Chapter 2, Finding you.
The older Winchester pulled up to the small St. Peters hospital and stepped out of his car, shutting the squeaky car door. "Remember how we're going to get these files?"
"I don't say anything."
"Good boy." Dean said smiling as he adjusted his suit.
"Do not boss me around Dean Winchester... You should respect me more." He said sternly as the two of them walked up into the hospital, his own suit neatly buttoned up under that tan trench coat.
Once inside Dean walked up to one of the nurses behind the front counter and pulled out his badge for the F.B.I. Castiel following his lead, pulled out his own and looked away.
"Good day there ma'am, I'm agent Murdock, and this is my Partner, Nicholson." He said very business like.
"Oh.. uhh, good day, how can I help you boys today?" She said eying they're badges before they quickly tucked them back into they're pockets. "Um... Nicholson... you held your badge upside down." She said smiling at the man who gave her a rather blank look in reply.
"He's new… Anyways," Dean said catching the woman's attention again before Castiel blew they're cover. "There was a murder that involved a child a town over, and people said he was born here, we would like to take a look at some of those files." He said professionally.
"Oh... uh, sure, right this way." She said leading them to where the files were stored.
Once they were inside, sitting there flipping through files. "So what are we looking for exactly?" Dean asked looking over birth certificates.
"Look for tickets with out fathers... and between the ages 7 and 13." Cas said tossing another folder beside him.
"Oh I think I got something. Miles Tomas Andrews, age 10, just a mother listed. And checking over his other medical records, the kid was terminally ill and just got better about 2 months ago, no signs of the illness, like it never existed."
"That's probably him then. Where does Miles, live?" Castiel said moving over to Dean. Dean looked up at him when he loomed over his shoulder and pointed at the street address. "Not too far from here... shall we go see your sibling Cas?" Castiel nodded his head and Dean set the file down as they stood up and walked out of the building with his Angel.
It didn't take long for Dean to slip out of his suit and into some more of his normal dress as the pulled up to the very plain looking home. "So, do you think the mother knows he's possessed by an Angel?" Dean asked Cas as the two of them walked up to the brick house.
"Possibly... Try not to make it obvious just in case not."
"Sugar coating is my middle name pal." Dean said knocking on the door and was surprised by the quick answer.
"Can I help you?" said a very small dirty blond woman with bright blue eyes.
Dean turned and looked at her, smile on his face, "Oh yeah, you can actually, we're from the church from the next town over, and we heard about you're sons miracle, those don't happen very often you know, we just want to talk to your son about his experience." Dean said watching as the woman's face brightened up, looking between the two of them.
"Sure, I'll go get him, please come inside and have a seat." She said opening the door a bit more and went upstairs to get 'Miles'. "Miles, baby, some nice church men are here to see you again." She called as Dean made his way into the sitting room, picking up an apple and turned to look at Castiel who was still standing by the door.
"Oi, ding bat, come over here and play it cool, I know you're excited, but play it cool dude." Dean said sitting down on one of the couches as the Angel walked over to Dean and stood next to him.
"I can't sit." He said flatly as he heard people coming down the stairs. Both men turned to see the woman leading her son into the living room.
"Castiel." The angel wearing Miles' body said running forward and wrapped his arms around him tightly. Castiel dropped to his knees and pulled the smaller boy tightly into his arms, hand in his dirty blond hair.
"Thank god you're safe... it's so good to see you again." He said fighting back tears.
"It's good to see you again too Brother." He said pulling back slightly and put his hands on Castiel's face. "Jane, this is Castiel and Dean. I told you they would be coming for me." The young boy said turning to look at the woman who was starting to cry tears of joy.
"You two are Angels as well? Why am I so blessed to be visited by Angels of the lord?" The woman asked wiping her tears away.
"I told you Jane, you're a good woman, and your son is a good boy. Dean... he's not an angel... or at least, not yet." Elijah said turning to look up at Dean who gave him a quick smile and let it drop just as soon as it appeared. "I have to go now child." Miles said pulling away from Castiel completely and walked up to her. "I'm going to wipe your memories of your son, so you aren't sad, I will give them back to you once our business on earth is complete, I promise I will keep his body safe, and yes, he will be completely cured when he returns." He said taking the woman's hands in his own.
