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𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋 𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄
CHAPTER TWO— KELLY KLINE'S LEGACY

BUNKER COMMON ROOM:

Jenna hadn't left Jack's side since he came back all bruised and battered from fighting demons. The girl refused to let Jack get hurt again so she stuck protectively by his side.

The two were walking to the common room when they heard a conversation that they were missing. "And yet every time I look at him, all I can see is the supreme agent of evil..." The twins made their presence known to Bobby, Mary, Castiel, and Sam.

"You talking about our dad again?" The four whipped around in shock, not expecting the twins to even be out of their rooms yet. Sam's mouth parted open slightly as he tried to come up with something to say to them, Lucifer and Nick were heavy subjects for both twins.

"We understand. Being around Nick...it's hard for us, too" Jenna spoke up, remembering the first time she got a look at Nick as himself and not Lucifer's vessel.

She had been looking for Sam. Maggie told her where he was, in the dungeon. Without thinking, Jenna went down there and saw Sam with Nick. The former vessel stared at her as she stared right back. But before either he or Sam could say anything, the girl left as she was flooded with memories of Lucifer.

"Uh, Jack, Jenna, we're going to need you two to sit this mission out. Not a permanent thing" Mary tried to ease into it, hoping she wouldn't upset either twin. "I know last time, I sucked when it mattered, and I need to improve. So...that's what I'm gonna do. Jenna is going to help me" Jack told them as he remembered how horrible he felt after failing to fight the demons.

"Alright, okay" Sam cocked his gun. "Let's go".

BUNKER LIBRARY:

After talking with Nick, Castiel went to go look for Jack and Jenna. He wasn't too surprised to find them in the library.

They were constantly reading books that even so much as mentioned a Nephilim or archangel in it. There were even times when they were reading about normal angels too. Anything they could to get information about what the hell was happening.

"Looks like about...two centuries of biblical lore. Light reading" Castiel spoke, getting the attention of the rather focused twins.

"We're researching how long it takes archangel grace to replenish" Castiel frowned to himself, looking between both twins with sympathy as he remembered what it felt like for him to lose his grace.

"Well, archangels being exceedingly rare, the data on that is woefully scant" Jenna frowned also. She was lucky to still have some of her grace left, but her brother wasn't so lucky. She felt guilty that she had more than him yet she was still upset and complaining to herself about it.

"The books say it can take from a month to—" Castiel stopped Jack. "A century. Yeah. Complicating factor being your human component, which slows the process" Castiel waited a second before speaking again.

"Jack, Jenna, um...mourning what you've lost...it's wasteful. Might be smarter to focus on what you both still have" Jack grew upset, angry even.

"You don't understand what we're going through" Jack snapped, slightly flustered at his own outburst. Castiel sighed, knowing that he would have to tell them about the time he lost his grace.

"Yes, I do...a little. At the time of the Great Fall, when angels were banished from heaven, I lost what I thought was everything. I had no grace, I had no wings. I felt hopeless and useless" Both twins absorbed the information.

"What did you have left?" Jenna asked quietly. She couldn't even imagine what it was like for Castiel to lose his grace. The twins had always been half-human no matter what so they had a bit of an idea what human life would be like. But Castiel, he had been an angel longer than humanity had been around.

"Well, uh...well, I had Sam and Dean. But I had something else that was extremely helpful. I had myself. Just the basic me, as, uh...as Dean would say, without all the bells and whistles. You know, Sam and Dean, they weren't born with their expertise. They've been at it since they were children. Failing, winning, developing over the years. Patience, persistence - those are skills too. The past, where you come from, that's important, but it is not as important as the future and where you're going".

KLINE HOUSEHOLD:

Jenna and Jack felt bad for leaving Castiel without telling him where they were going, but they each knew that he would've tried to stop them. Both twins knew everything about their biological father and the life he came from but neither knew much about the life their mother came from.

The two took the bus all the way to their maternal grandparent's house. They knew they couldn't tell them who they really were, so they decided to pretend that they worked with Kelly Kline.

"Are you sure this is a good idea? We look like mom, they might catch on" Jenna looked at her brother with worry. To be honest that wasn't what the girl was worried about. She was more worried about slipping up, getting too emotional and having her powers act out.

Jack seemed to know what her true worry was, grabbing her hand comfortingly. "You'll be fine, sister" Jack stayed optimistic, having full faith in his twin.

The two took a deep breath as they arrived at the Kline's doorstep. Jenna's grip on Jack's hand slightly tightened before she knocked.

Not too long after knocking, a woman with a beautiful shade of silver hair answered the door. She looked beautiful and free.

"Can I help you?" Jenna could only think about her mother, how this woman raised her mother who gave up her life just to give birth.

"Mrs. Kline?" Jack spoke when Jenna was too lost in thought. "Yes?" She looked between the two, oddly noticing a resemblance to her daughter.

"We're friends...of your daughter. Kelly" A new man, Mr. Kline, walked to the door at the mention of his daughter. "Oh?" He glanced at the twins.

"My name is Jack, this is Jenna" Mr. Kline looked a bit shocked at their names. "So is mine! And Jenna is my sister's name" Jenna blinked back any tears that tried to burst out of her eyes.

"I know" Jack mumbled. "Well please, come in!" Mrs. Kline offered. The two gladly entered the house.

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The four were now in the living room. Mr. Kline sat on a chair across from the couch where the twins sat while Mrs. Kline entered the living room with a glass for each twin to drink from.

