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THEN

From 1.20 "Dead Man's Blood", in the diner, Dean looked at Catty. "We could just keep heading east. New York, upstate. Could stop by and see Brett again."

Catty didn't answer, pressing her lips together as if trying to hide a smile, looking at her laptop.

"Brett's a cool man, Cat," Sam told her.

From 1.19 "Provenance", in the Blake Auction House, Brett Blake and Catty continued to kiss in the doorway.

Sam: (voice over from 1.20 Dead Man's Blood) "You two seemed pretty friendly."

From 1.19 "Provenance", in the Blake Auction House, Brett and Catty were talking.

"Yeah, I'll miss you, too," Brett told her.

"Maybe I'll even come back to see you," Catty told him.

"I hope so," Brett told her.

Catty smiled, stepping inside, kissing Brett.

From 1.19 "Provenance", in the Blake Auction House, the Winchesters and the Blakes stood together.

Daniel looked at Catty, Dean and Sam. "I think it's time to leave."

"No, it's all right," Brett told him. "I invited them. We go way back, don't we, guys?"

"Sure," Catty told them. "Oh, yeah."

Daniel exhaled in defeat, looking at Brett in disappointment, walking away. Sarah gave Brett a look. Brett smirked.

From 3.02 "The Kids Are Alright", in the park, Brett and Catty smiled sadly, looking down, still remaining close.

Brett: (voice over from 3.02 The Kids Are Alright) "Promise to come back before you die. Promise that I will see you again."

From 4.05 "Monster Movie", in the Oktoberfest town square, Catty smiled, wrapping her arms around Brett. Brett returned the embrace.

From 4.05 "Monster Movie", in the bar, Catty and Brett were sitting at a table.

"And you and your dad?" Catty asked. "You still at each other's throats?"

Brett smirked. "I wouldn't say that."

"But you wouldn't say that you're getting along, either," Catty told him. "Would you?" Brett shook his head barely, looking away. "Brett, I'm sorry about what he did after what happened to your mom, but... Take it from me. Life is way too short to hold grudges like that against your own family. You could literally die any second. And not everybody gets to come back." 

Brett considered this.

From 4.05 "Monster Movie", in the Oktoberfest town square, Brett looked at Catty, smirking. "I'll see you around."

"Yeah," Catty agreed. "Yeah, you can count it."

From 5.10 "Abandon All Hope...", outside the hardware store, the hardware store exploded, glass shattering, fire spreading, killing everyone and everything inside. Across the street, Catty, Sam, Dean and Ness couldn't help but stop, looking back into the flames to watch it blow, knowing that Ellen and Jo were gone, breathing heavily, mourning their loss silently, numbly. Ness was crying silently, looking more angry than sad, but despaired all the same

From 5.10 "Abandon All Hope..." at William Jasper's Farm's Field, Dean and Catty stood on either side of Sam. They were all aiming shotguns at Lucifer. Ness stood behind Lucifer, using the Colt to shoot Lucifer in the back of the head. Lucifer fell to the ground, his wound sparking. Ness circled around Lucifer to stand next to Dean. Lucifer stood. Ness, Dean, Sam and Catty looked at him in horror.

From 5.02 "Good God, Y'All!", in the street, Sam and Dean grabbed either of War's arms, restraining him. Ness and Catty helped push War against the Mustang, pinning him. Ness cut off War's fingers and his Horseman ring.

Crowley: (voice over from 5.10 Abandon All Hope... (to Ness) "The only reason these three are alive is because they have you on their side."

From 5.10 "Abandon All Hope..." in Crowley's mansion, in the study, Crowley looked at Dean, Catty and Sam. "See, without your genius best friend Ness here, you three would have died years ago."

"Well, I'm not gonna deny that," Dean told him.

From 5.15 "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", in the Singer House, Bobby's room, Dean walked in to see Karen dead with Bobby and Ness by her side. He looked at them expressionlessly, sympathetic. Ness stood, looking at the gun in her hand, having been the one to kill her mother, tears in her eyes. She could barely meet Dean's gaze.

Ness: (voice over from 5.15 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid) "She was my mom. I never got to know her. I finally get to meet the real her all these years later, and I have to kill her so my dad doesn't have to again."

From 5.15 "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", in the Singer Salvage Yard, The Zombie was still pulling Ness away from the shotgun. Ness rolled to face him, kicking him with her other leg, making him let go and fall back. She grabbed the shotgun, turning toward the Zombie, shooting him in the head, killing him.

Ness: (voice over from 5.15 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid) "Death came for me because I've been helping you three."

From 5.15 "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", in the Singer Salvage Yard, Bobby, Ness, Dean, Sam and Catty were watching the body of Karen Singer burn away.

"I don't know if they wanted to take my life, or... my spirit," Ness told them. "Either way, they wanted me out of the way."

"But you're gonna be all right," Dean told her. "Right, Ness?"

Ness didn't answer, looking at Dean. She looked at Bobby. Bobby looked at Ness worriedly. Bobby and Ness looked into the flames of Karen's funeral pyre.

From 5.02 "Good God, Y'All!", in Bobby's hospital room, Octavia looked at Castiel, Catty, Dean, Sam, Bobby and Ness. "The Angels want me to prove my obedience. I have to find God."  

From 5.16 "Dark Side of the Moon", in Heaven's Garden, Octavia turned to face the Angel behind her. "Joshua. You talk to our father?"

From 5.10 "Abandon All Hope...", outside Crowley's mansion, Ness, wearing the black dress, turned to face Demon 1, punching him with one hand, over his elbow, punching him in the face with the other, making him fall to the ground and groan in pain. Catty arrived behind Demon 2, stabbing him through his neck with her knife, killing him, making him flash with red, taking the knife out, letting him fall. Demon 1 started to stand. Ness stepped up behind Demon 1, stabbing him in the back with the knife, killing him, making him flash with red, taking the knife out, letting him fall.

Joshua: (voice over from 5.16 Dark Side of the Moon) "He knows that the Apocalypse has begun. He just doesn't think it's His problem."

From 5.16 "Dark Side of the Moon", in Heaven's Garden, Octavia raised her eyebrows. "Not His problem?"

"He's finished," Joshua told her. "Whether you want to rebel openly, and help them stop the Apocalypse, or to continue doing your thing in secret, that's up to you. It's your choice, Octavia."

Octavia looked down, thinking for a long moment. She looked as if she already knew what her choice would be.

From 5.16 "Dark Side of the Moon", in Heaven's Winchester Old House, Catty glared at Zachariah, struggling against the Angel restraining her to no avail. Zachariah stood next to them, to the side, pulling Catty's hair back, kissing her neck. Catty started to struggle to no avail.

"What's the matter, Catty?" Zachariah asked. "Bringing back memories from Hell? Your dreams? If Mommy Dearest telling you that she never loved you didn't do it for you, perhaps you'd like to see a different familiar face." Catty glared at him, struggling uselessly. Zachariah trailed his fingers down Catty's arm, making her cringe back. Sam and Dean saw Catty's reaction, struggling uselessly, angrily protective. Zachariah spoke in Catty's ear. "You ready to say yes yet?"

Catty glared forward. "No way. You give me nightmares of Hell memories? So what? I'm not gonna break and give you want you want."

Zachariah took Catty's chin, making her look at him. "We'll see about that. You're near the breaking point, Catty. It does no good to lie to yourself, or to me."

Catty jerked her head away angrily.

Octavia leaned against the wall. "I've been doing all untold bad things lately, in secret, of course. But then I thought, 'What the hell?' Now look at me."

Octavia sent the Angels away with the Angel Banishing Sigil.

Octavia: (voice over from 5.17 99 Problems) "You want to whine about being shunned because you can't start the end of times? I actually want to stop it."

Octavia pushed away from the wall, walking toward Sam, Dean and Catty.

