dagon found us and, well, it didn't go well." Sam replied. "Eileen says 'hi', by the way."
"Oh, you saw her?" Eden's brows raised as she took a seat next to him.
"Yeah. And I've texted her this morning. She's glad to hear you're alive – everyone is." Sam smiled. "But, as for baby Lucifer, I'm thinking he's due around May eighteenth."
"Sorry, I have no idea what month it is, let alone the day." Eden shook her head.
"We have less than a month to find her." Dean said.
"Damn, I missed a lot, clearly." Eden's brows raised. "Nephilim don't need a full nine months?"
"Not according to the lore." Sam replied.
"Even if we do find her. What then?" The older brother asked.
"I don't know." The younger shrugged. "I mean, how-"
He was cut off by Castiel walking in.
"I came as soon as I got your message." He said, jogging down the stairs. "Eden..."
"Hey, Pigeon." The girl smiled, opening her arms for him.
Cas practically fell into them, giving her a long, tight hug.
"Where have you been?" Sam asked him.
"Let me rephrase that for Sam." Dean grumbled. "Where the Hell have you been? And why have you ignored our phone calls? Why did it take 'Eden's alive' for you to show up?"
Cas pulled himself from Eden's hug.
"Where I was, the reception was, um, poor." He replied. "You telling me Eden was alive just happened to coincide with my return."
"No bars." Dean nodded, turning to Sam. "No bars, that's his excuse. Wow."
"I was in Heaven, I was working with the Angels." Cas elaborated. "When I saw Dagon had captured Kelly, I thought they could help."
"And?" Sam pressed.
"Nothing." The Angel shook his head.
"Well, at least you're back. We're glad you're back." The younger brother smiled.
"Really?" Dean retorted. "No, I'm sorry, 'cause while you were striking out in Heaven, we had a shot at Dagon... And we lost."
"I know." Castiel nodded. "I received your messages."
"Oh, you did receive the messages." Dean raised his brows. "Okay, that's good. So, not only were you ditching us, but you were also ignoring us. That's great. 'Cause we really coulda used the back-up. We were already one Angel short with Eden outta the picture, but, hey, you were too busy with – what was it – nothing?"
"Dean..." Cas sighed. "I-"
"What the Hell's wrong with you, man?" Dean shook his head. "You know what, it's whatever. Welcome back."
The older Winchester wandered off towards his room with a less-than-genuine chuckle, leaving the other three in an awkward silence.

A little later on, Cas went to go and speak to Dean to try and smooth things over a little.
Sam and Eden were in the library, researching all they could and anything relevant to the situation.
"Can't you just zap to her?" Sam huffed, running a hand over his face.
"I haven't met her." Eden replied. "Otherwise I would've done that hours ago."
"What about Dagon? You met her, Hell, you created her."
"She's warded against me. They all are. Have been since our falling out a few hundred thousand years ago." The girl said, taking her feet from the table.
Sam frowned, closing up his laptop.
"You know, these past months, I've been thinking..." He started. "If we had a kid, it'd be a Nephilim, right? And, not just any Nephilim; a Dark Nephilim."
"Yes, I'd imagine so." Eden nodded.
"If Lucifer's kid is inherently bad because of its father – a light Angel – does that mean ours will be inherently dark?"
Eden looked down at the table, suddenly taking interest in the direction the grains in the wood were going.
"I suppose so, yes, if we're following the same logic. But, we don't know that Lucifer's child will be bad. That's why we're trying to find a way to save it." She said. "Plus, even if our child is inherently dark, it made no difference to me, right? Except for the massacres, of course, but that wasn't so much because of the Darkness as it was God."
Sam looked back at his laptop, nodding thoughtfully.
"Do you think we could track it?" He asked, out of the blue.
"Track what?" Eden frowned.
"The Nephilim. It's hot-housing a unprecedented amount of power, right?" The Winchester pointed out.
"Yes, I suppose." The Dark Angel nodded.
"Come on, guys, get some sleep." Dean sighed, walking in through the War room.
"Dean, what if we've been going about this whole thing the wrong way?" Sam frowned with his feet up on the library table and his laptop perched on his stomach. "You know, we can't track Dagon, we've tried, but what if we can track the Nephilim?"
"How?" Dean pressed, sitting next to Eden, opposite Sam.
"Well, okay..." Sam huffed, closing his laptop. "The baby's half Angel, right? So, remember Gadreel?"
"The psycho Angel who took your body for a test drive? Yeah, what about him?" Dean rested his face in his palm with his elbow on the table.
"Alright, well, there was this spell – a spell Cas and I were working on to find him." Sam explained.