"We were in the area and wanted to say hello" The twins smiled at Mrs. Kline when she set down the drinks for them. "Thank you," Both said politely. "Kelly always had such nice things to say about her family" Jack added.

"So how did you know our Kelly? Through work?" Mrs. Kline wondered. "She basically gave us our start" Jenna smiled at the fact that this was true, Kelly gave them their start at life.

"So you two were like her interns" Mrs. Kline stated. Before they could respond, Mr. Kline finally spoke up.

"Took you two under her wing. That's just like her" The couple chuckled. "We haven't heard from her in a long time" Mr. Kline added, slightly frowning at the thought of not knowing if his daughter was okay.

"Well, she went traveling, but she couldn't tell us where" Mrs. Kline corrected, trying to sound less brutal. "She really couldn't, Mrs. Kline" Jenna spoke softly.

"Well, she went traveling, but she couldn't tell us where" Jack and Jenna nodded, Mr. Kline nodded sadly.

Jenna's eyes traveled to a photo album that was already placed on the table. Mrs. Kline's eyes lit up when she saw what Jenna was looking at.

"Oh, please" Jenna opened the photo album to see what she assumed was old pictures of her mother. "Is that her?" Jack smiled brightly at the picture of his mother. She looked so much like them, a look of purity in her eyes, way before the world corrupted her.

"Mhmm. Sixth grade. She won the spelling bee. "Chrysanthemum" was the winning word" Mrs. Kline beamed with pride. "Lucky. We grew 'em in the yard" Mr. Kline added, smiling slightly when he saw the purity in Jenna's eyes just like he did with Kelly.

Mrs. Kline hesitated for a second before speaking up. "Forgive me, but, uh—Kelly told us she was pregnant. We didn't push for details, We felt she'd tell us more when she was ready" Jack slightly squeezed his sister's hand.

They had no idea that their grandchildren were sitting on their couch. The grandchildren who should be babies, but aged up as soon as they were born to keep themselves safe. They were half human like Kelly and good just like her.

"She, uh, gave birth. Twins, a girl and a boy" Jenna told them. The Kline's both laughed and cried with joy. "We have a granddaughter and a grandson" Jenna grew somber, though she hid it as best as she could.

"You do. And in the time I spent with her, she was an amazing mother. Her son and daughter love her very much" Mrs. Kline sighed. "I can just imagine".

"She would sing, and talk to them, even before they were born. She made them feel safe and wanted. We heard her tell them that it isn't fate, or her, or their dad who sets their path - it's themselves, who they choose to be" The two parents smiled with pride. They knew their daughter would be the best.

"I know it's nutty, but, Jack and Jenna here kind of look like her, see?" Mrs. Kline told her husband before holding up the young picture of Kelly. The resemblance was definitely noticeable now. The twins grew uncomfortable.

"I don't know. But, I hope someday to have a little of her courage and purpose" Jack finished his speech-like work when Jenna decided to speak up. "We didn't mean to intrude," She said.

"Oh, no, no, not at all" Mrs. Kline reassured the girl. "Hey, no," Mr. Kline said at the same time. Both were grateful to have the two coworkers of their daughter at their house. They didn't get to see their daughter anymore since she was working with the government. Having these two(who looked a lot like their daughter) there felt like having a piece of their daughter back.

"We just had to meet you" Jenna admitted. "If either of you see Kelly, tell her we miss her" Mr. Kline looked sad, he genuinely missed her. "We will. We miss her too" Mrs. Kline couldn't hold herself back, now hugging the twins. Tears were all around in everyone's eyes.

BUNKER HALLWAY:

Castiel was extremely upset with the twins as soon as they came back. Jenna had been proud that she didn't have an emotional, angelic outburst of sadness.

"Jack, Jenna, what were you two thinking taking that kind of risk?" Castiel started his scolding. "It wasn't a risk" Castiel started sputtering, flabbergasted at their naiveness.

"To-to go out there alone? Jack, Jenna, you two have been on the radar of every angel and demon and power broker in creation since the day you guys were born and I'm sorry, but you're not exactly yourselves" Both twins frowned.

"Weak, defenseless, and not in control you mean" Jack scowled. "I mean that the possibility of capture is real, yes" Castiel tried to correct, looking over at Jenna who looked ashamed of leaving the bunker and defying orders.

"We heard what you were saying, Cas, about us finding out where we came from. We never knew our mother. I thought the next best thing might be for us to meet the only real family that we have left, besides each other" Castiel sighed in frustration.

"That is not—" He stopped himself, calming down before trying to act more relaxed. "Did it help?" The twins nodded in unison. "And you didn't tell them who you were, did you?" Castiel questioned, looking between the twins.

"Of course not," Jack said truthfully. Jenna looked at her chosen father. "We wanted to. We wanted to tell them that we were their grandchildren. They actually thought we looked a lot like her" Castiel nodded in agreement.

"We...I should've told them that she died. But they love their daughter so much that I couldn't. I should've " Jenna admitted.

"What you did you did from a place of kindness. I suppose there are worse ways to be human than to be kind" Castiel reassured/praised the Nephilim.

"Really?" She inquired, not believing that not telling them was a lot worse. "Really" Jenna smiled softly. "I'm going to my room to lie down," She said before leaving. Jenna had no idea about the conversations that would unfold when she left, about Dean and Michael.