"Very subtle, Ava," Dean told her sarcastically. "Not like your usual work. What happened to being the inside man?"

"I don't care anymore," Octavia told them. "I'm already exposed. So, now I can help you guys with the big things without fearing exposure. I was talking to Joshua."

Sam slowly nodded. "What did he say? Did he tell you anything about God?"

Octavia hesitated, looking down, tilting her head. "He doesn't care, either. He's the reason that I don't."

Sam, Dean and Catty processed.

From 5.16 "Dark Side of the Moon", in the motel room, Castiel hesitated. "Ava... Maybe Joshua was lying."  

"I don't think he was, Cas," Octavia told him. "I'm sorry."  

Castiel walked into the entryway, looking up toward the ceiling, as if looking at God. "You son of a bitch. I believed in..." 

"We'll find another way," Sam told them. "We can still stop all this."

Catty looked up. "How?"

"I don't know, but we'll find it," Sam told them. "The three of us, we'll find it."  

Catty looked as if she didn't know if she believed him.

NOW

§

Blue Earth, Minnesota

Day One

Night - On the Road - The Impala

Dean was driving quickly down the road.Sam was in the passenger seat. Catty was in the backseat. They were all pretty beat up and bleeding.

"Drive faster, Dean," Sam told him.

"I can't," Dean told them. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, we're amazing," Catty told him sarcastically.

"You ever seen that many?" Dean asked.

"No," Sam answered. "No way, not in one place."

"What the hell?" Catty asked.

Dean turned around a corner to see a car blazing in the middle of the road in front of them, making him pull over. "Damn it!"

Dean pulled the car back, turning around.

Catty saw a shadow over the seat next to her, knowing that someone was near, instantly pulling the shotgun from the floor in front of her, turning to the window, shooting through the window to shoot a woman just as she tried to grab her, making her back away. Two men shattered the windows in the front seat, trying to pull Sam and Dean out of the car.

§  

Outside

A fire trunk drove closer, pulling to a stop, with two men and a teenage boy on board, spraying Holy Water all over the people, making them scream as their skin burned and sizzled, revealing them as Demons. More Demons approached, but they were just as effected by the Holy Water as the other three were.

Man 1 spoke an ancient language through the PA. "Vee-rah-geh ah buh-teh-moh-neh leh-veet-moh-neh-geh."

All of the Demons were being exorcised from their hosts, going back to Hell. The hosts fell to the ground, unconscious. Catty, Dean and Sam were in shock.

"Well, that's something you don't see every day," Dean told them.

Catty, Dean and Sam got out of the car. Man 1, Man 2 and the teenage boy jumped off the fire truck.

Man 1 walked closer. "You three all right?"

Catty looked around at all the unconscious bodies, looking at Man 1. "Peachy."

"Be careful," Man 1 told them. "It's... dangerous around here."

Man 1 turned to leave.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait," Catty told him.

Man 1 turned back. "No need to thank us."

"No, hold up a sec," Catty told him. "Who are you?"

"We're the Sacrament Lutheran Militia," Man 1 answered.

"I'm sorry, the what?" Dean asked.

"I hate to tell you this, but those were Demons, and this is the Apocalypse," Man 1 told them. "So... buckle up."

Catty, Dean and Sam looked at them in surprise.

§ Worlds Colliding (Supernatural) §

Road

Sam, Dean and Catty opened the trunk and arsenal in the Impala to show the others.

"Looks like we're in the same line of business," Sam told them.

"And among colleagues," Dean told them. "That's a police-issued shot gun. That truck is, uh... inspired. Where'd you guys pick up all this crap?"

"You know, you pick things up along the way," Man 2 told them.

"Guys, come on," Dean told them. "This whole corner of the state is nuts with Demon Omens. We just want to help. That's all."

"We're on the same team here," Catty told them. "Just talk to us."

Man 1 nodded. "Follow us."

§  

Day One

Morning - Church - Outside

The fire truck and the Impala pulled up in front of the church. 

A woman with red hair looked at the teenage boy. "Dylan, it's a church. Head phones off."

"Yes, Mom," Dylan told her.

Dylan's mom hit him lightly on the back of the head. Man 1 and Man 2, led Sam, Dean and Catty inside, past a Devil's Trap that all of them could pass through.

§  

Inside

There was a congregation in progress. There was a wedding going on, but no one was dressed for the occasion.

"Who would have thought the Apocalypse could be so romantic?" the pastor asked. 

"You would know that, right, Dean?" Catty asked. "You know, with you and Ness."

Dean gave Catty a sarcastic look. "Hilarious, Cat."

Catty smiled.

The pastor continued. "Marriage, family, it's a blessing. Especially in times like this. So hold on to that."

"Wedding?" Sam asked, scoffing. "Seriously?"

"Yeah," Man 2 answered. "We've had eight so far this week."

§  

Outside

Everyone was congratulating the married couple, throwing rice and flower petals over them. "Congratulations! Yay!"

The pastor was talking to Sam, Dean and Catty. "So, Rob tells me you guys hunt Demons."

"Uh..." Sam trailed off. "Yes, sir."

Catty noticed a gun holster on the pastor's leg.

"You missed a few," the pastor told them.

"Yeah, tell us about it," Catty told him. "Any idea why they're here?"

The pastor shook his head. "They sure seem to like us, though. Follow me."

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Inside

The pastor led Sam, Dean and Catty inside.

"So you're a preacher?" Dean asked.

"Not what you expected, huh?" the pastor asked.

"Well, dude, you're packing," Dean told him.

"Strange times," the pastor told them.

Sam, Dean and Catty nodded in agreement.

§  

Basement

The pastor the way into the basement. Other people were down here, preparing weapons.

"Is that a 12-year-old packing salt rounds?" Catty asked.

"Everybody pitches in," the pastor told them.

"So, the whole church?" Sam asked.

"The whole town," the pastor answered.

"A whole town full of hunters," Dean told them. "I don't know whether to run screaming or buy a condo."

"Well, the Demons were killing us," the pastor told them. "We had to do something."

"So, why not call the National Guard?" Sam asked.

"We were told not to," the pastor answered.

"By who?" Sam asked.

The pastor didn't answer.

"Come on, Padre," Dean told him. "You're as locked and loaded as we've ever seen. And that exorcism was Enochian. Someone's telling you something."

"Look, I'm sorry," the pastor told them. "I, uh, I can't discuss it."

A blonde teenage girl walked closer. "Dad, it's okay."

"Leah--" the pastor started.

"It's Sam, Dean and Catty Winchester," Leah told him. "They're safe. I know all about them."

Catty looked at Leah in surprise. "You do?"

"Sure," Leah answered. "From the Angels."

"The Angels," Dean repeated. "Awesome."

"Don't worry," Leah told them. "They can't see you here. The... marks on your ribs, right?"

"So you know all about us because Angels told you?" Catty asked.

"Yes," Leah told them. "Among other things."

"Like the snappy little exorcism spell," Catty realized.

Leah nodded. "And they show me where the Demons are going to be, before it happens. How to fight back."

"Never been wrong," the pastor told them. "Not once. She's very special."

"Dad..." Leah trailed off in slight embarrassment.

"And let me guess," Dean told her. "Before you see something, you get a really bad migraine, and you see flashing lights?"

"How'd you know?" Leah asked.

"'Cause you're not the first Prophet we've met," Dean told her. "But you are the cutest." The pastor gave Dean a look. "I mean that with total respect, of course."

§  

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Singer House - Library

Ness was sitting in a chair nearby the desk, leaning forward, elbows on her knees, propping her chin on her clasped hands, gazing off into the flames of the fire place numbly, thoughtfully, drinking.

Bobby rolled closer in his chair. "Ness? Still thinking and wringing your hands over what happened?"

Ness was brought out of reverie, looking at Bobby. "It's not something you can forget easily."

Bobby nodded in agreement, stopping at the desk, facing Ness. "I know. It's just..."

