#joseph seed x mandy winchester

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Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 14 - Betrayal

Warnings: Some language 

Word count: 2.2k

Where it all began. 

Summary: In the penultimate chapter Mandy works with the Whitetail Militia and The Resistance to bring the Cult down, but her luck is about to run out. 

Guest OCs: Marie Campbell (FC: Fairuza Balk)

Guest Characters: Eli Palmer, Tammy Barnes, Wheaty, Mary May Fairgrave, Nick Rye, Pastor Jerome. Supernatural character that is hated.

Note: 1 more chapter until the finale. This takes place in 2012.

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A week has passed, and Mandy has been working with the Whitetail Militia and the Resistance to bring down the Cult. 

“What more information do you need?” Eli asks Mandy.

She sighs, “I don’t know, I have plenty of information in them. Enough to lock them all up”.

Mandy has files, and a bunch of other paperwork that is labeled as “Confidential” that is enough to bring down the Project at Eden’s Gate. 

“What more does your boss want?” Tammy asks. 

“I don’t know. I left her a few messages, telling her to contact me ASAP” she tells them, scratching the back of her neck. 

“What charges do you have on Joseph?” Eli asks, taking a seat at the table. 

She opens the paper folders, and scatters them across the table. 

“Kidnapping. Illegal Weapons and Explosions. Murder. Attempted Murder. Fraud. Attempting to do harm, and several other charges” she tells them, “This is just the tip of the iceberg”. 

“Jesus, there’s more?!?” Tammy mutters. 

She sighs, “Yup, Joseph alone has 20 charges against him. The Cult all together has 75-100 charges”. 

They all stare at all the paperwork, and files that can easily be given to her “boss” and they can have the National Guard in Hope County within a few hours. Freeing everyone from the Cult and saving Hope County. 

All her lies keep piling and piling up. One after another, one lie after another. They just keep building and building, and they never stop. 

She gathers all the paperwork together, and locks it in the glove compartment of her truck. Keeping it safe, for now. She goes to Holland Valley, to her main spot that she used to go to. 

Spread Eagle bar, she parks next to the bar and goes inside. Everyone looks over at her, the people she met when she first went to Hope County. Mary May, Nick Rye, and Pastor Jerome. 

“Well, well, well” Mary says, “Look who finally came around”. 

She sighs, “Hey guys”. 

“So, The Mother, how are you gonna try and steal my family business?!” she asks. 

“I’m not” she tells them, “I’m getting out of the Cult”. 

The 3 of them look at her in confusion. 

“No one ever leaves the Cult” Jerome tells her, “They’re too loyal to Joseph”. 

“Them peggie fuckers, don’t even try to see past Joseph and his bullshit” Nick mutters. 

She takes a seat at the bar, “Well I’ll be the first to get out, and be their ultimate traitor”. 

Mary narrows her eyes at her, “What do you mean ultimate traitor?”. 

“I wasn’t really honest with all of you, but I’m an undercover agent for the FBI” she pulls out her FBI budget setting it down on the counter. 

“I’ve been working as a double agent. Getting information on Joseph and everyone that is associated with the Project”. 

They all exchange looks. Looks of confusion, looks of miracles and expressions of hope. 

“So for the past several months, you’ve been working undercover fed to get dirt on the Project?” Mary asks, hinting at some relief in her voice. 

She nods, “That’s right, that’s why I was away with the Project for so long”. 

She further explains to them, her “job” and all the information and charges she has on everyone associated with the Cult. 

She knows what she’s doing, she knows it’s only a matter of time before the Cult finds out her “secret” and they somehow end up killing her, but she also knows with Raphael by her side and Dawana, she’ll be safe. 

An Archangel and a Voodoo Priestess as her only chance of survival against a bunch of crazy eyed hillbilly fuckers.  

Chuck can’t see what she's doing. He sees another her, alongside with the Cult, kinda like an illusion or a clone of her that only he can see. 

It’s only a temporary thing until she can get herself out of Hope County, or somehow save the small town. 

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An hour later, behind the Lamb of God church, near the river Mandy prays to her Archangel. 

“Hey Raph, where are you?” she starts, “I’m helping out the others and you said you’d heck in on me within a couple days, and it’s been a week”. 

She waits for his response. Might’ve been a delay because after 5 minutes he finally shows up. 

“I heard your prayer” he tells her, “The connection between Heaven radio and Earth is lagging behind”. 

“It’s fine” she replies, shrugging, “So how is everything looking down here from up in Heaven?”. 

He sighs, “Everything is looking fine. For now”. She narrows her eyes at him, concern on her face. 

“What do you mean ‘for now??’.” she questions him. 

He gives her a serious look, “Your spell worked, but God will grow suspicious”. 

Slightly shaking her head, “What do you mean?! I thought you said he can see another me working with the Project while I, the real me, works against the Project?!”. 

“He can, but God knows when something is off. He may not see it now, but eventually he will” he tells her, “ and it won’t be good at all. So I suggest you do as much work as you can before something bad happens”. 

Mandy can feel the stress of this whole situation, before she couldn’t, but now the stress is really on. 

“What else can I do?!” she mutters, feeling herself tense up. 

“Work against them” he tells her, “I’ll figure something out”. 

She looks at the ground, stuffing her hands into her jacket pockets. She looks up at the Archangel and asks “What did you really hear that day?”. 

He tilts his head in confusion, “What day?” he asks her. 

“That day at the church. I know you told me that if you tried to get me out of it, or if I tried to betray the Project, you’ll be cast out of Heaven, losing your wings and grace. But I think there was something else, Chuck had said”. 

He looks down, sighing “Yes, Father did say that, but Joseph wasn’t able to hear him say that because he knew I was in his head, listening to his thoughts. He did say something else, and it was that if you tried to betray, or somehow screw this up”. 

“He’ll kill me” she says, throwing her head back.

“No” he says, “He’ll get your daughters involved. Giving them their own story, as he puts it”. 

Her eyes widened, “What?!” she exclaims, “And you’re just telling me this now?!”. 

“I didn’t know how to tell you” he defends himself, “I was more concerned about my loyalty to my Father”. 

She scoffs, shaking her head, “Well he’s gonna give my kids their own story because of my betrayal”. Her voice breaking, her hands on her hips, pacing out of nervousness. 

He takes a few steps towards her, “He doesn’t know about the spell. You are off his radar, he can only see the version of you that is at Joseph’s compound, right now, at this very moment”. 

He places his hand on her shoulder, and teleports them to Joseph’s church. They’re completely invisible to everyone. She sees the other version of her that God can see from Heaven. 

“Is that her, or me. The other me, the clone?!?” she asks him. 

“Yes, she can’t see us. Neither can the others” he informs her. 

They watch Joseph giving yet another sermon to his followers. Clone Mandy standing next to him, along with Jacob, John and Faith. 

Raphael listens closely to his sermon, and immediately he doesn’t recognize his father’s work. 

“My father has never said that!” he says loudly but the peggies and the Seed family can’t hear him because him and Mandy are invisible to them. 

Mandy looks over at him with a surprised look on her face, looking back and forth at the 3rd Archangel and Joseph Seed. 

After a few minutes, he has had enough of the nonsense Joseph is saying, and he takes himself and Mandy back to the Lamb of God church. 

“He speaks nonsense!” he tells her, pacing in frustration “My father has never said such words. He is manipulating and twisting my fathers words. Making them into ungodly statements. I would know I was there!. Michael was there, Lucifer was there, Gabriel was there!”. 

She can see the frustration in the eyes of the Archangel, “Now you understand why everyone doesn’t want to join him” she tells him.  

He looks off into the distance, “I understand now. I don’t know if Chuck wants Joseph to say those words, or Joseph is manipulating and changing the works of my father”. 

He takes a deep breath before continuing, “I’ve tried to stay loyal to my Father. To Heaven, to my family but I know he’s gonna try and pull an inevitable stunt”.

“That’s why we need to work against him” Mandy tells him, bringing some sense into him. 

“I’ll be back” he tells her, and he disappears, going back up to Heaven.

3 weeks later

Mandy continues to work with the Whitetail Militia, giving them all the information about what she has on Joseph Seed and all of his followers. 

On the phone with her “boss” aka her younger sister Marie. On speaker phone, so Tammy, Eli and Wheaty can hear everything she’s saying. 

“I can send you everything I have on Joseph Seed, and everyone that is associated with the Cult” she tells her “boss”. 

“Okay good, you can either fax everything to me, or you can send very clear photos of them to me and I’ll give them to my boss” Marie tells her, staying in character as the Head FBI Director of Phoenix, Arizona. 

“Okay good. I have them on file on my phone, I’ll send them to you” she replies back. 

“Great, send them as soon as you can, and we can send in the National Guard as soon as we can” she tells her, “I’ll contact you when I receive them”. 

“Okay I will do that” she replies and hangs up her phone. Setting it down on the table. 

“Alright, so I’m gonna send these files to her and get this nightmare over with” she tells them. She goes to send the paperwork to her sister. But in reality she isn’t, her sister is not an FBI Director, she goes to another room “sending the paperwork”. 

After 10 minutes of pretending to send out the “paperwork”, she goes back to the others. 

“Okay I sent them” she tells them, “And we wait for the call”. 

They all settle down, and wait for the call that’s most likely not gonna come because she never sent the paperwork, and even if she did no one would come anyway. 

A few hours later, and no response back. 

“Did your boss get the paperwork?” Eli asks Mandy. 

“She should've” she responds, pulling out her phone. She calls her sister, it rings a few times. 

Finally she picks up, ��Hey Director Irwin did you get the paperwork? I sent it a few hours ago and I never received any feedback”. 

“No I didn’t, can you send it again?” Marie replies. 

She takes a deep breath, “Okay I’ll send it again”, and she hangs up. 

“What happened?” Tammy asks her. 

“She never got the information, so I’m gonna send it again” she tells them. 

She goes onto her laptop, and for reals she sends the paper to her sister. It loads and she immediately gets an error on her computer. 

“What the fuck?!” she mutters in confusion. Trying to fix the connection on her laptop. 

“What’s wrong?” Eli asks. Trying to restart the connection, “It’s not sending the files” she tells them, “It’s saying a connection error, and that it's unable to send”. 

Realizing that all of Hope County has zero connection, no one can get a signal in or out. Everything is completely down. No WiFi, no internet connection. Absolutely nothing. 

“Fuck!” she mutters under her breath. 

She hides out at the Lamb of God church, she would stay at the Wolf’s Den but she needs to be in a private location where she is able to communicate with Raphael, and not have it be interrupted by peggie fuckers. The Lamb of God church’s basement is the best, it was recommended by one of the Whitetail’s soldiers. 

As soon as Mandy settles in for the evening, Raphael makes himself known and he’s in a panic.

“This isn’t good. None of this is good” he scatters, panicking. His hands trembled, looking human almost. 

“What’s happening?!” she asks, worried. 

He’s about to tell her what’s happening, and the next thing she knows, he lights up and disappears. Getting banished from the church basement. 

“Raphael?!” she shouts, her voice echoing off the walls. 

“Yeah sorry about that” she hears a male voice say from behind her. She turns around and sees the Scribe of God. Metatron. 

“Metatron?” she whispers, going into shock. Seeing the asshole Angel that has caused chaos in her family. 

“Did you really think I wouldn’t find out Mandeline?” he asks with that stupid smug smile on his face. 

[ms-rampage]

Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 15 - Guardian of Eden

Warnings: Some language

Word count: 2.3k

Where it all began. 

Summary: In the series finale, Mandy goes into hiding from the Cult when they find out about her betrayal. 

Guest OCs: 

Guest Characters: Metatron [Supernatural]

Note: I’m gonna post the next 2 final chapters of Aftermath today! So I can get started on posting the New Dawn series!. Thank you to those for reading my crossover crap!

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“Did you really think I wouldn’t find out Mandeline?” he asks with that stupid smug smile on his face. 

“What did you do Metatron?!” Mandy asks angrily. 

“I can ask you the same thing” he responds, “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”. 

She ignores his question, “Where’s Raphael??”. 

He scoffs, “He’s gone. Away. Not here”. 

Her jaw drops, “You killed him?!”. He chuckles, “No, no I didn’t kill him” he laughs softly. “I just sent him away. So he can’t help you”. 

“You bastard!” she mutters angrily. 

He rolls his eyes, “Yeah, yeah whatever”. He walks around the basement room. “You really think I didn’t see what was going on down here?!?” he asks her.

Ignoring his questions by not answering them. “Did you really think I didn’t see everything you were planning? The spell? Betraying Joseph? Betraying the Project?”. 

“What did you do Metatron??” she asks him, “What are you planning??”

He places a finger on his chin, thinking about what he’ll do, “Let’s see”. He walks around the room. 

“Well God doesn’t want to kill you. He might have the Project do that for him, he might give all the paperwork, and charges that you have in the glove compartment of your truck to Joseph, and he’ll know that The Mother is a double agent working for the FBI”. 

He tells her with a smug look on his stupid face that Mandy would love slap off. 

“Oh wait?. That’s right, you’re not a real FBI agent. That’s a charge against you Mandeline”. 

She glares at the scribe of God. “But none of that even matters because Joseph and all of his followers know who you really are, and what you have done”.

Her eyes widened, “You son of bitch!” she yells. 

“You did it to yourself. God gave you many warnings. He told you over and over what your fate would be if you go against his plan”. 

“I will fucking kill you” she growls, slowly stepping towards him.

He chuckles, “No you won’t. Not until the Project and Joseph get to you”. He disappears leaving her by herself in the dark church basement.

She knows she can’t stay there long, she has to get back to the Wolf’s Den, and to somehow avoid getting captured by the Cult. 

She grabs all her stuff, and gets the Hell out of the church, and goes to her truck. Speeding the dirt road, towards the Whitetail Mountains towards the Wolf’s Den. 

Knowing that Joseph, and all of his followers are gonna be looking for her. The radio in her turck plays static for a few seconds and she hears Joseph’s voice over the radio. 

“My Children, we have been betrayed. We have been misguided. We had a snake living in our garden. The Mother has betrayed our flock, she is the locust in our garden. Bring her to me and she will be given her punishment”. 

Trying to keep an eye on the rear view mirror and on the roads in case any of the Cult’s trucks tailgate her. 

She enters the Whitetails region and one of Jacob’s hunters spots her driving. They chase after her, shooting at the tires to her truck. 

“Fuck, fuck, fuck” she mutters, slamming on the gas pedal. Trying to avoid getting hit with Bliss bullets, or Bliss arrows. 

She hears Jacob’s voice play over the radio, “So it turns out we have a Judas in our family. I advise my soldiers to bring this traitor to the Father. We won’t let this person be free”. 

Feeling like she’s gonna vomit, she slams her foot on the gas pedal, not even close to being anywhere near the Wolf’s Den.

She hears Eli’s voice play on her radio, “Mandy get back to the bunker ASAP. Everyone in the Cult is after you. Get here now!”. 

She answers the radio, pushing down on the button, “Eli it's me. I’m on my way to the bunker”. Pretty sure him and Tammy can hear the panic and fear in her voice. 

She prays out loud, “Raphael where are you?? I really need your help right now!”. 

Like douchebag Metatron is messing with her, she gets a Bliss bullet in her shoulder. 

“Fuck!” she cries out in pain. Trying to fight the urge to pass out. She gets hit with a second bullet, and it makes her driver her truck off the road. Going down a hill into the water. 

She can hear the yelling out Jacob’s soldiers as she slips into unconsciousness. Trying to crawl out of her truck, falling into the shallow river. The footsteps of peggies behind her, the cocking of rifles. 

The last thing she sees when she passes out is the bright sun in her face, and everything goes black.

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Several hours later, Mandy wakes up in a cage. Laying in mud, her head feeling heavy and in pain. After what felt like hours, she finally recognizes her surroundings. 

She’s in Joseph compound, seeing the white building that is the church, the small houses with sins in Latin.

Seeing everyone, all of Joseph’s followers, or his children. Glaring at her, giving her hateful glares. Looks of betrayal, looks of backstabbery.  

Everyone goes silent, and Joseph steps out of the church. He looks around, not even looking over at Mandy, or in her sense of direction. 

“My children!” he shouts, “We have the traitor, and she’ll be sentenced to death for her treason”. 

They all cheer, and hollar. Feeling like a witch in the Salem witch trials. 

“We will not be made to look like fools” he continues. She looks around, fear and panic. No words can explain the fear she’s feeling. 

Knowing that this is how she’s gonna die. She’s not gonna see her daughters ever again, she’s never gonna see them grow up.

“Raphael where are you??” she prays in her head, “I’m in danger and I need your help”. 

She keeps praying, hoping any Angels can hear her cries for help. Her concentration is broken when one of Joseph’s followers opens the cage she’s in, and grabs her. Manhandling her, aggressively, and forcing her out of the cage. 

He shoves her to the ground, aiming his rifle at her. In tears, looking around at her final moments on Earth. 

Her hands tied behind her back with several zip ties. 

“The traitor!” he says loudly, looking around to his followers “We have given her everything, and she repays us with betrayal”. 

He glares down at her, anger in his eyes. “The ultimate sinner” he mutters. Taking a few steps closer to her.

She shakes her, “Joseph you don’t have to do this!” she mutters, begging him for mercy. Pleading with him.

“You betrayed me. You betrayed God and you betrayed my family” he hisses at her. 

Pleading with him, begging him for mercy and to let her go. He ignores her begs and pleads. 

Jacob, John and Faith stare down at her with angry and disgusted glares. 

Feeling the anger radiating off these people become so unbearable to Mandy, that she feels like she’s gonna throw up. Tears streaming down her cheeks. 

On her knees, her hands tied behind her back. Being completely vulnerable that anything could happen to her, and she won’t be able to stop it. No matter what it is. Her only way out of this is her Archangel, and she has no idea what happened to him. Metatron did who knows what to him.  

Deafened her own thoughts and fears, she doesn’t hear Joseph’s last words to her. 

One of his followers hits her on the head, to get her attention. “What are your last words Mandeline?” he asks, putting so much poison in her name. His tone is completely different from how he usually sounds. Betrayed, and backstabbed by the one God had told him about, betraying him and his family. Being a double agent, that was getting dirt on the Cult.  

Trying to steady her breathing, and calm herself down a bit. She stammers, “I-I just. I just w-wanted”.

Unable to give him a proper answer, she hears the sound of a pistol cock behind her head. Tears pour from her eyes, knowing that this is the end for her. She’ll never see her family again, no one will know what happened to her. 

She looks down at the ground, watching her tears fall to the dirt. She closes her eyes, and waits for the peggie to put a bullet in her head. Killing her, ending her life.  

Then like someone heard her cries, several sudden gasps come from all directions around her, before that was the feeling of a slight breeze, and a loud fluttering of wings. 

The murmuring of the Cultists around her. She lifts her head up, and sees that everyone is looking, not at her but behind her. 

The Father and his 3 Heralds looking like they’ve all seen the Devil himself. Mandy turns her head to see who just made a sudden arrival, and came to her rescue, but is blinded by the early evening sun to see who it is. 

The peggies move in front of her, all of them standing behind and around The Father and the 3 Heralds. Confused, Mandy looks at all the expressions on their faces. The majority of them are looks of fear and disbelief. The figure that appeared out of nowhere with the sight of an angelic being.

They all aim their weapons at Mandy and whoever is standing behind her. She can feel an angelic presence but is unable to see who this angel is. 

Thinking it’s Raphael, and he came to save her.

“Raphael?” she whispers, her voice trembling. 

Several guns pointed at her, being ready to fire while some are infatuated by whoever is behind her. 

“No” a male voice commands them, and also answering Mandy’s questions. 

She doesn't recognize the voice, that somewhat deep, serious voice of an Angel, but whoever he is, his voice makes the Cultists jump, forcing them to take a few steps back. The whole time Joseph glares at Mandy. The other 3 siblings all have different expressions to the superior celestial in front of them. Jacob showing a look of concern, Faith a look of fear and John disbelief. 

“Who are you?” Joseph asks, his voice almost in a whisper. 

The Angel looks over at him, saying with power in his voice, “When they say my name, perhaps I will be remembered, not as the one who let the serpent in, but as one of the few who helped give Heaven a second chance” he responds. 

Their whole conversation was a complete blur to her that she couldn’t remember what exchange of words were said between the 2. 

Before she knows it, gun fire is heard, and the Angel shields her from the bullets by wrapping his wings around her. Protecting her from death. The sight of white wings protect her. Closing her eyes out of fear, when she opens them, she’s in the middle of a cabin. Her hands are free.

She hears footsteps behind and immediately stands up to see the Angel.  

“Gadreel??” she mutters, relieved to see him. 

“Hello Mandy” he greets her. The Guardian of Eden, Metatron's former lieutenant and 2nd in command.  

“What is happening??” she asks, trying not to panic “What happened to Raphael??”. 

He sighs, taking a seat on the coffee table, “I’m not sure, Metatron is upset, and so is Chuck. Raphael is missing, not dead but missing”. 

She sighs in disappointment,”What’s gonna happen??”.

“I’m not sure, but I wiped the Project’s memory, everyone’s memory of what happened” he tells her, “They won’t remember a thing, but their memory might get restored within time, or if Metatron or God restore it”.

Taking a seat on one of the beds in the cabin, and letting out a soft whimper. “But you’re protected, no one in the town will find you here. I warded it off from all beings, including humans”. 

“Am I stuck here??” she asks him. He takes a seat next to her, “Yes, unfortunately. I would take you out of here but there is some sort of God like warding that is keeping you from leaving”. 

She looks over at the former Guardian of Eden. “What happened to Dawana?? Her daughter Camille?” she asks. Giving him her sad eyes. 

He looks at her, with utter disappointment and sadness in his eyes. Seeing his answer in his eyes. She shakes her head, “No, no that. That can't be”.

“I’m sorry” he mutters, “Metatron got to them before I could save them”. 

Tears forcing themselves out of her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks. Soft breaths escaping her lungs. Mourning the loss of her friend and her young daughter. 

Mandy spends the next several months, living in Hope County because of some warding God put up that is preventing her from leaving, and also the 2 tunnels in Hope County are blocked off by the Cult. Taking a plane out won’t do any good because of the warding. 

But God has some things planned, not for Mandy but for her daughters and their families in the years to come. 

They’re gonna need each other to help break this curse on themselves and stop whatever is gonna happen. The only way to do that is to stop the Cult. Bring them down, kill them, imprison them. Anything that will save themselves and everyone around them. Their friends, family and everyone that’ll get to know and meet before the end. 

