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By the time Jo found Dean, he was pacing in the local park, snarling out at the water.
"Don't come near me Jo."
She sighed. "Well Ma told me to come get your ass back to the bar. You have that agent to go back to now."
Dean shook his head. "I know, Jo." He looked down at his hands. "I want him so bad, but I know my hands are dripping in blood. How can I win someone over who holds the law in such high regard?"
"I don't know what to tell you Dean. But I think Sam would have loved Castiel."
He chuckled. "Yeah, he would of taken one look at the two of us and come up with something dorky to say." Dean looked out at the water. "Wish he was still with us."
Jo stood in silence; wishing more than anything she could help him heal.
Flashback
It had been about two weeks since he buried his little brother. His shop had never run more smoothly; Dean had just buried himself in his work. Even his baby was running better than before. A man came into the shop just after closing. Dean was sitting in the Impala, a gun in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other.
"Hello, Dean." It was a lightly Italian accent. "I was wondering if I could interest you in some revenge."
Dean stared at him. "Who the fuck are you?"
The man gave him a cold smile. "Let's just say I'm an old friend of your piss poor da." He took the gun from Dean's loose grip. "I can teach you how to take out your frustration on the ones who led your poor little brother to the grave. I can teach you how to get them to admit everything."
Dean gave a bitter laugh. "Yeah, how?"
"Why through torture of course. Come on, Dean. I know you will be a natural."
End Flashback
Alastair had been quick to sink his claws into Dean. Mold him and shape him into the perfect machine. Killing Alastair had been icing on the cake, after finding out he was doing everything for his own twisted agenda. Dean didn't want to give up anything; not his control, nor his vengeance.
"I'm going back Jo. Can't keep Cas waiting for long."
Jo nodded. "You going to stay the night?"
Dean nodded. "Need to make it up to Cas, before taking him up to Bobby's." He looked at Jo, his green eyes hopeful. "Got any news on what the feds are up to?"
Jo laughed. "Ma should have the news by now. If she has an update."
Cas stared at the picture of Dean's family, taken the day before Sam's high school graduation.
"We were all so happy for him. He was going to be a lawyer and defend mistreated children." She sighed looking at the happy family. "We might not have been blood but we were happy. Dean had just finished his last shop class so he could open up the auto shop. Signed the papers that morning. We had so much to celebrate."
Castiel smiled. "He seems so different." It was true, Cas saw a difference in the Dean in the picture- less burden, less stress- that caused his heart to stir.
"Ellen!" A skinny male ran in holding tight to a paper. He looked like a dirty young trucker, mullet and all.
Ellen frowned. "What is it Ash?" She set the picture down and gave the new comer her full attention.
"Feds have send out a task force. Agent Castiel has been kidnapped. They think Dean did it." He bent over, breathing hard, as if he came running from wherever he had been to deliver the news.
Ellen nodded. "Dean did do that. This is Agent Castiel. Who have they sent out?"
Ash gaped at Cas for a moment. "Not sure yet, but I do know who is leading them. It is Gabriel."
"Well, shit." Ellen cursed, starting to pace. "How long do you think it will take Dean to find out about this?"
"Find out about what, Ellen?" Dean asked entering the bar with Jo. Ash yelped and hid behind Ellen. Castiel stood, moving in between Dean and Ellen.
"That my absence has been noticed. Though at this time they are not sure if I have been killed or simply missing. They haven't released who has taken over your case as of yet."
Though Castiel appeared calm, inside he was frantic. Gabriel was known as a mischievous fed, but a good one. Even if the system failed them, somehow if the person was guilty of their crime they always got their just deserts. Dean wouldn't stand a chance again Gabe; even Cas couldn't keep up with Gabe on a hunt.
Flashback
The short agent sat the end of the course sucking happily on a lollypop when Cas crossed the finish line. He looked over at the other agent. "Hey." He mumbled around the sugary treat.
Castiel just nodded.
The man moved closer. "You're the one on the Winchester case right?"
Castiel nodded again, wondering why the top agent in the department didn't take the case himself.
"Good. You should be careful; I hear Winchester's are hard bastards."
Castiel cocked his head to the side. "You have met his family?"
The agent nodded. "Meet his father way back when, and I met the younger Winchester when I was working a case out there a couple of years ago." He sighed. "It is a pity he isn't alive any more. What a waste of handsome men." He looked over at Castiel. "I'm Gabe." He held out his hand. "I would have taken your case, but I have a WP to work."
Castiel shook his hand. "Castiel." He smiled. "I was wondering why you didn't take the case."
Gabriel laughed. "Yeah, well I don't care for serial killers. I would have been taken off of it once I found out it was him. I have a connection to his family, so protocol would have taken me off the case as it was. Plus I hear this is your first major case as lead."
End Flashback
It was the start of an interesting friendship between the two agents. The witness was still in hiding last Castiel had heard from Gabe, but with his disappearance Gabriel would turn Heaven and Hell inside out to find him. Gabe was the only one that knew of Cas's growing attraction to his suspect.
Dean narrowed his eyes but nodded his understanding. "They found out quickly."
Castiel shrugged. "I had a meeting with my department's head to update him on the case. I'm never late, Dean."
Dean scowled. "Ash, keep me updated on this. I don't want any unwelcomed visitors just yet." Dean's mind was turning, attempting to figure out how to keep the unwanted company of more federal agents away. It was time to be seen in many different states once more.
Castiel moved closer to Dean. "Should we be going?" He asked softly, weary of the man before him. He could see the shift in his personality, a personality he was faced with more often than not.
"No," Dean said, trying to keep stable. "We will be staying near here, but we can go to our resting location now." He looked at Ellen. "Thanks for everything Ellen. I'll give your regards to Bobby when we get there."
Ellen nodded. "Keep your promise, Dean. Don't make us regret this."
He nodded sharply, before grabbing Castiel's wrist and leading him out of the restaurant.
So there you have it.
For any one wanting to know what WP means it is witness protection.
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