"What?" Ness asked.

"I'm worried about you," Bobby answered.

Ness sighed. "Dad..."

"There was a hit put out on you for a reason, Ness," Bobby told her. "And knowing you, you don't even care." Ness raised her eyebrows. "You don't care about what happened to you, or what almost happened to you. You care about what happened to Karen, and what happened to me. And you care about what happens to Sam, Dean and Catty out there. You care about Cas and Ava risking their lives for you, for me, for Sam, Dean and Catty. You care about everybody but yourself." Ness sighed, but didn't deny it. "You're stubborn as hell, and there's no way that you're letting them off that easily."

Ness smirked. "You know me way too well."

Bobby nodded. "Yeah. Yeah, I do. And I know that what happened between us and the Demon, me in this damn chair, and your mom... it's weighing on you."

Ness nodded. "Yeah. Yeah, it is. But I can't just give up. I won't give up, and I won't back down."

Bobby sighed. "Nessie, there's dedication, and then there's suicide." Ness shrugged, looking away. "Look, all I'm trying to say is that this is never the life I wanted for you."

"I chose this life," Ness told him. "You don't get to take the blame for that."

"Yeah, but one of these days, you're not gonna want to be in this life anymore," Bobby told her. "Hell, I don't want you in this life now. I haven't for a while. But I want you out now more than ever, with everything that's going on. Just..."

"You're telling me to get out?" Ness asked.

"I just want you to be okay," Bobby told her. "To be happy. And this... this is not okay or happy."

Ness took a moment to think, shaking her head. "No. I can't just hang it up. Not when Sam, Dean, Catty, Cas and Ava need me right now. I won't. Speaking of Ava, did you hear that Ava actually outed herself to the Angels, because God said it was okay for Ava to rebel and try to stop the Apocalypse openly. Ava needs me now more than ever. They all do. So about your request, maybe one day, but it's not gonna be today."

"Fine," Bobby told her. "Then you have to make me a promise that you will get out once all of this over. Once we all get out of this alive, and the Apocalypse... if we can stop it... is over."

Ness looked at Bobby, realizing that he was completely serious, smiling a small smile. "If we can stop the Apocalypse, after all of this is over, I promise that I will get out. I promise I'll live in a nice, normal, safe Human life. That's if I live long enough to try to get out."

"That's not funny, Ness," Bobby told her.

Ness smiled a small smile. Bobby couldn't help but return it. Ness thought for a moment. She looked as if she hadn't believed a word that either of them had said, holding the pendant of her necklace, taking a drink.

§  

Blue Earth, Minnesota

Bar

(Song:) Too Hot to Stop - Marc Ferrari and Steve Plunkett

Catty was trying to call someone, getting voicemail.

Woman: (on phone)"You have reached the voicemail box of..."

Castiel: (voice mail) "I don't understand why--Why do you want me to say my name?"

Catty could hear Castiel pressing random buttons because the keys beeped in slightly different tones. She looked amused. There was the beep that told her to leave a message. "Cas, hey, uh, it's me. So we are in Blue Earth, Minnesota, and um, we could use a little help. I... hope you get this." Catty turned to face Man 2 at the bar, looking around the crowded bar. "Busy night."

"I'm telling you, since the End started, it's been like one long last call," Man 2 told her, setting down three beers. "That round's on me."

"Thanks," Catty told him, picking up the beers, walking toward Sam and Dean at their table, sitting down, giving them each a beer.

"So, did you get a hold of Cas?" Dean asked.

Catty sighed. "I left him a message. I think. So, uh, what's your theory? Why all of the Demon hits?"

"I don't know," Dean told them. "Gank the girl? The Prophet, maybe?" Sam shook his head. "What?"

"Just..." Sam trailed off, sighing. "These Angels are sending these people to do their dirty work."

"Yeah," Dean agreed. "And?"

"And they could get ripped to shreds," Sam answered.

"We're all gonna die, guys," Dean told them. "In, like, a month, maybe two." Catty gave him a look. "I mean it. This is the end of the world, but these people aren't freaking out. In fact, they're running to the exit in an orderly fashion. I don't know that that's such a bad thing."

"Who says they're all gonna die?" Catty asked. "What ever happened to us saving them?"

A church bell tolled, signaling the other people to leave the bar.

"Something I said?" Dean asked.

Sam looked toward Man 2. "Paul. What's going on?"

"Leah's had another vision," Paul answered.

Sam looked at Dean and Catty. "Wanna go to church?"

"You know me," Catty told them. "Downright pious."

(Song Ends)

§  

Church

Everyone was in the church. The pastor and Leah were in front of everyone in the pews, facing them.

"Three miles off Talmadge Road," the pastor explained. Leah whispered into his ear. "Five miles. There are Demons gathered. I... don't know how many, but a lot. Thank you, Leah. So, who's going with me?"

"Wouldn't miss it," Man 1 told him.

Paul looked from Man 1 to the pastor. "Someone's got to cover Rob's ass."

Dean gestured from Sam and Catty to himself. "We're in, Padre."

"Thank you," the pastor told them. "I'd like to offer a prayer. 'Our Father in Heaven--'"

Dean muttered to Sam and Catty. "Yeah, not so much."

No one else had heard.

The pastor continued with his prayer. "'Help us to fight in your name. We ask that you protect us from all servants of evil. Guide our hands in defeating them, and deliver us home, safely. Thank you, Amen.'"

§  

Woods

The crew for the mission contained Sam, Dean, Catty, Paul, Rob, Dylan's mother, Dylan, and the pastor. The pastor directed the crew to battle with guns and knifes, and bags of weapons over their shoulders, looking toward the house. Everyone split up, taking opposite entrances to the house.

§  

Side of the house

Dean and Dylan circled around the house, looking into the garage, guns aimed, to see nothing, continuing on to find the right entrance.

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Elsewhere

Paul and Rob walked around the house.

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Elsewhere

Sam was with the pastor, walking around the house, looking behind them cautiously.

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Elsewhere

Catty was with Dylan's mother, having Catty's Knife, picking the lock to the side door.

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Elsewhere

Dean peaked around a corner to look inside a window. A shadow passed by. Dean ducked into hiding before he had been seen. A Demon appeared, grabbing Dean, pushing him into the wall. Dylan shot the Demon in the back, making him fall to the ground.

§  

Elsewhere

Catty and Dylan's mother heard the gunshot, looking toward it. A Demon shattered through a window, grabbing Dylan's mother, pulling her inside the house.

Catty turned to face the window instantly. "Jane!"

§  

Elsewhere

The Demon who attacked Dean was still on the ground. Dean and Dylan had shotguns trained on the Demon, keeping him cornered.

Dylan was speaking the Enochian exorcism. "Vee-rah-geh ah buh-teh-moh-neh leh-veet-moh-neh-geh."

The Demon was exorcised, the smoke soaring away.

§ 

Inside

Catty kicked in the door, running inside. The Demon that pulled Jane inside lifted Jane from the floor. Catty stabbed him in the back with the knife, killing him, letting him fall to the floor.

§ 

Foyer

Rob and Paul burst in with shotguns raised. A Demon walked toward them. Rob shot him in the chest, making him fall to the floor.

§ 

Elsewhere

Sam and the pastor walked in with shotguns. A Demon ran toward them. Sam shot him in the chest, making him fall to the floor. Another Demon appeared behind the pastor. The pastor seemed to sense he was there, using his shotgun to ram into his gut, making him back away, turning to face him, shooting him in the head, making him fall to the floor.

§ 

Foyer

A female Demon ran downstairs.

Paul shot her in the chest, making her fall onto the stairs, speaking the Enochian exorcism. "Vee-rah-geh ah buh-teh-moh-neh leh-veet-moh-neh-geh."

The Demon was exorcised, soaring up the stairs, leaving.

