Inquires of The Truth

October 2012, Starling City.

Oliver stared at the nightclub that he used as a cover for his base. Verdant was a simple club but it was the easiest way to hide. He could remember the last time he smiled truthfully. Diggle looked at him as he suited up for that night's list member. It wouldn't be long before he realized that he would need a different strategy for his crusade. 

March 2013, Starling City  

The Hood aimed an arrow at Moira Queen after he had crashed through Queen Constldated's tower and disabled her guards. The man under the hood tried not to let his voice quiver as he warned her," Moira Queen, you have failed this city."

She went for her phone and the Hood fired a warning arrow before telling her," Stand still!"

"Please don't kill me," she unknowably pleaded to her own Son. Ignoring the plead for the moment he asked her," Do you know anything about your husband's disappearance?" 

" What?"

"Is Walter Steel still alive?" 

Honestly telling the truth, at least for the time being Moira answered," I don't know where my husband is... I swear."

Filing that away for later the Hood asked," Do you know anything about the Undertaking?"

Only this time the older woman tried to sound an alarm but the Hood hissed out a warning to her," I said don't move!"

Playing the mother card Moira stated shakenly," I'm... I'm a mother. I have a son... Oliver. A daughter, her name is Thea. She's just a teenager," She pleaded this while holding up a photo of Thea and Oliver then cried out," Please don't take me from my children. They lost their father. They can't lose me, too."

The hood looked at her as she pleaded with him," Please, whoever you are, please..."

He pulled his bow down and said," Okay, I'm not going to hurt you." 

As he said this Moira pulled out a gun and shot the man. This lead to Felicity Smoke being formally inducted into Team Arrow as well as the partial downfall of the Undertaking. 

August 12, 1958: Normal, Illinois. 

Willam Butyrumager, Henry Winchester, and Josie Sands stood in front of the hidden entrance to the Illinois chapter of the American Men of Letter. The latter two would be indited in that night if all went right. 

However with the death of most of the members, including Willam, who allowed for Henry's escape through time and into the year 2013. 

Early November 2013; Men of Letter Bunker, Laurance Kansas. 

Henry tumbled out of the time portal and into the library of the Bunker in front of Sam, Gabriel, Dean, Castiel, Abel, Alphie, Kate, Furgus, Bobby, Kevin, and Crowley. The later jumped and looked at the young man before glancing to the Winchester boys and sighing," I'm going call the Professor." 

He walked off just as Lucas, Claire and Jessie ran into the room being followed by Sahla and Hela. Henry looked around the room and asked," Which of you is John Winchester?"

Gabriel looked at Sam who clenched his fist before stating," No one is. And no you didn't do your spell wrong. John Winchester has been dead for years now. Want to tell us who you are?"

"Not now. I'm thinking," Henry replied. Dean growled as Castiel held him back from attacking the man as Lucas looked at him before saying," You are not from this time... are you?"

"What year is it?" Henry asked. Abel hummed," November 2013. If I remember correctly, you're from 1958."

Henry nodded before saying," Thank you. Gentlemen, in the absence of any and all other explanations, I'm afraid this has been a marvellous, tragic misunderstanding. I'll be on my way."

Gabriel laughed," No, it really isn't hoss... this is worse than when that kid time jumped back in '03." 

Hel looked at her father before asking," Did anyone ever find him?"

"Not that I know of, no. Still not sure what caused that occurrence either," He replied before Dean turned back to Henry," That's not happening." 

"And why not? There are things of grave importance. I do not have time to deal with the likes of you," Henry asked. Dean rolled his eyes," Right, You're not going anywhere, till we get some answers."

Sam sighed as Crowley slandered into the room," Right, Angel and the Professor confirmed the date. Man's Henry Winchester, you three's grandfather." 

Henry looked at the demon as he pocketed his mobile before humming," Date's right I suspect. Angel'll be over in a few with Harry. "

Henry eyed the man before Dean asked the elder Winchester," well, before Azirphale get here, do you think you could start telling us what brought you here?" 

He folded his arms and Henry frowned before stating, so matter in factly," I'm quite certain this is all beyond your understanding, my alpha-male-monkey friend."

Sam rolled his eyes as Abel chuckled," We understand more than you think, Gramps. So why don't you start explaining before the thing you were running from shows up... what's its name, Crowley?"

"Abbadon... I believe, knight of Hell. And if I remember correctly, was sent to stop a pastor from finishing a 'cure' for demons. Only worked on former humans, but the concept is still the same," Crowley listed off before Henry interrupted," Gramps?" 

Dean hummed," John Winchester, your son is our dad."

