based off 12.03

the foundry

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"All right, so what have you found on her Majesty's Secret Suckbags?" Dean asked. It was a few days after the British had come and the team was trying to find more on them.

"Well, I may have turned the bunker upside down looking for any reference whatsoever to the British Men of Letters, and all I found was this letter tucked into an old ledger, uh, from the 'London Chapterhouse,'" Sam said unfolding a letter.

"Okay, well that's something," Dean said setting his coffee down.

"Yeah uh...not so much," Sam told them. He turned the letter to Juno and Dean, Juno taking it. Most of the letters lines were blacked out, which left out a lot of blanks.

"Awesome," she sighed as Dean grabbed the letter from her.

"Morning, sunshine. Some coffee?" Dean asked as Cas walked into the doorway.

"No, thank you. I have to go," he told them, then turned to leave. The three at the table stood, beginning to follow him out.

"Cas?" Juno questioned.

"Cas, wait up," Dean said as well.

"Hey. Wait a second. Where you off to?" Sam asked. Castiel stopped, then turned to them.

"Cleveland, Ohio," he answered.

"For what?" Sam asked.

"I think I may have a lead on Lucifer. I found a police report in Cleveland about a man whose eyes flared a glowing red," Cas informed them. "It could be Lucifer in a new body."

"All right. Yeah, that sounds like something. We should go check it out," Dean stated.

"No. The Devil is free because of me. Finding him is my responsibility," Castiel stated.

"Cas, you're gonna want some backup on this," Juno told him tilting her head.

"Fine, I will allow one of you to go with me," Cas said looking between them.

"I'll stay here. Juno? Dean?" Sam asked turning to him. Juno turned to Dean, as he crossed his arms. Juno brought her fist into the palm of her hand, Dean tilting his head at her.

"Fine," he said rolling his eyes.

Minutes later, Juno was walking out of the bunker with Cas. Dean was sitting in the kitchen grumbling about how stupid rock-paper-scissors was. Juno stepped into the passenger seat, Cas getting int he drivers seat.

"You were going to take me anyways, weren't you?" Juno asked looking at Castiel.

"Yes. I would've told Dean he needed to stay here with his mom," Cas said as he began driving out of the garage.

"Knew it," Juno said with a slight smile. Cas drove down the road, heading for Cleveland, Ohio.

*****

Castiel and Juno sat in front of Tommy as they had been asking him about Vince Vincente. Juno went with a usual pant suit, and Castiel had gone without the trench coat. Of course, Tommy asked the usual, "Why does the FBI care?" To which Juno answered, "Boss is a big fan." So he began answering questions.

"Look...I been around all stripes of Vince, all right? Drunk Vince, depressed Vince, megalomaniacal 'I'm a Golden God' Vince. The Vince who threw me through that door...that wasn't him," Tommy said shaking his head. "And it wasn't just his eyes, man. I-I mean, the strength. He was like – He was like an MMA fighter. Hell, he was like 20." Tommy leaned back, taking another drink.

"If you hear from him, don't hesitate to call," Castiel told him.

"Okay, Agent...Beyonce?" Tommy said questionably as he looked at the card. Juno looked at Cas, then pulled out her own card and handed it to him. He nodded a thank you, Juno and Cas walking to the door.

"I guess that makes me Agent Jay Z." The two paused, turning to see Crowley sitting at the bar.

"Yeah, let's go," Juno said nodding at Cas. The two began walking out, Crowley following them quickly. They stepped outside, Crowley catching up.

"Bumping into each other, working the same leads. What are the odds, love birds? Fate brought us together!" Crowley exclaimed.

"I'm not interested," Cas said ignoring him.

"Why not? We made a somewhat effective team against Amara. It's been months, I mean months since we last tried to kill each other. Granted, I haven't tried to kill Juno yet, but we both got very, very good reasons to want Lucifer dead," Crowley argued as Cas was still ignoring him. Juno went to get in the passenger side, Crowley following her. He paused when he realized that Cas wasn't in the window. Juno watched as he walked back to the front of the car, Cas stepping into the window. Juno took a small step back, Crowley stepping next to her again. "Besides... while you were gabbing with Vince's second fiddle, I was ransacking his room. Found these. Postcards from his beloved sister Wendy." Juno snatched them out of his hand, studying the cards.

"There's an address on here. Bet we could get something out of her. See if he's got any childhood trauma Tommy didn't know about," Juno said looking at Cas. She set the post cards on the seat. Cas picked a few of them up, looking at the cards. He nodded at Juno, both of them climbing in the car.

"Hey, scoot over," Crowley said catching the door before it could close. Juno looked at Cas who simply nodded.

"Got to be kidding me," Juno said scooting over in her seat. Crowley climbed in, Cas then driving away from the hotel.

*****

Cas pulled the car up to Wendy Vincente's house, the three in the car stepping out. Juno took a deep breath of fresh air, happy that she wasn't squished between Castiel and Crowley anymore. Cas began checking his hair in the mirror, Crowley clearing his throat. Cas glanced up at him, then went back to fixing his hair. Juno rolled her eyes, grabbing Cas by the arm and pulling him towards the house. She knocked on the door, Wendy opening it.

"Wendy Vincente? I'm Special Agent Springfield, these are my partners," Juno said motioning to Cas and Crowley.

"Hello. I'm Agent Beyonce, and this is, um, Agent Zee. Um, we wanted to ask you a few questions about your bro-" Wendy slammed the door on Castiel, Juno nodding slightly at the reaction. "...ther. Do you think that happens to Sam and Dean?"

"Oh, all the time," Crowley told him. He disappeared, Juno rolling her eyes.

"She left the door unlocked," Juno muttered. She grabbed the handle, stepping inside the house as Crowley was standing in front of Wendy.

