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Trickster Arise

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Summary: 5x19 Full Summary inside. Gods cannot die. They can fade but never truly be gone; so Mercury didn't feel ashamed when he asked Lucifer to come to the meeting that ended up into a massacre. What he didn't count for was Loki being Gabriel & came to the said meeting; he broke an ancient law that night and now the other Tricksters want his blood. Can Loki's younger brother Castiel help find him and can Mercury bend back the ancient laws he broke, reconnect to his Trickster brethren and perhaps found mercy in the hands of Gabriel?

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Chapter Four

Appropriated

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It was times like this that Castiel was glad of having Jimmy in his life.

After Jimmy was shot trying to protect his family; as he said yes the second time he ordered Castiel to make him gone; forget and never wake up. Of course Castiel agreed to the terms of his vessel as it would be easier to heal the human from death while the human was asleep as it was look down upon on using dead vessels (they are not demons) along with Heaven rules about making vessels sleep while using one; as he put the soul far deep into his mind that many times he forgotten he had a human soul within the meat-suit he wore. But when he Fell, slowly his angelic powers weakened enough that slowly Jimmy woke up.

The time and place was innocent enough when Jimmy first spoken to him as he (they) was alone looking for God, the human was angry that Castiel didn't uphold their agreement and then after some time later he noticed and felt that Castiel was ill he stopped his ranting and asked him what was going on. Jimmy crudely accepted the expiation of why he was awake and the reason why Castiel didn't have the angel mojo as he should. And Castiel was glad he had someone to talk to in his mind; as the emptiness he felt within himself that he couldn't hear or feel any of his siblings. He was desperate to feel something that would fill that emptiness inside even if it was short lived. He had even thought of accepting Lucifer's offer of joining him a few times but with the help of Jimmy and his own morals he did not.

And of course Jimmy laid down some ground rules between them such as not to look into his memories that he had with his wife and daughter and so on of that nature and not to tell Dean or Sam about him being awake as Castiel admitted to him that he expect they think he was dead anyway and Jimmy was fine with that. Jimmy knew from Castiel's own memories that both Dean and Sam never asked about him anyway so they didn't care about him only the angel Castiel and again Jimmy was okay with that as he was only human and useless ("You are not useless Jimmy, you are my friend and now my brother. Never think such thoughts again." Castiel told him when he first thought this).

They worked together or tried to in any rate. Castiel wanting to know anything and everything about human life and when it came to simple things Castiel was a lost puppy and when it came to scientific facts and the like he was fantastic. The knowledge that Castiel has is awesome and Jimmy was glad to be part of it; the things that he now knows, he is God ("Don't speak blasphemous Jimmy!")

And when they went off to trap the Devil (it was a surprise on both of them that Michael fell along with Lucifer and Sam); they both knew it was highly likely they could die and die they did. And if anyone asked; it was Jimmy's idea to throw that glass bottle of holy oil at Michael after Castiel lit it as they both agreed throwing it at Lucifer would not be a good idea as Dean would've teamed up with the Archangels and killed them for hurting Sam. And it was Castiel who came up with the word 'assbutt' in which Jimmy always teased him about it as Castiel wanted to say 'asshole' but thought that was too offensive to say so the angel G rated it slightly. Jimmy still reminds him of how badass he was when he decided to trap Raphael in that holy oil ring and called him his bitch. Dean was right; it was Castiel's idea and he was awesome.