Laurance, Kansas: Motal somewhere.

A closet rattled as it busted open with a flash of bright light and a woman with auburn hair, crystal blue eyes and a blood-stained white dress stumbled out as she hissed," Silly man..."

Only to stop when she realized that there wasn't anyone else in the room. She frowned and huffed," abanding me? Well, that is no way to treat a lady."

"Too bad you aren't one, isn't it?" A voice called out. Flicking her eyes around the room she found no one who could source it but the telly flickered on and a strangely familiar face echoed onto the screen. She glanced at it as the voice returned," Hello Abaddon... it has been an age hasn't it?"  

Abaddon glared at the "man" in the television and frowned," Crowley( pronounced Craw-lee instead of Crow-lee) how in the nine hells are you able to do that?"

"Being second in charge of Hell get's you some powers, sweetheart. I think the question here should be, how are you here?" Fergus replied. The knight of Hell looked at him and asked," You? Second in charge? What happened to Beelzebub, Dagon, the Dukes, Princes or the sisters of Eve?" 

Fergus frowned then said," Oh they're still around, but the boss put me in second in command for certain reasons." 

She glared then asked," Where is Henry Winchester?" 

"Can't say I know who you are talking about..." He lied before the Telly flickered off. 

Men of Letter's Bunker.

Henry frowned at the news as he pulled out a photo of himself and a young John. Sam sighed as he asked," How you doing?"

"I'll be fine. After all, despite everything, I've just met my grandsons... uh... where are we anyway?" He asked. Before he could answer there was a knock on the door. Alphie, Castiel and Bobby quickly got up and the later two headed up to the bunker's door as Bobby sighed and huffed," I'm going to call Samual... see if he knows anything about knights of hell, then I'll go see what the vaults have." 

Dean and Abel nodded at their seregot uncle as Alphie opened the door to show Aziraphale, Harry and Hermoine. Gabriel smiled as he looked at his daughter and said," Mia... kiddo, how are you?"

"Pa... I am doing wonderful. Pans wanted to come with but there was a Wizmagon meeting that she had to be at. They're reviewing Rose's new petition for a new schooling plan as well as Draco's request for a new form of prison standers at Azkaban. Harry is having Fred sit in for him," She explained as she walked down the stairs followed by Aziraphale and Harry. The young man shook his head as he took off his travelling cloak and hung it on the coat stand next to the stairs, then looked at Crowley before saying," We were over at the shops when we got your call, pops," He turned to Henry and hummed," You must be Henry Winchester..."

He went quiet before asking," How were you able to tap into the power of your soul?" 

Sam glanced at his grandfather than to Harry and Hermoine before asking," I thought soul magic was banned back in 1925?"

"In the MACUSA yes... but the American chapter of the men of Letters followed no such laws as their magic wasn't picked up on by the MACUSA's Aurors, instead they fell under the laws of the druidic and hedgewitch communities," Aziraphale replied before frowning at Henry the explained," As to where you are, I believe you aware of the Bunker in Larawance correct?" 

Henry nodded before asking," You said followed, as in past tense. Douse that mean the Men of Letters, disbanded?"

"Most of them died, and the only one who didn't give his key to our sister to give to Dean, Sam and Abel when posable," Alphie explained as he headed out of the room Abel sighed," Sam and Dean grew up under the ways of their mother's side, Hunters. Bobby's a decedent of Agus Nutter, Fergus it Crowley's son, Crowley is a fallen angel, Aziraphale, Castiel, and Alphie are angels, Gabriel is the Archangel Gabriel, the pagan God Loki," He pointed to each person as he named them( except Fergus as he wasn't there) before pointing to Jessie, Hela, and Sahla," Jessie Turner is a cambion, Hela is the Goddess Hela of the unhonored dead, Sahla is natural born Witch from France, I am Sam and Dean's Half brother, and that's my mother. Claire is Castiel's adoptive daughter, Lucas is a mistic while Kevin over there is a profit."

Henry stared at him before the younger Winchester brother sighed," I also have about seven to eight souls in me." 

Crowley hummed before Aziraphale asked," If this knight is after him, where are they?"

"Wards missed placed her in a motel in town," Fergus said as reappeared in his chair. He sighed and said," She might end up trying to reinstate the Console."

Crowley shuddered as He listed off what he knew about the knights," The knights of hell were hand-picked by Luci himself. First of the fallen humans, mistakenly known as first-born demons. Very bad news." 

Bobby came back into the room then with a tome and said," There's a legend here stating that an Archangel had killed all of them, which I am guessing isn't true."

