Chapter 151 : Fallen Angel
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
Henry stood outside the house with a small travel bag slung over his shoulder. Bela and Madison had come out to see them off while Dean leaned against the Impala, waiting impatiently.
Henry smiled at the two women.
"Well, I really have to get back to my day job."
He looked directly at Bela and pointed a finger at her.
"And, Bela... don’t even think about going back to any of your old jobs while I’m gone."
Bela rolled her eyes dramatically.
"Please. I’m offended you’d even think I’d do that."
Henry raised an eyebrow.
"You say that now, but I know you."
Bela simply smiled innocently, which only made Henry even more suspicious.
Shaking his head, Henry walked over to the Impala, opened the rear door, and climbed into the back seat.
Dean started the engine while Sam settled into the passenger seat.
Henry leaned back comfortably and looked at the two brothers with a grin.
"Well..."
"I guess it’s time for the three bachelors to get back to where we left off."
Dean glanced at him through the rearview mirror and smirked.
"About damn time."
With the familiar roar of its engine, the black Impala pulled away from the house and disappeared down the road, carrying the three hunters toward whatever nightmare awaited them next.
"So, where are we going?" Henry asked from the back seat of the Impala. "Another case? Haunted cabin? Or something else?"
Sam looked down at the newspaper clipping resting on his lap.
"Connor Beverly Behavioral Medicine Center, Ohio."
He handed the article to Henry.
"One of the hospital’s caretakers was found dead, and one of the patients escaped shortly afterward."
Henry skimmed through the article before handing it back.
"So what? That doesn’t sound like our kind of case."
Dean glanced at him through the rearview mirror.
"The patient who escaped had been talking nonstop about demons, angels, the Apocalypse... the usual end-of-the-world stuff."
Henry’s expression remained calm, but inwardly he frowned.
Who the hell is this now?
For some reason, he had a very bad feeling about this case.
***
Twenty-four hours later, after taking turns driving through the night, the Impala finally rolled into Ohio.
The three hunters soon arrived outside Connor Beverly Behavioral Medicine Center.
As usual, they were dressed in dark suits, looking every bit like federal agents.
Inside the hospital, they were greeted by the physician overseeing the case.
"The patient’s name is Anna Milton," the doctor explained as he led them down the hallway. "She was admitted because she suffers from severe delusions. She constantly talks about Heaven, Hell, the Devil, the coming Apocalypse, and all kinds of monsters."
Dean gave Henry an amused look.
"Sounds like she finally watched one horror movie too many."
The doctor smiled politely.
"Most of our patients believe things like that. They become convinced the supernatural is real."
He stopped outside Anna’s former room and opened a cabinet.
"Anna also spent most of her time drawing."
The doctor handed a thick sketchbook to Henry.
Henry opened it while Sam and Dean leaned in beside him.
The first few pages looked completely ordinary.
There were sketches of churches, stained-glass windows, forests, and lonely roads.
Then Henry turned another page.
The three hunters froze.
Drawn across the center of the page was the Mark of Witness.
Dean’s expression instantly changed.
"...No way."
Sam stared at the symbol.
"How the hell does she know about the Mark of Witness?"
Henry remained silent as he continued turning the pages.
The next drawing showed several angels descending from the sky.
Beneath one of them was a single name.
Castiel.
Henry’s eyes narrowed.
Another page depicted Samhain.
Written beneath the illustration were the words:
The Seal has not yet been broken.
A chill ran through the room.
Henry slowly turned to the final page.
The three of them fell completely silent.
The drawing was rough, clearly made from memory rather than observation, but there was no mistaking who it was meant to depict.
It was Henry.
The resemblance wasn’t perfect, yet it was unmistakable enough that Dean and Sam immediately recognized him.
Henry’s gaze shifted to the words written beneath the sketch.
Not Human.
For several long seconds, no one in the room said a single word.
The doctor smiled awkwardly, clearly unaware of the effect the sketchbook had just had on the three men.
"You see?" he said as Henry closed the book. "It’s just a collection of delusions. Hell, angels, monsters... it’s exactly the sort of thing you’d expect from someone suffering from severe psychosis."
Henry shut the sketchbook..
"Yeah."
He gave a small nod.
"Definitely delusional."
Outwardly, he looked completely unconcerned.
Inside, however, everything had fallen into place.
Anna Milton...
Right. Now I remember.
She wasn’t delusional.
She was the angel who had fallen to Earth.
Then another thought crossed his mind.
Do all angels think I’m not human?
Henry resisted the urge to sigh.
Yeah, technically I’m not completely human anymore... but did they really have to write it down?
He kept his expression perfectly neutral, making sure neither Dean nor Sam noticed anything unusual.
Unfortunately, the damage had already been done.
Dean’s mind drifted back to his conversation with Castiel in the park.
"Your cousin is hiding things from you."
"When something ceases to be human... it is only a matter of time before it becomes something hunters are forced to kill."
Sam wasn’t faring any better.
Ruby’s words echoed in his head.
"Maybe the person who came back isn’t entirely the same person who went in."
"Whatever happened between Henry and Lilith... something changed."
Neither brother said a word.
Neither of them wanted to believe it.
But after seeing Anna’s drawing—and the words Not Human written beneath Henry’s face—the small seed of doubt planted by Castiel and Ruby began to take root.
For the first time since Henry had returned alive from Lilith’s trap, both Winchesters found themselves asking the same question.
Is Henry really still the same cousin who left... or has something else come back in his place?
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