4| C O M E B A C K

ZENJA AND SAM looked at Jack in shock. Did they hear him right?

"What?" they stated simultaneously.

He walked back towards the bed and sat in front of the siblings. "My mother, she said Castiel—he would keep me safe," he explained. " She said the world was a dangerous place. That's—that's why I couldn't be a baby or a child. I—That's why I had to grow up fast. That's why I chose him to be my father," he finished and Zenja couldn't feel any guiltier when he did.

"Where is he?" he asked her.

Zenja looked at him sadly. She didn't want to say the two words because she believes there is a small chance. Sam noticed her hesitation and sighed sadly.

"He's dead."

Jack looked at him, not believing the words that came out of his mouth. He looked over at Zen for confirmation but her face said it all. He really was gone.

The door suddenly opened, revealing Dean. " All right, we're good to go."

Sam stood up. "Really?"

Dean nodded. " Yeah, the Sheriff— I gave her the talk," he stated. " She's gonna need a minute, but she's cool."

Zenja smiled sadly at Jack before approaching her brothers.

"So let's grab Damien here and find some place quiet..." Dean clicked his tongue, giving them the look.

Zen shook her head at him. " No, no, no, Dean—"

Sam chuckled. "Jack is not evil," he finished for her.

Dean looked at both of them weirdly as Sam continued. "He—he—he's just a kid," Sam stated as he looked over at Jack, who was sitting quietly on the bed.

Dean made a face. "Are you—He's Lucifer's son!" he stated not caring if Jack heard it or not.

"We need him," Sam stated.

Dean furrowed his brows. "What? Like—"

The Winchesters were interrupted when a shout was heard from down the hall.

"Help!"

Dean looked over at them before walking out the door to see what the hell was happening, leaving Zenja, Sam and Jack inside the cell.

A minute passed and Zen was getting worried. " Dean?" she called.

Metal started clanking in the distance. Sam stood beside her in caution. The glass of the back door suddenly shattered and the door was yanked away, revealing two angels. Sam and Zen backed away slowly as the angels' eyes glowed blue.

A high pitched ringing could be heard, making Jack groan in pain, covering his ears. Zen then realised the voices were angels and he had full speakers on angel radio.

One angel suddenly yanked off the cell door with ease. Zenja pushed Jack behind her as Sam starts to fight off the angel. The male angel charged at her but Zenja was quick and blocked out his punch. She grabbed his arm and punched his stomach repeatedly. The angel grew angrier and twisted her hand, making her yelp in pain. He soon landed a punch on her face, making her stumble back towards the wall. She watched as he left her and went to take Jack, fuelling her anger even more.

She charged at him and tackled him, both of them landing on the ground as she threw punches at him. When she threw another punch, the angel managed to catch her fist, giving him the opportunity to grab her by the hair and shoved her head on the cell bars. The angel got up and repeatedly kicked her on the stomach until the other angel managed to defeat Sam.

She watched with lidded eyes as they drag Jack out of the cell. Suddenly, something ignited within her. A surge of power seemed to travel around her body until she no longer had control of it. She weakly raised her glowing hand up at the angels, who in return did not pay attention to them.

The angels suddenly screamed as they vanished into thin air, leaving the trio alone. Jack groaned as golden light moved down to his neck until it vanished.

Sam stood up and looked over at her in shock. " How did you..."

She shook her head and stared at her hands. " I...I don't know..."

They then looked over at Jack and walked over to him. " Are you okay?" she asked softly, kneeling beside him.

Jack looks up at her with furrowed brows. " I didn't protect you...I failed you...I'm sorry," he states with a frown plastered on his face. It seemed like he was disappointed in himself, which confused Zenja.

She furrowed her brows. " Jack, what're you talking ab—"

Suddenly the door bangs, revealing a brunette girl holding an angel blade. Sam grabbed an angel blade from the ground, Zenja doing the same and stood beside her brother.

" Stay right where you are, bitch," Zenja seethed.

The angel smirked. " Ah, the abomination—"

" Don't," Sam warned.

"Or what, other one?" she taunted.

Dean appeared from behind her. "Guess."

"Stay away from the kid," Sam stated.

The angel paused for a second before holding out her angel blade. "You're right."

The siblings looked at her in confusion.

She them smirked. "But if we can't have him—" she plunged the blade in Jack's heart. "— no one can."

Zenja immediately plunged an angel blade into the bitch's torso and watched her scream as her grace faded into nothingness.

She dropped the blade and looked over to Sam, who was currently with Jack. He surprised them even more as he calmly grabbed the handle of the blade and pulled it out effortlessly.

Sam kneeled in front if him. "Jack...Jack...J—"

"I-I'm fine," Jack said as he showed them the blade.

>•<

ZENJA SAT BESIDE Jack as the pediatrics took Clark and his mom to the hospital. Sam and Dean leaned on the impala, doing the same.