§ 

Back Room

Two Demons ran toward Jane and Catty from either side. Jane and Catty stood back to back to fight them off. Jane shot the Demon in front of her with a salt shot gun, making him fall to the floor. Catty slit the throat of the Demon in front of her with her knife, killing him, letting him fall to the floor.

Jane spoke the Enochian exorcism the Demon in front of her. "Vee-rah-geh ah buh-teh-moh-neh leh-veet-moh-neh-geh."

The Demon filed out of the host's body, leaving. The host fell to the floor. Catty stabbed another Demon in the heart, killing him, letting him fall. Jane held a hose with Holy Water, aiming it at another Demon, holding him off until Catty walked closer, stabbing the Demon in the head to kill him, letting him fall to the floor.

§ 

Hallway

Dean shot another Demon in the chest, making him fall to the floor. He walked down the hallway. Dylan followed Dean. He sensed a Demon behind him, turning around, shooting him in the chest, making him fall back into the wall, and then to the floor. Dean turned to shoot a female Demon in the back, making her fall to the floor.

Dylan spoke the Enochian exorcism. "Vee-rah-geh ah buh-teh-moh-neh leh-veet-moh-neh-geh."

§ 

Elsewhere

A Demon ran downstairs, toward Jane. Jane tried to shoot him, but her gun clicked. Instead, she used the butt of her gun to hit him in the face, taking her Holy Water hose, spraying him in the face to hold him off. Catty slashed toward a Demon with the knife. She ducked, punching Catty in the face, grabbing her, pushing her into the wall, making her fall to the floor, pinning her there. Catty slit her throat with the knife, killing her, pushing her body off of her, onto the floor, seeing another Demon about to attack Jane from behind, throwing the knife into his back, killing him, making him fall to the floor. Jane took the knife out of the Demon's back, using it to stab the Demon in front of her in the heart, killing him, letting him fall to the floor. She looked toward Catty, breathing heavily. Catty slowly stood, holding out her hand. Jane put the knife there. They nodded to each other.

§ 

Woods

Everyone walked through the woods.

Sam sighed. "I guess that's what it's like, huh?"

"What?" Dean asked.

"Having back-up," Sam answered. "I mean more than just Ness, Bobby, Cas and Ava. I mean like a town full of backup."

They got to the cars, Sam, Dean and catty putting their weapons into the trunk of the Impala. Rob, Paul, Jane and the pastor were in their truck.

"Dean," Dylan told them. "Sam. Catty."

"Yo," Catty told him.

"Hey," Dylan told them. "So, um, is--is that--is that cool that I get a ride back with you guys?"

Sam shrugged. Catty looked at the others, nodding. The pastor nodded, driving away, leaving.

Dean looked at Dylan. "Hey, you've saved my ass twice already. One more time, you can drive. Get a beer?"

Catty pulled out four beers for them, handing two to Sam and Dean, holding one toward Dylan. "Hey, you earned it. Don't tell your mom."

Dylan took the beer. "Oh, believe me. I will not."

They each opened the beers, taking a drink. Dylan was suddenly pulled to the ground, screaming.

Dean and Sam ran around to the other side of the car. "Dylan!"

Catty knelt to the ground on this side, grabbing the female Demon's leg, pulling her out from under, driving Catty's Knife into her chest, killing her, taking the knife out. Sam and Dean pulled Dylan out from under the car.

Catty ran over toward them, seeing that Dylan wasn't moving or breathing, his neck wounded and bleeding. "No."

§ 

Church

They were giving Dylan a funeral inside. Four men put Dylan's coffin on the altar, walking back to their seats.

§ 

Outside

Sam, Catty, Dean, Jane and Rob were outside.

"Jane, we're just, um, very sorry," Dean told her.

"You know..." Jane trailed off. "This is your fault."

"Jane," Rob told her. Jane breathed heavily, sobbing. "Come on."

Rob led Jane inside. Sam, Catty and Dean exchanged a look, knowing she was right, walking inside.

§ 

Inside

The pastor stood next to Dylan's coffin in front of everyone. "I wish I knew what to say. But I don't. I'm so sorry, Jane, Rob. There are no words. Dylan... I don't know why this happened. I don't know why any of this is happening. I got no easy answers. But what I do know is--" Leah fell to the floor, having a seizure. "Leah, honey?" The pastor knelt next to her. "Leah, honey? Honey?" He helped Leah sit up. "It's okay, sweetie. It's okay."

Leah looked up at the pastor. "Dad, it's Dylan."

"Just rest a minute, huh?" the pastor asked.

"No, listen," Leah told him. "Dylan's coming back."

Rob stood. "Jeez."

Leah used the pastor to help herself stand. "Jane, Rob... It's going to be okay. You'll see Dylan again. When the final day comes, Judgement Day, he'll be resurrected, and you'll be together again. We'll all be together. With all our loved ones. We've been chosen. The Angels have chosen us. And we will be given paradise on Earth. All we have to do is follow the Angel's commandments."

§ 

Outside

Dean, Sam and Catty walked outside.

"No drinking, no gambling, no premarital sex," Sam told them. "Dean, they basically just outlawed 90% of your personality."

"Yeah, well, whatever," Dean told them. "When in Rome?"

"So, uh, you're cool with it?" Catty asked.

"I'm not cool," Dean answered. "I'm not not cool. I'm just--Look, guys, I'm not a Prophet. We're not locals. It's not my call." He looked toward the church. "I'll catch up with you."

§ 

Basement

Leah was lying on a couch, a cloth over her head.

Dean walked in. "This a bad time?"

"In general," Leah answered. "But now's okay."

Leah sat up, lowering her feet to the floor.

Dean closed the door behind him, stepping closer to Leah. "Angel stuff really takes it out of you, huh?"

"Can't complain," Leah told him. "I know you have it worse." Dean sat in the chair across the table from Leah. "So, what's on your mind, Dean?"

Dean exhaled. "Don't take this the wrong way, but... are you on the level?"

"About what?" Leah asked.

"About paradise," Dean answered.

"What about it?" Leah asked.

"I want to know what the Angels are telling you," Dean told her. "Everything."

Leah looked away. "Well..."

"And you can skip the rainbows," Dean told her.

"There's gonna be a prize-fight, and... it's gonna get bad," Leah told him. "But after we win--and we will--the planet gets handed over to the chosen, and... it's finally peaceful. No monsters, no disease, no death. You're just... with the people you love."

"Of course, that's if you can get past the velvet rope," Dean told her. "Must be nice. Being chosen."

Dean stood, turning toward the door.

"Must be hard," Leah told him. Dean turned to face her. "Your sister being the vessel of Heaven, your brother being the vessel of Hell, and while you've been trying to stop them for fulfilling their destinies... you don't have hope anymore. You don't have faith. You know that this can't be stopped... so you've stopped trying."

Dean looked down, not letting her know how right she was.

§ 

Paul's Bar

Catty walked in to see it nearly completely empty except for Paul. She stood across from Paul at the bar. "Hey. So, what happened to, uh, 'The Apocalypse is good for business?'"

"Oh, yeah, right up until Leah's Angel pals banned the good stuff," Paul told her. "Wanna help me kill some inventory?"

"Sure," Catty answered, sitting at the bar. "I'm gonna need something to put me to sleep at night."

Paul smirked. "Yeah, I know." He grabbed a bottle from the shelf. "Don't get me wrong. I grew up here. I love this town. But, uh, well, these holy rollers?"

"Yeah, yeah," Catty told him. "I, uh, I noticed you're not the praying type."

"Yeah, well, between you and me, neither are half those guys," Paul told her, pouring them two glasses. "A couple of months back, they're all in here, getting wasted, banging the nanny. Now they're all Warriors of God." He raised his glass toward Catty. "Cheers."

Catty raised her glass. "Cheers."

Catty and Paul clinked their glasses, drinking.