"Yeah, but it didn't work." Dean retorted.
"This is a rather big reach from what we were talking about..." Eden frowned.
"No, no, it just made me think." The younger brother shrugged.
"You needed Gadreel's grace and he couldn't yank enough out of you." Dean continued.
"Of course..." Sam scoffed, clearly having some sort of epiphany.
"Of course, what?" The older brother pressed.
"Of course I am an idiot." Sam smiled to himself.
"Well, there's no argument there." Dean uttered, earning a light tap on the side of his face from Eden, who proceeded to smirk at his comment nonetheless.
"No, stop, Dean, the grace extraction. The tracking spell was a bust, right? But, the extraction ritual worked." Sam elaborated.
"So?" Dean and Eden said in unison.
"So, what if Cas used it on Kelly's kid? I mean, a Nephilim is just a Human soul with angelic grace, right? So, you remove the grace-"
"Kid's just a kid." Dean nodded, following his brother's mind-set.
"Kid's just a kid." Sam repeated. "That way Kelly wouldn't have to die and neither would her baby." He scoffed at how simple the solution was.
"Hot damn..." Dean muttered.
"Hot damn." Sam gave an open-mouthed grin. "I mean, we obviously still have to find Kelly in the first place and it's just a theory, but-"
"No, no, That's... This is it." Dean held out his hands, looking to Eden. "What do you think?"
"I think I couldn't be impressed by you boys any more than I already was, but, bloody hell, you've done it." She chuckled in disbelief. "This is how we save them."
"I'll get Cas." Dean instantly got up, practically running towards the bedrooms.

"He's gone and he's not answering his phone." The older brother jogged back in.
He and Sam looked to Eden, who sighed.
"On it."
She zapped out, finding herself on a street corner with three Angels, including Castiel, who had the Colt in his hand.
"Now... This is interesting." She cocked a brow, leaning against his truck.
"Eden... It's not what you think." Cas told her.
"Really? Because it looks like you're going to kill Dagon and Kelly with the Colt to keep the Winchesters out of things because you know they won't be able to kill the baby when the time comes." Eden replied.
"Okay..." Castiel looked down at his feet. "This is exactly what it looks like."
"This is the abomination?" One of the Angels – a tall, slender, African American man asked.
"This is Eden, the Angel of Darkness. She is not an abomination." Cas retorted.
"Oh, if you six years ago could hear yourself now." Eden laughed, wiping away a fake tear. "Come on, then. Let's go and kill my Horcrux."
"What do you mean?" Castiel frowned.
"A Horcrux. From Harry Potter-"
"No, I know what a Horcrux is, I just don't understand your meaning for it."
"Sam didn't tell you?" Eden raised her brows. "To make the Princes of Hell, Lucifer and I had to use a soul to corrupt. We used mine. Killing the Princes of Hell also-"
"Kills that piece of your soul..." Castiel realised. He turned to his fellow light Angels. "We can't do this."
"Yes, we can, Castiel. Even if it means killing her too." The Angel said.
"Please. If it means we get Kelly, we're killing that Princess." Eden scoffed. "Which house?"
The African American Angel pointed to the house on the corner of the street, earning a nod before Eden walked off.

Inside, Dagon was watching a game show on the TV.
The Angels moved silently through the house. Castiel, armed with the Colt, went for Dagon.
"Well, whatcha know?" The Prince of Hell smirked, appearing behind him as he was about to take the shot at the now empty armchair.
Castiel took the shot, but missed as Dagon disappeared again, reappearing as a third light Angel grabbed her shoulder.
"Hey, find the girl." The second Angel told Castiel, who was about to go for another shot.
Just as he and Eden vacated the room, Dagon threw her hand into the third Angel's chest, turning him to dust instantly.
Castiel and Eden found a heavily pregnant Kelly in the basement. He pointed the Colt at her.
"Castiel?" Kelly spoke with a shaky voice, holding her pregnant belly.
"Pigeon, don't do this. We found another way." Eden pressed.
"There is no other way." Cas replied.
"Yes, there is. Take the baby's grace and it's just a baby. It won't kill Kelly and it won't be a Nephilim." She explained. "You don't need to do this."
Castiel thought for a moment, hearing the last Angel drop to the floor upstairs.
"Unchain her." He instructed, putting the Colt in the pocket of his trench coat.
Eden moved quickly, ripping the iron chains from Kelly's ankle and helping her up.
They heard Dagon coming down the stairs. Cas quickly took the arm Eden held out for him and zapped them out, back to the truck.

Castiel drove as quickly as he could.
"Who are you?" Kelly asked the girl.
