empyreal
- pertaining to the sky; celestial "empyreal blue"
- pertaining to the highest heaven in the cosmology of the ancients
- formed of pure fire or light "empyreal radiance"


The last thing he had expected was to wake up a quarantine field. Waking up had been a given despite the massive damage to his body from the explosion. Ten Forward would need to be completely rebuilt. Guinan had been safe in her office, leaving Dean to keep himself busy cleaning the already spotless bar. Over the centuries Dean had woken up in a lot of uncomfortable places. Coffins, ditches, bodybag, rubble, an acid lake, etc. Enterprise medical bay was by far the most unfortunate. He only needed to take one look at Dr. Crusher to figure that out.

Sam's tall frame rushed into the room, worry evident on his face. His regulation gold uniform was singed in a few places and dingy with soot, but the first thing out of his mouth was, "How is he?"

Dr. Crusher sighed, "That's not your brother Lieutenant Winchester. Twenty minutes ago that body was in seven pieces and very, very dead."

Sam nodded, wiped a hand down his face, and replied, "I have a story to tell you."