I DO NOT OWN SUPERNATURAL
Gabriel ended up in Bobby's home after leaving Azrael's. He leaned his back on the door-frame of the living-room.
"Why can't you angels use the door?" Bobby asked as everyone stared at Gabriel. Castiel, who had come back to Bobby's by way of teleporting into the house instead of using the door, who had a blank look on his face, stood closest to the fireplace. Bobby and Dean had cross looks on their faces, Bobby sitting is his wheelchair closet to the door and Dean sitting on the couch, and Sam had a mixture of a guilty and a non-caring look on his face, sitting on the couch opposite of Dean.
Gabriel looked at Castiel, a sad, kicked puppy look on his face. "Azrael said yes," he informed him.
"Who?" Bobby asked, "Wait, what is going on here?"
Gabriel's gaze slowly moved over to Bobby. "Castiel asked me for a way to restore his connection to Heaven," Gabriel said as way of explanation, his voice slow, sad, and defeated. "I said I didn't know a way. He mentioned asking Azrael, so I did."
"Who is Azrael?" Bobby asked.
"Wait, wasn't Azrael that yellow-eyed demon we killed?" Dean asked.
"No, Archangel Azrael is the connecter between Heaven and Earth," Gabriel explained. "He connects vessels to the right angel, so the body can be used by an angel and not be destroyed. He connects prophets to Heaven so the prophet can see what they need to see. The demon you're talking about is Azazel. The difference is two z's and no r and one z and a r.
"Oh," Dean said, "So Cas is going to get his mojo back?"
"Yeah," Gabriel answered, "And Bobby's going to get his legs back."
"What?" Bobby asked with wide eyes.
"Castiel also asked me to ask Azrael to restore your legs," Gabriel explained.
Bobby tuned to look at Castiel. "You asked him for help to help heal my legs?" he asked.
"I did," Castiel said without emotion.
Bobby blinked. "O.K." he said as he turned back to Gabriel.
"I think that's the only reason Azrael agreed to help," Gabriel said. At the strange looks he received he went on, "Azrael likes humans, he actually wants to help humans. He didn't want the Apocalypse to happen saying that it would be the end to mankind and didn't want to be a part of it."
"Wait," Sam spoke up for the first time, for the first time acknowledging the conversation, "How does this angel connect Heaven and Earth?"
"Azrael produces extra Grace," Gabriel answered, "He then putts that Grace into people so the person then becomes a vessel or a prophet. The Grace is the main connecter to Heaven. The Grace also makes it very hard to kill the person. That's why angels can only posses certain people, the bodies can actually live through the possession."
"Yeah but then they're left as a vegetable," Dean muttered remembering Raphael's vessel, not looking at Gabriel.
"That's not always the case," Gabriel said. At Dean's questioning look he continued "Vessels are vessels because of bloodlines, but bloodlines thin out over time. In other words not all the Grace from one generation passes on to the next generation, so when a vessel is needed but the Grace has thinned out, Azrael renews the Grace so the human can be used as a vessel without the vegetable side effects."
"Raphael's vessel turned into a vegetable, why didn't Azrael help him?" Dean asked, not believing a word Gabriel said.
"Azrael ran from Heaven," Castiel said drawing everyone's attention.
"So he's like Gabriel," Dean said.
"No he isn't," Gabriel said, getting defensive. "He ran because it was the last possible choice, I ran because I couldn't stand the arguing," he looked down at his feet and quietly added, "He fought with the others until he couldn't fight anymore."
"So he's not a coward," Dean summed up. Gabriel looked him in the eye and nodded. A comfortable uncomfortable silence settled over the room as the conversation settled in everyone's mind.
"Can I get a beer or something?" Gabriel asked after a while.
"Sure," Bobby answered, "They're in the fridge."
Gabriel made his way across the room to the kitchen before stopping near Bobby. "Here," he gave Bobby the piece of paper Azrael had given to him. "I'll travel between here and Azrael's with any questions you have," he said making his way into the kitchen. He opened the fridge as Bobby unfolded the paper. As Gabriel riffled through the fridge, Bobby read what Azrael had wrote. After grabbing a beer, Gabriel shut the door and turned around to lean against the fridge. Bobby then tuned his wheelchair around to face him.
"O.K." Bobby said gaining Gabriel's attention, "My first question, how are we going to get to Japan?"
Posted 4/4/10