The first thing I noticed when I woke up was the burning in my lungs as I gasped for breath. Next, was where I was; surrounded by a garden.
No, I hadn't woken up. I was just dead, how could i wake up?
I'm in Heaven again.
Oh no, Naomi.
Suddenly there's another presence behind me. Naomi. She's here; she's going to torture me. I start breathing heavily as my heart pounds; I remember what felt like so long ago, being tormented by Crowley and his demonic assistant. Stabbed, prodded, picked apart, cut open and sewed back together again for weeks on end.
If that was bad, what would Naomi do with an eternity? I close my eyes, preparing for agony.
"Hey, Samandriel, how's it goin' kiddo?" says a familiar voice.
I open my eyes and sigh in relief. It's the Archangel Gabriel; he was apparently brought back too.
"Hello, Gabriel"
"So we were both offed. Who the hell would want to kill your adorable self?" he asked materializing a lollipop and 2 candy bars. He handing me one while snapping a couch into the garden. He patted the spot next to him for me to sit down.
I sat down and told him the whole story of how I ended up dying and somehow back in heaven.
"Whoa, so little Cassy killed you when he was being controlled by Naomi?" he questioned and I nodded, still shooken up, "I don't remember anything after that. Except a lot of darkness, and a light that pulled me out of it and then next thing I know, I'm here."
"Naomi was always a bitch, but she's dead now. The Winchesters killed her. You know, that bright light you saw? It was me, I brought you back. I have a mission for you." he stated proudly.
No. I'm not going to be involved in another mission. I can't handle that after everything I've been through.
"No. Not again." I meant to say strongly, but my voice cracked.
"No no. Samandriel, no. I would never make you do something that would kill you. Just ask Balthazar."
I look next to me to see that the other angel was on the couch next to me the whole time.
"He's telling the truth. We love you, you're our little brother," Balthazar remarked, "we were never good brothers, but you deserve a second chance. More than we did anyway."
"Well… thank you, I guess I will consider doing the mission then. What is it?" I said, feeling a little better.
"To save Adam Milligan from the cage."
Adam Milligan. I knew who he was. Most of heaven knew who he was partly because some felt bad for what happened to him, and also because he was related to the Winchesters. He had never done anything wrong and he got involved and punished because John Winchester was his father.
I concluded that I had to save him. I couldn't let him rot in the cage with Michael and Lucifer any longer. Sure, it wasn't right, but why would they want to save him now?
"Why exactly are we doing that? I mean, I want him out of there too, but…"
I didn't want Adam to suffer anymore because of heaven.
"We don't want him in there anymore. The poor guy's been in there long enough. Letting him stay in there isn't okay, and he doesn't deserve it either. So we need you to get him out."
"How am i supposed to do that? I don't exactly have that kind of power , Gabriel."
Going into the cage and pulling out a soul isn't an easy task that any angel can do, it requires a lot of strength and special flight training.
"We're going to help you."
"Any catches?"
"Nope," Balthazar responded, "nothing to worry about."
"Well…in that case…" I gulped, "Yes. I will save Adam Milligan from the cage."