"Not true.. on two accounts, Wasn't an archangel, and one escaped. A certain son of Adam, first knight of hell actually," A British voice answered. Crowley glanced over as Fergus smiled as they looked over to see Adam Young and Warlock. The blond smiled and said," Fergus, care to explain why Bezzl was buzzing at my door two hours ago?" 

"Abbadon."

"That would do it wouldn't it," Warlock chuckled as he smiled at Harry and Hermoine," Harry, Mia, it's been an age."

"It's your own fault there, We've invited you to to our dinners each month," The master of death countered before he sighed," Well, we've got the manpower to go full-on kamikaze on this knight unless that's going send a ripple out?"

He shot the last question to Gabriel who hummed," Not sure... only two who could know truthfully and fully..." 

Aziraphale sighed," The Professor didn't say anything on this before we left." 

"Who is this professor?" Henry asked. Gabriel hummed as Dean replied," a time-travelling alien from space. They and their friend the Doctor warned us of this whole thing a few years back. Speaking off, I've got a video chat with my physiatrist." 

Dean walked out and into the Library and booted up his laptop as he started his video call with Dr Martin. Linda Martin was the perfect physiatrist for all four Winchester boys, and through some clarifications on her own family history by Tenebris and Nixi, knew of the other side of the world( which come three years, is going to make her even more equipped to put up with Lu, not that anyone knew that of course) which made things easier on Dean. When the video call was answered the blonde doctor smiled at Dean and said," Hello, Dean. How are you doing today?"

"Strangely alright... my grandfather just appeared from 1958. It's weird, I expected to hate the guy. Ya know?" Dean answered as he thumbed on the desk. Linda nodded," That's expected, from your perspective he had run out on your father. Possibly causing his extreme change after your mother's death, Do you not hate him?"

"No... I feel sorry. Because that means something happens while he is here that caused him not to be able to go back. I don't know if I can watch someone else in my family... I don't know." 

"Most don't, Dean." 

They continued on in that manner for an hour before Linda had to end the call for her next appointment. Dean shut down the laptop and walked out to see the other talking about some sort of politics. Cass looked at him and asked," Dean?"

"I'm good... did we get an answer from out time experts?" Dean asked Sam who sighed," We can't, as Harry put it, Go full kamikaze on Abbadon... Something about a profitcy about civil war below or something along those lines." 

Kevin frowned before sighing,"  Weary not of any Truth come to Light, but all Lies in the Dark. Know that once Learned, None will forget again. The Darkness shall come and pass, but After, Only, Below and Above's reform and War. The Beacon re-lit, The Oncoming Storm passed, The Chosen of Anubis returned, The Once and Future Kingdome restored, The Bad Wolf Finds her One." 

Those who had heard those lines before bristled but Gabriel sighed," looks like it's inevitable." 

"You're going down that road as well Gabriel?" Crowley asked. The Archangel sighed," The darkness shall come and pass. The darkness is an entity, My father's sister... MY aunt. Which means either Cain is killed or he transfers the mark to someone on a misguided attempt at something. Either way, it's a near-death sentence for Tenebris."

Dean stared at her as Adam asked," Why?"

"Our aunt tried to kill her, hence why we had to cage her... Tenebris was about in the same stage of life as a toddler was. No more than 3," Gabriel muttered before sighing. Sam looked at Henry and Gabriel sighed before they set to work setting into the place of their plan.

The plan was simple really as Harry placed a death seal on Henry so he would not die by the hands of any created demon( meaning any former human wither they were princes, lords, knights, crossroads, or any run of the mill demons it wouldn't matter as long as they weren't natural-born or fallen) and the Winchester boys lured Ababbdon into an abandoned warehouse not too far from the bunker. As the occult and celestial beings could not interfere much with this the part of the plan to 'kill' Ababbdon was to cut her into frankstine pieces. Thus a few hours later fond Dean, Abel and Sam covered head to toe in demon blood and Henry smiling proudly at the three boys.

Meanwhile: Port Haven Psychiatric facility, Baltimore, Maryland

Freddy Lounds sat across from Nixi, the mystic staring, seeming into her soul, in Abigail's room. The reporter glanced at the dirty blond as Abigail asked her," So you're not a doctor, a nurse, or a psychiatrist?"

"I'm a journalist, I want to tell the truth. Your truth, sometimes that involves some deception, but know this, I will never lie to you," Lounds replied. Nixi humphed at this as she hissed under her breath," Sounds like something a liar would say." 

The reporter ignored the other women as she continued," If you tell me what you know, I can help you fill in the blanks."