"Look, there's sure as hell Demons," Paul told her. "And maybe there is a God. I don't know. Fine. But I'm not a hypocrite. I never prayed before, and I ain't starting now. If I go to Hell, I'm going honest. How about you?"

"What about me?" Catty asked.

"Not a true believer, I take it," Paul told her.

"I believe," Catty told him. "I have faith. Yeah, I do. I'm just... pretty sure God stopped caring a long time ago."

Catty and Paul scoffed softly, taking a drink.

§ 

Night - Green Valley Motel - Motel Room

Dean and Sam were in the room. Catty walked in, closing the door behind her.

"Where you been?" Dean asked.

"Drinking," Catty answered, taking her jacket off.

"You rebel," Dean told her.

"I'd have had more, um, but it was curfew," Catty told them sarcastically in mock.

"Right," Sam agreed. 

"You hear they shut down the cell towers?" Catty asked.

"No," Dean answered. "That's, uh, news to me."

"Yeah," Sam told them. "Me, too."

Catty nodded. "No cable, Internet. Total cut off from the 'corruption of the outside world'."

"Huh," Sam told them.

"Don't you get it?" Catty asked. "They're turning this place into some kind of fundamentalist compound."

"No, I get it," Sam told them.

"And all you've got's a 'Huh'?" Catty asked. "What's wrong with you?"

"I get it," Sam told them. "I just don't care."

"What?" Catty asked.

"What difference does it make?" Dean asked.

"It makes a hell of a--" Catty started, scoffing, walking closer, sitting on the bed next to them. "At what point does this become too far for you two? Stoning? Poisoned Kool-Aid? The Angels are toying with these people."

"Yeah, like they've been toying with you for months on end now," Dean replied. "Angel world, Angel rules, Cat."

"And since when is that okay with you?" Catty asked.

"Since the Angels' got the only lifeboats on the Titanic," Dean answered, standing. "I mean, who exactly is supposed to come along and save these people? It was supposed to be us, but we can't do it."

"So what?" Catty asked. "You guys wanna--You two wanna just want to stop fighting, roll over?"

"I don't know, maybe," Sam answered.

"Don't say that," Catty told them.

"Why not?" Sam asked.

"'Cause you can't do this," Catty answered.

Sam stood. "Actually, we can."

"No, you can't," Catty told him. "You can't do this to me." She stood, looking between them. "I got one thing--one thing--keeping me going. You think you're the only ones white-knuckling it here? You know, how did you two give up before I did? Huh? You don't have this images going through your head every sleeping moment, reliving your literal personal Hell every night." She hesitated, shaking her head. "Zachariah was right, in Heaven. I'm close to the breaking point. 'Cause I don't know how much longer I can take this. I can't count on anyone else. I can't do this alone." Sam and Dean didn't answer, looking at her in concern and surprise, numb. Catty scoffed softly. "Fine. Okay. If both of you are losing faith, I guess it's okay for me to lose faith, too."

Catty walked toward her side of the room.

"Cat," Sam told her.

"I'll see you in the morning," Catty told them, closing the doors to the room.

"Cat," Sam told her. Catty ignored them. Dean hesitated, walking toward the door. "Where you going?"

"I got to clear my head," Dean told him.

"It's past curfew," Sam told him. Dean ignored him, walking out, closing the door behind him. Sam sighed, shaking his head. "It's past curfew."

§ 

Church - Basement

Everyone was making weapons or bullets or salt shells. Leah walked toward the pastor, crying.

"Leah, what's wrong?" a teenage girl asked.

Leah ignored her, looking at the pastor. "Daddy, can I talk to you for a second?"

The pastor walked toward Leah. "Of course." Jane and Rob were sitting at a nearby table. Leah looked at the pastor, crying. Everyone looked toward them in concern. "Leah, honey, w--what is it?"

Jane stood.

"I'm sorry," Leah told them. "I'm sorry. They're just so angry."

"Who's angry?" the pastor asked.

Leah sobbed. "The Angels."

Everyone stood.

"Why are they angry?" Jane asked.

"They said... they said that we can't go to paradise," Leah told them.

"What?" Jane asked. "But we're doing everything they say."

"They said they gave clear commandments, but some people aren't listening," Leah told them.

Rob stood. "Who, Leah?"

Leah continued to cry.

§ 

Green Valley Motel - Motel Room - Catty's Side

Catty was sleeping restlessly, tossing, seeing flashes of a dream.

§ 

Catty's Dream - Flashforward to 5.18 "Point of No Return"

Day - Woods

Octavia was in the middle of the woods, looking around, walking toward a clearing in the middle of a circle of fallen trees (like Catty's grave site in 4.01 Lazarus Rising). The ground was pulsing as if it was alive. Octavia reached toward the ground. An Angel tried to slash Octavia with an Angel Blade. Octavia raised an arm to block the move, pushing his arm aside, grabbing her own Angel Sword from her jacket pocket, twirling it in her hand to get a better grip. The scene flashed and blurred. The Angel spun Octavia to face away from him, restraining her from behind. Another Angel had been standing behind her, trying to stab her in the heart with his own Angel Blade. Castiel appeared behind them, catching the blade, turning the blade to stake the Angel in the heart, killing him with a flash of bright white light. Octavia stake the other Angel in the heart with her sword, killing him with a flash of bright white light. Castiel looked around to make sure there weren't anymore Angels. Octavia walked toward the moving ground, pulling out a body covered in mud, his face unseen. She looked from Castiel over her shoulder to the revived, alive body that was still unconscious.

Zachariah: (voice over) "It's him or you."

§ 

Reality

Night - Green Valley Motel - Motel Room - Catty's Side

Catty gasped awake, sitting up, breathing heavily.

Sam was sitting in his side of the room, on his laptop, looking toward Catty. "You okay?" Catty didn't answer, putting a hand to her head, catching her breath. "Let me guess. Another nightmare."

"Something like that," Catty answered softly, slowly standing, grabbing a glass from the bedside table.

Sam looked at Catty in concern.

§ 

Boys' Side

Catty walked into their side of the room to go to the bathroom, turning on the tap, filling the glass, turning it off, turning to face Sam, taking a drink, leaning against the sink behind her, noticing Sam was the only one there. "Where's Dean?"

"He, uh, went out to clear his head," Sam answered.

"It's past curfew," Catty told him.

"Yeah, he doesn't care," Sam told her. "What was the dream?"

Catty looked at the glass of water, avoiding his gaze, swishing the water around. "Oh, you know. The usual. The stuff I don't like to talk about."

"I can take a hint," Sam told her.

"Then take the hint," Catty told him.

Sam sighed, going through his bag.

Castiel appeared behind Catty, his words slurred, making Catty jump slightly when she heard his voice behind her. "Catty." Catty turned to face him. "I got your message. It was long, your message. And I find the sound of your voice... soothing."

"What's wrong with you?" Catty asked. "Are you... drunk?"

Castiel turned to face her. "No!" Catty raised her eyebrows, unconvinced. Castiel hesitated. "Yes."

"What the hell happened to you?" Catty asked.

"I found a liquor store," Castiel answered.

"And?" Catty asked.

"And I drank it," Castiel answered. "Why'd you call me?"

Castiel walked closer, stumbling, nearly falling.

Catty kept him standing. "Whoa." Sam chuckled, walking closer to help. "There you go. Easy."

"Are you okay?" Sam asked.

Castiel pretended to whisper into Sam's ear. "Don't ask stupid questions." Sam gave him a look. Catty smirked. "Catty."

"Yeah?" Catty asked.

Castiel stepped closer. "Tell me what you need."

Castiel nearly fell.

Catty helped Castiel sit down on the bed, looking at Sam. "Um, how about we just call for a second opinion? One that... most likely... isn't drunk?"

Sam nodded in agreement, looking up at the ceiling. "Hey, uh, Octavia. Not sure that you're hearing me right now, but, uh, I could sorta use your help. Moreover, expertise. Ava... you said to use prayer phone instead of summoning you."