It was another surprise that they both was resurrected and with no memory of how, why and who done it. Castiel was in full strength and more as Jimmy was still there feeling that being resurrected made the both of them more blended however half expecting to be put back to sleep from that very moment as he was only there to full up the void when the angel had Fallen but Castiel assured him that he won't ever again be put to sleep because Castiel finds him good company and together they went to Heaven visited Jimmy's dead parents (in Jimmy's request as they were quiet proud of their son helping angels. "See son, this is what happens you accepted Jesus as your savior. Keep up the good work." His father told him). And then went off to bind back Heaven who for the first time found herself without its King. A riot broke out shortly, half saying that Raphael was the next ruler as the other says Castiel should be the next ruler seeing he help stop the End of the World and now upgraded as an Archangel. There was a stalemate in both sides for some time and then slowly angels started disappearing; no one can figure out why but the only connection was that they either sided with Castiel or won't pick a side and with that said it was obvious of who was doing this. Countless angels were added to the list of the Dead or the Missing along with the Archangels Gabriel and Azrael (1/2); last time Castiel look through the list he saw that Joshua was listed. He remembers the gentle gardener helping the Winchesters some time ago and he was sadden that Joshua was along the missing. The angel always had a soft spot about plants in which most angels didn't care about which in turn made him an odd ball of sorts among the angels along with the fact that Castiel knew that the angel was powerful and smart enough that Joshua shouldn't just be a Gardner and Castiel had heard rumors that during the first war Joshua was demote into being the Gardner of Eden however no one knew what he did or what his job was before. Those that can remember were either gone or not saying anything.

As time went on both Castiel and Jimmy worked together both keeping it silent that they talk among each other as being reconnected to Heaven after their resurrection the other angels on their side can feel Jimmy's soul being on the surface but kept quiet as Castiel was their leader and it wasn't their place to question it. Castiel won't lie if one ask him about it but he knew the reasons why the law was place in which it was keep the vessel's souls deep into sleep; if the angel fall from grace the soul itself will turn as well being affected along with the angel's grace and when the human dies the soul will go to Hell and in which it would turn into a white eyed demon.

Ever wondered how demons were first created? They were the souls of humans that the first Fallen once resided in and in turn; twisted the souls in Hell after death.

Castiel will take the chance with Jimmy because he is worth it.

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The angel just stood there; looking at him with those curious bright blue eyes with his head tilted to the side like a bird. Mercury didn't have the strength to get up and punch him in the face after his outburst as the Tricksters beat him up well; he can feel that he has few crack ribs, his back stiff and sore and all over his body was covered in bruises. All he could do was roll unto his back moaning in pain as he did so, letting go of that worthless folded paper that he foolishly caught as it drifted into the wind unto the angel's pant leg in which the angel took it curiously and placed it into his bottomless pockets in his trench coat. Seriously why does that angel always wear that coat?

"You're wounded." The angel finally spoke still standing there looking at him like a stalker. Again how is this angel related to Loki? That Norse Devil was always hyper with endless burst of energy and the only time that he ever witness Loki sit still was at the night in the hotel. Either this angel is very good actor or he is more like his other older brothers perhaps more like Raphael or Lucifer? Only time will tell.

"No shit." Mercury snapped at him as he tried to get up but failed again. This is so embarrassing. Is that angel going to stand there all day staring at him? It's now starting to creep him out.

"Well ain't he the biggest sunshine." A voice said sarcastically.

Mercury looked up at that voice knowing that the voice sounded much like the angel but not at the same time. "Who was that?" Mercury asked, narrowing his eyes at the winged bastard.

Confusion and shock was shown on Castiel's face; ah so the angel does have emotions. "You can hear him?"

"Hear who?"

"I think he can, Cass. Isn't this a first?"

It was then that Mercury knew that he can hear the vessel of the angel. He had heard that angels take mortals as their own bodies not creating an Avatar of themselves or them walking on this plane of reality as their true selves. Many Pagan Gods and other creatures call angels filth because of it; as some view sharing a body with mortals was stupid as it would weaken them from their full power as others think the angels did so to blend themselves as mortals for unknown reasons or simply most view this as a cruel act of enslaving the mortals into their will. Personally Mercury never thought about it nor have any opinions of it; as it doesn't concern to him. What was shocking is the mortal was talking and seem to be sane enough; as he never heard of an angel allowing such things to happen. In the rumor mill the human soul gets destroyed by the angel's grace when the mortal foolishly says yes. Another rule that angels have that was laughable they make the humans give them permission to take their bodies as if giving the angels the illusion that it was okay to take the mortal's body.

"Castiel, he needs help." The mortal said, the angel's eyes slightly went darker in color of blue as the angel no the mortal step forward towards him crouching down onto his knees to help him up.