"I'm Eden. I'm a friend of Pig- uh, Castiel. We would've met when you first met Sam and Dean, but I was on bed rest." Eden explained.
"And the second?" The mother-to-be queried.
"Um... I was dead. But, that's a long story and I'm only here to help you now." Eden gave a small, hesitant smile. "Lucifer and I have a long, long history. So, this-"
"She knows him better than anybody." Cas interrupted. "She can help."
There was an uncomfortable silence for a few moments.
"Back there, in the basement... You came to kill me." Kelly eventually spoke up. Castiel didn't say anything. "But, you didn't. Thank you."
"Please don't thank me." The Angel mumbled. "If anyone, thank Eden. I had a mission and I failed."
"And now?" Kelly pressed.
"And now, I don't know. I'm just trying to put as much distance between you and Dagon as I can. I'd ask Eden to teleport us somewhere, but I don't know what effect that'll have on you and the baby and I don't want to risk it a second time." Cas explained.

They drove all night until Castiel parked up outside of a motel and vacate the truck, trying to get through to someone on Angel radio.
"Are you okay?" Eden asked.
Kelly scoffed.
"I've been imprisoned and kidnapped more times than I care to think about. All while pregnant. Do you think I'm okay?"
"I know what being imprisoned feels like more than almost anybody..." Eden uttered. "Which is why I'm asking."
"I'll be fine so long as no one tries to take me again." She mumbled. "What even are you? Are you an Angel?"
Eden gave a breathy chuckle.
"Sort of." She said. "I'm an Angel of Darkness. The only one made by God's sister. But, believe me, the 'Darkness' bit only goes as far as the title – or at least that's how I try to keep it. My main priority right now is keeping you and your baby safe." She finished as Cas got back in the pick-up.
"What's going on?" Kelly asked him.
"I was communicating with Joshua." The Angel replied. "He's an Angel. I, um, was getting my orders. I didn't kill you back there, but now... I will take you to Heaven."
"Excuse me?" Eden cocked a brow.
"It's the safest place for her and the child. Dagon can't get her there." Castiel elaborated, looking over at Kelly. "Your life will end. Your baby's too. It will be swift and painless."
"No, no, you... You don't know. What if it doesn't work?" Kelly shook her head, looking down at her bump.
"No Human form can step through that gate and survive. Your souls will ascend to Heaven and every cell of your beings will return to the universe." The Angel said. "I am sorry, Kelly. This is the son of Lucifer. This is a Human, Archangel hybrid. That power... It's beyond comprehension – your child could bring the universe to its knees."
"Or lift it to its feet." Kelly whimpered, looking over at him with tears in her eyes. "This baby – nothing is born evil."
"I can't take that chance." Cas sighed.
"You took that chance with me." Eden cocked a brow. "You knew I was a Vampire when we first met. You didn't kill me on sight."
"That was different." The Angel mumbled.
"I'm sorry, a what?" Kelly's eyes widened.
Eden waved a dismissive hand at her.
"You didn't kill me when you found out I was an Angel of Darkness, either. That's a lot less different." She countered.
"You're not as powerful as this child will be." Cas retorted.
"Kelly's right. Nothing is born evil – evil is made. So, we help that child become its best possible self." Eden said.
"His. His best possible self." Kelly corrected.
Cas gave another, heavy sigh as he turned the key in the ignition. It gave a sick-sounding choke and gave up.
"Great..." The Angel mumbled. "Come on. We need to lay low."

The girls sat on the bed in the motel room as Castiel paced the length of it, his phone in hand.
"I should really update the boys..." Eden sighed. "Can I borrow your phone? I left mine in the Bunker."
Cas mumbled something under his breath, handing it over.
"Cas?" Dean answered after the second ring.
"Nope. The other Angel in your life." Eden replied.
"Why aren't you back yet? What happened?" The Winchester demanded.
"Well, we got Kelly, but Pigeon's up to something. I won't say what because you'll go all ape on me and I think I'm getting second-hand pregnancy hormones, so I can't be bothered to deal with your crap. Just trust me, I'll fix this and we can go along with Sam's idea." Eden told him.
"Second-hand pregnancy hormones? Seriously?" Dean scoffed.
"It's a thing... Probably. Like I say, just trust me. Tell Sam I love him and give him your most adoring kiss from me."
"Yeah, I'm not going to do that." The Winchester replied in monotone.
Eden chuckled.
"Whatever makes you comfy. Love you both." She said, hanging up the phone.
She handed it back to Castiel, who had just walked in with cup of water for Kelly.
"Something happened to me, guys..." She started. "I... Tried to- I killed myself."