The woman nodded her head, her lip trembling slightly as she knelt before him and bowed her head. "Take care of my baby." She whispered as Elijah put his hand against her forehead and a white light flashed through out the room and the woman collapsed on the floor.
"Let's be going... you can yell at me once we're safer." He said leading the way out of the house.
"Bossy for a little kid." Dean said standing up following Castiel and Elijah out of the house. Elijah seemed just like the other Angels, though he was sure he was missing something, but whatever.
"He's older than you could ever dream of, show /him/ some respect at least." Castiel said as a slight come back.
Once back in the Motel, Elijah climbed up on the bed and sat Indian style on it, holding his feet, smiling widely, a gap in his upper teeth, eyes blue as the sky. "Gosh, it's so darn nice to see you again Castiel... it's been too long." He said happily, "And it's nice to finally meet the vessel of Michael... though I don't blame you for not wanting to do it... he's a meanie." The child like Angel said happily.
Dean honestly was confused by all the emotions the Angel was showing, he was use to blankness, but than again, he wondered if Elijah was a higher up. Though before he could say anything, buzz kill McGee piped up.
"You need to go back to heaven Elijah." Castiel said walking towards the young looking Angel. Both Dean and Elijah looked surprised at Cas. "It's not safe for you down here... Go home."
Dean raised an eyebrow at Castiel and now realized why he looked so panicked. He wanted to protect him as fast as he could, and honestly knew how he felt. "Cas, calm down a second bro-hem..." He said putting his hands on Castiel's shoulders.
"Cas...I... I came down to help you; I want to keep you safe this time... Please don't send me back to Heaven, please let me stay and help…" The young one pleaded.
"No, that's simply out of the question. Go home now, or I'll make you."
"Cas..." Dean said wishing he was more surprised by his reaction to Eli being down on earth.
"...Why can't I help you? I want to save the world... I want to help Bobby Singer... since they took away some of your powers Castiel." Elijah said, putting on that cold face that Cas normally had on.
Dean decided to sit down and let them bitch at each other, knowing how him and his own brother was, nothing was going to stop this argument. Pulling a beer out of the mini fridge and kicked it in one of the arm chairs.
"Because you're-"
"If you say I'm too young Castiel I'll rip your tongue out." Elijah said standing up and walking up to Castiel looking up at him. "You always use that as an excuse to keep me in Heaven, to keep me safe and out of harms way, because I can't take on the body of an adult, I can fight like this! I'm not helpless... And God asked me to come down and assist you, I will not disobey his orders Brother." Elijah said taking a deep breath.
Castiel frowned as he looked down at the child and put his hand on top of Elijah's head. "God?" He asked and the young boy nodded. Elijah was one of the 4 angels that had seen Gods face, "They won't hurt me Cas... Just have faith." he said taking Castiel's hands and holding them tightly in his.
"You two done bonding yet?" Dean said rolling his eyes a bit at the moment the two angels were having, mildly jealous that Cas was giving his attention to someone else.
"Yes... I think we are..." Castiel said pulling away from the young looking angel and looked at Dean and raised an eyebrow and tilted his head at him slightly, "Are you okay? You seem perturbed about something." he said hands in his pockets.
"Ah its nothing, don't worry about it shake and bake." He said shrugging getting up and headed towards the front door.
"Where are you going?" Elijah asked taking a step forward and Castiel held his hand out to stop the young angel. Eli gasped and looked up at Cas who looked back down at him.
"Let him go... Let me talk to him; go to Bobby and Sam... You know where to find Bobby." Castiel said and Elijah disappeared with a flap of his invisible wings.
Castiel looked towards the door and let out a sigh, emotions were confusing and hoped it got easier as he understood them more as he felt more of them. He left the motel to find where Dean went, slightly disappointed that he put those symbols on they're ribcages so no Angel or Demon could find them.
Dean was finally found, leaning against a bridge looking out into the small lake, it was such a groggy day; it just seemed to fit the mood that the older Winchester boy had.
"I thought I'd find you here Dean." Castiel said standing behind him, hands in his pockets, with that look on his face.
Dean nearly jumped out of his skin when Castiel snuck up on him. "Damn it Cas don't sneak up on me like that." He said putting a hand over his heart.
