Chapter five

Chapter 5

Alex awoke to a sharp pain piercing her side. She groaned and pulled herself into a sitting position on her bed, ignoring the pain. "What...happened?"

"You tell me," Crowley replied, strolling into the room and standing beside the end of the bed. "Those are some pretty serious wounds."

"Oh..." was all Alex said as everything came back to her. "Uhm... It was a werewolf..." She knew Crowley would be upset,well, more than upset, with her going out on another hunt.

"!?" Alex sighed as her father began to lecture her.

"I thought I told you to stop hunting?" Alex was taken aback by Crowley's calm tone. She mentally prepared herself for when Crowley would start screaming.

"Well. Yeah, you did but..."

"But nothing." Crowley growled at her. "What if you had gotten killed? Or worse?"

Alex stood up, somewhat painfully, from the bed, "Well I didn't, okay? So lay off."

"No. I'm not kidding with you Alex. Had you gotten captured in your state by any angels or any of Lucifer's followers, who knows what would have happened." Crowley was becoming red in the face.

"Okay, okay, I get it."

"Do you?"

"Why do you care so much anyway?" Alex crossed her arms. "You know I'm strong enough to take care of myself. Hell, I know how you've treated me my entire life isn't normal. You hated your son. You treat everyone like shit, which is expected by now, but you're all loving and sweet to me. Why?"

Crowley took a step back in surprise. "What?"

"Am I just a pawn?" Alex thought out loud. "I am aren't I? I'm strong enough to take out anything you want me too. Lucifer included, I bet. I'm probably your 'get out of jail free' card or something, huh? Because we both know if Lucifer gets his way, he'll destroy Heaven, and then come straight for you demons." Alex narrowed her eyes at Crowley as he shifted uncomfortably. "But with me around, you douche bags actually have a chance at defeating him. Tell me, am I correct?"

"W-Well... I..." Crowley stammered, before regaining his composure. "No. You're not a pawn. You're my daughter. And although you could be of some help with Lucifer, that is not the only reason I care. Now, enough of this foolish talk. You are to stay in this room until you heal, completely. For your own safety."

"What?!" Alex exclaimed. "I'm grounded?! Hell no! You can't do that!" Crowley ignored her complaints and exited the room. "Hey! Get back here asshole!"

Alex stomped angrily over to a window and easily shattered the glass. "Looks like you haven't started putting up spells yet huh?" Alex laughed and poked her head out the window. She was on the second story of the mansion, so just jumping out the broken window wouldn't be an option. And although she would never admit it, her wounds were too severe to even try jumping anyway.

She sighed and looked around her room for anything to help her get down. Her eyes landed on the crimson curtains and she smirked. She smiled slightly at the memory.

The two male hunters weren't as bad as she thought they would be. Although she didn't know much about them, she kind of liked them. Alex thought as she lowered the curtains out of the window. They didn't reach all the way to the ground, but just far enough so she could get outside safely.

Once she landed on the ground outside of the mansion she carefully scanned the area, looking for any demons that might rat her out. Once Alex was sure none were around she began to run towards her car, but stopped, groaning because of the pain in her side. . She groaned again and decided to just teleport herself to her favorite place, an abandoned barn that was a few states over. She knew it would be easy for Crowley to find her, but she didn't care. All Alex wanted was a little peace and quiet, and the abandoned barn was where she usually found that. It wasn't anything special, but it was quiet and away from everything and it gave her time to clear her thoughts.

Alex sighed and pushed the big wooden doors open and took a step forward before stopping, "What the hell?" She hadn't been to the barn in over a year, and she expected things to be different, but not this different.

The walls that were once white were now covered in millions of different sigils, the floor included. The barn was completely empty besides two bare wooden tables that sat near the back of the room. Alex didn't dare step foot into it, fearing she'd get caught up in one of the traps, or all of them for that matter.

"What the hell happened here?" She sighed.

She decided it was worth a shot and waved her hand, thinking about how the barn used to look, hay bales and all. When nothing happened she lowered her hand and closed her eyes, concentrating as hard as she could. After a few moments she reopened her eyes and her mouth fell open in surprise.

"It worked..." Alex breathed, looking at the walls of the barn that were back to their white color, and a few hay bales sat in the back corner of the room. "That was amazing," Alex strolled over to one of the bales of hay and sat down. She laughed a little, "I'm a lot stronger than I thought. Maybe it has to do with Lucifer getting out, or whatever Matt said."

She shook her head at the thought of him, as she lied down on the hay.

Her thoughts drifted away from Matt and she wondered if there was anyone else like her. It had only been under a week since she saw Lucifer get out and she already had to deal with multiple of his followers trying to capture her.

The soft fluttering of wings pulled her from her thoughts and she instantly sat up straight. She cautiously stood, looking at the four men who stood before her. Three of them wore grey suits while another, the one standing in front of them, who she guessed was their leader, wore a black suit with a tan trench coat over it. He had black hair and his blue tie wasn't on completely straight. Alex could also see their halos. "Y-You're...Angels..." She growled at them.

"Yes, and we're here to finish the job our brothers and sisters failed to complete." One of the men in grey stated.

"No you're not. The antichrist is coming with us." A new voice corrected. They all looked over as four more men strolled in, their eyes pitch black.

Alex's eyes widened.

"Leave now. The antichrist is ours." The trench coated angel ordered the four demons.

"Sorry, but she's coming with us" The leader of the demons repeated and smirked.

"Don't I get a say in this?" Alex butted in, regretting the words the second they left her mouth. Not even a second later, she was flung across the barn by the trench coated angel. Her head slammed against the wall of the barn when she landed, her injury beginning to bleed again as the stitches came undone.