[ms-rampage]

Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 12 - The Ballet of Amanda and Joseph Seed

Warnings: Mentions of infantcide, and Mandy being a mom to John. [not really a warning]

Word count: 2.1k

Where it all began. 

Summary: With everything falling into place, Mandy continues with her role as The Mother until the New Moon.  

Guest OCs: Dawana Floyd (FC: Anna Diop)

Guest Characters: Raphael [Supernatural; female vessel], God/Chuck [mentioned], Metatron [mentioned]

Note: I made up the names for Joseph’s wife and daughter. This is gonna be a somewhat short chapter.

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With everything falling into place, Dawana has Mandy continue her duties as the Mother until the New Moon. Raphael agrees and wants her to keep her role until they can properly do the Invocation of Invisibility to shield her from God and help get her out of the Cult. 

With the help of the Whitetail Militia they can help her get out, and also play the role as an FBI agent to keep her undercover. 

So not being seen with any of the Project’s enemies will help her out, and make sure she is committed to her position, or at least make her look like she’s committed. 

A week has passed, Mandy has been the Mother for 3 in a half months, and time has seemed to move by very, very slowly with everything that has happened. 

“You must play your part” Dawana tells her. 

“I know” Mandy responds, “I have to. Raphael told me that I must, until we get to the New Moon and do the Invisibility spell. Hiding me from Chuck”. 

Because he is God and he can see everything, and everyone. He’ll still see her playing her part as The Mother, but that will all be an illusion to him while the real Mandy will be plotting against him and the Project. Along with the Archangel and the Voodoo Priestess.

“Good” she responds, “It’s still a long time until the New Moon".

Being cleansed by Joseph, confessing and reaching atonement. To top it off marrying Joseph Seed. 

She spends time with Joseph, pretty much every second of every day they spent. She decides to check up on John since she hasn’t seen, or even heard from him since her atonement and her “wedding” to The Father. 

Driving to his ranch house in Holland Valley, she pulls into the huge driveway and approaches the gigantic house. 

John steps out and sees her. “Amanda” he says, surprised, putting emphasis on the A, “I wasn’t expecting you to come over”. 

She lets out a soft exhale, “Well I haven’t seen or heard from you. I just wanted to check up on you”. 

He tilts his head to the side, eyebrows furrowed “Really? Why?”. Surprised that she would even care about his well-being. 

She shrugs, “No reason, I check up on Faith all the time. Jacob doesn’t really need to be checked on, and I live with Joseph, I pretty much see him everyday. I just wanted to see how you’re doing”. Putting on her caring, loving mother act, it’s not really much of an act, it’s just the type of parent she is. 

He lets out a soft chuckle, “Well that’s very sweet of you”. He takes a few steps closer to her, “I’m doing great. Thank you”. 

She smiles at him, “That’s great to hear”.

“So is that all you came over here for? To check on me?” he asks. Crossing his arms.

She nods, “Well I was in the area. Also I haven’t been in Holland Valley in quite a while. Kinda forgotten what everything looks like”. She chuckles, making the youngest Seed brother chuckle as well. 

She crosses her arms, putting on her best typical mom voice, “So, have you been taking care of yourself?”. 

He laughs, scratching his beard, and sarcastically says, “Yes, mother I have”. 

“Good, I ask Faith the exact same questions” she tells him, “She knows my route already”. 

She stays at John’s house for another 20-30 minutes before going back to the church. She got to know a little more about John, and his upbringing with the Duncan’s, and him going to Law school. John also got to know a little more about Mandy as well. She’s half Italian, was married before, lived in several states before moving to Montana, and she can speak 3 languages. 

"Really? Say something then" he asks her. Looking at her in amusement.

"Prendersi cura di se stessi" [Take care of yourself] she responds in Italian.

He looks at her in confusion, he in a way wasn't expecting her to actually respond back in another language. She laughs at his reaction to her speaking another language.

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Back at Joseph’s compound, one of the Cult’s followers approaches Mandy once she arrives at the church grounds.

“Mother Amanda” he tells her, “Joseph is inside the church waiting for you”. 

She nods her head, “Thank you” and proceeds to enter the church. 

The dark church with a few candles lit inside, Joseph has his back to her, facing the wall in front of him. 

“You were waiting for me” she tells him, standing a few feet away from him. She can hear him take a deep breath before saying, “I haven’t been entirely honest with you”.

Tilting her head sideways, confused. “What do you mean?”. He faces her, “I haven’t told you everything about me. There are things from my past, I feel the need to tell you”. 

She stands before him, with her hands clasped in front of her, wearing white blouse, dark jeans and black boots. Her hair is down in its natural style, wavy. 

Looking up at him, her eyes pointed up at him. Anticipating what he’s gonna tell her. He places his right hand on the back of her neck, while his other hand is caressing her cheek. He goes on to tell her that he was once married, and had a daughter. 

“Did you know I had a wife?” he asks her, showing her his tattoo of his wife, “So beautiful, isn’t she?. We were pregnant with our first child. We were just babies ourselves, and I was terrified.Becoming a father, mostly about money”. 

She stares up at him as he tells her the story about his wife and child. 

“She wasn’t worried, she had faith that things were going to work out. She always had faith, and then one day. She was going to visit a friend. There was an accident, and The Lord Taketh”. Seeing the pain in his eyes, Mandy knows the same pain losing a significant other, she knows that pain too well. 

“They rushed me to the hospital and put me in a room with this little pink bundle stuffed with tubes, and they said I had to be strong because my little girl was going to live. God was looking out for our daughter” he continues to tell her. 

Feeling like time had stood still, painfully still. Almost like the whole church got darker as he tells her this, “And they left me alone in a room with her. I just stared at my daughter. So helpless. So innocent, and all she had in the world was me. A nobody from nowhere with nothing, and in that moment I knew that God was testing me”. 

He moves his hands, both his hands on the sides of her face. Cupping her face, standing very close to her. 

“He was laying out a path before me and all I had to do was choose. So I put my hand on my little girl's head, and I leaned in and I could smell”.

Finding out that this man was once married, and had a child at some point, made her think how he could’ve turned out. Would the Cult still be a thing? Would he still be a lunatic that she married?. Getting lost in her thoughts the next thing he said made her snap back into reality. 

Joseph continues to tell her about his past life and everything before the Cult grew, “And we prayed together, prayed for wisdom. Prayed for strength then I knew. I heard God’s plan for me, and I took my fingers and I put them on that little plastic tube that was taped to her angelic face, and I pinched it shut”.

She looks up at him in horror, this man killed his infant daughter because Chuck told him to do it. Mandy is no saint herself, and she’ll tell you that she has killed innocent people to protect her own family, it may not be the same thing, they both have skeletons in their closets. 

Joseph might have more in his closet than she does, she witnessed him killing an innocent man several weeks ago in front of 30 other people. Gouging out his eyes.

“And after a little while her legs began to kick and kick, and then nothing. Stillness. Release. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh. Pain. Sacrifice” he finishes off. 

Looking up at this man in horror, standing in the middle of the church, frozen in fear. Giving her chills throughout her body. 

“Raphael I need you here now!” she prays in her head. Internally panicking 

Within a few seconds Raphael makes himself present, in his female vessel, only visible to Mandy and not Joseph. 

“You prayed?” he asks. Seeing what’s happening. Look of concern on his/her face. 

“Is what Joseph said true?!” she asks him in her head, while looking up at Joseph pretending that she’s listening to him, “Did he really kill his infant daughter because Chuck told him to?!?”. 

Joseph steps away, and continues to talk to Mandy about his life and upbringing with his brothers. Trying to listen to both her “husband” and her Archangel. 

Raphael sighs, “Yes, it’s all true. Joseph was married. His wife Anna, and their daughter Mary. The accident Anna was in, was orchestrated by God to put him on this path, and also to make him start the Project”. 

Mandy looks over at her Archangel with wide eyes and back to Joseph who is still telling her about his upbringing. His voice is basically a background noise to her and the Archangel’s conversation. 

“So all this has been happening for several years?!?!” she asks in her mind. Raphael snaps his fingers, freezing time. Allowing Mandy to actually speak with him, freezing Joseph. 

“Yes, everything is on Chuck” he tells her, “I can’t say no more”. 

“But, but. But why is Chuck doing this?!?” she asks him, voice shaken “Why is Joseph so important to Chuck?”. 

Taking a few steps closer to her, “He’s not. That I know of, Joseph Seed is not that important to God, the only thing Chuck wants is for someone to spread his word. Prepare for the end”.

She looks at him confused, “What?!? What does that even mean?!”. 

He breaks it down for her, “Think about it. When the world ends, and very few people survive. What’s the first thing that comes to mind?” he asks her. Walking around the somewhat dark church.

She shrugs, “I don’t know!”. Looking confused at the Warrior of God.  

“An act of God” he tells her, “I really can’t say more because that’s all I have on this whole situation. I wish I had more, but I’m sure Metatron has all that information, but If I were you, I wouldn’t waste my time trying to get it. He won’t give it to anyone”. 

He snaps his fingers to unfreeze time, but before he does, he gives her a slight chance of hope. 

“And one more thing Mandeline” he says, she looks over at him, “I believe in you. I know you can get yourself out of this, and I left you something that can help you. I left it under your pillow in your room”.

He disappears from the church. Leaving Mandy alone with Joseph. She looks over at Joseph, he is unfrozen, and continues his talking about his life. Having to pretend she was listening to everything he had said. 

“Now that I have told you about your past” he says, turning around to face her, “What do you have hidden from me?”. 

She looks down at the floor, “There’s too much for me to say” she responds, “I have lived through a dark past. That I wish to forget about”. Looking and sounding ashamed, reminding herself about the horrible things she has done in her lifetime. 

He approaches her, placing his hand on her cheek, caressing it. “I wish to know your past” he tells her, “I want to be the savior for your regrets. For your mistakes, for your sins”. 

She rests her head against his chest, as he holds her close. Hearing his heartbeat slowly, his slow, soft breathing

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Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 6 - The Mother of Eden’s Gate

Warnings: light swearing

Word count: 1.6k

Where it all began. 

Summary: Mandy has claimed the role as The Mother of Eden’s Gate. Archangel Raphael forbids her from speaking about her position to the locals.

Guest OCs: Barbara Teller (FC: Katey Segal), Sheriff Hayward (FC: Ryan Hurst), 

Guest Characters: Archangel Raphael (Supernatural), God/Chuck [mentioned], Adelaide Drubman 

Note: This takes place in 2012. Also this chapter is gonna be a short one.

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A few days after her atonement, and giving John the loving care that he clearly needed. 

Mandy is now the Mother of Eden’s Gate.

All she has to do now is claim the name in some ceremony at Joseph’s church in a few hours.

Sitting her truck outside of Eden’s Gate Outreach Center in the Henbane River, with her eyes closed.

The sound of wings fluttering next to her in the passenger seat makes her open her eyes, and sees Raphael, looking straight forward.

"You know what to do” he says, looking forward.

“Yep” she replies, closing her eyes again.

“When do you claim the name?” he asks, still not looking at her. 

“In a few hours” she answers, opening her eyes again.

He looks over at her, “Remember what I’ve been telling you. You can’t change anything that they do. Your purpose is to be a guide to them, and that’s it. Nothing more.”

“Yeah, yeah. I know the plan” she says, crossing her arms.

“Good. I will see you again once you’ve claimed the name” he tells her before disappearing. 

She sighs loudly, and starts up her truck. Driving down the fenced road to the church.

Once she gets onto the compound, many of Joseph’s followers are setting up some decorations at the church as well as the whole property. 

She goes inside her shared home with Joseph, and once again doesn’t see him inside. 

Walking into the bedroom, and sees another white dress on the bed, similar to the one she wore for her cleansing, along with a flower crown, and a bouquet of Bliss flowers. A letter from Joseph wrote to Mandy, she grabs it, unfolds it and reads it. 

“To my beloved Amanda.

Today on March 12, we will declare our love, our devotion to each other.

You will claim your role as The Mother, as my other half, as my wife.”

Mandy nearly chokes on her own breath reading that last part. She continues reading his letter to her. 

“We will walk to the gates of Eden together. We will grow old together, die together. Our families being together. We will be together until the end. This will be our marriage officiated by God, witnessed by our family, and our Children, our followers, our flock.

I will show my love for you. How important you are to me. How important you are to our Children”. 

Mandy folds the letter, placing it on the nightstand by the bed.

Feeling a mixture of emotions. Not sure if she’s feeling sick, or if she’s hungry.

What the fuck did Raphael get her into?!. What the fuck did Chuck get her into?!?. Why did she agree to do this shit?!?.

She could’ve been searching for that demon fucker that killed Joel. This life never makes any sense sometimes. 

We’re gonna hunt some demons. Okay awesome. We’re gonna go gank a nest of vampires. Awesome!. You have to give yourself up to a religious Cult leader, and be his wife because God wants you to do it for the sake of humanity, and everyone will think you’re crazy!!. What the actual fuck?!?.

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A few hours have passed, and it's time for the ceremony.

Mandy slipped into her dress for the ceremony, putting the flower crown on her head.

Faith stopped by, and helped her get dressed. Fixing her hair, making her look beautiful for Joseph, and the part as The Mother. 

“You look so beautiful” Faith says, with a huge, sweet smile on her face.

“Thank you” Mandy replies, with a smile of her own. 

15 minutes later Mandy along with Faith and another female Cultist step out of the house, and walk towards the church. A bouquet of bliss flowers in hand. 

Decorations, flower petals, and candles leading a path to the white church doors.

The early evening sky, a reddish orange with purplish gray clouds.

Soft gospel music playing over some speakers. 

She walks the path with Faith on her right, and the female cultist on her left.

A couple of male peggies open the two white doors leading inside.

It’s dark inside, the only source of light being the candles that are lighting up the path.

Joseph standing center of the small stage. His hands crossed over one another as he watches Mandy walk down the aisle. 

Feeling like her stomach is getting tied into a knot. Her hands start to get clammy, and shaky. 

Taking a deep breath to calm herself down. 

“Who's officiating this?!?!” she asks herself in her head.

Joseph takes a step forward, and reaches out to grab her hand, she reaches out and he brings her closer to him.

Taking her hands in his. 

So this would be Mandy’s 2nd marriage?. If this counts as a wedding. 

He looks her in the eyes, even with the sunglasses it’s an intense stare, like he was looking into her soul. Into her mind, and listening to her thoughts. Every single word. 

Time feels like it has stopped, they both stare into each other's eyes.

John then speaks up, since he had Mandy reach atonement, and confess. Joseph chose his younger brother to officiate this “marriage”, and Joseph to give her The Mother name. 

“Today, we will witness the amalgamation of Amanda Campbell, and Joseph Seed. These two will be unification, and will lead us to the New World. They will stand together as husband and wife. The Father and The Mother. They will spend life together, die together or until death do they part”.

Joseph speaks his “vow” to Mandy, “Amanda my love, God told me about your forthcoming and he showed me your face. I knew we were meant to be together. He chose you to be my other half, to guide me, to guide our family to the New World. To be my wife, all I ever wanted was a family, and he brought you here. This is all I want between us, I want to show you how much I love you”.

He finishes his vow, and Mandy, who didn’t write, or even come up with one starts to think about all the shit she went through with Raphael, and all the stuff he told her to do. 

“Go along with it” she hears the Archangel’s voice tell her.

He appears behind Joseph, and no one else can see him, only her.

Stammering a bit, but she manages to make her words clear, and presentable.

“Joseph, a part of me told me to come here to Hope County. I didn’t know why. My gut told me that I had to come here. I’m glad that I did, I needed to know my purpose. I needed to find my reason, and then I met you. I knew when I first met you. You were, and still are my reason, my purpose to be here.”.

They finish their vows, and wrap up the whole “wedding” ceremony.

Joseph, and Mandy are now “married”. 

This was something she didn’t plan on.

Later that day, when Mandy was able to get some alone time away from her new family. 

“This is Barbara Teller leave a message and I’ll get back to you” -beep-

“Hey Barb it’s me Mandy. Call me back as soon as you can. It’s very important. Hope to hear from you. Bye”.

She hangs up her phone, standing by the water near the Drubman Marina. 

Waiting for Raphael to show himself to her, like he has done several million times in the past. 

Getting tired of waiting for the Archangel, she walks back to her truck, and runs into a new, friendly face. 

As she walks back to her truck, she sees a blonde woman, probably older than her cleaning a helicopter. 

“Nice chopper” she compliments the flying vehicle.

She turns around to look at her, “Thanks honey” she says with a Southern like accent. 

“This is my beautiful girl Tulip. My prized possession chopper”.

Mandy looks at the chopper, “She’s a very nice one”.

“Yep, she sure is” Addie says, she looks over at Mandy and says, “You’re the one that Joseph Seed married aren’t ya?”.

She awkwardly clears her throat, stammering a bit “Uhh yeah. Yeah, umm how- how do you know about that?”.

Addie chuckles, “Word gets around sweetheart. Peggies talking about it all the time. It's something they always think and talk about. The Mother this, The Mother that.” 

She lets out a soft sigh, and introduces herself.

“I’m Adelaide Drubman, by the way”.

“I’m Mandy short for Amanda. Campbell is the last name”.

They continue their small conversation when a Hope County jail truck pulls up the road near the Marina.

A youngish looking man in a Sheriff’s uniform steps out of the vehicle, and approaches the two women.

“Well, well, well. Hello Sheriff Hayward” Addie says in a seducing tone.

“Evening ladies” he greets them, he points to Mandy, “You must be Amanda Campbell”.

She nods her head, narrowing her eyes at him “Yeah that’s me”.

“You’re gonna have to come down to the jail with me” he tells her.

She looks over at Adelaide with slight confusion, then back to the Sheriff. 

“Umm why do you need me to go down to the station with you?!”.

He clears his throat, “We just need to ask you some questions”.

“Umm, okay. Yeah sure” she says, still confused.

He motions her towards the truck with his arm out. 

She walks towards it, and gets inside. Sitting in the front passenger seat.

“I’ll see ya around sweetheart” Addie calls out to Mandy, and they drive off to the jail.

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Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 1 - Hope County

Warnings: Some swearing

Word count: 1.8k

Where it all began. 

Summary: Mandy Winchester, a single mother who lost custody of her 2 teenage daughters 4 months earlier passes through Hope County, Montana that has been liberated by a doomsday Cult. Upon arrival in Hope County she catches the attention of a certain Leader.

Guest OCs: None

Guest Characters: Archangel Raphael (Supernatural), Chuck/God [mentioned]

Note: This takes place in 2012. Supernatural & Far Cry 5 crossover. 

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*Ace of Spades by Motorhead plays over the radio*

If you like to gamble, I tell you I’m you man

You win some, you lose some, all the same to me

41 year old Mandy Winchester drives down the road entering Hope County, Montana.

Passing through to get some gas, food, maybe some beer and rest.

Drumming her fingers along with the song on the wheel, singing along with the song.

The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say

I don’t share your greed, the only card I need is the Ace of Spades

The Ace of Spades .

Playing for the high one, dancing with the devil.

Going with the flow, it’s all a game to me.

Driving down the countryside road.

Seven or eleven, snake eyes watching you

Double up, or quit, double stake, or split- 

Not even halfway through the song, the radio cuts out with static. Changing it to some depressing Christian music.

“What the hell?!?” she says, trying to fix the radio.

When none of that helps, she shuts it off. Driving in silence. 

She was told she had to go to Hope County by Archangel Raphael. He didn’t say much on why she had to go. 

All that she had to protect a certain man.

Because “God was gonna speak with him, or that God spoke with him about the end”. Something like that. 

She doesn’t even know this man’s name, or what he looks like. But he did say that she’ll know when she sees him. Her gut will tell her, that still didn’t help. She thought she was wasting her time, she could’ve been looking for her husband’s killer, but Raphael said that this will “help her with what she needed” whatever that meant.

She drives down the road in the Henbane River. 

Nothing unusual, seems like a normal country town. She pulls into the Misty River Gas station. Getting out, putting gas into her truck. 

A quiet town. She knows her daughters would’ve loved it here. As gas is being pumped into her truck, she looks around.

“Passing through?!” a man’s voice asks from behind her.

She turns around to face him, “Yeah, I’m here on business”.

He nods, “Well be careful. There’s a lot of crazies here”.

She chuckles, “Don’t worry”, she pulls out her .45 pistol, “I got that covered”.

He nods his head, smiling, “Well that’s a good start”.

She takes the pump of her truck putting back in the gauge.

“Where can I find a place to eat?!” she asks him. 

“Well you can go to the Spread Eagle bar that's over in Holland Valley, 8 Bit Pizza, Aubrey’s Diner or Whistling Beaver Brewery they’re here in Henbane, or you can go to the Grill Steak that’s over in the Whitetail Mountains”.

Mandy nods her head, “Which one do you prefer?!?”.

He takes a moment, “I would say Spread Eagle”.

She nods her head again, “Alright I’ll check it out. Thanks”.

“No problem. Have a nice day ma’am” he says, going back inside the gas station. 

Mandy takes off down the road. Crossing over a bridge leading to Holland Valley.

“Okay where is this place?!” she asks herself.

Driving through Falls End, she spots the bar. Parking her truck outside. She walks in to it with the smell of chicken wings, and whiskey. Looking around the bar, its not too busy, not too slow, she takes a seat at the bar.

A blonde young woman behind the bar approaches her.

“What can I get you hon?”

Mandy looks down at the menu attached to the bar counter.

“Uhh, I’ll have Guinness, and some chicken wings. Buffalo sauce on the side please. Thank you”.

She gives her order to the cook, and gives her a bottle of Guinness.

“You’re not from around here are you?!” she asks.

Shaking her head, “No, I’m just here on business” she answers.

“What kind of business? If you don’t mind me asking” she asks.

“FBI” she replies. 

She raises her eyebrows, “Really?”.

 She laughs, “No, I’m joking. I’m just passing through”.

“I see you got a sense of humor. We need that around here” she says, cleaning glasses. 

“What’s it like around here?!’ Mandy asks, before taking a sip of her beer.

“It’s quiet. But beware there’s a Cult growing here” she says.

“A Cult?!” she questions.

“Yep, they’ve been growing, kidnapping people to join, stealing property.”

“What about the police?! What are they doing about it?!?” she asks.

Mary May scoffs, “They ain’t doing fucking shit. We have to fend for ourselves”.

“I’m Mary May by the way"

“Mandy” she says. 

“Nice to meet you Mandy” she greets.

She gives Mandy her food, and she eats them, while chatting with Mary.

“So what’s this Cult?!” she asks.

