Hey guys! Welcome to the second chapter! Now I honestly don't know how regularly I will update it really varies depending on how I feel about writing that day, but encouragement and feed back definitely help! So I hope you enjoy, and please R/R.
Warning: Spoilers for season 8!
Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or any of it's characters.
Chapter 2
"Well it's very nice to meet you Gabe. I'm Crissy and that is my sister Cassidy. Do-"
"Wait your name is Gabriel?" Cassidy interrupted.
"That is what he said, Cass." Crissy said pointedly, "Now as I was saying-"
"Like the messenger!" Cassidy stated happily, and handed Gabriel a glass of water.
"What are you talking about?" Crissy asked irritably.
"Don't you remember from church? 'The Messenger of God' 'Archangel Gabriel' Are you named after him?" Cassidy questioned practically bouncing with excitement and curiosity. Gabriel took a sip of his water, and shrugged.
"I guess."
"That's cool! I was named after an Angel too!" Cassidy stated excitedly. Gabe's brow furrowed in confusion.
"No you weren't you were named after a prostitute in a movie!" Crissy stated her voice full of laughter.
"Hey! She was dressed like an Angel!" Cassidy barked back. Gabriel chuckled slightly at that.
"So getting back to what I meant to ask before. What do you remember of the night you were taken?" Crissy asked her demeanor changing from lighthearted to all business in a matter of seconds. Cassidy drifted back into the kitchen for no apparent reason. Gabe set his glass on the small coffee table in front of him and leaned back on the couch, which seemed to be sucking him into the creases of the couch itself.
"I honestly don't remember much. I remember being dropped off in a small town not too far from Memphis, and I didn't have any money, nor any place to stay, so I went out into the woods to find a little bit of shelter. Before I knew it the sun had set, and I was lost. I heard some very unfamiliar noises, and then everything went black. When I come to I'm strung up like a hog." Gabe said unconsciously rubbing his arm.
"Was there anybody else with you?" Crissy asked as she went to the closet to grab a blanket.
"Not when I was traveling, but when I was in the cave there were two other people there. The Wendigo got hungry." Gabe stated simply, and accepted the blanket gratefully.
"Now how do you know about the Wendigo?" Crissy questioned as she sat back down.
"You two aren't the only Hunters I've met. I've gotten around, but I just happened to get caught this time." Gabriel explained. Cassidy finally emerged from the kitchen carrying a bowl, spoon and towel. In the bowl was beef broth. Not too rich as to make Gabe sick after so long without a proper meal, and just enough flavor to actually fill his stomach. Cassidy set it on the table in front of Gabriel along with the towel and spoon.
"Thank you." Gabe said thoughtfully letting the soup sit and cool for a few moments.
"Wait you've met other Hunters? Who?" Cassidy interrogated perching on the edge of the chair.
"I don't know if I should really tell you two. How do I know I can trust you?" Gabe teased.
"Well we did save you from becoming a meal. I think you can at least grant us the knowledge of the other Hunters you've met." Cassidy bantered in her less than subtle way.
"If I must. I met the Winchesters." Gabriel claimed like it was a big accomplishment. He wasn't exactly sure what to expect, but it definitely wasn't the reaction he got.
"Who?" Crissy asked brow furrowed in the deepest form of confusion.
"The Winchesters. Sam and Dean Winchester. You haven't heard of them?" Gabe asked kind of astounded. Where have these girls been living under a rock? No they have been living deep in the forest. Cassidy and Crissy shake their heads in tandem.
"Should we know them?" Crissy questioned.
"I guess not. But I just assumed that all the Hunters knew them because they cause a lot of problems. But I guess it's not of major importance." Gabe responded with a shrug.
'With them not knowing about the Winchesters they probably don't know much about the recent events.' Gabriel thought.
"If they cause so many problems how are they still alive?" Cassidy asked with a not so lighthearted chuckle.
"Actually they've died quite a few times, but they always end up coming back. Like cockroaches you can't get rid of them." Gabe informed as he started drinking his soup, not bothering with the spoon.
