There's always dark in purgatory. It starts to freaking you out after a short while and then you miss the sunrise like a hopeless baby. There are also monsters I've never met, the ones who extinct millennia ago and that don't help me here, right? Because they never died for real. They just hid here. How could I possibly kill them, anyway? All I had was demon-killing knife and the feeling I won't go to sleep tonight.
"I can't find Bobby anywhere." Castiel appeared in front of me, almost causing me a heart attack.
"What do you…" I send him questioning look, but he disappeared after a second, ignoring my words, as always. Son of a bitch.
Bobby? I didn't even accept his last death and this freak is trying to tell me he's here? Oh course he is, all the ghosts, monsters and weirdos end up in here. I started to think it's kinda my place too.
Silent growl echoed between the trees. I shivered, and grabbed the knife in a reflex.
"It won't help you, Dean." Gravelly voice of my former guardian angel seemed to come out of nowhere, because I couldn't see a thing in this complete darkness. Finally, Castiel picked up a branch and lit it on fire. I stepped towards him, desperate for light and warmth.
"I swear, if you'll disappear once again, you can fuck off for good."
He passed me the torch and looked for another stick for himself.
"Dean, we're in purgatory. Since leviathans killed entire garrison, I thought looking for help will be customary in such circumstances." He said. It took me few seconds to go out of confusion.
"You're saying they're all here?"
"Of course they are. The angels that got lost in the battlefield. Including Zachariah, Balthazar, Anne, everyone I killed… But at least some of them may help us. I tried to contact Gabriel, but it's almost impossible here. I hear whispers, whispers everywhere, but I can't recognize any of those voices. Maybe if they could sense something? You know, wasps can sense tablespoon of sugar from half a mile…"
"I'm starting to think you're saying all this bullshit on purpose. Focus Cas. I'm trying to get outta here." I tried to sound as calm as I could, but growl behind the trees gotten louder and louder.
"I have no intent in impressing you right now, Dean. The point is, I need to find other angels and you're so fragile in this place, you assist I shouldn't leave you here alone, right?" He touched my shoulder and zapped us in some different, dark place. I almost dropped my torch. God, I almost forgot this dizzy, awful feeling.
"I'm not fragile, I…" I looked around, but everything seemed to look the same in this place. Except here were fewer trees and less red eyes in darkness. "…I just don't like idea of splitting."
"Stabbing, on the other way…" I couldn't mistake this irritating, pretentious mix of British and French accents with anything in the world. Balthazar showed out of nowhere, with a silent quiver and looked at Cas with superiority.
"My brother I'm so pleased to see you. Although I'm not quite glad of my actions, I shouldn't ever hurt you, not to mention killing. Now I changed, believe me, everything…"
"Cassie had gone mad." I said. "Long story short – we need to get out of here."
"It's not possible, Deano." He shrugged, than looked back at Castiel. "Good. You'll fit in perfectly; we've got here entire crazy family. Some of them won't miss you… If Raphael survived my coming, everything's possible, right? Come on, I forgive you, idiot. Take your ape and come say hello to Gabe."
Suddenly, I felt like I don't belong in this family meeting. There was no other place to go of course.
"Where is it?" Cas asked, ready to zap with me.
"Sorry, brother. Too much magic protection to do this. It's hidden. We'll have a walk."