“They’re called the Project at Eden’s Gate”

“A religious cult. They’re the worst” she jokes.

“This Cult ain’t no joke. They’ve kidnapped people, forcing them out of their homes, taking over businesses, killing innocent people if they refuse to join them” Mary tells her, while cleaning the counter, “They’ve tried taking my bar. My father’s bar. I did everything I could to protect this place”.

They talk for another hour, and a few beers later, Mandy leaves for a motel in the Henbane River that Mary May had recommended, King’s Hot Springs Hotel, to get some shut eye. 

She planned on leaving the next day, but unfortunately due to the Cult, she’s trapped in Hope County. Now she has a reason to “protect” this man who is living in Hope County. Doesn’t know his name, what he looks like, none of that shit.

While driving back to the Henbane, on her way to the hotel, she slams on the brakes to her truck. When three bald people run in front of her truck. Looking like they escaped a mental asylum.

“Oh shit!!!” she yells, slamming on the brake pedal. That scared the living shit out of her.

“What the fuck?!?” she says under her breath.

She continues her drive to the hotel. Arriving at the hotel, she walks in, goes up to the front desk

She’s able to get a room, despite all the Cultists running around and stealing properties.

Mandy’s showers, and goes to sleep.

Figuring out who this person Raphael told her about in the morning. In the middle of the night around 1:30am, a loud crash sound of glass breaking from downstairs in the lobby wakes her up. 

Gun shots, and the sound of bodies dropping. Making her room windows vibrate. Heavy footsteps, moving up the stairs. She reaches over to her nightstand, and grabs her pistol.

Waiting for whoever that broke in, to break into her room. 

After a few minutes, her bedroom door bursts open, and before they could even take a step in, and see her.

She fires two bullets at them, one in each of their skulls. Killing them both.

“What the fuck?!?” she mutters.

She checks them both, and one of them as an usual symbol on their forehead. 

“What the fuck is that?!?” she asks herself, examining the symbol. She has never seen anything like it before.

She moves the bodies out of her room, and into the hallway away from her door.

She tries to go back to sleep, but fails to do so. Staying up, listening to every little sound. The sun finally comes up, Mandy gets dressed, and goes downstairs.

The clerk that checked her in is dead, the bellhop is dead.

A few people that were staying there are dead.

She quickly leaves the hotel, and drives towards Aubrey’s Diner for something to eat. On the drive there she sees that same exact symbol on a billboard.

“What the hell is that damn symbol?!?” she asks out loud to herself.

She pulls up to the diner, and it’s been taken over by Cultists.

“Are you fucking serious?!?” she says.

She drives away, and pulls over to the side of the road, near a huge field with cattle.  She sighs, closes her eyes and prays to Archangel Raphael.

“Hey Raphael, it's me Mandy Winchester. You told me to come to Hope County, Montana to protect some man. You didn’t even tell me his name, or tell me what he looks like. So get your feather ass down here, and give me that information!!”.

After a few minutes of silence, she’s about to start her truck and drive away when the fluttering of feathers, and the Archangel appears in her passenger seat.

“Well it’s about time!” she says.

“You prayed for me?!” he asks.

She nods, “Yeah, you told me to come here to protect some man. I don’t know from who, or from what. But you told me I needed to protect him because of Chuck”.

Raphael sighs, “His name is Joseph Seed. You can’t miss him, he wears yellow sunglasses, and is often shirtless. A very distinguished character”.

Mandy shrugs, “Okay where would I find Joseph Seed?!”.

“His compound. The middle island between the Whitetails, and Henbane. The one that's all fenced up” he says.

“Okay, so what do I do?!” she asks.

“You’ll have to wait” he says.

“For what?!”.

“For him to approach, or ask for you. God has mentioned you to him” he tells her.

“Why would Chuck say that to him?!” she asks, concerned. 

“He didn’t say. All he said to Joseph was that “A woman will make herself clear to you, and will be your guide”. That’s all he said to me, but I’m sure he said more to Joseph”.

Mandy sighs in frustration, “Great, so what do I do?!. Just sit around, and wait for him to notice me?!”.

“God will tell him of your arrival” he tells her.

“So when I do meet him, what do I say to him?!?. “I’m here to protect you?!”, or “God sent me?!”, what do I tell him?!”.

“Whatever Joseph says to you. Go with it. It is important that you protect him. From death, being arrested, anything that’ll cause him to be gone, or in danger”.

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Joseph’s compound

The Church of Eden’s Gate just finished having their sermon, spoken by The Father Joseph Seed.

God has been speaking to him, about the arrival of a particular woman that will guide the Project to the gates of Eden.  After the sermon, Joseph gets lost in a trance, lost in his visions, he closes his eyes, the voice speaking to him.

Telling him, “She has arrived, she is here. She will show herself. The Mother will guide you, and your flock to the New World”.

Mandy’s face shows in Joseph’s mind. Her smile, driving in her truck, filling it up, eating at the Spread Eagle, checking into the King’s Hot Springs Hotel, and killing one of his followers. 

“Father?, Father Joseph? Are you okay?” one of his followers asks.

He opens his eyes. “Yes my child. It was just a vision" he responds.

“A vision?” they ask.

“Yes, she has arrived. The Mother has arrived” he answers, turning to face them.

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Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 3 - The Father

Warnings: Some swearing

Word count: 2k

Where it all began. 

Summary: Mandy finally meets The Father Joseph Seed, and he gives her an offer she has to accept no matter what.

Guest OCs: None

Guest Characters: Archangel Gabriel (Supernatural), Archangel Raphael [mentioned], God/Chuck [mentioned]

Note: This takes place in 2012.

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It’s been a few weeks since Mandy Winchester had arrived in Hope County.

Joseph had a few of his followers keep an eye on her. 

God told him about her. That she was the one. The one that will guide the Project to the New World.

She passed through Hope County to get some gas, some grub and sleep. But before that Archangel Raphael had told her about Joseph. That she needed to protect him no matter what.

She had a few encounters with a couple of peggies but of course they didn't get to see her face because the second they broke into her hotel room she planted a bullet in their heads. 

She's a professional hunter, you know demons, vampires and shit but of course no one knows of her job. 

When Joseph found out about the hotel incident, he knew that it was The Mother.

God had told him about her arrival. 

He couldn’t approach her right away. 

The Voice told him to be patient, and that he’ll tell him when the time was right.

Raphael had told Mandy to wait until he approached her, and go with it from there.

Again no matter what happens, Joseph must be protected. 

Then that day came, Mandy was at the Spread Eagle bar with Mary May, Grace Armstrong, and Nick Rye having some drinks. 

When 3 cultists approached her while she's sitting at the bar. 

Everyone in the bar sees them, and are reaching for their weapons. 

"The Father wishes to speak with you" one of them says to her. 

She turns around, forgetting about why she was there in the first place, and says. 

"I don't know who that is. But if he wants to speak with me he can tell me for himself". 

He didn't take kindly to this, forgetting Joseph’s orders.

He aggressively grabs her arm, pulling her away from the bar.

“Let me go asshole!!!” she yells. 

She punches him in the face, knocking him out. 

The other 2 pull their guns out, unsure if they should aim at her because of Joseph’s orders. 

Everyone else in the bar pulls out their guns, and aims at the other 2. 

I mean everyone, Mary May, Nick, Grace, the cook, and a few locals having drinks. 

Mandy who is shaking her hand after punching him says. 

"If The Father wants to speak with me then I will go myself" she says.

“Mandy, you don’t have to go. We have no problem killing these peggie fucks” Mary says to her. 

She replies, “No it’s fine Mary. I just wanna know what The Father has to say to me, and if I need backup, I’ll let you know”.

She leaves the bar, and gets into her truck.

Mandy has learned a lot about the Project at Eden's Gate from the locals

She knows they meet up in a church in the middle island next to Dutch's region, and she’s also 100% sure she knows the eldest brother Jacob because of her husband Joel. 

She knows Joseph needs to be protected because Raphael told her to, and she hasn’t seen him at all. Not even a photo of the man.

Entering the center island, it's all fenced up, and has barbed wire. 

She makes the only left turn down the road to Joseph's church. 

As she pulls closer to the property, she sees the front gate is open. 

A sign in front that says "The Church of Eden's Gate".

"What the fuck am I doing?" she asks herself, “Is this really worth it?!”. 

She steps out of her truck, and approaches the church slowly. 

All the Cultists on the property eyeballing her like she's a piece of meat. 

This isn't the first time a bunch of hillbilly fucks eyeball, and stared her. 

When she gets within 10 feet of the church. 

A man with no shirt on, tattoos, beard, his hair tied up, rosary wrapped around his hand, and yellow Aviators steps out. 

She stops dead in her tracks the second the church doors open. 

“That must be Joseph” she says to herself, “He’s quite a handsome man”. 

He gives her an intense stare that makes her spine go numb. 

Her stomach feels like it's twisting, and turning in knots.

She doesn't say anything, she stands there, trying to make herself look intimidating and fearless. 

This 5'3, 135Ibs, 40-42 year old woman who can knock out a fully grown, bushy bearded, crazy eyed hillbilly Cultist with one punch. 

Tries to make herself look terrifying even though she's had her encounters with monsters in the past.

Joseph looks up at the sky, and he softly says. 

"I have heard so much about you". 

Confused, Mandy doesn't know what to say or do, she stands there and hopes Joseph continues with whatever he has to say to her. 

It's almost like he can read her mind, he steps closer to her, placing his hands on her shoulders and says. 

"He told me you would come. God said that the The Mother will arrive''. 

“Damn it Chuck!!” she says in her head. 

After a few minutes of not saying anything, Mandy finally speaks up. 

Taking a deep breath. 

"T-the Mother?!?" she asks, confused. 

Joseph nods his head, "Yes" he says softly. 

He places his forehead against hers, his hands on both sides on her head. 

Confusion drowns her mind. 

Joseph moves his head away from hers, and says. 

"The Voice told me you would come. The Mother will show herself. It would be your face". 

He places a soft gentle kiss on her forehead, and pulls her into a tight embrace. 

Mandy, with no other choice, hugs him back. Her hands placed on his chest. 

Hoping he would release her soon because she is beyond confused, and will need to process what is happening. 

Even though Raphael told her, she had to do this. She was still confused by all of this.

After what felt like hours, he lets her go.

The first real question she asks is "Why me?". 

He places his hands on her head again. 

His thumbs rubbing the soft skin on her cheeks. 

Looking into her brown eyes as if he was looking into her soul, he says. 

"It's all part of God's plan, he brought you to me. To be my other half". 

Mandy hasn't been romanticized, or been spoken to like that in several years. 

The only ones she had left in her life are her 2 daughters.

Whom she lost custody of 4 months ago. 

Hearing Joseph's words brings some peace to Mandy knowing that there is someone who cares about her other than her family.

Even though she doesn't know him that well herself. 

He knows her very well, like he's known her for years. 

She knows he needs to be protected, but the other feeling she’s getting is different. 

If she’s developing feelings for him then that's not a good thing.

That’ll put a target on him, and make her look like a traitor to citizens of Hope County that are being tormented by this man, and his followers.

She knows he's not possessed by a demon, or any sort of spirit because her hands are placed on his bare chest, and she's wearing iron rings that were soaked in holy water. 

He holds her in his arms. His left hand on the back of her head, and his other on her upper back.

She looks back, and sees about 15-20 of his followers watching them.

Like they were all waiting for her answer. 

He lets go of her, his arms still wrapped around her, and asks “What do you say?!”.

Unsure, and not knowing what she’s gonna get herself into.

“Umm, can I have a few days to think about it?. Then I’ll give you a straightforward answer”

He nods his head, “Of course”, and he plants another kiss on her forehead. 

He has his followers make a path for her to go back to her truck.

She gets in, and drives back to the Spread Eagle.

******************************************

She pulls up to the bar, still not sure what her answer is.

Mary May, Nick, Grace and Pastor Jerome sitting at the bar.

The moment Mandy walks in the bar Mary immediately asks.

“What did Joseph want?!?”.

“Umm, he uhh” she takes a deep breath, “He asked me if I wanted to be The Mother of Eden’s Gate”.

They all look at her in disbelief, then at each other.

“Well you said no didn’t ya?” the cook from the kitchen asks.

“Well of course she said no” Mary says, “That be my answer right off the fucking bat”.

“What did you say when he asked you?!” Nick asks

“I told him that I would think about it” Mandy responds.

“You’re not thinking about joining those peggie fuckers?!?” Grace asks.

Mandy sits down at the bar, and sighs “On the drive here, it got me thinking, and I thought it would be a good plan. That I say yes to joining them, but on one condition they can’t torment none of you guys, and not just you guys. I mean everyone in Hope County. No stealing properties, businesses, killing innocent people, and forcing them to join the cult”.

They all exchanged looks, and after several minutes of silence Mary spoke up.

“It’s a great plan and all, but do you really want to be a part of their shit?!?”.

“It looks like I don’t have a choice. If I say yes, I give them my piece and they accept it, then you guys are free. But if I say yes, give them my piece and they say reject it”.

“Then it was nice knowing you Mandy!” the cook says from the kitchen.

“I asked Joseph if he can give me a few days to think about it, and he said it was okay”.

“So what are you gonna do?!?” Nick asks.

“That’s the thing. I don’t know what I’m gonna do. Either way there’s a chance I might end up dead” she replies. 

“We know you’ll make the right choice Mandy” Jerome says. 

“I hope so too” she says, and gets up from her seat to go outside.

“Where you going?!” Mary asks.

“I have to make a few phone calls” she replies, and leaves to her truck.

She gets into her truck, and drives to a secluded part of Holland Valley.

Behind the Lamb of God church.

She gets out of her truck, and prays to Raphael.

“Hey Raph, it's me Mandy. I need your help, so get down here ASAP”

After a few minutes the sound of wings fluttering behind her. 

“Okay, Raph I really need- Gabriel?!?!” she says before turning around, and seeing a different Archangel.

“Yeah, yeah. I know, I know. You were expecting Raphael” he says, sarcastically. 

Stammering over her words. Unable to even two words together. 

Wha-? Where? Why?!?”.

“Are you gonna finish any of those sentences?!?” he asks with a snarky tone.

“Where’s Raphael?!?” she asks, irritated.

“He sent me on behalf of him” he says.

“What?!. Why?!” she exclaims.

“Okay Man, I’m gonna need you to take a chill pill, and let me explain on behalf of my big bro” he says, again with a snarky tone. 

“Okay, okay, fine. What was he gonna say?!” she says, hands on her hips. Calming down a little.

“He says. Just to summarize it” Gabriel says as he pulls out a piece of paper, unfolding it, clearing his throat in an overly dramatic way, and reads it without even looking at it. 

“Just say yes!!!!. Do what you were sent here to do!!!!”.

He balls up the paper, and throws it at her head. “Do the job, and get it over with!!!”. 

Mandy scoffs, “Really Gabe?!. These people are my friends, they’re being tormented by this man and his followers. And if I join Joseph, and his Project I would be betraying them!!”.

Gabriel shrugs, “Well it looks like you should join them to protect your human friends, or not. This isn’t my problem. It’s yours. Peace”. He gives her the peace sign before disappearing. 

“No, Gabe no!!!” she exclaimed, and he disappears.

She groans loudly in frustration, and looks up at the night sky. 

“Seriously?!? Come on Chuck!!!. Fuck!!!”

Mandy knows what she has to do.

In order to protect her new friends, their businesses, and their families.

She has to say yes, and be The Mother of Eden’s Gate.

Hopefully they’ll come to terms on her offer. 

[ms-rampage]

Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 2 - The Cult

Warnings: Some swearing

Word count: 1.7k

Where it all began. 

Summary: Mandy learns more about the Project at Eden’s Gate. Joseph tells his followers about the news of The Mother.

Guest OCs: None

Guest Characters: Archangel Raphael (Supernatural) [mentioned], Chuck/God [mentioned]

Note: This takes place in 2012.

*********************************************

“The Mother is here?!?” one of his followers asks, hope in their voice.

“Yes my children. She is going to guide us to the New World” Joseph says, placing his hands on their shoulders.

A group of his followers gather in front of him, and his siblings. 

In front of his church, where they always meet up for his sermons. 

“My Children!” he says, loudly, “I had a vision, and I heard God's voice. He told me The Mother of Eden’s Gate has arrived”.

The small crowd in front of him, starts to lightly cheer and applause. 

“My Children!. We will find this woman. God will guide us to her, and she will be a part of our family!”.

The group starts to cheering louder, and applauding Joseph.

“She will guide us to the New World. He told me she would come. He told me that she would bring peace, fertility, hope, love and will guide us to New Eden”. 

The crowd grows slightly louder, and immediately silences as Joseph raises his arms up. 

“We will build a home, for our families, for our children. Where there are no bullies, no corrupt governments. This will be our home. Our community”.

The crowd cheers, and applauds once again.  

 **********************************

Spread Eagle bar. 

“So this Cult? How did they become so powerful that they started taking over businesses?!” Mandy asks Mary May.

“Well they started off small. Scaring the locals about the end of the world, and the collapse. Doomsday shit” Mary tells her.

“They came to my church. Tried to take over, forcing me and my people out. But I told them “No”, and that “They weren’t taking anything from me, no matter what they did”, and they did shortly after but we kept fighting” Pastor Jerome tells her.

“No one believed them. They were a bunch of crazy fucks. That’s when they started getting guns, stealing properties, and the law, the government they weren’t doing shit” Nick Rye says, “We had to defend ourselves. We had to have each other's backs. Protect one another. Protect our families”.

“Did anyone try leaving?!?” Mandy asks.

“There were many times. The Cult blocked off the only way out, the tunnel that leads to the next town over. Missoula”. Mary says. 

“Anyone who tried to leave was killed,” Nick says, before drinking his beer.

“It’s been that way for a few years now” Pastor Jerome says.

“How did you get through Mandy?!” the cook, who is in the kitchen asks.

“Through a tunnel that was in the Henbane, it wasn’t blocked off when I arrived.” she answers.

“The Ancient Bison tunnel. Yeah they blocked that one off last night, I think” Nick says. 

“When did the Cult arrive?! Mandy asks, before drinking her beer.

“Back in 2008, 2009. It started off with the three brothers Jacob, Joseph and John. The Seed brothers” Mary says.

Mandy chokes on her beer as she says this. Coughing.

“You okay?” Jerome asks her.

She nods her head, “Yeah. Went down the wrong pipe” she says.

“Well anyway. They gained followers easily. John the youngest brother was very persuasive, and dare I say charming. Joseph was able to convince, and manipulate their “sister” Faith who joined a little over a year ago, she was only 17 years old. Came from a bad home, supposedly”.

Mandy zones out as Mary explains the origins of the Cult.

Jacob Seed?. Why does that name sound so familiar?!. I think Joel was best friends with a Seed in the Army. Could it be a coincidence?. Possibly?.

Well at least Mandy knows who she has to protect. The leader of a fucking doomsday cult. Could it get any worse than that?!?. 

“So I have to protect the leader of a fucking cult. You fucking serious Raphael?!?” Mandy thinks to herself as Mary continues talking about the Cult. 

“So what do the Seed brothers, and the sister do?!” she asks.

“The oldest brother Jacob, a U.S Army vet, he’s in charge of security, and training the “soldiers”. He uses classical conditioning as psychological torture, and go they through his “trials”. He has wolves that he calls “Judges” high off of bliss. Made them poor things into monsters. Some scary shit I’ll tell you that” Mary says.

Mandy’s eyes widened in fear, “Yep I know that man” she thinks to herself. 

“The youngest brother John, a “lawyer” and a sadistic little shit. He’s in charge of “recruiting” for the Cult. Marking, Cleansing, Confession and Atonement the 4 steps to joining the cult. That’s if you survive. He will tell everyone to accept the “Power of Yes” what the fuck that means” Nick tells Mandy. 

“Then there’s Faith. She’s not related to them in any way, but she is a known liar, and manipulator. She’ll give you a sob story about her life, and upbringing. She uses Bliss to poison your mind, and make you into one of her Angels, doing all the Cults hard labor. Be careful when going through the Henbane. The bliss is a white flower, it’s a pretty one but it’ll poison your mind, and make you hallucinate” Jerome tells her. 

“And then finally there’s Joseph. He’s the leader of the Project at Eden’s Gate, he believes God spoke to him, and warned him about the Collapse. Telling him to save as many souls as possible. His followers are willing to die for him ever since he started the reaping. Build bunkers to save ourselves, and shit. The dude is a fucking lunatic” Mary says, while cleaning glasses.

"He sees himself as a modern day Noah" Jerome says.

"My eldest daughter would've love to meet Joseph, and tell him that Gilgamesh did the whole building an Ark thing 800 years before the story of Noah" Mandy jokes.

She takes a deep breath, and stretches her arms out, “Okay. That is some fucking crazy shit. That is something you would see in movies, or tv shows. But in real life?!. Holy shit!!!”.

“No one. Not one soul took these people seriously. We constantly live in fear” Jerome tells her. 

“This was a quiet peaceful town before they showed up. Everyone knew everyone. We all did our own thing. Then they showed up, and changed everything. Divided everyone, those who joined the Cult, and those who fought the Cult” Nick says. 

*********************************************

Joseph’s compound

“Father?” a Cultist asks.

“Yes my Child?” he replies.

“We found the bodies of a few of our men at the King’s Hot Springs hotel in Henbane. There were a few names in the guest book of people who signed in recently. Three of them being men, and one woman. Under the name of Amanda Campbell” he says, handing Joseph the torn out page from the book.

“She checked in last night, and never checked out” he adds.

They drive to the hotel, going into her room. 

Room 204. They burst down the door. 

They look around, checking for any information, and then Joseph’s visions come back.

Visions of Mandy asleep, showering, and killing the two intruders.

“She was here” he mutters, “She was here. The Mother was here”. 

His followers' eyes light up. Hope, and relieve that the Mother will protect them, and guide them to the New World.

“What should we do Father?!’ one of them asks.

“We will find Ms. Campbell” he says, “Get anyone that’ll help, and find her”.

He turns to face them, “Bring her to me, unharmed”.

They nod, “Yes Father. We will find her”, and they leave the room. 

Joseph was determined to find The Mother. His other half, the other half that God had been telling him about.

She will accompany him to the New World.

****************************************

King’s Hot Spring Hotel

Later that night Mandy returned to the hotel. To find anything she might have left behind. 

Going up the stairs, she had a gut feeling that something was off.

Her door looked like it was kicked in, a new footprint on it. She pulls her pistol out of its holster. 

Slowly opens her room door with her foot, she steps in scanning the room. Nothing.