"How do they keep coming back?" Crissy interrogated this speak of people coming back from the dead peaking her interest.
"Not really sure, but they do." Gabe lied after swallowing a particularly large mouthful of broth.
"Wait what were their names again?" Crissy asked.
"Sam and Dean Winchester." Gabe responded almost questioningly.
"Dean Winchester? Dean? Where have I heard that name before?" Crissy repeated as she looked over at Cassidy. Cassidy shrugged her shoulders in response, and before anyone could ask for clarification she was up and out of the living room and going into her room on the left side of the hallway. There were several scraping and bumping sounds and a loud 'DAMMIT!' and then shuffling of paper. Gabriel and Cassidy exchanged confused glances, and then Crissy emerged from her room with a newspaper clipping and rubbing the back of her head muttering under breath something about.
'Damn dresser. Needs to stay out of my way!'
Cassidy chuckles at the statement, and promptly shuts up when her sister sends her a particularly scolding glare.
"I knew I had heard the name before!" She exclaimed proudly handing Cassidy the newspaper clipping and Gabriel leaning over to see the article.
"Killer Winchester Dead at Last"
The article was completely covering the story on how Dean Winchester had been responsible for several deaths, and how he was finally killed in the end. But obviously if Gabe was right Dean Winchester was far from dead.
"Is this Dean?" Cassidy asked Gabriel handing him the article so he could see it better.
"Yup that's Dean-O." Gabe responded with a sigh and gave the paper back to Crissy.
"Should we let them know you're here, and that you're alright? I mean are you guys close friends?" Crissy asked timidly, not entirely sure how comfortable she was with Dean Winchester bringing trouble with him.
"Oh no that's not necessary. I may go and try to find them one day, but not anytime soon." Gabe informed.
"You said you didn't have any place to stay right? Well why don't you stay with us? We can take care of you, and we have quite a bit of space." Cassidy offered.
"I don't know if that's a good idea. I might just bring trouble, and I wouldn't be able to hunt like you guys." Gabriel faltered. Gabriel knew that he would most likely draw things, bad things, to him. And he would really hate to burden these girls, who had been living with such a simple black and white lifestyle, with all of that drama. He would love to stay it would be one of the first true homes he's had since Heaven, and even that never truly felt very homey.
"Well you don't have to hunt. But we could teach you to track and trap things. That's not terribly hard to do, and you would be helping us a great deal by doing so." Crissy pitched in. Though she knew that this guy could be dangerous, he was one of the first people she had met that actually knew about the Hunter lifestyle and knew other Hunters! He might have information, and even if he brings a little bit of danger with him hey something new to hunt.
"I really don't want to take advantage of you two." Gabriel stated. After his fall from Grace he had really gotten to see up close and personal just how hard it is to be Human. With all the emotions, and the pain, and the need for comfort, and the desire for contact, and the need of acceptance. It was a true pain in the ass! But also Gabe saw the kinder side to Humanity. Such as the love between family members, and the protectiveness of a husband over his family, and even the kind; tender curiosity of a child when experimenting with imagination. It was a beautiful and hard world. It really made Gabriel have a bit more appreciation for his Father and his creations, because it was truly a piece of art. In the extremely short time that Gabe has gotten to know Crissy and Cassidy he felt like he could trust them and he even, oddly enough, left the urge to protect them. As if they were his own siblings. He wasn't sure if it was the simple 'I owe you my life' kicking in, or if it was the fact that they did really remind him of his siblings. And since he did a piss poor job of protecting and being there form them maybe, just maybe he could make up for it by protecting these girls.
"You wouldn't be taking advantage of us. We offered and you'll be helping provide food, and track things. You would be perfectly helpful." Crissy assured. Gabriel smiled at her logic, and it was a pretty convincing argument. But that could just be the couch and blanket calling him to sink further into the cushions and fall asleep.
"Fine. I will gladly stay with you." Gabriel answered standing up to take his bowl and cup into the kitchen. A warm feeling grew in his chest at the thought.
'So this is what Home feels like.'
