Ayoo: I'm glad you're happy with that murder scene. I wasn't too sure about it. Thank you :)

A/N: This is Cas' flashback, left off from when he was playing hide and seek with Ezekiel. It's gonna be a little short, and it's been a long wait (for what? this chapter?)… but I still hope you enjoy!

"26…27…28…29…30! Ready or not, here I come!" Cas ran into the abandoned construction site, knowing his friend was in it. He could hear dripping coming from somewhere in the half-finished building; there tools everywhere, but there was nowhere to hide on this first floor, so he scampered up the stairs, tripping on his coat in his hurry.

"Ezekiel…" he called, tiptoeing across. There were broken floorboards just laying around, scattered everywhere. Careful as he was being, he didn't notice the nail sticking up, and his pant-leg was caught on it, making him trip. He put his arms up in front of his face and closed his eyes, bracing himself for the fall. When he opened his eyes, he realized he had created a hole, and the only thing that was stopping him from going down was the nail that had snagged him. What an incredibly strong nail. He scooted back from the hole as quickly as he could, trying to calm down from the rush of adrenaline.

"Ezekiel!" He called, still sitting there. "Ezekiel, I don't think we should play here!" He got no answer. "Ezekiel!" he cried, more fervently, and still got no answer. He stood up, cautiously yet hurriedly going over to the last set of stairs that led to the third floor. As he reached the top, a loud clap of thunder shook the rickety building, the flash of lightning coming right after.

"Ezekiel, we need to get out of here, and go home!" he yelled, sprinting around the room, looking behind every piece of discarded construction equipment there was. He must be on the roof, Castiel thought, running to a window. He stuck his head out, yelling up to the sky, rain pelting on his face.

"Hey! Come down, Ezekiel!" He wondered how his friend got up to the roof in the first place. He looked around, and saw a ladder hanging from the wall, above another window. He ran over. He stuck his head out; the ladder was directly above him. He stood on the window sill, and, steadying himself, reached out to grab the rung. It was slippery from the rain, but when he thought he had a good grip on it, he jumped from the window. It's just like monkey bars, he figured, and started to pull himself up. He slipped once or twice, but after what seemed like forever he finally got up there. The rain had most definitely picked up, and he could barely make anything out.

"Ezekiel!"

He cupped his hands around his eyes in an effort to see something. He wrapped his jacket around himself, the wind having tried to blow it off. He made his way forward, looking down, making sure he didn't fall. He went all the way to the other side, not seeing any trace of his friend.

"Ezekiel! You win, come on!" he called, but it was no use. His voice was lost to the elements. He started walking the other way, doing his best to keep his balance; there were strange metal poles sticking up, some long, some short. Suddenly, he tripped once more, his face landing inches away from a particularly sharp pole. He turned his head, and noticed a silhouette a few feet away.

"Ezekiel!" he called, crawling over. "Ezekiel?"

Yes, yes it was Ezekiel. As Cas got closer, he could make out the bright red shoes that his friend had been wearing. He seemed to just be lying there, and Cas started to shake his shoulder.

"Ezekiel?" he whispered. His eyes trailed down to his friend's torso. His stomach had been pierced with one of the metal poles.

"Ez, no!" Cas clutched to his best friend's head, the storm raging around him. This is something that is not real, Castiel thought to himself as he felt tears on his face, mixing with the rain. Ezekiel couldn't have gotten impaled, those things just didn't happen anymore… Cas learned about it in social studies, Vlad the Impaler? He stuck people on spears and things and they died… how did this happen? Did Ezekiel trip like Cas did, only not landing as luckily as Cas?

Somewhere, Cas could hear his name being called, but he ignored it.

He hated hide-and-seek after that; not like he had anyone to play it with.

A/N: Okay! After a week and a day of waiting… it's pretty pathetic, I know :C But, anyway, this is Cas' trigger, I guess. He was basically there when his best friend died. That's traumatizing! I've read somewhere that serial killers started off by witnessing something like that and then started killing little animals… which is probably what Cas did after this. Another sad face :C But, anyway, tell me how you liked/hated this chapter! ALL feedback is welcome. Next chapter is going to be present day!