Just like how she left it before. Nothing missing. Nothing out of place or so she thought. 

She checked the bathroom, nothing.

As she was about to leave, she noticed her towels on the rack were moved around.

Like someone was drying their hands, she grabs her personal belongings, and her bag that she left hidden underneath her mattress, and quickly leaves. 

As she’s leaving a couple of Cultists see her going down the stairs.

”Hey!!!!” one of them yells, and she books it out of the hotel, and to her truck.

Driving off like a madman. 

She drives until she knows it’s safe for her, and goes to a rest stop.

She sighs, and pulls out her map of Hope County. 

Looking for another hotel she can stay at for the night.

She goes over to the Grand View Hotel in the Whitetail Mountains.

Not sure if it's been, or being ransacked by Cultists, or if it's abandoned. 

Either way, she stays there for the night, barricading the employee break room doors with desks, and chairs.

Despite the disgusting smell, blood stain floors, and roaches. 

She spends the night there.

Sleeping on the floor using the cushions from a couch, and a somewhat clean sheet as a mattress. 

She can't believe Raphael wants her to protect a fucking cult leader!!. Well actually its Chuck that wants her to protect Joseph.

She's gonna give that feathery fuck a piece of her mind.

 ***************************************

Joseph’s compound

Joseph is reading from his book from his church, when his brother John approaches him.

“Joseph?” he says.

“Yes John?” he replies.

“I don’t mean to question you. But is she really here?” he asks.

Not looking up at his younger brother, he responds, “Yes. God has shown her to me. He speaks of her to me”.

“What does she look like?” he asks.

Joseph closes his book, and his eyes.

“Black hair, brown eyes, soft delicate skin, a mother’s caring heart that is willing to protect those she loves, and cares for. She is the definition of beauty. She is the light that will guide us through the dark, and into the New World”.

He can feel his heart pumping faster just by thinking about her. Her being not only his other half, but his wife. 

[ms-rampage]

Eden’s Gate: Aftermath Chapter 6 - The Man Who Sold The World

Warnings: Swearing, slight violence, some Kate and Wheaty cutensss, usage of drugs (Bliss)

Word count: 4.3k

Summary: In the penultimate chapter, Paige, Kate and Mandy finally meet face to face with Joseph Seed, but there will be bloodshed, and maybe a few sacrifices the family will have to make. 

Guest OCs: Just the usuals. 

Guest Characters: Archangel Raphael [Supernatural: mentioned], God/Chuck [mentioned], An Archangel? [read until the end]

Note: One more chapter!!! Then New Dawn begins.

*****

Another few weeks have passed, October is here and that means Fall in Montana is beautiful. The fallen leaves, the crispy cool breezes, orange, red and yellow leaves. Fall colors.

Pumpkins, hot chocolate, sweater season, blood shed, violence, and crazy fucking Cultists. 

The Winchester-Smith compound has never looked more alive. The trees on the property with their orange, and yellow leaves.

The threatening words of graffiti on the gates of the compound. Sinner. The Father. The Power of Yes. 

John Seed’s followers tried to retaliate, and avenged his death, but the Winchester family is always 10 steps ahead of them.

7:00 am. A letter arrived at their front door for the 3 females of the Winchester family that morning. From the man whom they’ve been looking for, The Father Joseph Seed himself.

Telling them to go to his church at 5:30 that evening. He didn’t say for what, or why, but they weren’t gonna let this opportunity slip.

“It’s clearly a trap” Kenny tells his wife.

“What if it isn’t?” she asks.

“Why would Joseph send you a letter telling you to go to his church?!?” Nate asks, as he pours coffee in a cup.

“I don’t know, but we’re going” Kate says.

“You two are pregnant!!” Kenny exclaims, “You aren’t going”.

“Okay! Then who else is gonna take our place?” Paige asks.

“I’ll take your place, Mandy and one of the guys can go” he replies. 

“Joseph asked us, and us only to go. We aren’t risking you two going, and probably getting killed” Kate tells him.

“What if he kills you guys?!” Mark asks.

“Remember the letter he left us? When we killed his brothers? He said that we were forgiven for all the shit we’ve done” Paige informs them.

“He could be lying!” Mark adds in.

“Joseph is telling the truth” Mandy steps in. 

They all turn around to face her, “How do you know?!?” Kenny asks.

“I spent 6 months with him. I can tell if he’s lying or not. Writing or speaking I can tell” she says.

Paige looks down at the letter, “So what do we do?!?”.

Mandy takes a deep breath, “When 5:30 comes we leave for church. Whatever happens, happens. This is where it all ends”.

They all stare at her in anticipation.

“I just got the chills when you said that” Mark mutters.

“Yeah for real” Adrian says, looking at her like she just gave him life changing news.

****

A few hours later. 

10:00 am, everyone had just eaten breakfast, Paige is feeding Cristina 2nd her morning bottle.

Kate just threw up, morning sickness and she hates it. 

She called Wheaty, and they’re gonna hang that afternoon. Not telling him about the letter from Joseph to meet at his church.

Kenny, Mark, Nate, Cody, Marty, Adrian and a few others finished putting up one of the 2 houses. Rachel is having a panic attack, knowing that Joseph knows she’s living with the Winchesters. Mandy sitting in her room, blinded by her thoughts. Wondering why Joseph wants the 3 of them to go to his church.

What could he possibly want?. What is the meaning, or purpose of this?. Is he gonna kill them? Does he want to make peace with them?. Is he gonna surrender himself? What is he gonna do?.

Paige is sitting on the front porch swing, holding Cristina while “Fade to Black” by Metallica plays on her bluetooth speaker. Humming along with the song, with Cristina falling asleep in her arms.

****

2 hours have gone by, 12:00pm.

“Things not what they used to be. Missing one inside of me. Deathly loss l, this can't be real. I cannot stand this hell I feel. Emptiness is filling me. To the point of agony. Growing darkness taking dawn. I was me, but now he's gone.”

Kenny steps outside, and sees this. A huge smile grows on his face. He takes a seat next to Paige on the swing, putting his arm around her. She leans closer to him, resting her head on his shoulder. He places a kiss on her head, rests his cheek on her head. 

Lightly swing back and forth on the swing. Little moments like this they love. They don’t need to go out to fancy restaurants every weekend, or a weekend get away for the both of them. 

Cristina falls asleep in her mothers arms, letting out soft nasal snores, making Kenny snickers at this.

“You know I still don’t like the plan” he tells her. 

“I know you don’t” she responds. They sit in silence for a moment.

“If you could guess what Joseph wants. What would you guess?” he asks.

She sighs, “I don’t know. Maybe make peace with us, or make some sort of treaty between everyone in Hope County”.

“Your mom seems to know a lot about Joseph. Like how he thinks, or what possibly goes through his head.” he tells her.

“Yeah, my mom is really good at reading people, even if she’s not trying to. It’s like a power she has. Growing up I couldn’t even lie to her, and I’m really good at lying, but she knew. She always knew. Kate takes a lot after her, they both try to see the good in people even if they don’t deserve it. I take after my dad, he didn’t trust anyone outside the family. Like if he was still alive, and all this shit that happened, like Rachel turning on the Project, he wouldn't trust her either. Even if she had a change of heart, he wouldn’t trust her at all”.

Kenny zones out as she’s talking, still being able to hear every word she says. He places his hand on her 9 in half weeks pregnant belly. 

“You think your dad would’ve liked me?” he asks, looking up at the sky.

Paige looks up at him, looking into his blue orbs and smiles “If he knew I trusted you, then he would’ve trusted you as well”.

He looks down at her, and kisses her forehead. 

Paige sighs, “My mom-” she says before getting cut off by a soft “mom” from the infant in her arms.

Her and Kenny look at each other wide eyed, then down at Cristina who is half asleep.

She picks her up, having her stand on her lap.

“Say that again” she tells the 11 month old in her hands, “Say mom”.

“Say mama” she tells her again, “Say mama”.

“Say dadda” he jumps in.

Paige glares at him, “This is my moment”.

“Say mama” she tells her again slowly.

“Mama” Cristina mutters her first word, very softly that it sounds like a mumble.

Paige gasps loudly, her eyes widened “She just- she. She said mama. She said her first word!!!”. She gets up from the swing, and goes inside the house.

“Mom!!!” she calls out as she goes inside.

*****

Kate went on her date with Wheaty. She wanted to go hunting, but since she’s 7 in half weeks pregnant, they changed their date plans. They decided to go to the camping spot where they first met a few years back.

“It looks the same” she jokes.

“Camping spots usually never change” he replies. They sit near the water, on some boulders. 

“So how’s the pregnancy?” he asks.

She looks down at her belly, chuckling “I threw up this morning. I’m peeing a lot but my mom and sister said that's normal, other than that it’s going pretty good”. 

“Thought of any names?” he asks, putting his arm around her. 

She thinks about it for a brief moment, “If it’s a boy his name would be either Gabriel Joel Eddard, or Samuel Dean Rhaegar. For a girl Daenerys Arya Brienne, or Lyanna Pamela Cersei”.

“What is up with you and these Game of Thrones names?!” he laughs, kissing the side of her head. 

“They’re nice names!. It’ll give them character, plus Pamela isn’t a name from Game of Thrones, and neither is Samuel, Dean, Gabriel and Joel” she laughs. 

“Don’t be surprised if little Daenerys asks for a dragon, or 3 for her birthday, or an Iron Throne” he jokes. 

“And if she does I’ll be very happy about it, and I’ll get her a stuffed dragon. One of those giant plush ones that are like 5-6 feet tall”.

They talked, they laughed, they made out. They enjoyed their time together, holding her in his arms as they watched the lake. Watching the boats, and jet skies go by.

Even the subject of marriage and kids came up on their date. Even though they've started dating back in August but have known each other over 2 years. 

She starts reminiscing back when they first met. She still remembers that night very clearly. She still has the photos. 

"I still remember that day when we first met" she tells him.

A smile appears on his face, "Yeah me too". 

"I never had a crush on anyone until I met you" he tells her. She looks up at him. 

"Really?" she asks. He nods his head, she moves closer into his arms. Enjoying every single moment of it. 

Kate knows this might be the last time her and Wheaty ever hang out again. Their last date together, and they don’t know it.

Resting her head against his shoulder as they sit by the lake. His arms wrapped around her. 

"Also I wanted to give you this" he says, getting something out of his pants pocket. He pulls out a bracelet, similar to the ones he wears and puts it on her wrist. She smiles as he puts it on her, holding her hand in his. She looks up at him, and kisses him.

***

4:15 pm Kate is still on her date with Wheaty. Her sister and mother prepare themselves as they wait for her.

“Where is she?!” Paige asks, getting annoyed.

“We still have a whole hour” Mandy tells her, “She’ll be back. Soon hopefully”.

15 minutes later Kate pulls into the driveway. 

She enters the house, “It’s about time you show up” Paige tells her.

“Well sorry!” she responds sarcastically, “I had a date with Wheaty, and I wanted to see him before we’re killed!”.

“We’re not gonna get killed” Mandy steps in, “Because we’re not going”.

They all look over at her in confusion. Mandy was having 2nd thoughts about confronting Joseph, and she made the decision not to go to the church.

“What do you mean we’re not going?!?” Paige questions her, “You literally said a few seconds ago that we’re going. Implied it”.

“We’re not going. We’re not gonna give Joseph what he wants” she tells them. 

“Mom?!” Kate mutters in disbelief and confusion.

Paige scoffs, shaking her head “Mom, this is our only chance. To get rid of Joseph. Put an end to the Cult, and kill whoever is left”.  

Everyone, Paige, Kate, Kenny, Adrian, Martin, Cody, Mark, Nate, Barbara, Rachel, and everyone else in the house look at Mandy. About 30, plus, eyes staring back at her. 

“We’re not going” she tells them, “I don’t care what Joseph wants. We’re not going”.

Paige, scoffs at her mother, “Why?. Why the change of heart all of a sudden?!?”.

Mandy glares at her eldest child, and says “You wouldn’t understand”.

Kate stops her older sister from doing or saying anything else to their mom. 

She still plans to go and confront Joseph. All the damage, pain. suffering and bloodshed he had caused. It’ll all end that evening, nothing will stop Paige from ending The Father. 

5:20 rolls around, Kate and Mandy have no intentions of leaving for church. 

The youngest Winchester thinks they should go.

“Mom?” she asks.

“We’re not going Katella” she says, not looking up at her youngest daughter. 

Paige comes downstairs, and is immediately out the door, and goes to the Impala. 

“Paige?!?” Kate exclaims, going after her. Too late she’s already driving like a maniac off of the property. Leaving behind a cloud of dirt.

“Son of bitch!!” she mutters, “She’s going after Joseph”.

They grab the keys to the Monte Carlo, and drive after Paige who is probably already at the church.

**** 

Church of Eden’s Gate

Paige enters the compound, breaking down the front gate with the car. She stops the car, exits it. Pistol ready in her holster. A few peggies on the property staring at her. She ignores them, she’s there for Joseph. She’ll handle the hillbillies later.

“Joseph!!!” she shouts his name, echoing in the sky “Joseph!!!”. 

Approaching the church, the man himself Joseph Seed steps out. She stares at him intensely. He looks up at the sky, closes his eyes and says, “And the lamb broke the 5th seal, and I saw under the altar the souls of Martyrs. Slain because of the Word of God”.

Pointing to Paige, “You. You turned my sister. You poisoned her mind with your wretched words”.

She pulls her pistol out of its holster and aims at him, “I didn’t change her. She finally saw your monstrous ways. She changed on her own”.

“Lies” he hisses, “Your disgusting words against God, and his word”. 

She turns off the safety on her pistol, “Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t kill you right here. Right now”. Her voice filled with anger, and violent intentions. 

He walks around her, she follows his movements. Gun still aimed at him. 

“I told you. Your mother. I told you that we were living in a world on the brink. Where every slight. Every injustice. Where every choice reveals our sins”.

Paige narrows her eyes at him, her pistol still aimed at him, not lowering it once. 

“And where have those sins led us?, Where have those sins led you?”. 

The sound of tires screeching, breaks Paige’s concentration, she turns her head and sees her sister's car drive on the property.

Kate and Mandy get out. “Paige don’t!!!” Mandy exclaims, running towards her. 

She turns back to Joseph, and aims her gun at him again. 

“Paige what are you doing?!?!” Kate exclaims.

“What does it look like I’m doing??!” she replies sarcastically, “I’m ending it all”. 

Joseph stares at Mandy, “Paige, you can’t do this” she pleads.

“Uhh, sure I can” she replies back. Rolling her eyes. 

Mandy gets in between the gun and Joseph. “No, I mean you can’t kill him”.

Lowering her gun, glaring at her mother, “What are you talking about?!?”.

Before she could explain herself, Joseph speaks up. 

“Mandeline”, his voice so calm that it sends shivers up her spine. Giving her goosebumps. 

She closes her eyes, sadness and shame written all over her face. She turns to face him. Her eyes meeting his. He stares at her with so much intensity that you can almost feel the anger radiating off of him, and the fear radiating off of her. 

“You betrayed me, my family, my flock, and God. You dare to show yourself to me” he tells her, slowly approaching her. 

“Joseph, I’m sorry, but I had no choice. I couldn’t stand by and watch everything happen” she explains to him.

He points at her, “You turn my family into Martyrs. And I plan to do the same with yours”. He walks around them, and they see their friends Mary May, Nick Rye, Pastor Jerome, Grace Armstrong, Jess Black, Tracey Lader, Wheaty, and Tammy Barnes all under the influence of Bliss holding Kenny, Mark and Nate hostage. 

“Wheaty!!!!” Kate cries out, seeing her boyfriend drugged up with Bliss.

“Kenny?!?” Paige says under her breath, “How the fuck did you get to them!?!?!”. 

“Joseph let them go!!!!” Mandy yells.

He turns to her, and says, “Your friends, and family have been taken and torture, and it’s your fault. Countless people have been killed, and it is your fault. The world is on fire, and it’s your fault. Was it worth it?. Was it?”.

“You motherfucker” Paige mutters angrily, “Me killing you will fucking worth it, and I can promise you that”. 

The followers on the property gather behind the 3 Winchesters, blocking them from escaping. 

“Kenny what happened?!? Was it Rachel?!?” Paige asks.

“No!” he mutters. 

“The others are fine. They got us, Rachel took off when they showed up” Nate wheezes. 

“Paige?” Mandy mutters softly.

“Not now” she responds, “Joseph I swear you better-”

“Paige!” she yells, breaking her attention from him. 

“Mom!. Now's not the time” she tells her.

“You can’t kill him” she tells her almost in a whisper.

She looks at her, eyes furrow, “Yeah I can, he has our friends and family hostage!!”.

Mandy looks back at Joseph then back at Paige, “No I mean you can’t kill him”.

“What do you mean I can’t-” She stands in front of her once again, blocking the bullet from hitting Joseph.

“Raphael” she mutters, interrupting her. 

“Raphael?!?” Kate whispers, “The Archangel?!?”.

She nods her head, “Yes, I was told by Archangel Raphael that Joseph had to be protected, and I was the one to do it. That’s why you can’t kill him.”

Kate and Paige look at their mother in disbelief, and confusion.

“Because Chuck spoke to him” she whispers to them, “About the end. You can’t kill him because if you do everything, everyone will die. Cease to exist. The end of life as we know it”. They both glare at her with mixed emotions. 

“You knew this whole time?!?” Paige yells, “This whole time!!. If Joseph gets killed, hurt and harmed in any way. Chuck will drop a bomb on all of humanity?!?”.

“Why didn’t you tell us?!?!” Kate asks, betrayal in her voice.

“I couldn’t say anything. Raphael forbidden me from saying anything to anyone!!” she says.

Paige lowers her pistol, putting it back in her holster.

Shaking her head, “I can’t believe you. He could be playing him for all we know” she tells her.

“Let them go” she orders Joseph, pointing to Kenny, Mark and Nate. 

Joseph stares at her, “Are you deaf?!? I said let them go!!!” she orders him again.

Mandy holds her back, “Let me handle this”.

She turns to face Joseph, and pleads with him “Joseph please, let them go. We don’t want anymore bloodshed. Please let them go, and we’ll leave”.

“Wheaty too!” Kate shouts.

“You betrayed me. Betrayed God. I forgive you for what you’ve done to my family, but that I can’t forgive” he tells her, stepping close to her, “Your family will pay for what you have done”. 

The few followers grab Paige and Kate shoving them onto the ground, taking their guns and other weapons away.

“Don’t fucking touch me!!” Paige yells, struggling.

“Get off me!!” Kate shouts, fighting to be let go. 

“Joseph, it’s not their fault!!. It’s mine. Let them go, and you can deal with me” she pleads with him again.

He grabs her shoulders, “This is where it ends” he whispers to her. Tears stream down her face. 

“You peggie fuckers!!. Pieces of fucking shit!!” Paige mutters as a peggie pushes her face first into the ground. 

“Get the fuck off of her!!” Kenny yells at him.

Tears streaming down Mandy’s cheeks, if only she was honest with her family. If only she had told them the truth. All of this wouldn't have happened. Her family was gonna be killed because of her. Her own greed. 

“When are you gonna realize that every problem cannot be solved with a bullet?” he asks her. 

“It doesn’t have to end this way” she pleads with him. 

Two of his followers, grab her. Preventing her from stopping whatevers gonna happen. 

One of his Chosen has a sharp knife in hand. Almost like a miniature machete, holding it in front of her eldest child. 

“Really Joseph? You’re gonna kill two pregnant women!” Paige yells. Grabbing the Father’s attention.

He stops them, having Paige’s full attention. He looks at her with a questioning look on his face. 

“Yeah” she says, a smug look on her face “I’m pregnant. So is my sister. She’s carrying your little brother's kid. John”. 

He looks over at the youngest sister, and she nods her head. “It’s John’s kid, Joseph. You kill us, you kill your nephew/niece, but keep in mind we’ll never be family”. 

He looks up at the sky, backing away from them. His back to all of them. “Let them go” he says. They free the family of hunters, showing them all mercy. 

“Wheaty?!” Kate cries, trying to snap him out of it, “Wheaty please. It’s me, Kate”. 

She holds his face, cupping it, hoping to get him back into reality. All their friends drugged up, blind from reality. Paige grabs her arm, “Come on, we have to get out of here”. 

She resists, shaking her head “No, Wheaty please snap out of it. We have a child on the way” she cries. The Bliss has taken over his state of mind that he can’t comprehend anything.

Mark and Nate practically dragged Kate back into the car. Her, her mother and sister in the Impala, Kenny, Nate and Mark in the Monte Carlo. They all drive back to the compound.

*****

Little did they know they’re not the only ones that have had an issue with Joseph, and the Cult. The new Deputy has had their fair share of issues with the Seed family, and their followers.

Liberating their outposts and destroying their properties. Making the Seed family look like a family of psychopaths they need to be locked up. 

When Faith took off, she went to her gate and met with the Deputy. They put up a fight against her and they ended up killing her. 

Faith. Rachel would’ve been the adopted sister to the two sisters. Rachel Winchester would’ve been her name. 

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They all arrive back at the compound. Kate in tears, Paige in shock.

The others come out, and see all their friends alive. Their children and wifes stand at the front porch. 

“Holy shit!!” Cody says relieved, “You’re all alive!!”.

They all nod, “Yeah, yeah we are” Mandy mutters. 

“Is Joseph alive?!?” Adrian asks. They all nod in disappointment, “Yeah, the fucker is still alive” Kate mutters angrily. 

“Where’s Rachel?” Kate asks them. The others shrug, “We don’t know, she fled the property when the peggies arrived”. 

“So now what?!” Mark asks, shrugging. 

Paige shakes her head “I don’t know, we’re gonna have to-”. 

As she’s speaking, it’s almost like God himself was making a huge entrance. Lighting up the entire sky. 

A bright white light blinds them all, covering their faces from the burning brightness. 

When the bright light clears, a giant mushroom-like cloud in the distance fills the sky. 

“Oh my god!!” Nate mutters in horror, “Oh my god!!”. 

A huge storm flies at them, causing the entire ground to shake violently. Making them stumble, and fall. The trees, and land go up in flames within seconds. Animals running to seek shelter. The whole sky orange, everything is a fiery orange red. 

“Shit! he was right!” Martin screams in horror, “He was right!”.

“Damn it Chuck!” Paige mumbles angrily with a hint of fear in her voice. 

Realization hitting hard, “Wheaty?, I have to get Wheaty!!” Kate yells.  

She gets stopped by her mother and brother in law, “Kate no!!”. 