"Any day, Ava," Catty told her.

Octavia appeared in the doorway behind Catty. "Don't tell me what to do., Catty." Catty turned to face Octavia. "Where have you been, Cas?"

"On a bender," Castiel answered.

Octavia looked at Catty and Sam in surprise. "Did he--" She looked at Castiel. "Did you say 'on a bender'?"

"Yeah," Catty answered. "Cas is pretty smashed. That's why we called you, Ava."

"Oh, it feels so good to be your second choice, Catty," Octavia told her sarcastically. "What about you, Sam? Am I first choice for someone, at least, if not for Dean, Catty, Ness, Cas, or Bobby?"

Sam chuckled. "Yeah, you're the first person I called for help before you convinced me to join the fight back with Catty and Dean, Ava. So, yeah."

Octavia smirked, looking at Catty teasingly. "At least I'm a first choice for Sam, Catty." Catty chuckled, but was distant. "What's going on?"

"Th--there have been these--these Demon attacks," Sam explained. "Massive, right on the edge of town. And we can't figure out why they're--"

"Any sign of Angels?" Octavia asked.

"Sort of," Sam answered. "They've been speaking to this Prophet."

"Who?" Octavia asked.

Catty walked closer. "This girl, Leah Gideon."

"She's not a Prophet," Octavia told them.

"I'm pretty sure she is," Catty told him. "Visions, headaches, the whole package."

"The names of all the Prophets, they're seared into my brain," Octavia told them. "Leah Gideon is not one of them."

Catty looked from Castiel to Octavia. "Then what is she?"

§ 

Street

Dean was walking along, hearing loud voices and smashing glass.

§ 

Paul's Bar

Dean walked in. Leah Gideon's father, Pastor Gideon, Jane, Rob, Paul and a few others were here.

"Please, guys, guys, guys!" Pastor Gideon told them.

Paul had a baseball bat. "I'm not going to tell you again."

"Take a breath, both of you," Gideon told them.

"You come on my property, spouting some kind of crazy--" Paul started.

"Sorry, Paul," Rob told him. "There's no other way!"

"Come on!" Paul told them. "What country is this, huh?"

Gideon pushed Paul and Rob apart.

"Need a hand, Padre?" Dean asked.

"Just, everybody cool down for a minute!" Gideon told them.

"'Cool down', eh?" Paul asked. He looked at Dean. "My friends are trying to run me out of town." Dean looked at him in confusion. "Do you think I should cool down?"

"I'm sorry, Paul," Rob told him. "It is not our choice."

"Oh, come on," Paul told them. "That's bull."

"You got to go," Rob told him. "For everyone's sake!"

"We grew up together," Paul told him. "I stood up at your wedding."

"Yes, you did," Jane agreed. "But that was then. And now you're standing against the flock."

"That's not true," Paul told them. "I fight with you."

"This is a town of believers, Paul," Jane told him. "You are not a believer."

"Don't make this hard for us," Rob told him.

Paul looked at them, his eyes glazed over. "Hard for you?" He shook his head. "No." He stepped out from behind the bar. "This is my home. You want me out of here? You'll have to drag me out."

Rob stepped toward Paul.

Dean pulled Rob back. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. You don't want to do this."

Rob pushed Dean's arm away. "Get out of my--"

Dean punched Rob in the face, making him fall to the floor. Rob stood. Dean restrained Rob. The rest of the group stepped toward Paul.

Gideon held them back. "No, no, no."

There was a gunshot that stopped all the struggling, everyone looking toward the noise. Paul's body fell to the floor, dead, a bullet wound in his chest.

Jane stood in front of Paul with the gun in her hand. "No one's gonna stop me from seeing my son again."

Dean let go of Rob. Gideon and Dean ran toward Paul's body, kneeling next to him. Dean looked at Jane incredulously. Jane lowered the gun to her side, breathing shakily, feeling no remorse, feeling no guilt, and looking like she was satisfied with herself.

§ 

Day Three

Morning - Green Valley Motel - Motel Room

Dean walked in to see the others. Octavia was drinking the leftover bottles of alcohol, but she wasn't drunk.

"We went out looking for--" Catty started, realizing that Dean had blood on his hands. "You all right?"

"Yeah," Dean answered. "It's--It's not my blood. Paul's dead."

"What?" Catty asked.

"Jane shot him," Dean explained.

"It's starting," Castiel told them.

"What's starting?" Dean asked. He looked at Castiel and Octavia. "When did you two get here?"

"Last night," Octavia answered, taking a drink. "I've been drinking, but while I'm sober, Cas' still drunk."

Dean looked at Sam and Catty in confusion. "Still drunk?" Sam and Catty nodded. "All right, well, Ava, how does it feel to be here without fear of being exposed?"

"Pretty good, actually," Octavia answered. "Anyway, we need to talk about what's happening here."

"Well, I'm all ears," Dean told them, walking toward the sink to rinse his hands.

"Well, for starters..." Octavia trailed off, sitting down next to Castiel on the couch. "Leah is not a real Prophet."

"Well, what is she, exactly?" Dean asked.

"The Whore," Castiel answered.

"Wow," Dean told him. "Cas, tell us what you really think."

"She rises when Lucifer walks the Earth," Octavia explained. "'And she shall come, bearing false prophecy.' This creature has the power to take a Human's form, read minds. Book of Revelation calls her 'the Whore of Babylon'."

"Well, at least it's catchy," Catty told them.

"The real Leah was probably killed months ago," Sam told them.

"What about the Demons attacking the town?" Dean asked.

"They're under her control," Octavia answered.

"And the Enochian exorcism?" Dean asked.

"Fake," Castiel answered. "It actually mean, 'You breed with the mouth of a goat'." He got no response. "It's funnier in Enochian."

"So, the Demons smoking out, that's just a con?" Dean asked. "Why? What's the endgame?"

"What you just saw," Castiel answered. "Innocent blood spilled in God's name."

"You heard all that Heaven talk," Catty told them. "She manipulates people."

"To slaughter and kill and sing preppy little hymns," Dean told them. "Awesome."

"Her goal is to condemn as many souls to Hell as possible," Octavia explained. "And it's... just beginning. She's well on her way to dragging this whole town into the Pit."

Catty seemed distracted and thoughtful. "All right. So, then how do we go Pimp of Babylon all over this bitch?"

Castiel noticed her off behavior, confused. Catty avoided his gaze.

§ 

Church - Office

 Jane and Rob were sitting on the couch. Leah was standing in front of them.

Jane was crying, looking at Leah. "I only wanted to... Did I make it worse?" She sobbed. "Did I make the Angels angry?"

Leah took Jane's hands in her own. "Jane. The Angels? They understand."

"They do?" Jane asked.

"What you did was for the greater good," Leah told her.

Jane nodded. "Yes. Yes."

Gideon walked in, standing in the doorway.

Leah held one hand of Jane's, taking one hand of Rob's. "We all liked Paul. But he was a sinner, and he would have taken us down with him." Gideon seemed upset. Leah looked at Jane. "You saved us."

"Thank you," Jane told her.

"How can that be okay?" Gideon asked. Rob, Leah and Jane looked at him. "She killed him. That sin is so much greater--"

"It's not a sin to strike down evil," Leah told him.

"But how can the Angels--" Gideon started.

"You always taught me we have to have faith," Leah told him.

Gideon still seemed upset, confused.

§ 

Green Valley Motel - Motel Room

Castiel put down a wooden stake on the table in front of them. "The Whore can be killed with that. It's a stake made from a cypress tree in Babylon."

"Great," Dean told them. "Let's ventilate her."

"It's not that easy," Octavia told them.

"Of course not," Catty told them.

"The Whore can only be killed by a true Servant of Heaven," Octavia explained.

"Servant, like..." Catty trailed off.

