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Title: The Blood of the Wicked
Summary: Written for spn_summergen for a prompt by the lovely and talented. chiiyo86. Profiler!AU. Still struggling with the guilt resulting from the accidental death of his father two years ago, FBI profiler Dean Winchester takes on the case of a spree killer who thinks he's on a mission from God. Not even his brother Sam's best attempts to help can prevent him from letting the case consume him until he runs the very real risk of losing himself entirely.
Characters: Dean, Sam, Castiel/Jimmy Novak, with appearances by Ellen, Bobby and Ash.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Religious subject matter (i.e. very loose interpretations of Judeo-Christian scripture). Show-levels of violence. Major character death.
Author’s Notes: chiiyo86 asked for an AU in which Cas is an assassin and Dean (and possibly Sam too) is a cop. This is as close as I got.
Many, many thanks to the wonderful yasminke for the beta and for her tireless help with the massive amounts of research into scripture this took. She is a rockstar and this story would not be what it is without her.

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( The Blood of the Wicked )

Okay, so I'm watching the beginning 5.10, and Ellen lines up the tequila shots for Castiel, and suddenly all I can think is: hey, has anyone written Ellen/Cas? Because I bet that would be awesome!

Written for spn_j2_bigbang

Fic title: Nihil Inherit
Author name: ratherastory
Artist name: naisica
Genre: Gen.
Rating: R
Word count: 73,219
Warnings/Spoilers: Season 3 AU, although there are spoilers through Season 5, up until 5.18 to be on the safe side. AU from that point. Warnings for Show-levels of violence. Illness, angst and time travel (sparing amounts of the latter). Secondary character death. Highlight the text for warnings that will spoil the plot. Major character death. Although I encourage you to give it a try in spite of this: sometimes endings aren't as unhappy as they seem.
Summary: Whatever you do, you will always end up... here.
In May of 2007, Sam Winchester wakes up in his own grave, but digging himself out is the least of his worries. He's plagued by the psychic visions which have returned with renewed intensity and which all but threaten to cripple him. He reunites with Dean, only to find that the Yellow-Eyed Demon is still at large, about to put his world-ending plans into motion. A mysterious figure who know much more than he ought dogs Sam's footsteps, hinting at darker things to come. Soon Sam and Dean find themselves on a path that feels frighteningly familiar: toward Lilith, Lucifer, and the Apocalypse. Unable to shake the certainty that he's seen all of this before, Sam knows that this is his one chance to set things right, or die trying.
Author's Notes, the condensed version: Many thanks to wendy and thehighwaywoman for organizing this marvelous insanity! I owe a debt of gratitude I can never express properly to pkwench for being friend, confidant, shoulder and all-around awesome beta. Thank you to all my LJ and fandom friends, for cheering me on and putting up with my online meltdowns. Y'all are sweethearts,
Special Thank You Note: A very special thank you to naisica, my fabulous and talented artist, who also put up with a lot of neurotic wibbling from me.
Detailed thanks and really lengthy Author's Notes concerning the fic can be found in their very own special section.

Click on the image to go to naisica's post featuring the gorgeous, gorgeous art she made for me. Then LAVISH PRAISE UPON HER. Go on, GO! *points*



[Chapter 1: The New Lazarus]
[Chapter 2: Wyoming]
[Chapter 3: The Skeleton at the Feast]
[Chapter 4: Break On Through to the Other Side]
[Chapter 5: Bear Witness]
[Chapter 6: Unsealed]
[Chapter 7a: Vulnerant Omnia, Ultima Necat]
[Chapter 7b: Vulnerant Omnia, Ultima Necat]


[Thanks & Author's Notes]

Also, pkwench made a pdf of the story! Because she is awesome. You can download it here.

Furthermore, there is a new pdf with larger font, because apparently the other one is illegible on smaller e-readers. You can download it here.