"Dean I need you help."
"Cas you can't come running to me every time you drop the soap." Deans annoyance continued "Besides I just got back from a hunt."
"So it's okay for you to pray for me when you need it but you can't repay the favour?" Castiel responded a little angered by Deans ignorance.
"I didn't mean that all I'm saying it that I'm human I need time to sleep and eat you know?" Dean sat on the motel bed, removing his foot wear. "I'm not all powerful like y.."
"Dean!" Castiel loudly interrupted "Just listen for one minute."
Dean walked towards the bathroom door "Cas just leave..." Castiel appeared in front of Dean, he was able to realize how pissed his friend was getting. "Fine what is it you have to say? But make it quick."
Castiel took a moment to recapture his thoughts. "It's Death, he's dead or gone, we don't know"
"You mean... The horseman Death?" Dean took a moment to think still in shock by Castiels claims. "How is that possible? How does one kill Death himself? When I spoke to him he gave me the impression he couldn't be killed"
"Death is well Death but he isn't invincible. Crowley told us the scythe could harm him, but I was under the impression that Death reclaimed that from you. We know God can harm him but he hasn't been seen for 100s of years and it's unlikely Death was bound without him knowing before hand. He won't fall for that trick again". Castiel Said "But that's not all of it Dean. Most of the reapers have also mysteriously vanished and the ones that are left are in hiding they fear that if someone is strong enough to kill or get rid of Death then they're next."
Dean walked to the fridge and grabbed a beer. "So what happens now? You still haven't told me the part I play in all of this?"
"Well with Death and many of the reapers gone the order of things is a mess. When someone dies the soul of the person stays in the area of the final resting place." Castiel stated.
"Yes I know this. You forget that I had the ring for a day." Dean replied as a he went to sit down.
"Well then you know that a soul can not ascend to the afterlife without someone like the reapers to guide them. Basically we got a bunch of souls in the veil that are trapped at the moment. And I believe you know what happens when the dead stay here too long after life?"
Dean answered the question even though Cas already knew the answer before he asked "Yes vengeful spirits. And yes I see the importance of the situation so are you coming to my part in the script yet?"
"I need your help. You know I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important but this affects everyone. And there isn't enough hunters in existence to keep up with the amount of vengeful spirits that will come." Castiel caught his breath then continued "There is said to be a way. A failsafe that was implemented by god in the event that something like this happened." Castiel paused then said hesitantly "But there is a complication..."
"Story of our lives." Dean responded to his last words sarcastically then continued . "So what do we need to do to fix this?"
"We believe the way to reverse this is in Purgatory. It makes sense. It's one the oldest places in existence it came before there was a heaven or hell and it's a lot more secure than anywhere else."
Dean took quick note of what Cas was saying. He remembered the time he was in purgatory it was dark, cold but most of all lonely. Not to mention he was always on the run from everything you could imagine and then some. A battleground... That's the best way to describe the place. But it's also a prison, a prison to keep worse things in creation out. Leviathans.
"No offence Cas but I'm not all for jumping back into that place." Dean said in a respectful tone.
"I know what happened Dean I was there as well. And I didn't want to have to ask this but I have no other choice and you're not the only one I'll ask I'm going to get a highly skilled team from everywhere I can find them. Death was apart of everything that means every dimension or galaxy is affected by this loss." Castiel noticed an absence ever since he arrived. "Where is Sam?"
Dean took the question to heart "Sam and I we went our separate ways for awhile. I haven't seen him in months. Last I heard he was on a hunt in Colorado."
"Well at least he's still hunting that's good news. But if you're going to do this we will need everyone we can find. Whatever happened between you two I'm sorry I wasn't here but you will have to be put aside or resolve your differences." Castiel said with a little sympathy for Dean. "So are you in?"
Dean laid on his back as time went by he continued to stare at the roof the only thoughts running through his mind where of purgatory and the year he spent there. At last he got up and looked at Castiel.
"We got work to do."