"How's the kid?" Dean asked.

"He's gonna be all right," Sam answered. " I mean, Angel Radio sets his brain on fire, but other than that..."

"So apparently, he can take an angel blade to the heart and keep on tickin'," Dean stated.

"Yeah...I guess," Sam replies with a sigh.

"Listen, I-I think we should take him back to the bunker with us.", Sam started. " I know what you're gonna say—"

"I agree," Dean replied without letting him finish.

"W-what?" Sam said stunned.

"I agree," Dean repeated.

Sam studied his brother with a curious look on his face. "So you changed your mind?"

"No," Dean replied. "No, nothin's changed. He's still the Devil's kid. He's still evil. He still brainwashed Kelly and Cas. And even if he hasn't gone Big Bad yet, he will," he finished.

"You don't know that," Sam defended.

"Yeah, I do," Dean stated. His eyes trained on Jack and his sister. Not liking how close he was to her. "Cause when have things ever gone right for us? So until I figure out a way to end him, we'll bring him home. At least there, the only people he can hurt are you and me and Zen."

" He'd never hurt her Dean," Sam stated.

" How do you know that Sam, he's Lucifer's son—"

Sam shook his head. " I don't know how I know," he paused and tried to find the right words. " —but I know he won't hurt her. He can't."

Dean furrowed his eyebrows at this statement. " What do you mean?"

Sam stared at the duo by the bench curiously. " You didn't see what I saw back at the cell Dean. It's like they're connected in some way. I can't explain it..."

Dean sighed. " Why can't we have a win just this once Sammy?" he questions.

Sam's eyes softened at his brother. Yes, why can't they have just one win? A day wherein things don't go wrong.

Sam sighs before answering, " I don't know Dean..."

>•<

ZENJA HEARD DEAN sigh as they pulled up to the cabin. He turned his engines off and stared blankly ahead. She gave Sam a sad look from the rearview mirror, silently communicating through their eyes.

Zenja cleared her throat. " I-I'll meet you guys inside," she stated before getting out of the car and into the cabin. She needed to do one more thing before they burn his body.

She took in a deep breath and entered the room where Cas was. Her face void of emotion as she walked towards his corpse. She pulled the sheet off of his face with shaky hands and stared sadly at him.

She shakily grabbed his cold, pale hands with her hands. " Cas...you better come back," she whispered.

A tear falling down her cheek. " You need to come back. Jack's going to need his father," She let out a shaky breath. " He chose you to be his father Cas. He's Lucifer's son but he chose you. So you see why you need to come back? Jack needs you, Sam needs you, Dean needs you—God, I need you Cas. I need my partner in crime by my side, now more than ever. So come back ok? You're a Winchester, and death has never stopped us. We can all permanently die when Earth doesn't need us anymore. But until then, you need to come back...with us. Because what's the point of a family if it isn't complete..." she finished.

Dean watched her from behind, a stray tear falling down his cheeks. She was right, Castiel is family, he was a Winchester. He will always be a Winchester.

" Zen?" he called softly.

Zen sniffed and wiped her tears away before looking over to Dean. She gave him a small smile, knowing it was time. He nodded back at her and walked into the room. She then left the room and walked outside to where Sam and Jack were.

Sam saw her and immediately wrapped his arms around her as he tried to comfort her once more. She soon pulled away from him and gave him a sad smile before walking over to Jack.

" Are—Are you...okay?" Jack asked softly.

She gave him a small smile. " I'm okay Jack," she replied.

She then shifted her eyes towards the pyre, her face stoic as she waited for Dean. Soon enough, Dean arrived with Castiel's body, wrapped up in a sheet and tied together with ripped fabric, and placed him on the pyre.

Zen walked forward and grabbed the gasoline and began sloshing it on the body.

"You wanna say anything?" Sam asked Jack.

Jack looked at him. "I—What do you say?"

"Right...um,Thank you," He said. "You say thank you. And you say you're sorry."

"You hope they're somewhere without, uh, sadness or pain. You hope they're somewhere better. You say goodbye..." he finished just as Dean grabbed the lighter.

"Well, goodbye, Cas," he stated. " Goodbye, Kelly. Goodbye, Crowley. Goodbye, Mom," Zen frowned at him and took his hand to comfort him.

"Dean, we don't know if Mom—" Sam started.

Dean interrupted him. "Yeah, we do..."

Pause

"We do, Sam. Lucifer killed her the moment he realized we trapped his ass," he stated with a shaky breath. "He killed her. You know he did. She's gone," he looked over at Cas' body.

"They're all gone."

He then threw the lighter into the gasoline soaked pyre and watched as it burned. Zen took both her brothers' hands as they stared into the fire. She didn't shed a single tear for she knew this wasn't the end.

It was only the beginning.