"Excuse me?" Eden's brows raised as she sat next to her.
"I slit my wrists." Kelly continued. "I died. And then... He saved me. He brought me back to life." She lovingly caressed her belly.
Castiel looked to her inquisitively.
"So, that was the pulse... We felt that in Heaven. It led us to you." He realised.
"His power. His soul surged through me... And it was good, pure. I feel- I know he is good." The woman smiled.
"Kelly, what your child did, that's testament to his power, but that's not proof of some goodness. He needs you alive." Cas said, walking towards her.
"Maybe..." Kelly breathed. "Or maybe it was a miracle. Maybe everything that I have been through – everything that I still have to go through... Is happening for a reason, maybe it's part of some plan."
"No, it isn't." Cas said matter-of-factly. "I used to believe that I had a plan. I used to believe that I was on some mission. But I have been through enough now to know that everyone is just winging it – some of us quite badly. Lucifer; he's just breaking toys. He's sewing destruction and chaos and there is no grand purpose at work. And there's no special role for you. When Lucifer took over Rooney's body – I'm sorry, you were just there."
"Has it occurred to you that, if this baby is as powerful as you believe him to be, he doesn't need Kelly anymore – especially at this stage in her pregnancy? I mean, he should be fully formed enough by now to be able to sustain himself at this point. Human babies have been born more prematurely than this and survived." Eden pointed out. "I really don't believe this baby wants to hurt Kelly. And I don't believe he's inherently evil. If anything – he'll be taking after his mother more. It's a known fact that children get their emotional quotas from their mothers and Kelly is full of empathy and compassion – I've known her a few hours and I can see that as plain as day. I don't think that would change in the circumstances of a Nephilim child. Don't you think that should factor into whatever decision you're thinking of making?"
"I know my baby can be good for this world." Kelly nodded.
"Kelly, if he's born, that is not something you can survive. So, even if you are right, and even if the worst isn't inevitable, then who will care for him when you're gone? Who? Who is strong enough to protect him and to keep him from evil influences? To keep him on the righteous path?" Cas asked, sitting on her free side. Kelly was about to answer, but chuckled instead. "What?"
"He just kicked." The woman smiled, cradling her stomach. She looked up to Castiel. "Do you wanna..?" She trailed off, reaching for his hand.
"Oh, no." Cas shook his head.
"Pigeon, go on." Eden's glinted with hope.
"It's not a big deal, Castiel. He does it like twenty times a day." Kelly told him, taking his hand and one of Eden's to place on her swollen belly.
The Angels sat, waiting for the pressure on their palms. When they felt it, they smiled.
"I've never actually experienced this before..." Eden whispered, looking up to Kelly. She frowned when the woman's eyes turned gold.
The mother-to-be sucked in a sharp breath, grabbing Cas' attention too.
"Kelly?" He pressed, just as there was a knock on the door.
Castiel took his hand from Kelly's belly and moved her towards the bathroom with Eden following. He took out the Colt and went to answer the knocking.
"What happened?" Eden whispered.
"I think... He showed me the future." Kelly replied. "You and Castiel... You're going to protect us."
She was interrupted when Dean shoved Castiel against the wall next to them.
"The Hell were you thinking, huh?" The Winchester hissed.
"Dean?" Eden frowned, looking out of the bathroom to see Sam.
"Dean." The younger brother spoke up, spying Kelly protectively hidden behind Eden.
"What?" Dean snapped, looking over and releasing the Angel. "Kelly?"
"Hey."
"Hey." Sam repeated.
"How did you find us?" Castiel asked.
"Eden kept me on the phone long enough for Sam to trace the call." Dean replied.
"You wanna explain what's going on here?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, I found Dagon."
"And?" Sam pressed.
"Did you kill her?" Dean added.
"No, I- She's difficult to kill, okay?" Cas huffed.
"You had Eden – her maker – right there!" Dean countered.
"I was a little busy trying to stop Pigeon from killing Kelly. She never even saw me, I don't think." Eden sighed, running a hand down Kelly's upper arm.
"You don't think?" Dean's brows raised.
"I know. Dagon would've kicked up a Hell of a lot more of a fuss if she had." The Dark Angel corrected.
"Alright, so what are you doing here, then?" Sam asked.
"My truck broke down..." Cas mumbled.
"What's up with Vampy Pants' zappy power?" Dean frowned.
"Vampy Pants lied and told Pigeon she couldn't zap to Heaven's gate to give him time to think about his actions and to try and talk him out of them." Eden smirked, folding her arms over her chest, earning a look from the Angel. "What? I needed you to realise that your plan was stupid on your own because you clearly weren't getting it with just me telling you."