Abigail glanced first at Nixi, who nodded softly to her, then countered," How about you tell me what you know?"

Seemingly to expect that response Lounds answered in a false sympathetic tone," Your dad was the Minnesota shrike. Your mother wasn't the first person your father killed. He killed eight girls... eight girls that looked...." 

Interrupting her, Abigail finished the sentence," Just like me." 

"yes," Nixi agreed as Abigail asked both of them," Why do they call him the shrike?"

Nixi hummed as she replied," It's a bird that impales its prey and harvests the organs to eat later."

"He was very sick," Lounds interrupted. Abigail looked at her and asked, quietly and falsely scared," Does that mean I'm sick too?" 

Nixi glanced at the door then sighed," Ms Lounds I believe that's your time. Abigail, we'll finish our talk once Ms Lounds leaves, alright?"

Abigail hummed in response as Nixi lead the redhead out of the room. They passed Will and Hannibal on the way out and Nixi nodded to the two Ravenstags.  

Will nodded back at Nixi as he and Hannibal walked up to Abigail Hobbs's room. Thankful that the blonde had moved Lounds from the premises Will opened the door to the room and greeted the young women," Ms Hobbs, my name is Will Graham, this is Dr Lecter. Do you remember us?"

Abigail looked at the two men then nodded," You're the men (she didn't mean men in this case and the two picked that up) who saved me... why?"

Hannibal looked at her as he suggested," You've been in bed for days, Abigail. Why don't we have a walk?" 

The three of them walked down into the gardens and as they walked into the greenhouse Will told her," I am sorry we couldn't save your mother. We did everything we could but she was already gone."

"I know... I saw him kill her. He was loving right up until the second he wasn't... kept telling me he was sorry, just to hold still, he was going make it all go away," She recounted to the two. Will smiled softly as he let his inner stag reply for him," There was plenty wrong with your father, Abigail, but there's nothing wrong with you. You say he was loving, I believe it, That's what you brought out in him."

'and me,' he thought to himself as Abigail whispered to them," It's not all I brought out in him. I gonna be messed up... Aren't I?" 

It was then that Nixi walked into the greenhouse and replied," No more than I am, Abigail."

The young brunet looked at the blonde than to the two ravenstags before stating, shakenly," I am worried about nightmares."

Will looked to Hannibal as the dominant ravenstag told the blooming fawn," We'll help you with the nightmares." 

Will hummed at her as he sat next to her," There's no such thing as getting used to what you experienced. It bothers me a lot, I worry about nightmares too."

Abigail looked at him then sighed," So killing somebody, even if you have to do it, it feels that bad?" 

Will looked between her then Hannibal before telling her," It can... sometimes it's the ugliest thing in the world, other times there is a dark joy to it. Killing your father, Abigail, that was one of the ugly times." 

Abigail nodded understanding what he meant before asking," Can I go home? I wanna go home." 

Will nodded as Hannibal told her," We'll see what we can do." 

Nixi walked the two ravenstags out of the facility only to be stopped by Freddy Lounds. Will had to hold down a growl as the redhead walked up to them," Special Agent Will Graham, I never formally introduced myself. I'm Freddie Lounds."

This time it was Stiles who spoke as he walked from his jeep," He knows who you are, Lounds. As do I."

"And you are?"

"No one of any interest off yours. Let's just say I know how you see Will and I," Stiles hissed at her as she stepped closer to the four. Nixi glared and huffed," Are you trying to salvage this joke of an interview from the mouth of madness? Or do you share your teacher's ways of twisting truth and words into lies and tabloids?" 

Lounds glared at her as she falsely asked," Please, let me apologize for my previous behaviour. It was sloppy and misguided... and hurtful." 

Feeling Will's ravenstag bristle at the close proximity to the tabloid writer Hannibal quickly tried to intervene," Miss Lounds, now is not the time."

Ignoring the taller man Lounds told Will," Look, you and I may have our own reasons for being here, but I also think we both genuinely care about what happens to Abigail Hobbs." 

"I am afraid that you are only half right in that Miss Lounds, you don't care at all as to what happens to Abigail. You're just looking for your next story. Fact taken from how you called me insane in your tabloids," Will almost growled out. Lounds smirked as she stated," I can undo that." 

Stiles glared at her," You help Abigail see Will as more than her father's killer, and he helps you with what? Online ad sales?" 

Lounds turned to him and warned," I can undo what I said... I can also make it a lot worse." 

Will growled at her," Miss Lounds it's not very smart to piss off a guy who thinks about killing people for a living." 

Those words may come to bit Will back but a warning was needed in the case.