"Ah. So...Vince was here. Yesterday," Crowley said looking Wendy up and down.

"Odd. She's been recently healed," Cas said furrowing his eyebrows.

"Is that so? Let me guess – your brother got you up and walking again. And how are you enjoying the use of those legs?" Crowley asked. "You know, the gift he gave you, I can take away like –" Crowley rose his hand to snap his fingers, but Juno grabbed his hand before he could do anything. She put his arm down, stepping towards Wendy.

"The thing that healed you, that wasn't your brother. Something...something else, something old and evil. I...I think a part of you knows that," Juno said with a sincere smile. "We don't want to hurt Vince. We wanna help him." Wendy looked to Cas and Crowley who both nodded.

"He showed up out of the blue and he fixed me like a miracle. But he did it cold, like...it was nothing to him. Like he was running an errand. Barely said a word," Wendy told them with a sharp breath. "And then he just took off with his groupie friend."

"His groupie friend?" Castiel asked.

"Red-headed broad. Didn't say much," Wendy said. Juno and Cas turned to Crowley as he sheepishly looked away.

*****

"So Vince's cabin in Sagamore Hills...apparently, all of his greatest records were written there – 'Serpentine,' 'Theatre of Mercy'..." Crowley listed off as they walked away from the house.

"I should've known there was something you weren't telling me. Rowena?" Cas questioned as he stopped.

"So mother and I had an unfortunate, if not rather embarrassing, run-in with Lucifer. You're just mad because you're only my second choice for a Lucifer-hunt team-up," Crowley said with a slight shrug.

"No, actually I think it's sweet. I thought your motivation was ambition and revenge, but now I know you just wanna save your mother," Castiel said with a sarcastic pouting face.

"It's not about saving her. Lucifer has made off with a colossally powerful witch who, by the way, is the only person alive who can slam him back in the cage," Crowley snapped at him. "He will either kill her, control her, or she will offer her services to the biggest bad in town in order to save her neck, like she always does. Do any of those sound like particularly good outcomes to you?"

"Cas, can I talk to you?" Juno asked. He nodded, walking away from Crowley with her. Juno glanced at Crowley, then turned to Cas. "How can we even trust him? He's the King of Hell and has tried to kill you several times."

"We have no other allies that are in search for Lucifer. He might also be the only person Rowena trusts besides herself," Cas said with a sigh.

"But they're always saying horrible things about each other," Juno said furrowing her eyebrows. "They've got some serious issues."

"He's our only lead on Lucifer right now, we need him," Cas told her. Juno sighed as he was right, then looked at Crowley. He waved with a smile, Juno rolling her eyes at him.

"Let's just go," she grumbled. They all got in the truck, Juno leaning closer towards Castiel. Crowley noticed, furrowing his eyebrows.

"If we're getting cozy, I can get much closer," he offered.

"No," Cas and Juno snapped at the same time. Crowley grimaced at them, leaning back into the door as Cas drove away from Wendy's house.

*****

By the time they had reached Vine's little cabin in the woods, it was nearly sundown. They had to make their search quick and stealthy so they wouldn't get caught by Lucifer. That was their biggest problem right now: Lucifer. He takes one look at the three and they're all dead.

Juno tightened her grip on her angel blade as she rounded the corner behind Cas who was behind Crowley. Crowley turned to Cas, motioning for them to stay following behind. They both motioned for him to keep going, Crowley stepping forward again.

"If your looking for Lucifer, you just missed him." They each turned to see Rowena sitting in a rocking chair outside while drinking a cup of tea. "Cup of tea?" She set the tea down, standing and walking with them. "Until you forced me to get back in the game, I'd tried to forget about Lucifer. I loathe him, and I loathe that I had any part in letting him out of the pit he belongs in."

"So you'll help us, then?" Castiel asked her.

"Good God, no. That whole FBI pantsuit look? Not my hex bag. But if you get Lucifer cornered and find yourself in need, I'm there," Rowena told them with a slight nod.

"Thank you, Rowena," Juno said with a light smile. She nodded to Cas, the two turning and walking towards the truck. Juno walked to the passenger side, pausing when she noticed Crowley walked over. "Okay, I can't do this." Cas glanced at Crowley, then turned to Juno as she was walking towards the demon.

"Juno, stop," Cas said trying to grab her arm.

"Look, Crowley, this isn't a three man job anymore. Thank you for helping us find mommy dear, but we can get from point A to point B just fine without you," Juno said stopping in front of him.

"Really? Because it seems as though your angel is protesting otherwise," Crowley said looking at Cas. Juno turned to him as he quickly looked away.

"You really think we won't get tired of you immediately and go through this whole conversation over again?" Juno asked raising an eyebrow.

"He's the only one of us that has access to Hell, we need him," Cas stated.

"Yes, thank you," Juno said pointing to Cas. She paused as she realized what Cas had said. "Wait, what?"

"Crowley is the only one of us three that has full access to Hell and will now when Lucifer steps foot in it. We'll know when he's in Heaven. Crowley, sadly, may prove useful to this mission," Cas said with a slight frown. Juno widened her eyes at him, then back at Crowley who had a smug smile on his face. She took a deep breath as she nodded slowly.

"Alright, then he's not riding with us everywhere," Juno said turning to Cas. "He can teleport, we can't. Guess he'll just have to wait for us or learn how to drive his own car."

"Fine," Crowley said. He disappeared making Juno nod slightly. She turned to Cas who was tilting her head at her.

"Oh, don't give me that look," she said narrowing her eyes at him. "You want to tell me right now that Crowley isn't the most annoying person in the world?"

"No," Cas said with a sigh.

"Then let's go," Juno said walking towards the truck. They got in the car, Castiel beginning to pull away from the cabin.

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oh boy. crowley + castiel +juno?

how do we think that's gonna go.