“I have to go back for him!!” she cries, trying to get to her car. 

Paige tries to hold her back, “It’s too late for him!!. You’ll die if you go back!. Kenny! Adrian! Get the cars underground. Everyone else get the children, pets and go down to the bunker”. They get the cars underground to the bunker garage. They get all their kids, pets, and all go down to the bunker. 

Everyone settles underground. Fear, anger. So much emotion in one room. The distance rumbles of explosions going off, making it sound like the king of all thunderstorms is happening right above their heads. Paige looks around the main room of the bunker to see if everyone made it down. She counts everyone that was on the property. 

Herself, her daughter, Kate, Kenneth, her mother, Barbara, Mark, his wife and 2 kids, Nate, his wife and 3 kids. Cody and his wife, Martin and his fiancee, Adrian and his wife. 

“He was right” Kate mutters, playing with her bracelet, “Joseph Seed was right, and we didn’t see it coming. God, the Collapse, this sort of thing is right up our alley, and we didn’t believe him!!”.

Paige sighs in disappointment, “It’s not that we didn’t believe him. He didn't believe us, which is not surprising. It’s that he claimed that he spoke with Chuck, and for all we know. He couldn’t been played by him”.

Kate is about to say something when a fluttering sound, and a loud thud a few rooms away throws her off. 

“Did you hear that?!?” she asks the others. The others stay back while her and Paige go to investigate it. Kate then sees a single golden, brown feather on the floor.

“Hey, look a feather” she says, pointing at it. Paige, who doesn’t see it, looks at her in confusion. 

“Where?!?” she asks, looking around for it. They get to the source of the sound, and see a man with his back to them, kneeling on the floor. 

Paige pulls out her pistol, and aims at the intruder. 

They both see the same man, but Kate sees a little more. Tattered up golden, brown angelic wings. They approach the man, and stand in front of him. He lifts his head to look up at them, and they see the wounded, beaten up Archangel. 

“Gabriel?!?” Kate mutters. 

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When the bombs fell

Not long after (The Angels fell)

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Okay I just had a weird ass dream that the Seeds, my ocs and several other FC5 characters were working in a similar environment as Dunder Mifflin (The Office) but instead of selling paper, they were selling parts for airplanes, commercial flights, helicopters etc.

Joseph (the Michael Scott, minus being an idiot) was in charge, Jacob was 2nd in command (the Dwight Schrute minus being somewhat of an idiot), Nick Rye, Grace Armstrong, John Seed, my OCs Mandy and Paige Winchester were the salesmen/women. My OC Kate Winchester was the receptionist, Jess Black, and Sharky Boshaw were the costumer service, and human resources. Accounting was Pastor Jerome, Faith Seed and Adelaide Drubman

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Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 13 - Are There God? It’s Me A Winchester

Warnings: Witchcraft?? Some Angst

Word count: 1.9k

Where it all began. 

Summary: Mandy and Dawana cast the spell to shield her from Chuck and work against the Project to take them down. 

Guest OCs: Dawn Floyd (FC: Anna Diop), Camille Floyd (FC: Tati Gabrielle)

Guest Characters: Raphael [Supernatural; female vessel]

Note: Sorry for the delay on the chapters, I'm working on other writing projects and dealing with work and class.

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“I wish to know about your past” Joseph tells Mandy, standing in the middle of his church. Cupping her cheeks, looking down at her. 

She takes a deep breath, looking up at him. “I-I’ve. I’ve killed people” she starts off, trying to keep herself from crying. “I’ve killed people. Innocent people. I wish to forget about it. Forget about it all, like it never happened”. 

He runs one of his hands through her hair, showing her comfort. While his other hand cups her cheek. 

“I’ve done bad things to people, I lost my girls because of it” she mutters, looking away from him. She’s not even acting anymore, this shit is all fucking legit, she’s hurting her own feelings just by telling him all of this. 

Reliving the painful memories she had to go through. Whether it was from 13 years ago, 20 years ago, or 7 and a half months ago, she’s feeling and hearing everything single word, and it still hurts her. No matter how strong she tries to be. 

Knowing she has to wait all of this out until the New Moon. She must be patient. Remembering that Raphael left something for her under her pillow, she goes to the room, her and Joseph share, and checks underneath her pillow. 

She finds her deceased husband’s journal. She smiles at it, unwraps the string that keeps it closed and opens it. Reading through it, Joel’s handwriting was always easy to read, it was neat, clean and he also had a very steady hand. Other than the monsters he hunted, he wrote about his life. 

His kids Paige and Katella, Mandy, his younger brother Brent, his childhood and upbringing. Trying to hold back her tears, a part of her wishes she could have her husband back. She knows he watches over her, and their daughters. 

1 month later. 

The New Moon is here, only 12 hours to go until 3 am. With the help of Dawana and her 14 year old daughter Camille. Mandy has everything for the spell. 

She had to keep a low profile from the Voodoo Priestess until the New Moon. Giving her instructions on where to meet her and the correct time to, and angle of the moon. That sort of stuff. 

The spell must be done as it should be, no screws up, can’t waste any time with this spell. Every second counts. They have their location ready, and all the supplies they need. 

Standing next to Joseph for his Sunday sermon, the church filled with his loyal followers. His Children, what he calls them. 

Listening to every word he says, thinking about the utter betrayal she is about to bring to the Project. Turning her back on them, stabbing them in back. 

Helping out the Resistance and the Whitetail Militia. 

With only 10 hours left, she keeps her low profile by being with Joseph for the rest of the day. 

Raphael appeared to her a few times that day to check up on her. Knowing that he’s risking a lot for his human, and a chance that’ll be cast out of Heaven for his disloyalty. Withdrawn from his wings and grace. Being deprived of his angelic powers, and living as a human on Earth. 

Being on the same boat as his older brother Lucifer. 

“You know I’m taking a huge unforgivable risk for you” he tells Mandy. Standing next to her while Joseph does his sermon in the filled church with his brothers and sister behind him.  

“I know” she responds to him in her mind. Looking over at the 3rd Archangel for a split second before turning back to The Father. 

“There’s a risk of me being cast out of Heaven for this disloyalty” he tells her, “God is too busy creating multiple universes and worlds to see this betrayal you, Dawana and myself are planning”. 

She knows all the risks, all God has to do is check on her situation, and see what she’s plotting. Then the next thing she knows there’s a huge mushroom cloud in the sky, and bombs are going off. Killing and wiping out all life on Earth. 

“I know, but a part of me feels like we’ll pull this off” she tells him in her mind, “We’ll get away with this, so called heist”. 

He looks at her with slight fear in his eyes, Archangels are Heaven’s most powerful weapon, they’re loyal soldiers to God. They’re his eldest children. Slightly more powerful than the average Angels, like Castiel, Balthazar, Samandriel, Anael and Gadreel. 

Raphael was always the introverted one of the Archangels, he kept to himself. He did his duties as one of Chuck’s strongest and powerful warriors. He always tried to be one of the loyal ones, like his older brother Michael. He wanted to be on his Father’s good side, the one thing he feared and that includes all Angels. Arch nor not, the one thing they all feared was being cast out of Heaven. Losing their wings and their grace. 

Leaving Heaven for a short time, like visiting Earth, and leaving Heaven completely are two different things. 

Within milliseconds he could go from being Heaven’s most powerful weapon to being an average weak human. Just by taking away his powers and wings. 

*****

After Joseph’s sermon, him and Mandy have a private conversation away from the others. 

“Amanda, I wish to speak with you privately” he tells her. She nods her head, and they go to their shared home. 

Inside the kitchen, he tells her about The Voice, in which she knows that it's Chuck talking to him.

“The Voice, God, he’s telling me about the New World. How everything will be. How you and I will be. He told me that the world is on the brink. That the world is on fire. Something is coming. I can feel it, you can feel it, can’t you?”. 

She nods, “Yes, I feel it. I feel the overwhelming tension it brings. Almost like an explosion of hot, burning air. That is toxic, but will make the world clean and free of sin”. 

He nods his head, agreeing with every word she says, “That is how it ends, with time, we will march to the Gates of Eden to our New World. The world God created for us”. 

Seeing how convinced and determined he is about the New World. Seeing how Chuck has convinced him about the Collapse. The End. The Reckoning. 

Telling him to save as many souls as he can for the Collapse, building bunkers to keep his people safe from the cleansing explosions. Being a modern day Noah, or Hell if you want to hear something that is older than Noah and the Ark. 

The Epic of Gilgamesh in Mesopotamian mythology, and history. Which is also 800-2,000 years older than the story of Noah and the Ark, where the story is basically the exact same thing, just different time periods, while one is based on facts with evidence, and the other is a fictional story from a book of stories. 

*****

With only 5 in half hours until 3am. Mandy gets another visit from Raphael in her home with Joseph. 

“Less than 6 hours Mandeline” he reminds her. She sighs, “I know. I’m just waiting it out”. 

“You know where to go?” he asks. She nods, “Yes, I know where to go. The land that is in the southern part of the Henbane River. It’s isolated from everything”. 

“Prosperity” he tells her, “It’s quiet and no one ever goes there”. 

She nods, “Does Dawana know where it is?”. 

“Yes, she knows where to go” he tells her, “She knows what time to get there. Just before the New Moon passes”. 

Mandy waits it out until 3am. It’s gonna be a long wait, most of the Cult, including Joseph didn’t sleep that night, he was busy working and writing sermons in the church. 

At around 1am, she told Joseph she was gonna go to sleep. An hour and 30 minutes later, Raphael visits her again. Teleporting the both of them to the south end part of the Henbane River. 

Prosperity, a ghost town that was abandoned by its owner so that he could take over his dead rival’s town Falls End in Holland Valley all out of spite. 

20 minutes until 3am, Dawana arrives with her daughter Camille who is a Voodoo Priestess in training. 

“We still have time to set up” Dawana tells Mandy, “This is my daughter Camille”. 

Mandy smiles at her, she’s probably the same age as her eldest daughter Paige. 

They set up their altar, making a circle of candles and lighting all of them. 

“Okay so we all take each other's hands and we say the verse together, in sync or else the spell won’t work” Dawana informs Mandy and her daughter.  

They all join hands, and wait for the New Moon to appear. Raphael stands away from them, watching them from 10 feet away. Hoping this will turn out the way Mandy said it would. As soon as the New Moon appears, as a white ring like shape in the sky, they all, at the same time, cite the verse in Enochian. Looking up at the New Moon. 

“Uranun Caripe Baglen Olgemeganza de-Noan Chiis Gosaa Zamicmage Oleol Ag-Sapah arphe, Oresa ethamz taa”. 

The wind starts to pick up, the candles stay in tack, not blowing out or in the direction of the wind. Still looking up at the moon. 

“Tabegisoroch, Zodinu, Ar zurah paremu. Zodimibe papnorge maninua zonac. Dodsih hoxmarch trian amonons pare Das Niis kures”. 

They finished the ritual, the night standing in complete silence for a brief moment. Standing inside the circle of candles, they ring of the New Moon shining down on them, making a perfect circle of moon light around their circle of lit candles.

“Is that it?” Mandy whispers, breaking the silence. Right after she asks that, a loud rumble is heard off in the distance, sounding like thunder, or the Horn of Gabriel. A lightning strike lights up the sky for a brief moment. 

“It worked” Camille whispers. Out of seemingly nowhere, a strong wind flies by, blowing out all the candles, leaving them in complete darkness.

“Raphael did it work?” Mandy asks the Archangel. 

“Yes, you are invisible to God now” he replies, answering her question.

He takes her back to Joseph's compound, before anyone could notice she was gone. 

Before he leaves, he tells her, “I’ll be sure to keep an eye on you from Heaven. Now that you’re invisible from God, you can work against the Project. Also Chuck won’t be able to see you. He’ll see another you”. 

She nods, “Yeah I believe you told me that already. He’ll see me doing my duties as The Mother”. 

The silence between the two, the sound of peggies talking outside on the compound property. 

“Get some rest, and do your bidding against the Project” he tells her, “I’ll check back on you within the next couple of days”. 

The sound of his wings fluttering, making a small breeze within the house, and he disappears. Leaving Mandy in the small kitchen of her home. 

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Eden’s Gate: Eden’s Gate Chapter 3 - No More Lies

Warnings: Swearing, slight angst. Paige is somewhat of a bitch in this. 

Word count: 1.7k

This is a short follow up series to Kidnapped leading up to the nuclear holcaust, and the beginning of New Dawn. 

Summary: The Winchester family work on tracking down Joseph Seed. Paige finds out about Kate’s pregnancy.  

Guest OCs: Barbara Teller (FC: Katey Segal), Morgan Costello (FC: Kathryn Newton), Ryan Cho (FC: Ryan Potter), Sarah Dunham (FC: Toni Storm), Ivan Wren (FC: Dylan Spouse) Isaiah Wren (FC: Cole Spouse). 

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A week has passed, and Kate is indeed pregnant. 

Fucking hell. John Seed was fucking right!!.

She’s most likely due April/May of that following year.

She can’t let anyone know just yet, especially now with everyone that is busy tracking down Joseph Seed. Wanting to kill him. 

Carrying the spawn of John Seed. The child might end up being a sadistic little shit just like him. It’s a matter of time when her stomach starts to get bigger. Paige is not far ahead of her, but she still doesn't have a baby bump just yet.

She radios Wheaty, telling him to meet her at the Whistling Beaver Brewery. He agrees, and will meet her there. 

Paige, Mandy, Kenny and everyone else is working with what Rachel had given them. She knows, she has to tell them, sooner or later Paige is starting to show signs of her pregnancy. She threw up that morning, and is eating excessively.  Kate knew it was a matter of time before she would go through that as well.  

Her and John had sex the night before his death. That was August 14th, now it’s August 26th. A little over a week, 9 days to be exact. Paige is probably 5 days to a week ahead of her.  Not sure how she was able to keep track of all that. Kate goes downstairs to where the others are. Including Rachel.

“Hey” Paige says, looking up from her laptop.

“Hey” she responds. 

“Are you hungry?!?” Mandy asks, who is cooking.

“Umm, no I’m good. I’m about to head out, and meet up with Wheaty” she says.

“Okay. Don’t get pregnant” Paige jokes, not looking up from her laptop.

Kate furrows her eyebrows at her. “I won’t” she responds. 

Rachel looks up from her book, and looks over at Kate.

“I’ll be back later” she says before leaving to her car. 

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After a 20 minute drive, Kate arrives at the brewery.

She’s a little early, so she sits down at a table, and waits for Wheaty. 

“Kate?!?” a familiar voice calls out.

She looks over to her right, and sees her long time friends Morgan, Ryan, Sarah, Ivan and Isaiah. 

“Hey!!” she says, standing up to give them all a hug. 

“We heard about what happened to your sister” Sarah tells her

“I told them” Ryan says, “Paige was my cage cellmate at St. Francis”.

“Yeah, yeah. We got her back, and Jacob paid the price” Kate says.

“And we also heard about you, and Wheaty killing John” Morgan says, through her teeth. Nudging her elbow at her. 

Kate nods her head, “Yeah. Yeah. I killed him. Well Nick Rye shot his plane down. Their trash talk to each other was hilarious, comedy level, and all we have left to kill is Joseph”.

“Sooo who are you meeting here?!?” Sarah asks.

“As a matter of fact, I’m meeting Wheaty here” she says.

“It took ya long enough.” Morgan jokes, “He’s a great guy. You deserve the best”.

"John's a douche, you deserve the best" Ivan tells her. Playfully hitting her shoulder. 

She nods her head with a smile. 

“Yeah I know. So Ryan, why did Jacob have you locked up?!” Kate asks.

He hesitates, “Because of my knowledgement in chemistry, and I may have caused some trouble in his region when he was still alive”.

“I got caught as well” Morgan says.

Kate’s eyes widened “When?!?”.

“A few months ago” she replies, "I was able to escape. Overnight". 

They chat for another few minutes, and they leave. 

Kate sits back down, and waits for Wheaty.

5 minutes go by, and he walks through the door.

“Hey” she says, when he sees her.

“Hey” he responds, kissing her, “So why did you call me here?!?”.

“I’m pregnant” she says, “I took a test, and it came back positive”.

His jaw drops open, “You serious?!?”.

She nods her head, “Yeah”.

“Do the others know?!?” he asks, “Your family?!”.

She looks down, “No. None of them know about it”. She sighs, “I don’t know how to tell them”.

“You don’t have to tell them it’s John’s. Just say it's mine” he tells her. 

She nods her head, “I can. I can. I’m a good liar, and all. But I can’t lie about this”.

“Faith is living with us. She’s helping us track down Joseph” she says.

“Can you trust her?!” he asks.

“She knows I’m pregnant”.

Wheaty looks at her confused, “What do you mean, she knows?!?. I thought no one else knew about it?!". 

“I never told her, or anyone. But she “sensed” it. She said I’m having a girl”.

He looks around in confusion, “She said you were having a girl?. When it’s not even an embryo”.

“That’s what I thought” Kate responds, “Unless she’s a witch or something”.

They chatted for a couple of hours, and they went back to their places.

Wheaty the Wolf's Den, and Kate the Winchester-Smith compound.

Arriving home around 6:30pm, the sun is barely setting. Kate walks through the front door, and is greeted by Barbara.

“Hey sweetie, your sister told me you went on a date?!. Who’s the guy, or girl?”

Kate chuckles, “He’s a part of the Whitetail Militia, he’s the host of a pirated radio broadcast, and is the best thing that has ever happened to me”.

She goes upstairs to her room. A few minutes later, Rachel knocks at her door.

-knock knock knock-

“Yeah?!” she responds. 

The door opens, and she sees Rachel walk in.

“Hey Rachel” she says.

“So how was your date?” she asks.

“It went good. We had a great time” she responds. 

“Did you tell him?” she asks.

Kate looks up at her, “About what?”.

“Your pregnancy” she whispers.

“Oh, oh right!!” she chuckles, then clears her throat. 

“Yeah. yeah I told him. Because he was the only one. Before you knew of my pregnancy”

“Are you going to tell the others?” she asks.

“I’m gonna have to” she mutters, “I’m gonna have to. Maybe now, or when everyone is here” she says again, looking down at the floor.

Rachel nods her head, “I know you're scared”.

Kate looks up at her.

“I know you’re scared, because it’s John’s, and Paige doesn’t like him. I know you’re scared that Paige might not love you anymore. That she might feel betrayed”.

Kate lets out a short breath, “Yeah, Yeah. I know she’ll be angry, but she’ll get over it because John is dead”.

As they're talking upstairs, downstairs in the dining room. Paige gets a lead on Joseph’s whereabouts, by hacking into the Hope County’s police system, and finding his location, or at least where he was in the last few days. 

She wanted to tell Kate in a private conversation before she told anyone else.

She goes up stairs to Kate’s room, she’s about to knock on her door, but stops when she hears her, and Rachel talking.

As much as she doesn’t like eavesdropping. 

She listens in on their conversation from the hallway, and regrets it.

“So when are you gonna tell them?!” Rachel asks Kate. 

Kate sighs, “I’ll go downstairs in a bit, and tell them. Paige might hate me for it. But I just need to get it off my chest.”

Confused, Paige puts her ear to the closed door. Trying to hear what else is being said. 

There’s a few moments of silence in the room.

“I can’t believe I’m carrying John Seed’s kid” she says, with so much frustration in her voice.

Paige hears this, and her blood starts to run cold.

“What?!?” she whispers to herself. Eyes wide. 

“I’ve thought about abortion, but I can’t do that” she says, “I can just lie, and say it’s Wheaty’s kids. She won’t know”.

“Come on. Let’s go downstairs and tell the others” Rachel tells her in a reassuring voice. 

Paige quickly goes back downstairs before they leave the room. She is fuming. 

“Hey did you-” Kenny asks her before getting cut off by his angry wife. 

“No!” she raises her voice, almost yelling.

He looks at the others confused, and back to his wife “Umm okay what’s wrong?!?”.

“Don’t worry you’ll find out in a few minutes!!!” she says angry, leaving the room to go outside. 

Kate, and Rachel walk downstairs to the living room. 

She clears her throat. 

“Hey guys there’s something I want to tell you, and I want everyone in here”.

Everyone comes into the living room.

“Where’s Paige?!?” she asks.

“She went outside” Kenny says, “Paige!!”.

Paige walks back inside, arms crossed and angry. She takes a seat on the arm of the couch next to Kenny.

Kate takes a deep breath, “So what I wanted to tell you guys was-”

She gets cut off by her sister, “That you’re pregnant?!?”.

Kate’s eyes widened, and all of her color drained out of her body.

Everyone looks at Paige, and then back at Kate.

“Kate you’re pregnant?!?!” Mandy asks.

Paige stands up, “Yeah, she is. With John Seed’s kid!!!”.

A loud gasps between all of them. Everyone, staring at each other in shock. Heads turning to one another. 

“But John Seed is dead!!!” Martin says. 

“This was before his death. I’m guessing. Am I right Kate?!?” she asks.

She nods her head, “Yeah. Yeah it was the night before I killed him”.

“And you had sex with him. I knew, I shouldn’t have let you untie him.” she says, running her hand through her hair before placing them on her hips. 

“Okay. So what if he got me pregnant!?!?!” she snaps at her, “He’s dead, and I can raise this child on my own”.

“Kate” Paige mutters, pinching the bridge of her nose, “That’s not the point. You’re carrying the spawn of John fucking Seed!!!!”.

Paige groans into her hands. 

“And you were gonna lie, and tell us that it's Wheaty’s kid. Weren’t you?!?!”.

“He knew I was pregnant, and he knows it's John’s. He told me that he wouldn’t mind being a stepfather to the child”.

Everyone looks back, and forth at the two sisters. 

“He also told me he wants to be there for the both of us” she says, placing her hand on her belly.

Paige looks out the window, her back to the others.

Everything felt like it was moving painfully slow. Time freezing, slowing down. After a few minutes, she turns back around, and says.

“No more lies Katella, okay? I’m sick of it. I tell you everything, and I mean everything. You gotta do the same with me. From this day on there will be no more lying, keeping things from me, or bending the truth, and everything in between.”

Kate nods her head, “Okay”. 

“And not just this. From the time when you lost your soul, getting a hit on demon blood, saying “Yes” to Lilith, and not saving me in Hell. Everything!!. You promise?!”. 

Tears begin to stream down Paige’s face, and Kate’s as well. 

She nods her head once again, “Okay. Okay I promise”.

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Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 5 - The 4 Steps

Warnings: Mandy being an actual mother towards John, Angst.

