So Fell the Angels - Supernatural Fanfic/Fanfiction (Castiel Fan Fiction)

Chapter 12: ...Don't I?

Understand.

The word flitted through Tabitha's mind so quickly and so softly, she thought she might have imagined it.

"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked out loud, still wondering if she had really heard Castiel whisper that word in his true voice.

Uriel misunderstood her words and piped up to answer her question as Castiel once again avoided Tabitha's gaze. "It means she's worse than this abomination your brother's been screwing. Now give us the girl."

At the demand, Castiel looked down once more to stare at the ground, pain returning to his eyes. And Tabitha was certain that despite what he said, Castiel certainly felt conflicted. He wasn't as heartless as he would have them believe. Because what she knew he felt, certainly didn't match his current outward demeanor. Question was, which would he act in accordance to, his words, or his feelings?

"Sorry," Dean sarcastically replied after sharing a look of silent agreement with his siblings. "Get yourself another one. Try JDate."

"Who's gonna stop us? You three? Or this demon whore?" Uriel snidely asked, and suddenly, he reached out to grab Ruby by the arm, spinning her around as he threw her against the wall in the blink of an eye.

Grabbing Ruby by the throat, he shoved her against the wall, his hand opening wide and a light beginning to emit as he moved his palm closer to the demon's face in the same movement Tabitha had witnessed when Castiel had taken out her possessed friend Cheryl.

The closest one to Ruby, Tabitha moved on instinct, palming her Glock as she jerked Uriel's shoulder towards her with her free hand and then backhanded Uriel across the temple with the pistol in her other hand. Such a blow would have dropped a normal human, but the angel easily held his feet, dropping Ruby as Dean tried to help by attempting to stab him from behind. But Uriel grabbed Dean's arm and twisted until her brother fell to his knees, the angel landing three quick punches to her brother's face, and then shoving him away as Uriel turned back towards Tabitha.

Holding her pistol in her right hand and her other in a loose fist, Tabitha waited for him to advance, managing to punch the angel in the jaw once with a left hook when Uriel grabbed her right hand and shook the pistol from her grasp.

Sweeping his leg out, Uriel knocked Tabitha to her knees before she could react, pressing his fingers to her forehead as he sneered down at her upturned face.

"What?" he mumbled, suddenly pulling his fingers back from her forehead with a startled expression.

Using his apparent confusion, Tabitha pulled her feet under her body and drove the top of her head up into the angel's chin and face, delighting in the angry grunt he made before he grabbed her shoulder and threw her across the room.

Tabitha's shoulder and arm exploded in pain as she landed in a painful heap, barely registering the flash of light and shot of power swelling in the room before the cabin became strangely silent.

She would have preferred to lie on the floor wallowing in pain, but Tabitha rolled to her knees as she looked around the room. Not seeing the angels and fearing for Anna, she lurched to her feet and threw open the door to the room Uriel had just thrown her against.

As she ripped it open with her left hand, she was treated to the sight of a bloody and shaky Anna leaned over a rickety, old wooden vanity. Strange symbols were drawn above it on the mirror in Anna's blood.

Emergency training kicking in, Tabitha ignored the throbbing pain in her right shoulder and the strange sight, pushing Anna back towards the bed as she clamped her hands over the long cut running along the girl's arm.