"Not you, Catty," Castiel told her. "Or Ava. Or Dean. Or me. Sam, of course, is an abomination." Sam gave him an offended look. "We'll have to find someone else."

§ 

Church - Sanctuary

Leah was speaking to the mass. "The Angels... I don't know why they've chosen us." Gideon was standing next to her at the altar. "But they have. And today... today, they told me the most important thing yet. Tonight, at midnight..." Leah took a moment of compose herself. "I'm sorry. It's just that we knew this day would come, and it's here. The final judgment. Now, we need to do this right. We don't have much time. The Angels said we're not ready. There are still a few elements that need to be taken care of. Sinners." 

The congregation murmured, looking around. 

"Now, uh, now, everybody calm down," Gideon told them. "Just hold on. Leah, you're scaring these people."

Leah ignored him, speaking to the mass. "Now, I don't want us to panic, but we have to hurry."

"Stop it," Gideon told her.

Leah ignored him, speaking to the mass. "I've been given instructions, names."

Gideon grabbed Leah's arm. "Wait. Let's go." He started to lead Leah away. "What are you doing? Stop it. You're gonna get somebody killed."

"Let me go," Leah told him. "Or the next sinner I name will be you." 

Gideon looked at her in surprise. Leah turned back to the congregation, smirking.

§ 

Night - Street

Gideon was walking along alone. He heard something behind him, turning around to see nothing. He turned forward, walking forward. He heard something, turning to face Octavia.

"Pastor David Gideon," Octavia told him.

"Yeah," David answered. "Who are you?"

"I'm Octavia, an Angel of the Lord," Octavia answered.

David nodded skeptically. "Yeah, sure."

David turned away. Octavia grabbed David's shoulder. Wind rushed through the leaves on the ground. Angel wings flapped. David and Octavia had disappeared.

§ 

Green Valley Motel - Motel Room

Sam and Dean were inside. David and Octavia appeared.

"What the hell was that?" David asked.

"Yeah, she wasn't lying about the Angel thing," Sam told him. 

"Have a seat, Padre," Dean told him. "We got to have a chat."

§ 

Outside

Catty was in the parking lot, closing the trunk of the Impala, walking around the driver's side, noticing Castiel sitting on a bench nearby, reaching in an open window, grabbing a bottle of aspirin. "Heads up."

Catty tossed the bottle to Castiel.

Castiel caught it. "How many should I take?"

"You?" Catty asked. "You should probably just down the whole bottle."

"Thank you, Catty," Castiel told her.

"Yeah, don't mention it," Catty told him. "Yeah, I've been there. I'm a big expert on dead-beat dads. So... Yeah, I get it. I know how you feel."

"How do you manage it?" Castiel asked.

"On a good day, you get to kill a Whore," Catty told him.

Castiel looked at Catty. Catty shrugged, raising her eyebrows.

"Catty, what's wrong with you?" Castiel asked.

"What do you mean?" Catty asked.

"You've been distracted all day," Castiel told her.

"I've just been thinking," Catty told him. "Oh, and by the way, drunk Cas is so much more blunt than regular Cas. I'm not sure if I like it or not." Castiel looked slightly suspicious. Catty kept her expression blank, nodding toward the motel room. "We should get back inside. We're going any minute, right?"

Catty walked past him toward the motel room. Castiel still seemed unconvinced, confused as to why Catty would lie.

§ 

Motel Room

David looked at the cypress stake, shaking his head. "No. She's my daughter."

"I'm sorry, but she's not," Dean told him. "She's the thing that killed your daughter."

"That's impossible," David told them.

"But it's true," Sam told him. "And deep down, you know it. Look, we get it. It's too much. But if you don't do this, she's going to kill a lot of people. And damn the rest to Hell."

Dean picked up the stake, holding it toward David.

"It's just..." David trailed off. "Why does it have to be me?"

"You're a Servant of Heaven," Octavia answered.

"And you're an Angel," David replied.

"Poor example of one," Octavia told him.

David hesitated, looking at the stake.

§ 

Church - Basement

Everyone was gathering weapons or gasoline. Jane and Rob pulled the teenage girl that had asked if Leah had been okay inside forcefully.

"Rob, Jane, please!" the teenage girl told them. "Come on, it's me! It's Elise!"

"Sorry," Jane told her. "Really. But you know we have to do this."

Leah walked toward them. "We're putting them in the storage unit."

Leah handed a key to Jane. Jane took it, turning around to the storage unit, unlocking the door. Rob restrained Elise from behind.

Elise was crying, terrified. "No! No!"

Jane opened the storage unit's door to reveal many other people inside, including children. Rob pushed Elise inside. He used his shotgun to keep the others back. Jane closed the door, locking it.

Leah watched with a smile. She let it fade. "Jane, is that everyone?" They could hear the people in the storage unit shouting, panicky. Jane nodded, handing the key to Leah. Leah took it. "Okay, then. Get the kerosene." She turned to the others to help with the weapons. Jane and Rob didn't move. Leah noticed, looking at them over her shoulder. "What?"

"There are kids in there," Jane told her.

Leah turned to face Jane and Rob. "The Angels named them for a reason." She walked closer. "Jane... Rob... your son needs you to do this."

Jane turned around, walking away. Rob still seemed suspicious, unsettled. Leah smiled sweetly, turning to the others to help with the weapons. Rob turned around, walking away.

§ 

Office

Leah walked in, closing the door behind her, walking toward the mirror, looking at her reflection, showing her true form, closing the wardrobe door the mirror hung on. Castiel stood behind the door, grabbing Leah, turning her away from him, restraining her. David walked closer with the stake.

"Daddy!" Leah told him. "Don't hurt me!"

Dean, Sam, Catty and Octavia walked closer.

"David, now!" Sam told him.

Leah used magic to push Castiel off of her, back into the wall, making him fall to the floor. He still seemed to be drunk. Octavia stepped closer.

Leah chanted in Enochian, putting an Angel-harming spell on Octavia. "Pizin noco iad."

Octavia yelled out in pain, falling to her knees. Leah used magic to push Dean, Sam, Catty and David against the wall, making them fall to the floor, opening the door, running out of the room. David stood, grabbing the stake, going after her.

"David!" Sam told him. "Wait! No!"

Sam, Dean, Catty and Octavia stood. Castiel was still on the floor, groaning in pain.

§ 

Basement

Leah ran inside, looking at Jane, Rob and the others. "Help me! He's a Demon!" David ran in with the stake. The men blocked his way, grabbing him. Man 1 punched him in the face, making him drop the stake, pushing him down to the floor, restraining him. Leah looked at Jane and Rob. "Light the kerosene."

Man 1 and Man 2 continued to beat David. Octavia teleported into the room with Sam, Dean and Catty in tow, using Angelic power to push the two men beating David to the floor, pinning them down without hurting them, so they would stop hurting him.

Dean pulled David away. "Come on! Come on!"

The people in the storage unit were banging against the locked door, begging to be let out.

Octavia saw Rob about to set fire to the kerosene all around. "Sam."

Sam followed her gaze, tackling Rob to the floor, taking the lighter away from the door, throwing the lighter across the room so he couldn't kill those people. Leah tried to punch Octavia. Octavia ducked, punching Leah in the face repeatedly, slashing her Angel Sword against her skin before Leah could cast another spell on her, cutting her off, spinning around behind Leah, wrapping an arm around her and putting her Angel Sword to her throat to keep her restrained. Catty grabbed the stake.

"Please," Leah told her. "Like you're a Servant of Heaven."

Dean was restraining Jane.

Jane struggled angrily. "Let me go!"

Castiel appeared to render most of the fighters unconscious so they couldn't set everyone on fire.

Leah smirked, looking at Catty. "This is why my team's gonna win. You're the great vessel? You're pathetic, self-hating, and you're losing faith. You're near the point of breaking because the family of your friends are making you into nothing." Octavia continued to restrain Leah, gripping her more tightly, pressing her Angel Sword against her throat. Catty stepped closer. "It's the end of the world. And you're just gonna sit back and watch it happen?"