"We could've helped you." Sam huffed.
"I know, I wanted to keep you out of this – I was trying to keep you safe." Cas told them.
"You're not our babysitter, Cas, okay? That is not your job. When, in our whole lives have we ever been safe?" Dean raised his voice.
"This is my responsibility because it is my plan." The Angel retorted.
"Your plan?" The younger brother raised his brows.
"He's taking me to Heaven." Kelly spoke up.
"You're taking her to the sandbox?" Dean sighed.
"Yes. I am ending this once and for all. Kelly and her baby have to die."
"No, they don't." Eden and Sam replied in unison.
"Listen, we found another way." The younger brother continued.
"I told him, but he was too busy focusing on impressing his Angel friends to listen." Eden rolled her eyes.
"Wait, what are you talking about?" Cas frowned.
"What you did with me – with Gadreel, remember? The grace extraction. We take the grace from the baby and then the baby – the Nephilim just becomes-"
"Human." Cas cut Sam off. "Wait, that extraction, it nearly killed you."
"Yeah, but it didn't." Sam argued.
"Because we didn't finish it." The Angel retorted. "We didn't even- we don't even know if this would work."
"There are kinks, yes. But, it's a plan. And it beats the Hell out of certain death." Dean looked to Kelly, who was deep in thought. "Am I right?"
"No." Kelly sighed, grabbing her coat and walking out.
"Hey, Kelly! Wait, wait a second." Sam ran after her as Eden did, shortly followed by the other two. "We can't imagine what you've been through, but we promised we would find another way and we did, we found another way and this could work."
"I'm going with Castiel." Kelly told him.
"If you go with Cas, you die – your baby dies." Sam said.
"If I go with you, you take away the thing that makes him special." Kelly replied.
"How does that matter if you're both dead?" Sam frowned.
"It's the only thing that matters."
"Okay, this girl has lost her mind." Dean spoke up.
"Dean..." Cas sighed.
"Okay, guys, can we take this conversation somewhere else, we're kinda sitting ducks out here." Sam asked, looking around the parking lot of the motel.
"Sam's right. Dagon is after Kelly, your truck is broke down." Dean looked to the Angel. "Why don't we get in the Impala, we'll head back to the Bunker and we'll talk – we'll figure it out."
"Okay, we'll talk." Cas sighed, grabbing Kelly's hand and wandering off towards the Impala with Eden in tow. "Dean! It's locked."
The Winchester huffed, retrieving the car keys from his pocket to throw at the Angel. He sat Kelly in the passenger seat before he and Eden climbed into the back.
"It's not supposed to happen this way." Kelly panted as Cas tossed the keys into the driver's seat. She glanced to them before grabbing them, scooting over.
"Kelly... What are you doing?" Cas asked as she started up the engine and wheel span out of the parking lot. "Turn around. Where are you going?"
"To Heaven." Kelly replied. "To the sandbox, if you tell me how to get there."
"Kelly, this is insane." Eden sighed.
"I can make you stop this car." Cas told her.
"Then why haven't you?" Kelly retorted.
"Okay... Why are you doing this?" Cas leaned forward in the backseat as Eden climbed over to sit in the passenger side.
"Because he chose you, Castiel." Kelly smiled. "He chose both of you. When you put your hands on my stomach, I heard him – he spoke to me. He told me, even if it seems scary, if I just go to the gate, if I just follow your plan. That you would both make sure he was born. Sam and Dean, they wanna take away his powers because they're scared. But I'm not."
Castiel and Eden glanced to one another.
"Kelly-"
"You asked me who would protect him – guide him when I'm gone. I know now. It's you two." The woman told them.
"Us? That's- I... I am not someone who you should put your faith in." Castiel protested. "I couldn't kill Dagon, I lost two of my men, I betrayed my friends – my family."
"And I'm hardly a mother figure." Eden cocked a brow.
"Well, now's the time to start. Because my baby is going to need a mother. And all you've done since before you met me is protect me, Eden. I need my baby to have a mother if I'm not there to do it myself. I see no better person than you and, clearly, neither does he." Kelly said. "Before all this happened, I was a cut-rate political flack in an embarrassingly unprofessional relationship with my boss. I don't know why it's me and I don't know why it's you two. But I know that we are destined for something here – something great."
"Well, I wish I had your faith." Cas sighed.
"Pull over." Eden instructed, earning a look from the woman next to her. "You're too pregnant to be driving right now and I know the way to the gate. So pull over and let me drive."
Kelly nodded, pulling over to the side of the road.