No One's POV
Genesis arrived by in Heaven, Castiel hiked up on her hip much like a child, his head tucked into her neck and sleeping soundly.
"Momma." Castiel murmurs, blinking sleepily and rustling his wings.
"Shh, Little Duck." Genesis calms, walking towards her quarters. "Rest."
Castiel resting peacefully and asleep in her bed, Genesis smooths out a few feathers in Castiel's wings before turning to leave.
"Momma?" Gadreel peeks into her room. "Momma, is Cas okay?" He pushes into the room, his wing poking at his younger brother in curiosity.
"Castiel is fine, Bear Cub." Genesis calms her middle son, brushing fingers along Gadreel's wing. "He is only resting. Now leave him be." Genesis guides him out of the room.
"You looked stressed, sugar cakes. Do I even want to know?" Gabriel asks, raising a brow at his sister as she walks back into the War Room. "And where is the rest of your brood? Wait- you know, I don't think I want to know the answer to that either…"
"You're an asshole, Gabriel." Genesis rolls her eyes at her older brother. "The Mark has overtaken the Gilbert boy, Castiel was injured, Balthazar is with the Mikaelsons, and there are still so many things left in Heaven to-…" Genesis instead answers her brother, listing off things.
"Okay, okay, looks like you need a break. Can't have our Viceroy going all crazy on us." Gabriel tells his sister, waving his hand around his head. "And I swear, we can't trust those knuckleheads to do anything correctly. They couldn't take care of a damn goldfish for a week… Or find the backside of a barn if you asked them. I swear by our Father…" Gabriel rolls his eyes dramatically.
"A break? I can't take a break now!" Genesis exclaims. "You and I both know the consequences of the Mark coming off, Gabriel."
"Sure…. Doom and gloom of all the universes." Gabriel offers a bit flippantly, waving his arms around. "I'm not a fledgling Commander… I think I got this… So, I send a few scouts down to search for the Hunter… Speed up the process. And, what's a few days down with your mates? Omega10 runs on completely different time. You'll be gone for a few hours at most. It's hardly like I can't hold the fort up here for a few hours… Probably…" Gabriel mutters the last part to an aside; since the last fiasco, or several, or really whenever Genesis left Heaven, her boys didn't, more so Castiel, tended to throw quite the temper tantrums in her absence.
"Good point." Genesis concedes to her brother's logic. "I'll just say goodbye to Castiel and Gadreel." Genesis offers, giving her brother a nod before walking off. "Thank you, Gabriel."
"Of course, sugar cakes." Gabriel salutes, silently sighing in relief and thanking his Father wherever in creation he may be; at least with Genesis not completely disappearing in the wind the boys were less likely to blow something up.
"Little Duck." Genesis whispers, fingers brushing across Castiel's wings to rouse him. "Little Duck, I'm leaving. Just for a little bit. I'll be back soon. Momma promises." Genesis smiles at her son as Castiel blinks his eyes open, looking up at her blurrily and arching up into her like a cat seeking affection.
"But- but, where are you going, momma?" Castiel grumpily pouts, his tone insistent on knowing, as he shuffles into her lap.
"To Omega10." Genesis answers, smoothing out his feathers as he huffs crankily at her answer, clearly disliking that she was going to visit the Salvatores. "You'll behave for Gabe, right Little Duck?"
"Okay, momma." Castiel promises with a nod and innocent look.
"Good. I promise I'll be back. I'll only be gone for a few hours." Genesis promises again, leaning down to press a kiss to Castiel's forehead. "No fussing or tantrums or misusing your powers." Genesis points at her wayward Duck and referring to his known incidents for getting into trouble.
"Promise, momma."
"Good. I've already talked to Gadreel about behaving and obeying Gabriel."
"Where's Balthy?" Castiel asks, scrunching up his face.
"Away on a mission for me." Genesis smiles on her son. "Now, be good."
Genesis flicks out of the Heavenly and celestial plains a moment later.