Word count: 2.5k

Where it all began. 

Summary: Mandy goes through the 4 steps of joining the Cult to claim the name, and role as The Mother. 

Guest OCs: 

Guest Characters: Archangel Raphael (Supernatural), God/Chuck [mentioned].

Note: This takes place in 2012.

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The next morning Mandy wakes up, expecting to see Joseph laying next to her.

Waking up in an empty bed, she looks over at the clock on the nightstand, 6:57am. 

She groans, getting out of bed, going to the bathroom in her and Joseph’s shared house. 

Doing her business, washing her hands, she hears footsteps outside the bathroom coming from their room. 

“Joseph?” she calls out, waiting for a response. 

She opens the bathroom door, poking her out, looking around. No one there.

She looks around the small house.

Still no one there, Joseph must’ve left early for his sermon.

It’s weird because you figured he would have woken her up.

Since she’s a part of their family now, and she plays an important role in the Project.

Not thinking anything about it, she goes to the kitchen, and makes some coffee.

As she’s filling the kettle with water, a shuffling sound comes from the bedroom.

“Hello?!?” she calls out again, “Joseph?”. 

Putting the kettle down on the burner. Investigating the suspicious movements.

She goes over to her and Joseph’s room, the door magically closed. 

Knowing well she had left it open. She slowly opens the door, and finds it empty. 

No one there. She checks the closet, no one in there. 

She sees that the window had been open a bit, she goes to shut it, and locks it.

“I see he’s treating you well” a familiar voice says from behind her. 

Mandy nearly jumps out of her skin, and nearly throws a copy of The Book of Joseph at the Archangel, stopping herself. 

She lets out an annoyed huff, “Raph?!?! What are you doing here?!?”.

He looks around the room, “Joseph. I see he’s treating you well”.

Still annoyed that this Archangel just showed up unexpectedly like the majority of angels, and demons do.

“Yeah? So what?” she asks, annoyance in her voice. 

“I just came by to see how you’re doing” he says.

“I’m doing great, thanks for asking” she says, sarcastically. 

She leaves the room, and goes back to the kitchen. 

“I can see why God chose you to gain Joseph’s trust” he says, “You have that fiery, intense attitude that every man wants in a woman”. 

Mandy scoffs, “Is that really why Chuck chose me?!?”.

“He has many reasons. That one is a very very minor one” he replies, taking a seat. 

“So why are you really here?!?” she asks, while pouring coffee into her mug.

“Mainly to check up on you. Chuck wanted to make sure you weren’t screwing up”.

She rolls her eyes, “You’re angels. Can’t you just hear my thoughts all the way up in cloud city?!”.

“Yeah. but physically seeing you is always better for us” he says, shrugging his left shoulder.

Confused, but she goes with it.

“Umm, okay?. Do you know where Joseph went?” she asks, before drinking her coffee.

“He’s at his brother's church. He wanted to bring you along, but he wanted you to sleep in” he answers.

“You spoke with him?!?” she asks, her eyes slightly widened. 

He shakes his head, “No, Chuck doesn’t want us to communicate in any way with him or his siblings. Only I can communicate with you. Unless I have one of my brothers do it for me”.

“What happens if Joseph sees you?!” she asks, hesitantly. Eyebrows raised.

“I wipe his memory of me, and whoever else sees me”.

She tilts her head at the Archangel, “Really? Not killing them?!?”.

He shakes his head, “No I can’t kill them. I can’t kill you either, well I can actually but God said I’m not allowed to, and neither can the other angels”.

Mandy finishes off her coffee, “Well I think-” she gets interrupted by a sudden knock at the door. 

“Mother Amanda?!” a female voice asks.

Mandy turns to the door, and immediately back to Raphael who is now gone.

“Great” she whispers in annoyance at the celestial being.

She opens the door, and is greeted by a female cultist.

“Yes?” she responds. 

“Father Joseph wanted me to bring you this” she says, handing her a white dress.

“Thank you” she responds with a smile.

“He also wanted me to tell you about your baptism this afternoon” she says.

“Oh okay” she says,

“It’s gonna be at the Lamb of God Sacristy” she tells her, “Joseph wanted to cleanse you himself”.

Mandy nods, “Okay that’s fine with me. I look forward to it”.

The cultist leaves, Mandy shuts the door behind her.

Taking a look at the dress.

It’s a beautiful white full length dress with long lace sleeves.

Almost similar to the one she wore when she got married to Joel, 20 years earlier. 

Giving her flashbacks to when she was actually happy, and her husband was still alive.

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A few hours later, Mandy gets dressed for her baptism.

Putting on her white dress, barefooted.

A black SUV enters the compound. Pulling up in front of the church.

She leaves the house, and goes into the vehicle.

Sitting in the back along with a few other female cultists.

Driving down the road towards the Lamb of God church in Holland Valley.

Looking out the window of the vehicle, watching her life go down this somewhat dark path.

Arriving at the church, being helped out by a few cultists so her dress won’t expose her privates because it was very windy that day.

She was told to wear the dress without a bra, and panties on.

Feeling somewhat uncomfortable because of the cool breeze, and the water was very choppy.

Joseph waits for her by the water. Wearing an all white suit, similar to the suit he would often wear. 

He wanted to cleanse her himself, God wanted him to do this. 

Walking towards the water, he reaches out for her hands.

She takes his hands, he guides her into the water. Ankle deep so far.

He places a kiss on her forehead, everyone minus Jacob is there.

John who is helping Joseph with the ceremony, Faith who made several Bliss flower bouquets, and crowns for the ceremony. Also supply the bliss for the water.

Jacob would’ve probably slaughtered some animal for the ceremony meal afterwards. 

“Are you ready my love?” Joseph asks, his forehead against hers.

“Yes” she responds.

He guides her further into the water. Waist deep now. 

Joseph places one more kiss on her forehead, as John reads from the Book of Joseph.

“Let the water purify your soul. Let it cleanse you, and free you of sin. Let God’s guidance free you of sin, and you will become pure again”.

Joseph places one hand on her waist, and the other on her upper back.

Holding her underwater for a few seconds. 

Her vision blurry, the bliss infused water filling her lungs.

The sun shining down on her as she’s underwater. 

He pulls her back up, she gasps for air. He moves her hair away from her face. 

“How do you feel?” Joseph asks, moving her hair back.

Her vision disoriented, everything looks like it's in 3D, blue and red colors.

“I-I feel great” she says, panting.

He kisses her again but this time on her lips. 

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4 days later, Mandy goes through the next step on being The Mother of Eden’s Gate, her Confession. It shouldn’t be hard right?!.

She has to confess her sins to John, but Joseph isn’t going to be there to witness it.

You figured he would since she’s technically his “wife”. 

John had some of his men get Mandy, and take her to his gate.

They couldn’t take her by force because she’s in favor of being The Mother, and Joseph wouldn’t like his Children manhandling her at all.

They arrive at John’s gate for her confession. 

When she enters the building John is right there waiting for her.

He smirks at her, “Good, you’re here”.

“Yeah I’m here. So now what?” she says.

“It’s time for your confession” he says, walking her down a hallway. 

They enter a room that resembles a torture chamber.

“So what?, you gonna torture me or what?!” she asks, looking back at him.

He chuckles at her comment, “I’m just gonna use this” he shows her, holding up a tattoo needle, “and I’m gonna put your sin onto your skin. Then you’ll be free”.

“I thought this was a confession?!” she asks, suspiciously. 

He hums “Amazing Grace” as he sets up his equipment, “Oh it is, and it's also your atonement”.

She stands 5 feet behind him, arms crossed, looking like a disappointed mother. 

Although she’s not intentionally doing this at him, it's a permanent look for her. 

Once he sets up everything, he turns to face her. Tilting his head like a confused child.

“Why so disappointed?!” he asks, sounding like a child who upsetted his mother.

She shrugs, “I’m not, it's just my face. It’s normal for me to look disappointed, when you become a parent you’ll understand”. 

He chuckles, “I don’t think that’ll be happening anytime soon”. 

He grabs the needle off the table, and says “I don’t really see myself being a parent”.

She nods, “Yeah I didn’t see myself getting married, or having kids either. It changes you”.

John looks away, looking down at the tools on the table. He’s trying not to let her words get to him.

But they do anyway, he clears his throat and says, “You- you’re different. A lot different from my mother”.

Mandy, just from looking at the back of his head, she can see the sadness in his posture. 

“I’m guessing she wasn’t the best?!” she asks, slowly walking up to him.

“Trauma, abuse. That’s all I’m gonna say’ he says, as he slightly pushes Mandy onto a chair.

“You’re the way you are because of them” she says to him. Holding back tears, he takes a deep breath.

“So Amanda?” he slowly approaches her, “Are you going to say yes?”.

“For consent?” she asks.

“What sins do you have to confess?!” he tells her.

She looks down at the floor for a moment, her mind wanders off into space. 

“What sins do you confess? What bad things have you done that you wish to relieve yourself from?” he asks, leaning against a table.

She looks around as she reminisces all the bad stuff she’s done.

“I um- I confess” she looks around once again, her mind going foggy.

Tears began to form in her eyes, “Several months ago when I lost custody of my daughters, we were living in Des Moine, Iowa, and they were at a high school in the city. My youngest daughter, one of her teachers, saw a bunch of bruises, scars and cuts on her arms and hands. The teacher reported it to Child Protective Services, and the police showed up at our home. They took them, I’m not allowed to see them until they turn 18. My youngest told me the name of the teacher that reported it”.

She stops talking, tears streaming down her face, she looks down at the floor.

“Yes?” John says, wanting her to continue her confession.

“I went to the school that same night, and I-” she starts to cry even more. 

“Yes? What else happened?” he asks, his voice calm. Placing his hand on her shoulder.

She looks up at him, and says “I killed her, I bashed her head in with a textbook. I buried her body, and the book in the woods a few miles away from the school. I was so angry, I had my husband taken from me, and then my girls”.

She looks down at her hands, tears falling into them. 

“Wrath” John says softly, “Your sin is Wrath, it eats at you, it controls what you feel, it eats away at you. Any other sins you want to confess?”.

He asks, moving her hair away from her face behind her ear. Keeping his hand on her back of her head, rubbing circular motions in her hair. 

“Pride, because I take pride, too much pride in what I do. I think I’m helping people but all I do is make things worse. I did kill that woman, that teacher because of my own Greed, my own selfishness. I didn’t even stop to think if she had a family or anything. I let my own emotions, feelings take control. I ruined her family because she ruined mine”.

He moves his hand from her head to her shoulder. 

“Wrath, Pride, Greed” he says as he starts up the tattoo needle, “Wrath would look nice right here” he points to her chest.

He leans her back, and tattoos Wrath on her chest.

W, then R, A, T and finally H.

It’s not the worst pain she’s ever experienced. It stings, but childbirth is a lot more painful in the moment than getting a tattoo. Of your sin, that will live on your skin forever unless you cover them up.

“Only two more sins, then you’ll be free” he tells her, “Greed will look nice on your left arm”.

He rolls up the sleeves of her shirt, and tattoos her second sin on her left arm.

G, R, E,E then D.

“Just one more sin” he says, wiping her arm.

“Okay” she says, voice trembling.

P, R, I, D and lastly E.

The most sorta painful moment of her life, time seemed to slow down during this whole moment.

“You’re all finished my dear” he says.

Mandy looks down at her arms, Greed and Pride on her arms.

“So is that it?” she asks, wiping away her tears.

“That’s it. You’re all done, most don’t survive, and I gotta say, if most sinners acted more like you. Well behaved, calm and just accept the Power of Yes, they wouldn’t have to endure all the pain, and suffering they get when they resist, or refuse. It’ll make everything a lot easier”.

Mandy looks over at him, and says, “Well I’m The Mother, and I can’t resist”.

She stands up from her seat, and approaches him. Placing her hand on his forearm. Giving him a mother’s loving touch. 

“I know deep down you’re a good kid John, maybe if you didn’t go through what you went through as a child your life would be so much different now. But then you would’ve never met me, and I know you wouldn’t know your purpose in this life. But, all you need is a caring parent that’ll never do you harm. My life wasn’t easy growing up, my parents were away from me and my sister. A lot, working”. 

She stops, and leaves the room. Leaving John to sink in, and process her motherly words.

[ms-rampage]

Eden’s Gate: Kidnapped Chapter 17 - The Last Of Us Part 2 (continue)

The final part of Eden’s Gate: Kidnapped.

The next series is gonna focus on John and Kate's relationship that occurred 2 years before all the events of Kidnapped.

Supernatural moment? Maybe!?!?!

Word count: 3k+

Warnings: Swearing, violence, death of some main characters, angst. 

A slight cliffhanger maybe?!?!?! I don’t know!!! A new follow up series?!? Maybe!!!.

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Paige and Kenny go from room to room looking for their daughter.

“You find her?” she whispers.

“No” he whispers back.

From down the hall, Paige sees a dimly lit white light coming from one of the rooms.

She slowly walks towards it, “Where are you going?” Kenny whispers. He follows her down the hall.

They get to the door, it looks like it belongs to an office, she slowly pushes it open.

There’s no one in, a crib similar to the one from Paige’s bliss hallucination sits in the middle of the room. Soft cooing, and babbling come from it. 

She walks towards it and sees her daughter in.

She sighs loudly, and picks her up “Oh my god” she says with tears streaming down her face.

Kenny holds the both of them, and after a couple minutes a ring plays over the intercom followed by Jacob’s laugh and voice.

“Hey, only you could’ve made it this far”

“That son of a bitch” Paige says, quietly.

“There is no escape Winchester” he continues.

“Come on we’re leaving” Kenny says, guiding Paige out the room into the dark hallway. 

They walk down the dark hallway back to where they came from.

“Only You” plays faintly over the intercom. Panic runs through Paige, and she immediately stops dead in her tracks. 

“Take her!!” she tells Kenny, holding out Cristina. He looks at her in confusion.

”What?!?” he asks.

“Take her!!!!” she exclaims, he takes her from her, the music grows louder, and she groans in pain holding her head.

“Go, just keep going!!” she pants, trying to fight the urge to pass out. They continue down the dark hallway. 

“So, you’re not weak after all” Jacob’s voice says over the intercom as the music grows louder. As they’re going down the stairs, Paige trips on the last step.

“Paige come on!!, get up!!” Kenny says, trying to help her up.

“Go take her, and go!!” she exclaims.

“I’m not leaving you!!!!” he says, pulling her up.

Footsteps coming from behind them, Kenny looks up, and sees a silhouette approaching them.

He pulls out his pistol, while still holding Cristina and aims at the figure.

“What do you want?” he asks in an angry tone.

Jacob steps out of the shadows, staring at him.

Paige struggles to get up, but is able to get back on her feet, with her gun hand aiming at the elder Seed brother. “Haven’t you done enough already?!?!” she asks him, anger in her voice.

“Ooh honey it’s only just begun” he says, with a tease in his voice. 

He starts to circle them, like a shark in the ocean. 

She follows his movements not taking her eyes off of him. 

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Kate loads up some guns, putting them in her car. 

Wheaty approaches her, silently grabbing her waist from behind.

“Hey” he says. She looks at him. “Hey” she responds with a slight smile.

“Are you going by yourself?” he asks. She sighs “Most likely”.

“I can come with you, if you want” he says, “You sure?” she asks, looking up at him.

“Yeah, if killing John is, maybe a way for us to be together then yes”

She smiles at him “Okay”. 

She finishes loading up her gear, he kisses the side of her head.

“Hey Kate!” Eli calls out. She turns around. “Yeah!!” she yells out.

“You said Paige and Kenny are at St. Francis?!” he asks. 

“Yeah, they’re gonna kill Jacob!!” she yells back.

“I’ll go help them” he responds, “Is Wheaty gonna go with you?”.

“Yeah I am” he answers. 

“Alright, I’m gonna go to St. Francis” that being said he leaves to the Centre.

Kate and Wheaty leave to John’s ranch

They pull into the huge driveway. For some reason there aren’t any peggies on the property.

“This is weird” she says “There’s no one on the property”.

She parks the car, they both get out, grabbing their supplies from the trunk.

She’s able to pick the lock, they enter the huge house. Old dead memories come to mind.

“Where do you think he is?” Wheaty whispers to her,

“I don’t know” she responds. Without hesitation she calls out for him “Hey John!!!!!”.

Wheaty’s eyes widened when she does this. 

“What are you doing??” he whispers to her.

“Hey Johnny where are ya!!” she yells again. Wheaty regrets this but he wants to help and support her. She’s doing it the Winchester way, guns blazing. Sorta. 

The whole house goes silent, and then they hear from upstairs. 

“Katie?!?!!?”

Sending chills through her body, icing on the cake is his smug smile when he sees her, and his eyes move to Wheaty. 

“What is that?!?” he asks, pointing to Wheaty.

Kate looks back at him, then back at John.

“Someone who won’t manipulate me, who won’t torture my sister, won’t try to have my mom killed, and better yet someone who isn’t a sadist fuck like you”.

A smile appeared on Wheaty’s face as she said this.

John groans in disgust. Making Kate roll her eyes at him.

“We all know you won’t love him like you do with me” he says, walking down the stairs. 

She scoffs “That's what you think, and yeah I did love you. Not anymore”

He tilts his head to the side, and says “Really?. You seemed to love me last night when we did. Ya know?!” a smirk on his face. 

She clenches her teeth in annoyance “You got me in a vulnerable state, you got lucky, and it didn’t mean shit to me”.

He smirks at her “Are you sure sweetie?. Because I was looking down at you and it looked like you were enjoying every second of it”. 

Kate knows the game he’s playing, and Wheaty isn’t having any of it.

“Well you need to get over it. Because she doesn’t love you anymore, she’s with me”

John takes a few steps closer to them “Did you really think I wouldn’t find out?. Did you really think I wouldn’t know about you two? I saw your messages from last night, and the car crash you and Paige were in? Orchestrated by me. I saw the messages about you sending the Whitetails to Joseph and Jacob’s regions. That if they didn’t hear from you in 1 hour, to go to St. Francis or Joseph’s”. 

Kate is livid “You motherfucker!!. You could’ve fucking killed me and my sister!!!” Wheaty tries to hold her back. 

“I’m gonna be so fucking happy once I put a bullet in your fucking head” she yells again.

John looks at her in amusement, it pisses her off more. 

“I thought you were different from your sister, but of course, Wrath is indeed contagious. I knew deep down it was your sin, and of course Lust. Speaking of that. Did you get tested? Any morning sickness?”.

She looks at him confused “What the fuck are you talking about?!?!”.

He sighs and says “Well my dear. I’ll just cut to the chase. I cummed inside you, I never put on the condom. So you could be holding my child in the weeks to come” 

Her eyes widened, she yells again “You son of a bitch!!!!!. Now I’m gonna really fucking kill you!!!”. 

John clenches his jaw “No, you’re not darling you think covering your sins will make you forget that you’re marked?. No it won’t, covering them won’t cover your sins”.

“You’re the reason why I covered them. So I wouldn’t be reminded how the man I was in love with fucking tortured me, and refused to acknowledge it”. 

John knows damn well she’s talking about that demon possessing him, and forcing him to have her atone.

The sound and rumble of trucks grabs their attention, Kate, Wheaty look out the window, and see a bunch of Cultist trucks drive onto the property. 

They get distracted, and John slips out the back door. 

They turn around, and find John gone.

“Shit, that asshole got away” she yells. “Well time to kill some peggie fucks” she shrugs. 

They run upstairs to the front windows, and shoot at the peggies. 

Kate calls for backup from the Resistance, and they arrive within minutes after making the call. John takes off in his place, destroying and shooting at the Resistance’s reinforcements, Kate calls for Nick Rye. 

“Hey Nick, you think you can help me kill John Seed?”

“I’ll be there” he responds, enthusiasm in his voice. 

Another few minutes goes by, and she sees his yellow plane fly by. 

A Cultist grabs her from behind, she turns around and stabs him in the throat. She continues to kill every Cultist she sees, and Nick takes down John’s plane.

“Oh shit!!” she yells.

She runs out the house towards the crash site. Wheaty following behind her. 

Running across the airfield, she sees John’s bloodied up body, thinking he’s dead. 

She reaches for the key around his neck, ripping it off of him. 

Only for him to grab her wrist, and sit up like the fucking Undertaker. She was 100% he would be dead.

“Fuck!!” she yells out, getting jumpscared. “So this is how it ends?!” he wheezes out. 

”For you” she responds. He coughs out blood, some of it getting on her hand.

“We could’ve been happy together!. We were meant to be together!” he says, before coughing again. 

“If we were meant to be together. You would’ve never put pain on anyone. You would’ve changed for me, for us!!” she says with hate while trying to be strong.

“Look around you, look at everything that has happened. The world is on brink. Because of you. Everything we could’ve been. A happy family” he wheezes.

“Let him go, he may have treated you well. But he is no good” Paige’s words replying in her mind.

“I’m sorry John, but you and I are no more” she tells him. His grip tightens on her wrist. 

“You want this key because you think you're saving people, but they were already safe. We had a plan!.” Annoyance in her voice “No John, you’re weren’t saving anyone. I save people. My family. We help people, it's our job!. I’ve been doing this since I was 6 years old, and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Also our “unborn child” they’ll be better off without you in the picture”

Anger in his eyes “After everything. After everything I did for you!. This is how you repay me?!. For our unborn child?!” raising his voice only to cough out blood again.

“You don’t understand. You don’t believe. You don’t care!!” he lets go of her wrist before saying “May God have mercy on your soul”. 

His last words to her before falling back on the ground, he stops breathing. She looks down at his lifeless body. A single tear falls from her left eye, she feels like a huge weight has been lifted from her shoulders, everything feels different. She’s still pregnant even though it's not 100% confirmed with his child. Even though it's still way too early to find out if it's true or not. She places her hand on her stomach, looking down at John. She keeps it to herself for now, clenching the key in her hand. Wheaty approaches her from behind, touching her shoulder 

“You okay?” he asks. She looks up towards the evening sun set “Yeah, I’ll be fine”.

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Paige has not taken her eyes off of Jacob, “If you’re gonna do something. I wouldn’t if I were you” she tells him. He stops in front of them, backs up disappearing into the darkness.

“Where did he go?!” Kenny asks, looking around. 

“I don’t know, but I do not want to stick around” she says. They’re about to leave, and she collapses to the floor. “Only You” starts to play again.

She screams in agony, squeezing her head “Run!!! Go!!!! Get out of here!!!!!” she screams at Kenny. He runs towards the door but it won’t open, he pushes it but it still won’t budge. Paige is fighting the urge to not pass out, her vision goes red. She shakes it off. 