"I'm sorry."
"You're sorry?"
"Yes... am I not allowed to be?" The Angel said tilting his head to the side slightly.
"No you are... its just... never mind." Dean said looking back out to the water.
Castiel walked up beside the older Winchester and looked out to the water like Dean, trying to find what he was looking at. "Is something interesting out there?" He said furrowing his eyebrows slightly when he couldn't find anything out there that would interest the older Winchester.
"No."
"Are you al-"
"If you ask me if I'm alright I'll punch you in the mouth... I'm fine, really." Dean said, truly tired of being asked that.
"You can talk to me if you want..." Castiel said, wanting to be a bit more helpful to the lighter haired man. "That's what I'm here for you know... to listen."
"I thought you were around for other things." He said turning around so he could rest his back on the rail since looking out into the water provoked questions. "Did we only come here so you could tell Elijah to go back to heaven?" He asked looking into blue eyes of the Angel beside him.
"...Yes... and no. It's Elijah by the way."
"Yeah, whatever. Mind doing some share and care Cas?"
"You first." Castiel said, a smile finally cracking onto his face as he looked back into green eyes. Though the smile disappeared just as quickly as it appeared, it was enough to make Dean happy though.
"You should smile more often, it suits you better, makes you look more real." Dean said chuckling making Cas raise an eyebrow.
"Smile?"
"I love how you echo me by the way, I'm pretty sure I've told you this before."
What came next shocked Dean; Castiel's cheeks turned red and looked away from him. "Did you just blush at me? ME? Blush?"
"No." Castiel said flipping his collar to his jacket it up to hide his face. This was a strange emotion that he had never felt before, and the way the human body reacted to it, he was pretty sure it was embarrassment.
"Oh man, you do have emotions, this is fantastic! I honestly thought you were a freakin' stiff." He chuckled making Castiel smile again.
"I'll blame Elijah for this... I'm pretty sure he's the one that gave you humans emotions."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that... I think he fakes his emotions, because he easily slapped that stone look you normally have once you started chewin' him out."
"You always change the subject so easily." Cas said making Dean raise an eyebrow at him, and then looked away.
"Why do you avoid talking to me? Do you not want to get close to anyone else and get hurt again? I'm not your brother Dean."
"I freakin' know that, thanks for the news flash." The slightly taller man growled, rolling his eyes.
"Now you're defensive."
"Are you going to sit here and analyze me?" Dean yelled and got in Castiel's face.
"Defensive... this is what I'm talking about."
"So what if I get defensive?" Dean growled putting his hands on either side of the rail behind Castiel, and watched as the Angel furrowed his eyebrows at him. His brain left from mad and wondered what Castiel looked like with out his human vessel, if he'd ever be able to see him like that. Maybe he looked like Jimmy? Maybe angels take vessels that look like them.
"Dean." Castiel said and Dean snapped out of his mild trance.
"Huh? What?"
"You're staring at me... I'm not comfortable with you trying to look past my vessel." He said, feeling his heart slam against his ribcage.
"Do you resemble Jimmy in your true form?"
"Random question."
"Freaking Answer it! And I swear to god if you say why I'll slap you." Dean said raising one of his hands to show he was serious.
"I can't answer that question Dean." he said looking away.
Dean let out an annoyed sigh, the things he really, really wanted to know, Castiel never told him. "Well if I keep asking it'll be like beating a dead horse for answers."
"I want to tell you, but I don't know how to answer it. This is how I look now." He said brushing his trench coat off, wondering why his heart was still pounding.
"Its ok, I won't pray, I don't want my eyes to melt out of my head." Dean said turning away from the Angel, missing the pout he gave Dean.
"Dean, you're running around, throwing random questions everywhere... Let's go back to the Motel, and talk there... at least you're talking to me." Castiel said putting a hand on Dean's shoulder; hand on the burn mark he left on him, remembering pulling him out of hell.
"Yeah, sounds good. Get in the car.' Dean said nodding towards his baby.
"I'll meet you there."
"Oh come on Cas." He said turning around to give the other an exasperated look, though he was already gone. "Damn it... I wish I could do that..." He said climbing into creaky car and drove back to the Motel.