Catty grew angry, striding forward, staking Leah in the heart, making her gasp in pain. "Don't be so sure, Whore."

Catty drove the stake in further, twisting. Everyone stopped fighting, walking closer to watch. Leah's face contorted into her true form, her body shaking. The stake caught fire, exploding, leaving a burning hole where it entered her body, killing her. Octavia let Leah's body fall to the floor, looking at Catty in confusion. Castiel walked closer, looking at Catty, stunned.

"But I..." Jane trailed off. "I don't understand. How are we supposed to get to paradise now?"

"I'm sorry," Dean told her. "Pretty sure you're headed in a different direction."

David tried to stand.

Sam helped David to his feet. "I got you."

"Come on," Catty told them.

Castiel, Sam and Dean looked at Catty in shock. Octavia was still confused, thinking. Catty was in shock, too, looking at Leah's body numbly.

§ 

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Singer House - Library

Sam and Dean were standing. Catty was sitting on the window seat. Bobby sat in his wheelchair by the desk. Ness was handing out beers.

Dean took his beer. "Ness, you okay?"

"No, not really," Ness answered. "But, uh, I can't... I'm getting over it. And, uh, I know I'm probably stupid for this, but... I can't let Lucifer and Death get what they want. So I'm gonna keep on doing what I'm doing. I can't let them win."

Dean chuckled barely.

Bobby smirked. "That's our girl."

"Aw, shut up, Dad," Ness told him. They chuckled, taking drinks of beer. Catty was extremely distracted. Ness noticed. "What about you, Cat? How did you kill Leah?"

"Long run of luck held out, I guess," Catty told them.

"Cas and Ava said she could only be ganked by a Servant of Heaven," Ness told them.

"Well, what do you want me to tell you?" Catty asked. "I saw a shot. I went for it."

Bobby gave her a skeptical look. "Catty. Are you gonna do something stupid?"

"Like what?" Catty asked.

"Like Michael stupid," Bobby answered.

"Come on, Bobby," Catty told him. "Give me a break." She changed the subject, looking at Dean. "How's the head?"

"I'm seeing double," Dean answered. "But that may be the painkillers."

"Oh, don't be such a baby, Dean," Ness told him teasingly. "You'll be okay."

Dean chuckled. "Thanks, Ness."

Catty sighed, standing, walking toward the door.

"Where are you going?" Sam asked.

"I'm just gonna grab some clean bandages out of the trunk," Catty told them. "Relax."

Catty walked out of the room, leaving.

Ness looked at Sam and Dean in confusion. "Is she okay?"

Sam sighed. "No. Pretty sure that's half our fault."

"What are you talking about?" Bobby asked.

"We're faithless, and it's led to this," Sam answered.

Ness gave them a look, tilting her head. "You've got to be kidding me."

"What?" Dean asked.

"You see that Catty is this close to a breaking point, and you let your faith go flying out the window?" Ness asked. "That explains everything. All right, since talking to you two morons is useless, I'm gonna go talk to Cat."

Ness stood, walking out of the room, leaving.

Dean looked at Bobby. "What?"

Bobby scoffed, shaking his head.

§ 

Singer Salvage Yard

Ness walked outside. Just in time to see Catty's Mustang driving away.

Ness knew what she was doing. She started to run toward the car. "Damn it!" Catty's Mustang drove away quickly. Ness knew she couldn't catch up, slowing to a stop. "Catty! Catty!"

Ness held her head in her hands, breathing heavily, unable to do anything but watch Catty's Mustang leave the salvage yard and disappear into the night, lowering her arms to her side, not knowing what to do.

§ 

On the Road - Catty's Mustang

Catty was driving down the road pensively, broodingly, looking as if she was trying to figure out where to go next.

§ 

New Paltz, New York

Day Four

Morning - Loft Building - Hallway

Catty stood outside, knocking on the door.

Brett Blake opened the door, looking at Catty in surprise. "Catty."

"Hi, Brett," Catty told him. "I didn't have your number, uh, so..."

"No," Brett told her. "No, it's okay. I'm--I'm... just surprised."

Catty chuckled, looking around. "Nice place. Let me guess. Little apartment loft, safe, quiet, has the view of the entire city."

"Yeah," Brett answered.

"Like the one that I told you about from the Djinn dream, that you said that you might like," Catty told him.

Brett smirked. "Guilty as charged." Catty smiled a small smile. "You want to come in, take in the view?"

Catty smiled sadly. "Sounds good." 

§ 

Brett's Loft

Brett led the way inside, closing the door behind Catty.

Catty looked around the nice, expensive but not too showy loft, looking out of the wall of windows to see the view of the entire city. "It's beautiful. Really. Sometimes too many bad things happen that you start to forget how beautiful some things in life are." She looked at him. "Brett, you take my advice with your whole dad situation?"

"Yeah," Brett answered. "I did, actually. First, he thought I was up to something. Which I didn't blame, considering our dicey history, but..." Catty smiled sadly. "But, yeah. We're... smooth sailing now."

Catty nodded. "Good. That's really good, Brett. I'm glad that you got to make peace with your dad."

Brett walked closer. "Catty, you didn't come all the way here to talk about real estate, city or my dad. You all right?"

"No, not really," Catty answered.

"Well, what is it?" Brett asked.

Catty sighed, finally looking at Brett. "Look, I have no illusions, okay? I know the life that I live, I know how that's gonna end for me. Whatever. I'm okay with that. But I wanted you to know... that when I do picture myself happy and living a normal life rather than the crazy, dangerous, jacked-up life I'm living right now..." Brett smirked slightly in acknowledgement. "It's with you."

Brett smiled a small smile. "Wow."

"I mean, you don't have to say anything," Catty told him.

"No, I..." Brett trailed off. "I mean, I know. I know. I want to. What's going on, Catty?"

"There are so many people that I want to say goodbye to, and most of them would try to stop me from what I have to do, but I had to say goodbye to someone," Catty told him. "Consider yourself lucky." She smiled sadly. "You got the goodbye."

"All right, now you're starting to scare me," Brett told her. "Just tell me what's going on. Let me get you a beer."

"I wish I could," Catty told him. "Take care of yourself, Brett."

Catty turned to leave.

Brett grabbed her arm to stop her. "No, wait. Wait." Catty looked at him. "You can't just drop a bombshell like that and then leave."

"I know," Catty told him. "I'm sorry. But I don't have a choice."

"Yeah, you do," Brett told her. "You do. You can stay here, let me get you a beer. We can talk."

Brett turned away.

"Brett, wait a minute," Catty told him. Brett looked at Catty. "Things are about to get really bad."

"Like how?" Brett asked. "Like your kind of bad?"

"Worse," Catty answered. "Next few days, the crap you're gonna see on your TV, it's gonna be downright trippy. Scary. But I don't want you to worry, because I'm making arrangements for you. For everyone."

"Arrangements?" Brett repeated.

"Whatever happens, you're gonna be okay," Catty told him.

"What do you mean?" Brett asked. "What are you talking about?"

"The people that I'm gonna see next, they're not gonna get anything from me without agreeing to a few conditions," Catty told him.

"Just..." Brett trailed off. "Just talk to me. Please. And whatever you're thinking of doing, don't do it."

"I have to," Catty told him, looking away, out of the window toward the city. "It's me or him."

"Who?" Brett asked. Catty didn't answer. Brett sighed. "Just stay an hour."

"It's better if I don't," Catty told him, turning to face Brett, looking at him for a moment, kissing his cheek, letting a tear fall, pulling back, smiling sadly. "Bye, Brett."

Catty walked away toward the door, walking outside, leaving without another word or look. Brett watched her go in confusion, knowing that there was nothing he could do to stop her.