Is Jacob’s classical conditioning starting to not have any effect on her anymore?. She gets up, turns around to find Jacob. “Paige, where are you going??” Kenny calls out.

She walks down the hallway leading outside. This ends now, everything ends now, she made a promise to herself that she would kill Jacob. Nothing will stop her until she puts a bullet in his head. Kenny follows her, trying to stop her, calling out for her but she’s too focused on killing Jacob. She’s so focused that she doesn’t even see Eli walk past her.

“Paige?!?” Eli calls out.

“Eli?!?” Kenny says, “What are you doing here??” 

“I came to help, Kate said you two would be here” Eli says.

“Yeah, she’s looking for Jacob. Something snapped in her” Kenny says.

Paige makes it outside. Looking around for him.

“It's about time you came out” Jacob says.

“Yeah, well I didn’t want to keep you waiting” she says.

“Well ain’t that sweet of you Winchester” he says sarcastically.

Spotting him on top of a mountain with his obnoxiously bright red sniper.

“Why don’t you come closer, so I can see that pretty face of yours when I kill you” he says

“You’re such a flirt you know that?” she replies. He chuckles “I try”.

She looks back, sees Kenny and Eli exit the building. “You two stay back!!” she yells out. They stop dead in their tracks.

“I’m ending this right now!!” she says. “Kenny stay back with her, I don’t want her to be in the way” she adds. Kenny stays back, seeking shelter behind a tree away from everything. She moves forward, Eli taking the rear. They kill all the judges, and Jacob’s men.

After a gruesome, blood exchange of bullets. 

She’s able to corner a wounded Jacob on the mountain. 

She confronts him while he’s sitting on a rock, badly wounded and all bloody.

“My brother saw all this coming. I don’t know if he talks to God, that doesn’t matter. He was right. Humanity is once again in crisis" he says. 

"You had it coming Jacob" Paige says, aiming her gun at him. 

He continues “It doesn’t matter what we build or achieve. We will always find a way to break it down. Babylon, Rome. Empires rise, empires fall. America. We’re no different. We think we’re indestructible” he wheezes out, coughing. 

She speaks her final piece to him, just to put it out there because she knows his time is very limited at that very moment.  

"Just to put it out there, because I know your time is limited but you were indeed supposed to be my Godfather. My dad wrote you a letter back in September of 1994 when my mom was pregnant with me".

She pulls out the letter along with the photos, holding them out to him.

With his good hand, he reaches out to grab them. 

He reads the letter, and what felt like forever. 

His eyes start to get watery, as if he were having a change of heart but it's too late. 

He's already lost so much blood, they both know he's gonna die. 

Kenny, who is still holding Cristina, and Eli keep a distance from them.

He speaks his final words to her. 

Motioning her to come closer to him, she hesitates but takes a few steps closer to him. 

He grabs her arms, and says. 

“I completely underestimated you. You are too much like your father, you have too much pride in what you do. Just like Joel, he always had pride, he always pushed and pushed for it. No matter what”. He lets go of her, slightly pushing her back. 

“Oh boy Paige have you pushed us. And you had no fucking clue” he wheezes out before, taking his last breath. His body goes stiff, head looking down. Dying on the rock.

“Jacob?” she says. “Jacob?”. 

She quickly pokes his shoulder, he’s dead. She rips the key off from around his neck, walking away from his dead body.

She grabs Cristina from Kenny, and he puts his arm around her. 

They all go down the mountain, after a while they make it down.

Paige calls Kate while handing Cristina to Kenny. 

“Hey how did it go?” she asks.

Kate on the other line “It went pretty good. John’s dead, Nick Rye shot his plane down, and he died from his injuries”.

She nods her head “Cool, I just killed Jacob, and pretty much the same thing, he died from his injuries. Did you hear from mom?” 

Kate clears her throat “Yeah, she told me that her, Cody and Adrian went to Joseph’s compound. He wasn’t there”. 

Confused, Paige asks “What do you mean he wasn’t there?!!?”.

“Mom said he left a note for us. I’ll show it to you when you get here”

“Where are you??” she asks. 

“We’re by Angel’s Peak near Joseph’s statue in the Henbane River” she answers.

“Okay we’ll be there soon” she says, hanging up.

“Where are they?” Kenny asks. 

“Joseph’s statue in the Henbane River, also Joseph’s isn’t at his compound”

“Really? You think he fled?” Kenny asks. 

“Probably” she answers. She turns to Eli, saying 

“Thank you so much for your help Eli. We pretty much own you guys big time”

“I’m glad we can help. Now with the Seeds gone everything can be peaceful around here”

“Yeah” Paige says, looking off in the distance. “Well Faith is still alive, and she basically betrayed Joseph, we’re gonna go by the statute to see what the fuck is going on over there”. They go their separate ways, Kenny and Paige steal a truck, drive to Henbane River.

Driving up the road leading to the giant eyesore of a statue that's 1000x worse than John’s YES sign. 

They drive up the path, and see Mandy, Kate, Wheaty, Adrian, Cody, Nate, Mark, Martin and Faith at the base of the statue.

They get out, approaching them. “Is it done?” Mandy asks Paige. “It’s done” she replies.

She hands her the note Joseph left them. She reads it.

“To the Winchester family, I am deeply aware of what has happened to my family. My brothers are dead, my Faith has betrayed my word. I have forgiven for what Mandeline has done, I have forgiven for what Katella Evyanna has done, and I forgive Paige Hannah for what she has done. I have fled with my flock, and we will continue to prepare for the Collapse, to start our new world. You are indeed a very special family, and God has told me about you. 

I wanted you to be a part of Eden’s Gate.

The Mother for Mandeline

The Baptists Wife for Katella

The Soldierette for Paige.

What your family has done for several generations. We wanted you all to be a part of our family.

- The Father Joseph Seed

She hands the note to her mother. 

Her and Kate walk towards Kate’s car. 

They have a sorta heart to heart conversation. 

“So, how did it go?” Paige asks

Kate sighs, “It was tough but John’s dead. I feel relieved, like I don’t have this worry in me anymore”. 

Paige nods her head “That’s great to hear”. Kate nods her head, and turns to her 

“How did it go with you?”. Paige sighs “The same way. Jacob’s dead, and that’s all that matters”. They sit on the hood of the Monte Carlo staring off into the sunset, while the others are talking behind them. 

Paige looks back, watching Faith talk with the others. She can see she has more life in her. Like she’s not afraid anymore, but Paige doesn’t know if she can trust her yet. 

A gust of wind blows gently at them, making them feel at peace.

"I’m gonna have a hard time trusting her too" Kate says, looking over at Paige

“Yeah I know” she says. “She has changed a little bit” Kate adds. 

Their sisterly moment is ruined when Paige asks “So about my car, Baby?!?!”. 

Kate rolls her eyes “That was John’s doing, don’t worry it's not that bad. Even though she went tumbling through a field of cows and bulls, it's not that bad. It's fixable”. 

She scoffs “She better be, or I’m gonna bring John back to life, just to kill him myself”

Kate laughs. They get off the car, walk around to open the trunk.

"You know even with John, and Jacob dead. There are still some peggies out there" Kate says. "Yup" Paige says, while opening the trunk.

"Joseph is still out there somewhere with his flock of Cultists" Kate says, putting her stuff in the trunk. 

"Yep, he sure is and we have Faith, so I’m sure that hurts him" she replies. 

“From what he said in the note. Do you think we would last in the Cult?” Kate asks.

“Nope, because we would’ve killed them all” she answers.

They look down staring into the trunk. 

"And you know what that means right? Kate asks. "Yep. We got work to do" Paige says, she closes the trunk door.

THE END

[ms-rampage]

Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 4 - The Offer

Warnings: Some swearing

Word count: 1.7k

Where it all began. 

Summary: Mandy has to give Joseph her answer to joining the Project.

Guest OCs: None

Guest Characters: Archangel Raphael (Supernatural), Chuck/God [mentioned], Lucifer [mentioned]

Note: This takes place in 2012.

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A few days have passed, and Mandy has to give Joseph her answer to being The Mother of Eden’s Gate.

She doesn't know what will come out of it, she feels like she’s betraying the citizens of Hope County, but hopefully the Cult will ease up on the people, and stop taking their properties. 

Sitting at the front steps of the Lamb of God church.

Archangel Raphael appears to Mandy.

“So have you made your choice?” the Archangel asks, appearing in front of her.

Her face buried into her hands, she nods her head.

Moving her hands away from her face, “Yeah. Like what you said, I have a mission”.

He takes a few steps closer to her, “This is very important. You have to go through with it. Regardless of what happens in there, or with Joseph. He must be protected!”

Mandy sighs, “Yeah, yeah I know. I’m gonna give him my answer today”.

He takes in a deep breath, nodding, “Good I hope you give him the right answer”.

He’s about to fly away when Mandy stops him, “Wait! Raphael”.

He turns to face her, “What?” he asks sternly.

“Would it go against the plan, if I tell Joseph that I would join under one condition. That’s if they stop tormenting the people in Hope County, stop taking their homes, and businesses?!”.

He looks at her with a dead stare, “Chuck, God is the reason why he’s doing all of that, all the reaping. It wouldn’t make sense for you to join them, and you ask him to stop. Every little thing you do that’ll stop the Project from expanding will cause a chain reaction, and everything comes to an end!”.

Mandy scoffs, “So it is true!. Everyone thinks Joseph is crazy because God spoke to him about the end. They should think I’m crazy too!!, I mean I’m talking to an Angel of the Lord. I’ve met Lucifer, and pretty much every Angel, and entity that is mentioned in the fucking bible!!”.

He takes a few steps closer to her, and says sternly, “Chuck, God chose you to do this because he knows you can gain Joseph’s trust. That’s why you’re gonna be The Mother of the Project, and you’re gonna go through with it. You can’t stop, or change anything that they do for the benefit of you, and your friends”. 

She shakes her head, “I don’t believe this. If I refuse, the world goes up in smoke, I join, and change their agenda. The world goes up in smoke. So I just have to sit back, and watch them kill, hurt these innocent people?!?.

“Yes.Yes you do. Your job is to protect Joseph Seed, and the Project. Not change their plan, their plan is Chuck’s plan, God’s plan, and you have to go by it. You know the consequences if you try to change it, or find a loophole to get them to change their plan” he tells her.

Mandy takes a deep breath, her hands on her hips, and without hesitation says, “And I thought Michael was trying to be God's favorite little soldier, whoever said that was wrong. Oh that’s right it was Lucifer. It’s definitely you Raph, I understand you have an agenda to go by, and I know the man upstairs is watching, and judging me by my actions, and words. But come on, I get that I have to protect him, and he’s one of the most hated men in the county, but for fucks sake!!”.

“You can’t talk your way out of this now Mandeline. You know what you have to do, and you can’t stop it. Joseph Seed, and the Project must be protected. That is that. Don’t be like your nephews Sam and Dean.” he says before disappearing into the early afternoon sky.

Mandy sighs, and goes to her truck. She gets in, and sits there for a few minutes, contemplating her thoughts, before driving to Joseph’s compound. 

Entering the fenced island, she notices Cult trucks lined up on the opposite side of the road.

As if they were waiting for her arrival. 

When she pulls up to the church, she sees a sign that says, “Welcome The Mother”.

She sees about 200+ Cultists outside the church, and wandering around the compound.

Sitting in her truck, gathering her final thoughts.

“I have to do this” she says to herself, “Chuck’s plan, don’t change anything”.

She gets out of her truck, and approaches the church.

Music can be heard playing inside, “Amazing Grace”.

Taking a deep breath, and pulls open the white church door. 

It’s dark, very few candles are lit inside.

She sees Joseph standing in the center of the stage.

Some Cultists sitting at pews, listening to his sermon.

She takes a look around as she slowly approaches him.

Three other figures standing off to the side of the stage.

2 men, and one young woman who looks like she’s not much older than her daughter Paige. 

As she gets closer, her and Joseph lock eyes. His words pulling her closer towards him.

“Then God said to bring the light, to guide those out of the dark, and into the new world. A woman, the Mother of fertility, love and hope will bring us together. Grow together in Eden”. 

She takes another deep breath, “Go with the plan, go with the plan” she thinks to herself.

Now standing 3 feet away from Joseph, the 3 other figures stand behind him.

Mandy immediately recognizes Jacob, but does he recognize her?!.

Joseph steps down from the small 5 inch stage, placing his hands on her shoulders.

“Do you have your answer my love?” he asks, looking into her eyes.

Nodding her head, “Yes,” she replies, almost in a whisper. 

“What is your answer?” his blue eyes piercing into her.

“Yes, I’ll be The Mother” she responds. 

He exhales in relief, placing his forehead against hers. 

His hands move up to her head.

“Welcome to the family” he whispers to her.

She places her hands on his.

He introduces her to the rest of his family.

Jacob stares at her, zero emotion in his eyes, John like Jacob stares at her but has emotion in his eyes, gives her a slight smile, and Faith has a huge smile on her face, tries to restrain herself from hugging Mandy.

She sees her as a mother figure even though she just met her.

They all learn about her, she has two young daughters, who are 13 and 17 years old, and were taken away from her by CPS. Her husband died 13 years ago, and she’s from Scottsdale, Arizona. She once lived in Wyoming. They all know her as Amanda Campbell.

After meeting all of the followers, Faith approaches Mandy.

“Amanda?” she asks.

“Yes Faith?” she responds. 

“I’m still new here, and Joseph helped me find my purpose. But if I have any questions that are feminine related, or if I need help with anything. Is it okay that I ask you for guidance?”.

Mandy nods her head, “Of course, that's why I’m here. To help and guide you”.

A huge smile on Faith’s face, she hugs Mandy, and goes with her followers back to Henbane.

John approaches her. 

“Amanda” he says anthesis on the first A. 

“John” she replies.

“Just because you’re The Mother doesn’t mean you’re safe from confession, and atonement”.

“Please explain what all that is. Since I’m new to all of this” she says.

“Confess your sins, and they’ll be marked on you” she says.

She nods her head, ”And how do these sins get marked on you?”.

John slightly narrows his eyes at her, “A tattoo needle, if you resist long enough, I cut off your skin”.

Mandy tilts her head to the side, ”Sounds very barbaric. Sounds like torture art”.

He chuckles, “Yes. You will know the power of Yes” 

“And what does that mean?!?. Like I said, I'm new, and I have a lot to learn” she says, with a smile.

“You will find out tomorrow, Mother” he says, walking back to Joseph, and Jacob. 

Mandy goes to stand next to Joseph, holding onto his arm as he speaks to his followers. 

“My Children!” he starts, “The Mother has arrived. She is here to guide us to the New World”.

The group of followers starts to cheer, and applaud.

Mandy knows what she has to do. She can’t change anything, all she can do is go along with everything. 

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Later that night, Mandy is standing by the dock behind Joseph’s church.

Staring off at the water, the moon reflecting off the waves.

Lost in the beauty of the lake.

She hears footsteps behind her.

Then she feels a pair of hands around her waist.

A beard resting on the right side of her face. 

The soft voice of Joseph.

“It is always a beauty to be here at night”

She places her hands over his.

“The Lord made this a beautiful night” he says.

“He sure did” she responds, looking up at the moon.

 He tightens his embrace around her, and kisses the side of her head. 

“Come inside soon” he says, kissing her head once more.

She nods, “Okay, I’ll be there”.

Joseph leaves, and goes inside the church.

Mandy stands there watching the lake. Enjoying the night.

A gust of wind blows by, and the fluttering sound of wings.

“So how did it go?” Raphael asks, appearing on the ground next to the dock.

“It went well” she replies, looking over at him.

“Good. Go along with it, and say nothing, or that’ll make you responsible for the end of your kind” he says.

She scoffs, “You know Raph? For you being an Angel of the Lord, you do like to throw hints on killing humans. Your dad’s creation”.

“I’m just making sure you keep up with my father’s plan, and that you don’t screw up” he responds, and he disappears. 

“Yeah sure” she says, rolling her eyes.

She leaves the dock, and goes inside the church.

[ms-rampage]

Eden’s Gate: The Mother Chapter 8 - Blood On Your Hands

Warnings: Violence, light Language

Word count: 2.3k

Where it all began. 

Summary: Realizing she has made a terrible mistake, Mandy contemples ways to get out of The Cult with the help of a new friend. 

Guest OCs: Dawana Floyde (FC: Anna Diop)

Guest Characters: Archangel Raphael [Supernatural], the characters from Inside Eden’s Gate.

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Several weeks have passed, Mandy wasn’t able to get away, or have some time alone for herself. 

Members of the Cult surrounded her all day, everyday. Joseph wanted to make sure she was safe and protected. She was always by his side, during his sermons, baptisms and reapings.

Everyone once saw her as a sweet, nice lady that was corrupted by Joseph, his family, and followers.

A Sunday morning, and time for a sermon. Everyone gathered at the Teller Ranch in the Whitetails Mountains for Joseph’s sermon.

Joseph, Mandy, John, Faith and Jacob along with all of their followers gather inside the church. 

People gather inside, new faces who are probably curious about Eden’s Gate.

“They want to take away our guns. They want to destroy everything we have built. They want to tear us all a part” Joseph preaches to his followers. 

Joseph standing in the center, Faith and Mandy on his left, John and Jacob on his right. 

As he’s preaching unknown to the Seeds, a sinner, a non-local, along with a few of his friends were recording the sermon on a camera, and was caught. Thought he was being slick with hiding the in the front pocket of his shirt. 

A peggie grabs him and brings him to the front. Dropping him to his knees, with a rifle pointed at him.

“No, no, please” he begs. Pleading Joseph.

He continues preaching as the sinner begs for his life. 

Mandy watches on, as the man begs not to be harmed. Joseph looks down at him, and holds his head. 

What happens next shakes her to the core. He digs his fingers into the poor man’s eyes, ripping them out. His screams, and wails echo off the church's walls. Blood on his hands, his facial reactions, and posture never changed. He remained calm throughout the whole horror show. His friends surrender, and we’re taken away. Probably to either be killed or recruited. 

“What the fuck did I get myself into?!?” she thinks to herself. 

She looks around the church, and everyone is yelling at the man and his friends. Calling them sinners, and a bunch of other insulting names that overlapped each other. Faith, John and Jacob are calm as can be. 

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At that same church, later that afternoon. 

Mandy was to check on those sinners. She wanted to free them, or at least help them in some way. 

A few of the Cult’s followers tied them up downstairs in the church's basement. More like a wine cellar. She goes down to the cellar to check on them, walking down the creaky wooden stairs. She can hear the hushes, and soft spoken words from the 3 people. 2 men and 1 woman.

When she makes it to the bottom step they all glare at her. If looks could kill she’d be dead. She walks over to a table across the room, and opens a box. No reason why, she doesn’t really know what to do in a situation like this. 

“Why are you doing this?!?” the girl asks. 

Mandy doesn’t have a proper answer prepared, so she stays silent for a moment. Thinking on what to say.

“Hey!” she blurs out, interrupting her thinking “Why are you doing this to us?!?”.

She turns around to face the 3 people. “Because he wants to help you” she says in a soft spoken voice.

They all look back and forth at each other. Confusion, anger and fear mixed into one emotion. 

“Help us?!?” one of the men asks.

“That Joseph guy just ripped our friends' eyes out, and you’re saying he wants to help us?!?” the other guy speaks up. 

“How is that helping?!?” the girl asks. 

Mandy sighs, she walks over to the stairs, and looks up to check if anyone is there before turning her attention to the 3 people.

“Trust me I don’t want to be here more than you 3” she whispers. 

They all look at her in confusion. 

“What?!?” one of the guys asks, “That’s not likely!”. He motions to his hands being tied up behind him. 

“Are you here against your will?!?” the girl asks. 

Mandy sighs, “In a way. I want to help you but I can’t”. 

“What do you mean ‘you can’t’?!?” she asks. 

“There’s too much to explain, I just needed to check on you 3” she tells them, “What are your names?”. 

“Mark” one of the guys answered. 

“Alex” the other answers.

“Hannah” the girl answers, “What’s yours?”.

“Amanda” she answers. 

The cellar door opens, followed by it closing and footsteps. A peggie comes down. One of Jacob’s chosen soldiers.

“Mother?” he says. Looking like an obedient child.

“Yes?” she answers. 

“Joseph wishes to see you in the church” he tells her. 

She nods her head, “Okay tell him I’ll be there”. 

He nods his head, and goes back upstairs. 

“Is he your son?!” Mark asks. 

Mandy narrows her eyes at him, “No. That’s what they call me”. 

“If Joseph’s The Father, then of course they’ll have a Mother” Hannah informs him. 

“So all this is just. An act?!?” Alex inquires. 

She looks away, saying nothing and goes upstairs. 

“Wait!!” Mark calls out, “Wait!!”. Mandy makes it upstairs, and closes the cellar door as they call out for her. Their voices muffled behind the heavy metal door. 

She goes to the church, a few peggies follow her as a form of security. They open the white church doors for her. She sees Joseph standing in front of a stained glass window with his back to her. A pistol in one hand, and one of his white bibles in the other. 

“You asked for me?!” she asks, approaching him. Stopping 5 feet away from him.

“Tell me Mother” he starts off, his back to her still “What do those sinners mean to you?”.

She takes a deep breath, thinking he might have heard her conversation with Alex, Mark and Hannah. 

“Nothing. They’re sinners, but they will see the truth” she answers, “The divine punishment of a sinner mirrors the sin being punished”. That’s right she quoted Hannibal. Hoping that it's a good enough answer. 

Still standing with his back to her, standing completely still. Almost like a statue, you would think he’s one if you take one quick look at him. 

“Yes, they will. They will reach Salvation, and see the word of God. They will be free of their sins, and will be welcomed into our family. They will know the punishment if they refuse”.

He turns to face her, and walks towards her. “They will see his plan. They will see the path he has laid for us”.

Placing the gun, and book on a table. He places his hand on her cheek, caressing it. Both of them looked into each other's eyes. The tension in the air, in the church. There are no words to describe it. Mandy can feel her insides boiling, shaking, going numb. Indescribable moment. Did Joseph hear her conversation with the 3 hostages?.

“They will understand. They will know. They will be forgiven” he tells her, hands caressing her cheeks. He places a kiss on her forehead. 

Gun fire outside makes Joseph lift his head up, looking towards the gunfire. He goes outside, leaving Mandy in the church. Joseph along with his brothers, and a few of their followers get into the black SUVs. 

