A Little Help From A Friend - xover Joan of Arcadia, Supernatural, Criminal Minds - Part 08
Title: A Little Help From A Friend
Rating: R/FRA
Summary: Everyone needs a little help from time to time. In this case the Winchester boys find help in their search for God the Winchesters find him in the most unusually normal place, Arcadia Maryland.
Crossover: Supernatural, Joan of Arcadia, Criminal Minds
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds belongs to Jeff Davis and The Mark Gordon Company. Supernatural belongs to Eric Kripke and Wonderland Sound and Vision. Joan of Arcadia belongs to Barbara Hall. This is a work of fiction, done for fun, no money gained.
Word Count: 18,860
Spoilers: Both seasons of Joan of Arcadia. Up to the end of season 4 of Criminal Minds. All of Supernatural just to be safe.
Authors Notes: AU from Common Thread (2x21) with some information from Something Wicked This Way Comes (2x22) of Joan of Arcadia. Ryan Hunter still makes his appearance and still saves Adam but I’m regressing his age a bit so he’s closer in age everyone else making him 24 instead of however old he was in the show. AU from To Hell…And Back (4x25/26) for Criminal Minds, if you know what happens in the end of 26 basically for this story that never happen. AU from Lucifer Rising (4x22) for Supernatural but with Dark Side of the Moon (5x16) being thrown in because it works for this fic. These are in all honestly mostly arbitrary decisions on my part so don’t look to closely into them.
A side note any facts Reid sprouts are probably horribly incorrect as I made them up for the point of this story so don’t take any of them as value.
A special thanks to ficfinishing for prompting me through this because without them I totally would have dropped out. To Rebecca who doesn’t watch any of these shows but still beta’d for me anyway.
Sitting in the park leaning against the fence of the children's play area Joan waited for Sam, Dean and Castiel to show up. Checking her watch for the time then her phone to make sure that she'd gotten the right time she sighed and looked around for them.
"Hey," Sam said when they came close enough to her.
"Hey," she replied.
"How are you?" Dean asked.
Joan shrugged, "A little freaked out but," she shrugged again.
Sam nodded, "I'm sorry you had to deal with that."
Dean elbowed Sam in the side, "We're sorry you to deal with that."
They fell into a silted silence simply looking at each other. Shifting uncomfortably at the three of them hovering over her Joan moved to stand up. Seeing Joan struggling to stand both Dean and Sam moved forward taking her by the arms and heaving her to her feet.
"Thanks, the fall yesterday made my leg ache," Joan explained brushing the dirt off her skirt once she was standing.
"Is it okay? Did you have someone look at it?" Dean asked worried reaching for her again.
Sidestepping his hand Joan brushed off his concern, "Its fine, my mom looked at it last night it's just a bruise, my throat hurts worst."
Dean and Sam shared a concerned look.
"Really guys its fine," Joan said bouncing a little on her heels to prove it.
Accepting her words a true Dean and Sam nodded their heads.
"What happened after we left you?" Sam asked Joan.
"Nothing much, someone heard the commotion recognized me and called the cops, the BAU heard and thought it was you two attacking me."
"They thought we'd attack you?" Sam asked shocked.
"You guys do have a tendency to come into town where dead bodies are found," Joan pointed out.
"That's not our fault," Dean protested.
"They don't know that."
The foursome fell into silence again before Castiel broke it.
"And God?" Castiel asked.
"I haven't seen him," Joan said, "But I'm not surprised, its only been two days."
"We're sorry we dragged you into this," Sam said after a while.
Joan shook her head, "You didn't drag me into this."
Dean and Sam both looked at the livid bruise on her throat but didn't respond.
"So what are you going to do now?" Joan asked looking at them.
Dean shrugged, "Same thing we were going to do before."
"By yourselves?" Joan asked giving them a confused look.
This time Sam shrugged, "That's how its always been, I mean the thing with God, we had to try but we were always going to be doing it just the two of us."
Joan blinked at them still confounded that even after being told by God he wouldn't help them that they'd still try to stop Lucifer by themselves.
"But why?"Joan asked.
Sam and Dean traded looks that Joan didn't understand, "Because we like this planet the way it is," Sam said.
"And even if God can't, won't help us we have to try," Dean said, "Or die trying."
Joan threw herself at the two of them wrapping her arms around their necks.
"Please don't die," she cried as she hugged them.
"Awe Joanie I didn't know you cared that much," Dean teased though he hugged her back just as fiercely.
"We'll try not to," Sam said hugging her back as well.
"Don't try, don't do it," she demanded letting them go so she could look at them, "Castiel don't let them die," Joan said turning to the angel who was hovering behind the quite for the duration of their conversation.
"I will endeavor to keep them alive Joan," Castiel replied.
~*~*~*~
Four Months Later
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Sam asked
Joan nodded, "This is what I think he's been trying to get me ready for."
Sam nodded looking from Joan to her house, "If you're sure."
"I am," Joan said with another nod giving her house one last look before climbing into the back seat of the Impala, "I'll explain it to them later."
"Well then let's get this show on the road, we have an apocalypse to avert," Dean said pressing the gas as soon as Sam closed the door.
The End