Chapter 3: Lazarus Rising Part 3

Mai didn't know where she was. It was dark and she felt like she was floating as if she was in water.

"Where am I?" She asked herself then noticed a light. She looked towards it to see a man with his back facing her. "Who is there?" she asked and the figure slowly turned around revealing his face and Mai immediately recognizes him. "Dad?" she asked and the man smiled.

"Mai." He called and held out his hand to her. "Come here honey." He said in a gentle tone and the girl reaches out to her father. When their hands touched everything around them went white, and Mai could hear a faint voice calling her.

"Mai. Mai." Mai opened her eyes to see Sam above her with worry on his face.

"Sam…?" Mai said groggily then looked around to see she was in a hospital. "Wha…What the…? Where am I? How'd I get here?" She asked as she sat up.

"Woah, easy there. You're still weak." Sam said. "And we brought you here after you passed out. Do remember what happened?" He asked.

"I remember the séance, and in the middle I heard a voice trying to warn me. It sounded familiar, but I couldn't quite pin-point it. Then my ears started ringing and there was screaming. Next thing I know, I'm on the floor with Dean above me and, lights out." Mai finished her explanation.

"I see." Sam said leaning against his chair. "Did you by the chance have one of those dreams?" he asked.

"I don't think so, but I did see someone." Mai answered.

"Who?" Sam asked.

"It was dad, and he led me out of the darkness." The girl answered as Dean walked in.

"Hey kiddo." He greeted walking over to his sister and gently hugged her. "How are you feeling?" he asked.

"Better, just a little groggy." The girl answered.

"Awesome." He said with relief.

"Hey, what about Pamela?" the girl asked and both Brothers exchange soulful looks. "What?" Mai asked.

"The good news is she's alive, but…" Dean trailed off. "Her eyes were burned out." He finished.

"What?"

"Yeah, when she saw the thing it literately burned her eyes right out of her skull." Sam explained and Mai gasped.

"Will she be okay?"

"Yeah, she'll live, she just won't ever see again." Dean replied. "Anyway, how about getting something to eat?" he suggested.

"That sounds good." Mai agreed. Sam and Dean smile at their sister, and head out to get food. Not long after their departure, a nurse came in.

"So how's our little patient feeling?" she asked and sat next to Mai.

"Much better." Mai replied and the nurse wrote on her clipboard.

"That's good." The woman replied and looked over her notes. "There were miner injures to your inner ears but it seems all well now. You can leave when your brothers get back." She explains, and walks out the door. Mai smiles as she leans back against her pillows to rest.

(AN: I'm not gonna write about the restaurant confrontation because we all know how that turned out. If not, than watch the show. You won't regret it.)

-Evening at the hotel-

After picking Mai up from the hospital, the siblings went back to the hotel. Both Dean and Mai were currently asleep on the couch. Both having fallen asleep while researching whatever might have brought Dean out of hell. Sam used the opportunity to sneak out of the room and drive off. Both Mai and Dean continue to sleep, when the electronics star making noise waking them both up.

"Mmm…Dean?" Mai mumbled sleepily as Dean got up and took his shotgun in his hand. "What's wrong…" She trailed off as she heard a familiar ringing sound. Dean motioned for her to keep still while he carefully walked to the door, gun pointed ahead. Suddenly the ringing got louder, cracking a mirror and hurting both the siblings' ears.

Suddenly the ringing intensified ten-fold. Dean dropped the gun and crouched down while groaning and covering his ears. Mai was pretty much the same, as she fell to the floor and tried to keep the noise from deafening them. The ringing then caused the windows and mirror to explode, just as Bobby stepped into the room calling out both their names.

Later they were in Bobby's car on the road, with Mai in the back seat, rubbing her ears with a rag like Dean was in the front next to Bobby, who was driving. The older man glanced at both at them in worry.

"You kids okay?" He asked the two siblings. Dean was the one who replied.

"Aside from the church bells ringing in my head…Peachy." He said sarcastically.

"Yeah, same here." Mai added, as Dean dialed his phone to call Sam.

"What are you doing?" Dean asked Sam on the other line. "In my car?" He replied to something Sam said. "Well, uh, Bobby's back. We're going to get a beer." Mai and Bobby both look at Dean with disapproving looks. "Mai? She's with us. No, I'm not gonna make her drink, I'll just get some water for her. I know, I thought we could spend some time together. Okay. Done. Yeah, I'll catch you later." He finished and hung up.

"We're not telling Sam?" Mai asked. "Why not? He should know." She argued.

"Because he'd try to stop us." Dean replied.

"From what?" Bobby asked.

"Summoning this thing." The eldest Winchester replied. "It's time we face this thing head on." He added.

"You can't be serious." Bobby said shocked.

"As a heart attack." Dean replied.

"After what it did to Pamela?" Mai added.

"It's high noon baby." Dean responded.

"We don't know what it is. I-it could be a demon. It could be anything." Bobby says, trying to talk some sense into the man.

"That's why we going to be ready for anything." Dean said as he took out Ruby's knife form his pocket. "We got to the big-time magic knife. You got an arsenal in the trunk." He listed.

"This is officially a horrible idea." Mai commented with Bobby nodding in agreement, from his seat.

"Couldn't agree more little sis, but what other choice do we have?" Dena said.

"We could life." Bobby argued.

"Bobby, whatever this is, whatever it wants, it's after me – That much we know, right? Well I clearly got no place to hide. I can either get caught with my pants down again, or we can make our stand." The short-haired man reasoned.

"*Sigh* I hate to say it, but Dean's right." Mai sighed. "Though, we could use Sam's help for this…"

"Well he's better off where he is." Dean cuts her off. Mai sighed again. This was not going to be pretty.