Mercury ignored the angel at it started muttering to his counterpart something along the lines of "A Pagan God needing help? Fascinating." Then the mortal calling him Spock (what is a Spock? Mercury wondered.) and the angel ignored him as if teasingly annoyed.

Mercury didn't want this mortal touching him but he figured; would it been better to be touched by the angel instead? The mortal was surprisingly strong as the man hoists him up like he weighs nothing not caring much about him wincing in pain from his crack ribs.

"You'll live." The mortal said to him; looking at him as if able to see right through him into his own essence to see if he had any life threating injuries which he did not; he is a God. "The name is James, James Novak by the way. Which Trickster are you?"

He doesn't need to know the mortal's name. For all he knew the angel was faking this to make him trust him easier. But he is very weak and even if he doesn't have any life threating injuries he needs a healer for there are unknown consequences if a God's own essence, his true nature of his true being is weaken for a long period of time like he has. He can feel himself losing the battle to say conscious and he finds himself not caring what happens to himself if he does go into unconsciousness. He will allow himself to be the angel's prisoner for it is a better fate then him with his Trickster kin and father forbid get stuck being imprisoned by mortals; he will never live that down, a God captured and taken by humans? It was laughable. Mercury knew that they are going to take him away to wherever angels like Castiel live outside Heaven if they decided not to kill him at the spot that is.

"Mercury." Was all he said before he passed out.

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"How is our Trickster doing?" Castiel side glanced at his brother Balthazar who was leaning on the stone wall not looking at him but through the glass wall that showed Mercury chained on a metal table, along with runes placed around him as the healer angels that sided with them hover above the Trickster. When Castiel brought the said God into one of their hideouts they thought he was trying to do a human joke when he brought him to them to heal. As they exam him they were shock to find that it wasn't one of their kin or a human but a Pagan God. At first they refused shortly after one asked his name and Castiel foolishly told them the truth of who he was. They are quiet weary of the Trickster (and rightfully so as many were powerful and all are unpredictable) and after giving them permission for them to take precaution that won't cause harm to the Trickster they felt that they were safe enough to treat Mercury if he finds himself awake and decided to attack them.

"Not good." Castiel sighed in frustration. Of what the healers told him; Mercury has a curse upon him. They showed Castiel the tattoo brand on the younger male's arm that they believed is the cause of it and with the sketch of the tattoo on paper the Angel of Thursday ordered their head scribe Yaasriel and his team to find out what it means. As both the healers and Castiel never seen such a signet before nor the language in which it was written; highly curious as angels are naturally multilingual creatures. Not even Yaasriel can read it but he does have some theories of what language it might be and the few runes he thinks are older versions of runes that he works with every day. As he point them out; Castiel saw that many did look much like Enochian but yet not as few runes looked demonic writing as well. Yaasriel did promise him that he will check it out but will not voice his theories until he gets all the information first. Castiel was disappointed to hear that only the Archangels might knew how to read it listening to Yaasriel going on about who might have the knowledge seeing the Archangels are a different race of angel and much older. He Castiel may be an Archangel now but he wasn't born as one. Sadly most of the Archangels are missing or dead as Raphael the last of the first Archangels is trying to take over Heaven and as well their enemy. Castiel hopes that Raphael doesn't find out them capturing a Trickster God and if he does somehow find out; Castiel hope that Raphael think the news is insignificant from winning the war and ignores it.

It has already been a few days and the scribes haven't found anything and Castiel wonders if such knowledge is at Heaven's Library or the Records Keep. He hopes it wasn't in the Forbidden Records Chamber because that would be a highly dangerous mission to break in with no knowledge of what to look for. The Angel of Thursday hope that doesn't come to pass in which he would be forced to sacrifice some of his siblings to break in into Heaven. He may be ahead of himself anyway thinking that Mercury is the key to win the war. For all he knew Mercury may have angered a much older deity and paying the price for it. It's not unheard of that Tricksters get punished by other more powerful beings from their own Pantheon, rarer from others. However, Mercury is the son of a King God as well rarely gets into mischief like most Tricksters seem to get themselves into, a rare thing among Messengers who usually are outcasts since their creation and even though Zeus has many children both mortal and immoral, he rarely heavily punishes them. In which brings Castiel something to ponder on; why would two tricksters attack Mercury? Tricksters' first responsibilities are being divine messengers; their twisted demeanor that they are well known comes second. What message are they teaching their kin by punishing him? Sun Wukong and Hanuman are not the powerful beings, so it wasn't them that cursed Mercury it was someone else but who? Another thing that is odd is that the two tricksters worked together by attacking Mercury as a pair even it wasn't the first time the two worked together but during that time it was something that benefited them both; India and China working together as allies. Even to this day the two nations are not really enemies. So what benefits them by attacking a follow Trickster?

