She passed out

The former angel convulsed on my arms as centuries of memories, both good and bad, flooded back in. I hugged her close and started humming softly in her ear to try to calm her down but in a matter of seconds, her head jerked roughly from side to side and she passed out. I sighed at that and placed her carefully on her bed to let her recover.

"Well," I thought, "I guess this is a start. But what now?"

I sat down beside her sleeping form, thinking of my next moves. Until my powers are fully restored, I was going to need to recruit local help from hunters and supernatural creatures I could work with, so that the forces of heaven and hell won't have an easy time sending wave after wave of mystical soldiers against me until those attrition tactics would manage to get me exhausted enough for the high ranking demons or archangels to finish me off. That meant turning the Men of Letters bunker into my power base and building up my network of allies and contacts; the best of which could end up on my harem.

I scratched my chin, thinking of where to start with that. There was, of course, Jo and if I played my cards right, I may be able to rescue most of her Roadhouse hunting contacts from the demonic attack in the two-part Season 2 finale. But I still can't interfere with her until after she last meets the Winchesters in a few weeks when Sam gets possessed by Meg. So, I am going to have to think of other candidates in the meantime.

"Charlie shouldn't be a problem," I thought to myself, "She didn't meet the Winchesters until late Season 7 and by that point in the timeline things will be much different with my faction publicly active. And the same applies to her friend Dorothy who wasn't around until Season 9. Besides, Charlie's damn-near supernatural hacking skills will definitely be useful and Dorthy was certainly a capable fighter that opened up a whole world of possibilities with her contacts from the Oz dimension."

I smiled fondly, remembering my surprise when she invited Charlie to travel there with her, with the glorious AC/DC soundtrack saluting them with full honors.

"Then there is the gorgeous Bella Talbot," I remembered. "I always did hate the brutal way they wrote her out of the show as she was one of my favorite things from Season 3. Plus, her vast knowledge of occult objects and her network of contacts in that arena of the Supernatural world may prove to be crucial."

Then I frowned, my reminiscing interrupted by a sudden realization: by far the best way to start earning her loyalty and eventually her love would be to release her from her demon deal but I was uncertain that I will be able to use my powers from afar to subvert the authority of the King of the Crossroads until my abilities are fully restored. At least without warning him and prompting a hellish investigation. So, I just may end up needing to buy Crowley's silence and cooperation. He was already against Lucifer anyway, so I might as well make a formal, if secret, alliance early on and honor my terms in exchange for a better deal he ever gave Sam and Dean...

Suddenly, the sound of a car parking close to the house in the college campus interrupted my trail of thought. So, I made a wish to learn who was outside and what they wanted. My eyes widen at the answer.