After arriving at an abandoned farm, the three got to work. Setting out hunting weapons and spray painting traps and talismans from all sorts of religions from all across the globe. Both Bobby and Mai were still reluctant, but Dean was right about not having much in the matter. They needed to deal with this thing before more people get hurt.

Mai stayed close to Dean with Ruby's knife in hand, as Dean gave it to her for protection, while Bobby were waiting for it to come. The bearded man had already performed the summoning ritual, but so far nothing happened. It was dead silent, until a rumbling sound suddenly broke out around them. Mai grips the knife's handle while Bobby and Dean stood front and center with shotguns. The light bulbs exploded, causing Mai to run behind the two men while the latched doors open and someone walks into the barn.

It was a man, dressed in a suit and tie under a light brown trench coat. He had dark hair and looked to be in his 30s. hard to tell with the faulty lighting. Dean and Bobby raise their shotguns and open fire, while Mai covered her ears from the sound. However, the shots did nothing to the guy. Mai let go of her ears and tapped Dean's shoulder, the man turned to his sister as she handed him the knife.

"Who are you?" The older Winchester asked facing the man, while hiding the behind his back.

"I'm the one who griped you tight and raised you from perdition." The man replied. Mai's widen as she stood back, looking between her brother and the mysterious stranger.

"Well. Thanks for that." Dean replied before lunching forward and stabbing the guy in his chest, but the trench-coat wearing man didn't even flinch as he looks at the knife and pulled it out, dropping it to the floor. The three were shocked, before Bobby decides to take a swing, literately, as he swung a crowbar at the man from behind, who quickly turned and caught the blunt object in hand. The stranger touches the older gentleman's forehead and Bobby faints unconscious.

"We need to talk, Dean. Alone." The man said as he turned back to the said hunter, before slowly turning his attention to Mai. Suddenly a shot ran out, and the man looked down to see another bullet in his chest, and Mai standing with before him with a pistol in her slightly shaking hands.

"If you got something to say to my brother, then you let me hear too." The said girl says to the man who kept on a neutral expression, while Dean was stunned. After snapping out of it, Dean rushed over to check on Bobby, with Mai not far behind. Meanwhile the guy, stepped over to the table and was looking through one other books.

"Your friend is alive." He said, not even looking over at the siblings, who turn their heads his direction.

"Who are you?" Dean asked.

"Castiel." The guy replied.

"Yeah, I figured that much from Pam. I mean what are you?" The older Winchester sibling emphasized while Mai kept the pistol in hand. It was then the man turned his very blue eyes to them.

"I'm an angel of the lord." He answered. Mai and Dean are both stunned.

"No way…" Mai whispered as Dean stood up.

"Get the hell out of here. There's no such thing." Dean denied as Mai also stood.

"This is your problem Dean. You lack faith." Castiel stated. Just then thunder rumbled and lighting flashed, illuminating the dark barn, showing Castiel's shadow, revealing what looked like bird wings attached. Dean and Mai couldn't believe what they just saw. The three stood there in silence until Dean broke it.

"Some Angel you are." He said snarky. "You burned out that poor woman's eyes." He stated referring to Pamela. Castiel hung his head and stepped closer to the siblings, Mai raising the gun ready to shoot again, even though she knew it was pointless as the bullets had effect on him.

"I warned her not to spy on my true form. It can be, overwhelming to humans." He explained. "And so can my real voice… Though you two already knew that."

"You mean the gas station and the motel? That was you talking?" Dean asked and the angel nodded. "Buddy, next time, lower the volume." He added.

"Yeah seriously, it was like having speakers blast at high frequency right in my ear." Mai added on.

"That was my mistake. Certain people. Special people. Can perceive my true visage. I thought you would be one of them. I was wrong, and I didn't realize you were there until it was too late." Castiel explained.

"And what visage are you in now? What, holt tax accountant?" Dean responded.

"This?" Castiel looked down at his body. "This is…A vessel?" He answered.

"You're possessing some poor bastard?" Dean asked, and Mai flinched.

"He's a devout man. He actually prayed for this." Castiel replied.

"Look Pal, I think I speak for both of us when I say "We're not buying what you're selling"." Dean said, with Mai nodding. "So who are you really?" He repeated.

"Exactly, and were you the voice I heard trying to warn me back during the séance?" Mai asked, the titbit had been bugging her.

"I already told you, I'm an angel of the lord." He replied to Dean. "And no, not that was not me, but I did sense something else there, I'm not sure what though." He answered Mai, making her slightly worried.

"Yeah, and why would an angel, rescue me from hell?" Dean asked still not believing what this guy was saying.

"Good things do happen Dean." The angel replied stepping closer.

"One more step and I empty the rest into you?" Mai threaten. The guy looked at the gun in her hand.

"You know it's pointless." He said.

"Doesn't mean I can't try." The brunette responded.

"You are defiantly me and Sammy's sister." Dean commented then turned back to the so-called angel. "And "Good Things", as you put it, don't just happen. Not in my experience." He countered.

"What's the matter?" Castiel asked. "You don't think you deserve to be saved." He said. Mai glanced at her brother worried. What did the guy mean by that?

"Why'd you do it?" The older Winchester asked, somewhat glossing over what the angel just said.

"Because God commanded it." The blue-eyed man replied. Causing Mai's eyes. "We have work for you." He added, not helping the nervous feeling in Mai's stomach. Before another second passed, she opened fire directly at the angel.

Phew! Finally. Sorry this took so long. Hope you guys don't hate me. Next the rising of the witnesses. I wonder how this will happen. Don't forget to R&R.