Castiel's spies have reported him that the Supernatural World on Earth is in uproar, unbalance more than it has been for the pass thousands of years. There has been reports of Tricksters coming out of hiding; werewolves fighting against each other; vampires being sloppy on sucking up blood from their victims; demons of all Pantheons even those never seen upside from their Hellish depths in centuries is now creating havoc and so on.

It's only a matter of time before this Heaven civil war turns into a supernatural worlds war. If Earth is out of balance then so are the other worlds that are connected; Earth is in the center the crossroad world to the others worlds. Castiel fears that the civil war between Heaven and Hell will soon be united with the other Pantheons. Great battles and blood shed will soon be upon them.

"So what are you going to do when the Trickster wake up soon?" Balthazar asked him breaking his thoughts. It was then that Castiel fully turn towards his brother. He was still hurt by Balthazar making him believe he was dead but he forgiven him. They are now together as brothers, that is all that matters now.

"Question him of course."

"With force? You know what Tricksters are like."

Castiel didn't reply. He doesn't know, not yet. They both can feel that Mercury was slowly coming back from his deep sleep. Waving his hand towards his brother allowing him to know he can follow; the two angels walked through the door into the bare bolted room. Behind them the metal door closed shut.


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(1) Gabriel: the second most known Archangel (the first is Michael) and as well the only Archangel that is believed to be female. Gabriel is typically served as a messenger to humans from God. Depending on which tradition Gabriel is the angel of death, rebirth, consolation, annunciation, mercy, peace, judgment, destruction, vengeance, revelation, child conception, child adoption and so on.

In Angelic Lore; Gabriel rule over the angels of guidance, legions of the Fourth ray, legions of Purity, Legions of white Fire and legions of White Lighting and the First Heaven Shamayim. He carries only two weapons; his horn of truth and his scythe.

New Age beliefs, Gabriel rules over the day of Monday and the Moon, associated with the Water element, rules the month of January, compass direction ruled is west, one of Gabriel's many symbols is the nine pointed star. Gabriel's demon counterpart is Lucifer and related pagan deities are Anu, Artemis, Cerridwen, Diana, Hathor, Hekate, Isis, Juno, Luna and Selene.

(2) Azrael: In some traditions he is the Archangel of Death. He is also the angel of Retribution in Islamic theology. Azrael in some several of religions resides in the Third Heaven. In one of his forms, he has four faces and four thousand wings and his whole body consists of eyes and tongues the number of which corresponds to the number of people inhabiting the Earth. In Jewish Mysticism he is sometimes identified as the embodiment of evil not specifically evil itself. The Zohar says that he receives the prayers of faithful people when they reach to heaven and commands legions of angels. The Qur'an never used the archangel's name rather referring him to Malak al-Maut (which translates directly as angel of death). Another way to spell his name are Ashriel, Azriel, Izrail, Azraa-eel (to name a few) as the spelling Azrael is the English way.

In New Age belief; he rules over the planet Pluto; the day of Tuesday, his fix star is Alphecca, one of his many symbols is the sickle, he rules over the direction southwest and his related Pagan Deities are Thanatos, Janos, Osiris, Sekhmet, Janus, Ganesha, Anubis, Hel, Hades and the Horseman Death.

Author's Notes: Sorry for the long wait. I ain't going to list of why I didn't update sooner like I did with the pervious chapters. But to warn you in a few weeks I'm moving to different country so updates might be few in between long period of time because I do not know if I will have Internet connection soon as I get there or much later. It all depends. Real life is stressful.

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