The 3 hostages in the cellar were able to break out of their restraints and flee. Steal a few guns, killing a few peggies and fled on foot in the wilderness. 

Several hours later in the early evening. They all returned with the 3 hostages. Taking them into separate rooms in the ranch. Mandy goes into one of the rooms where Alex is. 

He looks up, and sees her. “Why?” he asks, “Why are you letting him do this?!?”. 

Blood leaking out of his mouth, cut up, bruised. Like he was beaten several times to a bloody pulp. Before Mandy could say anything the door opens behind her. Joseph along with a few of his followers step inside. 

“I’m glad you’re here” he says to her. Kissing her on the head. He turns to Alex, excusing Mandy. She stands in the corner of the room. She looks to her left, and sees Raphael. She glares at him. Trying to play it off, ignoring him. As if he weren’t there. Only she can see him. No one else in the room can, not even Joseph. 

Alex pleds with them to let him and his friends go. He even throws Mandy under the bus, which only angers Joseph. 

Telling them that she was trying to help them break out, that everything was all an act.

Raphael glares at her. Telling her that she needs to speak out against it. She doesn’t want another innocent person to be killed by the Cult but she has no choice but to play her role.

“How dare you!” she mutters angrily, stepping away from the corner of the room “I have been nothing but faithful, and honest to The Father”. Alex looks at her confused, and angry.

“You just told me, and my friends that you were here against your will!!” he exclaims, as blood gushes out his mouth. 

“False accusations. What do you expect from a nasty sinner” she continues. Mandy was always good at acting. Playing a part, staying in character. She took a few acting classes in middle school. 

Joseph extends his arm out to hold her back. “He will pay for the accusations against The Mother, and so will the others” he tells his followers. 

They both stay inside the room as the 2 Cultists torture Alex. Cutting up his skin carving “sinner” into his flesh. Taking his eyes out. Mandy feels sick to her stomach, holding back her urge vomit, and cries begging them to stop. 

Raphael appears next to her again, being visible to only her and no one else. 

“I know you don’t want to do this” he tells her, “But this is how it has to be. God needs him protected. But I agree with you, these are innocent people who don’t deserve this. But I can’t speak against Father in fear that I’ll be cast out like Lucifer”. She knows she can’t speak without Joseph hearing her. She remembers that Angels can read minds, and hear human thoughts. 

“What is the main reason God wants all of this?!?” she thinks to herself in order for Raphael to hear her. 

“He has many” he says, “But the main reason. He won’t say, Metatron might know more than me”.  

She thinks to herself again, “What’s Joseph thinking?!” she asks him in her head.

The Archangel looks over at Joseph, and hears his Father, God, Chuck’s voice telling him about his plan. He wasn’t able to get much, but only that he has to keep The Mother close to him, keep getting more followers, expand The Project and he’ll be granted a New World. 

“I was able to get some information about my father’s plan to Joseph” he tells her.

Mandy looks over at him for a second before turning back to the torture porn in front of her. 

“What was it?!?” she asks, thinking to herself once again. 

“To keep you close. Expand The Project and he’ll be granted a New World” he further explains to her. 

“Can you get more info?!?” she thinks. 

“I can try” he tells her before going back into Joseph’s head. 

Again he hears Chuck’s voice telling him about the Collapse, and the New World. New Eden. 

“It’s all the same” he tells her, “The Collapse, New Eden”. 

But he hears one piece of information that startles the Archangel, and he disappears from the room. Leaving a few of his feathers behind on the floor, that are only visible to Mandy. 

“That can’t be good” she thinks to herself. 

After the torture horror show, Mandy receives a letter that was placed on the windshield on her truck from an anonymous address. Telling her to go to the Dead Man’s River at midnight that same day.  Thinking it might be Raphael. Telling her to meet him in secrecy because of whatever it was that made him leave so suddenly. 

Later that night, midnight. Mandy was able to sneak away without the acknowledgement of Joseph, or the Cult. She waits for Raphael, or whoever sent that letter to her, telling her to meet her. 

Checking her phone for the time, 12:15am. She sighs, leaning with her back against the grill of her truck. 

The wind starts to pick up, the cold air blowing past her. The howling of the wind turns into the voice of a woman. 

“You came” the voice of a woman says. She turns around and sees a woman dressed in voodoo priestess attire. 

She turns around to face her, staring at her, “Who are you?!” she asks. 

“I mon chéri, am Dawana Floyde” she answers in a New Orleans, French accent. 

“You put the letter on my windshield?” she asks. Leaning off her truck.

“Yes” she answers, “It is important that I speak with you”.

“For what reason?” she asks, suspicious.

“Raphael sent me” she tells her, walking towards the edge of the river. 

“Raphael sent you?” she questions.

Dawana looks up at the moon, and its full cycling intentions. “Oui, chér. I work closely with le Archangels. Some of course. His vessel is my dear husband. My poor daughter had to go through life without him”.

After a few minutes of silence, Mandy clears her throat. “So why did you call me here?! What happened with Raphael?”. 

The Voodoo Priestess turns around to face her, “I want to help you with Le Culte, and Le Pere Joseph Seed”. 

[ms-rampage]

Eden's Gate: Kidnapped Chapter 16 - The News, The Crash

It's the penultimate before the series finale.

word count: 3k+

Warnings: Swearing, some light smut, some angst, some fluff, mild violence, kidnapping, a huge fucking reveal/plot twist. Paige (Dean) and Kate (Sam) have a Supernatural moment.

Paige heard everything Kate had said to John, she knows how much Kate loves him, and she never understood why she loved him so much after everything he has done not only to her but to the locals.

She thinks Kate is better off dating Wheaty, or some of the younger non psychopathic, non Seed guys/girls that live in Hope County. She continues to hear their conversation from outside the kitchen.

“So you really do care about me?” he asks.

She nods her head, “Yes”. 

“But I can’t be with you” she adds.

He looks at her like she just said no to his marriage proposal. 

She has tears rolling down her cheeks, her hot tears rolling down her cold cheeks.

“I understand” he responds,

She wasn’t expecting that to be his response. 

“On that February day, 2 years ago, you were walking your dog Haley. You walked past Falls End church, and I fell in love with you immediately, and I still remember what you were wearing. You were wearing a black, and green flannel shirt, gray jeans, black boots, your hair was down. Haley’s leash and collar were purple”

Kate’s eyes widened, she can’t believe John remembered what she wore that day, and let alone the color of Haley’s leash and collar. 

“You drove past the church in your black 70 Monte Carlo, I yelled out “Nice car”, and you said thank you, followed by a honk of your horn, I sent you flowers, and gifts because I wanted to somehow win you over because that’s how much I wanted you, and I still do. I saved your from that asshole who tried to rape you, and that drunk asshole from the Spread Eagle”.

Kate remembers all those days, she feels like a complete cunt for doing this to John. Yeah he fucking tortured people for their sins but that’s no excuse for her to be with him.

Yeah, he treated her well, he took care of her, he spoiled the hell out of her, he was there when she needed him, and she was there when he needed her. They both took care of each other, he loved her, he was crazy about her.

But he still forced people to join the cult, to confess, atone, and baptism. She hid a lot of her secrets about herself from him, because she didn’t want to scare him off.

When Merihem attacked her friends on their camping trip, she knew it was a demon when her friend Alissa said “A man with blackened eyes”. 

Her friend Dylan said the exact same thing. She accidentally let out that information about her in front of John. She knew she had to tell him about her past, whether or not he believed her.

Paige walks away from the kitchen, and goes upstairs to her room. Kenny walks in holding Cristina, asking her “Hey, you okay?” 

She nods her head, “Yeah, I was just-just over hearing Kate and John’s conversion in the kitchen”. 

He sits next to her, “And?”.

“He’s in love with her. Still. He remembered what she wore the day he first saw her, the color of her dog's collar, and leash. Everything he did for her, how he protected her from some rapist, and a drunk fuck”.

She sighs into her hands.

“So what are we gonna do about John?” he asks.

“We’ll keep him here, until I figure out a plan” she responds. 

“Which is?” he asks, uncertain 

“I don’t know. I know his henchmen are gonna come, and find him. I know that already”

They stay silent for a few minutes.

“Unless, tomorrow is Saturday, and Joseph has sermons on Sundays. Because if John doesn’t show up. Joseph is gonna be concerned why John isn’t there. And we just kill them all” she says.

“That’s a good plan, but I think we should really think it through” he tells her.

“Yeah, you're right” she responds.  

A few hours later, it's after 9PM, and John is still tied to a chair in the kitchen. 

Paige walks in, and sees him.

“Ooh, I forgot you were still here” she says to him. As she goes into the fridge

He mimics her as a response. 

Shortly after Mandy walks in.

“Hey” she says, with something clearly bothering her. 

She’s holding a white envelope. 

“Is Kate around?” she asks. 

“She went outside” John mumbles, through his gag.

“Thank you” she responds. 

“Well I want everyone to be here, when I say this” she says.

“What’s wrong?” Paige asks.

“I want everyone here” she says again.

“Kenny!!!!, Kate!!!!!, Guys!!!! Come to the kitchen!!!!” Paige yells out.

“What!?!?!” Martin yells from behind her, making her jump.

“You dick” she laughs.

Everyone comes downstairs, and Kate comes back inside.

“What’s going on?” she asks.

“Mom, has something to say to us” she says.

“Well actually Paige this is about you” she says

Paige looks at her confused. 

Mandy holds out the white envelope to her, and says. 

“I’m sure Jacob mentioned to you that he was in the Army” she says.

“Yeah, he was in dad’s unit in Iraq, they knew each other. He went on to insulting him, and calling him a coward and shit” she says.

Mandy looks down at the floor, “Open it” she says softly, slightly pointing to the envelope.

Paige opens the envelope, pulling out black and white photos.

The first face she sees is her dad Joel, next to him is a few guys, and a young Jacob Seed.

“Is that dad, and Jacob?” she asks. 

She flips the photo over, and reads “Iraq 11/1990” on the back.

Kate, Kenny, and all the guys stand behind her trying to get a glimpse at the photos.

The next photo she pulls out is one of Joel, and Jacob from what it looks like outside of a barracks in the desert. 

She flips the photo over, and “Iraq 10/1990” is written on the back.

The next photo is of Joel, Jacob and she can’t really tell what the name says but she’s sure it says Miller walking down a desert road in their full Army desert gear with assault rifles.

The back of the photo says “Iraq 01/1991”.

Everyone is looking over her shoulders, trying to get a glimpse of the photos.

Hell John is trying to seek a peek while tied to the chair.

“I mean yeah, dad and Jacob worked together in the Gulf War but that doesn’t really change everything” she says, tossing the photos on the kitchen table. 

Allowing John to have a look at them. 

Mandy grabs the envelope and pulls out a piece of paper. 

“Your dad also wrote a letter to Jacob, after he was discharged from the Army, both of them were at the same military hospital in Georgia. Your dad was able to leave before Jacob. Your dad moved in with me and my family, we got married in summer of 1992, we bought our first house a few months later. We even invited Jacob to the wedding but I guess he wasn’t able to make it. When I was pregnant with you Paige, your father wrote another letter to Jacob in September of 1994. This one is a copy but he should’ve gotten the original one” 

She hands her the letter, she unfolds it, and reads it.

To Jacob Seed 

I'm not sure if you'll get this letter, I was told you were still at the military hospital where we were staying when we were discharged.

I hope you're doing well, I know you're not the same man from before we went to Iraq.

Neither am I. I still get night terrors, I have PTSD and insomnia, I hope you get reunited with your brothers, I remember you used to talk about them a lot, Joseph and John right?. Well the reason why I'm writing to you is I really hope you're doing well, I hope you get reunited with your brothers and I also want to say that Mandy is pregnant, we're having a girl and I wanted to ask if you want to be her Godfather? Because you were always like a brother to me, we've both been through Hell and back, we've had our share with our personal demons, and all the shit we went through in that desert Hell. I hope to hear from you. Best regards

Sincerely Joel Winchester written 9/17/1994

Paige slowly folds the paper back into a square, tears falling from her face.

Just by the tears falling from her eyes, John wants to know what was said about his older brother from that letter. 

Paige tries to even out her breathing, Kenny is holding her from behind, trying to relax her.

“Jacob-Jacob was-was supposed to be my-my Godfather??” she asks, tears making her choke on her words.

Mandy nods with tears running down her face.

John is looking back and forth at Mandy and Paige. “Wait. wait!!” he mumbles.

Kate takes the gag out of his mouth.

“Hold on, my brother was supposed to be her Godfather?!?!?!!?” he asks, pointing his towards Paige. 

“Yes” Mandy answers softly.

Paige hasn’t said anything, too in shock to comprehend the man who tortured her for months, insulted her father, who he worked with during the war, and supposed to be her Godfather!!.

Her whole world was turned upside down by a piece of paper her dad wrote before she was even born.

“Paige you okay?” Kate asks.

“Honey you alright?” Kenny asks.

Paige’s mind goes blank, everything is happening too fast. Then it hit.

She had the sudden urge to vomit, she runs to the bathroom, and retched into the toilet. 

“I don’t know if she told you already but she’s pregnant” Mandy says to Kenny.

“What?!?!” he says, in shock. He goes to the bathroom, and knocks on the door.

“Paige? Honey you okay?” he asks through the door.

“Yeah” she wheezes out, before vomiting again.

“Your mom just told me you’re pregnant, is that true?” 

“Yes” she says, before vomiting again. 

Tears run down his cheek, he leans against the wall next to the bathroom door.

After a couple minutes, the toilet flushes, and the door opens.

Paige steps out looking a little pale, and red at the same time. 

“You okay?” he asks again.

She nods her head, “Yeah”.

She wraps her arms around him, hugging him tightly.

He kisses the top of her head.

Kate unties John from the chair, Paige and Kenny walk into the kitchen as she does this.

“What are you doing?” she asks Kate.

“We’re not really gonna leave him like this all night are we?” she asks.

“I wasn’t planning on it but I was okay with it” she says, sarcastically.

“Love you too Paige” John says, in a sassy tone.

“Yeah, don’t say those words to me” she says, hands on her hips.

“He can sleep in my room” Kate says, somewhat hesitantly.

 Paige gives her a stern look “Umm no he isn’t”.

“Umm yes he is” she sasses back.

“Fine,” she says, putting her hands up in defeat. 

“I’m too pregnant to be arguing with you about this” she says before she leaves the kitchen to go upstairs.

Kate rolls her eyes in annoyance, and says to John.

“She said the same thing when she was pregnant with Cristina”.

30 minutes later, everyone is getting ready to go to bed.

John, who doesn’t have any extra clothes, sleeps in his boxers.

Kate has her back to the man she onced loved, and is gonna share her bed with him one last time. 

She feels his weight on the bed next to her, his hand runs up her back.

Sending shivers down her spine. 

“You okay darling?” he asks. Laying on his side with one of his hands on her lower back.

She nods her head “Yeah I’m fine”.

She looks back at him with a smile.

Those piercing blue eyes of his, she knows she's gonna miss them.

She goes under the covers, and turns off the lights. 

He does the same thing, he looks over at her.

“Kate?” he whispers. 

“Yeah?” she replies.

“What happened to us?” he asks.

“Too much stuff to list” she answers.

“Yeah” he whispers.

She lays on her to face him, his eyes once again piercing into her soul.

“Have I ever told you, you have very beautiful eyes?” she asks, running her fingers through his beard.

He smiles at her “No, you haven’t”.

She smiles back at him ”Well you do”

He pulls her closer to him, where their noses touch. 

He leans in and softly kisses her lips. She hasn’t felt his lips in almost 2 years.

When she left Hope County, and moved back to Jackson, Wyoming. 

One thing lead to another, and the next thing she knew they were having sex, for the 1st time in 2 years. 

He felt amazing, his cock buried deep inside her, rubbing against the walls of her tight pussy.

Making her hold back her moans, and whimpers. He hasn't changed his game at all. He thrusts in and out of her, her hands roaming his back as fucks her. She missed his dick inside of her, how he held her as he penetrates her.

She knows this is wrong but it feels so right, she actually hates herself right now.

The next thing she knew it was morning, and she feels guilty about having sex with John.

She’s supposed to hate him, and yet she slept with him. She protected him, and still is!.

She sits up in her bed slowly trying not to wake him up. 

She sits there for a few minutes, she gets a message from Wheaty saying. 

“Hey K, check out this song” followed by a link to a video of the song.

She zones out, realizing her feelings for Wheaty.

After what just happened the night before, Kate finally realizes who she wants to be with. 

Part of her still loves John but she knows she can't be with him, at all. 

She gets out of bed, gets dressed, putting on black jeans, boots and a flannel shirt. 

She looks over at John who is dead asleep in her bed, looking at him one last time because she knows she's gonna have to let him go. 

It's for her own good, she's taking Paige's advice and is moving on from him. She quickly goes downstairs nearly colliding with her mom.

"Kate, where are you going?" Paige calls out.

"I'll be back!!!" she responds, running to her car.

She starts it up, and drives off the property, leaving behind a cloud of dirt.

“What is she up to?” Mandy asks.

“I don’t know, but I’m gonna have to find out” Paige responds. 

Kate drives down the road leaving Holland Valley into the Whitetail Mountains.

She gets to the area of the Wolf’s Den, climbing up the hill.

She sees the bunker door open as usual, and she walks down the dark steps.

“Wheaty?!” she calls out.

Wheaty, who is putting away records, hears her voice, he looks back at Eli and Tammy, and goes to where her voice is. 

Eli, and Tammy hear her, and they follow behind him.

“Is that Kate?” Eli asks.

She makes it to the bottom of the steps, and the second she sees Wheaty, she crashes her lips against his. Wrapping her arms around him. 

This actually startled Wheaty, he had no idea she was gonna come by, but he’s glad she did. He’s had a crush on her the moment he met her, when she first moved to Hope County a few years ago before she met John Seed.

He wraps his arms around her, pulling her closer to him. Kate knows she has to let John go, her family, and his family are enemies and she doesn’t want the whole Romeo and Juliet vibe. Let alone Paige wants to kill him for marking her with her sins, and just straight up annoying her. 

Part of her still loves John, but all he’ll ever be to her is an ex lover, maybe not much of a friend

She pulls away from their kiss, resting her head against his chest, neck area. 

“I know we’ve kissed before, but I’ve been waiting for our moment like this” he says, taken back by what just happened. Holding her tightly. 

“Yeah, me too” she says, holding him.

Tammy and Eli see them kissing, and they go back to whatever they were doing. 

Letting the soon to be couple have their privacy 

He kisses the top of her head, they stay like this for a few more minutes, and they hear footsteps coming down the bunker stairs. 

And they see Paige, and she sees Wheaty and her sister hugging.

Kate looks back at her, “Hey Paige” Wheaty says, smiling at her not letting go of Kate.

She smiles at them saying, “You’re finally over John”.

She nods at her older sister, “Yeah I finally got over him”.

A proud smile on her face 

“I heard what you said to John last night, about when you 2 first met” she says, crossing her arms.

“You heard that?” she asks, still holding Wheaty.

“Yeah, I heard everything, and to be honest I’m glad it was now instead of never, and I know how much he took care of you, but he’s not a good person. No matter how good he treated you” Paige says.

Kate nods her head, “Yeah me too. I know he wasn’t a good person, I just don’t know why it took me this long to realize it”

“Its fine, I’ll admit as much as I fucking hate to admit. John, he is a very handsome man, who probably has a golden dick, and he has a good job other than cutting off people’s skin, he’s a lawyer” she says, before saying “Or at least he thinks he is”.

The 3 of them laugh.

“Where is John?” Kate asks.

“At the house with everyone else” she replies.

“Hey Paige, I’m sorry for not listen-”

She cuts her off, by saying “No chick flick moments”

Kate scoffs, “Alright, jerk”

“Bitch” Paige responds. 

Wheaty looks at the both of them confused.

Paige gets a phone call from her mom, and she answers it.

“Hey mom, whats-” she gets cut off by her mom yelling in panic.

“Paige!!!, Paige!!! I need you and Kate to come home now!!” she yells in panic.

“Wait, wait mom, what's going on over there?!!” 

Kate and Wheaty look at her in concern.

Paige puts her phone on speaker.

“It's the peggies!!!!, they're here!!!!. John called for them!!!” 

Tammy, and Eli hear the commotion.

“That son of bitch” Paige mumbles in anger.

“It's the peggies, they took Adrian, Martin and Cody” she exclaims. 

“What??” Paige exclaims.

“Mom where are you?!?” Kate asks, in panic

“I locked myself in one the upstairs bathroom with Cristina” she tries her best to stay calm.

“Where’s Kenny, Nate and Mark!?!?!??” Paige asks.

“They locked themselves in one of the other rooms” she says. 

“Shit, sit tight we’ll be there soon” Paige says hanging up.

“Hurry!!!!!” she exclaims. 

“What is happening!?!” Eli asks, concerned in his voice.

“That lawyer fucker John called his merrymen of peggie douchebags, and they took 3 of my friends, and now they’re going after the others including my infant daughter!!!”

Paige and Kate run outside the bunker to the Impala, leaving Kate’s car behind.

“Paige, Kate!!!. Are you gonna need backup?!???!!” Eli yells out.

“If I don’t call back in 1 hour, get everyone, and go to St. Francis or Joseph’s compound. Wherever they could’ve taken them” Paige yells out back to Eli.

They speed down the road, not slowing down for anything. Driving 75 in 40 zone.

“Those motherfuckers, I’m gonna kill that little shit John” Paige yells out.

“No!” Kate says, loud and sternly.

Paige looks at her with anger. “Are you fucking seriousl? You’re still protecting that little shit?”

“No, if anyone is gonna kill John it's gonna be me” she says looking over at Paige.

“I let him loose, it's my fault. I’ll take full responsibility for that, and I’ll kill him” 

As they’re driving through an intersection they get hit from the driver side by a truck.

Sending the Impala tumbling through a field. Both sisters unconscious. 

They get dragged out of the vehicle by some peggies, putting them in the back of a truck, and driving off.

Paige, and Kate wake up several hours later, and the whole setting is too familiar to Paige, she starts to panic when she sees that she’s back in a cage at the Veteran’s Centre. 

She looks behind her, and Kate is struggling to wake up, disoriented and in pain.

All 4 Seed siblings appear in front of them. 

Both of them, in shock, and in disbelief.

Smug smiles on John and Jacob’s face that Paige would love to pimp slap off their faces.

“No, no” she says, shaking her head. 

She sees Joseph looking down while holding a purple,white plaid blanket, and she sees that he’s holding her daughter.

“No, no, no!!!!!!” she screams in panic.